Chapter 392 391 Piece-by-Piece Qingci

After the eunuch delivered the order, Wei Guangde understood that it was not to praise the heavy snow yesterday, but to praise the emperor.

Yes, in recent years, many places in the north have suffered from heavy snow disasters in winter, freezing countless people and livestock, but people have no way to deal with it.

If it is early spring, it is okay to praise the snow, but it is not appropriate to write about snow now.

"My lords, I will wait here. Please finish the Qingci as soon as possible so that I can send it to the palace."

The eunuch said to everyone in the room with a flattering smile.

There are many eunuchs like him in the palace. In fact, he is just an eunuch, and the word eunuch is not worthy.

Such an eunuch can bluff the country people outside, but what is this place? This is the Hanlin Academy.

Yuan Wei asked at this time: "I wonder who else His Majesty asked to present the Qingci?"

"My lord, in addition to the message from the cabinet, there are several lords who are on duty in the West Garden."

The eunuch replied hurriedly.

When Yuan Wei opened his mouth, Wei Guangde didn't understand what Yuan Wei meant by asking this question. It was not until the eunuch answered that he figured out what he meant.

It turned out that Yuan Wei also looked at the person and served him a dish. If the person who presented the Qingci was good, he would probably write it seriously.

This is easy to understand. After all, it is not easy to write a good Qingci. It is estimated that Yuan Wei has been thinking about this matter a lot on weekdays, and he should have reserved some good works for submission.

If there are few people who present Qingci, it is estimated that the competition is not fierce, so he will not hand over those treasured works, and hand over inferior works.

Wei Guangde understood it this way, but he also heard what the eunuch said. This time, it seems that almost all the good players who can write Qingci in the court and the public have been gathered.

Those who are qualified to serve in the West Garden, in addition to the adults at the first level of the Hanlin Academy, are the assistant ministers of the six ministries, and there are two masters of writing Qingci in the cabinet.

Speaking of which, Yan Song won the emperor's favor with Qingci and rose to power by means, and Xu Jie is not the same.

Several people who may enter the cabinet now, such as Li Chunfang and Yuan Wei, are no exception.

After leaving the hall, Wei Guangde whispered to Yuan Wei and Guo Pu: "Yesterday, the Censorate sent a message saying that they wanted to discuss the matter of the imperial examination, so I am asking for leave from the two scholars to go to the Censorate."

The Hanlin Academy has Hanlin scholars, which is the highest official position in the Hanlin Academy, but the real person in charge of the academy is the president appointed by the court.

Since the president is not here today, Wei Guangde had to tell Yuan Wei and Guo Pu, after all, these two officials are the highest here.

"Guangde, it won't take much time if you don't write Qingci. Since the Censorate has something to do, you go first."

Yuan Wei didn't care about Wei Guangde's request for leave. Without the president, he could handle the big and small things in the Hanlin Academy at his discretion.

He also estimated Wei Guangde's level. He should not be able to write any good Qingci, so he didn't regard Wei Guangde as a thorn in his side. He really didn't have the qualifications.

Of course, Yuan Wei was also jealous of Wei Guangde, that is, Wei Guangde had established a connection with Prince Yu's Mansion early on, but he did not dare to bet on it at the beginning.

As for the matter of the imperial examination mentioned by Wei Guangde, it was actually the job of the Ministry of Personnel, and the Censorate was just supervising from the side. However, since Wei Guangde had a reason, he had no reason to refuse.

Yuan Wei did not say anything, but Guo Pu on the side frowned.

"Since the palace asked for the Qingci to be presented, I think Guangde should wait for a while and leave a Qingci before going to the Censorate. The Xiyuan Dufang will also present the Qingci presented by the Hanlin Academy for review and selection. After all, it is the intention of His Majesty, and the Censorate is not in a hurry for a while."

When Wei Guangde heard what Guo Pu said, he really couldn't find a reason to respond.

Guo Pu made it clear that the Qingci from the Hanlin Academy would first be sent to the Xiyuan Dufang, and the adults there would first select and pick out the best Qingci before presenting it to the emperor.

Perhaps, Guo Pu also saw that Wei Guangde was not good at Qingci. Before, Wei Guangde's composition could only be considered barely passing. In fact, it did not meet the standard for selecting Shujishi. That is, Emperor Jiajing sent him in because of a word. He was a guaranteed student.

In a word, he and Yuan Wei did not think that Wei Guangde would be their competitor in Qingci, but he kindly reminded Wei Guangde that it was his attitude.

Emperor Jiajing asked the Hanlin Academy to present Qingci. Wei Guangde was also a member of the Hanlin Academy, but he repeatedly refused to write. If Emperor Jiajing found out, it would be difficult to explain.

Wei Guangde knew it in his heart, and thought that he could only think of a way to fool around with one article. Anyway, the Xiyuan duty room should eliminate his composition.

