"Yanzhi?"

Everyone looked at each other, you pushed me, I pushed you, but no one came forward to say it first.

Heifu simply named him directly, and exclaimed to the person sitting next to him: "My brother, you first tell me about your ambition!" ”

"Me?"

I was surprised to think that I could just watch the excitement today, but unexpectedly, Heifu ordered him, and was looked at by everyone, the 18-year-old boy was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said: "My ambition ...... is to leave the school, and then, and then marry the lady of the Yan family! ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted a burst of laughter.

Heifu also shook his head helplessly, but he didn't blame his younger brother, he was an ordinary young man with no talent, from entering the school room to marrying Yan Xu's family, everything was arranged by Heifu in the past few years. Dealing with the unfamiliar environment and knowledge has been exhausted, and it is difficult to produce other pursuits.

"It's not called ambition."

"It's something you'll get easily in a year or two," Heff corrected, and think about it, what do you want to do after that?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, he arched his hand towards Heifu and said: "My brother doesn't have any big ambitions, I just want to follow my brother in the future and use what I have learned in the past few years to contribute to my brother!" ”

Heifu didn't have high requirements for his younger brother, which was enough, and he pointed to the shocked Dongmen leopard: "Ah Leopard, what about you!" ”

"My ambition ......"

Dongmen Leopard drank a little too much, and when he was asked by Heifu, he replied without thinking: "Give birth!" ”

"Hahahaha!"

This ambition is really concise, everyone couldn't hold back, and burst into laughter, they remembered that Dongmen Leopard had been talking about it for a whole year, and had named his son, but when he came home, he found that he had given birth to a pair of daughters.

Dongmen Leopard blushed and scolded: "What are you laughing at!" My father died early, and I was the only son in the family, and I worked hard to earn the title on the battlefield, if there was no child to inherit it, wouldn't a generation be gone? ”

The crowd didn't laugh at him anymore, because Dongmen Leopard's worries were normal. The ancients said that there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great. In the Qin State, having a son or not is not only related to pension, but also to the inheritance of the title.

The Qin State specially had a "Law of Placing the Queen", which was equivalent to the "inheritance law" of this era, which stipulated the inheritance of titles and property.

In terms of property, when an adult male dies, the first in line of heir is the son, and if there are several sons, the eldest son takes precedence. When there is no son, it is the deceased's parents' turn, and the wife can also be the heir, after the husband's parents, and finally the deceased's daughter......

But the title is limited to sons or brothers who live with the same mother.

This strict regulation has also led to some bizarre cases. Because the inheritance of the title is also under the management of the county lieutenant and the county lieutenant office, when Heifu was a soldier Cao Zuoshi, he handled a case:

In Gangneung City, there is a person who is not even more congenital dysfunction, "unable to walk humanly". Of course, he didn't have a son, so he came up with an idea to let his wife have a son with a distant uncle, pretending to be his own son, but the incident was reported by the neighbors, so the participants were severely punished and their titles were reduced......

In addition, in order to keep the title, there are countless examples of impersonating the children of relatives. Therefore, the government is particularly strict in defining the identity of the heir, and it must be guaranteed by more than five people, including Lidian, Wu Lao, and Tongwu, before it can be established, and it also stipulates that those who have committed the above crimes of "resistance" and the descendants of those who commit suicide are not eligible to inherit the title......

As a result, Chu's suicide rate was the highest among the Seven Kingdoms, while Qin's suicide rate was at the bottom.

Dongmen Leopard is now twenty-six or seventeen, and he is not young, of course, he doesn't want to be left behind, and it is not impossible to say that this is an "ambition".

As for the official career, Dongmen Leopard is very satisfied with the township tour he is now serving, and he takes the pavilion guards to dance with swords and swords, and he can show his majesty, and his fortune is not low, Heifu didn't say anything after listening to it, and toasted him to continue to work hard......

Next, it was Xiao Tao's turn.

Back then, Xiao Tao's family background was the worst among the people, he was really a family with four walls, no surplus food at all, almost became a helper cultivator, and a half-crippled father. Now, he is no longer a change, serving as the commander of the tun, with fifty bows and crossbows under his command, and is respected. The family has also moved from the remote Xiaoli Lu to the county seat, and for this young man who can eat and be satisfied, this kind of life is already unattainable in the past.

"Tao ...... Tao can have today, has ...... I am grateful to the county lieutenant, and I just want to do my best to assist the county lieutenant in training, I don't dare, I don't dare to have more extravagant hopes! ”

He was born with a stutter, and his career will be greatly limited, and he will be satisfied with the work in front of him conscientiously, and he will not have much ambition.

Heifu nodded and looked at Ji Ying, this guy didn't have a hippie smile, but a rare serious time.

He thought for a while and said, "I still remember that when I first met the county lieutenant, it was in a guest house on the bank of Yunmengze, and Xijun was also there at that time. The guest housekeeper took his daughter and served Xijun with beam meat, but we only had warm soup. I was very envious at the time, but I just wanted to eat a bite of meat, and I was looking forward to a woman to serve me......"

"But now!"

