Qin Official

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Qin is a country based on nobility. In order for people to know their status at a glance, each title has a unique logo.

Shiwu is also called Guizhou head, and as it sounds, it is a black coarse cloth wrapped in a bun.

The title of Duke is the lowest rank, and the brown scarf on the bun is its symbol.

Of course, there is actually no ceremony for conferring a title to a mere sergeant. They just change the cloth on their heads. There is no way for people to treat them differently, because there are many sergeants with brown cloths on their heads on the street. At most, they can be exchanged for Ji Ying and others. Shiwu looked enviously.

Hei Fu originally wanted to go back to thank Xi, but without Xi's suggestion, maybe he, who was illiterate in the laws of the Qin State, just walked away with the reward in a daze.

But Xi had already gone home, but his subordinates happily congratulated Heifu and chatted with them for a few words.

Le told Heifu that the county would immediately issue a document asking his hometown to change his identity record. The county also changed the identity and tradition of Heifu. Now on the newly issued ID card, he is already Gongshi Heifu.

At the same time, the government will grant him the treatment of an official with one hectare of land and one house, that is, one hundred acres of land and a 30-square-foot homestead, on which Heifu can build his own house. However, the procedures for these things are more complicated, and there is no It can't be done in ten days and a half.

When you return to the village after completing your duty, you will be able to see your own fields and house. Perhaps the government will assign a servant to help you plow the fields.

After Le explained all this, he smiled bitterly and said: Only Xijun would insist on trying the case on the first day of the new year and not let us take a rest. Say no more, I have to go home quickly, otherwise my father will He scolded me.

With that, he left in a hurry, but before leaving, he hesitated again and again, patted Heifu on the shoulder, suppressed his smile and said: When you get to the watchman, be careful...

Heifu couldn't understand his words for a while.

After leaving the county jail, Heifu stood at the gate, closed his eyes, and felt the sunshine. This is the taste of freedom.

Looking back at the strict order inside the county jail, and then looking at the bustling crowds of people coming and going on the street, it feels like a world away.

When he stepped here, he was still a young soldier who didn't know his future. Now, he has taken the first step in this era and obtained the coveted title.

But he was not satisfied with this. A mere official was still not enough!

The reason why Hei Fu thinks this way is because during today's prison interrogation, just because Huyang Pavilion Chief had a title of Shangzao or above, he was exempted from guarding the border and changed to ghost salary. This gave him inspiration.

Through this lawsuit, Heifu realized that Qin's laws were so strict. Living in Qin, he might accidentally hit a red line and break the law one day.

If it is a common man or a public servant, he should be punished as he should. But if you have a title of Shangzao or above, you can use the title to offset your crime and reduce your guilt.

For the sake of your own life, you should at least be promoted to the higher level first. That would be safer.

With this in mind, Heifu called Ji Ying and wanted to report to the school field at the south gate of the county with him - today was the day when they would serve in their new military service.

Go there now?

Ji Ying, however, looked unhappy and said: Brother Heifu, although the service period cannot be delayed, didn't the warder just say that we can postpone our service for one day? You and I have just received so much reward, how can we not go first? Have a good meal and celebrate? Besides...

He pointed to the bustling and lively crowd on the street and said, Today is the Chinese New Year!

New Year's Eve?

Heifu looked confused and muttered: Today is the first day of October, winter has just begun, what year is it?

…

Brother Heifu, you were eloquent and very shrewd in the county jail, but when you came out, why did you seem to be possessed by a ghost and you didn't even know when the New Year was celebrated?

After a while, Ji Ying looked at Hei Fu up and down, as if he was looking at a person who had come back from a distant barbarian country. He had lived for seventeen or eighteen years and didn't even know when the New Year was celebrated. He must have lived such a confused life. Or maybe he was possessed by an evil spirit and his soul was abducted by a ghost that specializes in deceiving people?

I've been in there for a long time, and I made a slip of the tongue.

