Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 499 Visiting the Wei Mansion
Liu Yong's experience, among the dozen or so people who went to Lingnan to be an official, can only be regarded as a miracle, and it is not the worst. He was bitten by a poisonous snake and almost died, and was forced by the local tribal leader to borrow it. Some of them took several black and skinny Yi women as concubines. Even those who worked as meritorious officials in the city like Shangguanyi, because they wanted to organize local production, they went to deep mountains and old forests to eat their own concubines. The scholar's image and temperament are all ruined, and there are still many scars on his body!

But no matter what, the various industries in Lingnan, after several years, have finally opened up the situation in their hands, and the people behind will not have to suffer so much.

After they finished telling their adventures as officials one by one, many Confucian scholars finally knew what kind of pit they had stepped into today.

When you become an official, you can't get a prominent position. Instead, you need to keep giving and serve as a servant to the common people, even to the humble barbarian people. All the previous cognitions of these Confucian scholars will be overturned. .

"After listening to their stories, if you still feel that you want to do something for the court, then I will arrange for you to go to the place where the country needs you most to serve as officials for a few years. You just need to leave a name card. I will consult Fang Xiang and Wen Shangshu to make arrangements."

As soon as Sun Xiangfu's words came out, many students who wanted to go out and make a fortune immediately looked happy. Although they were high-ranking officials, they were either the second sons, or concubines, or had no ambitions at home, but they had a kind of willingness to give it a go. Enraged.

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Sun Xiangfu and his father-in-law, Yu Chang, nodded and went to the back hall. Today's banquet lasted from morning to afternoon. Go to Wei Zheng's side to continue the discussion, and he must be allowed to rest.

There are also many children in the Yu Mansion. Since the Sun family built a play hall, the Yu family has also built one. At this time, there are many children playing there. Two children, Sun Huanhuan and Sun Lele, are sitting in the children's play hall. In the shaped swing, Yu Xiuer's mother and daughter were helping them push each other. The two little guys were so bold that they insisted on calling the person in charge of pushing them to push them higher so that they could surpass each other.

Sun Xiangfu approached and bowed his hands to Yu's mother, "My son-in-law has met his mother-in-law, let me push them to play!"

"My son-in-law has been busy all day, I'm afraid he's tired, so sit down and have a rest, the two of them don't come here usually, and let me, a grandmother, get closer."

"I'm afraid my husband is tired from sitting, and if you want to move your body, come and push Lele for my concubine!"

He didn't take Yu's mother's hand, but took Yu Xiu'er's hand, which made his son Sun Lele on the swing slap happily. In his opinion, it is inevitable that his father's strength must be stronger than his mother's, and his sister's.

Sun Xiangfu saw the kid's intentions all of a sudden, he was afraid that his sister would not look good by pouting and crying, so he pushed him as high as his sister's swing just like Yu Xiuer.

"Fang'er didn't cause any trouble in Shanyang, please trouble your son-in-law!" Mother Yu said again after Sun Xiangfu started to push the swing.

"Hehe, he's done a good job over there, so you don't need to worry about it. I tried to persuade him to come back a while ago, but he didn't want to."

"Hey, this child has been wild since he was careful, and always likes to run outside. He is seventeen or eighteen, and he doesn't think about coming back to get married."

The eldest grandson of an aristocratic family like Yu Fang usually gets married very early, and most of them are from well-matched families. It is almost always decided by the order of his parents and the words of the matchmaker. As the eldest son, he basically has no choice and cannot refute.

With Yu Fang's unrestrained temperament, it's no wonder that he likes this set. It's not just that men in later generations will not be free when they get married. Men in this period will also be very unfree when married, because of the social status of women in the early Tang Dynasty. It's quite high, especially for the main wife. Almost half of the family affairs are decided by the hostess, just like Sun Xiangfu's concubine, Yu Xiu'er can directly help him decide.

Moreover, many top dignitaries are still very fearful of internal affairs, including the two emperors of the former Sui Dynasty, and Li Yuan, the founder of the Tang Dynasty. If it weren't for his wife Dou's early death, he would not be as carefree as he is now, giving Li Shimin a year. It is a blessing to have a few younger brothers and sisters who are not as miserable as Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty.

Yu Fang didn't want a strong wife to take care of him when his grandfather, father, and mother were taking care of him at home. He was evading marriage in Shanyang on the grounds of doing business!
The left and right were gossips, so Sun Xiangfu asked casually, "Which family is he dating?"

Mother Yu said proudly, "Jiangdong Lu's family, Lu Deming's great-granddaughter."

"Oh, the granddaughter of Xueshi Lu's family! I heard that Xueshi Lu's body looks like..."

"Yes! Mr. Lu is over 80 years old, and he is still your grandpa's senior. He has been bedridden for the past two years. He just wants to see this most beloved granddaughter get married before he dies. Can the son-in-law go? A letter, forcing Fang'er to go back to Chang'an, when your grandpa visited the Lu residence these days, Mr. Lu even took the initiative to mention this matter!"

The two families of Yu and Lu can be regarded as good friends for generations. One is from Yuezhou and the other is from Wujun. They are not far away, so they can be regarded as fellow villagers.

Before Yu Shinan was named Yinqing Guanglu doctor, Lu Deming, the oldest of the eighteen scholars in the Qin Palace, was still ranked ahead of Yu Shinan. However, according to the historical trajectory, he should have died last year. Unexpectedly, now , but insisted on holding on for several months, and the granddaughter trained by this super Confucianist...

Sun Xiangfu imagined that Yu Fang was also worried, not all the daughters of the aristocratic family are as outgoing and casual as Yu Xiuer.

