In traditional Chinese concepts, the word "home" is generally placed first.
Although there are often glorious deeds such as refusing to enter the house three times, sacrificing the family to defend the country, abandoning the small family to protect everyone, etc., but think about it on the other hand, if people in the world are all for the sake of the collective and ignore the family, then what is the point?
Is there any need to praise or promote such behavior every day?
Therefore, the so-called concern for homeland among the nobles is very normal.
A gentry is a big family, and if it expands a little further, in their eyes, the emperor is just the head of the gentry in the world. By respecting him, they are also respecting their own family system.
However, just as chaotic libertines will inevitably appear among the nobles, the emperor will also be a little fatuous, so most nobles generally choose to be patient at this time. After all, what the family pursues is to survive for a thousand years, and how long can the emperor live?
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Whether Liu Xie is fatuous or not, many people have basically understood it. Of course, compared to the so-called fatuous kings in history, Liu Xie is still very good, but to revive...
Haha, it's a beautiful day and a beautiful day, and it's the right time to have a deep dream.
In later generations, some gossips often said that the Chinese feudal dynasty could not have the possibility of a constitutional monarchy. However, in fact, when the prime minister's power in the Chinese feudal dynasty was greater than the monarch's power, it was actually somewhat similar to a constitutional monarchy. A constitutional monarchy passed the parliament and also
Or in other ways, they collude with other political participants to reach a consensus on national affairs, which is promulgated and implemented by the "prime minister". The same is true when the prime minister is powerful, uniting several big families to jointly oust the emperor, and then the "prime minister" implements the administrative decree.
So if we talk about foreign constitutional monarchy systems, we should still call China's checks and balances of imperial power "grandfather"...
Just like the current Cao Cao, after settling in Xu County, he basically took over Liu Xie's political affairs and completely placed Liu Xie on the god's table as a clay statue, regardless of whether it was the nobles of Yingchuan or the
Other people in Jizhou and Yanzhou also had a tacit understanding and respectfully worshiped the statue first, and then went back to Cao Cao to deal with practical matters, just like the constitutional monarch first went to see the emperor to express his greetings, and then went to the prime minister for specific matters.
"Hey... Your Majesty... I'm afraid I won't be able to help the country..."
"Be careful! Let's talk about romance!"
"Yes, yes, my little brother Meng Lang..."
"Come, come, drink to win, drink to win!"
When scholars gather together, it is inevitable to criticize current affairs, but their views on Liu Xie are gradually becoming more unified. Is this the emperor of the Liu family? It is not very good. Although it may be better than the previous one, or
It was a little better than the previous one, but it was just a little better. It was like the difference between 30 points and 50 points on a 100-point scale. Although there was indeed an improvement, it still failed.
But where could a gathering of gentry children be separated from current affairs? After chatting for a while, someone turned around and talked about Cao Hong again. After all, after three cups of cat urine, these opposition parties had better
What could be the topic of conversation?
"Everyone, everyone, there are nursery rhymes being circulated frequently these days, have you ever heard of them?"
"Is it because you want to be honest but you are not honest? You are worthy of being a farmer even in the mountains..."
"Exactly, exactly! Heyou Mountain, green in all directions, the sky is frightened, and the earth is bright!"
"Hahaha, hahaha..."
In any big family, most of them will have a greedy person who specializes in hoarding property and begging for money shamelessly.
And Cao Hong is the most greedy member of the Cao family at the moment.
Add a premise, "show it".
Cao Fu happened to pass by the wine shop and heard wild laughter coming from inside. After hearing this, he couldn't help reining in his horse and his face became gloomy. Cao Hong was from Qiao County, and Qiao County was also called "Ji Fang". The meaning of the so-called nursery rhyme is natural
It's obvious.
"Young Master!" The guards around Cao Fu were also angry. They looked at Cao Fu one after another, waiting for Cao Fu's order to rush in, either to arrest him or to beat him and scold him to get rid of his bad temper.
Cao Fu was silent for a moment and did not speak. Instead, he kicked the horse's belly slightly and galloped forward.
The guards were helpless. They looked at each other and had no choice but to leave with Cao Fu.
The gentry boys in the wine shop were still laughing and shouting wildly, not realizing the danger just now.
Cao Fu returned home depressed, and saw his father Cao Hong. He hesitated several times, but finally said nothing, so he stood up and prepared to leave, but Cao Hong stopped him and asked, "What's the matter?"
Cao Hong raised his eyes and looked at Cao Fu, and then his mind was basically focused on the table. The table was covered with various calculations, arranged horizontally and vertically, and Cao Hong held a scroll of bamboo slips in his left hand, with a folder
Holding a writing brush for marking, his right hand carefully fiddled with the calculation chips and added numbers.
"..." After a moment of silence, Cao Fu said in a low voice, "For the record, my father, when my son returned home, he heard some scheming people in the wine shop and uttered evil words, so he was very angry..."
