The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 162 Poetry
Gao Huaide didn't understand what the prince's son-in-law said had anything to do with selfishness, but he himself was very afraid that others would say he was selfish.

Not only him, but also the civil and military people of the Manchu Dynasty and the people all over the world are very disgusted with selfishness.

When people say that they are selfish, they always feel that their conduct must be bad. Otherwise, why would they be called selfish?

No matter what kind of person they are, they are the most noble and selfless, so that they can show their integrity.

Gao Huaide was no exception. He also agreed with Zhao Xu when he said that those scholars had selfish motives.

Yes, everyone is selfish, there is no way this is due to human nature, even those ancient sages and sages are not like this.

"Everyone of these scholars has selfishness. I grasped this point, so I dared to do this, because I knew their weaknesses."

Zhao Xu never denied that he was selfish, nor did he say that he was selfless. He admitted that, anyone who dared to say that he was selfless in front of him would definitely slap him in the face.

He himself has selfishness, and he does not consider himself selfless, let alone accuse others of being selfish, which he will not deny.

"Is this a bit of a generalization, or some people are selfless, such as some ancient sages and saints." Gao Huaide asked tentatively.

"Hmph, are these people really so selfless, and some of them are just sanctimonious?" Zhao Xu just said this in his heart.

Sometimes he really wants to ask the gentlemen of the sages, the "selfless" defenders, and the people who accuse others of being selfish.

People who always teach others to be selfless, please ask yourself: Are you selfish? , do you have selfishness?
Who dares to say that he really has no selfishness in it, do you dare to pat your chest and say, do I have no selfishness?

You must not dare, and you must find it difficult to speak out, because there is definitely selfishness in your heart.

But when you want to admit that you are selfish, you will definitely feel that you lose face in front of everyone, and you are afraid that your colleagues will criticize you.

Fear of being looked down upon by others, fear of being shunned by everyone, fear of being spurned by society.You are afraid that you will not fit in this circle.

And when you want to admit that you are selfless, you must be afraid that others will say that you are shameless, because some of the things you have done or said have definitely been selfish.

And these will definitely be recorded by people you know well. Do you dare to say it at this time, you are afraid that you will be attacked by a crowd.

"Although they are called sages, they are also selfish in their hearts. Whether they admit it or not, selfishness always accompanies them, manifested in their behavior, or hidden deep in their inner world."

Zhao Xu was very disdainful of this, calling them saints, are you a saint, not necessarily!As long as people are selfish.

Looking at Gao Huaide's mouth wide open, Zhao Xu slowly explained what is selfishness like a dedicated teacher?

"As long as he is a person, there will be a little selfish factor in it. You don't need to deny this, and no one can deny it, as long as he is still alive in this world."

"For example, the scholars said that Confucius also had selfish intentions. He just wanted to carry forward his own theories. This is selfishness."

This is obviously someone else's wish or long-cherished wish, but it has become selfish in his case.

However, Gao Huaide didn't hear anything tricky, and didn't think there was anything wrong. No one had told them before.

In the past, he always heard people say how great Confucius was with his disciples traveling around the world to promote his ideas.

At that time, he admired the sage Kong, but now that Zhao Xu said it, he was doing it for his own sake, so it didn't seem great.

As a soldier, Gao Huaide doesn't have so much Taoism in his heart, but he does know a story about it.

It happened during the "Anshi Rebellion" of the Tang Dynasty. In the later period of the Anshi Rebellion, the rebel army was also extremely unstable.

An Lushan's son, An Qingxu, killed his father, and An Lushan succeeded him to the throne and became the nominal leader.

An Qingxu ordered his general Yin Ziqi to take Suiyang City as soon as possible. You must know that this city was also attacked during the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion during the Han Dynasty.

It can't be attacked for a long time, which shows how strong Suiyang City is, so Yin Ziqi has not made any progress for several months.

It is worth besieging Suiyang City in groups, it is impenetrable, because his siege of Suiyang City can be said to be exhausted.

So people began to discuss whether to abandon the city and run away?This suggestion was quickly rejected by Tang General Zhang Xun.

Suiyang is the barrier of Jianghuai, and it is a firm guardian of the Jianghuai land. If there is no Huaiyang Jianghuai land, it will definitely not be guaranteed.

So he decided to stick to Huaiyang City. He is also a very discerning general who knows how to get close to soldiers.

He began to eat and live with the soldiers, but where is there anything to eat now?The soldiers even ate their own war horses, as well as everything that could be eaten in the city.

