Power to the government and the public: Qian engaged in business in ancient times

Chapter 5 Ancient Martial Arts
"Ah! No need!" Looking at the messy room, Wen Qian hurried over to open half the door.

See clearly the contents of her tray: a basin contains four coarse-grain steamed buns, and a large bowl of porridge.

This is because everyone in the family knows that the original owner can eat it!
She took the tray, smiled lightly and said, "Thank you, little sister."

Then, without waiting for Wen Rou to react, she directly closed the door.

"Cut, it's like this every time!" Looking at the closed wooden door, Rou Rou curled her lips in dissatisfaction.

I don't know what my elder brother thinks, no one in the family knows that you have a big appetite, and you eat in hiding every time, you really are a scholar with a thin skin.

In the room, Wen Qian looked at the food in her hand, and the hunger in her stomach came again.

But seeing the messy house, she decided to make a quick fix.

Soon the house was tidy and bright, and Wen Qian sat at the desk and had lunch.

After eating, I sent the bowls and chopsticks back to the kitchen.

Wen Qian sat in front of the desk, holding the brocade handkerchief in her hand that was used to wipe her mouth. The word 'Yin Yue' was embroidered on the lower right corner of the handkerchief, which made her suspect that it was given by the girl A Yue.

Worrying over how long to make a cup of tea, she decided to shelve this matter for the time being.

Picking up the "Tong Jian Shi Zhi" on the side, he read it carefully.

This book talks about the rise and fall of the historical imperial power countries, and the reasons for their demise, so that future generations can learn how to govern the world as a minister, how to defend the country as a general, and how to be loyal and courageous for the people.

It wasn't until the last few pages that I saw the origin of Chu Zhaoguo.

Before Chuzhao State was the Great Qin State, but unfortunately the last emperor of Qin State was a mediocre and incompetent emperor, he valued sex and pleasure, despised the community, pursued longevity, built palaces arbitrarily, wasting money and laboring, and for the sake of pleasure, he appointed nine kings with different surnames to manage him. world.

In the beginning, the nine vassal kings worked diligently to help Emperor Qin rule the world, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.Later, when the old vassal king died and the new vassal king succeeded to the throne, he began to fight for power and profit. In the end, the people were destitute and complained. In addition, Qin Huang was getting older and obsessed with immortality.

The people who had no way out began to rebel. At this time, the Great Qin State did not pay attention to this kind of peasant uprising. It was not until the vassal kings rebelled that Emperor Qin repented, but it was too late.

After Qin Huang's death, the princes couldn't compete with the vassal kings at all. Coupled with the mutiny of some ministers, the Qin royal family quickly withdrew from the stage of history.

In the end, Chu Yuan, the number one force in the rivers and lakes, married the alliance with the number one commercial firm in the world, subdued the rebellious people, defeated all the vassal kings, Chu Yuan became the new lord of the world, and established the Chu Zhao Kingdom.

Chu Zhaoguo has been established for 20 years, and the old emperor Chu Yuan died of illness four years ago.

Today's emperor is succeeded by Crown Prince Chu Tian, ​​who has great abilities and great ambitions.

It has only been four years since he took office, and the entire Chuzhao Kingdom has undergone earth-shaking changes, and various imperial edicts have been issued to benefit agriculture and business.

At this moment, the emperor discovered that those old people who fought in the country were born in a family of rivers and lakes after all, and they had no rules for governing the people.

On the contrary, the civil servants who passed the imperial examination, the place under their jurisdiction is thriving.

Therefore, the emperor realized the importance of civil servants. If he wanted the people to live and work in peace and contentment and the country to prosper, he needed capable people to assist him.

Everyone knows that the imperial court is in urgent need of talents, and there are countless people who make scientific research every year, like crucian carp crossing the river.

Knowing this knowledge, combined with the secret ambition of the original owner, Wen Qian instantly understood why the original owner was still a scholar after four years of examination.

This is to guess the sacred meaning through the questions of the four-year imperial examination.
This is to attract Xindi's attention and pave the way for his success.

Who knows, man is not as good as God.

It seems that her goal is a long way to go!

Putting aside the book "Tongjian Shizhi", picked up a copy of "Strategy" and read it.

I thought that since I was new to ancient classical Chinese literature, even if I had some memories of the original owner, it would be somewhat jerky. I didn't expect her to be able to remember all of them at a glance.

She was able to read even the original owner's deep and difficult notes, and understood the meaning of them, and several other answers popped up in her mind.

Gosh!Did she... have the ability to remember with a photographic memory and to be self-taught?
Goldfinger was caught off guard, and the advantage of cheating made Wen Qian feel that her IQ could hardly keep up, which was a bit unreal.

