Why choose Mencius Temple?

In ancient times, ordinary people would choose temples or Taoist temples in addition to inns to stay overnight. And the reason why Cai Dao chose Mencius Temple was because he wanted to see how this great thinker who respected the people and despised the monarch mixed well in the Song Dynasty. Anyway, it's still early at the moment.

Since entering Bianliang City, no matter where he goes, Cai Dao has come and gone in a hurry, and he has no time to appreciate the scenery and humanity along the way. Now, the opportunity has finally arrived, and it's time to take a good look at one of the most prosperous metropolises in the world at the time.

Who Mencius is, the people of China know.

However, after the Spring and Autumn Period, Mencius's status in Confucianism has not been high. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed a hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, until the Song Dynasty, the imperial court did not deserve Mencius to enjoy the Confucian Temple.

Han Yu's "Original Dao" of the Tang Dynasty can be regarded as justifying Mencius's name.

It was not until the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty that Mencius's status was steadily improved, and of course, this was closely related to the political environment of the Song Dynasty.

During the period of Wang Anshi's reform, that is, in the fourth year of the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the book "Mencius" was officially listed as one of the subjects of the imperial examination for the first time. In the sixth year of Yuanfeng, that is, next year, Mencius was posthumously awarded the title of "Duke of Zou" by Song Shenzong for the first time, and was approved to enjoy the Confucian Temple the following year. It can be said that it was all thanks to Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi that Mencius stepped from a mortal to the altar.

However, after the failure of the self-change method, there are naturally fewer people paying attention here. The current Mencius Temple is far less prosperous than it was in the fourth year of Xining, and the surrounding people are all small merchants and hawkers, most of whom are mainly snacks.

Where there are people, there will be rivers and lakes. Where there is a temple, there will naturally be a market.

When Cai Dao and his party came to Mencius Temple, it was just in time for the most lively time of the day here.

Half a green onion oil cake with beef sauce, plus a big bowl of soy milk, this is Cai Dao to eat a little when he was in a hurry.

Don't look at it, the little carriage is not big, but the sparrows are small. Inside, there is a honeycomb coal stove, a kettle, an iron frying pan, except for some necessary clothes and money, and the rest are all local products brought from the hometown of Xianyou County. Such as sauced beef, salted duck eggs, salted eggs, salted goose eggs, sauced elbows, secret chicken legs, phoenix feet, duck webs, basically some meat.

As an otaku from later generations, how can you not pay attention to eating? In later generations, most of these creatures were foodies, and even if they couldn't make something too delicious, it didn't hinder their determination to eat something good.

Cai Bucket, this strange guy, actually brought a big stall of pickled cabbage to hang on the horse he was riding, and the horse looked like the owner, so that this Yunnan horse was also infected with the bad habit of eating sour vegetables.

And the little confusion is quite normal, except for a large bag of toffee and candied fruit in his arms, he usually eats about the same as them, and he is not too picky.

At this moment, there was no one in the carriage, and the creatures who were suspected to be the younger sisters of Xiao Mi and Cai Dao were walking on the carriage seat left and right. The little girl was holding the hand warmer given to her by Cai Bucket in her arms, and she was still wearing the quilt that was about to be broken. It's not that Cai Dao doesn't care about this little girl, but her body is too dirty, even if he doesn't have a habit of cleanliness, but if he is infected with lice and fleas in winter, just thinking about it in his mind, he feels uncomfortable.

Along the way, Cai Dao rode on a horse, and naturally he could see the snacks sold by these small stalls.

To be honest, Cai Dao was a little disappointed, most of the snacks didn't look good, or the way he did it was wrong, for example, most of the green vegetables were stewed, and there was no original color and aroma of the green vegetables, and only salty and boiled vegetable paste would be left in the mouth. So, he only bought a bowl of wontons and a few good-looking fruits. Fruit here does not refer to fruit, but to snacks.

If those two fools weren't restrained by Cai Dao, they would definitely be able to eat from the street to the end of the street.

"Childe, look, the skewers at that stall are good, why don't you try them?" Cai Ban approached Cai Dao and asked with a shy face.

"If you want to eat, buy it! However, this is the last few pennies for you today, but do you have to choose clearly? Cai Dao didn't say anything to interfere with him, anyway, there was a fixed amount of copper coins given to them every day, and after spending his own, he could only watch others eat delicious food. He naturally knew this kid's careful thoughts, and glanced at the good skewer meat that Cai Ban said.

Vomit! Cai Daohao didn't vomit out all the food he had eaten this morning.

On the bamboo skewers, there are strange shapes on the skewers, and I don't know what kind of meat it is, so you can ignore it if it's cooked. Its color is not good, it is so close that it can't smell a little aroma, which is bearable. The stall owner, it's not your fault that you're ugly, I won't complain when I come out, the key is that the two big hands like a fan have just buckled their feet, and when they sell meat skewers to customers, it's a pity that the soup on the skewers dripped on their hands and rested in their mouths twice.

