"Your Excellency, I am Jiangnan Jieyuan, Zhang Zhou and Zhang Bingkuan."
Zhang Zhou made his identity clear.
Qi Qing was startled at first, and then said in a suspicious tone, "Master, don't talk or laugh."
Zhu Feng lifted up his sleeves and said loudly, "Why don't you believe it?" The young master is still Zhu Feng, who commanded the Qianshi and thousands of households in the Ming Dynasty. I have to lie to you. Zhang Jieyuan also has important things to do in Beijing. How can he have time to compete with a group of people to learn from a group of short-sighted people?"
This At that time, Zhu Feng seemed to have hardened his temper. Finally, he no longer had to declare to the outside world that he was the second son of Duke Chengguo. He had a serious position, which sounded very prestigious.
"Huh."
Qi Qing saw this posture and immediately wanted to run away.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Qi Yuanrong, right? Your Excellency, please help me set up a game. I, Zhang Bingkuan, will personally represent the scholars of Southern Zhili to compete with the students of Northern Zhili. That Tang Yin, you can first Wait."
"Are you kidding me? With your reputation, whenever you go somewhere and shout that you are Jiangnan Jieyuan, you don't even need to save money, and many people will definitely gather around you."< /p>
Qi Qing couldn’t laugh or cry.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Having said that, I don't have any connections, so it's better to publicize this matter in advance. When I saw you, I felt that you have great vision. It would be better to meet by chance. This game is still up to you." Come and save."
Zhang Zhou was quite appreciative of the scene like Qi Qing's. After he arrived at Shuntian Mansion, he really didn't have any interpersonal relationships among the scholars. If someone could help him, he wouldn't do it himself. The best.
"You decide the price, and I'll decide the time and place. You're responsible for booking the venue, and you'll contact me."
Zhang Zhou said, "I think the Yuesheng Tea House outside the Imperial College is pretty good. The place is spacious and bright, and at noon three days later, I asked the scholars from North Zhili to arrive on time. I heard that Sun Qing, a fifteen-year-old boy from Shuntian Prefecture, is a young man who can be said to be a young man. I just want to see him. "
"Remember, there should be no more than twenty people present. If there are too many people, please help us select them. Only those with high knowledge will be qualified to compete with me."
Qi. Qing asked in surprise, "Can you handle twenty people in three days?"
Zhu Feng said, "This mother is not visiting a brothel. You don't care whether she can handle it or not, just tell her if she can handle it."
" "Yes, yes"
Qi Qing was also a little vague.
Whether this person is Zhang Zhou or not, what if he is a liar?
When everyone is gathered together and it is finally discovered that he is a fake, the joke will be huge
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"A few days ago, I was at the Yuesheng Tea House and met the second young master of the Beiyonglin Ji Restaurant. He knew me and called him over."
Qi Qing was all of a sudden I feel a lot more at ease, now that someone knows me, I’m not afraid anymore.
"Zhang Jieyuan, how will we compare then?"
"You can compete with anything, but it is best not to compete with imperial examination articles. That kind of competition should be left to the examination room, between the chief examiner and his fellow examiners. Make public comments. This is a comparison of poems and poems."The best"
Seeing that a large number of scholars have arrived downstairs.
The scheduled cultural gathering is about to begin.
Zhang Zhou did not want to meet him too early The northern scholar was trying to get into trouble, and he said, "I'll go back and tell Tang that if he doesn't pass the exam, he will be suppressed by me for the rest of his life, so he should restrain himself and prepare for the exam." By the way, there is a man named Xu Jing next to him. Let’s warn this Jiangnan scholar that it is not his turn to show off his power before he can show off his power.”
Let’s settle the matter with Qi Qing.
When Zhang Zhou and Zhu Feng were riding in the carriage together, Zhu Feng was still a little proud: "Brother Zhang, you are finally going to show your skills. You were so domineering when you said it before. It is not even the turn of a Asian Yuan in Jiangnan to come out and win." That's what you say, hahaha."
