Chapter 126 Gangster
Xun Yu was very familiar with Taiping Dao, not that he himself had ever been interested in it, but that one of his elders was named He Yong.
Xun Yu was sensitive and complicated at heart. He complained about why his father paired him with a eunuch's daughter, and he was criticized in Yingchuan circles for this. And his father said that because he was educated and nurtured by his family, he naturally had to contribute to the family.
Xun Yu was silent, knowing that he was the price for his family's return to officialdom.
Although the Xun family is said to be after Xunzi, it really started with his grandfather Xun Shu.
His family was not good at that time, but his grandfather Xun Shu was good at reading, so he was very knowledgeable. But to be honest, reading the classics behind closed doors caused a problem, that is, he could not read a sentence. His interpretation of the classics was completely different from that of other great scholars. no the same. Such a wild person would definitely be despised by the Confucian disciples.
But there is one thing about Grandfather Xun Yu that no one can point out, that is, he is noble and moral. This was appreciated by several famous people from the same town at that time, and Li Ying, the then Shaofu, spoke highly of his grandfather.
As a core member of the family, Xun Yu naturally knew the history of his family. Morality is one thing, but the key point is that my grandfather had close contacts with members of the Communist Party of China at that time, and Li Ying, the then Shaofu, was one of the party leaders.
Later, my grandfather continued to live in the countryside until he was sixty-one. He was already an elder in the world, and all the heroes from his hometown took him as his teacher. My grandfather was finally taught by Qinghe Fangzhi, one of the founders of the party at that time, and Guang Guang, who was as famous as Li Gu. Lu Xun and Du Qiao jointly recommended him and he was promoted to the court in the name of being virtuous and upright.
But before my grandfather left, he told all the clansmen: He is already old, what else can he ask for?
Therefore, when he entered the DPRK to accept questions about national policy, he boldly ridiculed the powerful and powerful forces in the DPRK for controlling power, and pointed his finger at the then general Liang Ji.
Although he offended Liang Ji, his grandfather also gained greater fame. Later, he resigned and returned to his hometown, becoming a famous member of the Yingchuan Party.
After that, his family became a scholar and became a leader in Yingchuan.
You know, this is extraordinary. Their Yingchuan is no different from other places. This place has more people and more nobles.
Yingchuan County belonged to South Korea during the Warring States Period, and was later destroyed by the Qin Dynasty. Because there was Yingshui in the land, it was named Yingchuan.
Since the Han Dynasty, Yingchuan has been a major county. The most populous county at that time was Nanyang County, followed by Yingchuan, and then Runan. But among the three, Yingchuan is the smallest, which shows that Yingchuan is densely populated. The seventeen counties of Yingchuan have a population of around 1.5 million all year round.
In addition, because this place is within the world, it controls Ru and Luo to the west and Huai and Si to the east. Every year, boats and cars gather together, and there is an endless stream of easy transportation. In addition, the wilderness here is wide and flat, and farming is convenient, so wealthy families continue to settle here.
Let’s put it this way, there are gentry in the seventeen counties of Yingchuan. There are thirty-eight families with names and surnames, and these are the families of officials, not country tycoons.
My grandfather, on the other hand, managed the business in just one generation and raised the family's reputation to this level. He is worthy of being a god.
It was natural after that. My grandfather had eight sons. He had not done much at that time, so he was called "Eight Dragons". These are the remnants of my grandfather’s reputation.
But as his own nephew, although he has to be kept taboo by the venerable, one thing is that among the eight dragons, the third uncle Xun Jing Pingao and the sixth uncle Xun Shuang are famous. They are both dragons for a while, and the rest are mediocre and have nothing to do.
right. Including his own father. No matter how much he, Xun Yu, hopes that his father will become a dragon, sometimes he has to say that he is indeed a worm.
The third uncle chose not to be an official like his grandfather in order to raise a good name for the family. The most promising member of the family to enter the Tai Pavilion is the sixth uncle Xun Shuang.
It was originally like this. He had the reputation of his grandfather, and his fellow villagers discussed raising his reputation. The sixth uncle was promoted to be a filial and honest man and became an official at an early age, and he soon became a doctor.
But then things went wrong. First, the first disaster of party imprisonment broke out, but at that time it was mainly the party leaders who were hit, and the Xun family was okay.
But the great change in the family occurred during the second party imprisonment.
At that time, the country had just ascended the throne. When General Dou Wu was assisting the government, he should contact the party members to eliminate the eunuchs. At that time, Dou Wu not only contacted the old party members who were imprisoned for the first time, but also some new key party members participated in the plan. But this time, their Xun family was deeply involved in this matter.
But the plot was leaked, and the eunuchs not only eliminated the general group, but also launched the second party incarceration. But this time, the Xun family suffered heavy losses, one person was killed, and the most promising sixth uncle and fourth uncle were both imprisoned.
At the same time, the Chen family of Xu County joined their family in opposing the eunuchs. They have had close relations with their family since their grandfather's generation, and by his generation, he and Chen Qun of the Chen family were also close friends. The two families have been friends for generations.
At that time, Chen could have a good death in the prison of the party. Why? Because they had a good relationship with the eunuch Zhang Rang.
