If a person can be called a legend, he has either done something earth-shattering, or he has some ability that others cannot. At least he stands out from the crowd and stands out like a legend.
There is no way to say whether Ye Xiayou is a legend or not, and no one can comment on it, but what he has done since he was young has always been a comparison among his peers.
Unlike several other sisters and brothers in the family who practice Taoism or practice Zen, the second young lady of the Ye family, who is practicing as a three-person in the family, has grown up from a young age to a high-ranking official or a trafficker. As long as everyone recognizes Ye Xiayu, there is no one who does not give a thumbs up. Praise.
The so-called children of other people's families are nothing more than that.
As the saying goes, all newborn children are the same, but Ye Xiayou will always be one step ahead of other children of the same age.
He can read a thousand words at the age of three and recite Liujia at the age of five. He is familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. Children from other families are naughty at the age of seven or eight and are full of mischief in the street. However, this second lady of the Ye family, who likes to be quiet and restless, can already write poems and articles.
But thinking that this girl with such an extraordinary talent could study well in Confucianism, Ye Xiayou, who had been studying hundreds of schools of thought at the age of nine, suddenly became interested in arithmetic, like a chicken and a rabbit sharing a cage, drinking on the river. , insufficient surplus, hundreds of monks and hundreds of steamed buns, and timely pear and fruit solutions to all the problems were at hand. It only took one year to crack the first eight calculations of the ten calculations left by the sages. At the right time, the doctor of arithmetic from the Imperial College came to visit in person and was more interested in recruiting disciples. He simply said "it's not fun" and turned to study the Five Elements and Bagua.
When I first got a glimpse of the source of the avenue, I couldn't stop it, and I devoted myself to studying it for two years. Suddenly one day he said, "There is no solution to the number of avenues. There is a solution if you let nature take its course." He led the maids in his yard to the back mountain and started farming. It was another two years with his face facing the loess and his back turned to the sky.
It was at this time that, under the age of 16, he wrote "Synopsis of Farming and Mulberry", proposing to reward farmers according to their harvest every year to promote production, and to provide regular compensation to poor areas to appease the refugees. Although this was not ruled out, The flattery of the patron king still shocked the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry in the middle of the court. He took it as an important strategy and was even summoned to the palace by Emperor Wu Jian.
That's not all. It's just mainstream knowledge. She is often used as a benchmark by the high officials in the court to compare her own children. That is, at the age of fifteen or sixteen, this girl who is already famous in Beijing suddenly asked her old man to come forward and find her. Eight famous masters of this art, who are best known in the world for their music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea, learned and competed with each other. For a time, these eight elegant people with high eyes were praised and astonished.
At this point, the second young lady of the Ye family, who seemed to be good at everything she learned and claimed to know a little bit about everything, was dubbed "Far and Away" by the Imperial Master Youwei, and became famous throughout the Zhou Dynasty.
From then on, the second young lady of the Ye family, who seemed restless, did some amazing things every year, such as writing "Lao Tao", which included all the delicacies in the capital, and writing the travelogue "Manman", which imitated the previous "Jinjin", covering the capital. He visited various scenic spots and even participated in Qushui talks held by famous people in Beijing at the age of less than 10 years old.
If you take out any one of them and put it on others, it would be regarded as wonderful. This is the only one in this long history that has left countless anecdotes, and it is indeed worthy of being far away.
But now, what this far-off woman wants to do is to use important officials in the court as bargaining chips in exchange for the weight of talking to the court - or the king of a country, and she also says it in such an understatement.
This has nothing to do with "stunning".
He Qingshan seemed to be unable to accept such a huge amount of information for a while, and asked: "So, what do you want to talk to the Holy Emperor? Talk about not seizing power like this? Let him continue to endure it and try to kill these four auxiliary ministers?"
Ye Xiayou laughed dumbly, "This is none of your business. Just do as I say. I will take you and Xiaocha to the theater when the time comes."
"What drama?"
"I won't tell you."
This caused He Qingshan to roll his eyes.
He Qingshan asked: "What should we do next?"
"If you want the Teng family to move, keep an eye on Chen Boliang and see if there are any deals under his hands that are not open to the public."
The smart man spoke to the point, and He Qingshan immediately understood the meaning of Ye Xia'er's words.
The Zhou Dynasty explicitly prohibited serving officials and their family members from engaging in other industries, which was a big taboo.
There was no important reason for this move, but it was actually because the Zhou court believed that officials should not compete with the people for profit, so that they could stabilize the people's hearts and minds and only seek what the people wanted.
Emperor Tianwen of the Great Zhou Dynasty paid great attention to this matter at the beginning of his establishment of the dynasty. He never tolerated officials engaging in business and took everything seriously. But slowly, nearly a hundred years later, and after four dynasties, this move has always existed in the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, but it has become less stringent than it was at the beginning.
As a result, it has developed quietly in private and has become a secret that everyone in the capital knows. If you don't tell me, I won't tell you, so we can make a fortune together in silence. According to those officials who were neither high nor low in rank, this was just a small amount of money to spend.
Just like during the reign of Emperor Tianwen, an envoy from the Five Prefectures of Lingnan Province came to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit. He saw that the fireworks were very lively during the New Year, so he made friends with the dignitaries in the capital to secretly buy a fireworks venue, planning to make a lot of money before and after. Returning to Lingnan with a lot of money is a "return to hometown in fine clothes", isn't it?
Some colleagues who were officials in the same dynasty also told me that this kind of business was the last business allowed by the housekeepers of all dynasties. After all, open fire was rampant, and there were times when people were not paying attention. At that time, the official said boldly, "Open fire, sprinkle water, make money. Without money, there is no justice."
But I never thought that something would really happen later, even if I sprinkled water on it, it would not work.
