Yuan Rong of the Jin State had great power. Who among Yuan Rong who exercised his power to the extreme would not seize the opportunity to increase the family's strength several times?
The Lao Zhi family is a small sect created by Zhiying from the Xun family. Zhiying actually served as a Yuanrong of the Jin Kingdom, but because of excessive greed, and then there is Zhiying's son Zhishuo, the next heir to the Zhi family, Ying. He died young, leaving Zhiying to do everything in his power. After Zhishuo died of illness, the old Zhi family lost their position as minister.
In the Jin Dynasty, the family developed because of gaining the position of minister. Once the position was lost, almost 70% to 80% of the food would be vomited out, otherwise it would be difficult to get a good ending.
Thanks to Zhiying's transaction with Zhongxing Wu, the leader of the large sect at that time, before her death, the old Zhi family was jointly protected by the Xun family and the Zhongxing family, but their status and prestige would inevitably fall off a cliff.
Because of the relationship in the era of "Princes, Generals and Prime Ministers", the old Zhi family lost the position of minister after Zhiying. On the Xun family, the Cheng family replaced the Zhi family, and it was not until Zhiying grew up that she regained the position of minister. .
What is very fatal is that Zhiying died of a serious illness when he was only in his thirties, leaving only a child, Xunshu, who was more than ten years old. The rise of the Zhi family in the Jin Kingdom was once again stranded.
"Er Zu's life was difficult, and it was difficult for my family to win the position of minister again. If I had not deliberately served Qing Gong, how could we be where we are today?" Zhishen was teaching Zhi Yao.
Aristocrats are not born noble, they just hold the right to learn knowledge. It is only through various acquired training that they produce "wisdom", which enables them to be princes from generation to generation in the ignorant era of Li common people.
In 519 BC, Zhongxing Wu died of illness, and Xunsong was left alone. He was afraid of being kicked out of the ranks of the six ministers, so he actively served Jin Qinggong and Jin Dinggong took advantage of each other to tide over the difficulties together.
Because of his lack of prestige and his rough fate since childhood, Xun Shu always kept a low profile among the six ministers of the Jin Kingdom and did not dare to engage in open battles with other powerful clans.
That way of doing things is destined to give the other families a weak impression, and the world's impression of the Zhi family has not changed because of Zhishuo's repeated rise in status.
How did Zhizhuo's status rise repeatedly? In fact, it all depended on hard work. When he was serving as a junior general, he waited for the death of the general, and gradually rose through seniority. He worked hard until he became a middle general.
While listening, Zhiyao thought to herself: "During the Jin Dynasty, Duke Wen of Jin established the system of three armies and six ministers. He definitely didn't expect that his descendants would be cheated, right?"
Then again, the families who obtained the title of minister at that time were either members of the Jin Dynasty's duke family or the beneficial ministers of Jin Wen Gong, or else they were related to each other.
Another point is that the Jin State did not establish the system of three armies and six ministers. How could it later expand repeatedly and use the barren and mountainous land of Jin to gain dominance?
Therefore, based on the output of the Jin State, it is actually not qualified to seize hegemony. It completely relied on the "military fruitism" system brought by the Three Armies and Six Ministers, and used force to conquer one country after another, and then conquered the other countries in the Central Plains. , and then gained hegemony.
The ministerial positions in the Jin Dynasty were generally passed on in succession, and several times there were civil wars to determine the ownership of the ministerial position. Many families holding ministerial positions have become symbols in the history books. Now there are no more Hu, Xian, Que, Xu and Luan. These are the families.
"Sir, I heard that the iron cauldron has the article 'The one who started the disaster dies' on it..." Zhiyao knew that the iron cauldron was placed in the square of the palace city, but she had never seen it with her own eyes.
Zhishen was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why do you ask this?"
Zhiyao said: "The Chinese army ordered the Handan doctor to move five hundred households to Jinyang. The Handan doctor was afraid that there would be no hostages and the guards would come to attack, so he refused..."
This incident happened at the beginning of this year.
