The imperial examination poems are usually found from the selected literature or the poems of the predecessors, so that the candidates can understand the meaning of the poem and write another poem. Most of the anonymous poems passed down from history are poems in the imperial examinations. This is mainly because the imperial examination system is implemented in the nameless system. Many poems are no names or surnames when they are circulated.

The question for today's answer is to shake the bamboo shadow on the window and the sound of wild springs enters the inkstone pool.

After the candidate understood its poetry, he then wrote a new poem. Li Yanqing thought of at least seven or eight poems about studying and reading. He pondered for a long time and finally decided to choose one of the three poems as today's answer.

One is Lu You's "Reading in Winter Nights to Show Zi Yu", which is famous saying: If you learn it on paper, you will always be shallow, and you must practice it yourself to know it.

Another poem is Zhu Xi's "Thoughts on Reading", and another poem is Zhao Yi's "On Poetry" by the Qing Dynasty. The famous line in it is: There are talented people in the country and have been leading the way for hundreds of years.

Of course, Li Yanqing still remembers a few more ordinary poems, but because his countermeasures were a bit inadequate, if he did not make up for it in the poem, it is very likely that he would fail the imperial examination this time, and Li Yanqing would have to send a surprise troops today.

He repeatedly considered these three poems, and first he eliminated Zhao Yi's "On Poetry". First, he was not very focused on the topic. Discussing poetry is not about studying. Secondly, the Song Dynasty highly praised Du's poems. The first two lines of this poem: The poems of Li and Du have been passed down through the ages, but they still feel that they are not new. They will make examiners disgusted.

The rest are Lu You's "Reading to Zi Yu in the Winter Night" and Zhu Xi's "Thoughts on Reading". Both poems are very good. According to the scholars' survey, the examiner Ouyang Xun paid more attention to practice, so he would be superficial to the knowledge of this matter. He would have to practice it in his own way.

But from a poetic point of view, Zhu Xi's "Thoughts on Reading" is more in line with the artistic conception of the topic, and Li Yanqing was unable to make a decision for the time being.

After thinking for a long time, Li Yanqing decided to use the exam questions as the standard and not to cater to the examiner's preferences. He finally chose "Thoughts on Reading", and Li Yanqing took a pen and wrote this poem on the exam paper.

"Thoughts about reading"

A half acre square pond is opened,

The sky light and clouds wander together.

Ask where the channel is so clear,

For the source of fresh water.

.............

Just like an extremely painful baptism, the imperial examination that lasted seven days and five nights finally ended. Except for the scholars who left sadly in advance, the other scholars who did well or were not good at the exam should be indulged in themselves quickly. The major taverns in Anyang County were all full of people, and the scholars were drinking happily.

Today was Li Yanqing's treat. In addition to the fat man Zheng Rongtai, he also invited Zhang Xian and Zhou Chun and several Linzhang scholars. The group booked a large room in Zhengfulou, and everyone drank happily.

Zhang Xian was in a good mood today. He had decided to go to the state to study and untied this knot. Even if his criminal law questions were not solved today, he would not take them seriously.

Zhou Chun drank a glass of wine and said with a smile: "The questioner who is guessing that the questioner must be a professor of the Taixue. The Tai students have learned the question of the Tang and Song dynasties. It is very simple for them. Everyone is very suspicious. The questioner wants to leave this admission opportunity for the Taixue students?"

"Yeah?"

Li Yanqing asked Zheng Rongtai with a smile, "Have the Taixue taught that question?"

Zheng Rongtai blinked his eyes and said, "I might have been feeling sick and asked for leave on the day of the criminal law class. I didn't hear this class, but I didn't know that Taixue had taught it? But I happened to review that question and answered it smoothly."

Zhou Chun looked at Li Yanqing suspiciously. Did Li Yanqing lend his grandfather’s notes to this fat man to read? He repeatedly reminded Li Yanqing that notes must not be circulated.

Li Yanqing knew it well and smiled and said, "For this imperial examination, Brother Zheng has hired many famous teachers. With these famous teachers' professional test questions, Brother Zheng will definitely pass the exam this time."

These words are very neutral, and different people have different understandings. For Zheng Rongtai, if he can pass the exam, he will have a glorious excuse. My family hired a famous teacher to quit the exam, why can't he pass the exam?

But for a talented person like Zhou Chun, he would immediately understand that Li Yanqing had something else to say. As for Zhang Xian's simpleness, he would envy the Zheng family's big efforts and actually asked famous teachers to provide tutoring questions.

Zheng Rongtai was stupid in other aspects, but he was very slippery in this matter. He immediately climbed up the pole and laughed: "I'm not afraid of you envying me. This time the famous teacher I hired did hit several key questions. It's a lucky thing!"

Everyone was joking, but at this time, the door of the Yashi room was suddenly pushed open, and a few people walked into the outside. Huo Ran was the Tai student Zhao Yushu and his companions.

"What a coincidence! We met again."

Zhao Yushu had a plaster on his nose and stared at Li Yanqing with hatred. He was broken by Li Yanqing's punch, resulting in his poor performance in the imperial examination this time, and he was afraid that there would be no hope of seizing Jie Yuan.

Zhao Yushu was one of the three Imperial College students in Xiangzhou. It was meaningless to pass the exam to ordinary Juren, but passing the exam to Jieyuan was of great benefit to him.

