Chapter 129 The Grand Ceremony of Chuan Lu (the beginning of the drama, please vote for me)
Naturally, it is impossible to serve shochu in a place like this that sells gold. It should be noted that shochu is a drink for the lower class and cannot be served on the table at all.
After the banquet officially started, and after five rounds of drinking, Yuzhu suddenly caught a glimpse of Qian Mingding, Jinke's detective, and kept staring at him.
Yuzhu's heart moved, so he excused himself to change clothes and left the private room.
As expected, not long after Yuzhu came out, Qian Mingding followed him out.
"This...that...Brother Yuxian, I'm really sorry. Brother Yu forgot to bring his wallet when he went out. He really deserves a beating." Qian Mingding blushed, stammered, and finally managed to say what he meant.
Understood.
Yuzhu knew that after Liu Changyun ordered bear paws, the cost of tonight's luxurious feast would be huge.
It was definitely impossible for Liu Changyun to treat this feast, and it could only be shared equally between the three of Yuzhu and the others.
Just by looking at Qian Mingding's clothes, we can tell that his family must not be very wealthy.
Without saying a word, Yuzhu called Wu Jiang and ordered him to take two hundred taels of silver notes to Qian Mingding.
After all, Qian Mingding was the most popular person in Jinke. If he hadn't been too shy about the money and was afraid of making a fool of himself when the accounts were settled later, how could he have discussed it with Yuzhu?
Before Qian Mingding could say the word "borrow money", Yuzhu took the initiative to lend him money. How could ordinary people be so considerate?
"Oh, thank you." Qian Mingding was very grateful and quickly handed over his hands to express his thanks.
In fact, before Qian Mingding came, he had already borrowed money from his fellow villagers. However, he never expected that Liu Changyun would order Jin Gui's bear paw.
To be honest, Liu Changyun's method of taking advantage of others is quite unreasonable.
How can we continue to have a good relationship in the future?
"Why are you so polite? To be honest, wait until you are completely comfortable before talking." Yuzhu's principle in life has always been that problems that can be solved by money are not big problems.
Really big problems cannot be decided by money.
A serious pillar of a wealthy family must be good at spending small amounts of money to accomplish big things.
The children of the rich and powerful who do not know how to spend money to get things done are mostly defective products who have not received a complete education and will collapse sooner or later.
After lending money to Qian Mingding, Yuzhu returned to his private room first to avoid letting others see the flaw.
Wu Jiang on the side took in all of this and was filled with admiration.
Some idiots have lent money to their brothers and haven't settled it yet. They just don't pay attention to the sense of propriety and details in life.
You talk nonsense everywhere, Zhang San asked me to borrow millions, I am really generous.
Doesn't this completely trample Zhang San's face under his feet?
Alas, how can such an approach not lead to jealousy? Can we still be friends for a long time?
Wu Jiang learned another trick.
Sun Chengyun was used to drinking flower wine, and when he saw that the female school secretary who played the pipa was extraordinarily delicate, he became lustful.
After receiving the order, Lao Sun's personal servant went out to find the school secretary's mother.
Soon, the ensemble song ended, and after the girls left to change their clothes, the handsome principal who played the pipa sat next to Sun Chengyun.
Sun Chengyun made a "good" start, and Lao Twelve stopped pretending to be a prince and elder brother, and also ordered a beautiful schoolboy with a good face and a beauty mark on his lip.
For a time, all the beautiful female principals were divided up, except Yuzhu who did not ask the principal to accompany her.
Yuzhu saw that everyone was looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, and his scalp couldn't help but feel numb. This was the result of being unsociable.
Sun Chengyun knew that Yuzhu didn't like to play with Ji. However, even the twelfth-year-old called him the girl's school secretary. If Yuzhu didn't, it would be something like that.
As a result, after Lao Sun sent someone to give instructions to the school secretary's mother, a hot female school secretary came.
