I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 478

People who are developed will want to show off. To be honest, they just want to share the joy with the folks in the village. It will be very uncomfortable to say that it is not pretending in another modern way.

On the way back to his hometown, Wei Tao found out that he was not the only one who got the vacation, and the people who accompanied him basically belonged to the ranks of the ranks and no members of the army directly under him for the time being.

Because of similar circumstances, people in the same industry will have the same topics, and if they talk a lot, they will inevitably become friends.

"More than [-]% of them are people without a good ancestor, and they have achieved their current status through their own struggle." Wei Tao felt that he had discovered some secret.

It's not guessing that because they didn't have a good ancestor, they were not assigned troops after being promoted.

Everyone's background is not good, and it can even be said to be very bad, but they can change their destiny through hard work, which undoubtedly shows that the origin in the original country is not the only key.

The secret that Wei Tao guessed was that the state intentionally made them high-profile, becoming role models for countless people, and attracting more people to join in the journey of struggle to change their own destiny.

Why do you keep emphasizing your origin?It's all because if Zhiyao didn't have a wide range of promotion channels, and without a good ancestor as a premise, no matter how much effort you put in, you may not be able to pay off.

To put it bluntly, it is nothing more than the solidification of class, and blood is more seen than ability, so that it is useless to be capable without a good background.

Is there such a thing as status without birth?Searching throughout the Spring and Autumn period, ten fingers may not be able to count them all. An incident that happened in Qin broke the illusions of countless people.

What happened to Qin?Bailixi, who was purchased by Qin Mugong with five sheepskins, was valued and appointed. Bailixi showed his great ability and made countless contributions to Qin Mugong and the state of Qin. However, Bailixi got a fate of being buried with him.

Of course, according to the customs of the time, it was an honor to be able to compensate the monarch, but the people buried with him probably wanted to live more, and countless people didn't want to be buried at all.

Bailixi was regretted only because he showed his talent, and there are not too many "human sacrifices" who did not leave a name.

Human sacrifice has been popular for an unknown number of years, and no matter how many years it has been popular, it is undoubtedly a bad habit.

The first vassal state to abolish human sacrifice was the state of Jin. There was no such thing as a noble statement, it was only out of consideration for saving labor.

Now, also in the land of Jin, there is the Zhi family who has opened up channels for promotion and insisted on the policy of distinguishing rewards and punishments. As long as the Yuan country continues to implement this policy, why not worry about prosperity?

Wei Tao, who returned to his hometown, was greeted grandly, not only the local magistrate came out of the city to welcome him, but also hundreds of onlookers.

"Congratulations to the doctor on his return!"

Everyone likes to be flattered, so Wei Tao naturally didn't leave, and felt that his efforts were not in vain for a moment.

Zhichi is the magistrate of "Pingyang", and he is sincerely happy that there are nobles in the jurisdiction.

how to say?Any local official who doesn't like talents in his jurisdiction can add a lot of money to his resume just by enlightening him.

"The house has been properly arranged, and the servants are also in place. The doctor will go home first, or should he check the fields with him?" Zhi Chi asked.

Wei Tao's gaze shifted from the crowd to Zhi Chi, and said, "Look at the fields first." After speaking, he ordered his followers to distribute coins to the crowd, and then took out some food prepared earlier to share.

My destiny has been changed, and I share it with others with joy. I may not have a means of sharing before, but later I have it in the original country.

Take a look at what Zhiyao has prepared for everyone who is promoted to the rank of noble, let's not mention the rest, one of them is coins.

Of course Zhiyao wants to formulate a monetary policy, but there are too many flaws, such as not enough copper, silver, and gold. Even if a mature monetary system is established, it will not be too much trouble to implement it.

The current transaction is basically a kind of barter, and the number of times currency is used is very small.

The original country has already started to use evil gold instead of US dollars, so it can hoard more copper reserves. The progressive monetary policy of copper, silver, and gold may not be suitable for the time being. The first thing to do is to strengthen the concept of currency. ?
Therefore, those who were promoted to the ranks in the early days were all hinted to return to their hometowns to throw coins, which gradually became a custom of sharing happiness.

As for bringing food to share?This habit has existed since ancient times.

With the help of Zhi Chi, Wei Tao identified the fields under his own name, a total of more than [-] acres, scattered in five locations on the outskirts of "Pingyang".

"If a doctor has relatives in other places, he can be made to migrate here; if he needs to be a slave, he can inform the government in advance every year."

Wei Tao, who came from a very low family background, has no relatives of the same blood at all, and at the same time, he is not married, so he has no wife's natal family.

At present, as long as the status is high, there will basically be some slaves under their names.

It is important to know that a slave is not the same as a servant.

Slaves are no different from livestock. They are used to do all kinds of rough work, and the treatment can only be said to be alive.

