Spring and Autumn I Am King

Several days have passed since the Great Ceremony on the Winter Solstice. The haze over Jindu has dissipated, and everything seems to have returned to calm.

However, rumors and rumors were constantly being passed on in Xinjiang City, and all the way into the Weiguo Building located in the east of the city.

The first thing that caused a sensation was Jin Qing Zhao's "Prohibition Order".

Everyone knows that in the Jin Kingdom, the Zhao family was the favorite to die at funerals. However, there was such a young gentleman of the Zhao family who announced the prohibition of "stop following death" in the territory under his jurisdiction, and was recognized by the family head of the Zhao family, promulgating and implementing it in the form of family law.

In this regard, the well-informed businessmen in the Weiguo Museum have been talking about it.

The first monarch of the Wei Kingdom was Uncle Wei Kang, and the first fief was "Yin Ruins", which was the area of ​​Chaoge, the former Shang capital of Dayi.

Therefore, Wei Guo followed a lot of Yin and Shang etiquette, naturally including sacrifice. However, there are still many Yin and Shang survivors in the territory under the jurisdiction of the Wei Kingdom. The title of "merchant" was originally a title of "merchant". After losing his noble status, the descendants of Yin and Shang who were relocated by their clan had no choice but to engage in the profession of selling goods. name.

Initially, the Zhou Dynasty implemented the policy of "commercial and industrial food officials", which was subject to the Zong-Zhou etiquette laws, and businessmen had no personal freedom. It was not until after King Ping moved east that the world was in great chaos, Wang Gang was in a state of stagnation, and the system of industrial and commercial food officials initially disintegrated. Only then did independent merchants emerge, such as the famous cattle dealer Xiangao in Zheng State.

In order to reduce the risk, the merchants gradually began to cooperate in groups, forming the merchants in Puyang of the Wei State, Taoyi of the Cao State and other places. And those speculators who fought alone and eventually grew, became the giants of Qi and Zheng who depended on the officials. They specialize in fishing for salt, cinnabar, copper and tin, and some of them are even rich. state.

Therefore, due to the influence of the Yin and Shang customs, Wei is also a country where the custom of burial is prevalent, and among the merchants of Wei, there are many merchants who specialize in selling servants and concubines to nobles as burials.

Several slave traders in the conservatory were worried that their business would be affected, and they objected bitterly to this "Stop Condition to Death" law.

However, there was a young descendant who applauded Zhao's gentleman's move in front of them.

The young businessman's name was Duanmuci, and he came from the Duanmu family who had had several servants, but now the family has fallen into disrepair. His name was given, and the word Zigong was given to him by his master in the state of Lu.

Surprised, the slave merchants denounced Duanmuci as a citizen of Wei, who was also a trader in the conservatory, but turned his elbows outward.

However, although Duanmuci was young, he did not give in at all. He argued with reason: "Relying on selling slaves to make money is equivalent to killing with a sword, but he said that it was the sword, not me; you were not my comrades, and your actions were unrighteous. , like a pirate, the boy can beat the drum and attack him!"

Some merchants retorted that they were forced to sell slaves only when the business could not be maintained. Can you guarantee that Duanmuci will never do this kind of trade in the future?

Duanmuci slapped the table and stood up: "The Master said that wealth and honor are what people want, and they can't be obtained without their Tao!"

Everyone went to battle one by one, but they were all robbed by the eloquent Duanmuci, and they were all defeated.

In the end, Duanmu Ci made a bold statement in public: "Although Ci is blunt and loves money, he never takes ill-gotten wealth, and does not follow unrighteous ways! My business only relies on the four characters of benevolence, righteousness, faith and courtesy, and he will be rich enough to rival the country one day. With a thousand times, you can compete with the princes in court, but you are a thousand times better than you!"

The merchants scoffed at this and laughed at it, although their ability to earn money and silk is really not as good as Duanmuci. When they came to Jin this time, the health and merchants all suffered losses, but Duanmu Ci estimated that the goods here may be lacking due to the weather, allowing the Duanmu family to make a small profit.

Duanmuci then praised Zhao's gentleman's move in line with the benevolence of the saints, and should not only be implemented in the Zhao's territory, but should also be promoted all over the world, and only then can a real royal land be built.

The slave traders were not surprised that Duanmuci always liked to preach the benevolence and righteousness of his master of the state of Lu, but they couldn't say anything about him, so they could only give up angrily.