"Oh?" Cao Hong first took the ink pen and made a mark on the bamboo slips, and then carefully placed the bamboo slips and ink pens on the corner of the table so that they would not touch the densely packed calculations on the table. "Is there any use?"
Beat him up?"
Cao Fu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Cao Hong nodded to Cao Fu, smiled, and shook his head, then picked up the bamboo slips and prepared to continue accounting.
Cao Fu hesitated, but couldn't help it, and said: "Father... I met the young master a few days ago. The young master also said that his father is rich, and the family income is like a crucian carp crossing the river..."
Cao Hong stopped writing, was silent for a moment, and said, "Young Master, what else can you say?"
Cao Fu shook his head and said, "There is nothing to say." It's not that Cao Pi didn't want to say it, but that Cao Pi simply didn't want to talk to Cao Fu anymore, as if he would be tainted with the smell of copper if he talked too much.
Cao Hong raised his head and looked at the sky. After a while, he shook his head slightly and said, "Let's just let it go..."
"Father..." Cao Fu shouted.
Cao Hong put down the bamboo slips again, looked at Cao Fu, and sighed, "Fu'er, let me ask you, can a man with a filial son, a literary man, and a wise man be a good merchant, and can he be good at arithmetic? If I don't do it, who will be under my lord?"
Reliable?"
"This..." Cao Fu hesitated for a moment and then said, "Especially Xiahou..."
"Haha..." Cao Hong smiled, shook his head and said, "Xiahou also beheaded his son... Do you want that? What's more, if Xiahou is sitting behind, if he is handling the affairs of such merchants, the affairs will be complicated and delay the military aircraft.
It is inevitable to be criticized by others, so how can we stay in Yanyu in a stable manner? Nowadays, the Cao family is like a glacier. How can there be any reason to choose the easy and ignore the difficult? If everyone cherishes the feathers, how can the Lord succeed? This matter needs to be mentioned again, so don't do it.
The lord is in trouble!』
"But..." Cao Fu hesitated to speak.
Cao Hong waved his hand, and his eyes returned to the bamboo slips, "A little stigma... If it can be a big deal for the lord, what's the matter even if you are dirty? Let's go..."
Cao Fu took a breath, kowtowed helplessly and retreated.
Cao Hong's eyes moved from the top of the bamboo slip to Cao Fu's departing figure, then pulled it down again, and continued to fixate on the bamboo slip. It seemed that he had no expression, and it seemed that nothing had happened, but that he didn't know what had happened.
After a long time, there was a faint sigh in the room. It lingered for a while and then disappeared.
……(*￣(エ)￣)……
Cao Hong's home was neither cold nor hot, but at the entrance of the Chen family's residence in Yingchuan, there were indeed crowds of people and loud voices.
The grandson of Chen Shi, the chief of Taiqiu of the Han Dynasty, and the son of Chen Ji of Dahonglu, were recently moved to the post of Feng Ling and sent out to control the land and bring peace to the people. It was a happy event, and naturally all the neighbors came to congratulate him.
"In the past, there were unparalleled scholars in the country, and now there are also great talents in the world!"
"That's right, that's right! In the old days, Prime Minister Xiao chased the virtuous and pacified the world under the moonlight, but now there is King Chen Lang and Zhou prophesying, and he is wise and loyal! How lucky, how lucky!"
Chen Qun hurriedly raised his hands and said humbly, "Everyone, you praise me, I praise you... Qun really dare not admit it, and all the sages took the time to condescend, but they are incompetent and cannot be received in a simple and elegant manner. They feel guilty and sad..."
When Du Xi heard this, he smiled and said loudly: "Though it is a long article, it is full of etiquette, but it is not sentimental! Nowadays, the guests in the hall are all looking up to the elegant style of the long article. How can I treat you simply and elegantly?"
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After Du Xi finished speaking, a large number of people echoed again, and some people shouted loudly: "Today, I would like to congratulate Chen Langjun on his new move to Fu, and he will definitely be able to ascend to Jiuqing again soon!"
"That's how it is!"
"How lucky I am to meet Chen Langjun with such grace and elegance! I heard in the old days that Chen Langjun was as humble as jade, but today I saw him, and it is indeed true! Only when we know that the way of a gentleman is contained within, can we have all kinds of classics and full of beautiful things..."
Chen Qun stood in the scene. Seeing that the more he talked, the more outrageous he said, so he quickly greeted and prepared for the banquet, and then suppressed the words of a group of disciples.
Chen Qun glanced at Du Xi, and then Du Xi smiled, as if nothing was wrong. He couldn't help but twitching the corners of his eyes, and immediately smiled. He greeted Du Xi and others to sit down at the table.
There was sudden joy inside and outside, but amidst the laughter, there was something gloomy in Chen Qun's eyes.
There are many legends among the people of Yingchuan that Chen Qun has the ability to discern good and evil, as well as loyalty and evil. If these descendants of the Yingchuan gentry can still read the Journey to the West in later generations, they may not even use the name of the Demon Mirror.
