After a group of people visited the mansion, they walked together to the place where the banquet was held in high spirits.
The host of this banquet is the prefect of this province, and the other protagonist is Zhang Xuezheng, the great master of this college examination.
In addition to the newly promoted scholars, famous squires from the mansion will also attend.
We all become familiar with each other, and if there is someone who likes each other, we can get married.
After the scholars return, there will be a similar banquet in the county.
For some people who live in the countryside, when they return home, the nearby squires will hold a banquet to welcome them.
In short, it was just eating and drinking all the way from Fucheng back home.
After everyone sat down, Magistrate Lu and Zhang Xuezheng also came together.
The two of them sat high in the upper seats and received the courtesy from everyone below.
"Okay, okay!"
Magistrate Lu smiled happily, with relief in his eyes.
"They are all young talents from this mansion, and I am very happy about them."
"No need to be polite, please sit down first."
After everyone sat down, Magistrate Lu, as the host, exchanged a few words.
Then Zhang Xuezheng spoke.
After the leader finished speaking, the banquet officially began.
Everyone has been hungry for a long time, and many people started to swallow when they smelled the food.
The dishes are quite rich.
After everyone complied with Magistrate Lu's wishes and raised their glasses to drink together, they could start using their chopsticks.
I ate a lot when I went out in the morning, and now it’s late afternoon.
Su Yu was also very hungry, holding up his chopsticks and eating happily.
After barely filling my stomach, I was able to listen to other people's conversations.
Magistrate Lu and Zhang Xuezheng, who were sitting on the throne, glanced at the people below and then unanimously fixed their eyes on Su Yu.
Although he was sitting upright, he kept holding the chopsticks in his hands and eating at no slow pace.
It looked like he was hungry.
Magistrate Lu said dumbfounded: "It seems that Mr. Zhang will have to wait to see the alternative style of students like you."
Of course, this banquet is not only about eating and drinking, but also other serious things.
Zhang Xuezheng also noticed Su Yu's actions.
He smiled helplessly and said, "Then just wait."
The two people's eyes kept scanning Su Yu.
Although Su Yu didn't look up, he knew that he was being stared at by the two people above him for a long time.
He was stared at so much that he wondered if he had been reported for cheating.
Otherwise, Zhang Xuezheng would just forget it. After all, his college examination essays were pretty good.
But why does Magistrate Lu keep staring at him?
Could it be that the quality of his essays in the government examination and the college examination were so different that the two of them suspected him of cheating?
However, the format and rules of his article follow the original author's. Even if the content is different in quality, it can still be seen that it was written by the same person.
These marking officers should be able to see that, right?
Just when Su Yu was making various guesses as to why he was being stared at by the two bosses, Magistrate Lu, who was in charge, finally looked away and spoke again.
"Today you have been selected by the academic master, and you have also performed the ceremony of master and disciple."
"He is your teacher."
"While everyone is gathered here today, why not show your talents to the academic master?"
"So that the academic master can see the style of our students."
The highlight of the banquet is still here.
The students who have been prepared for this are eager to give it a try.
There are also some people who are not good at writing poems and have no other talents, but they calmly prepare to watch the play.
Zhang Xuezheng smiled and said: "Since the masters of the government have spoken, let's start with the first case of this court trial."
The case begins.
Everyone's eyes turned to Su Yu.
This is a routine program, basically the same every time.
Su Yu was also prepared and stood up straight away.
Song Youming and Zhang Wenyuan, who were sitting at the table behind him, both looked at him curiously.
Both of them had received a good poem from him before, and they didn't know if Su Yu would come up with another better one.
Zhang Xuezheng and Magistrate Lu also looked at it with some anticipation.
After their discussion yesterday, they all agreed that Su Yu was delayed by mediocre teachers and had made no achievements in the imperial examinations for so many years.
After only two months of sitting in the government school, I made rapid progress.
In these two months, he would probably learn a lot about the imperial examination.
But there is no place for advanced study in this poetry or other skills.
I don't know if Su Yu can take out something.
Under the gaze of everyone, Su Yu cupped his hands and said, "To tell you two adults, the student has not prepared any poems today."
Not prepared?
Zhang Xuezheng seemed a little disappointed in his eyes.
Naturally, I don’t know poetry, so I wasn’t prepared.
Although he had also thought about this possibility, he was still a little disappointed when he heard Su Yu say it with his own ears.
Nowadays, the imperial examination only tests articles.
But if you are only famous for your imperial examination articles, that is not enough.
This appears to be insufficiently comprehensive development.
A student who can write such good articles always feels that he is not weak in literature.
But Su Yu said so, and Zhang Xuezheng couldn't force it.
I also wanted to help him make up for it and let him sit down directly.
But don't want to.
After Su Yu finished speaking, he continued: "Although I have not prepared poems, I have prepared some good paper to copy the good works written by today's talents."
Su Yu's words made everyone present feel a little baffled.
As the head of the case, forget about cherishing this great opportunity to show your face in front of the prefect and the academic administration.
He actually generously prepared good paper to copy other people's good works?
Wouldn't this approach be a bit short-sighted?
Zhang Xuezheng thought that Su Yu did this because he couldn't write good poems.
He felt more and more regretful.
If such a good young man had been taught by a famous teacher since he was a child, he would not be unable to compose a poem now.
what a pity......
Zhang Xuezheng felt sorry that Su Yu, a good young man, had not received good training, so he was quite tolerant.
"What you're doing is not bad."
"I remember that your handwriting is pretty good, so I'll let you copy down today's good poems and send a copy to me."
"When I am transferred to another position in the future, it will be a souvenir."
Zhang Xuezheng was so cooperative that Su Yu readily asked someone to call in Li Erlang who was waiting outside.
He took out the things he had prepared in advance for this banquet.
A few books and a roll of paper.
Seeing this, Song Youming took the initiative to step forward to help.
Zhang Xuezheng had someone clean up a table for Su Yu specifically for him to copy.
Su Yu first put these books aside, opened the roll of paper, and slowly laid it on the table.
Song Youming, who was holding a ruler and preparing to press paper, suddenly said "Huh?"
When the paper was completely spread out on the table, he exclaimed: "What a beauty!"
"You asked someone to draw a picture of a beauty on this piece of paper?"
