【Repentance】

Su Shuang was sitting in the living room with his head hanging down at this time, his hands spread out, his legs straight, looking listless, and Su Xue was sitting opposite Su Shuang, neither of them spoke, and the silence in the living room was terrifying.

Lilac looked at the father and daughter, it was not a matter to drag it on like this, so she took a pot of tea, walked to Su Shuang's side, and refilled Su Shuang's water: "Master, please use tea!" ”

Su Shuang took a deep breath, straightened his sitting posture, and said: "Xue'er, Daddy has loved you since you were a child, just like a rare treasure, holding you in the palm of his hand, afraid that you will be hurt, afraid that you will be sad, Daddy wants to always protect you carefully, take care of you, and let you grow up slowly, you also know this!" ”

He picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and continued: "The year before, you were unconscious, during that time, my father was looking for good doctors from all over the world, hoping to cure you, watching one doctor after another walk into our Su Mansion with confidence, and watching one doctor after another shake their heads and walk out of Su Mansion, do you know how Dad survived during that time, Dad thought that you were really going to leave me forever, I was so desperate!" As he spoke, Su Shuang's eyes had tears in his eyes.

"Later, I met a Taoist priest, and finally cured you, and said that if you want to be cured permanently, you must go to Songshan to study, Daddy agreed, when you left home, Daddy often missed you, in order to take care of you, Daddy did not hesitate to stop the family business, sent people to the foot of Songshan, Daddy for what, in order to be afraid that you will be tired and wronged!"

Su Xue wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said: "I know this, and I also understand Daddy's good intentions, Xue'er has always kept it in mind, but Xue'er just doesn't understand, why does Daddy entrust his daughter to a child who is attached to a eunuch, thinking that my Su family has been a businessman for generations, although it is not a noble family, but it is not a family that everyone spurns on. Now you want to marry your daughter to a family that maintains a close relationship with the eunuchs, don't you want to push your daughter into the fire pit! ”

"Hey~ Cher, you're still too young!" Su Shuang sighed and said earnestly: "Our Su family is indeed rich now, but what is the use of this money, the reason why Su Mansion is where it is today is that Daddy has suffered all the grievances outside, Daddy has seen all the cynicism of those officials, Daddy is holding money everywhere, sticking a hot face to other people's cold butts, although the businessman is rich, but not expensive, although Daddy is a master at home, but when he goes outside, he is a grandson, even if it is a sesame official, he looks down on Daddy, Daddy suffers, I've been wronged, I've been sucked up with this world, my dad is fed up, my dad doesn't want to be looked down upon anymore, do you know what others say our family is? Be an official's money dog! Those high-sounding officials, Daddy has been serving them meticulously, but as long as there is a little bit of inadequacy, they will come to bite me, doesn't Daddy know what that piece of boil is? Daddy knows, but Daddy knows even more that people are lieutenants and Beijing officials, as long as you marry into his family, our Su family will soar into the sky and become a blockbuster, no one dares to look down on us from now on, our Su Mansion is no longer a businessman, we are bureaucrats! ”

"Is face really so important to you? Do you think this evil eunuch can survive for a long time? Su Xue asked rhetorically.

"Why can't it last long, the eunuchs in the court are not a matter of one or two days, but hundreds of years, they and the emperor are a community of interests, as long as the emperor is there, the eunuchs will not lose power, as long as the emperor is in one day, then the eunuchs can prosper for a day, think about it, the emperor may not have it?" Su Shuang saw that her daughter didn't understand the way of the world today, and today she made an exception to teach her daughter a lesson: "I also heard the chat between you and Duan De just now, I think you are still too influenced by your teacher, your teacher is standing in the scholar class, anyone with a discerning eye can see that there will be no good end to going against the eunuch now, do you understand, Xue'er, I married you to Duan Gongzi, not to harm you, but to help you, you marry into his family, why worry about food and clothing, why worry about being despised, the combination of Duan Mansion and Su Mansion, That is also a combination of power and money, no matter where we in Sufu go in the future, our heads can stretch out three feet, what a glorious thing to honor our ancestors! Su Shuang patted the palm of his other hand with the back of his hand and said.

"Daddy, Su Xue is incompatible with eunuchs, and Su Xue will never marry Duan De, Daddy still dies this heart of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix!" After Su Xue finished speaking, she got up and left.

"You...... You presumptuous, how can you say that Daddy, you come back! Su Shuang's heart was broken when he saw that his daughter didn't understand him so much, he jumped up, pointed at Su Xue and scolded.

But Su Xue had made up her mind, and walked straight out, ignoring Su Shuang again.

【East View】

This time, the three masters and apprentices came to Luoyang very smoothly, and the emperor did not let Lu Zhi serve elsewhere halfway, but reappointed Lu Zhi as the councillor, and together with Shangshu Yang Ci, Shangshu Liu Kuan, the counselor Ma Riyan, and the councillor Cai Yong, they surveyed the classic books of Confucianism in Dongguan and participated in the work of continuing to write the "Han Ji".

