When Fazheng arrived in Shouchun, Zhuge Jin was lying on the table to rest, and after Zhou Yu completed the Yuzhou governance plan, he finally had time to play the piano, listen to music and watch dances with Xiao Qiao.
As for the elders of the Yuan family, they are currently dreaming of taking over Xuzhou and successfully laying the foundation for the Yuan family's hegemony. Of course, this situation cannot be complete without a banquet and the dance of the maids in the hall. In short, the current situation is that the Yuan family is very excited and feels that victory is in sight. A banquet is being held to celebrate.
Yuan Shu, who was still immersed in the pain of losing his son, was not in the mood to care about what the Yuan family was doing. His heart had become cold. The originally extremely important hegemony no longer seemed to him as important as before.
"Take it and eat it." Yuan Shu, who looked haggard, handed a piece of rice cake to the beggar again.
Stretching out his black paws to take Yuan Shu's rice cake, the beggar kowtowed and immediately started to take a big bite.
Yuan Shu, who was standing aside, no longer had the same richness and pride as before. The death of his only son made Yuan Shu, who was originally fat and wealthy, become thin and haggard. His original black hair gradually lost its luster, and he looked a bit like He is a little old man. He has no ambition and no idea of conquering the world.
"Sigh." Yuan Shu shook his head and took Ji Ling and Yan Xiang away from the beggar. "Actually, it's good to leave everything to others. At least I couldn't wander around like now, and I couldn't see longevity. There are still scenes like this under the bustling spring.”
"Lord..." Yan Xiang was immediately ready to explain.
Yuan Shu waved his hand, "You're not wrong, I just felt a little emotional when I suddenly saw that our family has ascended the throne of Emperor Xuanyuan and guarded the eight directions on behalf of the emperor. Only from then on did the clan come into being."
Yan Xiang looked at Yuan Shu in confusion. He didn't understand why Yuan Shu suddenly said this. He could only wait for Yuan Shu's follow-up. As for Ji Ling, Yuan Shu's most loyal subordinate, he didn't mind Yuan Shu's right or wrong or Yuan Shu's choice at all. This is his path without regrets.
"We, the family, are all descendants of Xuanyuan. They were born to shepherd and guard the four directions and educate all people. Our clan has been together for eternity. Although there have been ups and downs, since we shepherded and guarded the four directions, we have used only a small area to build the civilization of China. This is We have the confidence that our family will last for thousands of years!" At this moment, Yuan Shu's body almost showed the arrogance accumulated by the family for thousands of years.
"The so-called shepherds everywhere, educating all people, and enjoying the tributes of the people with a noble and noble body, how can they exploit their own people in such despicable ways? These bastards are really shameful!" Yuan Shu roared angrily.
It can be said that Yuan Shu has always lived in his own world. He is loyal, has his own principles, and protects his own morality. In his opinion, it is natural for a family to enjoy the worship of all people with its noble body!
Because in Yuan Shu's impression, Chinese civilization has been paved with blood on thorns by aristocratic families for thousands of years. The former monarchs and nobles, and now the aristocratic families, have always played the role of pioneers, and In Yuan Shu's impression, their family should be like this in the future.
This is why Yuan Shu regards all people as ants. In his opinion, the taxes paid by the people are nothing compared to the responsibilities they have shouldered for thousands of years. They pay more and enjoy more.
Yuan Shu's responsibility, in the view of Yuan Shu, an idealist, is that the people's current living conditions are his success, so he will enjoy the people's offerings as a matter of course, and Yuan Shu has not had contact with the lower class people before.
If Yuan Shu hadn't put down his power, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to see the lives of the people under his rule before he was completely overthrown. By the time he could notice, I'm afraid he would have been only a little away from the worry of survival.
"These scum! Why should the glory of our family be shown by exploiting and ruling the people!" At this moment, Yuan Shu's eyes were extremely cold. Everything he learned in the book conflicted with everything he saw. He has always adhered to inaction. When Zhi Zhi saw this situation, he could only feel extremely angry filling his brain!
"Without contact with the people, I have always been aloof, only followed the most correct way of governance, and let the people under the rule get everything by themselves. Am I wrong?" Yuan Shu murmured to himself.
Yuan Shu looked forward with confused eyes. He couldn't help but think about his mistakes while being angry. The arrogance of the aristocratic family made him disdain to express his anger, let alone understand the thoughts of ordinary people like ants. He was a high-ranking defender of the system, and now the facts tell He, the system he upholds has become distorted.
"Am I wrong?" Yuan Shu stood still and asked himself, his eyes extremely confused.
Carefully recalling all the political orders implemented by Yuan Shu, in fact, he did not issue any political orders to the people, did not increase taxes, did not increase corvee, and followed the laws of the Han Dynasty. Why were there so many refugees under his rule? Doesn't the existence of a person mean that he has not been a pastor?
"I'm not wrong." After a long time, Yuan Shu's eyes gradually became firm. "I followed the laws set by the Han Dynasty without any changes. I just maintained everything. What was wrong were those scum who abandoned the responsibilities of the family. They broke the rules!"
"Let's go, follow me and ask the elders of my family, what are they doing? Have they forgotten the responsibilities of our family for thousands of years? When did our family degenerate into competing with the people for profit?" Yuan Shu turned around and glanced at Yan Xiang and Ji Ling said.
Yuan Shu's way of thinking is very simple. As a family that serves as the guardian of the emperor, even if you want to rebel, your most fundamental responsibilities should not change. A family is a family. It will remain aloof for thousands of years and treat the common people as ants. It's not because of that. Bloodline, that surname, but because of the responsibility.
In the ancient times, when the emperor made the emperor a king, it was our ancestors who overcame all obstacles to expand the territory and established the orthodoxy of the Central Plains; in the distant times, when a hundred schools of thought contended, it was our ancestors who forged the chapter of Chinese civilization, which we can carry in our bodies. We are proud of our bloodline, but we do not differentiate ourselves based on our bloodline.
This is the family in Yuan Shu's memory, the principles shown in all the books from childhood to adulthood when the princes, nobles, officials, officials, and people of the country, and then to the aristocratic family, have been striving to move forward.
We regard the people as ants, but ants still have lives, but ants cannot shoulder this kind of responsibility. We bear these and educate the ants in the hope that one day they can shoulder these responsibilities like us. We do not use blood as the line of inheritance. It is this Chinese civilization that our family has passed down from generation to generation.
This was Yuan Shu's innocent ideal. The books he read kept repeating what their ancestors had done and how important it was to the people of the world.
Yuan Shu understood this reasonably and clearly. A family should take the lead for the world. This is the responsibility we bear. Our ancestors cut through thorns and thorns, our predecessors expanded the territory and opened up new territories, and we, our generation, guard the four directions and educate all people!
We should be the first to lead the world, this is the basis for us to enjoy everything, and everything now - the family has fallen. (To be continued.)
