MTL - Daily Life In Qin Dynasty-Chapter 1 Stories from graduation thesis
Chapter 1: The story drawn from the graduation thesis
When he first found out that he was time-traveling, Mo Jun refused in his heart.
After all, as a graduate student in agriculture, although I need to work in the fields frequently; although my supervisor is a little doggy, I often work overtime 007; although my graduation thesis, which I worked so hard to raise, was accidentally eaten...
But he never had the idea of self-destruction in his heart.
And in his opinion, even if he really wants to go on the road, wouldn't it be a blood loss if he doesn't bring a few thieves as companions?
Of course, things are unpredictable.
Because the "graduation thesis" was accidentally eaten by someone, and the culprit could not be found for a while, Mo Jun, who was so angry that he couldn't sleep all night, found an Internet cafe, went in and played two games of DNF, just to commemorate himself lost youth.
As a result, the eyes closed and then opened.
When I woke up again, I was already in a completely strange place—the end of the Warring States period.
Or Qin.
Traveling is not a good experience, the confusion of entering a different place for the first time, the panic of being unaccompanied... It is definitely not as beautiful as imagined.
But there is an old saying that goes well.
Life is like that, since you can't resist, then enjoy it quietly!
After a whole night of thinking.
Now he has accepted his new identity.
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Name: Mo Jun.
Age: 12 years old.
Identities: Hooligans, vagrants, savages, street sneakers...
This is Mo Jun finding the extremely limited information about himself in this world from the memory of his original body.
No room.
No land.
Even nationality is uncertain.
Because although Mo Jun’s family lived in the Qin State before, as mentioned before, their family can only be regarded as refugees, not even civilians.
no way.
It’s not that Mo Jun’s family doesn’t want to guard an acre of land and live a simple life of men farming and women weaving.
But reality simply does not allow it. !
Qin Wangzheng for three years. It is a year of great hunger and food shortage.
Qin Wangzheng for four years. The plague of locusts, covering the world, began in July and ended in October. Then there was a pandemic. The original body's mother and brother all died of the plague. He was forced to flee his hometown with his family.
Qin Wangzheng for six years. The fish in the river are flooding, the water level of the Yellow River is rising, and the west of the river is flooded. The whole family goes to the east of the river again to escape.
same year.
Some bandits took the opportunity to plunder the wild people. Yuan Shen's father died under the butcher's knife, and Yuan Shen was sold as a slave and became a farm slave of a small landlord.
From a certain point of view, although the original body has no culture, his knowledge may surpass that of Mo Jun who came from two thousand years later. Because after two thousand years, Mr. Mo had not even been out of the country once, while the original body had already migrated back and forth several times within the territory of Qin, Han, and Wei when he was less than ten years old in order to avoid disasters.
The reason for this result.
One is because natural disasters and man-made disasters happened too frequently in this era. After all, the end of the Warring States period... no, to be precise, it should be the entire Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which has been in troubled times.
The second is that in this era, ordinary people's ability to resist disasters is too weak.
Being a dog of peace, don't be a person in troubled times.
After reading all the original body's memories, Mo Jun truly realized the bitterness and suffering contained in these ten short words.
Live in times like these.
Since birth, the original body has been lost.
Faced with natural disasters at a young age, I lost my hometown and half of my family. Faced with man-made disasters when he was young, he lost the other half of his family and all his belongings.
The only 'precious thing' left to him is probably his own name.
And even the name [Mo Jun] is actually not precious.
At present, among the names, the most precious is the 'surname', not the 'name'.
"The Book of Songs·Ya·Tianbao" once said: "The common people are the surnames of the officials.
In short, in this era, only princes and nobles are worthy of having a surname. As for ordinary people, they can only have a 'name', not a 'surname'.
But for the original body, to have such a poetic and knowledgeable 'name' is already very precious.
Knowledge is precious and rare.
Given the living conditions and educational level of the original family, it is obviously impossible to come up with such a name full of 'knowledge'.
Actually.
The original name of the original body was "Black Mountain", which originated from a black mountain near the village at that time.
But on the day Mo Jun was born, a Confucian scholar happened to travel here and begged for a bowl of water from Mo Jun’s house. Seeing Mo Jun’s birth, he added a word from the word [Black Mountain] and took out [Mo Jun] The name of Jun] as a gift in return.
And this name later became [Mo Jun]'s most proud and proud place.
Although he was sold as a Tian slave, it is ridiculous that from the memory of the original body, Mo Jun found that this period of time was the happiest period that the original body had ever lived since he was born.
Even if working in the fields is very hard, and sometimes even being whipped by the master, at least he can stabilize himself. Although he is not full, he can guarantee that he will not starve to death.
This kind of spiritual security was extremely rare for Mo Jun in the past ten years.
Tian Nu's life lasted for more than a year.
Until half a month ago.
The country began to conquer corvee from the local counties and counties.
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Since the reform of the Shang monarch, the new "military merit system" formulated by the Qin Dynasty has set off a frenzy for the whole country to join the army.
"The people are brave in public wars and timid in private battles."
"When you hear about the war, you will be happy."
These are all records from later generations.
According to the memory of the original body, these records cannot be said to be wrong, but not comprehensive enough.
"Be afraid of private fights" is true, because after Shang Yang's reform, the Qin Dynasty implemented the system of minor crimes and heavy punishments and consecutive sittings.
“The people are brave in public warfare” is not necessarily the case. At least in Mr. Mo’s impression, there are indeed many low-level people in the current Qin Dynasty who are keen to join the army, but a large part of them’s original goal is just to have a meal.
In this chaotic world full of natural disasters and man-made disasters, human life is as cheap as grass, just for a morsel of food, it is enough for countless people to work hard for it.
What's more, the treatment of the corvee in Qin State is not bad, even for ordinary refugees, it is already considered excellent.
As for "hearing the war, you will be happy", these basically have little to do with ordinary people.
The military merit system of the Qin Dynasty can indeed be regarded as the best way for the low-level civilians to cross classes in the past dynasties.
But the question is how big is this probability?
For ordinary people, once you are on the frontal battlefield, if you can kill others, it means that there is a high probability that others can kill you.
It is estimated that there will be no one in ten who can kill the enemy and survive.
Therefore, "there is joy upon hearing the war", probably only those real nobles will have such a reaction. Because only those people can be sure to gain credit on the battlefield, and they can guarantee their survival.
As for the middle class, especially the small landlords and nobles, for them, the disadvantages of joining the army far outweigh the advantages.
Therefore, things like "serving on behalf of others" are derived.
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(end of this chapter)
