Chapter 27 In the second quarter, Wei Yang tacitly mediates and seeks escape

Nearly four o'clock, the uncle's cemetery was pitch black, only Wei Yang's stone house was lit. Wei Yang is carefully pondering the ten new laws promulgated by Shen Buhai in South Korea.This was sent by Bai Xue yesterday. He has read it more than ten times, pondered it over and over again, and felt a lot of emotion.It should be said that in the early Warring States period, Li Kui's reform in Wei State and Wu Qi's reform in Chu State were the first round of reforms in the Warring States Period.Then, the current reform of Shen Buhai in South Korea and the reform of Qi State that are already in the pipeline will become the beginning of the second round of reform in the Warring States Period.Judging from the content of the decree promulgated by Shen Buhai, the momentum of the second round of reforms was far more violent than that of Li Kui and Wu Qi, and this exactly fits Shen Buhai's fierce and paranoid temperament.This made Wei Yang feel encouraged, but also felt urgent.Time flies by like a white horse, and the trend of reform and strengthening is no longer waiting for me, but I am still imprisoned in the prosperous and corrupt Wei State and cannot get out, which is really anxious.Shen Buhai and the scholars of Qiguo Jixia Academy publicly announced that they would compete with Wei Yang, a famous legalist, to see who is the real legalist way?Although Wei Yang laughed at this, his heart was extremely restless.For one thing, he has a proud personality and has always advocated the real contest of strength. Now that there is such a fierce and paranoid fighter challenging himself, how can he not be ambitious?Second, he has already accumulated a wealth of knowledge about the rule of law. With his talent, he has memorized all the laws and classics of various countries, not to mention his constant pondering. He has written ten "Books on Governing the Country". In the world, it is easy to become famous once.However, Wei Yang's ambition is not only stated in the books written in green lanterns and yellow scrolls, he wants to turn his thinking into a living and powerful country!Ten years of sharpening the sword, waiting to be tested, and waiting for the sword, it is difficult to level off.He often even heard the neighing in his heart like a war horse.

A sharp sword is forged, how can it be buried? A few days ago, Bai Xue planned an escape plan for him: Bai's merchants would hire him as the general manager, and then spread the news. If Pang Juan didn't care, he would leave Wei immediately; if Pang Juan stopped him, he would bribe the upper echelons of Wei Disintegrate Pang Juan.Although this method is good, the price is that Wei Yang's reputation in Wei State will be ruined.During the Warring States period, although the status of merchants had greatly improved compared with that of the Spring and Autumn Period, a celebrity who abandoned his official position and went to business before he had made any achievements, and left the place of filial piety and guarding the mausoleum halfway, would be regarded by the world as forgetful The righteous villain lost his foothold in Wei State.The practical consequence of this is that Wei Yang has no way out anymore. If he fails in Qin, his lifelong political aspirations will be wiped out, and there will be no other country Wei Yang will take him in.Thinking of the many future troubles caused by Wu Qi's notoriety as a "little man", he really hesitated.

In the early Warring States period, someone recommended Wu Qi to be the general of Lu.However, the old aristocrats of the Lu State resolutely obstructed Wu Qi's wife because she was a "foreign girl".Wu Qi's wife felt guilty after hearing this, and angrily committed suicide by caesarean section.The old nobles also said that Wu Qi killed his wife in order to obtain the position of general, and he was a villain with no morals.Just because of the rumor of "killing his wife to beg the general", Wu Qi even voted for the Three Kingdoms, but was rejected.If it weren't for Wei Wenhou's unique insight and his ability to overcome all opinions, this bright general star might never have a chance to rise.

After thinking for two days, Wei Yang agreed.He likes challenges, and even likes to fight with his back, so that he can go on without looking back.Wu Qi met Wei Wenhou, knowing that Wei Yang would not meet a wise Duke of Qin?If the fate of the trend is destined to fail, even if he is famous all over the world, he will still fail. Isn’t Confucius the best interpretation?If the fate of the trend requires his success, even though there are thousands of slanders, it will not cover up his brilliance.Why did he go to Qin?For reform.And reform is the general trend of the world.In order to make some immortal achievements in the general trend of the world, what's the harm in being slandered by the world temporarily?Although this is only a hope, and it is still far from the beginning.Only in this way, he found it more exciting.Yes, this is a game of life. The lottery he bet on is the reputation of a celebrity, but what he expects to get is a brilliant career.If the latter is not obtained, then the former will also be completely submerged, and he will become a naked wanderer with nothing and nothing!If he gets the latter, then the lottery bet can still be withdrawn, and he will become a winner in glorious history.

How many times can you encounter such a game of life in a lifetime?If you don't blog at this time, when will you wait? After thinking it through, Wei Yang calmed down and pondered Shen Buhai's decree.When Bai Xue and Mei Gu told him the rumors about his "villain" vividly, he actually laughed heartily.He has no other distractions, only quietly capturing Pang Juan's movements. There is no sound, only the sound of frogs from the Sushui River Valley brought by the mountain wind.Suddenly, Wei Yang became alert, as if he heard the sound of hurried footsteps approaching.His hearing was excellent, and he discerned carefully. He couldn't help but quickly stood up, opened the wooden door and walked out quickly.As soon as I walked under the big pine tree in front of the door, I saw two figures floating towards me suddenly.

