Li Hui said loudly: "Everyone has a breath of life. Although I, Li Hui, come from a humble background, I don't want to be yelled at. I will be beaten if I want to be beaten, and scolded if I want to be scolded. I am not your slave of the Gu family, so why should I be subject to the Gu family?"
Bullying? If I hadn’t remembered Dong Weng’s kindness, I would have brought my mother back to Danyang County last time, and I wouldn’t have suffered the humiliation I am experiencing today. If I stay here again, I will definitely die. Forgive me for being rude, Dong Weng might as well take a look at my place.”
Li Hui stretched out his hand to lift up his robe, and pulled open his undershirt to expose his chest and abdomen. He saw a blue and purple footprint on his snow-white skin, which was shocking.
"I don't know what enmity I have with the eldest son. I have never interacted with him. I work in the south house and he is the master of the north house. I have nothing to do with him. But I don't know why he hates me so much. Today's incident
If I hadn't been lucky, I would have died here. No matter how difficult it is outside, I don't have to worry about being kicked to death at any time. And Han Yong, when I came to Nanzhai to do things, he didn't have a good look towards me.
What happened today, he and the eldest son came specifically to me. If I stay here again, I will definitely die. I understand what Dong Weng said, but please forgive me for not being able to listen. I can’t afford to offend you, and I can’t hide.
Get up!" Li Hui put down his robe and said excitedly.
Gu Qian looked at Li Hui's angry look, sighed, walked slowly to Li Hui and narrowed his eyes at him.
"Young man, don't be so excited. Stay calm. Listen to what I say. You have indeed been wronged today. I also had a misunderstanding. But I still say that being wronged is not necessarily a bad thing.
Might be a good thing for you."
Li Hui said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid if there are too many good things like this, I will die. One kick today will be a knife tomorrow."
Gu Qian hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Li Hui, if I tell you that they are not here for you, but for me, what should you do?"
"What?" Li Hui cried out in shock.
Gu Qian's words were beyond Li Hui's expectation and made Li Hui's nervous heart beat faster.
Gu Qian walked slowly to the window and looked out the window with his hands behind his hands. The sun was shining brightly outside the window, the flowers and trees were luxuriant, and it was a grand summer scene.
"Originally, there are some things that I cannot tell outsiders. After all, this is an internal matter within my Gu family. As the saying goes, family scandals should not be made public. In my Gu family, Jiangnan, if there is even the slightest discord, it will spread throughout the world and become a topic of conversation.
.can also be used by haters. Do you understand?"
Li Hui said hurriedly: "Dong Weng, I just pretend that I didn't hear anything. Dong Weng doesn't need to say anything more."
Gu Qian chuckled and said, "You are very shrewd, but unfortunately I have already told you, and you are an insider. From today on, any rumors will be your fault, and I will question you."
Li Hui said in astonishment: "Isn't this Dong Weng blackmailing? Dong Weng said it himself, and I didn't ask him anything. This is unreasonable."
"Haha, how can there be so much truth to be said about things in this world? Furthermore, you have been wronged and are angry. In order to explain to you, I can't help but touch on my Gu family's secrets. This is equivalent to you forcing me to tell it.
Yes, of course you have something to do with it." Gu Qian said with a smile.
Li Hui had nothing to say and chose to shut up. These days, not only are the members of these wealthy and distinguished families very talkative. They talk about mysteries and sophistry every day. How can he be his opponent? It is better to save his words.
good.
"You must be full of doubts in your heart. Do you want to know the inside story?" Gu Qian said in a deep voice.
Li Hui really wanted to know, but he knew in his heart that the more he knew about this kind of thing, and the more detailed he knew, it might not be a good thing for him. If there were any grudges between wealthy families or ulterior motives involved, he knew this.
Things are just asking for trouble.
"Don Weng, it's better not to say anything. I don't want to pry into other people's secrets," Li Hui said.
"No, it's rare for me to open up my heart to others. I want to tell some things in my heart, so I need to speak freely today. These things have been held in my heart for too long, and no one has told me. I won't be happy if I don't talk about it today. You'd better sit down and tell me.
