Chapter 357: Ying Zheng Asks Confucianism and Taoism (I)

The sky has changed, and everyone in the world thinks that this is a warning from heaven to others, or a conscription for the imminent great changes in the world, so Yingzheng has to be cautious about this matter.

Li Si stood up and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that although such a change in the sky is a bad omen, it is not a matter of worry. Now that my Great Qin is under the governance of His Majesty, the national strength is increasing day by day, although there are rogues from time to time, but this is just a small fight, and it is insignificant to my Great Qin country, so Your Majesty does not need to worry. ”

After Li Si finished speaking, many ministers nodded their heads, but the brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi, who were standing together, and the few generals behind them did not react.

Ying Zheng saw that Meng Tian and the others were unmoved by Li Si's words, so he opened his mouth and asked Meng Tian: "Meng Qing, what do you think about this matter?"

Meng Yi replied before his brother: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what the Prime Minister said is reasonable, but the Prime Minister is a little too optimistic. The minister thought that although there was no great chaos today, it was like a river, and it seemed calm on the surface, but it was still unknown how many dark tides were surging under the surface of the water. Today, there are such changes in the sky, and the minister thinks that it should not be underestimated, and His Majesty can send someone to the place where the flint fell to check it, and then do something else. ”

After Meng Yi finished speaking, Meng Tian immediately spoke: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the words of the minister are feasible. The minister is a martial artist, and he only knows how to fight on the battlefield for His Majesty and destroy the enemies of my Great Qin, not to mention that the Confucian Sage once said, 'The son is silent and the power is chaotic', so the minister does not believe that the heavenly changes can change the fortunes of my Great Qin. ”

"What Aiqing said is very true. Ying Zheng was a little relieved by Meng Tian's words. "Great Qin is my Great Qin, how can the fortunes of Great Qin's country be decided by heaven? Prime Minister, quickly send someone to check where this thing is, I want to see what it is. ”

"No, Your Majesty rest assured, the minister has already ordered someone to set off to inquire before he came to see His Majesty, and within a day, there will be news coming, please rest assured. Lees said.

Ying Zheng stood up and continued: "Okay, tomorrow I will go to the Confucian Little Sage Village, Prime Minister, Meng Qing, you and others will go with me. ”

"No. ”

As soon as the eastern sky brightened, the Little Sage Village began to get busy, because today was the day when His Majesty the First Emperor of the Great Qin Dynasty went to the Little Sage Village, which was of course a big deal for the Confucian people in the village. In order to welcome His Majesty the Emperor, everyone in the Little Sage Village got up from bed in the middle of the night and started to be busy, and it was not until the sunrise when the rooster crowed.

According to the Confucian etiquette of receiving guests, the Son of Heaven is the supreme in the world, enjoying the gift of eight hundreds, followed by the princes, enjoying six hundreds, and four doctors. In order to prevent mistakes when greeting the emperor, Fu Nian rehearsed the Eight Hundred Rite several times early.

His Majesty the Emperor has not arrived, the Confucian people are waiting early at the door of the small sage village, Confucianism attaches the most importance to the etiquette system, the first teacher Confucius, Mencius are the people who formulate the etiquette system today, and will carry forward the phalanx of etiquette to the various princes, even hundreds of years ago, even Zhou Tianzi is to govern the world according to the etiquette formulated by Confucianism.

Just after the hour, Fu Nian took the lead in appearing at the door of the Little Sage Village, behind him stood Yan Lu and Zhang Liang on both sides, and behind the three of them were many Confucian students ranked according to their seniority, and finally the Confucian disciples holding the tail. Everyone arrived at the foot of the steps at the entrance of the Little Sage Village, the Confucian disciples holding the tail were lined up on both sides, and Fu Nian led the people to stand on the stone slab in front of the village, quietly waiting for the arrival of His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor.

Just after the hour, the sound of horses' hooves sounded in the distant streets. The sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, towards the little sage village.

The Confucian people who were standing at the door and waiting saw a group of cavalry in iron armor slowly coming, and the horses' hooves stepped on the bluestone slab, which looked particularly crisp, as if to announce to everyone the power of this cavalry.

The cavalry is the most elite golden fire cavalry in the Mengjia army, and it is also a battlefield trump card in Meng Tian's hand.

After the cavalry was the palace forbidden army of the Great Qin Empire, and everyone in the forbidden army was holding a halberd in their hands, and only their faces were exposed, and the rest of the place was also covered by armor.

The cavalry stopped advancing a short distance ahead, and stood on both sides of the road with separate men and horses. The forbidden army of the royal palace continued to move forward until the entire street was tightly guarded, and the Confucian people saw the most luxurious chariot of the emperor in the world behind the forbidden army.

Ying Zheng's chariot slowly walked to the gate of Xiaoshengxian Village, and after the chariot, there were several chariots accompanying him, and from the first carriage was Prime Minister Li Si, followed by Meng Tian and Meng Yi, and the rest of the ministers of Qin. After the ministers got out of the car, they came to the chariot of His Majesty the Emperor, the curtain of the chariot slowly opened, and Zhao Gao took the lead in getting out of the chariot, and then bowed his waist to help Yingzheng out of the chariot.

