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"The prefect has seen the eight-legged essay made by Xianggong Bai, and said that you will definitely pass the high school examination this time. You can't even talk about Huiyuan, but Xianggong Bai, who is the master of economics in the Spring and Autumn Period, is probably certain."

On the way to the magistrate's residence, Butler Zhou flattered Bai Gui.

If you do well in stereotypes, you will be ranked in the examination. After passing the examination, if the candidate is not selected in the palace examination, then he will be at least a third-class Jinshi, with the same background as a Jinshi.

In addition to Hui Yuan, Wu Jing Kui will also be listed in the Hui Examination.

If he were a little higher, he might be able to join the Hanlin Academy as an editor. From now on, he would be a noble person and be able to join the cabinet.

No matter what, there is nothing wrong with making friends.

"Master Chen is too flattering."

"The student himself knows how much he weighs. It is a blessing to have Mr. Chen appreciate some of his articles."

Bai Gui's expression remained unchanged and he replied. .

When he was at White Deer Academy, he had already memorized all the eight-part essays from past dynasties. Moreover, he has the experience of many scientific examinations, and with his knowledge, it is just an ordinary thing to write a good eight-part essay.

This calmness fell into the eyes of Butler Zhou, and his evaluation of Bai Gui rose to a higher level.

The two of them walked and talked happily.

Butler Zhou didn't ask Bai Gui about Lu Yin and his fame. How could someone with such knowledge and articles be a gangster?

From time to time, we arrived at the back courtyard of the magistrate's residence.

Open space outside the house.

It was a private banquet, decorated with hundreds of flowers.

Magistrate Chen was dressed in regular clothes and was accompanied by several famous local scribes. Under the scribes, there are the talents and scholars of Yunzhou Prefecture. Not many, a dozen or so.

Bai Gui enters the banquet.

This banquet is a divided meal system.

The dishes on the table are pretty good, including Bazhen duck, braised pork elbow with soy sauce, braised three delicacies, a few plates of crabs, and more than a dozen scattered dishes.

Several girls in thin shirts were also dancing in the field.

Beauty is like jade, if you want to hide it, you will be ashamed.

“It tastes good.”

Bai Gui picked up the chopsticks, took a few bites, and didn't eat more.

Eating too much will inevitably make you look shabby.

After waiting for a while, Magistrate Chen talked with the scribes, each wrote a few words on the plain paper with a brush, and then asked the maid next to him to pass it on to the juniors at the banquet.

This is a school exam!

"With the theme of crab..."

Bai Gui opened the plain paper, saw the word crab, and understood what Magistrate Chen and others meant.

It is for them, those who are less advanced, to use crab as the title to write poems, lyrics, articles, etc. It is an elegant thing to express their knowledge.

Who is real and who is bad can be revealed at a banquet.

If you don't have true knowledge, you will definitely be laughed at at the literati banquet.

"This is simple."

Bai Gui took the brush from the maid's hand, pondered for a moment, and then started writing a poem.

He served as a prime minister in the Xianjian Tang Dynasty and personally took charge of the imperial examinations for many years. He had long been tired of reading the poems of Li Bai and Du Fu. Needless to say, the quality of his poems went without saying. When he arrived in Qianyuan Cave, he had been taught by Li Qingzhao, a layman of Yi'an, since he was a child. Although the poems he personally taught and wrote casually are not famous, they are still among the best.

"Take Bai Sheng's poems and let me have a look."

Magistrate Chen is taking the exam today, and the main person taking the exam is Bai Gui. The dozen or so scholars and candidates under his administration have known the truth for a long time and will not give him many surprises. Bai Gui, who was assassinated today, made him happy to see Bai Gui. However, he had not tested Bai Gui in person and did not know Bai Gui's true level.

So with the help of this literati and elegant thing, I can try Bai Gui's level.

As he expected, Bai Gui had already composed a poem in a matter of seconds. His eagerness alone surpassed that of many others. Even if the level of poetry written is average, it is still good. After all, poetry written in a hurry is not as good as poetry written with careful consideration.

"I will never forget the long battle with iron armor, and I will taste it first if I pile up the plates and look at the colors."

"The chelated seals are both full of tender jade, and the convex red fat on the shell is fragrant."

"If you are more fleshy, I will pity you even more. Who can help me?"

"This is a good gift to celebrate the festive season. The osmanthus blows and the wind clears the chrysanthemum with frost."

Magistrate Chen softly recited this "Crab Chant".

"What a poem!"

"This is a good poem. Talent is born in vain."

The famous people at the banquet praised him one after another.

