EBE Chapter 567 I feel pity for you
Chapter 567 I feel pity for you
After the comments, the people of the dynasties after the Eastern Jin were shocked, like they were watching a melon seed. Huan Wen, this kid, had such a trick up his sleeve!
Marrying the eldest princess? That's quite audacious!
During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Han raised his cup and sighed, fearing that what awaited Huan Wen upon his return to court would not be as he wished.
Over the course of a century, the Han people lived in constant fear, and the central government was reduced to half its former size—a truly unimaginable situation.
Nothing lasts forever. Take Qin Shi Huang, the tyrannical ruler of the Qin Dynasty, for example. People have always condemned him, yet many people admire him.
Perhaps after a thousand years, Chang'an in the future will be a completely different and magnificent sight.
In the distant Ming Dynasty, at this time, Hongwu had just established his dynasty, and everything was being rebuilt. People at the time only placed their hopes on the future, never expecting that more than two hundred years later, the Ming Dynasty would be in a state of economic decline and widespread suffering.
Standing by the window, Zhu Yuanzhang recalled the Northern Expedition and sighed a few times. He had established the Ming Dynasty and driven out the barbarians. Now, there were many things to be done, but the suffering of his past wanderings and hardships made him very clear about the kind of miserable situation the people of the Jin Dynasty had endured.
The Sima family of the Western Jin Dynasty truly deserved to die!
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"When Huan Wen returned to the court after conquering Shu, it should have been a happy situation for everyone, since he fought for the court. However, when Huan Wen returned, not only was Sima Xingnan a little angry, but the court was also quite upset!"
"It's perfectly normal for Princess Sima Xingnan to be angry, because Huan Wen brought Li Shi's daughter back to keep her as a concubine. Although in the end, Sima Xingnan felt pity for her and hugged her concubine while cursing Huan Wen, that old bastard!"
Everyone in the dynasty: ? ? ? Something feels a little off!
"This gave rise to the idiom 'I feel pity for him,' but as the saying goes, 'Success in love, failure in officialdom.'"
"Huan Wen's conquest of Shu greatly enhanced his reputation, which made the Eastern Jin court wary, fearing that if they were not careful, he might grow into a person that the court could not control and who would rebel against his superiors."
"The Eastern Jin Dynasty revered scholars and literati; to become famous, one had to do so early, and many people had a good reputation from a young age."
"Yin Hao at that time was just like that. He didn't care about fame or fortune, and he didn't like being an official. For example, he once said: 'What is money? What is officialdom? They are all dung and rotten!'"
Yin Hao: There are plenty of official positions available right in front of me, but I don't want them!
To the working class still holding official positions: (???) You're so high and mighty, so amazing!!!
Those students still studying and preparing for exams: ??? What about all that studying now, with their heads hanging from the rafters and their thighs pricking with awls!
Hearing this, the other people felt a surge of anger. They regarded official positions and money as dirt, but did they know how much money they could earn in a year?
Street vendors earn a little more than farmers who depend on the weather for their livelihood. But they have to set aside money for clothing, food, housing, and transportation. Anything left over is considered good!
Who doesn't want to eat lavishly and achieve academic success? But if they can't even afford books, how could their family background possibly support them?!
Moreover, there are natural disasters and man-made calamities, taxes and corvée labor, etc. If the world is in a bad state, they will be even more unlucky and will become vagrants or slaves of nobles!
If official positions and wealth are considered rotten and worthless, then they really wouldn't mind throwing a huge pile of them at them!
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"Thus, Yin Hao, who had a unique painting style, disliked officialdom and money, and loved to live in seclusion, quickly became a figure admired by the people of the Eastern Jin Dynasty at that time."
"Sima Yu, the Prince of Kuaiji, chose him to counterbalance Huan Wen. It just so happened that Shi Hu had passed away, and it was a good time to launch an attack. Therefore, Huan Wen proposed the Northern Expedition."
"However, Sima Yu, the Prince of Kuaiji, and Yin Hao chose not to reply after reading the message. They didn't care what others thought, since they didn't want to!"
"Because, compared to the Northern Expedition, the trend of pure conversation that arose among Sima Yu and Yin Hao, or rather among the aristocratic families of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, seemed to be more important."