Chapter 611: My Brothers and Sisters (Medium)
Wine is a good thing.
Legend has it that Dayu controlled the water, and the Emperor of Heaven sent Yi Di to make wine, and contributed this drink that can refresh and relieve fatigue to Dayu. Dayu took a sip of wine and felt very wonderful, but predicted worriedly: "In the future, there will be those who will die with wine!" β
Sure enough, when the Dayi Shang perished, Zhou Gongdan believed that the collapse of the Yin Shang was largely due to the nobles' "drunkenness", which not only wasted food, but also caused chaos and disorder in the government decrees, so that the country was ruined. He promulgated the "Drinking Decree", which earnestly warned his heirs not to drink and commit adultery, and imposed a strict ban on drinking in groups.
Although Yin's appraisal is not far away, the era of alcohol prohibition did not last long, and "Poetry, Quiet Wind, July" has a saying: "Rice is harvested in October, and it is spring wine for this." "Not only the nobility, but also the people had leisure to drink and have fun after the harvest. In the Spring and Autumn Period, wine-making workshops and liquor shops selling liquor have appeared in various places, and the trend of drinking has become increasingly popular.
Good drinkers have no words, after drinking the high-concentration liquor of later generations, and then drinking this kind of ancient low-degree liquor, Zhao Wuxian feels nothing, and often the more he drinks, the more sober he becomes.
But the man opposite him, Berlu, was a drunkard.
Maybe there is something in his heart, so that the wine is not drunk and everyone is drunk, and only three glasses of sake are in the stomach, and Beru is a little incoherent.
"It's amazing, I don't care if you go abroad for a few years, and you return home after working hard to build a foundation, it's really amazing, and my father will be happy."
The alcohol in his blood made him forget his previous shengfen and Mu Ne, and patted Zhao Wuxian's shoulder and kept repeating this sentence.
"It's no wonder that Dong Zi looked for me privately before I left and talked to me about something."
"Oh? What did Dong Zi say? Zhao Wuxian asked knowingly.
Bru's expression was a little dark. He sighed and said: "Dong Zi told me two stories, one is that Zhao Chengzi and Zhao Boji made Zhao Xuanzi the heir; The other is Han Wuji's illness. Resignation of the heir of the Han family......"
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Regarding Dong Anyu's conversation with Beru, Zhao Wuxian had already expected it.
Zhao Ying had already promised Zhao Wuxian that he would be the son of the Zhao family. But although the second and third sons are not good, the eldest son has not made any mistakes, as the suzerain, he can make a choice with his heart, but as a father, he can't say it in front of Berlu.
The palms and backs of the hands are all meat!
So this wicked person can only be done by Dong Anyu.
Dong Anyu happily agreed, saying that he was willing to do it.
Since that time, Zhao Ying suffered a stroke and was in a coma for several days. After the performance of Zhao Wuxian and Zhao Bolu was clear, Dong Anyu preferred to abolish Chang Lixian in the selection of heirs, and after Zhao Wuxian went abroad to open a big branch for the Zhao family, he was even more determined to have this kind of mind.
Therefore, the two stories that Dong Anyu told to Bolu are both meaningful.
In that year, after Duke Wen of Jin returned from exile and succeeded to the throne, the Zhao family ushered in the first spring, and Zhao Chengzi married the daughter of Duke Wen as his wife, this Zhao Ji is famous for her virtue. not only persuaded Zhao Yu to take his ex-wife Shu Kui and son Zhao Dun to the Jin Kingdom, but also gave up the position of his wife (inner son) to Shu Kui and made his own partial house. After a few years, it is also because Zhao Dun is virtuous. He proposed again that he be his son-in-law and inherit the Zhao family business. and let the three sons he gave birth to be concubines.
Sure enough, under the development of Zhao Xuanzi, the Zhao family entered a bright summer.
The meaning is clear. Dong Anyu said directly and clearly to Bolu: "The lord wants the most virtuous son to inherit the ancestral temple of the clan......
After learning about this, Zhao Bolu could be said to feel that the world was spinning. It was a long time to anticipate, but it is another thing to completely dash hope.
