Do you know the long song of laughter?

Chapter 44 Choice
  In fact, Li An didn't know that the reason why he was being accepted as a student was indeed related to poetry, or it could be said to have nothing to do with poetry.

The ancients liked poetry because it could express the literati's emotions and aspirations.

In addition, the more important point is that poetry can show the talent and knowledge of literati.

Although the poem is short, it tests the use of words.

And precisely because of its brevity, it is more disseminable than an article.

In the final analysis, when taking the imperial examination, knowledge is one aspect, and the ability to express yourself in writing is also particularly important.

Whether the articles and poems are good or not is a test of one's literary skills.

Although the poems are well written, it does not necessarily mean that the articles are well written.

But conversely, if the article is well written, the poetry must be well written.

Even if Li An could memorize the Four Books and Five Classics backwards and forwards, no one would be competing to accept him as his student. But if he could write such good poems at such a young age, there would naturally be many people competing for him.

Li An didn't understand this. When he saw the two of them vying to accept him as their student, he glanced at Sheng Hong from the corner of his eye.

However, Sheng Hong didn't react at all, and just looked at the two arguing with a smile.

Although Sheng Hong was surprised that Li An could write such a poem, he had no intention of accepting a disciple.

There is a saying that when you are small, it is not necessarily better when you are big.

Li Anmeng is still young. Even if his performance is amazing now, it is hard to say what will happen in the future.

Seeing that Sheng Hong didn't speak, Li An was a little disappointed and said with a cupped hand: "Thank you Zhou Lushi for your kindness. Liu Xuezheng said before that he would accept me as a student. I have promised Liu Xuezheng to go back and ask his parents."

Zhou Lushi is not his name, Lushi is his official position, and his full name is Lushi Join the Army.

The official title sounds like a military attache, but in fact it has nothing to do with a military attache, but a civilian official.

The person who records events and joins the army is the leader of the Cao officials under Tongpuan, and is an official of the seventh rank.

"Haha, I didn't know there was such a thing, so I would like to congratulate Liu Xuezheng on his good disciple." Zhou Xuezheng said with a smile.

He wanted to accept Li An as his student, but he just thought that Li An was a talent, so he treated it as an early investment.

Students can earn a lot, and even if Li An fails to pass the imperial examination in the future, he will have nothing to lose.

Li An has said this now, and he has given up the idea of ​​accepting a disciple.

"Haha, Li An, you stand behind me first, look at the poems of Yangzhou students, and study along with them." Liu Xuewen said with a smile.

Li An said this in front of everyone, which was tantamount to indicating that he wanted to become his teacher.

"Yes!" Li An bowed and stood behind Liu Xuezheng.

"Hello, my name is Pan Shan."

Liu Xuewen's disciple smiled at Li An and nodded.

"Li An has met Brother Pan." Li An cupped his hands.

"Haha, it's getting late, and the scholars below should be impatient. Now let's send the poems of the students below for evaluation, how about it?" Sheng Hong said with a smile.

"Sheng Tong judged this to be a very good statement, let's get started." Liu Xuewen said with a smile.

Sheng Hong nodded and ordered people to go down and collect the poems written by the students below.

There were more than 200 people attending the poetry meeting this time, and there were only about 20 officials and squires present.

After the poems below are collected, they will be divided equally among the twenty people to choose. Each person will choose three poems, and then everyone will jointly select the top twenty.

"Wonderful, this poem is even better than the literary talent at the top of last year's county poetry list."

"Haha, I wrote this poem very well."

Many people saw the well-written poems and couldn't help but get together to discuss and praise them.

Liu Xuewen quickly read through the dozen or so poems he had been assigned. After pondering for a while, he selected three poems, handed them to Pan Shan and Li An and said, "Take a look."

Pan Shan bowed and took it, looked at it, and handed it to Li An. After Li An finished reading, Liu Xuewen smiled and said, "What do you think of these three songs?"

Pan Shan cupped his hands and said, "Teacher, the student feels that these three poems are gorgeous in terms of words and have no meaning. They are too empty and can only be regarded as average."

Liu Xuewen nodded, looked at Li An and asked, "What do you think?"

Li An pondered for a while and said: "Back to studying politics, students are still in a short period of time. It is difficult to judge whether it is good or bad, and it is difficult to evaluate."

To be honest, as a time traveler, these poems are almost like garbage in his eyes.

But the poems he remembered were the essence of thousands of years of ancient times, and naturally they were not comparable to those from Yangzhou.

He didn't know what the standards of these three poems were among Yangzhou students, so he didn't want to comment.

Upon hearing this, Liu Xuewen looked at Li An with eyes full of admiration.

Ang Lee was able to realize his shortcomings and didn't deliberately show them in front of him, which made him like him even more.

After everyone else had finished selecting, everyone gathered together to take out the selected poems and comment on them.

Since ancient times, there has been no first in literature and no second in martial arts.

Literary men have their own preferences, so the actual selection is controversial.

"Li An, today's poetry competition is a good opportunity to make a name for yourself. If you can make a poem that is not as good as the previous one, it will not be difficult to win the championship." Pan Shan asked.

Li An shook his head and said with a smile: "I know that I have little talent and knowledge, so I won't embarrass myself. Why doesn't Brother Pan participate?"

"The teacher asked me to take the county exam next year. I will focus on preparing for the exam this year. If I am not prepared, I will not be embarrassed." Pan Shan shook his head.

"Then I congratulate Brother Pan on winning the case." Li An said with a smile.

Pan Shan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's not that easy. Hundreds of people take the county examination in Yangzhou every year, and only the top fifty are admitted. It's too difficult."

Li An also fell silent when he heard this. When he first traveled through time, he felt that he was a college student in his previous life. With the knowledge from his previous life, the imperial examination was not difficult for him.

But after studying for more than half a year, he realized how naive his original idea was.

Yangzhou has two counties under its jurisdiction, and together with Yangzhou City, the number of people admitted to the county examination every year is only 150.

Pass the county examination, various prefectural examinations, and the general examination every three years.

In the end, only a few hundred people were named to the gold list.

Taking the imperial examination is no different than crossing a single-plank bridge with thousands of troops.

Although his memory has become stronger, he is not very sure.

On the other side, after half an hour of discussion, Sheng Hong and the others finally decided on the top twenty students. They called the top twenty students, read out the rankings in front of everyone, encouraged everyone, and then sent them to the school. bonus.

The first place will be rewarded twenty taels of silver, the second to thirty-five taels, the sixth to tenth are ten taels, and the eleventh to twentieth are five taels.

Li An didn't expect that he would still have money after ranking in the Poetry Club. Sheng Changbai never told him before.

Perhaps in the eyes of scholars, they disdain to mention money.

It was already late at night when the poetry meeting ended. Li An said goodbye to Liu Xuezheng, met up with Sheng Changbai and the others, and continued to wander around Yangzhou City.

It wasn't until dawn the next day that the number of people on the streets slowly dwindled. Li An, Sheng Changbai and the others parted ways and took Li Ping and Shi Zhu out of the city.

"A Niu, Liu Xuezheng wanted to accept you as his disciple before, why didn't you agree directly?" Li Ping asked.

Li An didn't agree before, but Li Ping was very anxious.

But he knew that Li An had always had an idea, and Sheng Changbai and the others were there, so he didn't ask.

Now it was just the three of them and he couldn't hold it in any longer.

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