Chapter 112 The combination that died before debut
The spring gathering of the ninth year of Jiajing in Xu's Dongyuan is in progress
At the waterside pavilion by the lake, Mr. Dongqiao Gu Lin, the leader of the Nanjing literary circle and a former second-rank official, took his time and made a work report on the development of Nanjing's literary circle in recent years.
Finally, the old man said with emotion: "In recent years, old friends have gradually withered away, leaving only me and a few friends in the alliance. Fortunately, the younger generations have emerged in large numbers, and they have gradually become talented in the past few years. I am very happy!"
A good rain knows the season, and spring is here. At this time when all things are rejuvenated, it’s time to introduce the old and bring forth the new! I am a senior, and I want to gather the talents from the future to make a list to show the prosperity of Nandu’s culture and education!"
This was a matter for the local literary world in Nanjing, and the bigwigs from outside didn't interfere very much. They just looked on politely and coldly, and allowed the old leader Gu to indulge in all kinds of things.
The host, Xu Tianci, was also lethargic and had no choice. He did not have enough appeal in the cultural circle. Every time he organized the gathering, he had to rely on the help of the old gentleman, the leader of the literary circle.
If the old gentleman wants to talk about these boring things, he can only endure it for the time being. Meetings are always boring, but it will be fine if you endure it, and you will naturally have fun after boarding the building boat.
Immediately, other local celebrities asked: "What do you want to do, old gentleman? We are all ears."
Gu Lao, leader of the alliance, had already planned and said: "Nanjing is originally the capital of the emperor. I want to borrow the allusion of Emperor Mu and come up with a name called the Eight Horses of the South Capital!"
"Excellent! Excellent! Good! Congratulations!" Many applauding voices appeared in response to the occasion.
In the midst of the applause, a sentence was suddenly inserted that made sense but was very wrong: "There are countless young talents around the old gentleman, but only one Nandu Eight Horsemen combination is not enough!"
Everyone followed the voice and found out that it was the primary school student hiding behind Da Sima who said it, but Da Sima lowered his head to drink tea and said nothing.
Wang Tingxiang was a northerner and one of the Seven Talents of the Retrospective School. He had never been to Jiangnan to serve as an official before.
Anyway, after I came to Nanjing this time, I really disliked various trends in the literary world. One was the trend of forming gangs, and the other was the decadent and decadent writing style that indulged me in the Six Dynasties.
After all, the leader of the alliance is the leader of the alliance. He has his own magnanimity and is not affected by the noise at all. If he can't stand hearing a few sarcastic remarks, why should he recommend a group to debut!
Mr. Gu said calmly: "I have several candidates here, such as Zhu Yuefan, Xu Gu, Xie Shaonan, and Wang Fengyuan. But there are still four left. Please recommend them. Not only
Limited to the local area, talented people living in Jinling can also be included."
This is tantamount to sharing profits with foreign bosses. As long as Mr. Gu doesn't act like a primary school student, he is still very capable and considerate.
In any case, Jinling is a famous metropolis and Nanjing of the Ming Dynasty. There will always be people who want to take advantage of the title.
During the Nanjing Imperial Academy's wine ceremony, the world-famous intellectual Zhan Ruoshui proposed a candidate, Cai Runan, a young genius whom he had taught, and he entered the group without any controversy.
Someone else suggested that Jiang Cunyi, the governor's son, could be selected. Mr. Gu also praised him a few times, and he was included in the list.
Qin Dewei looked at the proud Mr. Jiang and then at Mr. Gu, something was wrong, very wrong.
Is it possible that Mr. Jiang destroyed his house just to submit a certificate of surrender to Mr. Gu? He wants to live in Nanjing forever and hang out in Nanjing circles?
At this time, another naysayer shouted: "I think elementary school students should also be selected!"
This is really for fear of chaos in the world! The primary school student has obviously broken with Mr. Gu and left the local literary world in Jinling. What is the purpose of making such a suggestion? Doesn't he just want to watch the fun?
Mr. Gu pondered for a moment and nodded: "Okay!"
This sentence shocked everyone, and most people didn't understand. Mr. Gu, what do you mean?
Even Qin Dewei himself was confused. Is this alliance leader confused? Or did he just slap him in the face hard enough?
You set up an eight-horse enclosure to make yourself cute. Qin Dewei is going to stay out of it except for a few sarcastic remarks, so you still want to pull it?
Wang Fengyuan only felt that the teacher was really smart. At one moment, he suppressed him mercilessly, and at the next moment, he tried hard to win over him. What was his intention? It was really mysterious and difficult to understand.
He was just about to give Teacher Gu a few words of advice, but he felt someone gently pulling him. He turned around and saw that it was Xu Long, the teacher's old friend.
"Don't try to persuade him, you can't do it." Xu Long said to Wang Fengyuan. This made Wang Fengyuan vaguely feel that Teacher Gu might really have a side that he didn't understand.
Qin Dewei didn't know what was going on, but he had an intuition that he could never do what the other party wanted.
Then he cupped his hands and said, "I am young and inexperienced, so I am not worthy of the title of Eight Horsemen. If I voluntarily withdraw from the election, why don't I hire someone else who is wise?"
Before anyone else could say anything, Jiang Cunyi, who was new to the circle, jumped out first and shouted: "You look down on us?"
Qin Dewei was speechless. Is this the fanaticism of converts? He nodded, "Yes, I don't like you! And I think your combination style can be richer!"
Qin Dewei gestured to the young people behind Mr. Gu: "I think these two can be called the new double jade! These three can be called the new three handsome men!"
Suddenly remembering something, Qin Dewei asked again: "Is Zhu Yuefan here? The three heroes plus Zhu Yuefan can form a new four families! With the new Shuangyu and the new four families, and a few more people, a new family can be formed.
Ten talented men!"
There were a few more laughs in the waterside pavilion, everyone understood it, it was so funny that I couldn’t help it.
Only the servants who were standing there were still at a loss, and they didn’t understand what the old men were happy about. The literati’s plot was so incomprehensible that they really couldn’t get into the circle.
Wang Tingxiang, who had always been expressionless, couldn't help but show off. After laughing a few times, he gave Qin Dewei a two-word comment: "Tricky."
It turns out that when Gu Lin was young, she and her clan brothers became the Shuangyu of Jiangdong, and later she and her two friends became the Three Heroes of Jinling.
Later, Zhu Yuefan's father, Zhu Yingdeng, came to Nanjing from Yangzhou. The three heroes of Jinling were probably unable to defeat him, so he brought Zhu Yingdeng in to form the Four Jinling Families.
Later, Gu Linzhong became a Jinshi and became an official. He made friends with heroes from all walks of life in the officialdom and formed a group of the Ten Talents of Hongzhi.
Well, the old alliance leader Gu is highly respected and has been keen on making friends all his life. The groups he has participated in are so colorful. In addition to the above, there is another less famous three-talented group that I have not mentioned.
Qin Dewei used the names of the groups that Mr. Gu has participated in all his life and applied them to the young people around Mr. Gu. In particular, he said with a stroke of genius, "The new three heroes plus Zhu Yingdeng's son Zhu Yuefan are the new four." It's simply
Full of malice.
Wang Tingxiang suddenly felt that Gu Dongqiao had shown great restraint by not hitting the primary school students.