The next day after the results of the township examination were released, the Luming Banquet was held, and those who stayed in the capital after the examination had to participate. Among them, the most people are from Beijing, and there are also many from Beppu. After eating this meal, I hurried a little, and when I returned to my hometown, I could participate in the banquet hosted by the magistrate of Benzhou County.
This experience is also eaten from generation to generation.
Every time they go to the township assembly for two exams, before the candidates from other places go to Beijing to hold the exam, the county will hold a banquet to practice, and they will also send carts and horses to their husbands and silver for them to use on the road. Since the Binxing banquet in his hometown is already cooked, this meal in Beijing is even more unmissable. All the people in the morning neatly changed into new clothes and hats, and prepared a belly of knowledge to exchange for food.
Although the students from Beijing were inexperienced, they grew up at the feet of the emperor and in a prosperous city. They were taught and supervised by teachers and their knowledge was not shallow. They prepared new clothes and poems early so that they could compete at the banquet.
Not to mention the examiners and fellow examiners attending the banquet. They stayed in the exam room for more than 20 days. The inner and outer curtain officers couldn't even say a word. Every day, the evaluation of the papers made their eyes hurt. Now that I have finally completed the mission, and I have come out to this honor, I am naturally in high spirits. I want to study the students I have selected.
The Luming Banquet was held in Shuntian Mansion.
The newly appointed governor, Wu Wei, who presided over the banquet, had just been transferred back from the Yunnan Commissioner.
When the banquet started, everyone divided the table according to the ancient ceremony, and two or three people had a small case: Xie Yuan was alone in one, sitting next to the examiners, Jingkui was one case, and the rest were three people. case. On each table, a viewing plate made of wrapped sugar was placed on a high plate, and inside it was a little lion printed with maltose. Looking at the bottom of the plate is another plate of seasonal melons and fruits, candied fruit, ginkgo walnuts and other things. Because the time is near the Chongyang, there are also some chrysanthemum petals wrapped in sugar.
Cui Xie, wearing the newly-made Juren crown robe, sat in the eighth seat in order, and congratulated the six or seven Juren.
The two official children who were enrolled in the Beijing Normal Examination had read his notes on the required reading of the imperial examinations, and yesterday they heard him pass on the experience of the mock examination in the restaurant. As soon as I saw him, I remembered the terrifying math question that was used to calculate the time of the scientific examination. My heart skipped a beat, my face lost blood, and my face was stiffer than when I saw the examiner. For this banquet, I would also like to thank Xiandi for presiding over the book compilation."
Cui Xie sighed inwardly, "It's really serious to raise people", and bowed his head and said humbly: "The two brothers are too good, how much did I do? It's all the sacrifices, Siye, and the Hanlin adults who taught me painstakingly, and the brothers worked hard on their own. Only today."
The candidates at the bottom were getting to know each other and talking to each other. The Wu Fujun at the top had stood up to give a speech. All sentient beings quickly stopped talking and got up to listen to him: "Our country's ancient custom, the meaning of persuasion, the etiquette of Binxing, take it from Yuzhou and Zhou..."
Wu Fu Yin quoted the scriptures above, started from the history of the exam, and encouraged the students to continue to work hard to take the next spring exam, which made people drowsy.
Cui Xie thought about people for a whole night, wrote poems for another morning, and then called this hypnotic voice in his ears, his eyelids almost couldn't lift up. Fortunately, their students all bowed their heads slightly, and the officials couldn't see clearly from above, otherwise his teacher would have to drag him up first.
It wasn't until the governor said emotionally, "I must forge my reputation, Zhuo Ran is a first-class person!" The sound in the court brought him back to the world from his drowsiness, and he heard the majestic voice of the official again, and smelled the servants. The fragrance of vegetables delivered by the running water price.
He looked at the roasted lamb, roast goose, fried chicken, whole steamed crab and venison breast on the table.
However, after the governor had finished speaking, the examiners still had to speak.
Li Dongyang, the chief examiner, stood up first, and persuaded the students that "the arrogance of the scholars is also important in the world, and they should work harder to take the lead in the world." , The eight co-testers and the two supervisors all got up with a smile and said a word or two. If it wasn't for the charcoal stove under the dish, the meat on the table would be cold.
It was difficult to survive until the examiner finished speaking. The students lined up to worship the chief examiner and took their own room examiner as their teacher. Wu Fu Yin smiled and watched the talents retreat gracefully. Sounds... It's time to sing "Lu Ming".
Yo Yo Lu Ming, eat the apple of the wild. It is the origin of the name of the Luming Banquet.