"Little sister?" Wei Yang asked urgently in a low voice, he thought there must be something urgent. Bai Xue saw Wei Yang, and before she could speak to him, she panted and whispered, "Mei Gu, go in and tidy up." After Mei Gu stepped into the room lightly, she said softly: "It's urgent, let's go right away, check back for details." Let's talk again." While talking, Meigu had already walked out with a burden.Wei Yang said anxiously: "Hey, my book!" Bai Xue said anxiously: "There is a way, take it later, and leave first." Then she took Wei Yang's hand and walked towards the back mountain.

Wei Yang is very familiar with this mountain road, and he climbs the mountain from this trail every morning.Bai Xue and Wei Yang have also strolled along this path a few times, so they are naturally familiar with it.Seeing that he was walking from the back mountain, Wei Yang thought that the gate of the cemetery must be blocked.Otherwise, Bai Xue had already bought off the dozen or so gatekeeper sergeants, so it was extremely convenient to get in and out.After thinking about it, I have come to the pine forest on the top of the hill.Bai Xue turned her head and pointed, "Look." Wei Yang turned his head and saw a group of torches drifting into the cemetery at the foot of the mountain, and quickly gathered in front of the stone house guarding the mausoleum.

It was vaguely seen that someone opened the door and entered the room, came out and shouted loudly: "There is no one, only a letter." One person replied in a rough voice: "Take it back and return to your command, let's go!" The bright voice shouted: "Slow down! Where is Wei Yang?" The rough voice asked: "Who are you?" The crisp voice said: "I am the secretary of the uncle and the prime minister's house. My wife called him for something urgent." The rough voice said He replied: "Wei Yang is not here, you can wait if you like. Go!" The crisp voice shouted: "Slow! Leave Wei Yang's letter behind." The rough voice laughed and said: "What's going on in the uncle's house today?" Fire head? Let's go!"

While the horseshoes were starting, all the torches were suddenly extinguished, and the neighing of horses and strange screams of people came from the darkness.But the torch was still on, and the crisp voice said with a smile: "I don't want to read such a letter. Here you go, take it back and report to Pang Juan." The rough voice shouted, "Oh, it hurts so much." Sour. You, you are so bold!" There was a burst of laughter in the crisp voice, and a torch suddenly floated away. Mei Gu exclaimed in a low voice, "Good work!" Wei Yang has been observing quietly, thinking silently, shaking his head and nodding.

Bai Xue said: "Let's go, it's not too late to talk when we get there." After the three of them went down the mountain, there were already three horses waiting silently in the pine forest.The three got on their horses respectively, Bai Xue flicked the reins, and galloped out to lead the way first.Wei Yang was in the middle, and after Mei Gu stopped, the three cavalry galloped northwest. The Sushui River Valley is not wide, not deep, not dangerous, and there are mountains, waters, forests and animals. The valleys and mountains are covered with undulating dense forests. It is a traditional hunting area for the nobles in Anyi.The river valley is not far from Anyi City, so there are nobles who love hunting who build hunting houses in the river valley, and the guards spend summer hunting in the houses.Over time, more and more imitators, the river valley is dotted with nobles living in other places.People in Anyi, who like to judge, made it a symbol of the old nobles whether they had a hunting residence in the Sushui River Valley.Otherwise, you are a wealthy country, and you are just a nouveau riche who lacks elegance.The Bai family has three generations of great merchants, and Bai Gui was also the prime minister of Wei, so naturally there is a hunting residence here.The most special feature of Sushui River Valley is that there will always be people living here, but there will never be any government jurisdiction.In spring, summer, autumn and winter, day and night, there may be fierce horseshoes and strangely dressed people entering the valley at any time. No one will be surprised, and no one will come to check.

