In the eleventh year of King Zhang of Chu (478 BC), spring.

The culture of Chu State is the same as that of the Central Plains, but it has its own characteristics. For example, although "Zhou Zheng" is used in this month, the name of the calendar is unique: January is called "Qu Xi", and February is called "Aid Xi". March is called "Jing Corpse"...

This year's Qu Xi, which is the first day of the first day of the spring and January, logically speaking, this year's festival, the streets should be extraordinarily deserted. However, in the west city of Yingdu, there was a surging crowd, and it seemed that something interesting had happened.

The pattern of the cities of Chu State has always been that the east is noble and the west is cheap, and the east is the temple and the west is the city. The west is the place where the common people live, the market place, the fish and the dragon are mixed, but this is also the most lively place in Yingdu, where news spreads the fastest.

When the people of Chu who were watching the excitement arrived, they saw a few black-clothed officials standing in front of the Shifang in the center of the west. Behind them was a group of soldiers with spears and halberds. The sturdy wooden rafters...

Seeing that the gathering was almost done, the black-robed official cleared his throat and said loudly:

"Two or three sons, listen carefully, whoever can move this big wooden rafter to the west gate, the government will reward you with ten gold medals! Look at it, this is ten gold medals!"

The official asked the assistant next to him to serve a plate with ten bright yellow yingyuan on it. He grabbed them with his hands and let them fall on the lacquer plate so that everyone could see clearly. The crisp and sweet voice made everyone in the audience red-eyed.

Jin Yuan is the gold coin of Chu State. "Yuan" is the unit of currency weight. One Yuan is one pound (250 grams) made in Chu, which can be exchanged for ten pieces of fine cloth, or one thousand ant nose coins, enough for one The Chinese Home has been used for a year...

Ten gold coins are already a huge sum of money that the pariahs of the West City cannot earn in their lifetime!

The wooden rafters were two feet high, and some people's calves were thick and not too heavy. An adult could move it with a little effort. The Ximen is only half a mile away from the West City. It seems that this request is very simple, but no one stands up, and there are people watching and laughing outside. There are so many tricks and abductions, how can there be such an easy thing in the world to get gold? Could it be that these officials and nobles have nothing to do in Zhengdan day, and they came here to entertain the common people?

The more and more people in the city gathered, and they talked about it, but no one stepped forward to move the rafter. The official on the stone workshop was a little anxious, but the official remained calm, and after a while, he bowed his hands again. "Two or three sons, don't have any doubts, I am Gao She, the official of Zuo Yin. Today's matter is to act on the order of Zuo Yin."

"Zuo Yin? Could it be Duke Bai?"

After saying that, the crowd was chattering in a low voice. They may not know who Zuo Yin is, but they know Bai Gongsheng. This is the most capable king and grandson of the Chu Kingdom in more than 100 years. After the hateful state of Wu, he gained a high reputation among the common people.

"You can definitely believe what Duke Bai said?" Some older people were skeptical. It was common for officials in Chu to change their decrees, and after Duke Bai came to take office as Zuo Yin, he did nothing for half a year, and he was determined to forge ahead in the East. very different.

Gao She waited for a while, and then said: "In this way, if someone can move this wood to Ximen, Zuo Yin will give fifty gold coins!"

Fifty gold! Everyone thought that they heard it wrong, this is already a number that can make people rich overnight.

There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, no matter how many doubts he has in his heart, and how the people around him discourage him, a dog butcher with greasy hands stepped forward and responded loudly: "Let me try!"

Gao She nodded and let him do it, only to see the dog butcher bend over, the thick and long wooden rafters were relaxed on his shoulders, and then turned around and walked towards the crowd, shouting to make way.

Everyone quickly made way for a passage, and then they also slowly followed behind the dog butcher and the officials of Zuo Yin's house, and walked mightily towards Ximen, not for other reasons, just to see if Zuo Yin's words counted.

This time, not only the west city, but the entire west city of Yingdu was disturbed. A thick human wall formed on both sides of the street. I watched the dog butcher blushed and carried the wood towards the west gate, applauding. The cheers are endless.

Before you know it, the West Gate of Yingdu has arrived, and there are already a group of officials in black waiting here. There is also a high-ranking official on the tower, who is Zuo Yin Wang Sun Sheng.

Seeing that Ximen was about to arrive, the dog slayer suddenly quickened his pace, strode like flying, and stopped when he ran under the doorway, planted the wooden rafters on the ground with a thud, then stood up holding the rafters, panting heavily, staring at him. Gao She, who followed behind, saw that it meant: I have already moved here, should I give the fifty gold?

All the voices disappeared, everyone in Yingdu stared at Gao She with bated breath, and Gao She glanced at Bai Gong who was at the head of the city, Bai Gong nodded at him, so Gao She immediately had a whole box of Jin Yuan be handed over to him. To the butcher!

For a time, the dog butcher was overjoyed, and the surrounding Yingdu people were also stunned, shocked and regretful.

The dog slayer was not in a hurry to leave. He sat cross-legged on the ground first, opened the wooden box, counted the golden **** one by one, and put them into his mouth from time to time to take a bite. After counting all of them, he immediately bowed to Gao She and thanked him.