Cui Xie mingled with all living beings, and he sang when he opened his mouth. His mouth shape was very standard, but he didn't make a sound. On the stage, Li Dongyang listened to the singing below, but didn't hear any out-of-the-ordinary tune. He peeked at his disciple and sang it very well, so he thought that he might have sung the poem beforehand and got the tune right.
Teacher Li said to Xie Qian with satisfaction: "My student can't say anything else, but he's still serious. I know that I want to participate in the Luming Banquet, so I have practiced this Luming poem first."
Xie Qian didn't know what tune Cui Xie sang, but looking at Li Dongyang's complicated expression, he could probably guess, he nodded, and said, "I was tempted to take him back, but it's too late. One step, I asked Brother Li to steal it. However, looking at his ken exam paper, it turns out that Brother Li will teach students.
Zhang Pu regretted mentioning his test paper: "Actually, his share is not worse than Ou Zheng's. If it wasn't for a bachelor who wanted to avoid suspicion and lowered his ranking, it wouldn't be too much to be in the top three."
Hearing that they were all complimenting Cui Xie, Wu Xin couldn't help but ask, "Is this Cui Hezhong's father really the one Mr. Cui who met the left councilor of Yunnan Chief Secretary?"
Li Dongyang said: "It's not him. Master Wu moved back to Beijing from the post of the governor of Yunnan. Do you want to recognize that Senator Cui?"
Recognize it or recognize it... Master Wu's eyes showed a complicated look, and he asked, "Cui Xie, is he... married?"
Teacher Li knew a little about his family's affairs, shook his head and replied, "That's not true. Zhuojing wanted to help him lead the way, but he refused, saying that he wanted to take care of the marriage of his two younger siblings. My own business. I don't think he is too young, and he is preparing for the examination. Does it mean that Master Wu has a candidate?"
Lord Wu has no choice.
Mr. Wu was only a right-hand governor in Yunnan, and he almost served as a matchmaker for Senator Cui. He was a little curious to see his son.
Cui Ju took two beautiful concubines to take office, and when he took office, he asked to marry the daughter of the official. This son was willing to take care of his concubines and younger siblings, instead of begging the teacher to find him a good father-in-law, which is really disrespectful to his father.
Also fortunately not Xiao father.
He originally had some prejudice against Cui Xie because of Councilor Cui, and when he heard that he wanted to start a family for his younger brother and sister before taking care of his own marriage, he couldn't help sighing: "Hey, such a father has such a son! "
If Senator Cui didn't ask for Lord He's daughter himself, but asked for this promising son, maybe he would have gotten married after the autumn test.
pity! He clearly saw a good marriage, but he couldn't be a matchmaker. What a pity!
- How can you tell the son of the girl that the father once wanted to marry
Master Wu secretly sighed a few times, and when Lu Ming stopped, he took the wine and toasted the three nobles of Zhu Sheng and called everyone to a feast.
Luming banquet is not only a place to mix food and drink, but also a place to show the talents and learning of scholars. Chief Li looked at the talented people in the hall and said with a smile: "Today is a feast blessed by heaven. Do you want to be a scholar? This official reads the manuscripts of various lives in the curtain. When you see it, you can only think through it. The text is beautiful and beautiful. If you want to come here, the poetry should be as splendid as the article. sing harmony."
He drank a jue wine, and in a blink of an eye, he had a literary thought: "Twenty years ago, when the deer was feasting, what was the meaning of this balance in Beijing. After the officials were full, their hearts were long, and when the words of the sky came, the dream was also shocked. I dare to say that the article is really wonderful. , I know very well that honor and favor is a false name. Since the banquet is drunk, it is a gentleman, and it is impossible to compose a poem of Zhou."
Dare to say that the article is really a wonderful selection, I know that honor and pet is a false name... Wen Qing has a far-reaching meaning, which is really a wonderful sentence in the world.
With the introduction of the examiner's poems, Jinke Jieyuan Zhang Zan took the lead to stand up and salute, and said very confidently: "The praise is not talented, there is a little literary thought, I would like to dedicate a poem first to help you enjoy poetry."
He was also very quick-witted—or because the preparations were well done, he said, "The team dances with flowers and hairpins to send wine frequently, Qing Dynasty events and Jiachen. The stars are under the sun and the bachelor's shoes are on, and the wind is sunny and the person's towel is raised."
With such a talented and eloquent Xie Yuan at the beginning, the five Jingkui naturally couldn't sit still, got up behind him and responded, doing something like "The color of the auspicious clouds reflects the sun in the morning, and the masters are Tenghui and Tai Yuming", "Song Huang". Do not change Lingshuang exercise, Kui Huo Ning forgets to report to the national city" and other Taiwanese pavilion hymns.
