Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 43 Using the past to satirize the present, discussing the vegetarian meal of the official corpse

Chen Ji is well versed in the ways of the world in the officialdom, and will keep a line in everything he does, and will not offend someone in the officialdom too much.

I love my feathers very much.

But paying too much attention to private fame will also affect the world's evaluation of Chen Ji's character.

Fan Ye, a historian of the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, once commented on Chen Shi, Chen Ji, and Chen Qun's ancestors and grandchildren in "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Chen Shi Biography": The world thinks that the public is ashamed of Qing, and Qing is ashamed of elders.

That is to say, although Chen Qun served as Sikong, one of the three lords during the Cao Wei period, he was not as good as Chen Ji, who was one of the Jiuqing of the Han Dynasty, in terms of character.

And Chen Ji's character is not as good as that of Chen Shi, who was the head of Han Taiqiu.

There is a saying in "Zuo Zhuan": Above the Supreme Being, there is virtue, secondly, meritorious service, and secondly, establishing words. Although it will not be abandoned for a long time, this is called immortality.This is a way of judging by virtue standards.

It means that virtue, meritorious deeds and words are immortal, and the high officials and rich salary of the ancestors must be regarded as immortal.

The highest standard of immortality is to establish moral norms, the second is to establish immortal feats, and the third is to leave indelible articles.

Chen Shi has virtue, but this virtue is not based on his personal virtues, but on the overall situation.

When the party was imprisoned, Chen Shi was implicated and voluntarily surrendered because "if I don't go to prison, everyone will be in danger."

Zhongchang servant Zhang Rangquan devoted himself to the government and the public. After his father died, there was no official funeral, but Chen Shi went alone to express his condolences, which made the famous officials at that time feel ashamed.

In the end, when encountering the second disaster of party imprisonment, Zhang Rang thought of Chen Shi's friendship, and was able to save the famous officials in Yingchuan.

Even when he was in the country, Chen Shixiao compared Qu Zhi, and retreated without complaint.

The villagers even said: It is better to be punished than to be shorted by Mr. Chen.

You can see his virtue.

Although Chen Shi did not establish immortal feats or leave indelible articles, his virtues are enough to be called a gentleman.

Relatively speaking, Chen Ji was worse.

Living in a troubled world, he valued his personal reputation and cared about his own life. Although he could be called a gentleman, compared with Chen Shi, he lacked the pragmatism of self-sacrifice and self-sacrifice.

Therefore, when I saw Zheng Ping's Twelve Strategies, I told Zheng Ping bluntly.

Policy theory is a good policy theory, but neither Chen Ji nor Jiao He can implement it.

Because of this policy theory, the reputation of the executor is involved.

Once it is implemented, if it cannot solve the Yellow Turban disaster in Qingzhou, it may be ruined!
Just like Liu Bei gathered grain in the city in Gaotang County, it seems that he can fortify the walls and clear the fields to curb the growth of the Yellow Turbans. However, once there is a mistake in execution, Liu Bei may bear a bad name of harming one party!

If this notoriety adds to his body, Liu Bei will never want to hang out in the circle of scholars in the future!
How could someone as famous as Chen Ji and Jiao He take such risks so easily?

As long as you don't do it, you can't go wrong!
Yes, reputation will not be ruined.

Chen Ji secretly shook his head.

Still too young!
Being so ignorant of the world will only hurt yourself.

"Chen Xiang, have you ever read "Han Shu. Zhu Yun Biography"?"

At this moment, Zheng Ping suddenly spoke, instantly making the atmosphere of the banquet tense.

Chen Ji looked at Zheng Ping in astonishment.

During the period of Emperor Yuan of the Western Han Dynasty, a county magistrate named Zhu Yun went to the shuffle many times to impeach the prime minister Wei Xuancheng to protect himself, protect treacherous officials, and fail to govern all officials.

As a result, he was sentenced.

During the time of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yu, who had been the teacher of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, became the prime minister, but he did not have real talents and learning, which made all the officials dissatisfied.

Zhu Yun wrote to Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty again, and said in front of the ministers that Zhang Yu could not correct the emperor's faults and could not benefit the people.