Gao She hurriedly avoided, pointing to Duke Bai at the head of the city and said, "If you want to thank you, I will thank Duke Bai!"

"Grassmen, many thanks to Duke Bai!" The dog butcher bowed his head toward the city.

"You earned the fifty gold yourself, why are you grateful for it?"

Bai Gongsheng competed and asked him to stand up, his eyes swept to the densely packed people in Ximen, and he announced loudly: "Second or third son, I am Sun Sheng, the king of Bai Gong. There are many repeated government orders, the people of the Republic of China do not eat meat, so the decree cannot be implemented. From today, the government's words must be counted, and the promulgation and implementation of new laws are also today's events. One is one, and two is two. Don't cheat!"

"From today, the state of Chu will gradually change the old system and adopt new methods, rewarding meritorious deeds and punishing those guilty of crimes. As long as the people are diligent in farming and brave in battle, they can still hold titles, and as long as they are talented, they can also start from small officials. , slowly promoted, and entered the court!"

"Is this true?"

Everyone has woken up from the shock of the fifty golden yuan, but what Bai Gongsheng said is still like a dream in the clouds.

In the state of Chu, the nobles eat sorghum meat, the common people are as cheap as pigs and dogs, there is no punishment for crimes, no reward for meritorious deeds, the kings and grandchildren of the public family fill the court, but people of insight are excluded from foreign countries. This is the normal state...

Without the cheers and excitement he imagined, Bai Gongsheng was slightly disappointed. It seemed that in Yingdu, even if he was dormant for half a year, he was destined to not be able to respond like he did in Huainan. But he also knows that reform cannot be accomplished overnight, and he only hopes that the plan of "removing wood and building trust" suggested by Gao Amnesty today can make a good start for the next reform...

...

The crowd of people at the west gate of Yingdu gradually dispersed, and today's events will spread to the capital at an extremely fast speed, even Jianghan. Zuo Yin Baigong's first decree is so maverick, but it also makes people have his "words". And there is the impression of "faith".

However, when people went to the west gate of the empty street, there was still a luxuriously decorated carriage, and a gray-haired old man in the car frowned, looking at the big log placed next to the door, fell into contemplation.

"Father, do you think Duke Bai's reform will work?" the handsome young man in the same car asked, he was the son of the old man.

"Bai Gong's move is to let those humble commoners and poor people also have the power to climb up, to be on an equal footing with the princes of the public clan, and to compete for positions that are not many..."

The old man sighed, for him, this was unacceptable, and he said to the young man: "This is like the "Yangchun" and "White Snow" that you usually play, and the "Xia Xue" that the common people in the West City liked. The music of "Li" and "Baren" are mixed together, so the music will change and the tune will be disordered..."

"Yangchun" and "Bai Xue", according to legend, were composed by Shi Kuang, a musical official of the Jin State. Later, it was introduced to the State of Chu and was deeply loved by the upper-class nobles. However, very few of them could play it well. This old man was Ji Mi, the daughter of Chu State. Her husband, Le Yin Zhongjian, even he did not dare to call himself skilled.

Only his son, Zhong Ziqi, was one of the best melody masters in the entire Chu Kingdom. When he played the movement, he seemed to be able to see that all things knew the spring, the gentle breeze was calm, and he heard the awe-inspiring and clean, snow-bamboo sounds... …

Zhong Jian now compares the different classes of the Chu state with qin music, and Zhong Ziqi thought about it: "Father is right."

"There are ten days in the sky, there are ten grades of people, the superiors and inferiors are in order, and the heavens and the earth are righteous, how can Huo-eaters be ranked with meat-eaters? In his hands, he is so rambunctious~lightnovelpub.net~ The country will be in chaos!"

As a very senior elder in the office and a representative of conservatives, Zhong Jian was very worried, so he said to his son Zhong Ziqi: "Ziqi, you will go to Zuoyin's mansion with me tonight to visit Duke Bai and persuade him Stop reforming! Otherwise, there will be serious trouble!"

ps:

The original source of Bo Yazi period is "Lie Zi" in the Warring States Period

Boya is good at drums and qin, and Zhong Ziqi is good at listening. Boya plays the qin, aiming at high mountains. Zhong Ziqi said: "Excellent! E'e is like Mount Tai!" Aiming for flowing water, Zhong Ziqi said: "Excellent! Ocean is like a river!" What Boya said, Zhong Ziqi would surely get it.

Boya was swimming in the shadow of Mount Tai, and when he died in the rainstorm, he stopped at the foot of the rock. At the beginning, it was the operation of Lin Yu, and it even made the sound of collapsing mountains. Every time the song is played, Zhong Ziqi is always at a loss for fun. Boya put away the qin and sighed, "Good job! Good job! Your husband's will, my son's imagination, is still in my heart. Why am I running away?"

The age cannot be verified at all, it can only show that the two died before Liezi, that is, the turn of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. As for the woodcutter and the like, they are all made up by later generations through these two passages. Anyway, they are all made up, and everyone makes up the same. Therefore, in July's novel, Zhong Ziqi is the son of Zhong Jian and Ji Mi. La!