In addition to Liu Ye of Wei, Jian Yong, Liu Yi and other envoys from all parties united to talk with the Ministry of Rites.

Even during the imperial examination, even the annexed states came with an envoy - Xia Zhao.

This guy is Yuan Shao's nephew Gao Gan, the general under his command!

In the name of representing and stabbing Shi Gaogan, presenting gifts to the State of Chu and congratulating the King of Chu on his wedding, he hid his identity all the way, and he didn't know how many long detours he had made to the State of Chu.

When Bai Tu was at Jinling University, he received the news that the envoy from Bingzhou had entered Shouchun, but he ...... What Gao Gan, what Xia Zhao, obviously didn't matter enough to let Bai Tu come out in advance.

In fact, when Gao Gan sent people to Chu State, it was indeed just a "casual lick", after all, it was Zheng Hou Zhang Yan who galloped to the east of the river that decided to merge the state now, and Wei State who fought for hegemony in the north.

Now Gao Gan also completely no longer cares about his cousin Yuan Tan, and brazenly curries favor with Cao Cao and Fu Han, hoping to survive in the cracks.

This time, he bowed down in front of Bai Tu and seemed to be very respectful, but if he thought that he really wanted to belong to the Chu State, he would be too sentimental.

It's just that people's feelings are playing well, as soon as Xia Zhao arrived in Jinling, he knew that he couldn't see Bai Tu, and he was not idle for a moment, so he went to visit the privy envoy Lu Bu, and then poured bitter water on Lu Bu, the purpose is to state - it's not that high-level cadres don't work hard, and the state is too cruel!

However, even if they are surrounded by a group of fangs, the senior cadres will inherit the will of the Bingzhou army, protect the people of the state, and strive to recover the Hetao as soon as possible......

Believe him!

Lu Bu didn't believe it either, but as an old Bingzhou native, Lu Bu did eat this, and his impression of Gao Gan eased a lot.

Xia Zhao came to Chu State, in addition to licking it casually, he also wanted to inquire about the plate armor, in Xia Zhao's words, that is, the high cadres have not been caught, and I hope that Chu State will look at the friendship of compatriots and not hesitate to help, save and merge the state.

It doesn't matter if he can't help, if he can't help, if he helps a few sets of plate armor, he can beat the Southern Xiongnu and Zhuqiang!

After Jian Yong, Liu Ye and others left Jinling University after the imperial examination, they learned that Gao Gan, a shameless person, had also sent someone.

However, no matter how MMP he felt in his heart, he was smiling on his face, and even Jian Yong invited him to talk with the Ministry of Rites.

As for Liu Ye, he is the only messenger who has not made peace......

After all, Wei and Chu had already nodd, and with the current friendship between the two sides, how could Wei Guo get the lowest price, it was better to directly let Jian Yong and them fight a first battle, and give Chu State a feeling of "Wei is closer than them" in his heart.

In the end, Jian Yong and the others also got their wish and won the permission to trade plate armor, but they were ...... The Ministry of Rites repeatedly stressed that the price would be very high, and they needed to negotiate with the Ministry of Household themselves, which made them sweat a little.

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After coming out of the official office of the Ministry of Rites in Jiangshan Garden, Jian Yong sighed with some emotion, with three points of appreciation and seven points of helplessness.

Seeing this, Liu Yi asked, "Why did Brother Jian sigh?" It can't be a headache from the Ministry of Rites, right? He and Jian Yong are relatively familiar, and Liaodong and Liu Bei, who is sitting in Qingxu Erzhou, have no conflict of interest, so they can naturally afford to joke.

However, Jian Yong looked at Liu Yi seriously, and then asked, "Brother Liu doesn't think so?" ”

Liu Yi was stunned when he heard this-except for Xia Zhao, who had no experience, everyone else actually felt this way!

Jian Yong used to feel that when he went to the state of Chu, it would only be tricky to face the king of Chu or the ministers, and it was actually much easier to deal with the Ministry of Rites at the diplomatic level alone, which was equivalent to having already cleared the customs, and then going through a process.