Zhang Zhou frowned and said, "I'm competing with others, why are you so excited?"
Zhu Feng smiled and said, "I even thought that you would conquer the northern scholars. They are so impressed by you that they admire you to the point of losing their armor. This is because you can face other people's provocations and feel confident. "
"Do you think I can win?"
"Of course I can use your talent to solve the problem of Jiangnan. Others don't know your ability, how can I not know my current fame? It was you who helped me get it. Even His Majesty and the Crown Prince admire you. How can you win a few candidates?"
Being flattered by Zhu Feng.
Zhang Zhou thought to himself, It almost makes me feel happy.
No wonder kings and treacherous ministers like to have a lot of flatterers around them. It turns out that listening to flatteries is so relaxing.
"No, since. It's a competition, and there are always winners and losers. Besides, there is no first place in this article, and the level of talent and learning is sometimes difficult to determine. You, on the other hand, are handsome and talented among young nobles, but you are not as good as you. ”
“Brother Zhang is so humble. Your skills must be superior to those of others”
Business exchanges.
The more you brag, the more exciting you become. .
At night, in the Kunning Palace of the Imperial Palace.
Queen Zhang has had the food heated up twice, and she has been waiting anxiously for a long time, but her husband is still nowhere to be seen.
"The Queen. "Zhang Yong came in to salute.
Empress Zhang said anxiously, "Where is your majesty?"
Zhang Yongtong reported, "Eunuch Chen, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, said that your majesty is teaching the prince in the Wenhua Hall. I won't come over for dinner today. "
"Wenhua Palace"
Queen Zhang frowned.
Even if her husband usually cares about the prince's studies, he always calls him to Qianqing Palace or Kun Palace. Ning Gong came to take the school exam, why did he go directly to the Wenhua Palace today without even returning "home" after dark?
"Who else is accompanying your majesty?"
Queen Zhang naturally She was afraid that some palace maid might attract her husband's liking and deliberately find an excuse to teach his son.
Zhang Yongdao said, "Eunuch Dai, Eunuch Xiao, the chief ceremonial supervisor, and the servants of the East Palace are all here. "
"Then you go and urge me, and say that I have violated the peace today, and I am concerned about it, and please come back as soon as possible. "
"Yes. ”
Inside the Wenhua Hall.
At this time, the lamp has been turned on, and the Wenhua Hall is brightly lit.
A group of eunuchs are still cleaning up the various markers on the sand table and returning them to their original positions.
At this time, Zhu Youtang and his son were sitting at a small temporary table. The father and son each sat on a small stool and held a rice bowl. In front of them were two plates of vegetables, one fish and one fried meat with celery. The father and son enjoyed the meal very well.
"Father, I am not looking down on you. I am very good at marching strategies."
While Zhu Houzhao was eating, rice grains were flying everywhere, bragging.
In the previous games, Zhu Youtang only won once, and it was still a narrow victory.
My son actually won the rest.
Although in terms of strength on paper, Zhu Youtang still followed Zhang Zhou in giving in to his son, which meant that the soldiers, horses, food and grass were not as many as his son, but it also made him very depressed about losing.
Why did Zhang Zhou win but he lost?
“Eat more meat quickly and don’t be picky about food. I heard that you don’t even eat fish with bones. You You know, I couldn’t even eat fish when I wanted to. Only when I had enough food could I have strength.”
In order to alleviate the embarrassment of losing the game, Zhu Youtang could only change the subject.
Zhu Houzhao said, "Father, haven't you been established as the prince since you were a child? The prince wants to eat fish but he can't."
"It's different."
Zhu Youtang looked very depressed when he thought about his childhood experience, and his hands trembled unconsciously. Obviously that experience was like a nightmare for him, "You think it will be the same as today, I am only a prince. Do you know that your grandfather has How many concubines and concubines have their attitudes towards me?"
At the end, Zhu Youtang sighed heavily.
