Before Fei Qian leaves Heluo, there is one place he must first face and inform, and that is the head of the Heluofei family.
Anyway, if you say hello, they won't hold your thighs and prevent you from leaving. If you leave without saying goodbye, in this gentry circle in the Han Dynasty that pays great attention to etiquette, it is basically equivalent to labeling yourself an arrogant person for the rest of your life.
, it’s something that’s not worth the gain.
The aristocratic family began to take shape during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was not until the Tang and Song Dynasties that its power slowly faded. It was not until the actual implementation of the imperial examination system in the Ming Dynasty that the aristocratic family officially withdrew from the stage of history.
Before the Ming Dynasty, the first thing every emperor had to do was to face the aristocratic family head-on. He couldn't live without the aristocratic family, and he had to use various methods to restrict and suppress the aristocratic family. However, the real trick was to suppress the aristocratic family until they could not breathe.
There are only a handful of people in history who are angry.
In fact, the most fundamental reason why the Han Dynasty has always been trapped in the vicious cycle of power struggles between relatives and eunuchs is the aristocratic family. In this era, aristocratic families were good-hearted most of the time and guided the direction of the country. However, when family interests were involved, they often
They will do something that harms the country. Therefore, almost the emperors of the Han Dynasty first suppressed the aristocratic family by relying on their relatives. Then when they saw that the power of the relatives was out of control, they recruited eunuchs to suppress the relatives. When the eunuchs became powerful, they would use them again.
The clear stream of the noble family came to purge the eunuchs.
Such a cycle has led to the fact that among all the dynasties, only the relatives of the Han Dynasty are the most famous, such as the outstanding Huo Guang, Wei Qing, etc., and others such as the coward Dou Wu, He Jin...
In the Han Dynasty, it was impossible to fight against the aristocratic families by holding high the banner of conquering the aristocratic families. Even if one had knowledge and knowledge that spanned a thousand years, it was almost impossible to seek good fortune, avoid disasters, and anticipate the enemy's opportunities. After all, at this time, the aristocratic families
Most of them are people who have the most advanced knowledge. To govern the country, we still need to rely on the children of these aristocratic families. However, the vast majority of ordinary people cannot even count, let alone read. How can you make these illiterate people know how to govern the country all of a sudden?
Woolen cloth?
Feiqian belongs to the Heluofei family and originated from the Qin Dynasty.
Feizi, the ancestor of Qin State, was granted a title to Qin by King Xiao of Zhou Dynasty, and was known as Qin Feizi in history. Some of Qin Feizi's descendants were granted the title of marquis and the title of Pei Township, and they were called Pei Jun. His descendants have been granted the title of "Pei Jun".
The surname was called Pei. Later, Pei was divided into branches such as Pei and Fei, and it gradually evolved.
This branch of the Fei family has been rooted in Luoyang for nearly a hundred years. Although it has not produced any high-ranking officials such as the Three Dukes, it has served as many officials in the court, local governors and county governors. Therefore, Fei Qian was promoted to be filial and honest at that time.
To some extent, some local officials are aware of the human nature of this relationship. Anyway, the local counties have political tasks to promote filial piety and integrity every year. It is not a new thing to use it to please these aristocratic families in Luoyang.
Fei Qian felt as if later generations went to a place to meet local snakes, but in fact, the aristocratic family was basically similar in nature to local snakes.
The current head of the Fei family is named Min, Fei Min, and Zihao. According to his generation, he should be Fei Qian's uncle.
Feimin was the admonishment officer at that time, specializing in discussions. He was an official affiliated to Guang Luxun, with a rank of 600 stones. Although his official position was not as prominent as that of the Three Lords, he had the right to submit memorials alone, so it was considered one of the important official positions.
Fei Min was wearing a brocade robe, with a three-stroke beard, a square face, a slightly fat figure, a serious look, unsmiling, and a majestic appearance. When he entered the hall, he didn't even look at Fei Min, who was standing aside with his hands clasped in awe.
Qian, after he was fully clothed and kneeling down behind the table in the middle of the hall, he seemed to suddenly see Fei Qian: "My dear nephew, are you okay?"
Fortunately, he was called "nephew", which shows that Fei Min set the main tone today and could still talk about family ties. If he was addressed as "shaolangguan", it would be clear that he was dealing with official business and rejecting people thousands of miles away.
The etiquette in the Han Dynasty was really tiring, and it was even more tiring when meeting an official family head. Fei Qian muttered to himself, but the etiquette was still in place, so he lowered his eyes and saluted and replied with some polite words.
In the Han Dynasty, juniors or subordinates were not allowed to look up at each other when answering their elders or superiors, unless the elders or superiors specifically requested it. When answering, the highest gaze could only see the other person's chest. After answering, the eyes should be
Dropping to the ground and looking directly into the opponent's eyes is either a provocation or a fight.
After the pleasantries, it’s time for the drama.
After hearing Fei Qian's excuse to leave Heluo and go south to Jingxiang to study, Fei Min brushed his beard slightly, as if lost in memories, "Your father, Zi Yun is also very knowledgeable and well-informed. He traveled all over the country to study.
It’s also a good story... Your wise nephew follows your father’s legacy and wants to improve his knowledge. If Zi Yun has a spirit, he will definitely be happy, but..."
Fei Min changed his subject, "But if you are on a study tour, what should you do with the more than a hundred volumes of books left behind by Zi Yun? The road is high and far away, and the world is uneven. If you accidentally damage it and leave it behind, wouldn't you regret it for life?"
"What my uncle said is true. How about following my uncle's wishes?"
"In my opinion, it would be better for the nephew to temporarily leave Zi Yun's legacy at his uncle's house, and then return it to the nephew after he comes back from his study tour. This would alleviate the nephew's suffering from traveling around, and secondly, it would also preserve the son's health.
