Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 107 Rebellion
Zhang Ruo's eyes lit up and he said, "Since you care about the country and the people, why don't you follow my father and do something for the people?"

Su Yun shook his head and said, "If I told you that I am not very knowledgeable or talented, you would think I was being hypocritical. The truth is that I don't want to be an official. For me, being an official is a very troublesome thing, so please forgive me."

Zhang Ruo felt a little regretful, but after all, she had been prepared in her heart, so she was not particularly disappointed. She smiled and said, "It's okay, I can accept it."

Su Yun was stunned for a moment and asked, "What?"

Zhang Ruo realized that she had said the wrong thing, but she was always calm and didn't panic. Instead, she smiled and said, "I can accept your idea. People often regard being an official as the only way out, and think that not being an official means having no future. But I don't think so.

In fact, it doesn’t matter what you do, as long as you follow your heart and use your talents, it doesn’t really matter what you do, right?”

Su Yun looked at the woman in front of him with some admiration.

In today's society, after hundreds of years of education in the Song Dynasty, when even the emperor personally encouraged people to read, the idea that everything else is inferior except reading has long been deeply rooted in people's minds.

It's okay for ordinary people, after all, it's difficult to support a scholar, so doing business or farming is not considered to be a loser, and if you do well you can be respected.

But for the children of officials, what does it mean to have a bright future? Naturally, it means to pass the imperial examination and become an official. If they do not take the imperial examination and become an official, they are usually considered to have no future.

Zhang Ruo is the daughter of Zhang Dun, who is in a high position of power. She will be greatly valued when she returns this time. Su Yun was a little surprised that a girl from such a family could have such open-minded ideas.

Su Yun smiled and nodded, "Yes, my ideas are still a bit unorthodox in the eyes of my uncles, but I don't care."

Zhang Ruo smiled and said, "But you have to think about this. If you don't take the imperial examination and enter the official career, the daughters of officials may not be willing to marry you. Have you considered this?"

"Get married?" Su Yun laughed when he heard that. He had never thought about this question.

He had a lot of money in his previous life. As we all know, once you have a lot of money, getting married becomes an unprofitable business. Instead, not getting married is the best approach.

As for this life, all he has been doing is healing himself, so he has no time to think about getting married.

In Su Yun's opinion, marriage will not make a flawed person happier. Those two people who are happy after marriage are most likely good people to begin with.

In his previous life, Su Yun often heard elders persuade their children to get married:
He is unreliable now, but once a man is married, he becomes responsible;
Ah, he has no sense of responsibility now, but after having a child, he will naturally become a father;

She is just a little girl, so what if she acts a little bit? Once she gets married, she will naturally take care of her husband and children.

Oh, why don't you be more tolerant of her? Once the child is born, she won't have the heart to bother with you anymore, and she won't spend money lavishly...

……

But in Su Yun's observation, people who are unreliable before marriage will remain unreliable after marriage. An irresponsible person will not become responsible just because they get married and have children.

Therefore, the marriages of most people who are unreliable before marriage are unhappy, while those who can maintain a happy marriage are mostly good people as well as their spouses. Even if they are single and not married, they can still live a good life.

It is because of this belief that Su Yun knows that he is not a suitable person for marriage, and he cannot harm others until his mental illness is completely cured.

Therefore, Su Yun had never thought about getting married after being reborn for more than ten years. Zhang Ruo's question caught him off guard. Su Yun smiled and said, "I probably won't get married either."

At this moment, Zhang Ruo was a little surprised and asked, "Not getting married?"

Su Yun nodded and said, "Yes, just like being an official, getting married is also a very troublesome thing for me."

Zhang Ruo was surprised and asked, "You don't want to be an official, and you don't want to get married. Do you want to become a monk?"

Su Yun shook his head and said, "Why should I leave home? I like good food and wine, gorgeous clothes, exquisite items, good music, and fun things. I like them all.

I am just an ordinary person. I am afraid of trouble if I don't become an official, and I am also afraid of trouble if I get married. But I am not afraid of trouble when it comes to eating, drinking and having fun.

Take fishing for example. You have to make a fishing rod, prepare bait and nesting materials in advance, and lay the nest in advance. You also have to endure the hardships of wind and sun. Oh, you have to do so many things, but you often come up empty-handed... well, you don't catch a single fish.

But I don’t mind the trouble. It’s nothing, I just like it. I only find troublesome things when I don’t like them.”

When Zhang Ruo heard Su Yun's words, she was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say.

There aren't many people who don't want to be officials, but there are still some. However, this is the first time she has heard of someone who doesn't want to get married and can still do so with confidence and justification, and it's hard for her to understand.

The Song Dynasty ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety, and getting married and having children was an important part of filial piety.

Even among those playboys, there is no one who is unwilling to get married without having children. It is said that the three unfilial acts are to have no descendants, and the worst of them. This is a very serious matter.

The correct explanation of the saying “There are three types of unfilial behavior, and the worst is to have no descendants” is: There are many ways to be unfilial, but failing to fulfill one’s duty as a descendant is the worst.

Its meaning does not mean that not having offspring is the greatest act of filial piety, but rather emphasizes the responsibilities and duties that offspring should fulfill.

But, but, among the responsibilities and duties that descendants should fulfill, the most important one is to reproduce. Failure to fulfill this responsibility would be the greatest act of filial piety.

Therefore, it is equivalent to saying that not having offspring is the greatest act of filial piety.

Zhang Ruo had heard of and even seen some rebellious people, but this was the first time she had seen someone like Su Yun.

What Su Yun said directly challenged her inherent ideas, leaving Zhang Ru dumbfounded for a moment. She didn't know how to persuade him and could only leave temporarily.

Su Yun finally put his mind at ease.

Giving this manuscript to Zhang Dun is actually risky. If Zhang Dun withholds the manuscript, it may become a huge hidden danger in the future.

But Su Yun still did it. It's not that Su Yun is really that devoted to the country and the people. He is so cowardly and rotten that even if a strong man comes from the sky, he might not think of repairing it. The most labor-saving method is to destroy it and build a new dynasty.

The reason why Su Yun did this was - it was fun!
(End of this chapter)