Therefore, Magistrate Chen took this opportunity to express his elegance and invited Bai Gui to join them in front of the banquet.

There is also a difference between lifting people and lifting people.

Even though most of the people in this lowest position are candidates, these candidates are all old candidates in their forties or fifties, with limited potential. It is estimated that they will not be able to win the Jinshi in their lifetime.

And if the famous assassination that Bai Gui voted for today is really of such a standard, even though Bai Gui can't say that he wants to get the Jinshi, as long as he takes the test a few more times, he will definitely have hope of winning.

Those who can win Jinshi will be colleagues in the future.

He was an official in the same dynasty.

This kind of treatment is normal.

Bai Gui put on his clothes and stood up. In the envious eyes of all the scholars and scholars, he sat down in front of the banquet elegantly and began to talk freely with Magistrate Chen and other local dignitaries from Yunzhou Prefecture.

His knowledge is astonishing, and he draws on the past to learn from the present.

Since there is no conflict of interest and Bai Gui is a junior, everyone who saw this scene appreciated him.

Soon, Bai Gui found Magistrate Nie, Mr. Nie. (I made a mistake earlier. It was not Ning, but Nie.)

After talking for a few words, the two gradually became happy.

"Master Nie used to be a member of the military department of the imperial court. He never thought of offending the Holy One and was demoted to Guobei County. It's a pity that Master Nie is loyal and patriotic, but the saint was deceived by evil..."

Bai Gui sighed.

Although his words were cursing the court and Emperor Wanli, this was a common occurrence at literary banquets. Besides, Emperor Wanli had not attended court for twenty years. Even if he was doing big things at small meetings, his control over the court was inevitably declining.

One or two words of dissatisfaction would not result in any punishment.

This sentence touched Lord Nie's heart, but he still pretended to be reserved, "The emperor must have a reason to demote me. Thunder and rain are all grace from the emperor. How can I harbor resentment for this matter?"

But even so, Lord Nie's closeness to Bai Gui was visible to the naked eye.

One reason was that Bai Gui had a bright future, and the other was that Bai Gui's chat just hit the nail on the head.

The banquet ended at the first quarter of the night.

Bai Gui was arranged by Prefect Chen to stay in the wing room of the Prefect's back house.

The next day.

Bai Gui went to see Lord Nie again.

The two talked about Confucian classics and discussed their views on the contents of Confucian classics.

"Look at this sentence, 'If people don't know me, but I don't get angry, isn't that also a gentleman?'"

"This sentence means that others don't understand me, but I don't get angry, isn't that also a person with moral cultivation?"

"There is also this sentence, 'A gentleman is not heavy but not powerful', you must hit hard when you hit someone, otherwise you can't establish your prestige."

"Unjust wealth and honor are like floating clouds to me."

"Unjust money is as much as floating clouds to me."

Bai Gui expounded on "The Analects".

"Meihe..., you are so funny."

When Lord Nie heard these words, he couldn't help laughing a few times.

If it was an ordinary rural fool who misinterpreted the Confucian classics, he would be furious. But Bai Gui's attainments in the Confucian classics are no less than his, and this explanation is just for fun.

Different people, different treatment.

At the same time, the relationship between the two has become much closer.

"This is my daughter, named Xiaoqian."

Lord Nie introduced his daughter to Bai Gui and said.

"Your daughter is beautiful."

Bai Gui glanced at Nie Xiaoqian and was sure that this was Bai Xiuzhu.

But at this moment, Bai Xiuzhu had not yet discovered the mystery in her womb.

"What a pity..."

Sir Nie stroked his beard and sighed, "My daughter has always been weak and sick. I was exiled to Guobei and should have rushed to take up my post, but my daughter couldn't stand the bumps, so I had no choice but to stay in Yunzhou to recuperate temporarily."

"A letter to the emperor was sent to the nine heavens, and he was demoted to Chaozhou eight thousand miles away in the evening."

"Han Changli's little daughter died of illness on the way to be demoted... Yanjing is far away from Guobei, and it is also wise for you to stay in Yunzhou temporarily."

Bai Gui replied.

Han Yu submitted the "On the Buddha's Bones" to the emperor, and Emperor Xianzong of Tang was furious after reading it, so he was exiled from Chang'an to Chaozhou. On the way, his twelve-year-old daughter died of illness on the way because she couldn't stand the bumps and fatigue, sleeping in the open, and didn't get treatment and care on the road.

"What a pity..."

"I received a letter from a good friend yesterday. The political situation in the court is serious. I am afraid that someone will not let me stay in Yunzhou for long and will order me to go to Guobei to take up my post."

Mr. Nie shook his head.

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