C248 Dinner (1/2)

The next morning, Xiao Wen prepared the most beautiful clothes for the students and headed for Zhang Cang's residence.

”Sir, you seem to care a lot about this banquet! Even when you went to Prince Verton's wedding, you were never so grand. This Zhang Cang, is he a big shot? ” Zhuge Liang asked curiously.

Although he intended to start with military merits and enter the system of the Han State. But he was a man who had made up his mind to make a comeback.

Thus, he was very curious about the official situation of Han.

However, he was not someone who had been understanding the relationship between aristocrats since he was young, like Sun Shangxiang. Although he had an uncle who was an official, he wasn't from the official family, so there was no way he could be compared to them.

Hearing Zhuge Liang's question, Xiao Wen wanted to explain.

However, before he could open her mouth, Sun Shangxiang said: ”This Zhang Cang is just a doctor officer. Not even among the doctors. The doctor that Her Majesty and the empress cared about the most was Shang Shan's Fourth Hao. ”

After all, the position of the crown prince, Liu Ying, was decided by the four guilds.

Therefore, Liu Bang and Lu Zhi had great respect for the Four Hao of Shang Shan.

Hearing this, Xiao Wen shook his head in disappointment.

He said to the disciples, ”To be honest, I really hate the difference between the attitude of His Majesty and the Empress towards Zhang Cang and the Four Arrows of Shang Shan.”

”Oh? ”Why is that?” Zhuge Liang didn't understand as he looked at Xiao Wen, revealing a puzzled expression.

Xiao Wen sighed, and said: ”If we were to talk about status, reputation, and political value, the Four Heroes of Shang Shan are indeed more important than Zhang Cang. However, in terms of learning, this Four Heroes of Shang Shan had only cured a few theories. Compared to Zhang Cang, their level is like the glow of a rotting grass (firefly), competing for glory with Haoyue. ”

Upon hearing these words, many students glanced at one another.

They didn't understand why Xiao Wen was so sure that this Zhang Cang was this skilled.

Looking at Xiao Wen, Sun Shangxiang was the first to ask: ”Sir, since the Four Arrows of Shang Shan are not as talented as Zhang Cang, then why didn't His Majesty pay attention to Zhang Cang when he placed the Four Arrows of Shang Shan in high regard?”

Hearing this question, Xiao Wen sighed, feeling a bit helpless.

He said, ”It's because of the horse bones of the Golden City. It's because of politics.”

Then, he looked at the sky, revealing a very dissatisfied expression, and said: ”When His Majesty summoned them to the imperial court, they rejected him. Compared to many people in the imperial court who had been recruited to serve as officials, this was definitely not the type of person who would back down easily. ”

”However, after a round of courtesies from Crown Prince Liu Ying, they went to court and became doctoral officers of Liu Bang. Therefore, in the eyes of His Majesty, Crown Prince Liu Ying was someone who could be courteous to a corporal and recruit more talents than him. Therefore, even though the crown prince is weak, His Majesty still allowed the crown prince to act in his presence and did not let that little hoodlum Liu Ruyi take his place. ”

”All of this is just a political transaction. The idea of our emperor is to exchange for the future of the Darkhan Kingdom through the Four Heroes of Shang Shan. As for the question of how good the Four Heroes of Shang Mountain are, it's not important at all! ”

After all, the Four Heroes of Shang Shan were merely the four doctors specializing in a certain field of study in the history of Qin Shi Huang. Although they were talented, they were still far inferior to Zhang Cang.

Both sides were not on the same level with regards to the amount of knowledge they had.

Furthermore, Zhang Cang was a mathematician who could be considered extremely powerful in the history of the world. He was even comparable to the ancient Greece's Archimedes hundreds of years ago.

If this was in the Spring and Autumn Period, he might have been like the other scholars, creating his own guild.

However, he was born at the wrong time. By the end of the Warring States Era, the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty no longer had the soil where hundreds of new families were born. This was truly a pity.

After this explanation, the disciples finally understood the importance of Zhang Cang.

Thus, everyone followed Xiao Wen and got on a horse carriage, arriving at Zhang Cang's residence.

At this moment, as expected, many aristocrats had appeared in Zhang Cang Manor.

Under the guidance of Sun Shangxiang, Xiao Wen knew that some of these people were representatives sent by the nobles on the eastern expedition. Although these nobles hadn't arrived yet, they, or to be more accurate, their families, had still expressed their goodwill towards Zhang Cang, the neutral faction.