The thirteenth year of Chongzhen, June.

Daming, Hainan Island, Haikou Port.

Innocence inside the military palace.

Recently, as the commander of the innocent army and concurrently the chief magistrate of Xujiazhuang Nanyang, Sun Chuanting is a little absent-minded, his mood is quite low, and his work status is not very serious.

You must know that Sun Chuanting, who has been working for Xujiazhuang for more than six years, is definitely an enviable winner in life now.

not only controlled the elite innocent army of 200,000 people.

has a wife and three concubines, not only outstanding appearance, but also virtuous and courteous, the back house is peaceful, there are very few big families who are bullshit, it can be described as very harmonious.

There are many children, all of them are sensible and filial, have a good family education, and there is no crooked melon and cracked jujube that corrupts the family style, so there are many people who want to marry the Sun family, and the threshold of the family is broken.

In addition, Sun Chuanting won the appreciation and attention of the owner, last year when the "five-year agreement" expired, not only immediately sent someone to send a million silver dollars of sponsorship, but also tried his best to retain, hoping that Sun Chuanting would continue to serve Xujiazhuang, give him an annual salary of one million silver dollars per year, give more trust, and promised that if he could continue to serve Xujiazhuang for five years, he would give him a Nanyang manor covering an area of 10,000 acres, so that he could become a chic and wealthy manor and live a better and more comfortable retirement life. He can continue to study his scholarship and save the Confucian heritage, but he can do what he likes best without worrying about running out of money.

After all, the annual salary of one million silver dollars is five million for five years, and you can also get a manor of 10,000 acres, which is worth more than several million, bringing returns that can make future generations rich and rich for several lifetimes.

Even so, Sun Chuanting at that time did not show his heart and promise, but refused without hesitation, unwilling to continue to serve Xujiazhuang, just wanted to retire early and start his academic research career, even if the sponsorship fee of one million silver dollars was not enough to spend, he would live a rather poor life, he was prepared accordingly, and would never regret it.

But......

Sun Chuanting failed to resign, but was forced to promise to continue to work for Xu Jiazhuang, continue to use his talent and ability, and work for another five years.

It was everyone around him who prompted him to change his mind.

His colleagues and subordinates, his protégés, and his family members all advised him to think twice, not to give up this rare opportunity easily, not to be too idealistic, because people have to eat, and the problem of filling their stomachs is always more important than what Confucian inheritance, and when the economic problem is solved, there is a better family condition, and any project you want to study in the future will not fall into poverty, and you will always have a living guarantee, under such a premise, no matter what you study, you can achieve certain results. And it's easier to pass it on.

After listening to these exhortations.

Sun Chuanting's attitude was firm at the beginning, and then gradually softened, at this time Xu Jiazhuang sent his wife Zhang, concubine Shi, Lu, Wang and other women to his side, blowing the pillow wind to him every day, and slowly Sun Chuanting was persuaded by them, and had to agree, and worked for Xu Jiazhuang for another five years.

Incredible.

It's actually a bit incredible.

You must know that Sun Chuanting is a person with a heart like iron and an extremely firm will, and he decided that ten horses could not pull back ten horses, and it was impossible to change his mind, but this time, he still had no choice but to compromise and change, just because of a few women, he briefly abandoned his lofty ideals.

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Not good.

This is very bad.

Sun Chuanting had regrets and chagrin more than once, feeling that he must have been confused at that time, and he was actually dealt with by a few gusts of pillow wind, which was definitely a huge mistake, and his head must have been lost at that time.

It's just that the matter has come to this point, and he can only pinch his nose and admit it.

And recently, Sun Chuanting suddenly discovered that his ideals, his pursuit, maybe, maybe, should not be able to continue, and it is likely to face failure or premature death, what to save Confucianism and Taoism, it is estimated that it is impossible to do, this dream seems to have been invisibly stifled.

In other words, what stimulated him to come to such a pessimistic conclusion, people are also like being extracted from the spine, pessimistic and uncomfortable, and his mental state is much worse.

What did he find that was so bad that he suddenly became so negative?

Boil the frog in warm water.

He found that he had become a frog, a frog that had been boiled thoroughly, a frog that was no longer likely to jump out of the pot, accidentally fell into Xu Jiazhuang's calculations, and could only work for Xu Jiazhuang in the future.

Why did he come to such conclusions?

Quite simply, no one is left.

He found that there was no longer even one like-minded person around him, all of them had undergone tremendous changes, no longer following his set, one by one, all embraced Xujiazhuang, bent on connecting with Xujiazhuang, all imperceptibly, wanted to become Xujiazhuang people, gave up the original insistence on those beautiful qualities, the ideological level, now it is basically completely Xujiazhuang's set, and the previous Confucian tradition is regarded by them as pedantic, inflexible, hypocrites, etc., and they are not willing to accept and learn at all. Not to mention what kind of cultural inheritor to inherit his ideas and paths.

Despair.

These discoveries made Sun Chuanting feel a kind of despair, as if he had fought a defeated battle that he couldn't lose, and he had lost a lot of his energy at once, and he felt that he had a lot less motivation to live.

As for Sun Chuanting's change, all the people around him saw it in their eyes, and they also took some measures, hoping that he could cheer himself up.

So that evening.

At the time of dinner.

On the dinner table.

Son Sun Shirui, breaking the tacit understanding of not saying anything, opened his mouth and said: "Father, last month, I passed the entrance examination of Xujiazhuang Flight Academy, and I am about to enter the flight academy and train to become a glorious transport pilot, father, this flight academy only recruits 1,000 students every year, but there are as many as 70,000 or 80,000 applicants, I defeated more than eighty percent of competitors, and successfully joined the flight academy, not only can I fly the plane above the clouds in the future, but also go to any corner of the world as soon as possible. And the salary is very high, sought after by countless young people, I am one of the best young people in this era, I will definitely be able to be your pride in the future. ”

"And my sister Feiling, who has now also graduated from junior high school, mastered accounting skills, found a job as a bank teller, and can live at least a middle-class life with her fiancé in the future, without worrying about food and clothing for the rest of her life."

