Rise From the Humble

When the official who announced the good news finally came to the right door, the new students on the Mingyuan upstairs of Yingtian Jiangnan Gongyuan finally waited for the senior officer.

The first time Zhu Pingan saw Ti Xueguan was when he entered the first stage of the college examination, he just took a quick glance and felt that he was a serious elder in his fifties. At this moment, Zhu Pingan was able to observe Ti Xue closely official.

Ti Xueguan is about fifty years old, but he doesn't look old at all, he looks energetic, and he looks handsome even for an old man. He looks as serious as before, and he didn't talk to the accompanying officials when he went upstairs. Joking or something, the aura is still very strong, maybe it was naturally developed after living in a high position for a long time.

Tixueguan was the provincial chief executive of education in the Ming Dynasty. He was appointed by the imperial court. Those who accompanied Tixueguan were all officials from the education circle in Southern Zhili.

"Okay, okay, there are a lot of talents." Ti Xueguan went upstairs, looked around the crowd, and nodded in satisfaction.

"The late students have met Tixue."

Zhu Ping'an, along with all the new students, saluted respectfully and welcomed the arrival of the academic officer.

"No, no, you are the most important thing today, I should avoid you, old man." Ti Xueguan lowered his hands and signaled everyone not to be polite.

Having said that, Zhu Pingan and other new recruits did not dare to be presumptuous, they were still respectful and polite, and did not dare to go beyond the slightest.

"Brilliant China, a heirloom of Qing history, the son said Gongfu, poetry and calligraphy are elegant, and I am the only one who studies poetry and Fu. The Chinese atmosphere of advocating learning comes from my scholar forest, flourishes in my scholar forest, and all the scholars are at the height of the temple. Worrying about the people, or worrying about the lord in the distance of the temple. Today's Shilin is lucky. You are welcome, you are so lucky, and you are admitted to our Shilin. I hope you will continue to work hard and not lose the reputation of our Shilin. Bow down..."

After the academic officer took his seat. Then I started to teach the new students. Generally speaking, we Shilin are very powerful and have a sense of responsibility. You are great, keep going...

This has been the case throughout the ages. After the big leader finished speaking, other leaders made a summary. It is the same today. After the academic officer finished speaking, a gray-haired official got up and made a summary of this year's college examination . Roughly the same as modern times, this is a successful academic examination, a united academic examination, a satisfactory academic examination, etc., and then there are some unnutritious words.

After everything that needs to be said is said, today's focus is the hairpin ceremony.

After the academic officer nodded, the hairpin ceremony began. The so-called hairpin gift is not to wear a flower on your head, but to reward you with a red flower, that is, to reward property. There are not many rewards, that is, two taels of silver and a red flower, but the money is small. The symbolic meaning is great, and this is the honor that many scholars dream of. This means that Shilin has opened its arms to you, starting from today. You are not alone anymore, you are organized.

After the hairpin flower ceremony, officials from the educational circles such as Ti Xueguan should lead the new students to visit Confucius in the Temple of Confucius, which is almost the same meaning as visiting the patriarch in fantasy novels of martial arts and fairy tales.

However, there was an episode after the hairpin ceremony. The academic officer asked the surrounding officials about something, and got an answer. The academic officer looked at the new recruits and asked, "Among you, who is Zhu Ping'an?"

Uh, can it be said that what happened yesterday is out of the way?

Although a little surprised, Zhu Pingan still got up and bowed to salute, "Meet Tixue, the student is Zhu Pingan."

"Come forward." The academic officer beckoned.

What's going on here? Why should he come forward? Everyone is puzzled.

How could he not go when the Ti Xueguan was summoned, so Zhu Pingan walked up to the Ti Xueguan under the curious eyes of everyone.

However, everyone's curiosity soon turned to envy.

