On the Jinbang platform, Zhao Yan sat on a chair, eating dried fruit leisurely.

Although there are many scholars around him, he does not know any of them, and others do not know him, so he can only sit in one place and enjoy the scenery with a little bored look.

At this time, Liu Dazhong walked slowly over.

Last night, he pulled Wu Zhi into the house and chatted for the middle of the night. He almost learned all the information about the winning list and the drug dealer Hong's family.

Just now, he also learned about the more famous contestants.

What you need to do when doing things around the emperor is this kind of cleverness.

"Young Master, I have learned about this competition system. The Hong family's eldest daughter Hong Yuxin will give the questions personally. The specific rules have not been explained yet. Anyone who is invited can participate."

"Who is that person?" Zhao Yan asked.

Not far away, a man in a light blue gown stood with his head held high and was talking, while there were more than a dozen literati and seven or eight handsome girls around him.

It can be seen that this person's influence is extraordinary.

Liu Dazhong glanced at it and replied: "This person is named Niu Yuanjia, known as the second talent in Shantai Prefecture. He just won the title of juren this year and was only twenty years old. This person spoke a few days ago that after seeing his literary talent, the eldest lady of the Hong family would definitely marry him."

"The second talented man in Shantai Mansion? Who is the first talented man?" Zhao Yan asked.

Liu Dazhong smiled and said, "There is no first talent, and this second talent in Shantai Mansion is still self-proclaimed, and no one else admits it."

Zhao Yan was immediately happy and understood that since ancient times, there has been no first in literature and no second in martial arts.

Even Pan Wenyue and Liu Chaotong, the two great scholars, dared not claim that they were the number one in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

"Young Master, look at that person, whose name is Ji Zhengqing, was famous in Shuzhou when he was eight years old with a few quatrains. Since he met Hong Yuxin last year, he has been obsessed with him and has written hundreds of poems for him. This time, he is determined to win the top position."

Zhao Yan looked at the riverside, a tall and thin young man stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the stream, and from his side, he could see that this person was very disdainful of everything around him and lived in his own world.

"Who is who?" Zhao Yan looked at a man drinking not far away. Since Zhao Yan saw him, this person had almost two pots of wine, and kept drinking and muttering to himself. Unfortunately, Zhao Yan couldn't hear what he was saying.

"He, this person is named Pan Xing, and he is a drunkard who is obsessed with alcohol. He once threatened that he was a wife who came here to earn ten thousand pounds of money and then bought wine and drank it. He had no interest in Hong Yuxin at all."

Zhao Yan curled his lips slightly. This person was dressed very sloppy and his hair had not been washed for at least a month. Even if he wanted to marry Miss Hong, the other party might not be able to fall in love with him.

Liu Dazhong continued: "These literati who participated in the competition are actually divided into three schools, one is the Taixue School, one is the Confucian School, and the other is the Huajian School. The scholars of these schools all look down on each other, and it is estimated that today is a decisive battle between the three schools."

Zhao Yan frowned slightly.

He has long heard of these three factions.

The most powerful of these three schools is the Taixue School. The biggest feature of the Taixue School is that it must use all kinds of classics and its rhetoric is gorgeous. In the imperial examination, Tai students are the most advantageous, and they can almost be said to memorize various classics. However, many people criticized the Taixue School's articles that were flashy and too superficial and magnificent, and have no use to the court.

Like the literary minister Xiao Jingye and the director of Jixian Academy, Liu Chaotong, were both leaders of the Imperial Academy when he was young, but now the literary style has changed. However, most of the rhetoric of civil servants in the Great Zhou Dynasty still tends to be Imperial Academy.

The Confucian school is a new school, and the representative figure is Zhaowenguan, the director of the History Museum. The Confucian school pursues literature to promote the Tao. It believes that poetry, songs and essays exist for the country and the country, and the ambitions of the king, Yao and Shun and the feelings of worrying about the country and the people must be shown in the middle of the text.

The Huajian School is more interesting. The so-called Huajian is between brothels and tiles. Most of the literati in this faction were hedonists who were unsuccessful in their careers and were drunk among flowers and willows. Most of their poems were sung by singers and were popular among the folks.

As a person with modern thinking, Zhao Yan believes that there is no distinction between high and low among these three schools. He believes that only when a hundred flowers bloom should be the aura of the literary world of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

As for the court and the country, the ones we need to select are great talents who can contribute to the country and the world, rather than frivolous literati who can only be some poetry.

Just then, a noise suddenly came from a distance.

Zhao Yan looked back and saw a middle-aged man with a tall figure strode over. The man was wearing a beautiful robe and had some herbs on his clothes. It was obvious that this person was Hong Tianshou, a great pharmacy merchant in Shantai Prefecture.

At this time, Zhao Yan suddenly heard a sound from the crowd.

"There is a polite son-in-law, I am so kind to you!"

Zhao Yanxun asked, but saw that the speaker had been pressed to the ground by several scholars around him and beaten up.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, the people were not strong, but the literati were quite strong. They often chanted poems and the two started fighting.

This was all brought up by officials from the Great Zhou Dynasty, and everyone is no longer surprised.

Hong Tianshou has arrived, so Miss Hong will naturally not be far away.

After Hong Tianshou sat on the exclusive chair in front, he was accompanied by four beautiful maids.

Hong Yuxin, who was the number one beauty and talented woman in Shantai Prefecture, finally made her debut.

Hong Yuxin was wearing a printed white water skirt, a pair of embroidered shoes with flowers and lotus flowers, and a jade hairpin was simply inserted on her cloudy temples.

A mysterious figure and a beautiful face.

He has fair skin, beautiful appearance, rich and talented.

Almost all the advantages of beautiful women were taken over by this woman.

The eyes of the crowd below were straightened, and some even drooled.

Even Liu Dazhong was a little stunned. If he was twenty years younger, he would probably have read a few more books just for Hong Yuxin.

There were only three people in the audience, and there was no big reaction.

One is Heiwa. He just had enough food and was dozing off on the chair beside him.

The second is the alcoholic Pan Xing. He looked at Jinbangxi and was still drinking in big mouthfuls.

Third, it is naturally Zhao Yan.

Zhao Yan has seen too many beauties. He looked at it and felt a little stunning, but it felt boring when he looked at it again.

After all, Lu Nianwei is in the forefront and is still in a passionate love period with Zhao Yan.

Hong Yuxin slowly walked onto the golden plate platform, then looked around and suddenly saw Zhao Yan who was picking up a wine glass to drink lightly.

Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!
Chapter completed!