Seeing Cheng Huaimo leaving the pavilion in a daze, Shu Hui didn't care if he would come back, anyway, he wasn't going to drink the tea - what if that kid spat in it?

He turned to look at the two of them with some surprise, patted the bench under him, and asked mysteriously: "Have you noticed that this academy is so angry, and even this airy pavilion has Hu beds on all sides." ”

Is education so lucrative? It is said that at this time, except for a few dried meat apprenticeships called shushu [xiū], the counties did not run universities, and the tuition fee for the state school was four taels of silver, eight taels for the four doors of Chang'an, sixteen taels for the Taixue, and free for the Guozi school.

The apprenticeship ceremony is very simple, this bundle of belly used to refer to dry beef, in the Zhou ceremony a pot of wine, a dry beef, a dog three together called Shaoli. But now it is just cured pork, and ten bundles together are called bundles, which are the specifications formulated by Confucius. And even if some places engage in some vain "six rites", and add some homophonic allegories such as celery and lotus seeds, it will not be more than a few dollars.

If Mr. collects these worthless things, he will definitely not give the school a commission. As for the income of the state school that can be studied for three years with four taels of silver per person, I am afraid that the academy guarding this forty acres of land will have to pay a lot of finances, how can it be so extravagant that a long hu bed is placed on six sides of a pavilion to facilitate the state school students who are used to sitting on the ground?

So...... Shu Hui whispered his guess: "You say, did Liu Tingshi know that I like to sit on the Hu bed, but he doesn't know what direction I like to sit, so he filled this place?" ”

Ao Guang's face was serious, and he didn't say a word, as if he had something on his mind. And Hongyu saw Shu Hui's gaze scanning between the two of them for a few weeks, and finally fell on his face, he couldn't help but blush slightly, and said in a somewhat unspeakable voice: "Young master, the slave thinks that what you are sitting on now is not a Hu bed, but a painting table." ”

“？？！” Shu Hui's smile froze on his face, and he snorted awkwardly for a long time: "Haha, it turned out to be a painting table, I said why don't there be table ears on the edge......"

Can he be blamed for this? This can't be, this painting table is exactly the same as the Hu bed in his house.

It's obviously the same thing, what's so strange about admitting it wrong? What's the big deal...... Just when he was full of resentment, the drinking ceremony venue in front of the Wenchang Hall was slowly arranged by the state students and the officials who were dismantled from the state office.

The temple was spotlessly clean, but now the clean mats are re-laid, and a group of people carry wine utensils, washing utensils, and some offerings are roughly arranged inside and outside the hall, and then adjust the position little by little, which is really meticulous but feels meaningless.

Shu Hui was gradually attracted by the movement over there, but temporarily forgot the embarrassment just now. From his current location to the main hall, there are still more than twenty meters, and the content that can be seen through the hall door is very limited.

He estimated that this position was prepared for the observation of the shooting salute later, and it was halfway across the shooting range, and it was nothing if he couldn't see the drinking ceremony, after all, he heard that it was a set of dramas.

However, Shu Hui didn't know that in fact, except for the palace and the ancient princes' mansions, which had a special hall layout, most of the ceremonies held in other places had to be completed outside the door because of the terrain assistance, and his position still belonged to the VIP seat.

The drinking ceremony is a ritual handed down from the Zhou Dynasty. At that time, only the princes of each township were qualified to serve as national officials, and there were steps in front of the palace hall of the princes, and every time they drank during the banquet, they needed to go down to the hall to wash their hands and wine glasses.

At that time, this set of rituals amounted to a complete demonstration of the etiquette of feasting and drinking for the new Magi who were about to enter the temple, and every time the king and princes drank a drink, it was part of this ritual and there was nothing special about it.

But now that all states can raise soldiers, coupled with changes in architectural styles, and the value of wine is far lower than that of the Zhou Dynasty, no one will solemnly wash their hands every time for a glass of wine, and this set of etiquette seems a bit troublesome.

Etiquette is etiquette, and what can be changed is not changed as much as possible. There is no hall in the hall that is three levels higher than the ground, so the steps outside the main hall are used to spread the ground under the eaves to make a hall, anyway, the hall is different from the ancient meaning, and the width of the eaves is about the same as the depth of the general hall.

