Spring and Autumn I Am King

Crown! After Zhao Wuxi heard this, his heart skipped a beat. 【【,

Yu, Xia, Shang and Zhou have changed for thousands of years. Society has advanced from clan and tribe to state and feudalism, and tools have advanced from copper and stone to copper and iron. Clans, customs, and names have undergone tremendous changes.

But one thing has never changed, and that is the emphasis on age.

As the saying goes: "In the past, there were the Yu family who valued their virtue and their teeth, the Xiahou family who honored their nobles and their teeth, the Yin people who valued their wealth and their teeth, and the Zhou people who valued their relatives and their teeth."

Shang Te, in the term of later anthropology, is the "age ladder system". People's social power is determined by age. This purely natural factor has lasted for thousands of years and has been deeply influenced by modern times.

People tend to trust the words of the old, and think that the hairy guy is unreliable. When the position is the same, the older person must be more respected.

People in the Spring and Autumn Period often divide a person's life into several stages. When a person advances from one stage to another with age, he can obtain the corresponding status, rights and prestige in society.

Therefore, in the minds of Confucian Confucians, the ideal life of an aristocrat should be like this:

Ten years old is called young, learning six arts; twenty years old is called weak, and you can become an adult; thirty years old is called strong, you can start a family; forty years old is called strong, you can enter the office; fifty years old is called Ai, you can wear court clothes and become a doctor At sixty, he is called a shi, and he no longer has to watch things in person, but only has to instruct his subordinates; at seventy, he is called an old man, and he can relax and teach his children and grandchildren life experience.

If he carefully observes the first half of Confucius' life, Zhao Wuxi will find that he even lives strictly according to this kind of progress.

But Zhao Wuxi also had doubts in his heart, not to say. Do men win at 20? He is only fifteen years old, how come he is so early.

Zhao Yang listened to Fu Sou's explanation that day. He said, "What you have done in Chengxiang has shamed countless adults. So you don't have to be rigid about your age. I agree that you can be crowned."

However, Zhao Wuxi had another thing to worry about.

He asked nonchalantly, "Elder sister is a few months older than me, but she has not yet reached the age of 笄(di), will it make outsiders laugh at Zhao's disorder?"

Coming-of-age ceremony, men are crowned with 20 lines, and women are 15 and 15 years old, and then after the robe. You can marry.

His elder sister Ji Ying was one of Zhao Wu Xie's few weak spots. He had always been a little uneasy about this, but so far, Zhao Yang had not set an in-law for Ji Ying. And according to the original history, this situation will be maintained until the war period a few years later, and my sister will eventually be promised to Daijun...

However, in this life, Zhao Wuyi intends to prevent it from happening!

However, Zhao Yang stopped listening. But there was a helpless smile.

It stands to reason that it should be for Ji Ying and Ying first, but my daughter, the situation is a bit special...

He restrained his expression. He said lightly: "No need, it's Ji Shi now, and the rituals and music have already collapsed. Besides, she is a woman, and you are a man. You don't have to follow the order. You go back and get ready. Afterwards, I will invite guests widely to crown you at the Zhao family's ancestral temple in the lower palace!"

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According to the etiquette, within ten days before the crown, the recipient of the crown must first predict the auspicious day. Then inform relatives and friends of the auspicious day, and three days before the crown ceremony, choose the honored guest who presides over the crown ceremony, and choose a person who "praises the crown" to assist the crown ceremony.

The auspicious day chosen by Jiazhu for Zhao Wuxi was just like that for a ten-day dance, and the day of the winter solstice was set.

"It's the winter solstice again... I really have a relationship with this day."

After hearing the news from Shu Renkuan, Zhao Wuxi couldn't help but be stunned.

The solar terms of Spring and Autumn are different from those of later generations. There are only eight solar terms, namely: Beginning of Spring, Spring Equinox, Beginning of Summer, Summer Solstice, Beginning of Autumn, Autumn Equinox, Beginning of Winter, and Winter Solstice.

So, the winter solstice is the end of the year.

On the winter solstice last year, it was Le Qi who attended the great court meeting in the Xiqi Palace and was arrested on charges of snare.

This year, ten days before the winter solstice, he was cleared of charges by the Marquis of Jin and released. The monarch also made a special trip to set up a Yan Yan in the Xiqi Palace to make amends, hoping that the Jin and Song countries would laugh at their grievances.

On the other hand, the winter solstice has some special meaning for Zhao Wuxi.

When the four sons were divided last year, their brothers made a bet in front of Zhao Yang to see who would get the first place when the results of the winter solstice came out.

Although after Zhao Yang's fainting incident and the **** battle of becoming a township, Zhao Wuxi had already established his unshakable position in Zhao Yang's heart and in his clan.

But a gentleman must keep his word. Since Zhao Yang said last year that it depends on the plan, he has to follow the rules. So now, the reports from Chengxiang, Tangxiang, Xixiang, and Dongxiang have been placed on Zhao Yang's case.

...

Early November, the first half of the winter solstice.

The strategist of the lower palace held the pamphlet and stood in the hall to read: "Zhongjunzi's Dongxiang has fields of 70,000 mu, the number of people has decreased by 16 people, and the annual harvest of grain is 50,000 shi, which is 20,000 shi less than last year. Five thousand stone in the treasury of the village temple."

"It really makes no sense!"

Zhao Yang frowned and threw his pen in anger.

Zhongzi is pedantic and incompetent. This year's plan is even worse than in previous years. Not only did he fail to complete the task of suppressing the clans in the village, he also let them sit on the throne. According to the report of the retainers sent by the lower palace to secretly supervise, the fields of all ethnic groups have been expanded, many people of the country have lost their land, mourned in the road, and some people have become scoundrels. Even the martyrdom of people who should have been strictly forbidden remains the same.