After he left Jinyang, he lost his soul all the way, and thought bitterly in his heart, if this matter was known by his wife Han Ji, he would definitely be disappointed, and sighed and said: "You are also the son of the Zhao family, why are you the one who has achieved achievements and got the benefits of Zhao Wuxian, but you are abandoned like a mustard?" β
Beru has never crossed that hurdle in his heart, the hurdle that he will bow down to his younger brother in the future.
It wasn't until he saw Zhao Wuxian's unpretentious power on the shore during the day that he finally understood.
When he was still mediocre in the country, Wuxian was already powerful!
But he is still a little unrelenting, and his wife Han Ji's words seem to be in his ears: "Since he has made so many achievements abroad, he is known as the 'East and West Erzhao' with the Zhao family, and he is a family of his own, so that his children and grandchildren can enjoy the Shiqing Shilu in the Lu country, why do you need to come back to fight with you and take away what belongs to the eldest son?" β
So taking advantage of the strength of the wine, Bo Lu eagerly took Zhao Wuxian's hand and asked, "Wuxian, what do you think about this?" β
"Me?" Zhao Wuxian smiled unashamedly: "Uncle asked the wrong question, in fact, it doesn't matter what I think, what matters is what you think, Uncle." β
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"My thoughts?" Buru was stunned.
"That's right, this is my father's decision, his temper uncle knows that his words must be believed, and his deeds must be fruitful, as long as a decision is made, no one can make him change his mind, whether it is a retainer or an heir. Think about the second story that Dong Zi said......"
Wuxian said: "When Han Xianzi said goodbye to his old age, he originally wanted to make his son-in-law Han Wuji his heir, but Han Wuji refused. He said that the mediocre who have no merit dare not occupy a high position. Now that I can't afford to lose Kuang Jun, I can't save the country, and I can't die because of the difficulty of the king, how dare I defile the monarch's court and humiliate the ancestors of the Han family? Allow me to retreat. He then strongly recommended his younger brother, saying: Although I am not talented, let Xian, I can still do it, please ask my father to make Ah Qi the son, he is talented, and he will definitely be able to glorify the Han family! β
So the Han clan announced to the monarch that Han Wuji was sick and might not be able to take up the position of secretary and the suzerain of the Han clan, so Han Qi replaced him as the heir of the Han clan. Sure enough, when Han Xuanzi was Han's great prosperity, Han Fu Qiyi, all became counties, each of them could give a hundred times, and Han's became one of the top six Qings. β
"Uncle, it's all about this, don't you understand what Dong Zi means?"
Under the moonlight, Zhao Bolu's face turned blue: "I understand, my father and Dong Zi want me to take the initiative to let Xian ......" He raised his eyes and stared at Zhao Wuxian: "Let it be given to you!" β
"Is my uncle a little unwilling, a little reluctant, feeling that this is something that belongs to you. But I took it away from me? β
"I ......," Bruch was speechless, even though he was simple by nature. But if you are deprived of your inheritance without fault, no one will be happy if you change it.
It's true that Bruw is a good man. But Zhao Wuxian didn't have the slightest sympathy in his heart, and he didn't want to back down. Not to mention that the Zhao family has always had a tradition of abolishing the sage, the establishment of Zhao Xuanzi, the establishment of Zhao Jingzi, and even the establishment of Zhao Ying. At the moment when the six secretaries of the Jin State were about to catch fire, they also paid attention to the inheritance of the eldest son as the way to death.
The future head of the family, of course, is where he, a strong soldier, lives!
However, the person in front of him can still be persuaded, and he has his words as support. also showed his filial piety in front of Zhao Ying and his retainers, and at the same time made the Han family more cooperative.
Wuxian said earnestly: "Uncle, the position of the son of the world means not only glory and power, but also responsibility and responsibility. You should be aware of the current situation in the Jin Kingdom, my Zhao clan and Fan and Zhongxing are like fire and water, and the attitude of the Zhi clan is also ambiguous, and the war is about to break out. "Poetry" said, don't you sleep all night. It is said that there is a lot of dew (don't you want to walk at night, but you are afraid of more dew); He also said, the Buddha bows to the family, and the common people believe in the faith (you can't bow down to the family. The people won't trust). Let me ask, uncle, if you are the sect master, you have the confidence to let the Zhao family avoid the difficulty of going to the palace again? Do you have the confidence to lead the Zhao clan to victory in the war? β
"I ...... No. Beru opened his mouth. said with a wry smile: "I don't even have a good grasp of governing a Wanhu county, and I don't understand military affairs." The retainers did not support me either......"
