Chapter 2370 The light is above
The sky is very blue.
The sun shines directly on the exposed skin, which seems to barely make up for some of the coldness caused by the nakedness.
?The wind is light.
?Hunting Cui Hou''s messy hair slightly, he seemed to want to count how many hairs in his hair had turned gray.
The thorns are very thick.
It is rough and toothed, and if you move it a little, it will draw **** marks on the skin.
The skin is very white.
I am used to the golden robe satin and avoid the wind and sun, but now it needs to be exposed, exposed to all the eyes that contain various flavors.
Slate is very hard.
When I walk on it on weekdays, I don’t feel any unnecessary pain at all. When I kneel on it now, not long ago, my knees are already screaming with coldness and pain.
Look, hey, isn’t that who it is? 』
??Cui Hou lowered his head and disheveled his hair. This was the responsibility he shouldered as a father. He failed to discipline his child well, failed to guide him at the right time, and failed to correct mistakes in time when he discovered them...
It’s easy to give up but hard to take on.
He was very fierce and tough in front of his children, but here he lowered his head. Cui Hou never thought that at his age of nearly half a century, he would need to do such a thing, but he had to do it.
Unless Cui Hou wants to simply abandon his son, like abandoning a sick cat or dog. Of course, this is convenient and satisfying for Cui Hou, but what about his son?
If you make a mistake, admit it and accept the punishment.
This is Cui Hou''s concept, and he believes that by being beaten, taking responsibility, and being punished, his children can be spared from suffering and punishment, and he thinks that maybe the children will remember this lesson.
There were many civil servants going to and from the Huqi Mansion. Anyone who passed by would glance sideways, then walk a few steps quickly, and couldn''t help but look back again, trying to see Cui Hou''s face clearly among the messy hair hanging down. Some of Cui Hou''s expressions were sighing slightly, some raising eyebrows, and some deliberately coughing twice before striding past.
When did your child suddenly become deviant? Cui Hou thought about it, but couldn''t recall it. It seemed like a sudden change, but also like an evolution again and again.
?Cui Hou took a breath and tried to straighten his body.
It''s sad, but more helpless, the kind of helplessness that you have all the strength in your body, but don''t know which way to use it. If possible, Cui Hou is willing to exchange his own life for the survival of his children, hoping...
I hope, my child, I can grow up quickly, and my father will grow old...
I have been supporting this home to protect myself from the wind and rain, but I don’t know if I can survive this storm, and I don’t know how many more times I can survive it.
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The buzzing sound around him became louder and louder, and the place scratched by the thorns began to bleed, sliding down his back, drawing a red line, and dripping onto the ground.
A pair of boots came in front of me.
On top of the boots, there is dense iron armor.
?Cui Hou slowly raised his head and looked up.
Xu Chu nodded towards Cui Hou, "My lord, you are invited!" 』
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Come here! Go get some **** soup quickly! ” Xu Chu stepped forward to give him a hand, then waved for two guards and took Cui Hou inside.
The sunlight shines through the front yard, passes through the cloister, flows between the brocade robes of the big and small officials, shines on the eaves and tiles of the Yamen of the General''s Palace, and then shines in from the window lintel on one side of the Government Hall, and on the other side of the hall Some gorgeous patterns were carved on the mat, and it was quietly hung on the corner of the screen with red patterns and gold lines on a black background behind Fei Qian''s desk. He looked at Fei Qian below.
Logically speaking, Cui Hou''s son is incompetent, and Fei Qian should be happy.
?However, Fei Qian did not feel that he had any joyful emotions at the moment...
Some monarchs like their subordinates to have some handle, because these handles allow the monarch to easily deal with these subordinates when necessary. This includes, but is not limited to, appropriating land, oppressing good people, accepting bribes, pretending to be a good comrade, etc. They may even think that those who have a handle are good comrades, and those who have no handle must create handles. If there is none, they will remove or even Dead matter.
Without the braids in my hands, I can’t sleep well.
?Is this way of governing effective?
Perhaps.
But in fact, these handles are temporary and of no use. Even if he can control one generation, the king will grow old and die, and under his pigtailing strategy, the ministers produced must be tainted, and after the death of the king of the previous generation, in order to cover up With these stains, these ministers will inevitably choose a stupid second generation.
