Chapter 20: The backbone of the Wei family
Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang left Hedong the next day, and immediately paid the gold and silver after the Wei family got a few carts of refined salt, and made it clear that Xiliang would give three-tenths of the profits when he returned from selling salt. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
In the morning, the Wei family had already received Chen Lin's documents, although Chen Kongzhang was known as the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", but after all, after all, the future was not as sharp as when Yuan Cao confronted him.
After receiving the letter, Acropolis hurried to the study, and began to write a letter under the service of Steward Pan, and asked Wei Yu to read the letter.
Wei Yu threw the letter on the stone table, and said to the scholar in front of him: "According to what your Mr. Chen said, if my Hedong Wei family does not tell the world about the art of refining salt, then he will use the pen as a spear and the word as an arrow to give us a head-on attack?" ”
When the scholar heard this, he didn't care about the threat of Wei Yu's language and said directly: "What Wei Gongzi said is extremely true, since my Mr. Chen is a model of literati, then the literary name is naturally all over the world, if the Wei family is still so obsessed, I will report it truthfully, and let your Wei family fall into a place of no return!" ”
As soon as the scholar said this, Xiao Ru on the side was already a little angry, Wei Yu smiled and motioned to the scholar to sit down and said: "Mr. Chen's literary name naturally goes without saying, but even if I announce the art of refining salt to the world, what benefits can I get from the Han people?" Should the merchants of the family do the trading of refined salt or continue to go back, and the price may not be lower than the original green salt, and the people should not be able to afford it? ”
Wei Yu shrugged his shoulders and looked indifferent, but the scholar surnamed Chen stood up. "Many people say that the prince of Hedong Wei is weak and sick, and he is not good at words, but he didn't expect that when the prince has deceived many people in the world, if the son says this, then the art of refined salt should stick to the three families in Hedong?"
Wei Yu motioned for the scholar to sit down again, but the scholar had no intention of sitting down, and in desperation, Wei Yu had no choice but to speak: "In your letter, Mr. Chen compared my Wei family to a demon who absorbs the people's fat and people's ointment, even if I am angry about this, I want to take you down, and I am already very concerned about his Chen Kongzhang's face when I talk to you like this." ”
glanced at the scholar, "You don't have to look at me angrily, I still know a little bit about your literati style, since Chen Kongzhang can let you come to my Wei family, your status in his heart is naturally not low, tell me the truth, what kind of family interests does he Chen Kongzhang represent?" ”
The scholar was silent for a long time, and in desperation, Wei Yu said to Xiaoru: "Send this adult out, since there is no sincerity, then we don't have to talk about it." ”
Xiaoru nodded and was about to invite a servant, but the scholar was a little anxious and immediately spoke: "Wei Gongzi is really smart, and Mr. Cheng will not deceive me." When I came to Hedong, my husband had already told me that my son would be able to see through my husband's situation. In that case, I'm going to be honest with you. ”
As soon as Wei Yu heard this, he motioned for Xiaoru to come back, and poured a cup of tea for the scholar with his own hands, and the scholar did not refuse to take a sip and speak.
"The place where my husband is now located is the land of HBHB, and the family is intricate, not only the first merchant of my Han Dynasty, but also the wealthy family that has been handed down for a hundred years.
This time, Childe's refined salt is sold in the world, and the HB family is ready to move, and our husband knows that even if the refined salt is promoted in the world, the only one who benefits is the family, but whether it is the oppression of the family or the conscience of the family, Mr. must let him stand at the forefront of the crusade against the Wei family. ”
The scholar's words have tried his best to beautify Chen Lin, but Wei Yu knows that even if Chen Lin is a Jian'an backbone, he is still just a literati. There are still some differences between literati and Confucianism, and the family may not dare to force Confucianism to be their spokesperson, but it is still very easy to persecute a famous literati.
"In this way, Chen Kongzhang represents the interests of the HB family?"
The scholar nodded, "Not only my husband, but even Kang Chenggong, Yan Fanggong and others know that they have been used by the family, but they must also stand up, because what you have done is really related to the livelihood of my Han family..."
The scholar has been arranged by Xiaoru to go to the post station to rest, and Wei Yu has never stayed at home for people he doesn't like.
A few days ago, Wei Yu thought that he had underestimated the role of refined salt in this society, but now he understood that he had underestimated the previous underestimation.
Wang Lie, Zheng Xuan, Guan Ning, Kong Rong, including Chen Lin and others are all the mouths of the people in the world, and their own positions make them have to fight with the Wei family, so the family family took advantage of this opportunity to use these literati and Confucians as standard-bearers, and they themselves added fuel to the fire until the Wei family could spit out the entire refined salt business.
In fact, logically speaking, even if these literati and Confucians attacked the Wei family or even Wei Zhongdao, they couldn't go too far. You must know that the art of refining salt is the great art of benefiting the people, and the person who can create such an important technique must be respected, even if it is placed on the situation of the princes competing for hegemony in the future, it is not that someone can kill it if they say it. It's just that now Wei Yu locks this kind of technology in the three families in Hedong.
