Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 334
While all parties were reacting to the news from the Tai Le Department, in the courtyard of the Tai Le Department, this strange criticism was still going on.

This strange statement was made by Yuan Quan, one of the critics, after listening for a while and couldn't help but say it.Since the five of them were the center of attention, his words were clearly heard by everyone, but no one expressed any objection to it.

Because, as this criticism progressed, everyone present realized that the content of this criticism made them more and more surprised, but it also attracted their attention more and more.

"This article is about Xuanwu's Northern Expedition, but the angle is quite novel. It does not focus on the military battlefield, but on Shulin Wenzhai. It writes about how several Confucian classics persisted in their studies during the war. Yes, with lofty ambitions, I wonder if you, Mr. Sun, wrote it before, or in the past three days?"

At this time, after the introduction of the five masters and the participating scholars, the evaluation has reached the third stage. The scholars who participated in the evaluation competition are asked to take out their articles and display them in front of the five masters.

However, before everyone watched it, Li Xu came over and read through the content of the article.

The quality of this article may sound like a subjective issue, but in the New Han Dynasty, this was not the case, because the articles at this time had a certain division in terms of popular trends, from the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties to the Dynasty There is a shift in writing parallel prose, and there are relatively common cognitive standards for the antithesis and rhetoric of articles.

This can be seen from Chen Zhi’s two articles.

Both "Shi Shuo" and "Six Kingdoms Theory" are actually articles handed down from later generations, but Chen Zhi did not use them directly. Instead, he combined the characteristics of the times and added his own understanding while also following what people thought at that time. Expand and deepen the style of writing you like. This is actually the use of quantitative standards for the quality of articles.

For writers such as Wang Yan and Guo Fan, who have dealt with articles all their lives and have the experience of teaching and educating people, they can not only tell whether the articles are good or bad, but also can say the key points in one breath and analyze them.

Therefore, as soon as Sun Te's article was read, all five of them nodded, obviously having an opinion.

Sun Te was originally looking forward to hearing everyone's comments. As the leader, he shouldered a big burden and looked forward to a good start.

Therefore, his article was carefully prepared, and even several teachers from the academy gave a lot of guidance and help in it, in order to become an instant hit and suppress the arrogance of Nanshan Academy. .

However, before anyone could say anything, Tao Ya came to ask him first.

Faced with the inquiry, if it had been before the official start of the criticism, Sun Te might not have taken it seriously, let alone have the heart to answer. But as the previous sessions progressed, the atmosphere at the scene was very solemn and full of a sense of ritual. , the entire tasting meeting seemed much more important, and Sun Te did not dare to be presumptuous, so he answered Tao Ya's question.

"This article was written by me when I was a student. With the permission of my teacher, I entered the Sutra Pavilion of Shouzhuo Academy. I saw the deeds of the predecessors in it, and I wrote it with emotion. From then on, I wanted to write it down. , until three days ago, I happened to come across Tai Leling’s suggestion. After I returned home, I just thought of this idea and wrote this article!”

As soon as he said this, many people watching the ceremony in the courtyard showed surprise.

“I didn’t expect that it took me a few days to write it.”

"This may not be true, but when I heard this article, I felt a lot of emotion in my heart. The writing style is sharp and direct, which is also in line with this Sun Te's temperament."

"I like his article better. In fact, part of it, have you noticed, is very similar to Chen Taile's "On the Six Kingdoms". I don't know if I drew lessons from it."

……

The conversation among the people naturally shifted to the article and Sun Te. In fact, the people present today had various purposes, and few of them really came to appreciate the article. But the strange thing is that with the whole Although these people have not forgotten the original purpose of the arrangement and conduct of the tasting meeting, they have gradually become involved in the tasting meeting.

Not only the people in the courtyard were discussing, but the officials of the Taiyue Department who were listening in the house were also interested in it, and as they listened, Dong Xu couldn't help but said: "After listening to this, this Although Sun Te has a bit of a mean temper, his articles are really good and he can write such articles in a short period of time."

Gao Jiang was quite excited. From where they stood, they could observe the scene in the courtyard through the window. Naturally, they could find that everyone in the courtyard looked at their expressions and listened to the comments. He couldn't help but feel excited. Said: "In any case, this momentum is good. Judging from the reaction of the people in the hospital, Sun Te's article is also quite recognized. If it can get everyone's support in the end, it will be judged and it will probably save a lot of money." trouble."

Between the lines, there are actually worries.

On the side, Liu Gang, Zhao Xing and others were also invited, and they helped a lot during the period.

After listening to Dong Xu's words, Liu Gang couldn't help but smiled at Chen Zhi: "Brother Chen, you wrote an essay on the spot at the banquet in the palace. In terms of this skill, there are few people in the whole world who can match it. You But let’s talk about it, was this Sun Te’s article written within the past few days?”

