The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 21 Diners [Please subscribe and vote monthly]

"???" Jing Ke became even more confused.

Yan Yan smiled and said nothing. This customs clearance document was compiled from bamboo slips. He only needed to change the first bamboo slip recording his initial status into Gongyang's identity.

And his status as a scholar also allowed him to travel around the world without having to explain where he was going or what he was doing!
Therefore, Yan Yan had a bug that made both things true, but combined together they became false.

As for the identity of the ram?

Who doesn’t have a vest when going out?

It just so happens that Yushan Academy helped him get this Gongyang identity!
In the words of Yushan Academy, when you meet someone you can't scold, and you want to beat him but you can't bring discredit to the Yan family, just do it if you want, Gongyang will not leave an overnight grudge!
As for the Gongyang family's pursuit, if they lose, they can go and explain to the Gongyang family themselves. If they win, they won't interfere under normal circumstances.

After all, you are also promoting the Ram to them in disguise. They have too many debts to bear, so they don't need to pay for it this time!
Therefore, almost all the core disciples of the Confucian lineage will always bring a Gongyang identity token with them when they go out.

It's just that these internal Confucian methods are not suitable to be explained in detail to Jing Ke.

"Where are we going?" Jing Ke looked at Yan Yan and asked.

In fact, all the royal cities are similar. There is a main road entering the city. The end of the main road is the royal palace. On the left and right sides, the residences of ordinary people and officials are distributed according to the distance from the palace.

The farther away you are, the lower your status is; conversely, the closer you are, the more noble your status is.

As Chu State's magistrate and prime minister, Chun Shenjun naturally lived closest to the Chu palace.

"Greetings to Lord Chun Shen!" Yan Yan did not hesitate.

"Are you really planning to return Qixing Longyuan? Didn't you say that if you return it to Huang Xie, you will not be able to hold your head up in Confucianism?" Jing Ke looked at Yan Yan in astonishment.

"I told you, Qixing Longyuan does not belong to Huang Xie!" Yan Yan smiled, and then told an obscure gossip, "I heard that Lord Xinling will send an envoy to visit Chun Shen during this time. Jun!"

"There is such a thing!" Jing Ke nodded. He actually didn't care much about these matters in the court, but he had heard it from the Mohist disciples.

"It should be these two days!" Yan Yan continued.

"If nothing else, it should be within the next two days!" Jing Ke nodded.

The carriage moved forward and finally stopped in front of the huge palace gate closest to the palace.

On the plaque on the high wall of Zhumen, the four characters "Chunshen Junfu" are written sharply in the flower and bird characters of Chu State.

There were also many traveling scholars gathered outside the door, all crowded under a remote small door, waiting for the concierge's summons.

It truly embodies what it means to be a prime minister, concierge, or third-grade official.

There are too many scholars who want to join Chun Shenjun!
In the whole world, the most popular figures now are Lu Buwei of Qin, Wei Wuji, Lord Xinling of Wei, and Huang Xie, Lord Chunshen of Chu!

"Under the hereditary salary system, it is very difficult for scholars to become officials. Some large families can only have one eldest son to inherit the official position of their fathers, while other children from other families can only join the official position as retainers." Yan Yan said with a sigh.

Were there few great talents in the Warring States Period?Many people, such as Han Xin, Xiao He, Fan Kuai, Ying Bu and others, were born ordinary. Even Xiao He could only inherit the position of county magistrate left by his father's generation. He was only a clerk and an auxiliary official, not an official.

Even Li Si was the same and could only follow the path of Lu Buwei's retainer to become an official.Therefore, Yan Yan had already guessed the scene in front of Chun Shenjun's gate, but he was still shocked when he saw it with his own eyes.

There are many ways for these scholars to seek an audience with Chun Shenjun. The most common method is to write down their own opinions and views on current affairs in strategic submissions, hoping to be favored and become a disciple of Chun Shenjun. There are also those who show off their talents. , or singing and dancing, or martial arts, or fine craftsmanship, each has its own skills.

And this also gave the people of Juyang a lot of entertainment, specifically to watch the performances of these skilled people.

Yan Yan took Jing Ke to the side and stopped to watch, commenting from time to time.

"How do you plan to meet Chun Shenjun?" Jing Ke always felt that Yan Yan was not in a hurry, but he was anxious to death.

"Do you think we can squeeze through them?" Yan Yan asked with a smile, commenting on a warrior whose chest was broken with a big stone.

Jing Ke looked at the dark crowd around him and shook his head. It was really too confusing.

"Aren't you a descendant of the Yan family? You should be able to squeeze in!" Jing Ke suddenly thought.

"So what about the Yan family? The ones over there are from the Tantai family in Dongting and the Zeng family in Lu..." Before Yan Yan could answer, a middle-aged man wearing a small crown pointed mockingly at the small door. A group of Confucian scholars lined up.

"Who are you?" Yan Yan was not angry, he smiled and bowed and asked.

"Not talented, Chunjun Junfu, the middle diner, Lu Ji!" The middle-aged man raised his head, his nostrils shot to the sky, showing his arrogance vividly.

"Winner!" Jing Ke frowned.

The diners in these big shots' houses are also divided into different levels. Those with the highest status and the best food are the upper diners who can see the owner of the house at any time, followed by the middle diners and the lower diners.

But in Jing Ke's view, he was a disciple of the Six-fingered Black Knight, the great master of the Mo family, and his status was higher than these disciples. Why would a middle-class diner dare to look down on them like this?

"It turns out to be Mr. Lu Ji, whose name I have admired for a long time!" Yan Yan was not angry at all, but continued to compliment him.

"Have you heard of me?" Lu Ji was stunned for a moment and looked at Yan Yan in surprise, curious to hear how the other party had heard of him.

Yan Yan was stunned for a moment, he was just complimenting you, who knows who you are!

There are so many lords and retainers in the world, but the only ones who are really famous are Hou Ying and Zhu Hai, retainers of Lord Xinling, Mao Sui, retainer of Lord Pingyuan, and Feng Xuan (who teaches Tian Wen, the disciple of Jiaotu Sanku) of Lord Mengchang!

As for Chun Shenjun's retainers, so far none of them have been able to take action.

"Sir, in his early years, he wears a small crown, governs a country, educates the people, and benefits the place. How can an ordinary scholar do it?" Yan Yan could only bite the bullet and say.

Moreover, not everyone can wear a small crown. A scholar like Yan Yan who does not have a crown can only wear a soft hat, and those who can wear a small crown must be a county magistrate or lieutenant to have this qualification!

"That's right, that's right. What's your name? I'll tell Chang Shi and I'll give you special care!" Lu Ji didn't realize that the praise in Yan Yan's words was actually applicable to any of Chun Shenjun's diners, and he was very proud. said the gift.

"Boy Gongyang, Zimo!" Yan Yan replied with a smile.

"Well, you're fine, just wait!" After Lu Ji waited for a satisfactory answer, he proudly walked into Chunshen Jun's Mansion with his head held high and his chest held high, in the envious eyes of a group of scholars.

(End of this chapter)