He even asked Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty to give Shang Fang the horse-killing sword to kill Zhang Yu so as to warn the rest.

Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty wanted to execute Zhu Yun, but Zhu Yun was angry with Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, wanting to be Guan Longfeng of the Xia Dynasty and Bigan of the Shang Dynasty.

In the end, because General Zuo Xin Qingji was saved from death, he was exonerated.

The term "vegetarian meal in corpse position" has thus become a special term used to satirize some mediocre officials.

Zheng Ping asked Chen Ji if he had read "Hanshu. Zhu Yun Biography", he was definitely not comparing Chen Ji to Zhu Yun, but comparing Chen Ji to Zhang Yu who was eating vegetarian food in his corpse.

Before Chen Ji could speak, Chen Qun stood up and asked, "Major Zheng, are you using the past to satirize the present to say that you are Zhu Yun and your father is Wei Xuancheng and Zhang Yu?"

"Just because you don't adopt your strategy, you dare to insult my father so rudely?"

Liu Bei's whole heart was also suspended, and when he was about to defend Zheng Ping, he saw Zheng Ping shaking his head slightly, so he could only hold back his words nervously.

Liu Ziping looked at Zheng Ping with more appreciation.

Dare to say that Chen Ji's corpse is a vegetarian, let alone Pingyuan County, even if there are not many scholars in the world!

"Gongyou, aren't you worried?" Liu Ziping lowered his voice and looked at Sun Gan who was leading Baishui calmly.

Sun Gan shook his head slightly, but did not answer, but gave Liu Ziping a gesture to listen quietly.

Facing Chen Qun's shouting and questioning, Zheng Ping's eyes remained the same, as if the clouds were calm and the wind was light: "The sage said, if a gentleman doubts, he doesn't speak, and if he doesn't ask, he doesn't speak."

"Chen Juncheng, why don't you take a look at the policy and discuss it with me?"

Chen Ji is good at using the past to describe the present, and Zheng Ping also uses the past to discuss the present.

This answer is to tell Chen Qun: A gentleman should not express his opinion before he has distinguished right from wrong, and he should not speak until he has studied it clearly.

He didn't even read the policy theory, but said that Zheng Ping was humiliating Chen Ji, which was against the virtue of a gentleman.

And Chen Ji and his son have always restrained themselves with the virtue of a gentleman, this rhetorical question directly made Chen Qun speechless.

Chen Ji glanced at the eldest son who had fallen into a disadvantage, and shook his head secretly.

Changwen is still too young, how can he ignore the virtue of a gentleman because of a moment of anger?
"Long text, don't be rude!"

"It's just right, you should also take a look at Zheng Xiancheng's strategy."

Passing the strategy theory to Chen Qun, Chen Ji quietly looked at the white water in the porcelain bowl, and his heart was like still water.

Chen Ji's astonishment was that Zheng Ping actually used "Zhu Yun's Biography" to insinuate himself, rather than feeling humiliated, but this astonishment only lasted for a moment.

Chen Qun is just a young man in his 20s. Although he is knowledgeable and intelligent, he lacks experience.

In addition, Zheng Ping used the past to satirize the present, implying that Chen Ji's corpse was a vegetarian meal, so he became angry and lost his position.

With Chen Ji's reminder, Chen Qun calmed down and took a look at Zheng Ping's twelve strategies.

I don't know if I don't see it, I'm startled when I see it.

After reading Zheng Ping's twelve strategies, Chen Qun understood why Chen Ji was unwilling to implement them.

If his grandfather Chen Shi was here, Chen Shi would not take into account the loss of his private name.

But my own father.
Chen Jidu is over 60 years old. Once this strategy fails, it will be really late!
However, once he had such an idea, Zheng Ping insinuated that Chen Ji's corpse was a vegetarian meal, but he was not really humiliating Chen Ji.

After all, Chen Ji is Prime Minister Ping Yuan now!

If you have a good policy and don't implement it, but you are worried that you won't be able to keep it in the evening, isn't this a vegetarian meal?
(End of this chapter)