Chapter 200: The Sorrow of the Times
With the words of Cui Xin of the Cui family, Cheng Yanjin, the general of Zuo Wuwei in Chang'an City, immediately began to prepare. Cheng Biting Jin, the www.biquge.info of the pen "Fun", is currently thinking about marrying Cui Xin's daughter, especially since of course he hopes to marry Cui Xin's daughter as soon as possible, so that he can obtain a higher status. Cheng Biting Jin was also down-and-out back then, and his name was named "Biting Gold", which can be said to be a vulgar name. But later he learned that his father was a senior official in Qizhou back then, and he was a scholar. When he knew that he was a nobleman, he also began to change. He is unwilling to be an ordinary "poor family", he thinks that since he is a noble scholar, he is destined to have today's achievements. And he looked down on Qin Qiong, who was fighting side by side with him at that time, and looked down on Wei Chigong, who was born in the market. He even changed his name to "Cheng Zhijie", and changed the word "bite gold" in the past, which made it look much more elegant.
But although Cheng Yanjin's father is of course a scholar, although he is a high-ranking official in Qizhou, he looks very inferior in front of this real high-level scholar. Although he looked down on Qin Qiong, who was born in the ranks of ordinary soldiers, and Wei Chigong, who was born in the market, he was still very inferior in the face of those warriors. He wanted to marry Cui Xin's daughter, so that he could improve his status as a so-called scholar. Although Cui Xin's daughter was married, he didn't care. He hopes to truly become a "scholar", a noble and noble scholar, not an ordinary pauper. Obviously, Cheng Yanjin has fallen into a kind of "noble" who wants to become a "nobleman", wants to become a scholar, and becomes the kind of legendary noble person. He had suffered from a young age, but when he knew that he was also a member of this noble group of Kas, his heart became wild.
Now that he heard an order from his future father-in-law Cui Xin, he hurriedly did things for him, hoping to gain the appreciation of his future father-in-law, and even the support of the Cui family, so as to provide greater bargaining chips for himself to gain a higher status in the future. When Cui Xin's order, although he thought that this would offend Shi Bufan, and might even offend the emperor, he didn't care. As long as he can marry the daughter of the Cui family, then he doesn't care about everything. There are only thousand-year-old families in this world, and there are no thousand-year-old royal families, this is recognized by all families, Cheng Yanjin doesn't think that he has offended the emperor, as long as he can become a member of the family again, so what's the matter?
"Chengnan Minglitang, you dare to pretend to be a princess, and you will immediately go and seal it up for me!" Cheng Yanjin said to his subordinate Zuo Wuwei soldiers.
"General Cheng, I'm afraid that I dare to pretend to be a princess in Chang'an, this is impossible, right? Are you being given ......?"
Cheng Yanjin said coldly: "Hurry up and give it to me!" “
Cheng Yanjin didn't know that he was going to be used as a gun this time. But Cheng Yanjin has no choice, he wants to marry the daughter of the Cui family, and it doesn't matter if he is used as a gunman. As long as you can truly become a warrior again, what does it matter? If you become a scholar, you can be rich forever, so what's the matter?
Cheng Yanjin immediately took the Zuo Wuwei soldiers to the Mingli Hall in the south of the city, and Cheng Yanjin said directly: "Mingli Hall is pretending to be a princess, I specially came to seal Mingli Hall!" ”
As those Zuo Wuwei soldiers were about to rush into the academy, it was obvious that Cheng Yanjin wanted to seal this academy, and he was not polite at all.
"Cheng Biting Jin, you give me an assistant!" Shi Bufan immediately shouted.
Shi Bufan knew that someone would definitely come to make trouble, so when he knew that a bunch of soldiers were rushing over, he immediately followed from the Wannian County Mansion. However, he didn't expect that it was Cheng Yanjin who came to him this time. Cheng Yanjin actually took the initiative to come to him for bad luck, which was unexpected by Shi Bufan, but it was also reasonable. This Cheng Yanjin is currently in an embarrassing stage, he very much wants to drill into the class of the scholar clan, but he can't erase the traces of his downfall in the past. He is now like stepping into high society with one foot, but he has not really stepped into high society yet.
