early morning.

Wang Yuan has been dressed up, wearing a round-neck black satin robe, a big black hat on his head, a blue ribbon on his waist, and black short boots on his feet.

This is a juren's public uniform.

Wang Yuan wore a secret shirt and a square scarf during the exam before.

The overall silhouette is white, that is, jade color, and a gentleman is like jade. The edges and corners are black, and the black and white are clearly distinguished. The collar is also black, which is green collar and green collar.

This is the style of the silk shirt in the middle and early Ming Dynasty. It must be white and black bordered, simple and simple. Therefore, Confucian scholars are also called "the beautiful scholar in white clothes".

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, although the style did not change, except for the black collar, other colors could be changed by themselves, and the details were even more fancy and eye-catching.

In the late Ming Dynasty, the silk shirts even turned feminine. Some young men did not have beards, embroidered gorgeous patterns on the silk shirts, and the materials were also silk. They even thought they were women without looking at their hairstyles.

If you see a scholar dressed in a fancy way and not wearing a beard in a TV series, don’t be busy complaining, it is possible that he is filming a late Ming drama.

Only scholars can wear silhouettes. Today, Wang Yuan went to attend the Lu Ming Banquet and his clothes must be formal, so he temporarily wore juren's uniforms. In normal times, he would still wear silhouettes as casual clothes. Of course, he could also wear Taoist robes - not Taoist robes, especially pleated clothes.

"Second brother's outfit is so energetic!" Zhou Chong took a heartfelt flattery.

Wang Yuan smiled and said, "The hat is OK, it can block the sun."

The big hat is a round sun hat, which is cymbal-shaped as a whole. It originated in the Song Dynasty and improved in the Yuan Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, a big hat was equivalent to a top hat, which was often worn by emperors, officials and people at important occasions. In terms of appearance, it was close to a Western gentleman's top hat, but the Chinese big hat was more rounded.

Li Ying sat next to him, and he was inevitably envious and made up his mind to say, "When I go back this time, I will work hard and strive for it. In three years, I should also wear a black satin robe!"

After hearing this, Yue Zhen could only smile bitterly. As a deputy tribute student, he has the qualifications to be a prison student and can also wear black satin robes. But the clothes he wears are the same. Apart from being beautiful, what other birds are there for?

Zhang Yun asked Yue Zhen and Luo Jiang and the other two: "Wenshi and Brother Kong Yin, really won't you attend the Lu Ming Banquet?"

"Don't go!" Yue Zhen and Luo Jiang answered in unison.

The Lu Ming Banquet is not just to celebrate the passing of the juren. It also has a function of paying for the commemorative examination travel fee.

Of course, the official history does not want to mention money. Local chronicles and literati notes often mention the payment of travel expenses after banquets. Although the money is not much, it can support the juren to go to the capital for exams, and all the food and accommodation expenses are included.

If the deputy tribute student goes to Luming Banquet and receives the travel fee for the commemorative examination, he will not be able to take the provincial examination again in his life!

Everyone came to the yard and chatted with osmanthus flowers. They just waited for the time to arrive and went to the governor's yamen to attend the banquet - the Luming Banquet should be set up in the Minglun Hall of Gongyuan, but the governor liked to hold it in his own yamen.

Jin Yu and his father Jin Wanchuan also came to the courtyard and introduced: "All friends are so good, this is my father's name Wanchuan."

"Hello, uncle!" Everyone greeted him.

Jin Wanchuan and his son have a very different personality contrast. This person is extremely slick and is accustomed to doing things. He treats everyone with a smile, and his flattery is not abrupt. Even Li Ying laughed out loud by him.

As they chatted, Jin Wanchuan got along with everyone and began to inquire about Wang Yuan.

Li Ying boasted Wang Yuan and talked about the battle in detail, with various exaggerated words in the middle: "At that time, the bandits were three thousand soldiers, all wearing armor, bows and swords, and there were thousands of auxiliary soldiers transporting grain. We only had four soldiers, two students, and one Miss Song's chieftain. Who would have dared to set up an ambush?"

