Chaos in the Eastern Jin Dynasty

Chapter 74 Zhong Shan Collection (3)

Guan Ziyang smiled wryly at this moment, looking at Xie An who was about to fall asleep on the high branch, he couldn't help but think of two interesting stories about him in history.

When Xie An lived in seclusion in Kuaiji, he went boating with Sun Chuo and other famous people on the sea, but suddenly the wind and waves swelled, and the boat swayed violently on the sea.

Seeing that Xie An was not afraid, the boatman was very happy, so he sailed to the depths of the sea as usual, but the wind and waves became stronger and stronger, so Xie An said slowly: "How will we return with such a strong wind?"

The boatman hurriedly sailed back to the voyage immediately.

Another thing is that in the Battle of Feishui in 383 AD, Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty led an army of one million troops to the south, aiming to annihilate the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Calmly dispatching Xie Xuan to lead 8 Beifu troops to resist, facing an enemy more than ten times his own, Xie Xuan was extremely nervous. Before leaving, he went to Xie An's house to bid farewell and ask for advice on how to fight this battle.

Good guy, Xie An calmly took Xie Xuan and other generals to climb the mountain and play chess and bet on the villa. The generals were absent-minded and sweated profusely. It was not until evening that Xie An gave them face-to-face instructions.

In the end, he defeated the former Qin Dynasty.

Guan Ziyang looked at Xie An who was lying on his side on a tall branch, and felt a sense of helplessness in his heart.

"It really is you!"

"So calm! I'm dying of anxiety!"

At this time, many students had already started to select officials and stood near them.

Guan Ziyang thought deeply.

Of all the Zhongzheng officials, only Sima Yu knew the rules, and there were many Sima family disciples present, but he didn't know any of them, so he asked Xie Xuan who were from the Sima family.

Sure enough, every Zhongzheng official has one or two people from the Sima family. Sima Yu should not be the kind of upright person. It is reasonable to reveal some information to their Sima family's nephews.

"You can't put all your eggs in one basket." Guan Ziyang scratched his chin with his hands, as if he had a clue.

Xie Xuan asked: "Qizhi, everyone has almost chosen, why don't we choose uncle."

Guan Ziyang said: "Wouldn't it be bad if the first level was a battle within the group? I'll choose the Zhongzheng officer with the most people, and help you get rid of a few first. You can choose one at random..."

Sima Yu had the most people there, and Guan Ziyang walked straight over.

Seeing that Guan Ziyang was selected, Liu Chang was also ready to follow.

Guan Ziyang hurriedly said: "Brother Liu, I suggest you go to An Shigong's group."

……

Although Sima Yu gave everyone half an hour, but after only a quarter of an hour, everyone had finished the selection.

Then Sima Yu said: "After the grouping is over, I will give everyone another chance to change. If not, I will announce the first item."

Seeing that no one in the crowd changed positions, Sima Yu said again: "The first item, according to the grouping, each person is limited to three moves, and has a clear discussion with the Zhongzheng official. The Zhongzheng official will select the top three, and then proceed to the next round."

All the students were in an uproar after hearing this!
"Talking with the Zhongzheng official? Isn't this a crime..."

"Only three moves, you must use all your strength!"

"Even if you try your best, you won't be able to enter the law limit of Zhongzheng officials."

"It's not for you to compete with the Zhongzheng official, you just need to be better than the students in the same group..."

Dozens of students were discussing, Guan Ziyang looked at Sima Yu's group.

"Sure enough, as I expected, I don't know how many opponents Xie Yi mentioned to him, and how many of them are in the same group..."

Sima Yu pointed casually and said, "Are you a child of the Lu family in Wu County? Come on, you will be the first."

The student with the sword on his waist replied: "My nephew is Lu Jiao, the nephew of Zuo Min Shangshu Lu Na, please give me some advice from the prime minister."

Sima Yu nodded slightly: "Look at your Lujiajian, how good it is."

Lu Jiao pulled out his sword, and Guan Ziyang was surprised by his sword.

