Chapter 5: Arrogant at first and respectful at the end, villain behavior
"General Meng, how does my wine taste?"
There was a table with three hot dishes, one cold dish, and two jars of wine. Ying Chengyu and Meng Tian sat across from each other and drank together.
Meng Tian's face is dark yellow with a hint of darkness because he has been exposed to the sun for many years due to fighting in the army.
But now, there is only one color on his face, red!
The red is shiny, and the face is full of red light!
"Tian has not led the troops, so he cannot be called a general."
Officials in the Qin State did not have generals. Only when they went out to fight and led troops in battle, they would be temporarily given the title of general, general, etc.
When you are not fighting abroad, in principle, you cannot use the title general.
This is also part of the provisions of the Qin Law. The Qin Law penetrates into all aspects of the Qin State and covers everything.
Of course, if Ying Chengyu was a familiar friend of Meng Tian, Meng Tian would not be so cautious.
"Tian has never drunk such strong wine in his life. Zhao's Hu wine is famous for its strong strength, but it is far inferior to Chang'an Jun's wine."
In fact, although Hujiu from the State of Zhao is famous for its strong liquor, people who are addicted to alcohol recognize that when it comes to strong liquor, King Chu’s Liquor is recognized as the leader.
When Ying Chengxuan heard that Meng Tian didn't mention King Chu's wine, but compared it with Zhao's Hu wine, his smile became more intense.
He would not think that Meng Tian, who had attacked Chu State, had never tasted Chu King's wine.
"Hahahaha, as long as you like it, come on, let's do it two more times!"
"No!"
Meng Tian dissuaded him.
He thought he would never get drunk after a thousand cups, but this time, he had doubts about himself.
There is no way, he is a little confused now. If he drinks any more, he is sure that he will get drunk. This wine is too strong! It is stronger than the wine of the King of Chu!
The people of Qin prohibit alcohol among the people. Although there is wine in Qin Chen's mansion, the taste is not good and the intensity is not high, which is far different from other countries.
The main reason for this phenomenon is that the Qin State did not have good wine-making methods and did not want to study and learn.
In the Qin State, everything was responsible for two things, farming and fighting.
Farming provides food for fighting, and fighting provides land for farming. This forms a simple closed loop.
Not only does wine-making have no positive effect on farming and fighting, it has a negative effect, because wine is brewed from grain.
The State of Qin believed that it would be a huge waste to use grain to make wine.
Therefore, not only was alcohol banned among the people, but the royal family also did not advocate drinking, and Ying Zheng himself did not advocate drinking.
The Qin State's attitude towards wine was the same from top to bottom. Naturally, no one would study wine making.
No one studies wine making, so the quality of Qin wine cannot be improved.
In a nutshell - anything that has no positive impact on farming and warfare will not develop in Qin.
"Jun Chang'an, if you drink any more, Tian will get drunk."
Ying Chengqiao picked up the wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp. Meng Tian looked slightly surprised.
The two of them have always been drinking together, one bottle for you and one for me. Ying Chengqiao drank just as much as Meng Tian did.
But now Meng Tian's face is as red as Guan Gong of the Three Kingdoms in later generations.
However, Ying Chengyu's face remained as usual, not drunk at all, as if the two of them drank different wines.
Meng Tian's fingers unconsciously rubbed the wine bottle in his hand.
This guy has a pretty good drinking capacity, and that's right. The royal family has a good drinking capacity. He is uneducated and has been drinking for pleasure since he was a child. After practicing over the years, it is natural that he has a larger drinking capacity than me.
Fortunately, the late king took His Majesty back from the State of Zhao. Otherwise, the State of Qin would fall into such shameful hands. Let alone dominate the world, it is unknown whether the State of Qin still exists in the world now.
The last king of Qin's real name was Ying Yiren, which was later changed to Ying Zichu, and was known as King Zhuangxiang of Qin in history. King Zhuangxiang of Qin had only two sons, namely Ying Zheng and Ying Chengxi.
More than ten years ago, if King Zhuangxiang of Qin had not brought back Ying Zheng from Zhao, the person who took over the throne of Qin would be Ying Chengyu.
"Are you satisfied with this dish?"
"I am extremely satisfied. Compared with what your Majesty has given me for the banquet, it is no less generous."
