Yu Shimingyan

Chapter 25 Zhao Bosheng meets Renzong at the tea shop (2)
Dr. Cha replied: "Speak to the officials, this lyricist is an unranked scholar. He is ashamed to return to his hometown and live here." Eunuch Miao asked again: "Where is he from? Where is he resting now?" Dr. Cha said: "He is from the Chengdu Prefecture of Xichuan, and he is resting in the Zhuangyuanfang shop across the street. He spends his days writing essays with others and waiting for the examination." Recalling the past, Renzong privately said to Eunuch Miao: " This person was originally the top one among the officials in the examination, and his literary talent was excellent, but because of a word error, I blamed him for refusing to admit his mistake, so he dismissed him and refused to use him. I don’t expect to end up here.” He taught Dr. Cha: “Go and find If he comes, I ask for his articles. If you find him, I will reward you." Dr. Cha walked around once, but he was nowhere to be found.Sighing: "This scholar is really unlucky, I don't know where he has gone." Dr. Tea replied: "You two officials, I can't find him." Renzong said: "Let's sit for a while and order some tea. "While drinking tea, he taught Dr. Tea to find this scholar.Dr. Tea went to the store and various hotels to inquire again, but he was nowhere to be found.Said: "It's really a poor scholar! If you meet these two officials, you will get some help from them, so lucky!" Dr. Cha replied: "I can't find him."

They paid back the tea money and were about to get up when they saw Dr. Cha pointing: "Wu Na Zhao Xiucai is here!" Eunuch Miao said: "Where is it?" Dr. Cha pointed to the street: "The man in the ragged blue shirt That's it." Eunuch Miao asked him to come.Dr. Tea went out of the street and continued: "Zhao Xiucai, there are two officials waiting for you in my tea shop. Teach me to look for you, but I didn't see you twice." Zhao Xu hurried into the tea house. Under the eunuch's shoulders, the three of them drank tea.Asked: "The words on the wall are written by scholars?" Zhao Xu replied: "Students are not talented, and they talk nonsense. It's a joke." Renzong asked: "A scholar is from Chengdu, but why is he here?" Xu replied: "Because of my poor life, I am ashamed to return to my hometown." While talking, Zhao Xu fumbled in his sleeve.Eunuch Miao asked, "What's in the scholar's sleeve?" Zhao Xu didn't answer, and immediately took it out of the sleeve. It was a white pear fan with a moon-shaped jade handle.The poem said: "The crooked branches are green and green, and the trapped dragon is hidden in the soil. If he gets a chance at the time, he will be a white jade beam that lifts the sky." Eunuch Miao said: "Where did you get this fan?" Zhao Xu replied "The student walked downstairs from the fan building. I don't know who from the upper floor dropped the fan. It happened to be stuck on the sleeve of the student's ripped blue shirt. Then he went to Prime Minister Wang's house to compose pine poems. He wrote it on the fan." Eunuch Miao said: "This fan belongs to this senior official of Zhao, who fell downstairs because of drinking." Zhao Xu said: "Since it belongs to a senior official, it should be returned." Emperor Renzong was overjoyed!Ask again: "Xiucai, why didn't you get the first place in the upper class?" Zhao Xu replied: "Students have completed all three writings. They don't want the holy emperor to read it, but they can't write a single word. Therefore, they don't get the first place and live here." Renzong said: "This is not clear today." Zhao Xu replied: "Today it is Ming." Renzong said: "What is the difference in writing?" Zhao Xu said: "It is the word 'Wei'. Students write it as '厶', the Son of Heaven Gao Ming said it was near the "mouth". The student said: "All can be used in common use." Today's eight characters in the imperial book: "Shan Dan, Qu Ji, Wu Yi, Lu Tai. Qing's words are common, and I will break them down." The student is speechless Resisted, so he was dismissed, and has been submerged to this day. This is the fault of the students who are not good at research and take their own responsibility. It is not the fault of the holy emperor." Renzong asked: "The scholar lives in Jinli, which is Xichuan. Can you recognize the king's rule? "Zhao Xu replied: "Students recognize Wang Zhizhi, but Wang Zhizhi doesn't recognize students." Renzong said: "He is my nephew. I will repair the letter and send you to vote for him. I will ask for your name and teach you to make a fortune." How about it?" Zhao Xu turned around and bowed: "If you are supported by two officials, I dare not forget your kindness." Eunuch Miao said: "Xiucai, you are destined to be promoted by high officials, why don't you write a poem to thank him?" Zhao Xu Xu Yingnuo wrote a poem.The poem said: White jade is hidden in the stubborn stone, and gold is buried in the mud.At present, when you encounter expensive people, it's like standing on the ninefold ladder.

When Emperor Renzong saw the poem, he was overjoyed and said, "Why do you write this poem? I haven't seen if I can recommend you. I will also reply with a poem."It is better to call on the mountains and worship the Phoenix than to join the king in Cambodia.Zhao Xu was very grateful for the official poem.Another eunuch Miao said, "Xiucai, senior officials have poems for you, how can I say nothing?" He gave a poem.The poem said: "Emperor Xu Lin's Que Ying Tianwen, originally named Kui with the word Hun. Today, Cambodia voted for the king, and the brocade clothes shine on the Zhao family." The eunuch Miao said: "Xiu Cai, you go back to the next place, and wait for the next day. I have been urging the senior officials to send you off together with the books and travel expenses." Zhao Xu asked, "Where is the senior official's residence? The students are welcome to come and thank you." Eunuch Miao said: "The residence is far away from here. Scholars are free to visit." Zhao Xu thanked him in the tea house, and the three of them went out together to say goodbye.

