Hai Rui was actually in a very angry mood tonight. He guessed that Lin Tailai was up to something that caused him to be besieged by women, but on the surface, he had to accept the favor of saving his life.
After all, in the eyes of most people, it was Lin Tailai who rescued Hai Rui from danger and even prevented Hai Qingtian's reputation from being damaged.
In this state of mind, Hai Rui could be forced to tolerate Lin Tailai's "drafting" of the Mid-Autumn Festival poems, but he couldn't hope to get good reviews, especially since Lin Tailai's attitude was quite "provocative".
And Lin Tailai was not ambiguous. After Hai Rui's negative review, he came up with one Mid-Autumn Festival poem after another.
Everyone knows that Hai Rui is a paranoid person and has a stubborn streak when things go wrong, so he gives negative reviews time and time again.
After the bad reviews, there was a new Mid-Autumn Festival poem. Lin Tailai and Hai Rui seemed to be competing with each other and fell into an infinite loop.
Lin Tailai has published ten Mid-Autumn Festival poems, each of which is more than a hundred words long, which is quite time-consuming.
It was already approaching midnight, and it seemed that all the celebrities present had become spectators, numbly watching Lin Tailai throw out his works one after another.
This Mid-Autumn Festival evening gathering was really an experienceless one.
Whenever Lin Tailai asked Hai Rui, "Can it be done?", leader Wang seemed to feel that he was asking himself, "Can I accept it?"
He regretted why he let Hai Rui board the ship, why he kept Hai Rui as a protector, and why he stopped Hai Rui when he wanted to leave.
After ten consecutive shots, Hai Rui finally gave in and said casually: "This article is acceptable."
The performance of Lin Daguan, the uninvited guest, had just come to an end, but by this time the gathering had already "done its fun" and everyone was not in high spirits.
First, because of the shocking ten consecutive Mid-Autumn Festival poems, which add up to more than a thousand words, no matter how others perform, they can't steal the limelight, so what kind of enthusiasm can they have.
Secondly, Lin Tailai's ten poems are all above the standard and exceed the quality of the poems prepared by others. How can anyone else have the mood to show off?
So before the third watch, the Mid-Autumn Night gathering ended hastily.
The next day, news came out that leader Wang had fallen ill. The other two scheduled literary conferences were temporarily canceled because of this.
Then everyone knew that this literary conference would probably end in vain again, and the new fifth son of the retro sect would once again have difficulty in giving birth.
Rumor has it that the leader of the League, Mr. Wang, believes that the new five players currently scheduled cannot compete with Lin Tailai, so he wants to wait for a strong enough rookie to appear.
After Lin Tailai passed through the Mid-Autumn Night, he once again became famous on the Qinhuai River.
After Chang Banqiao fought against being promoted to an academic official, defeated Gu Xiancheng in the Confucius Temple debate, and fought three major battles with ten thousand-character Mid-Autumn Festival poems, Lin Tailai was known to everyone on both sides of the Qinhuai River.
Many years later, some people may not be able to remember who the winner of this provincial examination was, but they will definitely remember Lin Tailai, a figure who appeared like a meteor on the Qinhuai River.
After both the Donglin Qingliu and the Xiuxiu sects ceased operations, and before the provincial examination results were released at the end of August, no one in the literary world organized large-scale activities, but there were still some moderate news.
For example, Ma Xianglan, the first eldest sister in Nanqu and the first among the Twelve Beauties in Jinling, successfully organized the sisters in Quzhong to assemble and resist Hai Qingtian on the Mid-Autumn Festival night.
Just when Ma Xianglan's prestige in the old Qinhuai Courtyard reached a new height, she suddenly announced that she would retire behind closed doors and would no longer accept guests in public. This seemed to be the end of a generation of legendary courtesans.
After Lin Tailai heard about it, he ran to Zhao Caiji's house from the Imperial College room where he was staying for free, and proudly said to Zhao Caiji:
"I said that I would make you the number one among the Twelve Beauties of Jinling! Now that I have done what I said, you are already the number one. How should you thank me?"
Zhao Caiji still seemed unhappy, "But you praised Ma Xianglan as the number one singer in the Southern Song Dynasty during the 200th anniversary of the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhao Caiji knew that Lin Tailai was the one who instigated Ma Xianglan to organize the sisters in the business to resist the imprisonment of Hai Qingtian on the Mid-Autumn Festival night, and Lin Tailai also provided credit endorsement.
Lin Tailai replied: "As the saying goes, times make heroes. If you don't dare to fight, but others dare to fight, what else do you have to complain about?
Besides, she has already retired, so why do you care about it? Just ask yourself whether you are the number one among the Twelve Beauties of Jinling, right?"
Aunt Zhao Caiji came and drove away Lin Tailai, who only wanted free money.
Official Lin couldn't help but sigh, "The flying birds have all the good bows, but the cunning rabbits are dead and the running dogs are cooking." He returned to the Imperial College and continued to sweep the floor.
At the beginning, he said he made a big vow to clean up for thirty-six days, but now it has only been more than twenty days. For the sake of his personal reputation, he can only continue to persevere.
The provincial examination results were released at the end of August. This had nothing to do with Lin Tailai, and he was too lazy to pay attention.
The provincial examination list was hung on the screen wall of the Yingtian Mansion Office. Countless people from all over the city came to watch the excitement. There was a sea of ​​people under the list, and it was a scene where some families were happy and some were sad.
