Eastern Jin Dynasty: Starting from the son of the refugee commander who returned from the north

Chapter 4 Clan Brother Zhao Sheng
The next morning.

The sky is bright.

Zhao Yue was awakened by the biological clock that had been cultivated for many days.

Ah ~
Zhao Yue stretched his waist, and found that Xi Xiang who slept with him last night had long since disappeared, leaving only the fragrance of a woman on the bed.

Zhao Yue slept very comfortably last night, and even had a dream at night.

Xi Xiang has a plump figure, and the hand feel is really not bad!
"Lang Jun."

After cleaning his face under Xixiang's service, Zhao Yue simply ate something, and then started his daily morning exercises.

After stretching his muscles and bones, he broke out a little sweat, but after half an hour, Zhao Yue stopped.

After the morning exercise, it's time to review the books.

Zhao Yue went to the study in the small courtyard.

Xi Xiang had been grinding on the sidelines for a long time, Zhao Zhong stood in front of the door, and the maids and servants behind him were carrying pen holders, pen holders, ink beds, ink cartridges, arm rests, brush washers, book holders, water containers, water spoons, and inkstone drops. , Inkstone box, ink pad, ink box, cutter, stamp, scroll and other objects are just waiting for Zhao Yue's orders!
The big ink of the happy moose melts, and a kind of ink fragrance permeates out.

This happy moose has rich skin and smooth skin, and its luster is like lacquer. It was produced at the foot of Zhongnan Mountain. Due to the chaos in the north, it has become even more precious.

The production process of good ink is extremely complicated:
Use the best smoke to grind finely, and sieve; one catty of tobacco powder and five liang of good glue, soak in the ash bark juice, add five egg whites, and grind one liang of cinnabar and two liang of musk and rhinoceros into fine powder. Put it in, put it in an iron mortar, and pound it [-] times.Each ingot of ink should not exceed two or three taels, and it is better to be small than large.

After the ink melted, Xi Xiang had already unfolded the rattan paper.

Rattan paper is soft, yellowish in color and strong in water absorption, suitable for ink and wash writing. It is produced along the Shanxi River in Shengxian County.

Soil paper cannot be used as documents, and rattan corner paper is ordered to be used.

The so-called soil paper refers to ordinary hemp paper and mulberry paper.Rattan paper is regarded as the top grade of paper in Jiangzuo, and is sought after by aristocratic families. Of course, the price is also extremely high.

With the ink on the wolf's hair, Zhao Yue began to copy the scriptures, and practice calligraphy by the way.

Wang Xizhi's cursive script was specially studied by Zhao Yue's later generations. Now I practice more, it will be useful at critical moments.

Of course, Zhao Yue's thoughts were flying while he was practicing calligraphy.

He really couldn't let go of this scripture.

Why is the Gaomen family called the Gaomen family?

It must be handed down from generation to generation, and be able to monopolize the interpretation power of classics.

For example, how did the Hongnong Yang family and Runan Yuan family in the late Han Dynasty survive for four generations and three generations?
The classic handed down by the Hongnong Yang family is "Ouyang Shangshu", while the classic handed down by the Yuan family in Runan is "Meng Shiyi".

The two families are four generations and three fathers, and it is precisely because the classics handed down in the family are the Five Classics.

This can also be said to be a sign of the top gentry.

Those who come to study the Five Classics, as long as they have studied "Ouyang Shangshu", can be said to be students of Hongnong Yang's family, and those who have studied "Meng Shiyi" can be said to be students of Yuan's family.

Those who excel can become officials directly through Hongnong Yang or Runan Yuan, and Hongnong Yang and Runan Yuan can also increase their influence through these top students.

This is a positive feedback process.

The gentry who monopolized the right to interpret the Five Classics also indirectly monopolized the way to become an official.

The Langya Wang family can become the number one family in the world now, known as 'the king and the horse share the world'.

In addition to meritorious service, why not because of Langya Wang's study of scriptures?
Ji, the ancestor of the Langya Wang family, "shao loves to learn Mingjing", "and knows the Five Classics, he can teach "Poetry" and "Analects" for the Zou family's "Spring and Autumn", and he is good at Liang Qiuhe's "Yi", which makes Zijun accept it." Wang Ji not only mastered the Five Classics himself, but also taught his descendants to learn.

