"Julu Zhangjia is appointed as an official in the Ministry of Personnel."

"Pingxiang Wangye, Ren, judicial officer."

"Li Si of Quzhou, Ren, Legislator."

…

"Qu Zhou Wu Ping, Ren, Legislator."

"Ren County Hu Jiu, Ren, Legislator."

…

As the ceremony of conferring officials went on, Liu Bei read out each name on the long list. The scholars whose names were read out came forward with joy to hear the conferment, and then the soldiers presented their armor and swords.

, the scholars took over their armor and swords, thanked Liu Bei each, and gathered behind them towards the banners of the various ministries.

A total of one hundred people were selected, and the arrangement of these hundred people was fully considered. For example, the top twenty people were all at the department level, and everyone after that was at the bureau level.

With this arrangement, there is a clear distinction between superior and inferior, and no one will have any objections.

This time, no scholar from Zhuozhou was selected, so the appointment of officials had no chance with the people of Zhuozhou. Jian Yong had already prepared in his heart, so he stopped worrying about gains and losses. Jian Yong crossed his arms with great interest.

They watched the official sealing ceremony proceed.

As the number of words on the list became less and less, the awarding ceremony came to an end. The last scholar who was selected came up to receive his armor and stood towards his subordinates behind him. All the hundreds of scholars were awarded the title.

Liu Bei put away the list. He glanced at the many scholars who had failed to make the list. Seeing that many of these scholars looked disappointed, Liu Bei smiled and encouraged, "The giant deer has just been established. When there will be many useful people in the future, the disadvantage is only for a moment. In the future,

Most of them have their day ahead.

Everyone should work hard and not neglect their knowledge, and try again in the future so that they can become officials!"

Hearing the meaning of Liu Bei's words, the imperial examination would have to be taken again, and the unsuccessful scholars suddenly felt disappointed.

In the crowd, some scholars shouted, "Mr. Xuande, when will you try again next time?"

"Yes, Mr. Xuande, when will you try again?"

…

This question brought out the thoughts of the scholars, and they started asking questions in all directions.

Facing the questions from the scholars, Liu Bei hesitated and didn't know how to answer for a moment. He turned back and looked at Li Mengxi.

Li Mengxi walked up to Liu Bei and stood side by side. He said to the waiting scholars, "The next imperial examination will be next year. As for when next year, will it be next spring, summer or autumn and winter?"

At that time, we will decide next year.”

It was just over February at this time. If we wait for next year, we shouldn't have to wait for more than a year. After waiting for so long, the scholars were in an uproar and whispered.

Upon seeing this, Liu Bei came to the rescue at the right time. Liu Bei comforted the scholars and said, "As time goes by, isn't it a good time to improve your knowledge?"

You all have taken this scientific examination, and you must know how difficult it is. Even if you take the test again next month, do everyone really think that if you fail this time, you can pass it again next month?

If we try again next year, wouldn’t we be much more confident?”

After Liu Bei comforted them like this, the unsuccessful scholars thought about it and felt that what Liu Bei said was reasonable, and their discussions became much quieter.

The official ceremony was over. Liu Bei ordered the civilians and soldiers to disperse. He turned around and looked at the new officials gathered behind him, who were already wearing their armor. Liu Bei smiled and said to everyone, "It's great that all the talented people are here today."

How can we not celebrate what happened! Let’s go to the banquet with someone!”

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While Liu Bei was holding the official ceremony, on the other side, Li Mengxi had already arranged the banquet.

There were no other outsiders. Liu Bei led a hundred new officials to the banquet. The banquet was located at the examination room. The low tables and straw mats were placed in the old place of the examination room. The people of various tribes were arranged appropriately according to the number of people.

The seats are clearly divided between different ministries.

After all the new officials and scholars sat down one after another, they revisited their old places. The place where they were doing scientific research had turned into a place of celebration. The scholars felt as if it was the other day.

Soon, the cook brought a big urn and many bowls of hot soup on a cart, and put them in big bowls and brought them to every scholar.

After the soup was served, Liu Bei looked at the people below and said apologetically, "Everything in the army is scarce, including wine and meat, but this meatball soup will make you full today! You can eat as much as you want!"

All the new officials laughed heartily.

Lifting the kuaizi, Liu Bei invited him, "Come on! Move quickly and wait until you're full!"

The scholars picked up the kuaizi in front of them and held the bowls. The kuaizi scooped up the meatballs, sucked them in while they were hot, and ate them hungrily.

The middle-ranking scholars were all former members of the Junzi Camp. They ate meatballs on weekdays. That was when the military rations were out. Each person had three or five meatballs every day. The meatballs were very delicious, but there were too few.

Enjoy the food.

Now there are many meatballs that you can eat as much as you want. The scholars are already very satisfied, and Kuai Zi, who is wolfing down the meatballs, keeps stuffing them into his mouth.

On Liu Bei's left and right, Guan Yu on the left was holding the kuaizi and eating slowly. Liu Bei was also eating slowly. When Liu Bei turned around, he saw that Li Mengxi was not eating and the kuaizi was not moving on the bowl.

Liu Bei then asked in a low voice, "Xi'er, why don't you move faster?"

