Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 336, talented people gather

Liu Jin and the two tigers were walking casually on the streets of the capital. At this time, the capital was very lively.

Because a large number of factories and workshops were opened around the capital, the population of the entire capital also expanded rapidly. The population inside and outside the capital has already exceeded two million people.

Although most of the newly added population lives outside the capital city, this does not prevent them from entering the city during the day, because the large population gathers, making the capital city more prosperous and noisy.

On the streets of the capital, there are many kinds of shops, restaurants, teahouses, inns, etc., and the business is also extremely hot. As for the various small businesses on the side of the street, there are countless, more importantly, Shouts came and went.

Because there are still about a few months until the three-yearly examination, last year's Qiu Wei only came to take the exam, but now it has gathered the talents of the entire Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, scholars with feather fans and scarves can be seen everywhere on the street. Compared with the scholars in Qiuwei last year, these people who came to the capital to participate in the examination are all Juren.

Since they are Juren, they enjoy many privileges, so each of them is naturally more luxuriously dressed, of course, their talents are also higher, each of them has their nostrils upturned, and they look bullish.

Walking in groups of three or five, commenting on the little things here in the capital, pointing out the country, from time to time a flash of inspiration, and they can even recite a poem or two that are not bad.

For these bullish scholars, the people around naturally cast envious and jealous eyes. Those who can come to participate in the examination are all Juren, who have bought into the privileged class, exempt from corvee and tax, and can do business. official.

If he will try for the title of the gold list this year, and he can still go to the Tianzi Hall, the future will be bright, and it may be possible for someone to be appointed as a prince or minister in ten or twenty years.

So for these scholars, ordinary people are naturally extremely envious. As for some businesses and the like, they often even take this opportunity to hold some activities and the like.

For example, some inns will put up signs at this time that only students who have received the entrance examination in Beijing will be given special discounts. I started to celebrate with crackling, feeling happier than I was in high school.

Of course, in the end, the high school students will definitely leave some calligraphy or something, so that your inn will be full of style, which will be of great benefit to improving the style of your inn, and there will be a reason for the price increase from now on.

Of course, this is not only the case for inns, restaurants, and teahouses, especially restaurants, which need fame even more, and often take advantage of the opportunity to hold large-scale poetry gatherings and the like, and pay to invite students to recite poems in their own restaurants. If one or two excellent works can be produced, the whole restaurant will become famous for it.

However, those who are loyal to engaging in various activities are actually still in the brothel. Since ancient times, there have been many talented people. In history, I don’t know how many famous talented people have left their calligraphy in the brothel and Chu Pavilion that have been passed down through the ages.

The literati are so pissed, they engage in some oiran competitions, they don’t care about money, they only look at poetry and songs, without literary talent, even if they spend a lot of money, they can’t even think about kissing Fangze. Waiting, walking backwards to meet.

For these things, those brothels and Chuguans have already figured it out clearly, that is, after later generations, this fine tradition was lost.

"There are so many people~"

Looking at the bustling street, Liu Jin smiled and said to Erhu beside him.

"There are so many scholars, are these all coming to the capital to take part in the examination?"

Erhu looked at the scholars on the street, and it really felt like throwing down a brick, there would be one scholar out of ten.

"Not necessarily, some may be scholars from nearby places who came to join in the fun."

Liu Jin smiled and shook his head and said, the three-yearly Ceremony of Talents, the entire Ming Dynasty attaches great importance to it. There are many scholars from Beizhili who will take this opportunity to come to the capital to study. In fact, they mainly come here to join in the fun , feel the demeanor of higher level students.

The two walked and walked to the downstairs of a teahouse. Before entering the teahouse, they could hear the voices of a group of scholars upstairs, where they were competing for words and matching pairs.

"The thatched cottage will be left to future generations, and the sage of poetry will live forever~"

"The waves are rolling outside the railing, and the heroes of the ages can't keep the river from going east; the sun and the moon are majestic between the windows, and you can see the four seasons, and you have seen the yellow crane coming from the west."

"Okay~ This is the absolute of the ages, the absolute of the ages, Xiao Er took the pen, ink, paper and inkstone~"

Those who can come to participate in the test naturally have a good foundation. This pair is really quite advanced. From time to time, one or two good pairs will appear, which immediately attracts a lot of good news.

The entire teahouse was filled with the arrogance of these students pointing out the country, so that many ordinary people in ordinary clothes were embarrassed to go in, for fear that they would disturb the elegant mood of these students.

As for the owner of the teahouse, he is happy to see this, and asks Xiaoer to serve him with pen and ink at any time. If a talented person is absolutely right, he writes it out quickly, and then immediately hangs it at the door of the teahouse, so that more people can appreciate it.

