Chapter 326: Rewards and Clouds
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Then I went to Confucius' Hall to worship Confucius. The students from previous and current classes stood in front of the main hall, with the middle of the growth and the end of the school.
There were dozens of older people in front of Confucius' statue, and these people were Luo Xin and others' teachers. Luo Xin stood behind these teachers, and the first row of the students looked at each other with a solemn expression.
Although there were hundreds of people in the hall, they were extremely quiet. Everyone carefully controlled their breathing, not to mention whispering to each other, even their bodies stood straight.
After about a half-moment of this, I heard a shout: "The Lord of the Palace!"
Everyone turned around and bowed to salute, and saw Sun Jixian walking in with the help of Professor Fuxue and standing in front of Confucius' statue.
Ziyou Sili shouted loudly: "Go to the Master!"
Luo Xin and others respectfully kowtowed to the statue of Confucius respectfully under the leadership of Sun Jixian. Then the prefect and the professors stood up first, and the teachers stood up, and then the previous students stood up. Luo Xin and the new scholars still had to have procedures to leave. Then Si Li shouted again:
"The new students gave the ceremony of apprenticeship!"
Luo Xin and other freshmen kowtowed to the prefect, professors and teachers standing in front of them, and this was the end of the kowtowing procedure.
But this is not over yet, and then the professor starts to speak, which is nothing more than the rules of the institution, as well as the time for class, time for vacation, subjects learned, etc.
Then the prefect spoke again, mostly with encouragement. After a tedious procedure, Luo Xin finally became a glorious member of the prefecture.
However, before Luo Xin stayed at the prefecture for three days, Sun Jixian came to inform the emperor that the emperor had received the reward. The imperial envoy was about to arrive at Jinyang Prefecture and asked Luo Xin to go home immediately to prepare to welcome the imperial envoy. He had notified the magistrate of Yanglin County to be in charge of the matter.
The imperial envoy represents the emperor, and Yanglin County is a small place. When will the imperial envoy be welcomed? This is a big event for the entire Yanglin County. So the trusted magistrate Liu Zeng led the entire yamen to busyness. They all entered Shanglin Village.
The reason why the Luo family's ancestral hall was not welcomed in Yanglin County was because the Luo family's ancestral hall was in Shanglin Village, not Yanglin County. Such a major event naturally requires worshipping ancestors, so it was only possible to receive the order in Shanglin Village.
Shanglin Village carried out a major cleaning. Water was poured on the street and red silk was tied up. Officials from the county government's rituals also came to the Luo family and began to guide the Luo family how to receive orders, how to receive imperial envoys and other etiquettes.
At the same time, the courtesy lists of all parties also flew over like snowflakes. Luo Xin looked at the list of people who came that day and frowned. These people include celebrities, officials, and scholars from all sides. There were 800 people in total. Fortunately, the Luo family manor was built enough to have seats of 800 people. There were only so many guests, how about the meal?
The money was not bad, so Lu Tingjiang sent 20,000 taels in advance. Looking at the gift lists of all parties, it can be said that he made a fortune. No matter what, the emperor issued an order to reward him, and Luo Xin was a small three yuan. Everyone could see that Luo Xin had a bright future. If he didn't come to make friends at this time, when would he wait?
Luo Xin was worried with the list, so he found Liu Magistrate. Liu Magistrate was very polite to Luo Xin at this time. Although he didn't know what the emperor would reward Luo Xin, he would definitely not be small. So when he heard what Luo Xin said, he waved his hand:
"Don't worry about these things. I will let all the chefs in the county restaurant come over, including their friends. You don't care about purchasing matters, and we will arrange them all."
"Thank you, Lord Tang!" Luo Xin was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed: "You can just inform us of the cost of the use."
Magistrate Liu waved his hand again and said, "You don't have to worry about this! I will discuss it with your butler."
At this time, Luo Xin's butler Lu Yuan was already busy, and Luo Xin also relied on Lu Yuan to handle everything in an orderly manner, making Luo Xin much more leisurely.
Grandpa Nono, uncle, aunt, uncle and aunt also came to Luo Xin's house to help, and everyone had an excited smile on their faces.
Luo Qing and Luo Sheng did not come back, but it is said that they have begun to retreat with Ma Fang, and the emperor's reward will be included in the army in the future.
The imperial envoy had already set off from Jinyang Prefecture. He arrived in Yanglin County that day. The next day he would go to Shanglin Village to read the imperial edict. At the same time, the investigation report of Huang Shiweng, the author of "The Legend of Shushan", was also placed on Yan Song's table. At this time, Yan Song and his son were sitting opposite each other, looking at the report on the table, both of them looked very ugly.
Yan Song's mouth twitched a few times. He was so sophisticated and actually flashed a trace of fear in his eyes. His eyes moved away from the report and looked at Yan Shifan opposite him.
"Donglou, I didn't expect that Huangshi Weng would be Luo Xin. He would never have written this book without purpose. I thought that the priests now respected Taoism, so I wrote this book to charm Shang. Donglou, you don't know how much the priests like this book, but with this book, he can get the holy relatives. He had such a scheming at a young age. Is this boy really only thirteen years old?"
Yan Shifan sighed softly, "Father, this son is still a little Sanyuan in Jinyang, and he has made great contributions to defeating Altan Khan. Once he enters the court, with his teacher-education relationship, he may be the end of our father and son."
"You can't let him enter the court!" Yan Song narrowed his eyes slightly and thought for a moment: "Send Zhao Wenhua to Jinyang as the chief examiner, be sure to let Luo Xin fail the exam."
"What if it can't be stopped?"
Yan Song looked at Yan Shifan and said, "How are you going?"
"It's better to have double insurance!" Yan Shifan looked at Yan Song steadily.
“How to double insurance?”
Yan Shifan didn't say anything, but just stood up like a knife and made a move to wipe his neck. Yan Song was silent. After a while, he nodded slightly and said:
"The secret to this matter is clean. Whether it is successful or not, it cannot involve you, my father and son."
"Boy understand!"
A cloud enveloped Luo Xin. But Luo Xin was completely unaware of it and was still immersed in joy. It was already midnight, but the Luo Mansion was still busy.
Even if Luo Xin’s manor is big enough to hold a banquet for 800 people, where can Luo Xin have so many tables, chairs and tableware?
So, I had to borrow this again.
However, the people who come to congratulate each other from all directions are all people with status. They can’t borrow dilapidated tables, chairs and tableware from their neighbors’ houses, right?
How many farmers in this era are there? Most of the dishes used at home have bumps and gaps. Can you use such dishes to entertain the imperial envoy?
And that table and chair...
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*(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!