Before and after Zhu Ping'an walked up, the Ti Xue Guan stroking his long beard and exhorting him: "You are the youngest, you are excellent in both learning and poetry, and you have a lot of literary talent in stereotyped poetry. From now on, you should work hard, and you will be successful in the future. Don't think you are satisfied and don't think about making progress, you should take the injury of Zhong Yong in the previous court as a warning."

It turns out that it was well-intentioned to be promoted as an academic officer.

"Students should keep the teaching in mind." Zhu Pingan pretended to be excited, and then bowed deeply.

Ti Xueguan is very satisfied with this.

After the answering, the academic officer gave a glass of wine in person as a reward.

Originally said to be abstaining from alcohol. It seems that the plan can't keep up with the changes. Zhu Pingan didn't dare not take the wine given by the academic officer, so he had to take it and drink it down.

After this episode, it will be the ceremony of worshiping Confucius.

The academic officer was the first, followed by other officials from Nanzhili, and then the new recruits lined up according to each prefecture, and went to the Confucius Temple in a mighty way.

The road from the Jiangnan Gongyuan to the Confucian Temple was blocked by the government officials, and only the officials who worshiped Confucius and the new students were allowed to go together. At this time, the pedestrians were all in the shops on both sides, pointing and pointing at the new students who filed out. Point, envious. These are all masters of talent, hey, there is such a young master of talent, so amazing.

Worshiping Confucius is equivalent to the opening ceremony for new students. The so-called "enter Pan Palace, leave the government to study, and go to Qingyun Road".

"The beginning of etiquette and righteousness lies in the correctness of the body, the uniformity of the color, and the obedience of the rhetoric." --- "Book of Rites. Guanyi"

The steps of worshiping Confucius are clearly stipulated, and each dynasty has similarities with minor differences. The very first thing is "proper body". In front of the Confucian Temple, the academic officer and other officials stopped and began to arrange their clothes. Zhu Pingan and other new students did the same. They all arranged their clothes and hats and checked them standing up. , calm down a good mood, and be pious, so that you can enter the Confucian Temple under the leadership of Ti Xueguan and other leaders.

Entering the Lingxing Gate of the Confucian Temple, you will see a pond not far away. This is a semicircular pond, which is often called a foreign pond. The reason why the semicircle corresponds to the word Pan has a half word, so the pond Also semicircular. Zhu Pingan passed by the pond and saw some fish flicking their tails in the pond.

Going further is the Dacheng Hall. Above the Dacheng Hall hangs a plaque of "Teacher of All Ages", which can be seen at a glance to praise Confucius. Confucius was not alone. In addition to the sitting statue of Confucius in the Dacheng Hall, there were also some of Confucius' most outstanding disciples accompanying him. There are five of these disciples, one is Confucius' most proud disciple Yan Hui;

Sacrificial offerings are placed under the statue of Confucius in the Dacheng Hall, which are all kinds of livestock. At the beginning of the worship process, the Ti Xueguan and other officials did it together, and only the final apprenticeship was led by Zhu Pingan and the others to worship together. Under the leadership of the academic officer, Zhu Ping'an and other new students lined up to worship the god of the most holy teacher, Confucius, and knelt down on both knees, prostrating nine times to show their respect for the sage Confucius. Everyone looked very solemn, but also faintly excited. Since then, their identities have changed a lot.

After paying homage to Confucius, Zhu Pingan felt his knees ached, and couldn't help but miss the modern era of equality and democracy without kneeling.

After paying homage to Confucius, only the hairpin banquet was left, and the academic officials hosted a banquet for the new students. Zhu Pingan followed the crowd to the banquet site. The hairpin banquet was still held in the Jiangnan Tribute Courtyard, and the Yamen was very efficient. By the time Zhu Pingan and others returned to the Jiangnan Tribute Courtyard after visiting Confucius, the banquet had already been arranged.

Because of the large number of people, the Hairpin Flower Banquet was an open-air feast, and it was placed in an open space in Jiangnan Gongyuan.

The wine, meat and delicacies are so dazzling that people can't help but move their index fingers.