The scabbard is inlaid with three to five red sapphires, the tassel is bright red, and the hilt is wrapped with high-quality silk cloth. Regardless of whether it is sharp or not, just because of these decorations, it is an expensive sword.

Guan Ziyang shook his head, "Lu Nazhanjiao, you were the one who hit you, right? It looks like the second generation ancestor of soft-legged shrimp."

Sure enough, Lu Jiao raised his sword and attacked, the sword moves were flat, and the sword energy was weak, Sima Yu tapped three times with two fingers, and his three moves were broken one by one.

Lu Jiao bowed, then stepped back, with a smile on his face, as if he was very proud of his three swords just now.

"This may be for the purpose of setting a sixth rank..." Guan Ziyang thought to himself.

Then Sima Yu ordered a dozen people again, and two of them forced Sima Yu to move. They were Taiyuan Wang's Wang Tanzhi and Taiyuan's Sun and Sun Hesong.

There was another Sima Yu who accepted the move with the Sima Clan's Subduing Dragon Palm. He was Huan Wen's son, Huan Shiqian from the Huan clan of Long Kang.

These three people were all the people Xie Yi had mentioned to him.

On the contrary, there were two descendants of the Sima family, and Sima Yu broke them lightly, and also criticized a few words by the way.

Guan Ziyang couldn't help wondering, did he blame Sima Yu wrongly, he seemed to be acting impartially?
In the end, Guan Ziyang was the only one left who hadn't made a move yet, Sima Yu said: "Guan Ziyang of the Fuling Guan family, it's really rare for you to determine martial arts as a commoner, so you should make a move with all your strength, and I will take care of you .”

"Thank you, Prime Minister!"

Guan Ziyang draws a circle with both hands, and the first move is the profound meaning of Tai Chi!Throw it at Sima Yu!
Sima Yu didn't hesitate at all, and directly extended his palms together, and the golden light appeared in his hands, resisting the profound meaning of Tai Chi.

"boom!"

The Tai Chi Profound Meaning dissipated at the sound, and Guan Ziyang and Sima Yu each took half a step back.

Guan Ziyang didn't have any skills other than the Tai Chi Profound Truth, so the second move was the same, he just picked up the Tai Chi Diagram and smashed it!

The corner of Sima Yu's mouth twitched, seeing that Guan Ziyang was approaching menacingly, his aura was two points stronger than the previous move, but he couldn't feel the fluctuation of his internal force.

I had no choice but to raise another [-]% of my internal strength, and greeted him with my palm.

"boom!"

There was another crash of internal force that was even louder than before.

The two took a step and a half back at the same time.

Guan Ziyang could feel that Sima Yu didn't give his best. He wanted to stand out from Sima Yu's group. Now this level should be about the same. Among the previous students, Huan Shiqian had the best grade, but he was forced to He just used his blood martial arts subduing dragon palm.

But for Guan Ziyang, winning is far from enough. As a commoner, he must stand out as an absolute king in order to stand out from the crowd.

So for the third move, Guan Ziyang used his innate energy, sacrificed his profound righteousness with all his strength, and shouted: "Prime Minister, be careful when accepting this move!"

Immediately, the surrounding air began to be rotated by the profound meaning of Tai Chi, and Guan Ziyang repeated another move!
smash!
The surrounding students were all shocked by the aura of Guan Ziyang's move. Is this really a second-rank commoner?
Sima Yu thought in his heart: "Damn it, this is because I don't want to save face!"

Sima Yu's blood was awakened immediately, and a dragon's chant came faintly from both arms, and then two golden little dragons snaked down from his shoulders around his arms!

Everyone at the scene heard the commotion here, and they all looked over, and saw the scene of Sima Yu's blood awakening, the main official and prime minister!

"Who forced him to awaken his blood to deal with it? Impossible!"

"boom!"

This time, Guan Ziyang's profound meaning of Tai Chi disappeared again.

However, his feet did not move at all, and the two golden dragons in Sima Yu's hands were also scattered, and his body tilted backwards, as if he was about to fall.

"Damn it, it seems like it's getting stronger!"

