On the day of the New Year's Day, the whole palace is very lively.

Today's snow stopped, the snow will decorate the palace extraordinarily festive, Yang Guang entered the palace in the evening, orange and snow white reflect each other, and the brilliance fills the entire imperial city.

In winter, when it gets dark early, the rest of the ministers rush in through the city gate and walk through the wide imperial city square to the palace.

For the Emperor's Banquet, the palace chefs will prepare a sumptuous dinner that includes a variety of delicacies, such as auspicious dishes such as Ruixue Zhaofeng Nian, Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang.

Bang, bang, bang

After everyone arrived, the sound of firecrackers sounded outside the hall, and Yang Jian led the ministers out of the hall.

Everyone had seen fireworks at Yang Guang's wedding before, but this time it was obviously bigger and louder.

Yang Jianxiong was full of wind and smiled happily: "Haha, the firecrackers are exploding, and the New Year is festive." ”

"Your Majesty, long live."

The music of ceremonies began, and so did the singing and dancing.

Yang Jian said in a good mood: "Today is a day of great joy, Master Wang, I heard that the young people recommended by all over the country have also arrived in the capital, and I ordered you to invite someone to come to the palace for dinner, but have they all arrived?" ”

Wang Long stood still, and said: "Your Majesty, there are a total of 66 talented people from all over the country recommended this year, because no official position has yet ranked last. ”

Normally, these people from all over the country would also meet the emperor once, but there was never a situation where such a gathering as the New Year's Festival dinner was gathered at one time.

Yang Jian stroked his beard, looked at the last seat, and said: "I like to chat with young people and always have new ideas, I am very happy that talents from all over the Great Sui have gathered together, come, let them all come to the middle of the hall, and I will have a good meeting with the younger generation of Great Sui." ”

Facing the emperor, a group of young people walked to the main hall with great interest, standing under the eyes of the emperor and the princes of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Let's introduce each of them."

"The grass people Boling Cui forgot the year, twenty-two years old."

"Li Yu of Youzhou, Caomin, twenty-one years old."

"Bloomberg, Bloomberg, Twenty-Five."

……

A group of people introduced themselves one by one, without exception, they were all prominent families from all over the world, and even many of them had relatives in the background, even if they had a poor background, they were not within the reach of ordinary people.

The current probation system, to be recommended by the local people, at least must be the local township of the noble family, through the relationship, in the case of their own children, others have no chance, their own children of the right age, just take the surrounding noble family.

If you don't believe in Cui, you don't have to be delusional.

This is the result of the solidification of the class in the past hundred years, Yang Jian did not say anything but nodded with a slight smile, expressing his satisfaction with the young talents of the Great Sui.

"Good, good, good, they are all good young men of the Great Sui, one of them is of good character and gives wine."

The palace ladies rushed in and offered wine glasses to the talented people.

This glass of wine can be drunk with confidence.

In addition to the emperor watching him, the ministers below were also talking about this group of young people.

"Brother Zhao, look at the young man in a green robe and a crown, this is my nephew from my own family, this time he was lucky to stand out and be able to pass the inspection and enter the court, he is only twenty-one years old."

"Yo, you are so young, you have such outstanding qualities, and you are your nephew, and your future is limitless."

"Hey, this young man is working too hard, he is over twenty years old, he has not yet married, and he said that he would start a business first and then start a family, but he was in a hurry to die of his mother, no, he also asked me to find a good daughter-in-law for him in the capital, when his parents died early thanks to the education of his brother and sister-in-law, my brother-in-law's business is my business, and my nephew is also like my own child."

Hearing this, he said to the convenience: "Brother Li, in the little girl's boudoir in my family, you also saw it when you were a child. ”

"Yo Yo, that's great, even Brother Zhao, your family is high, I don't dare to think about it."

"My colleague has been working for many years, so that my nephew is good-looking, and it is not a bad thing for young people to know more, and it is always good to come to our house to sit and get to know each other in the future."

This scene is similar to catching a son-in-law under the list, especially for older middle-level officials, marrying their daughters to young and promising newcomers is a high-quality political investment.

It's hard to say whether you can raise your own son or not, but isn't it fun to choose one of the young talents who have already become talented?

There are not a few ministers who have such ideas, this is an unavoidable situation, and it is also a form of class solidification, and the constant marriage has constantly strengthened the relationship between these elite classes, which is unbreakable, and the ordinary people have no chance to join in.

After listening to everyone's self-introduction, Yang Jian was satisfied, and then smiled and proposed after listening to the chaotic but lively atmosphere: "It is rare that so many young talents gather together today, the New Year's Festival, why don't Wang Fuzi meet friends with literature, let all the talented people write poems and sing and the prosperity of the Great Sui, if there can be a good sentence, it will be passed down through the ages and become a good story." ”

The emperor's proposal was reasonable, and it was also a chance for young people to show in public, and it would be even more difficult to have it again in the future when the ministers were all present.

The emperor gives you the opportunity to show your talents, and the talented are naturally eager to try, but how many talented people are in this group?

There must be some, recommended from all over the world, there must be a few, but there must not be many, they are all children of the wang family, tall ones pulled out from a specific group of rich children, and a few parents with high power in the middle will be stuffed into the upper position, and one fifth of the really talented ones can be considered thankful.

