Return to the Tang Dynasty to be a villain

Chapter 23: Those who plagiarize ancient poems have no shame
Even though Qin Yi was not a shameless person, he did not have the nerve to plagiarize other people's poems in public.

But how to explain to Di Renjie the origin of these two poems?

Qin Yi couldn't explain it clearly for a moment.

Helpless, Qin Yi had to nod shamelessly, tacitly agreeing with Di Renjie's guess.

"You," Di Renjie turned around and saw Wei Xian standing beside him. He no longer cared about his decency and shouted loudly.

"Hurry up and get some paper and pen to copy down these two masterpieces by Qin Yi."

"With these two poems, I want to see who in the court will easily compromise with those foreign nations."

It is no wonder that Di Renjie lost his composure like this. The relationship between the current Zhou Dynasty and the surrounding foreign countries is really hard to describe.

Since the death of Emperor Gaozong Li Zhi, Wu Zhao has been in charge of government affairs as the empress dowager.

Wu Zhao was only interested in fighting for power and profit, and she spent all day thinking about how to suppress the Li Tang royal family and the court officials loyal to them.

Therefore, when facing the covetous eyes of those foreign countries, Wu Zhao would send troops to resist even when she was pushed too far.

But in most cases, in order to prevent domestic unrest, she is more willing to take a compromise approach to solve problems.

Today, both the Turkic and Tibetan countries welcomed the most outstanding political figures in their history.

The Turkic Khan Mochuo already had an army of 400,000 when he inherited the throne.

He went west to attack the Dangxiang, Basmil, Turgesh and the ten tribes of the Western Turks, and directly conquered the Zhaowu Nine Surnames area in Central Asia.

He attacked the Xi, Khitan and other tribes in the east, expanded the territory by thousands of miles, and most of the tribes in the north of the Great Zhou were under his control. His power was comparable to that of the time of Jie Li Khan.

Tubo also welcomed two generations of ambitious and capable prime ministers from the Gar family, Lu Dongzan and Qinling.

During the period when the father and son were in power in Tubo, Tuyuhun in the northwest (present-day Qinghai), Liuzhao in the southwest (present-day Yunnan Province), Bozhou (present-day Guizhou), and other vassal states that had once belonged to the Tang Dynasty were either eliminated or became dependent on Tubo and became accomplices of Tubo in harassing the Zhou Dynasty.

However, although a group of generals such as Xue Rengui, Heichi Changzhi, Wang Xiaojie, and Lou Shide successively defeated Tubo and Turks.

However, the weak foreign policy of the Wu Zhou Dynasty made these foreign countries more arrogant.

This year, the reason why the Turkic Khan Mochuo sent troops to Hebei was even more ridiculous.

Originally, Mochuo wanted to marry a Han Chinese woman to the Turks, but Wu Zhao, as a woman, was unwilling to marry a Han Chinese woman to the Turks.

So, the idea of ​​letting Han people marry Turkic women came up.

So she sent Yan Zhiwei, the general of the Baotao Guard, who was in charge of the Minister of Spring Officials (Ministry of Rites), as an envoy to escort Wu Yanxiu, the son of King Wei, to the Heisha Royal Court (now Baotou, Inner Mongolia) to marry Mochuo's daughter.

However, when Mochu saw that the person coming to marry Wu Yanxiu was Wu Zhou, he immediately turned against the marriage delegation.

At that time, Yan Zhiwei said, I am the dignified Turkic Khan, and I will marry my daughter to a member of the royal family of the Li Tang family.

You brought a child from the Wu family here. Isn't this a humiliation to my Turkic royal court?
We Turks have long revered the Li Tang clan as the Heavenly Khan and have enjoyed their protection and grace for generations.

Now Wu Zhao had actually killed all of the Li Tang royal family, leaving only the Seventh Prince and the Eighth Prince.

