Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

"Second and third sons, my Great Wu's military service is so heavy, do you feel resentful?"

Qingji looked around for a week, asking the nearby fathers and villagers.

The old man shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, it's a lie to say that you don't complain."

"However, there are gains and losses in everything."

"Cao Min has never read a book, and doesn't know the big truth, but he also knows, where does the family come from without a country?"

"Caomin's generation has witnessed the great Wu from being weak to strong, then rising, and finally unifying the world, including Ju Yunei. How difficult it is!"

"The glory of Great Wu was brought to us by His Majesty, how dare we forget each other?"

"Without His Majesty, there would be no great Wu today. Maybe the Caomin and their descendants are still living a life of poverty and precarity..."

"Exactly!"

The elders and folks around also spoke up one after another, expressing their views to Qingji.

"How hard were we Wu people in the past? Your Majesty, the grassroots vaguely remember that the family only had 32 acres of Susukida at that time. After paying the taxes, the family couldn't even solve the most basic food and clothing problems."

"At that time, our country of Wu and the country of Chu had been fighting for years, and every family was unidentified. I don't know how many people died. I Wu people not only have heavy military service, but also heavy labor."

"Now Your Majesty is ruling Your Majesty, Great Wu is flourishing, and I, the people of Wu, are honored."

"Caomin's family now has no less than [-] mu of fertile land and more than [-] mu of Susukina. The whole family is too busy, and they still have spare money to hire people to farm."

"In the past, you could only eat a meal of meat during the holidays, but now there are big fish and meat, and you can eat as much as you want..."

Everyone's words revealed their gratitude to Qingji.

And this is just a microcosm of the attitude of Li Shu, the native of Great Wu, towards Qing Ji.

Not only in Wu County, but also in Yuyang County, Taiyuan County, Longxi County and other places in remote areas, Wu people also lived a life of adequate food and clothing.

All they have to bear is military service, and the heavy corvee service is borne by Kunlun slaves.

In terms of welfare policies for Chinese people, Qingji treats people equally.

It's just that Wu Jun, as the old people of Qingji, as the old Wu people, their ancestors, descendants and grandchildren have fought bloody battles for Qingji and Great Wu, and they will die all the time, so naturally they get the most rewards.

It is said that they are farmers, but in fact they are all landlords...

"Second and third sons, do you have any dissatisfaction with the current national policies of my great Wu?"

As soon as Qingji's words came out, the elders and villagers present couldn't help but looked at each other and shook their heads one after another.

If they are more dissatisfied, it is probably that Wu's military service is too heavy.

Every year, many great Wu Erlang want to join the army and go on expeditions to foreign countries. After this trip, they may never return home for the rest of their lives.

"Your Majesty, Caomin has a saying, don't know if it should be said or not?"

"please say."

"The imperial court recently implemented 12-year compulsory education. It is said that it is compulsory. The grassroots had to send all three sons to primary and junior high schools."

A middle-aged man beside Qingji smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, the labor force in this family is small."

"Caomin's three sons are underage, but they can help."

"Now I'm all going to school. With so much arable land in my family, there are only Caomin and Zhuojing, and a few grown children. It's really too busy."

"Your Majesty, can you change this so-called compulsory education? Going to school is up to you?"

Hearing this, Qingji smiled and said nothing.

Standing aside, Wu Ji, the grandson of the emperor, laughed and said, "Your words are too selfish."

"The 12-year compulsory education promoted by the country is entirely a kindness, a great kindness, from His Majesty to the people of the country."

"Don't you want your son, like you, to live a life of facing the loess and turning his back to the sky for the rest of his life, with no other way out?"

"This……"

The middle-aged man frowned, wanting to refute Wu Ji's words, but he didn't know where to start.

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the grassroots, there is nothing wrong with being a farmer all your life. Your Majesty said that labor is the most honorable thing, and the grassroots think so!"

"good."

Qing Ji nodded slightly, glanced at the middle-aged man with admiration, and said slowly: "Labor is the most glorious, and this statement is true."

"In my Great Wu, no matter who is an official, a soldier, or a farmer, or a worker, they are all working, regardless of high or low occupations. The second and third sons are all contributing to the prosperity of the Great Wu and the country. Do your part."

"As the grandson said, your three sons have gone to school, elementary school, junior high school, high school, and may even go to university in the future. After that, they have more choices."

"They can choose to inherit their father's career as farmers, or they can be soldiers, or they can be officials. It all depends on personal ability."

"This is an opportunity for them to change their own destiny, and it is also an opportunity for your family to change their destiny. So, how can you not cherish it?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man immediately put on a serious expression, knelt down to Qingji and said, "Your Majesty, the grassroots have been taught!"

Qingji's hard work, they can understand, that's the best.

……

After leaving this village, Qingji's inspection team came to a junior high school in Wu County.

Junior high school students are basically half-aged teenagers, from twelve to fifteen years old, Qingji can hear the sound of reading aloud from a long distance away.

"...Learning and learning from time to time, isn't it easy to say? Is it a pleasure to have friends come from afar? People don't know but are not stunned. Isn't it a gentleman..."

This made Qingji quite gratified.

"Boom!"

I saw that on the playground of the school, there are still many students practicing the skill of driving a carriage, that is, "royalty".

Some students are practicing riding and archery...

Very sturdy!

Teenagers began to practice riding, shooting, hacking, and militarized management.

However, seeing this scene, Qingji couldn't help but frowned, as if he was a little dissatisfied.

This made Wu Ji, Wu Hong, Zeng Shen, Fan Chi and other ministers who followed Qingji feel drummed in their hearts. Could there be something wrong?

The native martial arts in Dawu is quite strong.

In this huge playground, the place that may be uncoordinated is the "teaching tools" used by the students.

The horses they ride are not good horses, but poor horses, or mules or donkeys, because such teaching resources are really limited.

Institutions of high school and university may use good horses, standard crossbows, military chariots, and even have access to real militarized management. They are just like real soldiers.

And all these expenses must be reimbursed by the state.

Sometimes resources are indeed limited.

"Zeng Shen, are the disciplines of these students still the old 'six arts of gentlemen'?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."