Chapter 242 The mood of poetry and wine
Zhao Xing entered Zhongshan with a luxurious commercial convoy. He wanted to realize the arduous task he had set to change the nature of the tiger and wolf barbarians in Zhongshan. He wanted to transform the king into Zhongshan.
Zhao Xing is willing to do this to educate the barbarians.
It is not enough to make a country strong without a decade or twenty years, or even a hundred years. But it is enough to let a nation fall into depravity for two or three years.
The products Zhao Xing brought this time were books tailor-made for the Zhongshan people, as well as fine wine and strong wine. He didn't believe that the Zhongshan people who were born in Bairong were not good at wine.
There is also the great Confucian scholars hired in Zhao State. The so-called Confucian scholars specifically refer to Confucianism in Confucius' school.
Faced with taking them to the barbaric land of Zhongshan, these great scholars firmly followed Confucius' teachings, and the gentleman refused to stand under the dangerous wall.
When Zhao Xing, now the pseudonym of Han Ce, promised them to give them three thousand hu a year and give them three houses to the Shu Xiu of the Three Houses, they expressed passionately: "Educating the barbarians and promoting the kingdom is the great aspiration of Confucianism, and for this, they will be willing to be crushed to pieces."
Zhao Xing happily commented that the literary talent was so proud that he would not bow down for five dou of rice, because there were too few dou of rice. It was like this that he would have 30,000 dou of rice. He was all lying on the ground.
This is the literati and Confucian scholars. The purpose of Confucianism is summarized in detail in one sentence - if you study well, you will be an official.
When entering Zhongshan Kingdom, Tulingshou. Zhao Xing was really shocked when he saw Lingshou. What shocked him was not the prosperity of Lingshou Street, but the chaos. Houses of various styles can be seen everywhere, and there are even yurts of grassland ethnic groups here.
On the street, men riding war horses roared by at any time, and women with swords are not uncommon. Fighting and fighting happening at any time. Killing people in five steps is simply common. No one stops and blames the murderers, but instead cheers the winners. The entire Zhongshan is filled with martial arts style, which is completely opposite to the princes of the Central Plains, and forms a sharp contrast.
Everyone's face was full of pride, and they walked with great force and stroll.
They can be proud and have the capital to be proud, because they first defeated Yan State in the Kingdom of Wancheng and Zhao State in the Kingdom of Wancheng. In their opinion, they are now the new hegemon of the Warring States Period.
Facing this powerful and tough Zhongshan, facing such a group of people, Zhao Xing believes that his failure is not unfair.
After settling this huge caravan in an inn, Zhao Xing brought two white jades and four great scholars, led by the Daijun people who had been arranged long ago, to the Prince's Mansion in Zhongshan Kingdom.
The personality of the prince of Zhongshan is very different from the customs of this fierce and martial country. He is weak and loves writing, and does not like gongmaer likes poetry and prose the most. He eats banquets with erudite scholars and discusses them every day, and is obsessed with Chinese culture. He is also a patriotic person, and is heartbroken every day for his country's chaos and disrespect.
One year later, the greatest Wangcuo of Zhongshan Kingdom was about to die, and the prince was about to ascend the throne. Zhao Xing wanted to change the customs of Zhongshan through him, and use the purest Confucianism to destroy Zhongshan's country with half of the Analects of Confucius.
Zhao Xing had no doubts about whether his goals could be achieved. Whoever learns and dies. Those who are obsessed with Confucianism like Prince Confucian, and his own strong wine, will die faster.
Wine and poetry are so poetic.
This prince's mansion is simple and clear, low-key and not luxurious. Compared with the magnificent palace that has just been built, it is simply shabby.
But even so, the prince did not intend to expand and rebuild, so he took it safely. At this point, the prince's thoughts and morals were revealed.
His own family is a businessman who cannot get on the table, but he has met an important disciple in the prince's mansion.
When a group of people came to the gate of the Prince's Mansion, the guest had already greeted him outside the door. When he saw Zhao Xing and his group coming, he stepped forward with small steps, stretched his arms with wide robe and big sleeves, then folded his hands together, raised his two thumbs in the middle, stroked his chest, pushed him out, raised him, pressed his forehead, and pushed him forward, bowed: "The later students have finally advanced, and have seen several great scholars and scholars."