At five o'clock, three steeds galloped into the valley and headed straight for the dense forest on the mountainside deep in the valley. Three torches lit up on the platform halfway up the mountain, illuminating the four-foot path leading to the platform.Three galloping horses came straight up the platform along the path.The three riders dismounted, and two servants holding torches took over the reins, and another servant held a torch to lead the way and came towards the house in the forest. Under the light of the torch, Wei Yang saw that it was an extremely solid villa.The entrance hall is entirely made of mountain stones, and the two huge stone doors are actually two whole stones.In the middle of the forehead is inlaid with two large copper characters - Baizhuang.The nearly two-foot-high mountain stone wall undulates along the mountain, like a small Great Wall.The servant holding the torch pressed the door mechanism, and the huge and heavy stone door slid open.After entering the gate, the courtyard is quite wide, with three rows of houses arranged in a horseshoe shape.To the north and south is a row of six-bay main houses, on the east side is a five-bay kitchen and servants' quarters, and on the west side is apparently a hound and hunting tackle room.There was not a single tree in the whole courtyard, only a few tall iron frames under the south wall, Wei Yang thought that they must be used for slaughtering prey and drying animal skins. Bai Xue said with a smile: "If it hadn't happened suddenly, I wouldn't be able to come here." "It seems that you are not a good hunter." Wei Yang smiled. Mei Gu asked the servant, "Are you ready?" The servant bowed and replied: "Everything is ready, and the hounds have been locked. Miss, please go to the main room to rest." Mei Gu said: "Miss, sir, please come in." He walked up the steps first and opened the door, the brightly lit main hall was actually very neat and elegant.Bai Xuewei Yang took off his cloth boots, sat on the thick red carpet in front of him, heaved a long sigh of relief.Mei Gu served good tea, brought a large sheepskin picture and a bunch of keys, and said with a smile: "Miss, this is the picture of the villa that I wanted at home. There are quite a few houses. Clean it up." Bai Xue said: "Go." Mei Gu pushed the door open and entered the inner room. Bai Xue took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "At midnight, the elders urgently told me that the chief of the general's mansion revealed that Pang Juan would force you to be the military commander tomorrow. If you didn't do it, you would be beheaded immediately. Out of the city. I didn’t expect Pang Juan’s men to be behind, let alone the mantis catching cicadas, the oriole was behind, and there was a mysterious figure behind.” Wei Yang nodded and murmured, "Pang Juan was dispatched early, which means he suspected someone around him. I can't figure out the way to the mysterious person behind him. But it can be concluded that he is definitely not the master of the uncle's house." "Looking at this person's behavior, it doesn't seem to be malicious to you." Wei Yang smiled and said, "Don't worry, you will know sooner or later." It was already five o'clock when the two finished discussing the action plan for tomorrow.Bai Xue said: "You should rest first, don't rush to get up, it's day and night. Mei Gu and I will make preparations together." After speaking, Mei Gu came in and said: "Mr. , is ready." Bai Xue said: "Then take him there." Mei Gu opened the small door on the left hand side of the main hall, led Wei Yang through the living room, and came to the bedroom, pointing to a purple screen Said: "Behind the screen is hot water, sir, please take a bath and rest." Wei Yang said: "Thank you, miss. Go and do your work." Meigu smiled and said: "If you have something to do, press the copper button next to the bed, and I will come right away. " Then he closed the door and went out.Wei Yang took off his clothes, took a bath in the hot water in the big wooden barrel behind the screen, felt relaxed all over, and fell asleep as soon as he got on the bed. Near noon the next day, Wei Yang just woke up, opened his eyes, and saw Bai Xue standing in front of the couch with a smile, holding a new set of clothes in his hands and saying: "This is made for you, try it on and see if it fits." " Wei Yang said with a smile: "It's still old, I can't wear new clothes." Bai Xue said with a smile: "I want to be the general manager of a business, can I always be a commoner?" Wei Yang said: "Okay, try it The taste of a businessman." Bai Xue said: "I'll see when I'm dressed." She walked out with a smile. Wei Yang put on his clothes and came to the main hall, Meigu exclaimed repeatedly, "Oh, sir, you are just like a human being!" Bai Xue nodded with a smile, "It's a pity that I'm just the general manager of the business, I'm a little wronged." Mei Gu shouted: "Where is the general manager? Mister is a great prime minister!" Wei Yang laughed, "Prime Minister, I don't know which country has it?" Bai Xue laughed and said, "Isn't there a great man in Qin?" Mei Gu shouted: "Yes, Just do it!" Wei Yang teased and said with a teasing smile: "Okay, Gu Mei's words are called Yanbu, so let's do it!" While the three of them were laughing, the servant had already brought the food, but it was a cauldron of wild goat and radish soup. A plate of cakes, a wine.Wei Yang said: "You don't need to eat?" Bai Xue smiled, "We got up early and used it. You can use it yourself, and I will accompany you." Wei Yang drank the wine first, and felt that it was slightly