Tang's dining table

Chapter 1261 Beauty, beautiful things should not be missed

Before the age of eighteen, although he was in a low position, Yun Chu thought that he could live freely in the Tang Dynasty. He thought that as long as he did something beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, he could do it without scruples. In fact, he did so. All the illegal deeds of the Yun family were done during this period.

Bombing Xianyang Bridge, slaughtering the Tubo envoys, kidnapping, assassinating corrupt officials, and even sending subordinates to pretend to be bandits to rob the caravans of wealthy families, and doing primitive accumulation were basically done during this period.

Between the ages of eighteen and twenty-eight, Yun Chu felt that it was still very important to abide by certain rules. Therefore, during this period, when facing the enemy, he basically used means within the rules to solve the problem, and no longer pursued violent means outside the rules.

After the age of twenty-eight, Yun Chu no longer regarded the enemy as an enemy, but as an opponent who could deal with him. Although it was a bit disgusting, it was not impossible to cooperate with him.

The willful and rampant in his youth and the self-righteous in his youth, now, Yun Chu looks around and sees good people everywhere.

There are many meanings of a good person. Generally speaking, a person who is useful to you is a good person to you. You only need to look at one point to judge a person, and the rest of the characteristics can actually be ignored.

Whether they are kind, intelligent, generous, neutral and peaceful, or insidious, cunning, vicious, and ill-intentioned, it doesn't matter to Yun Chu now. Anyway, these people are actually bricks. When building a wall, some bricks can be used as a whole, some bricks need to be broken, and some need to be broken into pieces to fill the gaps. In short, they are all useful.

This is a process for an ordinary person to climb to a non-human state, and it is irreversible.

When the wise sage Guiguzi rode out of the mountain, it is said that the tigers and leopards in Mount Tai were roaring together, and the phoenixes were crying in the air. People said that it was the tigers, leopards and phoenixes crying for the people of the world.

Yun Chu looked up at the sky. There was only a group of pigeons flying under the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, which was better than nothing.

When Fei Jiu closed the gate of Yun's family, the street lights in Jinchangfang lit up, and soon, the kerosene street lights in the whole Chang'an market lit up.

What is the best thing to see under the light?

Of course, it is the beauty. The bright red light is like a layer of rouge on the beauty's delicate face. Even the yellow spots that often appear on weekdays will be covered by this layer of light rouge.

It is for this reason that the women in Chang'an like to meet their lovers at this time.

The women in Pingkangfang even appear in various banquets at this time in their best clothes.

A pipa sounded, and I don't know whose silver bottle exploded. The mediocre Chang'an City added a little rouge flavor at this moment, which made Chang'an, which looked indestructible during the day, turn from a great man to a charming woman in the next moment.

Yu Xiurong's eyebrows were always not painted well, so Yun Chu had to do it himself. Although he didn't know why Yu Xiurong dressed up late at night, Yun Chu still painted two fashionable flying swallow eyebrows for Yu Xiurong.

While using an eyebrow pencil to outline Yu Xiurong's eyebrows, he whispered, "A beauty like you doesn't need to wear any flower ornaments. If you want to wear flower ornaments, you have to draw your eyebrows thick and flat, so that they match. Your face is soft, and drawing such flying swallow eyebrows has already made your face very lively. Adding anything extra would be superfluous.

Yu Xiurong held up the bronze mirror and looked at her face carefully. She said with some surprise, "That's right, my face seems to be smaller than it looks in the morning."

Yun Chu put away the eyebrow pencil, took a sharp eyebrow trimmer, trimmed off a few messy eyebrows at the peak of Yu Xiurong's eyebrows, and then said, "Yes, women usually look best in the evening. Women in the early morning are actually a little edematous. After the consumption during the day, the edema disappears, so women at night always look more delicate than during the day."

Yu Xiurong pressed her chest with both hands, and then measured her waist with both hands, and said coquettishly, "Don't you men like plump women now? "

Yun Chu smiled and said, "Only when the world is in trouble will people like weak and boneless women, just like Zhao Feiyan who can dance on the palm of the hand. At that time, everyone was hungry, and thin women with small appetites were easy to feed, which caused people's aesthetics to change accordingly.

Nowadays, my Tang Dynasty is also rich in goods and people are no longer worried about food. The aesthetics of women naturally return to the ancient times, that is, return to the instinct of reproduction.

At that time, the highest standard for men to find women is that they are easy to give birth. You know about women's giving birth. Big hips make it easier for children to sit in bed. Big breasts make it easier for children to have sufficient granaries after they are born. In short, people in that era even went to extremes in their pursuit of big breasts and fat hips.

We can see this from many rock murals in Longyou. Although the murals only have some simple lines, the lines representing women always have some exaggerated strokes for women's hips and breasts. "

Yu Xiurong frowned and said, "Just like those exaggerated clay dolls, women's breasts can even be thrown behind their backs to make it convenient for the babies on their backs to feed? "

Yun Chu sighed and said, "That's people's admiration for the mother earth of Guanzhong. What a fertile land it is."

Yu Xiurong wiped the oral impression on her mouth with her finger and said, "Nowadays, people in Chang'an regard fatness as beauty. Is it because life has improved?"