Li Mengxi explained that people who are not hungry and don’t want to eat are not hungry.

Liu Bei frowned and lowered his voice to remind, "If you can't eat, eat slowly. Don't stop the tachyon. If you stop the tachyon, how can you eat the rest?"

Li Mengxi was at a loss for a moment. He picked up the kuaizi doubtfully, picked up a meatball, and took a small bite.

He didn't understand, what was the reason? Why didn't he eat it and influence the people below to eat it?

Li Mengxi frowned and thought. He looked down and saw that the new officers and men below were eating in a hurry. Some of them had already asked the cook to serve a second bowl.

Li Mengxi thought about it, and Liu Bei said, if you stop quickly, how can the people below eat? This one, the one below is...

Li Mengxi was confused for a while, and then he suddenly understood the truth.

Li Mengxi realized that his identity was no ordinary person. He was a rebel military advisor and the person in charge of the thirteen departments of the government and the army. The new scholars here were all his subordinates.

Then the relationship is clear.

During the banquet, the boss stopped eating Kuaizi and looked at the people below, wondering how they could let go and eat happily.

Li Mengxi understood that during the banquet, the person in charge, or the core person, turned out to be responsible for taking care of the atmosphere. The people below kept moving fast, so the person in charge couldn't stop moving fast, otherwise he would move fast.

As soon as it stopped, the people below stopped eating.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! To expand further, Li Mengxi thought that no matter what kind of banquet it is in the future, the atmosphere must be taken into consideration.

At this point, Li Mengxi clearly understood some etiquette. For example, when entertaining guests, the main task of the host is not to feed himself, but to make sure the guests are full. At the same time, if the guests do not hurry up, the host must not eat them first, and then eat them.

, if the guest puts the kuaizi away and sees that the guest is full, then no matter how hungry the host is, he cannot continue to eat. Otherwise, the guest will be watching and waiting while you eat, and the guest will be embarrassed.

In his previous life, Li Mengxi didn't know etiquette and he didn't even have anyone to teach him. At the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, when he first came to China, Li Mengxi still didn't know etiquette. But luckily, Liu Bei was willing to teach him as if he were his own nephew.

The reason why he is a nephew, not a son, is because when Liu Bei wanted to recognize his adopted son, the arrogant Li flatly refused.

Li Mengxi had already learned the subtle etiquette at banquets in a short time. He had already understood the key and improved it with his intelligence.

During the banquet, you can't stop the tachyon first. This is one. Secondly, it is best not to look around. Otherwise, as a superior person, you will look around and the lower person will notice that he is being looked at and feel uncomfortable. The tachyon will not know it.

It's time to get it.

This was the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and etiquette and respect were very important. It was not a big deal for future generations to be stared at, stared back, or even cursed by the leaders. However, in the social atmosphere and etiquette of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, everyone was cautious and subtle.

Li Mengxi improved the etiquette during the banquet, so he immersed himself in eating without raising his head or looking down at all.

But as he ate, Li Mengxi thought again that something seemed wrong.

Suppose that the dog emperor invites his ministers to dinner. The dog emperor holds a pig's trotter and gnaws it without looking down at all. This will of course make the officials feel comfortable and relaxed.

However, the banquet itself has the function of connecting emotions.

Well, the Dog Emperor asked the ministers to express their feelings. The Dog Emperor just held the pig's trotters and gnawed them. As a result, during the whole meal, he didn't even look at the ministers or say a word. I'm here for this trip, ministers.

It was really just a meal, and it had the effect of a hammer to connect people emotionally.

Therefore, eating like crazy does seem to comfort the guests, but it does not seem to respect or pay enough attention to the guests.

Li Mengxi encountered a dilemma again.

He suddenly thought, if it were Liu Bei, what would Liu Bei do?

Li Mengxi looked sideways at Liu Bei.

I saw Liu Bei slowly holding a meatball and blowing it for a long time without eating it. After a while, Liu Bei took a small bite. After that, Liu Bei raised his head and looked down and to the left.

He smiled and nodded to others, looked to his right, and nodded to others.

Li Mengxi took it all in. It turned out to be like this, and he felt that he had learned something.

Then, Li Mengxi also followed Liu Bei's example, raising his head and looking down from time to time. If anyone looked back when he looked over, Li Mengxi would also smile and nod slightly towards the person.

Then Li Mengxi became like Liu Bei, looking to the left and nodding to others, looking to the right and nodding to others, not to mention how busy he was.

If you chew pig trotters without raising your head, your subordinates will eat happily, but they will not feel respected; if you keep staring at others, they will feel uncomfortable eating.

Combine the two, don't stare at others all the time, eat for a while, look up a few times, nod to this, smile to that.

That is to say, at the end of the Han Dynasty, the banquet was shared, and there was no giving of dishes or anything. If it were in later generations, you would have to eat by yourself for a while, and then you would have to raise your head from time to time to ask others to add more dishes, and don't stop fast. Of course, toasts and evidence are indispensable.

The identity of the people present, mentioning a word or two casually about trivial matters or work matters.

This is the secret of connecting emotions at a banquet.
To be continued...