Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 4
Shen Zhezi listened to what his father had to say, and groped for a long time, and couldn't help but open his eyes to the shamelessness of the ancients.The old man's words can be put into words that people can understand. Although I rebelled with Wang Dun, I am loyal to the imperial court in my heart, and I am open and aboveboard.The imperial court used the high position of the three princes to tempt me. This is because they are jealous of me and look down on me. They do not have the majesty and impartial attitude of a king.Since the court doesn't trust me, I don't want to play with you anymore. I want to learn from Confucius and Zilu to float in the sea and stop being a courtier.

Hearing what the old man said was so righteous and confident that he was even indignant. If he didn't know what he thought and did, Shen Zhezi would really think that the old man was some kind of lonely and loyal minister, a member of Bigan and Qu Yuan.It is not uncommon to do bad things, but it is rare to take bad things for granted and be confident. Sure enough, hooligans are not scary, but they are afraid of being educated.

Of course, the above nonsense can be omitted. The most important thing in this passage is the allusion quoted at the end.

Confucius said, "The morality I pursue cannot be spread all over the world, and it is meaningless to stay. It is better to go on a boat on the sea. Among my disciples, Zhong You is the only one who is willing to follow me."Zhong You was very happy when he heard this, thinking that Master really wanted to wander around with only himself.After seeing this, Confucius said, "Zhong You is far more courageous than me, but where can we find the materials for this shipbuilding?"

Confucius occasionally complained because of ineffective government orders, but Zhong You believed it to be true.But in fact, Confucius did not have the idea of ​​retiring from the world. Even if the current situation is difficult, he must stick to his ideas.While Zhong You is brave and fearless, what Shen Chong uses to compare himself is this meaning of disobedience to the imperial decree.

The meaning of Shen Chong's words is that the court misunderstood me, and I feel very wronged.It depends on how the court wants to deal with me, whether I am a Confucius who complained and continued to serve as a courtier, or a brave and heroic Zhong You who refused to obey the imperial order.

After experiencing it for a long time, Shen Zhezi admired his father's audacity even more. Even though he had given up plotting against him, he still kept putting pressure on the court.It's no wonder that the family has a lot of money, and there are countless beauties in the fertile land. They still dare to follow Wang Dun to make trouble, rebelling again and again. He is worthy of being a hero.In contrast, Shen Zhezi found that in addition to his foresight of the direction of history, his judgment on the current situation is actually not as good as that of his father.

Shen Zhen was a little dull, looking at the official seal on the case, his eyes were a little dull, Qi Qi Ai Ai said: "Shiju, why is this? Do you want to think about it again? Right now the center is also very chaotic, and the situation is not critical ..."

"Fifth brother, there is no need to say more. You just report my words to the court truthfully. You have the emperor's life, so I won't be able to stay for a long time."

Shen Chong didn't want to talk any more, so he got up to see off the guests.Shen Zhen wanted to persuade him again, but he didn't have the right time, so he was sent all the way out of the gate.When he was about to get into the car, he saw several ox carts beside him, and asked curiously, "What's the meaning of this?"

"Five brothers are worried, and it's difficult to understand the essence of dancing and music even though it's beautiful. I sent the eight ladies to my house. When the five brothers are idle, they can enjoy our Wu music to their heart's content." Shen Chong laughed. explained.

"This, what a shame..."

When Shen Zhen heard this, he couldn't hold back his joy. He naturally knew that Shen Chong's Qianxi singer was famous in the three Wus, but ordinary people are proud of having a Qianxi singer at home. Because there is no Qianxi performer to entertain guests, the hall is closed and dare not socialize with others.Unexpectedly, this trip would have such an unexpected harvest, Shen Zhen was overjoyed, and then even put aside the worries in his heart, thanked Shen Chong: "It's disrespectful, after I return to Jiankang, I will try my best to mediate for Shiju!"

"Fifth brother has a heart."

Shen Chong stood in front of the gate with a smile and watched Shen Zhen leave. Shen Zhezi stood behind his father with his hands down, but he was quite uncomfortable with this bad habit of treating people as gifts for socializing and socializing. Feng, I would never do such a thing myself.

Back home, Shen Chong changed his military uniform and greeted Shen Zhezi to enter the study together.The study room is very large, full of book scrolls, bamboo tablets and the like, and the proportion of bamboo tablets is not small.This surprised Shen Zhezi. It stands to reason that Cai Lun reformed papermaking in the Eastern Han Dynasty. How come bamboo slips are still in use today?Could it be that the current papermaking technique is only popular in the north, and has not spread in the south?

