Prime Minister

Chapter 447 The Pagoda of Anguo Temple

When Empress Dowager Zhangxian was in power in the previous dynasty, Luo Chongxun, a servant in the court, asked Cai Qi, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, to write an article "Repairing Jingde Temple".

Because Cai Qi is "good at writing", that is to say, he is good at writing such articles, so many people ask him to write them.

Luo Chongxun said to Cai Qi: "If you are good at remembering, you should be involved in political affairs."

It means that you write it well, and when you finish writing it, the Empress Dowager Zhang Xian will let you be a political advisor.But Cai Qi just refused.Afterwards, Luo Chongxun repeatedly persuaded Cai Qi not to write.In the end, Cai Qi was dismissed from the Imperial Academy, demoted from the capital, and finally went to know Mizhou.

Therefore, this is what it means to write or not to write.

Han Qi saw Zhang Yue's intentions, and took advantage of the situation to throw out this idea.

What Han Qi wanted Zhang Yue to write was the pagoda record of Anguo Temple in Huangzhou.

It turned out that during the reign of Tiansheng, Han Qi's brother Han Ju was appointed as the magistrate of Huangzhou, and Han Ju arranged for Han Qi to study at the local Huguo Temple.

According to unofficial history, there were many rumors at that time. For example, when Han Qi was studying in the temple at night, two beautiful women came to tease him, but Han Qi didn't let go of the book and was not affected at all.The two women finally said to Han Qi that they were Chu Guolings, who once followed Qu Yuan into the river, and now they are immortals. I heard that you are a gentleman who is not surprised by changes, so come and have a try.

Seeing you today is really true, you Han Qi will be the pillar of the community in the future.

Later, Han Qi became a Jinshi, and he left an unforgettable memory of the place where he studied when he was young.

Last year, in order to thank Han Qi for helping him to the top, today's emperor changed the name of Huguo Temple in Huangzhou to Anguo Temple, and allocated funds from the national treasury to erect a pagoda in the name of Han Qi. What an honor that is.

Now that the pagoda is about to be completed, Han Qi asked Zhang Yue to write an article to record such a grand ceremony.

At the beginning, Han Qi's Ji Jin Tang Ji was written by Ouyang Xiu, who was the best in writing in the world, and Cai Xiang, who was the best in calligraphy in the world.

And Zhang Yue is not as famous as Ouyang Xiu in his articles, and not as famous as Cai Xiang in his calligraphy, but Zhang Yue's articles are more famous than Cai Xiang, and his calligraphy is more famous than Ouyang Xiu!
Although Zhang Yue is good at policy theory, but when he was studying, he wrote the previous article "Zaici Sanzhuan Biography", which is also in the form of prose, and the writing is deeply touching.

Although he came from a poor background and struggled to study, his vigorous spirit of seeking knowledge made many scholars who had shared experiences not shed tears.

His style of writing is particularly good at "graciousness and humility". When the last style of the article was transferred to praise the imperial court for setting up the Taixue so that scholars from poor backgrounds such as Zhang Yue could have a place, Emperor Renzong praised him even more.

Emperor Renzong passed away, and some palace people spread his words.I heard that Emperor Renzong said to his left and right with tears in his eyelashes after reading Zhang Yue's book, "I have seen what Fan Wenzheng calls benevolent government today."

What Emperor Renzong thought of at the time was the legacy of Fan Zhongyan's policy of promoting schools during the reform period.

Therefore, Zhang Yue thought that Han Qi valued his articles and words because of this, not only to thank the emperor, but also to repay the kindness of the late emperor.

This idea has been in Han Qi's heart for a long time, and now it's just time for him to seize the opportunity.

It was a spring night at this time, standing in Zhang Yue's study room, seeing the silence outside the courtyard, it was a good time to come to read and write at night.

When he was in Taixue, he didn't know how many nights like this he spent. At that time, Huang Lu and other classmates sometimes got tired of reading, so they would sit together and talk about world affairs with tea instead of wine (Taixue prohibits alcohol).

The scholar is frivolous, even if he talks for three days and three nights, he can't devote himself to pointing out the country.

No matter how outrageous the words are, the interest in talking at night like this can be remembered for a lifetime.Now that he is in politics, when he enters the officialdom, he no longer has the same mood as before, and only works for official business.