Soon, Wei Guangde went to his duty room, thinking about how to write this Qingci today.

Although he really couldn't write anything shocking, he had written a few works when he was studying before. What he thought now was that if he couldn't come up with anything good, he would just use the original poor works to get by.

But since he had made up his mind to write, Wei Guangde naturally hoped to come up with a slightly outstanding Qingci.

Thinking of the look in Yuan Wei and Guo Pu's eyes at that time, well, these two were sure that he couldn't write anything, so they were like that at that time.

However, in fact, Wei Guangde was also disdainful of Yuan Wei in some places. For example, it was rumored that Yuan Wei was quick-witted and wrote in a flash. The Qingci he wrote were often excellent works with gorgeous rhetoric and neat parallelism.

But Wei Guangde didn't quite believe it. He felt that Yuan Wei and others should have prepared the work long ago and only produced it when Emperor Jiajing asked for Qingci. It could not have been a temporary idea at that time.

When Wei Guangde returned to check the room, Lu Bu, who was cleaning up, was still surprised. He did not expect Wei Guangde to come back again.

Wei Guangde waved to Lu Bu and signaled him to go out first. Wei Guangde sat alone in the room and began to think about it. Pens, inks, paper and inkstones were all ready, but now he was missing a "masterpiece" for submission.

In fact, it was not that Wei Guangde couldn't write a masterpiece, but some of the words in it were a bit taboo during this sensitive period. He was worried that someone would be caught and reported to Emperor Jiajing.

Well, this is one of the few poems that Wei Guangde still remembers.

This somewhat taboo poem is "Jiuzhou" from Qing Dynasty poet Gong Zizhen's "Miscellaneous Poems of Jihai". I couldn't help it, I had learned it when I was in school, and I was required to recite it and write it down.

Jiuzhou relies on wind and thunder to get angry, and it is sad that thousands of horses are silent.

I urge God to cheer up and send talents of any kind.

The last sentence is pretty good, but the part in the previous sentence "It's sad to see thousands of horses quivering together" is a bit troublesome. In modern terms, it means that when the Holy Emperor is in court, there is nothing to be sad about. Who won't let you speak? ?

This poem is said to have been written by Gong Zizhen when he was on his way back south after resigning angrily because he was dissatisfied with the stupidity of the imperial court. When he passed through Zhenjiang, he met the Sai Yu Emperor, the God of Wind and the God of Thunder. He prayed countless times and the Taoist priests begged to write Qingci.

This poem uses the tone of praying to the gods and calls for thunderous changes to break the lifeless situation caused by the Qing Dynasty's restraint of ideas and stifling of talents. It expresses the author's desire to liberate talents, change society, and revitalize the country.

Wei Guangde felt that his mind was very confused at the moment, and he didn't know how to write in order to express the ethereal feeling of heaven and man he received in congratulations to Emperor Jiajing.

When it comes to Emperor Jiajing's great success or improvement in Taoism, I guess the emperor himself knows this best.

The so-called induction by heaven and man, well, it’s already winter, and it will snow sooner or later. Does this still require induction?

But since the emperor thought it was a good omen and asked them to write a speech, he had to write it. He also had to praise the rainbow fart, but how to write it?

In later generations, Yuan Wei's Qingci poem "Born as the Emperor of Jiajing, Longevity without Borders" was considered to be the first Qingci poet in the Jiajing Dynasty because of its neat and ingenious dialogues and gorgeous and beautiful rhetoric. In fact, Wei Guangde read the Qingci poems of these years during this period. , he also ranked these people in order in his mind.

Leaving aside the individual Qingci who are extremely talented and beautiful, in terms of overall level, Li Chunfang is actually the best among them, followed by Gao Gong.

In the past, Wei Guangde knew that Gao Gong also wrote Qing Ci for Emperor Jiajing, but if he didn't analyze it carefully, he wouldn't have discovered that this man was actually very good at flattering the emperor.

The one who is not much different from Gao Gong is the Master Yan Shifan.

After sitting in his seat for a long time, Wei Guangde had no idea. After thinking about it, he realized that if he lacked a little bit of quick wit, he might be able to perform on the spot and write some articles.

Just give up.

Wei Guangde decisively gave up thinking of a Qingci at the moment to make up the numbers, and instead found a song from his previous imitation works that was more suitable for the occasion and sent it to the competition.

It's just close. Anyway, I'm not good at poetry, poetry, dance, writing, or ink. It seems like I really shouldn't stay in the Hanlin Academy.

"One life is two, two begets three, and three begets all things. The human body is hard to come by, but now it is obtained. The great road is hard to understand, but now it is clear.

The earth follows heaven, heaven follows earth, Tao follows nature, and if you don’t save this body, how will you live? "

After thinking about it, Wei Guangde silently chose what he wanted to write, and wrote these two sentences on the rice paper with a splash of ink.

