The spring is late, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, the barns are being harvested, and the crops are being harvested. ——The Book of Songs
On the first morning after the announcement of the results, Zhu Pingan had breakfast and rode a black horse to the Rites Yamen.
On this day, Emperor Jiajing gave a banquet to the Ministry of Rites, which was the legendary Qionglin Banquet, or more appropriately it should be called the Enrong Banquet. The emperor gave me a banquet, how could I not be gracious? This is a royal banquet, and as a foodie, Zhu Pingan is naturally very enthusiastic.
Zhu Pingan also heard about what happened in the backyard of Linhuai Marquis Mansion last night. When he heard the news about Li Shu whipping the maid, he was not too surprised. After all, it was not uncommon for Li Shu to be unruly and willful when he was a child and beat and scolded his servants. He had witnessed it. , although this girl’s temper has become much more tempered as she grows up. In this strictly hierarchical feudal society, don't ask for democracy and equality. It is not a democratic and equal society in the first place.
Because Mrs. Linhuai Marquis issued a gag order, Zhu Ping'an was not very clear about what happened in the backyard. He only vaguely knew about the poisoning and Li Shu whipped Miss Six's girl. However, I can guess that Li Shu asked Miss Six to finish delivering the sweet soup to her when the imperial official came back yesterday. Maybe there was something wrong with the bowl of sweet soup, and Li Shu beat Miss Six's maid.
However, based on Zhu Ping'an's understanding of Li Shu, Li Shu probably wanted to teach Miss Six a lesson.
From the moment Li Shu asked Miss Six for sweet soup, Zhu Ping'an roughly guessed it.
Before going out in the morning, when the little maid Baozi brought her breakfast, she took a quick glance at the page of paper that was said to be given to Wang Xiaoer, but Zhu Ping'an, who had almost a photographic memory, could still see it clearly.
The above is probably how the girl who was beaten by Li Shu was treated.
Zhu Pingan was not surprised when he heard that Li Shu beat someone, but when he saw this page, Zhu Pingan was still a little surprised. Li Shu's treatment of the girl "involved in the incident" was somewhat beyond Zhu Ping'an's expectations. Marrying an honest local man, an honest and honest husband might not be a good home for the maid, and she was given a dowry as a first-class maid. It must be expensive by the government's standards, so the couple will work harder in the future. I probably won’t have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of my life.
The unruly and sinister Li Shu also has such a side, which is somewhat beyond Zhu Pingan's expectation.
The dark horse that killed the horse seemed to have hooked up with a certain female horse in the stables of Linhuai Marquis Mansion in recent days, when Zhu Pingan took her out. There are ten million people who are not happy with this guy. Walking on the road, this guy acted like someone owed him more than a dozen female horses. The horse's face was straightened and its head was raised high.
It seems that spring is indeed a season when birds fall in love and ants live together. Even Shamate has hooked up with a girl.
Under the unwillingness of Sha Ma 10 Million, Zhu Pingan was almost late when he arrived at the Ministry of Etiquette. If it weren't for the fact that he was not late, Zhu Pingan would have almost considered castrating this guy. .
Eating and drinking are probably the common ways of celebrating for us Chinese, and probably all over the world.
This Enrong Banquet was probably the most joyful and relaxing thing for the newly promoted scholars gathered in the Ministry of Etiquette. Yesterday when it was announced that the results were released, I was extremely nervous. There is no need to be nervous at all today. Eat, drink, and relax as much as you want. Even though there are so many people in today's banquet, the main characters are the four hundred newly promoted Jinshi.
It was not easy for Emperor Jiajing to leave Xiyuan yesterday. It was also expected that Emperor Jiajing was unable to attend the Qionglin Banquet today. In addition, since Emperor Jiajing is not coming, everyone will be more relaxed.
This Enrong Banquet was hosted by Xu Jie, the Minister of Rites. After conveying Emperor Jiajing's banquet intention, Xu Shangshu also expressed congratulations to the newly promoted Jinshi. Then the seats were divided and the grace banquet began.
The top three people, Zhu Ping'an, the top pick, Han Yupeng, the second top pick, and Tan Hua Lang sit at the same table, and the rest sit at the same table for five people.