This is the most standard Zhou ritual etiquette, absolutely pure, and more pure than the scholars and officials in the Central Plains.
When the four great scholars saw such a pure Zhou ritual, they felt like drinking nectar in their hearts and immediately responded to the most standard Zhou ritual etiquette and regular manners.
On this street where barbarians wander around, such a set of the most regular Zhou rituals and etiquette performances appeared. It was really a beautiful scenery, and the aliens were incompatible with the surrounding environment.
Both sides almost expressed their admiration for each other with the words and sentences from the Book of Songs and the jokes in the Analects of Confucius. They seemed elegant and knowledgeable. After some politeness, the guest said to the people: "I reported to the prince yesterday that the four great scholars came to pay homage to the prince. The prince was extremely happy and was bathing and changing clothes this morning and was eagerly waiting. Now I will report it." Then another Zhou Li performance: "Please wait a moment and offend the four great scholars."
The four people returned the gift again: "Hard work."
The Confucian disciple entered the prince's mansion. After a while, bells and drums in the yard were ringing, and the middle gate opened wide. A thin young man appeared on the steps. He did not come down to greet him, but stood outside the gate of the steps and saluted respectfully at Zhao Xing and the other two standing in the street: "I heard yesterday that the great scholars of Zhongzhou came to surrender. The happy boy couldn't sleep all night and was eager for a while. Today, he was lucky to see the style of the great scholar. I was so slow that I asked the great scholar to enter the humble house. I washed my ears and listened to the teachings."
If you don’t go down the steps, this refers to the gate steps. It is not a rudeness, but one of the most standard weekly greetings.
Zhao Xing and the other five returned the courtesy, and then followed the ranks and went up to the ranks. In the door, the prince on the left bowed: "Please, Master."
Zhao Xing and others were on the right and returned to the courtesy: "Damn it."
This is a gift.
Then the prince walked on the left, while Zhao Xing and others walked on the right.
The yard was already full of scholars led by Gao Guanbo. When they saw Zhao Xing and the other two, they praised the ceremony together and everyone returned the ceremony.
When he walked to the middle of the yard, the prince was on his right side, Zhao Xing and the other two looked on his left side, and bowed again: "Master, please."
"Please, please." This is the second ceremony.
Then he continued walking, walked to the eaves of the lobby, stood at the door, the prince politely politely, and the five of them returned the gift again, these were the three gifts.
Entering the lobby, the host and the guests sit down, and everyone introduces their identities to each other.
Zhao Xing admitted that he was just a businessman, from the Four Passes, and because he envied the glory of Zhongshan, he came here to pay a visit.
The prince smiled peacefully, but did not look down on Zhao Xing because he was not a great scholar. Instead, he was impressed by Zhao Xing's conversation and treated him like a great scholar. It can be seen that the prince is indeed very good.
A maid brought incense tea, the prince raised his cup, and everyone reconciled, took a sip of each other, and then put it down.
Zhao Xing took out the white wall from his sleeve.
This is made of the best Hotan mutton fat jade, which is as warm as mutton fat, white and flawless.
Zhao Xing presented it with both hands: "I'll give you a pair of white walls to the prince. I wish the prince a good character like white walls and a strong character than white walls."
The ancients like jade and often compared themselves with jade. When the prince concubine saw such priceless jade, she couldn't put it down. While groping, she smiled and said, "Such treasure is truly unparalleled in the world. I don't deserve it."
Zhao Xing smiled loudly: "I remember when Zhao Xingzi gave his friend Baibi to his house. When he went back, he only took a willow branch. He said that the friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, and he will never regret it when they are together. It immediately became a good story in the world. Although the merchants here, they envy the style of gentlemen, and they are willing to learn from sages. I want to open a shop here, and I will ask the prince to give a gift to him at that time. It is a great honor."
Such a proper answer is not only elegant, but the most important thing is to tell the other party not to make things difficult for the gift. A piece of rotten paper and a few broken words are enough to send me away.
When talking about the inscription, I was twitching the itchy place of the prince's concubine. Although I was modest, I accepted it with ease. Zhongshan Zhuan's character is unparalleled in the world. It not only has beautiful shapes, but also has smooth and rigid lines. The inscriptions that emerged from later generations were worshipped by calligraphers and copied and imitated.
Chapter completed!