The Wu brothers suffered a loss from Li Xian and had to flee, but they had no way to retaliate. Now they finally understood that Li Xian was not as easy to deal with as the prince.
Because the prince respected his status and had many concerns, he could not use force to teach him a lesson. However, Li Xian was born in the army, so his way to solve the problem was to use fists. The Wu brothers' bodies could not withstand Li Xian's fists.
I can only sigh and feel helpless.
They originally thought that they had enough power and soldiers, and Wu Chengsi was in charge of the carriages and horses in the palace, which could restrict Li Xian and make Li Xian fearful, but Li Xian refused to accept that trick.
, and Li Xianping never caused trouble, but he was not afraid of it. Once he got into trouble, he would be unreasonable and unforgiving, so they had no choice but to swallow the loss and decided to tolerate it for the time being until they find an opportunity later.
Then think of a way to teach this guy a lesson.
After that, these guys started to gang up to bully the prince in order to find some sense of existence. However, because the conflict with Empress Wu continued to escalate, the prince did not want to cause trouble, so he adopted a tolerant and conceding attitude towards their constant provocations.
As a result of the prince's indulgence, the Wu brothers began to look down on the princes more and more, and later even went so far as to compete with the princes after they met.
This day was the Lantern Festival in the second year of Xianheng. Since the curfew was lifted that night and all the people were celebrating together, many princes, nobles and common people came to the streets to celebrate the festival.
Li Xian didn't originally want to join in the fun, but Xiao Taiping dragged Xiao Wan'er to him and asked him to take the two little girls to enjoy the lanterns on the street. Li Xian couldn't resist the death of the two little girls.
After being stalked for a long time, I had no choice but to agree.
The Shangyuan Festival is indeed one of the most lively festivals in the Tang Dynasty, especially the annual night ban, which makes this already prosperous city deserted.
The tricks include those who swallow steel swords, those who run land boats, those who walk on ropes, those who dance horses and fight cocks, those who get into fire rings, and those who wrestle and sumo wrestle. It is really exciting and dazzling.
"Wow, Seventh Brother, Wan'er, look at it, what a big lantern wheel, what a lively singing and dancing." As soon as he left Anfumen, Xiao Taiping couldn't help but clapped his hands and jumped for joy, pointing to a huge lantern wheel there.
, said to Li Xian and Shangguan Wan'er.
I saw that the lantern wheel was twenty feet high, wrapped with silk brocades of various colors, decorated with gold and silver, and hung with thousands of lanterns. It was so beautiful that it was full of admiration.
Under the lamp wheel, there are hundreds of people singing and dancing around the lamp wheel. What is particularly eye-catching is that there are more than twenty stunning orchids with high noses and deep eyes doing the Persian Hu whirling dance. Although the weather is freezing, those
The orchids reveal their white limbs and delicate navels, arousing people's emotions.
Wan'er has grown up in a deep palace since she was a child. If she hadn't been blessed by Taiping this time, she would never have seen such a lively scene, so she naturally clapped her hands and jumped for joy.
At this time, I suddenly saw a man who looked like a businessman coming forward and shouting at the top of his voice: "Everyone, I am the boss of Xian Tang Company. Today coincides with the Lantern Festival, and everyone is enjoying it. My special name is
Come join in the fun and have fun with everyone. The title is a reward for poems. I invite all literati to come and compare poems. Whoever wins the first place will be rewarded with a reward of one hundred thousand yuan."
That man was naturally Ni Lai, the boss of the Xian Tang Company founded by Li Xian. Under his support over the years, the Xian Tang Company had become the No. 1 business in the Tang Dynasty, with hundreds of stores in Chang'an and Luoyang each. The products are involved in various industries such as jewelry, spices, tea houses, silk, porcelain, tea, wine shops, shipbuilding, ironware making, etc. What's more, this company even went abroad and cooperated with Zhenla, Japan, Tianzhu, Da There are trade exchanges with various places overseas such as food.
The most impressive thing is that this company is very honest in doing business, never shortchanging the quality, and the price is very reasonable. Not only that, this company has also helped solve problems many times, not only in the long term It provided low-interest loans to the people to help them survive the crisis, and even opened porridge shacks many times in years of famine to provide free food to the people.
The company's righteous deeds were even praised by the imperial court. For this reason, Emperor Gaozong specially issued an order to allow the son of its chief proprietor Ni Lai to take the imperial examination.
It is precisely because of the above reasons that the reputation of the Xiantang firm spread throughout the Tang Dynasty. Now that the people saw the big shopkeeper of the firm with their own eyes in Chang'an, and saw that there was still excitement to be seen, they naturally became enthusiastic and immediately gathered around. And people with a little bit of talent and knowledge are gearing up, preparing to conquer everyone with their talents and knowledge, and win a huge bonus of 100,000 yuan.
So, after the big shopkeeper announced the start of the competition, dozens of people rushed forward, vying to show off their poems.
