Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 337 Beyond the Peak
Cui's house in Chang'an.

Cui Xinming raised his wine glass and drank happily with a middle-aged man.

"Thanks to Brother Yuanxu's help this time, we can watch the show!"

The middle-aged man is Li Southeast, a descendant of the Li family in Zhao County, and an aide to King Li Yuanjia of Han.

Li Yuanjia loved poetry, but he would not rashly get involved in the struggle between Chen Qingsi and Shangguan Yi when he was in Beijing to report on his duties.

It was because of Li Southeast's instigation.

Taiping princes like Li Yuanjia were born at the top of the pyramid. They were rich and powerful, and had no worries about food and clothing. All they wanted was a name.

Li Yuanjia was best at poetry and painting. If he wanted to become famous, he could only rely on these two talents.

Once Chen Qingsi overthrows palace-style poetry, all the poems Li Yuanjia has accumulated over the years will be reduced to nothing.

Li Southeast has followed Li Yuanjia for many years, knows his temperament, and is highly respected by him. With some instigation from the side, Li Yuanjia's March 3rd invitation came.

This is also the foundation and reliance of Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.

Li Southeast's status is not high, but he can do some special things in this position.

The Li Tang court could try its best to control the number of high-ranking officials with five surnames and seven looks in the temple, but it could not prevent them from infiltrating into all levels, including princes with the power to open mansions or the staff of feudal officials.

People like Li Southeast have been exposed to a lot of ideas of family supremacy in ethnic studies since they were young. In their eyes, imperial power and people's livelihood are not as important as blood, and everything is respected by the family.

Faced with Cui Xinming's request for help, Li Southeast didn't think twice and used his position in Li Yuanjia's heart to facilitate the March 3rd Shangsi Festival gathering for Chen Qingsi, Shangguan Yi, and Xue Yuanchao.

Li Southeast raised his wine glass and responded: "It is an honor for me to be able to do my little bit for the family. What's more, a common man from Jiangnan dares to get involved with a Confucian leader? I really don't know how to have a good face..."

People like him who have been brainwashed so deeply will have a strong sense of pride in their own lineage, which will lead to contempt for scholars of low origin. As for the common people from poor families, this is even more true. In the eyes of people like him, they are nothing. the difference.

Chen Qingsi, a commoner, repeatedly ruined their good deeds, and even wanted to step on their heads and become a leader in the literary world.

A fool's dream.

Cui Xinming said: "People like Chen Qingsi have gained their current status because of their extraordinary ability to raise their hopes. As long as the golden body he built for himself is broken and the clay embryo inside is exposed, everything will be revealed. Just like him Once such a rootless person loses his reputation, I would like to see how he can remain noble."

Li Nannan frowned and said: "It's just that this way, it is easier for Shangguan Yi. This person is also a self-proclaimed noble person. When the younger generation was in Beijing, he had contacts with him. This person comes from a humble background and is envious of our background. No, I am hostile. It is really annoying to use his name in vain."

Cui Xinming smiled contemptuously: "Don't worry, good nephew, Shangguan Yi has nothing to fear. This person is far less smooth and orderly than Chen Qingsi. He is just a follower of Xu You who thinks he is smart. If he is allowed to gain momentum, it will not be successful."

Cui Xinming looked down upon Shangguan Yi.

The two of you said something to each other, and everything seemed to be under control...

Until Cui Dongri appeared in panic.

"Father, I'm sorry, Shangguan Yi and Xue Yuanchao came to visit Chen Qingsi in person..."

"Bang!"

"Crench!"

Two sounds came out at the same time, followed by a messy sound of tinkling and clanging.

The former was the sound of a wine glass falling to the ground. This was the wine glass Li Southeast couldn't hold in his hand.

The other sound was the sound of the table being moved sideways and the wine bottles and dishes on the table being spilled.

Cui Xinming stood up out of control and hit his knee on the table in front of him, causing the table to move and the food and wine on it to spill.

"How is that possible?" Cui Xinming cried out in horror.

The two sides are already fighting in full swing. As the leaders of palace poetry, how could Shangguan Yi and Xue Yuanchao go to the Chen family residence at this time?

"Is it the emperor?"

Cui Xinming felt that he had thought of the answer and shouted: "It must be him, it must be him. If you can't fight him, you have no skills, so you use this cheap method. It's shameful!"

Cui Xinming planned in every possible way and established a dog-eat-dog situation in the end.

Regardless of whether Chen Qingsi wins or Shangguan Yi wins in the end.

It is beneficial to them, the Kanto nobles...

Shangguan Yi and Chen Qingsi were both swords used by the Li Tang royal family to deal with them.

If either party fails and loses its vitality, it will be convenient for them. It's just that Chen Qingsi is more powerful, and Cui Xinming prefers Shangguan Yi to win in order to obtain the greatest benefits.

Chen Qingsi turned defeat into victory, and Cui Xinming was also the final winner.

But Shangguan Yi and Xue Yuanchao surrendered, but it was different.

This means that the two sides finally have the opportunity to turn their hostility into friendship, and the two forces can be integrated into one place.

This is the last thing they want to see.

Seeing that victory was within his grasp, how could he bear such a sudden change?
Cui Dongri looked at his furious father, hesitated again and again, and finally said: "The emperor did not take action, but Chen Qingsi used a poem to defeat Shangguan Yi and Xue Yuanchao..."

He took a piece of paper from his sleeve, and what was written on the paper was "Moonlight Night on the Spring River".

Cui Xinming fell down while watching "Moonlight Night on the Spring River" and fainted from anger.

Thousands of plans were defeated by a poem.

"Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night" spread throughout Chang'an with lightning speed.

Compared with the prosperous Tang Dynasty style, which is not recognized by most people, "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" has swept the entire Gyeonggi Province.

The Xu family's residence.

Xu Jingzong looked at the "Spring River with Flowers and Moonlight Night" in his hand and was in a daze.

If Shangguan Yi and Xue Yuanchao are the leaders of palace poetry, then Xu Jingzong is the soul of palace poetry. If he was ranked second, Shangguan Yi and Xue Yuanchao would not dare to be ranked first.

He is the only remaining member of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Dynasty in the past. He once recited poems and made music at banquets with Yang Guang and Li Shimin.

His attainments in palace-style poetry were higher than those of Shangguan Yi and Xue Yuanchao, but because of his age, he was no longer as quick-thinking as when he was young. Because his status was too high, he was not suitable to be involved in such disputes. From the beginning, he had an attitude that the matter had nothing to do with him.

But in fact, Xu Jingzong hoped that Shangguan Yi would have the last laugh. After all, denying palace-style poetry is equivalent to denying his outstanding achievements in palace-style poetry in the past fifty years.

It wasn't until he saw "Moonlit Night on the Spring River" that Xu Jingzong understood that the outcome was determined and there was no suspense.

Even if Chen Qingsi comes up with a poem that is ten times better than "Yellow Crane Tower", it will not be enough.

But it happened to be "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night", the final salvation of palace poetry.

A palace-style poem that washes away all the beauty...

Xu Jingzong has studied palace-style poetry all his life. When he saw "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night", he couldn't help but said: "In terms of the exquisiteness of poetry and prose, "Spring River Flowers and Moonlight Night" is the only one that is known as the pinnacle of palace poetry. "Yushu Backyard Flowers" " can be compared. However, in terms of the emptiness and profoundness of the artistic conception and the natural and strange imagination, "The Flowers in the Back Garden of the Yushu" is far inferior. I can see the imperial style of writing that surpasses the peak, and I will die without regrets."

(End of this chapter)