Dongguan is a place to collect books and write books in the South Palace of Luoyang, the capital city of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was established by Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. At that time, Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, etiquette and music were scattered, and the classics were incomplete and abandoned. Emperor Guangwu loved scriptures, and when he had not yet ascended the throne, he first went to visit the literati and scholars, collect the missing words, and complete the original text. Prior to this, the government was chaotic, and most of the scholars in the world carried books and classics and fled to seclusion in the mountains. During the reign of Emperor Guangwu, due to Liu Xiu's emphasis on academics, everyone brought classics to Luoyang, Kyoto, and Dongguan was built in this environment that attached importance to academics.

When he first arrived in Luoyang, Lu Zhi went to the Luoyang Palace alone, ready to meet the saint, but waited left and right at the palace gate, and what he was waiting for was not the emperor's summons, but a small yellow door, he said to Lu Zhi: "Your Majesty overworked last night, and the dragon's body is not safe today, Lord Lu should come back another day!" After saying that, Xiao Huangmen turned around and left.

"This ......" Lu Zhi thought to himself, the emperor has always been known for being stubborn, and he overworked last night, so he must have done anything good, so he had no choice but to say: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Lu Zhi walked out of the palace listlessly, and Liu Bei and Liu Deran trotted up when they saw the teacher, and said, "Teacher, have you seen the emperor?" ”

"No, he said he was overworked, let me go next time!" Lu Zhi waved his hand, shook his head and said, "Let's go to the east!" ”

The emperor can't see it, colleagues should always see it, Lu Zhi took Liu Bei and Liu Deran to the South Palace at this time, walked into the East View, Liu Bei was shocked by its internal structure, the overall grandeur of the interior, magnificent, symmetrical shape set off its steady and rigorous demeanor, in the quiet color of the background, like the crown belt of the ancient Confucianism, but also shows the scholar's self-clean, elegant and quiet style of study.

Walking further in, I saw that there were three people writing books in the East Pavilion, but the funny thing was that they almost all put their faces on the writing paper, which shows that the eyes of these people who have been reading and writing for a long time have long been bad. They all seemed to be slightly older than Lu Zhi, and the clothes they wore were all robes with connected clothes. In this workplace, you have to wear this, this is the rule of the Han Dynasty. The clothes of officials in the Han Dynasty are divided into three types, namely sacrificial clothes, court clothes and regular clothes, among which the court clothes are worn in front of the emperor, performing official duties and other formal occasions, and they are characterized by robes connected to the clothes, at this time, these three people are worn.

The clothes of the Han Dynasty were very elaborate, and they were formulated on the theoretical basis of the Confucian classics and the Five Elements Doctrine. Confucianism's political thought is centered on "rites", or it can be called "etiquette", and because of the formation of the system, it is also called "etiquette", because Confucianism believes that "etiquette" is a social norm and moral code to maintain the hierarchical order of the aristocracy. Confucius especially advocated "etiquette governance", preaching that the Son of Heaven, princes, secretaries, doctors, scholars and other upper-class figures in feudal society should be content with their positions, abide by the etiquette system, and not be offended.

Secondly, Zou Yan, a yin-yang scholar during the Warring States Period, put forward the doctrine of "the end of the five virtues" based on the five elements of yin and yang. That is to say, the five substances of water, fire, wood, metal, and earth are mutually reinforcing and changeable. It is used to explain the reasons for the rise and fall of dynasties, such as the succession of the three dynasties of Xia, Shang and Zhou, which is the result of fire (Zhou) Kejin (Shang) and Jin Kemu (Xia); At the same time, he also constructed a historical cycle theory system of "the end of the five virtues", arguing that it was politically necessary to formulate a corresponding system (such as correcting Shuo and changing colors) in order to adapt to the "five elements arrangement". Qin Shi Huang adopted this idea, believing that Qin was a water virtue, so he "also pushed five victories, and thought that he had obtained water virtue, but he took October as the positive, and the color was black." "That is to say, in line with the water virtue of the Qin Dynasty, the admired color is black." At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the color is still yellow", to the Eastern Han Dynasty, "the high temple, the construction of the community in Luoyang, the suburbs in the south of the city, the beginning of the fire virtue, the color is still red." Therefore, the source of the color theory of the clothing system in the Eastern Han Dynasty was based on this Five Elements Doctrine.

The rulers' clothing system based on this concept was not just for the sake of the eyes, but also to make use of the inherent hierarchical characteristics of clothing as a means of domination. First of all, as a means of reward, the emperor sometimes gave special clothes beyond his rank to his subordinates who had worked hard and made great achievements, so as to reward meritorious service and glorify their bodies. Second, as a means of favor, the emperor sometimes bestowed honors on favored ministers or ministers, giving them special clothing that transcended their rank. Secondly, as a means of compensation, clothing symbolizing the noble rank was given to the core members of the royal family who had been deprived of their high positions. Of course, the strict hierarchy of clothing under the name of "rite" is also to maintain the stability of the rule and social order of the Eastern Han Dynasty at all times.

