warring states careerist

Chapter 19
The simplest apology is like a carving knife in Gongshuban's hands.

Carve the dimples of Luhua's bulging cheeks because of anger; carve the slight upturn of her pouty mouth because of anger; carve the slight moistness of her flushed face because of anger; The core is carved into a crescent.

After these angers were resolved by a simple apology, I felt a little embarrassed and a little worried, for fear of thinking too much.

She can probably understand what Shi is worried about, but she always regards Shi as the perfect person in her dream.Of course she doesn't like others to say that she is suitable, but she will be unhappy if Shi is a bit worse than the one in her dream.

Shi sighed, and said in his heart that he mixed with the Mohists, that's all.

Even if Mozi came back in the future and found out that something is for the righteousness of the world, and then said that you have a lot of ideas, you should go for it, and then use the fear of death to shirk it, I am afraid that there is no need to do anything to usurp the position of the giant Dreamed.

Although the group of people from the Mo family had never met, they could still figure out what it looked like.People who are greedy for life and afraid of death may be elected as their giants soon.

After thinking about it for a while, he said: "You understand why you were not allowed to go before. You have to remember that even if you go, you only save people, not talking about paradise or the will of heaven. You have to promise me this. I am not afraid of death. , I think you and I should be a seed that will bear many ears in the future.”

Lu Hua's face was slightly red, she understood Shi's meaning, but couldn't help but think a little too much.

There are two kinds of Suiguo, the Suiguo of the Mohists, and the Suigao of Renrenren.

This kind of shyness flashed by, and he understood why this matter should be so cautious.

The reason is very simple. In the paradise mentioned by Shi, there is no place for scholars or hereditary fiefdom nobles.

"I see."

"Go ahead then. Be careful."

Without further ado, Luhua carried a small flower basket woven by the children, which contained some simple utensils made of wood and stone, and a few corn dumplings, and for the first time tried to leave the village to go farther and farther.

Half a month later, Shi waited to return to the safe and sound Luhua with a heart hanging, and listened to her talking about things in the distance.

People from farther afield began to come here, too, to listen to what he had been saying.

Luhua used Artemisia annua to save a slave in a small noble fief nearby. After returning home, she visited this man and asked him to come forward to help pigs that were raised by the village communal to be gelled. It is possible for pigs and pigs to make pork the main meat in Zhuxia.

He also learned a lot of herbs for raising horses from this slave, picked and sorted them one by one, and asked for tips.

Counting the days, Shi finally felt at ease, thinking that Mozi would be back soon.As long as Mo Zi came back and accepted him as a disciple, he would not worry about being killed at will in Song State.

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further afield.

The slave who was rescued by Lu Hua with Artemisia annua was preparing a carriage for the young master, and the young master and his friends were going out.

He has been a slave for 20 years, and he is the best horse breeder within dozens of miles.The horse is not long after it is born, and he can know whether the horse will grow well in the future.

I live in the stables on weekdays, and in midsummer I will pick some herbs for horses, and there is always a faint fragrance of herbs on my body.

With this ability, the young master and the previous master treated him pretty well. Every year at the end of winter, he would be rewarded with some leftover drinks and sometimes a piece of meat.

The young master is a gentleman who abides by etiquette, Yu Nu has always thought so.

Including when he was seriously ill, hot and cold all day long, like falling into an ice cellar when he was cold, and like a fire when he was hot, the young master didn't drive him away, and let him live in the stable.

For this kindness alone, it would be difficult to repay even nine deaths.

Yu Nu stroked the fur of the bay red horse beside him with his hand, calming down the somewhat reluctant horse, put on the harness of the carriage, and glanced at the young master who was chatting with his friends there.

The son's name is Gongsun Ze.

The clan of Gongsun is very common at this time.Some are similar to Said in the Arab region, which belongs to a title, which means that someone in the ancestor has a title, but he is a side branch and not the eldest son.

Most of the people named Gongsun at this time are not from the same family, and once they become prosperous in the future, they will no longer use Gongsun as their family.For example, Shang Yang was Gongsun Yang in the state of Wei. Calling him Gongsun means that he has blood and is not a common man. When the land is entrusted to Shang in the future, he will be Shang Yang.

Gongsun Ze's family is not considered prominent, but his ancestors were lucky, and the team stood correctly every time.In the Song Dynasty, the team is a great subject, and if you make a wrong stand, your family may die.

Back then Song Jinggong was unable to have a child, so he adopted one, and made him the son and Qi as the heir.As a result, as soon as Song Jinggong died, Gongzi De killed his brother, Gongzi Qi, and became Song Gong.In this coup, Gongsun Ze's ancestors sided with Gongzi De.

After that, the two vassals under Duke Song fought in a civil war, and Da Sikong won, killing Dazai and expelling Duke Song by the way.During Song Gong's escape, Gongsun Ze's ancestors still followed Song Gong and finally reset.

Even though Gongsun Ze's branch is not a big sect, they still have the status of scholars when they come to Gongsun Ze's place.

Gongsun Ze's father was good at management. Although it was only a side branch, he also had the power to control the village serfs under the well field system, and forced those village serfs to reclaim new land in the name of farming public land. These were private property of the family and did not need to pay taxes.