If he can pass the Jieyuan exam, he can directly be promoted to the middle level and sacrifice his life, and is allowed to be exempted from the Ministry of Rites exam, which is equivalent to being a Jinshi, and becoming an official is just around the corner.

This imperial examination was the biggest favorite in Jieyuan and ranked first in the list of the imperial examinations, but Li Yanqing's punch completely wiped out his hopes and future.

Zhao Yushu's resentment fell on Li Yanqing, and he couldn't bear it. As soon as he finished the exam, he found Li Yanqing.

When Li Yanqing saw him coming in with murderous aura, he ignored him and just drank slowly. Zheng Rongtai was angry and stood up, "Zhao Yushu, are you going to go wild in my territory?"

Zheng Rongtai and Zhao Yushu studied in the Imperial Academy, and they are fellow villagers in Anyang County. The relationship should be very close, but Zhao Yushu looked down on this ignorant fat man. The two have never had a relationship. Zhao Yushu glanced at Zheng Rongtai and said coldly: "I am looking for this Li Yanqing today, it has nothing to do with you, please don't interfere!"

Li Yanqing said lightly: "What are you going to do with me? If you want to fight again, do you want me to pay for your medical expenses?"

Zhao Yushu was so angry that his eyes were about to spurt fire, "You broke my nose, I want you to give me an explanation!"

Zheng Rongtai looked at Li Yanqing and Zhao Yushu. He didn't know what happened, but he didn't know how to intervene for a while.

Li Yanqing smiled, "Then what explanation do you want?"

Zhao Yushu couldn't say a word. He only hated Li Yanqing for beating him, but never thought about why he was beaten?

But at this time, anger had made him lose his mind and hatred circling in his heart. What can he do? He can't fight and pay for medical expenses. Can Li Yanqing apologize? Can he save his future?

Zhao Yushu stared at Li Yanqing and said word by word: "I just let you remember that I, Zhao Yushu, will repay this hatred sooner or later, and I will let you repay it a hundred times!"

After saying that, Zhao Yushu turned around and left angrily. Several companions glanced at Li Yanqing and left quickly.

"Fuck your mother!"

Zheng Rongtai cursed Zhao Yushu's back and asked again: "What happened?"

Hong Dazhi told Zheng Rongtai what happened that day. Zheng Rongtai was surprised and happy, "Old Li still knows martial arts?"

Zhang Xian next to him said, "Old Li Wen is outstanding in talent and has excellent martial arts skills. He did not take the martial arts exam, otherwise the top scorer would have to be..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Yanqing was both angry and funny, and knocked him on the head with chopsticks, "Just blow! It's blown the sky, what do you do?"

Zhang Xian covered his head and muttered, "Is that true?"

Zheng Rongtai was obviously more interested in martial arts than literature. He refused to rely on his life and wanted Li Yanqing to show him one by one. Li Yanqing had no choice but to smile and said, "Then I will change my trick!"

Seeing that the wall was soft, he took a wine glass, weighed it, and looked around. He saw a moth flying around the corner. Li Yanqing pointed at the moth and smiled, "Look at me to catch that moth!"

Zheng Rongtai widened his green bean's small eyes and wanted to see how Li Yanqing caught moths. Li Yanqing swung his hand and the wine glass flew out sharply, and he nailed it to the wall, but it did not break. Zheng Rongtai opened his mouth wide and walked up to pull the wine glass out of the wall. The moth flew out of the wine glass. Zheng Rongtai was stunned. What kind of martial arts is this? He had never heard of it.

Everyone applauded and cheered, and Li Yanqing smiled and said, "Gezhuan's tricks, I'll give you a happy moment. Come on, let's continue drinking!"

At this time, Zhou Chun whispered to Li Yanqing: "This Zhao Yushu's father is an official in the capital. It is said that the official position is not small. You have to be careful. Zhao Yushu is a famous person who holds revenge."

Li Yanqing smiled. As long as there is a world of martial arts, there will be struggles. Is it not normal to offend a few people?

.........

Sure enough, he said, "Don't go back without getting drunk." After late at night, Fatty Zheng was drunk. Zhou Chun and several Linzhang scholars were unable to drink. They had already taken a step forward. Zhang Xian was drunk and collapsed under the table. Only Li Yanqing drank a lot of alcohol and was not drunk at all. This made him a little surprised. He also drank a few more drinks in the spring club in the early Spring Festival. Why is he still not drunk now?

He vaguely felt that it was because of his long-term running. Not only was he inseparable from the cold and heat, but his ability to withstand alcohol was far better than before. Li Yanqing settled the bill and asked the shopkeeper to take care of Fatty Zheng. He called a ox cart and helped Zhang Xian back to the inn.

The ox cart stopped at the entrance of the inn. Manager Wang came up and held Zhang Xianxiao and smiled, "Brother Zhang is the 14th person I have helped today. It seems that everyone has relaxed."

"Are Zhou Langjun and the others back?" Li Yanqing asked with a smile.

"They went out to play again after they came back. Brother Zhang, someone has been waiting for you for a long time."

Li Yanqing was surprised, who would be waiting for him. When he walked into the inn, he suddenly shouted: "Dad!"
Chapter completed!