Chu Qing's visit to the Hubu Department was almost the same as returning to the Qianqiying Yamen Office.
I went straight to Qiu Wanshan's class room and found that there were already two cups of tea on the desk, still steaming.
Chu Qing was stunned: "You knew I was coming?"
Wei Changfeng would not take the initiative to come to the waiting room of the right servant, and Qiu Wanshan would not personally make tea for the subordinate officials below. Qiu Wanshan would only make tea when waiting for guests or friends.
But Chu Qing had never heard that Qiu Wanshan was close to any of his ministers or had any friends.
So this cup of tea was brewed by Qiu Wanshan for Chu Qing.
Qiu Wanshan took a sip of tea and smiled slightly: "If you don't come, Brother Yu will be disappointed."
Chu Qing sat down and didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't tell me, I didn't plan to come. I was already going back to Qianqi Camp, and then I turned around and ran to you."
"This is the second cup." Qiu Wanshan pointed to the tea cup in front of Chu Qing: "If the three cups of tea are out of temperature, Brother Fool will not wait for you, and Brother Xian, you will definitely fail."
"fail?"
"Yes, it failed, the fight with the Imperial College, and the fight with Gong Chengan who offered wine to the Imperial College."
Chu Qing looked at Qiu Wanshan with doubts on his face. He always felt that the other party seemed to have changed. He was not as out of tune as before, giving people a sense of inscrutability.
Knowing that he was coming, knowing that he was going to fight against Guozijian and Gong Chengan, it is not an exaggeration to say that he knew things like a god.
Holding the warm tea cup, Chu Qing smiled.
"Teach me, brother Qiu, how did you predict so many things in advance?"
"Behavior determines people's hearts." Qiu Wanshan laughed: "The so-called behavior is just understanding. Brother Fool understands Brother Xian. Gong Chengan was talking eloquently in the court hall, but you were interrupted when you left work. You were disgraced by this old man, but
Instead of arguing with reason, you retreated to the class. Brother Yu knows that you are not the one to retreat, not today, not tomorrow, and never. Since you don't retreat, you retreat again, just to take a step forward, a big step, naturally you are.
We have to fight against Gong Chengan."
Chu Qing nodded heavily: "Immaculate."
"As for the human heart." Qiu Wanshan put down the tea cup and smiled happily: "When people hesitate, are at a loss, and are confused, they will find someone they can rely on to talk to and find ways to resolve their doubts. A good brother is not a tolerant person.
When people go to court, they will naturally look for Brother Yu."
Chu Qing stood up, poured a cup of tea for Qiu Wanshan, and the two looked at each other and smiled.
"Okay." Qiu Wanshan stood up and closed the doors and windows: "Then Brother Yu will tell you about Gong Chengan."
"Brother Qiu, tell me, I'll listen."
"Gong Chengan is not from an aristocratic family, but is better than an aristocratic family, because he is purer and simpler than an aristocratic family. An aristocratic family is for power, profit, and longevity, but Gong Chengan is just for one word."
"What word."
"name!"
"name?"
"Yes, reputation." Qiu Wanshan was like a patient teacher. He did not sit down, but put his hands on his back and walked back and forth in the small class room. The distance between each step was exactly the same, and every word he spoke was so precise.
clear.
"An official has an official reputation. The so-called official reputation is reputation. If you compete for a minister or a minister, you are competing to become the prime minister. The name of the prime minister will not be passed down to future generations. But if you compete for a name, your reputation will
, become famous, and this reputation will last forever."
"This is the brilliance of Gong Chengan. No one knows the name of the imperial wine ceremony. Everyone knows that Gong Chengan's purity of heart and asceticism is a model of morality. When scholars mention it, they are full of praise. Today is
It will be like this tomorrow, even if he loses his official status the day after tomorrow, it will still be like this."
"Because what Gong Chengan is fighting for now is not an official position, but a reputation. He is as big as the Prime Minister. The official position of Prime Minister will be removed and demoted to a commoner. The same is true for the Imperial Academy's wine ceremony, but Gong Chengan will not.
Even if you lose this official position and become a commoner, you will still be the Imperial Academy’s wine sacrificer, Gong Chengan, Lord Gong.”
"The Fu family, the Fu family's bodyguard agency, has a big business. Do you think that no one really covets his big business? No one dares to touch it. Is it because the bodyguard agency can't do it? No, no, it's not because of the reputation. The Fu family's
Reputation, reputation as a bodyguard, and this good reputation.”
