Ye Tiangao As an old official, he knows best about giving in to advance and retreat. In today's matter, victory will be futile, and defeat will be no fault. As a first-class official in the dynasty, he did what he should do. Retreating and protecting himself wisely is undoubtedly the best policy.
But when Ye Tiangao finished speaking, Ye Piaoling and the white-faced scribe on his left and the handsome-faced young man on his right all bowed to obey his orders.
Elder in Confucian Robes also smiled and backed away, then Young Man in Green smiled lightly and said, "You can tell me how to compare." After saying this, an emerald-colored snuff bottle appeared in his palm, spinning in his palm.
The white-faced scribe is the top scholar in this new subject, and there is an order of hierarchy, so he stepped in to negotiate, "You are the one who is not ashamed to speak loudly and want to provoke us in the literary world of Vietnam. Naturally, I will let you do what you want. Otherwise, if you lose, you will blame us for being too tricky in setting the questions, so you will have to draw the line."
This reply was neither humble nor arrogant, showing Top Scholar's wisdom. It not only maintained his dignity, but also kicked the ball out. What's even better, it left room for maneuver. Everyone in the audience secretly praised him.
Heir of Prince Xiang smiled slightly, pointed at Top Scholar and said, "You are indeed a smart person, and it is interesting to compete with smart people. However, if you compete with someone who is equally matched, you Although I am a new Jinshi, an elite member of the Yue Kingdom, in my opinion, I am only proficient in writing and writing, and I have a little cultivation, which is not enough to sit down and discuss with you. So, I will ask you a question first, and you will answer it, and I will compete with you and others."
When these words came out, the whole place was like water pouring boiling oil, and the whole place was noisy.
"The villain is lying, why should we be angry? The sage will be virtuous, and the fool will be foolish."
Ye Piaoling spoke out with emotion, and the whole place was in uproar.
Heir of Prince Xiang smiled and said, "It's interesting. I hope I'm not just talking. Let's listen to my first question, how high is the sky?"
As soon as this question came out, the whole place was completely silent, and then there was a sudden burst of whispers.
"What kind of problem is this?"
"Nonsense?"
"Who knows how high the sky is, even the gods don't know it?"
"Could it be that Dai Viet Literary Path is really so prosperous that even the height of the sky can be measured?"
"..."
All the Jinshi were also stunned. They had worked hard, and even secretly secretly divided themselves into groups, waiting for the Heir of Prince Xiang question to be raised, and then gave them a slap in the head. Who knew that after holding it in for a long time, this happened?
The sky is so high, the sage said, and the way of heaven is so vast that it is impossible to fathom.
How can the disciples of saints know about issues that even saints don't know?
After a long time of chatter, all the Jinshi heard from each other. Then, Top Scholar blushed and stood out from the crowd, "This question is purely nonsense. If you have real talent and knowledge, please show it. If it is to relieve your boredom, please forgive me for not accompanying me."
Heir of Prince Xiang said, "So, you guys can't answer it."
"It's nonsense, why bother!"
"It's nonsense. We'll discuss it later. You can't answer it, but it's true."
"I'd like to hear your opinions!"
Top Scholar said angrily.
He didn't want to ask the question at first, so he brushed the matter aside, and Heir of Prince Xiang kept pursuing him. He was so angry that he drank out. He really wanted to know the answer to this question.
Top Scholar asked, and all eyes in the audience were directed towards Heir of Prince Xiang.
Even Son of Heaven of Great Yue, who was sitting on the throne, became energetic and stared at the audience attentively.
Xu Yi alone had no intention of paying attention to this bad street trick. His eyes wandered to the north and south points in the crowd from time to time, with a myriad of thoughts on his mind.
Heir of Prince Xiang said solemnly, "Let me help you clear up your doubts. Remember, the Unseen The sky is one billion, eighty-four thousand nine hundred and thirty-six thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine feet high."
"Nonsense!"
"Nonsense!"
"You want to deceive others!"
"..."
The whole place was filled with uproar and shouts of cheering.
At first, everyone still had a just-in-case mentality, thinking that Ba State had really developed some kind of amazing measuring instrument and measured the height of the sky.
When Heir of Prince Xiang's words came out, even an idiot would know that he was talking nonsense.
It's over one billion feet, even gods can't measure it.
Heir of Prince Xiang looked calm, still playing with the cigarette pot in his palm, not showing any emotion at all.
Ye Tiangao stepped forward, waved his hand, suppressed the noise in the venue, and then retreated.
Top Scholar said, "It's just a child's trick, thank you Ba State for having the guts to do it."
Heir of Prince Xiang raised his head and said, "You can't answer my question first, and I will answer your questions later. You don't hear that I preach and teach you the virtues of solving doubts, but you only hear this evil voice. Could it be that this is the Confucianism of the Great Yue?"
Top Scholar blushed and said, "The matter has come to this, why are you insisting on arguing!"
Heir of Prince Xiang said, "The sky is indeed one billion, eighty-four, nine36,819 feet high. If you don't believe it, you can measure it and wait patiently."
Top Scholar was still waiting to leave, but he heard Ye Piaoling's voice transmission, "The thief is disgusting. Arguing by force is only confusing people, so go around him."
Indeed, even though Heir of Prince Xiang was opportunistic, he won the victory after all. If the news spread, no one would say that Heir of Prince Xiang was cunning, and they would only say that the three hundred Jinshi were in vain.
"Ba State is truly unparalleled in his ability to fool around, but this time we lose."
Top Scholar followed what was good and accepted it generously.
Heir of Prince Xiang said, "In this way, you are somewhat responsible. But do you want to continue the competition?"
Top Scholar was so angry that he was trembling slightly. Ye Piaoling continued, "It's natural to compare. The right and wrong of the past have their own public opinion. We will decide the winner and loser."
The Prince of Xiangyang said, "It's better to be respectful than to obey my orders. Let's do this. The question I am asking is too difficult, so I will ask you and others to write it instead."
When these words came out, even Ye Piaoling choked up. His original intention was to take back the right to write the question, but when Heir of Prince Xiang said it, he couldn't say it out loud.
If he really takes back the right to write the question, it would be as if he was afraid of Heir of Prince Xiang, which would only be a laughing stock.
"You have to come up with a question to win, it's up to you to come up with the question."
But it was Tan Hwa Lang who remained calm all the time and took the lead.
Heir of Prince Xiang said, "If you say so, then there is nothing wrong with me, let alone anything new. There is something that you have all heard of..."
As soon as these words came out, the appetites of everyone in the audience were suddenly aroused.
Heir of Prince Xiang As cunning words dominate the right to write the question, both the many new scholars who participated in it and the spectators reminded themselves to open their minds, relax their hearts, and never fall into the same old path again.
Who would have thought that Heir of Prince Xiang actually went so far as to say that it wanted to come up with a topic that everyone would hear about.
Everyone was attentive, but then they heard Heir of Prince Xiang say, "... Two pairs, please understand clearly. One of them said: Yan Yan Yan Yan Yan along the eaves; the other said: Staying in the Hakka stay in the cold window and the window is empty and lonely."
As soon as the two couplets came out, the whole place was completely silent.
Although the words "yan" that were spoken a lot did not fall on the paper, the seven words that jumped out in everyone's minds were all the same.
But because these two pairs are so widely spread throughout Dai Viet, they are exactly two of the three absolute pairs played by the famous Poet Immortal, Word Sage Mr. Xu at the reception banquet of Merchant Alliance Headquarters.
Please ask for something. Living needs meaning, and code words also need it. Give me some. Dear readers, please take pity on me. The north wind blows, the snowflakes float...