On the one hand, this kind of person shows off in front of people who are not as good as himself, as if he wants to oppress the other party with a special momentum, so as to appear noble. But in front of the real upper class, he is very inferior. Cheng Yanjin hopes to gain access to the Shi clan or even the high-level Shi clan by marrying a woman from the Cui family, and at this time, Cheng Yanjin has obviously become a thug of the Cui family. Shi Bufan knew that Cheng Yanjin could not have a good relationship with Wei Chigong, and they may be described as good brothers in many novels, but judging from Cheng Yanjin's identity background, it was impossible for him to have a good relationship with Yu Chigong in the early Tang Dynasty.
"Shi Bufan, I heard that this is Minglitang pretending to be a princess, so I brought the Zuo Wuwei soldiers to seal it up, do you have any opinions?" Cheng Yanjin asked.
Shi Bufan asked rhetorically: "If you come to seal down the academy in my Wannian County, then it's best to ask me, the parent official of Wannian County, right?" You didn't even give me a single official document, so you came here with such fanfare to seal down the academies in my territory, right? The academy is a place to study, what do you mean by bringing these people here? The ranking of the Confucian saints is enshrined here, do you want to alarm the Confucian saints? Cheng Biting Jin, what do you mean by this? ”
Cheng Yanjin said angrily: "Don't call me Cheng Yanjin, my name is Cheng Zhijie now!" ”
"The name is just a person's code name, don't you even dare to admit it?" Shi Bufan asked.
Cheng Yanjin immediately replied: "I am the son of the official of Qizhou Dazhong, and I am a big family, how can I not admit it?" ”
Cheng Yanjin obviously refuses to give up the so-called "family family" identity, even if he was once down, he still thinks that he is a "nobleman", obviously he already has a sick mind. The nobles are actually the same thing as the European aristocracy, holding power for generations and pretentious. Even in later generations, many Westerners were proud of their "aristocracy" status. And China has an additional period of Shu landlord rule, so that many people can shout loudly "There will be no seeds, and men should be self-reliant". However, the Cheng Biting Jin Tang Dynasty was a process of gradual decline of the scholar clan, and this residual thinking still seriously affected this era. Cheng Yanjin is like this, Fang Xuanling is like this, and even Wei Zheng is like this. There are still many people who are proud of marrying a woman from a scholar clan and are proud of marrying a scholar clan. It seems that after marriage, he is also a scholar. This Cheng Yanjin has declined, but because his father used to be a Zhongzheng official, he thinks that he should be a noble scholar and looks down on his comrades-in-arms who used to eat together.
"Cheng Yanjin, are you really going to seal this Mingli Hall? What if I don't agree? Shi Bufan said.
This Mingli Hall is his hard work, and of course he will not allow Cheng to bite the gold to seal it. If he compromises this time, then there will definitely be more blows in the future, so he must withstand it. He had long known that someone would come out to stop him, but he didn't expect that the first one to come out was Cheng Yanjin. Cheng Yanjin was used as a gun by the Cui family, but maybe Cheng Yanjin himself knew it, but he was willing.
"You dare to stop me?" Cheng Yanjin asked coldly.
Shi Bufan asked rhetorically: "Cheng Yanjin, since you claim to be a Dazhong official. But from the battlefield to kill a knife and a shot, step by step to today, what does your wealth have to do with your noble father? The result of your own efforts, why do you care about the so-called clan identity? Don't you even dare to admit that you are rich and noble by yourself? ”
"Joke, I was born a scholar, why deny it? I am born to be rich, why bother to be rich? I have today, it's all predestined. Cheng Yanjin replied.
Shi Bufan couldn't help but shake his head, Cheng Biting Jin's thoughts were simply sad. Cheng Yanjin can have today, it is all because he fought on the battlefield, how can he ever get the so-called family protection? But now he doesn't even dare to admit that he is the wealth he has worked hard for, so he stubbornly believes that his wealth is given by his natural blood, which is simply stupid.
"Cheng Yanjin has gone crazy, and Cheng Yanjin has completely lost his mind in order to become the so-called 'scholar clan'. Where is there a free lunch in this world, and can he really gain the respect of the so-called scholars by doing this? Those scholars of the Cui family just treated him as a dog that was released to bite people. The Cui family just treated him as a lackey, and he actually came over stupidly to gnaw bones, which really made people speechless. Born noble, I bah! Shi Bufan also scolded in his heart.
