Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 367 An anecdote in the innovation chapter ([-])

"We're here, we're home, I'm finally home." Looking at the familiar street, Chen Ping was very excited. He jumped off his horse, took the rein of the horse, and trotted towards a dilapidated thatched cottage.

Zhou Chong was familiar with Chen Ping's affairs, he knew that he was born in a poor family, and after looking carefully for a while, he found that the place where he was born was worse than Zhou Chong imagined. It's really an anomaly. If I hadn't seen it myself, I would have thought that Sima Qian was bragging in "Historical Records".

Fusu never thought that such a learned person as Chen Ping would come out of such a humble room, he looked around in surprise, and said: "Master, if you didn't take the students out for a walk, the students would never have thought that there would be such a thing in the world of Daqin." In such an unbearable place, is this the way the emperor father has repeatedly promised to govern the world?"

Zhou Chong said with a smile: "The prince does not need to be harsh on the emperor. Look at these houses, they are all new, and they have only been repaired not long ago. The Great Qin inherited the disadvantages of the Warring States period, and the accumulated disadvantages are very deep. It can be solved in three to five years, and it will take enough time. The prince will look here again, and they are all old houses, which are dilapidated and will collapse when the wind blows. The door is crooked, what does this mean, the prince thinks about it." Seize the opportunity to practice Fusu.

Zhou Chong is right. The construction of a country is a long process. The world has only been unified for a few years. Even if Qin Shihuang had the ability to rule the sky, it would be impossible to govern a country with a territory of thousands of miles into a paradise on earth in such a short period of time.

Fu Su frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Master, the students understand. There are no people living in these old houses, and they should move to new houses. This shows that the emperor's governance of the world has achieved great results. It’s just that it hasn’t been long, and there shouldn’t be too many people as lucky as them, and there are still many people still living in dilapidated houses.”

This is exactly what Zhou Chong meant, and Zhou Chong nodded in praise and said: "The prince is quick-witted, and I think so too. With the emperor's stamina, as long as a period of time passes, there will be more and more lucky people like the people here. Prince, you Remember, although memorials can let the emperor understand the sentiments of the people, they are the most unreliable thing. The officialdom has always been the same: report good news but not bad news, say good things but not bad things! "

Fu Su nodded and said, "Thank you, master, for teaching! The reason why the master brought the students out is to let the students see more of the real people's sentiments. If the students understand, they must remember what they saw along the way."

Zhou Chong nodded approvingly and said, "That's good. Let's go and see Chen Ping."

Chen Ping shouted while running: "Big brother, big brother." His elder brother Chen Bo was very kind to him, he had been away from home for several years, so naturally he missed him very much.

The answer to Chen Ping was not that he had imagined Uncle Chen calling his second brother in a surprised voice, but an earth-shattering roar from the dilapidated house: "Get out, get out!"

Chen Ping knew it was his elder brother Chen Bo's voice as soon as he heard it, and thought that Chen Bo had encountered a disaster, he was shocked and shouted: "Brother!" and ran away, heading straight for the door.There happened to be a person coming out of the room, Chen Ping couldn't hold back, and bumped into the person's arms, the person screamed, it was still a female voice.

The man was sitting on the ground and complaining of pain, Chen Ping took a closer look, it was none other than his sister-in-law, and hurriedly stepped forward to help him, saying: "Sister-in-law, my younger brother is rude, please forgive me."

Seeing that it was Chen Ping, the sister-in-law was first startled, then embarrassed. She blushed and struggled to get up, and said, "Uncle is back. I haven't seen you for a few years. Uncle has grown taller. Uncle, go in and see you." Brother, sister-in-law has something to do, go out first."

