"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 was sunburned due to his long-term military service, and his face was dark yellow with a hint of darkness.
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."
There are no generals among the officials in the Qin State. Only when they go out to fight and lead troops in battle, they will be temporarily given the title of general, general, etc.
When you are not fighting outside, in principle, you cannot use the title general.
This is also part of the provisions of Qin Law. Qin Law penetrates into all aspects of 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 the Hu wine of the State of Zhao is famous for its strong liquor, people who are addicted to alcohol recognize that when it comes to strong liquor, the King of Chu wine is recognized as the leader.
When Ying Chengxuan heard that Meng Tian did not mention King Chu's wine, but compared it with Zhao's Hu wine, his smile became stronger.
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.
He believed that he would never get drunk after a thousand drinks, but this time, he had doubts about himself.
There was nothing he could do. He was a little confused now. He was sure he would get drunk if he drank any more. This wine was too strong! Stronger than King Chu’s wine!
Alcohol is prohibited among the people of Qin. 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 a good wine-making method and did not want to study it.
In Qin, everything is responsible for two things, farming and fighting.
Farming provides food to fight, and fighting to obtain land for farming 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 was 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.
Qin's attitude towards wine from top to bottom was the same, so 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.
"Chang'an Jun, if you drink any more, Tian will get drunk."
Ying Chengqiao picked up the wine bottle and drank it all in one gulp, which made Meng Tian 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.
But now Meng Tian's face is as red as Guan Gong of the Three Kingdoms in later generations.
However, Ying Chengxuan's expression remained as usual and he was not drunk at all, as if the two of them were not drinking the same wine.
Meng Tian's fingers unconsciously rubbed the wine bottle in his hand.
This guy has a good drinking capacity, which is true. The royal family has enough alcohol. He is uneducated and has been drinking for fun since he was a child. After practicing over the years, it’s natural that I drink more alcohol than me.
Fortunately, the late king took back His Majesty from the State of Zhao. Otherwise, the State of Qin would have fallen 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 was named Ying Yiren, but later changed his name to Ying Zichu, and was known as King Zhuangxiang of Qin in history. King Zhuangxiang of Qin only had two sons, Ying Zheng and Ying Chengqiu.
More than ten years ago, if King Zhuangxiang of Qin had not brought back Ying Zheng from Zhao, the person from Qin who took over the throne would be Ying Chengyu.
"Are you satisfied with this dish?"
"I am extremely satisfied. It is no less generous than what your Majesty gave me for the banquet."
Meng Tian told a lie here, but fortunately his face was very rosy and it was not obvious from his expression.
The taste of the dishes at Chang'an Jun's Mansion is far better than that of the palace dishes, 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, Brother Meng, it's time to talk to me about Confucianism."
As expected, this Zhuzi was very interested in 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 would consider it 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 placed 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 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 this can be considered a two-way journey.
"The teacher of the eldest son, whose surname is Chunyu and whose given 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 Yue. 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 angrily at this moment.
What a disgrace to this ignorant person!
Even the forces in the court are not clear!
I don’t know how this Shuzi persuaded Your 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 on his own, 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 largest number of disciples, and now the number of Confucian students in the court exceeds that of Fa students."
Since Shang Yang's reform, Qin has always been a holy land for Legalists.
It is also the only country in the world that purely uses legalism to govern the country, gathering legal students from all over the world.
Once the number of people gathered reaches a certain level, they will seek the right to speak, not to mention the 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'll handle this."
If others made it clear, Meng Tian would believe it. But Ying Chengyu and Meng Tian were 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 it incredible to see things that were ordinary in other people's lives when it happened to Ying Chengyu.
Ying Chengyu was really bad in the eyes of the people of Qin.
The servants sent Meng Tian away, and Ying Chenggan poured himself a drink. The drunkard who had just stopped Meng Tian went in without knocking and sat where Meng Tian was sitting.
"This Meng Tian, who is arrogant in front and respectful in back, is just a villain! The leading generals of the Qin State are really inferior to each other."
