Chapter 235 [Save the ruthless Wei Yang]
Although the pre-Qin period was filled with rituals and music, they were more etiquette than later generations. There were rules for visiting people, especially those who were inferior to those who were superior, and there was no reason to come to see them in the middle of the night.
This is called "Starry Night Come to Stop". If Bai Dong abandons his wife to meet guests, he invites Wei Yang to enter the house. From then on, Wei Yang is a member of the Bai family and has been able to rise to his Bai Zuo Geng.
You can't let Wei Yang go too smoothly.
Bai Dong knew best that Legal scholars could do things and do bad things. They were all practicalists. In order to achieve their ideas and goals, Yingye would not frown even if he killed people. Even in later generations, where case law is the main system of criminal law and lawyers defend themselves as a necessary criminal system, the law is still a terrible double-edged sword. What's more, in this era when there are punishment but no people, but there are courts but no lawyers? Wei Yang was a tiger, and it would hurt people if he was released. It would be too smooth and would not be good for him or Lao Qin.
If the little butterfly flapped its wings, a storm would a place in the world. This is not an exaggeration. Old Qin fell into Bai Zuo Geng, and his influence has far exceeded Jingjian, who recommended Wei Yang three times in history. If Bai Dong took action to help him, Wei Yang would skip the necessary stage of hard work. It is probably because he didn't even have to do a guest official and became a minister of reform. This can be seen from Ying Quliang's attitude towards Bai Dong. Although it was not stated clearly, Ying Quliang still hoped that he could take on more things, but he refused. If he recommended Wei Yang, Ying Quliang would definitely be like a treasure. Wei Yang easily got the favor of the king, and his methods would only be more harsh.
So Bai Dong didn't see him. As long as Bai Chi sent a message to Wei Yang, he would go to Baijiazhuang and wait until the sun rose before talking about it... Old friends return to old friends, rules are rules.
After receiving Lao Baichi's reply, Wei Yang smiled bitterly: "Well, Yang will wait outside the village, wait until the sun is over three o'clock before entering the village to taste the good tea of Baizi."
"Haha, then you just wait. The master said. Wei Yang is a very stubborn man. He is afraid he won't leave. Bai Chi, you brought him a tent and a banquet and quilt, and also brought a jar of good wine to warm him up. Mr. Wei, you don't have to be polite."
"Then I would like to thank Bai Zi. Please thank the old housekeeper Dai Wei Yang."
"You're welcome to say it all. The master said that you are an old friend..."
Wei Yang slept very comfortably that night. The Bai family's tent was large and tidy, and soft cloth pads were sewn on the banquet, especially the wine was good, which was more powerful than Wei wine. It was the wine of a hero.
On the third day, Wei Yang knocked on the village again. This time the person who came out was Lao Baichi: "Is it Mr. Wei? My master said that he had something important today and could not meet the teacher. If the teacher is anxious, please go back first. If there is no hurry, you might as well stay in the village. Good wine and good meals have been prepared for the teacher..."
"So that's it. Then I won't bother the Bai family. Wei Yang should live in the tent and wait. However, the Bai family needs a jar of good wine."
"Haha, Mr. I, I will bring the wine and meals here. Mr. Please wait a moment."
"Baizi... How charming is your argument in front of the palace that day? On the day of Yang's departure from Qin, how deep is your love? If you don't see each other in person, you will say goodbye to Yang? If you don't see each other at night, you will not see me when you are a gentleman, how can you not see me when you are in the day? If Yang is so destined to this day, isn't he like the charm of that day? Bai Dong, are you still a gentleman..."
"If you, Wei Yang, wouldn't have come to Baijiazhuang anymore. Now you blame others? Hehe, let's wait patiently. You see how patient I am. I also brought my own dry food pillows. But I was originally in Lao Qin, but you are an outsider. The emperor issued the order to recruit talents, so he would not treat the scholars in the world unfairly? Could it be that the recruitment hall was not well eaten and that you could not stay there?"
A middle-aged man with white face and long beard jumped off the horse's back, carried the pillow and looked at Wei Yang with a smile, and walked to the village to knock on the door.
I guess the reply he received was the same as Wei Yang. He walked back with some boredom, looked at Wei Yang's tent and said, "Oh, it's so cold. I just brought a pillow mat, but didn't bring a tent. Your tent is so big, why don't I squeeze it? Don't stare, okay? I brought salted fish and wind chicken and just treat you to eat."
Wei Yang frowned and looked at the man. Seeing that although he was dressed in rags, he was full of literary style, with great ears and great stature, he became a little fond of favor: "Who is sir?"
"Zhao Liang, Jingnan."
"Zhao Liang? It turns out that he is a famous scholar who wrote "Theory of Jingchao". Who is the sir here in Baijiazhuang?"
"Of course, I asked Bai Zuo for more money. He spent millions of dollars to destroy Nan Mo, but he would not frown. Now Zhao wants to control the water, but he has no money. The government does not give it to him and the merchants do not help him, so he thought of him as a rich man. However, Zhao thought it was not easy to ask for money, so he prepared a pillow and mat to stay here. Are you and I both the same, so I shouldn't laugh at me, right?"
"Are you here to ask for money?"
Wei Yang widened his eyes, unable to imagine that Zhao Liang, a famous scholar, could still ask for money, was assured as he was even thicker than himself.
"I came to ask for money for the people's livelihood. You came to ask for a future, but for your own plans. It's a pity that you were too impatient. It's not like Wei Zi who talked about in the Liyang Palace that day, who did not follow the right path of the recruitment hall, but came to cling to the powerful and powerful, but that's just like that."
"If you have a future, it may not be a matter of making a living for the people of the world. If you follow the powerful and powerful, you should go beyond the so-called 'right path' step by step. What's wrong with it? You are a famous scholar in the world in vain. It turns out that you are just a pedantic person."