In order to prove this skill, Wen Qian carefully flipped through the contents of "Policies", page after page.

Throughout the room, only the "rustling sound" of Wen Qian's hands turning the pages of the book resounded from time to time.

On the other side, Mrs. Jiang accompanied Mrs. Wen in the ox cart of Mr. Mo in the village, and went to Liujiawan to see the girl from the Liu family.

He turned pale when he found out that the girl was not dying as rumored, and needed his stepson Wen Gan to marry her to continue his life.

Following Mrs. Wen's wishes, Mrs. Jiang gave the Liu family three taels of silver as a dowry gift.After some refusal by the Liu family, they accepted it and said they would send it back to Wen's family as a dowry.

The two returned to the village in Old Man Mo's bullock cart.

After Mrs. Jiang sent Mrs. Wen back to the old house, she simply chatted with her elder sister-in-law and second sister-in-law before returning home.

Seeing that the two daughters were already making dinner, their tense spirits relaxed a little, and they hurried to the door of the stepson's room, knocking on the door and shouting, "Wen Gan, are you at the top of the house?"

Wen Qian, who was immersed in the book, heard Jiang's voice, and raised her head in response: "I am here."

"Can I come in?" Just as Jiang finished speaking, the door opened.

"Mother... stepmother." Wen Qian looked at Jiang Shi in front of her. Her hair was a little messy, and there were still beads of sweat on her forehead. She had returned from Liujiawan.

"Well, your grandma and I went to see the girl from the Liu family. Apart from being weak, she has no major problems." Jiang Shi explained.

"Thank you queen... Mother, thank you mother, you have worked hard." Wen Qian understood Jiang's subtext, that is, there is no problem in getting married and having children, which made her feel at ease.

For Jiang who took care of her stepson's mood so carefully, she really felt that it was not easy for her.

In addition, the original owner's father sent her and her three children back to Wen's old house since Jiang took care of Wen Gan until he was six years old, so he could send her and her three children back to Wen's old house. Never go back on holidays.

After the youngest son Wen Kun showed his desire to learn martial arts when he was five or six years old, he took the youngest son away, leaving Jiang alone to live in Wen's old house with his two daughters.

It wasn't until the original owner's father became seriously ill that he returned to the village, and died within a year of suffering.

Wen Qian felt that her dedication was worthy of respect, so she called her stepmother a mouthful, and she will call her mother in the future.

"What... what? You..." Jiang looked at Wen Qian in shock, her eyes were reddish, and she was at a loss for words.

"You deserve my mother, mother, go get busy, I still have to read." Wen Qian smiled faintly, shaking the book in his hand.

"Ah? Okay, okay, Wen Gan, study hard, mother won't bother you anymore." Jiang nodded incoherently, his slightly wrinkled face was full of excitement.

"Mother is still the same as when I was a child, call me Agan!"

Wen Qian actually quite understood that the original owner was not called Jiang Shiniang because she wanted to remember her own mother Zhou Shi.

But this is unfair to the Jiang family. Besides, if he takes the road of imperial examination in the future, it will be called unfilial, which is also a trouble.

If there is any trouble, she has to cut it off directly.

When the sun went down, Wen Qian had already finished reading all six books on the desk.

Dinner was chestnut rice and egg pancakes, and Wen Qian ate very satisfyingly. The Wen family's wealth can be regarded as a well-off life in ancient times.

It was already dark at this time, and Wen Qian suddenly became interested in watching Wen Kun who was practicing boxing in the yard after dinner.

Walking to a place two meters away from Wen Kun, he stopped and pretended to ask casually, "Akun, are you practicing martial arts? Then you know how to do light work? Can you fly over walls?"

Wen Kun just finished practicing the last set of movements. He shook his head and then nodded, and said, "I don't know how to do light work. It's the unique martial arts mentality of people in the Jianghu. The masters in the bodyguards teach boxing and kicking. The most important thing is external skills, to win with strength. Although I don't know how to use light skills, but with the help of external objects, I can still manage to fly over the wall with ingenuity."

"I see, I understand!"

Wen Qian listened to what he said, and after thinking about it for a while, she realized that Wen Kun had been practicing martial arts with the master of the Escort Bureau since he was five years old. You can no longer make money by following the Escort.

However, her purpose is to know whether martial arts really existed in ancient times, and to get the answer she wants.

Wen Qian looked at Wen Kun, who was half a head shorter than herself, and patted him on the shoulder: "Then practice hard, I'll go back to my room to rest."

(End of this chapter)