The Palace of Peach and Plum

Chapter 40:

The test time is in March, when the weather and temperature are still appropriate, and the candidates will not suffer too much crime.

Ling Wei heard that there was a period in the previous dynasty that the test time was set at the beginning of February. As a result, many of the candidates got sick in the examination room and changed to mid-March.

However, the weather is still relatively cold, and the spring rains have begun again, making it a bit humid. No wonder that after the annual test, there are always many candidates who are seriously ill.

During this period of time before the exam, Ling Wei obediently stayed in the residence to prepare for the exam, not going anywhere except the teacher’s home.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to go out to relax. It’s that the reputation of the Yuan Dynasty is too high, and there are too many people who want to find trouble. You can meet people who ‘seeking advice” wherever you go.

These people are the same as Xie Lin’an, picking up what the other party is “not good at” compares to nothing, and insists on dragging Ling Wei to fight poems. To put it bluntly, it is just trying to gain fame, and want to borrow Ling Wei’s steps to achieve his goal of becoming famous.

Will Ling Wei let them succeed? Obviously impossible. This literati is always arrogant, and he doesn’t care about all cats and dogs. Although we are not good at fighting poems, but you have been chasing and blocking, we are not afraid. But before that, you have to come up with the capital that can make me end the fight with you.

Here are some of the poems I wrote before. You only need to take out any poem and compare it with all my previous poems. As long as there is one comparable, I will fight you. Is this condition low enough? Since you want to fight poems, and you have written poems for so many years, there will always be one or two masterpieces, right? And in all the poems that I circulate, there are always uneven levels. Use your proud work to find one that I wrote when I was in bad condition (such as in the examination room). If this is not comparable, what are you fighting for? ?

The level is different, I disdain to fight with you.

This talented literati is basically arrogant. Therefore, Ling Wei’s approach not only did not make people feel arrogant, but it became a good talk.

It doesn’t matter if you meet friends with poetry. You have to stop people “fighting poems” without relatives or reasons. Since you want to “fight”, then you are at odds with others.

Same level, right? If you can’t get a masterpiece, and you still brazenly “fight poetry” with others, what do you “fight” against? This kind of person is simply afraid of others not knowing that he wants to step on Ling Wei’s upper position.

However, even though Ling Wei made such remarks, he was entangled with these things every day, and his mood became irritable. Alas, this is the most annoying when the reputation is not good enough. It has become a big fan, but it is not enough that others dare not provoke you. In the end, Ling Wei had to prepare for the exam at home.

His Majesty the Emperor was also very considerate at this time, so that Ling Wei could prepare for the exam without letting him enter the palace. However, Ling Wei did not forget to continue to brush up on his favors, Li Ying still shoulders the responsibility of sending things to the palace. A dignified prince, turned into an errand runner, with no regrets or regrets.

Because of the mild cold in March, many of the furs left by Li Ying’s last hunt were made into overcoat and quilt cushions for Ling Wei to take into the examination room.

In addition to warm fur, there is charcoal. Although charcoal will be issued in the examination room, Ling Wei has always brought charcoal by himself.

The charcoal that Ling Wei brought was naturally the white charcoal used as a royal tribute in the palace. It was also called silver charcoal and silver bone charcoal. It was smokeless and durable, and could burn overnight. It was mostly used in the palace for barbecue cooking. Li Ying moved in a lot, and Ling Wei used it to keep out the cold.

In addition to these, Ling Wei also brought condiments such as ginger, garlic and chili with him, which he could boil and drink to quench the cold.

Ling Wei also brought brown sugar, ready to make brown sugar **** tea. Although the brown sugar **** tea is drunk when women regulate menstruation and complexion, it is also possible for men to drink… to replenish qi and blood.

“What did you eat for this exam?”

Ling Wei looked up, and he was actually the invigilator of the last rural examination. He remembered that the grades of the invigilators for the township examination and the general examination were different. In less than half a year, has the invigilator been promoted?