Therefore, although this kind of clothing looks cumbersome, it is very useful.

As soon as Lu Zhi saw these three people, he stepped forward and said, "Uncle Weng, Brother Wen Rao, Brother Bo Jiao, you have all started to write, it seems that I am late." ”

It turned out that these three people were the counselor Ma Riyan, Shangshu Liu Kuan, and Lang Cai Yong, Ma Riyan is the grandson of the master of scripture Ma Rong, who inherited Ma Rong's doctrine when he was young, and entered the office with talent, and is now a counselor, because Ma Rong is also Lu Zhi's teacher, so he was good friends with Lu Zhi when he was young. And Liu Kuan is the person who gave a lecture to Emperor Liu Hong with Yang Ci, that is, the emperor's teacher, Lu Zhi met Liu Kuan when he was a doctor. At this time, Ma Riyan, Liu Kuan and Cai Yong saw Lu Zhi coming, so they all put down their pens, stood up and exchanged a few words of greetings, Liu Bei and Liu Deran were also under the recommendation of Lu Zhi at this time, and they all met several adults one by one.

After the greetings, Liu Kuan said angrily: "Hey~ What is there to write about, this day is now under the nonsense of the ten permanent servants, so that everyone is in danger, I am not used to seeing the ten permanent servants as a prestige, several times to impeach the eunuchs, the emperor was annoyed by us, so he sent us to this Dongguan to write a book, I was depressed, now the world has become like this, is it possible to write a book is more important than governing the world." The more Liu Kuan talked, the more angry he became, and in the end, he didn't care whether he was in shape or not, and he actually said to himself: "As an emperor, how can this emperor be taught by me to be like this, which makes me how to face Guangwu Ye under Jiuquan." As he spoke, he slammed his cane into the ground several times.

Ma Riyan persuaded: "Now the emperor is playful by nature, not enterprising, and it is not your fault, I want the ten permanent servants to go around the emperor every day, they eat people all day long and do not do personnel, today bewitch the emperor to ride a donkey, tomorrow instigate the emperor to go up to play with dogs, just to do what he likes, you say, the emperor is still young, self-control is not strong, in an unbearable environment, how can he learn well." He made a gesture to Liu Bei and Liu Deran, and motioned for Liu Bei and Liu Deran to move a few stools not far away.

When Lu Zhi heard what they said, he also felt that "it turns out that our situation is almost the same, the emperor thinks that you talk too much, so he asked you to come here to write a book, and I, I have done too many things in Lujiang County, so the emperor asked me to write a book here...... Alas~ The emperor looks at us and hates it, so let us all write a book, so that he can be quiet by himself. Lu Zhi smiled helplessly after speaking.

Liu Bei and Liu Deran moved the stool over, everyone sat down, Liu Bei also made tea for Lu Zhi, and refilled the cups of several other adults with boiling water.

As soon as he said this, he saw a person walking back out of breath, and he couldn't breathe, Liu Bei saw it and immediately brought the tea, and this person didn't care about decency, and drank it in a big gulp. It turned out that this person was Yang Ci, Yang Ci was born in the "Hongnong Yang family", and now, like Liu Kuan, is also the emperor's teacher.

"Brother Boxian, where are you here?" Seeing this, Lu Zhi asked, Yang Ci found out that Lu Zhi was coming, so he said a few words of greeting: "I went to the emperor again just now, oh, by the way, Zigan, you also went to the emperor just now!" ”

"That's right!" Lu Zhi said.

"When the Yellow Gate passed the word, I was next to me, but My Majesty and I were arguing, and the emperor was not in the mood to see you!" Yang Ci handed the teacup to Liu Bei, Liu Bei hurriedly took it, and Yang Ci saw that this young man was so clever, so he nodded to him gratefully.

"This ...... How so! Lu Zhi asked.

"It's all like this, get used to it!" Yang Ci said angrily: "Today, it really opened my eyes, the emperor actually started a business with a small roadside vendor outside the harem, he imitated the harem into a market, a market, a variety of shops, and vendors, so that some of the palace maids and concubines were dressed as various merchants to sell, and the other part was dressed as guests buying things, and some were dressed as singing and monkeys. And he himself put on the clothes of a merchant, pretended to be a merchant selling goods, and walked up and down this man-made bazaar, or drank and had fun in the hotel, or quarreled with the shopkeeper and customers, and fought with each other, and the emperor was very happy here. I couldn't get used to the emperor's behavior, so I stepped forward to persuade him, and when he was talking, he quarreled, and he thought I was annoying, so he scolded me back. ”

At this time, everyone felt very helpless and sighed deeply.