Wuxian was not polite to him at all, and said gloomily: "Then what else do you want to fight for?" Fight for the last head of the Zhao family. Fight for a sinner who was scolded by the ancestors of the Zhao family after his death? At the same time as power, responsibility is also ceded and danger is relinquished. What Han Wuji can understand, you don't understand? β
"So this is the choice given to you by your father, which determines your future status as an uncle, whether it is Zongzheng and Doctor who are still admired and worshiped after a hundred generations, or whether you will be driven to the border like Brother Zhong and Uncle and excluded from the core of the Zhao family, it is all in your thoughts!"
Zhao Bolu was like a slap in the face, and the hurdle in his heart suddenly became clear, and after he was silent for a while, he raised his arms to Wuxian and said: "Dong Zi is right, Han Wuji has a disease, and I also have three diseases, one disease is no talent, the second disease is cowardice, and the third disease is not able to be a big responsibility...... When I return to Wenxian, I will take the initiative to recommend you to my father as the ...... of the son."
Seeing that he was sincere, Zhao Wuxian knew that he had been moved by what he said, so he didn't say much, and raised his lamp to salute Beru three times.
That night, after removing the knot in his heart, Bolu was so drunk that he couldn't keep his mouth shut anymore, pulling Zhao Wuxian, from what happened when he was a child to his somewhat tragic marriage, and even the quarrel with Han Ji in private.
Zhao Wuxian couldn't help but look at his head, but he was thinking about something else.
Is this return a good time to publicly announce that he will inherit the second Zhao of the East and West?
Not necessarily, this will irritate the secretaries of the Jin State and make the already intensified situation more and more dangerous.
But it has been dragging on, it is not a matter, perhaps, a consensus can be reached within the Zhao family first, Zhao Ying specially held a wedding for Zhao Wuxian and Le Lingzi in Wen County, which is much higher than that of the other three sons, which is exactly what it means.
"Wait...... When you arrive in Wen County, you will be able to see your sister-in-law and nephew......"
Unconsciously, the babbling Beru stopped talking, and fell asleep soundly on the stone case. It was March, and the weather north of the river was still a little cool, Zhao Wuxian sighed, took off his coat, put it on this good old man, and said softly: "I hereby assure you that your future status among the Zhao clan will never be inferior to Han Wuji's to the Han clan!" β
Han Wuji let the heirs, Jin mourning recognized as Wuji virtuous, ordered him to be the head of the Gong family's doctor, and after his death, he was called the Gong Muzi, his words and deeds have been praised by the Han family, and Han Xuanzi was sacrificed side by side in the temple, status, wealth, and posthumous name, and there was a lot of everything that should be obtained.
As long as Bo Lu knows how to advance and retreat and does not die by himself, Zhao Wuxian will not be stingy in promising him a good end. Of course, it must not be like Zhao Xiangzi in history, leaving five sons and not passing them on, but letting Berlu's grandson be the king, that incident buried Zhao's civil strife and lost a good opportunity to rise in the early Warring States period...... Zhao Xiangzi has been shrewd all his life, but he was confused before he died, and he didn't know what to think.
Do you really feel ashamed of BerlΓΌ?
Or is there something hidden that even the historians have not figured out......
He shook his head and didn't bother to think about it, and said to himself: "Han Ji and my cheap nephew are both in Wen County, and my sister should be too......"
"None...... Shirtless ...... Ji Ying is also in Wen County. β
As if he had heard the words blown away by the wind, he was about to get up in a daze, and muttered a few more words from his mouth as he looked at the place where no one was.
"At that time...... At that time, you were still young and didn't remember, but, but I remembered, that year was also this month, Ji Huan came to the lower palace with her mother, and her father called her the heir he left behind, and asked me to treat her as a sister......"
"What?" Zhao Wuxian didn't hear clearly, he only heard the word "Ji Ying", and couldn't help but put his ears up, and pulled Bolu to ask.
However, Beru had fallen asleep in the garden, and could not wake up no matter how much he shouted......
PS: Chapter 2 in the evening (to be continued.) )