I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 2 Chi's Difficulty
The Yuan Rong of the Jin State has a lot of power, and Yuan Rong who has exercised his power to the extreme, who didn't seize the opportunity to double the family's strength several times?

The old Zhi’s family is because Zhiying’s Xiaozong was separated from the Xun family. Zhiying actually served as Yuan Rong of the Jin Kingdom, but because of too greedy relationship, and then Zhiying’s son Zhishuo, the next successor of the Zhi family. Died young, causing Zhiying to manage everything. After Zhishuo died of illness, the old Zhi family lost his position.

In the state of Jin, the family developed because of gaining the position of honor. Once losing the position of honor, almost [-]% to [-]% of the food will be vomited out, otherwise it will be difficult to get a good end.

Thanks to the fact that Zhiying made a deal with Zhongxing Wu, the master of the sect at that time, before she passed away, the old Zhi family was jointly protected by the Xun family and the Zhongxing family, but their status and prestige would inevitably decline like a cliff.

Because of the relationship in the era of "princes, princes, generals and ministers", the old Zhi family lost his position after Zhiying, and the Cheng family replaced Zhi's position on Xun's side. It was not until Zhiying grew up that he regained his position. .

The most terrible thing is that Zhiying died of a serious illness when he was only in his thirties, leaving only a child in his teens, Xun Li, and the rise of the Zhi family in Jin was once again stranded.

"Erzu's life was difficult, and it was difficult for my family to win the position again. If he hadn't deliberately served Qinggong, how could he be today?" Zhishen was teaching Zhiyao.

Nobility is not born noble, it is nothing more than holding the right to learn knowledge, acquired various trainings to produce "wisdom", and was able to be princes for generations in the ignorant age of Li Shu.

In 519 BC, Wu of the Bank of China died of illness. Xun Li was lonely and helpless. Fearing that he would be kicked out of the ranks of the Six Ministers, he actively served Duke Qing of Jin, and Duke Ding of Jin used each other to overcome difficulties together.

Because of lack of prestige, and because of the ups and downs of fate since childhood, Xun Li has always kept a low profile among the six ministers of Jin, and dared not fight openly with other powerful clans.

That way of doing things is destined to give the other families a weak impression of the old Zhi family, and the world's impression of the Zhi family has not changed because of the rising status of Zhi Bi.

How did Zhibi's status rise again and again?In fact, it depends on suffering. When serving as a junior officer, wait for the general to die, and the seniority will slowly rise, and the qualifications will be boiled until you become a general.

While listening, Zhiyao thought to herself: "During Jin Wengong's establishment of the system of three armies and six ministers, he never thought that his descendants would be deceived, right?"

Then again, at that time, the family that won the position of minister was either the Duke of Jin or Duke Wen of Jin's meritorious ministers, or they were a little related.

Another point is that Jin did not establish the system of the three armies and six ministers. How could it be possible to expand again and again later, and to use the barren and mountainous land of Jin to gain hegemony?

Therefore, the output of the Jin State is actually not qualified to seize hegemony. It relies entirely on the "Military Achievement" system brought by the three armies and six ministers. , to gain supremacy.

Jin's position is generally followed by succession, and several times it was civil war to determine the ownership of the position. Many families of the position have become symbols in history books. Now there are no Hu, Xian, Que, Xu and Luan. These families are gone.

"My lord, I heard about the Xingding Ding, and there is an article on it, 'the one who started the disaster will die'..." Zhiyao knew that the iron tripod was placed in the square of Miyagi, but she hadn't seen it with her own eyes.

Zhishen was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Why do you ask this question?"

Zhiyao said: "The Chinese army ordered the Handan doctor to move [-] households to 'Jinyang'. The Handan doctor was afraid that there would be no hostages, and the guards would attack each other, so they didn't follow..."

This happened at the beginning of this year.

Earlier, the Zhao family took the initiative to attack the state of Wei, and after winning the victory, they plundered many Li Shu from the state of Wei, among which [-] households were deposited in Handan Zhao's "Handan".