cold in the mouth. It was refreshing and refreshed, and it made people feel refreshed. They couldn't help admiring, "Cool and mellow, good wine! Another serving." Mei Gu filled another serving and said with a smile: "Limited to three servings, no more." Wei Wei Yang asked, "But why?" Bai Xue laughed and said, "This is the summer wine. It's very cold in nature, so you shouldn't drink too much before meals." Wei Yang laughed in surprise, "Fa wine? It's a good name, but I've never heard of it. " Bai Xue said: "This kind of wine is brewed very carefully, and the laws are very strict, so people call it "Fajiu." , can only be brewed on March 3rd in spring. Second, use three catties and three liang of spring distiller's koji, three buckets and three liters of deep well water, and three buckets and three liters of millet. To steal food, the water must be clean and clean, and the rice must be washed white and bright, otherwise the wine will turn black. Fourth, only three urns are allowed to be brewed at a time, and then put into the cellar at three o'clock in the middle of the night, and stored until March of the following year The three recipes can be unsealed. Fifth, drink half of the wine in the urn, add three liters of millet and three infusions, do not add water and add koji, and the wine urn will be full after three days. Drinking in summer, you can’t exhaust it, it’s called magic.” Wei Yang drank the third jue, and said with a sigh, "Governing wine according to the law, wine is also miraculous, let alone people?" Looking at the plate of cakes, it was golden on one side and white on the other. After taking a bite, it turned out to be crispy Fragrant, crunchy, soft and gluten-sweet, extremely delicious, I can't help but admire again, "This cake is plump, fragrant and sweet, is there something special about it?" Bai Xue smiled and said, "This is Meigu's unique skill, let her tell you." The aunt giggled and said, "Miss praises me too, but in fact, she does better than me. This is called marrow cake. Use the best beef bone marrow and honey to make dough, round it into a five-cent-thick and six-inch-diameter cake, put Put it in the Hubing oven for half an hour, and don't turn it over. The marrow cake is baked, and it will last for a long time, and it will be strong if you eat it." Wei Yang laughed heartily, "It seems that I am going to become a fairy .” In the afternoon, Bai Xue accompanied Wei Yang for a walk on the top of the mountain.Looking at the dotted hunting houses on the mountainside and river valley, and the bare-chested farmers outside the mountain, Wei Yang pondered for a long time and remained silent.Bai Xue talked to him about the night's affairs for a while, and the two returned to Baizhuang. As dusk fell, a black horse galloped out of the valley.In the Taniguchi forest, the rider changed to a blue cart with a carriage like a small house, and went straight to Anyi City. When the lights were on, the sky street where the Prime Minister's Mansion was located was full of traffic.The blue carriage drove all the way to the gate of the prime minister's mansion before stopping.The new owner of the prime minister's mansion is Gongzi Ang, and the uncle's family has moved to the official residence given by King Wei Hui.Since the prime minister's mansion changed hands, it has become busier and busier than before, with a constant stream of high-ranking officials and dignitaries throughout the day.Strangely, it was very quiet in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion tonight, and there was not even a single cart or ride in the huge carriage and racecourse.As soon as the blue carriage stopped at the carriage and horse farm, the leader of the guards at the gate of the mansion shouted inwardly: "Mr. General Secretary Baimen has arrived—!" He bowed deeply in front of the car and said: "The little old man welcomes the distinguished guests on behalf of the prime minister. Please sit down, sir." Then he stepped on the carriage, asked the driver to sit aside, and drove in from the main entrance himself.The boss of the family is the head of the prime minister's mansion, and he is extremely indifferent to ordinary high-ranking officials, but today he is very courteous, and while driving the car, he turned his head and smiled and said: "Mr. There was a reserved laugh, but he didn't speak.In an instant, the carriage drove to a small forest in the depths of Xiang's mansion and stopped. The old man got out of the car, cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Please get off the car, sir."The elder was in a hurry to lead the way, but was stopped by a young boy in the car, who handed him a leather bag and said with a smile, "Thank you for your care. This is a thank you from Mr. Chief." The elder took the exquisite leather bag, knowing that It is a special money bag made by Baimen, and it is heavy enough to hold more than ten gold cakes.The old man was very happy, he quickly thanked him, turned around and ran to catch up with the general manager. The wooden house in the forest is brightly lit, and one can be seen from a distance under the porch pillar, wearing a red dress with a high crown, big sleeves and a belt, it is clearly the young master An.When he saw someone coming from the road, he laughed and greeted him: "Brother Yang, are you all right?" Wei Yang cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Young master has been promoted to prime minister, congratulations." "Hey! After three days of farewell, I am really impressed. Brother Yang has truly stepped into the city of splendor and wealth." Young Master