Chapter 0025: The Old Man with the Staff
Hua Xin, who was in the dreary and faced the incomprehensible eyes of the celebrities, ate the wine one after another, because the people of the Han Dynasty were still drinking, and there were repeated cases of gathering people to drink and make trouble, and the imperial court had already issued a ban prohibiting the people from "drinking in groups", that is, not letting people raise up to drink, which was helpless for the people to accept, but for those celebrities this was not a ban at all.
Even if they drank in groups, who would dare to arrest them? Even the twentieth grandson of Confucius, who was famous at that time, and the son of Confucius Zhou, the governor of Taishan, also gathered and drank with a group of celebrities every day, but who dared to arrest and execute this Confucius? Compared with this young and famous Kong Rong, there are still relatively few people who violate the Han law by drinking in groups.
They are all waiting patiently, as long as the rich son named Zhang Xun arrives, they can severely criticize his behavior after Hua Xin, half of it is for fame, and the other half is indeed to help You Heng, they are running around day and night for prestige, this is true, but they have been influenced by Confucian classics since childhood, and they still have basic morality and backbone.
At least the celebrities of this era will not be the first to cut off their hair after the foreign enemy enters the customs, betraying the country to seek glory, at least the celebrities of this era will not boast, and they can also pick up their swords and run to the battlefield when necessary! They have their own most basic dignity, even in this turbulent era, there are few corrupt officials who are greedy for officials and oppress the people, because they all pay attention to their own prestige, on the contrary, they cherish the common people under their rule very much, leaving a reputation of honesty and integrity for future generations.
It didn't take long for the slaves who rode to the Xu River to ask Zhang Xun to come on horseback, their riding skills were very exquisite, jumped down from the horses, looked at Hua Xin who was kneeling on the seat, ran over quickly, and said something to him, Hua Xin frowned when he heard it, but he didn't say anything.
At this time, a more luxurious carriage rushed in directly from the gate without stopping, and the people on the carriage did not get off, which was a very rude move for the celebrities, and they scolded in their hearts, worthy of being a rich man who broke out, and did not understand the interests at all, but was just an uncle, since he drove in, what kind of etiquette was this? When he comes down, he must spray his body completely!
This group of celebrities thought in their hearts, but You Heng was stunned, it was his uncle Zhang Xun who was driving the carriage on the carriage, so who was the person sitting in the carriage? Zhang Xun looked like he was sitting on the needle carpet, looking at the many celebrities in front of him with some fear, fidgeting, if it weren't for the people in the carriage to speak, he wouldn't dare to drive the carriage in at all, in Zhang's house, who can drive Zhang Xun to drive for himself?
As soon as You Heng thought about it, he immediately knew who the people in the carriage were, Guo Yuan and Hua Xin had the deepest personal relationship with You Zhongping, and they seemed to know that it was Zhang Xun who drove the carriage, and looked at each other, Guo Yuan shook his head at Hua Xin, but Hua Xin took a big sip of wine again, ignoring Guo Yuan's eyes.
Zhang Xun stopped the car in front of many celebrities, immediately jumped out of the carriage, opened the curtain, and wanted to support the people inside to come out, but was pushed backwards by a pair of strong hands and almost fell.
At this time, there was an old man with a white beard and chest who suddenly walked out of the carriage, the old man was a little dry, it seemed that he was close to the age of antiquity, holding a cane in his hand, in the Han Dynasty, the old man who could hold such a cane, he didn't have to kneel down to the Son of Heaven, but the Son of Heaven needed to salute them, why? Because they are all long-lived people, longevity represents the peace of the world, this era is not only celebrities love prestige, but also the Son of Heaven, so they respect the longevity of the elderly!
And these systems are all systems left over from ancient times, you know, in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, even if it is on the hostile battlefield, it is not possible to do anything to the gray-haired old man, even if he is captured, he must be treated with courtesy, the etiquette system of the Spring and Autumn Period can be called the most humane etiquette system in the world, even if it is a war between countries, there will be no annexation war, at most, it is an alliance with you, and he will be the leader of the alliance, and he will not harm the people of the hostile country prisoners.
Like the Warring States Period, many historians still talk about the heartbreak of killing 400,000 prisoners of the other party, but they don't know that this is the manifestation of the collapse of Chinese etiquette, those 400,000 are not animals, they are all living people with parents, children and flesh and blood! In an era when the population of a large country can reach one million, killing 400,000 people at one time is not a loss of conscience? What else is there to praise about such a brute???
Seeing such an old man with a staff suddenly walking down from the carriage, those celebrities who were about to spray were suddenly like ducks choked by the neck, unable to say anything, this is the Lord who can not worship the Son of Heaven, and even the Lord who has to worship the Son of Heaven when he sees it, they dare not bet on their reputation to offend such an elder.
If you accidentally die of anger, then you will really become a person who is ashamed of the world, the old man walked down slowly, and did not even let Zhang Xun get close to him, You Heng stood up first, and bowed down for a long time: "Ziheng to meet Zujun!" When You Heng made this formal greeting ceremony, his sleeves fluttered like a phoenix, and that unique temperament made everyone stunned.
At this time, they remembered that it seemed that you Heng had not been so formal when he visited anyone before, but when they heard his title, they probably knew the reason, such a number of etiquette can probably only be done with Kao Yan and Zujun, Kao Yan is worthy of You Heng's deceased father, and Zujun naturally refers to his grandfather, in the Qin and Han dynasties, there is no difference between the title of grandfather and maternal grandfather.
These celebrities also stood up one after another, and greeted them cleanly: "Meet Mrs. Zhang." The old man nodded kindly at Youheng, but then looked at the celebrities and gentlemen's faces were very stern, frowning and not even returning the courtesy, but these celebrities did not dare to be angry.
"Oh, pretend to be decent, induce my grandson, and want to come to my Zhang family to invite people, dare to ask which sage is acting like this, don't you know that outsiders don't mess with people's affairs, and the sage book is really read in vain!!" Although the old man is old, but the body and bones look quite good, and the voice is also very loud, hearing his angry questioning, the celebrities did not speak, but Hua Xin, who was eating wine, stood up suddenly, pointed at the old man and shouted: "It's me who called it!" Thou shalt be an old horseman!! ”
It's over, this man has eaten too much wine.... The faces of the celebrities changed greatly, and they wanted to cry without tears, if this old man died of anger here, everyone present would not be able to get out.
Note (1): Kong Rong is small and famous, don't think that he is famous for making pears so small, he was ordered to die when he was a teenager for hiding a fugitive for his brother, but he and his brother fought to the death, and they all asked for pardon for their brother (younger brother), and finally the court could only be forced to declare him innocent under the pressure of celebrities and scholars, so he declared Dazhen, and then governed Beihai and had great merits, and it was not a problem to deal with political affairs, but unfortunately because of his strong character, integrity and outspokenness, was killed by Cao Cao on several trumped-up charges such as violating the ban on drinking, except for Cao Cao, I am afraid that no one would dare to kill him with this matter, but Cao Cao, who was bent on restricting the authority of the family, dared.
Note (2): The Spring and Autumn Ancient Rites, no unarmed people, no gray-haired people, no bullying women, children and young children, but unfortunately, when the three families of the Jin Kingdom did not pay attention to the number of etiquette, turned into Zhao Wei Han, it also announced the collapse of the Spring and Autumn Ancient Rites.