However, on this day, Zhang Xun ate a meal of meat for the soldiers. The big guys had a great time eating it. It may be that they haven't tasted meat for a long time. The food was very delicious.

No one asked where the meat came from. It turned out that it was the meat of Zhang Xun's concubine, living human flesh.

When there was nothing to eat in the city, Zhang Xun's concubine Huo Shi stood up and said:
"If I will definitely lose Suiyang City, at that time it will only be eaten by wolves, tigers and leopards in the wilderness, or it will rot by itself, which is useless.

In this case, it is better to kill the concubine and temporarily use it as rations for the army, and it can also allow the soldiers to live a little longer and have a [-]% chance of winning, so my death is also valuable.”

I have to say that a woman like Huo is very admirable. The husband and wife are originally birds in the same forest, and they fly separately when disaster strikes.

The Huo family, instead of flying out, helped her husband think about it and let her husband eat herself.

This Zhang Xun actually agreed to kill his concubine and eat with the soldiers so that he could survive and defend the city for the court.

Not to mention, he also ordered the killing of old and weak women and children in the city to serve as military rations. His selfishness was evident in the face of the catastrophe.

These were spoken by Gao Huaide, how shocking Zhao Xu was, would Zhang Xun not be selfish to do this?

Maybe you said he was for the country, but for the country, you should directly fight the rebels to the death when you run out of ammunition and food.

Where are there so many excuses, it's not because he wants to survive, this is the selfish side of human nature, and later this Zhang Xun was commended by the court.

Such a person could still be praised by the court. Zhao Xu couldn't understand why the court wanted him for such a person.

In fact, this is nothing. According to Zhao Xu's understanding, during the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, due to the large-scale construction projects, countless peasants were recruited, and the fertile land was barren.

The consequences of the famine are thousands of miles of bare land, wailing everywhere, people struggling on the verge of death, and the phenomenon of people eating their own children in order to survive.

This is not what selfishness is. For their own survival and family affection, they all stand aside. Is he of any use?
There is no doubt that a person's selfishness can be seen more in the most difficult time.

"Okay, let's talk about it. Although this is tragic, those literati are not weaker than this one. They just don't have the opportunity to experience such a scene. If possible, they will not let you down."

"Just as they opposed our new imperial examination system, it was because they felt that it was not good for them, so they gathered a crowd to make trouble."

"But I said that as long as the scholars who do not participate in the imperial examination because they are dissatisfied with the policy, they will not come in the future. This has touched their inner interests."

In this way, they may not be able to enter official careers in the future. This is their selfishness, this is their selfish aspect. Do you think there are still voices of opposition? "

What Zhao Xu said was also true. Now those scholars are either familiar with Song Law, or they are hurrying to exercise their physical fitness.

No one else can do this better than them. This is what they did voluntarily, and he must do the same for them in his future career.

While Zhao Xu and Gao Huaidezi were talking about it, the butler of Gao's mansion hurried in with an invitation in his hand.

"Master Fan Zhi sent someone here to invite you to a poetry meeting." The housekeeper said respectfully.

"Okay, I know, let's go down." Gao Huaide told the butler to go down, but he said to himself.

"This old man knows how to deal with these things, and I have no literary talents. What do you invite me to do?"

After finishing speaking, I shook my head helplessly, there was no way to invite myself, so I have to give Fan Zhi this face, right?

Zhao Xu is also very curious, what poem will:
"I said, father-in-law, what are you doing shaking your head? Fan Zhi invited you to a poetry meeting. What is this?"

Zhao Xu had never seen any poetry fair.He had only seen it described in books before, but he had never seen the real one.

"This poetry meeting is held by the old man Fan Zhi. He invites some literati and officials to drink and compose poetry at his place. I really have no interest in this."

Gao Huaide is a general, if you ask him to compose poems, isn't that the same as asking Zhang Fei to embroider?Maybe Fan Zhi was just being polite.

But Lao Fan Zhi didn't think about this. He is the prime minister of the current court. Since he sent the invitation card, can everyone not give face?
Here, Zhao Xu's thinking is different. It seems that the literati in the Song Dynasty often drank flowers and wine in small groups, recited poems and composed Fu, and there was still a tradition.

You can see that these court officials are all like this, and they follow the example, not to mention ordinary people, they must be like this.

Zhao Xu really wanted to see what kind of state the literati in the Song Dynasty were like, and at the same time, he also had his own ideas.

　I have something to do at home in the past two days, so I will try my best to keep three shifts.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)