Yun Chu nodded and said, "As long as the quality of life is thoroughly developed, there will be more and more fat people, both men and women. In addition, the first group of people who get fat are basically rich people, and their aesthetics will naturally lean towards obesity. Then, because they are rich and powerful, they naturally have a lot of say. Over time, the saying that fat is beautiful has become very popular.

My wife's waist is just right, so there is no need to pity those people."

After being married for many years, Yu Xiurong naturally did not believe Yun Chu's nonsense. She raised her playful Feiyan eyebrows and said to Yun Chu, "Gongsun is 41 years old this year, right?"

Yun Chu nodded and said, "At least."

"It stands to reason that such an old woman is no longer a man's gift, right?"

Yun Chu thought about Gongsun's towering chest and her buttocks that were like a full moon, and agreed against his will, "Yes."

Yu Xiurong sighed and said, "The last time Gongsun came to the mansion to perform a sword dance, the whole hall was full of No one looked at the apprentice trained by Gongsun, but all eyes were on Gongsun. My husband, tell me, what is the reason for this? "

Yun Chu smiled and said, "It's the reason I just said."

Yu Xiurong sneered, "At her age, I'm afraid it's not easy to give birth, right? You men also like to do a loss-making business that only blooms but does not bear fruit?"

Yun Chu smiled and said, "Don't make fun of your friends."

Yu Xiurong stood up and pushed Yun Chu away. She adjusted her hair in front of a large mirror, and then hung her armrests. Before leaving, she said to Yun Chu, "We are going to see Gongsun, and my husband can't go."

Yun Chu was stunned for a moment and said, "Why don't you take me to watch the sword dance? I have nothing to do today."

"Today's sword dance is only suitable for women to watch, not for men like my husband who are used to loving old women."

Hearing what his wife said, Yun Chu had to stop. Recently, the atmosphere in Chang'an is not good. There are more and more women's night activities, which leads to men often unable to book high-end singing and dancing places such as Pingkangfang.

The woman in the house left the house in a carriage, and the Yun family mansion suddenly looked empty.

Yun Chu came to the study and found Yun Jin reading documents, so he asked through the window: "Did Li Si go too?"

Yun Jin looked up at his father and said: "He ran away."

Yun Chu nodded and stopped talking, but Yun Jin asked: "Aye, does any family that wants to be passed down have to go through the three processes of creation, struggle, and seclusion?"

Yun Chu thought for a while and said: "Those who are known to the public are actually not the families that are passed down."

Yun Jin said: "For example..."

Yun Chu said: "When I conquered the southwest, when I entered Jiangyou through Guangyuan, I met an old man named Huang. This old man had no official position and was over 90 years old. When talking to this old man, the old man said that in Jiangyou, six out of ten families have the surname Huang. If the army needs it, the old man claims that he can organize 50,000 Huang civilians to follow the army Expedition.

When I was leaving the Western Regions, I had a friend in Ganzhou named Ma Gui. He was said to be a descendant of Ma Chao in the Three Kingdoms. When I first met him, he was just a small postmaster. Until now, he is just a small inspector. I have tried countless times to recommend this smart and capable person to the court, but Ma Gui refused.

Over the years, nearly 20% of the food in Chang'an City comes from Ganzhou and Guzang. Ma Gui just quietly transports food to Chang'an and only has a business relationship with the Yun family. He has never said a word of relying on our family.

I think that once there is a change in the world, whether it is the Huang family in Jiangyou or the Ma family in Ganzhou and Guzang, they will have the foundation to dominate the world.

Compared with them, the clans in "Clan Records" and the rampant clans in Chang'an and Luoyang are not as good as the Huang family in Jiangyou. Clans are not worth mentioning. A political struggle, a war, or a disaster can make them disappear into ashes. "

Yun Jin thought for a moment and said, "So, this is the purpose of Aye developing the Yellow River loop?"

Yun Chu pondered for a long time before sighing and saying, "The lives of our family are precious and we can't afford to waste them..."

Yun Jin said again, "The world situation has fallen into the hands of the Central Plains. In addition, winter is coming earlier and earlier outside the Great Wall, and spring is coming later and later. The world situation is still showing signs of continuing to move south. Aye is a wise man of the time. Why not make plans in the south as soon as possible? Only the southwest is still a bit isolated after all."

Yun Chu smiled and said, "Back then, Sisi took you all the way to the Central Plains, all the way to Shandong, and the cooperatives in Hebei were also thriving. In recent years, Why can't I hear you guys continue to work hard towards the Central Plains, Shandong, and Hebei. "

Yun Jin sighed and said, "The obstacles are too great, even the prince doesn't support us."

Yun Chu brushed off the rose petals on his shoulders and said softly, "After all, there are still smart people in the world. The reason why you kids were asked to take the lead was to test the bottom line of the royal family's tolerance for us.

It turns out that we know that the general trend of the world is moving eastward and southward, and others know it too.

Over the years, the prince's power has been moving all the way south, and now he has obtained Shuzhong and the southwest. I think that after he stabilizes these territories, he will immediately turn north to bite the hard bones. "

Yun Jin frowned and said, "When will the prince go north?"

Yun Chu sighed and said, "After the artillery really kills people. "