In the early morning, Song Xin came out of Shanshui Lingze. Another twelve hours of practice made him feel refreshed. When I opened the door, the eastern sunlight was already shining on my face.
In one night, Song Yu and the others had cleaned up yesterday's mess and moved out new furniture from Shanshui Lingze.
"Sir, you're awake. Come and wash your face." Li Hansu saw Song Xin open the door and come over with a basin of hot water.
"When did you come back?" Song Xin saw that she had also come back.
"Master Cao said you were short of manpower and asked me to come back. Master, please wash your face first. I've prepared the breakfast and will bring it to you right away." After saying that, she ran over and brought a plate with millet rice on it. There is some minced meat in it.
Watching Song Xin eating, Li Hansu went to get another set of clothes and said, "Sir, these are the clothes Mr. Yang sent last night. He said that he would wear more decent clothes when he goes to attend lectures in the future."
Next, Li Hansu reported today's itinerary. Only then did Song Xin find out that he was going to the mountain shooting range today to learn salute shooting. Li Hansu asked curiously: "Can I go with you?"
"Of course." As he spoke, Cao Chong actually walked in. Then he looked around the courtyard and said, "Well, it looks nice here. You are such a diligent little maid."
Then he smiled at Li Hansu and said, "Little sister, can you shoot archery?"
Li Hansu shook his head: "I can't."
Cao Chong laughed and said, "What we are learning is ceremonial archery. I think you should put on men's clothes and follow Brother Song to become a bow-wielding boy."
The ritual shooting mentioned by Cao Chong was a ceremonial activity in the Han area at that time. Generally, one or two followers would be brought along, one to remind them of the steps of the ceremonial actions, and the other to help hold the bow and serve wine.
After eating in court, Song Xin and Li Hansu changed their clothes. When she walked out of the house, both Cao Chong and Song Xin were a little stunned. The heroic look in their eyebrows was not even inferior to that of a handsome young master.
Cao Chong laughed and said: "Okay, I didn't expect Miss Li to be so handsome and elegant in men's clothes, not inferior to Mr. Xu."
"Xu Gong? Who is he?" Li Hansu asked curiously.
"Hahaha, he was a handsome man from the Warring States Period." On the way to the shooting range, Cao Chong told Li Hansu the story of Xu Gong in the north of the city. Everyone was talking and laughing along the way, and soon we arrived at the shooting range.
Today's shooting range was surrounded by a curtain, and flags were placed every thirty steps. When I walked in, I saw that the drummers and musicians were already in place. When Yang Xi and Zhong Yu saw everyone coming in, they immediately called them over to sit with them. When they saw Li Hansu, Yang Di and others were also surprised. They didn't expect that she would look so cool in men's clothes.
While they were talking, many young masters arrived one after another, followed by Qian Shou, Zhou Wenzhi, Liu Mi, Wei Qian and others. After greeting Cao Chong and others, they found a place to sit down and wait for the class to begin. Wei Qian glared at him fiercely, Song Xin smiled slightly, but turned a blind eye to him.
"Hmph!" Wei Qian snorted, temporarily suppressing his anger.
After a drum beat, ten young men dressed in light yellow leather hats, all with their heads held high, walked in in a neat line step by step to the beat of the drums. They hold bows in their left hands and press their right hands on their belts. They all have beautifully decorated ring-headed knives hanging on their waists. The jade pendants around their waists jingle against the scabbards with their footsteps.
The young masters present looked envious when they saw them.
"Isn't this Brother Linghu?" Song Xin took a look and saw that there was Linghuhua inside.
Yang Xi nodded, "Brother Linghu is proficient in archery, so he was selected for today's performance." After the introduction, Song Xin learned that only those with outstanding archery skills would have the opportunity to be selected for the "performance". This is a kind of model similar to that of later generations.
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For the position, those who can be selected to perform the ceremony are all outstanding in relevant skills and are respected within Piyong.
After the ten young men walked to the center of the shooting range and stood still, ten maids immediately came up with wine and cushions. They drank from the wine glasses, bowed to the young men around them, and then sat down with their bows in hand.
Cao Chong tilted his head and reminded, "Look out, today is Yanshe."
Song Xin nodded. The so-called Yanshe is a kind of etiquette during banquets. At this time, large-scale banquets would have this item, but Song Xin rarely attended banquets, and Xiahou Dun and Zhou Wenzhi's banquets happened to not have this item, so this was the first time I saw it.
At this time, archery is also divided into different types. Generally speaking, it is divided into two categories: civil archery and martial archery. What involves etiquette is Wenshe, among which the one presided over by the emperor is called "Dashe", the one hosted by the emperor and his ministers and princes is called "Binshe", the banquet of officials will have "Yanshe", and the lowest one is called "Wenshe". As "local shooting", it is more popular and has the most extensive participation.
However, these etiquettes are limited to the scholar-bureaucrat class. Many people start learning them from childhood, but ordinary people have no chance to participate.
Song Xin once learned the etiquette of guest shooting from Guo Miao, and he knew the etiquette steps very well, but when he thought of this, he couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart. Zhou Wenzhi happened to turn his head and saw Song Xin in a daze, so he asked softly: "Brother Song, I heard that Miss Guo Miao once taught Brother Song archery. Is it true?"
Song Xin said calmly: "It was indeed what she taught me."
When Wei Qian heard this, he also laughed, "It's a pity that someone tried his best to marry the Guo family, but in the end he got nothing. The Guo family would not let a commoner marry his own daughter."