According to the Spring and Autumn Period... or in other words, according to the rules of the Jin State, the spoils of war are their property and are not state-owned. Of course, the five hundred guards in Handan Zhao are the property of the Zhao family, and the Zhao family has full rights to deal with them. .

Therefore, the five hundred guards do not belong to the country, nor do they belong to Handan Zhao. Zhao Yang can deal with it as he wants.

That "Jinyang" is a new territory that the Zhao family has just opened up, and it has not been developed. Zhao Yang's original intention was to use [-] guards to enrich the population of "Jinyang". How could he think of his own property? He would be detained by Handan Zhao, and he became angry for a while.

"Handan Zhao is the Zhao family's Xiao Zong, but five clothes have been released, just like my family and the Zhongxing family. How dare the Handan doctor seize Zhao's private property?" Zhiyao thinks about things in the Spring and Autumn Period, not in modern times. thinking.

This is also Zhiyao's greatest achievement in the past six years of "coming" to this "world". Knowing the difference of the times, using modern people's thinking to think and do things will lead to bad consequences.

Of course, when it is Zhiyao's turn to dominate one day, thinking is not so important.

Zhao Yang, who cast the punishment tripod and agreed that "the first culprit will die", now he finds an opportunity to seek to launch a civil war to destroy Handan Zhao, so he asks if it is irony?
Zhiyao took the initiative to lead the topic to the current situation, mainly because she wanted to use Zhishen's mouth to let Zhixuan understand the seriousness of the matter.

With the current state of Jin, the Zhao family is the most powerful in terms of power, but it is a bit difficult to rank in terms of family strength.

For example, the Zhi family doesn't seem to have much prestige, but the number of fiefdoms of the old Zhi family ranks among the top three of all families in Jin.

That is to say, Zhiyao's age is too young, which can be regarded as the stage of literacy, and there are too many documents that she can't understand. Otherwise, she can more or less learn from various documents how much wealth the Yipin Laozhi family has.

The current characters are in big seal characters, even if Zhiyao has learned all the modern characters, it is useless, and he needs to learn characters again.

Of course, only a very small number of people have conducted the "census" at present. What resources are in the territory and what types of resources are in them.

Zhishen obviously didn't understand what Zhiyao wanted to express.

It's just that adults are willing to chat with young children who are not even "the year of the chief role", at most it is a kind of parent-child interaction, and they don't think about what meaningful words the child said.

Zhiyao has one meaning!
The Zhao family and Handan Zhao are both surnamed Ying, but they have already issued five clothes. When the Zhao family was destroyed, the Xiaozong Handan Zhao not only sat by and watched, but also made a little bit of trouble. Several generations of suzerains of the Zhao family did not settle accounts with Handan Zhao, so it was very tolerant!

Although Lao Zhi’s family’s surname is Ji...or in other words, although Lao Zhi’s family has the same ancestor as Zhongxing’s family, from the generation of Xun Lin’s father, the Xun’s family distinguished Zhongxing’s and Zhi’s, and the Zhibi’s generation happened to be the first Five generations, after the generation of Zhishen, the five clothes came out.

Even if Zhiyao didn't investigate further, Handan Zhao was wronged this time, the Zhongxing family and the Fan family made it clear that they wanted to do something to the Zhao family, a small conflict would turn into a big one, and once a big conflict broke out, there would be a high position When the family is destroyed, it is impossible for Lao Zhi's family to be alone, let alone put it badly!
Zhishen gradually understood when Zhiyao repeatedly raised a certain argument, and his face became more and more strange.

It seems that he is not his own son, Zhishen is about to slap Zhiyao to death with a slap.

"Don't forget the kindness of Mu Zi in the Bank of China to take care of Gu Zhien." Zhishen said.

The current nobles have their own family education, and generally teach some history during the process of literacy.

