Landlord of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 66 Gift Giving Suzaku Street

In the fifth year of Wude, the first imperial examination of the Tang Dynasty began, and the first famous and testable number one scholar, Sun Fujia, was born.However, Emperor Sui Yang, who founded the imperial examinations, and the top scholars he selected could only be submerged in the tide of history, and the flaws did not conceal the advantages. Emperor Sui Yang made many attempts that are worthy of recognition.

The imperial examination system, the Grand Canal, and a series of measures will have immeasurable effects in the long run.However, whether it is the Grand Canal or the imperial examination system, they are more or less impacting a system that has been passed down for hundreds of years-the Jiupin Zhongzheng System and the noble family system under its influence.The gentry are the backbone of the resistance against the Sui Dynasty!They want to organize the expansion of this shock...

However, the old system, the corrupt nobles, cannot prevent the rise of the lower class people, and cannot prevent the rise of the poor!After all, history inevitably abandoned the Jiupin Zhongzheng system and chose the imperial examination system.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination system was still very rough, and the method basically inherited the Sui system, and even the names of the test papers were not sealed.Therefore, before the exam, some candidates try their best to become famous, because it is easy to be selected by the main examiner.It was precisely because of this consideration that Xu Qing took Shangguanyi to visit Suzaku.There are people in the court, talk is better than nothing.

Xu Qing took a carriage full of spirits and walked towards the residence of the dignitaries - Suzaku Street.I watched Liu Zan's reaction to the spirits yesterday, which means that the wine is very good. As for the price, hehe, they will know when they know that the wine will be gone after drinking it.

Xu Qing looked at Shangguanyi sitting in the carriage, sighed, shook his head, and thought: This year is the fifth year of Wude, isn't it just the imperial examination this year?Not to mention that this guy is too young, the imperial examination in the first year was full of dragons and tigers, and this guy's knowledge must not pass the test.

"Brother Chusixth, what's wrong?" Shangguanyi also noticed that something was wrong with Xu Qing and asked.

"There will be an imperial examination soon, what do you think?" Xu Qing thought for a while and said.

"I want to be a Jinshi, but I still want to travel for a few years, let's talk..." Shangguanyi smiled, but there was a lot of laziness and decadence in his eyes, as if he didn't want to make progress, but was nostalgic for Yanchen Liuxiang.This is not possible, Xu Qing thought, in the future, he will have to rely on his position!Besides, this is also my little brother, I can't let him fall.So Xu Qing raised the air of "I am the number one talented person, and you are second" and said to Shangguanyi:

"In a few years, Jinshi pays more attention to poetry and prose, and it is good to travel to increase knowledge. But it is also necessary to be familiar with classic historical books, understand the sufferings of the people, and know all walks of life. Secondly, you must have the ability to write these knowledge into articles, Just like washing rice and cooking, you need to cook these "ingredients". If you can write a good article with flavor and material, you have to write poems, write poems, write poems, scratches with a whip, and blood with a slap , not bad."

Xu Qing told Shangguanyi some methods of stereotyped essays, hoping that he would calm down, do some real learning, and refrain from superficiality and impetuosity.Xu Qing is both a teacher and a friend to Shangguanyi, so it is reasonable to say these words.And in order to prevent Shangguanyi from becoming a nerd, he also added many other requirements.

Stereotyped essays have been criticized so much in modern times that they have been "blackened", as if stereotyped essays are heinous murderers who murdered the people of the country.In fact, there is nothing wrong with stereotyped essays. There must be rhythm and rhythm, there must be classics and classics, and there must be time and time.It was only those rulers, especially the Manchus, who used stereotyped essays as a tool to enslave the people, so that the advantages of stereotyped essays were overwhelmed by the wind and dust, and students who were supposed to be social elites became stupid and rotten.

Shangguanyi admired Xu Qing very much in her heart. There was no reason not to listen to Xu Qing's advice. She listened honestly and agreed well.