Ang took Wei Yang to look around under the corridor lamp, and found that Wei Yang, who was always simple and noble, was actually a jade in brocade clothes today. The crown, with a luxurious demeanor, is like a different person. "Prime Minister, why should you be surprised? Wei Yang abandoned his studies to pursue business, deviated from the righteous way, and followed the way of the Romans, ashamed." "Brother Yang, why did you say that? The great merchants are today's influential figures, who dares to underestimate them? I like to associate with merchants the most. Come, come, please go to the inner hall to talk." Young Master Yang took Wei Yang's hand , walked into the main hall with a smile. The food and drink in the hall had already been served, and Young Master Ang enthusiastically gave way: "Brother Yang, please come in and take your honorable place." Wei Yang looked at the arrangement of the seats and knew that Young Master Ang no longer treated him as a member of the officialdom. Treat it as a folk guest friend.During the Warring States Period, although the etiquette system was no longer cumbersome and pedantic, the order of honor and inferiority was still very particular.As long as people in the officialdom, including friends of celebrities, the guests must sit north and south, and the host will accompany them on the opposite or east side.If it is a non-official guest, the guest must sit west and face east, and the host sits east and west to accompany him.Today's seat faces east, which is naturally an unofficial etiquette.Of the two sitting methods, the latter one is naturally a lower standard than the former one, but the latter one is not too rigid. It is the same sitting method for ordinary teachers, students and friends when entertaining guests. Wei Yang sat down with a smile.The servant brought up the drinking utensils, but it was not Jue, but Ji.Among the ancient etiquette, wine utensils are more important than seating.The so-called title refers to the order of wine utensils.For all grand banquets, the most honorable person uses a jue, which holds wine for one cup; the second class uses a goblet, which holds two cups of wine; the third class uses a goblet, which holds three cups of wine; the fourth class uses a horn, which holds four cups of wine; Sheng wine Wuhe.In other words, the more distinguished the status, the smaller the capacity of the wine set.There are many differences in material, shape, fineness, and inscriptions among various wine utensils. Even if it is a banquet for hundreds of people rewarded by the royal family, the various wine utensils will also show the status of each person exactly. Come out, there will never be confusion of superiority and inferiority.There are also differences in the large containers for serving wine. The third class and above use a big statue, and the third class and below use a large pot.At the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, this cumbersome wine ceremony was greatly simplified and diluted, and the use of wine utensils became more casual.Confucius was greatly moved, and once sighed regretfully: "Gu is not gou! Gou is!" Gou is no longer gou, gou!Even so, in the upper officialdom, the importance of wine utensils still exists.When officials gather for banquets, all kinds of nobles are usually used.For folk gatherings, all goblets or goblets are used.Serving containers are completely optional.Today, Young Master Ang used Zhi to show once again that he received Wei Yang as a friend of the people, and no longer regarded him as a famous scholar or official. Wei Yang said with a smile: "The prime minister has changed his power, and Yang is ashamed of himself." "If you want to talk about power and change, it's you Wei Yang. Today's celebrities, who can abandon their official positions and go to business? Wei Yang too." "Wei Yang was so embarrassed that he had no choice but to make a conspiracy. It has become the laughing stock of the world. The prime minister should not get a wrong award." Young Master Ang discovered that Wei Yang, who had always been stern and arrogant, became submissive and humble once he was rich and honored. It seemed that he had already revered him as a royal nobleman who was a courtier.Young Master Ang was very relieved, his previous admiration for Wei Yang's talent and character disappeared in an instant.He raised his goblet and said with a smile: "Wei Yang, come on, for the sake of your rich and noble future, let's do it first!" Wei Yang respectfully smiled and said: "For the prosperity of the prime minister, do it!" He also drank it all in one gulp. "Wei Yang, the Baimen family asked me to excuse you from the general. This is a difficult matter. Pang Juan is going to fight a big battle and needs a military commander. How can he let you go? Besides, you generously agreed, I will be on the spot when I will be in charge after the term of guarding the mausoleum expires. How do you teach me how to say this?" Young Master Ang looked embarrassed. Wei Yang said with a smile: "The prime minister let me have a way of making money, and Wei Yang will repay me." "Oh? How do you say that?" Young Master Ang smiled enigmatically. "Baimen has something to say, and is willing to repay the prime minister with Dongxiangchun's ten-year profit." "How many years are there?" "About three million gold, worth a Korean treasury." Young Master Ang murmured: "Wei Yang, why did the Baimen buy you at such an exorbitant price? You are good at studying and learning, but you are also a master in business? If you miss, the Baimen will not reward you. Wouldn't