"By the way, don't forget about tonight's dinner. If you're tired, you can take a nap at noon." Bai Tu reminded Lu Lingqi.
Tonight, Bai Tu will hold a banquet for the scholars from the Jin Bang and Yin Bang in the palace of the King of Chu. I don’t know who started calling the first and second grades the gold and silver ranks, and the third grade is the bronze rank.
After Bai Tu found out, he didn't correct him. Instead, he started calling it that, but it wasn't an official name.
"Eh? Aren't I still on maternity leave?" Lu Lingqi asked doubtfully while sipping a sour plum.
"It's not as the captain of the dormitory. When you sit next to me, I will prepare juice for you. You can't drink alcohol." Bai Tu emphasized.
"Attend as the Queen of Chu?" Lu Lingqi responded and asked instinctively at the same time.
However, Bai Tu emphasized: "No, as my wife." As he spoke, his eyes moved to Lu Lingqi's swollen belly.
That's right, the reason why the gold and silver banquet was arranged in this form was also due to Bai Tuwei's selfishness after becoming a father.
According to the current growth rate of Chu's science and technology tree, sooner or later social sciences and humanities will adapt. By then, the nobility of the "King of Chu", which has not been specifically emphasized in the first place, will be endlessly questioned.
After true "enlightenment", no one can tolerate blood as the standard for inheritance of the true master of a country.
Bai Tu was not worried about himself, but...from the day Bai Tu promoted industrialization, he never thought that the "King of Chu" could last for generations.
Bai Tu has never thought about whether to slow down the speed of industrialization or interfere with the development of social sciences in a targeted manner so that the monarchy can survive for a while.
Children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. What Bai Tu has to do is to shift the blame and cut off as much as possible - I, the King of Chu, have only taken the chance of the people from generation to generation... If you are really not happy, you can take away the chance!
Coupled with the future teachings for "Xiao Bai" and future "Xiao Xiaobai", and trying to be more "Buddhist", Bai Tu is still very confident, and within two or three generations, he will smoothly slide into a virtual monarchy, and finally
It is better than holding on to power and waiting to be overthrown.
Bai Tu did not believe that his "wiseness, wisdom, and martial arts" could be passed down from generation to generation. It was not practical to select suitable candidates from his limited descendants who could lead a country.
Tonight is the election of the future officials of the Gold and Silver List, and they accept the banquet of the King of Chu with honor. A hundred years from now, perhaps the "King of Chu" will be lucky enough to rely on the shadow of his ancestors and still retain the custom of banqueting the Gold and Silver List...
Lu Lingqi didn't think about this, she just thought about it and reminded: "Then take Xia Houjuan with you."
"Ah? Ah..." Bai Tu was stunned when he heard the words, as if he didn't realize that Lu Lingqi would say that.
The result was naturally a roll of the eyes.
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"You are all the future pillars of Chu State. I hope that no matter what position you hold in the future, you can remember the examination paper of the Etiquette, never forget your original intention, and never change your determination. Let's drink!"
Bai Tu is in the palace of the King of Chu, having a night banquet with twenty-one persons and one armor and a cross.
Seeing Bai Tu raising his glass, the twenty-one scholars in the front hall also raised their glasses one after another...
At the same time, there were more than a hundred seats lined up in the front courtyard of the Chu Palace. One hundred and sixty-six people from the second class were also having a banquet in the Chu Palace. They just had no chance to enter the front hall because the area was limited.
But just before the banquet started, Bai Tu walked around the courtyard twice, and the source of the rainbow filled the entire Chu Palace.
As for the nearly 600 people in the top three, it was the Ministry of Rites that provided the final reception.
Except for the necessary guards, there are no other officials in the palace of the King of Chu, but the queen and concubines are there, as well as the "legendary" adopted son of the King of Chu in Jingzhou - Deng Ai!
Lu Lingqi also specially used juice instead of wine. While congratulating her on becoming a scholar, she also complained to everyone about the hardships of pregnancy "putting herself in their shoes" and urged everyone to treat their wives well in the future, especially to get married and have children at the right age!
Although many of the scholars present were around twenty years old, most of them were actually married, but only half of them had already given birth to children.
Bai Tu also mentioned to Lu Lingqi that the imperial court would prepare an official office to protect women's rights in the future, which would be named after the queen for generations. Now it was time to fulfill its obligations.
For the first time in front of everyone, Xia Houjuan "blatantly" sat next to Bai Tu, looking very embarrassed. Lu Lingqi looked on anxiously - those who didn't know thought I had bullied you...
And now Deng Ai doesn't look like a "silly boy". At most, he takes a deep breath before speaking, which makes people feel that his reaction is a bit slow.
Yes, after correction by Bai Tu and Hua Tuo, Deng Ai's stuttering has been mostly cured. Hua Tuo also agreed with Bai Tu's guess that Deng Ai's stuttering was caused by a serious illness in his childhood.
Because I was only five or six years old, by relearning my pronunciation, it was almost corrected...
The remaining "awkwardness" is also the most stubborn.
The scholars on the gold and silver list were really flattered by the King of Chu's purely family banquet.
Moreover, Bai Tu was still in the middle, so he left the scene "knowing the situation". After all, no matter how much he emphasized, as long as he was still there, these new scholars would not let go.
Only if it were Sun Ce, Lu Su, Gan Ning and others who had a long-term tacit understanding with me, could we be exempted from this...
Taking advantage of Baitu's venue, these new scholars must also hope to communicate with each other, instead of sitting cautiously in front of the King of Chu all the time, especially the scholars who originally came from a poor family and did not have a wide range of connections.
Deng Ai was also left at the banquet. Deng Ai, who was like a little adult, began to communicate awkwardly but actively with these big brothers.
It can be regarded as completing the "learning task" assigned to him by Bai Tu - to let everyone on the two lists remember him, and at the same time... he can't be annoying!
During this period, Deng Ai's "miraculous" performance once again made people understand what "people's words cannot be trusted" - is this a stupid kid? Is the standard so high?
It is worth mentioning that among the 166 people in the second class, there are two "big sisters"...
That's right, women were accepted to register for the imperial examination from the very beginning, because it was fulfilling the Eight Policies of Chu State's founding of the country. No one dared to directly deny this.
Otherwise, you won't even recognize Ba Ce... What else are you opposed to? Is it okay to just raise troops?
The proportion of women on the list is also very high. There are only ten people registered, five in the second place, five in the third place, and theoretically none of them will fail.
After all... the women who dared to sign up at this time all had two skills, and almost all of them came from a noble family. They were actively preparing to memorize the "Laws of Chu" and the Learning of Chu from the beginning.
However, after the results were announced, five people from the top three positions and three from the top two positions all resigned.
At first, Bai Tu thought it was because his family didn't agree, and wanted to find out which family the girl was from - but it turned out that this was not the case.
Since I can register my name, how could my family not know about it?
only……
I heard that Lu Kang explained that after being hired, female officers would not be directly admitted to the Chu Palace, and most of them left in disappointment.
Bai Tu also wanted to know who spread the rumor in the first place!
But I don’t really care, there are at least two more, which is a good start...