Rise From the Humble

  Chapter 150 Banquet Hairpin

  When the official who announced the good news finally walked 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 Xueguan up close. 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.

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

   "Okay, okay, there are a lot of talents." As soon as the academic officer went upstairs, he looked around the crowd and nodded in satisfaction.

   "Late students have met Tixue."

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

   "No, no, today you are the first priority, the old man should avoid you." The Ti Xueguan lowered his hands and signaled everyone not to be polite.

   Having said that, Zhu Pingan and other new recruits dare not be presumptuous, they are still respectful and polite, and dare not 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 scholars are lucky. You are welcome, you are lucky, and you enter our scholar forest. I hope you will continue to work hard, not to lose the reputation of our scholar forest, and serve the country and the people Bow down..."

  After the academic officer took his seat. Then I started to teach the new students. Generally speaking, our Shilin is very powerful and has 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 Ti Xueguan 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 in the educational circles such as Ti Xueguan should lead the new students to the Confucian temple to meet Confucius, which is almost the same as meeting the patriarch in the fantasy novels of martial arts and fairy tales.

  But 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 he was a little surprised, Zhu Ping'an still stood up and bowed to salute, "Meet Tixue, the student is Zhu Ping'an."

   "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 into 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."

   So that's the case, the appointment as an academic officer is also well-intentioned.

   "Students should remember the teachings." Zhu Pingan pretended to be excited, and then bowed deeply.

  Master Ti Xueguan is very satisfied with this.

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

  It was supposed 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 is the first, followed by other officials from Nanzhili, and then the new students lined up according to each prefecture, going 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 words." - "Book of Rites. Guanyi"

  The steps of worshiping Confucius are all clearly stipulated, and the dynasties and dynasties are similar. The very first thing is "proper body". In front of the Confucian Temple, the academic officials 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 pool not far away. This is a semi-circular pool, which is often called a foreign pool. The reason why the semi-circle corresponds to the word Pan has a half-character, so the pool 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 is known to praise Confucius at a glance. 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;

  In the Dacheng Hall, there are sacrifices under the statue of Confucius, 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 **** of the most holy teacher Confucius, knelt down on both knees, and bowed 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 where equality and democracy don't require kneeling.

   After paying homage to Confucius, there is only the hairpin flower banquet left, and the academic officials hold a banquet to entertain the new students. Zhu Pingan followed the crowd to the banquet site. The hairpin banquet was still held in the Jiangnan Tribute Courtyard. 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 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.

  (end of this chapter)