Yun has no worries, my dear nephew, what do you think?"
Fei Qian was silent for a long time.
He knew that the so-called temporary storage was just an excuse. Once it was handed over, there was no hope of getting it back.
In the Han Dynasty, knowledge was a priceless treasure, and as a carrier of knowledge, letters had an extremely high status.
In ancient times, these collections of books represented not only books, but also the heritage of a family and a kind of inheritance. A scroll of letters was worth thousands of gold, and many disciples from poor families were willing to pay any price in exchange for a scroll of letters.
On the one hand, Fei Min, the head of the Heluofei family, saw that Fei Qian was young and could be bullied. On the other hand, Fei Qian's family had no heirs and no successors. As the head of the Fei family, it was of course his duty to not allow what he had learned in the family to be neglected. Of course.
, the most important thing is that these collections of books are so valuable. As the head of the family, he only has about eight hundred and less than nine hundred volumes of books in his home. Fei Qian actually has more than a hundred volumes. Wouldn't he be secretly trying to get them?
, he can claim to be a house with a thousand volumes of books! What a tempting title!
Fei Min had already coveted it, but now Fei Qian actually came to the door to give such a good excuse, how could he let it go so easily?
Fei Qian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is the so-called aristocratic family! In the eyes of the aristocratic family, family comes before the country, family comes before the country, and family interests are always above all else.
Helpless, people under the roof have to bow their heads. What's more, Fei Qian is just a side branch, and he doesn't have much right to speak. The head of the family can meet him in person and ask for it with the excuse of "temporary storage". It's already a big deal.
There are some kinship relationships, and of course the more important thing is that there are so many Tibetan books. If you are an ordinary poor family, you may even assign a domestic slave to come to the house to take care of things.
"Shan. What uncle said is true, but..." Fei Qian knew that he could never refuse this kind of thing, but he couldn't give it too happily and let these guys look down upon it. "But my father loved talking about it most when he was alive, and he often couldn't put it down.
, an unfilial son misses others when he sees things and cannot bear to be separated, so he must keep them with him no matter what."
Do you really think I, Fei Qian, is easy to bully? I can’t give you the most valuable Qi Lun!
As we all know, during the Qin Dynasty, the First Emperor of Qin burned books and harassed Confucians, killing all the Confucian people. In the Han Dynasty, the situation turned and it was Confucianism's turn to become more popular. It reached its peak during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the government and the public were independent.
Confucianism was respected and hundreds of schools of thought were abolished. Many disciples of the hundreds of schools of thought had no choice but to switch to Confucianism. Those who insisted on not changing were killed and arrested, and even more were driven away and sent to the frontiers.
By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Confucianism was the only knowledge that could be promoted to the imperial court, and the most important academic work of Confucianism was the Analects of Confucius.
Since the publication of "The Analects of Confucius" in book form in the early Warring States period, the words and sentences often differed due to oral transmission and repeated hand-copied transcripts. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Yu, the emperor's advisor, compiled the "Lun of Lu" as the main work and combined it with the "Lun of Qi"
Ding's "Lun on Zhanghou" contains 21 chapters.
"Qi Lun" was collected by Fei Qian's father during his study tour in Qi State. Although it was only a fragment, in the eyes of Confucians at that time, it was worth a thousand dollars.
"This...this..." Fei Min's trembling beard was very reluctant to give up, but Fei Qian raised the banner of "filial piety" high. He could not let Fei Qian fail to fulfill his filial piety. Wouldn't that violate the most important rule of Confucianism?
Is it one of the fundamental moral principles?
"My nephew can just keep three or five volumes with him, that's enough, right?" Fei Min still refused to give up.
Fei Qian shook his head firmly.
"Oh, that's alright, just my nephew." Although Fei Min said it was regrettable, he was satisfied that he could get most of them without having to quarrel with each other. After all, Fei Qian was considered a member of the Fei family, and making too much noise would make people laugh.
, it’s just a pity that I can’t give it all, “Then when will my nephew leave?”
It means when should I go to your house to pick up the book?
"My nephew was invited by the Cui family. I am afraid that some trivial matters have not yet been resolved. I will leave in the first ten months of this month. I will inform my uncle at that time." - The Cui family may cause trouble for me, and I won't be able to leave if the trouble is solved.
If you can handle it, I'll give it a maximum of ten days, and I'll let you know when I leave.
"The Cui family is the Cui family in the north of the city. I know it already. My nephew is going to a high mountain and a long way to go. My uncle has nothing to give you. He can only prepare some expenses. I hope my nephew will not refuse. I wish my nephew a safe journey.
You will succeed in your studies." - OK, I'll help you get it done, I'll give you a deposit, and you won't regret it. That's it.
When Fei Qian left He Luofei's house with five hundred gold, it meant that the transaction with Fei Min was completed. This is the helplessness of the side branch. Even if Fei Qian does not agree this time, Fei Min will find another way, but
Then it may not be as peaceful as it is now.
Pangzhi Feiqian handed over his collection of books in exchange for a certain range of freedom and protection from his master Feimin.
If Fei Qian has no development in the future, then these collections of books will be gone forever. Of course, if Fei Qian becomes powerful that day, these collections of books will even be returned in double amounts.
This is an aristocratic family. The head of the family has high rights and also the responsibility to lead the healthy development of the entire family. Many times, the side branches are invisibly exploited by the main family. Of course, if the main family is not effective, then the elders of the family will hold a meeting and depose them.
If the head of the family chooses to replace the head of the family with talented people from other branches, the wealth of the original line of the head of the family will be divided up by others, and it will decline from then on.
Underneath the gentleness and politeness of the aristocratic family is the bloody and cruel law of the jungle.