But soon, Shen Chong took out a roll of paper to dispel Shen Zhezi's plan to open the golden finger to climb the technology tree just after he came out.The paper scroll in the father's hand is white and flat, with fine texture. Although it is different from the rice paper known to later Shen Zhezi, the quality is not much inferior.

Spreading the paper scroll on the case, waiting for the servant to grind the ink, Shen Chong put the case on the paper with his palm, and suddenly sighed: "The foil is still there, Zhang Weikang is a dead bone. I didn't intend to harm him, but when the situation forced me .The north wind blows up the dust, ruining Wuzhong's romance, and the great sorrow of the time."

Shen Zhezi was slightly taken aback, and after thinking for a while, he realized what his father was talking about.Jin people are not good at this point. They don't say well when they have something to say, and they always like to play tricks.The so-called foil paper is the paper in front of Shen Chong. It is a kind of tender bamboo paper, which was invented and manufactured by Zhang Mao and Zhang Weikang as the old man said.Zhang Mao was a child of the so-called Zhang family among the so-called Gu Lu, Zhu Zhang, Wang Dun made a disturbance for the first time two years ago, Zhang Maozheng was an official in Wu Xing's internal history, because he prevented his father from recruiting Xiangyong, he was recruited by Shen Chong and killed.

Calculated in this way, not a few of the gentry in Wuzhong died at the hands of their father Shen Chong.Different from those boastful scholar-bureaucrats, this is a truly ruthless and decisive man.

Shen Chong wrote with a pen and ink, and he didn't shy away from Shen Zhezi.Shen Zhezi's performance today surprised Shen Chong, he no longer regarded him as an underage child, and meant to bring him by his side to teach by example.

Shen Zhezi saw his father sometimes brushing his pen like a fly, sometimes frowning and meditating, and wrote several letters in a row, guessing in his heart that it was probably to deal with the aftermath of the previous conspiracy.As for what was written and to whom, he couldn't quite understand it.Firstly, it was because of unaccustomed reading habits, and secondly, the handwriting of Wei and Jin Xingwen was very different from that of later generations. With Shen Zhezi's attainments in this area, it is already rare to be able to vaguely see that the old man's font seems to be a type of official script.

Shen Chong wrote a letter and asked the disciple guarding outside the door to deliver it.

The so-called disciples are not the kind of boss Du in Shanghai Bund.At the turn of the Jin Dynasty, the power of the gentry was not only due to their political superiority and wealth, but also their own private armed forces that should not be underestimated, such as disciples, private soldiers, tenants from shady households, and child servants. , the aggregate size is very large.

For example, father Shen Chong responded to Wang Dun's army and gathered more than ten thousand people with a single call. Of course, this was not because of his outstanding virtues to influence the villagers. A large part of them were private armed forces directly or indirectly controlled by the Shen family.It is precisely because of having such a powerful private armed forces that serve the people when they go out, Wu Xing and Shen's family can become the head of the powerful families in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is easy to raise troops and cause chaos.

The Yixing Zhou Clan settled Jiangnan three times, and a considerable number of opponents were such armed forces.He used this to invite credit to advance, but was copied by his more ruthless father, Shen, who was behind the yellow bird.Most of the vendettas between these gentry and local tyrants are conflicts of interests, and there is no difference between justice and evil.

Shen Zhezi thought that his understanding of the confusing clues in the current situation was not as deep as that of his father, so he sat aside and carefully observed how his father planned to deal with the aftermath.

The first few letters were sent to the local families in Sanwu. I think my father intends to contact allies to help each other, so as to resist the attack of the subsequent court. Among them are Gu, He and other high-ranking families in Wuzhong. It is also that each has a small circle of interests, rather than a mess.

However, Shen Zhezi was quite frightened by the next few targets he contacted. Two of them were the refugee leader Liu Xia of Yanzhou and Su Jun, the prefect of Linhuai, who the imperial court relied heavily on in the history of counterinsurgency.However, when Shen Chong sent letters to such people, in addition to the letters, he also ordered them to bring a large amount of goods, millions of dollars, and thousands of pieces of silk.

Although it is not clear what the current prices are, Shen Zhezi was already terrified when he heard such a huge number.It seems that although Dad's family business is big, he spends money ruthlessly.The millions of money was thrown away without changing his face, but he, the dick who traveled through time from later generations, felt pain and shame. He secretly thought that he would have to adapt to this kind of life of a wealthy local tyrant in the future, so he couldn't lose his confidence.

The target sent by Shen Chong's last letter was even more eye-opening to Shen Zhezi. It turned out to be General Pingnan Tao Kan who was the governor of Jiaozhou at that time!

(End of this chapter)