"Lord," said Libin with a smile, "there is a man who wants to see you, and wants to give you a gift, so he will come and go my way first—this lord, who is also considered a sacred, but he is humble and humble, and he gave me a big red envelope, which will not be accepted, and I am flattered." Please guess what kind of god this brother is? ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly: "I think it's the one surnamed Kong." ”

Libin didn't expect Guan Zhuofan to guess it, so he couldn't help but be stunned, and then smiled: "Lord Wang! It is Yan Shenggong! ”

Yesterday, Kwan received a rather unexpected post - the poster was not on the list of meetings on the trip to Shanghai.

The post is like this: Attack the Holy Father of Fengyan, Doctor Guanglu, add the title of Prince Taifu, and Kong Xiangke, the official of the Holy Ancestor of Dacheng.

Kong Xiangke, the seventy-fourth grandson of Confucius, and the thirtieth generation of Yan Shenggong.

Han Gaozu worshiped Confucius in the ether and was the first emperor to worship Confucius. However, Confucius really stepped onto the altar when Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty named Confucius's thirteenth grandson Kong Ba as "Praise Chengjun". Since then, the descendants of the Confucian family have been enshrined, and Confucius has a descendant who is respected enough to "enshrine" himself and the position of "Dacheng Holy Teacher", so he can be regarded as sitting firmly in a serious manner.

Before the Song Dynasty, the descendants of Confucius attacked the feuders, and the names were mixed, and each dynasty and generation had its own tricks.

The Han and Wei dynasties said "Baocheng", "Baozun", and "Zongsheng", the Jin and Song dynasties said "Fengsheng", the Later Wei Dynasty said "Chongsheng", and the Northern Qi Dynasty said "Gongsheng", with many names. In the Tang Dynasty, at the beginning of the "praise of the saint", in the Kaiyuan Dynasty, Confucius was posthumously called "King Wenxuan", and the title of his descendants was changed to "Wenxuan Gong".

At the time of Song Renzong. Dr. Taichang Zu did not choose to write the book. thinks that the people of the Tang Dynasty are too uneducated. It's just a mess: how can the titles of Confucius and his descendants be the same? - "You can't add insults to ancestors"!

Renzong accepted his suggestion and changed "Wenxuan Gong" to "Yan Sheng Gong", which was the second year of Zhihe, that is, 1055.

This name was changed very successfully, and since then, the Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties have been constantly changed. However, the title of "Yan Shenggong" has been accepted by all dynasties and has been continued. By the fifth year of Tongzhi, that is, in 1866, it had been 811 years.

The Kong family, for two thousand years, has never lost its rank and blood worship, and it is truly the first family in the world.

It should be noted that the "Gong" of "Yan Sheng Gong". It can only be regarded as a kind of "honorary title", and the "duke" of the "fifth-class seal" of the Shijue. It does not correspond directly. Shijue's "fifth-class seal", the earl and above are super products, but the "derivative public" is a genuine product. However, the imperial court has set a rule that in order to honor the holy master of Dacheng, if the "Yan Shenggong" faces the saint, the court will be ranked before the scholars.

"This Yan Shenggong," Guan Zhuofan asked with considerable interest, "what did you do in Shanghai?" ”

"Nominally, it's another business trip," Libin laughed, "but in fact, the main purpose is to come and give you gifts!" Yan Shenggong can't enter Beijing without an edict, and even if he enters Beijing, his share of the gift is not easy to send away. Now that you have arrived in Shanghai, you can't let go of this opportunity! ”

After a pause, he said: "He actually went on the road a long time ago, and he didn't want to feel the cold halfway and delay for a few days, so he 'got up early in the morning and rushed to a late market' - a few days later, you will have to go back to Beijing." ”

Guan Zhuofan smiled slightly: "Qufu to Shanghai, it's not close—it's not closer than to Beijing, right?" It's hard for him to go this way! But—"

After a pause, he frowned slightly: "I don't accept gifts, isn't it bright enough?" ”

"You don't know what he's going to give you?" Libin smiled, "If he gives something like this, it can't be considered a 'gift' - what he wants to give you is a table of 'house dishes'." ”

"'House cuisine'?"

