Idle courtiers

Chapter 1 Damn Shang Yang

I don't know who provoked the yellow dog in the inn, who was guarding the house, and barked sharply and hoarsely.One dog barked, and a hundred dogs echoed. In a blink of an eye, the dogs in the entire county seemed to be relaying, one after another, enjoying themselves.

Zhou Nan opened his eyes suddenly, jumped up from the Datong bunk like an electric shock, put on his clothes nimbly, and subconsciously fled towards the door.

At this time, there were bursts of sound echoing in the room.Looking back, there were four porters lying on the Datong bunk, the sound of snoring echoed, and the smell of sweat acid and foot odor was so strong that it was indelible.At this moment, it was [-] o'clock, but the sky was already slightly pale, and the situation in the house could be clearly seen.

There are no furnishings in the house, only the loess floor and blue brick walls that have been trampled out of countless shallow pits.Next to the window is a big kang, on which lie four men who are dreaming about Duke Zhou.They have beards, fluffy buns on their heads, and are worn with a wooden hairpin, which is impressively dressed by the ancients.

Touching his head, and then looking at the heavily patched undress and robe on his body, Zhou Nan gave a wry smile and murmured: "It's not a dream, it's not a dream, it's so miserable!"

Yes, what I have experienced in the past six months is really miserable!

He is 27 years old this year. He has been an ordinary person since he was born, with ordinary looks, ordinary academic performance, and ordinary IQ.In high school, relying on the crazy three years, he barely passed the 211 exam and squeezed into the team of famous college students. This was the brightest moment in his life.

Unfortunately, he studied liberal arts.In the job market, liberal arts monks have no core competitiveness.After graduating from university, he entered a company and worked as a clerk, writing and drawing, greeting and receiving, sending and receiving, and returned to the depressing ordinary.

I thought that my life would go like this, saving money, buying a house, marrying a wife, having children, repaying the loan, and when I retire, when I am old and the mortgage is paid off, I should pay for my children to buy a house.Then, bring the grandkids and spend the day arguing with your wife.This kind of life is not wonderful, but it is also complete.

Unexpectedly, there was a loud noise in the sky.He didn't even have time to save up for the down payment.I was drunk by a client during a reception task, and when I woke up, I found that I had traveled to Liaohaiwei, the capital of Liaodong in the 37th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, which is Kaiyuan City, Liaoning Province.

The next thing was out of his control. Because of his strange clothes and speech, he was captured alive by the local garrison as a savage, and he served as a border guard during the full march.

The Northeast of the Ming Dynasty has not yet been developed, it is simply a complete wilderness, and it is a place where serious criminals are exiled.Staying with the prisoners, life is naturally miserable.During this period of time, Zhou Nan gradually became familiar with this era, and began to think about how to get out of this sea of ​​suffering.

The Northeast is a place of bitter cold. Prisoners do heavy work every day, suffer from malnutrition, suffer great physical damage, and usually do not live long.In this era, not to mention serious criminals, even ordinary people have an average life expectancy of only in their early forties.If you stay here for a few years, maybe you will become a dead bone on the side of the road.

Fortunately, Zhou Nan was raised by the big fish and meat in the modern society, and relying on his good health, he finally survived, but he couldn't delay like this any longer.

After staying in the guard for a month, the opportunity finally came.

It was a coincidence that there was also a prisoner with the same name and surname as him in Liaohaiwei, who was from Andong County, Huai'an Prefecture.This Zhou Nan is a scholar, and it is said that he has a reputation as a scholar.It's a pity that he killed someone in his hometown before, was expelled from the crime, was sentenced to ten years in prison, and was sent to serve in the Liaodong Army.

The modern man Zhou Nan is also a college student, but the ancient man Zhou Nan was a scholar. He is the only cultural person in the guard. He naturally gets close to each other on weekdays. The most wonderful thing is that his appearance is also somewhat similar. This is really fate. !

Sometimes, Zhou Nan doubts whether this guy is his ancestor, or blood relationship, and he can't write two words of Zhou in one stroke.Of course, the modern person Zhou Nan is the surname of everyone in the southwest region, and the Huai'an Zhou surname is separated by more than half of China, so there is no way to talk about it.

Zhou Nan from the Ming Dynasty was an old man in the guard, and with his care, he could live on.It's a pity that this kid will be released home after serving his sentence in one month, and he was tortured by the bitter cold in the Northeast for about ten years. Before leaving, he suddenly contracted a serious illness and passed away.