?Depicting stupidity as mellow, describing clumsiness as simplicity, and rendering dullness as benevolence, a generation of "bright" kings is born. The people who don''t know what is going on cheer for joy, and the noble ministers who know what is passing by secretly laugh. As for the dynasty? It''s not his own, so go to **** with him.
?Therefore, Cui Hou''s son has no obligation to dedicate his youth to Fei Qian''s great cause, let alone make any sacrifices. He probably thinks that his old man is a fool. Why does he work so hard and be so obedient? The three sentences couldn''t be said together, but they just looked at each other and hated each other. In the end, they took advantage of his father''s wealth and power to eat, drink, have fun, whore, gamble, and take baths and saunas. Isn''t it just a matter of course? ?
Just like the descendants of Sima Yi in history. Then, like the Sima family, they thought their son’s trumpet was useless, so he went to practice a trumpet? Then what? The Eight Kings, uh, the Eight Kings are dissatisfied!
Sima Yi won’t mention it anymore, it’s like reincarnation of a thousand-year-old fox. Who is Sima Yi''s wife? Li Shihua? No, it seems that Zhang Hehua is a virtuous and kind person, well-informed and well-versed in ancient and modern times, right? Logically speaking, the couple''s genes are not bad, and their education level can be regarded as first-rate at the moment. However, they still gave birth to a mediocre person with a son worth a thousand bolts of cloth and a mink worth less than a dog''s tail. .
Cui Hou came in and prostrated himself on the ground. The thorn sticks had been removed and preliminary treatment had been given to the wounds on his back.
lord…』
Fei Qian nodded and said, "Sit." 』
Cui Hou burst into tears. After thanking him again, he sat on one side humbly.
Fei Qian raised his eyes and saw that Cui Hou''s snot and tears were half real and half fake. After all these years, who still doesn’t know who…
But Fei Qian had no intention of exposing half of Cui Hou''s disguise. After all, it would be the same for another person. Even with the family''s surname, there will still be problems like this, not to mention that Cui Hou has a foreign surname after all.
?Fei Qian did not ask questions immediately, but instead thought about it, tapping his fingers lightly on the table as a habit, making a sound like a woodpecker knocking at an insect.
Problems came one after another, from the collapse of the Qingliang Hall in the Weiyang Palace to the accident of Cui Hou''s son in the Dahan Chamber of Commerce. Although they seemed to be two completely different things, and Liu Xi and Cui Hou had no close connection, they The two people''s questions pointed in the same direction.
The next generation.
For people like Fei Qian who belong to the previous generation, this level should be people like Pang Tong, Xun You, or Cui Hou. On the one hand, they grew up with Fei Qian, and on the other hand, they have eaten a lot. I have experienced some hardships, and I understand that my current position is hard-earned, and I will not easily think about something that I have and don’t have, so the next generation is often the one who has problems.
?For example, Liu Zhen.
Liu Zhen is the new young man who came to join us. From a certain point of view, he has never shared the hardships with Fei Qian. He only wants to share the joys and sorrows.
?The same goes for Cui Hou’s son. Maybe in that guy''s mind, anyone who plays tricks with him and makes him happy is a good person, and anyone who lets him learn, grow and do things is a heinous person...
?Fei Qian sighed slightly and stopped tapping his fingers on the table.
?Originally, seeing that Sichuan, Shu and Hanzhong were about to be pacified, I felt that I could take a break and catch my breath, but now it seems that I am about to get busy again. After so many years, ever since I embarked on this path, it seems that I can no longer stop. Even if I occasionally want to stop and be lazy, I feel like there is a pair of invisible hands pushing me forward... If you are unhappy, you still have to do things, and you have to start doing them when Fei Qian is not too old. If he is really like Cui Hou at this age, running for half a century, then the son of the family It''s such a tune again, and it''s fine for ordinary people. After all, they are just prodigal at best. The higher the power and the more wealth, the more evil wolves and tigers will be attracted. The old one will die, and the young one will be incompetent. , is the end of only one family being destroyed!
The key is that Fei Qian suddenly thought of a person or something...
