During the Spring and Autumn Period, officials under the royal family had a strict assessment and promotion system.
County officials like Xinyou and others are at the bottom of the entire bureaucracy, and are basically the bottom nobles of every city.
That is, scholars.
If you want to take a step closer, you have to go to the Six Townships to serve as an official. They must be the patriarchs and children of big families.
As for the officials in the inner and outer dynasties of the royal family, they are basically all ministers from generation to generation, or those princes in the region.
They didn't even have a chance to go to the royal city to meet the emperor.
Of course, there is another way, which is to rely on a strong backer.
For example, Liu Gong and Liu Ben, who currently control the government.
But even such a character is not something ordinary people can see.
Under the Zhou rites, what is emphasized is the Shiqing Shilu system of "each performing his own duties". You can do your own thing well. I sell onions and my son buys garlic. This is the best.
Unlike the "era of great contention" in the Warring States Period, that was the stage for talented people.
Of course, Xin You could also choose to leave Wang Ji and go to several large vassal states outside Wang Ji.
I am just a little Xinyi doctor, who will take him seriously after I go there?
Network! This is the most scarce thing in Xinyou nowadays.
"The biggest hope is that when the village selects talents, we can stand out." Fan Ni said.
Zhou Dynasty had a system of "year recommendation".
That is to say, every three years, the vassal states and six villages must recommend "good men" to the royal family to enter the Imperial Academy, so that they will have the opportunity to become officials of the royal family.
If you can get the appreciation of a big shot, you can really soar to the sky.
"Select talents?" Xin shook his head again: "There are so many children in the township doctor's family, how can he choose a family like ours? How many benefits can you give him every year?"
"It would be great if we in Pu-eup don't go hungry."
Fan Ni smiled bitterly.
The two drank another glass of wine, and the melancholy of their parents was also lingering in their hearts.
However, Xin believes that now that the royal family has gone through so many changes, it will definitely have its own opportunities.
"As long as we pay attention to these things, there is always a chance. But there is one thing I would like to discuss with Dr. Puyi right now."
Xin is serious and serious about everything.
"It's about our three cities sending reinforcements to each other." Xin added.
Fan Ni thought for a moment and said slowly: "Yes, if you hadn't used driftwood to send messages this time, I'm afraid Xinyi's food would not have been preserved."
"That's right, the soldiers move very fast and they are marching in the mountains and forests, so they are often caught by surprise."
"Our Puyi is downstream. If they move eastward along the Qingshui River and directly surround our Puyi, we will not be able to ask for help from you at all."
This Rong people's attack forced the two city doctors to think about future defense strategies.
Although Xinyi and Puyi were public towns, the Zhou royal family was weak and had no extra energy to manage these public towns.
These scattered public towns can only rely on mutual unity, even among the barbarians in Liusui.
In short, everything has to depend on themselves.
"You see, the roads between Liusui are not smooth now. We have to figure out many things ourselves." Xin added.
"Presumably Xin Ren already has a plan in mind, but it doesn't matter."
Xin raised his glass again, and the two drank another drink.
"What I mean is very simple. The first is to strengthen security and place sentries in the mountains and forests. Long-term sentries must be set up in Sanyi to monitor the actions of the soldiers."
"I very much agree with this. I have been to Ganlu before, and Dr. Ganlu also has the same idea."
Hearing this, Xin continued: "The second thing is the communication between us. Of course, smoke is the best way to communicate. But if the Rong people suddenly attack like this time and surround the city, the smoke will definitely not be released, otherwise who knows
What will the Rong people do?"
Seal the flames of war, seal the channel for help.
Xin continued: "What I mean is that we must establish another way of transmitting messages. This way is unknown to the Rong people!"
"A new way to send messages? Besides smoke and sending messages, what else is there..."
Fan Ni naturally couldn't think of an answer, so Xin directly said: "Homing pigeon!"
"Homing Pigeon?!"
"Yes! Use pigeons to deliver messages!"
Xin smiled again.
In this era, people like pigeons very much, especially roasted pigeons.
There are six birds in the cook's palm, and one of the six birds is a pigeon.
They're just meat pigeons.
It was not until the Han Dynasty that there were legends about using pigeons to deliver messages.
After the Tang Dynasty, people were able to skillfully domesticate homing pigeons.
But in the Spring and Autumn Period, people had not yet trained specialized homing pigeons.
One of the important reasons is that there were not many literate people at this time and there was no need for large-scale letter delivery.
Secondly, there was no paper in this era, so even if Pigeon sent a bamboo slip, he would not be able to write a few words on it.
The last time he was unable to send a letter asking for help, Xin thought of using driftwood to deliver the message, and also thought of using a "carrier pigeon" to deliver the message.
However, it is completely feasible to use pigeons to transmit information between three cities.
There is no need for any letters, just tie the agreed mark, such as a red strip of cloth, on the pigeon's leg.
When you see pigeons tied with red strips of cloth, you know your friendly country is in trouble.
Between the three cities, three kinds of marks can be used to quickly know which city was captured by the army.
After telling this method, Fan Ni's little eyes opened again.
"Using pigeons...to deliver messages? Is it really possible?"
Xin You smiled and said: "When you leave tomorrow, you might as well take a pigeon from our Xinyi and let it fly after returning to your Puyi. In a few days, I will send someone to bring your token tied to the pigeon's leg back to Puyi."
Yap.”
Although meat pigeons are meaty, they are not unable to fly. They are just not as fast, stable and can fly far distances as homing pigeons.
For communication between Sanyi, it is completely possible to use excellent meat pigeons.
Fan Ni nodded: "I'll give it a try. If this really works, we can send the message secretly without letting the Rong people know about it!"
"So this matter must be kept secret. It is best for us to raise the pigeons ourselves, and then send our pigeons to the doctors in the other two cities every six months." Xin added.
"Ren Xin, you have really changed." Fan Ni said: "I never thought that Xin You, who always only knows how to study classics, could repel the Rong people and come up with such a wonderful way."
"It's just... I'm enlightened." Xin smiled again.
"Okay! Then let's drink to your enlightenment!"
Fan Ni raised the bronze goblet, and Xin You returned the favor.
"Wine, wine...it's such a wonder in the world!"
Fan Ni's face was red, especially around his eyes, which was as red as a monkey's butt.
He was holding the bronze goblet, and seemed to be trying hard to open his eyes, breathing heavily.
"The Duke of Zhou believed that merchants built their kingdoms because of their good wine, so since our time in Zhou, we have been quite strict on drinking. I don't know... I don't know what kind of wine those Shang kings drank. If I can take a sip... hehe...
"
Fan Ni is not a good drinker, but he is indeed a good drinker.
After a few drinks, I was already a little drunk.
Xin You looked at the bronze goblet in his hand and thought to himself: "What is the reason for the wine kingdom? In fact, the fundamental reason is that Lord Shang likes to use bronze vessels to drink wine. Unfortunately, there was too much lead in the bronze vessels at that time, which was precipitated after reacting with alcohol. After long-term use,
If you drink alcohol from a bronze vessel, you will naturally be poisoned by lead."
After lead poisoning, physical fitness declines, the nervous system is damaged, and even the intelligence and physical strength of future generations will be affected.
This symptom only spread among the nobles, and the Shang Dynasty's dominance was bound to decline.
No matter how heroic King Zhou was, he could not defeat the prosperous Zhou tribe with this group of core aristocratic circles whose quality had declined in all aspects.
Xin You also thought wildly in his mind, and then drank the wine in the copper goblet.
"From now on, I'll still use pottery to drink wine..."
Xin put down the bronze goblet again. This chapter has been completed!