Daqing: Reborn Prince, intercepting Si Lili at the beginning

So after some thought, Li Chengyuan reserved He Zongwei's place.

Putting He Zongwei's article aside, Li Chengyuan read the next one.

However, when he saw it, Li Chengyuan was immediately amazed.

This story, these words, and this writing style are so beautiful!

Li Chengyuan looked at the signature with some curiosity.

However, when I saw this, I was shocked again.

It turned out to be... Yang Wanli!

Chapter 26 Li Chengyuan’s invitation! Yang Wanli’s expectation!

Yang Wanli!

This Li Chengyuan is so familiar!

In the plot, his two sentences "If I can tolerate the injustice in this world, the books of sages will become a pile of waste paper.", "In this world, there will always be people who will get broken heads and bleed. If I pass the imperial examination, will the blood splatter higher?" really made Li Chengyuan remember it vividly!

It can be said that Yang Wanli in the plot is a noble and simple scholar from a poor family, a loyal and upright student, and even more so an honest official!

Although he is sometimes naive.

But it is precisely because of his innocence that his qualities are so valuable.

In particular, he is very talented and reliable in his work, and is definitely a trustworthy subordinate.

Li Chengyuan definitely admired Yang Wanli very much.

He just couldn't understand. Shouldn't Yang Wanli have come to Beijing to preside over the Spring Examination the second year after Fan Xian arrived in Beijing?

Why is he in Kyoto now?

Of course, this is not important now.

The important thing is that since he appeared in Kyoto, Li Chengyuan couldn't miss him.

"Old Huang!"

Li Chengyuan suddenly looked up and called out to Jian Jiuhuang who was dreaming about the Spring and Autumn Period!

Old Huang was awakened, turned to look at Li Chengyuan, and immediately stood up.

"Your Highness, you called me!"

Li Chengyuan nodded and said, "Well, please go and take the invitation to the poetry gathering and find Yang Wanli according to the address on it. Invite him to attend the poetry gathering on time tomorrow!"

Be sure to give the invitation to him personally and keep a low profile. Then, tell Yang Wanli to keep a low profile as well, to avoid any accidents!"

Li Chengyuan was very clear about how attractive the poetry festival he was holding this time was.

Some people will do anything to get a chance to get promoted.

Yang Wanli is just a poor scholar now.

If someone targeted him and snatched his invitation, Yang Wanli would have no ability to resist at all.

Of course, he could also send out invitations with great fanfare.

In that case, no one would dare to snatch it.

But this is equivalent to praising Yang Wanli to death, which is not a good thing for Yang Wanli!

Old Huang understood Li Chengyuan's intentions and nodded immediately, "Don't worry, Your Highness. Leave it to me!"

After saying that, Old Huang took Yang Wanli's article and turned away.

"Your Highness, is this person important?" Sang Wen asked curiously.

"Yes!" Li Chengyuan nodded and said, "This person is extremely talented. If he is trained well, he might become my right-hand man in the future!"

Sang Wen nodded suddenly.

"Well, Sang Wen, Qingniao, when Yang Wanli arrives, you guys keep an eye on him. He doesn't need any special care, but if anyone gives him a hard time, you guys help him out!"

"Understood, Your Highness, we will pay attention!"

"Yeah!" Li Chengyuan didn't say anything more and continued to read the article with his head down.

...

Kyoto, south of the city, slum lane.

Most of the people living here are ordinary people who have lived in the capital for a long time.

Among these people, there are Kyoto natives and many outsiders. They all want to make a name for themselves in Kyoto, and their common characteristic is poverty.

Old Huang found Yang Wanli's residence according to the address.

It turned out that no one was home.

After asking around, I learned that Yang Wanli set up a stall at the street corner during the day to make money!

After Lao Huang found out the location, he rushed over immediately.

Soon, he found a stall at the corner of the street.

It was an ordinary desk stall that looked like a fortune-telling stall.

When Lao Huang got closer, he found that the stall had a lot of work.