As a prince, he grew up eating the food of hundreds of families. He was recognized as his ancestor by his father when he was five years old. He became the prince and immediately his mother died. When he grew up, his parents were absent. He was always frightened and afraid of himself. Being poisoned.
That kind of feeling makes Zhu Youtang uncomfortable just thinking about it.
Of course, after he became emperor, some people said that Concubine Wan Gui showed no signs of harming the concubines and children in the inner palace, but Zhu Youtang knew very well that it was after Concubine Wan Gui lost her fertility.
Zhu Youtang only met his father when he was five years old in the eleventh year of Chenghua. Concubine Wan Guifei was already forty-five years old at that time. Before that, Xianzong's children either died in their mother's womb or died in childhood. He died shortly after birth.
Subsequently, after the birth of Prince Zhu Youqi in the 12th year of Chenghua, Xianzong seemed to suddenly have explosive fertility, and children were born one after another.
"Father, you should also eat more fish." Zhu Houzhao quickly put vegetables into his father's bowl.
Learn to be a good boy.
Zhu Youtang nodded.
The father and son were enjoying their time together. Dai Yi came over and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen said that the phoenix body is against the law, please go back."
Zhu Youtang said, " Prince, seeing that your mother was not there, she thought I had gone to do something, so she came to urge her."
"Then father, please go back early." Zhu Houzhao seemed to understand his mother very well.
Zhu Youtang frowned and said, "You are so anxious to let me go."
"It's time for me to listen to stories and go to bed. Ha, I'm so sleepy."
Zhu Houzhao was indeed tired. .
He will get tired of playing the same thing all the time. There are also wonderful martial arts stories waiting for him to listen to in the evening.
"What story?" Zhu Youtang put down the bowl and chopsticks and grimaced.
Now Zhu Houzhao knew that he had made a mistake and hesitated for a long time to explain clearly.
Zhu Youtang immediately called Liu Jin and others. Liu Jin was worried about falling out of favor, so he took the opportunity to speak ill of Zhang Zhou. The prince sent it to me. The prince will ask his slave to tell him every night before he goes to bed."
Zhu Youtang said coldly, "I just thought that Bingkuan has the demeanor of being a teacher, why would he use these things to tease the prince? Where is the storybook?"
Liu Jin was about to get it, but after being glared at by Zhu Houzhao, Liu Jin felt a chill go down his spine.
In the end, Liu Jin just took out three booklets, including only one story, less than half of it.
"The Condor" Zhu Youtang looked at it by candlelight, his brows furrowed.
Zhu Houzhao said, "Father, these are just a few stories."
Zhu Youtang did not open it, but directly put the hand holding the book behind his back with a straight face. He taught a lesson: "No one is allowed to practice war with him on the sand table tomorrow. Anyone who violates the rule will be kicked out of the palace after being punished by the rod. He must finish all his homework and find someone to send it to me for inspection. If you slack off a little bit, just wait."
After saying that, Zhu Youtang no longer looked like the loving father he had been before, with a ferocious look on his face and walked away.
Zhu Houzhao stood there, the light in his eyes could kill people.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty asked me, and I have to answer. No, I will take out the condor you have heard about. If someone else asks you, I will say that I have never seen it before." ”
Liu Jin is still pretending to be pitiful.
Zhu Houzhao said with an annoyed look, "I'll deal with you later. That's what I used to open a bookstore with Zhang Zhou to make money. I hope Zhang Zhou has other manuscripts, not just this one." That would be fatal."
Zhu Youtang came out of Wenhua Palace and was about to go to Kunning Palace.
He has never done this kind of thing like staying out at night in recent years. He is a bit like a good man in the old days.
"Your Majesty, I just sent a message, saying that there are several memorials, and you must make up your mind to write and approve them." Dai Yidao.
"Yes."
Zhu Youtang took advantage of the night and looked at the book in his hand. He wanted to throw it away, but he couldn't bear it and was a little curious, so he grabbed it He said in his hand, "Then let's go to Qianqing Palace on the way. It won't take long." Please remember to bookmark it. The latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft