Chapter 374: Great Favor Banquet
The spring is late, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, the barns are harvesting, and the harvest is coming. ——"The Book of Songs"
It is said that on the first morning after the results were released, Zhu Ping'an had breakfast and rode a black horse to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites.
On this day, Emperor Jiajing gave a banquet to the Ministry of Rites, which was the legendary Qionglin Banquet, or more appropriately it should be called the Enrong Banquet. The emperor gave me a banquet, how could I not be gracious? This is a royal banquet, and as a foodie, Zhu Pingan is naturally very enthusiastic.
Zhu Ping'an also heard about what happened in the backyard of Linhuai Marquis Mansion last night. When he heard the news that Li Shu whipped the maid, he was not surprised. After all, it was not uncommon for Li Shu to be unruly and willful when he was a child and beat and scolded his servants. This thing is obvious to everyone, even though this girl has tempered a lot since she grew up. In this strictly hierarchical feudal society, don't ask for democracy and equality. It is not a democratic and equal society in the first place.
Because Mrs. Linhuai Hou issued a gag order, Zhu Ping'an was not very clear about what happened in the backyard. He only vaguely knew about the poisoning and Li Shu whipped Miss Six's girl. However, I can guess that Li Shu asked Miss Six to finish delivering the sweet soup to her when the imperial official came back yesterday. Maybe there was something wrong with the bowl of sweet soup, and Li Shu beat Miss Six's maid.
However, based on Zhu Ping'an's understanding of Li Shu, she probably wanted to teach Miss Six a lesson.
Zhu Pingan roughly guessed it from the moment Li Shu asked Miss Six for sweet soup.
Before going out in the morning, when the little maid Baozi brought her breakfast, she took a quick glance at the page of paper that was said to be given to Wang Xiaoer, but Zhu Pingan, who had almost a photographic memory, still read it Got it crystal clear.
The above is probably how the girl who was beaten by Li Shu was treated.
Zhu Pingan was not surprised when he heard that Li Shu beat someone, but when he saw this page, Zhu Pingan was still a little surprised. Li Shu's treatment of the girl "involved in the incident" was somewhat beyond Zhu Ping'an's expectations. Marrying an honest local man, an honest and honest husband might not be a good home for the maid, and she was given a dowry as a first-class maid. Judging from the standards of the government, it must be quite expensive. If the couple works a little hard in the future, they will probably not have to worry about food and drink for the rest of their lives.
The unruly and sinister Li Shu also has such a side, which is somewhat beyond Zhu Pingan's expectation.
Shamat Dark Horse seemed to have hooked up with a certain female horse in the stables of Linhuai Marquis Mansion in recent days. When Zhu Pingan took her out, she was extremely unhappy. Walking on the road, this guy acted like someone owed him more than a dozen female horses. The horse's face was straightened and its head was raised high.
It seems that spring is indeed a season when birds fall in love and ants live together. Even Shamate has hooked up with a girl.
Under the unwillingness of Sha Ma 10 Million to slow down work, Zhu Pingan was almost late when he arrived at the Ministry of Etiquette. If it weren't for the fact that he was not late, Zhu Pingan would almost have considered it. Should I castrate this guy?
Eating and drinking are probably the common ways of celebrating for us Chinese, and probably all over the world.
This Enrong Banquet is probably the most joyful and relaxing thing for the new Jinshi who gathered in the Ministry of Etiquette. Yesterday when the results were announced, I was extremely nervous, but today I don’t need to be nervous at all. Eat, drink, and relax as much as you want. Even though there are so many people in today's banquet, the main characters are the four hundred newly promoted Jinshi.
It was not easy for Emperor Jiajing to leave Xiyuan yesterday. It was also expected that Emperor Jiajing was unable to attend the Qionglin Banquet today. In addition, since Emperor Jiajing is not coming, everyone will be more relaxed.
The Enrong Banquet was hosted by Xu Jie, the Minister of Rites. After conveying Emperor Jiajing’s banquet intention, Xu Shangshu also expressed his congratulations to the newly promoted Jinshi, and then started the Enrong Banquet according to the seats. Honor banquet.
The first three people, that is, the number one scholar Zhu Ping'an, the number two Han Yupeng, and Tan Hua Lang sit at one table, and the rest are five people per table.
