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

Chapter 808: Taking Too Big a Step [Please Subscribe*Please Pass the Monthly Ticket]

Wei Bao, who had received the best aristocratic education since childhood, naturally knew that nothing was easy. Yan Yan pointed out to him the dangers of this road, and he naturally anticipated it.

The help that Yan Yan and Wei Ju could provide him was only in the city, in places where people gathered. Once he left the scope of people and the city, no matter how powerful he was, it would be useless.

Sometimes, even in the city, not everyone would give face to Yan Yan and Wei Ju, or be afraid of them.

"I understand, and I've thought about it!" Wei Bao nodded solemnly.

"Okay, then Mo Ya!" Yan Yan shouted in a low voice.

"Here!" Mo Ya stepped forward quickly.

"Take him to the Iron Cavalry Camp and ask Yun Da Nu to find a few elite veterans to teach Bao survival skills in the wild."

Yan Yan said.

The most difficult thing about Wei Bao's path is not knowledge and martial arts, but how to survive in the wild.

"Here!" Mo Ya turned his head and looked at the tender and delicate Wei Bao.

They all knew what kind of path Yan Yan and Wei Ju had prepared for Wei Bao.

Bingzhou is vast and sparsely populated even more than Chu. Moreover, most of the roads Wei Bao wants to take are places that no one has ever set foot on.

In other words, Wei Bao was actually going to take the same path that Dayu had taken in the past.

In those days, Dayu cast nine tripods and determined the nine provinces. The places he traveled were named Yuji.

What Wei Bao has to do now is the same as what Dayu did back then, stepping into the major water systems of China and measuring the hydrology of rivers around the world.

If successful, Wei Bao's achievements would not be much inferior to those of Dayu.

During this process, the most difficult part is survival in the wild in those uninhabited areas.

Even though Bingzhou can provide Wei Bao with the most basic survival skills in the wild, Bingzhou is mainly grassland after all, and the terrain that Wei Bao has to step on is more complex.

Therefore, even with the guidance of the Bingzhou soldiers, Wei Bao's absolute safety could not be guaranteed.

"Do we still have to go to the military camp?" Wei Bao hesitated. From childhood to adulthood, he had never lived a hard life.

"Hmm?" Yan Yan snorted coldly.

"Yes, I'll go with Commander Mo right now!" Wei Bao admitted defeat decisively.

He was determined to write Shui Jing Zhu, but he was not ready to go to the military camp for training, and not so soon.

Seeing Wei Bao's hesitation, Yan Lingji spoke up, "There is no need to rush. We still have some time to stay in Yushan. Why not let him study with His Majesty during this time and be taught by His Majesty himself for a while."

Wei Bao looked at Yan Lingji who was speaking for him and gave her a grateful look.

Yan Yan was stunned for a moment, and suddenly reacted.

When Wei Bao was still young, Lord Xinling's mansion was disbanded, and he was thrown out of Daliang. He came alone to study in Yushan Academy where he was unfamiliar with the place.

As for himself and Wei Ju, Wei Bao only knew that they were his brothers, but he had never experienced what family love was.

Compared to himself and Wei Ju, who at least had experienced family affection, Wei Bao had never experienced family affection since childhood, but had to bear the pressure brought by his two older brothers. This seemed a bit cruel to Wei Bao.

Looking at Wei Bao's eager eyes, Yan Yan was also moved.

"Forget it, then don't rush to go to the military camp for training, just stay with us for a few days!" Yan Yan also relaxed.

To be honest, he really doesn't know how to fulfill his responsibilities as a brother and father.

Even for Xiao Yun'e, he didn't have much time to look after her. "Okay!" Wei Bao smiled.

After all, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old and had no chance to experience family love.

As for my two elder brothers, I heard about them from other people.

Because of Wei Bao, Yan Yan and his party stayed in Yushan Academy for a while longer. They took Wei Bao and Xiao Yun'e boating on Lake Taihu, or discussed military books and strategies with Lian Po and Li Mu. Their days were rare and comfortable.

But their satisfaction was not the same for the State of Chu. The Qin army, together with the Bingzhou cavalry, swept through the State of Chu with overwhelming force, constantly capturing cities and territories, intending to completely occupy the entire land of Chu.

However, a problem also faced the Qin State, that is, they did not have so many officials to govern the huge Chu State.

Taking officials as teachers is a high-pressure policy that cannot last long. Prolonged suppression will only breed public resentment.

But Yan Yan couldn't think of any way to solve this situation.

Zhongyuan is different from Bingzhou. Bingzhou started from scratch, with no aristocratic families or deep-rooted networks of relationships.

The Qin State could not do that. Ever since Mengchangjun proposed the idea of ​​a cunning rabbit having three burrows, the nobles followed suit and consolidated their own fiefdoms. They would not treat the people in their fiefdoms too harshly, making it difficult for the Qin State to move against them even if it wanted to, and it had to relocate most of the nobles.

The key point is that the State of Chu is different from Han, Zhao and Wei. The State of Chu has always implemented the Zhou Dynasty's feudal system, and the nobles' control over the local areas is more deeply rooted.

Just like Wu County and Qingxi, they are almost the territory of the Yan family. Even if the Qin State can relocate the direct descendants of the Yan family, most of the people in Wu County and Qingxi have the surname Yan and have close ties with the Yan family.

The most common method used by the Qin State was to occupy a place, use the officials as teachers, and then select three elders from the local area to participate in politics.

And these three elders were actually people sent by the nobles to educate the people.

The Qin State could not touch these people.

Ying Zheng and Yan Yan exchanged letters frequently, discussing how to control the unified Chinese land, completely centralize power, and allow royal authority to reach the countryside.

"The Qin State established counties in order to return power to Xianyang, but this step is too big!"

The great scholars of Yushan Academy, Lian Po and Li Mu were also thinking about this question.

There were even many debates, but it was not certain whether Qin would listen or not. After all, strictly speaking, they were all surrenderers.

"Why?" Yan Yan asked puzzledly.

"The Zhou Dynasty had been enfeoffed for 800 years, which was not without reason. If we overthrow it all at once, not only will the aristocratic families accept it, but the common people may not accept it either." The chief priest shook his head.

It was not that they wanted to follow the example of the corrupt scholars in Qi and Lu in opposing the new laws of Qin, but because Qin's steps were too big and neither the nobles nor the people of Guizhou could necessarily accept them.

"For example, the Chu people believed in witchcraft, while the Qin State abolished all lewd temples and evil shrines. We all know that this is a good thing, but can the poor people understand it? Just like the Sindhu behind the Kunlun Mountains in the west, they have a strict hierarchical caste system."

"In this life, they are the lowest class of race and have suffered all their lives. Suddenly, you tell them that caste is a heresy and the caste system should be abolished."

"The common people will not accept this. What they hope to do is to become noble nobles in their next life. If you tell them that they will lose their caste, won't all the suffering they endured in this life be in vain?"

Yan Yan was stunned. It was actually possible.

But I have to admit that there seems to be some truth in it.

"So, there is a process from enfeoffment to counties!" said the chief priest seriously.

There was nothing they could do; they were the conquered and Xianyang would not listen to them.

Their only hope is that Yan Yan can influence Xianyang's decision.

(End of this chapter)