Xunzi and a group of Confucian disciples entered the banquet together. When the Confucian disciples saw the tables and chairs different from those in the Central Plains, and saw the table full of exquisite dishes, they all had a lot to say in their hearts, but Xunzi was here, and they didn't dare to say it.

Most of the Confucian disciples wanted to follow the Zhou rites, so they also had requirements for seating.

However, seeing that Xunzi sat on the chair naturally, they could only sit down with them.

It is true that sitting in a chair is much more comfortable than kneeling, but they are still uncomfortable, and they always feel a little sorry for the sages.

To be able to raise a seat to the level of a sage, only a Confucian disciple would think so.

"Shu County sent an old tea tree, and the king asked me to plant it on Zhuangzi. I fried some tea leaves, Xunzi to see if it fits? Zhu Xiang poured tea for Xunzi.

At this time, tea was already available, but tea was boiled into soup with vegetables and broth.

If you use tea custard as a drink, it will definitely be difficult to eat. But when you use tea soup as a dish, it actually tastes pretty good, and it's not much different from soup with other vegetables.

Zhu Xiang wanted to fry tea when he was in Zhao Kingdom, but tea was a valuable thing, and he was embarrassed to treasure Huo Huo Lin Gong and Lian Gong.

King Qin has a lot of good things, so he just huhoos casually. After practicing my hands for a long time, I didn't know whether it was green tea, black tea, yellow tea, and green tea.

Should it be green tea?

Whatever, it's delicious.

Xunzi took a sip of tea, and his eyes lit up: "Very elegant." ”

Zhu Xiang said with a smile: "Add some sun-dried pulp and petals to the tea, and the taste is different. However, if it is Xunzi, you should prefer to drink clear tea. ”

Xunzi put down the teacup and said, "This cup is also very interesting." ”

Zhu Xiang said proudly: "This is something I figured out with Xianghe." When we improve the stove, we can also burn more delicate pottery...... Xianghe and I renamed it porcelain. ”

Xunzi scolded with a smile: "You came to Qin State, just do these things?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Porcelain is less prone to water seepage than pottery, the price is cheaper than metal utensils, and it can also be used by the people." Moreover, the porcelain is very beautiful, and if the common people have beautiful ceramic utensils at home, they will definitely feel better. When the cotton is made, I will think about how to improve the loom so that the common people can wear warm clothes in winter......"

Before Zhu Xiang's words fell, a Confucian disciple couldn't help but say, "Zhu Xianggong, why do you only worry about such vulgar things?" ”

Xunzi's face sank.

Zhu Xiang said with a smile: "Most people's lives, but food, clothing, housing and transportation, why don't I worry about this?" Eaters don't have the energy to worry about their food, clothing, shelter and transportation, only meat eaters have to worry about it. Wouldn't the meritorious and capable people make meritorious contributions in the end, but also let the people live and work in peace and contentment, without worrying about food and clothing? Even the soldiers who fought hard, opened the frontier for more fields, and fortified the border so that the people of Li would not be disturbed, still fell at this point. ”

Meng Wu nodded repeatedly: "That's right." ”

Xunzi snorted coldly: "Not everyone can see you so transparent. Many people only know that they want to make meritorious deeds, but they know nothing in their hearts about how to build what meritorious deeds, and they think that if they put on silk and satin, and have a cart, food and meat, they will be considered meritorious. What do you say to a man who looks at the sky and a man who is crawling on the ground? Eat silently, forgot? ”

"Yes, Xunzi." Zhu Xiang quickly shut up.

The Confucian disciple who had just spoken turned pale.

Ying Xiaozheng showed a sneering expression.

Confucianism does have talents, but most people only know how to talk about it, and they have not learned half of Xun Weng's ability.

Speaking of which, Li Si and Han Fei are also Xun Weng's disciples?

Ying Xiaozheng bit his chopsticks and showed a wise expression.

Now does Xun Weng accept Li Si and Han Fei as disciples? If not, are they considered their own junior disciples?

Xun Weng definitely won't deny me that I'm his disciple, right?

"Don't bite your chopsticks, you'll have a messy tooth." Zhu Xiang stopped Ying Xiaozheng.

Ying Xiaozheng pursed his mouth: "The root of the tooth is itchy." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Are you going to change your teeth?" That should not be bitten. I'll ask the doctor to give you some cool medicine packets, and bite if your teeth are itchy. ”

Ying Xiaozheng nodded.

