Across the heavens in the Red Mansion

Chapter 148

A group of more than [-] people led by Chen Jinnan occupied the hall on the first floor of Qingfeng Building.

In fact, there are private rooms, but the private rooms can’t hold more than [-] people. In order to facilitate communication, more than [-] people sit directly in the empty vestibule. Fortunately, the scale of Qingfeng Building is still large, and the vestibule can accommodate seven or eight tables. questionable.

Six people gathered for one table, and there were more than enough to gather for six tables. Jia Lang, Fang Zheng and others, and three students from the same school dormitory gathered together.

Jia Lang saw that the dishes on the table were pretty good, and then he looked at this huge restaurant, thinking about Chen Jinnan who booked the entire restaurant, his family background would not be bad.

"Students, let me wait until I get drunk today, and let's go wild in front of Qiu Wei." Chen Jinnan, who was sitting at the table in the center, stood up, raised his glass and said.

Chen Jinnan changed his tone slightly: "In the next month, I won't be able to waste time waiting, today is a rare opportunity and let's have fun!"

"I'll have a drink first!" Chen Jinnan put the glass in his hand to his lips and drank it down.

Then everyone at each table first complimented Chen Jinnan, the host, and then everyone began to compliment each other.

One student at a time, one brother at a time, and the atmosphere became lively.

After everyone began to move their chopsticks, someone began to suggest: "I'm going to just drink and eat again, it's inevitable that it will be a bit boring, why don't we find something interesting?"

This person was at the same table as Chen Jinnan, and Jia Lang saw Chen Jinnan sitting quietly beside him with a gentle smile. This was probably mentioned by Chen Jinnan, but it was explained by someone else, who was also the initiator of the banquet It is not good if the banquet is too boring.

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"How about I wait to throw a pot to drink or bend the water to flow the cup, so as to punish people for drinking?"

The scene is not yet deserted, but even if it is, there are always a few people who liven up the atmosphere, and someone immediately responds.

Seeing this, Chen Jinnan also stood up and said with a smile.

"What Ming Zhi mentioned is not bad, we use it to punish people to drink and write poems, starting from my table, two students for each table, okay?"

"If it's feasible, I'll ask the restaurant to set up sand tables, running water, and utensils for throwing pots!"

Most of the people came here because of Chen Jinnan's reputation. Naturally, there was no one to cause trouble. People at every table cheered: "Classmate Chen is absolutely right! This is quite elegant!"

"Brother Jinnan, don't let the restaurant put it up!"

Immediately, Chen Jinnan called over to the waiter in front of the vestibule and asked him to take out some props.

Immediately, two or three waiters brought out the tools for throwing pots and the sand table for the water cup, and placed them in the middle of the six tables under Chen Jinnan's instructions.

Under Chen Jinnan's deliberate action, everyone became more and more lively and relaxed.

All of a sudden, the scene was much better than before, Jia Lang also relied on his superb precision to send someone to throw pots at their table, and he hit every shot, and for a while, he also gained some admiration.

As for Qushui Liushang, it was their turn to drink and Jia Lang was fine, but forget about writing poetry. Among the crowd, his level of writing poetry can only be regarded as acceptable, the middle one.

With the passage of time, the food and wine were almost eaten, and at this time, Chen Jinnan started to tell the crowd some rules of the autumn rural examination.

Among the crowd, there are still not many people who have seniors from the examination field as their elders, and most of them are still not very clear about the rules and some tips in the rural examination.

When Chen Jinnan began to explain some of the situation in the township examination, most of the people present listened calmly and listened respectfully. This news is nectar for those who have no connections. too deep.

For those seniors in the examination room, this is knowledge that can be passed on from generation to generation, so it is very precious.

And everyone has their own experiences, and the same is true for those students who have been explained by their elders.

Facing the students who were preparing for the exam, Chen Jinnan began to talk about some things about the rural exam, such as how to assign the semicolons to the huts and so on... As time passed, everyone began to leave one after another, and some people left one after another.

Jia Lang, who had made a lot of profits and was very satisfied, was about to leave with a few people around him. Suddenly he was stopped by a classmate. It turned out to be Wang Mingzhi who was next to Chen Jinnan. He only saw him and said with a smile: "Please give me some advice. Friends, friends Jia and friends, please stay here. Brother Jinnan, if you have something to do, please come upstairs and talk to me!"

His tone was polite, and he didn't neglect Jia Lang and the others just because they were younger.

That's right, Jia Lang can be regarded as young in the government school these days, even without exaggerating a few words, he can barely be regarded as a child prodigy.

In the private room on the second floor of Qingfeng Building, more than ten people gathered here, including Jia Lang, Fang Zheng and Gu Yuan.

Jia Lang also looked at the people around him at this time, observed carefully, and found that those who remained were those who could rank in the top ten in the monthly exam for a long time, and if not, their family backgrounds were still considered wrong. Everyone went home.

At this point, Jia Lang had already started to think secretly in his heart, what was the reason why Chen Jinnan brought them together.

"Presumably all of you here are wondering why I, Chen Jinnan, brought you all here!"

Looking at the people present, some were already thinking of something, and some were still puzzled, so Chen Jinnan opened his mouth and said.

"Chen can say with certainty that all of you here have finally entered the maze of officialdom! But how many people can survive such a huge maze of officialdom smoothly?"

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"So, I once again sincerely invite everyone to form the Mingming Society, in the hope that we can watch and help each other in the future!"

"Ying Ming" comes from the Book of Songs: "Ying its sound, please ask for the sound of its friends."Expressing a desire to share the same boat with literary lovers.

Speaking of this, Chen Jinnan looked at someone with a troubled expression, and added: "We are not forming a party to set up a camp, but just bringing together a group of people who have a common interest in literature. There is no limit to the sea of ​​learning and hard work.”

"Long Road, we will walk together!"

After seeing Chen Jinnan step down the steps, those students who were still a little bit hesitant immediately became emotional. At this time, Wang Mingzhi stood up, and the hesitant people also made a decision for a while.

Jia Lang also discussed with Fang Zheng and Gu Yuan at this meeting, but most of them still asked Gu Yuan for news. After all, he had a father who was a scholar in the Imperial Academy, and he was better than Jia Lang who came from a noble background and Fang Zheng, who was from a commoner background, in terms of literati rules and taboos. Much better.

"Brother Jia, Brother Fang, we might as well join in for a try. My father once told me that there are quite a few township parties and socialist parties in the officialdom. This is not a taboo."

"In this way, we can take care of each other in the future!"

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Supplement: Forming associations and cliques was not a taboo in the ancient officialdom, but it was only when the power of the party was too large in the later stage that it was feared by the emperor (not counting the number of words, two hundred characters and one coin)

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