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During the Unification War that year, Father He also went to join the army, but although he also served as a soldier for three years, he has always served in the local army, and he has never even been on the battlefield. As a non-commissioned officer, he can only retire as an ordinary soldier in the end.

The only advantage is that he was allocated a piece of land, and then the land under the lease-purchase order was added, allowing him to support his family.

It's just that since his wife gave birth to the third child, she has been frail and sickly. She has spent a lot of time on decoction and medicine all year round. Naturally, this family situation will not get better.

However, Father He used decoction to save his wife's life, and he is still alive now. If he changed to another family, he would have given up a long time ago, and he would have used money to buy medicine to save it. .

But Father He did it!

Just like when he retired and returned to his hometown, he led the land deed issued by the military, even if he didn't even have a place to stay, but the matchmakers still came to the door in an endless stream.

But he didn't want anyone, so he married her, who was also from a poor family and was sickly. At first glance, he knew that she couldn't do heavy work!

Just because before joining the army, he promised that he would marry her when he would come back, and she also said that he would wait for her.

She waited!

He is married!

Even if the subsequent life is very difficult, Father He still has no regrets!

However, even so, for a person who came from a poor family, whose parents were starved to death, and who had not eaten enough food and wore warm clothes before joining the army, this kind of life has been considered a success.

However, Fa Xiao, who joined the army with him back then, finally retired with the rank of sergeant major and became the town's deputy sheriff when he returned to his hometown.

To be honest, it is impossible if you are not envious or extreme.

But he himself has no hope, so he can only count on his three sons to be successful, but they were still suffering in the early years, and it was difficult to eat. One year of study, only a few words can be recognized.

Later, when they grew up, they were asked to sign up for the army. Unfortunately, none of the three were selected.

This made Father He half-dead from anger at that time!

Logically speaking, Father He had joined the army back then. The three brothers belonged to the second generation of Genzheng Miaohong. If they signed up to join the army, there would be bonus points. As long as the conditions were passed, the military would generally give priority to admission.

However, the quality of these three brothers is lacking in all aspects.

Because of the extremely high social status of the military in the Tang Dynasty, whether it is the elite, the ordinary middle class, or the children of peasants, they all regard joining the army as the best option in life.

Needless to say, the children of the powerful, but for middle-class families, if their sons have this talent, they will try their best to help them read all the way to the preparatory school, and then go to apply for the martial arts school or the sea school. Of course, if they can be admitted to the Junior Military Academy in advance, If the Royal Youth Military Academy, then even better.

This is because in an empire like the Datang Empire with real aristocrats, the aristocracy is the main body of the country. The nobility and a very small number of high-level civil servants and super rich together constitute the superstructure of the Datang Empire, which is the so-called upper class. society.

And how can one become a noble? Naturally, you are knighted by military merit, or you are a super genius, and you are knighted by academics.

In contrast, joining the army as an officer, and then making military merits and knighting is the easiest way to squeeze into the upper class of the empire.

Even if he can't be knighted, the income and status of the officers are still high. At the same time, after retiring, they can smoothly transfer to local officials, which is not bad.

These powerful or middle-class children all want to be officers!

As for the children of ordinary farmers, with the exception of a very small number of geniuses who can get a scholarship all the way, most of them will regard joining the army as their first choice in life.

The treatment of officers is high, and the soldiers are not bad. It would be even better if they were able to get into non-commissioned officers.

At that time, when he returned from the army, he would be a patrol policeman at least, and he would still eat public food.

As a result, not only are there many students who apply for the martial arts school and the maritime school every year, but there are more farmers from the farm who sign up to join the army every year!

In many places where the atmosphere is still martial, every year during the conscription season, all young people who meet the requirements will go to apply for the recruitment. There are many soldiers, and this condition is naturally high. In addition, some people's fathers are retired from the army. Just exercising, getting in touch with some basic military knowledge, and even participating in some activities of the militia, etc., the basic military quality is not low.

Therefore, it is not easy to be a soldier in the Tang Empire today, and the physical fitness must be quite good.

As for He Xihua and his three brothers, their family was in trouble when they were young, so the eldest studied for a year, and the other two did not.

If they join the army in the future, they cannot be selected, and they can only go out to work and learn skills. Anyway, if they only rely on farming, their family's land cannot support them.