When he returned to the dream room again, he went to see when he changed his teeth in the dream, and whether it was uncomfortable to change his teeth.

When you change your teeth in your dreams, you won't cry in pain, right?

In the dream, he always looks very majestic in front of people, but Ying Xiaozheng has looked through a lot of his black history, and it is common to hide in the quilt and cry secretly in the cabinet.

Although he stopped crying as he grew older, he would also curse in private, or slash the table with a sword to vent.

I wouldn't be so naïve. Ying Xiaozheng thought.

After Xunzi spoke, no one at the table dared to speak again.

Although the food was delicious, the Confucian disciples did not know the taste.

When they knew that the meals on this table were all cooked by Zhu Xiang himself, they were even more ignorant.

Zhu Xiang sighed when he saw their expressions.

After the meal, he asked people to serve tea again, and while Xunzi went to the toilet, he said to the Confucian disciples who were barely his junior disciples, but Xunzi said that they didn't count: "Mencius's theory is not completely consistent with Confucius, and Xunzi's theory is not completely consistent with other Confucian sages. Not only do you have to read books, but you also have to think a lot, and you have to summarize your own thoughts based on what you have seen with your own eyes. ”

Seeing that they didn't understand, Zhu Xiang continued: "I know that you respect the sages and don't want to doubt them. But the theories put forward by the sages will also be wrong, and there will be times when they are not in line with the world in a hundred years. If everything is set in stone, if the disciple is always weaker than the teacher, then can the knowledge still develop? ”

"If you think about it, you want your disciples to always be weaker than your disciples...... Do you want your descendants to be weaker from generation to generation? ”

"Even Confucius said that there must be a teacher for a threesome, and we must always reflect on ourselves. You should imitate the sages, and you should imitate the qualities of the sages. ”

"After you entered Qin, you must be very puzzled, why the decrees of the Qin State are completely different from the ideals pursued by the sages, but the Qin State is stronger than other countries, and the Qin people are better off than other people. Look more, ask more, think more, and when you solve your doubts, it's time to be able to take charge of yourself and make contributions. ”

All the Confucian disciples present here were all older than Zhu Xiang.

If they are too young to leave children at home, they will not be able to travel and study in these dangerous and troubled times.

But Zhu Xiang treated them as hard as he did to students in a university, and they were also respectful to Zhu Xiang, just like facing his own teacher.

Even if someone questioned him before, he didn't suspect Zhu Xiang, but because he admired Zhu Xiang too much, he couldn't talk about it.

The Confucian disciples of this era were different from the literati who had already solidified their minds in later generations, and although they respected the sages, they did not lose their skepticism and enterprising spirit.

In this troubled era where human life is like a mustard, Confucian disciples can walk the six countries with swords, and they cannot be short-sighted pedantic people.

"Follow the teachings of Zhu Xianggong." The Confucian disciples stood up and bowed their hands.

Zhu Xiang waved his hand and said, "Sit down, don't be polite." The king prepared to build a school palace and used paper to copy hundreds of books. I recommend you to enter the palace, and when you copy hundreds of books, you can learn more knowledge. I believe that Xunzi will take you with him, and you must all be malleable. ”

The Confucian disciples did not sit down, but once again bowed their hands.

Sitting in Zhu Xiang's arms, holding Zhu Xiang's arm with both hands, it was like Ying Xiaozheng's nose spraying on a dragon chair that did not exist now.

He felt very proud.

Zhu Xiang saw that this group of people were all sensible and willing to accept the Qin State, so his attitude was even gentler.

He asked the names of these people, but unfortunately there were no Li Si, Han Fei and Zhang Cang, the three most famous disciples of Xunzi.

Li Si and Zhang Cang will become officials of the Qin State, and they will definitely enter Qin for Xunzi in the future. Han Fei is the son of South Korea, I don't know if he will enter Qin and worship Xunzi.

Zhu Xiang was thinking about it, but he didn't know that Han Fei had come to the border of Qin.

But Han Fei didn't come to visit Xunzi, but to visit Changpingjun.

Not many people know about Xunzi's entry into Qin, and Han Fei naturally doesn't know either. He wanted to find a way to make Korea strong, and he searched through hundreds of theories, but he didn't find the teacher he wanted.

