Rise From the Humble

The spring is late, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, the barns are being harvested, and the crops are being harvested. ——The Book of Songs

On the first morning after the announcement of the results, Zhu Pingan had breakfast and rode a black horse to the Rites Yamen.

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 Pingan also heard about what happened in the backyard of Linhuaihou Mansion last night. He was not surprised when he heard the news of Li Shu whipping the maid. , although this girl’s temper has become much more tempered as she grows 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 password ban, Zhu Ping'an didn't know exactly what happened in the backyard, but only vaguely knew what was poisoned. Li Shu whipped Miss Six's girl. However, it can be guessed that Li Shu had asked Miss Six to deliver the sweet soup to her when she came back from Yujie Kuaguan yesterday, probably because 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, Li Shu probably wanted to teach Miss Six a lesson.

From the moment Li Shu asked Miss Six for sweet soup, Zhu Ping'an roughly guessed it.

Before going out in the morning, when Baozi's little maid brought her breakfast, she glanced at the page of paper said to be given to Wang Xiaoer at any time, but Zhu Pingan, who had almost never forgotten it, could still see it clearly.

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 handling of the "involved" girl was somewhat beyond Zhu Pingan's expectations. Marrying a simple and honest local man, a simple and honest husband is a good destination for the maid. According to the dowry given by the first-class maid, Li 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.

In the past few days, the Shamat dark horse seemed to have hooked up with a certain female horse in the stables of the Marquis of Linhuai. When Zhu Pingan took her out, she was ten million 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 ten million unhappy negative sabotages of Shamate, when Zhu Pingan arrived at the Ministry of Rites, he was almost late. If it wasn't for the fact that he was not late, Zhu Pingan almost considered whether to 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 was probably the most joyful and relaxing thing for the newly promoted scholars 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 didn't come, everyone was more relaxed.

This Enrong Banquet was presided over by Xu Jie, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites. After conveying Emperor Jiajing's intention to host the banquet, Xu Shangshu also congratulated the newly promoted Jinshi, and then started this Enrong Banquet by dividing seats.

The three people in the first class are Zhu Pingan, the number one scholar, Han Yupeng and Tan Hualang, who are second in the list, sitting at a table, and the rest are five people at a table.

There were about a hundred tables in the entire Enrong Banquet, and the banquet was also hosted by the imperial cook from the imperial dining room ordered by Meng Jiajing. You must know that the imperial chef served Emperor Jiajing and the palace, and the craftsmanship of the imperial chef is naturally on the top of the pyramid of the entire Ming Dynasty chef world. The most outstanding layer.

This Enrong Banquet did not disappoint Zhu Pingan. There were a total of 30 dishes made of cattle, sheep, pigs, deer, roe deer, chicken, duck, fish, seafood, and vegetables, corresponding to the 30-year anniversary of Emperor Jiajing's accession to the throne. good sign.

The royal chefs did not disappoint Zhu Pingan either, whether it was the color, the texture or the taste, they all made Zhu Pingan more than satisfied.

The Enrong Banquet is for the newly promoted Jinshi. Eating and drinking are the mainstream. Except that at the beginning Zhu Pingan led the new Jinshi to offer three glasses of wine to the senior officials present under the guidance of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, there was nothing else. Too much fuss.

However, as the number one scholar, Zhu Ping'an was still taken care of by many people, and the wine was toasted a lot.

Especially Ouyang Zishi took the lead, leading several newly promoted Jinshi who hooked up together to drink Zhu Ping'an wine in turn, and walked towards Zhu Ping'an step by step.

Ouyang Zishi's intentions were written all over his face, so Zhu Pingan could see it at a glance.

Before Ouyang Zishi and the others arrived, they slipped away with their wine glasses in their hands, and arrived at the table of Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen, and avoided Ouyang Zishi's menacing approach by toasting the people at their table.

Zhang Siwei and Wang Shizhen heard Zhu Pingan talk about Ouyang Zishi, and after seeing Ouyang Zishi's posture, they guessed that Ouyang Zishi attributed his failure to win the first prize to Zhu Pingan. At this moment, the two also cooperated with Zhu Pingan, helping Zhu Pingan to keep an eye on 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's wine in the name of toasting, Zhu Ping'an always walked around with a wine glass in advance to toast to other tables. One exception.

Therefore, Ouyang Zishi always came to take advantage of the excitement and returned in despair, with even more depression in his chest. He wanted to rob me of my first prize and my woman.

Especially Ouyang Zishi, seeing everyone at the Enrong Banquet looking at Zhu Ping'an as the number one scholar in a different light made him even more depressed.

I had no choice but to drink to relieve my sorrow.

One cup, two cups, three cups. After a while, Ouyang Zishi was drunk.

Of course, Ouyang Zishi was not the only one who got drunk at this honor banquet. When he was named on the gold list, his life had 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 guy 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 with ease.

Zhu Ping'an was able to escape death because of his self-created method of hiding alcohol.

But before Zhu Ping'an could rejoice, he received an invitation. It was in a familiar style and was 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.

Great favors, banquets and glory are only superficial benefits.

The benefits of the small favor banquet are real. Once you are appreciated by Mr. Yange, your career will be bright and smooth in the future.