At the end of the Han Dynasty: a stingy husband from his hometown

Chapter 42 Respect
This poem is selected from "The Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", and the author came from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, so it did not appear in this era.

This poem is easy to understand, even a rough person like Xu Chu can roughly understand the meaning contained in it.

Xu Ding also sighed after hearing this: "It's a good one: the emperor plays with words, and the minister plays with halberds!"

He turned to Xu Chu and warned: "Having heard this, do you know that trouble comes from your mouth? The Duke of Song Dynasty is the king of a country, and he only uses his words to gain advantage, and even leads to death. We, the leaders of Guizhou, should be more careful in our words and deeds!" "

Xu Chu bowed his hands and said, "Wei!"

Xiang Hong asked: "What is the name of this poem?"

Zhou Qi said: "This poem is called "Qiu Mu Praise"."

Zhou Qi wrote this poem impromptu, not to pretend to be aggressive in front of a few people, but to have his own calculations.

Since the Warring States Period, from the beginning of the princes of the various countries, Lord Xinling of Wei, Lord Pingyuan of Zhao, Lord Mengchang of Qi, and Lord Chunshen of Chu, all took advantage of the power of princes to recruit knights and followers, even if they were roosters, dogs, and thieves. treat.

The prime ministers of Zhao and Yuqing abandoned the country and donated money to the emperor, using Zhou's poverty to deal with the misfortune of Wei and Qi;

This is to use the power of the knights and disciples to win over the princes, become famous all over the world, and become famous all over the world.

After the death of Qin II, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and many customs were inherited, including the knight-errant style.

Only the number of named knights recorded in "Hanshu ~ Youxia Biography" is unknown.

Therefore, the Prime Minister Chen Yi rode thousands of chariots, and both Wu Bi and Huainan invited thousands of guests.The relatives of the foreign ministers Wei Qi and Wu An competed for the capital.

Mencius and Guo Xie's disciples galloped to Luyan, gained power in the state, and tried their best to defeat the princes.

All the common people in the head of Guizhou honored his fame, coveted and admired him, and followed suit one after another. Although they were killed, they would die without regret.

However, except for the four sons of the Warring States Period, who can use the power of princes to dominate the universe and be famous for thousands of years, even if the rest are prominent for a while, how can they last long?
Especially the commoner-clothed knight-errants like Meng and Guo Xie, even if they can exercise power in the state, defeat princes, and be admired by knights all over the world, so what?
In the eyes of real aristocratic families and princes and nobles, this is just a brave man who steals the power of killing himself, and his crime is no longer punishable.

It would be fine if he could be recruited as a minion, otherwise, a memorandum could be heard by the heavens, and these heroes could be destroyed with a snap of the fingers.

Although Zhou Qi had no choice but to choose this way to become famous, he didn't want to be labeled as a ranger.

Even if a combative and bohemian commoner can reach the level of Ju Meng and Guo Xie in the end, it is impossible for him to go any further.

Zhou Qi had a grand plan, so when he killed Wang Ji, he wrote "Xia Ke Xing" outside the wine shop, praising Zhu Hai and Hou Yingzhi to leave their names.

In fact, he wanted to distinguish himself from those traditional knight-errants and convey a message to the world: I, Zhou Qi, not only possess loyalty, bravery, courage, but also full of talent!

In this era, although it is not important that everything is inferior, only reading is high.

But it is impossible for a family to transform into an aristocratic family without cultural inheritance.

The status of scholars seems to be inherently higher.

It's like a well-educated celebrity, even if he is white, the governor of the county and country should treat each other with courtesy.

But the Xu brothers, who are both white, may not even be taken seriously by the county magistrate. This is the difference between scholars and ordinary people.

Of course, just writing "Xia Ke Xing" is not enough.

Zhou Qi told the three people the story of Ji Lu and Qiu Mu today, and wrote "Qiu Mu Zan", in addition to spreading knowledge to them, he also wanted to create a learned impression to the world.

Many people may know the name of Ji Lu, but I am afraid that even many scholars may not have heard of the name of Qiu Mu.

If those people suddenly heard "Qiu Mu Zan", they would probably be surprised by Zhou Qi's vast knowledge.

Reputation does not come out of thin air, it needs to be accumulated and managed slowly.

Regardless of "Xia Ke Xing" or "Qiu Mu Zan", they may not be of much help to Zhou Qi today.

But as time goes by, when Zhou Qi continues to accumulate reputation and his own strength reaches a certain level, these will eventually lead to qualitative changes.

Xu Ding didn't know Zhou Qi's thoughts, but he felt quite touched after hearing the stories of the two sages.

He usually taught Xu Chu to be reticent and cautious in his words and deeds. Hearing Song Guogong's story today, this belief became more firm.

In fact, Xu Chu has been loyal to his duties in history, cautious in his words and deeds, and not reckless in his conduct, which is very different from the image of Xu Chu in the novel.

In the novel, Xu Chu beheaded many third-rate military generals, and also angrily killed the arrogant Nanyang celebrity Xu You.

In real history, Xu Chu did not have these achievements, and even Xu You was not killed by Xu Chu.

On the contrary, Xu Chu was law-abiding and cautious.

Cao Ren, the general of the clan, invited him to go to the side hall to talk, but Xu Chu flatly refused in order to avoid suspicion, even at the expense of offending Cao Ren.

It is precisely because of Xu Chu's character that Cao Cao respects him and is even willing to entrust his life to him.

Loyalty, bravery, understanding of advance and retreat, and knowledge of current affairs, these virtues that Xu Chu possessed in history may be inseparable from the earnest teachings of his brother Xu Ding.

Zhou Qi didn't know that after he recounted the story of Zi Lu and Qiu Mu, he also wrote a poem, which had a huge impact on the Xu brothers.

If we say that the previous friendship between the Xu brothers and Zhou Qi was just an ordinary friendship.

Then when they learned about the feat of assassinating Wang Ji by Zhou Qi and Xiang Hong, and tied their hands to inform them of the fugitive's identity, the Xu brothers became very respectful of Zhou Qi.

When Zhou Qi finished writing the poem, the attitude of the Xu brothers towards Zhou Qi had become one of respect.

Although there is only one word difference between admiration and respect, the meanings behind them are vastly different.

Admiration is also limited to peers, indicating that the two have equal status.

But respect, but there is a trace of respect in addition to admiration. At this time, the Xu brothers have already placed Zhou Qi in a higher position than themselves.

This respect did not come from Zhou Qi's vengeance and murder, nor from Zhou Qi's full of loyalty, but from Zhou Qi's unfathomable knowledge.

It was because of this respect that Xu Ding did not want Zhou Qi to take the risk of going to Cao's.

He pondered for a while, and sincerely persuaded: "Xujiazhai is the only way for the envoy of Yang to enter Xiang County. In fact, Ziyi doesn't need to go to Cao's, and he can just live in Xujiazhai for the time being."

"It's not too late for Ziyi to turn himself in when the envoy Yang passes by here."

Feeling the sincerity revealed in Xu Ding's words, Zhou Qi felt a little warm in his heart, but also a little ashamed.

He couldn't tell outsiders about his own thoughts, but he didn't want to let down Xu Ding's care.

Zhou Qi pondered for a while, and did not reply directly to Xu Ding, but asked instead: "I wonder what brother thinks about the current situation in the world?"

(End of this chapter)