Ji Ying said proudly: "I am in charge of the post of a township, I can eat meat every day, and I have married a bride, and the title has reached the hairpin, and it is not far from the doctor!" My ambition is to get a doctor when I reach the age of Xijun! Let people respect me as a doctor of Ji Ying! ”

Unexpectedly, Ji Ying, who has the least talent among the people, has greater ambitions, and Heifu can't help but praise him!

At this time, only Lixian remains.

With the death of the head of the Li clan and the deposition of many of his officials, he became the highest-ranking person in the Li clan. In addition, there is the fact of "saving" Liping's wife and children, so the Li clan not only hates him, but gradually takes him as the leader, and in a few years, he may become the new patriarch of the Li clan......

Heifu is also a little curious, what kind of ambition will this capable person have?

On weekdays, Liham would definitely be silent, but today everyone reunited, drank until the wine was drunk, and listened to the words of a few people, this will also be a little eager to try, so he arched his hand to Heifu and said: "If I say it, I hope that the county lieutenant will not blame, and I hope that the second and third sons will not laugh!" ”

"What is the sin of people knowing each other and just gossiping? But it doesn't hurt to say! "Hefu made him bold to say it!

"Then I'll say it."

Leham waved at Hefu and looked up with a blazing gaze.

"Before I die, I hope to get the status of the county lieutenant now!"

……

Everyone was silent for a while, and then they all laughed, and Dongmen Leopard also patted Lixian and quipped: "Lixian, covet the position of county lieutenant, you are so bold!" ”

Liham was about to explain, but Heifu was not angry but happy: "Liham's ambition is good, with your talents, given time, the captain of a county is completely out of the question!" ”

Liham was greatly encouraged: "Borrow the words of the county lieutenant! ”

After listening to everyone's ambitions, Heifu can be considered to have figured out their current state, like Surprise and Xiaotao, who don't have any clear goals, so they want to follow Heifu and help him. Like Dongmen Leopard, the person who was most enthusiastic about meritorious service in the past, after the brutal fight, he was more satisfied with the status quo, and only begged his wife and children to be hot on the kang, and he must not want to work as hard as in the past.

Ji Ying and Lixian have their own goals, one is to become a doctor, and the other is to become a county lieutenant, and there are reasons to continue to struggle.

However, except for Lieham's slight ambition, on the whole, everyone is the ambition of the leader. To sum up, there are still two cows on three acres of land, and the wife and children are hot on the kang......

"I remember that in my previous life, I learned an article "Zilu Zeng Huiran Yougong Xihua Sitting", which was about Confucius asking his disciples about their aspirations."

Zilu said that he wanted to govern the country of a thousand times, so that it would not be famine, so that the people would have the courage to protect the country. Ran is willing to govern a state of tens of miles and make the people rich. Gong Xihua wanted to preside over the ceremonial work of the sacrifice and the alliance, which was the old duty of the Confucians. ”

When Heifu first read this article, he didn't feel anything, but now he found that although the aspirations of Confucius's disciples are different, they have all reached the level of "self-cultivation and governing the country together", and their ambitions include personal pursuits and expectations of being born and making meritorious contributions.

This is the gap between the ambition of the head of the Qiantou and the ambition of the scholar, but it is relieved to think about it a little. When Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu was not in chaos in the world, he only thought about "Shi Eun should be the ruling Jinwu, and marrying a wife should be Yin Lihua", and he was laughed at by his brother!

Hefu pondered there, but everyone continued: "If Gongao is here, what kind of ambition will he have? ”

Although Gong Ao is from Yan County, he is also a member of the small group of Heifu, and everyone has been robbing for a year, and they haven't seen each other for a long time, and they still miss it a little.

"If that guy is in ......"

Ji Ying guessed: "He will definitely have his nostrils turned to the sky, saying that he looks down on any official position!" ”

Everyone laughed, and at this time, after listening for a long time, he suddenly asked Heifu: "Brother, we have all said our will, what is your ambition?" “

Everyone stopped talking and looked at Heifu in unison, they also wanted to know.

Lixian remembered one thing: "I remember that when we went north to serve last year, Bu Cheng calculated a hexagram for the county lieutenant, and said at that time that the county lieutenant was set to be the county guard one day, and the county lieutenant also said that it was his ambition to be a county guard......

"Rivers are shifted by the situation, and people's aspirations will also change with their vision and knowledge."

Heifu took a sip of wine and said with a smile: "After experiencing the battle of destroying Wei and attacking Chu, walking in Huaibei in the Central Plains, and entering the county for half a year, my ambition has been very different!" ”

Everyone was in good spirits, and they all wanted to hear what Heifu had to say.

Looking at their expectant and curious eyes, Heifu knew that the atmosphere was almost created, and he asked everyone to speak today, in addition to finding out the current state of his subordinates, he also wanted to rekindle their thoughts of meritorious service!

Alone in this era can't go far, and someone needs to follow him all the time!

It's time to brag, whether it's true or not, and scare them out of the gentle country first!

