dhibooks Chapter 276 Qionglin Banquet
Chapter 276 Qionglin Banquet
Wu Youwei didn't know what was targeting him, or targeting them. He just woke up in the morning, and the steward Wanfu brought them breakfast.
Today's breakfast is stewed mutton, big white steamed buns, egg soup, and the soup is still very thick.
"What breakfast do you want?" Wu Youwei didn't want to eat after washing up: "I'm going to the palace to eat Qionglin banquet!"
"Master, can you eat enough to eat the Qionglin banquet in the palace?" Wan Fu said, "Let's eat at home first."
"Will you be full at the Qionglin Banquet?" Wu Youwei was suddenly surprised: "Why?"
"You are visiting flowers. When the time comes, you really need to go to the imperial garden to pick flowers and come back. After the hairpins are over, where will you sit and eat? You can eat. When the time comes, the piano, chess, calligraphy, paintings, poems and songs will come one by one. What else do you have?" Time to eat?" Wanfu steward said: "And the banquet in the palace, what good food can be eaten? Steamed bowls, steamed vegetables, all kinds of things that have been soaked in water, it's no wonder that they can be eaten well!"
It seems that Butler Wanfu has eaten?
Wu Youwei remained silent, and ate breakfast honestly, and then a group of people gathered in the Ministry of Rites again, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites led them to the Qionglin Banquet.
"Qionglin Banquet" is one of the four banquets of the imperial examination. It is a banquet held for new scholars after the imperial examination. It began in the Song Dynasty.
Song Taizu stipulated that after the palace examination, the emperor would announce the ranking of the imperial examinations and give a banquet to celebrate.
The banquets are held in the famous "Qionglin Garden", which is a royal garden located in the west of Bianjing (now Kaifeng) in Song Dynasty.
Song Huizong Zhenghe hosted a banquet for newly qualified Jinshi in Qionglin Garden two years ago, so the banquet was called "Qionglin Banquet".
"Song Shi Le Zhi IV" also contains: "In the second year of Zhenghe, Wenxi Yu Piyong was given to the tributes, and Yale was still used, and the Qionglin Garden Banquet was stopped." So after the second year of Zhenghe, it was renamed "Wenxi Banquet".
Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, also known as "Enrong Banquet".
Although the names are different, the content of the ceremony is basically the same, and they can still be collectively referred to as "Qionglin Banquet".
According to records, the Liao Dynasty also held a banquet for the new scholars, which was located in the inner orchard or the Ministry of Rites, but it also followed the Song Dynasty and called it "Qionglin Banquet".
Wen Tianxiang, the number one scholar in the Song Dynasty, once wrote a poem "Gong and Poetry for the Qionglin Banquet" describing the grand occasion of the Qionglin Banquet: "Fengzhao Xinbo enters the official crown, and comes back to the pavilion to look at the sky. Miscellaneous rings. Yan Xi happens to come to the Niu Nu Festival, and Luan Zhang shines on Bi Kui. I present poems about Chen Ya's foolish ministers, and see Gengge's weather."
In fact, the Qionglin Banquet was not as luxurious as Wu Youwei imagined, nor was it romantic at all.
When they arrived at the imperial garden, they were arranged to sit on the seats. The people who came and went were eunuchs, and the maids were all at the level of aunts, and none of them were young.
I don't know who arranged it. After the tributes arrived, they didn't dare to make any noise. They all talked in low voices. The three people sitting in the front, Zhang Sheng, Yang Yiqing, and Wu Youwei, were even more familiar. The people in the back row It is also familiar, basically you can see a familiar face every few people, but it makes the thirty or so familiar people feel more relaxed.
After a while, the emperor arrived, and everyone knelt down to meet him.
It was the first time that Wu Youwei felt sad in the ancient times. He seemed to kneel more often in the past few days. When he thought of kneeling and kowtowing to others in the future, he felt his knees itch.
Emperor Xianzong was very kind, in fact, as long as his beloved woman Wan Zhen'er was not touched, he would be very kind: "Get up!
Everyone thanked them, and then got up.
"Please Tanhua Lang Tanhua!"
Wu Youwei... oh. "
Standing up slowly, followed a little servant to the imperial garden.
"Tanhua" first appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but at that time it did not refer to the No. 3 Jinshi in the palace examination, it was just a joking name, and had nothing to do with the ranking.