Shi Bufan absolutely does not believe that there is any inherently noble existence in this world, although he does not dare to say that he is too poor since he was a child, he belongs to the middle class. He relied on his own studies to become a society and be regarded as an upper-class, but he worked hard to get all this by himself. Which of those people around him didn't work hard? Born noble, but born rotten.
The sorrow of the times has swept countless people into it. Wei Zheng is like this, and so is Cheng Yanjin. Think that you are born noble, and then you can sit back and relax in the conversation and pleasure every day. Officials like Wang Xizhi talk and write books every day, ignoring state affairs and thinking about how to recover the land and improve the people's livelihood. Cheng Yanjin didn't even dare to admit the wealth he had worked so hard for, thinking that it was the natural nobility of his ancestors' bloodline. It's really inferior, the more inferior I feel in my heart, the more I dare not admit my origin. ”
Shi Bufan said unceremoniously to Cheng Yanjin: "General Cheng, I will not allow you to seal up Mingli Hall." You say that you are from the noble blood of your ancestors? ”
"Yes!" Cheng Biting Jin replied proudly.
However, he replied politely: "I don't have noble ancestors, I don't even have a genealogy, and there is no genealogy to prove that my ancestors had any noble people." Even, even if I don't have an ancestor, even if I come from a humble family, I won't be sad because I don't have a noble ancestor. I don't grieve because my ancestors are inferior to other people's ancestors, I don't get anything from external things, I don't feel like I've gained anything because the bloodline of my body comes from a very high ancestor, and I have something to rejoice about it. ”
"I don't feel sad because I don't have any wealth in my body, and I don't have any powerful ancestors. Our body is nothing but a foreign object, nothing more than a skin. I don't rejoice in things, I don't feel joy and sorrow for my external things. But General Cheng, because of a so-called noble ancestor, made a big statement here. But what's the use of this ancestor, the descendants are not filial and ruin the reputation of the ancestors, is there less such a thing? I don't bother to show off my ancestors......"
"Because, I want to be someone else's ancestor. I will be my descendant and mention my name with pride. And just like your so-called ancestors, I want to be the kind of person they are, so that my descendants will be proud when they mention me. I don't feel proud of others, I am proud of others because of me. ”
Shi Bufan turned to those young children and said, "Everyone, you must remember that your destiny is in your own hands. Not in the hands of the so-called ancestors, people may not be able to determine their own origin, but they can decide their own destiny by themselves. Don't rely on any ancestors, don't be proud of the reputation of your ancestors. And what we need to do is to be an example for our descendants, not to make us feel proud of our so-called noble ancestors. ”
"The dynasty is the field house, and the twilight is the Tianzi Hall. There will be no seeds, and men should be self-reliant. ”
Cheng Yanjin was suddenly furious and said, "Shi Bufan, you are looking for death!" You are also worthy of being a general, what are you? A person from a humble background, how can he be qualified to comment on state affairs? ”
Obviously, in Cheng Yanjin's eyes, people from poor families are not worthy of commenting on state affairs, and only the scholars are qualified, and such ideas are widespread in the eyes of the ancient scholars.
"The affairs of the world are commented on by the people of the world. Could it be that this world is opened by the Cheng family, and only you are allowed to comment, and we ordinary people are not allowed to comment? In my eyes, this world exists in the hearts of the people of the world, and this world is in the hearts of everyone, so why can't anyone comment? Can you represent the world? Can you Cheng Biting Jin represent the people of the world? Shi Bufan asked.
Since he has already torn his face with Cheng Yanjin, there is naturally no need to be polite. If you want to mix in the officialdom, if you want to kill the bloody road in the interception of this clan, then don't be afraid of offending people. It is inevitable to offend Cheng Biting Jin now and Wei Zheng tomorrow. The real Cheng Yanjin is not like the funny and talkative guy in various novels.
"I'll teach you a lesson today, true nobility does not come from the inheritance of bloodline, but from the extraordinaryness of the spiritual and soul realm!" Shi Bufan said.
Cheng Yanjin took out the horse lance, and pointed directly at Shi Bufan with great momentum and said, "You are looking for death!" (To be continued.) )