Prime Minister

Chapter 231 Lu Ming Banquet

Although Wufu is a small banquet, there are more than a dozen dishes just for drinking, such as Jiangyu Fried Belly, Jiang Yusheng, Scallops, Ginger Vinegar Raw Snails, Xiangsnail Fried Belly, Ginger Vinegar Fake Gongquan, Stewed Oysters, and Special Fried Oysters. Belly, fried belly with fake public rights, fried belly with cockroaches, etc. do not have repetitions.

It doesn't matter if it's just appetizers, there are many other dishes, and Zhang Yue recognizes that the most famous one is the sheep's head lottery.

The technique of making sheep's head sticks is very particular. First, take the layer of net oil wrapped on the pig's intestines and scrape it off.

Then boil the sheep's head, remove the meat from the face of the sheep's head and shred it.Finally, add the seasoning to the mutton and mix well, then spread it on the prepared mesh oil.

Finally, the sheep's head skewers laid out in front of Zhang Yue were already rolled like sushi, then dipped in eggs and fried until golden.

Zhang Yue picked up a piece, put it in his mouth and bit it. The mutton cheek meat inside was even more delicious and soft.

Zhang Yue unceremoniously ate several pieces in a row.

During the banquet, Wu Anchi said: "My old Taishan never likes food and drink, but I only like this sheep's head lottery. Others come to eat with wine, and I heard that he is the only one who eats with the book."

Zhang Yue heard that even Wang Anshi liked this dish, so he must have a few more mouthfuls.

Zhang Yue ate a few pieces of sheep's head skewers and felt a little bored, and by the way, he picked up a steamed stuffed bun with crab roe, so that he felt full.

The maidservants on the side all snickered when they saw it.So someone told Li Shi.

The fifteenth mother finally went back to her mother's house, and the two daughter-in-laws of the Wu family, Mrs. Fan, Mrs. Wang, and Mrs. Shiteen came to have a small gathering.

Because Shiwu Niang came out of Li Taijun's stomach, relying on the other party's arrogance, she couldn't help being willful during the banquet, and she couldn't help spit out a few bad words about her husband's family.

Only Shiwu Niang can say this, Fan and Wang don't dare to go along with it, and have to help explain a few words.

Li Taijun smiled slightly and said: "The door of the prime minister is a place of right and wrong, not to mention that there are so many sisters-in-law together, it is inevitable to talk about it. Let's just say a few words. I don't think you have suffered any grievances, otherwise how could you So much to say."

After hearing this, Shiwu Niang said proudly: "It's not that I have my father and mother to support me, they dare not look down on me."

Li Taijun said: "Recently, your father's official position and family fortune are also big, but it is inevitable that he will be jealous of others. A few days ago, something happened to the second room, and your second uncle was taken away from the official position. There is nothing to do about it. "

Fifteen Niang said: "Mother, my daughter knows how to behave in her husband's house."

Li Taijun nodded and said: "Filial piety to parents-in-law is a serious matter. It's okay for sisters-in-law to turn a blind eye and close one eye. They have suffered a lot. Parents-in-law have so many experiences, what can't be seen, and what is for others to fight for. If we don’t fight, we will fight.”

Then Li Taijun gave his daughter several prescriptions for courtship. Fifteen Niang gave birth to a daughter for Wen Jifu's first child. Although a daughter is good, Wen Jifu must have status in Wen's family and be valued by Wen Yanbo, so he still has to give birth to a boy. Ding Caixing.Therefore, Li Taijun asked for various prescriptions for Shiwuniang, and also bought a lot of nourishing medicinal materials, and sent them to Wen's family at any cost.

At this time, the old lady next to Li Taijun took Zhang Yue's story as an interesting story, especially eating more than a dozen sheep's head lottery.

Li Taijun smiled and looked at the two daughters.In the past, Shiwuniang loved to quarrel with Shiqiniang, so she had to make a sarcasm when encountering such a thing.

Unexpectedly, Shiwuniang said: "Mother, it is a blessing to be able to eat this. In the past, Wei Guogong (Zhao Pu) could also eat it. He not only loved meat, but also mutton the most. The mutton in Bianjing is not good, so he insisted on eating Mutton from Khitan. Even the Emperor Taizu would often go to Duke Wei’s house to enjoy the autumn breeze.”

