Yang Zhao was very proud. Although he had entered Chang'an two years ago and had risen from the imperial concubine sister since then and rose to the court, he was still a sudden wealthy and settled down in Shu in the eyes of the world.

Even though in recent years, many gangs gathered around him and officials who curled him began to roam in a row, the noble gentry who claimed to be noble were just respectful on the surface, but in fact they were still unwilling to join him. But now those noble guys came to his house to pay a visit or invited him to a banquet.

"Hehe, Chen Lang, look, this is the face of those high-ranking gentry. When I heard that you were a guest at my mansion, everyone came..."

In the star anise pavilion, the fire was rising in the red clay pottery stove, and the boiled water was rolling. The beautiful maid on the side began to cook tea ingeniously, adding various ingredients from the exquisite small plate to it, and gradually a rich aroma began to spread.

Listening to Yang Zhao's muttering there, Shen Guang smelling the fragrance, he laughed, "Those high-ranking gentry have always been like this. They have always looked down on the turbid currents of poor families. Why should Brother Yang be angry?"

Although there was an imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, the imperial examination was different from the Song and Ming dynasties. You should know that there was no name search at this time, and cheating was never a strange thing. Sometimes, even if the exam was not even taken, the ranking of the No. 1 candidate, Tanhua, can be determined first.

Just like this, the poet's saint is famous in Chang'an City. In addition, he has a song for the poet's saint's poems and sang them all over the city. If nothing unexpected happens in this provincial examination, the poet's saint will be the top scholar.

Of course, although this top scholar is noble, it is still incomparable to the top scholars in the imperial examinations of the Song and Ming dynasties. If you want to be an official, it depends on your background. To put it bluntly, the Tang Dynasty is still an aristocratic country.

Even though Yang Zhao claimed to be a landslide in Shu, he was also a famous minister of the Later Han Dynasty, and was born in the Hongnong Yang Family River House. This Tang Dynasty called himself a poor family either a wealthy family from his ancestors or a newly rising local tyrant. Otherwise, the poor family members would have the money to go to Chang'an to take the exam.

Nowadays, the real people at the bottom can barely make a living. For example, if Guanzhong encounters natural disasters of severe drought and flood, even the saint Li Longji, even if he learns from Emperor Gaozong, he will go to Luoyang to eat. The people will have to eat bark and eat soil. However, the Gao family members still live like heaven and man.

The rich family smells of wine and meat, and the road is frozen to death!

The Poet Saint later wrote such a famous line, which is a true portrayal of the so-called high-ranking gentry in this era, so Chen Guang has always looked down on these high-ranking gentry. Although these high-ranking gentry produced talents, their families were greater than those of the country in the hearts of these people. In the Anshi Rebellion eight years later, although An Lushan was the one who rebelled, if social conflicts had not accumulated to the point where they had to break out, how could the people in the north and the Tang army follow An Lushan with a determined heart?

You should know that the main force of An Lushan's rebellion, whether it was the Pinglu Army or the Fan Yang Army, were all Han soldiers and generals. Even after the Shi Zhi Rebellion was put down, many people in the people of Fan Yang Youyan and other places still had private sacrifices to An Lushan, and the court could only turn a blind eye.

Seeing Chen Guang disdaining the noble gentry, Yang Zhao was naturally a good impression of the great gentry. You should know that scholars who are famous these days are either born into the noble gentry or admire the noble gentry. Even if those down-and-out guys are forced to come to his house to be a guest for their livelihood, they also despise him in their hearts to reach the high rank by relying on the clan girl who is a concubine.

"Well, I have to see these visits. So many gentry families are rushing to invite you to the banquet, so I will benefit from it."

Although Yang Zhao was not angry with the Gao family, the Shandong gentry headed by the five surnames and Qiwang was still a thin camel bigger than a horse after purging by Emperor Gaozong and the Wuzhou Dynasty. Even if he complained privately, if he really had the chance, he would still want to integrate into it.

Chen Guang looked at Yang Zhao's expression and guessed what he thought. It was like the nouveau riche who suddenly became rich in later generations always wanted to take off the nouveau riche's hat and integrate into the so-called upper class society, but Chen Guang never believed in the theory that the bullshit nobles were superior to the common people.

There are dozens of thorns on the table, and they are all made of expensive paper. Not only are they dyed incense, but they are not even used for ordinary ink blocks, and even silver foil.

Such a famous thorn was placed outside, which was enough to make the fallen scholars who stayed in Chang'an City crazy. However, after Shen Guang picked it up casually, he threw it into the beast-swallowing copper basin at the feet of the two of them for warming.

In the copper basin burning with silver frost charcoal, these precious thorns soon burst out with blue smoke, and were then burned, with a special mixed fragrance in the air.

"Chen Lang, you..."

Yang Zhao looked at Chen Guang who was indifferent and looked surprised, and his heart was also in a state of turmoil. He never thought that Chen Guang really didn't care about the Gaozhi handed over by the Gao family. You must know that as long as Chen Guang responded to the promise of the four surnames Cui, Lu, Zheng and Li, he would be really famous in China.

"Brother Yang, those high-ranking gentry are really not worth mentioning in my eyes. Brother Yang is also a descendant of a famous family, so why should you care about those people?"

Chen Guang really didn't take the so-called five surnames and seven hopes seriously. Feng Changqing had a hard time in his early years because of his background and experiences ups and downs in his early years. He never liked the Gao family and the aristocratic family. He hated the family even more deeply. When they were in Yancheng, they said that these five surnames and seven hopes were very popular. That is, since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, although the saying of the five surnames and seven hopes was rampant, since Emperor Taizong, all saints have hated the so-called Shandong genius very much.

Chen Guang has been here in the Tang Dynasty for more than a year, and has heard a lot of stories about the court since the Kaiyuan period. In addition, Du Fu forced him to study hard day and night during this period, so he knew that Emperor Taizong had compiled the "Clan Records" and was very angry in the end. Since then, the five surnames and seven hopes of the four surnames have always been tightly pressed by the royal family.

Since the Kaiyuan period, the five surnames and seven hopes have ever produced any important officials. So Chen Guang was sure that Li Longji must be very afraid of the five surnames and seven hopes. This suppression is no greater than that of Emperor Gaozong and Wu Zhou.

"I can't do it when I am so arrogant!"

Looking at the famous thorns that turned into ashes, Yang Zhao said with a complicated expression that after this incident was spread today, Chen Lang's reputation must have been slandered, and he probably would have been implicated, but he was a little moved in his heart, because Chen Guang's behavior undoubtedly means that Yang Zhao is no worse than the five surnames and seven hopes.

"What kind of courage is not courageous? The five surnames and seven hopes are nothing but dry bones in the tomb, and they still believe that their family is noble, so they don't know what they say."

Chen Guang's words were astonishing as Yang Zhao didn't know what to say, but at this time he was also aroused by Chen Guang's passion and couldn't help but say, "What Chen Lang said is very true. The five surnames and seven hopes of this dynasty cannot even give up the prime minister, but he has a high opinion of himself. He really doesn't know what he says."

"Brother Yang, you are now the censor and are valued by the saints. If you make contributions, you will not know that you will be the prime minister in the future. Who dares to say that the Yang family is not a famous family in the world, let alone the heroes who do not care about their origins. Is this so-called five surnames and seven hopes born in nature? I read historical books, what are the five surnames and seven hopes in the Han Dynasty?"

Yang Zhao was very happy to hear this. Although his subordinates had many flattering people, no one had ever said that Yang Da would be the prime minister in the future. This Chen Lang spoke really straightforward and nicely.
Chapter completed!