Court.
In the silence, Zheng Ge Lao stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have received the examination paper of the top candidate of this county from Nanyang."
oh?
It seems that the reason why all the adults are quiet is on this test paper.
The emperor said with great interest, "Show it to me, too."
The eunuch in charge took the test paper and a book from Zheng Xiasheng and respectfully presented them to the emperor.
The emperor first looked at the test paper, but due to royal dignity, he did not say anything.
But his eyes visibly lit up.
This is such a wonderful article, it really makes people feel happy after reading it!
At the same time, the emperor also realized why no one in the court responded.
He laughed out loud and said, "My dear ministers, when you were nine years old, could you have written such a brilliant and beautiful article?"
The ministers: “…”
Don’t ask, don’t ask!
While the emperor was asking questions, he also opened the book "Nine-Year-Old County Champion Cui Xian Solved Hundred Eight-Legged Essay Questions" and read it with great interest.
A smile appeared unconsciously on the corners of his mouth.
All under heaven belongs to the king.
As the monarch, he was naturally happy that Daliang had such a child prodigy.
Moreover, Cui Xian is also Zheng Xiasheng's apprentice.
Thinking like this.
The emperor looked in front of Zheng Xiasheng inconspicuously - there was an old man who was even older than Zheng Ge Lao, with drooping eyelids, a hunched and thin body, and seemed invisible and inconspicuous.
However, he wore a seven-beam crown, a scarlet robe, and a red sash.
This person was the Prime Minister of the Daliang Dynasty, Chen Bing.
Almost at the moment when the emperor's eyes fell on him, Chen Bing suddenly opened his eyes and bowed slightly: "Old minister, congratulations to Your Majesty on the birth of a talented person!"
"At the age of nine, he has been able to write such a fine article. This is a blessing for Daliang and for Your Majesty!"
"I suggest that we should reward talented people to show your majesty's love for talents."
Chen Bing just opened his mouth.
Zheng Xiasheng's nerves tensed up quietly, and deep in his cloudy eyes, he was extremely alert.
In fact, Cui Xian should not have accepted this praise.
He is still young, and this move may be considered as flattery.
But Chen Bing blocked her words: This shows Your Majesty's love for talents.
Zheng Ge Lao couldn't stand up and refuse on Cui Xian's behalf - Your Majesty loves talents, as a minister, what qualifications do you have to refuse? As Cui Xian's master?
In the court, there are only the emperor and his subjects!
The emperor smiled and said, "According to Minister Chen's opinion, how should I formulate this commendation?"
Chen Bing said: "A child prodigy born with a literary talent!"
Wow!
Upon hearing this, the whole court was shocked.
Throughout the dynasties, there have been cases of child prodigies being praised by emperors, and each time they have been passed down as a good story.
However, most of the words of praise are composed of four words.
An eight-character compliment is truly rare!
At least in the Daliang Dynasty, this is unique.
In other words, once this praise was bestowed, Cui Xian was chosen by the emperor as the "No. 1 Child Prodigy in Daliang"!
Hearing Chen Bing's words, Zheng Xiasheng straightened his back like an old cow protecting its calf.
Little Cui Xian was drawn into the turbulent political vortex too early.
But there is no way, this is political struggle.
The one who was awarded, with all the dazzling halos, also became the target of public criticism.
Chen Bing, who proposed to reward other people's disciples, seemed to be flattering with bad intentions, but in fact, it seemed that he did not get any benefits.
The two ministers have been fighting each other overtly and covertly for many years and have long been accustomed to it.
But the emperor was satisfied.
He sat on the dragon chair, taking in the two elders' expressions without making a sound, and said with a smile, "According to Minister Chen's suggestion, I will give Cui Xian a plaque with the words 'A rare talent for literature, a gifted child by heaven', and have the Ministry of Rites choose an auspicious day to give him to Nanyang."
So, the matter was settled.
The allegation that Zheng Ge Lao was involved in cheating in the imperial examination was refuted on its own.
Go to court that day.
The news that Nanyang produced the youngest county champion in the Daliang Dynasty at the age of nine quickly spread like wildfire.
When they learned that His Majesty had bestowed upon him a "prodigy gifted by heaven", it caused a sensation among scholars and officials.
The old chief priest of the Imperial College even said excitedly in public after leaving the court: "Cui Xian's two articles are truly amazing. I want to engrave them on the Imperial College stele for students to admire and learn from."
Of course, we don't know whether this is a "political show".
In short, a few days later, the two articles "The Heaven of Today" and "The Thread of King Wu's Succession to King Tai, King Ji, and King Wen" were engraved on the stele of the Imperial College.
At the bottom of the stele, there was a signature by Cui Xian, the first in the case of the nine-year-old county of Nanyang. This line of signature blinded the eyes of countless students of the Imperial College.
The entire Imperial College was in an uproar.
"Nine years old? Really only nine years old?"
"I don't believe it, it's fake, it must be fake, hahahaha!"
"It's true. His Majesty personally bestowed the plaque with the words 'Lin Zi Wen Xing, Prodigy God-given'."
"I don't want to study anymore. I don't want to study anymore. I want to go home!"
These two beautiful articles quickly spread.
Circulating along with the article was the legendary story of a nine-year-old county candidate in Nanyang who single-handedly suppressed thousands of candidates and solved hundreds of eight-part essay questions.
Cui Xian, truly achieved fame throughout the world!
It was even more sensational than the one caused by the "Two Poems of Pity the Peasants" half a year ago.
Especially the eight-part essay "The Thread of King Wu's Succession to King Tai, King Ji and King Wen" has broken the faith of countless old scholars.
Nine-year-old Cui Xian proved with his strength——
This is how eight-legged essay should be written!
Even from the Imperial College down, the teachers of the provincial schools and prefectural schools all used this article as a model for analysis.
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