(Referring to Li Xian and Li Dan.)
Since the officials and people of your Tang Dynasty do not dare to support them, I will lead my troops to Chang'an and assist the Seventh Prince to ascend the throne.

This was the reason why the Turkic army invaded Hebei Province during the Wu Zhou Dynasty.

But even with such humiliation, Wu Zetian and the ministers in the court still could not make up their minds to fight a decisive battle with the Turks, and they argued endlessly about whether to fight or make peace.

Therefore, the soldiers and generals of the Wu Zhou Dynasty had long lost the desire for war that they had during the reigns of Taizong and Gaozong, and no longer had the lofty ambition of "not allowing the Hu horse to cross the Yinshan Mountains."

When Di Renjie heard the two poems recited by Qin Yi, he felt excited even though he was nearly 70 years old, as if he was already on a battlefield with swords and spears.

Achieve success by fighting bloody battles and killing enemies with your own hands.

Wei Xian had just walked to Qin Yi's side and heard the two poems very clearly.

Although Wei Zheng was a civil official, as a meritorious official during the founding period of the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng had also experienced many battles in the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty. He was by no means just a weak scholar.

Wei Xian had been following Wei Zheng since he was a child, listening to him tell stories about the bloody war.

Therefore, he was no stranger to military affairs, and his heart was full of yearning for the battlefield.

In addition, Wei Xian was one of the twenty-four heroes in the Lingyan Pavilion, so he felt particularly strongly about the last two lines of "Why Don't Men Carry Wu Gou"?

After hearing Di Renjie's instructions, Wei Xian ran to his office to get paper and pen.

"Young Master, your words..."

But after Qin Yi finished copying the two poems and completed "Marching to the Frontier", the two pages of square and regular handwriting written by Qin Yi once again surprised Di Renjie and Wei Xian.

Qin Yi wrote in Yan Zhenqing's regular script, a style that had not yet appeared.

Regular script originated from the official script of the Han Dynasty. According to the period, it can be divided into Wei stele and Tang regular script.

Zhong Zhishuai, a famous contemporary ancient culture expert and calligrapher, said in Xuexuan Shupin: "The calligraphy of Wei stele can reveal the old style of Han and Qin dynasties, and can also observe the style of Sui and Tang dynasties."

Wei steles often contain the writing style of Han Dynasty official script, so its regular script nature is still immature.

But precisely because of this immaturity, a scene of flourishing flowers was created, with strange expressions and a unique beauty was formed. Kang Youwei of the Qing Dynasty commented on the "Ten Beauties of Wei Steles".

In a narrow sense, regular script refers to the Tang regular script that gradually matured after the Tang Dynasty.

Its representative figures include Ouyang Xun, Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Xue Ji in the early Tang Dynasty, Yan Zhenqing in the middle Tang Dynasty, and Liu Gongquan in the late Tang Dynasty.

Ouyang Xun's regular script has a stable structure, smooth lines, and a steep and strict structure. Although it is somewhat similar to the handwriting of His Majesty Qin Yi, there are significant differences when you look closely.

It is said that a person's handwriting reflects his character. Compared with Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing was upright and stubborn.

His calligraphy emphasizes the use of the center of the brush, combining concealment and exposure. The characters are upright, broad and vigorous, with rich and powerful strokes and a square and dense structure.

Qin Yi knew at this time that he was almost exposed again, but what could he do?
After all, apart from Yan Kai, he doesn't know any other kind of brush calligraphy.

But in the eyes of Di Renjie and Wei Xian, Qin Yi's silent attitude once again caused misunderstandings between them.

This must be another masterpiece of Qin Yi!

Di Renjie and Wei Xian exchanged a glance, each expressing surprise and astonishment. Qin Yi's talent was truly remarkable; not only could he write inspiring poems, he had also created a unique calligraphy style.

“good good”

Di Renjie praised repeatedly and picked up the paper on the table with the two poems copied on it.

Without making a sound, he folded it into a small piece and put it in his arms.

