"So, my surname is Ji, and my family's surname was Xun before it was a hundred years old, but now it's Zhi?" Zhiyao felt very complicated.
What year is it now? It is exactly 501 BC. It is an era in which "surnames are unified by the ancestral test, and descendants are divided by clans." It is also an era in which princes, generals, and ministers have their own distinctions.
What does it mean that "the surname is the place where the ancestors of the family come from; the family name is where the descendants of the family are divided"? The general meaning is: the surname is a symbol that summarizes where the ancestors of the family come from, and the family name is the place where the descendants of the family are differentiated.
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To put it simply, the surname cannot be changed, but the surname can be changed from the main family line into a small lineage, and the surname can be changed according to the fiefdom or official position.
Zhiyao was not a native of the Spring and Autumn Period, he came from later generations.
After more than 2,500 years, the understanding of many things is different, including customs, thinking logic, and values.
Zhiyao is six years old this year and he has already understood his situation.
How should I put it? Zhiyao had a grandfather who was serving as the "Yuan Rong" of the Jin Kingdom. The family was extremely large and there were many fiefdoms, but the situation didn't seem to be very good.
The so-called "Yuanrong" is a title given to the Jin Dynasty's military and political power. It is not a formal official title. The formal official title is "Zhengqing".
Since Zhao Wenzi (Zhao Wu) and the two annihilation alliances with Chu, Jin's hegemony seems to have been stabilized, but it also seems to be deteriorating, making it difficult for the world to see clearly.
What the world knows is that although the "Yuanrong" throne of the Jin State was taken by Xun Shu, the final say in the Jin State was Zhao Yang, the grandson of Zhao Wenzi (Zhao Wu) and the son of Zhao Jingzi (Zhao Cheng).
Why does Zhiyao know that? This should mention his father Zhishen’s daily sighs.
The head of the family has just become a "Yuanrong", but the next generation of the family's heirs is looking sad every day. Anyone who knows the situation can immediately tell that the family's situation is not good.
"Gongsun, the sheep has been skinned and gutted. Please show me how to cook it, Gongsun."
Zhiyao's ancestors were from the Gong family, so there was nothing wrong with calling him Gongsun.
Of course, the Xun clan was converted into a Qing clan as a public clan, and the Zhi clan was a smaller clan of the Xun clan, so many things were different.
A family is divided into heirs, and the Zong Zhou Dynasty was very particular about this. If the family is from a public clan, the heir of the head of the family is the prince, and the remaining two generations can be called prince; the third generation can be called whatever they want, usually they are called Gongsun.
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What is it like to be a child of a noble in the Spring and Autumn Period? There will be no shortage of manpower, but the quality of life is really a bit worrying, especially in terms of food.
"I'm Jiraiya!"
Zhiyao, who is only six years old, of course still has small arms and legs. He is not barefoot and wears a kind of wooden clogs. Every time he takes a step, the wooden clogs will hit the floor made of round logs and make a "dong dong dong" sound.
Clogs? They appeared very early in Zhuxia and are not unique to footpan chickens. Modern slippers evolved from clogs.
Of course, there is a word "slippers" in Zhu Xia, and it was not until the Qing Dynasty that it was said: drag, drag. Slippers are shoes without heels. Drag them as you like, whichever is lightest.
There are many things that only the six-year-old Zhiyao can participate in. Moreover, he is not the only direct descendant of the old Zhi family, there is another one named Zhixiao. The only thing he can do now is to improve the food.
Zhiyao used her own soul to understand what was going on.
Until the mother is two years old, she is in a state of confusion most of the time, especially extremely sleepy, and 99% of the time she falls asleep thinking about things.
Zhiyao was able to stagger around when she was eight months old, and her vocal cords were fully developed and she could speak. It was not until she was two years old that her lethargy was relieved.
This is also a matter of course. After all, the soul is the soul and the body is the body. The body that carries the soul is not well developed. In fact, it is just like the hardware conditions are not enough and the software cannot use all kinds of awesomeness.
In order not to shock the world too much, Zhiyao endured it for more than five years.
Since the family did not develop in a good direction because of her grandfather Zhisong becoming a "Yuanrong", but instead became extremely dangerous, Zhiyao felt that her grandfather and father should see her precocity so that they could interfere in family affairs and seize the third generation heir.