In a blink of an eye, Zheng Zongren, the sixth place in the township examination, shared a case with Cui Xie. For some reason, these talented people are so eloquent and eloquent. Every time they write a poem, the teachers have to comment on a few lines, and they also have to comment on the actions below. Hearing that, Cui Xie is even more guilty and timid. He wished he could talk to the teacher. Don't let him do it today.
But after reciting the poems of the two Juren beside him, fate still fell on Cui Xie.
He stood up with a stiff face, closed his eyes, and was just thinking about the "new winners in the Dragon and Tiger Rankings, the phoenix ordered to seek talents", when Wu Fu Yin suddenly asked with a smile, "Cui Juren is Li Xueshi. The master disciple, the articles are very methodical, and the books he has compiled are enough to benefit scholars all over the world, and if you want to come to poetry and poetry, you will not be weaker than others?"
Li Dongyang said modestly: "Master Wu thinks highly of him. This son has only been studying with me for a few months, and he only reads the book of four sons. I have never seen him write any good poems."
Wu Fu Yin smiled and said, "Otherwise, a famous teacher must have a great apprentice. Since Mr. Li just said, 'It is not possible to compose a poem of Zhou', you should ask your student to follow the teacher's wish and change it to compose a poem of Zhou."
Since he started to change the style of poetry, don't fill the hall with dry and boring poems that should be made.
Zhou poetry, also known as the four-character ancient poems such as the Book of Songs, does not speak rhythm, and uses loose rhyme, which is much better than the five-character, seven-character, and eight-sentence rhythm poems. Moreover, he is the first to write this poem. I am afraid that the people below will be concerned about changing their own poems at this time, and they will not pay much attention to whether it is good or not. It is better than comparing their shortest short items with other people's long ones!
Cui Xie was so grateful that tears filled his eyes, he slightly changed the rhythm and poem he had squeezed out, and said, "Guihua is flourishing in the autumn, and the atmosphere is full of joy. Only our country's dynasty is the only one to arrest Xi Siming. Since the government is clear, please The virtuous is more sincere. The emperor issued an edict, and ordered the elites. The public of the Ming Dynasty chose the scholars, and the banquet opened with deer.
Li Dongyang has been his teacher for so long, the memory of his poetry is still in the old "Shi Shi Yin Ji", and the bottom line for his poetry is set extremely low. In addition, this disciple has no talent in music. He usually only listens to the teacher's lectures. He is familiar with the theory, but he rarely writes poems. His impression is that he can't write any good poems. Today, I actually stood up and wrote such a long four-character poem. Teacher Li was a little surprised.
Aside from the accident, I actually felt that his poems had some merits. They were much better than his usual... better than the ones he wrote before
Li Dongyang was so surprised that he almost forgot to comment, but Wu Fu Yin was a little surprised, nodding his head and commenting: "Wen think fast, have talent, and live up to his reputation. He can also write four-character poems in a pavilion, and he is indeed a decent taxi. people."
Most of the students in the audience were pondering their own poems, and they didn't care about how he wrote them, so the first few candidates just had nothing to do, listened attentively, and nodded: "Zhihe Yinya, every word has love for the king and serving the country. Zhizhi and faith are the poems of Zhuang Li. To be able to write such a poem in such a short period of time, he deserves to be the person who compiled the "Must Read for Imperial Examinations"."
The officials above and several talented scholars from Jingkui commented on it. Of course, those who didn't listen to his poems carefully were also embarrassed to pick on them. After complimenting him a few words, they hurriedly prepared their own poems.
Cui Xie listened to their comments, and his tense muscles gradually softened. He was grateful to Wu Fu Yin in his heart, and even silently thanked Lu Juren—
Mr. Lu is right, it doesn't matter if you are not good at writing poetry, you need to take a quick word first. If it's fast enough, at least people will think you're talented and fool the scene.
The author has something to say: Auspicious clouds reflect Chaoyang Huan, Kui Su Teng Hui Tai Yuming
Song Huang did not change the Lingshuang exercise, and Kui Huo Ning forgot to report to the National City
The above two lines are from a poem by Chen Shun to Weng Shiyong
Li Dongyang and Jie Yuan’s poems are all Li Dongyang’s poems. Li Dongyang’s poem was written for this Luming Banquet, and the latter half was written by him in the poetry reading volume.
The official speech is from Li Dongyang's preface to the trial recording of Shuntianfu Township