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Chapter 22 Last Will and Testament (2)

Shu Yan agreed verbally, but did not take this matter to heart. He suddenly remembered the scene before Eunuch Xie's death, and asked Dr. Shu: "Grandpa, isn't it good for us to farm and study like this? Why did Eunuch Xie have to enter the officialdom before his death? Besides, I know that the path of the imperial court's officialdom is controlled by wealthy families and noble families. We are always looking down on us poor families. The so-called difference between scholars and commoners is greater than that of heaven, and this situation is becoming more and more common. And I think it is good to live a pastoral life like me, Ah Weng. With a confidant like Uncle Han, when he is tired of farming, he is so chirping, and he is proud of the kings and princes, free and unrestrained. How free and easy it is to have a confidant like Uncle Han.

Dr. Shu nodded and shook his head again: "It is undeniable that you, Mr. Xie, are right. Your Hermit's attitude as an hermit is influenced by me. You, Ah Weng, are proud of your talent and never bow to the powerful and prominent forces. You, Ah Weng, are willing to hide in this countryside. But Yan'er, since ancient times, said: 'The small hidden in the wild, the middle hidden in the city, and the big hidden in the court.' After all, you are not a big hidden in the wild. At least you can hide in the court first and then hide in the wild, so that you will be worthy of heaven and the people."

In the past, Shu Yan was influenced by his father. In this life, he only wanted to study and pass on his family. He never thought about fame and fortune, and his father never asked him to shine his ancestors. At this moment, Shu Yan didn't speak, and he recalled the situation on the day when Eunuch Xie was dying. At that moment, he was crying in front of Eunuch Xie's bed, while Zhixin was waiting for him to celebrate the Shangsi Festival on the bank of the Ru River.

Although Shu Yan was a little regretful when he failed to go to Zhixin's Shangsi appointment, he did not regret it. He was not a person who only cared about the love between children - it seemed that it was too early for children to grow up, and the boy's thoughts were not as delicate as girls. Although he was a little older now and his feelings for Zhixin gradually changed, in his heart, this Shangsi appointment did not have many ideas between men and women. Even if he went to the appointment that day, he probably had a "single-hearted" attitude and regarded it as an innocent outing with Zhixin's sister and brother in the past. He didn't know Zhixin's thoughts, nor did he know that Zhixin deliberately sent away his younger brother's "ulterior motives" in order to be able to date him alone.

Even though Zhixin is interested, the girl's reserve and shyness are innate, and she cannot passively say any love words. It is not difficult to imagine that under such circumstances, even if the two of them made a date that day - a girl who had just fallen in love faced a young man who had not yet "entitled", the girl was ignorant, the man was dull, and it seemed like playing the piano against a cow, how much romance would it create? Zhixin had thought of this in her heart, and she didn't expect how romantic it would be when she sent that date, but as long as she could walk alone with Shu Yan and stay for a while, she would be happy.

Zhixin's good intentions became empty, but she did not blame Shu Yan. In comparison, it was much more important to keep Brother Yan by his side when Eunuch Xie was dying than to have an appointment with her. After all, their days were still long.

Although the days are long, there are not many opportunities to meet. Zhixin helps her mother become a girl and earns money to subsidize her family income every day, and supervises her younger brother to study in her spare time. While studying, Shu Yan went to Xishan to chop some firewood, or sells vegetables that she couldn't finish at home to the market to sell.

The weather in March is hot and cold. Although it is spring, it is inevitable that there will be a late spring cold. The children of Shuhan and his family have taken off their thick clothes, got up early and worked late, and passed the summer early. However, they are like birds that have not passed the winter, hiding in their warm nest.

Every day, A Miao and A Yan helped Shi De wash, furn, put on a crane cloak after feeding him, then carried the hand stove and foot stove, and personally sent him to a dedicated study room for him to study. Of course, the study room had already set fire in advance, warm and warm. Agarwood was still burning beside the stove, and the fragrance filled the room. For this reason, Shi De named his study room "Carangxiang Bookstore".

At Mr. Zhu's request, A Miao and A Yan no longer accompanied Shi De to study. For this reason, Shi Hui specially sent one of his little book boys to Shi De. Shi De had a rule to name the male slaves and female servants who followed him. The male slaves all took the character "Shi" and the maids all took the character "Nu". The little book boy was named Aji, who was clever and quick-witted.

A Miao and Ayan placed the hand stove and foot stove as they were arranged. After everything was arranged, they told Aji a few words to serve the young master before going back.

When Mr. Zhu came in, Shi De performed the teacher-student ceremony first, then returned to his seat and sat down, stepped on his foot stove. Since the weather was not cold, he put the stove aside and played with a jade Ruyi in his hand. Mr. Zhu had long been disgusted with Shi De's pretentious behavior and said, "What time is this now?"

Shi Dedao: "Sir, it's spring now, it's the end of March."

"How can I see it?"

"Why are you so confused? Haven't you seen the green willows outside and the spring breeze seat?"

"You know why there are hand stoves and foot stoves outside? You are a young man with blood and energy. Wouldn't you be as cold as an old man?"

"Uh..." In fact, according to the current weather, there is no need for any heating equipment. Shi De signaled Aji to remove all the hand stoves and foot stoves.