“Bring brown sugar and glutinous rice. If you have time, make brown sugar dumplings. If you don’t have time, make brown sugar buns.” Ling Wei answered honestly.

“vegetarian?”

“Eat, I have to answer the question today, eat meat buns. When the test paper is ready, I will think about other things.”

The invigilator nodded and Shi Shiran left.

Ling Wei was confused. When I wandered in front of myself, I was asking myself what to eat?

What he didn’t know was that when he said that he would only eat these things today, the candidates around him breathed a sigh of relief.

It has long been heard that Ling Jieyuan loves cooking and is exquisite in life. Even in the examination room, I will not treat my spiced mouth badly, and I often cook.

, That Xiang Piao Si Li, so that the entire examination room can not concentrate. It’s just dumbfounding.

Although in this examination room, there was no one who happened to be with Ling Wei before. But Ling Wei’s reputation has spread, and many people feel frustrated when they see Ling Wei.

You know, Ling Wei’s torture is not just the fragrance. But when the aroma of Ling Wei’s food came out, they could think of Ling Wei’s calm and calm appearance. Thinking of scratching his head and cheeks, his eyebrows and his eyes were frowning, but there is someone who is comfortable and confident, and may even have finished the test paper. Even if I can’t compare, the panic in my heart is conceivable.

Ling Wei didn’t know anyone was relieved because he was thinking about eating cumin lamb chops or mutton soup pot the next day. If anyone knew the recipe in his heart, he would have to vomit blood now.

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The examination subjects and time rules of the examination are the same as those of the township examination.

The first scene is still the classic meaning, the amount of questions has not changed, but the questions are more detailed and more biased.

But for those who took it down, it was not difficult or difficult, and Ling Wei didn’t feel it at all. He still sighed, it’s not difficult to test the classics. He thought that the number of questions in the test would be twice that of the township test.

Yes, for Ling Wei, the difficulty is the size of the questions and the number of words.

After all, no matter whether it is filling in the blanks or writing essays, Scripture cannot escape the category of the Four Books and Five Classics. Ling Wei not only memorized the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, but also remembered all the annotations and related articles of the Four Books and Five Classics. The Four Books and the Five Classics have so much content, and the meanings of the classics have been written over and over again many times.

According to the lessons learned during the rural examination, Ling Wei finished the article and revised it on the first day. Then fell asleep very early.

With tiger skins under her body and bear skins on her body, it was still slightly hot this evening.

I still didn’t sleep well at night, so after the bell rang the next morning, Ling Wei took a nap and started making mutton soup pot.

Cumin lamb chops or something, let’s save it for the third day.

The lamb that Ling Wei brought was fresh and tender lamb, which was not too stinky. However, he couldn’t stand the smell of mutton, so after the mutton was soaked in blood, it was marinated with multiple seasonings.

When it came time to boil the soup, Ling Wei’s ingredients were very light. The cut lamb is boiled in water, scoop the froth away, add water and pressure to continue boiling. When the soup is clear and there is no more white foam, add a little salt and white pepper, and you can put it into a bowl. Add a little coriander and chopped green onions to the bowl, and the tender white lamb soup is floating with greenery, which is a treat to look at.

Well, smelling is also a kind of enjoyment, mutton soup or something, it’s too fragrant.

Yeah, it’s so fragrant. The neighbors are swallowing, and the more grumpy candidates are already cursing in their hearts.

When the invigilator came to inspect, Ling Wei had already tore the steamed white noodle bun into small pieces, put it in the mutton soup after eating the meat, and ate the mutton bun. Lamb steamed bun is today’s staple food, without adding rice.

Seeing that Ling Wei was eating sweetly, the invigilator silently pressed his stomach and left.

He originally thought that the box lunch he brought today was not bad, but he compared with Ling Wei and lost again.