After hearing Shiwuniang's words, everyone laughed.

Li Taijun's heart is like a bright mirror, if Shiwu Niang speaks for Zhang Yue like this, it must be that Wen Jifu values ​​Zhang Yue a lot.Li Taijun is very satisfied in his heart, a woman who can wholeheartedly plan for her husband is blessed.

As for the example of Zhao Pu, it is also a good example. Who is Zhao Pu?

Zhao Pu likes to eat mutton, and so does Zhang Yue.

Li Taijun smiled and said: "It seems that you have not made any progress in the Wen family, but you have become more and more eloquent."

Everyone laughed again when they heard the words.

Seventeen Niang also smiled and said: "Mother is right. When I heard that Lu Guogong was the prime minister, the courtiers all admired his knowledge from ancient times to the present. The fifteenth sister is so knowledgeable. It is difficult for the parents-in-law not to love him." .”

After hearing this, Shiwu Niang smiled slightly and said, "I don't dare to take what Shi Qi said."

Fan's and Wang's were slightly rejoicing that when they were not little girls, they quarreled when they met.

The two daughters-in-law saw that Shiwu Niang kept talking during the dinner. Although she had a high status in the Wen family, it was not easy for her to return to her mother's house.

As for her and Shi Qi Niang, one is married and the other is still in the boudoir, so it will be difficult to quarrel after they are separated.

When Zhang Yue left from Wu's house, Li Taijun, Wu Anshi, and Wu Anchi all sent a lot of things.

This time Zhang Yue didn't refuse, but accepted it.

The same is true for people. As their status increases, their knowledge, vision and bearing also change.In the past, Zhang Yue was always worried that he owed too much favor and would not be cleared in the future, but now he feels it is unnecessary.

Preoccupied, it seems that I am a little sour and petty.More importantly, now I have the confidence to exchange resources.

Try No.3, it can really bring a lot of things.

Not only in terms of status, but most importantly, in terms of knowledge and vision.Many things are no longer viewed with inherent thinking, but with an additional angle.

In the words Zhang Heng told himself before, in the process of self-realization, many negative emotions can be overcome through continuous success.

Confidence is not born, it is brought about through success.

After Zhang Yue returned to Taixue, he always remembered the fraud in the examination room.If the emperor sends ordinary officials to investigate, that's all right, but the most fearful thing is that the Kaifeng government will intervene in this matter.

Now Cai Xiang is the one who has the right to know Kaifeng Mansion.

Cai Xiang has a bad relationship with his Zhang family.

When Cai Xiang was the magistrate of Quanzhou, Zhang Wangzhi's elder brother Zhang Gongzhi was the county magistrate of Jinjiang.

Cai Xiang believed that Zhang Gongzhi was corrupt and perverted the law and dismissed him as a civilian. Then Zhang Youzhi, Zhang Wangzhi, and Zhang Heng used various contacts to appeal for Zhang Gongzhi's redress.

As a result, the imperial court conducted another investigation and concluded that Zhang Gongzhi was innocent, so Cai Xiangfan was demoted.

As a result, the two forged a deep grudge.

Now Cai Xiang is the magistrate of Kaifeng Prefecture...

The more Zhang thought about it, he was not afraid of the shadow slanting, so there was no need to worry, and he returned to Taixue immediately.

But seeing in the dormitory, Sun Guo was already packing his bags.

Hearing that he had bid farewell to Zhidao, this was expected by everyone, but it was still a bit unexpected when it came to the present.

Zhang Yue didn't say anything, and immediately gave Sun Guo some things, and several people in the same house went out to have a meal together.

The restaurant is still where people often gather, not only simple, but also has no good food and drinks.But Zhang Yue took the money and asked Sibo at the door to go outside to the restaurant to buy a few more.

Fan Zuyu couldn't help asking Sun Guo: "Are you going back to Xijing to marry?"

Sun Guo shook his head and said: "No, the teacher recommended me to stay behind in Xijing and asked for an errand in the yamen. Although I depend on others, but at last I don't need to use the family's money, and I can also support my younger brother to study. It is a good way out."