"Lord Didi."

Wei Xian was stunned by Di Renjie's smooth operation.

With a slight smile, Di Renjie patted the place where the poem was placed in his arms.

"Such a masterpiece, such calligraphy, I haven't seen it for a long time."

"I have collected it and will naturally present it to His Majesty the Holy Emperor after appreciating it."

Watching Di Renjie leave happily, Qin Yi and Wei Xian smiled bitterly at the same time.

Qin Yi felt very uneasy at this moment.

Although he is also a time traveler, he is unwilling to do things that deceive the world and steal fame.

Otherwise, given Qin Yi's current situation, wouldn't it be a piece of cake for him to take the imperial examination and become a Jinshi?
This is not Qin Yi's blind optimism.

The imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were very different from the eight-legged essays of the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The Jinshi examination during this period mainly tested six aspects.

They are poetry, essays, calligraphy, miscellaneous articles, elegant conversation and arithmetic.

As a person who received sixteen years of modern education, Qin Yi had a belly full of poetry and ancient Chinese prose.

Just plagiarize a few poems and songs from ancient people and you can easily deal with the first five subjects.

As for the arithmetic level of this era, anyone who has finished fourth grade can easily handle it.

Qin Yi asked himself if he was as shameless as other time travelers.

Just like Fan Xian and Xu Qian'an, they blatantly plagiarized other people's poems and shamelessly claimed them as their own works.

Just when Qin Yi was helpless about Di Renjie's cunning and violent seizure of the two works he had plagiarized.

He suddenly saw Lai Junchen walking up to him with a gloomy face.

"Mentor."

"Master Yuanzheng."

Qin Yi and Wei Xian hurriedly bowed to Lai Junchen.

Lai Junchen ignored Wei Xian and glanced at Qin Yi with a cold look.

"Brother Yi, what were you talking about with Di Gong just now?"

Damn it! Qin Yi was shocked, knowing that Lai Junchen was afraid of him because he saw him talking to Di Renjie.

Knowing that his acting skills could not fool Lai Junchen, the old fox, he could only tell the truth.

"What?" Lai Junchen became furious after hearing what Qin Yi said.

"Di Renjie knew you were my disciple, yet he still wanted to kidnap you and send you to die on the battlefield with him?"

"This old guy is really going too far."

"Don't worry, Brother Yi. With Master here, he won't dare to do anything to you."

Although Lai Junchen looked angry on the surface, Qin Yi knew that he was just bluffing.

Di Renjie was reinstated, and the Holy Emperor still trusted him, so Lai Junchen did not dare to confront him face to face.

He walked over to find Qin Yi and Wei Xian, originally because he had something else to say.

I only asked this question because I saw Di Renjie and his students arguing for a long time.

However, the case of Zhang Xuanyu's murder is still a bit troublesome.

He hadn't originally wanted to ask about this matter.

After all, the Wannian County Magistrate and the already unemployed General of the Right Jinwu Guard were not worth mentioning in his eyes.

And when Lai Junchen thought about the fact that there was nothing to gain from this case, he naturally had no interest in it.

But he recognized the old eunuch who had just come to announce the decree. He was Gao Yanfu, the eunuch beside Wu Zhao.

When Lai Junchen thought that this matter might be known to His Majesty the Holy Emperor, he immediately became alert and prepared to deal with it personally.

"Master Wei."

Lai Junchen glanced at the Wannian County officials and Zhang Xuanyu's family who were still entangled.

"Go and gather all the people from Wannian County and General Zhang's family members to the main hall. I will be conducting an interrogation."

When Qin Yi saw that Lai Junchen was going to personally try Zhang Xuanyu's case, he didn't want to get involved in these messes.

Turning around, Qin Yi prepared to leave the Yishiyuan and go home.

"Brother Yi, come with me."

Just as he was about to step out of the gate of the Yishiyuan, Lai Junchen's voice came from behind him.

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