Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 374 Great Grace Banquet

  The spring day is late, the flowers and trees are luxuriant, the Cang Geng is squatting, and the harvesting is Qiqi. — "The Book of Songs"

   On the first morning after Chuanlu released the list, Zhu Pingan rode his dark horse to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites after breakfast.

   On this day, Emperor Jiajing gave a banquet to the Ministry of Rites, which is the legendary Qionglin Banquet, or more appropriately, it should be called the Enrong Banquet. The emperor gave a banquet, can you not be honored. This is a royal banquet, and Zhu Pingan, who is a foodie, is naturally very active.

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. , even though this girl has restrained her temper a lot when she grew up. In this hierarchical feudal society, don't ask for democracy and equality, it is not a society of democracy and equality.

  Because Mrs. Linhuai Hou issued a password ban, Zhu Ping'an didn't know exactly what happened in the backyard, but he 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, it's probably because Li Shu intends to teach Miss Six a lesson.

  From the moment Li Shu asked Miss Six for sweet soup, Zhu Pingan probably guessed it.

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

   The above is roughly the way to deal with the girl who was beaten by Li Shu.

   Zhu Pingan was not surprised when he heard that Li Shu beat someone, but Zhu Pingan was a little surprised when he saw this page. 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 According to the standard of the government, it must be expensive. In the future, if the couple work a little harder, they will probably not have to worry about eating and drinking for the rest of their lives.

  The unruly and black-bellied Li Shu also has such a side, which is beyond Zhu Pingan's expectation.

  The Shamat dark horse seems to have hooked up with a certain mare in the stables of Linhuaihou Mansion in recent days. When Zhu Pingan took her out, she was ten million unhappy. Walking on the road, this guy looks like someone owes him a dozen mares. The horse's face is long and his back is high.

  It seems that spring is indeed a season for birds to fall in love and ants to live together. Even Sha Matt has hooked up with his girlfriend.

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 up.

   Eating and drinking are about us Chinese, and it may be a common way of celebrating around the world.

   This Enrong Banquet is probably the happiest and most relaxing event for the newly promoted Jinshi gathered in the Ministry of Rites. When Chuanlu released the list yesterday, he was still nervous, but today there is no need to be nervous at all. Eat, drink, and relax as much as you want, regardless of the scale of today's banquet, but the protagonists are four hundred newly promoted Jinshi.

  It was not easy for Emperor Jiajing to go out of Xiyuan yesterday, and it was expected that Emperor Jiajing could not 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 of hosting the banquet, Xu Shangshu also congratulated the newly promoted Jinshi, and then began the Enrong Banquet by dividing seats.

  The first three people are the number one scholar Zhu Pingan, the second place Han Yupeng and Tan Hualang sit at a table, and the rest are five people at a table.

There were about a hundred tables in the Enrong Banquet, and the banquet was presided over by the imperial chef from the imperial dining room ordered by 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 taste or the taste, they all made Zhu Pingan so satisfied that he couldn't be more 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 particular.

  However, Zhu Pingan, who is the number one scholar, still received a lot of attention from 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 pour 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 Ping'an could tell 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 No. 1 Scholar 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, there was such a scene in the Enrong Banquet: Whenever Ouyang Zishi wanted to bring someone to pour Zhu Ping'an wine in the name of a toast, Zhu Ping'an would always walk around with a wine glass in advance to toast to other tables. One exception.

  Therefore, Ouyang Zishi always came here in high spirits, and came back disappointed, with even more depression in his chest, robbing me of the champion and my woman

   Especially Ouyang Zishi, watching everyone at the Enrong Banquet look at Zhu Pingan, who is the number one scholar, intensified the depression in his heart.

   Helpless, I had no choice but to drink to relieve my worries.

   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 Enrong Banquet. When he was named on the gold list, his life had reached its peak since then, and there were many people who got drunk when they were happy. After the Enrong Banquet, almost all the newly promoted Jinshi were drunk, and there were no less than a dozen of them who reached the level of drunkenness.

  After drinking, people see life in a variety of ways, and people who are drunk behave in different ways. However, the officials of the Ministry of Rites have already prepared. In order to prevent the Jinshi and officials present from drinking, they have arranged nearly a hundred guards to prepare early. Whenever there is a drunk person, there will be guards to help them Go to or carry to the place where you have arranged to sober up.

  Wang Shizhen was "carried" over by someone. This kid was too weak to drink, and passed out after only three drinks; Zhang Siwei also drank a little too much, but he was still able to speak and act freely.

  Zhu Ping'an survived death because of his self-created method of hiding alcohol.

  However, before Zhu Ping'an could feel lucky, he received an invitation card in a familiar style, and it was another invitation card from the Yan Mansion. Except for Zhu Ping'an, only a few people present also received invitations from the Yan Mansion.

   Seeing Zhu Ping'an's invitation, many Jinshi were jealous.

   This is the practice of the recent Enrong Banquets. This Enrong Banquet is a big Enrong Banquet, which is a banquet bestowed by the emperor. After the big grace banquet, there was another small grace banquet, which was given by Yan Song, the chief assistant of the cabinet.

  The feast of grace and glory are only superficial benefits.

  The benefits of the Xiaoen Rongyan Banquet are real. Once Mr. Yan Ge appreciates it, it can be said that his official career will be magnanimous in the future.

  (end of this chapter)