Chapter Thirty-Six: Brother's Heart—It Hurts!
"What's wrong with insulting him?!"
Bai He snorted and said disdainfully: "Your sages value agriculture and suppress business, but as far as I know, our wise and martial Majesty the Holy Queen is an open-door policy and vigorously supports business. By insulting the merchants, are you questioning the decision of the Holy Queen? Okay, please go to that dragon chair and sit down, order to strangle all commerce in the world, and then come back to see how my Great Zhou Dynasty is prosperous and stable, how about it? ”
"Don't dare, don't dare!" As soon as the big hat was buttoned, all the talents were cowardly on the spot.
If they have the courage to question the Holy Queen, let alone go to that dragon chair and sit on it, isn't that a rebellion? couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat on the spot, and stammered: "This, this...... You're a strong word! ”
"Hmph, say I'm strong? Then what do you mean is that our Holy Empress Majesty, who is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, is not as good as your so-called sages who have long since turned to ashes? ”
Bai He's big hat was buttoned again, and the disdain on his face became more and more intense: "Before answering my question, I will trouble you so-called talents who have read poetry and books to think about it with your pig brains, who was the one who quelled the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty and established the Great Zhou?" Who led the troops to resist the enemy and defend the borders? Who is the one who works hard to inspect the world day and night with divine thoughts, punish small children, and ensure the stability and prosperity of our country? Is it a sage? Or is it the Holy Queen of the Day? ”
The talented people were immediately silent.
In fact, the answer is obvious, but they don't know how to answer, or rather, they don't dare to answer at all.
The answer is that it is a holy queen, which is tantamount to denying the sages, and denying the sages is equivalent to denying oneself and denying oneself, which is obviously equivalent to putting oneself in the same position as those most despised, businessmen - which is categorically unacceptable to arrogant talents.
But the answer is a sage, then it is obvious that you have fallen into the trick of that slut - you say that the holy queen is not as good as the sage, that is to say, you kid does not accept the holy queen? Okay, please go to the dragon chair......
For a while, the scene was silent as if it was a righteous village, and the talented man with a face like a test girl was the filial son of his dead father.
But at this moment, Lan Qingming suddenly shouted excitedly: "Of course it's the Holy Queen!" The Holy Queen is wise! Long live the Holy Queen, long live, long live! ”
This little fresh meat is in business at home, and he can be regarded as the number one "profiteer" in Jinling City. The most lively and prosperous restaurant on Jinling Street, "Lan Kwai Fong", is his family - it is said that it is because his father's surname is Lan and his mother's surname is Gui, so it is called "Lan Kwai Fong".
Lan Qingming was often pointed at and insulted by those scholars because of the label of "businessman" on weekdays, and now seeing that his brother did not hesitate to commit public anger to correct the name of the businessman, how could he not be so excited that he burst into tears.
"Bai Gongzi is wise! The Holy Queen is wiser! The gang of sub-gods also said.
The way they look at Bai He now is almost like looking at the God of Wealth, except that they don't kowtow and bow down.
Since the Han Dynasty, under the influence of Confucianism, among the four classes of Chinese scholars, farmers, industrialists, and merchants, the status of merchants is the most humble. But now, there is a white man of Baihe, who scolds these talents speechlessly with a sharp mouth, which is simply very happy.
"When I go back, I must get a statue of Bai Gongzi and put it on the altar to make a good offering! - Well, he's so cheap, it's better to come secretly, after all, we can't afford to lose this person......" The gods and heroes have all made up their minds.
Bai He didn't know that these gods had already worshiped themselves as dead, he sneered and glanced at the quail-like talents in front of him, only to feel that the remaining anger had not subsided, so he continued to scold: "You people who are scholars - the queen of the eyes is unsainted, you are disloyal!" ”
"There are old fathers and mothers to be raised at home, but they don't know how to support themselves, they can only die reading sage books, and they come to the Qinglou to be merry and happy, ignoring their parents, it is unfilial!"
"As the people of the Great Zhou, you blindly discriminate against businessmen but don't know how to reflect on yourself, and because I made a little money and feel angry, you don't ask the reason for it, it's unkind!"
"Reaching out for nothing, Yao Gongzi's quota but not doing anything, that is to be unmeritorious and unjust!"
He pointed to the group of talented people and scolded them to the point of blood: "You are disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unrighteous people, you are not diligent on weekdays, you don't divide the grains, you don't work, you don't work, if you stay at home and wait for death, I can't see it out of sight, then forget it, but now, you still have the face to run and scold me for being shameless?"
If it's shameless for me to make a little money on my own, then what if I admit it generously? I'm just shameless, what's wrong? No matter how shameless I am, it's self-reliant! But what about you, you are not as good as me as a shameless person, how old are you? Miss Lianxing is coming to the cage smoke building, and the literary society is a talented person in the world, doesn't she also have to charge tickets? That's also a kind of commercial behavior, why don't you see you scolding her for being shameless?! Go, go and scold! ”
As he spoke, he raised his palm and slapped it hard!
only heard the sound of "bang", and the desk in front of him cracked in response, and the white paper on the table flew, and the ink was sprinkled like rain, which made the faces of all talented people feel hot pain.
Lan Qingming was so moved that he almost cried, thinking to himself, it was not easy for Lao Bai to pull up a lot of high-sounding reasons in order to earn some pocket money, and even Miss Pixing was dragged into the water. The table was so hard that it was slapped and cracked, and I don't know if his hand hurts. So he hurriedly ran over and comforted: "Lao Bai, let's get rid of your anger, it's not worth it to be angry for these people!" ”
Bai He sighed: "There's no way, these people are cheap, they have to beg for a scold to feel at ease, my brother has to fulfill them, who made my brother such a kind person?" ”
Lan Qingming persuaded: "It's their business to be cheap, and we can't be cheap with them." ”
"Hey, Xiaolan, you don't understand my brother's loneliness......" Bai He looked up to the sky and sighed, heartbroken: "I think that my Great Zhou is stable and prosperous under the wise leadership of the Holy Queen, with developed commerce, living and working in peace and contentment at home, and all countries abroad coming to court, what a perfect prosperous and prosperous world!" But on the contrary, there are still such a group of sluts alive in front of them, and their existence is the biggest insult to the prestige of the Holy Queen! Their existence is the greatest negation of the efforts of the Holy Queen! ”
He patted Lan Qingming's shoulder, looking extremely lonely: "When I think of this, my brother's heart hurts!" Even if my brother commits a crime again, as long as he can wake them up and keep the hard work of the Holy Queen, it will be worth it......"
"Lao Bai, I'm really convinced of you!"
Lan Qingming couldn't help but fall for it, this girl could even find such a high-sounding reason for scolding, it was simply convincing, so he worshipped: "I didn't expect Lao Bai to be so loyal and patriotic, and you didn't hesitate to practice yourself like this for the sake of the prestige of the Holy Queen, brother, I am really honored!" You-"
He turned his head to the group of talented people and said sharply: "Don't thank my brother quickly, if it weren't for my brother sacrificing his reputation, I'm afraid you would still be living in a dream now!" ”
"No need, Lan." Bai He shook his head and sighed: "The Buddha said, if I don't go to hell, who will go to hell?" As long as they understand my brother's hard work, my brother's small sacrifice is nothing, let them give 108,000 taels of silver, just do whatever they want, don't need too much, too much to carry...... Hey, who makes Brother such a person who treats money like dung? ”