Chen Xi quoted "Song of Wine on the Moon" written by Tang Yin when he was not satisfied with his talent and was devoted to his love for the mountains and rivers, but he made some changes.

The last two lines in the original poem are "I don't board the emperor's boat, I don't sleep in Chang'an. There is a thatched hut outside Gusu City, and thousands of trees, plum blossoms and moon are everywhere in the sky."

Gusu City and Peach Blossoms were just minor changes, but Tang Yin pursued a pastoral life that was transcendent beyond the secular world. Chen Xi is now an official in court, saying that "not climbing the emperor's ship" and "not going to Chang'an to sleep", is a bit inappropriate, so it is changed to "Guanghan Palace" and "Qiongyu Palace", giving people a feeling that it is too cold to be high, meaning that it does not seek a position as a minister.

Tang Yin's poem is popular, but it is far less popular than the "Taohua'an Poetry". It is mainly because the whole poem is mostly written in common words and has the characteristics of folk songs. It is "appreciated by both the elegant and the common people", which makes later poets feel that it is unbearable.

When Chen Xi recited the poem, the guests present listened carefully.

Although this poem is a bit vulgar, it is at least more literary than the limericks written by the banquet people. In terms of artistic conception, it is even far less than the poems written by the Hanlin Academy of Hanlin before.

But if this poem is chanted from the mouth of a middle-aged scholar in his forties and has experienced vicissitudes, it may be convincing. With Chen Xi's age, how much life experience can he have? Writing such a poem will only make people feel that you, a young child, aren't it too precocious?

Chen Xi recited a complete poem in front of everyone. When he stopped, the guests present, including Zhang Heling, did not immediately evaluate the poems he had written before.

The whole poem is very long, and the artistic conception is profound. Even if you are proud of yourself, you have to settle down a little before you can make a judgment.

"I'm so ugly."

Chen Xigong bowed and sat down again.

Others can't feel how good this poem is, but Hanlin officials deal with articles and poems every day, but they can tell the difference. At this time, the most surprised look in the yard was Chen Xi and his colleagues from Hanlin Academy. Even Zhu Xizhou looked at Chen Xi with extremely shocked eyes. Obviously, he did not expect that Chen Xi would have such superb poetry attainments.

"good!"

Zhang Heling took the lead in making an evaluation, clapping his hands and standing up, "Chen Xiu wrote this poem, which is indeed a masterpiece."

Zhang Heling didn't have much knowledge and could not say deeper comments. He only said "a great masterpiece" which was a compliment to Chen Xi. With his affirmation, even if others think that this poem is vulgar, they will follow it.

Chen Xi is basically sure that Zhang Heling’s previous toast poem should have been written by someone.

Xibinshi from the Hou Mansion stood up together first, followed Zhang Heling and exclaimed. Then the guests in the hall applauded, almost praising Chen Xi's poem as gorgeous as flowers.

Wang Jiusi was a little disdainful of Chen Xi's poems. He claimed that he was the best of those present. He stood up unwillingly and said, "Chen Xiu wrote this poem, which seems to be ambition but not in the court... Could it be that he wanted to resign from his post and retire and become the free and carefree person under the Peach Blossom Mountain?"

This is very rude. Even if he thinks that Chen Xi's poems are both rude and vulgar, it is difficult to be elegant, after all, Zhang Heling gives affirmation, and it is not appropriate for him to sing the opposite tune. However, if he starts from the artistic conception of the poem and takes Chen Xi's "the ambition is not in the court" as the starting point, then others will not be able to find fault.

Even Zhang Heling sighed softly after hearing this: "Yes, Chen Xiu is the top scholar in the new subject. He has just entered the officialdom, but he has such noble style... It's a bit inappropriate."

Chen Xi looked calm, but his words were powerful: "Since I am the minister of the emperor, I should share the worries of the country, but I still have a yearning for a paradise in my heart. The people live and work in peace and contentment, and that the world can be a peach blossom land."