Disappointed, Zhou Nan, a modern man, suddenly had an idea in his mind: Zhou Nan who was burnt to a jar of ashes in front of him might be me ten years later. If I don't escape, I won't be able to last for a few years.Besides, I am also a time traveler after all.It is natural not to be reconciled to being mixed up to this point.Since I have the same name and surname as him, and our appearance is somewhat similar, why not take his road guide and customs clearance document and go to his mother.As long as I go back to the customs, the sky is high and the earth is wide, relying on my modern foresight, it will not be in trouble.

Immediately, Zhou Nan stole all the documents and the relics of the ancient Zhou Nan and went south overnight, walking through Guangning, passing Shanhaiguan, passing Jixian, and finally came to the prosperous place in the Central Plains.I wanted to just wander in the vast crowd and be a happy and carefree traveler.It's a pity that once he passed Shanhaiguan, the problem came. He never expected that the household registration system would be so strict during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, and the state's control over basic organizations would be so tight.

Since ancient times, China has had a tradition that imperial power does not go to the countryside, which means that imperial decrees can only be promulgated at the county level.Below that, is village self-government.When you go out for a hundred miles, you have to go to the Yamen to issue a guide, explaining the reason for going out, the place and the date of return.If not, once they are found out, they will be treated as refugees and sent to the border to strengthen the border defense.

The ancients lived together in villages, many people stayed in one place all their lives, and everyone knew each other.If you, a foreigner, suddenly appear in the local area, you will definitely attract a lot of attention.Zhou Nan traveled all the way, and I don't know how many people checked Luyin on the way.The worst thing is that he is now a prisoner who has been released after serving his sentence. There are regulations on how to go back to his hometown and how many days to walk, and there are still people watching.

So, just like that, he involuntarily came to Andong County, the hometown of Zhou Nan, the dead ghost of the Ming Dynasty, and spent ten copper coins to live in a smelly inn.

This was his first night in Andong County, Zhou Nan woke up from the barking of a dog, and suddenly felt unstoppable from it.

Now he can be considered to have arrived at the hometown of Zhou Nan, a native of the Ming Dynasty. The distance marked on the road guide has come to an end, and he is at a loss as to what to do in the future.

The biggest problem he faces now is his household registration. After reaching Andong County, he has nowhere to go.If you leave here, you will be caught if you can't walk more than a hundred miles. The next time you go back, you will be sent to the army. Liaodong, Northwest, Guizhou, anyway, no matter where you go, you will be dead.Staying in Anton, working as a black household, and being discovered, still inevitably leads to the fate of being a refugee.

In contrast, the economic problems are not serious.Zhou Nan, the dead ghost, has been in Liaodong for ten years, but he has saved a few taels of silver. The journey from Liaodong to Huai'an Mansion cost [-]%, and he still has a tael of silver on hand.

It's really unlucky, just time travel. In the novel, other people travel directly through soul transmigration to become an ancient person, but I have to take my body and travel to the Ming Dynasty, where the household registration system is so strict. If I can travel to other eras All right.

No, even if you travel to an earlier era, if you don’t have a strict household registration system, you will still be arrested as a refugee, unless you are old enough.

"It's all the bastard Shang Yang's fault. It's really a joy to have you cut into pieces!" Zhou Nan couldn't help cursing inwardly.Yes, the instigator of today's household registration system is Shang Yang in the Warring States Period. As a result, he also died in the household registration and guide system he formulated.

Sitting blankly in the house for more than an hour, the red sun was in the sky.Zhou Nan touched the blue cloth bag in his hand, and decided to go to Zhoujia Village, the hometown of the dead ghost Zhou Xiucai, anyway.

The burden is round and round, and inside is a pottery urn.That's right, it contained Zhou Nan's ashes.The ancients had the custom of returning fallen leaves to their roots and bones, otherwise they would become lonely ghosts.Zhou Nan didn't believe this at first, but since he had encountered such a strange thing as wearing a body, he naturally had to believe it.So, when he fled Liaohaiwei in place of Zhou Xiucai, he took his ashes away and prepared to send them to Andong County for peace of mind.This is another important reason why he is here.

After buying two pancakes for five cents, and having breakfast with the hot water in the inn, Zhou Nan settled the rent, packed her luggage, asked the direction of Zhoujiazhuang, and strode out of the city.

(End of this chapter)