Guan Ziyang quickly stretched out his hand, took Sima Yu's hand, and pulled him, so that he could barely stand still.

Sima Yu didn't get angry after he stabilized his figure. Instead, he laughed: "Good work, it really is a hero who turns out to be a boy, and my team should take you as the number one!"

Call ~
Guan Ziyang let out a long sigh of relief.

The first pass is won.

Sima Yu's group was originally the group with the largest number of people. When they finished their work, the five Zhongzheng officials gathered together to discuss the result.

"Inside Time..."

Finally the result came out.

Sima Yu's group: Guan Ziyang, Sun Hesong, Huan Shiqian.

Yu Xi Group: Wang Xianzhi, Wang Ningzhi, Wang Caozhi.

Sun Chuo's group: Yin Juan, Wang Jingpeng, Xi Hui.

Xi Tan Group: Xie Xuan, Wang Huizhi, Huan Shimin.

Xie An Group: Wang Huanzhi, Lu Qin, Liu Chang.

In the list, almost all the people Xie Yi reminded him to pay attention to, Wang Xizhi's five sons were all promoted, and the white-headed general really had a vicious vision.

The only thing Guan Ziyang didn't expect was that Xie Xuan really chose Liu Chang.

Liu Chang is a member of the military, even if he is a designated product, it is useless, he still has to join the army, and then start as an ordinary soldier and be promoted with military exploits.

Based on his understanding of Xie An's personality, Liu Chang must have been able to advance to the top three in his group because of his strength.

"hiss……"

"I underestimated Liu Chang before, don't tell me you're the same as me, can't you cheat?"

"Who is this person? Why can't I remember it? I must have seen this name in history books..."

I thought that the second level would start soon, but it turned out otherwise, and the next step was actually the poetry recitation...

Empress Dowager Chu will set the questions, one for each student, and all the advanced students will have to compose a poem on the spot and recite it in public.

Guan Ziyang thought: "Ah, are you finally going to force me to copy poems?!"

In fact, this link is also a regular item of Jiupin Zhongzheng, but before, the questions were given by the female relatives of the dignitaries who were present. This time, because the Empress Dowager Chu was present in person, it was temporarily changed to the Empress Dowager Chu to present the questions to show respect.

But when the time comes, Empress Dowager Chu will definitely start with a question, and then she will hand over the rest to the other noble ladies present.

Ladies who set the question, if they like any student in the field, they will set the question, and he will answer by name.

This link is the link that the people at the scene love to hear and see the most. Gossip, it has happened in ancient times...

After listening to Xie Xuan's explanation, Guan Ziyang suddenly realized, and thought: "Good guy, this is not a big blind date scene."

After a while, the palace people spread bamboo mats and desks in the field, set up pens, inks, papers and inkstones, and the advanced students took their seats one by one, waiting for the female family members of the Hundred Officials of the Queen Mother Chu to come up with questions.

All the ladies sitting in the sedan chair raised the curtains of the sedan chair and carefully observed the students in the field.

After everything was ready, Sima Yu went forward to report to the Empress Dowager Chu, asking her to write a question.

Empress Dowager Chu whispered a few words in the ear of the little eunuch beside her.

Then the little eunuch replied with a reply, and said in a loud voice: "The Empress Dowager's order, the Zhongshan Gathering, the Jiankang Grand Meeting, the Great Jin Pillar, all come from this, and the question 'Zhi', please answer at the same time. "

According to tradition, if a student is asked to answer alone, it means that he is interested in him, and the status of Queen Mother is naturally inappropriate.

So she ordered everyone to answer together. There were both civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of Jiankang. It was inevitable that some people would misunderstand and spread some rumors.

Although the Empress Dowager Chu is respected as the Empress Dowager, she is also a beautiful young widow...

Only Xie Xuan, a straight man, opened his eyes, looked at Guan Ziyang, and said in disbelief, "Is Empress Dowager Chu interested in all our students?"

Guan Ziyang was speechless for a while.

Youdao, you are a real 'tiger'!

(End of this chapter)