Donkey Trouble Volume 4: The Prodigal Son of the Capital 58, the wisdom of the little young master
Relatives call it wisdom, and adversaries call it treacherous; those who follow me are stupid and those who oppose me are fools; some people are wise and some people are dumb and dumb...... Chinese wisdom has many different uses of wisdom.
It is a child's nature to play, but he is closely connected to social life.
From an early age, the children of the peasants would play with mud and bury their beans in the soil waiting for them to sprout, longing for the fruits to be obtained through their labor; the poor children always liked to "steam steamed buns" and "cook rice" and fantasize about the delicious meal in their hearts becoming real; the children of craftsmen loved to "build houses" and "build bridges" at an early age to show their creative ability; and the children of soldiers imitated their fathers from an early age to wield knives and guns and longed to go to the battlefield to charge and kill the enemy.
Zhao Kuangyin is a high-ranking official's family, and he sees a lot of kowtows and kneels, the gift giver's flattering smile on him and his parents, and his parents' condescending reprimand and shouting at his subordinates, and he likes his father's official clothes and hats since he was a child, knowing that it is a symbol of power. In his small mind, he has vaguely realized that being an official is the most noble, being an official has power, and power can get everything he wants.
He often boasted to his children of the same age: "My father is a great official, and he often sees the Lord Banzai; Whoever sent something to my father, and who kowtowed to my father again! My father scolded someone's father again—"
Those children of his father's subordinates will scold him if he goes against his will: "Grass you, your father is under the control of my father, and you dare to speak out in front of Lao Tzu!"
According to the records of Ye Shi praising Zhao Kuangyin's ambition and extraordinary birth, Zhao Kuangyin loved to play the game of being a big official since he was a child, and liked to let those children of his father's subordinates kowtow to him like they bowed down to him Lao Tzu.
At the age of five, he could distinguish between the status of adults, the size of his official position, and always treated those children differently. In the game, he often sat on a high table, and made the children of the father's subordinates and the children of the commoners stand or sit or squat or lie on their stomachs to show his noble status. Sometimes he used a bamboo pole as a horse, and wielded a stick as a sword, commanding the children to rush and kill, and whoever was a little slow, he would whip wantonly to show the authority of the "official".
Since childhood, power and autocracy have been injected into Zhao Kuangyin's blood, and more and more, diluting innocence and naivety, diluting simplicity and purity!
One day when Zhao Kuangyin was six years old, his father's subordinate soldier Dong Zongben came to give gifts, and specially brought his eight-year-old son Dong Zunzhi to meet Zhao Kuangyin.
Using children to pull relationships for adults is a common and effective way in relationology.
From the day he was born, Dong Zunzhi became a tool in his father's hands for foreign affairs. His father hugged him, and his uncles and aunts who came to visit him kept selling, and recognized him with a large group of "godfathers" and "godmothers". When he was on the full moon, his parents threw a feast and congratulated him on all the decent people they could in the city. When he was older, his parents often took him and asked him to visit his "godfather" and "godmother" in the name of making ulterior and extremely subtle courtesies for them. Of course, the true intentions of his parents will not be known by the little Dong Zunzhi. He is very well-behaved, he only knows how to listen to his father's words, sweetly calls "godfather" and "godmother" to those people he does not like very much, kowtows, bows, recites poems, plays boxing, and sings for those people according to his parents' will, so as to create a good diplomatic atmosphere for his parents, so as to solve the inevitable embarrassment and contradictions in the officialdom that are difficult to ease.
Zhao Kuangyin is the baby son of Dong Zongben's boss Zhao Hongyin, and letting his son please Zhao Kuangyin can make Zhao Hongyin happy, Dong Zongben of course attaches great importance to it.
Dong Zunzhi was originally very well-behaved, because he often visited his father for diplomacy, and was also very familiar with etiquette, Dong Zongben was not at ease, and before leaving, he specially explained: "When I see the old man kowtowing, his buttocks must be kicked high, and his head must touch the ground, and the master cannot get up if he does not let him get up; If Young Master Kuang Yin is present, you have to come forward to pay a visit. Although he is younger than you, his father is my boss, and he is also your boss. If he does not speak, do not move, but when he is gone, you will get up again. Then you offer the gift that you have prepared for him, remembering to hold it in your hands, bend down and raise it to your forehead, not too high or too low. If he asks you to play, you must gladly agree, but remember to ask your lord for permission before you can play with him—"
Dong Zongben explained a lot to his son, and even designed many details about how to talk and play with Zhao Kuangyin, but he didn't expect Zhao Kuangyin's eccentric character.
Dong Zunzhi entered the Zhao Mansion, the little adult greeted people, greeted people, kowtowed to the master and touched the ground, and spoke sweetly, Zhao Hongyin and his wife Du Shi of course wanted to be "really obedient", "really obedient", "like a little adult", and give a few words of praise.
