The spring is late, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, the canggong is harmonious and harmonious, and the cai stellarian artemisia is harmonious. –Shi Jing (The Book of Psalms)
On the first morning after the release of the list of passages, Zhu Pingan had his breakfast and rode his killer black horse to the court of the Ministry of Rites.
This day Jiajing Emperor gave a banquet in the Ministry of Rites, that is, the legendary Qionglin Banquet, or more appropriately should be called Enrong Banquet. The emperor gives feast, can not Enrong well. This is a royal banquet, as a foodie Zhu Pingan natural very positive.
Last night, Marquis of Linhuai House backyard happened, Zhu Pingan also heard, heard Li Shu whipped the maid’s news, and not much surprise, after all, Li Shu as a child barbaric willful scolding subordinates is not a rare thing, they are witnessed, although the girl grew up temperament convergence of a lot. In this hierarchical feudal society, don’t ask for democracy and equality and so on, it was not a democratic and equal society.
Because of the Linhuai Marquis wife under a gag order, what exactly happened in the backyard, Zhu Pingan is not very clear, but only vaguely know what poisoning, Li Shu whipped the sixth lady’s maid. But can also guess out roughly, yesterday the Royal Street Kwa official back, Li Shu has proposed to let the six misses to send her finished sweet soup, about this bowl of sweet soup out of the question, Li Shu hit the six misses of the maid.
However, with Zhu Pingan’s understanding of Li Shu, it was Li Shu’s intention to teach Miss Six a lesson.
From the moment Li Shu asked the Sixth Miss for the sweet soup, Zhu Pingan had guessed about it.
Before leaving the house in the morning, the page that was supposedly to be given to Wang Xiao Er that the bun little maid brought with her when she brought herself breakfast, at any time, she had hurriedly scanned it, but Zhu Pingan, who almost never forgets a glance, still saw it clearly.
On it was approximately the disposition of that maid who had been beaten by Li Shu.
Zhu Pingan was not surprised when he heard about Li Shu’s beating, but seeing this page, Zhu Pingan was still a little surprised. Li Shu’s treatment of the “involved” maid was a bit out of Zhu Pingan’s expectation, marrying a simple local man, simple and honest husband for the maid is not a good home, according to the first-class maid to give her dowry, to the Li family’s standards must be not expensive, the future of the husband and wife to make a little effort. In the future, the couple will work a little hard. The second half of their lives will not worry about food and drink.
Li Shu, who is a bratty and dark, also has such a side, which is somewhat unexpected by Zhu Pingan.
The black horse seems to have hooked up with a mare in the stables of the Marquis of Linhuai in recent days, and when Zhu Pingan took it out. When Zhu Pingan led it out, this thing was still not happy about it. Walking on the road, this goods are a look of others owe it a dozen mares posture, horse face pulled long, up high.
It seems that spring is really a season for birds to fall in love and ants to live together. Even the killing horse this goods have hooked up with the girl paper.
Under Killmart’s ten million unhappy negative slacking, Zhu Pingan was almost late when he arrived at the Ministry of Ceremonies, and if it wasn’t for the sake of not being late yet, Zhu Pingan almost considered whether to castrate the bast*rd.
Eating, wine, is about as universal a way of celebrating as we Chinese, and probably the whole world.
This Enrong Banquet was, I’m afraid, the most joyful and relaxing thing for the newly minted scholars who converged on the Ministry of Rites. Yesterday, when the list was released, they were still nervous. Today there is no need to be nervous at all. Eat and drink, how to relax how to relax, don’t look at today’s banquet scale adults, but the protagonist is four hundred newly promoted scholar.
Jiajing emperor yesterday can be out of the West Garden is not easy, today’s Qionglin Banquet Jiajing emperor failed to attend, is also something we expected. In addition, Jiajing Emperor not come, everyone is more relaxed.
This En Rong Banquet by the Ministry of Rites Xu Shi presided over, on behalf of the Jiajing Emperor’s banquet will be conveyed, Xu Shangshu also expressed congratulations to the newly minted scholar. Then they will be divided into seats to start this Enrong Banquet.
The first three are the first prize Zhu Pingan and the first prize Han Yupeng and tanhualang three people sit at a table, the rest of the people are five people at a table.
