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Chapter 14 Dark Enemy
After a long time, Di Renjie woke up and asked, "Where is this Wang Hua?"

I was fascinated just now, and only through this postscript did I know that the boy's name is Wang Hua.

The butler became very happy, and he said, "Ah Lang, he has already left."

Di Renjie felt melancholy when he heard it, but immediately wrote a melody, including these two paintings, and asked people to take them back to Luoyang and hand them over to Wu Zetian.

At this time, it was Di Renjie's book that the father-in-law read out.

After reading it, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, as if listening to a legendary story.There was no shortage of geniuses in the Tang Dynasty, and the most famous of them were the Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty.But even Wang Bo was 29 years old when he wrote "Preface to the Pavilion of King Teng".No matter which one of them, they may be able to write poems and essays at a young age, but they will definitely not write this shocking "Yan Ge Xing" when they are twelve or thirteen years old.

It seems that all the ministers don't believe it.

Wu Zetian was smiling. Obviously, this story also made her feel good. Maybe she held the poetry meeting this time because Di Renjie wrote this memorial.She pushed the corner of her mouth again, and her close father-in-law understood, and opened the boy's picture again.As Di Renjie said, maybe this painting and this word have profound skills, but it may not be that all these ministers are incomparable.But you must know that this was done by a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, and he came from a poor family.The most important thing is that his idea is the same as that of Di Renjie. Most people think that he is people-oriented.

This sentence is quite on Wu Zetian's mind.At this time, Wu Zetian was approaching his twilight years, his vicious personality began to change, and his methods softened.

In addition to the two paintings of the young man, there is another painting by Shangguan Wan'er.An elegant-looking young man by the river was concentrating on painting, and beside him were four officials whose faces looked vaguely like Di Renjie and the others.There is also a poem written on the painting:
Whose young man is painting beside the Luhe River.

Grass brings Lucui, and Langui sends Qiushuang.

The Danbi dances the dragon and the snake, and the Ji characters contain pearls.

When everyone wakes up and asks the boy, the crowd is already indistinct.

This poem is also quite neat, in Shangguan style, it is not unusual for it to come from Shangguan Waner's hands.No matter what kind of woman Shangguan Wan'er is, after hearing this, she felt curious and even a little admired.Therefore, after seeing this memorial, it is understandable that I drew this picture and wrote this poem.But her poems and paintings are not noticed now. All the ministers stretched their heads long, looking at these two paintings and the postscripts on the paintings.

There was a long silence in the hall.

After a long time, it was Wu Zetian who broke the silence.She said: "I thought I could catch all the talented people in the world, but there is such a young man under my nose, and I didn't find it. I don't know whose fault it is."

Wu Zetian killed innocent people indiscriminately, and the Prime Minister alone asked her to kill 19 people.But she also attaches great importance to talents. She used to "edict those who have reached the level of civil and military nine ranks at home and abroad, and they will be self-promoted." do it.This is the unprecedented "official trial system".

At the same time, all the people recommended by the ten governors were personally introduced.Of course, this is also because she bought people's hearts with excessive jubilation.But it is true that a large number of talents stand out.And those who pass the qualifications are retained, and those who are unqualified are dismissed or beheaded at every turn.

In addition to these two means of attracting talents, she also further developed the imperial examination system, especially focusing on Jinshi.A large number of fresh talents poured in so that she would not kill many talents and lead to the collapse of the government.

Wu Zetian made it impossible for officials to answer this question.But what Wu Zetian said was serious enough.You have to know how many scholars can put down everything for this sentence.

In the Tang Dynasty, the subjects for selecting scholars were divided into scholars, Jinshi, Junshi, Mingjing, Mingfa, Mingshu, and Mingshu. Other medicine, divination, astrology, physiognomy, piano, chess, calligraphy, and painting could be admitted.Among them, Mingjing and Jinshi, which specialize in poetry and prose, are the most important among scholars.The number of Jinshi admitted in the Tang Dynasty ranged from a few to as many as three or 40.Jinshi No.1 is called champion or champion, also known as Tanhua, but it is not No.3 as people usually call it.In particular, the acquisition of scholars in miscellaneous subjects, from the current point of view, is a driving force for the development of culture in the early Tang Dynasty.In the first year of Emperor Shunzong’s Yongzhen reign, when Wang Bi, Wang Shuwen and other two kings and eight Sima were in power, because Wang Bi was a doctor of calligraphy who wrote official characters, and Wang Shuwen was a doctor of chess who played Go, both of them were from miscellaneous subjects. After taking power, miscellaneous subjects were abolished, and all palaces with miscellaneous backgrounds were eliminated.This incident made the feudal scholar-bureaucrats think that it is good that acrobatics of different schools of thought should not be confused with scholars of Confucian classics and articles in their official careers.In fact, science and technology are no longer guaranteed and valued by the state power, which is also one of the reasons why China's science and technology began to decline and gradually lag behind the world.