Earlier, the Zhao family took the initiative to attack Weiguo. After winning the victory, they plundered many Li people from Weiguo, and 500 of them were sent to Zhao's "Handan" side in Handan.
According to the rules of the Spring and Autumn Period... or in other words, according to the rules of the Jin State, whoever's loot is his property and does not belong to the state. The five hundred households of guards stored in Handan Zhao are of course the property of the Zhao family, and the Zhao family has full power to deal with them.
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Therefore, the five hundred households of guards do not belong to the country, and they do not belong to Handan Zhao. Zhao Yang can deal with it how he wants.
That "Jinyang" is a new territory that the Zhao family has just opened up, and it has not received much development. Zhao Yang's original intention was to use 500 households of guards to enrich the population of "Jinyang". How could he think of his own property?
He was actually detained by Handan Zhao, which made him angry for a moment.
"Handan Zhao is a small sect of the Zhao family, but it has already produced five services, just like my family and the Zhonghang family. How could the Handan doctor have the courage to seize the Zhao family's private property?" Zhiyao's thinking is based on the Spring and Autumn Period, not modern people.
thinking.
This is also Zhiyao’s biggest gain in the six years since she “came” to this “world”. She understands that times are different and thinking and doing things with modern people’s thinking will have bad consequences.
Of course, one day when it's Zhiyao's turn to dominate, no thinking will be so important.
Zhao Yang, who made a promise to "the one who caused the culprit to die" when he made the punishment tripod, now found an opportunity to seek to launch a civil war to destroy Handan Zhao. Is it ironic?
Zhiyao took the initiative to bring the topic to the current situation, mainly because she wanted to use Zhishen's words to make Zhizhu understand the seriousness of the matter.
Given the current situation in the Jin Kingdom, the Zhao family is the most powerful in terms of popularity, but in terms of family strength, it is a bit difficult to rank.
For example, the Zhi family seems to have little prestige, but the number of fiefdoms owned by the old Zhi family ranks among the top three among all families in Jin.
That is to say, Zhiyao was too young and was in the stage of literacy. There were too many documents that he couldn't understand. Otherwise, he would have been able to tell how much wealth the old Zhi family had from various kinds of documents.
The current writing system is large seal script. Even if Zhiyao learned all modern writing, it would be useless and he would need to re-recognize the characters.
Of course, only a handful of people have conducted a "census" so far. In fact, most families don't even know what resources are available in the territory and what types of resources they are, and at the same time, they don't want to know.
Zhishen obviously did not understand what Zhiyao wanted to express.
It's just that if adults are willing to chat with young children who are not even in their prime, it can at best be regarded as a parent-child interaction, and they will not think about what meaningful words the children said.
Zhiyao means the same thing!
The Zhao family and Handan Zhao both have the surname Ying, but they have already appeared in the fifth server. When the Zhao family was destroyed, the Xiaozong Handan Zhao not only sat back and watched, but also acted to add insult to injury. Zhao Wu restored the Zhao family and did not immediately fall out with Handan Zhao.
Several generations of Zhao clan leaders did not settle accounts with Handan Zhao, so they were very tolerant!
Although the surname of Lao Zhi's family is Ji... or in other words, although Lao Zhi's family has the same ancestor as the Zhongxing family, starting from Xun Lin's father's generation, the Xun family differentiated the Zhonghang family and the Zhi family, and Zhishuo's generation happened to be the first
The fifth generation, after Zhishen's generation, the fifth server was released.
Even if Zhiyao did not investigate more, Handan Zhao was wronged this time. The Zhongxing family and the Fan family made it clear that they wanted to cause trouble for the Zhao family. A small conflict would turn into a big one. Once a big conflict breaks out, there is no guarantee that they will have to be crowned ministers. If the family is destroyed, the old wise family cannot survive alone, let alone destroy it!
When Zhi Yao repeatedly put forward a certain argument, Zhishen gradually understood and his expression became more and more strange.
It looked like he was not his biological son, so Zhishen was about to slap Zhi Yao to death.
"Don't forget the kindness of Zhongxing Muzi's care." Zhishen said.
The current nobles have their own family education, and they usually teach some history while learning literacy.