Layout based on status.
What's the point of not having time to enjoy it, but the family is facing the danger of extinction, right?
Many maids and male servants followed Zhi Yao nervously. If you look carefully, you can see that no maid or male servant dared to step on Zhi Yao's path.
Why is this? Now is an era where princes, generals and ministers have their own kind. Although the class has not been completely solidified, it is more difficult than imagined to move from the bottom up!
Servants are people, but they are not people. At least in the eyes of the nobles, they are just living tools.
If servants dare to step on the path of nobles, they will be severely punished.
If a servant accidentally steps on the shadow of a noble? He will definitely be sent to the three companies of "It's hopeless, pull him out and execute him".
So, when Zhishi's servants saw Zhiyao, who was only six years old, running extremely fast, their hearts were in their throats.
However, they only dared to control the distance and follow around. They were deeply afraid that if the little master accidentally fell down, they would be taken out and whipped if the punishment was light, or their heads would be chopped off if the punishment was serious.
"Angelica sinensis, wolfberry, astragalus..." Zhiyao came to the kitchen and opened a wooden cabinet.
Were there any Chinese medicinal materials in the Spring and Autumn Period? Yes, but very few types were discovered.
In an era when medical skills were underdeveloped, there were very few medicinal materials used to treat diseases, and even fewer people knew how to use medicinal materials for cooking.
At present, the country with the most developed medical skills is Qin. When a king or important minister of a country is sick, he will ask Qin to send a doctor, and Qin will usually agree out of courtesy.
Angelica sinensis is a perennial herb, ranging from 40 centimeters to one meter in height. The root is cylindrical and branched, with many fleshy fibrous roots, yellow-brown, and has a strong aroma. The stem is upright, green-white or purple, with deep grooves, smooth and smooth.
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Wolfberry, the name of two trees, has thorns like wolfberry thorns and stems like wolfberry strips.
Astragalus is a perennial herb, fifty to one meter high. The main root is thick, woody, often branched, gray-white. The stem is upright, with many branches at the upper part, fine ribs, and white pubescence.
They are all local products of Zhuxia, but their distribution is different in different places.
Like wolfberry? Zhiyao bought it from Qin merchants when he visited the market in "Xintian".
Angelica sinensis and astragalus were found in the wild when Zhiyao went to "Yuan", secretly ordered people to transplant them, and brought them back to the mansion in "Xintian" for planting.
That "Xintian" was the result of Jin Jinggong, the then king of Jin, following Han Jue's suggestion to move the city from "Jiang" in 599 BC.
At first, the new capital of Jin was still called "Jiang", while the old capital was renamed "Gujiang". Later, the new capital was called "Xintian".
The reason why Zhiyao needs to be sneaky is that it "originally" belonged to one of the fiefdoms of the Han family. It was in the south of the Jin State, very close to the Zhou royal family and adjacent to the Shan Kingdom. The Shan Kingdom was the Gongqing Kingdom of the Zhou royal family, and its territory
The scope is not the size of a modern county.
At present, all resources in the nobles' fiefdoms, except for copper mines, are privately owned, and no plant or tree can be touched without permission.
"There are no carrots..." Zhiyao felt very sorry.
Whether it was white radish or red radish, it was not until the 13th century that it was introduced from Persia to the Xia Dynasty, and certainly not during the Spring and Autumn Period.
"Bring the wine." Zhiyao ordered.
The head of the family is not here, the prince is not here, and the eldest brother is also not here. Naturally, Zhiyao has the final say in the family.
Zhiyao has been accompanied for a long time by not only numerous servants, but also retainers as standard.
The retainer Taihu glanced at one of the maids and motioned to do the same.
Zhiyao was instructing people to put the chopped mutton into the gui (guǐ).
What is a Gui? It has a round mouth, two ears, and three legs. Of course, there is no such thing as a "three legs" and it is just a flat bottom.
Now the bronze gui with three legs has not started to light the fire, but there is cold water in it.
Mutton has a strong fishy smell. It is best to put it in cold water and then start to boil it. When the soup is slowly heated, a foam will appear. Then skim off the foam on the surface. Then add ginger and cooking wine.
Already.
Is there any cooking wine in Spring and Autumn? Just see if you can use it.
