The Multiverse Starting from White Deer Plain

Li Longji took away two Qingci written by Bai Gui.

He had already memorized Qing Ci in his mind, but Bai Gui's calligraphy was unique and had the style of a master. He was so happy that he was ready to take it home and copy it for his own collection.

There is a good word, which was basically universal in ancient times.

Bai Gui practiced calligraphy hard for many years and received advice from Liu Xueyu, an elder in Guan School. At this time, Yan Lugong and Yan Zhenqing were just two years old, and there were no Caosheng monks such as Huaisu, so his calligraphy claimed to be of the same lineage and started a generation. atmosphere.

The next day.

Two Qing Ci poems are circulated in the streets and alleys of Chang'an Shifang.

"Qingci after Dengdi" is nothing more than that. This poem can only show Bai Gui's outstanding literary talent and first-class flattering skills, but nothing else can be seen. But the other short green poem is different. It was just before the imperial examination.

This sentence "I urge God to be brave and send talents of all kinds" touched the minds of many scholars who were taking the exam, and became widely circulated among the people. Similarly, the technique of Bai Gui's Qing Ci is very different from the previous Qing Ci, which shocked the poets. It turns out that Qing Ci can still be written in this way.

The Qing Ci written in the past were all dedicated to sacrificial poems for Jiao Zhai ceremonies. Except for Taoist priests, no one else would take a second look.

As a result, there were many more talents in Chang'an City who specialized in the creation of Qingci.

After all... the emperor at this time is the Li Tang royal family, and the Li Tang royal family's Taoism is not much weaker than that of Emperor Jiajing.

It is obviously feasible to write Qing Ci and vote for these powerful people.

So in the second year of Jingyun's regular examination, among the well-known scholars, Bai Gui ranked first in the list for his calligraphy and poetry.

Soon, the official examination of the Ministry of Rites came as scheduled.

During the Tang Dynasty, there were no county examinations, government examinations, and courtyard examinations, but there were only the Shangshu Provincial Rites Examination.

However, it is not that simple to take the Shangshu Provincial Rites Examination. There are two sources of candidates for the exam, one is Shengtu and the other is Xiang Gong. They are both literal meanings. Students who come from various schools in Chang'an are called Shengtu, while local While the descendants from prefectures and counties escorted the tributes, the candidates brought to Chang'an were called tribute students.

The apprenticeship seems to be the easiest to do, but is actually the most difficult. In the Tang Dynasty, there were so-called six studies and two schools. The six schools refer to Guozixue, Taixue, Four Schools, Legal Studies, Calligraphy, and Arithmetic, all of which were affiliated to the Imperial College. The second school refers to Hongwen Hall and Chongwen Hall.

At this time, the Imperial College was not a school, but the highest educational institution in the country.

Guozixue only admits the children of the royal family and the children of nobility of third rank and above. Taixue only admits the children of nobility of fifth rank and above. The four schools only admit the children of civil and military officials of seventh rank and above. The remaining studies of law, calligraphy and arithmetic are Recruiting general scholars below the eighth grade and common people.

So if you want to become a disciple, you have to fight for your father.

Bai Gui, on the other hand, went to Chang'an, the capital, to take the regular examination as a tribute student from the Xiazhou County School in Huazhou.

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Ministry of Rites of Shangshu Province, Gongyuan.

Bai Gui held the test basket with a calm expression.

He has gone through several imperial examinations and studied abroad. He is not comparable to ordinary students and Gong students. Moreover, he is not simply a foreign student, but one who studied abroad after receiving traditional Confucian education. He is familiar with all Confucian classics.

"Bai Meihe is good at writing poems and poems, but those are just two essays for the additional exam. The real exam content is the Five Current Affairs Strategies."

"What's the use of poetry in governing a country?"

"What is really useful is current affairs policy..."

The Gongsheng and disciples around him were talking in low voices.

Bai Gui's fame spread so fast that they didn't even have time to ask about Bai Gui's birthplace. His reputation had spread throughout Chang'an. Everyone knew about it, but none of the candidates who took the exam didn't hear it. Too expensive.

They truly admired Bai Gui's talent and learning, but it was inevitable that they would have some doubts and questions if he was famous in vain.

"Du You said in "Tongdian·Selection": 'Among the Kaiyuan Tianbao, there are thousands of one-year-old tribute exams.' These are just tribute exams, not counting the students and disciples from various schools in Chang'an..."