it be a big deal? Trouble? You know, the Bai clan is inextricably linked with the royal family." Wei Yang smiled and said: "Prime Minister, don't worry. Wei Yang has already figured out the ten strategies of Tao Zhugong and Fan Li's "Ji Ran", and he has a lot of experience in business. To tell the truth, Wei Yang has already tried a small knife and worked for Baimen. It became a big deal of nearly 100,000 gold. Otherwise, how could a giant merchant like Baimen let Wei Yang be the general manager? How could he be willing to deal so hard for me?" Young Master Ang nodded leisurely, "Brother Yang is so capable, this matter can be done." "Also, Wei Yang donates five thousand gold to the prime minister every year for wine." "Okay! Wealthy people never forget their old friends, they really are smart and bold, ah!" Young Master Ang laughed loudly, but suddenly lowered his voice and asked, "Brother Yang, have you met the female lead of the White Gate?" Wei Yang shook his head, "I only conspire with the old Baimen family to do business." Young Master Ang pondered and smiled: "Bai Gui's only daughter is a mysterious beauty who is famous in Anyi, but no one has ever seen her before. I would like to ask you to clear up an important matter, may I?" "I don't know what caused the prime minister to suffer?" "It's like this," Young Master An got up and walked to Wei Yang to sit down, and said in a low voice, "The king of Wei has never made Hu Ji his queen, because the fox girl is too popular and too erotic, which has tired the name of Wei Wang. Baimen is a famous family in the world, and Bai Gui's daughter is both talented and beautiful. If you can make this girl the queen of Wei, why worry that you can't be a high official? When you and I are in the same dynasty, why worry that you won't be able to deal with a Pang Juan? Brother Yang How about next?" Wei Yang smiled faintly, "It's just, what can I do?" "It's easy to say. As long as Brother Yang expresses my intentions to Bai Nu in detail, and agrees that I will meet Bai Nu, everything will be fine." "The prime minister can actually make Bai Nu a queen?" Wei Yang was very surprised. Young Master Ang laughed loudly, "Brother Yang doesn't need to worry about the rest of the matter. You are not as good as me when dealing with officialdom." "It's just," Wei Yang pondered, "I can't officially work in Baimen yet." "Brother Yang, don't worry about this matter, I will handle it tomorrow immediately." Young Master Ying was straightforward and clear. After leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, Wei Yang returned to the Sushui River Valley. It was already the end of the third watch and the beginning of the fourth watch.He didn't tell Bai Xue who was waiting in detail about Young Master Ang's ulterior motives, he had to wait until Young Master Ang had a definite result. At noon that day, Young Master Yang woke up to wash and wash, feeling refreshed and refreshed.During lunch, the secretary and the family elder reported to him the internal and external affairs of the morning respectively. He pointed out a few things, and made a decision on the things to be done by the groups of officials who were coming in the afternoon, and the official business of the day was basically over. .The remaining time is the time he spends in mediating activities.Young Master Ang has his own unique way of being an official, which is the six-character tactic of "doing less and moving more".In the world, those who like to do things in a practical way always have difficult official careers.There is only one reason. If you want to do something, you will make mistakes. If you make mistakes, you will be attacked. If there are too many attacks, you will definitely step down.Gongzi Ang has a unique way of "doing less"—discuss more, do less, do more imaginary, and less practical.As a prime minister, you can participate in the discussion of everything, but you can't do everything yourself. If you succeed, you will have the merits of making decisions, and if you fail, you will have the resignation.This is "talking more and doing less".But as long as you are an official, it is impossible to never do anything.This is to do as many false things as possible that are easy to see credit but difficult to check for mistakes, such as receiving envoys, offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, comforting soldiers, providing relief to victims of disasters, compiling national history, supervising palace construction, making diplomatic visits to friendly countries, inspecting officials, hosting state banquets, etc. Select concubines, queens and so on.For those practical things that are easy to investigate but difficult to see the effect of, if it is absolutely necessary, then resolutely do not do it.For example, building embankments, leading troops to march, purging officials, enacting laws and regulations, investigating impeachments, sending envoys to enemy countries, deciding peace and war, supervising cultivation, exterminating thieves, hearing cases, and so on. There is only one big thing for Young Master Ang, which is to consolidate his position and improve his prestige.To achieve this, it is necessary to carry out activities with utmost care - mediate with superiors, deal with subordinates, be courteous to officials, and righteous to scholars.Only in terms of both ends, Gongzi Ang has done very effectively.For King Wei, he did what he liked, and he did it elegantly and interestingly.King Wei went to bed late and woke up late, and he also went to bed late and woke up late. Even if he had urgent military