On the day of arrival, Zhao Xu started to wait.Sure enough, yesterday's beardless scholar in white clothes led a marquis of Yu, carrying a suitcase and baggage, but no official Zhao came.Zhao Xu came out of the shop to greet him. After the meeting ceremony, Eunuch Miao said: "Ye Lai, Mr. Zhao, will follow me and appoint this person to see you off. I will pay you 50 taels of silver and send you documents to the Chengdu Mansion. The documents are all here. Be careful on your way to this place." Zhao Xu thanked him again and again, and asked, "Is the official Gao's name?" Eunuch Miao said: "My surname is Miao, my name is Xiu, and I will be a guest under Mr. Zhao's family. When a scholar sees Wang Zhizhi, he will naturally know." Zhao Xu said: "Students go here, if they are proud, they will never forget the rewards of dogs and horses." Then he wrote a poem and wrote it on plain paper to express his thanks.The poem said: In the old year, I was a guest of admission, but today I still nod secretly.I intend to go to the prime minister's mansion, but I accidentally meet the restaurant building.

In the air, a fan falls into the blue shirt, and the poems in the sleeves are left in Huangge.Thank you for repairing the ruler, and the Xichuan system is similar.Eunuch Miao took the poem and said goodbye.Zhao Xu then chopped the silver into pieces, paid back the rent, packed all his clothes, and set off in three days.

Hungry food and thirsty drink on the road, live at night dawn travel, not even a day, about a hundred miles away from the Chengdu government, heard people say: "Send people far away to pick up the new system, the army and the people are noisy." Zhao Xu was shocked when he heard the letter, I thought to myself: "I came here specifically to find the king's position, and then I left. I have always been so unlucky! How can life be good?" Then he sang a poem, which said: "The book of rulers is held in the middle of the river, and the people who cast thousands of miles will be empty once they are empty." .Live up to the superiors and attract each other, although the hometown is near, it is worrying.

Yu Hou said: "Don't worry, just go ahead and find out how it is." Zhao Xu took a step, took a lazy step, and walked another 25 miles to the ground in Chengdu.At the receiving official pavilion, officials and others made noise, saying: "After three days of waiting for the new system to take office, there is no news." Yuhou said: "Scholar, I will go to the official receiving pavilion with you to have a look. " Zhao Xu said: "Don't go, I'm a helpless person." Yu Hou didn't care what he said, and kept carrying his burden and suitcase, and went to the receiving official pavilion to rest.Yu Hou said: "What are the officials waiting for? Why don't you take over the new system?" The officials were shocked and asked, "I don't see the new system?" New system." Zhao Xu was also taken aback.Yu Hou opened the suitcase again, took out the purple robe and gold belt, and black boots like Jane, put on the Shujiao Futou, and read out the imperial edict.Zhao Xu thanked him and kowtowed to grant Xichuan 54 prefectures the capital system.When all the officials meet, the ceremony is over.Zhao Xu sent people to find a good monastery to rest for a while and choose a date to take office.Thinking about the past: "I won the number one scholar, but I was dismissed for one word. Who would have thought that if I was destined to make a fortune, I met Zhao Daguan at the tea shop, and it turned out to be Emperor Renzong." Liu Chengyin.Zhao Xu asked Yu Hou, "The former, who is the official who sent me off with the white clothes?" One has eyes but does not know Mount Tai."

Choose a day to take office, horses with carved saddles, umbrellas with three eaves, the front line is lined up, the officials behind are following, the dignified appearance is pruned, and the atmosphere is majestic.After taking office, I went home to visit my parents.The parents were suddenly frightened, and the whole family greeted them, with the noise of cars and horses in front of the door.Zhao Xu got off his horse and entered the hall, wearing a purple robe and gold belt, like simple black boots, and went to the hall to pay homage to his parents.Parents asked: "You failed the imperial examination and lived in the capital. How did you get this position? And how did you get rid of being an official here?" May the child faithfully repay the emperor's favor.Zhao Xu wrote a poem, which said: Fame and fame are the most important, and you can't get back if you compete for one word.I hate Yumen's stormy wind and waves, but who knows that there is a thunder on the ground!Parents are overjoyed.The whole family was happy, relatives and friends came to celebrate, and feasted for several days.The servant who fled back in the old days did not remember the old evil, and still accepted it.Considering the kindness of Emperor Renzong, he studied his own form and thanked the emperor for his kindness.Since then, Xichuan has been an official, and also in charge of the army and the people.Parents are welcome to serve in the yamen.The so-called one son receives the favor of the emperor, and the whole family eats Tianlu.There are poems as evidence: Xiangru still returns to Shu while holding festivals, and Jizi spends another week with gold.Returning home has existed since ancient times, how about meeting Chenyou in a tea shop?

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