"Hehe, no matter... I, a 'pedantic person, met you, a clever person today, and I am destined to be together. Zhao has already smelled the fragrance of the wine, so why don't you come out with your good wine? I won't drink yours in vain, don't be stingy."
It started raining in the afternoon, and Zhao Liang honestly squeezed into Wei Yang's tent without hesitation. The two of them drank and talked, gradually getting to know each other and talking about their own affairs.
Zhao Liang was born in Confucianism, but he was a pragmatic man. He was moved by the fierceness of the Jing River. Every time the peak of the summer, he would destroy many homelands. Although the government had some control, there was no major reform and could not solve the fundamental problem. He was determined to rectify the Jing River.
Over the years, he has been committed to building canals and controlling water. He has no money and went to apply for local officials. Local officials are poor, so who would pay attention to him? His idea actually coincides with the Zheng Guoqu in later generations. But even in the Yingzheng period, Zheng Guo's entry into Qin was also a trick for weak Qin in South Korea. It can be seen that his project cost a lot, let alone the poor and weak old Qin now? Therefore, he encountered walls everywhere and had difficulty in achieving ambitions. Now that he heard that Bai Dong is rich, this very thick-skinned guy came here, as if he was the creditor of the Bai family. When he came to the Bai family, he had to pay. If he didn't give it, he would be ready to stay here.
Wei Yang was even more depressed than him. Gongshu Zhuo played the trick of recommending the wise and killing the wise when he was dying. Fortunately, Wei Ying was a kind monarch and did not kill him. He wanted to realize his ideal in his heart. He asked to see Wei Ying several times and was unable to meet him. He had no choice but to study in various countries, hoping to find opportunities to stretch. However, he did not expect that when he arrived in Qi, he was suppressed by Shen Buwei. He was hesitant and was found by Jing Jian. When he learned that Ying Quliang was recruiting talents from the world, he came to Qin with ambition.
No matter how I thought that the Qin State was not valued by the scholars of the world at this time, most of the people who were willing to come to Qin were so-called "sages" who were difficult to achieve their ambitions. Nine out of ten of these wise men were people with great ambitions and talent. After seeing Ying Quliang a few times, he lost his confidence and the recruitment hall gradually became the "shanging hall".
Jing Jian mentioned his name in front of Ying Quliang, but unfortunately what Ying Quliang remembered the most was that he "difficult" to Lao Qin that day, but he lost to Bai Dong's disgraceful past, and he didn't even feel like seeing him. Seeing that Qin had been in more than a month, he was still a savage at the Recruitment Hall. How could he be willing to do so? I remembered that Bai Zi, who was in the midst of his life, had an old age with him, but because of the close stairs, he came to see him at Xingye, but he didn't expect to be rejected.
The two brothers in distress have different goals, but they all see Bai Dong's "opportunity". The more they talk, the more they become more and more speculative. Unconsciously, a night passed. On the second day, Bai Chi still replied that the master had not returned. Please wait for another day.
This is the third person. Zhao Liang was furious. If Wei Yang hadn't pulled him, he would have cursed loudly in front of Baijiazhuang. Finally, Bai Dong did not go too far. At noon on the third day, he took the initiative to send Bai Chi to invite the two of them, first to take a shower and then have a meal. Then he met in the main hall, and the first person to meet was Wei Yang.
"I haven't seen each other for several months, Bai Zi is very different from that day. It's so difficult for Yang to ask for a meeting..."
Bai Dong invited tea. But Wei Yang was not in a mood to drink. He sighed and bowed to Bai Dong deeply and said, "That night came to visit. Yang thought he was Bai Zi's old friend and regarded himself as a friend. He lingered in front of the village for three days. Yang knew that today was different from the past. His old friend had become a high title for the old Qin officials, and Yang was just a poor scholar..."
"Haha, I have been slow to treat Wei Zi over the past few days. Old friends are still old friends. If Wei Zi has something to say, please speak out."
"I dare not be called Wei Zi, but Wei Yang. Since Bai Zi said that, Yang said bluntly that Yang had the intention to serve the country and had reform strategies, but he had no way to be promoted. He wanted to ask Bai Zi to lead the way..."
"I want me to lead the way? Let me ask Wei Zi first, you were from Wei, but when you were under Gongshu's disciple, you served in Wei, but now you want to serve Qin. How can you make the Lord believe you?"
"This matter should be based on Bai Zi."
"Weizi is a Legalist 'Fa' school, and he does not compare the power. The two schools of art are relatively gentle. If the law is moved one day, the whole country will be affected. If the success is the king, the king will be happy, and if the failure is the country will be worried. How can you make the king believe in you?"
"Yang once discussed the law with Bai Zi in the Hualou. Bai Zi knows me, so he should rely on Bai Zi!"
"Since ancient times, those who changed the ancestors' laws were either dead or dead. Zhou Gong Renxin was almost regarded as a rebellious person by the people of the world. When Wei Zi reformed, if the whole country came to attack, Lao Qin would be in chaos. At that time, will the emperor deal with it, or will the first Zuo Geng deal with it?"
"We should rely on the law in Yang's heart and the knife in his hand!"
"You want to kill someone, aren't you?"
Bai Dong frowned slightly. Modern society legislation does not aim at killing people, but only killing people as a means. It is not impossible for people to be killed, but Wei Yang is still too resentful! He turned him away three times in a row, but he could not make him feel a little moved. Do you really want to save him? It depends on whether he will die in the future?
"Those who practice the law must kill people! Otherwise, how can they intimidate the people of the country and make them abide by the law? If Bai Zi did not lead Jin for Yang, Yang would leave immediately."
"You are a talent, so I will naturally recommend it to you, but I have a requirement..."
Chapter completed!