"Uh, this, Yu Fang's work is also very important. Before there is no suitable person to take over, you can't leave it lightly. You said just now that Grandpa often visits Mr. Lu these days?"

"That's right! The best reading glasses have been sent over several pairs!"

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu knew that during this period of time, Confucianism was probably in turmoil. After all, Kong Yingda hadn't unified all kinds of messy Confucian schools, and his "Five Classics of Justice" hadn't been edited yet to get everyone's approval. recognized.

This suddenly made Sun Xiangfu think of something.

The characteristics of Confucianism are bound to make the monarchs of feudal dynasties like it, because it is indeed beneficial to the rule of feudal dynasties. Before the advent of the technological age, it is difficult for any other theory to have an impact on it and can defeat it. Its and only itself.

Then, why don't you let it split up and make it clear that you can't reach a consensus, and continue to quarrel until the technological age comes.

As soon as this idea was formed, Sun Xiangfu immediately thought of the operation, and promoted several hills, so that they each insisted on their own school's understanding of Confucianism.

Wouldn't it be wonderful to create a "Southern Confucianism", "Northern Confucianism", "Traditional Confucianism", and "Modern Confucianism" for them to come out and let the already controversial Confucian schools fight among themselves.

After that, Sun Xiangfu didn't stay here any longer. He went to discuss with Yu Shinan who had already slept in the afternoon. He had read Yu Shinan's annotations on the Four Books and Five Classics, so he knew Yu Shinan's understanding of Confucianism. To put it bluntly, His Confucianism is biased towards traditional Confucianism.

The so-called traditional Confucianism is the original thought of Confucianism, that is, the 666 thought. Therefore, Yu Shinan has extremely high attainments in the six virtues, six elements, and six arts. Open-mindedness is the reason why he maintains good health and longevity!
Ordinary people can't imagine that a great Confucian like Yu Shinan, who practiced riding and shooting when he was young, can still join the army in the Qin Palace when he is five or sixty years old. Recognized as old age, his abilities have not fallen, which is the result of his unremitting practice in his studies.

Due to geographical reasons, after the Three Kingdoms, Confucianism began to change into many sects. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, it was roughly divided into two major systems, the Southern Confucianism and the Northern Confucianism. For the orthodoxy of the Han family, the focus is on the three cardinal principles and five constant principles, while the northern school, because the people are mainly barbarians, have a relatively shallow understanding of Confucianism, mostly literal meanings.

This is also the reason why there was a big conflict among liberal arts students when the imperial examination was held in the first year of the Tang Dynasty.

As for modern Confucianism, let's count it as what Kong Yingda wants to promote now!He wanted to change the attributes of Confucianism, and he wanted to promote the three major elements of mergers, reforms, and investigations. It cannot be said that he was wrong in doing so, but Kong Yingda's purpose was not so pure, he just wanted to help Confucianism and gain social status.

After arriving in the study, Sun Xiangfu told Yu Shinan his thoughts completely, but Yu Shinan was stunned. In the end, Sun Xiangfu was kicked out of the study by Yu Shinan, saying that he had to think about it. , Let Sun Xiangfu not act rashly.

At dusk, Yu Xiu'er stayed in Yu's mansion for dinner, and later she would take the two children home by herself, while Sun Xiangfu came to Wei Zheng's mansion by car. When Uncle De came to deliver blueberries earlier in the morning, He sent the greeting card to Wei Zheng, so now Wei Zheng's mansion has already set up a feast of food and wine, and invited many accompanying guests, waiting for Sun Xiangfu to come to the door.

"Zhengming has just returned to Chang'an, and he came to see the old man after not reuniting with his family for two more days, but is there anything urgent to discuss?"

"I can't talk about urgent matters, but I just feel that there are some things that need to be communicated more."

After getting off the carriage, Sun Xiangfu greeted everyone who came to greet him at the gate of the mansion, and then entered the banquet hall of Wei Mansion together with everyone. Here, almost all the people from the Ministry of Justice in Beijing were invited by Wei Zheng. There are a total of 20 officials above the fifth rank.

After the guests and hosts sat down, as usual, they watched the singing and dancing first, ate and drank for a while, and then began to talk about things. Don’t think that Wei Zheng is so thrifty. In some industries, he can still support the necessary expenses, but he pays more attention to his own reputation, and never gives others the opportunity to gossip in moral terms.

After the singing and dancing were over, Sun Xiangfu didn't have any newcomers to continue eating and drinking, so he said to Wei Zheng, "I came to visit Wei Gong today because I have my own opinions on some laws and regulations previously discussed and reported by the Ministry of Justice, and I need to discuss them with you. .”

"Zhengming can speak out as much as he likes, but I'm waiting for more people to give their opinions!"

The general framework of the laws revised by Wei Zheng was extracted from Sun Xiangfu's opinions, but he made a lot of changes based on the feasibility of this era. Now, the situation facing the Tang Dynasty is more complicated. If you have a household registration, just like the people in the Central Plains, you need to be included in the management.

Yunnan, Goguryeo, Tuyuhun, Dangxiang ministries, and even the entire western border were not areas of Han ethnicity before. If all the laws in the Central Plains were implemented across the board, there would probably be many problems. Wei Zhengyi had already anticipated that, and everyone After several rounds of research, it was decided to use a relatively loose set of laws to manage those minority areas. The opinion draft has been brought to the court for discussion, and it will be implemented after Li Shimin returns to Chang'an to make a final decision.

Sun Xiangfu had read the opinion draft they produced, and had many different opinions on the management model they formulated. Naturally, he had to discuss and revise it with the Ministry of Law headed by Wei Zheng before Li Shimin made a decision.

(End of this chapter)