The summer is hot, and the sun bakes the land of Jiangnan like a stove. After the plum rain season, it is the scorching heat. The daily weather is like a steamer, hot and stuffy.

There are few pedestrians on the street, even the thick shade of trees, are also wilted and listless in such hot weather.

Fortunately, the smallpox crisis in Runzhou has been lifted, so the people don’t have to worry about the impact of the plague and are all at home to escape the summer heat.

"Three tubes!"

"Bar!" A woman's voice rang out, and then said: "Nine twelve!"

"No, they are all corner cards, they are too stingy." A woman complained.

"Fifty thousand!" A beautiful voice sounded.

"Bit again"

The voices of several girls rang in the hall of the Su Mansion. Peng Qingqing, Liu Mo Nong, Zhou Jiamin and Ling'er played mahjong made of blue and white porcelain and had a lot of fun.

This was what Su Chen thought of, and it was burnt out by the Bai family ceramic workshop. It had a good look and feel, just like jade, very exquisite, and could allow all the girls to pass the time at home.

The essence of mahjong is a four-person domino game. It originated in China and is a popular game invented by the ancients. It evolved from a card game called "Horse Tag". The card game was born in the Ming Dynasty. It is said that there were 60 cards in a deck of cards at that time. When fighting cards, each of the four families each took ten cards, then they took cards and played cards in turn until the winner finally appeared.

The mahjong proposed by Su Chen was a relatively mature model in later generations. There were 120 cards, and except for sixteen wind cards and eight flower cards, there were only wrigleys, ten thousand cards, rope cards, tube cards, etc. It was easy to get started. After he took it out, he briefly introduced it and the girls understood it.

This kind of game is a good thing for women to pass the time. In order to keep Zhou Jiamin, Su Chen used this killer weapon and let Qingqing, Ling'er and others play cards with her. She quickly attracted her, became addicted to it, and was no longer happy to "Beijing".

Su Chen did not lose his ambitions, but carefully reviewed the books, classics, history, and collections in the study. He did not have much confidence in the imperial examinations and writing articles by himself. However, it was also beneficial to be able to learn more about selected articles, etc., especially Xu Cainu often came to accompany him to read, explain, and discuss with each other, which was of great help to him.

"Bai Juyi, whose courtesy name is Letian, is known for his satirical poetry. In "Ce Lin" written for the imperial examination, he put forward the view that "the king does not do ministerial affairs", such as 'the ministers act in the way of the king, and the king acts in the way of the ministers, affairs are chaotic, and the ones are the same as chaos'; he advocated that the monarch 'a king only cares about the key points and chooses the other person', and particularly emphasized the importance of the prime minister..."

Xu Qingwan explained to Su Chen the application of many great articles from Tang Wen and the imperial examination.

"Fuck it..." Su Chen murmured to himself, thinking that this word is very powerful.

Xu Qingwan continued: "In the mid-Tang Dynasty, Han, Liu, Bai and other literary masters proposed that the articles of the Han Dynasty were flashy but not realistic. The Confucianism of the Han Dynasty focused on etiquette and theology. The Confucianism of the Han Dynasty adhered to the master's teachings, and was not enough to imitate them, and should even be abandoned. Therefore, they transcended the Han Dynasty and chose pre-Qin Confucianism as the direction of restoration, so Han Yu's theory of Taoism..."

Su Chen nodded slightly. He roughly changed these things when he was studying. The ancient prose movement in the middle Tang Dynasty was represented by Han Yu and Liu Zongyuan, which was developed in response to the parallel prose style of the Six Dynasties. The basic content includes two aspects: "wen" and "dao".

"Well, I naturally know these. The ancient prose movement advocated by Han, Liu and others opposes the form of excessive craftsmanship and the parallelism of four and six sentences in language, and requires simple and lively pre-Qin prose to replace gorgeous and rigid parallel prose; the content excludes the luxurious and corrupt literary style of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and requires the implementation of Confucian moral education in the article, rebuilding ethical order, and writing to carry the truth!"

Su Chen learned the theoretical knowledge in the textbook and explained it in an organized manner, which immediately made Xu Cainu's eyes lit up and she showed a look of praise.

Xu Qingwan said: "Mr. Han's "Original Way", "On the List of Buddha's Bones", "Original Nature", "Talks' Talks", "Advanced Learning", etc., Yixuan, have you read all of them?"

Su Chen nodded. He had only memorized "Talk of the Master" before. He has read the rest of the articles in the past two days. Fortunately, his memory is super strong, and he can write it down after reading it two or three times. This is the only place he felt enhanced after traveling through time.

Xu Qingwan said again: "However, our officials love the way of poetry and are not interested in the ancient Chinese movement in the middle Tang Dynasty. He loves gorgeous and beautiful articles, so he should give full play to your talent in writing poetry and write the articles beautifully and smoothly."

Su Chen nodded: "Yeah, I'll do my best."

"It's better to choose a date than to meet the date. How about writing a paragraph now?" Xu Cainu said with a smile.

"This is here again!" Su Chen sighed in his heart. Xu Cainu instigated him to write articles without any trouble to test his writing skills. Perhaps he was still a little worried about his writing articles.

Su Chen had no choice but to say: "Okay, I have been reading ancient books every day and have thoughts about history. Then I will write an article "The Lecture of Liuhou"."

Xu Qingwan was originally trying it out, but she didn't expect that Su Chen was really willing to start writing this time. She was immediately overjoyed and said, "Okay, you can write it. I'll watch it. How do you write parallel prose and prose? Can you write smoothly?"

Su Chen nodded slightly, took the pen and dipped it in ink, and began to write a piece of article by Su Shi on a blank piece of paper, "Theory of Liuhou":

"The so-called heroes in ancient times must have extraordinary moral integrity. People cannot tolerate things. When a man sees humiliation, he draws his sword and stands up and fights. This is not enough to be brave. There are great brave people in the world who are not surprised when they come to it, and they do not get angry without reason. This is the one he holds up very big, and his ambition is very far away..."

This article was one of a number of strategies written by Su Shi in Beijing to answer the imperial examination in the sixth year of Jiayou in the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty. According to the examples of Zhang Liang receiving a book and assisting Liu Bang in unification of the world in "Records of the Grand Historian: The Family of Liu Hou", the important thing is to "bear small anger and make great plans" and "foster their full strength and wait for their weakness" strategy.

The writing content is erratic and varied, with the ultimate in twists and turns, and the writing is eloquent and imposing, fully reflecting Su Shi's unrestrained style of historical theories.

At this time, Su Chen wrote it out in a casual manner, which also had the style of a talented man in Su.

As soon as an expert takes action, he knows whether there is any or not. Xu Qingwan is amazed just by looking at the beginning of the brushwork.

If you don’t write, you can be astonishing as you write!

Xu Qingwan stood aside and watched Su Chen write nearly a thousand words quietly. She was moved by this writing style and momentum, as well as the ambitions and ambitions in the article, which transcend the beautiful and graceful articles of the Five Dynasties and has a bold and unrestrained style.

Her eyes condensed on the manuscript paper and then looked at Su Chen's face.

This scene hit her hard in her heart, and once again smashed the talented woman's heart a lot.

When Su Chen stopped writing, Xu Qingwan was a little stunned and dazed.

"Boom!"

At this time, there were thunder outside, and the weather finally ushered in a heavy afternoon rain, strong winds and sudden rains.
Chapter completed!