affairs, he would never disturb King Wei when he was sleeping.Wei Wang was good at playing and enjoying, and had profound attainments in jewelry appreciation, hunting and tourism, palace construction, music evaluation, fine wine and food, beauties, fierce dogs and rare birds, etc.Young Master Ang also worked hard all the time, never pulling anything, and became the most elegant playmate of King Wei.Even when Wei Wang and Hu Ji were getting tired of playing naked, he could sit three feet away with a smile and make detailed comments, which made Wei Wang greatly moved, and praised Young Master An as "a real celebrity who does not restrain himself!" The king of Wei and him became irreversible monarchs and ministers who talked about everything and conspired with each other.As for scholars and famous scholars, the young master is the one who takes the word "righteousness" first, is humble and forthright, and does not hesitate to condescend to make friends with others.Five years ago, he called the talented and arrogant Wei Yang his brother and brother, which became a good story in Anyi and gained a reputation of "virtuous and kind". When the young master came to the royal palace, Wei Huiwang was fascinated by the construction plan of the new capital of Daliang by the lake.From time to time, the laughter and clamor of Fox Ji and the maids came from the small boat floating in the lake, but it didn't make King Wei look up. "Brother Wang, I'm sick of my country again, please save me the trouble." The young master waved a big fan, sending a breeze to King Wei Hui. "Ah, brother Wang, you came just in time." King Wei Hui tapped the big picture spread out on the jade table, "Look, there is such a large area of ​​water in the Daliang King City, but it is empty and there is no place to see or play. I If you want to build a floating sleeping palace in the middle of the lake, you can make the best use of the lake.” "Okay! Brother Wang's true way of thinking is the only one in the Warring States Period. Start construction immediately, and I will supervise it!" King Wei Hui frowned, "Do you know how much money the floating palace costs?" "Millions." "One million? Engineer Daliang has already calculated, three million gold. The government reserves, after deducting Pang Juan's military expenses, official salaries and the construction cost of the new capital, there is only one million gold. How can it be possible?" Young Master Ang laughed heartily: "It's God's will! It so happened that I brought a lot of money to Brother Wang, so the floating palace can be built." "You? How can you be so rich?" King Wei Hui stared at the prime minister in surprise. "Brother Wang, do you know about Bai Gui?" "Just kidding, why doesn't Bai Gui know?" "After Bai Gui's death, his only daughter was in charge of the business. He wanted to find someone who could manage the business affairs. Does Brother Wang know?" "I don't know." King Wei Hui shook his head. "Brother Wang, do you know about Wei Yang?" "Wei Yang? Who is he? I don't know." "Brother Wang also forgot the prime minister recommended by old uncle before his death?" King Wei Hui laughed loudly and said, "Ah, that bastard. Did Baimen ask him to be the chief?" "Brother Wang is indeed brilliant. It is this person." "What does this person have to do with two million gold?" "Brother Wang doesn't know, General Pang Juan urgently needs Wei Yang to be his military commander. Wei Yang has already agreed, and it is difficult to get out of business. Baimen asked me to intercede with Pang Juan, and promised two million gold in ten years. The younger brother If you are foolish and loyal, you dare not take it privately and present it to the royal family, so does it mean that Brother Wang has a floating palace?" King Hui of Wei clapped his palms and laughed happily, "Okay! It's really rare for my brother to be loyal to the country." But he suddenly pondered, "Ten years? So far away that you've been thirsty?" Young Master Ang smiled and said: "Brother Wang is a king, so he doesn't understand the way of lowly merchants. This matter can teach Wei Yang how to turn around. The Fu Palace uses gold to pay from the treasury first, and Wei Yang can make up for the treasury every year. King He Lao Are you worried?" "Good idea!" Wei Huiwang said with a smile: "This Wei Yang has never fought a war, and he doesn't know much about the military. How can he be a military commander? Being in business can be regarded as a man who has given full play to his talents, so let him go. The general's improper employment is another matter." "Where? What about the general's military secretary?" "What's the difficulty? This king sent two of the royal family's children, let them also hone and hone, and learn the life of a battle formation. Don't just sit around all day long." "My king has far-reaching considerations and employs the right people. I will immediately go to the general's mansion to handle this matter." Young Master Ang left the royal city and immediately drove to the General's Mansion.Seeing Pang Juan, he briefly conveyed the king's order, especially specifically conveying Wei Wang's comments on Pang Juan's "inappropriate employment".Pang Juan's face was as frosty, and he was about to speak, but Young Master Ang bid farewell with his hands and walked away.When he was able to get out of the General's Mansion, Young Master Ang immediately sent someone to send the news to Baimen, and then boarded the car happily.He couldn't stop laughing in the car, feeling that these major events were handled extremely smoothly, killing three birds with one