Chapter 19: Statecraft
At this time, when it was noon, Tian Jian was not stingy, and asked the palace people to prepare the lunch of the scholars present.
The lunch is not rich, only a few pieces of meat, a flatbread, a bowl of soup, but everyone is also eating heartily, after all, the royal family's cannon kitchen represents the peak of the current Chinese culinary level, maybe it may be the highest in the world, because Europeans are also Ru Mao drinking blood in modern times, in BC, their civilization system has not yet been built, and it is good to eat cooked food.
After lunch, all the scholars thanked Tian Jian.
"Listed as a scholar, now that he is full of wine and food, he should be able to think quickly!" Tian Jian said with a smile.
When all the scholars heard this, they laughed, and one of them stood up and said, "Thank you for the prince's hospitality, I am grateful." ”
"Alright, let's get down to business." Tian Jian's face was constricted, and at this time, he was very much like his father Tian Fazhang, and his face was full of majesty.
Tian Jianzheng said: "In the past, Uncle Bao recommended Guan Yiwu (Guan Zhong) to Duke Qi Huan regardless of his previous suspicions, and at that time, Duke Qi Huan asked Guan Yiwu a few questions, do you know which questions they are." ”
After a while, a scholar stood up and said: "I heard that the Duke of Qi Huan asked the minister: In the country of Qi Qianxian, the first prince subdued the princes, and he was called Xiaoba. Since the first Xianggong decree was impermanent, it changed dramatically. The widow has been given the main social power, the people's hearts are undecided, and the country is unstable. If you want to repair the national politics and establish a program, what is the way first? Guan Xiang replied: courtesy, righteousness, honesty and shame, the four dimensions of the country. If the four dimensions are not open, the country will perish. If the monarch wants to establish the country's discipline, he must open four dimensions to make the people, and the discipline will be established and the country will be revitalized. (Duke Qi is the grandfather of Duke Qi Huan Jiang Xiaobai, and Duke Qi Xiang'er is Jiang Xiaobai's father.) The big change here refers to the murder of Qi Xianggong's other son. )
Tian Jian nodded when he heard this, motioned for the scholar to sit down, and then said: "Although the country of Qi is weaker than the princes, but the country of Qi has the power of fish and salt, and the people are satisfied. So this topic is how to make the country strong? You can all speak openly, where there is a plan and a word can strengthen the treasury, can enrich the people, and it is beneficial to the Qi country, and the Qi country will live up to your scholars. ”
When the scholars heard this, their eyes flickered, and their hearts flickered.
After a while, a eunuch came over and placed a white silk on the table of the scholars.
Tian Jian knelt in front of him, smiling and silent, but his heart was dripping blood, because what was written was nothing else, it was silk! At this time, the silk was abnormal, and these silks cost him a month's expenses of the Prince's Mansion.
In ancient times, because the use rate and amount of copper coins in the market were not too high, so when the government levied grain, cloth and grain could be used to offset taxes, silk is also a kind of cloth, and it is also one of the more advanced ones, ordinary scholars are reluctant to use silk to make clothes, and the silk that can be used to write is more expensive. Another thing to mention is that the reason why Zhang Juzheng's reform in the Ming Dynasty has a mixed reputation is that the people are restricted from paying in kind, but must be exchanged for silver to pay, so the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants, and the people of the grain cannot afford to eat grain.
Time passed by a second, and in a blink of an eye, it was dusk, the lights in the prince's mansion were constantly lit, and the smell of smoked black oil smoke was particularly eye-catching under the yellow and clear light, and only a dozen people were left in the hundreds of people who were constantly working hard to write.
Finally, the last person left, but Tian Jian was still kneeling upright, motionless.
"Your Highness, the scholars have already left." Xiao Ai said to Tian Jian in a voice.
Tian Jian Zheng Kai's sleepy eyes looked around in confusion, the dense desk was empty, Tian Jian didn't expect that he was asleep, laughed at himself, got up and went to the case.
The mosquitoes around him continued to hiss, and the summer cicadas also kept ringing, "Zilazila", the footsteps broke this ordinary silence, and also broke the peace in Tian Jian's heart.
Xiao Ai and Ju Qi sorted out and folded the remarks written by the scholars together and sent them to the desk in Tian Jian's bedroom.
Tian Jian kept reading the cloth with an arm thick in front of him, and after an hour passed, Tian Jian's remaining cloth was only a dozen or so remarks that he thought were the best, and among these remarks, there were not only those who shone in history on the Warring States period, but also some unknown people.
Tian Jian sobered up with cold water and asked, "What time is it?" ”
"Your Highness, it's midnight (around five or six o'clock in the morning)." Xiao Ai replied respectfully beside him.
Xiao Ai's heart for Tian Jian has undergone a huge change in her heart in just ten days, the prince Tian Jian has changed from a guy who only knows how to enjoy a luxurious life, to a prince who worries about the country and the people, and is a saint, this huge change makes her panic, but she is happy.
"I'll change my clothes, and I'll meet my father." Tian Jian said undoubtedly.
"But now the king is still resting!" Xiao Ai inadvertently reminded Tian Jian.
"Quick, change clothes." Tian Jiandao.
"Yes, Your Highness." Xiao Ai replied respectfully, the difference between Tian Jian in the past and the current Tian Jian is that the original Tian Jian is more willing to be close to them, and now Tian Jian is more and more like a real king!
If Tian Jian knew what Xiao Ai was thinking, then he really couldn't wash it when he jumped into the Yellow River, he didn't want to raise a big yellow dog, flirt with the little maid, hook up with the little lady, but the suppression of the Qin State made him at a loss, remembering that in his previous life, when he was watching the TV series of the Great Qin Empire, the black pressure did not have a trace of emotion, and some were just iron-blooded, the conquering Qin army, singing "Old Qin, go to the national disaster together, old Qin, restore my rivers and mountains." Blood will not be shed, death will not be truce! There is Daqin in the west, such as the sun rising, a hundred years of national hatred, and the vicissitudes of life! The world is in turmoil, how can Corning! Qin has a sharp soldier, who competes with it! ”
Back then, he was enthusiastic about it, so he chose to study history, an unpopular major, but when he faced Daqin, all he had in his heart was panic, and he could only keep squeezing himself, so that Qi Guo was really not afraid of Qin, maybe at that time, he could really lie on the white and tender laps of the little maid, singing yellow tunes.
Tian Jian was constantly organizing the language on the carriage, what he would face was Tian Fazhang's roar, disturbing people's sweet dreams was infuriating after all, even if he was Tian Fazhang's son, the crown prince of Qi State!
When he walked to the palace gate, the city guards resisted Tian Jian's footsteps.
"Dare to ask the prince, why do you want to see the king, it is still early today, please ask the prince to return to the palace, and then appeal to the king when the court is early." The defending general shouted at the gates.