Sun Chengyun came close to Yuzhu's ear and whispered: "According to the school secretary's mother, this girl was originally the concubine of a certain minister in the Ministry of War. After the old minister died of a sudden illness, he was sold here by his wife."
Yuzhu smiled slightly. What lies could the school book mother dare not tell for money? Whoever believes it is stupid.
With the female school students accompanying us, the atmosphere at the table immediately became much more lively.
Everyone is a person in the scene. Except Yuzhu who doesn’t like to eat flower wine, who doesn’t like to have fun?
When the wine was full of wine, Sun Chengyun couldn't control himself, hugged the girl's school secretary, got up and left.
After Sun Chengyun set an example, Liu Changyun also led others away.
What surprised Yuzhu was that Xie Sheng, who was second on the list, despite being a greasy uncle, actually hugged two female school students and left happily.
Qian Mingding didn't want to leave at first, but he couldn't hold back the girl's school teacher in his arms, twisting and shaking flirtatiously, so he couldn't help but leave.
Only Yuzhu was left at the scene.
Naturally, it was impossible for Yuzhu to recruit the female school secretary to accompany him. However, Lao Twelve and his peers were all living happily here, how could he just leave like that?
So, Yuzhu let the hot female school secretary sleep in the room alone, while he chose to sleep in the carriage.
Yuzhu's carriage was fully bedding and the mattresses were thick, so he slept very well.
He didn't leave because he wanted to give face to Lao Twelve and his peers. He slept in the carriage because he told them that he was not willing to touch girls' school books, no matter how beautiful he was, he didn't want to touch them.
Before Yuzhu lay down in the carriage, he told Wu Jiang to take five hundred taels of silver notes and deposit them temporarily in the hands of the school secretary's mother.
It definitely won't cost so much. When you check out, you will be refunded or reimbursed.
Originally, Sandingjia should have shared the expenses, but since there were two more perverts, Lao Twelve and Sun Chengyun, Yuzhu should have paid the bill.
As a human being, you must never break the rules and moral principles.
The friends brought by Yuzhu have also enjoyed it together. Is there any reason why they should share it with them in the same year?
That would be so ignorant!
According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty Huidian, Xinke Sandingjia was directly awarded an official position as usual.
Therefore, in today's Chuanlu Ceremony, Yuzhu is the number one scholar and can wear the sixth-grade court uniform.
Because it is still March, you need to wear a warm hat with red tassels, a turtle top on the hat, an azure sixth-grade egret court dress, and black high-soled court boots.
In the Qing Dynasty, all high-ranking officials wore official boots. Official boots were also called court boots.
Grassroots are not allowed to wear boots, they must wear straw sandals, cloth shoes, or go barefoot.
Because he has not reached the fifth rank, the jade pillar is not qualified to hang court beads, but it saves some trouble.
To be honest, hanging the beads is neither elegant nor in the way. If you want to bend down, you have to hold the beads with your hands to prevent them from dragging on the ground.
All the equipment that Yuzhu needed to participate in today's imperial meeting was ordered with his own money, and the imperial court didn't care about it.
After checking the court uniforms, Wu Jiang left the inner courtyard and ran to the screen wall outside the second gate to check the preparation of the official sedan.
Civil servants sit in sedan chairs and military commanders ride horses. This is the rule.
Now that Yuzhu is officially going to court, he must ride in a sedan chair and cannot ride on horseback or in a carriage.
If a civil servant does not sit in a sedan chair when going to court, it is against the rules. As long as he is impeached by the official, dismissal from office will be light.
An official sedan with jade pillars, a tin roof, a soap cover, and a soap curtain, carried by two people.
There is no other way. Only officials of the third rank and above are qualified to ride in a four-person official sedan in the capital. Officials of the fourth rank and below are always required to ride in a two-person sedan whenever they are in the capital.
However, rules are dead and people are alive.
