Shendou Continent

Chapter 52
The garden poetry party at the end of the month is in the East Garden in the afternoon.On the day of the poetry meeting, Feng Xuan continued to stay in the inn to take care of Chen Xiaodong. Hu Wenyong, Lin You, and Dai Ming had lunch early and came to the place where the poetry meeting was held.

The East Garden is the garden of the palace, which is connected to the palace, and it can also be opened to the outside alone, occupying a large area.The garden poem will be placed here, needless to say the venue, and it can be both safe and convenient, which is the best.Especially the venue, the East Garden is famous for its exquisite gardening art. The hall is spacious and magnificent, and the courtyard is full of changes. It imitates the famous gardens in Hangzhou and Beijing. , there are half-lake lotus flowers, and the garden is full of willow trees. Walking in the garden, with small bridges and flowing water, willow trees and breeze, it is quite leisurely.A Huailang stone in the garden combines the four wonders of "thin, wrinkled, leaky and transparent", and it is a fine stone among stones.

The small garden is now full of people from all walks of life because of the poetry meeting.Although it is a border area, but looking around the garden, it is also full of brocade clothes, especially those who look like scholars, it seems that there are many distinguished guests.There are many tables and chairs in the garden, some of which are equipped with brushes, ink, paper and inkstones, the four treasures of the study, some of which are equipped with wine, vegetables and refreshments, there are many maids and servants around, and there are beautiful women singing and dancing in the distance. The palace has made sufficient preparations for this garden poetry party.It was the first time for Lin You and Dai Ming to come to such a place.

At the beginning of the hour, people's heads began to gather, and a group of people embraced a man in a Chinese python robe, an elder in a military officer's uniform, and an old man in a civil official's uniform, and entered the East Garden from the east gate of the palace.Hearing the cheers and greetings from the side, Lin You knew that it must be Duke Huai who came, and it should be the one in the middle.The 50-year-old King Huai looks well-proportioned, with regular facial features, and his complexion is about his age, without any signs of aging. He doesn't look like an ordinary person, but he doesn't seem to have any fluctuations in his soul power.This was the first time Lin You saw his uncle, the uncle who had been curious for five years, was a little excited.It's just that in the crowd, he can't express his heart.

And the elder on the left hand side of King Huai looked at his clothes. There was a lion painted on his official clothes. This was the official uniform of the second-rank military officer of the empire. Hearing what other people said, he must be the leader of the Northern Governor's Mansion. .He looks like a child with white hair, and seems to be not young, but it is obvious that his soul power fluctuates extremely strongly, and his strength is higher than that of the first seat in the Nangong Palace.On the other side, the old civil servant who seems to be close to the governor of the northern border has no soul power fluctuations, and his robe is embroidered with golden pheasants. He is a second-rank civil servant of the empire, so he should be the governor of the governor's office of the northern province. A lot of old.

The civil and military divisions of the empire are obvious. Military officers are basically served by fighters. The higher the military officer, the higher the level of cultivation. Civilian officials are usually limited to ordinary scribes. Unless there are special circumstances, fighters are not allowed to get involved.The difference between ordinary people and fighters is basically the difference between ordinary people and superhumans.In order to check and balance fighters with superpowers, the empire stipulated that civilian officials at the same level should control military officials, but the governor of the northern border is one of the three major governors of the empire, with a special status, being the second-rank official and above the second-rank governor.However, in order to check and balance, the Governor of the Northern Territory and the Governor's Mansion of the Northern Territory do not restrain each other, and both are directly subordinate to the imperial court.

Soon, everyone stood around King Huai and his party, and listened to King Huai explaining the rules of this poetry meeting: "This poetry meeting needs to write a poem or a poem that inspires the soldiers of the frontier army. It contains the four seasons, which can be Spring One of the four characters of summer, autumn and winter can also be the artistic conception of the four seasons, and the time is limited to one hour. Then, the king will invite several officials from the governor's office and some of the king's followers to spend about an hour to select, and the outstanding poems will be awarded Rewards. At the same time, according to the quality of the poems, one to three of the best authors are invited to have a banquet with the king, the governor and the governor at the beginning of the unitary hour, accompanied by the beauties of Zuixianglou. There are stationery in the courtyard Drinks and refreshments are available, the poetry meeting will start now, gentlemen please do as you please."

"it is good!"

"Thank you Duke Huai!"

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Duke Huai informed the content and rules of the poetry meeting with a few simple words, and also announced the beginning of the poetry meeting. Everyone clapped their hands and applauded.And those literati who are eager to try have already begun to ponder over the poems, and Hu Wenyong is no exception.On the contrary, Lin You and Dai Ming first stared at King Huai and the others to observe, and then went around the garden to observe and observe. There was no pressure for elegance, unlike Wen Yong who aspired to compete in poetry.

After a while, someone wrote a poem: "In October, it is snowing in Huaishan Mountains. There are no flowers but cold. Xiaozhan follows the golden drum, and night sleep holds a jade saddle. Report to the king's platform, and see death suddenly as home." Submitted to In the garden, the Qiulu Building where Huai Wang and others rested, several scribes and officials who reviewed it thought it was very good.

"October Huaishan Snow" clearly stated the time and place, and also met the four seasons requirements of this poem. "Death is like returning home suddenly", which is more about the succession of cause and effect, and the connection and comparison.Why is there such a spirit of seeing death as home?That's because the soldiers of the frontier army want to "report the emperor's wishes on the platform."The two sentences in the middle vividly describe the military career of the soldiers who get up early to fight and sleep with their saddles in their arms at night, which makes the content of the whole poem richer and fuller.The whole poem is concise and smooth, but also has a long artistic conception and a majestic momentum. It is a rare masterpiece.The author of the poem is this year's Xinke Scholars, and he already knew King Huai and others, so his talent is undeniable, and this poem was spread in the garden afterward.

Next, some poems were presented to Qiulu Tower one after another, but the response was not great.In this way, after about an hour or so, the famous masterpiece is still only the one just now. It seems that this poem will win the first prize in today's poetry meeting.

On Hu Wenyong's side, he took up a set of desks and chairs, and wrote while thinking, and deliberated while writing. After a while, the work was finally completed. At this time, Lin Youdaiming also returned to him.He wrote a poem: "Autumn geese don't pay attention, the frost is heavy, the drums are cold, and the sound is cold. What do you hold? Armored clothes. Long smoke, sunset, lonely city closed."

Although Lin You and Dai Ming were literate, their appreciation level was limited after all, and they couldn't tell whether the word was good or bad. When the word was presented to Qiululou, there was a commotion among the crowd, and bursts of applause came from the crowd.Brahma fighters mobilized their hearing, and some of the reviewers heard from afar say: "The first two sentences of this word are full of sadness, and explain the bitter cold in the frontier, but even so, they can't stop the soldiers' mission of guarding the land and their feelings of guarding the frontier. , It can be described as patriotic and patriotic." "The last sentence'Long smoke sets in the sun and the lonely city is closed', which has a vast artistic conception and endless aftertaste. Good words! Good words!" Another person echoed.

Soon, this poem surpassed the previous poems of Xinke Jinshi and came out on top.With this word, Hu Wenyong naturally became the guest of honor at King Huai's banquet tonight.Although he didn't pass the examination this year, he beat an opponent in the imperial examination in Huaizhou, and he was in a good mood.

After nightfall, Lin Youdaiming gradually dispersed with the flow of people.Hu Wenyong successfully got acquainted with Duke Huai and became a guest of the palace.

(End of this chapter)