The whole En Rong Banquet about hundreds of tables, the banquet is also Meng Jiajing imperial decree to transfer the imperial kitchen to preside over the imperial chef, we must know that the imperial chef is for the Jiajing emperor and the palace service. The craftsmanship of the imperial chef is naturally the most excellent layer on the pyramid of the entire Ming chef world.
This Enrong Banquet did not let Zhu Pingan disappointed, cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, roe deer, chickens, ducks, fish, as well as seafood, vegetables on the dishes on a total of thirty, corresponding to the Jiajing Emperor ascended to the throne of thirty years of good omen.
The imperial chefs also did not let Zhu Pingan disappointed, whether it is the colour or texture or taste, all let Zhu Pingan satisfied can not be satisfied.
The Enrong Banquet was a celebration for the newly promoted scholars, and eating and drinking was the mainstay. Apart from the fact that at the beginning, Zhu Ping An brought the newly promoted students under the guidance of the Ministry of Rites officials to toast three cups of wine to the former officials present, there was not much else to do.
However, Zhu Pingan, as the top scholar, was still taken care of by many people, and his wine was toasted a lot.
In particular, Ouyang Zishi was the first to take the lead, leading several newly promoted scholars who had hooked up together and were ready to take turns pouring wine on Zhu Pingan, walking towards him step by step.
Ouyang Zishi’s intentions were written on his face, and Zhu Pingan naturally saw it at a glance.
Before Ouyang Zishi could reach them, he slipped away with his glass of wine, slipping to Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen’s table, using the excuse of making a toast to their table to avoid Ouyang Zishi’s onslaught.
Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen had heard Zhu Pingan talk about Ouyang Zishi, and after seeing Ouyang Zishi’s gesture, they guessed that Ouyang Zishi had attributed his failure to win the Scholarship to Zhu Pingan. At this moment, the two of them were also cooperating with Zhu Pingan, helping him to keep an eye on Ouyang Zishi’s movements.
As a result, the entire Enrong Banquet had a scene like this: whenever Ouyang Zishi wanted to bring someone to pour wine on Zhu Pingan in the name of a toast, Zhu Pingan would always sneak around with his wine glass in advance and make a toast to the other table, with not a single exception.
So, Ouyang Zishi is always happy to come and go home, the chest of the depressed gas more, rob me of the scholar, but also rob me of women ……
Especially Ouyang Zishi, looking at the Enrong Banquet crowd to Zhu Pingan as the first prize winner in a different way, but also aggravated the heart of the depressed gas.
He had no choice but to borrow wine to drown his sorrows.
A cup, two cups, three cups …… Not much will, Ouyang Zishi will be drunk.
Of course, in this En Rong Banquet drunk not only Ouyang Zishi a person, the gold list title ah, life since then on the peak, happy under the drunken people will be more. The whole Enrong Banquet down, the newly promoted scholar almost everyone drink red, to the extent of drunkenness there are no less than ten people.
Drunken people’s behaviour is also very different. However, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have long been prepared, in order to prevent the presence of the scholar and officials drunkenness, they have long arranged for nearly a hundred servants to be ready, whenever there are drunken people, there will be servants over to help them to or carry them to a long time ago to arrange a good couch place to sober up.
Wang Shizhen was “carried” over, the boy’s alcohol is too poor, only three cups will be drunk; Zhang Siwei also drank some high, but the language and action can also be self-composed.
Zhu Pingan was spared because of his self-created method of avoiding alcohol.
However, before Zhu Pingan could celebrate, he received an invitation, a familiar style, another invitation from the Yan Mansion. Apart from Zhu Pingan, only a few people in the audience had also received an invitation from the Yan Mansion.
Seeing Zhu Pingan’s invitation, many of the scholars’ eyes reddened.
This was the practice of several recent Enrong Banquets, this Enrong Banquet was the Grand Enrong Banquet, which was bestowed by the Emperor. After the end of this Grand Enrong Banquet, there was also a Small Enrong Banquet, which was bestowed by the Chief Cabinet Minister Yan Song.
Big En Rong Banquet glory is just the surface of the benefits.
The benefits of the small grace and honour banquet is real, once the Yan pavilion old appreciation, that the future can really be said to be a smooth career ah!