On Suzaku Street, Xu Qing was thinking about where to go first, and after a while, he still chose Cheng Yaojin.If this guy knew that Xu Qing didn't visit him first, he might be taken aback and would use Xu Qing as a trick.At this time, Cheng Yaojin was the Duke of Su. Although there were many Dukes, he could find out where he was after a little questioning.

When the post was handed up, the doorman looked at Xu Qing in amazement, and said, "This... this... this young master, don't you know that this is the mansion of Su Guogong Cheng Yaojin?" Xu Qing thought that after hearing this, It was Menzi who looked down on people and said, "Why, look down on me? I am an old comrade-in-arms of Su Guogong." But Menzi shook his head and said:

"Hey, you misunderstood, I would look down on people, but usually no one comes to see the Duke, they..." Menzi lowered his voice: "It's too late for them to hide from the Duke!"

Xu Qing smiled and said: "It's okay, I have a good relationship with the national public transport, it's okay..."

"Don't regret it, hehe..." Menzi smiled and reported.

Suddenly, Xu Qing felt a palpitation. He always felt this way when he paid a lot of money to buy things. Could it be... Xu Qing felt bad, slapped his head, and said to the cow grazing: "The cow grazing, drive the carriage quickly!" Go into that alley and don't let anyone see you!" Then he brought out two jars of wine, don't say anything, in this way, the feeling of palpitation disappeared.

"Hahaha, what's the matter today, I, Cheng Yaojin, have visitors!" A thunderous voice came from the Duke's mansion, and it was Cheng Yaojin who was laughing: "Hahahaha, who is so bold... oh, No, who is giving face like this? It can't be a debt collector!"

"Brother Cheng, are you safe?" Xu Qing said with a smile, in order to save face for herself, this title has been called in the barracks for a long time.Cheng Yaojin is my elder brother, so if you say this, it will be awesome!
"Hahaha, so it's you, Brat Xu!" Cheng Yaojin happily hugged Xu Qing's shoulders and looked left and right, not to see Xu Qing getting thinner and fatter, but to see the left and right around Xu Qing.When he saw that there was only one scholar, and the scholar was only holding two ordinary jars in his hands, his face suddenly sank, he let go of Xu Qing and said:

"If you come to see me, bring something with you. Let's go for a walk... I, Cheng Yaojin, have finally had a guest, and it's a poor guy like you. I don't accept old Cheng..."

Knowing that Cheng Yaojin wasn't telling the truth, Xu Qing walked in and said, "It's not like you don't know, I only have a few possessions, and after getting married and buying a house, I have nothing left."

"What?! You're married, kid! Where's my wedding...you, huh! Let's see what I'm going to do to you!" Cheng Yaojin was promoted to Cheng Yaojin.Xu Qing knew that something was wrong, so he hurriedly took the wine jar from Shangguan Yili and said, "It's all here!"

"Tsk tsk, it's just such a jar of wine, isn't this a door ceremony?" Cheng Yaojin said disdainfully.

"This one is the wedding wine, and the other one is the door-worship ceremony..." Xu Qing said aggrievedly.

"You kid is too stingy, I, Cheng Yaojin, is also the Duke of the state, so you just got rid of two jars of wine? You think your wine is fairy wine..."

"Immortal wine is not comparable, but there are only a few altars in this world, not many..." Xu Qing said again: "General Liu Zan, you know, he poured it in one bite..." Cheng Yaojin heard this , pouted and said:
"That guy Liu Zan drank it in one gulp? It shouldn't be, although he is a bit inferior, he won't be able to gulp it down. If you dare to fool me, I will use you to dance the ax today..."

Cheng Yaojin said that he didn't believe it, but there was a look of anticipation in his eyes, as if he wanted to tickle his heart.

He took a jar from Xu Qing's hand and unsealed the jar. As usual, a burst of strong wine aroma immediately spread to every corner, biting the golden nose and hooking wine bugs to make trouble.

Cheng Yaojin couldn't wait to pick up the jar, first took a sip, and there was a burst of indescribable admiration in his eyes, he looked at Xu Qing in surprise, and then took another big sip, and finally showed a relaxed expression as if enjoying himself.Xu Qing didn't expect these military generals to be so "elegant" when they drank. They didn't want to be so generous in the big bowls in the TV series, they poured wine all over their bodies, but they didn't drink much.

