Chapter 281 Fundraising for Liaodong (Part 2)
The scene was once very awkward. As representatives of corrupt officials, Guo Shangyou, Xu Qixiao, Long Yuqi, Liu Duo and others, as well as a group of small officials from Yangzhou, their faces turned pale and they even touched their necks to see if their heads were still growing on their necks.
It was Yang Wan who broke the embarrassing scene: "Governor Gao is a hero who killed Jiannu. The little woman respected Governor Gao for a glass." As she said that, she picked up the wine glass.
Gao Shixin also picked up the wine glass: "Shixin is just a vulgar martial artist. It is rare for Miss Yang to favor him, so I will do it first!"
The scholars all cheered: "Since Governor Gao has drunk the wine that Miss Yang has given me, please ask Governor Gao to write a poem!"
"Yes, Governor Gao is dressed in Confucian clothes today, and he must be drinking and talking to Miss Yang!"
"I heard that Governor Gao is very talented, and we all want to see it."
Xu Xianchun lowered his voice and whispered in Gao Shixin's ear: "Governor, don't be fooled by them! We are warriors, what kind of literary talent are we compared with these scholars? We are also more like riding a horse and shooting archery."
Fortunately, I was prepared, otherwise it would be embarrassing. Gao Shi said in confidence. He smiled and said to Xu Xianchun: "Brother, we martial arts practitioners compete with a group of scholars to ride and shoot, wouldn't that bully people? Since we have come here, we might as well learn to recite poems and essays. Perhaps if we are not careful, my poems will become famous?"
Xu Xianchun was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. If Zhang Yong came to write poems, he believed that he, as the governor of Gao, knew how much ink there was in his belly, Xu Xianchun and the others knew that he was the opponent of those scholars when he recited poems and essays.
Who knew that as soon as Gao Shixin opened his mouth, he recited an eternal quatrain, and the audience suddenly became silent.
The vast sorrow of parting is slanting in the sun, and the whip is whip eastward and the end of the world is the end of the world.
Falling red is not a heartless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect flowers.
"Good poems! What a good poem!" Xu Qixiao, the governor of Huaiyang, was the first to applaud. This poem forced him to applaud. It was indeed a good poem.
The scholars in the audience were silent for a moment and were all amazed. Who among them could make such a poem? But they didn't know that this poem was actually a miscellaneous poem of Jihai by Gao Shixin plagiarized by Gong Zizhen of the Qing Dynasty. Who among the scholars present in Yangzhou could reach the level of Gong Zizhen?
Yang Wan was stunned for a moment and lowered her head. When she raised her head again, a pair of watery big eyes looked at Gao Shixin with surprise and envy, saying: This Eagle Clawed Grandson is really talented, but it’s a pity that since he has such talent, why don’t he take the imperial examination and become a despicable court hawk?
"I didn't expect this Eagle Clawed Grandson to be so literary!"
"I don't think so. I heard that his younger brother Zhang Yong is really a literati. If he hadn't entered the palace and became a father-in-law and went to the imperial examination, he might have no problem in the third grade."
"I heard that the imperial edicts of Your Majesty were written by Eunuch Zhang."
"That's right. This thief must have copied Eunuch Zhang's poem."
The scholars were talking a lot, and it was obvious that they expressed doubts about the poem written by the letter of the letter of the Grand Master.
A young scholar in his early twenties suddenly stood up and planned to slap Gao Shixin in the face: "Governor Gao, I have heard that Eunuch Zhang is very talented for a long time. Who knows if you wrote this poem by Eunuch Zhang? You copied him? If you want to satisfy me, I will give you a question and write a poem, would you dare?"
Gao Shixin asked, "Who are you?"
"Shi Kefa!" the scholar replied loudly.
The Gao Shi had a clear conscience in his faith: "Okay, then you come up with the title and I will write poetry!"
Because he knew that Shi Kefa didn't have many poems, he could not have many questions. Anyway, the Qing Dynasty poems stored in Gao Shixin's mind were enough to deal with Shi Kefa. At worst, he would copy more than 40,000 poems from the Shiquan Laogou. Although most of them were not on the table, it was enough to deal with these scholars. To be honest, these scholars may not be able to make better poems than Shiquan Laogou. Anyway, there are too many poems from Shiquan Laogou, and all kinds of scene topics are included. No matter what questions Shiquan Laogou gave, they can deal with them.
