Chapter 151 150 Luming Banquet Face Changing Fast Horse

"Yo Yo, the deer is calling, eating wild apples. I have guests, playing the harp and blowing the flute. Blowing the flute and beating the reed, carrying the basket is the general. People like me, show me around."

A melodious song came from the Minglun Hall of Nanchang Gongyuan.

Some people say that chorus songs are the best, whether it is male or female voices, or a mixture of male and female voices.

However, Wei Guangde, who was sitting at the table at the moment, only felt that his ears were bombarded by noise. He was originally singing with great interest, but he stopped singing after being bombed by the high-pitched and low-pitched rockets.

Seeing the big figures in the first place shaking their heads and opening their mouths as if they were enjoying it, Wei Guangde felt a chill.

"Deer Calling" comes from "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya", which originated in the Tang Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the practice was still continued. On the day after the provincial examination was announced, the new candidates and the inner and outer curtain officials were entertained.

"Deer Calling" originally meant that the deer found delicious food and did not forget their companions, and made a "yo yo" call to invite the same kind to eat together.

The literati thought this was a virtue, so the emperor feasted his ministers, and the local officials feasted their colleagues and local candidates and local gentry, using this to win people's hearts and show that they were respectful to the wise.

In fact, because "lu" and "lu" are homophones, they naturally think that the meaning is very good, so this "lu" is not the same as that "lu".

Wei Guangde ranked low, so he could only sit at the end of the banquet.

Since he went to worship the Confucius Temple, Wei Guangde has always been at the end.

After the worship ceremony, they returned to the Imperial Academy, and according to their ranking, the new candidates entered the Minglun Hall in turn to thank their teachers.

Yes, at this time, the examiners became the mentors of the candidates, the chief examiner was the seat teacher, and the co-examiner who recommended the paper was the room teacher.

Wei Guangde was naturally the last candidate to enter the Minglun Hall. Holding the thank-you gift that had been prepared in both hands, Wei Guangde respectfully saluted his room teacher and seat teacher.

It was just a routine rule, but when Wei Guangde first greeted Master Fang, he was helped up by the man kindly.

"Guangde, this time you were selected as a juren not because of your good eight-part essay. In fact, with your current level, you are still a little short of the juren. You have to study hard after you go back."

Master Fang's words made Wei Guangde a little stunned, but he immediately bowed and said: "The student will keep it in mind and dare not be arrogant."

"Well, that's good. I recommended your paper because I was afraid that you would be arrogant. You must know the truth that learning has no end."

Most of the co-examiners at this time in the Ming Dynasty were selected from professors at the provincial and prefectural schools, and the chief examiners and deputy chief examiners would mostly request doctors and assistants from the Imperial College in the two capitals to serve as them.

Naturally, the position of the examiner of the provincial examination was not very high, but the position was low and the power was powerful. At least for the scholars, it was a pen that determined their fate.

"Go and pay respects to the master, remember to be modest and prudent."

After presenting the gift, Wei Guangde went to pay respects to the master again. This time, everything was normal. The master just said a few polite words as usual.

Wei Guangde was a little happy in his heart. He had previously guessed that Zhu Shilong might have played a supporting role in helping him become famous last time. From the meaning of Master Fang's words just now, it seemed that he was the main attacker rather than the auxiliary.

After the singing of "Deer Singing", another group of masked people rushed into Minglun Hall and danced the "Kuixing Dance" to the accompaniment of a kind of musician on both sides, each holding a bowl and a pen in their hands.

Well, maybe it wasn't a bowl, it should mean an inkstone.

In the midst of a group of demons dancing wildly, Wei Guangde noticed that many candidates seemed to be twisting their bodies.

In order to avoid being clichéd, Wei Guangde could only twist his body a few times, which felt very awkward. Later, with the sound of "dongchuang" gongs and drums, Wei Guangde simply threw out his original disco posture, at least he felt a little better.

However, to outsiders, Wei Guangde's actions were still a bit unusual.

Next came the speeches of the bigwigs, and many people were so inspired that they even wrote a poem "on the spot".

Wei Guangde no longer expected the poems of the Ming Dynasty.

However, at this time, the commander of the Jiangxi Dusi arrived late, and kept apologizing to the officials and candidates of other yamen for being late and atonement.

For the scholars of this era, the Dusi Yamen was not very good, but Wei Guangde certainly didn't think so.

Wei Guangde had noticed that the Dusi seemed to be forcing a smile.

Finally, after the bigwigs gave speeches to encourage the younger generation, the banquet officially began.

Wei Guangde naturally had to hold up a glass of wine to toast, not only to the newly recognized teacher, but also to the local officials of Jiangxi, especially the commander of the Jiangxi Dusi. Although his family was not under his jurisdiction, in Jiangxi, strictly speaking, the military households were all his subordinates.

After toasting a circle of people, Wei Guangde noticed that at some point, the Dusi had pulled the two officials, the left and right councillors, to an empty corner and took out a document from his sleeve and handed it to them.

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

Of course, the time for the change of face was very short. As the right councillor said something, the three of them instantly turned back to their previous appearance and returned to the table with smiles on their faces.

Perhaps, only Wei Guangde noticed the abnormality because he was paying attention to the Dusi who was a step late.

Just when Wei Guangde was attending the Luming Banquet, the postman who delivered the victory report of this provincial examination had already rushed into Jiujiang Prefecture and sent the results of this provincial examination to the prefectural government.

At the same time, at the Jiujiang dock, a speedboat from Yingtian Prefecture had already cut in line and docked at the dock.

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

After the gangplank was put up, one person on the boat ran off in a hurry and rushed to the camp of soldiers at the dock.

Not long after, a knight had already galloped towards Jiujiang Prefecture City on horseback. Judging from his clothes, he was clearly the man who had just disembarked.

As the postman's fast horse arrived in front of the prefectural yamen, the bamboo tube that conveyed the message was immediately taken and sent to the main hall. The prefectural lord who was already waiting in the main hall signaled his master to open the bamboo tube and take out the good news.

"Sir, this time our Jiujiang Guard has three Juren in the provincial examination, huh? Two are from Dehua County, Lao Kan and Shen Liangdong, and the other is Wei Guangde from Jiujiang Guard, who also lives in the prefectural city, so there is no need to arrange for someone to go down on a fast horse to announce the good news."

After the master unfolded the good news and read it, he turned his head and said to the prefectural lord.

"Go down and make arrangements. Send out the good news today."

In the past few days, the officials in Jiujiang government office have been ready, waiting for the good news of the provincial examination to be delivered, and they will go to ask for the money for the wedding.

It is a bit illegal to ask for money on weekdays, but sending good news is another matter.

Soon, the prefect heard the music of celebration outside in the main hall. In the whole government office, he was probably the only one who shook his head gently.

"Only three of them"