As the competitiveness reached its peak, Wang Dao and his party boarded the painting boat surrounded by a group of beauties and talents.

Dozens of painted boats slowly sailed away from the shore. The talented people on the shore who had been eliminated were envious as they looked at the painted boats slowly going away.

The main ship that everyone in Wangdao is on is very large. It was built by the Zhou family and several other families at a huge cost. The annual maintenance cost is a large expense. Fortunately, the economic benefits brought by the Jianghuai Poetry Club are extraordinary, and even

You can still make a lot of money.

After getting on the painting boat, the competition became more intense, and the brothel girls who got on the boat worked harder to sing the poems written by the scholars.

Even though the atmosphere is so strong and elegant, it can only be said that the officials still don't care much about this grand event.

From ancient times to the present, poetry has always had a high status in literature, but before Wang Dao, Chen Xiuping was described as a poetry club where scholars competed for fame.

Because what Wang Dao said was at the national level. When Wang Dao was young, he and his close friends reformed, and the primary purpose was the examination method of the imperial examination.

The reform paid great attention to the selection, training and use of talents, and took measures to reform the imperial examination system. It abolished the rote memorization of Ming Jing subjects, stipulated that the Jinshi subjects did not test poetry, and only examined classics and current affairs policies. Analyzing the various options, this

The purpose of the measure was to select talents with more emphasis on practicality, which also led to a rapid decline in the status of poetry.

However, poetry has been indispensable to literati throughout the ages. After Wang Dao resigned, poetry was included again. In the past two years, through the efforts of Liu Jianyuan and others, the proportion of poetry has been reduced a lot.

Although poetry is suppressed in this way, for a literati, if he writes a good poem, he will be praised wherever he goes. Just like the last time Chen Xiuping was praised by Wang Dao at Wangjiang Tower for his good poems,

The news spread throughout Jianghuai City in an instant. The world's image of literati still depends on whether they have famous poems. This is the accumulation of ancient literary society. Even if Wang Dao wanted to abolish the influence of poems on the imperial examination, he still failed to do so.

Although the painting boat has sailed into the river, there are still small boats one after another bringing out the poems written by talented people from the river. They stand on the river bank and read loudly. The eliminated literati in the nearby teahouses comment on these masterpieces.

, of course, the wealthy literati at home will definitely not come to the stage, but the cash-strapped scholars will take this opportunity to make a little money.

The surrounding brothels spent money to buy some people, and they had to send these masterpieces back as soon as possible. Firstly, they could be compiled into new songs, and secondly, they could show the brand name of their own brothels.

In such an atmosphere, not to mention the knowledgeable, even ordinary people will discuss with others.

It was already late at night, and those talented talents and beauties began to exert their efforts. Excellent songs began to be released one after another, and the competition became more intense.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Chen Xiuping asked Yi'er to prepare the carriage and prepare to go.

Chen Xiuping only got this carriage because of the scented tea. Chen Xiuping got the opportunity to ride in the carriage.

Yi'er, who had not gone out just now, had a look of punishment on her face, as if it was a great sin for Chen Xiuping to leave the yard.
Chapter completed!