The deer banquet originated in the Tang Dynasty, generally held on the next day of the township test list, by the Cheng Xuan political envoy to set up a banquet to entertain the new imperial examination and the internal and external curtain officials (examiners, marking officers), before the banquet the new people will sing the deer song in the Book of Songs, so it is named the deer Ming banquet.

To put it bluntly, the Luming banquet is a means of the ruler to attract talents, so it is generally quite grand, and the etiquette is cumbersome. Otherwise, how can it reflect that "everything is inferior, only reading is high"?

In addition, the Luming banquet is also a banquet for the new imperial examination people to contact their feelings, after all, when they reach the level of lifting people, it is very likely that they will be officials in the same dynasty in the future, they are not only fellow villagers, but also raise people in the same year, which is a very valuable source of contacts.

Originally, the Luming banquet was generally held in the political envoy department, but due to the rebellion of King Ning, the two highest officials of the political envoy department, the left and right political envoys were either killed or thieves, and now the ministry has not appointed a new political envoy, so the Luming banquet of this township test was held in the governor's yamen, and was presided over by the new Jiangxi governor Wang Shouren himself.

Xu Jin took the carriage to the north of the city, outside the governor's yamen, and as soon as he got off the car, Fei Maozhong greeted him, obviously waiting here for a long time.

It is said that Fei Maozhong really passed the township test, and ranked fifth on the laurel list, but unfortunately Fei Maoxian fell off the list.

"Ziqian ......" Fei Maozhong was still talking, his face was obviously worried, Ziqian, the first name of the township test, was appointed by the emperor, and many candidates were extremely dissatisfied with this, and I heard that Liu Hanlin, the chief examiner of the township test, also had complaints about this.

Xu Jin naturally understood what Fei Maozhong was worried about, and said with a smile: "Minshou, let's go in!" ”

Fei Maozhong saw Xu Jin talk like this, he admired and was a little ashamed, his father often taught that there must be calm in all major events, but it is one thing to know, but it is another thing to do it, when it comes to qi cultivation kung fu, he is still far inferior to Ziqian.

Xu Jin and Fei Maozhong entered the governor's yamen, and their own yamen sent the two to the second hall.

At this time, more than a dozen seats had been set up in the second hall compound of the governor's yamen, and the eyes were full of new imperial examination people wearing straight clothes, and some of them were township gentry, who were gathering in groups to talk about it. Exactly: the hall is full of Zhu Zigui, all of whom are readers!

As soon as Xu Jin and Fei Maozhong appeared, they instantly attracted the attention of many people, and some even showed excitement, as if the hunter was finally waiting for the prey to appear.

"Congratulations to Senior Brother Xu for winning the first place!" Master Wei Yang took the lead in greeting him, with a warm smile on his face.

"Congratulations to Senior Brother Xu for winning the Township Trial Xie Yuan!" Jiang Yun behind Wei Yang also smiled and arched his hand.

In this Jiangxi Township Examination, there are a total of three people in Shangrao Xinjiang Academy, Xu Jin, who was appointed by the emperor as Xie Yuan, and two senior brothers, Wei Yang and Jiang Yun. The senior brother's township test ranking is higher than Fei Maozhong's, the third place on the laurel list, and his strength is very strong, and Jiang Yun also entered the top 20.

It is said that a total of 45 people were admitted to this year's Jiangxi Township Examination, and Xinjiang Academy accounted for three seats, which can be said to be very good.

At this time, Li Zhe, the head of Yuzhang Academy, came over with a group of new imperial examinees from Nanchang Mansion and congratulated Xu Jin one after another.

"Congratulations to Brother Xu for winning Xie Yuan!" Li Zhe had a smile on his face, but his mood was mixed, because he was the second place in this township test, that is to say, this township test should have been his, but the emperor's holy decree came down, and the name that originally belonged to him flew away.

Yuan Cheng, the head of the Nanchang Mansion trial case, quipped: "Xu Sanyuan will be called Xu Siyuan in the future, and he is one step closer to the big Sanyuan!" ”

Huang Dacan said with a smile: "What Brother Yuan said is very true, if Brother Xu takes over the big and small three yuan, there is really no one before and no one after him." As Brother Xu's fellow townsman and the same year, we are honored! ”

Everyone immediately laughed, some laughed sincerely, of course, some laughed a little fake, and even had deep jealousy hidden under their eyes.

Xu Jin said modestly: "Everyone, you are laughing, Xu is just a fluke, but he doesn't dare to think about the big three yuan." ”

At this moment, a very discordant voice suddenly sounded: "Hehe, Xu Ziqian is self-aware, I think that Xu Ziqian's township trial of Xie Yuan is not just a fluke, it is simply the ancestral tomb with green smoke." Let's ask how many people have been appointed by the emperor as Xie Yuan throughout the ages? I really envy others! ”

Everyone followed the prestige, and suddenly someone showed a meaningful smile, hehe, the person who took the lead in finding the ballast came, and there was a good show to watch now.

I saw a group of scholars coming over with a group of threesomes, and it was the "Iron Triangle" combination that said before the exam that they would question Xu Jin in person: Zhou Xu, Gong Xiang, and Xiao Wan. These three people have all entered the top ten of the township test, and their strength should not be underestimated.

The person who spoke just now was Zhou Xu, a native of Anfu County, who walked up to Xu Jin and proudly arched his hand and said: "In Zhou Xu, Xia Fu'an County, Tian Wei is the sixth place in the township test, and I have seen Xu Jieyuan!" ”

"In Xiao Wan, Xia Jishui County, Tian Wei ranked eighth in the township test, and I saw Xu Jieyuan!"

"In Gong Xiang, Xiaqingjiang County, Tian Wei Township Test, I have seen Xu Jieyuan!"

These three introduced themselves, and also brought the township test rankings, and when they said the word "Xu Jieyuan", they all deliberately emphasized the pronunciation, which was very sarcastic and demonstrated.

Xu Jin smiled indifferently: "It turned out to be Brother Zhou, Brother Xiao, and Brother Gong, fortunately!" ”

Zhou Xu's movements behind him all showed contempt, Xu Jin's fluttering answer, in their opinion, was naturally a manifestation of lack of confidence, and he was so polite when he was provoked in front of him, isn't it a lack of confidence?

However, those who know Xu Jin know that this is Xu Jin's style, he will always be a breezy appearance, if he doesn't make a move, he will definitely "see blood and seal his throat".

Li Zhe and Yuan Cheng, the candidates of Nanchang Mansion who participated in the Tengwang Pavilion Literary Conference last year, had a deep understanding of this, and it was clear that Nanchang Mansion was leading at that time, but Xu Jin's song "Linjiang Immortal" directly ended the poetry competition.

Zhou, Gong, and Xiao saw that Xu Jin "backed down", but they didn't continue to chase and fight, because the governor and the examiners had not yet arrived, and they were now challenging Xu Jin, who did they show to them?

About half an hour later, under the leadership of Wang Shouren, the new governor of Jiangxi, a group of internal and external curtain officials entered one after another, and all the new recruits came forward to salute, and then lined up to worship Master Confucius.

Xu Jinnai solved the yuan in this township test, and of course sat in the first place of the new promotion, and there were nine of the top ten lifters in the township test, including Zhou Xu, Xiao Wan and Gong Xiang.