Listen honestly." Gu Qian said solemnly.
Li Huida was speechless and had to smile bitterly and return to the futon to sit down.
Gu Qian also returned to sit behind the case, looked at Li Hui and said: "Before talking about this matter, I want to tell you about the past of my Gu family in Wu County. You should know very little about it. Knowing my past, Gu family,
It will help you understand the current situation of my Gu family."
Li Hui stopped resisting and held his hands in his arms and said, "I am all ears."
Gu Qian nodded with satisfaction and said in a deep voice: "My family, the Gu family in Wu County, has been descended from our ancestors in the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years. Over the past hundreds of years, talents have emerged in large numbers in the clan, and the family name is famous all over the world. I dare not say that it is.
The family of the first gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, but also respected by the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River, has the qualifications to lead the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. My ancestors of the Gu family are all famous, and at that time, they were all important ministers in the court, and they were highly respected in the world.
People. Once upon a time, my Gu family was so glorious and prosperous, a wealthy family that was admired by the world."
When Gu Qian talked about this, his eyes shone, he became excited, and his beard trembled. It can be seen that the glory of his ancestors is something he is very proud of in his heart, and it is also something he values extremely.
"Dong Weng, the Gu family is still a prominent family. It is also admired by the world." Li Hui said in a deep voice.
"Hmph! What do you know? How can our Gu family be compared with what it used to be? Nowadays, the talents of our Gu family are withering away, and each generation is worse than the last. The brothers in each house are obsessed with leisure and pleasure, and can be called dandies. They have no virtue, no talent, no knowledge. Recently
For decades, except for the late family head, no one can be said to be the ancestor. The decline of our Gu family is a fait accompli, and there is no need to elaborate on it. How can we continue the glory of the Gu family and prosper our great Gu family? This is my question.
The family's top priority is to worry about it." Gu Qian said coldly.
Li Hui's expression became solemn. Gu Qian's comments about the Gu family surprised him. It turned out that in his eyes, the Gu family was already like this. In the eyes of outsiders, the Gu family still had a bright and tall image, but
Obviously Gu Qian was involved, and his views were more convincing.
Gu Qian breathed a sigh of relief, calmed down his thoughts and said slowly: "The rise and fall of aristocratic families is often the same as that of a country. Its rise and fall are also sudden. The decline is actually a matter of one or two generations.
.This is the case for many aristocratic families. They prosper today and decline tomorrow. Originally, this is nothing. The rise and fall are the principles of the world. There are no evergreen trees and no flowers that will bloom forever. Looking back on the history of our Gu family over the past hundreds of years.
, in fact, not all are glorious times. We have also experienced trough times. Ups and downs, just like the ebb and flow of the tide. My ancestors of the Gu family can not change their true colors in the times of glory, and not change their family tradition in times of trough.
, adhere to the family tradition of poetry and calligraphy. Only when the younger members of the family have accumulated a lot of experience can they rise again. This is the reason why my family is prosperous."
Li Hui was deeply touched after hearing this. He couldn't help but interjected: "Yes, the most difficult thing in the world is to stick to your heart in adversity. The ancestors of the Gu family are admirable. Keep the family tradition and stick to the tradition.
The way of the family is that if the children of the family work hard and cultivate themselves, they will flourish. This is the magic weapon for the prosperity of the family."
Gu Qian took a deep look at Li Hui, his eyes full of praise. It was rare for a seventeen-year-old boy to understand this truth. This deepened his understanding of Li Hui. This boy
He is by no means a shallow person.
"Nowadays, my Gu family has also encountered a trough. Since the death of the previous head of the family, I, the Gu family, have lost my status in the court. In fact, not only my Gu family, but also the big families in Jiangnan have encountered the same trouble. The reasons are naturally complicated.
On the one hand, the suppression of the wealthy families with overseas surnames is on the one hand, and on the other hand, our Jiangnan gentry failed to stick to their family tradition, and the children in the family were not talented enough. The good ones did not learn, but learned to talk about the occult and Taoism. If you do not learn and have no skills, you are inferior to Dali.
