The deer banquet is the apprenticeship banquet, the Ming Dynasty's deer banquet, has become particularly important, in the deer banquet, the person is to meet the examiner, indicating that the student who becomes the examiner, from then on, the fate of the government is basically tied to the teacher, even if the person wants to blur the past, the teacher will remind it.

The Donglin Party, the Zhejiang Party, etc., which appeared in the imperial court, in the final analysis, is condensed by using this way of apprenticeship banquet, Donglin Academy, Fushe and Yingshe, etc., are basically places where scholars gather, these scholars have not yet entered the imperial court, and the impact cannot be too great, and it is not very realistic to want to completely form a party, but the vast majority of the people who participated in the Luming banquet became officials in the DPRK and China, and in this case, it is easy to form a party.

Zheng Xunrui knows this very well, but fortunately, his teacher is Dong Qichang, an old man who is not interested in politics, and he is old enough, seventy-five years old, I am afraid that the emperor appointed Dong Qichang as the chief examiner of Nanzhili, and he also thought of this reason, as for the deputy chief examiner Wei Chengrun, Zheng Xunrui will only pay a courtesy visit.

There is another level, that is, Ying Tianfu Yin Liu Zongzhou, forty-five-year-old Liu Zongzhou is in his prime, and he also has a deep understanding of the current situation, and the most important point is that Liu Zongzhou is a member of the Donglin Party, which is Zheng Xunrui's most taboo identity.

Zheng Xunrui will never join the Donglin Party, on the contrary, his development path in the future, may have a great conflict with the Donglin Party, there is a point of view Zheng Xunrui is incompatible with the Donglin Party, that is, the problem of treating businessmen, regardless of the Ming Dynasty, or he Zheng Xunrui, to develop in the future, must rely on business and trade taxes, and put all the burden of taxes on the heads of farmers.

The Luming banquet was presided over by Liu Zongzhou, and it was also held in Yingtianfu, so Zheng Xunrui had to pass Liu Zongzhou's pass.

On the second day of the ninth month, at two o'clock, Zheng Xunrui came to the outside of Yingtianfu.

"Qingyang, I've been thinking about looking for you, I guess you had a lot of things at home yesterday, and I also socialized a lot yesterday."

"Brother Huaidou, I also want to congratulate you."

"Joy and joy, Xie Yuanlang and Yayuanlang, it's hard not to attract attention, when I got up in the morning, I was thinking, I will go to the capital next year, you and I must go together."

"Of course."

One after another, people from the middle lift came to Yingtianfu, and the conversation between Zheng Xunrui and Yang Tingshu naturally attracted the attention of others.

The Luming Banquet was held in the back garden, which was the place where Lord Fu Yin lived, and ordinary people could not enter it at all, that is, the new imperial examination people had such qualifications, and the inner curtain officials of the township examination participated in the Luming Banquet, and they were also the most important guests.

After the two dismounted, they entered the palace together.

After all the new imperial examination people passed through the Yongdao, they waited at the Yimen, and the governor of Yingtianfu and the officials of the ceremonial room would bring many new imperial examination people to the back garden, and the wine banquet had already been set up.

At the forefront are Xie Yuan and Ya Yuan.

Zheng Xunrui and Yang Tingshu saw Zhang Pu and Wu Weiye again, and there was a young man standing next to the two with a smile on his face, as for Yang Yi, Chen Zilong, Wu Changshi and others, standing behind.

"Brother Qingyang, congratulations, let me introduce you, this is Chen Yutai, Yayuan in the township test, the third place in the township test."

Zheng Xunrui had a smile on his face, and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, finally arrived, the champion of Chongzhen's four-year palace test was Chen Yutai, and Wu Weiye was on the list, but now it is impossible to say, although Chen Yutai and Zhou Yanru, the first assistant of the cabinet, are in-laws.

The group walked towards the back garden.

The leader is naturally Zheng Xunrui, but his posture is very low-key, and he can't see the slightest complacency, but Zhang Pu and others behind him are much stronger than him, if others don't pay attention, they think that Zheng Xunrui, who is walking in front, is the one who leads the way.

Liu Zongzhou, Dong Qichang, Wei Chengrun and others have already come to the back garden.

Everyone's eyes were on Zheng Xunrui and others who were walking in front, especially Zheng Xunrui, who was sixteen years old and became Xie Yuanlang of the Nanzhili Township Examination, which was the first time in the Ming Imperial Examination.

Zheng Xunrui's seat was next to Dong Qichang and Liu Zongzhou.

Zheng Xunrui has an honor, that is, he and the chief examiner Dong Qichang read the "Luming" chapter in the "Book of Songs", and the rest of the new imperial examination people were driven by the two of them, and they also read it aloud, and it was precisely because of this ceremony that the banquet was called the Luming Banquet.

The banquet is naturally to drink, and the more you drink, the better, and the government can still get this bit of silver.

During the drinking, you can leave the table to toast, and this toast is mysterious, and the so-called teacher-student relationship is made clear in the process of toasting.

As Zheng Xunrui expected, the new imperial examination first toasted Dong Qichang, and then toasted Liu Zongzhou, and the attitude of the toast was completely different, and then he toasted Wei Chengrun.