What the maid brought was cinnamon wine. To put it bluntly, it is wine made by pounding cinnamon into pulp.
Zhiyao just stood and commanded. It was not because he was unwilling to do it himself. One of the reasons was that his small arms and legs did not have much strength. If he had done it himself, Taihu would have dared to order the "scholars" who were following him at all times to pull the servants and cooks out and bury them.
Already.
"Shi" is really "Shi", which can be understood as nobles who are not nobles. They generally exist as warriors, serving the real nobles, serving as guards, or as low-level officers in the army.
To be a master, all you have to do is use your mouth, right?
After a long wait, Zhiyao began to wander outside the world.
"I heard that the Handan doctor (Zhao Wu) came to 'Xintian' to complain to the king about the domineering bullying of Zhongjun Zuo (Zhao Yang)? Two families from the same clan have become more and more in the same position recently. I also heard that Fan
Both the Zhongxing clan and the Zhongxing clan support Handan Zhao? From this point of view, another civil war is about to break out in Jin, and I wonder if my family will be involved."
In the long history of the Spring and Autumn Period, every country has a history of civil war breaking out, but no vassal state such as the Jin Kingdom will have a civil war break out every once in a while, but most of the time it can maintain its hegemony.
The head of the Fan family, Shi Jishe, and the head of the Zhonghang family, Zhong Xingyin, were both "Qings" of the Jin state. In particular, Zhong Xingyin and Zhao Yang jointly built Zhu Xia's second "Xingding tripod".
What is this "Xingding"? It is to cast some criminal laws with words on it.
The first person to do this was Gongzi Qiao of the State of Zheng, also known as Zichan, one of the pioneers of Legalism.
On the Jin side, Zhao Yang and Zhong Xingyin followed suit and built the first iron cauldron in the Xia Dynasty.
Historical records: A drum of iron was given to the Jin State to cast a punishment cauldron.
Zuo Zhuan said: Then he gave the Jin State a drum of iron to cast a punishment tripod, and wrote the punishment book written by Fan Xuanzi (Shi Gai).
So the law of the Jin Dynasty was completed by Shi Gai, and the criminal law formulated by Shi Gai, the general of Zhao Yang and Zhong Xing Yin, was cast on the iron tripod.
Fan's surname is Qi, and people refer to their clansmen with the prefix "Shi". Mainly because Uncle Du Xi served the Jin State, and the King of Jin appointed him as a Shishi (judge). From then on, he was named as a surname. Historical records still use the name "Fan" as a surname.
Fan family.
"I also heard that Confucius has become the governor of the central capital of Lu State, gained the trust of Lu Jun and Song Dynasty, and managed the capital?"
Therefore, Zhiyao knew that she and Confucius lived in the same era!
That's Confucius! The founder of Confucianism, a person who was honored as the Holy Teacher by later generations.
When Zhiyao found out that she and Confucius lived in the same era, she was really a little excited, but this kind of excitement was inexplicable and difficult to explain clearly.
The aroma was already exuding from the inside of the gui. When I opened the lid, I saw that the mutton was gray-white in color and looked average in appearance.
The aroma is of Chinese medicinal materials mixed with meat, and there is no heavy mutton smell.
The Zhi family has great achievements. Since the Jin family has a ministerial position in the Jin Dynasty, the family is higher than the marquis. As a Zhi family who holds the ministerial position in the Jin Dynasty, he can use the tripod to hold food when eating!
What's more important is that even if the Zhi family is a big business, if Zhi Yao doesn't work hard to improve the food, the food at home will either be boiled, stewed, or barbecued.
Zhiyao personally put the appropriate amount of salt into the bronze gui, thinking that it would be enough to stew it for half a quarter of an hour.
There was a salt pond in the Jin State, but half of the salt pond was controlled by the Zhi family and the Wei family respectively.
For many countries without salt pools, they usually purchase salt from the State of Jin or the State of Qi, and most of them purchase salt from the State of Qi.
There is nothing that can be done. The salt produced by the Jin State's salt ponds is already in short supply just for supplying its own country, let alone selling it to other countries? Therefore, the Jin State's hegemony is only to collect protection fees from other countries, unlike the country that has the benefits of salt and iron and an extremely developed textile industry.