The firecracker field caused an open flame due to operational errors, and due to excessive hoarding for profit, the firecrackers crackled all night long. Fortunately, the site was located in Chang'anfang in the west of the city. They were all processing plants. They were sparsely populated and the casualties were not serious. However, the surrounding area was in a mess and was abandoned and has not been developed to this day.
In fact, in the final analysis, this statement is not without basis. The salary in the imperial court was divided into three, six and nine levels. For these court officials who secretly compared their family members with their maids and maids, it was quite difficult to get enough. It could not be said that it was just a drop in the bucket. Isn’t it true that everyone is starving to death?
Therefore, for these activities that have to exist even if they are against the law, everyone just turns a blind eye and pretends to be fine as long as they don't cause a big mess.
Sprinkle some water, it's over.
Coincidentally, what happened here was not just the imperial court's overt prohibition of covert indulgence, but there was another reason why even the common people took it for granted.
Throughout the dynasties, officials have been severely punished for accepting bribes and abusing their power to enrich themselves. During the reign of Emperor Tianwen, Zhongshu ordered Li He to collect four rolls of silk because he had helped a local official approve an insignificant document. Emperor Tianwen felt that he had failed the people, and he was so angry that he reported it to the officials. In order to plead for mercy, he actually ordered thirty punishments with a cane, beating the veteran who had followed Emperor Tianwen for more than ten years until he got out of bed for three or two months.
The reason for this is that in the late Wei Dynasty, the king was neither a king nor a minister. He tortured the people for his own selfish interests and plundered countless people's fat and anointed people. Especially the prime minister who had reached the first rank at that time sold his official position and won titles. Just because he was jealous of the hugely profitable cosmetics business, he opened several rouge shops in the capital, buying at low prices and selling at high prices, making huge profits. Later, in the end of the year, in order to accept bribes, I don't know which staff member he followed the immature suggestion, and actually started a firecracker business in the rouge shop. The main reason was to cover up the filial piety money of those officials from various places. Why did he come here with a large amount of money? Is there any reason to return empty-handed? It would be a good thing to have officials from various places bring some fireworks and firecrackers back during the Chinese New Year.
I just didn't expect that I would pay a lot of attention to firecrackers. I accidentally watched a firework in broad daylight. Not only did Zaifu die on the spot, but this shady method of accepting bribes was also made public.
According to historical records, numerous civilians were killed and injured at that time, and officials in office were also missing.
This is the origin of the saying in Ye Shi "A thousand pieces of gold is worth listening to the sound and watching the fireworks".
Therefore, Emperor Tianwen deeply hated the dangers involved and turned against rats, which became another reason why this dynasty tabooed officials from doing business.
But as mentioned before, an official also has a large family to support. How can he satisfy his appetite with just those official salaries? If he hadn't done any shameful deeds, he would have been hungry in his ancestors' graves long ago. What's the use of the hard-earned fame?
It's just that He Qingshan understood but didn't understand what Ye Xiayou meant by his words, and what kind of trouble could be caused under the protection of officials.
Without waiting for He Qingshan to ask, Ye Xieyou also understood that all the things inside could not be explained in a few words, so he added: "This statement may not have any impact on him, but the reason why a thousand-mile dike collapses in an ant nest Can’t you explain it to me? This is nothing more than a pretext, and you will find out in the follow-up.”
He Qingshan was in the fog, and even as smart as she was, she couldn't figure out Ye Xiayou's inner actions, and said: "As far as I know, it has become a well-known secret that officials in the court do business in private. Officials protect each other, and they can make a fuss about it. ?”
Ye Xiayou naturally knew He Qingshan's confusion, so he just mentioned: "I plan to put a big hat on my son. It takes some tricks to deal with the court officials directly, so do it step by step."
He Qingshan curled his lips and said disdainfully: "What can be involved? If you mess up the court situation like this, I'm afraid you will end up stealing the chicken but losing the rice."
"so what?"
With a rhetorical question, Ye Xiayou smiled and said slowly: "We are six siblings. Sister Ling'er has suffered since she was a child. She finally came to our house and went to Luoyang Baima Temple. She said that she was born with relics. In my opinion Come on, it’s bullshit. Come on, Ye Jiazi, if you leave the bullshit, you will become the bones of the Buddha. If you commemorate a sutra on the New Year, you will become the Buddha. Those two younger sisters and brothers who were born together have a lot of wisdom due to a strange combination of circumstances."
"But they don't need to worry about me."
Ye Xiayou let out a long breath and groped to sit down, looking a little tired.
"I don't have relics, nor Buddha bones, nor do I have the purple and gold lotus that is regarded as the root of wisdom by Taoists. They just followed the old man's wishes and have nothing to do with me. However, they are all doing it for the Ye family. Seeking blessings, I can't just sit back and enjoy the success indifferently, just let the four of them work hard.
"So, Songhua Brewery's spring water sencha tea washing service is too pretentious for me. I was born with a hard life and cannot enjoy this kind of blessing. Especially the third watch. My mother said that there should be a certain meaning in the third watch of life. He was in such a big disaster that he asked me to take good care of him, especially since my mother told me before she died that she would be relieved to leave the third watch to me."
She suddenly smiled softly.
"I have to reassure my mother."
The night is like talking to oneself, but He Qingshan is listening to it more intently than when he was young listening to the ups and downs of the master's words.
"My brother has suffered a lot. If my mother sees it, she will blame me again. I don't want to make my mother angry. There is a river ahead, so I will cross it for my brother. There is a mountain ahead, so I will climb it for my brother. In the past. Looking at the distant mountains and moving forward, you can be called a saint. I am not a saint, I am just a sister. No matter what, I have to make sense. "