The guest brought the child to worship, and the host praised the child, which was a general courtesy, but Zhao Kuangyin listened to it but was very unhappy: "I grass, where is the second goods, like a university leader! Look at his bear-like, he is also a gentleman's fart at school! I have to fight with him to see what his grandson is capable of!"
Zhao Kuangyin was jealous of Dong Zunzhi's betrayal, and when Dong Zunzhi played with him, he proposed to fight with Dong Zunzhi.
"Good son, little adult, dare to try a fight with me?" he said, and slammed his fist over.
Zhao Kuangyin's father is his father's superior, this fight can't be beaten, not to mention that he is a guest, the sensible Dong Zunzhi turned around and ran away, and Zhao Kuangyin chased after him.
Dong Zongben ran out when he heard the news, grabbed his son, and said: "How did I teach you at home, I asked you to please the little young master, and you dare to make him unhappy?
Dong Zunzhi said pitifully: "Dad, he beat me!"
The boss's happiness is his own happiness, the boss's satisfaction is his own satisfaction, and everything is the boss's likes and dislikes for the purpose, which is the unspoken rule that subordinates must always keep in mind.
Dong Zong originally thought that Zhao Kuangyin was just a six-year-old doll, and his small fists didn't have much strength, so a few punches were not a big deal; even if he was thrown to the ground, he was just a butt of ashes, and his clothes were dirty, so he could go back and wash them; what was more important than coaxing Zhao Kuangyin to be happy and thus curry favor with his father, the top boss?
He glared at his son and said: "The little master wants to beat you and you are willing to play with you, and other children can't suffer if they want to!" Go, let him beat you a few times, and when he is happy, he will naturally like you!"
Dong Zunzhi didn't dare to disobey his father, so he had to walk slowly to Zhao Kuangyin's side and let Zhao Kuangyin beat him. He thought that it wouldn't hurt too much after a few hits, so he didn't care. Knowing that Zhao Kuangyin's little arm slammed into his forehead, he immediately broke his head and bled out, and his eyes fainted as soon as he was black.
Zhao Kuangyin is used to beating maids and servants, and no one has ever dared to run and not let him fight. When he saw Dong Zunzhi running away and not letting him fight, he became even more angry in his heart, and took advantage of the adult's inattention to find a small stone and held it in his hand. Although his strength is not very great, the stone is angular, and it is much harder than Dong Zunzhi's forehead, of course, the skin is broken and the bones are moved.
Dong Zunzhi fell to the ground, and Dong Zongben still couldn't stop reprimanding: "Look at your son Sun Jin, the young master hasn't been addicted yet, why did you lie down?"
It was still the maids who saw the blood on Dong Zunyu's forehead and screamed, so Dong Zongben picked up his son and went to the pharmacy to bandage it.
In the face of such a bad result, Zhao Hongyin still smiled: "This little king is a lamb, his brain is really good, he knows that the stone is harder than his head at a young age, and he really can't be underestimated!"
Du Shi was angry on the surface, but in fact, he was also beautiful in his heart: "This son of a, a six-year-old villain injured an eight-year-old child, and he really has some strength!
She talked about discipline, but it was not enough to hug Zhao Kuangyin and kiss her.
Zhao Kuangyin was connived at by his parents, his temper became bigger and bigger, his hands and feet became more and more crazy, and he beat children a few years older than him many times until his nose and face were swollen, and he poked the maid ring, the servant's body, and face with a small wooden stick to be bloody.
The more crazy Zhao Kuangyin is, the more Zhao Hongyin likes it. He thinks that only by being good at bullying many people, and riding horses by many people, and being a little domineering in troubled times, can he make contributions and get ahead.
In order to let Zhao Kuangyin have a great future, Zhao Hongyin carefully selected a teacher and sent Zhao Kuangyin to the school.
Mr. Teach's surname is Chen, in his forties, skinny as wood, a handful of goat's beards are sparse, like half-withered grass on saline-alkali ground, which has turned green and yellow, and at first glance he is a typical sour and poor teacher.
"The saddest thing is the teacher, what kind of business is the hard life?
Neither willing to reconcile the words and lawsuits, nor able to speak about the house,
It is not possible to compete for the market and create a single, so we have to discuss the museum.
Sixty gold in the big hall, thirty taels in the small hall,
Not enough to eat, only enough to eat bran, half-starved and half-full.
The family has three stones of grain, and he will not be a child king,
like worms in a snare, like a donkey in a mill;
Occasionally, there is something to do, and people say that the work is not long.
If the students don't care, they will settle accounts with Mr. Teaching.
A few copper coins, a new chapter a year,
As soon as the winter solstice was handed over, he panicked, and the museum was open.
How is it a rectangle? How is it a rectangle?"
Although Mr. Chen is as poor as the song "The Teacher", he is very dedicated and strict with his students, and he is very famous in Luoyang City. But Zhao Kuangyin was used to profligate, and on the first day of school, he was so angry that he almost turned his back on him.
If you want to know what will happen next, please watch the next episode: Sour Confucian's broken leg.