There were about a hundred tables for the entire Enrong Banquet, and the banquet was hosted by the imperial chef from the imperial dining room who was appointed by Emperor Jiajing. You must know that the imperial chef served Emperor Jiajing and the palace. The craftsmanship of the imperial chef is naturally the best in the entire Ming chef world pyramid.
This Enrong Banquet did not disappoint Zhu Pingan. A total of thirty dishes were served including cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, roe deer, chickens, ducks, fish, seafood, and vegetables, which corresponded to the thirty years since Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne. good sign.
The imperial chefs did not disappoint Zhu Pingan. Whether it was the color, texture or taste, Zhu Pingan could not be more satisfied.
The Enrong Banquet is a celebration for newly promoted Jinshi, and eating and drinking is the mainstream. Except that at the beginning, under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Pingan and the new Jinshi toasted three glasses of wine to the senior officials present, there was not much else to pay attention to.
However, as the number one scholar, Zhu Ping'an still received special attention from many people and was given a lot of toasts.
In particular, Ouyang Zishi took the lead, leading several newly promoted Jinshi who had hooked up together, preparing to drink Zhu Pingan's wine in turn, and walked towards Zhu Pingan step by step.
Ouyang Zishi's intentions were written all over his face, and Zhu Ping'an could naturally see it at a glance.
Before Ouyang Zishi and the others could reach them, they slipped away with their wine glasses and walked to the table of Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen. They avoided Ouyang Zishi's menacing attack by toasting to their table.
Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen heard Zhu Pingan talk about Ouyang Zishi, and after seeing Ouyang Zishi's posture, they guessed that Ouyang Zishi attributed his failure to win the first prize to Zhu Pingan. At this moment, the two of them also cooperated with Zhu Pingan and helped Zhu Pingan pay attention to Ouyang Zishi's movements.
Ever since, the entire Enrong Banquet had this scene: Whenever Ouyang Zishi wanted to bring people to drink Zhu Ping'an's wine in the name of toasting, Zhu Ping'an always walked around with a wine glass in advance to toast to other tables. Exception once.
Therefore, Ouyang Zishi always came to take advantage of the excitement and returned in despair, with even more depression in his chest. He wanted to rob me of my first prize and my woman...
Especially Ouyang Zishi, seeing everyone at the Enrong Banquet looking at Zhu Ping'an as the number one scholar in a different light made him even more depressed.
I had no choice but to drink to relieve my sorrow.
One cup, two cups, three cups... After a while, Ouyang Zishi was drunk.
Of course, Ouyang Zishi was not the only one who got drunk at this honor banquet. When he was named on the gold list, his life had reached its peak since then, and many people got drunk out of joy. After the entire Enrong Banquet, almost everyone among the new Jinshis was flushed with alcohol, and there must have been at least a dozen people who were drunk.
You see life in various ways after drinking, and people who are drunk also behave in various ways. However, the officials of the Ministry of Rites had already been prepared. In order to prevent the Jinshi and officials present from losing their temper after drinking, they had arranged for nearly a hundred officers to be ready early. Whenever there was a drunk person, officers would come to help him. Arrive or be carried to the place where you have arranged your stay to sober up.
Wang Shizhen was "carried" over. This guy had a poor drinking capacity and fell drunk after only three drinks. Zhang Siwei was also a little drunk, but he could still speak and act with ease.
Zhu Ping'an was able to escape death because of his self-created habit of hiding from alcohol.
But before Zhu Ping'an could rejoice, he received an invitation. It was in a familiar style and was from the Yan Mansion. Except for Zhu Ping'an, only a few people here also received invitations from the Yan Mansion.
Many Jinshi were jealous after seeing Zhu Pingan's invitation.
This is the practice of several recent Enrong Banquets. This Enrong Banquet is the Great Enrong Banquet, a banquet given by the Emperor. After the big favor banquet, there was a small favor banquet, which was given by Yan Song, the chief minister of the cabinet.
Great favors, banquets and glory are only superficial benefits.
The benefits of the small favor banquet are real. Once you are appreciated by Mr. Yange, your career will be bright and smooth in the future. (To be continued.)