The mutton steamed bun for lunch was too satisfying, and Ling Wei didn’t bother to do other things at night. He rolled out the dough and cut it into finger-width pieces to make noodle soup with mutton. Put two drops of chili oil in the mutton noodle soup and take a sip. It was sweating all over, which was very refreshing. When I go to bed at night, my body is warm and very comfortable.

Because the transcription of the test paper was finished the next day. On the third day, Ling Wei had enough time to cook cumin lamb chops. Soak the lamb chops in blood water, cut the green onion, ginger, and garlic into sections, and simmer in the water together with the wine. Just like cooking mutton soup, scoop off the white foam on the surface. After the soup is clear, the mutton chops are already boiled and soft. Pick up the lamb chops and drain the water, then put them in an oil pan, add salt, chili noodles and cumin seeds and stir fry.

As a result, the examinees heard the sound of “Bala Baba”, and then there was a strong and unspeakable spicy fragrance, which spread to the whole examination room faster than yesterday’s mutton soup. When they smelled this strange scent, no matter what the taste was, the examinees couldn’t help but swallowed their saliva.

I have long heard that I was the most worried person in an examination room with Ling Jieyuan. I really experienced it firsthand before I realized that the worried person was really not a joke.

So what is Ling Jieyuan eating again?

The examinees looked at the cold dry food on their desks, and couldn’t help but shed a few bitter tears.

The invigilator put down his chopsticks and sighed.

He can’t eat it anymore. If you want to ask Ling Wei what he eats, what kind of seasoning he uses, and why he has such a unique fragrance.

Alas, I feel like a cat scratching my heart, so sad.

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“Today’s cumin lamb chops are done well. I will make them for you later.” Ling Wei said to Li Ying who was waiting outside when he finished the first test. In the examination room, it’s better to do something lighter.”

Li Yin nodded silently.

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In the second poem test, Ling Wei fulfilled his promise to make light food. He made three cups of chicken.

Three cups of chicken, chicken thighs, a cup of rice wine, a cup of soy sauce, and a cup of oil are added to the pot. The food is delicious, soft and fragrant.

Um, strong fragrance… tangy…

Swallow.

Can this day pass!

Ling Wei said, yes! We can’t eat three cups of chicken for three days, let’s eat something else! How about yellow braised chicken and Kung Pao chicken? The fried peanuts in the Kung Pao Chicken is also very fragrant and delicious!

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Li Yin looked at the bag of fried peanuts and looked at Ling Wei silently.

Ling Wei yawned and said, “I made Kung Pao Chicken, and then I really wanted to eat peanuts with puff pastry, so I fried some more. Hurry up, you are hungry when you wait outside.”

Li Bin squeezed a peanut and put it in his mouth. It has a slight salty taste and good fragrance, which is very suitable for wine and meal.

Seeing Li Ying’s contented expression, Ling Wei couldn’t help smiling contentedly. No matter how tired the exam is (other examinees glaring at him), as soon as you get out of the exam room and see this handsome face of Li Ying, your exhaustion will be wiped out.

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The third exam…

“Don’t be too fragrant and disturb the people!” The invigilator finally warned.

Ling Wei blinked innocently. You only said this after this is the last one. Isn’t it a problem? Well, anyway, he ate a lot more greasy a while ago, and he just wants to eat lighter these few days.

How about just having Shanzhen pot? You can lose weight with light scraping (although you don’t need it yourself).

Does Shanzhen make incense… I guess… still… incense, right?

It just tastes lighter. It’s just that the Ruoruuowu scent seems to be even more attractive. How to break it?

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“It’s annoying to change to an invigilator, even I have to take care of what I eat.” Ling Wei, who was out of the examination room, said angrily, “This examination room stipulates that candidates can cook and eat. , Take out the regulations! Or you can just write a rule and system later, you are not allowed to cook during the three days of the exam, you can only eat dry food!”

“Yes, it’s annoying.” Li Ying nodded, “You can cook during the exam. He shouldn’t restrict you.”

