The Luming Banquet originated in the Tang Dynasty and was usually held the day after the provincial examination was released. Chengcheng announced that the Political and Envoy Department will host a banquet to entertain new juren and internal and external curtain officials (examiners, reviewers). Before the banquet, the new juren will sing the Luming Chapter in the Book of Songs, hence the name Luming Banquet.

To put it bluntly, Lu Ming Banquet is a means for rulers to win over talents, so it is usually held very grandly and has cumbersome etiquette. In a simple sentence, it is very high-quality, which can make all participants proud of themselves. Otherwise, how can it reflect "all things are inferior, but only high-level reading"?

In addition, Lu Ming Banquet is also a banquet for new juren to communicate with each other. After all, at the level of juren, there is a great possibility of becoming an official in the same dynasty in the future. He is both a fellow townsman and a juren in the same year. This is a very precious source of connections.

Originally, the Lu Ming Banquet was usually held in the Governor's Office, but due to the rebellion of King Ning, the two highest officials of the Governor's Office, the left and right governors were either killed or followed the thief. Now the Ministry of Personnel has not appointed a new governor, so the Lu Ming Banquet for this provincial examination was held in the Governor's Office and was personally presided over by the new Governor of Jiangxi Wang Shouren.

Xu Jin took the carriage to the outside of the Governor's Office in the north of the city. As soon as he got off the car, Fei Maozhong came up, obviously waiting here for a long time.

Speaking of which, Fei Maozhong indeed passed the provincial examination and ranked fifth in the osmanthus list. Unfortunately, Fei Maoxian failed the exam.

"Ziqian..." Fei Maozhong was still trying to speak, with obvious concern on his face. Ziqian, the top name in the provincial examination, was chosen by the emperor, and many candidates were extremely dissatisfied with it. I heard that Liu Hanlin, the chief examiner of the provincial examination, also had complaints about it.

Xu Jin naturally understood what Fei Maozhong was worried about and smiled and said, "People's support, let's go in!"

Fei Maozhong was both impressed and a little ashamed when he saw Xu Jin's talk. His father often taught that he would be calm whenever he encountered major events. But he knew that it was one thing, but it was another thing to do. When it comes to qi cultivation, he was still far inferior to Ziqian.

Xu Jin and Fei Maozhong entered the Governor's Office, and the yamen sent the two to the second hall.

At this time, more than a dozen seats had been placed in the courtyard of the second hall of the Governor's Office, and the eyes were filled with new imperial examination candidates in straight clothes. Some of them were gentry gentry gathered together in groups of three or five to talk. It was precisely: Zhu Zigui in the hall was all scholars!

As soon as Xu Jin and Fei Maozhong appeared, they instantly attracted a lot of attention. Some people even showed excitement, just as hunters finally waited for their prey to appear.

"Congratulations to Junior Brother Xu for winning the title of Juren!" Master Wei Yang took the lead in greeting him with a warm smile on his face.

"Congratulations to Junior Brother Xu for being awarded the provincial examination and Xie Yuan!" Jiang Yun behind Wei Yang also bowed with a smile.

In this Jiangxi provincial examination, there were three high school students in Xinjiang Academy in Shangrao. In addition to Xu Jin, who was appointed as Jie Yuan by the emperor, there were also senior brothers Wei Yang and Jiang Yun. The senior brother's provincial examination ranking was higher than that of Fei Maozhong, and was third on the Gui list, and he was very strong. In addition, Jiang Yun also entered the top 20.

Speaking of which, in this Jiangxi Provincial Examination, a total of 45 juren were admitted, and Xinjiang Academy occupied three seats, which can be said to be very good.

At this time, Li Zhejiang, the head of Yuzhang Academy, came over with a group of new imperial examination candidates from Nanchang Prefecture, and congratulated Xu Jin.

"Congratulations to Brother Xu for winning Jie Yuan!" Li Zhejiang had a smile on his face, but his mood was mixed, because he was the second place in the provincial examination. In other words, Jie Yuan should have been his in this provincial examination, but the emperor's imperial edict was reduced, and the first name of the juren who originally belonged to him flew.

Yuan Cheng, the head of the Nanchang Prefecture trial case, quipped: "Xu Sanyuan will call Xu Siyuan in the future, and he is one step closer to the big three yuan!"

Huang Dacan smiled and said, "Brother Yuan said very well. If Brother Xu won three yuan in big and small, it would be unprecedented and no one would come later. As Brother Xu's fellow townsman and in the same year, we are honored!"

Everyone burst into laughter. Some laughed sincerely, and of course some laughed a little fake, and even there was a deep jealousy hidden under their eyes.

Xu Jin said modestly: "You all laughed at me. Xu was just a lucky person, and he didn't dare to imagine a big three yuan."

At this moment, a very disharmonious voice suddenly sounded: "Haha, Xu Ziqian is self-aware. I think that Xu Ziqian's provincial examination was not just a lucky person, but a ancestral tomb was filled with smoke. How many people have been appointed by the emperor as Jie Yuan? It's really envious of others!"

Everyone looked in the sound and someone suddenly smiled meaningfully. Hehe, the person who took the lead in finding fault is here, and there is a good show now.

I saw a group of scholars coming around with the three of them. It was the "iron triangle" combination that said before the exam that he wanted to question Xu Jin in person: Zhou Xu, Gong Xiang, and Xiao Wan. All three of them entered the top ten of the provincial examinations, and their strength should not be underestimated.

The person who spoke just now was Zhou Xu from Anfu County. When he arrived in front of Xu Jin, he bowed proudly and said, "In Xiafu'an County, Zhou Xu is the sixth place in the provincial examination. I have met Xu Jieyuan!"

"In Xiao Wan, Xiajishui County, Tian is the eighth place in the provincial examination and has met Xu Jieyuan!"

"In Gong Xiang, Xiaqingjiang County, Tian is ranked tenth in the provincial examination and has met Xu Jieyuan!"

These three people introduced themselves and also brought the ranking of the provincial examinations. When talking about the three words "Xu Jieyuan", they all deliberately slandered the pronunciation, which was very meaningful to sarcastic demonstrations.

Xu Jin smiled calmly and said, "It turns out it is Brother Zhou, Brother Xiao, Brother Gong, I'm lucky to meet you!"

The sons behind Zhou Xu all showed contempt. In their opinion, Xu Jin's light answer was naturally a sign of lack of confidence. He was so polite when he was provoked in person. What was it that he was not confident?

However, those who know Xu Jin know that this is Xu Jin's style, and he always looks light and calm. If he doesn't take action, he will definitely be "sealing his throat when he takes action."

Li Zhejiang and Yuan Cheng, candidates from Nanchang Prefecture who participated in the Tengwang Pavilion Cultural Association in the past year, had a deep understanding of this. At that time, Nanchang Prefecture was clearly ahead, but Xu Jin's song "Linjiangxian" directly ended the game of poetry competition. Immediately afterwards, the novel sketching method was also amazing.

Seeing Xu Jin "give up" and did not continue to pursue the fierce battle, Zhou, Gong and Xiao, because the governor and the examiners had not arrived yet, they attacked Xu Jin now, who did they show it to?

About half an hour later, under the leadership of the new governor of Jiangxi Wang Shouren, a group of internal and external curtain officials entered the venue one after another. The new recruits came forward to greet him, and then lined up to pay homage to Master Confucius. After a series of cumbersome etiquettes, they started to take the seat for nearly an hour.
Chapter completed!