When Qi is hegemonic, it can engage in economic plunder from other countries.
Zhiyao actually dislikes the salt produced at home. It looks gray and black, not in the shape of fine particles. It is about the same size as sand and pebbles. It is just plain!
He was thinking about when he would find an opportunity to go to the salt pond in person and study the improvements in salt production.
"Gongsun, 盨(xǔ) is also heated."
What is a cup? It is made of bronze, has an oval mouth, a lid, two ears, and four or four legs.
Zhiyao asked someone to bring them the wheat flour that had been ground early, and then said, "Bring the honey."
In fact, it is best to have white sugar. The problem is that there is no white sugar during the Spring and Autumn Period!
This time Zhiyao needs to do it herself, because honey is currently considered one of the strategic-level resources, and it is quite difficult to collect.
Why is honey a strategic material? Because wax is needed to make many bronzes.
In the early Spring and Autumn Period, many countries had the technology to make tripods, but the difficulty was collecting beeswax. The territory ruled by many princes was so large, and they did not have the technology to keep bees. They relied entirely on nature to obtain beeswax, and they were not able to collect enough
How to make a bronze tripod from beeswax?
Therefore, a certain country has built a big cauldron, and they just invite other countries to visit, which can immediately achieve a shocking effect: Take a look, my territory is very large, and I can collect enough beeswax to make a big cauldron.
Yeah! Don’t mess with me!
Zhiyao poured some honey into the pottery bowl, then poured in some water that had been cooled after boiling, and slowly stirred and diluted it with bamboo chopsticks.
Kneading noodles is not something that can be done with the strength of small arms and requires an adult to do it.
Taihu watched Zhiyao pour the prepared honey water on top of the wheat flour and got the signal to knead the noodles.
This is the Lao Zhi family. Otherwise, would you think that any family would have a bronze gui and a bronze cup? Even if there were, who would directly burn them with fire?
Pour some oil into the pot and start heating it. Once the noodles are mixed, you can start making wheat cakes.
"As for the pancakes, if you don't have vegetable oil, animal oil will do." Zhiyao thought to herself.
From ancient times to the Spring and Autumn Period, animal oil dominated, while vegetable oil did not appear until the Warring States Period.
"Zhou Li. Tianguan. Yingren" says: When using animals, lambs and dolphins travel in the spring, and the food paste is fragrant; in summer, the meat and squid travels, and the food paste is smelly; in autumn, the calves travel thick, and the food paste is fishy; in winter, the meat and chickens travel with feathers, and the food paste smells fishy. smell of mutton.
Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn Period, "oil" was called "ointment".
The reason why vegetable oil was not widely used until the Warring States Period was that technology developed and newly invented tools could be used to grind the oil.
How to make wheat cakes? There is no need for Zhiyao to teach you this. People in the Spring and Autumn Period can cook wheat cakes themselves, but not ordinary people can eat them.
"Yao, what are you doing?"
Zhiyao, who was concentrating on watching the pancakes, turned around when she heard the sound and saw that her father Zhishen's face was not so good-looking.
"Ancestor, everyone is working hard, but Yao can't bear it, so he prepares delicious food for dinner."
Zu, of course, refers to the grandfather Zhishuo.
The adult is Jishen’s father.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, a father can be called an adult or a father. Folks generally use the term "father".
In fact, until the Ming Dynasty, "adult" meant father, and later it evolved into a respectful title for officials.
In addition, even nobles in the Spring and Autumn Period only had two main meals, and three main meals a day did not exist.
Of course, nobles would always eat some pastries, snacks, etc. when they were hungry, usually in the afternoon. But ordinary people would just eat it no matter how hungry they were.
Therefore, things like afternoon tea have been around for a long time in Zhu Xia. They regard it as a normal thing and do not deliberately create any special sense of ritual.
Now Zhishen knew how Zhiyao had been collecting various ingredients during this period of time. After a moment of confusion, he felt like licking a calf in his heart and his face softened.
"Come with me." Zhishen said softly.
What can Zhiyao do? He can only do it.
Aristocrats follow etiquette. Juniors should say hello in the morning, and elders should also say hello before dinner at night.
Zhishen is also a junior, and unless he is not at home, he takes Zhixiao and Zhiyao to greet Zhishen every day.