Today, Mr. Zhu talked about the "Book of Rites" and talked about the chapter "Qu Li", and recited: "The emperor died and said that he was called a collapse, the prince died and died, the doctor died and said that he was called a soldier, the soldiers died, the common people said that he was dead. He was called a corpse on the bed, and the coffin was called a coffin..." After a while, he saw that Shi De no longer fiddled with Yu Ruyi at this moment, but lowered his head to admire the feather patterns of the crane fur he wore, and still did not listen to his lectures carefully. The crane fur was a very popular outer garment in the upper class at that time. The main fur was decorated with bird feathers. It was warm and light, and the patterns were exquisite. People wore it on their bodies, floating like a god.

Mr. Zhu put down his book, sat upright, and patted the desk with a ruler, "Emperor Wu of Wei died in Luoyang back then. If you were the ritual officer at that time, what words would you use to describe it?"

Shi De was shocked by Zhenqi and came to his senses, "Since Emperor Wu of Wei is the emperor, of course he has to use the word "beng".

Mr. Zhu sneered: "Although Cao Cao was later called Emperor Wu of Wei, he was just the one who pursued his son Cao Pi after he became emperor. After the Wei Dynasty, he could use the word "Beng". At that time, it was still the world of the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao was just the king of Wei, a prince, and was not the emperor. How could he use the word "Beng"? If you use words like this, wouldn't you commit a great disrespect and lose your head?"

"Oh." Shi De scratched his head, "then you should use the word 'Hong'."

"Since you know how to use the word 'Hong', then you can write it to me."

Shi De picked up the pen and wrote it several times, but he didn't write it right.

Mr. Zhu looked at the words he wrote and took the opportunity to criticize: "Confucius said: "A gentleman does not seek fullness for food, and does not seek peace in life, and is eager to learn." It is necessary to study harder to achieve something. The so-called "food and enough to think about lust and desire" is like yours, do you still have the intention to learn?"

Then he ordered Aji: "Why don't you remove all the jade Ruyi, crane cloak and agarwood!"

When Aji heard the order, he looked at Shi De, but he did not dare to move and was in a dilemma. Shi De had already cursed the teacher a hundred times in his heart, but he did not dare to show it on the surface. He took the initiative to take off the crane flask and handed it to Aji along with Yu Ruyi. Seeing this, Aji also tactfully extinguished the agarwood.

In this way, Shi De has nothing to distract himself. Although he is sometimes careless, it is much better than before.

In March, a major event happened in the Jin Dynasty, which changed the direction of Chinese historical development. That is, Emperor Wu of Jin, Sima Yan, destroyed Sun Hao of the Eastern Wu and unified the country, making the Jin Dynasty one of the few unified dynasties in Chinese history after the Han Dynasty. It was because the Western Jin Dynasty was unified for a short time, only thirty-six years, and soon afterwards fell into division. So much so that historians rarely called the "Jin Dynasty" alone, but mostly called this period "Wei and Jin". This title seemed a bit aggrieved to the unified dynasty of the Jin Dynasty, because it was not Cao Wei who unified the Three Kingdoms, but the Great Jin of the Sima family.

The most licentious emperors from the end of the Han Dynasty, from the Three Kingdoms to the Western Jin Dynasty, were not the last emperor of Han, Liu Xie, Cao Huan, or Liu Chan, or the last emperor of Shu Han, but Sun Hao, the last emperor of Wu. He killed innocent people indiscriminately, and many members of the royal family died at his hands. He also used torture, and even if he was not as good as his wish, he would peel off the face and tear his eyes alive. Sun Hao's harem had thousands of beauties, and he would drink and have fun every day, but he was not enough. Even the ministers' wives and daughters and folk women had beautiful appearances to offer him happiness. The Wu Kingdom was full of grievances, and the common people were looking forward to the Jin Dynasty coming over, overthrow Sun Hao, and rescue the people of Eastern Wu from the water and fire.

He has many helpers, but he has few helpers. It is only a matter of time before such an unpopular court was overthrown. Emperor Wu of Jin Sima Yan spent eight years to quell the rebellion of the Xiongnu Tufashu Jideng, and temporarily eliminated the hidden dangers in the northwest. The northwest became stable, and he could deal with the Eastern Wu wholeheartedly. He sent five major armies, including General Zhendong, Sima Yi, King of Langya, General Jianwei, Wang Rong, and other important cities in Tuzhong, Niuzhu, Wuchang, Xiakou, and Jiangling, respectively. The waterways were led by the famous general Wang Jun, and went east along the Yangtze River. The Grand Marshal Jia Chong was the commander-in-chief. The six armies advanced together on land and land, and they were like destroying the enemy. In just a few months, they wiped out Sun Hao.

The Longxiang General Wang Jun was the first to kill Sun Hao's palace. Seeing that the situation was over, Sun Hao tied his hands and carried a coffin in a car, kneeling in front of Wang Jun. This was called a face-bound chariot, which was a passage ceremony for the defeated kings in ancient times to surrender. Wang Jun personally helped Sun Hao up, untied the rope for Sun Hao, and ordered people to burn the coffin. Sun Hao presented the jade seal and picture books. After pacifying Sun Wu, the Jin Dynasty obtained four prefectures, forty-three counties, three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred and three hundred
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