In fact, Zhao's decree is just an irrelevant matter for a businessman who has lived in one place for a long time. Since the Zhao family would not let them die, then they would go to other territories and countries to sell them. The world is so big that more than a dozen of the public officials die every year. Is it still worthless?

Duanmuci's idea did not resonate with other people. In addition to his disappointment, he also began to silently record the incident on the slips. He felt that the master in the state of Lu would definitely agree with the actions of the gentleman of the Zhao family.

But soon, this matter was forgotten by everyone, because there was more shocking news.

Originally, on the day of the winter solstice, the envoy of the Song state, Leqi of Dasicheng, was arrested by the Marquis of Jin at the great court meeting, and he is still imprisoned in the palace of Xiqi and has not yet been released.

What's more, there are rumors that they saw with their own eyes that the Jin Qing Zhao family once assembled troops in the lower palace, preparing to fight with Fan and Bank of China, but finally died down.

After hearing about it, the businessmen couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, they didn't fight. Businesses encounter wars.

The firms in Wei Kingdom have just experienced a tragic failure. They were defeated by the more savvy giants of Qi and Zheng in the Xinjiang market. They could only sell their goods in exchange for some special products of Jin to protect their capital.

The merchants are also preparing to leave Xinjiang. On the one hand, they are worried about the sudden outbreak of war. On the other hand, as the deep winter approaches, this place is no longer a place to stay.

So today, in the Weiguo building, the Weiguo merchants are bridging their horses, bridging their carriages, and preparing to set off.

Before leaving, an old businessman shouted loudly in the building: "Zigong, Zigong! Hurry up, get on the car and go home!"

"This is coming, this is coming!" The young Duanmuci wrote the last word on the slip with a pen, sealed it in a wooden box with beeswax, and carefully tied it with thick twine.

He was going to let his colleagues in the State of Lu pass the letter to the Master. It contained the political affairs of Jin State that he had heard about over the past month, as well as the decree of the Zhao family to "stop death". He was sure that Master Will definitely be interested in this...

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Compared with the prosperous luxury of Linzi, the capital of Qi, and the majestic atmosphere of Xinjiang, the capital of Jin, Qufu, the capital of Lu, is much more cramped and embarrassed, and it has a little family spirit of the Lu people. But it is also the most squarely planned and most civilized city.

It's no wonder that when Ji Zha, the son of Wu State, visited the Xia Dynasty, he admired the elegance of all the countries and said, "Zhou Li, it's all in Lu!"

Almost every alley in the city was built according to the rules of Zhou etiquette: eight houses were used as wells, four wells were opened, and the wells were divided into eight houses, and the wells were dug in the middle.

In the early morning, beside a deep ancient well in a remote alley in the east of the city~www.readwn.com~ was sitting a young offspring.

He has straight eyebrows and broad eyes, and his expression is simple and amiable. He is wearing an old Confucian robe that looks slightly thinner in winter, and a pair of ragged linen shoes under his feet. Although shabby and dusty, it makes people feel that he is extremely clean from body to heart.

Housheng holds a roll of bamboo slips in his left hand and a wooden ladle in his right hand. When he has nothing to do, he will read in the bright light of the sky. When he is tired, he will take less rest. When he is thirsty, he will drink a ladle of water. A face of peace.

His name is Yan Hui, and his courtesy name is Ziyuan.

A basket of food and a scoop of drinking, in a mean alley, people can't bear the worries, and they don't change their joy when they come back.

This is what the Master said about him.

It was not until a neighbor from the village who got up early came to fetch water from the well that Yan Hui stood up with a smile, brushed the dust off his body, tied the wooden ladle around his waist, and carefully hid the bamboo roll inside his jacket. He folded his hands in his sleeves, bowed respectfully to the people who came, and then walked slowly into the alley.

The master's house is deep in the alley, facing south and north. The courtyard is not large, and the loess is the wall, which shows the owner's poverty.

When Yan returned, he happened to see a domineering Zaoli in elegant clothes blocking the door. He was holding some silk cloth and gifts, and in front of him was a few soldiers of the Jisun family in armor and daggers.

The Zaoli pointed at the door and cursed angrily: "The ruling sent me to wait for me to come and invite Confucius to go out to become an official. How dare he not go out to greet him? And let you stop him?"

Several people pushed and tried to push open the Chaimen to forcibly enter, but they couldn't get in, just because there was a scholar standing proudly inside the door.

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