The official title of their family is Corporal, and they govern the land of Yidian in name.Once there is a war, their family only needs to fulfill the feudal obligations of a corporal, providing a four-horse chariot and 150 apprentices.

However, the number of their private land far exceeds that of Yidian. The serfs on the private land do not need to fulfill feudal obligations to the monarch, nor do they need to pay taxes to the monarch.

Gongsun Ze's father only collected August [-] in-kind tax on his private land, but the farmers on the private land did not need to serve the monarch's military service. Many people fled here and became farmers attached to them.

Some serfs who used to work in the wells also used their children as pledges for reasons such as the need to pay taxes and insufficient annual expenses, in exchange for some money or corn, and these pledged became slaves under their names.

Now that Gongsun Ze's father has passed away, he has also completed his filial piety, has performed the crown ceremony, and has become the head of the family.

From the moral point of view, Gongsun Ze is a real gentleman, a good man who conforms to the moral concept of the time, and it can even be said that he is one of the few gentlemen in the Song Dynasty.

At the age of 26, it is the best time.Eight feet tall, with a face like a crown jade, broad shoulders and long arms.

The thick and powerful thumb that draws the bow and shoots arrows all the year round is by no means the kind of man who is powerless.

He studied Confucianism when he was young, and has always regarded the gentleman as the direction of his life. Although he dare not say that the six arts are superb, he knows some of them.

Wearing a dark straight dress, with jade on the side of the body, and more than one piece, a long string.

At this time, there is no underwear, and if there is no jade to press it, it is easy for a gust of wind to blow through and reveal things that should not be exposed, so a gentleman must wear jade.

Since you are a gentleman, you need to be polite in your words and deeds.

The jade on Gongsun Ze's body is strung together with cooked cowhide.

The teacher who taught him etiquette once said that his temper was too quick, so he had to use stretchable cooked cowhide as a ribbon.Those who are too slow-tempered must use bowstrings as their ribbons.A gentleman must pay attention to it all the time, because these things can affect people's words, deeds and temperament.

The so-called gentleman must wear jade, the right sign horns, the left palace feathers, tend to collect Qi, walk in the summer, Zhou returns to the rules, breaks back to the rules, advances and bows, retreats and praises, and then the jade sings.

On this point, Gongsun Ze also did a very good job, this is the etiquette he learned after three years of study.

When a gentleman walks, he can't walk too fast, he must walk in small steps.

When walking, when the left leg is in front, the body should lean forward; when the right leg is in front, the body should lean back.When walking, the steps should not be too large, so as not to expose the leg hair; if there is no special situation, you must go out without wearing jade, so as not to be cold in the wind; There is the voice of Gongshangjiao Zhengyu.

According to Mr. Gongsun Ze, in ancient times, when a real gentleman walked, the rings on his body jingled, which could attract birds.

Gongsun Ze felt that it was difficult for him to learn this point. It took him three years to learn how to walk as a scholar.

All his life, he has always practiced the way of a gentleman.At the time of the coronation ceremony, a gentleman must wear a white buckskin hat to show that he can fight, but he has not hunted a white deerskin before the coronation ceremony, which is the first regret in his life.

Walking slowly to the carriage, he took a look at Yu Nu who looked good, and he was also concerned about Yu Nu's condition in his heart, no matter what, he had a relationship with him for so many years.

But thinking that there are still guests, if you talk to Yu Nu at this time, you will be neglecting the guests.What's more, it is rude to talk to the guest while talking to the slave, and it will make the guest feel that they are of the same status as the slave, which is very inappropriate.

A scholar's family cannot have a royal hand. Although driving is one of the six arts of a gentleman, a gentleman usually does not drive a car, so he is replaced by a slave.

During the bumpy journey, Gongsun Ze and his friends talked a few words, and then they heard someone singing in the distant field.

The tunes were weird, they should be some country tunes, but he didn't care at all.

But even though he didn't care, he couldn't stop those lyrics and music from constantly reaching his ears.

He has studied "Poetry", and he heard that this slang song uses the pattern of "July", which is divided by month and tells about life in each month.

"Poetry" is not something that can be learned by just anyone. If there is no teacher to teach it, it is often difficult to understand its meaning.

For example, "Pond at the East Gate", if you are a country savage, you must think that it is a lewd song between men and women, but it is not.

The master who passed on the poem once said that this seems to be a lewd song, but since it was edited by the master, it must be thought innocent, which has a meaning.

This is the style of Chen Guo, because the king is licentious and innocent, so the people of the country use this poem as a metaphor.It seems that a gentleman yearns for a lady, but he is actually persuading the king to yearn for a sage!
Gongsun Ze thought so deeply, so he forbade the farmers and men under his land to sing some slang songs, because they didn't understand the meaning.

Now a good song "Bin Feng Qiyue", in which women serve the inside and men serve the outside, with sincerity at the top and loyalty at the bottom, has been changed into this, and I can't help being furious .

The carriage bumped and creaked loudly, but it couldn't stop the strange singing voices that came from it.

Gongsun Ze felt angry, and stretched out his hand to touch Shuyu's Niu Wei, thinking about the implication that his husband asked him to use Niu Wei as a team ribbon, and suppressed his anger.

Can't help asking: "Who wrote this slang poem? It should be punished!"

(End of this chapter)