Chapter 302: Don't ask the common people, ask the ghosts and gods
In fact, Qin Dewei was quite bored waiting. The hospitality gentleman accompanied Qin Dewei to talk about the game, but in less than a quarter of an hour, Qin Dewei was defeated.
Let’s talk about history, local customs, and anecdotes about love affairs. An hour later, the waiter hid his face and left with a red face. Why was this fifteen-year-old boy driving so fast?
Then Qin Dewei could only wander around and let his mind wander, and continued to think about Xia Yan.
If the fourteenth year of Jiajing and the twenty-seventh year of Jiajing are used as the watershed, and the Jiajing Dynasty is divided into the early period, the middle period and the late period, then Xia Yan is almost the protagonist of the middle period.
If there are any colleagues who have time traveled to the middle and early stages and use "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty" as a guide, they will probably die miserably.
Although this is a very good popular history book, for some reason, it beautifies Xia Yan a bit too much, and vilifies Xia Yan’s opponent Zhang Cong (Fu Jing) a bit too much.
One thing to say is that although Qin Dewei is temporarily ready to hug Xia Yan because of Mr. Feng, he really doesn't think that Xia Yan has such a perfect character as in "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty".
Maybe it was because Yan Song, an extremely bad villain, was used as a foil in the background, so in the eyes of future generations, looking at Yan Song's predecessor, Master Xia, was like putting on a beauty filter.
After lunch at Xia's house and only halfway through dinner, Qin Dewei was led to the study room on the second entrance to the hospital.
Xia Yan is only fifty-one this year, which is considered very young for a minister who is only one step away from joining the cabinet.
After Qin Dewei saw the etiquette, he started to establish relationships according to social conventions.
But he and Xia Yan were too far apart. They were from the same hometown and were teachers and students in the same school, so we could only talk about Zeng's stepfather.
Qin Dewei expressed his great gratitude to Mr. Xia for supporting his stepfather. Didn't this get closer and closer? Then he stood waiting to be questioned.
The two of them are really not familiar with each other, so they can only follow this routine.
In Xia Yan's heart, what he wants to know most anxiously is that you, Qin Dewei, asked Feng En to write a confession without a clue, and how did you come up with it next?
Do you really want to forgive that damn Huo Tao and let him go back to Beijing to become the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs?
If the Huo Tao and Maixiang case had not been orchestrated by Qin Dewei himself, Master Xia would have had reason to suspect that Qin Dewei was an undercover agent!
But the proud and arrogant Xia Yan didn't want to show such an anxiety that he was "not as good as others". He wanted to hold on. Although he had not yet joined the cabinet, he had to show his magnanimity first.
Let’s talk about literature first!
Xia Yan took out a manuscript from his sleeve and put it on the table, prompting Qin Dewei to read it, and then said: "Read it first, and then catch the knife for me and sing a harmony."
Although social poetry was common in the Ming Dynasty and was commonplace, so this kind of quarreling and singing was not surprising, but Qin Dewei still couldn't help sighing and sighing,
If you ask him how he feels, it's like "It's pitiful to sit down in front of the table in the middle of the night, not asking about the common people or ghosts and gods"!
It’s so embarrassing to not talk to yourself about political affairs and military affairs, but to let yourself be a gunman and write poems!
You are the Minister of Rites, and you have the final say! The Qin poet suppressed his sadness and stretched his neck to read the original work first.
It seems to be a rhymed poem about a spring garden outing. It is unremarkable, or in other words, it is of an average level. It is straightforward, simple and smooth.
For example, it is similar to the title of the book "The Boss at the Beginning is My Father" on Qidian.
Then just pick up a third-rate work from Goldfinger's poetry library, and that will be enough to get you through.
Having made up his mind, Qin Dewei started writing, but suddenly realized something was wrong.
Anyone who knows something about history knows that Xia Yan's literary skills are quite good, so someone who can have literary contacts with Master Xia will definitely not be too bad.
So where does this Spring Outing poem of the "The Boss Is My Dad" come from? Is it worth Master Xia's effort to sing it together?
