The next morning, Ma Mingfeng arrived at the prefect's office and prepared to attend today's Lu Ming Banquet.

The Lu Ming Banquet is also called the "Lu Ming Banquet". It is mainly the day after the listings were released in the village, and the local officials of the prefectures and counties invited the chief examiner, deacons and new juren. Because they were singing the first "Lu Ming" in the Book of Songs, Xiaoya, and the Kuixing Dance, they were called the Lu Ming Banquet.

In ancient times, deer was always regarded as an immortal beast and a sign of auspiciousness. Moreover, "deer" and "lu" drink hard, which means high officials and generous salaries, while "ming" means god-given gift. The talents selected by the emperor will definitely become dragons and phoenixes among people. Therefore, the biggest purpose of the Lu Ming Banquet is to show the great grace of the emperor. On the other hand, it also shows the emperor's importance to talents to all the new imperial examiners and encourages everyone to continue to work hard.

In fact, these are all superficial meanings, and in essence they also contain the intention of local officials to win over new talents. After all, in the imperial examination era, it is easy to say that Juren is, but once he passes the Jinshi exam, his future prospects are limitless. Among these Juren who passes the new examination, there will definitely be people named Jinshi or even Hanlin. At that time, these win-win situations can be used. Even if they are not used, they will be considered acquaintances. As the saying goes, acquaintances are easy to do, but they will not suffer any loss.

It is precisely because of this that local officials are very dedicated when holding the Luming Banquet. They also hope to take the opportunity to make friends with talents and play a role in helping them in their future careers.

Guiyang Prefect Li Zhonglin is now forty-five years old. He passed the imperial examination at the age of 25 and struggled in the officialdom for twenty years. Finally, he became an alternate county magistrate to the position of Guiyang Prefect. Although he was getting older, he also wanted to advance one step further. If he could reach a third-rank official, his treatment after his retirement in the future would be greatly improved. Not only for himself, but also for his descendants, it would be a good thing.

But it doesn't matter if Li Zhonglin is above it, so he hopes that among these students, some of them will be awarded the Jinshi or even named Hanlin. This way, his path to promotion will be much wider. Even if he has no hope in his life, his descendants may not be able to use it in the future.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that Li Zhonglin attaches great importance to this Lu Ming Banquet. He has already ordered people to make all preparations and supervise them personally. Even wine and meat are the best in Guiyang City.

As for the list of banquet personnel, in addition to the new juren from Guiyang Prefecture, he personally invited the examiners. What made him most happy was that Huang Daozhou, the chief examiner who has always been known for his arrogant and nobleness, actually agreed to attend the banquet. This Huang Daozhou is not only famous but also talented, but most importantly, his vision is high. Most people disdain to pay attention to it. Today, he actually agreed to Li Zhonglin, a small person who is not outstanding, to attend the banquet. This really made him feel glamorous.

So Li Zhonglin became even more concerned about this banquet, even asking about all dishes, and even the service staff personally made reservations.

Moreover, in order to prepare for this banquet, Li Zhonglin even brought the long-closed book and memorized the couplets with great care.

Li Zhonglin stood outside the mansion gate himself to welcome the distinguished guests.

At a moment, all the guests had arrived. Li Zhonglin ordered music to meet everyone.

Before the banquet began, Li Zhonglin invited Huang Daozhou to give a speech. Huang Daozhou did not refuse and said bluntly: "This provincial examination is to select talents for the country. The original intention of holding the Lu Ming Banquet is to declare the great emperor's kindness to the students, encourage them to study hard and serve the country, and not forget the kindness of the emperor. However, now some people use the Lu Ming Banquet to form cliques and even form cliques for personal gain, which is really against their original intention. Today, I am here to warn students that although you have been elected as an entourage, you cannot be complacent. The road ahead is difficult. You need to work harder, especially some students. Although they are at the top of the list, there are many contradictory words in your articles. I am giving you a chance because of cherishing your talents. If you don't know how to cherish it, your future fate will definitely be terrible..."

Huang Daozhou's words were harsh and sarcastic, almost sarcastic to everyone present. The officials used the Lu Ming Banquet to win over talents. The new juren were young and frivolous and arrogant, especially when they were not named, everyone knew that they were talking about him, because the undergraduate Jie Yuan was not from Guiyang Prefecture, and the ranking was the highest in the audience.

Ma Mingfeng was not angry after hearing this. He could hear what Huang Daozhou meant to say this. It was obvious that he gave the second place because of the crazy and perverse words in the article. Otherwise, the undergraduate Jie Yuan would be his.

At the same time, Ma Mingfeng also saw that when he talked about him, he looked at the direction he was sitting. He could hear the other party's words of defending him. It seemed that Huang Daozhou really didn't want him to have a crazy argument, otherwise there would be no good ending.

So Ma Mingfeng bowed with the other students and said respectfully to Huang Daozhou: "See the lessons of Mr.

However, the other scholars were a little sincere in saying this, but he didn't know it at all. However, Ma Mingfeng believed that his words were definitely from sincere.

Then everyone began to sing "Deer Song" with music, and the banquet officially began.

At the beginning of the banquet, Li Zhonglin first said, "Everyone, as literati, we must have poetry couplets above the banquet. Today I will give you a piece of brick and jade to draw a jade and a top couplet. Who can give you a glass of wine to the lower couplet, but if you can't match it, you will be fined three glasses of wine? My first couplet is to watch the Twenty-Four Histories of Wine."

Soon afterwards, a student came out: "Wave a sword and kill the 36 countries."

Some students said: "A horse is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who is the one who

Not long afterwards, another student said, "Put the ink and sprinkle thousands of words."

Li Zhonglin twisted his beard and smiled, and said to Ma Mingfeng: "Mingfeng, I wonder what you are right?"

Ma Mingfeng said without hesitation: "The incense of the furnace is quiet against the Thirteen Sutras."

Li Zhonglin laughed and said, "It's amazing, it's really wonderful."

All the students around agreed, and there were also a sound of praise.

At this time, Huang Daozhou sneered coldly: "It's just the crazy words of Scholar Shi Kefa. You happened to remember them. What's the point of praise? Couplets are just games, what's the use of things? I'll give you a title today and write a poem. If I can impress me, I personally toast you and will never laugh at you for the rest of my life. Do you dare to agree?"

Ma Mingfeng bowed to Huang Daozhou and said, "I hope to hear the teacher ask questions. I can try my best if I have to do my best to have a younger student."

Huang Daozhou thought for a moment and said to Ma Mingfeng: "After the Lu Ming Banquet, you will stay away from your hometown and go to the capital to participate in the imperial examination. Today's poem will be based on separation."

When Huang Daozhou said this, all the candidates and examiners around him gasped. Separation poems were one of the most common themes in ancient times, but because of this, poems on this subject were written all over from all angles. It was not easy for Huang Daozhou to read poetry and books, and it was not easy for him to impress him.
Chapter completed!