Walking and walking, Wei Yu came to the courtyard of the old ancestor, and when he saw that there were no maids in the courtyard, he understood that the old ancestor was burning incense in the ancestral hall again.
Walking past, a modified wooden recliner was placed in the small courtyard next to the ancestral hall, and at a glance, it was known that it was the place where the ancestors often lay down and basked in the sun.
According to the old man's words, if the place where he sits and rests can be closer to the ancestors of the Wei family, then his prayers will be more effective.
"Grandma."
Wei Yu asked Xiaoru to stand outside the ancestral hall, and he knelt next to the old ancestor.
After watching her grandson kowtow a few times, he motioned for Wei Yu to help her up. Helping the ancestor to the wooden chair behind the courtyard, he squatted under the ancestor's knees.
The ancestor's hand had no flesh because of aging, so he stroked his grandson and opened his mouth.
"Yu'er, grandma knows everything about the recent things... Don't be in a hurry to talk and listen to grandma's story. ”
Wei Yu was very quiet and did not speak, and the old ancestor looked far away to speak softly.
"I think about how majestic our Wei family's ancestor was when General Wei Qingwei Town was on the frontier, and when the Wei family was waiting for the tomb, the Wei family was also calling for wind and rain, why? Because there were people in the Wei family who were officials at that time, they should be protected.
When Wei Wei died on the way to Luoyang, our Hedong Wei family began to settle in Anyi. Since then, our Wei family has begun to be famous for its scholarly family, and there is no power when we were officials, only the respect and superior status of the world, but even then our Hedong Wei family can be regarded as a comfortable life. ”
In fact, Wei Yu knows these past events, but he enjoys it very much when he hears his grandmother say it gently, Xiao Ru watched his son squatting and took a chair for Wei Yu, but Wei Yu resolutely did not sit, he liked the feeling of squatting under his grandmother's knees like this.
"Ru'er put it there, you also get closer to some grandmothers, you can also listen to what grandma says, after all, you will also be the daughter-in-law of our Wei family in the future."
Xiao Ru blushed a little, but he still unconsciously moved closer to the old ancestor.
"Everything has to start from your grandfather's time, whether it is the Hedong Wei family or the Chen Liuwei family, since your grandfather's generation, there are very few literati Confucians, grandma said something unpleasant, Wen Cheng Wu has already troubled the Wei family for three generations...
But now it's different, since you came to prominence, Grandma has been holding your grandfather's tablet day and night and telling that the old man is looking forward to the Wei family being able to appear a figure who stands up to the sky, and I can only tell him in front of his tablet that the children and grandchildren he hopes for have appeared..."
Old Madam Wei's hand was lifted from her legs, and she touched her grandson's face, her eyes full of doting.
"So Zhongdao, let it go, I think whether it is your father, your grandfather, or the ancestors of the Wei family, they all hope like this. What about the world's families, and what about the literati's Confucianism? I know that Zhongdao, you are kind-hearted, and you will definitely not do anything to be sorry for the people, sorry for me...
That's enough... In that case, why should Zhongdao care about other people's opinions? Grandma is old, and since she saw Zhongdao make chess, she knows that the luck of the three generations of the Wei family is concentrated on you... So don't give up your heart, whether it's revenge or karma, go ahead... Do what you want to do and let the world know that my grandson Shirakawa Dongwei Zhongdao is a well-known figure who stands up to the sky..."
After all, the old ancestor is old, and the people in their eighties are still enthusiastic just now, and now they are naturally asleep stroking their grandson's headdress. Wei Yu gently put her grandmother's hand on the chair, stood up and ordered the servant to cover her with a blanket, and she left with Xiaoru.
This afternoon was unusually warm, and the sun had been dutifully hanging in the sky, with no intention of closing early. Wei Yu was very relieved that grandma was lying in the courtyard and taking a nap at noon, because grandma always felt that only the place where the ancestors were located could sleep peacefully.
The mood is much better, to be honest, as a modern person, Wei Yu has never looked at the family in this world, he is worried about the family, he is worried that the old and young of the Wei family will be implicated by him.
Wei Yu already regretted letting Dian Wei leave, at least Dian Wei was in the mansion Wei Yu assured that no one dared to attack the Wei family, even if the young man named Lu Fengxian came now.
But after all, this is just an extravagant hope, Dian Wei is gone, fortunately, grandma's words have reassured Wei Yu, and he walked quickly to his father's side, his mother was taking a group of slaves to be a female red, and when she saw her son, she spoke.
"Zhongdao, now your father is busy, the Dong Zhongying you mentioned last time has been transferred to Hedong, and his cronies are discussing important matters in your father's study."
Wei Yu bowed to his mother and did it, and now it must be rude to break into the study of the Acropolis... But his heart kept beating wildly...
Because the big demon king in history, Dong Zhuo, came... It was too sudden, and it was so sudden that Wei Yu was not prepared in the slightest.