“Right, right? I listened to what he said, and on the first day I cooked a pot of Shanzhen pigeon soup with rice, and he glared at me. The next day I thought, okay, stop eating meat, I Is it always okay to copy a leek egg? He still glared at me. On the third day I stopped frying the eggs, so I made a mixed fried rice with mushroom soup, and he gritted his teeth at me.” Ling Wei touched his stomach and felt very aggrieved. , “These three days are the worst three days I have eaten, and the whole person is not in good spirits. I need to go back to sleep well and eat again.”

Li Yin frowned and continued nodding: “It’s really too much.”

There are only scrambled eggs with leeks and fried rice, which are too crude. This exam is inherently exhausting, so how could it be so excessive. I don’t know who this invigilator is, so maybe he came here to find the ball on purpose?

(The invigilator cried out in the hut.)

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Although the test had twists and turns, and the invigilator was still looking for trouble (invigilator: …), but Ling Wei was still more confident in the test.

At least he didn’t encounter the problem of hard work.

Even if he was not named Huiyuan this time, the palace exam would definitely be fine. When it comes to the palace exam, as long as he doesn’t make a fool of himself, the champion is a certainty.

There is no three yuan and the first, two yuan, which is not bad. Who can’t make a mistake?

But obviously Ling Wei underestimated himself. After being released on the list, his name was high above the top, and it turned out to be infallible.

It seems that although the invigilators gritted their teeth at Ling Wei, they still recognized Ling Wei’s own talent.

Well, I also recognize his cooking skills.

When the examinee in the same room saw Ling Wei’s name, his heart was really mixed.

Ling Wei was already cooking leisurely while he was in a state of desperation, and the cooked rice made the entire test taker unable to eat. And such a laid-back Ling Wei finally became Huiyuan.

It’s so maddening that people are better than people.

At this point, I really don’t even have the thought of comparison.

With Huiyuan, Ling Wei breathed a sigh of relief.

When Huiyuan gets it, the top pick is to look at the mood of the emperor.

The emperor wants him to have the three yuan and the first. He has reached this step. The last step depends only on the decision of the emperor, and the emperor himself will never lose the chain.

Thinking of his own way, Ling Wei was also embarrassed.

When he got the top prize, he was a small three yuan-he took all of them. Can you leave a few in the history books?

What Ling Wei did not expect was that when he was a hundred years later, his imperial examinations really left a strong mark in the history books. But this one does not mean that he is three yuan and the first, but that he cooks in the examination room, it is a feat that has never been seen before.

Before this writer became a gourmet, he became a gourmet first.

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On the day of the palace exam, Li Ying looked more nervous than him.

When Ling Wei heard Li Yin’s repeated instructions to relax, he almost couldn’t help laughing when his Majesty had nothing to fear.

His Majesty the emperor has seen him countless times, so what’s so terrible? No matter how terrible it is, it is terrible to have your majesty yelling to hit him?

Li Ying is like a parent who sends his children to the college entrance examination.

However, although he has entered the palace countless times, it is the first time to enter the main hall.

Ling Wei followed the crowd three times and nine bows, shouting long live, listening to His Majesty the emperor’s majestic words, sighing in his heart.

Your Majesty is still very domineering at this time. I can’t imagine that he still has the side of climbing trees and going into the water, beating birds and fishes.

The topic of this palace examination is determined according to the mood of the emperor.

His Majesty the Emperor has decided on a poem with no limit on the subject matter; a policy theory. Both topics are based on the past.

This satire of the past is a common theme in poems and articles. But the more common it is, the harder it is to shine.

Ling Wei was also quite embarrassed. Although there is the emperor in his pocket, as long as he doesn’t make a mistake, he basically won’t be able to run away. However, this test paper is also printed in the conference journal, and it would be embarrassing if you are too unsuccessful.