"It's better than being married," Huang Haoyi said, "but I don't even have a way to marry now, hey."

"Silang, eat more vegetables and drink less wine." Zhang Yue kindly advised Huang Haoyi beside him.

Huang Lu said on the side: "Si Lang, with your appearance, it will be difficult for you to marry into a family."

After hearing this, Huang Haoyi jumped and said, "Why is it so difficult?"

"It's just difficult." Huang Lu said frankly.

Huang Haoyi snorted.

Sun Guo took a sip of wine, pointed to the bustling street outside the restaurant, and said, "You say that Bianjing looks like a magnificent woman. I don't know how much time and money I have spent waiting, but I can't get her." Looking back at her, she couldn't get the beauty to stay by her side, and in the end she could only leave sadly and fall into another country."

Zhang Yue said heartily, you are right.

Sun Guo's eyes were moist and he said: "I was defeated by this woman, but you don't need to learn from me, stay in Bianjing, and one day you will embrace the beauty."

Zhang Yue said: "We will meet again in Shanshui in the future, whenever you want to go back to Bianjing, you can come to me and wait."

"Thank you, Chief."

Fan Zuyu was silent for a while, and then said: "That's right, you go back to Xijing to relax first, and try your luck next year. With your talent..."

Sun Guo didn't wait for Fan Zuyu to finish speaking, toasted and drank it down.

Fan Zuyu was a little taken aback, and then fell silent.

Zhang Yue sighed, it would be very difficult for the two of them to be friends again in the future.

People toast.

Sun Guo left the next day, and everyone sent him outside Bianjing.

Then Zhang Yue went to Wen Jifu's appointment.They had a long talk.

After that, Zhang Yue went to see Zhang Heng again, firstly to announce the good news, and secondly to talk about his worries.Knowing that Zhang Yue got the third place, Zhang Heng was very happy, so he encouraged him a lot, but when he heard about the fraud in the examination room, he only said that he knew about it, and there was nothing to say.

In the end, Zhang Yue went to Zhang Yu's mansion to deliver a letter to the second aunt, but he didn't enter, turned around and left after delivering the letter.

On the third day is the Luming Banquet.

The Luming Banquet existed in the Tang Dynasty, and it was specially to see off Jie Zi in Shangjing.

According to the ancient rituals, the chief officials, the staff and the subordinates will set up the guests and hosts, Chen Zudou, prepare the orchestra, and use the prison for livestock, and sing "Lu Ming" to feast on poems.

Lu Tong Lu, Lu Ming is the life of Lu.

Scholars all shy away from fame and fortune, so they use Luming instead.

There is also a saying that when a deer sees green grass, it will make a sound of Yoyo deer to call its companions to eat, which is a first-class virtue.

But at the banquet, it was mainly the examiners who got to know the candidates, and the candidates collectively thanked each other and worshiped together.

The location is in the Imperial College.

The Guozijian paid [-] yuan.

Among them, there are nearly 200 students in Mingjing, and more than 400 in Jinshi.

Zhang Yuewei is the No. 3 of the Jinshi Division, and he is the leader among them.

As for Chen Zhu, Sima Guang, Wang Tao and other examiners came naturally, but Li Dalin was the only one missing.

The examiner Chen Zhu didn't care about this at first, thinking that the other party was delayed on the way because of something, but soon he heard that Li Dalin was taken away by people from Kaifeng Mansion when he was going out to the Imperial College.

Hearing this news, Chen Zhu and others were shocked.

ps: "Song History Li Dalin Biography" Wen Yanbo was recommended as the school manager of Mi Pavilion.Examination candidates, those who lose their rhyme by mistake, will be responsible for supervising Chuzhou tax.Soon, he returned to his post.

Li Dalin was the examiner of the Guozijian Examination in the sixth year of Jiayou, see "Song Huiyao Compilation and Selection".The Song Dynasty did not have a system of reviewing and dissolving test papers, so Li Dalin's accident must have been reported.I didn't make it up.

The past two days have been full of mundane things, and there will be more tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)