The thing is, Zhang Rang was also from Yingchuan, and his father was buried in Yingchuan after his death. However, no local celebrities came to express their condolences. Only Chen Qun's grandfather, Mr. Chen Suoda, attended Zhang Rang's funeral. So Zhang Rang felt sorry for the Chen family.
Chen's incident undoubtedly inspired their family, and soon he, Xun Yu, married the daughter of the eunuch Tang. In this way, someone from the Xun family could continue to serve as an official.
At that time, this incident also aroused great opposition within the clan. Some people say that I, the Xun family, belong to a pure family. Even if I don't become an official, I don't want to collude with the eunuchs.
Then these people were immediately scolded by the clan leader at the time, Xun Yu's father, Xun Nu.
Since my grandfather passed away and my uncle passed away early, the eldest son in the family is my father, so he naturally became the head of the Xun family.
The father scolded these people:
"What do you know about family management? Do you think that if no one in the family is an official, who will continue to come to our Xun family to study. They travel thousands of miles to study in the Xun family just because the Xun family can find them to be officials. And Now if Mr. Xun himself cannot be an official, how can he check his disciples? Remember, the scriptures that do not allow his disciples to be officials are dead scriptures.”
My father's words are undoubtedly deviant, but the Yingchuan people are just like the ancient Koreans. They don't care about false fame, but value practical benefits above all. They are rampant in Legalism. So everyone in the tribe knew what their father said was right.
Another point is that for the sake of the clan, my father didn't reveal it clearly, but the clan members all knew it.
That is, their current Zhongmingdingdingshi relies on Xun's Confucian classics. If Xun's knowledge becomes a dead science, then their lives will be very unsatisfactory.
So, the matter finally passed. And because his father was the clan leader, he was directly responsible for the marriage with the Tang family. In the end, the clan members were all satisfied, and Xun Yu alone became the price of the family. If you have this stain, don't think about raising your reputation and becoming an official through Qingyue in the future.
But fate played another joke on him here. He was appreciated by a veteran party member, who evaluated himself very highly and called himself a talented person who could assist the emperor. This was the material he expected to be able to assist the emperor.
And this veteran party member is He Yong.
Later, he excitedly told his father this criticism. Unexpectedly, his father laughed and said:
"Do you know who was the last person called Wang Zuozhi by their party members?"
Xun Yu didn't know.
"It's Yan Shujian. But in the end, this person could only be a servant at the highest level, and later he went back to his hometown to teach. This is what his party members say, a liar."
Xun Yu was shocked by these words, but he still felt that the senior He Yong's speech was more structured and insightful than his father's, which was much better to listen to.
After that, he often followed He Yong and hung out in Runan for a long time.
It was also there that he knew how powerful Runan Taiping Road was and what veteran party members like He Yong were thinking about.
Let's put it this way, the population of Runan is about the same as that of Yingchuan, with more than one million, but they have 400,000 followers of Taiping Dao. In the land of Runan, except for the families of officials and scholars, it can be said that every family believes in peace and every household hangs yellow flags. Every morning, the praises of their Taiping Dao followers resound throughout the whole city of Runan.
And He Yong and the other imprisoned party members also have close contacts with these Taiping Dao believers. What are their plans?
Even with Xun Yu's knowledge, he could see that these Taiping Roads had been a scourge for a long time, and the country would definitely have to liquidate them in the future. Why?
Because Taipingdao is competing with the country for money.
Those heads of Guizhou who believe in Taiping Dao must make offerings to Taiping Dao, and every cent they make to Taiping Dao will mean they pay less taxes to the country. And in the long run, when these people are powerful in the local area and can compete with the Han court, how can they continue to pay taxes and serve the country.
Therefore, the contradiction between Taipingdao and the state is irreconcilable.
Because of this, when he saw that He Yong and other imprisoned party members had friends with Taiping Dao, and even funded and helped Taiping Dao to enter the upper class, Xun Yu wondered whether these people were resentful because they were imprisoned by the state and wanted to Rebellion with Taipingdao.
It's no wonder that Xun Yu thought this way. In the gentry circle, the two party rebellions were so serious at that time that they were already thinking about whether Liu's world still had destiny.
Since Dong Zhongshu, all famous religions have regarded the connection between heaven and man as their spirit. They believe that the Liu family's world is given by heaven and that the country is the representative of heaven.
But after two party bans, they became suspicious. Is this Liu family really the emperor? How can there be such a confused person who cannot distinguish between pure and dirty. And this person was chosen by God.
Does that mean that tomorrow is punishing all people? But God is extremely benevolent and merciful to all people, otherwise there would not be this heaven and earth to be kind to all people.
Since God is most benevolent and merciful, it can only mean one thing, that is, this person is not the one chosen by God. There is someone else who is the chosen one, and it is time for the Liu family to abdicate in favor of someone worthy of their honour.
But no matter how he looked at it, Xun Yu felt that Taiping Dao did not look like a person who could achieve anything. In gratitude to He Yong for making him famous, Xun Yu once advised He Yong and asked his party members to be cautious.
Who knows, He Yong laughed after hearing this.
(End of chapter)