Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 188
As the saying goes, three years old is old, and seven years old is old.

It's not unreasonable, but how can a baby under one year old be able to see the clues when he is still babbling?
Zhu Ji treated Wu Xi really harshly.

Qingji can understand her desire for a child to become a dragon, but he just hopes that Zhu Ji will not go too far.

After the family banquet, Qingji led Queen Ji Kou back to the Jiaofang Palace.

From the beginning to the end, Ji Kou looked preoccupied and was in a trance.

In order to prevent Ji Kou from falling, Qingji specially helped her into the Jiaofang Hall.

On the bed, Qingji looked at Ji Kou who was hesitating to speak, just chuckled and asked, "Queen, it's okay to say something."

"Your Majesty, can my concubine ask a question beyond the courtesy?"

"Say."

"If the king wants to establish a heir in the future, I don't know whether to choose a virtuous person? Choose a heir? Or choose an elder?"

Hearing this, Qingji was taken aback for a moment, and thought about it secretly.

The succession system of successive dynasties, that is, the patriarchal system is actually different.

There were Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. The throne of the Xia Dynasty was succeeded by sons, and occasionally it was passed on to brothers.

In the Shang Dynasty, the throne was mostly passed on to younger brothers, and finally the youngest brother passed it on to the elder brother's eldest son, or passed it on to his own son.

In the 11th century BC, King Wu of Zhou destroyed Shang and established Zhou, with his capital in Haojing, and changed "emperor" to "king".

The throne of the Zhou Dynasty clearly stipulates that only the eldest son will be passed on, and it is "passed on to the descendants but not to the concubines, and to the elders but not to the virtuous".

This system of the Zhou Dynasty is the patriarchal system, which has a direct relationship with the Huaxia surname.

The patriarchal system is a very complex system, and its main spirit is the eldest son inheritance system, which is a inheritance law of inheritance (including ruling power, wealth, and fiefdom) based on the closeness of the patrilineal blood relationship.

The patriarchal clan system of the Western Zhou Dynasty was closely combined with the enfeoffment system.

The son of heaven is passed down from generation to generation according to the system of succession, and he is the son of the emperor. The other sons and second sons who cannot inherit the throne are also royal families, and they are divided into princes. They are the minor clans subordinate to the great clan.

These princes are also handed down from generation to generation according to the principle of succession by the eldest son, and the eldest son who is not the eldest son is entrusted by the princes as a high official.

For these officials, the princes are "big sects", and so on.

Below the doctor, there are scholars. Scholars are the bottom of the aristocratic class, and they are no longer enfeoffed.

Under such circumstances, a patriarchal system based on the Son of Heaven was formed in the world.

That is, Zong Zhou Tianxia!

Wu inherited the Zhou system, and the successive kings of the Wu Kingdom before Wu Wang and Zhu Fan basically abided by the patriarchal system and established their sons and elders.

It's just that during the time of Wu Wang Shoumeng, he looked at his youngest son Ji Zha even more, so he tampered with this patriarchal legal system without authorization, and made the four brothers Zhu Fan, Yu Ji, Yi Mei, and Ji Zha end up as brothers.

However, when it was handed down to Qingji's grandfather, King Yimo of Wu, Ji Zha resigned and was not accepted as the king, so Yimei passed the throne to his son King Liao of Wu.

This caused the foundation of the Wu state to be shaken, and He Lu, the son of Zhu Fan, was not convinced, and used all the princes to assassinate the king, which finally led to civil strife in Wu.

Establishing the foundation of the country early is actually of great benefit to Wu.

However, at this time, Qingji didn't take it seriously.

"Queen, it depends on the situation, whether it is to establish a concubine, establish a leader, or establish a virtuous person."

Qingji laughed lightly and said, "I'm still young, and I'm in the prime of life, after the sons grow up, I'll think about the matter of being the crown prince again!"