Meng Tian told a lie here, but fortunately his face was extremely rosy, so it wasn't obvious from his expression.
The taste of the dishes at Chang'an Junfu is far better than the taste of the dishes in the palace, otherwise Ying Fusu would not come here to eat here again and again.
"Okay, since you are the same age as my imperial brother, I will call you Brother Meng. Now that you have eaten the food and drank the wine, it's time for you to talk to me about Confucianism, Brother Meng."
As expected, this Shuzi is very fond of the eldest son, Meng Tian thought to himself.
Meng Tian didn't like Ying Chengyu, but he still stayed to eat and drink. His speech was obviously different from when he first arrived, all because of Ying Fusu.
Otherwise, even if he knew in advance that the wine at Chang'an Junfu was so delicious and the food was so delicious, he would not stay.
To be precise, he will not stay. He will think it is a shame to drink with Ying Chenglong, who is so greedy for pleasure and indulges in food and drink.
"Your Majesty is the lord of all peoples. How can Tian be worthy of being ranked alongside Your Majesty? Let the Lord of Chang'an speak to you as brother, and Lord Chang'an can just call Tian by his name."
Ying Chengyu nodded.
He knew that Meng Tian didn't want to have anything to do with him, and he didn't even want to address him, so he was alienating him, but he didn't care.
So what?
He just wanted to know about his eldest nephew's situation through Meng Tian.
The two people have the same goal, so it can be considered a two-way journey.
"The teacher of the eldest son, whose surname is Chunyu and whose name is Yue, is from the state of Qi. He once served as a doctor in the state of Qi and is now the servant of our country. He is a Confucian scholar and has great influence in Confucianism. The words and deeds of the eldest son are deeply influenced by Chun Yuyue. At present, the court is contradicting your majesty.
, must be inseparable from Chunyu Yue!"
Ying Cheng took a sip of wine and smashed it in his mouth.
"Did Confucianism have a great influence in Qin?"
According to Ying Chengxuan's understanding, Qin has always been a legalist world.
Confucianism, an extremely prominent sect in later generations, has always been unpopular in the Qin State.
Meng Tian's hands shook and he gritted his teeth.
If it weren't for Ying Fusu, he would have left the table in anger right now.
What a disgrace to this ignorant person!
Even the power of the court is not clear!
I don’t know how this prince managed to persuade His Majesty to postpone the eldest son’s departure from the capital, even though the two prime ministers couldn’t persuade him.
Maybe Your Majesty has figured it out by himself, this is just a teaser, and I am wasting my time here!
Meng Tian thought this, but did not dare to bet whether Ying Zheng had figured it out by himself, so he could only continue to explain: "The world is unified, your Majesty recruits talents from all over the world, and hundreds of schools of thought can join the Qin Dynasty as officials. Confucianism is the most prominent school in the world.
, has the most disciples, and now the number of Confucian students in the court exceeds that of Fa students."
The Qin State has always been the holy land of Legalism since Shang Yang's Reform.
It is also the only country in the world that purely uses legalism to govern the country, gathering all the legal students in the world.
Once the number of people gathered reaches a certain level, they will seek the right to speak, let alone this situation where a hundred schools of thought are contending.
The right to speak is placed in the Qin court, which is called political appeal.
"I see."
Ying Chengyu nodded.
"I will handle this matter."
If others made it clear, Meng Tian would believe it. But because of Ying Cheng, Meng Tian remained silent.
clear?
What do you unserstand?
Do you really understand?
It seems that what I said is not that clear.
Seeing that Meng Tian had no reaction, Ying Chengxuan said: "Confucianism advocates governing the country with etiquette, persuading people with virtue, and restoring Zhou etiquette. The eldest nephew has been used and became the mouthpiece of Confucianism. I will explain it to the emperor at the meeting tomorrow."
Meng Tian said gratefully: "Thank you, Lord Chang'an."
Does this guy really understand?
Meng Tian would find things that were ordinary things happening to other people strange to Ying Chengyu.
Ying Chengyu was really bad in the eyes of the Qin people.
The servants sent Meng Tian off, and Ying Chengyu poured himself a drink. The drunkard who had just stopped Meng Tian went in without knocking and sat down where Meng Tian was sitting.
"This Meng Tian is arrogant in front and respectful in back. He is just a villain! The leading generals of the Qin State are really inferior to each other."