Seeing Ying Zheng appear, Fu Nian took the lead, stretched his hands in front of his chest, almost level with his shoulders, and then slowly bent over, his body almost completed the upper body parallel to the ground, and behind him, the Confucian people made the same posture with him.

"Confucianism Fu Nian to meet His Majesty the Emperor, long live Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live!"

"Long live Your Majesty the Emperor, long live, long live!"

Ying Zheng got out of the chariot, walked to the Confucian people who saluted, and said loudly: "Flat, no need to be polite." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" everyone straightened up.

After Fu Nian straightened up, he cleaned up the Confucian disciples standing on both sides, and many Confucian disciples began to perform a welcome ceremony for Yingzheng.

Li Si walked behind Ying Zheng, bent down slightly and said to Ying Zheng: "Your Majesty, this is the Confucian welcome ceremony for Your Majesty, and it is the highest rank of the Eight Hundred Gifts. ”

"I see, I've heard of it before, but I haven't seen it. Ying Zheng was interested in the etiquette performed by Confucian disciples.

Fu Nian stepped forward, bowed to Ying Zheng and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor, this Eight Hundred Gift is the highest welcome ceremony of my Confucianism to the Son of Heaven, except for my little Sage Village, it is indeed difficult to see it anywhere else. ”

After Fu Nian finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, "Your Majesty, please enter the village." ”

"Good. Ying Zheng smiled, walked in front of Fu Nian, and entered the Little Sage Village, and behind him, Fu Nian and Li Si entered the village side by side.

Meng Tian and Meng Yi followed behind Li Si, because this was a place for scholars like Confucianism, so this time Meng Tian put on the same official uniform as his younger brother, and even took off the Zhengang sword that he usually carried with him, and did not bring it.

However, when he was about to enter the Little Sage Village, Meng Tian found a familiar face among the Confucian people, but he didn't think much about it and entered the village with Meng Yi.

Zhang Liang breathed a long sigh of relief, since Meng Tian got out of the car, he has been keeping his head down, for fear that Meng Tian will see him, recognize his identity, and then bring disaster to Xiao Shengxian Village. Meng Tian walked in front of him just now, and he was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out, so he could only bow his head and salute Meng Tian. Fortunately, Meng Tian just felt a somewhat familiar aura from Zhang Liang, and then entered the village without stopping.

After Ying Zheng and the ministers of the Qin State entered the village, Zhang Liang and his senior brother Yan Lu also entered the village, because he was also one of the principals of the little sage village, so the reception of Ying Zheng was indispensable to his own appearance. But Meng Tian was also present, which made Zhang Liang a little embarrassed, if he went, he would definitely be recognized by Meng Tian, and if he didn't go, I was afraid that the senior brother would not be able to say it.

Yan Lu sensed that the emotions of the junior disciples around him were not quite right, and asked Zhang Liang: "Senior brother, for my brother, I see that you have been a little distracted since the arrival of His Majesty the Emperor, is there something wrong, can you tell Brother Wei?"

Zhang Liang came back to his senses, looked at his senior brother and said, "Where did the senior brother say, what can I do." ”

"No?" Yan Lu asked with a smile, "Since you went out and came back a few days ago, I noticed that something was wrong with you, and even Senior Brother could see it, but if you don't say it, it's not easy for the two of us to ask you." ”

This made Zhang Liang a little surprised, he thought that he had pretended to be very good, but he didn't expect to be noticed by the two senior brothers.

Yan Lu shook his head slightly, turned around and walked forward, and said as he walked: "Senior brother, you and I have been together for more than ten years, and we can be said to be closer than relatives. If you have anything to tell me and my brother, don't make your own decisions. ”

Zhang Liang was a little overjoyed when he heard this, walked quickly to the second senior brother's side, and said to Yan Lu: "The second senior brother has taught a great lesson, but the younger brother is too worried. It's just that this matter is very important, if something goes wrong, I'm afraid it's not just me, but even the two senior brothers, as well as the entire Little Sage Village, will face a catastrophe, so the junior brother has to be cautious, and I hope that the senior brother Haihan. ”

Zhang Liang wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Yan Lu stopping and waving his hand. "I already understand what my junior brother is talking about. This matter is indeed too dangerous for us, since Fang Na Meng Tian did not recognize you, then it will be difficult for you to show up for the next reception of the emperor. Well, you go to the backyard first, and set up the two guests in your garden, as for the senior brother, I will explain it for you, you go first. ”

"Thank you, brother. Zhang Liang bowed deeply to Yan Lu, and then quickly left. He knew that his two senior brothers were not stupid people, and he was afraid that they already knew about his assassination of the emperor a few days ago, and he brought the uncle and nephew of the Xiang family into the Little Sage Village, and he couldn't escape the eyes of the two senior brothers. In this way, they already know what they have done, but fortunately, the two senior brothers are reasonable people, and with their help, this catastrophe will definitely turn evil into good fortune.