Suddenly I felt somewhat similar.
?However, due to certain restrictions, we cannot use the name in vain or describe the incident...
Fei Qian stood up, walked a few steps forward, paused for a moment, and said to Cui Hou, "Come with me." 』
?Cui Hou quickly stood up, and then the two of them arrived at a corner of the general''s mansion with a small number of guards. At the four corners of the General''s Mansion, there are watchtowers responsible for guarding the inside and outside.
Fei Qian took Cui Hou up to the observation tower, pointed in a direction ahead and said, "Brother Yongyuan, please look..."
Cui Hou took a step forward, stood at the edge of the sentry tower, looked in the direction of Fei Qian''s finger, and said with some hesitation: "The Lord is pointing to... Zuixian Tower?" 』
?Fei Qian nodded slightly.
The business of Zuixian Tower is obviously very good. Although there is some distance and the characters and objects look very small, thanks to the sunny weather today, you can still roughly see the activities being held in Zuixian Tower. banquet. People are coming and going, and the flow is endless. Women in brightly colored clothes are like butterflies, flying here and falling to another place. Even if you can''t hear any sound here, you can still imagine that they are in Zuixian Tower. It must be extremely noisy and lively.
『I heard that your son also often goes to Zuixian Tower? Fei Qian asked calmly.
Zuixian Tower, Zuixianjiu, if the wine is not intoxicating, everyone will get drunk.
?Flowers are charming, and flowers are confusing to the eyes. People are fascinated when flowers are not charming.
?A place like this is so noisy and lively, and it is also a place where people are obsessed with life and money. Naturally, it is the favorite of someone like Cui Houzhi''s son, who spends a lot of money there.
『The dog...is incompetent...』
Cui Hou was about to kneel down and kowtow to apologize to Fei Qian again, but Fei Qian held him back and said, "Don''t rush to talk about sins first... first take a look, is this Zuixian Tower... any different from before?" 』
Zuixian Tower was burned down during the previous "fraud scandal", and the current Zuixian Tower was rebuilt on the original basis.
Cui Hou was stunned for a moment and looked carefully, "It seems... there is no difference..."
Fei Qian nodded and asked: "So...where are the people in the building today?" Is it any different from the people of yesterday? 』
"This..." Cui Hou suddenly realized that the so-called "differentiation" asked by Fei Qian didn''t seem to be that simple, so he hesitated and thought.
Fei Qian glanced slightly at Cui Hou and looked into the distance.
?The sun shines down from the sky, shining on every house in Chang''an City, falling on every street, and touching the eyes of every person who is busy there.
From a certain perspective, this is a brand new city, the new Chang''an.
This new Chang''an belongs to Fei Qian, to the whole interest group of hussar generals who grew up, worked hard, and struggled with Fei Qian. In this group, some frictions are inevitable, but most of them still move towards the same goal. One direction is moving forward.
??Nowadays, the tricolor flags of the hussar generals are spread all over the north and south, as far away as the desert, and reaching the Western Regions. It can be said that a new era seems to be just around the corner, and a new world is unfolding...
That’s right, it seems that everyone is waiting to welcome the coming of a new era. Although this new era may require more efforts and efforts, the feeling of getting closer and closer will always make people feel that they are getting closer. People who have been working in this direction for a long time are happy, excited, happy and uplifted.
?Seeing that after years of struggle, victory is about to come, how can you not be happy?
But when Fei Qian stood on the high platform and looked at Chang''an in front of him, he found that under the sun, there was still countless darkness, hiding under the walls, hidden in the cracks of the bricks, even on people''s robes, under the hood. In the glass of wine, under the fluttering skirt of the dancer.
Some people are looking up at the sun with a smile, while others are lowering their heads and secretly grinding their teeth.
?Some people welcome the new era and new changes with joy, while others are still nostalgic for their old masters and past glory.
The birth of a new era means the death of the old era.
Who would die willingly? Even a dog will struggle before dying, let alone these old-era scholars, powerful, high-ranking officials, and dignitaries?
??It’s certainly fun to point out this from God’s perspective and angrily scold that, but how many people in the situation can see clearly what’s in front of them and what’s ahead?
