Chastity Layman

  Chapter 56 Be a lone minister

  Qin Qiong was a little unhappy, feeling as if he had been excluded from the original Qin Palace circle by Prince Li Shimin.

"Congratulations, Uncle Bao, although you are not the tallest of the seven people who have been re-sealed this time, I think you are the most valued person by His Royal Highness. Shu has sealed 1,200 households and has two sons. They are all dukes, which is unprecedented." Cui Dunli said with a smile, his brother-in-law Qin Qiong is so important, he, who was attached to Jiancheng and lost power before, inevitably wants to take advantage of his brother-in-law.

   "Sanlang earned that title by himself, and it has nothing to do with me." Qin Qiong shook his head.

   At this time, in Yong'an Square in the south of the city.

  Qin Lang, Wei Zheng, Ma Zhou, Yuchi Baolin, Cheng Chumo, and Qin Yong, Liu Jiu and others who came later, were having a good time drinking.

  Weigong wine is indeed delicious, and a group of young people will become more carefree after drinking a few more glasses.

  The two big jars of Weigong wine had already been drunk, and Ah Huang brought two big jars of Xinfeng wine to continue drinking.

  Wei Zheng also drank too much. With these young people, he seemed to be much younger while drinking. He was so drunk that he began to chant poems.

Qin Lang doesn't know much about poetry, but after all, he was a history buff and an amateur novelist. He also wrote novels such as "The Good Landlord of the Tang Dynasty" and "The Great Warrior of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" on the Internet. There is still appreciation.

  Wei Zheng's poems are well written, but what is revealed in the poems is the mentality of a traditional scholar who learns martial arts and sells the emperor's family to make contributions and make his wife and son famous.

He could tell that Wei Zheng was also an unavoidable person. Although he didn't want to sell wine to make money, he also wanted to make a contribution in front of the emperor and to make a name in history, but what he was after was not money, he was after money. What is important is fame.

"Old Wei, in fact, I think that making money by making wine will not delay your pursuit of fame. As the saying goes, the economy is the foundation of the superstructure. If you have money, you can do whatever you want, but at least you don't have to worry about money. With the obstacles you brought, you can concentrate on what you want to do."

   "Don't talk about money with me, vulgar, a gentleman doesn't talk about profit." Old Wei said stubbornly while holding his wine glass.

   "Old Wei, how about we make a deal, you cooperate with me to brew Wei Gongjiu, how about I tell you a shortcut to become a prime minister?"

  Wei Zheng snorted, but he was a little curious.

   "If you have such a method, you will be demoted to the third rank and dismissed from three posts in one day?"

   "Don't you believe it, even if I lowered my title again, in three days, I earned myself a Chang'an order and Duke Yi's Lord of Shangzhu, isn't that enough?" Qin Lang asked with a smile.

  Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, but he also felt that it made sense.

"tell me the story?"

   "Then you agreed to work together to brew Weigong wine?"

   "Let's listen to what you said, I can think about it." Wei Zheng is a badass.

"It's okay to say it. In fact, it's very simple to say it. My advice to you is that you have to find your own position. After all, you are the one who abolished the crown prince, and you are still a civil servant. Even if His Highness keeps you, you can't do it." It may not be true that you will be regarded as a confidant, so you have to find out your own position and understand your own strengths. I heard people say that you, Wei Xuancheng, are good at admonishing and upright, so you should keep this person and make it your strength in the future. Order, do a good job as a mirror to His Highness."

   "Human Mirror?" Wei Zheng murmured.

"With copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes. With history as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs. With people as a mirror, you can understand gains and losses. You should concentrate on being a mirror of your highness, speak out and advise mistakes, so you don't have to go against you." Wouldn't it be good to flatter the king with all your heart?"

  Wei Zheng was a little surprised, "These words are really good words, but is Your Highness really the kind of person who is willing to accept advice humbly?"

   "Not just admonishment."

"what else?"

   "Then Weigong wine?" Qin Lang laughed.

  Wei Zheng nodded helplessly, "Okay, I promise you."

   "Duke Wei is straightforward. In fact, in addition to accepting advice, the key is to be a lonely minister. As long as you are willing to be the emperor's lonely minister, then no matter how bluntly you speak, your Highness is acceptable."

  Gu Chen means that he is only loyal to the emperor, not afraid of offending hundreds of officials and colleagues, and does not form cliques or cliques, so he will not be jealous of the emperor.

   "However, the path of a lonely minister is not easy to walk. It is easier to keep warm if you hold a group above the court." Qin Lang laughed.

   Wei Zheng picked up his glass and drank it down.

   "I'm a princeling, and now I don't have a place in the court of the East Palace. It's good to be a lone minister." Wei Zheng said to himself.

   "Is fame really so important? Would you rather be a lone minister?" Qin Lang asked.

  Wei Zheng shook his head.

   "Scholar-bureaucrats are not pursuing fame and official status. They are just tools for us to achieve our goals and ideals, not results." Wei Zheng asked Qin Lang in turn, "Do you know what the ideals of scholar-bureaucrats are?"

  Qin Lang thought for a while, "It's nothing more than self-cultivation, family harmony, state governance, and world peace, right?"

  Wei Zheng nodded, "I once became a Taoist priest, do you know the difference between Taoism and Confucianism?"

   "Maybe one enters the world and the other exits?"

"You are quite smart, indeed. Taoism emphasizes being out of the world, and personal cultivation. But Confucianism talks about joining the world, which is positive and enterprising. Taoism sees everything and then turns away, but Confucianism sees everything. Since ancient times, many people have refuted Confucianism, thinking that the Confucian system of rituals and laws of monarchs and ministers is ignorant and backward, and only serves the king, but this era cannot be detached, and it is impossible to rule without a king .Without the king, the world will be in chaos, let alone other things. So Confucianism has always paid attention to joining the world, and what it pays attention to is to assist the king to govern the world and make the world peaceful."

  It is precisely because of this that the principles of literati and bureaucrats are loyalty to the emperor, righteousness, and righteousness. Their ideal is to assist the emperor and transform the emperor.

  Scholar-bureaucrats don’t just want to talk leisurely about scriptures and Taoism. They are unwilling to be lonely and do nothing in their bones. They hope to rule the world instead of the emperor.

  Unification of the country, the world is for the benevolent, this is the ultimate goal that the scholar-bureaucrats are tirelessly pursuing.

   Self-cultivation is just the foundation of standing.

  Reform the king, lead the society, and become the guiding light of the times. This is what they pursue.

"The person I admire most in my life is Zhuge Wuhou." Wei Zheng said, holding up his wine glass, "Zhuge lives in seclusion in Longzhong and does not serve as a chaotic official. This is a righteous way. He chooses his master cautiously and is always loyal to the Shu Han. This is loyalty to the emperor. He was in the Shu Han He categorically refused Cao Wei's persuasion to surrender when he was in dire straits. This is righteousness. He assisted Liu Bei and turned Liu Bei from a man with no foothold to the overlord of the third part of the world. He fought for it all his life, and eventually he will live forever, although he failed to retire in the end, he is still a role model for my generation." Wei Zheng said with admiration.

  Qin Lang didn't have a good impression of Confucianism at first, and felt that Confucianism was holding back the ancient Chinese. But now, after listening to Wei Zheng's words, he feels that these Confucian sages and elites are very noble.

   "Come, I wish you an early worship, and I also wish you a successful retirement in the future, and a long life!"

   Wei Zheng raised his glass and touched Qin Lang, gulped it down, and sat there in a daze.

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