C2 (1/2)

When Lee Zhao saw the light again, he felt pain all over his body and fainted due to the impact of a large amount of memories.

It was already evening when he regained consciousness.

The memories in his mind and the quaint old courtyard under the moonlight clearly told him that if he wore it, it would be the Ming dynasty.

The Ming dynasty was a golden age for the literati. Thinking about how the officials would spit at the emperor and how the emperor could not be beaten up, Li Jun was so moved that she could not even speak properly.

More importantly, scholars did not need to serve as corvette workers, and the fiercest one did not have to pay taxes!

Checking his memory, someone grinned and was stunned. This young body actually didn't have a name, only a surname, Zhu …

The pain all over his body reminded him of the last memories of this body. He fought fiercely with a large group of teenagers who had no name but a surname. He received a smack on the back of his head before falling down and getting punched and kicked.

”It's over …” If I don't become a scholar, I might even lose my freedom! ”

As his mind gradually cleared up, this shota, who was called Second Elder Brother Zhu, turned pale and lay down on the cold kang with lifeless eyes.

This body was not the descendant of a merchant or a sinner. What was even more fortunate was that it had transcended the world and become a Great Ming Sect's house. It was the most difficult sect in all of history, a sect that was even more difficult than the Jin Dynasty's house!

As a third rate history writer, Lee Zhao of the Mechanical Department, now Second Elder Brother Zhu, he knew a little about Ming Dynasty. He at least knew that Donglin Party, this bunch of bastards, would soon spread across the whole country.

These things did not seem to have anything to do with his small clan, nor did they have anything to do with his small clan which did not even have a name on the jade slip. What was a jade ultimatum? An ultimatum passed down from the royal family and passed from life to death and from marriage to burial, it was called a jade ultimatum. The jade ultimatum was cultivated every ten years or so by an official of the Hanlin Academy who would regularly announce it to the public.

The Ming dynasty's Taizu was very smart. In order to prevent too many descendants from having too many names, he wrote all his sons a ”5 words, 5 words, 2 words, 1 word.” And because the last word of the royal family's name must conform to the five lines of life and death, he had to bring along a five lines of life.

This result directly resulted in two consequences. The first was that there were so many people of the same generation, and the only words that could be used were the words' ninth 'and' ninth '. This caused the warriors of Hanlin Academy to have no choice but to create words, creating words that were difficult to decipher. However, their limited manpower could not even compare to the speed at which the clan was reproducing. This caused a large number of clan disciples to lose the ability to use characters.

He couldn't possibly have the same name, right? Taizu had painstakingly created the family tree because he was worried that his descendants would have a new name. Wasn't the current title slapping Taizu's face? Therefore, a large group of clan disciples, such as Second Elder Brother Zhu, did not have a name.

How can you get an account without an official name? Therefore, his identity as a branch of the clan was considered unorthodox in the Jade Announcements recorded within the clan. At the very least, those damnable scholars within the imperial court would be happy to see such a scene. The tax on Ming Dynasty was very unreasonable. If one collected less, they would not need to spend more than 9!

As for whether they would starve to death, what did that have to do with the scholars? He wasn't like his family, it was better if they starved to death. Otherwise, if more and more people were born, the country's finances would eventually collapse.

As a well-qualified scholar, a certain someone quickly accepted his fate and cursed the Ming dynasty's literary group for being too damned, too damned.

As for the second consequence, it was very simple. The reason why Old Zhu and his ancestor had done this was so that the clan's disciples would be able to reveal their identities once they were given a name. This was nothing in the Ming Dynasty, but what about in the Qing Dynasty?

After the Qing Dynasty entered the pass, the Han Dynasty's eight flags were used as cannon fodder. Behind them, the clan members began to hack and grind according to their clans' records. There were places where the family tree was lost due to the war, but this family branch was simply too easy to recognize.

Nan Ming was still resisting. All the clansmen in the fallen area had been brutally washed out. The rest had either changed their name or their surname. They were scattered all over the place and lived on tenaciously.

As the King of Yan's faction had gone through a hard battle, it gave the clan seignior of the Ming Dynasty a great deal of encouragement. Fearing that other vassals would follow suit, he took the throne and began to lay down his vassals. In the end, his son, King Han, tried to imitate his father after being promoted to Emperor Yongle, but failed. The King was grilled by the cauldron.

After that, there was the rebellion of Ning Wang's faction, which attracted the attention of the entire clan.

No matter what, these clans were still his relatives. Not to mention killing them, even if they were hungry, they would still be unfilial to Emperor Taizu. Then keep them all, don't do anything, and keep them under the supervision of eunuchs sent by the various government offices and emperors. As long as the clan did not cause any trouble, they would keep it!

How can a concubine compete with the people?” So don't even think about doing business. There were even books to read, even the lowest ranking clan disciple, the State Dedicating Lieutenant, had two hundred stones in a year. Although it was only 20 to 30%, with annual arrears, saving a bit of food was not a problem.

Since it is not a problem to be warm and full, why not devote your limited youth to pleasurable pleasures in body and mind? Reading was so boring and boring. This was the thought of Second Elder Brother Zhu's previous body, making him feel ashamed.

The generals and lieutenants on the ground floor of the Court were more comfortable than the poor. One could imagine how arrogant and luxurious the Prefecture Lord and the princes were.