prosperous age

Chapter 151 Chapter 150
"Yo Yo Luming, the apple of the wild food. I have a guest, play the lute and play the sheng. Play the sheng and drum spring, and the basket is the general. If you are kind to me, show me how to go around."

In the Minglun Hall of Nanchang Gongyuan, melodious singing came out.

Some people say that chorus songs are the best, whether they are male or female, or mixed.

However, Wei Guangde, who was sitting in the banquet at the moment, only felt that his ears were being bombarded by the noise. He was singing with great interest, but was bombarded by the high-pitched and low-pitched rockets, so he stopped making any noise.

Seeing those big people above the first place shaking their heads as if enjoying themselves, with their mouths open, as if they were also singing, Wei Guangde felt a chill.

"Lu Ming" comes from "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya", which started in the Tang Dynasty and continued in the Ming Dynasty. On the day after the release of the rankings in the township examination, a banquet was held for new imperial examination candidates and inner and outer curtain officials.

The original meaning of "Luming" is that when Luzi discovers delicious food, he will not forget his companions, and calls out "Yoyou" to greet the same kind to eat together.

The literati believed that this was a virtue, so they followed suit. The emperor feasted on his ministers, and local officials entertained their colleagues, local officials and local gentry.

In fact, because deer and "Lu" have the same pronunciation, it is naturally felt that the meaning is very good, so this "deer" is not the other "deer".

Wei Guangde was at the bottom of the list, so naturally he could only sit at the end of the banquet.

From the time he went to worship the Confucian Temple, Wei Guangde has been at the bottom of the queue.

After the worship ceremony was completed and returned to the Gongyuan, all the new imperial examination candidates entered the Minglun Hall one by one to pay homage to their mentors according to their rankings.

Yes, at this time, the examiner has become the mentor of the candidates, the examiner is the teacher, and the same examiner who recommends the paper is the teacher.

Naturally, Wei Guangde was the last one to enter Minglun Hall, holding the thank-you ceremony that had been prepared in both hands, and Wei Guangde respectfully saluted his room teacher and seat teacher.

It was just a routine rule, but when Wei Guangde first met Fang Shi, he was kindly helped up by that person.

"Guangde, this time I selected your Juren, not because of your good stereotyped essays. In fact, with your current level, you are still a little short of Juren. After you go back, you have to study hard."

Mr. Fang's words made Wei Guangde a little dazed, but he bowed and saluted immediately: "Students, keep this in mind, don't dare to be arrogant."

"Well, that's good. I recommend your papers because I'm afraid that you will develop arrogance. You must know the truth that there is no limit to learning."

At this time in the Ming Dynasty, most of the examiners were selected from the first level of professors in other provinces, and the main examiners and deputy examiners mostly invited doctors and teaching assistants from the two capitals of the Imperial Academy.

Naturally, the position of the examiner in the township examination is not very high, but the position is humble and powerful, at least for a scholar, it is a pen that determines fate.

"Go to see the teacher, remember to guard against arrogance and impetuosity."

After Wei Guangde presented the gift, he went to visit the teacher again, this time it was normal, the teacher just said a few words on the occasion as usual.

Wei Guangde was a little bit amused. He also guessed that Zhu Shilong's promotion of his fame last time would be of some assistance. Judging from Fang Shi's words just now, it seems that it is the main attack rather than the support.

After "Deer Crying" was sung, another group of masked people rushed into Minglun Hall, and performed the "Kuixing Dance" with the accompaniment of a kind of musician on both sides, holding a bowl and a bowl in their hands. pen.

Well, that might not be a bowl, it should imply an inkstone.

During a flurry of dancing among the demons, Wei Guangde noticed that many moves seemed to be writhing with each other.

In order not to fall into the cliché, Wei Guangde could only twist a few times, which felt very awkward. At the back, with the sound of "dong qiang", Wei Guangde simply threw out the original dancing posture, at least he felt a little better about himself.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, Wei Guangde's actions are still a bit unusual.

What followed was the speeches of the great figures, and many of them wrote poems "on the spot".

Wei Guangde had no expectations for the poetry of the Ming Dynasty.

However, at this moment, the Commander of the Jiangxi Metropolitan Commander came late, and kept apologizing to the officials of other yamen and the disciples for his late atonement.

For scholars in this era, they don't think much of the Dusi Yamen, but Wei Guangde certainly doesn't think so.

Wei Guangde has already noticed that the Lord Du Si seems to be forcing a smile.

Finally, after the big shots gave speeches to encourage them, the juniors, the banquet officially started.

Wei Guangde naturally wanted to toast with a wine glass, not only the newly recognized teacher, but also local officials in Jiangxi, especially the commander of the Jiangxi capital. It's his men.

After a round of toasting, Wei Guangde noticed that at some point, Lord Du Si had pulled the two adults who participated in politics on the left and right to a corner where no one was around, and took out an official document from his sleeve and handed it to them.

After reading the official document, the two officials who were still smiling unconsciously put away their smiles and looked solemn.

Of course, the time for face-changing was very short. Following the words of Mr. You Canzheng, the three of them instantly changed back to their previous appearance, and returned to the banquet with smiles on their faces.

Perhaps, only Master Du Si, who was late because of Wei Guangde's attention, noticed the strangeness of all this.

When Wei Guangde was attending the Luming Banquet, the postman who sent the news of the success of the rural examination had already rushed into Jiujiang Fucheng, and sent the results of this provincial examination to the magistrate's yamen.

At the same time, at Jiujiang Wharf, a fast boat from Yingtianfu had already jumped in line and docked at the wharf.

Although the boatmen around were angry, no one dared to say anything when they saw the official ship mark and official plate hanging on the bow.

After the gangplank was set up, one person on the boat ran off the boat in a hurry, and then rushed to the soldiers' camp by the pier.

Not long after, a knight had already galloped towards Jiujiang Fucheng on horseback. It seemed that he was clearly dressed as the man who had just disembarked.

As the postman's fast horse arrived in front of the magistrate's yamen, the bamboo tube carrying the news was immediately picked up and sent into the main hall. The magistrate who was already waiting in the main hall signaled his master to open the bamboo tube and take out the good news.

"My lord, we have three Juren from Jiujiang Wei in this township examination, eh? Two are from Dehua County, Lao Kan and Shen Liangdong, and the other is Wei Guangde from Jiujiang Wei. He also lives in Fucheng, so there is no need to arrange for candidates Immediately go down to announce the good news."

After the master unfolded the news, he turned his head and said to the magistrate.

"Go down and make arrangements, and send out the happy news today."

In the past few days, the servants in the Jiujiang government office have been prepared, and they are waiting for the news of the success of the township examination, and they will go to ask for money.

It's a bit illegal to ask someone to ask for money on weekdays, but it's a good news, so that's another matter.

Soon, the magistrate heard the joyful music outside in the main hall, and perhaps he was the only one shaking his head in the whole yamen.

"I hit three"

(End of this chapter)