Zhiyao did not forget what he had learned, especially the period of history in which Luan Shu owed the Que family a great debt of gratitude and could not repay it, and then killed the Que family.
Because of Luan Shu's bad start, repaying kindness with enmity has become a popular practice in the Jin Dynasty. Lao Zhijia also had this situation, but he didn't do it as well.
That's what happened to Zhiying's generation. The old Zhi family received a favor from the Zhao family. Zhiying started to plot against the Zhao family with the mentality that it would be difficult to repay it. Unfortunately, Zhiying just made the plan and failed to act on it. Died suddenly of illness.
After Wen's lesson was finished, it was Wu's turn.
The father and son came to a yard.
This is a rather large courtyard, which has been well-arranged by "scholars". There is a long table on the site, with several bows and pots of arrows placed on the table, and several arrows placed about ten meters away. target.
This is not Zhiyao’s first time learning archery. He had an “shooting ceremony” when he was born, and he started to learn archery formally after he was three years old.
The so-called "shooting ceremony" is a characteristic of Zhuxia.
On the third day after a child is born, a celebration ceremony must be held. Ancient rituals stipulate that when a boy is three days old, the child must be taken out and a shooting ceremony is held, saying: "On the third day, the child will not be born, and the male will shoot the female."
It is very important for men to hold the "shooting ceremony". Shooting arrows to the four directions of heaven and earth symbolizes the man's ambition to govern the four directions in the future.
The "shooting ceremony" was no longer popular among the people after the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is hard to say whether it was because Wu Huanhua interrupted the cultural inheritance, or because the later dynasties were more afraid of Li Shu holding weapons, especially the ban on people holding bows and crossbows.
Of course, the bow used by Zhiyao should not be too big. In terms of calculation units, it should be about fifteen to eighteen kilograms.
The length of its bow is about 80 centimeters, which is exactly the length that Zhiyao can use well at his age. It uses eucalyptus as the "stem" and is made of six materials: "angle, sinew, glue, silk, and lacquer".
There are three types of arrows used by Zhiyao. The best arrows use birch as shafts, the second best use bamboo as arrow shafts, and the third are arrow stems.
Different arrow shafts have different shooting speeds and maximum ranges, and the penetrating power is also different. A simpler way to understand it is: the lighter the arrow, the lower the lethality, and the same goes for the accurate hit rate.
Zhu Xia's archery skills have always been valued. Those who do not understand archery cannot be regarded as "scholars", and this applies to quasi-nobles. You can imagine how nobles who do not understand archery will be laughed at.
The Lao Zhi family can make their own bows and arrows, but they usually purchase arrows from the Han family. The reason is that the cost of the arrows made by the Lao Zhi family is higher than purchasing them from the Han family.
The Han family is a family famous for their good archery. Not only are they good at shooting, they also have mastered the skills of making bows and arrows.
"grown ups."
A voice appeared first, and then a young man walked out from the corner. He was Zhiyao's brother Zhixiao, and he would be the future head of the Zhi family as expected.
Zhiyao put down his bow, bowed politely, and called him: "Brother."
Zhixiao is twelve years old, almost twice as old as Zhiyao. He ignored Zhiyao's greetings and walked up to Zhishen and said, "Doctor Handan has been imprisoned by the Central Military Commission."
Zhao Yang imprisoned Zhao Wu? This was a sign that the Zhao family was going to attack Handan Zhao!
In fact, Zhishen was a little unhappy that Zhixiao didn't respond to Zhiyao's greetings. When he heard the news, his attention immediately shifted and he looked surprised and asked: "Why?"
And Zhi Yao has long been accustomed to Zhi Xiao not wanting to see her, and even thinks it's a good thing. Otherwise, how can she be so embarrassed to snatch the position of the head of the family in the future?
If you understand what "princes, generals and prime ministers have the right kind", you will know how lucky you are to be born into a noble family in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Zhiyao is thinking now: "Although it has only been six years, I have really seen too much misery of non-aristocratic people. Fortunately, I have passed through my soul to an aristocratic family. What is not beautiful is that I have an older brother."