The Lao Zhi family is really a big family, but not only are the concubines not qualified to pay respects, but their daily lives are not in the same area as the direct descendants, and it is not possible to eat together.
In addition, when eating, men are the only ones in the family, and women do not eat with men.
Currently, Zhizhuo has many grandchildren, but the only direct descendants are Zhixiao and Zhiyao.
Under the premise that the family is large and the business is large, the Zhi family's house in "Xintian" occupies a very large area. The building does not have any balconies, pavilions or carved beams and painted buildings. The most gorgeous is that most of the materials are made of wood, and the roof is They are just tiles; more buildings are thatched houses, some of them have thatched walls, and some have thatched walls covered with mud.
Are there brick houses in the Spring and Autumn Period? Although bricks had already appeared in the "Liangzhu Culture" four to five thousand years ago, due to the productivity of the Spring and Autumn Period, no one would have the luxury to build brick houses. Then there is the culture On the other hand, it is more likely to build a wooden house if conditions permit.
What is a garden? Even if it didn’t exist until the Qin Dynasty, how could it be popular in the Spring and Autumn Period? The emergence of garden culture did not come into being until the Song Dynasty, when people were pursuing enjoyment, and they did all kinds of tricks.
If there is no dedicated person to guide the way, Zhiyao may get lost even in his own home. In this way, we can know how big the Zhifu in "Xintian" is.
What is more realistic is that although the right to use the Zhifu in "Xintian" belongs to the old Zhi family, the land ownership belongs to the monarch.
Zhiyao was thinking along the way that if she had the opportunity, she would have to renovate her home. Anyway, she could make ceramic pipes, and it would not be difficult to get a water reservoir and tap water. Next, she was thinking about how to make a ceramic toilet, which is indispensable for the bathroom.
Let’s take a bath in the bathhouse too.
Why didn't Zhiyao think about researching agricultural irrigation equipment, such as waterwheels, water mills and the like? Of course, Zhiyao is currently in charge of the old Zhi family, and Zhiyao is still young, especially since he is not the third generation heir!
Of course, the Zhi family has only determined who the second-generation heir will be, and there is no time to choose the third-generation heir.
Zhiyao, who is still young, can do whatever she wants at home, and then do flower work outside the house, or she will end up being "dead in society".
"The upper army general (Zhongxing Yin) and the lower army assistant (Shijishe) are close to the Handan doctor, the Fan family, the Zhongxing family and the Zhao family are in trouble, making it difficult for me to do what I want to do." Zhizhuo did not shy away from Zhiyao's presence, waiting for his juniors to say hello.
After that, I said this.
Zhishen said: "So, the Fan family, the Zhongxing family, and the Handan Zhao generals are enemies of the Zhao family, the Wei family, and the Han family?"
At present, the Zhao family, the Han family and the Wei family have not formally formed an alliance, but the three families are so good that they almost wear the same pants.
Forty or fifty years earlier, people would have only called Xunshi, but not Zhongxingshi.
In addition, the Zhi family and the Zhongxing family were originally from the same family. However, Zhiying officially separated from the Xun family when she was serving as Yuanrong of the Jin Dynasty. Later, Zhongxing Wu and Zhiying reconciled during the period. Later, Zhongxing Wu died, and it was Zhisong and Shi's turn.
Ji She's generation doesn't have much love left.
Therefore, the Zhi family traces its ancestor to Zhiying, not Xun Xi. The Zhi family and the Zhongxing family are already two families with no actual relationship.
Zhizong knew that conflicts among several families were likely to break out to the point of fighting each other, so he was only slightly worried and did not have a too impatient sense of urgency.
Zhiyao thought to herself: "Although the Zhi family and the Zhonghang family don't have much love anymore, how can there be a complete egg under the overthrow of the nest? Now although the grandfather is Yuan Rong, the final say in the Jin State is Zhao Yang. Once the Zhonghang family is finished
, Zhi’s life will definitely be even more difficult.”
However, Zhiyao was really too young. She spent the first five years trying her best to understand the "world" of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it wasn't until she was six years old that she became a bit "unconventional".
He really needs to find a way to protect the interests of Lao Zhi's family, otherwise even if it is his turn to take over the management of the family, he will end up kicking Zhi Xiao away and inheriting a super mess.