??Fei Qian suddenly realized that it was not enough to train his own children just because of the problems faced by the sons of Liu Yao and Cui Hou, because his children did not have as many friends as Fei Qian did back then...
How many places can one person’s torch illuminate and how much darkness can be driven away?
Zuixian Tower was destroyed, and the rebuilt Zuixian Tower came back.
The people who were in Zuixian Tower yesterday are gone. What’s the difference between the people who are in Zuixian Tower today and those people yesterday?
Banquet, singing and dancing, fine wine and delicious food.
The glasses of wine mingled with each other, and the fragrance on the temples was fragrant.
About a banquet, of course it is best to be happy and joyful. There is no need to think about anything or say anything.
eat!
drink!
?Stick your mouth with wine and meat, cover your eyes with a bellyband, find someone to exercise to eat when you are full, and lie down on the spot to sleep when you are drunk.
?Have fun, even if you are dissolute, joy, luxury, just one word, cool!
Although the new era has not yet fully arrived, some people have already seen a beautiful future, a future that can be enjoyed as much as you want. With a drunken smile and crazy eyes, you start to enjoy it. The pain is too difficult and you don’t want to do it. It’s dirty. Those who are tired are fools. It is shameless to keep their heads down and cheating is the kingly way!
those guys in Longxi, Hanzhong, and Sichuan are the best examples. Are these people stupid? Perhaps it is indeed a bit silly, but they themselves do not think so. In their eyes, the new era is a devil that will devour their flesh and blood, take away their accumulated wealth, and make them lose their original status, even if they are Fei Qian repeatedly stressed to them and outlined a new market and a new world, but they still didn''t want to believe it and felt that Fei Qian was a liar.
From a distance, Qinchuan is three hundred miles away.
In the light and darkness, the territory of Han Dynasty lasted for four hundred years.
Fortunately, Fei Qian saw both light and darkness in the city of Chang''an.
"Family wealth, or son..." Fei Qian looked at Cui Hou, "Brother Yongyuan can choose one..."
Cui Hou took a long breath. He had expected it, but when the board actually fell, it still hurt like hell!
??On one side are the coffins that have been saved so hard, and on the other side are the big and small seedlings. Whichever one you abandon, half your life will be lost!
??If you want to be cruel, what can you do if you keep that good-for-nothing son? Maybe he will cause some trouble next time, and then you won''t even have the coffin to pay for it with his life? Although I am older now and have not been able to have a baby in the past few years, maybe I can have another baby next year? To take a step back, if it is really impossible to find Cui Jun to adopt him, it might be a plan.
??Cui Hou gritted his teeth and became more and more cruel in his heart, but in the end he couldn''t help but burst into tears, "I...I still choose the...unfilial son..."
As soon as he said the words, Cui Hou felt that a golden light was scattered in front of his eyes, as if countless gold and silver had wings and scattered like meteors, disappearing in the blink of an eye. Standing on the observation deck, he could only hold on to the guardrail. It was as if if he didn''t do this, his legs would give out immediately and he would fall over.
"Hmm..." Fei Qian nodded slightly, and then said, "Your money will be used to build a new residence next to Feixiong Xuan... It will be called Yongyuan Residence... In addition, now that Liu Xuande has entered Jiaozhi, there is an urgent need to build a house with Sichuan Shu trade, Brother Yongyuan might as well take charge of this matter with your son..."
?Cui Hou was stunned.
Although everyone knows that the route from Nanzhong to Jiaozhi is not easy to walk, and the so-called caravan trade routes are basically very shallow and almost non-existent, but similarly, even the most stupid people understand , the spices and pearls from Jiaozhi, as well as ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, etc., almost everything means huge wealth...
The prerequisite is to do it well.
?This is almost equivalent to Fei Qian confiscating all of Cui Hou''s family wealth, but it also gave Cui Hou a business path to make money, but it was full of hardships and required Cui Hou to explore again. Of course, the most important thing is that perhaps taking the unfilial son along this path is equivalent to taking the child out of a dead end and towards a new life!
Cui Hou burst into tears and prostrated on the ground, "My lord...how dare I break my head to repay my lord''s kindness..."
(End of this chapter)