“Well said.”

Chen Xi's flattery was basically the right place, and Zhang Heling praised it again after listening to it.

As long as the people live and work in peace and contentment, the world can be filled with a peach blossom land, and it can also be said to be at the foot of Peach Blossom Mountain in the court... This not only flatters the emperor, but also shows Chen Xi's lofty ambition to serve the court, which is many times better than ordinary poetry and articles.

Zhang Heling was very impressed by Chen Xi's talent at this time and thought to himself: "If you take him under the tent and ask him to give me advice, as long as you can win my brother-in-law's favor, it is easy to get promoted to the position."

Thinking of this, Zhang Heling waved his hand: "Come here, I'll give you a gift to Chen Xiushuo."

A woman came out of the main hall soon, but the dancer who was leading the dance just now. She was about 28 years old and was beautiful and beautiful. At this time, she was holding a wooden box that was a little larger than the previous gift in her hand. The lotus steps moved to Chen Xi and handed it respectfully, which made everyone present, including the Hanlin officials, very jealous.

Because everyone could see that this gift was much heavier than the gift Zhang Heling gave to Hanlin just now. This beautiful dancer seemed to be a little difficult to handle, and it might be gold, silver and jewelry inside.

"Thank you for the gift from Shouninghou."

No matter what, Chen Xi should thank him, even though he didn't want to accept this gift.

Zhang Heling raised his wine glass again: "The words of Chen Xiu's words are exactly what I hope. If you all will help the king, then the country of the Ming Dynasty will be forever for thousands of years. We are very lucky and the people. This glass of wine will honor Your Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, and will honor the Ming Dynasty forever for thousands of years."

If Chen Xi's flattery just now was slapped without any trace, Zhang Heling's flattery would be too obvious and would easily attract disgust.

However, frank words are essential, especially at such banquets where ministers gather. Without saying a few words of praise, it seems that something is missing, which makes the officials present uncomfortable.

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The subsequent toast poems were basically not as literary and artistic as Chen Xi. Even Wang Jiusi, who was dissatisfied with Chen Xi, did not receive good praise from Zhang Heling.

After the banquet, Zhang Heling originally planned to see him off in person, but thought about leaving Hanlin officials to the inner court to ask about some things, so he asked the mansion to see him off on his behalf.

Zhang Heling invited Zhu Xizhou, Chen Xi and other Hanlin officials to enter the main hall of the inner courtyard and asked someone to prepare a chair. After all Hanlin officials had sat down, Zhang Heling sat in the main seat and greeted: "I wonder if you guys have any fun before the banquet? If not, I will make up for it later. Now I will give you tribute tea and relieve the wine."

Zhang Heling gave an order, and a graceful maid came up and poured a cup of steaming fragrant tea in front of everyone. When he opened the lid of the bowl, he felt a fragrance.

Although Chen Xi deliberately sprinkled a lot of wine at the previous banquet, he still drank a lot of it after a banquet, and was dizzy and relieved a little after drinking tea. However, at this time he just wanted to find a place to have a good sleep.

But I heard Zhang Heling say, "You are in Hanyuan and are well-educated. I want to ask the truth about something that I am confused about. I wonder if you can solve the confusion in my heart?"

Zhu Xizhou and Hanlin were considered "old fried dough sticks" who had been immersed in the officialdom for many years. Before coming, he guessed that the invitation of the Shouning Marquis to the banquet was related to the coming imperial lecture. Needless to say, what Zhang Heling was going to ask was the topic that Emperor Hongzhi would ask tomorrow.

Zhu Xizhou saluted on behalf of the Hanlin people: "The Marquis said it's okay."

Zhang Heling smiled and nodded, "I have recently read historical books and classics. I have a little confused about the events between the 32nd year of Hongwu and the Yongle period. There seems to be a lack of historical records between Taizu and Taizong. You are all from Hanyuan. I think you are very familiar with this historical material?"

