Borrow the day to change the day

() An Guiyi was taken aback when he heard this, it was the first time he heard someone say that he wanted to talk about life and ideals with him.

Zhong Jinwei didn't care what he thought, and asked directly: "Eunuch An, why did you enter the palace in the first place?"

An Guiyi was silent, as if reminiscing, and after a while, he replied: "The family is poor, and I can't live any longer. I am the youngest. My father heard that entering the palace as a eunuch can exempt the whole family from corvee, my dear." Neighbors can also be exempted from corvee, so they pooled their money and sent me in."

"Oh, is that exempt?"

An Guiyi shook his head, but did not answer.Zhong Jinwei was surprised: "Could it be that the exemption from corvee is fake? Your father is also true. He sent you in without asking clearly."

Seeing that Zhong Jinwei had misunderstood, An Guiyi explained, but his voice was a little low: "It's not fake, the imperial court has this law. It's just that after our family entered the palace, we never contacted our family again."

"Why don't you contact your family, they may still need your support."

"I hate, why did you choose me, why?" An Guiyi listened to Zhong Jinwei's words, instead of being depressed, he became excited, and forgot our family's name, and changed it to mine.

Zhong Jinwei listened to An Guiyi's complaint from the bottom of his heart, understood the helplessness and grief contained in it, and couldn't help being speechless.Yes, no matter what the reason, no one would be happy to be selected as a eunuch and lose a very important part of his body.

After being quiet for a while, Zhong Jinwei changed the subject, distracted An Guiyi's attention, and diverted his emotions: "Tell me, what do people want to do in this life?"

An Guiyi knew that it was not good to show his emotions in front of Uncle Zhongxing, so he restrained himself and replied Zhong Jinwei: "Many people live in this world just to keep warm."

"You shouldn't have to worry about food and clothing, so there's nothing left to draw?" Zhong Jinwei asked.

An Guiyi really hadn't thought about this problem. Naturally, after being fed and clothed, he seemed to be living for the sake of living.

Seeing that An Guiyi didn't answer, Zhong Jinwei changed the subject and asked, "Eunuch An, what activities do you think your eunuchs usually do?"

An Guiyi didn't know why Uncle Zhongxing asked about this kind of gossip. He replied Zhong Jinwei: "Individuals have different habits, so their activities are different. There are people in the palace who like fine utensils and collect them on weekdays; there are people who eat delicious food. There are those who are good at operas, but those who are not addicted to listening to operas support themselves; there are also those who are good at reciting Buddha, hold the Buddhist precepts, and specialize in vegetarianism. There are also people who are good at literature and love calligraphy. .”

"Being a vegetarian, like calligraphy?" Zhong Jinwei seemed to have never heard of this kind of eunuch.

An Guiyi saw that Zhong Jinwei didn't believe him, so he gave him an example: "Liu Ruoyu, the eunuch of the imperial horse supervisor, is usually a vegetarian and a Buddhist. Zheng Zhihui, the accompanying eunuch, his stereotyped essays are very appreciated by the emperor."

"Oh, all eunuchs are so good?" Zhong Jinwei was a little unconvinced.

An Guiyi hesitated for a moment, then added: "Of course there are people who like to gamble. They live in small groups, fight cocks, watch cards, play chess, play dominoes, and play Shuanglu."

Zhong Jinwei listened to An Guiyi's narration, thinking that this eunuch is actually no different from ordinary people.With such an idea in mind, if you think about what those eunuchs who are famous among eunuchs do, you can really find corresponding people among non-eunuchs.

For example, the recent Wei Zhongxian, who had great power, killed Zhongliang.Whether it is Zhongliang or not, regardless of this, it is actually to exclude dissidents. This kind of thing has been done by almost all qualified civil servants and military generals in every dynasty, and the number of them is far more than that of eunuchs.

Besides, Wei Zhongxian set up a shrine and called "nine thousand years old".

It might be a good way for Wei Zhongxian to test his political opponents.A civil servant who is willing to do such a disgusting thing can be controlled by the softness of his bones.

Of course, eunuchs must be different from ordinary people because of the lack of that part.But most people are still no different from ordinary people.

Thinking of this, Zhong Jinwei has a deeper understanding of eunuchs, thinking that eunuchs are perverts is obviously wrong.Wang Chengen and An Guiyi are all people I have been in contact with all the time, so I don't feel anything abnormal.

"Then what do you usually like to do?" Zhong Jinwei asked An Guiyi.

"Our family likes to read the biography of Zheng He." An Guiyi hesitated, but said it out.

"Oh, do you like sailing or leaving a name for future generations?" Zhong Jinwei asked further.

"Our family was born in the northwest, we have never seen the sea, and we don't know how to sail."

So it turned out that Zhong Jinwei understood that what An Guiyi wanted was fame.

"This is very good. You can work in the ceramic factory with peace of mind, bring these craftsmen well, and make achievements. I dare to assure you that you will be famous for future generations like Zheng He." Zhong Jinwei smiled at An Guiyi road.

An Guiyi also smiled, and suddenly asked Zhong Jinwei: "Uncle Zhongxing, what about you, what is your ideal?"

Zhong Jinwei remembered to mention his ideals to Emperor Chongzhen, but he didn't want to mention it again to An Guiyi, so he changed his words: "I, I just want to be happy, make myself happy, make the people around me happy, To make the common people of Ming Dynasty happy. It’s not that I am noble, but when I see them happy, I feel happy in my heart.”

"Okay, Uncle Zhongxing has great ambitions, but it sounds easier than it is to do." Xu Guangqi just finished reading the content recorded in his hand, and when he heard Zhong Jinwei's ambitions, he expressed his opinion aloud.

When Zhong Jinwei and An Guiyi heard Xu Guangqi's voice, they both stood up and faced Xu Guangqi.

Zhong Jinwei first asked: "Master Xu, you have finished watching, how is it?"

Xu Guangqi shook the thick stack of records in his hand, and sighed: "They are all good suggestions. I see, after improving the new kiln according to these suggestions, the output will increase a lot."

Speaking of this, Xu Guangqi was a little curious. He asked Zhong Jinwei: "Uncle Zhongxing, how did you come up with this way of discussing matters? Before the officials discussed matters with those craftsmen, the officials would ask questions and they would only answer. "

"Hehe, because they are afraid of you and your official position. So they dare not say it, for fear that they will be punished if they say something wrong." Zhong Jinwei explained to Xu Guangqi with a smile.

Xu Guangqi didn't understand. He asked the doubts in his heart: "Uncle Zhongxing, the officials have explained to them in advance that the speaker is innocent, but why are there so few of them?"

"Because your level gap is there, who knows if you make a mistake, will you hold grudges." Zhong Jinwei is a person from later generations, and bystanders can tell.

"Oh, so that's the case, but why is Uncle Zhongxing's method acceptable?" Xu Guangqi asked modestly.

"It's like this. I let them talk face to face. We just sit on one side and control the topics they discuss. In this way, they can't see the two of us, and the psychological pressure will be less. Moreover, they The object of the conversation is colleagues with similar status and status, and the psychological pressure is reduced." Zhong Jinwei told Xu Guangqi the advantages of this kind of meeting.

"Also, having snacks and other food can make the atmosphere of the meeting less serious and relax their mood. This is also a measure to promote their conversations with peace of mind." Zhong Jinwei also explained this detail to Xu Guangqi.

Xu Guang used the hand that was not holding the record, stroked his long beard, and nodded thoughtfully.

In fact, Zhong Jinwei is easy-going and known by ceramic artisans.Therefore, it is also a factor that the ceramic craftsmen speak first to drive the atmosphere.