As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Mi, Zheng Yue, and Zheng Ping started laughing. This laughter attracted many people's attention. Some people who knew about Song Xin and Guo Miao's affairs also cast disdainful glances. They all felt that Song Xin wanted to reach a higher level but could not achieve it.
When Li Hansu heard that they began to humiliate Song Xin again, his face turned pale with anger. Just as he was about to fight back against them, Song Xin stopped him. He glanced at Wei Qian and said, "Young Master Wei, you are very sharp-tongued, but I don't know if your archery skills are better than your mouth."
"Pfft" Li Hansu laughed.
"You dare to laugh at me!?" Wei Qian saw Li Hansu laughing and thought of what happened before, his face turned red.
Cao Chong listened to them and said casually: "Okay, be quiet."
When Wei Qian heard Cao Chong's words, he didn't dare to say more and glared at Song Xin fiercely.
"Dong dong dong" Amidst the sound of drums, a man wearing a light yellow leather beard and a long beard walked in. This man was more than eight feet tall, with a burly build and a reserved and serious appearance.
"Who is this person?" Song Xin asked.
"This person's surname is Kui, and his courtesy name is Shulong. He is from Yangxia, Chen County. He was once the prefect of Le'an County, and was recently transferred back to serve as the Prime Minister's Office Dong Cao." Cao Chong introduced the person's origins, and Song Xin already said Understand, it seems that He Kui is going to be reused.
People whom Cao Cao valued would usually be assigned a small position to test their abilities, and then they would be sent out for a few years to serve as county magistrates, prime ministers, or prefects. Some ministerial positions in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Officials who have passed these three tests can basically serve as senior officials in the DPRK.
To a certain extent, both Song Xin and Zhou Wenzhi were at this first level.
"I didn't expect him to teach ceremonial archery." Zhou Wen had heard of He Kui's name, but he didn't expect that he would be appointed to teach archery to the young masters of Piyong.
He Kui walked to the center of the school grounds, raised his hand slightly, and the musicians immediately stopped. He Kui said: "I, He Kui, have been entrusted by the Prime Minister to teach you the etiquette of swallow shooting. The Book of Rites says: 'The ancients
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When the princes shoot, they must first perform the Yan ceremony. Yan Li is the person who understands the righteousness of the king and his ministers. 'Everyone who is here must be from a famous family. Naturally, you must know that the etiquette between the monarch and his ministers is the most important etiquette. "
Hearing this, Wei Qian and others turned their heads and glanced at Song Xin, letting out contemptuous laughter.
However, this voice was heard by He Kui. He straightened his face and asked, "Why are you laughing!?"
Wei Qian's face turned pale. He looked up and saw He Kui looking at him. He quickly saluted and said, "I'm Wei Qian."
"You laughed while I was talking. It's disrespectful. Go out by yourself!" He Kui continued.
Wei Qian suddenly became anxious and immediately defended: "Just now... Lord He said that we all come from famous families, but I have objections, so I laughed."
"Try what you say. If it's accurate, you can stay." He Kui still had a straight face.
Wei Qian straightened up, glanced at Song Xin and said, "Sir, as the old saying goes, the punishment cannot be as good as that of a doctor, and the courtesy cannot be as good as that of a common man, right?"
He Kui nodded, "Indeed."
"Is Yan Li also considered a gift?"
"Naturally."
"That means that common people from lowly backgrounds cannot be with noble nobles like us?"
He Kui heard that he seemed to have something to say, and asked, "What do you want to say? Just say it quickly."
Wei Qian gave Song Xin a vicious look and said: "Today there is a man here who was born as a commoner, but he wore the same clothes and performed at the same ceremony as me. I laughed when I thought of this. I feel, how can he be qualified to be with me? Let’s learn etiquette together!?”
After hearing this, Yang Xi and others' expressions changed, and they couldn't help but look at Wei Qian angrily. They all knew that Wei Qian was using his power to suppress others and wanted to drive Song Xin out.
He Kui said: "Who is this person?"
When Liu Mi heard his question, she immediately stood up and pointed, "That's him! Song Xin!"
He Kui looked at Song Xin and asked, "Where are you from?"
When Song Xin heard them pointing at him, he had no choice but to stand up and say, "Sir, this is Song Xin. I am from Juancheng, Yanzhou."
When other young men on the shooting range saw this scene, they started talking, "He is a commoner, how can he come here!?"
"I heard that he is Mr. Chong's attendant and got a letter of recommendation from Dr. Zhong before he could come in."
"Nowadays, etiquette and music are really broken, and there is no clear understanding of the superior and the inferior." Someone sighed, relying on his family background, and at the same time he was even more contemptuous of Song Xin.
When He Kui heard this, he smiled and said, "Wei Qian, you can't punish a doctor like a doctor, and you can't treat a common man with courtesy. Who taught you this?"
Wei Qian was stunned and asked, "What do you mean by this?"
He Kui did not answer, but asked instead: "If you were walking on the street, and the common people in Xudu saw your bicycle frame, would they all stop and salute you?"
Wei Qian didn't know why the other party asked, so he shook his head and said, "Common people have their own business. There is no need to salute me, just stay out of the way."
"Then do you think it's rude for them not to salute you?"
"it's not true."
He Kui showed a smile and nodded, "The original meaning of this sentence is that the courtesy should not be inferior to common people. It means that the officials and the common people are different, and there is no need to use the courtesy of the officials to restrain the common people. The master also said that the warehouse knows the truth. Etiquette, everyone in the world can learn etiquette. It is not what you said, common people are not worthy of learning etiquette." At this point, his face suddenly changed, "You not only misinterpreted the words of the Master, but also used them to confuse the public. It’s damnable!”
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