The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 29 This is the world [Please collect and recommend]

"Are there any other children at home?" Yan Yan asked with a forced smile.

"I still have two daughters, but they are both married. Although they live in poverty, they can still survive!" the old man said with a smile.

However, the village was not big. Many people knew that the old man had brought a guest and came to watch the fun. When they heard that Yan Yan could read and write, they hurried home to get family letters and asked Yan Yan to help read them to them.

Yan Yan looked at the expectant eyes and realized that there were almost no young people in the entire village, only some old people, women, and children.

Yan Yan's heart sank even more. According to the laws of the Chu State, when recruiting soldiers, the only son in the family was not allowed, and all the children in the family were not allowed to be recruited except the eldest son.

However, he didn't see a single young man!
What made Yan Yan even more angry was that half of the letters from these dozen families contained death notices, and all of them were missing the bamboo slips for death pensions!

The remaining half is a normal letter from home, and this half of the letter from home tells about the dangers of the battlefield. Brothers from the same village have died in the war. I hope that my family can help, but at the same time I am thinking of becoming a deserter and dare not .

"The reward money was also corrupted!" Yan Yan was silent.

Almost all of these surviving soldiers were rewarded for their meritorious services, but the money was not distributed at all, and the bamboo slips about the reward were not taken away. Obviously, they were not afraid of the villagers making trouble.

"Who is your master?" Yan Yan now made up various words to report safety, and after everyone was satisfied, he looked at the villagers and asked.

He was not sure whether it was done by the nobles of this village, or whether it was like this in the entire Chu country, so he wanted to know more clearly.

The Chu State was different from other countries. The local nobles were autonomous and the public offices had no control over them. It was a feudal state.

Juyang is the land of Wang Ji, but the fiefdom does not necessarily belong to the King of Chu. It may also be the other brothers of the King of Chu.

"Mr. Yangling!" the old man said with a smile, seeming to be grateful to Mr. Yangling.

"Mr. Yangling is a rare and good prince. He has exempted us from taxes and corvee this year. When the children come back, we won't have to do corvee anymore!" the old man said with a smile.

Yan Yan smiled and nodded, but the anger in his heart became even worse. Everyone was dead, so naturally he couldn't do the corvee!

At night, Yan Yan stayed temporarily at the old man's home. The two children were gone, so naturally there was a free room for him.

It's just that he couldn't sleep after talking about the banquet. He didn't expect that the human world would be like this under Wang Ji of the Chu capital. He usually came into contact with those rich and noble people, and he never thought that the real human world would be like this.

"Pah!" A stone hit the window where Yan Yan was resting.

"Who?" Yan Yan got out of bed and leaned against the window, holding Qixing Longyuan in his hand.

"Where are you coming from, where are you going back, and mind your own business!" Someone outside the window shouted in a low voice, and then climbed over the wall and left.

Yan Yan understood that there were also their spies in the village, and his actions had been noticed. This was because he saw that he was not doing anything bad and was afraid that there was someone behind him, so he came to intimidate and threaten him.

However, before Yan Yan could fall asleep, the door was quietly pushed open, and a man covered under a sheet walked in, groping towards the bed.

"Who!" Yan Yan shouted. Didn't the other party threaten him? Why did he still want to kill someone and silence him?Isn't it a group of people?

Thinking of this, Yan Yan had already drawn his sword and put it on the person's neck.The person who came was obviously frightened by Yan Yan's actions. He stood there in a daze. It took a long time before he let out a scream.

And soon, the old man heard the sound and hurriedly walked in holding an oil lamp.

Only then did Yan Yan see clearly that the person who came was a woman from the village. She was completely naked and the sheets fell to the ground in fear.

Yan Yan hurriedly took back his sword and turned away. The woman also picked up the sheet and covered herself and left in a hurry.

"What do you mean, father-in-law?" Yan Yan frowned and looked at his father-in-law.

"Let's talk outside." The old man blew out the oil lamp, walked out of the room, and took Yan Yan to the courtyard. He found a wooden stool and sat down under the moonlight.

"I guessed that the Huwa family was coming, or I knew someone would be coming tonight, so I deliberately left the door open!" The old man sighed and said slowly.

Yan Yan frowned and looked at the old man with confusion and confusion.

"You have also seen that all the young men in the village have followed the king on the expedition. They are coming not because they are promiscuous and addicted to promiscuity, but because they have no choice but to do so." The old man continued.

"Why?" Yan Yan seemed to have guessed something, but he didn't dare to admit it.

"After all, there must be a man and heirs in the family, but with the young men and women gone, it is too difficult for them to have a child."

"Besides, even in the past, as long as there was a garrison, the family would ask them to go to the military camp to find those strong soldiers." The old man said very calmly, and seemed to be used to it.

"Because not only can we get some money from those soldiers, but most importantly, the children born in this way will be stronger."

"We call this borrowing seeds." The old man looked at Yan Yan and said.

Yan Yan was silent. As a Confucian disciple, it was difficult for him to accept such things that were against the general ethics, but he was unable to stop them and could even sympathize with them.

Only then did he understand why Confucian etiquette had not been accepted by all countries, because those in power actually knew it, and they all knew it, but they were all pretending not to see it!

Their top nobles can accept Confucian etiquette to educate themselves and flaunt themselves, but they will not promote this etiquette to the whole world, because they cannot and cannot do it!

"How serious is this kind of thing?" Yan Yan never thought that his voice would be so hoarse and his tongue would be so dry.

"This is not just the case in our village, the surrounding areas, and even the entire Chu State. We don't know about other countries and have never been to them!" the old man answered.

Yan Yan was silent again, wishing that he had not walked into this village and not eaten the half bowl of rice. In that case, he could pretend that he knew nothing and saw nothing, so he wouldn't have to worry about it!

Then, as before, he greeted people with a smile, chatted and laughed with the scholars, and talked loudly.

But now, he has seen and heard, and can no longer pretend to know nothing!
However, even if he knew it, he still couldn't change anything. Now, he didn't have the ability or the position to change everything, let alone any solution.

"When the book comes to use, I will regret it!" Yan Yan sighed deeply. He thought that he was the senior brother of Yushan and a visitor from later generations. He knew everything, could turn the tide, and could change everything.

But now, he discovered that he was just an extremely ordinary scholar, and he was also a scholar who was being hunted!
(End of this chapter)