There were grand celebrations for Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty.
One of the activities is to hold a flower-exploring banquet in Xingyuan Garden.The youngest and most handsome of the Jinshi on the same list were selected in advance as the envoys.
Tour famous gardens and pick flowers along the way.
Then he wrote poems in Qionglin Garden and greeted the number one scholar with flowers.
This activity continued until the end of Tang Dynasty.
Li Nao of the Tang Dynasty wrote in "Qin Zhong Sui Shi Ji": "The Jinshi's first banquet in the apricot garden is called the feast of flower exploration. The two envoys, Shaojun and Shaojun, traveled all over the famous garden. If others broke the flowers first, the two envoys would be fined. "
Now it is changed to pick the most beautiful flowers in the imperial garden and put them on the Qionglin banquet. Everyone uses the flowers as the theme to write poems and songs.
Tang has no second place in the list, but Tan Hualang.
After the announcement of the list of new Jinshi in the Tang Dynasty, they had a grand banquet in Qujiang, and the youngest one was Tanhua Lang; the original intention was just a joke, and had nothing to do with the ranking.
For example, Kou Zhun, the prime minister in the early Northern Song Dynasty, was Tanhua.
In the late Southern Song Dynasty, the No.3 Jinshi was renamed Tanhua, so the second place in the list became the proper name of No.2.
Therefore, it is said that champion, second place, and Tanhua are the three special titles of Sanding Jia, which were synthesized in the Southern Song Dynasty.
Now in the Ming Dynasty, Tanhua also changed the rules.
Wu Youwei didn’t look around casually when he entered the Imperial Garden. It is said that he had been to Beijing several times, and the Forbidden City was a must-see. The Forbidden City is very majestic, it has a bright yellow roof, and also has a palace wall of blue bricks and gray tiles.
Rather than gaudy bright red.
Elegant, mysterious, noble.
It’s just that the imperial garden in the palace is indeed a bit small, and in order to prevent assassins from hiding, no trees taller than a human head can be planted in the palace. They are all bushes, dwarf trees, and occasionally there are trees, which are also small trees. They are so weak that people squat The tree bends when you go up.
Besides, what kind of flowers can there be in Beijing in March?
On the contrary, there are quite a few potted plants in full bloom, placed outside, but they look fake at first glance!
Those flowers are all artificially bred by the people who are in charge of flowers in the palace. They are out of season and suitable for the occasion at first glance, and it is awkward to take them.
The little eunuchs followed Tanhualang around the imperial garden, Wu Youwei finally broke off a blue wicker and a pink apricot flower, and came back.
One green and one powder, placed in the vase in the middle of the Qionglin banquet, everyone's eyes are straight!
This is the best... flower that Tanhualang brought back?
"What does this mean?" Emperor Xianzong was also a little curious, and not only opened his mouth to ask.
"Xingbang High School is like us becoming a student of the emperor; the wicker is green and green, just like our youth." Wu Youwei talked eloquently: "And the green and pink are dependent on each other, and the spring is beautiful.
The cyan branches can only be so low-key but not replicable in spring; the pink apricot blossoms are only available in March and April a year, especially Wu Youwei chose a half-blooming apricot branch.
It's a bit mischievous and cute, but also has the breath of spring, and it's more like a pleasant garden tour.
"Okay!" Emperor Xianzong clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "It is worthy of being the servant Wu who wrote beautiful sentences about spring flowers, spring moon, year after year, pity for spring and fear of parting in spring."
Wu Youwei didn't expect Emperor Xianzong to know the poem he had copied, and he said in an embarrassing manner: "The emperor is too famous.
It happened at this time that the imperial meal was served.
The first dish is fried food: fried spring rolls, fried Sanzi.
The second type is raw cold dishes: fish vinegar and yellow bird vinegar.
Fish vinegar: sashimi with a little more vinegar. Huaxia sashimi uses more vinegar and wine, and there is no horseradish at this time.
Yellow Sparrow Vinegar: Sparrows are also called "single sparrows". They are caught and eaten by the people, and they have existed since ancient times.
"Huangque vinegar" is a delicacy made by pickling sparrows with salt and rice flour before eating. It is similar to the method of pickling meat and fish, but the taste is even better.
Then there was a vegetarian dish and a meat dish, and Wu Youwei saw chili oil in it with sharp eyes!