Li Si'er had long ago asked Longko to find ten more reliable bearers. Two bearers would work in a group, and after a certain distance, another group of bearers would take over.
There are five groups of bearers taking turns, which does not affect the speed of travel and the bearers will not be too tired.
The only drawback is that the cost of raising so many bearers is quite high.
However, no matter how much money was spent on Yuzhu, Li Si'er didn't feel bad!
After having breakfast and greeting Longkodo and Li Si'er, Yuzhu walked out of the second door and boarded the sedan to go to the Donghua Gate.
The imperial court only restricted Yuzhu himself. In fact, just behind Yuzhu's official sedan, two carriages followed at a short distance.
Hanshuang and Lin Yan'er were sitting on one of the carriages. On the other carriage were a variety of daily necessities, as well as many sets of clothes that could be changed at any time.
Because, starting from today, after Yuzhu officially becomes an official, it is very likely that after going to the Yamen, he will not go home directly, but go to attend social events.
If you wear official uniforms to attend social events, is it because you think the officials and censors are too busy and can't find a chance to impeach you?
Nowadays, it is a common practice in the officialdom that servants accompanying the officials carry many sets of different styles of casual clothes or official uniforms.
For example, Yuzhu was eating flower wine, and the emperor suddenly summoned him. At this time, in order not to keep the emperor waiting, he must immediately change his official uniform and enter the palace as quickly as possible.
In the past, I didn't feel any inconvenience when I went out late. But now that Yuzhu is on the road in a sedan, she has more troubles.
In this forty-nine city, there are countless sixth-rank officials.
On the way, whenever he met a high-ranking official, Yuzhu's sedan must move to the side of the street and wait for them to leave before continuing on the road.
After giving way too many times, Yuzhu simply refused to leave.
Anyway, the order of entering the palace is also determined according to the grade of the officials. The sixth-grade officials are not the last, but also the last.
Hu Biao, the chief steward, had served Longkodo in court for many years and already had rich experience.
Seeing Yuzhu get into the carriage, Hu Biao didn't say anything, but carefully told the bearers to walk faster later, so as not to delay the important event.
Sure enough, about two-quarters of an hour later, all the high-ranking officials came to the front, and Yuzhu got on the road again and swayed outside Donghua Gate.
When Yuzhu got off the sedan, he saw, good guy, at the end of the civil and military officials, there were more than two hundred new scholars, all wearing sapphire-colored official uniforms and wearing crowns with three branches and nine leaves.
Yuzhu held his head high and walked slowly through the queue of the same year with square steps.
Hehe, under the gaze of many envious, jealous and hateful eyes, it felt like a review. He felt a little proud in his heart!
Among the ranks of new Jinshi, Sanding Jia are all wearing official uniforms, which makes them particularly easy to recognize and conspicuous.
By the time Yuzhu reached the front of the queue of new Jinshi, people were already being released in front of Donghua Gate.
At this time, Wang Shanglin, the minister of Honglu Temple, wearing a third-grade court uniform, walked over quickly.
"Gentlemen, you must obey my orders later and do not make your own decisions. If you violate etiquette in public and are criticized by the censors, you can only blame yourself."
Wang Shanglin is the chief official who leads the new Jinshis in the ceremony and process today. If the new Jinshi makes a fool of himself, he, the minister of Honglu Temple, will not look good.
After all, everyone received etiquette training at Honglu Temple.
At this time, three imperial censors with Haechi embroidered on their chests came. They stood not far from the team of new scholars, staring at everyone eagerly.
Before he was officially conferred, he was impeached by the imperial censor. If he lost his honor, wouldn't it mean that the exam was in vain?
As a result, there was complete silence in the large team of more than 200 people, not even a cough could be heard.
"Everyone, please follow me into the palace." Following Wang Shanglin's order, the new scholars led by Yuzhu lined up and entered the Donghua Gate.
(ps: The scene of conferring officials is definitely a wonderful drama. It’s time to enjoy the monthly ticket!)