Yang Zilu looked at Bu Shang, who probably had a poor family background, and was wearing a plain short robe, and traces of modification could be vaguely seen on the robe, obviously this dress was not inherited from the elders. But Bu Shang did not bow his head because of this. Bu Shang instead raised his head and chest, but his delicate face had a pair of heroic eyes, so his appearance gave Yang Zilu a very unique feeling.

Yang Zilu couldn't help but glance at Bu Shang more, but Yang Zilu didn't say anything, in his opinion, among so many disciples of Confucius, Zigong and Zeng Zi could value him. So Yang Zilu just smiled with a polite surname: "Not bad! Not bad! ”

Yang Zilu said that, and talked to Confucius, but the young and vigorous Bu Shang was not convinced. Although Confucius said that Bu Shang was a person who wrote well, he also said that he missed a point, and Bu Shang's surname was Ge Yongwu. Bu Shang Huo Ran stood up and questioned Yang Zilu: "Your Majesty, should you be a monarch with clear rewards and punishments?" ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, his face sank, and he didn't speak, but looked at Confucius.

Zeng Shen, who was on the side of the Bu Shang, immediately pulled the leg of the Bu Shang's trousers covertly and said, "Zi Xia! Sit down! ”

"Zixia! Sit down! Confucius's already blackened face immediately turned black like the bottom of a pot, and he shouted in a low voice.

Bu Shang was unmoved, and looked at Yang Zilu fixedly.

Yang Zilu didn't speak, not because he wasn't afraid of things, but because he was a disciple of Confucius, according to the rules of this era, Yang Zilu was not very good at punishing the powerlessness of the diviner. Of course, according to Yang Zilu's power, he can also be directly punished, but Yang Zilu is now wooing Confucius, so he naturally has to give Confucius respect and let him deal with this matter. But now it is obvious that Confucius is not very effective, and Yang Zilu is not polite, Yang Zilu asked with a smile on his face: "I don't know where the reward and punishment are unknown?" ”

"I don't know Senior Brother Ziyuan (Yan Huizi), where is it not as good as Zigong? I don't know Zi Cheap (Mi Buqi character), Zimu (Shang Qu character), Zi Rong (Nangong Shi character), Zi Si (Yuan Xian character) The four senior brothers and Zi Xia are not as good as Ziyu (Zeng Shenzi)? Bu Shang asked.

When Yang Zilu heard this, after a little thought, he realized that he seemed to have made a mistake. Ignoring the above-mentioned people of Bu Shang, they were able to follow Confucius's side, and they were naturally not ordinary people.

Among them, Zigong is just that, his ability is indeed good, but Zeng Zi is no better than others, Zeng Zi is only nineteen years old now, at most he has good qualifications, and he has no achievements, but he toasts him. Probably in his own opinion, it has been lowered, but in the eyes of others, this is too high to elevate Zeng Shen.

Yang Zilu didn't argue much, and unexpectedly directly admitted his mistakes, Yang Zilu's face turned pale, and he sighed: "Zixia should be a mirror!" It's wrong! ”

After Yang Zilu said that, he personally poured wine for Yan Hui and toasted Mi Buqi, Shang Qu, Nangong Shi, and Yuan Xian. When it came to Bu Shang, Yang Zilu said with a smile: "You scolded the widow, but you also reminded the widow that the widow doesn't know what to do!" ”

"What the king thinks, how it will be!" Bu Shang is not stage frightened at all. Instead, he let a few of his senior brothers hear the words, and pinched a handful of Han for him in his heart, this is the king of a country! Do you think it's a cat or a dog?

Yang Zilu pondered for a while, beckoned to a guard beside him, and whispered a few words in the guard's ear. Although everyone is still drinking and enjoying themselves, their attention is on Bu Shang, I don't know what Yang Zilu will give Bu Shang?

Although if you look closely, you can see a little nervousness on Bu Shang's face, but Bu Shang can still be called to kneel down on the banquet calmly. The hand should never shake when you raise a glass, and the food should definitely not taste like chewing wax.

Yang Zilu couldn't help but appreciate Bu Shang a little more, Yang Zilu smiled at Confucius: "He said that he should have great achievements, but he doesn't know what his surname is?" ”

Although Bu Shang was a disciple of Confucius, Confucius did not praise Bu Shang for this, but shook his head lightly and said: "This son was just accepted by Zhong Ni on his way back from Chu to Wei Guo, and he has followed Zhong Ni for less than a year, and Zhong Ni has not seen it through. It's just that Zhong Ni has 3,000 disciples under his command, how can Zhong Ni tell that they are all gentlemen? ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, he nodded thoughtfully and said: "What Mr. said is very true, but the widow intends to reuse Zixia, I don't know if Mr. is willing to cut love!" ”

When Confucius heard this, he shook his head and smiled: "Zixia is only a crown (twenty years old), and it is too early for the monarch to start reusing it now!" If you do this, you will inevitably pull out the seedlings and help them grow! ”

Yang Zilu smiled slyly and said, "Sir, it's too early to make up your mind!" Pulling out the seedlings may be discovered, but it may also be an earlier display of his talents! And Mr. also said that Zixia has already passed the crown and is already an adult, so he can make his own decisions! And with Zixia's performance just now, the decision made by Mr. may not necessarily change the decision he made! ”

When Confucius heard this, thinking of what Yang Zilu had ordered just now, Confucius couldn't help but laugh dumbly, shook his head and said, "Your Excellency is too ...... It's too cunning! ”

"This is called a soldier who does not get tired of deceit!" Yang Zilu also smiled.