In the social environment of the Spring and Autumn Period, slaves had almost no chance to stand up. Ordinary people still had a chance to become a "scholar", but a "scholar" who wanted to become a "doctor" of a country had to work hard for at least three generations.
For ordinary people to become "scholars" depends on luck, especially which vassal state they are in.
In other countries, the descendants of nobles are basically born with a silver spoon in their mouths, and they can have no worries about food and clothing. But if they are not so lucky when they are reincarnated and are born into a commoner family, then it is almost impossible for such a person to improve his class.
get promoted.
If you want to obtain the rank of "scholar" as an ordinary person, you must first see if you are "Xian". And this "Xian" is a kind of role that is both a farmer and a soldier. Before he wants to become a "scholar", he must first become a "disciple"
", "disciple" refers to a person who is qualified to become a soldier and participate in the war.
If you are not even "envy", you will still be lucky to face the loess and turn your back to the sky all your life. If one day you are handed over to another country as a slave by your own country, not only will you not be able to recover for the rest of your life, but you will also be lucky enough to have descendants and descendants who will be slaves.
Why are there more and greater opportunities in the Jin State? Of course it has to do with the military reform of the Jin State.
It has been a hundred years since the Jin Dynasty established the system of three armies and six ministers. The ministerial family is the general or assistant of an "army". The main responsibility of the family is to recruit enough soldiers to form a staff to complete its responsibilities when the country needs troops.
Other families also need to pay taxes, which means sending troops to participate in national wars, which is called "taxes", which means paying "blood tax".
Therefore, the nobles need to fulfill their obligations and responsibilities to the country, and they also need to maintain a sufficient number of soldiers to avoid being unable to complete the payment of taxes and having their fiefdoms reduced.
In this case, in order to meet the quota of the Jin Dynasty's nobles, they must be full of martial virtue and spontaneously select young men from their fiefdoms for training, and a large number of "envy" will appear.
Zhiyao would especially like to thank his soul for traveling to Jin!
The reason is quite simple. Other countries follow the patriarchal system. If there is a legitimate son, then the legitimate son will be the eldest son.
What does it mean? If a family has an eldest son, no matter how miserable that eldest son is, he will still be the future head of the family.
The Jin Kingdom is different. There have been many examples of the eldest son taking over the position of head of the family. One of the more famous ones is that the disabled Han Wuji took the initiative to give up the throne to his younger brother Han Qi.
In addition, the competition among the various families in the Jin Dynasty was very fierce, and then it was very cruel, forcing each family to carefully select the candidate for the future head of the family, forming the concept of "if a person has no virtue, he can only replace him".
That "virtue" encompasses many things. Anyway, in the Jin State, talent was the most important thing, followed by morality. To sum up, it is to be "virtuous".
Therefore, if the Jin family thinks that the situation is urgent, they will choose to establish virtuous people rather than senior officials.
Zhixiao saw her father deep in thought and turned around with disgust. It could even be said that she looked at her brother Zhiyao with resentment in her eyes.
What kind of hatred can my brothers have, why should I look at them with resentment?
It has something to do with Zhishuo and Zhishen. The father and son prefer Zhiyao to the point of ignoring that Zhixiao is their eldest son.
So, even if Zhixiao grows up and doesn't think much about it, won't the people around him worry about it and instill in him some thoughts that threaten Zhiyao's position as the head of the family?
"You two are not allowed to go out these days." Zhishen said and hurried away.
Zhixiao glanced at the archery target in the distance, then glanced at Taihu, then left with a cold snort.
On the archery target in the distance, there are several arrows stuck in the bullseye. They were all shot by Zhiyao from ten meters away.
"Gongsun has lost his mind." There is only one reason why Taihu commented so on Zhixiao. If Zhiyao leaves in the future, he will follow Zhiyao to serve as a retainer in Xiaozong.
Facing what Taihu said, Zhiyao looked at Zhixiao's back and thought: "Although I have the preference of my grandfather and father, I still have to show enough wisdom and ability to get a glimpse of the position of the head of the family!"