Looking for Huanglu again, chatting candidly like a teenager, but it is no longer possible.Even if it's cooking gold, eating jade, and drinking immortal wine, I can't regain my original interest in replacing wine with tea.

Now Zhang Yue is facing the window only to sigh "There are no two or three people in the world who can chat" and "Weisi people, who will I return to?"

Zhang Yue paced in the study for a while, and with such a state of mind, he wrote an article such as "An Guo Temple Pagoda" for Han Qi.

Having said that, although Zhang Yue has never been to Huangzhou, it does not prevent him from writing this "An Guo Temple Pagoda", because Fan Zhongyan has never been to Yueyang Tower, and Sima Xiangru has never seen Shanglin Garden.

Anyway, a literati has only one pen, and the full text is edited!

After Zhang Yue picked up his pen and moistened the ink, he immediately wrote on the paper, "Huangzhou, Jianghuai, and Huaihe are the most remote, but since the Kingdom of China, all the nobles and virtuous officials have humiliated them..."

"For example, Wang Hanlin (Wang Yucheng), who has Du Fanchuan (Du Mu) in his poems, is still known by the people of Bang..."

Zhang Yue leisurely wrote a few pens, not writing about Han Qi first, but mentioning the celebrities who lived in Huangzhou in the past as the starting point and foreshadowing of the article, and then the writing changed to Han Qi.

"...Han Gong lived in Anguo Temple when he was young and studying..."

The writing method of this kind of article is basically that the front is almost done, and then the protagonist is slowly introduced... The story of Han Qi studying in Anguo Temple, and by the way, "Han Qi met a beautiful woman in the middle of the night while studying" is an ancient and modern scholar-bureaucrat. Interesting things are written in the text.

The spring night was extremely quiet, and Zhang Yue didn't sit in a chair, but just stood up and wrote.

After Zhang Yue won the first prize, he never gave up reading and writing for ten hours in his dream.After two years of unremitting calligraphy practice, calligraphy has made great progress.

But Zhang Yue cherishes his writing like gold, and rarely shows off his writing on weekdays. Before the imperial court, he attended the feast of serving scriptures, and after he became a prisoner, he devoted himself to work wholeheartedly.

His calligraphy is rarely seen.

Now Zhang Yue asked Han Qizhi to write this "An Guo Temple Pagoda", which made him see the calligraphy of the articles that had been invisible for a long time.

The accumulation and precipitation of the past two years have changed Zhang Yue's mood.

The way of calligraphy and writing, in fact, apart from being honed when you were young, the most important thing is the pattern formed by the vision and experience in adulthood.

The difference in this pattern is the final victory or defeat of the calligraphy master.

It's such a slight difference, one is in the sky and the other is on the ground.

Zhang Yue's state of mind has also gradually changed from being a scholar when he was young, to his current career experience. Therefore, when he Ying Han Qi wrote this pagoda record, he was a little rusty at first, but then he became fluent.

After writing the origin of Han Qi's construction of the pagoda, Zhang Yue continued to write until the grandeur of the pagoda, how...

This is also a description of the scenery. Even ordinary pagodas and temples have to be written how towering and majestic, because no one has seen a pagoda, but it is necessary to use this paragraph to describe the grandeur of the pagoda and temple to set off Han Qi’s achievements. Great, the mighty grace of the emperor.

This chapter uses four-character four-character parallel prose as a sentence for comparison and elaboration
It's like reading the story of Yueyang Tower, titled the distant mountains, swallowed the Yangtze River, the vast soup, the endless horizon;

After all, when Han Qi asked you to write an article, he was asking you to praise him, so he was entrusted by others, and the matter of loyalty must be written here.

After the chapter is completed in one go, the article will enter sublimation when it is written to the end.

Although Han Qi was praised before, there must be remonstrance in the praise.

If Han Qi dies in the future and falls from power, he will definitely be implicated in writing articles for him, so I can't praise it all.

Zhang Yue wrote that he was young, with mediocre qualifications, and had no deep friendship with Han Qi, so he was not qualified to write such a magnificent essay, but he couldn't help but be frightened by Han Qi's entrustment.

"Han Gong's achievements can be described as high teeth and big banners, not enough to be honored by the public; Huan Guigun's crown is not enough to be a nobleman. '

After writing here, Zhang Yue changed his style of writing and put forward suggestions and even remonstrances.

(End of this chapter)