Chapter 5 Section 4 Original Sin

Liu Yan's prestige at that time can be seen from the following details: In Nanyang, whenever Liu Yan was mentioned, no one called him by his first name directly, but habitually called him Bosheng to show his respect.As for the heroes of the Quartet, regardless of whether they really knew Liu Yan or not, they would all say "my friend Liu Bosheng", pretending to be familiar with Liu Yan, in order to make a good reputation and raise their own value. However, to put it bluntly, the prestige earned by Liu Yan's clientele is the same as that of Song Jiang in the Water Margin, and most of it was earned by money.Although the treatment Liu Yan provided to his disciples could not be as extravagant as the four sons of the Warring States Period—the disciples of Lord Pingyuan were "decorated with jewels and jade in the sword room"; Shoes"——however, even if the food, clothing, housing and transportation of hundreds of diners are only maintained at a certain level of food and clothing, the cost can be imagined.

After the death of his father Liu Qin, Liu Yan's family suddenly declined.In a declining family, raising hundreds of guests is bound to be stretched.However, no matter how poor you are, you can’t be poor with education, no matter how hard you are, you can’t suffer from guests. Liu Yan’s everything is about keeping guests, and for himself, he can save money. Deer fur in winter, kudzu clothes in summer, food of rice pudding, and soup of quinoa , The thinness of self-promotion cannot be added.When Liu Xiuchu returned to Chongling, he was surprised to see Liu Yan's quality of life. Traffickers and pawns lived better than this, so he asked Liu Yan why he had to suffer so much.Liu Yan didn't want Liu Xiu to worry about his family's financial situation, so he forced himself to hide it and said: "It's not easy to have rich clothes and good food! The reason why I didn't do it was to follow the example of Gou Jian, the king of Yue, to suffer the shame of subjugating the country with ambition." Liu Xiu was not in charge of the family. I didn't know Chai Migui, so I believed in Liu Yan.

When he couldn't hold on any longer, Liu Yan had no choice but to lower his haughty head, trying to make some quick money to relieve his urgent needs.As the saying goes: "Use the poor to seek wealth, agriculture is not as good as work, and work is not as good as business."If you want to make a fortune, the fastest way is to do business.What, is it too slow to make money from business?Then you might as well grab it.That's right, Liu Yan and his disciples were going to grab it.Most of them are violent, and if there is violence, of course they must pursue huge profits.The so-called gentleman loves money, and there is a "way" to get it. The business Liu Yan and others are aiming at is the way of robbery.As for the robbery after the Dao, we don't dare to say that there will be no such thing.After the robbery, we dare not say that there will be no such thing as meeting someone who dares to resist and stabbing him a few times.

Judging by today's values, Liu Yan and his disciples should be classified as organized underworld criminal gangs.However, at that time, it had long been a common social phenomenon for powerful clans like Liu Yan to put themselves above the law and use violence to seize land and fish and meat.Even the government can only acquiesce in the status quo and let it go without daring to interfere.Why?If you are lucky enough to interview a high-level government official, and on the premise of agreeing to withhold his name, he will reveal to you: In fact, they also have difficulties.