Since the last time Zhong Xin and Shu Qi partnered with him to send someone to Chengxiang to plot something wrong, he has been unhappy, just enjoying and feasting all day, and completely giving up the governance of the territory.

But what Zhao Yang didn't know was that the missing 20,000 shi of grain was actually because the clans rushed to buy wheat flour and porcelain, and it went to Zhao Wuxi's hands.

This son is basically abolished, since he was sent by Wei Ji and sent to a remote town of a thousand rooms, he will be silent for a lifetime!

Zhao Yang picked up the pen angrily: "Immediately revoke his position as village chief, and replace him with another cruel retainer, you continue."

The planner swallowed his saliva, changed a booklet, and continued to read: "Bo Junzi's Tang Township. There are 65,000 mu of land, and the number of people has increased by 13. The annual harvest is 70,000 shi, which is not much more than last year. Quite a lot. But only 5,000 stone in the treasury, 2,000 less than last year..."

Zhao Yang was very strange: "According to my Zhao family's 11th tax, I should have collected 7,000 shi, why only 5,000 shi go into the treasury?"

The planner replied: "The gentleman is kind and generous, and he has fifteen taxes and one tax in his hometown."

Zhao Yang shook his head slightly, and he could be praised by the Chinese people. Could it be that he didn't know it? But the food in the treasury cannot be less, and each place must maintain the bottom line of "one year of millet support". own eldest son. Although he is benevolent, he has no outstanding ability, and he cannot be rich and strong. It is acceptable to be a guardian of success, but Zhao Yang's ambition is not to be successful.

He knocked on the case a few times and signaled the planner to continue reading.

"Uncle Junzi's Xixiang has 55,000 mu of land, and the population has increased by 30. The annual harvest of grain is 80,000 shi, an increase of 30,000 shi from last year, and the government treasury has 16,000 shi..."

Zhao Yang's brows were slightly relieved at first, when he heard that there were too many stones in the treasury. He stared at the tiger's eyes again: "Why is the per mu yield increasing so much? What is the tax rate?"

"Your Majesty, when Uncle Gentleman was planting summer millet, he relied on a Chinese from Chengxiang. The farmland method was implemented, so the yield per mu has increased. As for the tax rate, it is still the eleventh tax, and Uncle Gentleman has done some sales of goods. There's part of the city tax, so that's why it's so profitable."

Only then did Zhao Yang nod his head. This son is not bad. He is a rich man. It's a pity that his temperament is too bad. The last time the second son took a risk and attacked Chengxiang, it was his idea. Zhao Yang didn't like this kind of people who like to play tricks.

What's more, with Zhao Wuxi's Zhuyu in front, Shu Qi's little skill can only be regarded as rubble.

At this point, it is the turn of the main event.

The planner also breathed a sigh of relief, and his voice became more relaxed: "Concubine gentleman..."

"Stop!" But Zhao Yang shouted, so frightened that the booklet in the planner's hand fell.

Zhao Yang got up in person, paced down the hall to pick up the brochure, and said solemnly: "Pass my order, in the future, retainers, Xiaozong, and villains will be called Wuji, and they are not allowed to use the word Shu! Those who violate the order will be whipped. !"

After the planner resigned, Zhao Yang opened the pamphlet on his own.

The population of the township, after subtracting the war dead, was not only not less, but also increased by seventy-six people.

"Without sympathy and benevolence, the people under the rule will be adequately clothed and fed, and the people near and far will all help the old and the young, and return to them like flowing water!"

Zhao Yang sighed in admiration and continued to watch.

There are 40,000 mu of land in Chengxiang, 5,000 mu of newly reclaimed, and the annual harvest of grain is 110,000 shi, which is more than double the previous year. In addition, the wheat flour trade and the delivery of wheat to the lower palace, in exchange for 300,000 shi of grain, and the subsequent trade of porcelain, created a wealth of gold and ten yi (one yi and twenty taels) for Chengxiang! This is still the balance after spending countless rewards like flowing water after the **** battle.

To describe it this way, the economy of Chengxiang can currently support a division, that is, an elite army of 2,500 people!

"At that time, Wu Xie once claimed that he wanted to double the tax. I still don't believe it. When I saw it today, in just one year, it has more than doubled. The tax is not increased but reduced.

Zhao Yang summoned Dong Anyu and others, showing them the results of the plan quite proudly, and announced: "The four sons have been divided, and when Wu Xie returns to Song, Yu will let him choose a ten thousand households. With a large county under the jurisdiction, Dong Zi thinks, where would he choose?"

Dong Anyu smiled and said: "The eldest son is the closest to the capital. Besides, the city wall is thick and complete. The people of Zhaocheng are the most stable, and there are a lot of taxes. But if you ask the most likely place for a gentleman without a shirt..."

Speaking of which~www.wuxiahere.com~, he and Zhao Yang's gazes turned to the far north together.

In this regard, Zhao Yang is also very curious. He originally planned to take a look at the masters. Who knew that last time he fainted, Wu Xie had already proposed to protect Jinyang...

Zhao Yang suddenly felt a toothache, and he looked at Dong Anyu with a sullen look: "Dong Zi, do you think that this son is too wise and wise, whether it is governance of the people, financial management, military command, and vision, he is all so good , If he is the head of the house, isn't he much better than me!?"

Not to mention Zhao Yang's little complaint, on the second day, the invitation letter from Zhao's family spread throughout the residences of the doctors around Xinjiang, inviting them to come to the palace to watch the ceremony. (To be continued...)

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