Wei Ying smiled and took his seat. The servant came up to the wine utensils, but it was not a knight, but a gentleman.

In the ancient rites, the wine utensils are more important than the seating. The so-called title is the rank of the wine utensils. For all feasts, the most honorable ones use knights and serve wine; Inferior to the use of the wine; third-class goose, holding wine in three combinations; Fourth-class horns, holding wine in four combinations; Fifth-class cups, holding wine in five combinations.

In other words, the more noble the status, the smaller the capacity of the drinking utensils. There are many differences in the material, shape, fineness, inscription and so on, that is, the royal family rewards the ministers for hundreds of feasts, and a variety of wine utensils will also show everyone's identity level at all, and there will never be confusion between respect and inferiority. There is also a difference between the large containers in which the sake is served, with a large jug for the third class and above, and a large pot for the third class and below.

At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, this cumbersome drinking ceremony was greatly simplified and diluted, and the use of drinking utensils became casual. Confucius was greatly moved, and once sighed with regret: "I don't want to go! Looks! "Goblet is no longer Gobble, Gob!

Although this is the case, in the upper officialdom, the dignity and humility of drinking utensils still exist.

Officials gather for banquets, and they usually use all kinds of lords. For folk banquets, all of them are used with a goose or a goose.

The serving container is completely casual. Today's Gongzi used his words to once again show that the reception of Wei Ying is a friend of the people, and he is no longer regarded as a celebrity official.

Wei Ying smiled: "The prime minister's power has changed, and Martingale is ashamed of himself." ”

"If you want to talk about the power to change, it's you. Today's celebrities, who can abandon the official business? Wei martingale also. ”

"Wei Ying is embarrassed, and he has no choice but to do rice sorghum, which has become a laughing stock in the world, and the prime minister should not win a false award."

Gongzi Wei found that Wei Ying, who had always been cold and arrogant, had become supple and humble, and seemed to have a sense of awe for him, a royal nobleman who was a courtier.

Qin Feng naturally didn't think that Wei Ying had really changed, so he also had some contempt for those upper-level magnates.

Gongzi was greatly relieved and comfortable, and his previous admiration for Wei Ying's talent and character disappeared in an instant. He raised his eyes and smiled: "Wei Ying, come, for the sake of your rich future, do it first!" "Drink it all.

Wei Ying smiled respectfully: "For the sake of the prime minister's prosperity, do it!" "It's all in one go.

"Wei Ying, the old man of the White Gate family asked me to excuse you from the general, this matter is very difficult. Pang Juan is going to fight a big battle, and he needs a military affairs Sima, how can he let you go? Besides, you generously agreed to take up the post after the expiration of the mausoleum period, and I was also on the spot. How do I say that? Childe looked embarrassed.

Wei Ying smiled: "The prime minister can let me have a way to make money, and Wei Ying will repay him." ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Childe smiled inscrutablely.

"Baimen has a saying, I am willing to repay the prime minister with the profits of Dongxiangchun for ten years."

"How many years is it?"

"About three million gold, top a Korean treasury."

Gongzi Wei groaned: "Wei Ying, why did Baimen buy you at such a sky-high price? You are good at studying, but are you also a master in business? Once it misses, there is no report on the white door, wouldn't this matter be a big trouble? You must know that the Bai family is inextricably linked to the royal family. ”

Wei Ying smiled: "Don't worry, Prime Minister. Wei Ying's ten strategies for Tao Zhugong Fan Li's "Ji Ran" have long been proficient and have a lot of experience in business. Don't hide it from the prime minister, Wei Ying has already made a small test and made a big deal of nearly 100,000 gold for Baimen. Otherwise, with a giant businessman in the world like Baimen, how can he let Wei Ying do the general thing? How can you go to such great lengths to deal with me? ”

Gongzi nodded leisurely, "Brother Martingale is so talented, this matter is still okay." ”

"Also, Wei Ying gives the prime minister 5,000 gold every year to make wine."

"Good! Rich and noble do not forget old friends, and they are really smart and bold, ah! Gongzi laughed, but suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "Brother Marting, have you ever seen the heroine of the White Gate?" ”

Wei Ying shook his head, "I only conspire with the elders of the White Gate family in business. ”

Gongzi Wei said with a deep smile: "Bai Gui's only daughter, but the mysterious beauty of Anyi, no one has ever seen her. I want to ask you to dredge up a big thing, I don't know if it's okay? ”

"I don't know what makes it difficult for the prime minister?"

"That's it," Gongzi Wei got up and walked to Wei Ying's side and sat down, and said in a low voice: "The King of Wei has never set up Fox Ji as the queen, because the fox Ji style is too prosperous, and the affair is too much, and the King of Wei is tired of clearing his name." Baimen is a famous family in the world, and Bai Gui's daughter is talented and beautiful, if you can make this woman the queen of Wei, why worry that you can't be Shangqing? At that time, you and I will be in the same dynasty, why worry about not being able to deal with a Pang Juan? What does the martingale brother think? ”

Qin Feng realized this, it turned out that Gongzi Wei was so calculating, I have to say that this Gongzi Wei is very considerate of King Wei.

Wei Ying smiled faintly, "It's just, what can I do?" ”

"Well said. As long as Brother Martingale understands my intentions to the white girl, and agrees that when I meet the white girl, everything will be fine. ”

"The prime minister can make the white girl the queen?" Wei Yingda was surprised.

Gongzi laughed, "Brother Martingale doesn't have to worry about the rest of the matter." Dealing with officialdom, my brother is not as good as me. ”

"It's just," Wei Yan muttered, "I can't officially serve in the White Gate yet." ”

"Brother Martingale can rest assured that I will handle it tomorrow." Childe is refreshing and bright.

Leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wei Ying returned to the Shushui River Valley, which was already the end of the third watch and the fourth watch. He didn't elaborate on the scheming intentions of Gongzi Wei, who was waiting for Bai Xue, and he had to wait until Gongzi Wei had a clear result.

At noon on this day, Gongzi woke up and freshened up, feeling refreshed and refreshed. At lunch, the chief secretary and the elder of the family reported to him respectively the internal and external affairs of the morning, and he pointed out a few things, and made a decision on the several things to be done by the several groups of officials who would come in the afternoon, and the day's business was generally over. The rest of the time is the time he uses to mediate his activities. Gongzi Wei is an official, and he has his unique method, which is the six-character formula of "doing less things and moving more".

People in the world who like to work hard are always in a difficult situation.

There is only one reason, if you want to do things, you will make mistakes, and if you make mistakes, you will be attacked, and if you attack too much, you will inevitably step down.

Gongzi Wei has a unique way of "doing less" - more deliberations, less work, more virtual things, and less practical things.

As a prime minister, everything can participate in discussions, everything can not be done personally, success will have the merit of decision-making, and failure will have the words of resignation.

It's "talk more and do less".

But as long as you are an official, it is impossible to never do things. Therefore, it is necessary to do as many fictitious things as possible that are easy to see merit but difficult to find out the mistakes and omissions, such as meeting with envoys, paying tribute to heaven and earth, compensating soldiers, providing relief to disaster victims, compiling national history, supervising palace construction, sending envoys to friendly countries, inspecting the administration of officials, presiding over state banquets, selecting concubines, praising queens, and so on.

For those practical things that are easy to investigate and culpable but difficult to see, we will resolutely not do them unless it is absolutely necessary. For example, building embankments, leading troops into battle, purging officials, formulating decrees, investigating impeachment, sending envoys to enemy countries, deciding on peace and war, supervising cultivation, exterminating thieves, trying cases, and so on.

There is only one major thing for Gongzi, which is to consolidate his position and improve his prestige.

In order to achieve this, it is necessary to devote great efforts to the activities of mediation to the upper levels, to the lower circles, to the officials and the officials.

On both ends alone, Childe has done a very effective job.

For the King of Wei, he did his best to do what he liked, and he did it elegantly and interestingly.

The King of Wei went to bed late and got up late, and he also went to bed late and got up late, even if there was a military emergency, he would never disturb the King of Wei when he was sleeping.

King Wei is good at fun and enjoyment, and has profound attainments in jewelry appreciation, hunting tours, palace construction, music and rhythm tasting, fine wine and food, beautiful women, fierce dogs and rare birds, etc.

Gongzi also worked hard, did not pull the same, and became the most elegant playmate of King Wei. Even when King Wei and Fox Ji were naked and tired, he could sit three feet away with a smile and comment carefully, which made King Wei very emotional, and praised Gongzi Wei as "unrestrained, true celebrity!" ”。

It also made the King of Wei and him become a monarch and minister who talked about everything, talked about everything, and conspiracy.

For scholars and celebrities, Gongzi Wei is the first word "righteousness", humble and bold, and does not hesitate to make friends with dignity.

Five years ago, he called the versatile and arrogant Wei Ying a brother, and it was passed on as a good story of Anyi, and he won a reputation of "virtuous and righteous".

Then Gongzi Wei went to the palace of King Wei. Qin Feng naturally continued to follow, hoping to receive something.

When Gongzi Wei came to the Wangcheng Dormitory, King Wei Hui was building a map of the royal city in the new capital of Daliang on the shore of the lake. From time to time, the laughter and shouting of the fox and the maids were heard from the boats floating in the lake, which did not make the king of Wei raise his head.

"Brother Wang, I'm sorry for the country again, let's work hard." Gongzi shook a big fan and sent a wisp of fresh breeze to King Wei Hui.

"Ah, Brother Wang, you came just in time." King Wei Hui's finger tapped on the large picture spread out on the jade table, "Look, there is such a large area of water in the Great Liang Wangcheng, but it is empty and there is no place to see or play. I wanted to build a sleeping palace in the middle of the lake where I could float and float, so that the lake could be used to its fullest potential. ”

"Good! Brother Wang's whimsical ideas, the Warring States is the only one. Start work now, I'll oversee it! ”

King Wei Hui frowned, "Do you know how much gold the floating palace costs?" ”

"Millions."

"Millions? The girder engineer has already calculated, three million gold. The government treasury fund, excluding Pang Juan's military expenses, officials' money and the construction cost of the new capital, is only one million gold, how can it be? ”

Childe laughed heartily: "Providence providence!" It just so happened that I brought a lot of money to Brother Wang, and the floating palace can be built. ”

"You? How can you have so much gold? King Wei Hui stared at the prime minister in surprise.

"Does Brother Wang know about Bai Gui?"

"Laughing, how can Bai Gui not know?"

After Baekyu's death, his only daughter took charge of the business and sought out a businessman. Does Brother Wang know? ”

"I don't know." King Wei Hui shook his head.

"Does Brother Wang know about Wei Ying?"

"Wei Ying? Who are they? Ignorance. ”

"The prime minister recommended by my uncle before his death, and Brother Wang also forgot about it?"

King Wei Hui laughed and said, "Ah, that middle concubine." Did the White Gate ask him to do the general work? ”

"Brother Wang is really clever. It's this person. ”

"What does this person have to do with two million gold?"