Chapter 48: Chatting with the Holy One
After the completion of the Saint's Office on this day, he closed his eyes and pressed his temples, looking much more tired than usual.
"Enhou, why do you say that people always snoop on things that don't belong to them?" the saint didn't open his eyes, and asked directly.
"Back to the saint, the minister thinks it should be his nature. Jia Yu thought for a while and decided to answer like this.
"Oh, what do you mean?" the Holy Lord asked with his eyes intrigued by Jia Yu's answer.
"Well, let's start with instinct, why do people look for food when they are hungry? It is the feeling when people are greedy for a full stomach, and in order to continue to have that comfort, they constantly try their best to fill their stomachs. But when the stomach is full, people are not satisfied with a mere satiety and begin to seek a better taste. When there is a better taste, people are not satisfied with the dull and boring life, and as a result, they begin to pursue the things that make them happy. Jia Yu explained.
After hearing this, the saint felt that Jia Yu said it very bluntly, isn't it just nature, when you are hungry, you want to eat, when you are full, you want to have fun, and you always pursue more things. "Oh, I didn't expect Enhou to be the person of Xunzi's doctrine?" Xunzi is a sage who advocates the evil nature of human nature.
"The minister is not a person of any doctrine, but he thinks it is suitable and uses it. "Jia Yu didn't dare to admit it, it wouldn't be good if the saint labeled him with something.
According to Enhou, man's greed will never cease. The saint asked, frowning.
"I don't think that's a bad thing. Jia Yu said another astonishing sentence.
"Oh, let's hear it. The saint asked.
"The minister means that people will be more and more progressive because of the pursuit of talents, from drinking blood and hair to all kinds of delicious food now, from the former sleeping in the mountains and forests to the current splendor, all because of this nature. Jia Yu said.
"It's not a bad thing to snoop on something that doesn't belong to you. The Holy One asked thoughtfully.
"The minister thinks that anything as long as it can be controlled is not a bad thing, which is the so-called golden mean, of course, the premise is that it will not hurt others. Jia Yu added. Of course, Jia Yu knew what the saint was worried about, that is, the struggle for the throne of the princes below.
In the past few years, with the help of Jia Yu, the prince has become more and more stable in the promotion position of sweet potatoes and corn. As the people no longer worried about food, they were very grateful to the prince who brought them these two good seeds, and not only the prince but also the saints took advantage of this to increase the popularity of the people. The military is also very supportive of the prince, no why, not to join the army just to let the family have enough to eat, the prince helped them do it, and he does not support who the prince supports.
The second prince and the third prince could no longer threaten the prince, and the prince had a sense of security, and his cough naturally improved. When you are in a good mood, you are no longer impatient in doing things, so you naturally don't do much, don't hook up with the military, don't contact civilian officials. Work is becoming more and more atmospheric, showing the demeanor of a prince. The saint was very satisfied with the prince's behavior of taking whatever he gave him and never stretching out his hand. The prince will ask his opinion on political matters, no matter how big or small, and the two fathers and sons complement each other. The prince was able to exercise his ability without arousing the jealousy of the saints, and the saints also had a lot of leisure.
However, the second prince and the third prince were anxious, seeing that the prince was sitting firmly on Mount Tai, and his father valued him more and more, and as time passed, the seat would be farther and farther away from them. They jumped to their feet, as the so-called anxious can't eat hot tofu, the more they do, the more wrong they are. The more they get wrong, the more they have to do things to show themselves, and it turns out to be an endless loop.
The saint naturally saw everything in his eyes, and became more and more disappointed in them in his heart, and after watching the recital of the three princes and mothers of the three princes on this day, he felt tired, so he talked to Jia Yu. Jia Yu didn't dare to speak ill of the two princes, a father can tell others that his children are not good or bad, but when others say bad things about their children, they are not happy.
"Although Enhou is only nineteen years old, he has his own opinions, and the nurse is good at teaching. By the way, how is the nurse lately?" the saint felt better after Jia pardoned, and hoped that they could control it.
"The Holy Master praised it, this is all the idea of the predecessors, what does it have to do with the minister. Grandmother is very good, accompanied by her sister and dog every day, and her life is very good. Jia Yu said modestly.
"The nurse is so blessed, without Jia Aiqing, and you Jia Enhou. The saint sighed for the Lu family.
Jia Yu didn't dare to speak when he heard it, the son didn't say that his mother was ugly, and it was a big unfilial piety not to argue for Jia Daishan.
Seeing that Jia Yu was silent, the saint naturally knew Jia Yu's scruples, and also diverted the conversation: "Jia Aiqing should also come back, let him catch up with Cunzhou's relatives." ”
After the Shi incident, Jia Daishan was also disliked by the saints, and he was transferred out to the east border to inspect by means of rising and descending, and when he came back half a year later, he was transferred to the west. came and went, and within two years, Jia Daishan went to the south, south, and northwest. The saint is not afraid that Jia Daishan will grasp the military power of the four directions, and the command of the nine provinces sounds good, but he only has the right to supervise, not the right to call the army. But just in case, Jia Daishan was ordered to sit in the northwest, and this seat lasted for three years. Jia Daishan rushed back and forth in the first two years, and stayed in the harsh environment in the northwest for the next three years, which made him more than ten years old.
"Speaking of which, Jia Aiqing seems to want the daughter of the Wang family to become the daughter of the Wang family of Cun Zhouding, how can she become the daughter of Liu Shilang's family?" asked the saint seemingly unintentionally.
"The minister's father did have this meaning, and he also wrote to mention that the father's order could not be violated, and it was too late to be credible, and the minister's grandmother had exchanged letters of appointment for Cunzhou, so she could not ruin the woman's reputation, and could only disappoint the minister's father. Jia Yu replied cautiously, not knowing if the saint meant anything else. The four kings and eight princes already have the habit of joint marriage, but the world is at peace, and if the four kings and eight princes hold each other like this, the power will be too great, and the superior will not be at ease.
The Lu family naturally won't be so stupid, and Jia Yu is a tanhua, Jia Zheng is also going to be admitted to the Jinshi, the line of the Jia family Rongguo Gong has begun to change from Xungui to Qingliu, and then marrying the four kings and eight princes will only be the hind leg of the Jia family, and it will not be of any benefit.
"Oh, since the Wang family has a girl of the right age, why doesn't the nurse look for it from the Wang family, which is closer?" the saint asked again.
"Grandmother pities her brother, so she wants to find a woman who can talk to her brother. Jia Yu returned, and the Holy Lord looked at him and told him to continue.
"My brother has loved reading and reciting poetry since he was a child, and he wants a like-minded wife. The Wang family educates their daughters to pursue the set of "women are virtuous if they are not talented", so the grandmother of the minister crossed the Wang family. ”
After Jia Yu dismissed his post, he pushed out the imperial study, only to feel that his back was wet, and he wiped his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.