Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 156 The Orphan
Qingji visits the crowd in the street and condolences to many lonely old people.

He found a more serious problem, that is, among the thousands of people, most of them are old and weak, women and children, and there are very few young and middle-aged men.

"Old man, how many children and grandchildren do you have?"

Qingji continued to inquire.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the villain originally had four sons and nine grandsons."

The old man sighed and said: "The eldest son died young, and died in battle with the chicken father. Erlang fought hard, awarded the captaincy with his military merits, and guarded the frontier for the country."

"The rest of the grandchildren either sacrificed, or defended one side, or worked at home, but they have no worries about food and clothing!"

There are many people like the old man in the state of Wu, and there are countless people in Meili.

During the national war, Meili's family is not a joke!

And in order to avoid the situation where one family has no successors, so that there is no heir.

Even if the conscription order issued by the monarch, it is absolutely impossible to conscript all the young and middle-aged men of a family when the country is in danger of subjugation and genocide!
Qingji has also noticed this situation.

Wu Guo has a strong army and a strong military force, but in peacetime, there is really no need to conscript so many soldiers to guard the frontier.

Putting more labor force into production will enable the country of Wu to develop more rapidly!

Suddenly, Qingji saw a few young men with yellow and emaciated faces in ragged clothes and patched clothes in the alley on one side.

They looked at Qingji timidly, with longing in their eyes, but they dared not approach, for fear of offending their king.

It seems that the living conditions of these teenagers are worrying.

"Your Majesty, they are all beggars. Most of the beggars in Meili are orphans. Their parents were unable to support them either because of wars or injuries. As a result, beggars can only go to the streets to beg or earn their own living."

"The people in Meili are simple and honest, and the neighbors have been helping the beggars. In other words, most of the beggars grew up eating a variety of meals."

The county magistrate of Meili hurriedly reported the real situation to Qingjihui.

Qing Ji nodded slightly, looking at these beggars who were almost starving and naked, he couldn't help feeling pity in his heart.

Among the beggars, the oldest is only fourteen years old, and the youngest is only five or six years old. They are all lonely and have no father or mother. How can people not be pitiful?
Qingji believed that, as King Wu and their father, it was necessary to change all this.

Qingji immediately stepped forward, looked at one of the younger children with an amiable look, and asked, "What's your name? How old are you?"

"Great... great king."

Seeing that Qingji actually came over to ask him, the boy was quite embarrassed, lowered his head, faltered, unable to answer Qingji's question.

"My lord, he is 'Yi', and he is seven years old this year!"

The boy on the side mustered up the courage to answer instead.

In this era, ordinary people do not have surnames, only first names.

"Yi? Yi, let me ask you, do you have relatives at home?"

"Here I am."

The boy named "Yi" was flattered and replied: "My lord, Yi's father died in the war last year, but mother is still there. It's just that mother was overly mourning because of the news of his father's death, and years of hard work. sick, already sick on the couch..."

Yi wiped his tears and sobbed, "The doctor said that my mother's body is weak and needs to be cultivated, and the family can't support herself for a while. Yi can only rely on picking wild vegetables, and relatives or neighbors help to survive."

What an ill-fated child!

However, children like Yi are not uncommon in Wu State, and their life experience is even more miserable than that of Yi.

At least Yi still has his mother alive, and it is a single-parent family. The rest of the children are real orphans, orphans whose parents have died and have no one to support them!

"It's just like this, how to live?"

Qingji shook his head.

He really couldn't imagine how the beggars who lived in such a difficult life could grow up.

In other words, how to grow up smoothly?

Either be willing to degenerate and become a scourge of useless people; or work hard to become a rare talent.

A miserable life can lead to a different fate in the future.

But they are two extreme different fates!

Qing Ji then asked the left and right: "Second and third sons, do you have a way to properly arrange for the orphans?"

Hearing this, Sun Wu, Fan Li, Wu Zixu and other ministers present all looked at each other in blank dismay, racking their brains to think of countermeasures.

Not long after, the resourceful Fan Li bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, I think that you can order the local government to set up a subordinate department to adopt orphans. When they are over fifteen years old and have the ability to support themselves, the subordinate department does not need to support them."

Is it equivalent to a modern welfare institution?

For Fan Li's idea, Qingji very much agrees with it.

However, with the current national power of Wu, can this really be done?

You know, there are a lot of orphans in Wu State, and raising an orphan for ten or eight years is a lot of money for Wu State.

Therefore, without waiting for Qingji to speak, Wu Zixu, the county magistrate of Wudu, retorted, "Your Majesty, I think it is inappropriate to advocate the internal history of millet."

"Orphans can be raised, but not blindly raised!"

"It is necessary to make it work, to work diligently, so as not to fall into its ambition."

Regarding Wu Zixu's views, Qingji also agrees in his heart.

A person's lazy nature is mostly acquired!
Most of the modern orphanages are privately run, and couples with certain conditions can adopt orphans from the orphanages.

However, in this day and age, hard-working couples have their own children, and it is not easy to support their families. How can they add one or two "burdens" for no reason?
Kind people, it’s okay to help orphans once in a while, but it’s too embarrassing for them to raise them up!

"What is Wu Qing's countermeasure?"

Qingji asked.

"Your Majesty, I think that orphans from all over the country can be gathered in Wudu, organized into an army, and trained in the fields. After a little training, when they grow up, they will surely become the pillars of the country!"

Upon hearing this, Qingji couldn't help clapping his hands secretly in his heart.

Wu Zixu's proposition made Qingji think of the "Tiger Army" in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

At that time, the soldiers of the Huben Army mainly came from the orphans of the soldiers who died in the army and the descendants of the generals. These people gathered together to practice riding and shooting since they were young, and attacked the enemy.

The Huben army had great power at that time and was not controlled by anyone. They only obeyed the emperor's orders!
As the emperor's death squad, the Huben Army is the shield and sword in the hands of the emperor. It has extremely strong combat effectiveness and plays a great role in the hands of the emperor.

The Huben Army during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was even more powerful.

At that time, an army of [-] Huns marched into the Han land, and their arrogance angered the aggressive Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so the latter sent [-] tiger and cardinal troops to attack the Huns at night and defeated the Huns army.

Moreover, the Huben army rushed to the camp and slaughtered [-] Huns soldiers, then chased and killed [-] along the way, chased and killed [-] at Laowo, and finally killed the enemy when they saw the enemy, until they killed the Northern Huns and forced the Huns to retreat thousands of miles. , dare not commit a crime!

In this battle, the [-] Huben army defeated the more with less, and defeated the [-] Hun army.

With such a strong record, novels dare not write like this!

(End of this chapter)