Sitting on the stool, Qiu Wanshan took a sip of tea and waited, waiting for Chu Qing to digest and comprehend what he had just said.
Chu Qing fell into deep thought and thought.
Reputation, official reputation, sound of good reputation...
Just like in later generations, reputation really works.
The same two movie stars keep making bad movies, but the former just makes bad movies, while the latter keeps doing good deeds.
For the former, people have lost their patience, and they complain and curse every day, but for the latter, people are extremely tolerant, because the latter has a good reputation, and the money he earns is spent on doing good deeds, and no one will do it.
He scolded him, no one could do it, not even the sun could do it to him. Perhaps it was because no one could do it to him, and this big brother was doing it to himself every day.
This is reputation!
"Brother Qiu means that the scary thing about Gong Chengan is not his methods, his official position, or his connections, but his reputation?"
"How can a person not be greedy and how can he not have weaknesses? The same is true for Gong Cheng'an who sacrificed wine in the Imperial College. Some people like beautiful people, some people like good money, and some people want power and like beautiful people. It is difficult to achieve great things.
, for the bottom, good money, for the middle, because this money can buy countless beauties, for power, it is for the top, with power, there is money, and with money, there are beauties, and this Gong Chengan, who loves his name, is
Below the middle.”
"Under the lower middle?"
"That's right, because you want a name and cherish your feathers, you can't seek power, wealth, or beauty. If you fight for power and love women, your reputation will be gone."
Qiu Wanshan showed an incomprehensible smile: "Brother Yu loves power, wealth, and beautiful women, so without this reputation, he would not give up the freedom of this world. Brother Yu, he is not as good as him."
Chu Qing nodded subconsciously.
Gong Chengan is awesome here. He gave up all "low-level tastes" and changed his reputation. This is where he will live forever.
"Do you know that Gong Chengan is already in his seventies now, so why doesn't he have any children?"
"This old man has never been married, no, he has never been married?"
"I married a wife, but because her youngest son was stupid, at least that's what Gong Chengan thought, so he severed ties with his son Gong Ji and drove his wife out of the house with a piece of paper."
"Why?"
"Afraid of tarnishing his reputation."
Chu Qing took a breath: "Because I'm afraid that my wife and son will tarnish my reputation, my family won't want me anymore?!"
"Exactly."
Chu Qing was beyond shocked.
He always felt that he had seen all sorts of things in his two lifetimes.
But Gong Chengan really refreshed his outlook on things.
For the sake of reputation, to keep a good reputation, to keep a good reputation for a lifetime, I will not even give up my wife and children!
Qiu Wanshan said in a complicated tone: "With this reputation, if you criticize him, even if you say a few words loudly to him, you will be an enemy of scholars, an enemy of scholars, and an enemy of morality, because this Gong Chengan
, which means the two words morality and the two words Qingming.”
Chu Qing curled his lips.
What is the difference between greed for money, lust, seeking power, and gaining fame?
There is essentially no difference between other people trying to get women, money, power, and fame.
"The great thing about Gong Chengan is that other people have a reputation and use their reputation to fight for power and profit, but Gong Chengan does nothing but his reputation." Qiu Wanshan sighed slightly: "In this way, he will be invincible.
Anyone who touches this invincible golden body will become the target of public criticism and die without a burial place. Even the emperor will not dare to touch him, unless the emperor is willing to be a tyrant. If he is not willing to be a tyrant, he will find out that Gong Chengan is treasonous.
No one in the world will believe the evidence."
"Then isn't he invincible?"
Qiu Wanshan showed a hint of contempt: "If he takes action for his brother, if he takes action for his brother, his reputation will be ruined within a few days."
Chu Qing was dumbfounded: "What do you mean?"
Qiu Wanshan came to the window, grabbed a handful of snow, turned around and sprinkled it on the candle, and showed Chu Qing's very familiar wretched smile.
"If he is this bright candle, my brother is the white snow that extinguishes the candle."
Chu Qing didn't quite understand the meaning of Mr. Qiu's words.
But he felt something happened.
It is estimated that in Mr. Qiu's eyes, dealing with Gong Chengan should be a bit easier than dealing with Zhang Songling and Wu Shixun.
By some mistake, Chu Qing suddenly asked: "Brother Qiu, let me ask you something. Is there anyone in the court that you are afraid of?"
Qiu Wanshan was stunned for a moment, showed a thoughtful expression, looked at Chu Qing, and said uncertainly: "Is there...?"