Outside the palace, the forbidden soldiers maintained the order in the square, and they brought the heads of the Qiantou who came to the square to a specific area in batches, explaining some matters that need attention, and especially reminding them not to make loud noises.

The heads of the Qians who came to watch the ceremony were divided into large and small "squares" pulled up with strips of cloth one after another, and the number of people looked crowded, and it was even more common for families to come to participate in the grand event.

Adults know what not to make noise, children don't care so much, especially children are woken up too early, because lack of sleep will make trouble, children's crying has become the most common sound in this early morning square.

"This is not good, if the king comes out later, everyone will be quiet, but the child is crying, will he be punished?"

"Ah??? Is it written in the law that this is a sin??? ”

"Why are you like this? The law is not written, but it is so strict on the occasion ......"

The little couple who spoke estimated that they had just married not long ago, the man looked like he was only seventeen, and the woman was estimated to be no more than sixteen, and the child they were talking about was a baby who was held in the arms of his mother and may not be yet a year old.

In fact, the common people basically only know that there is a law, and the state acts in accordance with the law, but they absolutely do not know what the content of the law is, and they only understand that some behaviors will constitute crimes, but how to sentence it needs professionals to distinguish it.

"The law stipulates that children are not sentencing crimes, and even if they violate the law, it will not be the children, but the parents." It just so happened that there were people who knew the law next to the couple, and it was interesting to listen to it.

The wife seemed to have found a new continent, and her eyes widened: "Ah! How so? ”

The person who is familiar with the law is a middle-aged man with a goatee and looks dressed like a Confucian scholar? He is indeed a Confucian student, and he is even a member of the county government in a county around Nanling, and replied: "If the son does not teach, the father is at fault." The child is not sensible. As a father, don't you understand things? Therefore, the fault of the child comes from the failure of the parents to educate, and it is natural to blame the child's fault on the parents. ”

As if frightened, the wife covered her mouth directly, and she looked at her little husband with suspicious eyes: "Or, let's not watch it, let's go back?" ”

The little husband looked at the middle-aged man with a goatee with a very suspicious gaze: "This gentleman, aren't you scaring us?" ”

When did Confucian scholars study the law since ancient times? Confucianism is also hostile and repulsive to Legalism, and middle-aged men with goatees are Confucian scholars at first glance, so don't talk nonsense.

"I'm a county official," the middle-aged man was a little displeased: "I spoke out of kindness." And I don't get anything from them. ”

With an embarrassed smile, the little husband made a gift, but he was embarrassed to take care of it anymore.

Since ancient times, Chinese society has been able to legally marry over the age of thirteen, and it is extremely normal to have children at the age of fourteen or fifteen.

Many time-travelers will immediately enact a law after gaining power, stipulating that they must be over eighteen years old to marry, saying that it is for the sake of ensuring the safety of the soon-to-be-mothered party, and the starting point may be right. But these traversers simply ignored one of the strictest issues, that is, about the average life expectancy of the ancients!

What was the average lifespan of the ancients?

After speculation, the average life expectancy of the ancients in primitive societies would not exceed twenty-five years, and that was because there was no nutrition. It is also because of factors such as hunger, fierce beasts, natural disasters, etc., that primitive people do not have a long lifespan, and this short life span is not limited to the natural birth, aging, sickness and death of living beings, including death from various accidents.

There are historical records. From the Xia Dynasty to the end of the pre-Qin Dynasty, the average life expectancy of people was 30 years old. This is still due to various dietary reasons in terms of nutrition, but also due to the social environment. In fact, there are more wars, and not all soldiers have died in previous wars, and the damage to civilians under the flames of war is shocking.

Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the average life expectancy of civilians in China has only exceeded 30 years to 35 years old, which is because the society is relatively stable, which has brought about the guarantee of food production after the recovery, and several generations of emperors have also adopted the national policy of forbearance and not starting wars, and the average life expectancy has increased.

It has been from the Han Dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, except for some particularly dark historical stages, the average life expectancy level on the land of China is forty years old.

