After hearing this, the man remembered this incident, but he did not feel that he was wrong.
"Even if his handwriting is good, can't we skip this competition?"
Everyone was stunned, yes, they only thought that Lin Xuan's calligraphy was perfect, but they forgot that there was no escape from the calligraphy competition.
In later generations, there was still a standard for paper rolls. Although there was no such hard and fast rule in ancient times, it did not mean that there were no requirements for writing.
As the saying goes, words are like people.
Ugly handwriting will affect others' first impression of you.
In ancient times, there were not only requirements for characters, but also for appearance.
Historically, there were many people who were not reused because of their appearance.
Among them, there was one person in the Tang Dynasty who was never reused because of his ugly appearance, and the demise of the Tang Dynasty was directly related to him.
This person is Huang Chao.
When Huang Chao was young, he took the imperial examination many times, but unfortunately he failed every time. With no choice, he turned to take the martial arts examination. Unexpectedly, he passed all the tests and became the number one scholar in martial arts. It seemed that good times were coming, but in the end due to appearance problems, he failed.
Was directly eliminated.
When the emperor was about to interview Wu Zhuangyuan, he found that Huang Chao was so ugly, so he did not hesitate to disqualify him as Wu Zhuangyuan. After this blow, Huang Chao was disheartened and full of hatred for the court, but the other party
It's the emperor. Even if he has hatred in his heart, he can only endure it.
Appearance is innate and cannot be changed, but calligraphy can be practiced. Therefore, in ancient times, writing good calligraphy was an essential skill for scholars.
When literati and poets compete, most of them like to compare poems and calligraphy.
Therefore, word comparison can be said to be a hurdle that cannot be jumped.
He Yu thought for a while and said: "At that time, there will be five questions. The first one to win three rounds will win. As long as he wins three rounds, there will be no need to compete in the rest."
Everyone looked at He Yu with admiration. He was indeed a great scholar, but he was more shameless than us... Well, no, he should be smart.
Next, everyone expressed their opinions and discussed other topics.
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When Li Lizhi came back, Lin Xuan told Li Lizhi about the alliance of major academies.
He didn't know much about those academies, but Li Lizhi was a princess and should know something about those academies.
After hearing this, Li Lizhi frowned slightly and said, "Husband, you agreed too hastily."
Lin Xuan was stunned and looked at Lin Xuan in confusion.
Li Lizhi said: "May I ask my husband, since there is a competition, who will judge the winner?"
"Uh." Lin Xuan blinked, as if Xu Geng really didn't say who would be the referee.
"Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second. If those witnesses are recruited by them, then they only need to deliberately magnify the shortcomings of Boyuan Academy, and everyone will definitely favor them." Li Lizhi said.
Wenbi is not as simple as Wubi. Wubi is nothing more than a fight between two people. It is clear who wins and who loses.
But literary comparison is different. What you think is good may not be what others think.
No matter how good your poems or articles are, they cannot be recognized by everyone.
Once the referee deliberately exaggerates the shortcomings, downplays the advantages, and sentences Lin Xuan to lose, it is really difficult to argue.
"What should we do now?" Lin Xuan asked.
Li Lizhi thought for a while and said: "If my husband can ask the emperor to go and watch, then all the important officials in the court will go to watch. In this way, they will not dare to mess around."
Lin Xuan felt that what Li Lizhi said was reasonable. By running an academy, he could help cultivate talents for Li Shimin. Isn't it right for Li Shimin to help him step down?
Thinking of this, Lin Xuan did not delay, got up and prepared to go to the palace.
"Husband, do you want to enter the palace now?" Li Li asked.
"Well, there will be a competition in three days. If I don't tell His Majesty in advance, what will happen if His Majesty can't go there?" Lin Xuan said.
Li Lizhi shook her head and said: "My father is in a bad mood right now because of Gao Yang's affairs. If my husband goes at this time, my father may not necessarily agree. Let's go tomorrow." Li Lizhi said.
Lin Xuan thought about it, sat down and asked: "By the way, why did Changsun Chong hit Princess Gaoyang?"
The last time Princess Gao Yang and Bian Ji met by fate, could it be that Gao Yang and Bian Ji hooked up and were discovered by Chang Sun Chong?
But that shouldn't be the case. Others may swallow their anger if they know this kind of thing, but the Changsun family probably won't.
If Gao Yang really cuckolded Changsun Chong, could Changsun Wuji watch Changsun Chong being imprisoned in the clan mansion?
Li Lizhi said: "I don't know the specific identity of the concubine. It seems that because the two of them had a few arguments, my cousin slapped Gao Yang in anger."
Lin Xuan didn't expect that Changsun Chong would be so bold and slapped Princess Gaoyang directly.
In other words, Changsun Chong's surname is Changsun. If anyone else were alive, they would probably be dead.
"Has Princess Gaoyang returned to Changsun Mansion now?" Lin Xuan asked.
Li Lizhi shook her head and said: "My father asked her to live in the palace first, but she is married after all, so she can't live in the palace forever. She has returned to the princess's mansion today."
It seems that the wheel of history is not so easy to change.
Historically, the reason why Princess Gaoyang hooked up with Bianji may not be because she lived in the princess mansion.
After all, the Princess Mansion belongs to her, and no one dares to speak nonsense.
If she lives in the Fangfu after getting married, she can't take the defense machine to the Fangfu.
Lin Xuan originally thought that Princess Gaoyang's fate had changed since she married Changsun Chong, and she would not have anything to do with Bian Ji.
But the last encounter made Lin Xuan know that the inertia of history is very strong.
And now that Changsun has attacked Princess Gaoyang, Princess Gaoyang will probably not return to live in Changsun Mansion in a short time.
It is very likely that he will end up getting together with the defense machine.
Obviously the fate of Princess Gaoyang has changed, but now it seems that it is likely to return to the original track.
This made Lin Xuan a little confused. Since the fate of Princess Gaoyang will still return to its original track, will Li Chengqian still rebel like in history?
Will Empress Changsun die in the tenth year of Zhenguan as she did in history?
Lin Xuan originally thought that he had changed a lot, but now it seems that some small things may be different from the original history, but the major events that happened in history will still happen.
Lin Xuan was a little panicked. Li Zhi and Wu Zetian were each more sinister than the other.
If he had just traveled through time and chosen to live a low-key life, these things might have nothing to do with him.
But he has entered the whirlpool of power. If Li Zhi and Wu Zetian succeed him in the future, he is not sure what will happen to him in the future.
After Li Zhi succeeded to the throne, Changsun Wuji almost killed all Li Zhi's brothers.
Lin Xuan didn't believe it at all without Li Zhi's instructions.
Li Zhi and others killed all those who deserved to be killed by Changsun Wuji, and then they deposed Wang Liwu and killed Changsun Wuji.
Wu Zetian was even more sinister. In order to bring down the Queen, she even killed her own child. Later, she deposed her son's throne and became the emperor herself.
When these two people become emperors, Lin Xuan and Li Chengqian will not end well just because they are close to each other.
Not to mention that Changsun Wuji didn't like him.