Zhiyao has not forgotten what she has learned, especially the history of Luan Shu's inability to repay the great kindness owed to Que's family, and then killing Que's family is very profound.

Because of Luan Shu's bad start, it has become a fashion to avenge kindness in the Jin country. Lao Zhi's family also had this situation, but they didn't do it very well.

That happened to Zhiying's generation. The old Zhi's family received Zhao's favor, and Zhiying began to plot against Zhao with the mentality that it was difficult to pay off. Unfortunately, Zhiying just planned and did not take action. Passed away suddenly.

After Wen's lesson was finished, it was Wu's turn.

The father and son came to a yard.

This is a large courtyard, which has been well-arranged by "scholars" long ago. There is a long table on the scene, and several bows and pots of arrows are placed on the table, and several arrows are placed about ten meters away. target.

It is not the first time for Zhiyao to learn archery. He held an "archery ceremony" when he was born, and started to learn archery formally after he was three years old.

The so-called "shooting ceremony" is a characteristic of Zhuxia.

On the third day after the child is born, a celebration ceremony is held.According to the ancient rules, three days after the birth of a boy, the child should be taken out to hold a shooting ceremony, saying: "Three days, the first child will be born, and the male will shoot the female."

Holding the "shooting ceremony" is very important for men. Shooting arrows to the four directions of the world means that men will aspire to govern the four directions in the future.

However, "shooting ceremony" was no longer prevalent among the people after the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is hard to say that the Wu Huanhua interrupted the cultural inheritance, or that the later dynasties were more afraid of Li Shu holding weapons, especially prohibiting the people from holding crossbows.

Of course, the bow used by Zhiyao should not be too big, it should be about fifteen to eighteen catties in terms of calculation unit.

Its bow length is about [-] centimeters, which is exactly the length that Zhiyao can use well at this age. The "dry" is made of Zhe wood, and "horns, tendons, glue, silk, and lacquer" are combined into six materials.

There are three kinds of arrows used by Zhiyao. The best arrows use birch as the shaft, the next one uses bamboo as the shaft, and the third is the stem shaft.

Different arrow shafts have different shooting speeds and the longest range, and the penetration power is also different.The simpler way to understand it is: the lighter the arrow, the lower the lethality, and the accurate hit rate is the same.

Zhuxia's archery skills have always been valued. If you don't understand archery, you can't be a "scholar", even quasi-nobles are like that. You can imagine how nobles who don't understand archery will be laughed at.

Lao Zhijia can make bows and arrows by himself, but generally buys arrows from the Han family, because the cost of the arrows made by Lao Zhijia is higher than that of buying from the Han family.

Han Shi?A family famous for being good at archery, they are not only good at archery, but also mastered the superb technology of making bows and arrows.

"grown ups."

A voice appeared first, and then a young man also came out from the corner. He is Zhi Yao's elder brother Zhi Xiao, and no accident will be the future head of the Zhi family.

Zhiyao put down her bow, saluted politely, and called: "Brother."

Zhixiao is 12 years old this year, almost twice as old as Zhiyao.Facing Zhiyao's greetings, he didn't respond, walked up to Zhishen and said: "Doctor Handan has been imprisoned by Zhong Junzuo."

Zhao Yang imprisoned Zhao Wu?This is the harbinger that the Zhao family is going to attack Handan Zhao!

In fact, Zhishen was a little displeased with Zhixiao's failure to respond to Zhiyao's greetings. When he heard the news, he immediately shifted his attention, looking surprised, and asked, "Why?"

And Zhiyao has long been accustomed to Zhixiao not wanting to see her, and even thinks it's good, otherwise, how dare she grab the position of Patriarch in the future?
If you understand what is "princes and generals have seeds", you will know how lucky it is to be born in an aristocratic family in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Zhiyao is now thinking: "Even though it's only been six years, I have seen too much misery of non-nobles. Fortunately, my soul has passed into a noble family. What's a little ugly is that I have an older brother."

