Chapter 1191
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Mid-Autumn Festival.
No matter which dynasty it was, it was a very grand event.
Since three days ago, the whole Chang 'an City was decorated with lanterns and colored banners. Even at night, the lanterns and oil lamps on the streets of Chang' an City never went out.
It seemed to be conveying the joy of the Mid-Autumn Festival to the heavens.
Three days of preparation.
Finally, the Mid-Autumn Festival came.
Early in the morning.
In the streets and alleys of Chang 'an, the sound of firecrackers had not stopped since the morning bell rang.
All the people stopped working. Wearing new clothes that they were reluctant to wear and only wore once during the New Year, they walked with their heads held high in the bustling Chang 'an, Dong' an, Xi 'an, and even the markets of Xiao Mountain.
On both sides of the streets of Chang 'an City, from the three imperial city gates of Hanguang and Vermilion Bird to the Anhua Ming De Qi Xia Gate, and then to the Xuanwu Gate, Xing' an Gate, and Fang Lin Gate, they formed a line from the inside to the outside of the palace.
On the streets that ran through Chang 'an and the imperial palace, red lanterns and straight red ribbons could be seen on both sides of the streets. On the ribbons, there were lantern riddles, word riddles, and so on stuck on the ribbons.
Every three meters, there would be a few palace guards or people from the Ministry of Works with a cart full of prizes to register. This was something that the people of Chang 'an had been looking forward to for a long time.
There was nothing else on these carts except for all kinds of cakes and mooncakes made by the pastry chefs of Chang 'an City and the palace during this period of time.
Once you guessed a lantern riddle or word riddle, you would get a mooncake. If you guessed two, so on and so on.
Until the first place in the market was selected, and then the Vermilion Bird Gate, Hanguang Gate, and Hanguang Gate were recommended to participate in the next round. Here, every time you won, you would get a stone of grain or a hundred coins as a reward. This would continue until the winner of the lantern riddle was selected.
This person would be directly recruited by the officials of the Ministry of Works as an exception.
This was also the most attractive part of the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Meet every year.
All the young talents of the Tang Dynasty would come to Chang 'an City before the Poetry Meet for this quota.
It was also a chance for them to soar into the sky.
If a person performed well in the lantern riddles, he or she would be directly employed as an advisor by the nobles in Chang 'an City. That was tantamount to becoming a phoenix.
Being chosen by these nobles and ministers was directly related to whether or not one could pass the Grand Scholar exam. After all, the current Imperial Examinations were mostly recommended by these people.
If there was no recommendation, then he would have to take the test. As for the results …
One could imagine.
From this, it could be seen how rare this Mid-Autumn Poetry Meet was.
Early in the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
The moment the firecrackers exploded, the drums would sound from the tower of the Vermillion Bird Gate to announce the start of the Mid-Autumn Festival.
As for the Mid-Autumn Poetry Meet, that would have to wait.
After all, this was just an appetizer.
The people of the four major academies in Chang 'an did not bother to get involved. ,
What a disgrace!
They could directly enter tonight's poetry recital through the Academy, but the common people could only watch from the periphery of the poetry recital.
The main venue of tonight's poetry recital was set in the East Market.
The Peace Square, Xuanyang Square, Daozheng Square and Changle Square of the Eastern Market had already prepared everything long ago. On the surface of the lake at the center of the Eastern Market, flower boats were already floating on the surface of the water. As the main character this time, Yan Laozi of Yan Lai Lou was currently standing on the boat with her hands on her hips, directing the singers and servants to decorate the main venue for tonight's event.
There were 13 flower boats of various sizes.
The three largest boats of the three stages had already been connected. On the deck of the flower boat, there was a newly built huge platform with a waterside pavilion and so on on the platform. It was very splendid.
This was also the place to accommodate the nobles of Chang 'an City, as well as the students of the major academies to show their talents tonight.
But this time, it was different.
And also because of this difference, the number of people who participated in the poetry recital even exceeded the number of people who participated in the previous Mid-Autumn Poetry Meet by more than half.
They just wanted to see the brilliance of Zhang Feng with their own eyes.
They also wanted to see the elegance of Zhang Feng when he became a great Confucian scholar.
But until now.
The sun was already high up in the sky.
Zhang Feng was still sleeping in the room.
And Li Chengqian and others squatted in front of Zhang Feng's door with a speechless face, smoking one cigarette after another.
After an unknown amount of time, the door to Zhang Feng's room slowly opened.
Seeing this, Li Chengqian hurriedly rubbed his sore legs and kept looking through the crack of the door, as if he wanted to see if there was any treasure in Zhang Feng's room.
Zhang Feng was so angry that he slapped Li Chengqian's forehead. "What are you looking at?"
"You sleep alone?"
"Or else?"
"Well …"
"By the way, Feng, when are we going to the venue? The venue has already started … "
Zhang Feng touched his flat stomach and waved his hand. "Let's eat. After dinner, accompany me to go fishing. We'll go at night!"
"…"
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