This satirizes the present with the past, because the history before Ling Wei’s journey is very different from the present, so many poems must be revised before they can be used.

After thinking for a while, Ling Wei wrote.

That poem, Su Shi’s “Niannujiao Nostalgia for the Chibi” is actually his favorite. Although the world has lost the Three Kingdoms, there are still famous battles in Chibi, and there are also famous people on both sides of the war. As long as the allusions and names are changed.

However, it might be more formal to use rhymed poems in the hall examination. Although Ling Wei is not afraid of the emperor’s compliance, he is afraid that other examiners will be squeaky and crooked, saying that he is not solemn and so on. After thinking about it, he still decided to use Li Bai’s “Climbing Jinling Phoenix Terrace”.

This previous dynasty also had the Phoenix Terrace. The Phoenix Terrace was specially built by the former emperor to call on the wise men of the world to return to the dynasty and rule the world together. Its place is not in Jinling, but it happens to be at the junction of several countries in the Spring and Autumn Period. So as long as the “State of Wu” and “Jin Dynasty” are changed, and then the capital city is replaced.

The capitals of Qianchao and Yanchao are different. Ling Wei thought for a while, and decided to write the capital as the former dynasty. Where is the capital of the previous dynasty… It seems to be Jinling?

This article turned into a satire that the founding king of the former dynasty built the Phoenix Terrace and was thirsty for talents, but his descendants were arrogant and extravagant. The wise men who came to the Phoenix Terrace could not achieve revenge.

As for borrowing from the past to describe the present… he doesn’t know, he doesn’t know, but he is the person who hugged His Majesty’s golden thigh, how could he not see the capital?

And the policy theory… just “Six Kingdoms Theory”. The Qin Destroyed the Six Kingdoms also existed at this historical node, but some of the historical facts were slightly different, so just a little modification.

Although Ling Wei thought for a while, he also drafted a draft, but after he finished writing, he was still much faster than the others. And because of his seat before the exam, the moment he stopped writing was very conspicuous.

“Phoenix swims on the Phoenix platform, and the phoenix goes to the Taikong River to flow freely. The flowers and plants of the Chu Palace are buried in a secluded path, and the clothes of the Zhou Dynasty are covered in ancient hills. Three mountains are half-falling to the blue sky, and the two waters are divided into Bailuzhou. People are worried.”

Ling Wei looked back, heh, when did His Royal Highness run behind him.

“Qichen, come back.” Although Li Li sounded like roaring, he couldn’t hide his smile.

“Father!” His Royal Highness took away the ink that Ling Wei had already dried and brought it to Li Li. Before leaving, it might as well give Ling Wei a gentle smile of a courteous corporal. Lei’s Ling Wei almost convulsed.

“Naughty.” Li Li scolded the prince and took the exam papers in his hands. He shook his head and began to look at it. With such a satisfied expression, Ling Wei was almost convulsed again.

Yes, this majesty will not lose the chain. But is this father and son acting too much? Didn’t you see that the corners of the other ministers’ mouths were cramping?

However, even though the corners of his mouth and face are twitching, such a picture of the Minister of the Korean Central Government is generally considered normal. Is it possible to see His Majesty convulsions frequently? Is it that His Majesty the Emperor is so bearish in front of other people?

Ling Wei suddenly felt that it was not easy for the minister of the court.

Li Li is indeed singing a double song with the prince. The prince had long been hiding behind the cat. When Ling Wei finished writing, he touched it, then read the poem, pretending to like it, and showed Li Li the test paper.

Anyway, the prince is not yet ten years old, and he is well known to be favored. It’s okay to be childish in action.

Of course, after this incident, the prince was full of childishness, and the impression that he needed to be sharpened was left in the hearts of the ministers of the DPRK. Also led to the prince

His Royal Highness encountered the “great ordeal” for the first time in his life.

This bear daddy cheated the child, than the bear child cheated the daddy, and there is no need to give too much.