Zheng Xunrui's attitude is different, when he toasts Dong Qichang, his attitude is respectful, and when he toasts Liu Zongzhou and Wei Chengrun, he is with a normal heart.

The mystery in this, everyone understands, Dong Qichang is the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, taking a back seat, although he is very famous, and he is very old, he doesn't care about politics, with such a teacher, it is impossible to have much success, Liu Zongzhou is different, Shuntianfu Yin, is in the prime of life, maybe when he will enter the imperial court, or even enter the cabinet, with such a teacher, the future can be greatly helped.

This can't be blamed on the new imperial examination people, studying hard is just to be an official, and to be an official is to be a big official, and you must have a career.

During the whole process of the Luming banquet, Zheng Xunrui has always been very calm, as if he was a spectator, and Yang Tingshu was followed by him, and he was not arrogant at all.

After the Luming banquet ended, many new imperial examinees and inner curtain officials left the palace together, and only Wei Chengrun stayed in the palace, he lived in the official post, and the official post was in the palace, so he would not leave, but after the Luming banquet ended, he would return to the capital in two or three days at most.

Walking out of the mansion, the ceremonial warden came to Zheng Xunrui's side and spoke in a low voice.

"Master Dong is waiting for you in the mansion."

Zheng Xunrui almost didn't react, the Luming banquet is a thank-you banquet, but at the banquet, it is impossible to meet the teacher publicly, and the teacher-student ceremony will be performed after the Luming banquet is over, and the teacher-student relationship will be completely clear.

He must have gone to see Dong Qichang, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

After saying goodbye to Yang Tingshu in a hurry, Zheng Xunrui took Hong Xinyu towards Dong Qichang's mansion.

When he entered the study, Zheng Xunrui was a little worried, an official with a prominent reputation like Dong Qichang would not casually bring people into the study.

"Qingyang, the old man doesn't want your bundle, and he doesn't want you to do any apprenticeship, the old man wrote a pair of words for you, the old man never took the initiative to give people calligraphy and paintings, even if someone came to ask the old man, the old man would not agree."

Dong Qichang's words made Zheng Xunrui really confused, and this sentence contained three meanings.

One is that Dong Qichang does not call himself an official, but calls himself an old man, that is, he regards Zheng Xunrui as a junior, Dong Qichang is at such an age, there is absolutely no problem to be an elder, but the relationship between the elders and the juniors is very close.

The second meaning is that if you don't tie yourself up and don't worship the teacher, then it's not a complete teacher-student relationship.

The third meaning, giving calligraphy and painting, Dong Qichang's calligraphy and painting have a great influence in the government and the opposition, and many people can't ask for it, so Dong Qichang took the initiative to send him calligraphy and painting.

In the final analysis, Dong Qichang really appreciates him.

"The article you tried in Jiangning County, the article that should be tested by Tianfu Prefecture, the old man has read it, and the old man didn't expect that you can write such an old-fashioned article at a young age, if you really know your age, this old man of Nanzhili Xie Yuan will have to consider it separately, but your table of today's Luming banquet is very good, and the old man is very pleased."

"The old man is not used to seeing any apprenticeship, and before he enters the court, he has too much contact with the officials, where is the court located, and where is the emperor located......"

When Dong Qichang said this, Zheng Xunrui's body trembled slightly, and he finally understood what Dong Qichang meant.

"You are talented, pampered and humiliated, what is even more rare is that at such a young age, you actually have a subtle but not revealing temperament, the old man has read countless people, the first time I saw it, it was inevitable to be surprised, the old man knew that you were a child of the Zheng family in Xingyang, but this famous family, after a thousand years, is also slowly declining, you can follow the family motto, self-denial, do not change with the change of the situation, stick to the excellent side of the family, rare."

"The old man has high expectations for you, and I believe that when you take the palace exam, you will be able to shine and serve the imperial court, but the old man is also worried."

"The old man doesn't like to be in politics all his life, he doesn't want to get involved in the whirlpool, he has encountered many jokes, the old man doesn't care, the old man has seen too much, whether it is the eunuch party, or the Donglin party, or even the Zhejiang party, all of them are fighting to the death, the scene during the apocalypse, the old man remembers it very clearly, and will never forget it."

"After the emperor ascended the throne, he made great efforts to change the decline of the past, so that the court was greatly invigorated, but the sky was not a dummy, there was the invasion of the Houjin Tartars, and the peasants rebelled, and the disasters were repeated, and the emperor was also exhausted, in this case, it was necessary to work together towards the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, but unfortunately this situation has not appeared."

"The old man doesn't want you to enter the court, dedicated to your own fame and fortune, and the old man doesn't want you to protect yourself, this is not what you should do, as for how to do it, the old man will not say, after he tries in the palace, the emperor will teach." ……

After leaving Dong Qichang's mansion, Zheng Xunrui confirmed a conjecture in his heart that Dong Qichang actually represented the emperor when he said this, that is to say, the emperor hated the dispute between the friends of the court and the Chinese government, and he would not be particularly interested in the Donglin Party.