Qing Ji gave such a reply, obviously he couldn't satisfy Ji Kou.

As the saying goes, there is no better way to know a husband than a wife.

After sleeping in the same bed with Qingji for so long, how could Ji Kou not understand Qingji's thoughts on the important matter of establishing the crown prince?
It is true that Qingji is only twenty-three years old this year, and he is still young, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future?
According to Qingji's personality, it doesn't matter whether the prince, the future king of Wu, is the son or the eldest son, what matters is that he is wise and capable!
Qingji can lay a huge territory for the king of future generations and can dominate the world, but can the king of future generations keep Wu's hegemony unabated, and implement Qingji's national policy to make Wu country stronger?
This is a question worth pondering.

So Qingji doesn't think about the issue of the crown prince for the time being, because it's too early!
However, Qingji was able to treat all his sons equally and cultivate them well. For all outstanding sons, Qingji would choose the wisest and most capable among them as his successor.

As for whether it will lead to a brutal coup d'état and bring disaster to Xiao Qiang?
Qingji didn't care.

Because the person who can kill a bloody path and stand out from the crowd is the most suitable king.

After all, when the big waves scour the sand, the strongest will emerge.

After understanding Qing Ji's thoughts, Ji Kou couldn't help but glanced at him resentfully, then stroked her slender hands on her big belly, and said to herself: "Son, you must strive for success in the future and make your father look up to you!"

Actually, Ji Kou didn't know whether the child in her womb was a boy or a girl.

But she believed that with Qingji's love for her, she would be able to give birth to a son for Qingji sooner or later.

Thinking of this, Ji Kou couldn't help complaining secretly again.

Ji Kou should have given birth to Qingji a long time ago, but Qingji felt sorry for her, fearing that she would hurt her body because she gave birth at a young age...

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Wu Wang Qingji three years, that is, the spring of 511 BC.

After the spring plowing, the country of Wu began the mighty work of verifying the assets of the countrymen.

According to the decree issued before the anniversary of the anniversary: ​​the government should verify all its fixed assets one by one, including slaves, land, fiefdoms, houses, and shops, and allow individuals to report to the government for verification. If there is any discrepancy, they will be severely punished.

At this time, after the people of the country took the initiative to report, the officials went door-to-door to check.

In Yunyang County, at the residence of Yang Rong, a Chinese doctor.

The county magistrate of Yunyang led a group of officials to question Yang Rong face to face.

"Doctor Zhong, please take a look. This is the amount of assets you reported before, and this is the amount of assets that I have verified!"

"There is a huge difference between the two. I don't know if the Chinese doctor has an explanation?"

The county magistrate of Yunyang put the two piles of bamboo slips on the case one by one, and asked Yang Rong to review them by himself.

Regarding this, Yang Rong just pretended to pick up a bamboo slip and read it, and then said in surprise: "Magistrate Hu, there is a huge difference in the amount of assets under my command? It shouldn't be, it makes no sense."

"I don't know where the mistake is?"

The county magistrate Hu said seriously: "There are many mistakes and omissions. One is the slaves. The number of slaves reported by the doctor is [-], and the number of slaves verified is [-]!"

"The land property reported by the Chinese doctor is about [-] mu, and the verified land property is about [-] mu!"

"There are also mistakes and omissions in the houses and shops reported by Doctor Zhong. Although Doctor Zhong holds the land deed, as far as I know, Doctor Zhong's houses and shops may not have been obtained through legitimate means?"

"Also, according to people's reports, in the boundary of the Chinese doctor's border, the steles have invaded the land every year, and they are making progress!"

"The land under Doctor Zhong's name should have been thirty-six li for generations, but I found out through measurements that Doctor Zhong's current fief is actually thirty-six li?"

"A whole six miles away!"

The county magistrate Hu righteously shouted: "Doctor Zhong is not afraid of the king's wrath by encroaching on the country's land like this?"

(End of this chapter)