Chapter 107 Enlightenment-The descendants of bad people are not necessarily all bad people

When Zhang Taiyan was young, he was inspired by his grandfather Zhu Youqian. When he was eleven or twelve years old, Zhu taught "Donghualu", saying that the defense against Yi and Xia must be strict.Zhang asked: "Has anyone talked about this kind of thing before?" Zhu said: "Wang Chuanshan and Gu Tinglin have already talked about it, especially the words of Wang's, which are really thorough. If the Ming dynasty dies, the clothes and cultural relics will also die with it." Zhang said: "Ming died in the Qing, it is better to die in Li Chuang." Zhu replied: "There is no need to say that now. If Li Chuang conquered the world of Ming, Chuang Although he is not a good person, his descendants may not all be bad people, but there is no need to say this now."

Yao Xuesong admired Wei Yuan's understanding very much, Wei Yuan wanted to worship Yao as his teacher, but Yao refused, saying: "You will definitely be above me in the future, how can I be your teacher?" Wei Yuan: "The teacher is knowledgeable and extremely Tolerant learning should be my teacher." Yao said, "It's just in your heart, why should you be so careful?" Hu Linyi showed his talent when he was young, and he was especially favored by the famous follower Tao Peng shogunate, and later became Tao's son-in-law.During Tao's tenure as the governor of Liangjiang, Hu wandered in the gentle countryside of the Qinhuai River. Tao strictly forbade his subordinates to travel, but he did not blame Hu Linyi. For, it is to pay for the toil in the future.Hu later served as the governor of Hubei.

Shen Baozhen was very timid when he was young, and he was afraid of cats meowing at night.Shen's mother taught Confucian moral concepts, and asked: "Do you admire the loyal and filial sons of the past dynasties?" Baozhen replied: "Of course." "Do you know where their courage comes from?" Baozhen said: "They are naturally bold." Shen's mother said: "No, because they behave in an upright manner, and all they think about is how to honor their parents and serve the country. That's why I became more courageous." Later, Shen Baozhen was often intentionally sent back and forth to the eerie places alone, and after going back and forth, Shen Baozhen became more courageous.

Li Hongzhang's mother was shrewd and capable, and she was particularly "prolific", giving birth to six sons and two daughters.Li Wen'an, who was struggling to make a living, was very troubled, and wrote a poem to complain: "It's so hard to complain about Ding Tian, ​​and I'm so annoying to ask Mi Yan." If you can become a pillar, why are you afraid of poverty?" She was born with big feet, married into the Li family, worked in the fields, and made great contributions.After the Hongzhang brothers showed their talents, these big feet also made a lot of jokes.As the governor of Zhili, Li took his mother to live with him in Tianjin. Officials at all levels hosted family banquets one after another to show his flattery.Whenever she goes out and sits in the eight-carrying sedan chair, the old lady always sticks her big feet out of the curtain and swaggers across the street, attracting passers-by to stop and watch, which becomes a joke in the street.Li couldn't get up and down, so he begged his mother to restrain her feet.The old lady was furious: "Your father didn't dare to say such a thing back then. Without my mother's big feet, who would support you to study and be an official?" After saying that, she fell asleep and went on a hunger strike for three days to protest.Li had no choice but to kneel down for three days to apologize and beg for forgiveness, and let his mother do whatever she wanted.