In fact, Wei Guangde did not come up with this. He saw it from Taoist couplets and revised it himself. However, he had not yet touched the threshold of Qingci, and he came up with such a thing before he got started.

Didn’t Emperor Jiajing think that the divine connection meant that his cultivation would soon be successful? Then report it to the gods in heaven and tell them that the path has been made clear.

It is difficult for others to understand the road, but the emperor has already understood it.

Wei Guangde felt that this word should be closer to Emperor Jiajing's current mood, that is, he guessed that Emperor Jiajing had been practicing for decades, and he might have been shaken in his heart. After all, after decades of practice, there was no achievement. The only visible achievement was It seems to be the so-called immunity from cold and heat.

Speaking of which, Emperor Jiajing's health is really having problems now. He is afraid of the cold in summer and the heat in winter, but the eunuch serving beside him suffers to death.

These characteristics, according to Wei Guangde, are endocrine disorders and menopausal syndrome. When combined with his long-term use of elixirs, they are basically body dysfunction caused by erysipelas.

In fact, at this time, if Emperor Jiajing were advised to stop taking the elixir immediately, I am afraid that his body would collapse immediately, because his body has adapted to the current state.

Moreover, Wei Guangde knew that it was not possible to change the emperor at this time.

With Emperor Jiajing here, he can still suppress Yan Song's group. After all, the old emperor has accumulated prestige for a long time. But if King Yu comes to power, without authority, it will be very difficult for Yan Song's group to cause trouble. .

In particular, Yan Song's line also has soldiers and horses. Although the soldiers and horses are far away in the south of the Yangtze River and may not be able to be mobilized, if Yan Song calls out that King Yu will kill his father and commit rebellion, it is hard to say how Hu Zongxian will choose the soldiers and horses in his hands. .

Changing dynasties is a shortcut for ordinary people to transcend classes.

In fact, it is not impossible for the Jiangnan anti-Japanese troops to use the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal to quickly transport them to the capital. Moreover, although there are relatively few officials in Yan Song's group, they all occupy important departments of the imperial court, not to mention those who used to be officials with Yan Shifan connections. People are all over the world.

When the time comes, King Yu will push King Jing, and I don’t dare to think about the consequences.

Wei Guangde vaguely remembered that the downfall of Yan Song's line occurred in the late Jiajing Dynasty. Emperor Jiajing cleared out Yan Song's forces before his death, so King Yu could secure his position.

Just wait and see when the emperor will take action against Yan Song.

In fact, Wei Guangde had already speculated that after the Battle of Baoan Prefecture, Emperor Jiajing knew that he had contact with Ma Fang of the Xuan Prefecture, but he only issued a warning instead of cutting off contact with him. Is it just a foreshadowing?

Gao Gong had previously planned to bring him into Prince Yu's Mansion as an official, but he later rejected it.

After thinking about it too much, in fact, the last sentence "Desire and emphasis in this life, how can we live without this body" is the place where this is the first Qing Ci.

Chonghua, also named after Shun, paid homage to Emperor Shun for Emperor Jiajing's obsession with Taoism in this life, hoping that he could be admitted to the Immortal Class.

As for why he chose to pray to Emperor Shun instead of the Three Qing Dynasties, Wei Guangde also thought that it was the emperor who was worshiping, Yao, Shun, and Yutang. Should you ancient emperors take care of the current emperor?

However, Wei Guangde also had a little thought here, which was to remind Emperor Jiajing to continue practicing and never give up halfway. You have now come into contact with the Great Way. Who knows whether you will still be able to come into contact with the Great Way in the next life.

After putting away his pen and ink, Wei Guangde stared at the poem he had written in front of him, feeling a little guilty for no reason.

This Qingci is the same as the eight-part poem Wei Guangde made before. It is actually a work of Taoist couplets and several Qingci. He is actually a little worried about being seen by well-informed adults. Finally, there is that The emperor had been immersed in Taoism for many years.

He felt guilty, but it was indeed Wei Guangde who had done it. No one else had put it together like this before, so Wei Guangde waited for the ink to dry before picking up the Qing Ci he wrote and leaving the check-in room to hand in the paper.

When Wei Guangde arrived at the front, Yuan Wei, Guo Pu and some others had already handed in their papers. Wei Guangde was relatively behind, and everyone was criticizing each other's works.

Although scholars all say that stereotyped writing is the right path and that poetry, lyrics, and songs are all about small things, they said that in the examination room. They have already rushed out of the examination room, but now they are pursuing the charm of Tang poetry and Song poetry.

Although Qingci was criticized by later dynasties and scholars, it has to be said that the Qingci culture of the Jiajing Dynasty did reach its peak and was a rare pinnacle cultural work during the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, the works submitted by Wei Guangde were naturally criticized.

"good."

“Not satisfactory.”

Guo Pu and Yuan Wei quickly commented on Wei Guangde's Qing Ci.