The chief shopkeeper was quite extraordinary, and he immediately ordered people to distribute pens, inks, paper and inkstones, so that all the poets could write on white paper. After that, several literati were invited to criticize.
What is surprising is that the literati the big shopkeeper found were all well-known scholars, including Lu Zhaolin, one of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, Wang Bo, Wang Bo and Wang Zi'an, who were also among the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty, and the madman Du Shenyan and Du Shenyan. Su Weiwei is also known as one of the four friends of the article.
When Li Xian heard that there were actually four people on the jury, even he couldn't help but be shocked. He really didn't expect Ni Lai to have the ability to invite these four people. It seems that the development of Xian Tang Company in recent years has indeed exceeded his expectations. Expected.
You must know that Lu Zhaolin was born in the Fanyang Lu family. He resigned two years ago and was involved in a lawsuit in Luoyang last year. According to his personality, it is impossible for him to give face to Ni Lai, who was a businessman. of.
It was even more difficult to deal with Wang Bo, because this person was currently working as an editor in Prince Pei's palace and was a hostile force to him. He tried every possible means but could not win over him, and he didn't know how Ni Lai was able to get him to give him this face.
Du Shenyan's situation is even more complicated. Although this person has never known Li Xian, they are just acquaintances between gentlemen. They have no contact at all on weekdays. Even if they do have contact, with Du Shenyan's personality, He would never betray his dignity and be willing to put down his dignity and have any friendship with a businessman. However, Li Xian did know a little bit about his situation. Although he was very poor, he had something in his cup. He probably owed Ni Lai some wine money or something. , I owed a favor and had to support him.
As for Su Weiwei, Li Xian was actually not surprised. After all, this person was smooth and friendly with others, so it was natural for him to give him some face.
But no matter what, this time's poetry meeting can be regarded as a huge lineup. Talents like Wang Bo, Lu Zhaolin, Du Shenyan, and Su Weili are all famous in the world. Normally it is difficult to invite just one, but now there are four of them all at once. The meaning is naturally extraordinary.
And those who participated in the competition couldn't help but get excited when they heard that the judges were these people, and they were eager to write a poem. On the one hand, they would win huge prizes, and on the other hand, it would also be an opportunity to become famous.
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In the imperial examinations at that time, in addition to the normal answer papers, there was another way, which was to recommend one's poems and essays to dignitaries. This was called writing papers. Of course, there were also some people who directly built momentum for themselves and spread their literary names.
Go to the examiner, so that the examiner can add "impression points" to yourself, thereby promoting yourself to be selected.
Many literati today have this purpose and want to become famous through this poetry meeting.
You must know that this is outside the palace, and there will definitely be many princes and nobles watching the poetry show here. As long as you get their appreciation, you will be able to rise to prominence in the future.
Among this group of literati, a child of about ten years old and a middle-aged man with a gray beard are the most eye-catching. Both of them are quick-thinking people, and they almost completed the poem in one go.
What was even more shocking was that when the gray-bearded man handed in the poem, he suddenly heard Lu Zhaolin say in surprise: "Brother Guangguang?"
When Lu Zhaolin said this, all the judges looked at the gray-bearded man in surprise, and then they all saluted.
But the man with the gray beard sighed and said with a wry smile: "Brother Sheng (zied by Lu Zhaolin), brother Bijian (zied by Du Shenyan), brother Zi'an (zied by Wang Bo), brother Wei, my wife is seriously ill and I have no money.
Ke Yi, I almost got evicted by the landlord today, so I came here out of desperation. I wanted to earn some money by selling calligraphy and painting. I wanted to solve the room fee problem first, but I didn't expect that there would be a poetry club here, so I ignored my age and looked at my face.
I'm going to compete with a junior to win or lose, but please don't laugh at me."
But I heard Lu Zhaolin salute and sigh softly: "Isn't it sad that King Luo Bin, one of the so-called four heroes, has fallen to this level?"
"Ah? What did he say? Luo, King Luo Bin?" Fortunately, Li Xian had better hearing, otherwise he would have missed this crucial piece of information. It was precisely because he heard it that he was even more shocked: "It turns out that this man is in such a miserable state.
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In fact, the first thing Li Xian knew about the Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty was King Luo Bin. The poem he was said to have written when he was seven years old had already become a must-have for enlightening children of his time. And when he came to this era,
People have also paid attention to this prince, but unfortunately they have never met him. It was not until last year during the war with Tubo that he heard that this prince actually volunteered to go to the Western Regions to fight. As a result, the emperor was happy and agreed, but it was a pity that this man was at that time.
What followed was another route, that is, the army of Ashina Duzhi who was responsible for recruiting the four towns of Anxi. According to historical development, he should have continued fighting there until he entered Shu after the loss of the four towns of Anxi. Unexpectedly, the Tang army recovered now.
In the fourth town of Anxi, he actually returned to Chang'an, and he was so depressed. (To be continued.) This chapter has been completed!