Hang it on Chen Qun's forehead.
But Chen Qun really has the skill of fortune-telling. Can he tell who is a good guy and who is a bad guy just by meeting him?
Don't tell me, there are indeed such examples.
At that time, Cao Cao recruited Chen Qun as a vassal of Cao Cao in Sikong West. At that time, someone recommended Wang Mo from Le'an and Zhou Kui from Xiapi to Cao Cao. Cao Cao summoned them both. Chen Qun told Cao Cao that he could not do it, and thought that Wang Mo and Zhou Kui were the best.
The two Kui men had bad morals and bad deeds, which would eventually lead to bad things, and Cao Cao refused to listen. As a result, Wang Zhou and his men did commit crimes and were punished. Cao Cao believed Chen Qun's words and admitted his mistakes to Chen Qun.
Later, Boss Cao felt dissatisfied and came to Chen Qun again and said, Chen Qun, you can know people, can you recommend a few...
Chen Qun recommended Chen Jiao from Guangling and Dai Qian from Danyang, and Cao Cao appointed them. The two people recommended by Chen Qun were both quite competent and courageous in their duties, so Cao Cao finally shut up.
But keeping his mouth shut doesn't mean that Cao Cao doesn't have doubts in his heart.
Cao Cao thought he had the ability to recognize people. If so, wouldn't he be a step behind Chen Qun? He thought he was good, but he turned out to be corrupt and bad. But the problem is, it just happened to be two young men from a poor family.
, were all found guilty of the exact crime?
Cao Cao didn't even notice it, but someone discovered it and recorded it. Isn't there something wrong with this?
To take a step back, among the big men nowadays, among all the local officials, which one is not a fish-meat countryman? It’s just to see who eats better, or who can eat while also doing human affairs, rather than just eating.
Think of yourself as a pig, only knowing how to eat and drink but not work.
Cao Cao has mentioned before that he is willing to appoint capable people, but at the same time he does not pay much attention to the so-called "virtue of filial piety". As a result, he only uses a few disciples from poor families. Either he is said to be incompetent, corrupts the place, or is greedy.
Corrupt behavior, collecting property...
One or two, Cao Cao also knew that people are not saints, and he is not a divine judge, but a large group of them all fell, which is somewhat problematic.
Boss Cao needs talents, but he also needs talents that can be controlled. If he can't control them, how can he use them with confidence? So all along, Cao Cao has been keeping people like Chen Qun, and it's not easy.
Give real power.
In addition, the functions of Chen Qun and Xun Yu overlap to a certain extent, so if Chen Qun did not express his trust in Cao Cao with his wealth and life, or if he completely supported Cao Cao, Cao Cao would not easily elect Chen Qun as a high-ranking official.
, but this time, Cao Cao was helpless.
General Hussar made a big fuss in Yuzhou and caused chaos in the court. Cao Cao returned to Xu County and his first task was to stabilize the place, re-establish the reputation of the Cao family, polish the cracks on his sign, and apply some paint.
, after it dries, it will naturally become brighter and more elegant.
Chen Qun is the paint that Cao Cao now uses to paint the outside. Chen Qun also knows this, but so what? Chen Qun also has a large group of family members behind him. These talents don't care whether Chen Qun is hung up or not. Outside, as long as Chen Qun’s promotion can bring benefits!
In the past, under Cao Cao's rule, local nobles would be allowed to manage the place unless their hands were too short to reach. Otherwise, those who could seize the position would be enfeoffed to the Cao family and the Xiahou family. This time...
The Cao family and the Xiahou family, faced with the hussar general Fei Qian's army, were defeated, evaded, and captured. There was simply no result that could be achieved to contribute to the great cause of the Cao family. To wipe some luster, if Cao Cao still uses the original strategy, it will inevitably cause trouble again, so in desperation, Cao Cao was forced to give up some positions, such as the Fou Order that Chen Qun currently holds.
Fucheng, this city has a special meaning in the Han Dynasty, because it is the fiefdom of Xiao He, the hero of the Han Dynasty, and can be called the place where the first prince of the founding of the country is located.
Although this is not a very important, but very subtle place, it was suddenly awarded to Chen Qun, who was originally in the upper echelon. Naturally, many people regarded it as a precursor to the loosening of Cao Cao's talent appointment policy, so they were particularly excited. , of course, it is not ruled out that Chen Qun, who once recommended talents to Cao Cao, will once again twist his lips and send his name to Cao Cao...
As for Du Ximei, although he joked a lot, he probably didn't feel that Chen Qun could do it, so why couldn't he do it? Therefore, under seven parts of his words of praise, there was another three parts of ridicule, which is natural.
Chen Qun looked at the excited people in the courtyard, and an indescribable feeling emerged in his heart. Before he could fully grasp it, someone shouted again to toast, and his train of thought was interrupted again, and then he was drowned in Amidst the hustle and bustle...
