Liu Yu's eyes lit up and he looked directly at Tao Yuanming: "You are deceiving Yin Zhongkan, can you use the power of your Tao clan in Jingzhou to help him?
Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "I don't know how to fight, and I'm not as good at strategizing as Black Hand Qiankun. So what does Yin Zhongkan want to use me for? He invited me to his military mansion before because I am a famous person in the world.
, a famous poet, the Tao family is considered a prominent family in Jingzhou. Although it has declined, there are still many Tao clan members in the mountains and fields. Although I am not the clan leader, if I can become an official, the Tao clan people will look up to me, at least
Compared with him, Yin Zhongkan had just arrived in Jingzhou and had no relatives. All the officials and wealthy families were members of the Huan family.
Liu Yu nodded: "Then why didn't the Huan family come and marry you, the Tao family?"
"It's just that Tao Yuanming, the late great ancestor, gritted his teeth and said: Later, there was discord among the disciples, and you fought for it, which led to outsiders taking advantage of the opportunity. My Tao family's properties in all the towns in Jingzhou were wiped out.
Being able to return to the mountains and wilderness, by the time Huan Wen took over Jingzhou, our Tao family had returned to the mountains and forests and became barbarians in the mountains in people's eyes. Huan Wen didn't look down on us at all, let alone make friends with us, and only let us live in the mountains.
The corner of Yu's mouth curled up: "I guess the Tao family is also a high-ranking family in Jingzhou, I didn't expect that they could get into this field.
Tao Yuanming sneered and said: "How are you better than our Tao family? Your ancestor was also the founding king of Chu in the Han Dynasty. Your father and ancestors also served as state and county officials. But in your generation, haven't you also become the breadwinner of the family?"
Isn’t Liu Jinu alive? We are both in poverty at the end of the world, so why should we laugh and ridicule each other?
Liu Yu waved his hand: "I didn't mean to ridicule you, I just lamented the decline of your family's middle way. Is that why you are so cynical?
Tao Yuanming shook his head: "No, I am just like you. Although I came from a poor family, I did not give up on myself. My ancestors did not leave us any wealth or power, but they left us a collection of books. I have been familiar with various books since I was a child.
Acquiring talents all over the world, while you were practicing martial arts every day, I was practicing writing every day. So, in the end, you became a famous warrior in the world, and I became a famous poet throughout the Jin Dynasty.
Speaking of this, Tao Yuanming's eyes flashed with a complicated look, "It's just that I'm unlucky. In the past, when the family was in a state of disarray, they focused on literary talents, but you caught up with the battle of fat and water, and you didn't get attention for many years."
My martial ethics has become the most important skill in this era, but I didn't even have the chance to be a disciple of the Huan family in Jingzhou. I could only work as a small priest in a remote area, and I stayed there for nearly ten years.
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"Liu Yu, do you know what I thought when I heard your battle stories and watched you promoted all the way through the Jin Dynasty, becoming a general and marrying a noble daughter from a noble family?"
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "Are you jealous? Do you think you, Liu Yu, a warrior, can get this? How unfair is this world!
Tao Yuanming shook his head: "No, Liu Yu, I don't think so. The ancestor of our family, Kan Gong, also relied on fighting to control Jingzhou and became powerful in the world. I will not look down on martial artists just because I am a scholar, because I
I have always known that in this world, if you really want to seize power, you must control the army and build an industry. If I had not been frail and sick since I was a child and unable to practice martial arts, I would not be like now, just a poet.
Liu Yu nodded: "It's a pity. You should be a talent like Mu Zhi, not someone who can only recite poems and compose poems. The reason why your poems are famous all over the world, while other political talents are not known, I'm afraid
It's because in this world, if you want to be a famous person, you have to stay away from mundane affairs and government affairs.
Tao Yuanming sighed: "Yes, if you want to be a celebrity, you have to ignore worldly affairs. Just like Wang Gong said, if you want to be a celebrity, you need to drink heavily, read Li Sao well, and be good at talking. So, I wrote
So many poems are about having the opportunity to enter the shogunate of famous ministers and high officials, and get the chance to be promoted. Only when you become an official and gain power can you have the opportunity to show what you have learned in your life.
Liu Yu curled up his lips and said, "I understand somewhat. You joined Wang Po and became his disciple because you wanted to use the reputation of the Langke Wang family to become his student and disciple, and at the same time make friends with famous people in Jiankang City.
A descendant of an aristocratic family, do you recommend that you become an official in the future?
Tao Yuanming nodded: "Yes, the Huan family in Jingzhou has never looked down upon our Tao family, so we don't want to do anything for them."
They became officials, and after Huan Wen's death, power passed into the hands of his younger brother Huan Chong. However, this boy Ai Xuan is ambitious and will regain his lost Jingzhou sooner or later. The Huan family is at risk of civil strife. As the saying goes, a gentleman does not build a dangerous wall.
Under this situation, even if I came out to serve the Huan family, if I chose the wrong lord, everything would be over. Therefore, after I began to show my talent, I found a way to resign from my position as an oracle and took the opportunity to study in the capital.
, invested in Wang Po’s name, hoping to have the opportunity to develop in Jiankang.
Liu Yu laughed: "It's a pity that you didn't take into account that Wang Xun was ordered by Xie Xianggong. His wife Po actually fell out with the Xie family. His wife, who was also the daughter of the Xie family, divorced Wang Xun. From then on, Wang Po became
No one cares about me, and I have become a neglected figure in the capital. According to you, you have chosen the wrong lord.
Tao Yuanming shook his head: "I don't think I voted for the wrong master. Yin Zhongkan and I became classmates because the Yin family and the Huan family have a deep hatred. This can be regarded as a coincidence. Among Wang Po's many students, I am the only one.
He is from Jingzhou, so he and I hit it off and became good friends. But I really didn’t know that Wang Xun was the white tiger guarding the mafia. To be honest, my relationship with him can only be said to be average. If the mafia hadn’t split later,
He will probably never tell me about the Black Hand universe.
Liu Yu nodded: "So when Yin Zhongkan invited you to Jingzhou later, Wang Po found you before that and asked you to join the mafia?
Tao Yuanming smiled slightly: "Yes, probably they rarely go to Jingzhou and don't know the real situation of our Tao family. They think that the Tao family is like the aristocratic families in Jiankang City, with broken ships and three pounds of nails, and there are always some disciples with old friends.
And so on, plus the Peach Blossom Spring I wrote, they thought I was describing the true strength of our Tao family, so Wang Po, the guard who had never mastered the resources of the White Tiger family, started to fight against each other in the four major mafia guards, and civil strife continued.
At that time, I had other thoughts. Wang Po wanted to recommend me to be the chief historian in Jingzhou, and take the opportunity to seize the resources of the Ai family to help him return to Jingzhou!
This chapter has been completed!