In the social environment of the Spring and Autumn Period, slaves had almost no chance of standing up. Ordinary people still had a chance to become a "scholar", but a "scholar" had to work hard for at least three generations if he wanted to become a "doctor" of a country.

It depends on luck for ordinary people to become a "scholar", especially in which vassal state they are in.

In other countries, the descendants of nobles are basically born with a golden spoon in their mouths, and they can live comfortably from then on.And if the luck was not so good when reincarnated, and they were born in a family of Li Shu, then it is almost impossible for such a person to raise his class.

If you want to obtain the rank of "Scholar" as an ordinary person, you must first check whether you are "Xian".And this "Xian" is a character who is both a farmer and a soldier. Before he wants to become a "soldier", he must first become a "disciple".

If you are not even "envious", you are still lucky to face the loess and turn your back to the sky all your life. One day, you will be handed over to another country as a slave by your own country.

Why do you say that there are more and greater opportunities in Jin?Of course, it has something to do with the reform of the military system of Jin State.

It has been [-] years since the Jin State established the system of the three armies and six ministers. The noble family is the general or assistant of an "army". The main responsibility of the family is to draw enough soldiers to form an organization to fulfill their responsibilities when the country needs troops.

Other families also need to pay taxes, that is, to send troops to participate in the national war, which is called "fu", that is, to pay "blood tax".

Therefore, the nobles need to fulfill their obligations and responsibilities to the country, and they also need to keep a sufficient number of soldiers, so as not to be unable to complete the payment and be reduced to fiefs.

In this way, in order to complete the quota of taxation, the nobles of the state of Jin must be full of martial arts, and spontaneously select young and strong from the fief for training, and a large number of "envy" will appear.

Zhiyao would especially like to thank the soul for transmigrating to the state of Jin!
The reason is quite simple. Other countries follow the patriarchal law, and if there is a son in the lineage, the eldest son is the eldest son.

What's the meaning?Even if a family has an eldest son, no matter how unbearable that eldest son is, he will still be the head of the family in the future.

The state of Jin is different. There have been many examples of the second son taking over the position of the head of the family. Among them, the more famous one is that the handicapped Han Wuji voluntarily gave up his position to his younger brother Han Qi.

In addition, the competition among the various families in Jin State is very fierce, and then it is very cruel, forcing each family to carefully select the candidate for the future patriarch, forming the concept of "the elders have no virtue, and the second can be replaced".

That "virtue" includes a lot. Anyway, in the state of Jin, talent is the most important thing, and then there is morality, which can be summed up as "virtuous".

Therefore, if the Jin family thinks that the situation is urgent, they will choose to establish the virtuous rather than the elder.

Seeing his father lost in thought, Zhixiao turned his head with disgust, and it could even be said that there was resentment in the eyes of his younger brother Zhiyao.

Brothers of my own family, what enmity can there be, why do you have to look at them with resentful eyes?

Speaking of it, it has something to do with Zhibi and Zhishen.This pair of father and son prefers Zhiyao to the point of ignoring that Zhixiao is the eldest son.

Then, even if Zhi Xiao grew up, even if he didn't think much about it, wouldn't the people around him worry about it, and then instill in him some thoughts that Zhi Yao threatened the position of Patriarch?
"The two of you are not allowed to go out in the near future." Zhishen left in a hurry after finishing speaking.

Zhi Xiao glanced at the archery target in the distance, then at Taihu, and walked away with a cold snort.

On the archery target in the distance, there were several arrows stuck in the bull's eye, and they were all shot by Zhiyao from ten meters away.

"Gongsun lost his stomach." There is only one reason why Taihu commented on Zhixiao so much. If Zhiyao didn't come out in the future, he would follow Zhiyao to Xiaozong as a retainer.

Facing Taihu's words, Zhiyao looked at the back of Zhixiao who was going away, and thought: "Although I have the preference of my grandfather and father, I still have to show enough wisdom and ability to spy on the position of the head of the family!"

(End of this chapter)