There were three ways to take the exam in the Tang Dynasty: one was recommended by the school and was named Shengtu; the other was recommended by the prefecture and county called Xianggong and Juren, which were tribute exams, such as Yu Jiasanlang; system.The so-called Xiucai, Juren, Mingjing, and Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty only showed the similarities and differences of their origins, not the different levels of imperial examinations like Ming and Qing.

The imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty were not like the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The admissions were not based on a few poems and essays. Instead, they had to be boasted and recommended by public officials and celebrities in society before they could take the exam.Therefore, those who seek an official must go to Chang'an to find connections, and go in and out of Gongqing's family to find a way out.Some people have lived in Chang'an for many years without getting a chance, such as Du Fu.So at that time there was another custom called "seeking confidants", that is, when public officials and celebrities went out, they put their works on their heads and knelt by the roadside to present them for reading.If you are taken in, and if you like it, you will have a way.For example, Li Bai.

Now with Wu Zetian's words, the champion may not be, but Wang Hua took advantage of the imperial examination, and the Jinshi is as reliable as a stake.

Even if Wang Hua knew about it, he might not take part in the imperial examination.Now Wu Zetian is a little better, but she is still killing people.Later, there was the Webster Rebellion.Therefore, Wang Hua may not be interested in the current officialdom.

After hearing Wu Zetian's words, many ministers claimed to be dereliction of duty.But I didn't expect that there was a person who lowered his head, and there was some resentment in his eyes.Song Zhiwen was jealous. Today, His Majesty came to hold this poetry banquet. Oh, dare to come here to praise this young man named Wang Hua.

Wu Zetian didn't pay attention to his thoughts, the main thing that made her like Wang Hua was his intention, and the second was that he came from a poor background, which reminded Mrs. Wu of her childhood experience.Since the minister said so, she issued an edict and sent envoys to Yanshi County to find this young man named Wang Hua.However, there was a change in the middle.Wang Hua is not in Yanshi County, but in Gong County.

At that time, he ran to Yanshi County because he wanted to paint, but he was afraid that his father would see him nearby, so he was beaten again.So I rode a cow to Yanshi County, more than [-] miles away, to herd cattle.Later, when I heard that the army of the Tang Dynasty was going to march, I rode again for more than ten miles.The one who thought of a cow herding boy, herding a cow, actually ran to a place more than thirty miles away.As a result, I searched the entire Yanshi County, but I couldn't find a Wanghua boy who was good at painting and writing.

What is not available is always good.Because I can't find it, it makes people feel Kit Kat even more.Especially at this time people still believe in ghosts and gods.So this incident spread widely in the capital, and many people said that what Di Renjie met that day was a god.In the end, it was passed around, and even Wu Zetian became suspicious.

This was a beautiful thing, and Wang Hua was also out of gratitude at the time.But I didn't expect to arouse a person's jealousy.Song Zhiwen came to Zhang Yizhi's house and said to Zhang Yizhi: "Zhang Yizhi, what do you think of the boy who painted the day before yesterday?"

Zhang Yizhi said: "It's amazing."

This was originally a living legend, just like a myth.

Song Zhiwen shook his head.

Zhang Yizhi asked strangely: "Scholar Song, why are you shaking your head? Is there something wrong?"

Song Zhiwen asked again: "Zhang Gongfeng, do you think there is such a person?"

Although Zhang Yizhi is a playful minister, he is not stupid. After thinking for a while, he said, "There should be such a person. After all, if it is a ghost, why would he accept money from Mr. Di?"

"That's right. But I heard a folk saying that if you divide it by talent, Zhang Gongfu is just a masterpiece, and this Wang painting is truly a god."

Having said that, he didn't go any further.

Zhang Yizhi is where he is today.It's not only because of his handsome appearance, but also because he is powerful on the bed, making the old lady Wu Zetian happy, and she has been favored for such a long time, and she also has some wisdom.

Zhang Yizhi was taken aback for a moment when he heard this, and then he thought of the satisfied look in Wu Zetian's eyes when he mentioned this young man that day.What if the emperor takes a fancy to this boy?Zhang Yizhi suddenly had this idea.So what?
Seeing Zhang Yizhi's eyes were first puzzled, then worried, and finally fierce.A smile appeared on the corner of Song Zhiwen's mouth.He gave a deep salute and said goodbye.

(End of this chapter)