However, now even the Ministry of Rites is becoming more and more "people's hearts are not ancient".

In the past, it was the king of Chu and Lu Su, Jia Xu and others who had a hard time, as long as they spit out there, and then contact the Ministry of Rites, it was actually very "routine", but now it is ...... The Ministry of Rites is also becoming more and more professional!

Originally, the main function of the Ministry of Rites was to promote education and foreign affairs......

However, in terms of foreign affairs, "rites" are only the skin, and the Ministry of Rites has no decision-making power, and it is not that as long as the "rites" are met, the Ministry of Rites can decide what diplomatic conditions to accept.

The real core is to strive for the greatest interests of the Chu State in accordance with the national policy agreed upon by the six ministries!

Even the promotion of education is not only the "education" of township schools and county schools, but also includes the use of opera and other means to publicize the prestige of the Chu State internally and externally, which is also part of the promotion of education.

This is a bit difficult for the old scholars of the Ministry of Rites, and for this reason the Ministry of Rites is also innovating.

Not only did it promote a group of clever and eloquent things to make up for the shortcomings of the Ministry of Rites dominated by "Great Confucianism" in diplomacy, but at the same time, the authority of Confucianism in the Ministry of Rites was also deliberately weakened!

Because the Ministry of Rites wants to promote "Chu", not "Confucianism......

A good debater, according to the academic division of the pre-Qin period, is close to the Zongheng family, and according to the division of later generations, it should be regarded as a "yin-yang family" (fog), after all, speaking is always yin and yang.

Such talents have not disappeared, but the great Confucians have always stayed away from this kind of talents, and now they want to run the ritual department of "maintaining etiquette and music" and "preaching and indoctrination" with themselves, which makes them a little awkward.

I feel like my ministry is dirty......

However, the effect is also obvious, now that the Ministry of Rites has become more and more formal, it is an informal "expedient measure" to ask the King of Chu, the "final decision-maker", as well as the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Household and other departments to face foreign envoys.

After all, if the negotiation with the Ministry of Rites collapses, there is still the King of Chu to carry around, but if the negotiation with the King of Chu collapses, it will collapse!

If you directly face the foreign minister, it should be the Ministry of Rites.

It's just that the Ministry of Rites was not very good at this aspect in the past, and the plates of Yangzhou Mu and General's Mansion were not big enough, so they have always been "expedient".

And this time......

Jian Yong and the others ate soft nails in the Ministry of Rites, and they spoke one by one, and they could no longer use the same routine as before - that is, to suppress the other party's right to speak with righteousness.

Whether it can be traded or not, it will be approved by the Ministry of Rites - yes.

How to trade, they need to talk to the stingy ghosts and peeling kings of the household department again......

For the reform, although there is a small backlash from the Ministry of Rites, it is at least much easier than the reform of the Ministry of Punishment.

After all, now there is Kong Rong, the hardcore "Chu faction" sitting in the Ministry of Rites, after so many years of packaging, Kong Rong's Confucian status has also risen, last year, after the death of the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, who was famous at home and abroad, like a grandmaster, Kong Rong has faintly had the atmosphere of a new generation of Confucian leaders.

Wang Lang's good son, Bai Tu's good courtier, Wang Su, the famous "Jingyi inventor" in ancient times, has also been cultivated by Bai Tu and Kong Rong, and now he is only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he has already embarked on the road of "inventing Jingyi" before he reaches the crown, and is inventing near Jiangling...... No, it's the excavation of Confucian cultural sites.

The well-known Confucius saw two children arguing on the day, that is, near the capital of the pre-Qin and Chu states, that is, near the current Jiangling, where some scriptures and meanings that are different from modern Confucianism are about to be unearthed.

Regardless of whether others believe it or not, Bai Tu, the king of Chu, and Kong Rong, the leader of Confucianism, will first believe in it as respect, and then logically obtain the final interpretation right of Confucianism, so as to better serve Confucianism and Chuxue......