So Qin Dewei remembered again that when Xia Yan was popular in history, he not only wrote Qing Ci, but also often sang poems and lyrics with Emperor Jiajing to communicate spiritually.
Mist grass! Thinking of this, Qin Dewei looked at the spring outing poem on the table again, and suddenly felt that there were thousands of rays of light, thousands of auspiciousness, great skill but clumsy, returning to nature!
Xia Yan frowned and said, "Feng En said that you have a seven-step talent. As long as you refer to objects to formulate topics and write immediately, is it an exaggeration?"
Qin Dewei picked up his pen again and replied without raising his head: "I have too many spiritual thoughts in my late life. I don't know which one to choose. I'll be ready soon. Let's laugh and laugh!"
Xia Yan: ""Have you ever met someone who can boast better than yourself?
Qin Dewei did not hesitate and finished writing the poem draft and then presented it to Mr. Xia.
Xia Yan raised his eyes and saw the poem: "The jade handle of the bucket is shining towards Chen, and the imperial garden sighs and wanders to Feng Beichen. Sometimes there are light clouds with purple air, and the spring rain clears away the fragrant dust."
The green trees in the secluded pool welcome the immortals, and the painted rows and red railings line up the ministers. I want to know that the king is happy, and the whole world is peaceful."
Xia Yan was shocked and looked up at Qin Dewei, feeling a little surprised.
The tone of Qin Dewei's sung poem is that of a "responsive poem" written for readers like the emperor.
In other words, Qin Dewei saw that the original work was an imperial poem.
Originally, Master Xia gave this "original work" to Qin Dewei as a test, but he didn't expect that Qin Dewei could really see through it.
Sure enough, as Feng En said, this guy's political sense is extremely sensitive!
After finishing his exclamation, Xia Yan re-read this poem written by Qin Dewei, and felt that it was really good after careful reading.
In a propositional composition such as "Yingzhi Poetry", which has a fixed routine, it is already considered very good and can be used directly without modification.
Qin Dewei, who was standing by, boldly discussed: "It is not difficult to say that the poems that should be submitted to the imperial examination are difficult to say, and it is not difficult to say that they are not.
Everyone knows that in order to reflect the royal atmosphere of grandeur and wealth in the world, it must also have a sense of elegance and elegance.
However, if we use the usual technique and use words such as gold, jade, brocade, etc. to enter the poem, it will seem vulgar and unbearable.
For example, Yan Shu in the Song Dynasty once said: Poplars are passing by the side of the balcony, and swallows are flying in the middle of the curtain. Can a poor family have such a wealthy atmosphere?
So I think it is the best to be able to see the atmosphere in the landscape and garden scenes. In addition, "
Xia Yan listened to Qin Dewei's explanation and learned a lot, nodding his head frequently.
To most people, these flattering poetry techniques may be just word games and irrelevant, but for Xia Yan, the meaning is definitely different.
After all, for Master Xia, poetry was a tool for spiritual communication (flattering) with the emperor and an important tool for him to maintain his political life.
When it comes to how to flatter the emperor with poetry and prose, later generations of the Qing Dynasty had rich experience and were unparalleled in the world.
Qin Dewei, who had these experiences, wrote another poem casually: "The hairpins and swans are in the colorful clouds, and the wine is flowing in the holy river. There are two jasper bridges, and thousands of people can see them in the shade of green poplars."
In the west garden, I hit the boat across Yao Island, and on the north bank, I raised the boat to the rapids. On this day, when the mist and the wind are blowing, I still know the will of God and the joy of the same."
Pointing and teaching at the same time: "Look, in these first two sentences, the clouds are high, and the current is low. Are the high and low?"
They continued talking like this until late at night, but Xia Yan still didn't finish his meaning. Qin Dewei stopped and took the initiative to say goodbye.
Today is simply perfect! The two civilizations work together. Poetry is also very important, no less important than military affairs!
Xia Yan packed up tonight's manuscripts with his own hands in the study, and then suddenly realized, what was the original purpose of asking Qin Dewei to come here?
What Feng En said is true! If you don't pay attention, you can easily be led astray by this guy!