However, the barbaric sacrifice of the Zhou Dynasty was completely swept into the garbage heap of history, even if Kong Yingda and other retro forces said that it would break the sky, there would be no more dismembered livestock at today's drinking ceremony, so that Bin could taste it after taking out the bloody lungs and breaking them.

In addition, although the drinking utensils and washing utensils that are not used today have special ritual utensils for the ceremony, many of the music required for the ceremony have been permanently lost, and it is simply not realistic to reproduce them perfectly.

Therefore, the township shooting ceremony held in Linqiong Academy today still has a bit of ancient style, but it is uncertain.

People from all walks of life began to step into the garden and stand in groups according to their own identities, so that the superiority of the identity of a person like Shu Hui, who had a place among the six pavilions in the garden that was more suitable for watching the ceremony, was immediately reflected - because the foundation of this pavilion was much higher than the surrounding in order to be waterproof.

With a leisurely sound from the academy, Shu Hui looked at the watch that didn't exist at all, nine and four minutes. Considering the possible error between the sundial of the Huojing County Office and this Linqiong Academy, it should be the right time now.

The bell had already ringed, but Liu Tingshi, as the host, as well as the most outstanding guest of this year, the second outstanding Jie, and the three guest representatives who were slightly worse than them did not appear.

Only a scholar who was familiar with ancient etiquette was the presiding officer, and he was inviting the students who were the foil of the green leaves to sit at the ceremonial table laid directly on the road.

"No wonder you have to sweep the road so clean, it must be troublesome to wash such a long mat."

Shu Hui saw them grinding there, and he didn't seem to behave very solemnly. He thinks he can understand the mood of these green leaves, and he will sit for a long time, just watching a few top students perform there, and he may not know how much sour and astringent taste will come out of his heart.

"Well, it is said that the purpose of the salute is to make people humble and introspective, and not to complain because they are not as good as others, but it is very interesting to put it after the drinking ceremony of recommending the Magi."

Shu Hui pressed his fingers, and his mind began to come alive: "It is not unreasonable that all dynasties in my country have called themselves the state of etiquette. ”

"Whether these ornate and cumbersome etiquette have been applied to different people, whether they have made him a humble gentleman or a well-dressed beast, they are all indisputably noble from the point of view of their simplicity."

Shu Hui thought about the French court etiquette of the European Middle Ages as seen in later movies, and shook his head.

He admits that he thinks the graceful dance gestures are more pleasing to the eye than the classical Chinese etiquette, but he does not read a trace of humility or respect in them, but rather conceit and pretentiousness.

This is Shu Hui's mistake. Like all other civilized etiquette, the etiquette of the French court was to be respectful and humiliating.

It's just that in the movies he watches, he picks out those bells and whistles, and only a few will use the showman's self-made etiquette, or simply the acting actions that the servants train to please their masters, and the relationship between the actors' performance ability...... Of course, he would find it extraordinarily flashy and empty.

Anyway, Shu Hui has this excess sense of national superiority due to lack of understanding, and invisibly adds a little recognition to this set of rituals that have not been passed down for various reasons, compresses his critical vision to one percent, and uses ninety percent appreciation to greet the drinking ceremony that has aroused his great interest at this moment.

In this way, it is indeed possible to discover the good intentions of the sages hidden behind the board and a glance.

"The purpose of the drinking ceremony is to clarify the dignity of the elder and the younger, so the seats, the drinking utensils, and even the wine used at each table are slightly different. The washware was placed at the foot of the east staircase, which was closest to the master's seat, and should have been the owner's own purifier. In this way, the so-called humility is not only to make people aware of their own status, but also to cultivate the corresponding measure of humility and humility. ”

Shu Hui looked at the layout on the field, and the strict placement that he thought had no practical meaning before had become a very ideal communication position for the two sides that can clearly distinguish the relationship between the upper and lower levels when determining the dignity and humility according to the direction.

And next, he will have a deeper understanding of all this, because Liu Tingshi has already greeted the guests, Jie, and the guests to the front of the hall.