After drinking a few more sips, Cheng Yaojin seemed to realize something, hurriedly picked up the rest of the wine, walked into the inner room like a cat, came out after a while, and muttered: "Fortunately, I hid it in time, if my bastard son finds out Now, I won't have a few mouthfuls, and then I will have to beat him up." Xu Qing said in his heart, Cheng Yaojin is worthy of being a fierce general, and he didn't fall down after drinking so much.But after a while he regretted this conclusion, some people get sleepy when drunk, some people go crazy when drunk, Cheng Yaojin happens to be in the latter.Cheng Yaojin, this time he was extremely drunk...

"Now you can say why you came to Chang'an to see Liu Zan first and then me?" Cheng Yaojin said while holding a double-axe and looking at Xu Qing who had climbed onto the roof.Xu Qing's legs were trembling, and he was sitting on the roof. Cheng Yaojin had been chasing him with a double ax for almost half an hour. Cheng Yaojin was fine, but his legs were about to break. On the roof.

Xu Qing looked at Cheng Yaojin who was standing below, and felt that Cheng Yaojin was more than half awake at this time, so he said: "Liu Zan has been kind to me, and he is close and has little time, so I will go Look at him..."

"Oh, you said it earlier, I'm exhausted... Huh? Why am I holding an axe? Who am I going to chop?" Cheng Yaojin threw the double axe and sat on the ground, as if he forgot to chase Xu Qing's matter.Xu Qing had no choice but to smile wryly, there's no other way, the devil incarnate.

"By the way, what are you doing in Chang'an?" The Confused Demon King asked Xu Qing who was sitting on the roof.

"The emperor asked me to come to see him..."

"Oh... what? What, the emperor asked you to see him, but you came to my house!? You bastard..." Cheng Yaojin picked up the ax again, stood up and said.Seeing this, Xu Qing explained:

"No, the emperor asked me to see him when I recovered from my injury. There is no specific time..."

"That's not going to work. Since you've come to Chang'an, you should go face to face with the saint as soon as possible..." Cheng Yaojin looked at Xu Qing with a look of resentment.Xu Qing didn't know this rule, so he was ashamed.After Cheng Yaojin finished waking up, the ax was taken away by his servants, and then he climbed down from the roof.In the end, Cheng Yaojin took him to point it out, and told Xu Qing some unspoken rules with earnestness, which changed Xu Qing's view of Cheng Yaojin a lot.

Li Jing closed the door with indifference to thank the guests, Cheng Yaojin used the bastard to make the door empty, a military god, a demon king, they are all wise men.

Xu Qing went to the homes of several other generals one after another. Their relationship with Xu Qing was relatively shallow, unlike Cheng Yaojin and Liu Zan, they were just colleagues.The two altars of spirits were sent out as gifts, and they all had the same reaction. First, they didn’t believe in evil, and said that Xu Qing was shabby, but after tasting it, they all felt incredible. After asking for nothing, they said that Xu Qing was not only shabby, but also very stingy, very special The petty kind of stingy.

Instead, the wine was sent out this way, and three of them were drunk on the spot.Moreover, the people who visited were all at the level of the Duke of the State, and they returned a lot of gifts. Hehe, 600 taels was given to Xu Qing as a gift money.And Shangguanyi has also met everyone, but except for Changsun Wuji, everyone else is a general, so it may not be of any use, maybe it is better than nothing.

As for Li Shimin and Li You, after listening to Cheng Yaojin's teaching, Xu Qing didn't want to visit them any more, and just asked people to give gifts on their behalf.Back at home, just as he was about to walk in, a child handed a note to Xu Qing, and along with the note came a simple but noble token.

Xu Qing opened the note and read:

"Xuan Xu Qing will enter the palace for dinner tomorrow"

There is nothing else, and the kid who delivered the letter is also a little fool, he only knows that sending this letter will have a yellow and bright son of Kaiyuan, so he can't ask anything, Xu Qing said with his life insights : What kind of crap is this!
(End of this chapter)