The Imperial College is in the north of the city, not too far from Yingtianfu Yamen, which is also in the north of the city.
Therefore, many scholars who did not like crowds sent their servants to look at the results, while they themselves went to the Confucius Temple of the Imperial College to offer their final prayers.
Naturally, Lin Daguan would not let go of this opportunity to establish his presence. He carefully swept the floor back and forth at the entrance of Dacheng Hall to ensure that every scholar who came to offer incense could notice him.
Inadvertently, Lin Tailai saw two acquaintances walking outside the gate of Dacheng Hall, Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru, a pair of friends from Songjiang Prefecture.
At this time, Dong Qichang was dejected, while Chen Jiru was comforting him.
After all, we have done great things together. Lin Tailai asked in surprise: "What's wrong with Mr. Dong? The list shouldn't have been released yet, right?"
Dong Qichang didn't want to speak, so Chen Jiru answered on his behalf: "Old leader Wang suspected that he had leaked information, so he was expelled from the Restore Sect."
It can only be said that this was all his own doing. On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dong Qichang volunteered to follow Lin Tailai ashore on the same boat and rescue Hai Rui in order to show off.
A retro rookie actually acts together with his biggest cultural enemy. This is a mistake!
In fact, after Lin Daguan took Hai Rui away and Dong Qichang was overwhelmed by the Detachment of Women, he lived a very happy life.
But after feeling good, he regretted it. This is a common problem among men. Dong Qichang looked up to the sky and sighed:
"I spent more than a month wandering around in flowers, I didn't study seriously, I didn't pay attention to the exams, and I was expelled from the retro sect. I really wasted my time. It will be difficult for me to move forward in the literary world in the future."
Chen Jiru turned to encourage him and said: "I just want to go back and concentrate on studying, and come back for the exam in three years!"
As long as you can win the exam, everything won't be a problem once you get the fame!"
"Come on! That's all I can think of." Dong Qichang cheered up and said.
At this time, a servant rushed over, threw himself in front of Dong Qichang and Chen Jiru and shouted: "The list is released!"
Then he quickly reported the results: "I saw Mr. Dong's name on the list!"
Chen Jiru asked eagerly: "What about me?"
The servant replied: "No."
This result shocked both friends and they couldn't come to their senses for a long time.
Chen Jiru fell down on the steps in despair, feeling so uncomfortable that he wanted to cry. The greatest discomfort in life is comparison!
I studied hard but failed, but my friend Dong Qichang was eating, drinking, having fun and fooling around every day, so how could he pass the exam?
Dong Qichang did not dare to celebrate now. He suppressed his joy and squatted down, saying sadly to his friend: "I didn't expect this to happen."
Then he pointed at Lin Tailai and said to Chen Jiru: "Look at Lin Sheng, whose talent has spread all over Nanjing. Isn't he also not on the list? Is there anything else you can't think of?"
Chen Jiru nodded subconsciously. Even Lin Tailai was not on the list, so what did he have to complain about?
Lin Tai couldn't stand watching anymore and said to Dong Qichang: "I wrote a letter to the tax envoy of the king of Xushuguan. On the way home, you take him to Xushuguan first!"
The king's tax envoy has experience and will definitely know how to comfort him!"
Lin Tailai, a martial arts student, does not understand the joys and sorrows of the provincial liberal arts examination, but he is about to face his own examination.
The results for the provincial liberal arts examination were released at the end of August, and the provincial examination for martial arts was held immediately after in September.
The scale of the rural examination for martial arts was much smaller than that for liberal arts. Only a few hundred people took part in it, and in the end they won thirty places for martial arts examinations.
When martial arts reaches the level of the township examination, the system is very formal and not as random and chaotic as the prefectures and counties.
What future generations may not understand is that martial arts examinations have written tests, and the weight is very heavy.
Martial arts students participating in the martial arts examination must first take a policy theory test, answer a policy question and write an essay based on the topic in the essay field.
The admission principle of the martial arts examination is "to determine admission and retention based on policy, and to determine the superiority and inferiority based on martial arts".
It can only be said that this examination system is very suitable for Lin Tai. A person who is preparing to take the liberal arts examination will still be afraid of policy analysis?
Although Lin Daguan is not a military major, he has been reviewing the "Seven Books of Martial Arts" in the past few months. Later generations have experienced the influence of Internet information, and he still has a lot of experience in key politics.
For other martial arts students, it would be good if they could write 1,800 words for the essay questions, but Lin Daguanren wrote more than 6,000 words for the two questions.
Given the absolute magnitude gap in the writing field, if the examiner dared to eliminate Lin Daguanren, Lin Daguanren would dare to complain with his answers.
After the strategy test, it was time for Lin Daguan's favorite part, the martial arts test.
For Mr. Lin, there is no fairer exam in the world than this!
In the earliest days of the martial arts examination, only infantry and mounted archery were tested in the martial arts section, which was very disadvantageous for civilian candidates like Lin Tailai.
Later, in order to expand the scope of materials, the martial arts examination was expanded to three items, namely bow and horse, physical strength, and sword and spear.
Candidates have to choose two out of three items to participate. Only those who get first-class in two items will be qualified.
For Lin Tailai, of course, he simply skipped the bow and horse and chose physical strength and swords and guns.
To be continued...