Yang Wanli was willing to do any legitimate business that could make money, such as writing letters, copying books, writing storybooks, selling calligraphy and paintings, etc.

From this we can see that although Yang Wanli was aloof, he was not pedantic.

And also know how to adapt.

this point is very important.

Otherwise, if Yang Wanli was just a fool who only cared about being aloof, then no matter how talented he was, Li Chengyuan would not have made great efforts to cultivate him.

Because sometimes such people are not only unable to help, but are also likely to backfire on you!

......

Old Huang came to the stall and sat down with an expressionless face.

Yang Wanli smiled immediately when he saw that there were customers taking care of the business.

Then I saw Old Huang wearing a yellow-gray cloth robe, and didn’t think much about it.

After all, clothes like Lao Huang's are everywhere on the street.

It’s just that Lao Huang’s clothes are cleaner.

"Hello, old man, what do you want me to do for you?" Yang Wanli asked politely.

Old Huang looked Yang Wanli up and down before he said, "Your name is Yang Wanli?"

"Ah?" Yang Wanli was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion: "It's me, old man. How do you know me?"

"Did you write this?" Old Huang took out the article written by Yang Wanli.

Yang Wanli took a look and his expression changed immediately.

"This... this is indeed what I wrote, but how did it end up in your hands?"

Seeing Yang Wanli's face change drastically, Old Huang chuckled and stopped teasing Yang Wanli. He reached into his arms again, took out an invitation and handed it to Yang Wanli, saying, "Congratulations! Your article has been chosen by His Highness. Keep this invitation. You can attend the poetry gathering tomorrow with it. Remember to be on time and don't be late!"

Upon hearing this, Yang Wanli was a little stunned at first, then he said in surprise and joy, "I... Your Highness really likes my article?"

"Of course!" Old Huang said with a smile, "Your article was read by His Highness himself. He admires you very much and asked me to send you an invitation.

His Highness also instructed me to tell you to remember to keep a low profile to avoid any accidents!

We'll talk about everything after the poetry reading!"

"This..." Yang Wanli was stunned.

He really just submitted the article with the attitude of giving it a try.

In fact, after submitting the manuscript, Yang Wanli forgot about it.

Because he knew very well that in this world, you won't get an opportunity just because you have talent.

Even the fairest imperial examinations were subject to corruption and malpractice, and it became the norm.

What’s more, it’s a poetry gathering hosted by the prince?

Who among those who can participate in this kind of poetry gathering is not a child of a wealthy family?

It is almost impossible for ordinary scholars to participate!

Yang Wanli had no hope in the first place.

He simply liked the Third Prince's poems and the Slender Gold style of calligraphy created by the Third Prince, so he handed over the article to express his respect!

But he didn't expect that he would actually be selected.

Moreover, he was chosen by His Highness himself, and he even sent someone to deliver the invitation to him and gave him careful instructions!

Such a humble prince really surprised Yang Wanli and made him extremely happy!

Although Yang Wanli was aloof, he was very pragmatic.

In the plot, he said that he took the imperial examination in order to become an official, and that he became an official in order to uphold justice for the people.

Therefore, as long as he could become an official, he didn't mind becoming a disciple of the prince.

In particular, he now has a very good impression of the third prince.

At least in Yang Wanli's opinion, the fact that a prince could attach so much importance to him, a down-and-out scholar, was enough to show that the third prince was a person who was eager to seek talents and had a keen eye for talent.

It would definitely be a blessing for Yang Wanli to follow such a prince!

Inexplicably, Yang Wanli suddenly felt extremely enthusiastic and anticipating about tomorrow's poetry meeting!

Chapter 27 The poetry reading begins! A farce outside Shih Hsin Gate!

As the capital of Qing Kingdom, Kyoto City naturally has an extraordinary cultural atmosphere.

In Kyoto, there are poetry or literary gatherings almost every day.

Therefore, the students and scholars in Kyoto no longer cared much about various poetry and literary gatherings.

But today's poetry reading is different!