Wang Long walked to the middle and said to a group of talented people: "Your Majesty Yaxing, all talented people can write poems, the subject matter is not limited, the prosperity of the Great Sui, celebrating the New Year, it is a very good thing, Your Majesty has a proposal." ”

"Say."

"Otherwise, let the courtiers also join in, although the court princes have the advantage of being older, but such a festival, participate together, regardless of the order of victory or defeat, just to celebrate, Weichen feels very good."

"Exactly."

With the emperor's permission, the palace maids came out again and put pen, ink, paper and inkstone on all the ministers, and everyone was also enthusiastic and eager to try, so as not to hurt the harmony of this group of young people.

Yang Jian said to the young people in front of him: "On this hall, you Yaxing, let's write poems together." ”

After saying these words, Yang Jian also took a special look at Yang Guang, the father and son looked at each other, Yang Guang smiled slightly, this confident smile made Yang Jian feel at ease.

The emperor thought of it, and the court pen fell, and the palace ladies entered the palace again and began to dance.

For a while, the court was full of people's voices discussing and writing poems, but some generals sat straight, what does this matter have to do with me, no, I'll give the emperor a punch to help the fun.

Look, Yang Jian likes to watch the little girl dance, and the people below are writing poems, and he is happy to see himself.

Yang Yong's position is next to Yang Guang, and he is also quite famous, so he wants to take this opportunity to show it, but he quietly glanced at Yang Guang, and for some reason Yang Guang didn't move.

"Why don't you keep your pen moving?"

Yang Guang pointed to his head: "It's written inside." ”

Yang Yong looked at Yang Guang unhappily, why did he still pretend.

Queen Dugu, who was entertaining Mrs. Decree in the harem, heard that she had begun to compose poems in front of her, so she asked Xiao Menglan in a low voice: "Amo, are you ready?" ”

Xiao Menglan said uncharacteristically and confidently: "Don't worry, Your Highness wrote it at home early." ”

"That's good, don't miss Your Majesty's big business."

"The son is not talented, but after hearing His Highness's poems, I feel that the talent of the people in this world may not be as good as His Highness."

Queen Dugu looked at Xiao Menglan in surprise: "Ordinary people have never seen you so praised." ”

Xiao Menglan said that there was light in her eyes when she said this, and she said proudly: "Your Highness's great talent is worth blowing." ”

……

After some time, a talented man came out on top, holding up the paper.

"Read."

"Draw a cup of wine and drink, and sing a song."

"There is little taste for solo travel, and you can sing good songs together."

After a poem, the emperor applauded, and the ministers were happy.

"Reward."

With the emperor's reward, the eunuch read aloud: "Your Majesty appreciates the Boling Cui family's son's forgetfulness." ”

"Your Majesty, long live."

The reward is not much silver, but the name of this reward is valuable, which proves the emperor's approval, and the Boling Cui clan, who won the first place, is a great wang family, and the son selected is also the best among the people.

With the end of the first son, someone wrote it one after another.

"New Year's Festival, the ministers come to drink."

"Your Majesty is in high spirits, and talented people are poets."

Yang Jian, who was still cheering just now, couldn't hold his face all of a sudden, and his complexion changed from happy to normal, what kind of limerick is this, this second talented poet knows that he is not capable, but he finished reading it hard.

The emperor didn't say anything, so as not to lose his interest, and waved his hand to the next one.

"This year is a new year, and the Great Sui is prosperous."

"Continue to work hard next year, and the Great Sui will win every year."

The emperor blackfaced again, but continued.

Until a group of talented people finished writing poems, many of them were rewarded by the emperor for a few good ones, but the group only made up a few, and some others were not even on the stage.

This group of people from all over the country is really good and bad.

Yang Jian was not angry, but his face darkened, and the ministers could feel that the atmosphere was very bad, and no one spoke.

Everyone can feel that some of these people are sent to the fish, and it is reasonable for Yang Jian to be angry.

"The young people who have been inspected from all over the world represent the level of the younger generation in various places, and you, as my ministers, should help the young people grow up a lot."

"Your Ministers understand."

Yang Jianzhi mentioned a sentence, and the ministers understood, and then said: "Are there still poems today?" ”

Yang Yong originally made a poem, thinking that Yang Jian was already so unhappy today, so he put it away, but Yang Guang next to him stood up.

If you don't stand up well at this time, I'm afraid it will make Yang Jian feel even worse.

Yang Guang deeply understood the reason why Yang Jian asked him to go home to write poems, and asked him to suppress the full of literati, so that the talents of his group of people could be understood by everyone, which reflected the disadvantages of the current inspection system, and there was a very formal reason to implement the next school alliance system.

In fact, it was already obvious that Yang Jian still had to add fuel to the fire, and he was the oil that helped him ignite the raging fire.

I have to suppress the young talents in the court, I'm sorry, Li Taibai.

"Does King Jin have a poem?"

"The reins did not write down, but today's New Year, when they are so cheerful, and they see many young talents, and they will feel the pillars of the Great Sui in the future."

Yang Guang picked up a glass of wine, drank it bitterly, and raised his glass to the courtiers.

"Life must be happy."

"Don't make the golden bottle empty to the moon."

When I heard the two sentences, I felt a sense of happiness, this is the happiness of the poet.

"I was born to be useful."

"The daughter is gone, and she will come back."

(End of chapter)