In the more than 2,000 years since the formation of society, the average life expectancy of people has increased from 30 to 40 years old, which is a long time of more than 2,000 years, and it is enough to reproduce after more than 66 generations!

In the pre-Qin era in ancient times, why was it that people over the age of 60 were qualified to become the "three elders" in the countryside, and what festivals did the government still have to take care of and give gifts? That's because there are so few people who can live to be over sixty.

From the beginning of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the regime of the orthodox Chinese civilization has always had regulations on the treatment of the elderly over the age of 60, which clearly stipulates that the elderly over the age of 60 do not worship the officials, and the local government should go to the local government to offer condolences and gifts during the New Year's holidays.

That is, the regime of the orthodox Chinese civilization was eliminated, and when it was the turn of the barbarians to take power, they did not respect the elderly, just because the old people in the barbarian social system belonged to the burdens that should be eliminated. Some barbarian regimes that accepted Chinese culture retained the etiquette of respecting the elders in China, and some barbarian regimes that were not influenced by Chinese culture not only did not respect the elderly, but could also do more ruthless things.

The Hu barbarians, once they encounter any disaster, their survival rule is to ensure the number of able-bodied people, so in order to ensure that the food is enough, they can only discard the old people and children. Although it is a set of practices that belong to them to ensure the continuation of the race, but from the perspective of humanity and morality, it is a beast-like law, can such a people have the luxury of respecting the old and loving the young?

As long as the emperors of all dynasties have achieved something, they will definitely hold a "banquet of a thousand people".

What is the Thousand Suo Banquet? Mencius? Liang Hui Wang" notes "Suo, the name of the elder." The elder is not an elder of any sect, but refers to an older person. These emperors were keen to hold a thousand banquets to show the people of the world that the country was safe and healthy under their governance, and it was also because of their proper governance that there would be so many old people, to put it bluntly, it was a kind of show off and declaration of their rule.

In a society where the average life expectancy is 30 years old, it is stipulated that men and women need to be over 18 years old to get married? In a society where people look like they are thirty or forty years old because of all kinds of work and labor, eighteen years old is equivalent to half or more of their lives. It is equivalent to saying that they got married at the age of eighteen. If you are lucky, you have children at the age of nineteen, and when they are about to die, the children will be about twenty years old, and it is almost a luxury to be grandparents.

Getting married over the age of eighteen is a joke at all, and it will be a joke full of hardships, blood and tears! Under such a social structure, can a family financially afford it? The so-called financial ability refers not only to raising children and related educational investment, but also to have enough wealth to afford the children's family and business. Tell the truth, touch your conscience and tell the truth, is that easy?!

Lü Zhe did not promulgate any law on how old you should not marry, nor did she promulgate any law on how old you must marry. The ruler only needs to do a good job of governing the country, and even interfere with the principles of heaven and humanity, which is not only to be fed and supported, but also to violate the cycle of heaven and the laws of nature.

As far as society is concerned, if the family economic conditions are good, they will get married and reproduce early, and if the family environment and economy are poor, they will marry later, which is part of the law of nature and the law of competition among all things.

You don't need to care about how people get married, Lu Zhe needs a large number of people. What can be done is to encourage more children, and therefore pay enough financial assistance, the more assistance the family will receive for more children, but it is only encouragement. and not some express legal provision. Similarly, if there is no need for too many people one day, a series of incentives and auxiliary policies can only be abolished, making it difficult for families to financially afford the pressure of having more children. Then some families can't afford to raise and educate if they want to have more children, so naturally couples should think carefully about whether they can afford to raise them.

For the current rule of Lu Zhe, there is no need to consider the problem of whether to raise or not to raise children. This is due to the economic assistance of the nature of the state, in fact, the rapid economic development of the general social environment, and the increase of wealth at the social level driven by the vigorous development of the national economy.

To put it bluntly, the regulation and control of state behavior is not such an incomprehensible thing, it is to use a general environment to achieve the social status quo desired by the ruling class, so whether it is the birth of children or economic conditions, in fact, it will be affected by the ruling class's formulation of national policies for development. The ruling class can regulate the living environment and level of the people living in the country with various changes in national policy, so they are called the ruling class.

