A few days later, it happened that his parents and elder brother were visiting the mansion, so Zhou Jun held a banquet in Zhongyuan Garden to entertain his family.
There are many springs and rivers in Liangzhou City, and the gurgling streams in the princess's mansion are surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery is pleasant.
Zhou Jun's father Zhou Dinghai, mother Luo Sanniang, and his eldest brother Zhou Ze's family all attended the banquet.
Yin Yu brought Zhou Jun's eldest son Zhou Xiao, Song Ruo'e brought his second son Zhou Yi, and his concubine Xiao Qingchan also came.
As the banquet began, musicians and musicians from the mansion filed in from the Yuanmen Gate.
A tall and beautiful woman in palace attire came to the table, lowered her head and asked, "Is there anything you would like to hear?"
Zhou Jun was talking to Yin Yu next to him. When he heard the woman's clear and melodious voice, which sounded vaguely familiar, he couldn't help but be startled.
When Yin Yu saw this, she smiled and said to Zhou Jun: "Did Erlang forget? She is Xu Hezi."
Zhou Jun looked at the beauty in front of him and suddenly said: "It turns out to be you."
Yin Yu added: "Erlang has been traveling most of the time in the past few years. Even when he returns home, he rarely entertains himself. I'm afraid I have never seen these musicians in the house."
Zhou Jun once heard Yin Yu say that when the Princess's convoy escaped from Chang'an, his wife was grateful for Xu Hezi's help, so she specially took Xu Hezi with her and came to Liangzhou City together.
Later, Zhou Jun was busy with political and military affairs, so he forgot about this matter, and only now did he think about it.
Looking at Xu Hezi in the field, Zhou Jun felt a little emotional and said: "In the third year of Tianbao, you were selected as the leader of the palace teaching workshop. Before going to the palace, you performed on the stage for the last time in Zhongjie, West City.
, I was lucky enough to be there. Let me ask you, what was the name of the song that day?"
After hearing Zhou Jun's words, Xu Hezi thought for a while and said: "When I returned to my master's house, the music played that day was not a palace music song, but an adaptation of a slang song called "Hundred People's Song"."
Zhou Jun: "Okay, let's sing it again."
Xu Hezi: "Here."
When the singing started again, Xu Hezi's voice warbled, and the sound echoed across Jiumo.
Listening quietly, sometimes it is high-pitched, sometimes crisp, and sometimes melodious, like birdsong in a quiet forest, like spring sound in a quiet mountain stream.
In recent days, Zhou Jun, who had been constantly distracted by official duties and the war, relaxed for a moment, and his mind seemed to have returned to Chang'an more than ten years ago.
In the crowded Western Market, he took a woman and stood on one side of the street corner, listening to the sounds of nature coming from the high platform.
All those memories seemed to be close before our eyes, but when we reached out and reached out, we found that they were long gone.
The song is over.
Zhou Jun slowly opened his eyes, looked at Xu Hezi who was slowly leaning over, and sighed softly: "Things have changed and people are still here today; if you don't see the past, you will come back..."
Hearing this, Yin Yu took a deep look at Zhou Jun and was speechless.
After Xu Hezi and the musicians left, Zhou Jun asked his parents and brother's family in Xi Zhong, "How is it living in Liangcheng?"
Zhou Dinghai and Luo Sanniang's hair has gradually turned white, and they are already a little old. However, they live a comfortable life and are much fatter than before.
Zhou Dinghai heard Zhou Jun's question and wanted to bow down to answer, but he felt that there was something wrong with the etiquette and for a while he didn't know what to do.
Luo Sanniang looked at Zhou Jun's familiar face, her eyes filled with fondness, but also obviously unfamiliar.
In her opinion, Zhou Jun's words, deeds, eyes, and temperament were completely different from the young man in Chang'an City.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Luo Sanniang felt vaguely afraid to recognize her. The man in front of her, who was in a very popular position, was her son who was born as a slave.
As for Zhou Ze on the side, he was not good at speaking. When facing Zhou Jun, he did not even dare to express his anger, which was even more unbearable.
As a result, in the family, in the end, only Yu Junniang spoke out generously: "I dare to teach Erlang that my parents-in-law live a comfortable life in Liangzhou City and everything is safe and sound."
Zhou Jun nodded and said, "That's good."
Yin Yu was acquainted with Yu Junniang and asked the latter about her current life and family anecdotes.
Zhou Jun listened on the sidelines and gradually learned some details.
When Zhou Dinghai first came to Liangzhou, he never changed his habit of showing off and being flattered.
For a period of time, he liked to hold a big banquet at home, and he found a famous calligrapher to write a copybook and hung it in the banquet for guests to see.
There is a long article on the copybook that introduces the past of the Zhou family. Among them, Zhou Jun was the governor of Anxi, deposed the governor of Longyou, the prince-in-law of the Tang Dynasty, opened up the Daqi trade route, defeated the Tibetans and Turks, etc., which is a special feature of the book.
Book.
Luo Sanniang felt it was inappropriate, so she asked her servants to take down the copybook in front of the guests.
Zhou Dinghai felt his face was dull, so he contradicted Luo Sanniang for a few words.