There were about a hundred tables for the entire Enrong Banquet, and the banquet was hosted by the imperial chef from the imperial dining room who was appointed by Emperor Jiajing. You must know that the imperial chef served Emperor Jiajing and the palace, and the skills of the imperial chef were naturally the highest in the entire Ming Dynasty chef world. The most outstanding layer.
This Enrong Banquet did not disappoint Zhu Ping'an. A total of thirty dishes made of cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, roe deer, chicken, duck, fish, seafood and vegetables were served, corresponding to Jiajing A good sign for the thirty years since the emperor ascended the throne.
The imperial chefs did not disappoint Zhu Pingan. Whether it was the color, texture or taste, Zhu Pingan could not be more satisfied.
The Enrong Banquet is a celebration for the newly promoted Jinshi. Eating and drinking are the mainstream, except that at the beginning, under the guidance of officials from the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Pingan led the new Jinshi to toast three glasses of wine to the senior officials present. , the others are not too particular.
However, as the number one scholar, Zhu Ping'an still received special attention from many people and was given a lot of toasts.
In particular, Ouyang Zishi took the lead, leading several new Jinshi who had hooked up together, preparing to drink Zhu Pingan's wine in turn, and walked towards Zhu Pingan step by step.
Ouyang Zishi's intentions were written all over his face, and Zhu Ping'an could naturally see it at a glance.
Before Ouyang Zishi and the others arrived, they slipped away with their wine glasses and walked to the table of Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen. They avoided Ouyang by toasting to their table. Zishi's approach is menacing.
Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen heard Zhu Pingan talk about Ouyang Zishi, and they guessed from Ouyang Zishi's posture that Ouyang Zishi attributed his failure to win the first prize to Zhu Pingan. At this moment, the two of them also cooperated with Zhu Pingan and helped Zhu Pingan pay attention to Ouyang Zishi's movements.
Ever since, the entire Enrong Banquet had this scene: Whenever Ouyang Zishi wanted to bring people to drink Zhu Ping'an wine in the name of toasting, Zhu Ping'an always walked up to him with a wine glass in advance. There were toasts at other tables, without exception.
Therefore, Ouyang Zishi always came to take advantage of the excitement and returned in despair. He was even more frustrated. He wanted to rob me of the first prize and also robbed my woman
Especially Ouyang Zishi, watching everyone at the Enrong Banquet treat each other As the number one scholar, Zhu Ping'an looked at him differently, which aggravated the depression in his heart.
I had no choice but to drink to relieve my sorrow.
One cup, two cups, three cups. After a while, Ouyang Zishi became very drunk.
Of course, Ouyang Zishi was not the only one who got drunk at this favor banquet. When he was named on the gold list, his life has reached its peak since then, and many people got drunk out of joy. After the entire Enrong Banquet, almost everyone among the new Jinshis was flushed with alcohol, and there must have been at least a dozen people who were drunk.
You see life in various ways after drinking, and people who are drunk also behave in various ways. However, the officials of the Ministry of Rites had already been prepared. In order to prevent the Jinshi and officials present from losing their temper after drinking, they had arranged for nearly a hundred officers to be ready early. Whenever there was a drunk person, officers would come to help him. Arrive or be carried to the place where you have arranged your stay to sober up.
Wang Shizhen was "carried" over. This kid had a poor drinking capacity and fell drunk after only three drinks. Zhang Siwei was also a little drunk, but he could still speak and act calmly. .
Zhu Ping'an was able to escape death because of his self-created method of hiding from alcohol.
But before Zhu Ping'an could rejoice, he received an invitation. It was a familiar style and it was an invitation from the Yan Mansion. Except for Zhu Ping'an, only a few people here also received invitations from the Yan Mansion.
Many Jinshi were jealous after seeing Zhu Pingan's invitation.
This is the practice of several recent Enrong Banquets. This Enrong Banquet is the Great Enrong Banquet, a banquet given by the Emperor. After the big favor banquet, there was a small favor banquet, which was given by Yan Song, the chief minister of the cabinet.
The great favor banquet and glory are only superficial benefits.
The benefits of the small favor banquet are real. Once you are appreciated by Mr. Yan Ge, your career will be bright and smooth in the future. (End of this chapter)