stone.He settled the long-term debt to Wei Yang and got great benefits from Wei Yang; he solved the emergency of King Wei's floating palace and showed great loyalty, but he also got an extra one million gold; he suppressed Pang Juan. With his imposing manner, he poached Pang Juan's corner, and added his own royal children to Pang Juan's army.In addition to these three benefits, Young Master Ang also retained the biggest fruit, which was the secret plan to marry the daughter of the Bai family to the king of Wei.If this is done, Young Master An will pour all his power into the government and the public. Firstly, he will not worry about enfeoffing the marquis and dividing the land, and secondly, he will not worry about the attachment of important ministers. How Yayu will be the second king in Wei State?With so many good fortunes, how could Young Master Ang not be overjoyed?However, he would never tell anyone about this good fortune, nor would he reveal his overjoyed mood in front of anyone.In front of his wife's family, relatives, friends and colleagues, Young Master An has always been a heroic royal talent who cares about the country and the people, how can he be so disrespectful? Pang Juan's chest was swollen and painful, and his worry was hard to dissipate.One Wei Yang was lost, two rice bags came, and one was wrongly employed. The truth is inexplicable!In ordinary times, the king of Wei never randomly assigned personnel to the army, nor did he only ask about the specific military affairs of the army, so he was considered a very liberal king.It's really unreasonable for a Wei Yang to change everything?Pang Juan wanted to enter the palace, but he also felt that for a military affairs minister and the monarch to argue, hurting harmony would be a small loss.Return the two royal family rice bags. The rice bags haven't started to work yet, and they are a bit too intolerant.Let's argue with Young Master Ang, he conveyed the king's order, so you can push it as far as you can and just play haha ​​with you.After much deliberation, Pang Juan felt that he had suffered from being dumb. It was not appropriate to speak or move. He could only feel pain in his chest due to being stuffy in his stomach.Pang Juan let out a long sigh, gritted his teeth secretly, and decided to kill these villains after destroying South Korea. It was getting late at this time, and a thin figure walked into the general's study with light steps. Pang Juan shouted angrily without turning his head, "Get out! No one will be seen." The slender figure laughed softly: "Elder brother, who are you angry with?" Pang Juan turned his head, but saw the little junior brother in civilian clothes standing in the darkness. He couldn't help feeling that he had lost his composure, turned around and said with a relieved smile, "Little junior brother, senior brother is thinking about a formation, just laughing at me. Sit down." The commoner boy took his seat, cupped his hands and said earnestly: "Eldest senior brother, junior junior brother came to practice, is the military affairs minister here?" Pang Juan sighed, "Unpredictable things happen in the sky, but people have good and bad times. The military commander was out to visit friends, but unfortunately fell to his death in the mountain stream while walking at night. It's really sad." The boy in commoner clothes was startled, his face was blue and white, but he stuffed his sleeves into his mouth and didn't cry out.After a while, he asked in a trembling voice, "Night travel? What day?" "Three days ago." Pang Juan sighed leisurely. Two lines of hot tears welled up in the eyes of the commoner boy, and he tried his best to hold back the choking sound.Pang Juan said displeased: "I've never known each other before, why should I be so girlish?" I, Pang Juan, can others be regarded as a master of cultivation?" The commoner boy said with tears in his eyes, "Eldest senior brother didn't know something, and when he came down the mountain, the master predicted that there was only one master for me. If this person dies, I must return to the mountain immediately, otherwise I will die short-lived. Eldest brother, I’m leaving.” Pang Juan had never been interested in such mysterious things as the teacher, and upon hearing this, he felt unlucky and flicked his sleeves coldly, “Let’s go.” 突然，门外家老高声报号：“白门总事晋见上将军——！” 话音落点，锦衣玉冠风采照人的卫鞅已经步入正厅，在书房外深深一躬高声道：“白门总事卫鞅，参见上将军。”抬起头时，却与布衣少年惊讶的目光正巧相遇，电光石火间，两人眼睛均是一亮，却又同时岔开了视线，平静如常。 庞涓懊恼莫名，冷冷道：“你来何干？” “禀报上将军，卫鞅特来赴约，任职军务司马。”卫鞅神态谦恭。 “本上将军的军务司马已经死了，新的也有了，却要你这商人做甚？” “禀报上将军，白门有言，不敢开罪上将军，若上将军留任在下，白门即刻与在下解约。在下期望在上将军麾下建功立业。请上将军明察。” 庞涓气得脸色发青，戟指卫鞅，低声喝道：“你这个言而无信反复无常成事不足败事有余的小人，我永远不会用你！给我送客。” 门外家老高声道：“送客——” 卫鞅一脸沮丧，拱手道：“上将军但有用人之时，卫鞅召之即来。告辞。”转身唯唯而去。庞涓转身，布衣少年却也不见了踪迹，气得高声喝令，“关上府门，今日不见客！” “关闭府门——！”随着一声长长的传喝，沉重的上将军府门隆隆关闭。 此刻，卫鞅已经打马出城。这时他在魏国已经成了官吏士子皆曰不可交的小人，人人避之惟恐不及，没有人再暗算他，也没有人再威胁他，无须辎车掩盖，无须躲避行藏。一骑快马，大道疾驰，山风送爽，不禁仰天大笑。 “敢问先生，笑从何来？”一个清亮而略显嘶哑的声音冷冷发问。 卫鞅一惊，勒马观望——此时月上梢头，照得道边山野间林木葱郁朦胧，他却是发现不了声音发自何处？卫鞅静静神，沉声问道：“阁下何人？请显身答话。” “不涉利害，先生无须问我是谁？” “难道阁下就为了这一句话么？” “我要正告先生，危邦不可久留，须得即刻决定行止。” 卫鞅大笑道：“我已无人理睬，何须耸人听闻？” “非也。先生三日内必有新的纠葛，若不趁早离魏，再想离开将永远不能了。” 卫鞅惊出了一身冷汗，恭敬拱手道：“何方高人？鞅不胜感谢。” “既非高人，先生亦无须感谢。我就在你右手山头，只是不宜相见罢了。先生请回吧。告辞了。” 卫鞅向数丈之外的右手小山头看去，只见树影微动，遥闻一阵马蹄声远去，四野又是一片沉寂。卫鞅猛然想到方才在庞涓书房见到的布衣少年，难道是他？不会啊，那个布衣少年分明是洞香春遇到的神秘老人的孙儿，他既在庞涓府中，必和庞涓大有渊源，如何又能帮我？方才他也显然明白不宜在那里和我表示认识，可见他和庞涓又有一定距离。有渊源，有距离，可能是何种人呢？再说，一个少年，如何能有如此奇异技能？是的，不可能。然则是谁？卫鞅又想到了公叔陵园那个单身骑士惊心动魄的搏击绝技，对，极有可能是他。然则他又是谁呢？卫鞅已经问过，公叔府已经交出了所有文职小吏，没有一个掌书。那人自称公叔府掌书，显然是假托。哪么他的真实身份呢？他为何关注自己的行止安危呢？莫非是老师派出的使者？不会，绝不会。老师在他下山时与他言明，不许说出老师名字来历，自己的人生功过善恶，均由自己承担。老师是严厉的，也是明哲的，绝不会心血来潮的派出一个人帮助自己。一时间，卫鞅倒是理不清这团乱麻了，于是也就不再想它，打马一鞭，飞驰涑水河谷。