So Heifu said: "When I was in the county government, because I didn't have a surname, I was often laughed at by the children of the chief eunuchs. “

"Some people suggested that I make up one at random, and some people instigated me to find a false ancestor among the princes and princes I established on the land of Nanjun, and frame myself with his surname, covering up the past of my family for eight generations as savages and commoners."

What happened to Heifu, Jing, Ji Ying, Leopard, and Xiao Tao have all experienced it, and they, like Heifu, are even from Qianshou who has no surname and no name, and they have been laughed at since they became officials.

"I hesitated, too, until one day a little woman said something to me! It dawned on me! ”

Everything that happened on the Shangsi Festival is vivid.

Heifu said: "She said, the Son of Heaven Jiande, because he was born with a surname, the land of the Yan and the family of life!" The clan did not exist at the beginning, but after the ancient princes, secretaries, and doctors were awarded meritorious service, they took the fief as the clan, for example, this Anlu was the ancient Yun country, which gave rise to the Yun ......"

"Nowadays, it is no longer the era of feudal statehood, and the Qin State is not a country of relatives and respect, no longer looking at the origin of the ancestors, but the awarding of military merits. Those who have great merit are respected, rewarded for their merits, and awarded officials for their ability. Therefore, I should be proud of the merits I have made with my own hands, and I don't have to be ashamed of being without a clan! ”

"Well said!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was very excited to hear it, and it really said the voice of those who started from the end, the times are different, and the merits that they have earned with blood and sweat are not as good as the surname inherited when they were born? Even Rixian, who is a side branch of Ritchie, thinks so.

Heifu waited for everyone to cheer before he said again: "However, I still want to earn a clan for myself, after all, it is always the shouts of Dr. Heifu and Heifu County Lieutenant that are not good." It just so happens that in the Qin State, there is still such an opportunity! ”

Everyone was at a loss, but Lixian's face changed slightly, and he had already guessed what Heifu meant.

"That's right."

Heifu drank another cup, threw his glass and laughed: "I don't want to be just a county guard anymore, my current ambition is to one day, I can make meritorious contributions!" And it's not the Hou of Kannai, but the Hou of Che! From this, I will get a fiefdom of Shiyi, and at that time, I will use the fiefdom to give myself my life! Climb no one, rely on my own hands to create a clan! ”

"I don't want to be someone else's grandson, I want to be the ancestor of the imperial examination!"

If Fang Cai Heifu quoted the words of the daughter of the county guard and made everyone excited, then the ambition he confided in the marquis really shocked and speechless everyone present.

"Fenghou!"

Xiao Tao stammered for a long time without speaking, looked at Heifu adoringly, and only fell to his knees.

Dongmen Leopard, who was satisfied just thinking about giving birth to a son, opened his mouth wide, and Sanguan was greatly shocked.

Ji Ying, who was satisfied with getting the eldest doctor in this life, rubbed his eyes, is this really the "Black Husband Brother" who met him on the bank of Yunmengze?

And Lixian, who wanted to be the county lieutenant, suddenly felt that his pursuit was like a cloud of mud compared to Heifu's ambition!

"Marquis ......"

Shocked and speechless for a long time, what Heifu said was far beyond his imagination, and only after half a sound did he mutter: "This ...... Can it really be done? ”

"It can be done!"

Heifu glanced at everyone present, patted his chest and said: "Heifu, who has no surname and no name, and was born in the Qianshou soldiers, will prove one thing to the world with the reward of being a marquis!" ”

He secretly said in his heart: "Chen Sheng, I'm sorry", and then said out loud, it should belong to this era of merit and profit, and every man should have bold words!

"The prince and the general, would you rather have a kind?"

……

In the distant Huaibei of the Chu State, in an unknown poor village, a young man of the Chu people who was about the same age as Heifu's younger brother was dressed in tattered brown clothes, hoeing grass in the field under the scorching sun, working hard and sweating.

After bending over for a long time, he suddenly put down his farm tools, revealing a hint of bitterness.

"When is the end of this day?"

Farming is hard, not to mention, this field is not Chen Sheng's own, last year because Yangcheng became a battlefield, Chen Sheng had to move out of his hometown, in Huaibei to seek food.

He was separated from his clan and could only be reduced to the point of working hard for a servant, so he finally settled here, but regardless of the cold or heat, he was called up to work as soon as the rooster crowed, and there was only gruel and stinky sauce for each meal.

Humiliation, unwillingness, haunted the heart of this pretentious young man who had lost everything.

When resting on the ridges with the farmers who worked together, everyone drank the muddy water and talked about the aftermath of the autumn harvest.

When Chen Sheng heard this, he suddenly felt lost, and suddenly got up and said to everyone: "Gou Fugui, forget nothing!" ”

The crowd was silent for a long time, and then a contemptuous laugh erupted.

"Chen Sheng, you and I are both servants and cultivators, it's good if you don't starve to death, how can you talk about wealth?"

Chen Sheng was humiliated, his face turned red, he turned away, and in the mockery of the cultivators, he walked to the middle of the field, looked at the wild geese flying in the western sky, and only felt extremely lonely, and said with a sigh:

"Whew! The bird's ambition to know the bird! ”