Zhu Xizhou, Wang Zan, Wang Jiusi and others all had a strange expression.

This question has been raised for the second time recently. The last time Xie Qian ran to the Hanlin Academy, saying that Emperor Hongzhi asked about this historical allusion and asked the Hanlin people to write notes.

Some Hanlin didn't understand this history, and even if they knew it, they only knew some of the basics. They didn't dare to describe it in detail. They just affirmed the legitimacy of Emperor Taizong Zhu Di, setting the tone of "Taizu passed on the throne of Taizong", making the true historical writer feel dull.

But this is the reality, because Zhu Yunwen's lineage has been cut off, and the throne is now deeply rooted in Zhu Di's lineage. Nearly a hundred years have passed, and no one cares about what happened at the beginning. It is just that historians with conscience will record the old things from that year and seal them for future history reviews.

However, it is not a good opportunity to propose, because before this, Emperor Hongzhi did not disclose the tone of Emperor Jianwen's reversal.

Zhang Heling was already full of expectations, but when he saw the Hanlins all looked embarrassed, he couldn't help but frown: "Everyone, don't you know this history?"

The staff of the Shouning Marquis's family who were sitting behind the curtain listened quickly came out, came to Zhang Heling to salute respectfully, and whispered in his ear.

Zhang Heling was stunned at first, and then smiled and said, "If you don't want to explain in detail, you might as well write it down with paper and pen."

Zhu Xizhou and others couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief after hearing this. They didn't say it, but instead used writing, and it was anonymous, so they basically didn't have to bear too much responsibility.

Zhang Heling immediately asked the servants of the Hou Mansion to remove the coffee table and bring the desk. One Hanlin who came to the banquet was counted. Each of them had a desk, pen, ink, paper, ink, and inkstone, and red sleeves added fragrance. However, the dancer who came out to perform the dance before, was grinding ink for the Hanlins in all manners.

Hanlin officials are all gentlemen. Even if they see women on weekdays, they keep a certain distance. Now that they have a few cups of yellow soup, the beauty is next to them, and the faint body fragrance comes from people who are full of thoughts. Even people like Wang Jiusi who have "noble ambitions" cannot help but blush.

On the contrary, Shen Xi's face was the most natural.

The Hanlin people held the pen and still didn't want to tell the truth. Even if they didn't know much, they didn't want to tell the truth. Because the matter behind it was too big, Zhu Xizhou and others had the idea that how to fool the emperor was, but now they copied it over and continued to fool the Hou of Shouning. The content written was still a plausible cliché.

This is the first time for the Hanlins to be so perfunctory on historical issues, but who says this history belongs to the "royal secret that cannot be said"?

Only Shen Xi has no scruples.

He was forced by Xie Qian to write a letter to the emperor about restoring the reign of Emperor Jianwen, which shows that Emperor Hongzhi was really thinking. If Emperor Hongzhi asked the ministers about this matter at the Sutra Festival, and the ministers would either avoid it or say bluntly that "you should not violate the ancestral teachings", wouldn't he, the person who wrote the letter, be punished?

Now telling Zhang Heling the matter out, it is a good opportunity for Chen Xi to get off the horse.

Zhang Heling was a royal relative. He had many fans in the Zhan Shi Mansion and the Six Ministry. Xu Qiong, the Minister of Rites, was also his brother-in-law. As long as he could explain the old story of Jianwen in detail, the fence-bearing grass that swayed in the wind would follow the upside down.

Chen Xi picked up the pen and wrote: "In April of the 25th year of Hongwu, Prince Yiwen died. By September, Taizu made Prince Yiwen the second son the crown prince the crown prince..."

Didn’t you, Zhang Heling, want to be the vocal worm of Emperor Hongzhi? I will write it as detailed as possible to help you.

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ps: The fifth update!
Chapter completed!