Especially now, when the Eastern Jin Dynasty was first built, when the "military brigade was not over", Director Wang wrote to Sima Rui that "the foundation of a husband's morality lies in the righteousness of human relations, and the integrity of human relations lies in the preface of Xiang Xiang. The preface of Xiang, the five teachings, and the virtue Negotiation, Yi Lun You Shu, but there is shame and integrity, the order of the elders and children of masters, brothers, husbands and wives is orderly, and the righteousness of monarchs and ministers is solid."

The idea of ​​restoring education and rectifying the ethics of human relations that had been abolished by the war was praised by Emperor Jin and Yuan, and set off a trend of revival of Confucianism in the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

It was also this kind of trend that pushed the Langya Wang family to the position of the world's most powerful family, with many titles such as "the hairpin is never replaced", "the crown is never replaced", and "the world is never replaced".

The Jiangzuo family has no meritorious officials.

Even the Yixing Zhou family in Sanding Jiangnan was underestimated by the northern gentry, precisely because the Jiangzuo family had abundant military power, but they were not very accomplished in scripture transmission.

There are many people who despise metaphysics and deviate from the current mainstream. Under the many contradictions, the contradiction between the South and the North has been exacerbated.

Zhao Yue is not interested in classics, and doesn't want to become a doctor of classics, but he still needs to understand the most basic knowledge.

Otherwise, when people quote scriptures and classics when they talk, you don’t understand anything, wouldn’t you be ridiculed by others?
The book was only halfway through, and Tian Qi came over.

"Brother Lin, Mr. Sheng Lang is here."

The so-called Mr. Sheng Lang is Zhao Yin's only son. He is a few months younger than Zhao Yue, so he can be called a clan brother.

That's right, it's the brother of the clan.

Zhao Xun came from the north, and after seeing Zhao You and Zhao Yin's father and son, he looked through the genealogy and found that Zhao You was actually a descendant of Yingping Hou Zhao Chongguo, one of the "Eleven Heroes of Qilin Pavilion", and Zhao Xun was actually in the same family , all belong to the Zhao family in Tianshui.

Whether it's true or not.
The hell knows.

Zhao You was born in a family of generals in Huainan, and was known as a vulgar person. When he thought that he was born in Tianshui's Zhao family, he immediately became friends with Zhao Xun.

But from Zhao Yue's point of view, this so-called genealogy is probably non-existent.

But Zhao You got the name of the Zhao family in Tianshui, and Zhao Xun got the support of Zhao You's father and son. .

"Meet you in the back garden."

The living room at home is indeed a place to receive guests, but Zhao Sheng is considered to be a member of the family and is very friendly, but it is strange to bring him to the living room.

For this clan brother, Zhao Yue also values ​​it very much.

The reason is very simple, Zhao Yin was born in a family of military generals, and he has military power in his hands, but in today's Jin court, it is Zhao Yue's natural help, so he naturally has to pay attention to it.

"Why is Brother Sheng free to visit the humble house today?"

Beside the ink pool, Zhao Yue saw Zhao Sheng, who was as strong as a calf, and laughed and came forward to greet him.

"Clan brother, something serious happened!"

event?

Zhao Yue was taken aback for a moment, a little confused.

After all, he is studying history. In history, there shouldn't be any major events in the past few days.
"What a big deal?"

Zhao Sheng looked anxious, and quickly said the so-called major event.

It turned out that the so-called big event was an invitation from the poetry club.

"Beijiazi is abominable. He knows that I don't understand classics, poetry and fu, and I'm not good at talking about metaphysics, yet he invites me over. Isn't this obviously trying to humiliate me?"

Zhao Shengwu was born in the Huainan family. Although he was named as the Zhao family in Tianshui, he said that the south is not the south, and the north is not the north. But it is not surprising. It is common for Tianlong people to be humiliated by the North Gui family. Today's poetry meeting invites In Zhao Sheng's view, it was the northerners who came to humiliate him.

"If you compare riding and archery, marksmanship, how can you be afraid of those fu fans and babes compared to me? I'm not afraid of them even if you compete in Xipu and Liubo opera, but it's the poetry club!"

At this point, Zhao Sheng's horse face collapsed.

"My mother wants me to go there, brother Lin, you must help me this time!"

Seeing Zhao Sheng's pitiful appearance, Zhao Yue smiled.

(End of this chapter)