After a few of them went out to work one after another, the eldest was pretty good, smart enough, and willing to endure hardships. He followed a steam engine repair master for several years. After studying for a few years, he was reluctant to graduate this year. He found it in Shanghai. Although the work of repairing machinery has just started, the monthly salary has reached more than ten yuan, and the future can be expected.

But the second and third are missing something. If they were asked to work outside, they would only do it stupidly.

It's not just living at the bottom of those factories all the time.

In the end, there is no choice but to choose immigration.

As for returning home to farm, the family's fields are not the same as those of the two brothers.

It's not that he is partial, and he doesn't give even half of the land to the two sons, but there is only so much land in the family. If only one son inherits it, it's okay.

But if it is split between two sons or even three sons, then this land is nothing.

Even the eldest who got all his land would not be able to rely on the land to live a good life. The eldest still had to work in Shanghai, and the land at home was just a help.

Now the eldest son is six years old, and next year will be the age to enter school. Father He and the eldest son are trying their best to save money. What are they saving for? Naturally, they go to school.

Reading is expensive these days!

Over the past few years, he also knew that the second and third children had a lot of complaints against him, but he still had no regrets.

If the three of them are all confused, it is better to support the boss with all their strength. As for why the second and third are not the second, it can only be blamed on God, who made them born late.

The empire implements the direct line of succession. The law clearly stipulates that the title of the nobility and the grant of land, fiefs or other assets that are clearly bound to the title are bound together, and these properties and titles will be strictly in accordance with the direct line. Succession is inherited by the firstborn son.

And it does not recognize the inheritance of the concubine!

Because imperial law clearly stipulates monogamy, only children born to husbands and legal wives, and the birth of children must be witnessed by other nobles, officials, military officers and other people with official status, and provide guarantee notarization, This child can have legal title inheritance.

Avoid the civet cat changing the prince, or the emergence of illegitimate children and other situations that corrupt the aristocratic system!

Although the empire only has clear legal regulations and restrictions on the inheritance system of the nobles, there are generally no clear restrictions on the inheritance of ordinary people. As long as you are willing, you can make an officially notarized will and leave your assets to anyone, even cats. dog or donate directly.

But if there are no survivors, it is naturally inherited by immediate family members according to the law.

In general, the inheritance law of the Tang Dynasty is relatively complete. As long as you have a survivor before your death, you can do whatever you like, and you can burn all the money.

If there are no survivors, the official distribution is made.

But in fact, many elites and even the middle class in the empire follow the inheritance system of the nobility, because wealth and social status need to be accumulated, and often it is accumulated over several generations. Fall in the road.

Therefore, most of the wealthy and middle-class will leave most of the property to the eldest son, and only give a little to the second son and then send it out to make a living.

Even among peasant groups, it is often seen that the eldest son inherits the family business at home and farms at home, while the second sons go out to work~www.wuxiaspot.com~ or emigrate, or go to work in the city.

The firstborn succession system is a very common phenomenon in the current situation of Tang society.

And this system, influenced by the nobility inheritance system, is also closely related to the rapid development of industry and commerce in contemporary society.

Datang is now full of factories, and the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution has brought many non-agricultural jobs.

Workers are needed in factories, clerks are needed in stores, and various service personnel are needed in restaurants.

The development of industry and commerce has created many jobs in the secondary and tertiary industries in Datang, and has accommodated more and more surplus labor from rural areas.

Many people choose to work in cities during the slack season to earn money, while some young people stay in cities all year round to work and rarely go home.

The abundant employment opportunities provided by industry and commerce are the reason why this primogeniture inheritance system has been spontaneously and slowly formed among the people.

After all, after the second son leaves his hometown, he can also find a job outside!

It doesn't matter if you can't find a job, the Immigration and Reclamation Division always welcomes people to immigrate to the frontier provinces or overseas territories.

Many domestic frontier provinces, Southeast Asia, America and many other overseas territories can accommodate more people, so there is no need to worry about running out of places to go.

The development of industry and commerce and immigration ensured the stability of the social system and indirectly affected the inheritance system of the people.

After all, if the second sons who were kicked out of the house could not find a job or immigrate and support themselves, then no matter how cruel their parents were, they would not kick the second son out of the house and let them starve to death.

He Xihua's family is just an ordinary family of many rural families in the Datang Empire.

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