He was indeed very interested in Xunzi's theory, but Xunzi had not yet revealed his concept of governing the country at the moment, so Han Fei had not thought of learning from Xunzi.

In the original history, Xunzi was only concentrating on writing books and speaking when he went to Chu to serve as the Lanling Order. At this time, his reputation for governing the country came out, and Han Fei came to apprentice.

At this time, Xunzi's concept of governing the country was only in the manuscript, and only Zhu Xiang and others had read it.

Changping Jun became famous in one fell swoop in the land of the Three Jin Dynasty, and Han Fei had long heard of Changping Jun's reputation.

When Zhu Xiang was trapped in Handan, he also advised the King of Han to ask Zhu Xiang to enter Han.

South Korea is already a small country, and the yield of farmland is very low, making it difficult to be self-sufficient in basic food. Han Fei knows that the foundation of a country is food, and in addition to reforming the political system, increasing farmland production is also a very important point in a strong country.

If Zhu Xiang goes to South Korea, it will not only help increase the yield of South Korean fields, but also attract many people who admire Zhu Xiang to South Korea. In this way, Korea will have more people to cultivate and fight, and will be able to have the strength to fight against the Qin state.

Han Fei spent a long time convincing King Han, but Han was much slower, and Bai Qi took Zhu Xiang away in exchange for Handan City.

While King Han pounded his chest, he was very happy.

He was secretly glad that he didn't go to pick up Zhu Xiang into South Korea, otherwise Bai Qi would have to exchange his national capital for Zhu Xiang.

When Han Fei learned that King Han was actually boasting of his "wisdom", he was so angry that he stammered and quarreled with King Han.

As a result of this quarrel, King Han almost banished him.

Before proposing to take Zhu Xiang into Han, Han Fei had been writing for five consecutive years, asking King Han to expel the villains in the court who did not do practical things, and to select people with real talents and learning, but King Han ignored him.

This quarrel, Han Fei really couldn't bear it.

But even if King Han hates Han Fei, who stutters and talks a lot, Han Fei still hopes to make South Korea strong and avoid the disaster of national destruction.

He has been paying attention to Zhu Xiang, and after Zhu Xiang made achievements in the Qin State, he came up with the idea of entering Qin to ask Zhu Xiang for advice.

He prepared for a long time, wrote his thoughts on the book, and then took three or two old servants, sat in a broken carriage, and entered Qin with trepidation.

Chapter 60: Wild Vegetable Juice Cold Noodles

After Xunzi entered Xianyang, King Qin did not greet him personally.

He even hung Xunzi for several days, which did not fit the image he created for himself to be thirsty for talent.

Zhu Xiang felt that no matter which Qin king was probably a little "prejudiced" against Confucianism.

From when Qin was still fighting for territory with Rong Di, to now becoming the most powerful country in the Warring States, it has always been on the opposite side of Confucian theory. The unspoken rule of "Confucianism does not enter Qin" made King Qin grit his teeth.

I can do without you, but if you dislike me, then you should be beheaded.

The last time Xunzi entered Qin, King Qin paid close attention. Otherwise, Xunzi would not have been received by Fan Ju.

If Xunzi hadn't praised Fan Ju for the Qin State, even if Xunzi was Zhu Xiang's teacher, King Qin wouldn't have bothered to pay attention to it.

A few days later, King Qin ate the dishes made by the chef in the palace, and looked at the latest situation of Zhu Xiang's family sent by Meng Wu, he was greedy.

Although the chef has studied the recipes given by Zhu Xiang thoroughly, Zhu Xiang has no choice but to cook by himself without recipes, and occasionally when his mind moves, he casually throws the seasonal ingredients into the pot to make delicious dishes that he has never seen before. King Qin is still very greedy for Zhu Xiang's cooking.

The chefs in the palace didn't dare to try the dishes with King Qin.

In fact, the dishes made by Zhu Xiang's randomly selected ingredients may not be as delicious as those made by the palace chef, but they are fresh and interesting enough, even if they do not meet King Qin's appetite, King Qin can have an extra bowl of rice.

Especially when he saw Ying Xiaozheng, who did not refuse to come to various flavors of dishes, holding an exclusive small bowl and drying rice without etiquette, King Qin couldn't help but have a great appetite.

"Go to Zhu Xiang's house." In the end, the king of Qin decided to forgive Confucianism and give Xunzi a chance to be loyal to him.