Shi Kefa thought for a while and said, "Governor Gao is a hero who killed Jiannu, so let's take the topic of leaving the pass and destroying the enemy."
Gao Shixin smiled slightly and chanted slowly: "Military songs should be sung by the big sword ring, and swear to destroy Hu Nu from the mountain pass. He only explained that he would die for the country on the battlefield, so why should he return the horse and the corpse in his body?"
Everyone whispered to each other. This poem sounded quite average, but it was pretty good. Letting them write poems may not be better than Gao Shixin.
Shi Kefa thought for a moment and then asked another question: "Then let's take Yangzhou as the topic."
Gao Shixin found out the "Visiting Jinshan Temple" by Shiquan Laogou from his mind. Anyway, there is no Jinshan Temple in this poem. There are a few sentences with the content of the temple in the back, and only the first few sentences are used.
The poem "Taiquan Laogou" is really not very good. It can be said that it is not very good to be on the stage. After all, a person writes more than 40,000 poems in his life, almost exceeding the entire collection of poems in the Tang Dynasty. There are more than 48,000 poems. In his life, Shiquan Laogou writes one or three poems a day. Just think about it and you will know how bad these poems are.
However, just these garbage poems, it is enough to deal with one or two occasionally, and fool the scholars in front of you. Anyway, the poems they recite on the flower building on the usual pleasure boat are not necessarily better than those of the Shiquan Lao Dog.
In this way, Shi Kefa made the title and Gao Shixin recited poems and wrote more than fifty poems in one go. Although he rarely happened to encounter other topics and gave him a little better, most of them copied the poems of the old dog, which was difficult to enter the elegant hall. But those scholars asked themselves that the poems they recited in brothels on weekdays were basically limericks, so how could they have any excellent works?
Shi Kefa did not make a slap in the face, but instead made the scholars embarrassed.
Long Yuqi relieved his embarrassment: "Come on, everyone, drink, drink! Today, the Japanese official banquet is to make Governor Gao happy and have fun. Don't let Governor Gao write poems anymore."
Yang Wan sat back again. When she was playing and singing, her eyes were on Gao Shixin and she did not leave. She thought to herself: It seems that this Eagle Claw Sun is not only handsome, but also talented. If he really wants me, then just follow it. After being a concubine for him, I will slowly remind him to avoid doing things that are harmful to nature.
After drinking for three rounds, Gao Shixin suddenly said to Long Yuqi: "Long Xundao, I am not making things difficult for you to come to Yangzhou this time, but the soldiers in Liaodong lack military pay and food. I came to Yangzhou just to hope that the people of Yangzhou can donate some silver to the Liaodong anti-attack soldiers. If the Liaodong war fails and Jiannu goes south to Jiangnan, the land of the two Huaihe River will surely flow into blood! Donate some silver not only to contribute to the country, but also to prevent their descendants from being harmed by Jiannu!"
Jiannu went south to Jiangnan? It was too horrible! Is this what the Eagle Claw Sun intended to scare us? Long Yuqi said intently, but he did not dare to say it directly, but agreed: "Since it is donating money to the anti-captive soldiers, it is also the responsibility of this official. I will urge the salt merchants in Lianghuai to donate silver tomorrow. In order to show my sincerity, I will donate fifty taels of silver first."
After saying that, Long Yuqi took out a fifty tael silver ingot and placed it on the table.
Gao Shi sneered in his confidence: You are such a corrupt person, I am afraid that you will spend more than a thousand taels of silver when you ask Miss Yang to play and sing. You will take out fifty taels of silver for donations to Liaodong. You are simply an iron rooster! I will punish you tomorrow.
The officials and scholars in the hall also donated money one after another. Some took out ten taels of silver, some took out twenty taels of silver, some took out five taels of silver, and some even took out dozens of copper plates!
Gao Shixin didn't say much, but patted Long Yuqi on the shoulder: "Long Xundao, call all the salt merchants in the two Huaihe River tomorrow. Each of them is rich enough to compete with the country. Let's pay some money together to reduce the pressure on the court."
"The subordinates must be! The subordinates must be!" Long Yuqi said timidly.
Chapter completed!