"You really fought?" Although Jin Fu was noble, he was also shocked by this incident.

Li Ying pointed to Wang Yuan and said, "Wang Erlang returned to Tuzhai, summoned eight hundred young and strong men, and set up a hiding among the mountains. By midnight, we were lit torches, but unfortunately the bandits discovered it in advance. Wang Erlang made a quick decision and launched a night attack in advance, killing the bandits' grain transport officers, killing countless enemies, seizing a lot of captures, and rescued hundreds of women. And one of us was not dead!"

Luo Jiang said dumbfounded: "I can't believe that the two are really brave men!"

Yue Zhen smiled and said, "This time we came to Yunnan for the provincial examination, we encountered bandits on the way, thanks to Ruoxu and Liang ministers who showed their power."

"I'm nothing, I only killed two or three bandits," Li Ying said proudly, "At that time, we were blocked at the bottom of the valley. There were steep cliffs on the left, and bandits were ambushed on the hillside on the right, and the roads in front and behind were blocked by bandits. Wang Erlang shot the bandit leader to death, and then scattered the bandits on the slope with arrows, scaring the remaining bandits to kneel down and begging for mercy."

Jin Fu was stunned when he heard this. He felt that these Guizhou scholars were very evil. Why did they always hold a knife to kill thieves? Shouldn’t scholars study with peace of mind?

Jin Wanchuan exclaimed: "Mr. Wang is both civil and military, and he will definitely be the general and the prime minister in the future."

Wang Yuan kept smiling and said, "Uncle praised me."

After chatting for a long time, I felt that the time had come, so Wang Yuan and others went to the banquet together. Li Ying, Yue Zhen and others made an appointment to visit Wuhua Mountain together, and they would spend their days in the room anyway.

Jin Wanchuan asked his son in a low voice: "Can this Wang Yuan really pass the imperial examination?"

Jin Yu thought for a while and said, "By those three poems, you will know that your talent is amazing. But whether you can get the test or not, you have to read his writings first, and you will know in a few days."

"Then let's wait a few more days." Jin Wanchuan still didn't believe that Guizhou scholars could be awarded the Jinshi.

Jin Yu asked, "What does my father think of this person?"

"Born a great man!"

Jin Wanchuan exclaimed and said, "Killing bandits can only prove their bravery; poetry and lyrics can only show their talents and knowledge. What I like for my father is that he can gather people's hearts. Not only Guizhou scholars are the main ones, but even Yunnan scholars named Luo Jiang have the intention of convinced Wang Yuan. In terms of gathering people's hearts, you are much worse than Wang Yuan, so you will definitely learn well in the future!"

Gathering people's hearts is the embodiment of personal charm.

Jin Yu smiled and didn't say anything, too lazy to refute his father.

He felt that he was very charming and had a lot of friends in the Imperial College in Nanjing. As for those who had conflicts with him, he just disdained to make friends. What was the point of making friends with mediocre people?

In this house today, only Jie Yuan Wang Yuan and Ya Yuan Tian Qiu are worthy of our Jin Gongzi’s holiday.

...

The governor's yamen has opened its doors.

As soon as the new imperial examination candidates arrived, officials greeted them and took them straight into the hall.

The deer chanting banquet originates from the drinking ceremony in the countryside.

In the pre-Qin period, the princes held a rural school in their country, and the academic system was three years. The best graduated were "virtuous people" and were sent to the monarch by doctors.

Before these wise men set off, the doctors must hold a banquet and send off their salutes, and invite local officials and elders to accompany them, so there is a "hometown drinking ceremony". When the wine ceremony begins, the song of "Deer Ming" must be played, which is the origin of the "Deer Ming Banquet".

The imperial examination was first born in the Tang Dynasty, and the Luming Banquet and the rural drinking ceremony began to differentiate, and they were all confused before.