Although the status of servants is low, they are used as tool people, and they are also killed, but their treatment is definitely better than that of slaves.

Of course Wei Tao had slaves under his name. He had been promoted several times and accumulated more than 30 slaves, but the number was not enough to support the production of [-] mu of land.

So, what Zhi Chi said is related to a system in the original country. The country has official slaves, and private individuals can rent slaves from the public to work.

"I'm in trouble." Wei Tao was full of ambition but not lost his mind. Where there should be politeness, etiquette cannot be lacking.

In fact, people like them who have just changed their own destiny will try their best to show self-cultivation, and everything will be in line with the style of old-fashioned nobles.

Later, Wei Tao was led to his house in the city, looking around, he was satisfied.

Yuanguo inherited part of the Zhou ritual system, including what status and privileges, social class is not strictly forbidden to overstep, which includes what kind of title and how big the house is.

Wei Tao, who has become a doctor of Chinese medicine, is qualified to own a house covering an area of ​​about [-] mu, and he is also qualified to establish a cabinet.

What is a court?Simply put, it is a building with more than two floors, usually two or three floors.

Twenty acres of land in the city cannot be considered small. In addition to houses for living, some buildings for other purposes can also appear. Raise poultry.

Wei Tao summoned a group of servants without waiting for Zhi Chi to leave.

There is only one reason for doing this, to look at them one by one as soon as possible, and when encountering a servant who doesn't like it, quickly ask for a replacement while Zhichi is present.

As the arranger of the whole process, Zhi Chi would not be so stupid as to intentionally disgust a person who had just been promoted.

Don't look at Zhi Chi as the Zhi family, the Zhi family is a family with a long history and many clansmen, not every member of the Zhi family lives comfortably, and there will be no shortage of people who want to make progress among them.

The background is there. In addition to the family background, there is also the opportunity to establish credit. Most of the credit does not just appear, but does it involve the need to have a wide enough network?

Zhi Chi and Wei Tao have no grievances or enmity for such a trivial matter of replacing a servant, so is there any need to refuse it?
Before he became an adult, Wei Tao’s greatest wish was to have a house that could shelter him from the wind and rain without being afraid of other savages or attacks from anyone; The land that can be cultivated; after becoming an adult, Wei Tao's new wish is to join the army and use his own efforts to become a master.

Now, Wei Tao, who has become a master, stays alone in the courtyard in the dead of night, listening to the chirping of insects, looking at the sky full of stars, looking for his next goal in life.

"I want to marry a noblewoman, not a new nobleman, but an old nobleman!"

If it weren't for the fact that it was not difficult to buy books in the original country, the newly promoted nobles should be eager to deepen their family background, that is, to collect some carriers of knowledge.

get married?Wei Tao found out the next day that he didn't have to worry about it.

On the second day after Wei Taorong returned to his hometown, several families sent personnel to inquire about the marriage situation, and expressed their willingness to get married one by one.

What is this doing?It is nothing more than the fact that the old aristocrats cannot prevent Zhiyao from promulgating any national policies, from rejecting new aristocrats to wanting to use marriage to deepen their family's heritage.

Wei Tao, who was troubled by happiness, chose to choose, but the old nobles who belonged to the original Wei state didn't like any of them, and chose the Cheng family from Jindi.

Cheng?It is the Cheng family, one of the Xiaozong of the Zhi family.

"Born in the original country and marrying a woman with the surname Ji, two great things!" Wei Tao couldn't be more satisfied.

The saying "born in the original country" is only in recent years. The reason is, of course, that people in the original country can change their own destiny through hard work. It has been spread, and a large number of people have left their hometowns and defected to the original country in groups.

This kind of large-scale spontaneous migration happened only once in history. In the original history, Shang Yang implemented reforms in Qin State and announced the policy of "land to the tiller" to the people of the world, which attracted people from all over the world to defect to Qin State.

The current Li Shu defected to the same land that would be arranged to cultivate in the original country, but the land did not belong to them, and only [-]% of the labor could be kept.

Think taxes are heavy?It was not known that the Qin State after Shang Yang's reform once reached seven out of ten taxes, but usually kept four out of ten taxes.This is still a particular way of collecting taxes. There are more inhumane things happening in the six countries, such as not leaving food rations for the people at all, and collecting them all cleanly.

In order to share the joy, Wei Tao thought of some examples he had heard in the army, and decided to set up running water banquets in the courtyards and streets, so that anyone could come to eat regardless of their status.And this is a new way of life in the original country.

Everyone knew from the government's publicity that there was a Wei Tao who relied on his military merits to increase his rank, and felt envious. At the same time, some people who were thrown coins praised him, and those who went to eat the flowing water banquet afterwards were even more embarrassed to say anything bad.

Not only Wei Tao's reputation has been established, but with him acting as a role model in this area, I don't know how many people have a more intuitive goal...

(End of this chapter)