For example, the Han State at this stage, or the empire that is about to emerge, what this country needs is a spirit of martial arts and unity, so instead of issuing a law that stipulates who must be martial and united, and how much effect can be achieved by compulsory things, will it really produce martial arts and unity because of the mandatory provisions of the law? It can only be done in some implicit way, and when the ruling class guides again, they always have unimaginable advantages.

Lu Zhe's figure appeared on the tower of Miyagi City, he looked at the crowd of people in the square, and the people below must have noticed his appearance.

"It's the king!"

"The king appeared, and there he was, the tower, the tower!"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

found that Lu Zhe appeared in the palace tower, and the crowd everywhere roared, the roar came from too many people suddenly speaking, one or two people may be able to hear clearly what they are talking about, thousands of people speak together, it can only be a "buzzing" noise.

Seeing Lu Zhe's people's emotions, as soon as they were excited, they would dance or subconsciously want to move, and the forbidden army that maintained the order was taken aback by the sudden situation, and the various forbidden soldiers could only shout to stabilize the order, but obviously the effect was limited.

"Knock-knock-"

A burst of war drums suddenly sounded above the palace city, at first only a war drum was beaten, then more and more war drums were added, and finally it evolved into a war drum on this section of the city wall was fully beaten.

The sound of war drums covered up the noisy human voices, and the heaven and earth were full of strong drums, and the gates of the palace city were opened in the sound of drums, and the three city gate holes with a width of at least six meters or more lined up out of a row of heavily armed forbidden soldiers, they stepped on neat steps, and under the neat movement of military boots, the rumbling footsteps and the sound of war drums became the same frequency.

Everywhere in Nanling City, no matter what people were doing, they looked in the direction of the source of the sound in a daze, and the sound of war drums also woke up countless people who were still asleep.

Long Ji came to the military family residence early, and what he saw in his eyes were the soldiers of the forbidden army who appeared in formation, and in his ears he heard the sound of drums.

The war drums of Miyagi were the first to sound, and then the sound of war drums was also heard from all over Nanling, when the war drums were beaten everywhere, the huge Nanling City was drowned out by the drums, and the drums of Nanling City spread out, and the garrisons of some peripheral checkpoints also followed the beating of war drums, and then there were the townships, counties, and counties that heard the drums and made the same move......

From Miyagi as the central point, the territory under Lu Zhe's rule is rippling with the sound of war drums, spreading all the way to the mountains, flowing all the way to the rivers, all the way to the sky, all the time caressing the earth......

The timing of the beating of war drums varies from place to place, and it may take a day or two from Nanling to the southernmost point, and four or five days from Nanling to the northernmost point.

The first reaction of people when they hear the drums of war is to be confused, they will ask what is happening, those who are not safe will wonder if there is an enemy invasion, and some people who know the reason early will give the answer.

The time period is different, but in the next frontier under the rule of Lu Zhe, they will know what happened to Nanling, and they will understand that if they can go to the capital Nanling in this life, then there will be an additional place to watch, where stands the statue of the monarch and the minister, and there is a carving wall of the great war that has affected history on the land of China since the Xia generation.

Hangu Pass, the Qin army also heard the sound of war drums from the east, and the generals of the Qin army nervously dispatched troops to arrange defenses, because the Fusu group that needed to rush to Nanling on April 28 also happened to be located here, because they knew the reason and ordered to keep the status quo, and there was no need to deliberately raise the level of preparation.

"Standing with statues of kings and ministers, and similar clusters of statues everywhere under his rule, is it really stunning and envious, right?"

"The King's ......"

The person next to Fusu is Li Si, and this time it is not only Li Si who will go to Nanling together, but also Feng Quji, Wang Juan and other important ministers.

"Han Wang Zhe is really a wise man!" Fusu was extremely envious in both tone and demeanor: "Through such an incident, Han Wangzhe's subordinates must be extremely loyal, with loyal civil and military forces, and then there is an army that can fight well......"

Li Si could only listen to Fusu's emotion quietly...... Or is it called self-talk?

"So...... Why can't you do it all over the world? Alas......" (To be continued......