When the Ming Dynasty was founded, due to Zhu Yuanzhang's strong praise, the rural drinking ceremony reached the peak of ancient Chinese society.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the gathering of local officials, scholars, gentry, elders, and village officials in the countryside were equivalent to holding a spring tea party.

Those who violate the law should be criticized; those who are virtuous, filial sons, and good people should be praised. Any conflicts between Lijia can be discussed and resolved. Those who are highly respected should also preach the principles of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, righteousness, integrity and shame, and then the Lijia official who attended the banquet will return to the market and conduct publicity and education in the countryside.

Zhu Yuanzhang regarded the drinking ceremony in the countryside as an important way for the court to control the grassroots level, and was a supplement to the loopholes of "officials not going to the county". Local officials can also hold meetings to grasp the basic information in their jurisdiction, and directly contact the elderly in Lijia Township, thereby extending their political tentacles to every village.

Very simple grassroots governance concepts, and were extremely effective in the early Ming Dynasty.

But after Zhu Di's death, the drinking ceremony in the countryside was completely overstated. Now it has become a group of officials, scholars and gentry drinking blindly, and they are legitimate public funds to eat and drink, and they have a tacit understanding of the distribution of interests during the banquet.

The Lu Ming Banquet, which was not valued by Zhu Yuanzhang, became more and more prosperous because of the imperial examinations.

Wang Yuan came to the banquet hall, bowed to each other to greet the other juren, and was taken to his own seat. He was Jieyuan, Guizhou, and sat very far ahead, and the old man was in front.

Well, an elderly person who passed the imperial examination for just over a century (60 years) can come to attend the Luming Banquet regardless of his official position. There should not be more or less years. Sixty years of reincarnation means that the old and new are alternating and endless cycles.

This year, there are 34 juren from Yunnan and 21 juren from Guizhou. There are also ten tribute students on the deputy list, three of whom choose to attend the banquet.

Together, a total of 58 new imperial examination candidates have arrived here.

Soon, many officials from the provincial examinations appeared, and they sat on the other side of the banquet.

If the Lu Ming Banquet was completely followed, this would not be done in this way. How could the host of the banquet be present at the end?

The drinking ceremony in the Zhou Dynasty was very complicated. Even if the guests toast the host, the host had to wash the wine glass to show respect. The guests had to stop them, and the host had to insist on washing the cup, rejecting and greeting them, which was similar to the emperor's abdication.

In the Song Dynasty, etiquette was simplified, otherwise you would not be able to drink.

How many wise men in the pre-Qin period can there be? How many times can we refuse to wash cups?

In the Ming Dynasty, there were more than 100 new imperial examination candidates in Zhili, north and south. If the Zhou rituals were maintained, there would be no need to drink alcohol and wash the cups for a whole day.

Moreover, cleaning the wine glass is just a trivial part of Zhou’s rituals, and there are many more cumbersome etiquettes!

The collapse of rituals and music is in line with the laws of social development.

Wang Yuan was chatting with Tian Qiu beside him, when suddenly the Yunnan officials came.

The front was Governor Gu Yuan, followed by the left governor Wei Ying and the right governor Ding Yanghao. The inspector Zhang Yu was arranged to sit in the first seat of the examiner seat because he was responsible for the provincial examination. The deputy envoy of the inspector and the envoy of the academic envoy, and the deputy envoy of the academic envoy, as well as the deputy envoy of the academic envoy, also sat there.

Since the time has not arrived, everyone is relaxed and they are talking jokes privately.

"Auspicious time is here!"

Governor Gu Yuan was about to announce the beginning of the Lu Ming Banquet when suddenly a burst of laughter came from outside.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

A strong middle-aged man walked into the hall with his head held high, and the officials along the way did not dare to stop him. The man was wearing a kirin robe and pointed at Gu Yuan with his arm, saying, "Why didn't you invite me in such a grand event?"

Governor Gu Yuan was so amused that he could not help but laugh. The left and right governors all changed their color, and the inspector Zhang Yu even glared at him.
Chapter completed!