The first thousand five hundred and forty-nine chapters rich and noble gentleman and poor and humble
In March, the hills around Xinhua City are covered with bright azaleas, attracting countless butterflies.
This is the beginning of the best season of the year in Anton.
Sima Qian and his friends strolled at the foot of this beautiful hill, enjoying the flowers and criticizing the current situation.
"Chen Gong, the captain of the western region, has conquered Chishui and traveled a thousand miles to the north. He has traveled to all the tribes, and everyone has bowed down. It's really fascinating!" A young nobleman said with a smile.
It immediately attracted the support of others. For the Anton people, Chen Xu's expedition represented the bravery of Anton. This expedition spanned more than two thousand miles and was completely far away from logistical supplies. However, the result was from one victory to another.
victory.
In ten months, a place thousands of miles away has been set, and dozens of troops have arrived!
The formation killed thousands of barbarians, captured tens of thousands, and captured cattle, sheep, and livestock to no avail!
This great expedition made the people of Anton proud and the military and civilians inspired, so much so that even the whale skin bonds of the Protectorate rose in price because of it!
Sima Qian listened to his companions talking about Chen Xu, and they all thought that Chen Xu was a hero! But he had a different feeling in his heart. He recalled that at the time of Sima Qian, the whole of Chang'an changed color after hearing about the Chen brothers. Some people even said: "I would rather meet a tiger than see Er Chen."
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However, now Chen Xu brothers are one of the famous generals in the world, General Anton, and the other is a powerful person in the world. They hold supreme wealth in their hands and have blue waves in their chests. The world worships them endlessly.
"No wonder there is a proverb in Anton that says: If you are rich, you will be humbled. If you are a hundred, you will be a servant. If you are a thousand, you will be a servant. If you are honest, you will not deceive me!" Sima Qian sighed with emotion.
As a guest from Chang'an, a close disciple of Sima Jizhu, and a young man whom the emperor was optimistic about, Sima Qian had special privileges during his stay in Andong.
Not only did everyone in the Protectorate open the door to him, but local heroes, knight lords, and nobles also showed their favor to him.
Even the masters of the Pyongyang Academy seemed to have a special interest in him, and they were willing to do whatever they asked for.
It's not because Sima Qian was determined to write history since he was a child. I'm afraid there is no Taishi Gong at this moment!
It was precisely because of this that Sima Qian realized that the Chen brothers were never heroes.
In fact, these two brothers dislike each other, and whenever they get the chance, they want to stumble each other!
Their brothers have never been good men and women, and they are still the same as before in their bones!
However, in the eyes of the world, all the shortcomings and past of their brothers are ignored!
Countless people worshiped them as their idols, especially the aristocratic children, who almost took the Chen brothers as their role models, even imitating their costumes and catchphrases!
This is the power of combining power and wealth!
Ignoring morality and conduct, only looking at results. If in the inner 6 areas, such standards may be more secretive, but in Anton, it is an open secret to judge heroes based on wealth and power!
Even the most simple people are now pursuing profit!
In the Andong region, industry and commerce were improving day by day, which made Sima Qian worried.
However, the other partners did not have Sima Qian's worries at all, and everyone was smiling.
"I heard that Mr. Chen has secretly escorted the prisoners of war back to Anton. I'm afraid that the plantation in the Western District will be taken away. My father is already planning to go to the Western District to build a cotton estate..."
Everyone else was also confused: "My father is the same..."
For today's Antonlai, the entire industry, commerce and planting industry are inseparable from cheap dispatch workers!
Han people are in the middle and upper levels of the industrial and commercial food chain!
They are either employers or skilled craftsmen.
Almost all dangerous and heavy work is done by dispatch workers.
The nobles will invest in production and expansion as long as they have money!
However, the restrictions of the labor market made their expansion very unsmooth. Especially after the new Governor Xu Jiu came to power, he strictly controlled the number of dispatched workers. Except for the dispatched workers of Mahan, Japanese slaves and Zhenfan, the number of other Hu slave workers
The number has never increased.
This is so annoying!
Chen Xu's victory this time is a great benefit to the entire Anton Lai.
In particular, industry, commerce and the plantation economy were almost given a shot in the arm.
The local people were also happy and excited.
Just like the song that has been circulating in Andong for a long time: Farmers are inferior to workers, workers are inferior to merchants, Confucianism uses literature to disrupt the law, chivalrous people use force to violate the ban, and Jia uses Zi to do politics.
To sum it up in one sentence: if you have money, you are a gentleman, if you don’t have money, you are a human being.
Although the words are harsh, it is the truth in Anton!
In this fertile soil, five baht coins and gold have taken over most of the public order and good customs, and all the old good moral character and noble behavior have now been clearly marked with a price.
As long as you have money, you can get everything you want!
No matter you are a vicious robber or a hypocrite with a human face and an animal heart.
This made Sima Qian terrified and even felt a little creepy!
However, for the Andong people, they didn't feel anything wrong with this at all.
Scholars, peasants, industrialists and merchants all worked hard and managed painstakingly, using their hard work, sweat and wisdom to obtain wealth and status. This is natural and natural!
Even God cannot deprive or restrict people’s pursuit of freedom and wealth!
Today, under the influence of Zajia, Anton is no longer shy about expressing his money-loving nature!
Even among the aristocrats and wealthy businessmen, there is a belief that only the rich can have a gentleman.
Because even if a pauper has a good moral level, in fact he cannot make any contribution to the world.
On the contrary, a person worth tens of millions of dollars, even if he kills people, commits arson, deceives, commits crimes... But as long as he wakes up and does good with his heart, he can bless all people and benefit one place!
Therefore, the world should be more tolerant and less harsh on the rich.
The punishment should not exceed tens of millions, and the courtesy should not be disrespected to the common people, then this will be the kingly way in the future!
Such crooked ideas should have been pursued and beaten, but in Anton, there is a huge market for such remarks!
Even in the Yamen of the Governor's Office, such remarks were discussed and discussed in broad daylight!
And similar situations occur more and more frequently!
Thinking of this, Sima Qian had to sigh. The conscience of a scholar-official told him that these are wrong and should be exposed and told to the world!
But as a historian, his subconscious mind made him choose to remain silent!
Historians are bystanders and neutral persons, and cannot and must not take the initiative to get involved in political or academic disputes!
Otherwise, the facts he records and records will be biased!
"Maybe I should write a letter to ask the teacher for advice..." Sima Qian thought in his heart. His conscience made him choose to tell his teacher about the matter, hoping that through the teacher's influence, he could correct today's perverted social atmosphere in Anton to a certain extent.
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But Sima Qian was afraid of causing trouble to his teacher, so he was troubled.
At this moment, a voice said: "By the way, Brother Sima Xian..."
"Have you heard about Longluhou's recent actions?"