"It seems to be the Art of War!" Confucius said that, and asked with a curious face: "The king is a disciple of his grandson?" ”

When Yang Zilu heard this, he shook his head and said, "It's just a rumor outside!" The widow was just lucky enough to read a few fragments of Sun Tzu's Art of War when he was young! ”

"Oh!" Confucius was clearly not convinced. Reading books to see such a big country? Is the Art of War too powerful?

Seeing this, Yang Zilu smiled bitterly in his heart, and he also knew how to explain it. It's always hard to say to Confucius, buddy, in fact, I crossed over, what? What is crossing? Crossing is from hundreds of years, no! It is estimated that thousands of years ago should have gone back to this era.

And at this time, the guards that Yang Zilu had just ordered had already come up with a tray, and Yang Zilu immediately perked up when he heard this, and took the opportunity to divert the topic and said: "Mr. Now it depends on the surname of Bu Shang!" ”

At this time, everyone's attention was on the tray, which was not big and was not covered with a red cloth or anything like that. You can clearly see the items placed on the tray, which are a bronze official seal, and the official seal is cast with an elk, the deer is a metaphor for the people, and the deer is the official seal of the seal, which means to shepherd the side.

Especially the doctors of the Han Kingdom, they all know what kind of official seal this is, this is the official seal of the lowest-ranking scholar doctor of the Han Dynasty. The next doctor is made of brass, the seal is also an elk, the official seal of the middle doctor is a turtle, the seal is inlaid with gold, the upper doctor is made of jade as the official seal, and the seal is a foreign beast Pixiu. Doctor Qing is Jiaolong, Jinwu, Kui Niu, Ying Long and other more advanced beasts are Yinniu.

They couldn't imagine that Yang Zilu was so generous and gave Bu Shang a position as a scholar. At the age of the divination businessman, it is almost a sure thing to become a high-ranking doctor. Many Han doctors couldn't help but feel a little jealous when they looked at Bu Shang.

Another item on the tray is a beautifully carved box. The things contained in the box, just from the material of the box, can be seen, with expensive sandalwood as the material, and then carved with exquisite patterns by craftsmen, and inlaid with jade and gold on the patterns to decorate, just this wooden box is probably not less than a thousand dollars!

"Open!" Yang Zilu commanded the guards.

When the guard heard this, he answered and removed the lid of the box, revealing eight pearls, each of which was about the same size, the size of Chengren's thumb and fingernails, and about six minutes in diameter. It is a first-class treasure, placed in the Jin Kingdom, Chu State and other inland countries, one at least costs four or five thousand yuan, and eight can be different, can be made into a bracelet, the price is even higher, let alone 50,000 yuan.

Yang Zilu said to Bu Shang: "Zixia likes that? ”

Everyone knows that they should get the official seal, although the scholar doctor is the lowest level among the doctors, and the annual salary is only 800 stones, which is converted into coins, that is, about 8,000 yuan. But when you become a doctor, you have power, and with a little embezzlement, you can get a few thousand dollars. Even if you are not greedy, the other benefits brought by power are not comparable to 50,000 yuan.

But Bu Shang picked up the box, and Yang Zilu's eyes couldn't help flashing a touch of disappointment. And Confucius was not very happy, in his opinion Bu Shang had already rejected Yang Zilu's reward.

But the behavior of the Bu Shang is always so unexpected, the Bu Shang came out, knelt down on his knees, held the box containing pearls in both hands, and said to Yang Zilu: "The villain is willing to exchange the pearl for the gentleman to give the villain the opportunity to enter the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to read the books!" ”

The Tibetan Scripture Pavilion was set up by Yang Zilu when he had just pacified the Yue Kingdom, although there were not many books in it, but many of them were seized from the Yue Kingdom, and there was even one volume of it, which was said to be a ritual written by Zhou Gongdan of the Zhou Dynasty himself. It's just that I don't know if it's true or not, and the country is very old, and there are a lot of books.

Yang Zilu relied on his memory to "steal" and write some books, including the mutilated version of Sun Tzu's Art of War and Thirty-six Strategies. Ten cartloads of these books were filled. And learning to be rich and five cars is also an idiom that appeared in this era. Although most of Yang Zilu's five-car books were written in bamboo slips, they also made the Han Kingdom very famous.

And in order for Yang Zilu to win over scholars, the Scripture Pavilion also needs to enter the Jixia School Palace and obtain a certain rank before he can get several opportunities to enter. And there is a limited time for each entry.

This has just been built, and many scholars have already heard the news. And Bu Shang is obviously one of them, Yang Zilu couldn't help but admire: "If you study like this, he said that he can inherit the mantle of Mr.!" ”

Confucius also turned his anger into joy, stroked his beard and smiled: "Your Excellency is polite!" ”

After Confucius finished speaking, he nodded with satisfaction with Bu Shang, this is my disciple of Confucius!

Yang Zilu also readily agreed, and the request of the businessman also appeared at the banquet, and an atmosphere of joy for the guests and hosts also emerged.

(To be continued)