"The Holy Land is located in Huainan, and the clouds and shadows are in the sky, which is the same color as the horizon; when the boat is crossing the bridge, how can you hear the sound of the flute? Some people blow it until the third watch of the month!"

"Looking at the plum blossoms and returning to the wax snow, watching the mountains and dancing streams~"

At this time, Liu Jin was listening to the voice upstairs, while looking at the pairs hanging outside the teahouse. I have to say that the pairs that can be hung are really good, and the level is very deep.

"Brother Jin, should we go up and join in the fun?"

Erhu looked at Liu Jin and said in a low voice.

"join in the fun?"

"Do you know pairs? Or do you know how to write poems."

"Go, go~"

When Liu Jin heard this, he asked Er Hu rhetorically, making Er Hu confused for a while. Where did he say something wrong?

Liu Jin is Xie Yuan from Beizhili. Isn't it natural to mix with these students who are going to Beijing for the exam?

Of course he doesn't know that Liu Jin is a parallel importer. Liu Jin always avoids poetry fairs like this, and hides whenever he can. Anyway, he just has no interest in participating. Yes, what a pity.

"Dong Dong~ Dong Dong~"

He left the teahouse with Erhu, and before he walked a few steps to the entrance of an inn, he saw the children in the restaurant beating gongs and drums, which immediately attracted a large crowd to watch.

"Everyone, everyone, in order to celebrate the imperial court's three-yearly Ceremony of Ethics and Talents, our store has a special couplet. Anyone who writes the couplet will be free of board and lodging during the imperial examination period!"

The owner of the inn yelled to everyone with a smile on his face, and the waiter next to him posted a couplet that he had just written.

"Free food and lodging?"

"There is such a good thing."

When the people around heard it, all of them became energetic immediately, and hurriedly stood on tiptoe to look over it, and those who could read also read this couplet.

"Scholar, Farmer, Business Corner Micro Feather~"

When everyone heard this, they were slightly dumbfounded. This pair doesn't seem to be difficult. There are only seven words. You must know that generally speaking, in order to show one's style, they often make it very long. The longer it is, the more awesome it is. If you can come up with a couplet with dozens of characters and still have something to say, it will definitely be full of force.

The pair of these seven characters does not seem to be difficult, but some scholars carefully tasted it, and immediately couldn't help giving a thumbs up and said: "This is a strange couplet. This couplet is divided into two parts. Part of it is four industries, Gongshangjiao Weiyu is the last five tones, one word is repeated, and one word is homonymous, and those who can come up with this combination are great talents."

When everyone heard the scholar's analysis, they suddenly realized that they couldn't help but want to scold the innkeeper for being such a thug for making such a difficult match. It was clear that they didn't want people to stay for free Well.

But for scholars, the more difficult it is, the more interesting it is to study and ponder, because only in this way can they appear talented.

"This young master explained it well. I wonder if this young master has a second line?"

When the boss heard it, he smiled and nodded to show that he understood it well.

"Ashamed, ashamed, I really can't think of a second line for a while."

The scholar was also frank, saying that he couldn't do it right.

"Everyone, everyone, those who can confirm this couplet, during the imperial examination period, until the number one scholar parades in the streets, the restaurant provides free board and lodging, provides high-quality Tianzi rooms, three meals a day, four dishes and two soups, and you will never miss your word."

The innkeeper smiled, and then promised loudly again that in order to improve the reputation of his inn, he also took great pains, and paid a lot of money to obtain this couplet, so as to attract attention and increase popularity.

"Interesting, does this count as advertising and marketing in this era?"

Witnessing everything in front of him with his own eyes, Liu Jin couldn't help laughing, the innkeeper's advertisement will probably spread all over the capital soon, and once the technology test is over, the inn's Ming Dynasty will also spread throughout Daming Well, if someone comes to the capital in the future, they will probably think of this inn, and the business will naturally be better.

"Brother Jin, can you match this pair?"

Erhu naturally didn't understand this, he patted his head and asked in a low voice.

"How do I know, I didn't think about it."

As Liu Jin continued to walk forward, he also replied that he would not waste his brain cells on such a useless thing, free board and lodging, it is not that he has no house here in the capital, and the cook at home does it. It's not that the food is not bad, it doesn't appeal to me at all.

Walking, walking, Liu Jin took the two tigers to the Wangyue Tower again, and looked at the Wangyue Tower built with concrete and steel bars. The all-glass window design made Liu Jin feel as if he had traveled back again. average.

"Let's go to Wangyue Tower to taste the seafood here~"

　Who can match the second line?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)