Chen Ping knew that his sister-in-law had a prejudice against him, so she didn't treat him well, but she couldn't leave as soon as she met him. Chen Ping, a pleasantly surprised voice sounded: "Second brother! Second brother, you are back, I want to kill my brother. Come, let my brother see, our second brother is taller and handsome, big brother is happy." In a word, he yelled at his sister-in-law: "Mother-in-law, look, my second brother is such a good person. If you need talents, you must have talents. If you want knowledge, you must be knowledgeable. Your family's grave is not buried properly. In eighteen lifetimes, you will not be as good as my second brother." people. You don’t see anything yet.”

Chen Ping is a man of knowledge of books and etiquette, coupled with his extraordinary knowledge and open mind, he took Chen Bo's hand and said, "Brother, second brother, I beg you to do something, will you?"

Uncle Chen didn't even think about it, and said: "Second brother, tell me, elder brother will definitely do it for you. But, don't talk about the mother-in-law. I kicked her out. There is no him in this family. Who told her to treat the second brother?" If the younger brother is not good, if he is not good to the second younger brother, he is not worthy to be my daughter-in-law of the Chen family."

Chen Ping was going to talk about this, but Uncle Chen refused first. Chen Ping said with a smile: "Brother, isn't the second brother good? Please forgive my sister-in-law. These years, the second brother can only study but not make a living. It’s not that the elder brother and sister-in-law are dragging each other. The second brother’s body and bones are thrown away. As the saying goes: the eldest brother is the father, the eldest sister-in-law is the mother, the second brother lost his parents since childhood, and is all raised by the brother-in-law, and the sister-in-law treats the second brother hard. This kindness is as heavy as a mountain. Eldest brother, second younger brother is here to beg you." With a puff, he knelt down to Uncle Chen and said, "Elder brother, every mistake is the second younger brother's fault!"

I know what I did, my sister-in-law treated Chen Ping badly, and I felt ashamed, but I didn't expect Chen Ping to plead for her, regardless of the past. Is it sister-in-law's fault? It's sister-in-law who treats you badly, and sister-in-law deserves to be kicked out of the house."

Uncle Chen said angrily: "You know it too. With your mouth, you just know how to talk, and you don't even think about whether you should say it. People ask your second brother what he eats so good-looking. You can't say anything else, but you just don't know what to say. In terms of eating dross, it’s better not to have such an uncle. The second brother can’t work, but he can read, he is knowledgeable, and he worships under Mr. Zhou. Does your family have such a promising person as the second brother? "

Chen Ping walked forward on his knees, came to his sister-in-law, and said: "Sister-in-law, don't say it, it's Chen Ping's fault, it's not my sister-in-law's fault. Both of Chen Ping's parents died when he was young, if there is no sister-in-law to make clothes and cook for Chen Ping , Chen Ping died of cold and hunger a long time ago. Everyone of Chen Ping’s age has a family and a house, and they all have reproductive tools. Chen Ping can’t, Chen Ping can only read, it’s Chen Ping who has burdened his brother and sister-in-law.”

The sister-in-law got excited, put her arms around Chen Ping's head, and cried: "Second brother, sister-in-law is sorry for you."

Uncle Chen stood there, wiping away his tears, but he was still angry, so it was inconvenient to go up to comfort his wife.

Zhou Chong and Fusu glanced at each other, and Fusu came up, saluted Chen Bo, and said, "Brother is on top, I'm from the same family as Chen Ping, so I'm being polite here. If you can't forgive your sister-in-law, you can learn from Chen Ping." Ping is about to be scolded as inhumane and unrighteous, and my elder brother who knows the general situation will definitely not let Chen Ping bear this infamy."

Uncle Chen wanted to forgive his wife a long time ago, but he couldn't bear face. After hearing Fusu's words, he felt that it made sense, and thanked Fusu: "Brother Xie reminded me that Chen Bojin has been taught." He ran over and put his arms around her. His wife, with one arm around Chen Ping, cried together as a family of three.

When the three of them were crying, there was a lot of yelling. Zhou Chong saw a large group of people rushing towards them. Judging by their posture, it seemed that there was something big going on.

(End of this chapter)