Heifu knew that he was making a joke, so he had to put it off and cursed at the same time: I am not a student of ancient calendars. At most I know some important historical events. How could I know that in Qin, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year!

It turns out that the calendar of the Qin State was not only very different from the Gregorian calendar of later generations, but also different from the Xia calendar (lunar calendar). It was a unique Zhuanxu calendar. The biggest feature of this calendar is that the first day of the 10th month of the Jianhai Mengdong month is the first day of the lunar calendar, so this day is indeed the first day of the Lunar New Year...

Look at the officials and nobles at all levels who come in and out of the county jail and the county temple. When they meet each other, they will smile and bow and say: Have a good day. Quan takes it as a New Year greeting.

When leaving the county jail, the jailer Le told them that considering that the two of them had been delayed in the county jail for a long time in order to cooperate with the trial, they were allowed to go to the place where they were serving their regular service one day later. In other words, they would use it tomorrow and return the money. Each of them was given a bamboo slip with the cause and effect written on it, which should be used as proof...

So Heifu felt relieved and started walking around Anlu County on this New Year's Day with a bit of curiosity.

Anlu County is an ancient city. It is said that it was built three hundred years ago when Wu troops entered Ying during the Spring and Autumn Period and King Chu Zhao took refuge. I don’t know whether it is true or not. Anyway, during the hundreds of years of Chu rule, this was the Jianghan area. An important transportation hub. This area continued to develop after it was occupied by the Qin State. Today, the city is five or six miles in circumference, has 3,000 households, and has a population of nearly 20,000. It is a well-deserved large county.

The county can be roughly divided into two parts: east and west. The west city is close to the Xishui River and has a small ferry. It is the location of Luli (residential area) and the market. The east city is close to Quyang Lake. It is said that it used to be the palace of the King of Chu, but now it has been converted into an official temple. The county jail where Heifu and the others stayed for many days is here.

This afternoon, all officials, big and small, can take a rest, and the Guansi District is relatively deserted. After leaving Dongcheng and entering Lilu District, the New Year atmosphere becomes more intense.

I saw wealthy people living in the city walking on the road one after another, wearing newly sewn winter clothes, catching chickens and ducks, carrying dog legs, and fresh fish, which were equivalent to buying new year's goods.

In the scattered and alternating inner rooms in the distance, you can see someone replacing the peach charms for the inner door. It is a rectangular peach board with two gods Shen Tu and Yulei written on it. It is used to drive away ghosts. People in Qin State believe in this. set.

In China, no matter what dynasty or generation, celebrating the New Year is celebrating the New Year...

Looking at these New Year scenes, Heifu felt a little lonely for some reason.

Yes, during the Chinese New Year, he should be reunited at home, but whether it was his home in his previous life or his home in Qin, he could not go back now.

Ji Ying on the side also stamped his feet angrily: It's really unlucky that it's my turn to come out at this new year! How did I offend Li Zheng?

Then he asked Heifu: Brother Heifu, does your family also have a grudge against the local people? That's why you were ordered to serve.

It turns out that in the Qin State, all adult men who meet the height and age must register their names and serve in counties and counties for one month every year. As for who will serve in which month, it is Li Zheng who decides. The village will arrange the numbers of all the people of the right age in the village, and everyone will take turns to serve in the corvee in order. This is called priority for service. As for the serial number sequence, it is generally based on the number and staff of each company, but the possibility of manual operation to jump in the queue is not ruled out.

When Ji Ying asked, Hei Fu remembered this: My eldest brother is a local leader, and he seems to be having some troubles. My mother also complained a few times when I left home...

PS: Please answer the question. In July of the first year of Qin II, Chen Sheng led 900 garrison soldiers to rise up in Daze Township. In December of the second year of Qin II, Chen Sheng defeated the city father and was killed by a traitor. The uprising failed. It can be seen that the time that Chen Sheng’s uprising took was ().

(Answer: A, half a year; B, one year; C, one and a half years; D, two years.)