As soon as he said this, everyone else also paid attention. Even Dong Xu, Gao Jiang and others listened attentively.Chen Zhi saw everyone's expressions and knew that he couldn't be perfunctory, so he said first: "I have said many times that "Theory of Six Kingdoms" was not written on the spot, and I am not that capable."

"Okay, okay, we believe it." Liu Gang said with a smile, his expression clearly showed that he didn't believe it at all.

Chen Zhi shook his head helplessly and then said: "As for Sun Te's article, it should not have been written recently. There are two sentences in it that mention examples from more than a year ago, but their prepositions show similar meanings, so this At least the prototype of this article was not written just in the past few days."

Chen Zhi's explanation was not complicated and everyone could understand it.

Gao Jiang frowned and said with some confusion: "Actually, I can also figure out the reason inside. This article is excellent. How could it be written in just three days? Moreover, the writing style is so sophisticated that I'm afraid it's too good to be true." Let the teachers from Shouzhuo Academy give you guidance."

Ma Xuan nodded and said: "This situation is unavoidable. Sun Te and the others are here today, and they represent the academy. How can the academy elders not pay attention to it? It can be seen without analyzing the details."

Of course they all understood this truth, but Liu Gang glanced out the window and said with some confusion: "We can figure this out. All the students in the courtyard are academy students. They are well-informed. There is no reason why they can't see it. Why? But there is no doubt at all.”

"It's not that they don't have doubts, but there's no need to doubt them," Chen Zhi replied with a smile, looking out the window as well, "For these people, it doesn't matter whether the matter is true or not. They didn't really come here to read the review. They just want to know the result. Now they are infected by the atmosphere and feel that the matter is novel. They regard it as an anecdote and want to find out. For them, whether what Sun Te said is true or false is not important at all. There will be people who will dig deeper, and there will be no reason to dig deeper.”

These words made everyone think deeply.

"I have something unclear." Suddenly, Lu Ying spoke up, "The previous arrangements made the atmosphere in Taile Department different and more solemn. In fact, it is enough. Why do you want Brother Tao to ask Sun Te these things? ? What you are criticizing is an article. Everyone knows a lot about Sun Te’s life. Isn’t it unnecessary?”

When Chen Zhi heard this, he did not answer immediately. Instead, he pointed out the window and said, "Brother Lu, if you keep reading, you will almost understand. Commenting on the quality of the academy is just a part of today. I said that we will eradicate the disputes in the academy. In a chaotic situation, it is not enough to simply criticize the situation, but it is more important to change the concept.”

"What concept?" Liu Gang became curious.

Chen Zhi smiled and said nothing, but at this time, a new stage was entered outside the window. After some questions and answers, Tao Ya highlighted the image of Sun Te. In Tao Ya's mouth, Sun Te suddenly became a A promising young man with excellent academic performance and filial piety to his elders. Even Sun Te himself couldn't help but puff up his chest and felt that his image was a bit taller.

Afterwards, all five of them got Sun Te's article and began to criticize it.

What surprised everyone present was that when the article was read aloud just now, the Taiyue Department also assigned a special scribe to take dictation beside him. After the reading was finished, it was copied here and became four articles. In addition, Sun Te brought There were exactly five articles, and each of the five experts had one article.

This article by Sun Te was handed over to Wang Yan, who is the oldest one after all.

Later, under the guidance of Tao Ya, the five people began to criticize. First, they talked about what was good, the structure of the article, the choice of words and sentences, and then they talked about the shortcomings and how to correct it.

I don’t know if the previous introduction had an effect. In order to echo Tao Ya’s summary of the characteristic of “humility and studiousness”, when faced with shortcomings, Sun Te was not as impatient as before. Instead, he bowed his head and accepted the teaching, indicating that he would make corrections. .

Of course, this was also the reason why he didn't dare to be too presumptuous when facing a few people.

It's just this kind of behavior that more or less made others have a better impression of him, causing many people in the courtyard to whisper and speak highly of him.

These comments reached Lu Qian's ears, which immediately made the outstanding figure in Nanshan Academy frown and secretly clenched his fists.

"I can't let Sun Tebi go down..." After thinking about it, his eyes fell on Tao Ya. Thinking about the scene just now, he expected that he would also be asked about writing articles, so he couldn't help but think about it, " When you ask me later, I will answer like this..."

Gradually, he became immersed in the thought of fabricating the environment for writing the article, and even the things he was worried about and the promise he made to Xu Mansion were forgotten.

　Thanks for the rewards of "lida is intoxicated and does not know the way back", "Eight Asuras", "spring tour with apricot blossoms blowing all over the head", "brownspecter" and "fading in the wind"!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)