Being proud of being crazy and extravagant, being proud of arrogant words. This is the biggest crisis that our Jiangnan noble family is facing now." Gu Qian said in a deep voice.
Li Hui was very surprised that Gu Qian could actually say such words, which showed that he was different.
You know, this is the Jin Dynasty. Confucianism has declined, and metaphysics is the mainstream. Everyone talks about metaphysics, which has become a trend throughout the Jin Dynasty. Gu Qian, as a main member of the Wujun family, actually talks about metaphysics.
Taoism is uneducated and inferior to Dali. This is of course surprising.
"The trough that my Gu family is experiencing right now is not really a big hardship in my opinion. There are quite a few of my Gu family's children serving as officials in various counties and counties, and they are not very young either. All we need to do is be honest and upright, and work hard to make progress.
, abide by the family motto, train yourself, and make great achievements in your future. Moreover, our Jiangnan gentry has a deep foundation, and the large overseas Chinese surnames come from the north and south. Although they are in charge of the country, they cannot touch the foundation of our Jiangnan gentry. After all, our great Jin country
Zuo is now in the land of Jiangnan. This is the place where our Jiangnan gentry has lived for generations. Neither land separation nor marriage can change this fact. The so-called suppression is only temporary." Gu Qian continued.
Li Hui nodded slowly. Li Hui still knew a thing or two about what Gu Qian said.
After the southern migration from Yongjia, millions of noble people in the north were forced to migrate southward and establish the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At the beginning of the southern migration, there were actually many contradictions.
At that time, Director Wang, who was born in the Langya Wang family, actively united with the southern gentry and gave them important political status, which finally stabilized the situation.
After that, the imperial court actively promoted the policy of integrating the north and the south, marrying the northern and southern gentry, adopting the method of "earth breaking", localizing and naturalizing overseas Chinese, establishing independent resettlement counties for overseas Chinese, etc., all in order to achieve a balance between the northern and southern gentry and the common people.
Create a situation of internal unity.
There was a period of relative balance between the political and economic interests of both parties. This is why both the Gu family and the Lu family among the Jiangnan gentry had people occupying top positions such as official posts in the court.
But in fact, deep down in my heart, the contradiction between the north and the south has not been bridged. After all, the gentry and people in Jiangnan were living well, but suddenly a large number of expats came in. They competed for land, resources, and opportunities to make money, which made the people of Jiangnan
Life was difficult.
Coupled with differences in living habits, food customs, and even speaking accents, it is easy to cause discrimination and conflicts. Therefore, under the pressure of the powerful enemy in the north, we can only make do with unity, but there is no real unity.
Reconciliation and integration.
There is a rumor that everyone knows. It is said that at the beginning of the Jin Dynasty's southern migration, in order to unite the Jiangnan gentry and win people's hearts, Wang Dao asked Lu Wan, the head of the Lu family in Wu County, for a family intermarriage, but he was ridiculed by Lu Wan. Lu Wan said, "Little Qiu Chang"
Without a big tree, it is impossible for vanilla and stinky grass to grow together.' Such words are extremely humiliating. For the sake of the overall situation, Director Wang swallowed his anger and the matter did not become a big deal.
To this day, the southerners still despise the northerners as Beiqin, and the northerners do not show any weakness, calling Jiangnan people Wu'er, Chu barbarians and the like. In terms of speech, the northern gentry officials speak Luoyang Mandarin, but the southern gentry officials still speak Wu dialect.
Within the Jin Dynasty, there were not only internal conflicts between the gentry and the gentry in the north and the south. After the political stability of the Jin Dynasty, it was indeed true that the northern gentry suppressed the southern gentry. After all, the current Jin Dynasty came from the Central Plains and relied on
They are the great northern tribes.
However, the southern gentry were born and raised and had deep roots. Although they were suppressed, they were not without a foothold. They were only suppressed politically, and at least they basically lost their say in the distribution of power in the court. This is exactly what the Gu family, Lu family and others are currently doing.
The Jiangnan gentry regarded it as a top priority and an obstacle they were eager to break through.