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Chapter 6 The shogunate is a genius

‘Secretary? He is the deputy governor of Anxi, the chief secretary of Gao Xianzhi, the governor of Anxi.’ Hearing Li Quan’s name, Liu Qi carefully glanced at the man who had just stood up, and couldn’t help but shout in secret: “What a scholar from the Tang Dynasty!”

The man looked nearly 40 years old, with a slightly dark face, a half-foot-long beard on his chin, a round-necked robe, a Tangxi robe around his waist, and a crown and hairpin. This outfit and clothing are almost the same as Li Quan, but his temperament is very different: the black skin and slightly rough hands of a middle-aged man showed that he had been in the army for many years and was quite similar to that of a military man; but his every move, every word and action, was as elegant as a scholar, making it difficult for others to mistake him for a big and rude general; even if he was regarded as a military general, he would think that he was a Confucian general with both civil and military power.

"It would be great if scholars were like this."

Secretary Cen felt Liu Qi's gaze, turned his head and smiled slightly at him, then turned his head to Li Quan and said, "You are right. Brother Taibai's original sentence is indeed: Looking at the moonlight in front of the bed, I suspect it is frost on the ground. I look up at the mountain moon and think of my hometown."

"But the two words that this little boy changed are better than the original sentence of Taibai. Even if Taibai is here at this moment, he must be happy that someone can change the poem he wrote better, rather than being embarrassed and angry."

"Li Quan, I know you are surrounded by Brother Taibai. I like his poems very much, but you should not fall into a devil's obstacle. This must not be loved by Brother Taibai."

"It's foolish and languid, Secretary Cen teaches him a lesson." Li Quan could only bow his head and admit his mistake. But he was still not completely convinced. "Secretary Cen, I wonder if you heard the so-called poem he said before? It is completely inconsistent with the tone, the rhymes are messy, and the words are even more rough. How can I call it a poem? Because of this, I said that he doesn't read, what is wrong?"

"It's not bad for you to say this." Secretary Cen said, twisting his beard, "But what is the purpose of writing poetry? I dare not comment on ancient poets, but poets in the world either express their aspirations, explain their principles, or ridicule people and things, rather than writing poetry for the sake of writing poetry. Therefore, they only stick to the rhythm of the tone, but instead fall into the inferiority."

"What is the purpose of these words? It's just for excuses."

"Although these lines of poetry are rough, they have meanings when read carefully."

"What's the meaning!"

"At first glance, these few lines of poetry see vulgarity, but in fact, they see cleverness in the roughness, and there is philosophy in it. Once the subject and object are transposed, it will be a different atmosphere." Secretary Cen commented.

‘Damn it! I can even have such a philosophy when I say a casual liquor poem?’ Liu Qi was stunned. He was really just because of a casual joke about a viewer who made up a liquor poem. He didn’t think there was any meaning in it, nor did he think about what principle he could explain it like this?

Li Quan's idea was similar to Liu Qi, "Even if this bullshit poem really has meaning, it would not be the original intention of the military man! It was definitely a blind cat to meet a dead mouse." But he did not dare to argue with Secretary Cen again. First, no matter whether it was a slightest argument, Secretary Cen said something reasonable, and he didn't think he could argue; second, Secretary Cen's official position was higher than his; third and most important point: he also wanted to follow his elders to travel to the Central Plains. If he had recommended a famous scholar like Secretary Cen, he would have twice the result with half the effort.

So, "What Secretary Cen said is right, this should indeed be considered a poem, it is a fool's speech." Li Quan bowed again and said.

"But this poem is indeed too rough. Even if it has meaning, it is far worse than yours. No, from the perspective of literary talent, it is almost impossible to be desirable. Although the meaning is important, literary talent is also important. Without literary talent, how many people will seriously consider what the meaning of the poem is? You won this competition." Secretary Cen said again.

"I lost, I am willing to admit defeat." Liu Qi immediately contacted. Now this situation is beyond his imagination, so of course he has to do it.

Li Quan also accepted Liu Qi's surrender with pleasure and walked back to the table he had just sat on. Of course, he did not forget to invite Secretary Cen to have a drink together.

"Several military officials, the young ones are late, so I will forgive you for your crimes. Today, this drink is the only one who treats you as a young one." After all the onlookers dispersed, the owner of the wine shop hurried over to apologize to Liu Qi, Zhang Hu, and Cao brothers.

Liu Qi would not blame him. After all, according to what Cao Fanghao said, Li Quan was a member of the local aristocratic family and became an official. A small businessman who runs a restaurant really couldn't afford to offend him, so it was understandable that he would not stop him. However, he would not respond. Zhang Hu and him were acquaintances, so of course Zhang Hu should end up with him.

Besides, he had no time to pay attention to this person. Because Secretary Cen agreed to Li Quan's invitation and asked him to have a drink at the same table. Liu Qi was flattered and glanced at Li Quan without any objection. He hurried over and sat on the side of Secretary Cen.

"This gentleman, today is mine, I, my brother died in Talas, and I feel unhappy. I am rude to you. Please forgive me." After he sat down, Li Quan suddenly said.

"I dare not dare not, it's normal for my relatives to leave, but I feel unhappy." Liu Qi said hurriedly. Unless he is confident that he will never come to Suye Town again in the future, he should not offend Li Quan.

"Li Quan, this is yours." Secretary Cen said a lesson: "How can you vent your grief at the death of your loved ones? This is contrary to the teachings of the saints."

"What's more, you actually attacked this person," Secretary Cen looked at Liu Qi, and Liu Qi hurriedly said, "My servant's name is Liu Qi."

"...It's even worse to have an attack on Liu Xiaolang! Do you know if any of his relatives have died in this battle? Wouldn't it be that they violated the teachings of the saint again?"

"And you have thought that if the insult of a soldier who had returned from Talas in the city, if the incident of your insulting a soldier spread, it would cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers. How would Gao Jiedu deal with it? What would Gao Jiedu deal with you?" Secretary Cen said at last.

He would take care of this matter today, half of the reason was that he was worried that he would cause dissatisfaction among the soldiers. Now he told Li Quan in person, and was also reminding him.

"Thank you, Secretary Cen, for your advice." Li Quan was shocked and sweated coldly, and said with gratitude, and his dissatisfaction completely disappeared.

Secretary Cen nodded and said a few more words to Li Quan. At this time, the owner of the winery came over with a few pots of wine and said with a flattering smile: "Mr. Cen, Li Zuoshi, Liu Sanlang, this is Du Kang wine from our store, please use it slowly."

"Thank you, the shopkeeper." Secretary Cen was probably so thirsty that he was so thirsty that he picked up a wine pot and drank it all over, shouting: "Good wine! What a good wine!"

‘The wine given to us is much worse than this. It’s really a matter of looking at the dish.’ Liu Qi also took a sip and gave the shop a white glance. Li Quan happened to see it and couldn’t help but laugh.

The owner of the restaurant did not pay attention to Liu Qi's actions, and even Li Quan did not pay attention, but only stared at Secretary Cen. When he heard him praise, he said happily: "Thank you, Mr. Cen, for the praise." He began to praise again.
Chapter completed!
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