"It's much more spectacular than when I took the imperial examination in Chang'an Mansion."

Bai Gui looked back and felt emotional.

He also heard some whispers about him from Gongju and Shengtu, but it was normal. Among the pre-listed celebrities, he was the most famous at this time. It was strange that he was not discussed and other people were discussed.

Bells ring.

The gate of Gongyuan opens.

Bai Gui entered steadily, without panic or irritation.

The number of people who applied for the Jinshi subject this time was about 1,300 for the regular subject, which was second only to the Ming Jing subject in Gongyuan. It was spectacular.

But because he is the first among the famous people.

Enjoyed the "seating hall number".

This is the court hall of Gongyuan. Examination tables and benches have been prepared. There are only less than 70 candidates who applied for the Jinshi Department to answer questions.

It seems that there are less than 70 people, but these people account for at least 30% of the people admitted to the Jinshi subject.

"That should be Song Jing, the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Personnel, right?"

"Joined with Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, and Yao Chong as the four famous prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty..."

Bai Gui put down the examination basket, sat on a bench, looked up at the people sitting in the courtroom, and immediately saw a middle-aged Confucian scholar dressed in purple robes, with a stern face, a seven-inch long beard, and cold eyes.

The official minister of the Ministry of Personnel during the Jingyun period was Song Jing.

He looked to the side again and saw another purple-robed official with a kind face and similar appearance to Song Jing.

It was Jia Zeng, the Minister of Rites.

In the Tang Dynasty, people of rank three or above wore purple robes.

Portraits of the powerful people of the dynasty had long been secretly sold in the Chang'an market, and Bai Gui also bought one. Although the ancients paid attention to freehand painting, realistic paintings were not necessarily bad. After a little guessing, he recognized the identities of the two people. .

One is Tianguan, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who is in charge of the election, and the other is the Grand Uncle, the Minister of Rites, who is in charge of running schools and imperial examinations.

It is extremely reasonable for the two prime ministers to preside over the examination.

The imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were not standardized. The Ministry of Rites was the main venue, and the Political Affairs Hall would often send officials to supervise or serve as examiners to supervise the examinations.

Song Jing had a rather domineering personality and was on good terms with the Li Tang royal family. He once strongly recommended that Princess Taiping go to the Eastern Capital to avoid interference from the harem.

Therefore, Song Jing and the prince Li Longji had a close relationship.

This is also true. After Li Longji ascended the throne, Song Jing, the prime minister, contributed to the prosperity of the Kaiyuan Dynasty.

So Bai Gui was talking about whether the two poems of Qing Ci could allow the Heavenly Officials of the Ministry of Personnel to review the scrolls, rather than the senior official of the Ministry of Rites. Song Jing must be great.

And he knows history. Li Longji won the final victory. It is no surprise that he bet on Li Longji.

Although Jia Zeng was still a highly respected official later and had little involvement with Princess Taiping, this matter had nothing to do with Bai Gui. He surrendered to Song Jing and asked Song Jing to warm up, which was equivalent to surrendering to the power of Li Longji.

A kind of statement to Li Longji, stand in line!

"Is this Bai Meihe?"

"I heard that Ke Da (Zhong Shaojing's calligraphy) couldn't put it down because of his calligraphy. Princess Jinxian asked him to taste the poems written by Bai Meihe. He was kind enough to keep the poems..."

"In the past few days, Princess Jinxian has gone to the official's house to complain several times."

Jia Zeng said with a smile.

He also felt Bai Gui's gaze, but he didn't know that Bai Gui had asked Li Longji to ask Song Jing, the official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, to warm up the book. This was just a hint and a hint. Bai Gui's two Qing Ci poems were also in Li Longji's possession and were not given directly to Song Jing. However, the manuscripts were still available to all the prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall, and there were no omissions.

"Ke Da loves calligraphy the most. He has hundreds of volumes of original works by Wang Xianzhi, Wang Xizhi, and Yu Shinan. It's impossible not to feel happy when seeing Bai Meihe's unique calligraphy..."

"But I estimate that after excerpting and copying it, it will be returned to Princess Jinxian."

"After all, this is a poem about Princess Jinxian. It's not good for him to keep it without permission."

Song Jing said slowly.