"The second sister Feiyan, although it is not a material for reading, but she is ingenious, kind, and her appearance is also very outstanding, there are many high-quality men who pursue her, and the second sister can choose one from it casually, and she can also live a happy and stable life, and we escort her, almost no trouble will be encountered, and it will only get better and better."

"There are also mothers and several aunts, they are all gentle and virtuous, they all care about your father very much, they don't need to be rich and noble, and they don't need to be famous in history, they just want to be by your father's side, serve and take care of you well, and then grow old with you, and always live with you to the end of your life."

"Father, I also know the ambition and pursuit in your heart, you are also a person who can become a contemporary saint, and you will definitely be able to achieve unimaginable achievements in the ideological world, which will be much more important than leading troops to the land of Nanyang, which represents the most important meaning of your life, nothing can compare to this, just ......"

Sun Shirui paused, and then said: "The times have changed, there have really been great changes, now a day has passed, equal to the past year, every day there are infinite new things, countless new ideas have emerged, now this era, is the best golden age, is the era of ideological explosion, father, you should leave your name in this era, let everyone know your name and achievements, in the field of thought, even call you Sun Shengren, but ......"

"Now the ideological things, is not very popular, today's mainstream is the era of industrialization and development, is the era of materialism, but also superficial and impetuous flow of money era, ideological things, people have not paid much attention to it, now people, more concerned about how much salary can be obtained every month, more concerned about where there are high-grade and easy to mine mines, care about overseas land and wealth, but also care about those superficial and kitsch cultural products, the only thing that will not be paid attention to is the traditional thought of Confucianism, Nowadays, this is a niche in a small niche, which has no extensive communication base at all, and does not have economic value that can bring a lot of benefits, and is destined to only be self-appreciative, and can only have influence in a small circle, and cannot affect the general public. ”

"And even ordinary people are not very interested and valued, and they can't bring economic value, they can only cultivate personal moral sentiments, unless they are people who are particularly empty at the spiritual level, it is difficult to spread this new set of ideas, which is doomed, the probability of your success is really low, maybe thirty or fifty years later, people will find the value of these ideas, and they may become popular again, but it must be a long, long time later."

"So, father, don't be blindly optimistic, don't be arrogant, the real good thoughts, are the ideas that can penetrate time, have tenacious vitality, there is a way to inherit and develop, there is no need to worry about being buried and extinguished, in addition, you can't be too anxious, you can't confront the mainstream of this world, go with the flow, only go with the flow, follow the trend of the times, in order to achieve the final good results......"

Sun Shirui said a lot, and basically said all the words that he held in his heart, risking being beaten by his father Sun Chuanting.

And after he finished speaking.

Sister Sun Feiling also spoke: "Father, I think what my brother said is very reasonable, "Oriental Times" has said that this era belongs to the grassroots and reckless, not to the era of literati and ink writers, no matter how outstanding a poet is, he may starve to death in this era, not to mention those traditional thoughts. ”

Sister Sun Feiyan also said: "Father, I also mean this, you have worked for Xujiazhuang for five or six years, and you have worked hard and made great contributions, so it is time to consider yourself and our family, with an annual salary of one million silver dollars, a fertile manor of ten thousand acres, plus the savings of these years, maybe it will be tens of millions of silver dollars, when has our family been so rich?" Although it is a little too fond of copper-smelling things, but with these, you can pursue culture, art, law, music and other things in the future, including those precious ideas of your father, will definitely one day be carried forward and sought after and accepted by the world. ”

His wife, Zhang, said: "Husband, don't worry so much anymore, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, and now it looks very good, not to mention that it has only been five years, and I will be able to retire soon, and I can study it as much as I want when the time comes." ”

"Yes, master, now we are used to living here, if we return to our hometown in Shanxi, we will be a little uncomfortable."

"The Ming Dynasty is dark, if it is out of the protection of the Xujiazhuang system, the accumulation we have in hand, plus the sponsorship fee of one million silver dollars, it is estimated that we will soon be targeted, we will be bitten by wolves, and whether we can keep our property is two words."

"Yes, Daming is too dark and too dayless, there is no sense of security at all, it is better to stay here in Xujiazhuang, there are very few accidents, I don't know how many teenagers it takes to reach the current level of Xujiazhuang, and Xujiazhuang is still developing, the gap will only widen, we can't destroy the future prospects of the children."

"That's what I mean, husband, it's okay for our generation to suffer a little, do you also want Shirui, as well as future generations, to live with you very poor?"

“……”

The chirping was like thousands of ducks bombarding in their ears, although it was more tactful, Sun Chuanting still understood the meaning of their words.

Abandon.

The family was trying to persuade him to give up.

Even if you can't give up, you can't affect your current comfortable life, and you can't fall down into a worse situation, you must be cautious and think more about them.

All in all!

The meaning of the family and children is very clear: Confucianism and Taoism can continue to be studied, but they cannot break away from the Xujiazhuang system, and they cannot give up the opportunity to integrate into Xujiazhuang, but they must cooperate more deeply, give full play to their wisdom and talents, help Xujiazhuang make greater contributions, and at the same time bring great benefits to the Sun family.

And in the face of these persuasions.

Sun Chuanting was still relatively silent, until he showed a rather lonely look, obviously, between his ideals and his family, he could only choose to compromise this time, and he could only give up his ideals, at least partially!