Seeing this, Cai Dao had no appetite at all, but he also comforted himself in his heart, although the sanitary conditions were a little worse, the food was still primitive after all, and there were not so many poisonous things in later generations. He can only wish Cai Ban a strong stomach and immune system in his heart, otherwise, he will have to have diarrhea.

Unexpectedly, Cai Ban heard this sentence and actually dispelled the idea of eating the meat skewers. I don't know if I'm afraid of the hideous-looking stall owner, or I'm afraid that after spending today's quota, I won't be able to eat the food in the future. At this point, Cai Bucket, who has always loved his younger brother, is not used to him, and even if he can't spend it all, he will never lend money to his younger brother.

"Childe, don't you usually like to eat these snacks outside?" Xiao Miao asked strangely on the side, after all, she had only been in Cai's Mansion for a long time, and she didn't know Cai Dao's temper.

"The snacks in Bianliang City are just like that, or are they not as delicious as those in my hometown?" Hearing Xiao Mi ask this, Cai Dao replied like this, not to belittle Bianliang, he missed his hometown in the future generations.

"This son, what you said is not right!" While Cai Dao was pondering, a milky child next to him said.

Cai Dao looked back and saw that it was a milk doll that looked about four or five years old.

I saw him sitting on the neck of a big man, this little child has a tiger head, although the little face is frozen red, but the spirit is vivid, with a finger-thick gold ring on the neck, and a big gold rope is set on the ring, and then look at the surroundings of the big man, a few ordinary looks but the eyes are shrewd, at first glance, they are from the army, quite familiar with the art of battle formation, these people are scattered, separating everyone else from the strong man, and forming a semicircle to faintly protect these two.

"Doll, are you talking to me?" Cai Dao looked at the two people with a smile.

"Humph! It is indeed under the bottom. However, Ben Gongzi is five years old this year, and he is not a doll. Maybe I'm older than you? The child said unconvinced.

It makes sense to say this, after all, Cai Dao himself is only six years old. "In the next unintentional words, please forgive this son."

"Humph! You hillbilly! The child only said this, and some of them couldn't answer, so he patted the big man on the head and said, "Old Hei, you go on!" ”

"Yes, Childe. This little boy, don't come out and talk nonsense if you haven't seen anything on the market! It's easy to offend people like this, not to mention, it's just a small place in Bianliang City, and naturally there are no commendable snacks. Childe, that's right! "The big black man looks very dark, and he speaks in an urn voice, but he is quite kind.

"Yes, it's true. This son, if there is nothing else, will leave here. After speaking, Cai Dao was ready to slip away, at this moment, he is not entangled, can he not cause trouble or try not to cause trouble, not to mention that there is no adult around, it is easy to provoke bad people.

"Wait, there's no evidence! Big black, you say! "That kid didn't want to let Cai Dao go like this, he was still the same old way.

"Yes, Childe. This son, since you have said a big thing, you have to come up with some empirical evidence. Otherwise, ......" said the big black man, also a little embarrassed.

"Bet, it's your horse! Lao Hei, you useless waste, you can't even say a word. The little boy was impatient, patted Lao Hei's head vigorously, and said his purpose.

When the surrounding people heard this, they suddenly became interested. The common people of the Great Song Dynasty are so good at pounce and are particularly interested in betting on such things.

Cai Dao heard this, good guy, this is just out of the tiger's den and into the wolf's den. He really didn't expect that in Bianliang City, a four- or five-year-old doll would do such a thing. However, seeing that you are younger than me, I will let you do it again.

Thinking of this, Cai Dao asked: "This son, if you don't agree, how will you stay?" ”

"I ...... Old Black! After all, the child has a small vocabulary, so Cai Dao suddenly asked.

"Hey, hey! This son, it seems that you have to agree to this bet today! The big black man didn't care about the bear paw on the neck at all, he slapped it so much, it was almost like tickling, and when he heard the command, he said embarrassedly.

"Oh, you're going to bully!" Cai Dao's eyes twisted, and he glanced at Xiao Mi, Cai Ban and Cai Bucket, and touched his ribs, where there was a unique weapon of their Cai family's doll army.

Not to mention the big black man in front of him, it was the few military men who protected them, and Cai Dao didn't take them in his eyes.

If this is a battlefield, let alone a Cai Dao, even if you bring all the doll army, you may not be the opponent of the black man in front of you. However, in this place, it is different, people come and go, and the common people surround them again, even if they have weapons on them, they can't surround Cai Dao and them.

For a while, both sides froze, and the scene seemed a little dignified.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable! This old man, what are those children doing in there? At this time, a rich-looking old Taoist priest appeared in the crowd and asked an old man next to him who was watching the excitement with his little grandson.