The latter was so angry that he wrote a letter to Zhou Ze and Yu Junniang.
Zhou Ze was an official in the Ministry of Revenue at that time. Due to his official duties, he stayed in Wuyuan, Shuofang for a long time.
After receiving Luo Sanniang's letter, Yu Junniang and Zhou Ze made some plans, and moved their son Zhou Shang to Liangzhou City to live with her parents-in-law.
Since Yu Junniang moved here, Zhou Dinghai has been much more low-key under her persuasion.
Moreover, Zhou Shang's arrival also made Zhou Dinghai busy taking care of his grandson, which took away a lot of energy.
When Zhou Jun heard this, he looked at Yu Junniang and sighed in his heart.
At the beginning, Zhou Ze entered the imperial examination and wanted to marry Yu Junniang.
Most of the people who learned about this said that Yu Junniang was the one who took advantage of Zhou Ze.
Little did they know that Mother Yu Jun was virtuous and virtuous, but Zhou Zetian was lucky to have such a virtuous wife.
Yin Yu also said to Yu Junniang at this time: "Xiao'er studies in the house on weekdays and has no one to accompany him. Why not let Shang'er move in with him so that the two brothers can take care of him."
Yu Junniang thought for a while and nodded in agreement.
On the other side, seven-year-old Zhou Xiao heard this, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Brother Shang can come and play with me!"
Hearing this, Yin Yu turned around and glared at Zhou Xiao: "I only care about having fun every day. If you miss your homework, be careful!"
When Zhou Xiao heard this, his little face immediately showed fear, and he quickly waved his hands and said, "I can't do it."
Zhou Jun looked at his son Zhou Xiao, then at his brother's son Zhou Shang, thought for a moment, and said, "I have a question for you two to answer separately."
When everyone in the banquet heard what was said, they all closed their mouths and listened.
Zhou Jun: "Have you seen "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period"?"
The people at the table originally thought that Zhou Jun was going to take the exam for poetry, poetry, or the Four Books and Five Classics, but unexpectedly it was a miscellaneous book, so they all looked surprised.
Zhou Xiao and Zhou Shang looked at each other and shook their heads in unison.
Zhou Jun: "There is a story in "The Spring and Autumn Annals of the Lu Family". Confucius' disciple Zigong was a wealthy local man. Once he saw a Lu man being sold into slavery in Wei State, so he used his own money to redeem this compatriot.
Because the Lu State stipulates that if someone from the Lu State is seen as a slave outside, the money for the redemption will be borne by the state. But Zigong thought that rescuing people was what a gentleman did, and he was not short of this little money, so he did not go to get the money from the Lu State.
subsidies from the country, and rejected that person’s gift.”
"When Confucius found out, he came to Zigong and said to him: What you are doing is wrong. By receiving the reward from Lu, you have set an example for the people of Lu. From now on, everyone will come to rescue their fellow Lu people when they see them suffering. But.
If you don’t get paid, and others who save people and then get paid will be accused by the public of being greedy for money and not as moral as you, Zigong. In this way, those people of Lu who are short of money and those who are afraid of getting into trouble will
The people of Lu will no longer dare to redeem people."
After telling this story, Zhou Jun looked at Zhou Xiao and Zhou Shang and asked: "If you were from the Lu country, if you saw a compatriot sold into slavery by another country, and you redeemed him, would you go and get him?"
Subsidy from the State of Lu?"
Everyone in the audience turned their attention to the two children, waiting for their answers.
Zhou Ze's son, Zhou Shang, first replied: "The state of Lu has stipulated that those who redeem people can receive subsidies. This order is the law of the country. The people of the country should abide by it and should not violate it without authorization. Moreover, as Kong Xian said
"If you don't get rewarded, then the people of Lu will not dare to save people anymore. Therefore, based on emotion and reason, I think everyone should abide by the law and receive rewards."
Zhou Shang has attached great importance to laws and regulations since he was a child, and he also abides by agreements. Sometimes he is criticized by his parents for his straightforward temperament and lack of flexibility. It is not surprising that he has such an answer.
Zhou Jun nodded, looked at his son Zhou Xiao, and asked, "What about you? What's your answer?"
Zhou Xiao tilted his head, thought for a long time, and asked: "Aye, why were those Lu people sold as slaves?"
Zhou Jun was stunned and replied: "The slave market has been around since ancient times."
Zhou Xiao said in a childish voice: "If I were from the Lu country, the first thing I would think about is not whether I should get subsidies to redeem people, but why is the Lu country so weak that its citizens dare to be bullied and traded like livestock?"
Zhou Jun was stunned when he heard this.
Zhou Xiao: "Since the State of Lu can provide money to pay for the ransom, it must be quite wealthy. Why can't it use this money to develop armaments and increase its military strength so that other countries will not dare to make mistakes? If anyone dares to Naru again
If the people of the country are slaves, they will kill each person they meet, barbarize each household they meet, and destroy the country they meet. In this way, no one in the world will dare to humiliate Lu."
After hearing these words, Zhou Jun stood there blankly for a while, then asked: "Who taught you these words?"
Zhou Xiao: "No one taught me, it was all Xiaoer's own idea."