Early Ming Dynasty: Turning Clouds and Rains into New Learning Saints

Chapter 89 What the hell is it?

Soon, Mei Yin was the first to hand in the paper.

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang got his piece of paper, he couldn't help but praise: "Good calligraphy!"

Upon hearing this, for some reason, everyone looked at Zhang Yifan instead of Mei Yin who was being praised.

Zhang Yifan was a little hurt. Why are you looking at me like this? What's the matter?
Look, Zhu Biao is shaking his head, and Zhu Di is also shaking his head. Do you have the nerve to shake your head?

Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong were both laughing, laughing so obscenely, bah!
Of course, these are what Zhang Yifan is thinking, but he doesn't dare to express them.

He didn't care about anyone else, just waiting for his pen to arrive. At this time, let's look at Zhu Yuanzhang first!

"Not bad, not bad!" Zhu Yuanzhang had already finished reading Mei Yin's copy, turned around and handed it to Queen Ma next to him: "What do you think?"

Queen Ma's level is not very high, but once she sees the words, her impression is much better. She doesn't even need to read the content, but she gives people the feeling that this poem is very good.

After glancing at it, she smiled and said, "Let's show it to Da Ru. I think it looks good, but I can't tell."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled slightly, took the piece of paper back from her hand, and then ordered the palace maid to pass it to the scholar Song Lian who was present: "Come, Song Qing, come and tell everyone!"

Everyone present was convinced of Song Lian's level. Even if he was Mei Yin's teacher, they didn't have any objections.

So, after Song Lian took the piece of paper, he started reading it on the spot.

"There is a delicate fragrance in Cuiwei. Who can cherish it and send it to Nanfei?"

"The green moth is jealous and pampered to no end, and its white teeth have not returned yet."

"The clouds on the temples are shy and the morning dew is thin, and the moon eyebrows are sad and shine in the setting sun."

"The cold weather can't bear the dusk of the Double Ninth Festival. I stand alone on the east wall and watch the wild geese flying."

After he finished reading it in a measured tone, with a satisfied smile on his face, he nodded slightly and said, "It's not bad. It's one of his better poems."

After Li Shanchang heard this, although he knew it was such a result, he was still a little surprised.

In such a short period of time, a seven-melody poem was almost done in one stroke, describing the posture of a woman. To be honest, he couldn't do it.

Even Hu Weiyong, who ranks second in literature level, has to admit that it is not enough for Mei Yin to write a poem in seven steps. He just wrote with a pen, and he must have written a good poem in less than seven steps.It's just that Song Lian was more reserved and didn't praise him properly.

When everyone was commenting on Mei Yin, the pressure was on Li Qi's side, but Zhang Yifan seemed to be heartless, just watching like a passerby.

After everyone finished appreciating Mei Yin's poem, Li Qi wiped his sweat and finally finished writing.

So, a palace maid immediately presented herself to the emperor.

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at it, then glanced at Li Shanchang, and found that Li Shanchang was looking at him, so he praised: "Good poem, good poem!"

Mei Yin had been standing proudly. When he heard this, he raised his eyebrows and immediately asked: "Your Majesty, can the students have a look?"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him, and then said: "I will read it to you!"

After he said this, Mei Yin certainly didn't dare to say no, so everyone present listened with their ears pricked up.

"The five colors are beautiful in the clouds, and the spring is unique in its wonders."

"If you don't follow the beautiful flowers, you'd rather be bullied by the beautiful frost."

This can be regarded as describing the beauty of the princess, but it is not necessarily good to say how good it is.

No, Mei Yin's eyebrows were raised again, seemingly a little disdainful, but she didn't say anything.

Hu Weiyong glanced at Li Shanchang, and finally cheered: "What your Majesty said is absolutely true, even I think it is a good poem!"

As for Li Shanchang himself, he also thinks this song is pretty good. At least in his opinion, this is his son's extraordinary performance.

Now that His Majesty has praised it, the test of believing in this poem has been passed.

Thinking this, he smiled.

He was happy when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang say to him: "You are his father, I will give you this poem!"

Li Shanchang knew Zhu Yuanzhang very well. When he heard this, he couldn't help being slightly stunned, because he felt that there seemed to be something in his words!What does it mean?
When he took the poem handed to him by the palace maid and read it, his old face suddenly turned red and he understood what Zhu Yuanzhang meant.

It turned out that Li Qi was so nervous and stressed because Mei Yin was praised so much that she didn't even know she wrote a word wrong.

Zhu Yuanzhang did not comment on this, and he did not even show it to anyone else, including Queen Ma. In the final analysis, he still gave him face and helped him.

After knowing the reason, he quickly put away the poem. Even when Hu Weiyong came over to take a look, he glared back.Hu Weiyong is not a fool. He knows there is something fishy inside when he sees this.