"Yes. On the Yansheng Mansion, the essence of drinking food is more than the inner courtyard of the palace. The dishes that Yan Sheng Gong invited to the first-class guests are called 'house dishes'. Also, this 'house dish' is also used as a tribute. ”

"Tribute? How are dishes tributed? Ready to be sent to the palace? That...... Didn't it become a warm meal? Can it still be delicious? ”

"Naturally, I sent a cook to the palace and wanted to cook freshly eaten."

"Huh? Is there anything else going on? I don't know. ”

"The prince doesn't know," said Libin, "I naturally don't know that this was told to me by the Holy Duke of Yan himself." ”

He said that when the Yan Shenggong entered the capital in the past generations, he had to bring the cook and the most precious ingredients with him. When I arrived in the capital, I asked for an order first, and saw which day the 'Shang' prepared the meal of the 'House Cuisine'? Then take care of the eunuchs who are in charge of the affairs up and down, and when the time comes, Yan Shenggong and the cook will enter the palace together, borrow the place of the imperial dining room and the guys, and make a total of 136 dishes of 'house dishes'. ”

"One hundred and thirty-six? Boy! ”

"And that's not all!" Libin said with great interest, "This 'house dish', needless to say, is delicious, and there is another one, which is also amazing!" Yan Shenggong said that every dish is served with special dishes, including gold, silver, tin, and porcelain, and the materials and shapes are different! The same goes for cutlery! In short, the dishes, dishes, and tableware are all 'one-to-one', and if it's wrong, the whole table will be useless! ”

"Damn...... Uh, that is, in addition to the cook and ingredients, you also have to bring dishes and cutlery with you? ”

"Yes, and bring at least three sets - I'm afraid that one or two pieces will be broken on the way, and some will be replaced."

"This meal, the cost is terrible."

"Yes. However, the industry of the derivative duke, which has been accumulated for thousands of years, is innumerable, and this cost is nothing to Yan Shenggong. ”

Guan Zhuofan came up with four words in his mind, "poor and extravagant", and then a wave of "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land" suddenly arose.

"In the second year of Tongzhi, the Duke of Yansheng became the lord, and when he entered Beijing to see his majesty, he entered the palace to make a 'house dish'. However, at that time, you were still in Jiangsu, and when you entered Beijing, Yan Shenggong had already left Beijing and returned to Lu. ”

"Hehe, so I'm leaving."

What if I bump into this Yan Shenggong? Well, at that time, I went to the palace to pretend to be the imperial guard, and the royal sister was happy, and she would reward me with a few "house dishes" to try?

"Lord Wang," Libin said with a smile, "Do you accept this gift?" There is a big expert like Hu Bian Fujin, and he Yan Shenggong actually dares to come to the door, thinking that he does have some real talent and learning. ”

Guan Zhuofan laughed.

After laughing, he shook his head lightly and said, "People come from afar, people, I can't see it; However, this gift has to be thanked. ”

This was not unexpected.

"Okay, but how do I get back to him?"

Guan Zhuofan pondered for a while and said: "Let's just say that Shengyi is in charge, but the 'Fu Cai' is out of the Yan Sheng Gong Mansion and is used for tribute, if I use the 'Fu Cai' in my own residence and spread it, it will not be very good for me and him." In the future, there is always the opportunity to go to Qufu to pay homage to the holy master of Dacheng, and when the time comes, on the Yansheng Mansion, taste the 'house cuisine', the host and the guest have two pence, wouldn't it be more beautiful? ”

"Okay, I'll just tell him."

"That's it, that's all—well, you've been with Spencer to the 'Industrial Park' to see the site?"

*(To be continued......)