Pork ears in red oil, husband and wife lung slices, aren't these their specialties?Nowadays, with the emergence of chili recipes, many people can make them, and Yuchu is the first person to learn and make them!
When the emperor was serving the food, he poured wine and had a drink with everyone, and then left?Yes, it is said that I am going to change clothes, and yes, when I came here, I was wearing court clothes, which was very tiring, and I changed into a light one, so I could throw off my arms and eat!
Wu Youwei ate some cold dishes, but he felt that eating cold dishes in such a cold weather would be unbearable to his stomach, and neither could he. No wonder the butler Wanfu asked him to eat something to fill his stomach before he came.
But as soon as Emperor Xianzong left, there were people who couldn't stop. All the ladies and eunuchs came and went here. When they heard that Tanhualang was Wu's servant, "Since Wu's servant, no one has Wing Chun."
Some people were not convinced. Now that the emperor left, he stood up and said in admiration: "I never expected to see Wu Tanhua here. I am so lucky. Everyone in the lower class has been to Yayuan. The couplet at the door makes me admire you." From then on, the word "Wing Chun" will never be mentioned again, just please make another song, will you? "
As soon as Wu Youwei heard it, he knew that this person had hidden needles in his cotton!
Since there is no Wing Chun after him, then he can perform Wing Chun by himself?
What kind of heart?It's enough to make him feel bad when he becomes a Tanhua Lang and eat a stomach full of cold dishes. Now you want him to recite poems?He just wants to be against him!
No poetry!
"That's right, but should I let the number one scholar sing a song first?" Another humanely said: "Then comes the second place. Tanhualang can think about it if he has time?"
"Wu Tanhua still need to think about it?" Someone said: "On the night of the Lantern Festival this year, Tanhualang wrote two poems in one breath. He is very talented!"
It’s fine if they praise it, but this is obviously a metaphor for Wu Youwei’s “exhaustion of talents”. If you write good poems, everyone will watch the excitement;
"Who is in a hurry?" Just at this time, Emperor Xianzong came back.
It turned out that he just went out to change his coat, but the people who followed Emperor Xianzong changed. The original servant was still there, but Wantong also followed Emperor Xianzong.
Seeing Wantong, Wu Youwei was finally happy. He didn't see each other for several days, didn't go home, and didn't even send a letter. Only when he saw him did he realize how much he missed him.
However, when Emperor Xianzong came, everyone had to stand up and salute. At this moment, the food was half served, and there was a lot of tossing and tossing when standing up, and it was in the open air again. Wu Youwei frowned, wondering how much was left in the food Dust gets in.
Since Emperor Xianzong asked, someone would naturally answer him, but he looked at Wu Youwei: "In that case, let Tanhualang play a song!"
Wu Youwei.."...!!!"
I am wronged, I am wronged!
"Minister, obey the order." At this time, Wu Youwei could only bite the bullet.
Others looked at him one after another, wondering if he could really be so quick-witted and able to write better poems than in previous years.
Wu Youwei polished his ink while thinking quickly in his mind.
Nalan Rongruo's poems are all unique in later generations. He was able to create a world in the sea of poems and poems for more than a thousand years, and his attainments are of course different from ordinary people.
It's a pity that most of Nalan Rongruo's poems are sentimental, and few of them are suitable for the current scene. However, if he changes his poetry style, it is understandable, after all, today is Qionglin Banquet.
Wu Youwei thought for a while, and the corners of his mouth turned up slightly. If you don't make me feel better, I won't let you take advantage of it either!
Just a little word with the stroke of a pen:
"Purple, dark, red, worrying, no clue, where does spring go at sunset? Spring doesn't look back, leaving a day of thick flocks. Spring live! Spring live! It's all about people's families.
The meaning of this little poem is: Dongfeng is the most ruthless, making the beautiful purple and red colors dim and lose their true colors. The sky is getting late, where is the home of spring?Once the spring is gone, there will be no turning back, leaving only catkins flying all over the sky.Spring, spring, can you stop and re-render the color of the house that has lost its color.
This is Gong Zizhen's "Like a Dream Makes Purple Dark and Red Sorrowless". It is a small poem from the Qing Dynasty. Not many people know it, but the artistic conception is good!
It also happens to be of the "Wing Chun" type, and the most wonderful thing is the two "Chun Zhu", if someone with an accent pronounces it, it is "Stupid pig... Hehehe!