When he was about to say something, the eunuch who went out to get the pen came back.

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang was surprised when he saw it, "Is this your pen?"

These are clearly two feathers!
Others also saw it clearly, and it was very strange for a while.What the hell is this Zhang Yifan doing?

Zhang Yifan took it calmly, this is his pen, what's wrong?
After taking the two quill pens, he replied to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, the time for ordinary people to practice calligraphy is too short, and they cannot master the brushes well, so they can only find another shortcut and use this to write!"

The people present understood his reason.

Many people present had read Zhang Yifan's previous calligraphy, but they really couldn't put it to use.It seems that he himself is aware of this!
Zhu Yuanzhang had no other ideas, but asked with a little curiosity: "Then you can write well with these feathers?"

"Your Majesty, Caomin feels at least a little better than writing with a brush!" Zhang Yifan replied immediately after hearing this.

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately laughed and said: "Okay, then I'll wait and see what kind of words you can write with this feather?"

Seeing this, Queen Ma was a little moved by Zhang Yifan.

This Zhang Yifan is in love with Zhu Jingjing. In order to marry Zhu Jingjing, he not only worked hard before, but now he is trying his best to show it. He even thought of using feathers to write, hoping to write better. Such a man , is really worth marrying Zhu Jingjing!
With this thought in her mind, she turned her head and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's profile, and hesitated a little. She was thinking, how about asking for Zhang Yifan's favor so that they could finally get married?

While Mei Yin continued to be aloof, and Li Qi, his father and others watched the show, Zhang Yifan calmly began to write poems, or, to be more precise, copy poems.

Thanks to the soul piercing, the fusion of two souls actually has the side effect of enhancing memory.Now that Zhang Yifan is using his brain diligently, he can recall many things deep in his memory.Among them, this poem is included.

I got the quill pen from Zhang Yifan, and then just exchanged words with Zhu Yuanzhang and started writing directly. I didn't think hard or hesitate in the middle, but just wrote it in one go, and then handed in the paper.

Many people were surprised when they saw his scene.

If I didn't know the details of this country boy, just by looking at his attitude, I would have been deceived by him, thinking that he was also a literary great!

Finished it so quickly and so calmly?

When they came back to their senses, they were all curious again, what exactly did Zhang Yifan write? What kind of flowers could he write with this kind of feather?
The first thing I saw was of course Zhu Yuanzhang.Therefore, everyone's eyes were turned to Zhu Yuanzhang to see what his reaction was.
Laughing?

Shake your head and sigh?

What they guessed the most were these two reactions!

As a result, what they never expected was that as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang got the piece of paper, he was shocked just by looking at it.

Really, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression was definitely one of shock!
Except Li Qi thought after seeing it, how ugly this word must be to scare the emperor?Everyone else's ideas are opposite to his!

The reason is actually simple. It’s not like I haven’t seen Zhang Yifan write with a brush. If he uses this kind of feathers to write, the writing is worse than the writing with a brush, then what about using this kind of feathers to write?
Therefore, His Majesty's expression like this must have been beyond his expectation!
Queen Ma was also surprised, so she took the initiative to look over for the first time.

Upon seeing this, she was immediately stunned.

Can this feather write so well?

Before Zhu Yuanzhang could respond, she looked at the poem again, and was stunned again when she saw it.

Why is Zhu Yuanzhang always in shock?
In addition to seeing Zhang Yifan actually use feathers to write better words than he imagined, the most important thing is that this poem immediately reminded him of the scene he saw when he went to see Zhu Jingjing a few days ago!
Although he is the emperor, he is still a father.Zhu Jingjing's mother was his beloved concubine. When she died of illness two years ago, she repeatedly asked him to take care of her daughter.

Scenes of the past suddenly came to his mind again as he saw Zhang Yifan's poem.

The same was true. For a moment, he was in a daze.

Others were a little shocked when they saw this scene.You know, even Mei Yin's poem just now didn't make the emperor have such a big reaction.

So what kind of Zhang Yifan's poem was it that made the emperor lose his composure like this?
Even the aloof Mei Yin looked surprised, a little eager to know what poem Zhang Yifan had written.

If Zhu Yuanzhang remained silent, he would probably ask.

Fortunately, Zhu Yuanzhang did not give him a chance to be rude in front of the imperial court, and he has recovered.

He first glanced at Queen Ma, and what was conveyed in her eyes, then asked the palace maid to pass Zhang Yifan's poem to Song Lian, the great scholar present, and said to him: "I think this poem should be given to you for your appreciation!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately shocked.

No one expected that the emperor would rate this poem so highly, exceeding their expectations.

What kind of song is this that actually made the emperor express his position like this and use the word "appreciation"?
Even Song Lian was very curious and looked at it eagerly as soon as he got it.Upon seeing this, he was stunned.

(End of this chapter)