Chapter 21: Boundaries

Xiong Jing's example left the ministers speechless. Nao and Lu Yangjun had cautious expressions on their faces, and they gradually felt the danger of Chu Li: he was no longer a high-ranking doctor, but a soldier who was not too different from the Chu soldiers. Fortunately, the army has its own system, and they can still force those honorable soldiers with their qualifications, experience, and bloodline.

Qu Sui and Zhao Huang's expressions were not cautious, and they were shocked and frightened. It is not for nothing that Song Yu and others oppose the practice of Chu Li, Chu Li does not have the rank of Zhou Li, and the dignity of the doctors, the existence of the state needs this rank to maintain. Once this hierarchy is abolished, it will be like the collapse of the pyramids, and the whole country will suddenly disintegrate into a chaotic pile of masonry.

However, what the two selectively ignored was that the Yushi system was not a product of the Zhou rites, and that the Yushi was a primary version of the Chu State Ao system. That is, the soldiers elected the person they thought was brave and good at fighting to be their leader, and this leader was Ao. The Chu army was supported by Ao, which accounted for about one-tenth of the total number of the army, and the organization not only did not collapse in a pyramid style, but was more warlike and more tenacious than the pyramid structure.

In time, these Ao will not only replace the existing generals of the Chu army, but also the existing courtiers of the Chu state. This is not what the increasingly marginalized Wenchen is willing to see, and it may not be what nobles with the surname Mi like Nao and Lu Yangjun are willing to see. The new aristocracy has grown rapidly after the tempering of the battlefield, while the old aristocracy is about to retire from the political arena, which is always reluctant.

In addition, the extravagant life that was highly respected under the Zhou rites also made all the nobles nostalgic. Previously, they could inherit it by virtue of the bravery of their ancestors, but now they need to rely on their own bravery to fight for it. If Xiong Jing, the Great Ao, is guilty of the same crime as the first soldier, then they will also be guilty of the same crime as the first soldier, and there is no longer any respect before.

No one in the Ming Hall spoke, and when they were arguing about whether to perform the Chu rite or the Zhou salute, the ministers who insisted on performing the Chu rite based on their will and the self-esteem of the Chu people only found out that it was not good today. Performing the Chu rite means giving up the special treatment you had received before and starting to live a hard life:

First of all, you can only marry one wife, you can't take a concubine, you can only take a concubine. According to the ancient tradition of the Chu people, if the concubine is not snatched but married with money, it will be ridiculed by everyone; Second, you can't drink as much as you want. It seems that there is only one general who drinks and does not miss things, and the rest are ......;

Thirdly, you must practice martial arts diligently every day, and you must pay special attention not to be 'hollowed out by wine'. Otherwise, the enemy came to the door that day to compete, stabbed a few swords and panted, and then was killed by someone's nest. or standing in the front row of the military formation, his legs trembled, and the man who had not yet rushed to the spear had fainted to the ground, sweeping away Ben's face;

In the end, we can no longer do whatever we want, we must abide by Chu law and customs, and we must also pay attention to those who are bent on making a big news, so as not to be embarrassed by being published in the big Chu news.

What is the point of such a nobleman doing it?! The ministers thought secretly. They felt that this was not enough, and when the ministers were silent, he just asked, "However, the common people are poor and cannot be a soldier, what should I do?" ”

The discussion was only about how to restrict the new Yue king, but in fact it was also discussing the laws of the Chu people themselves. Mengzheng fowl, everyone is equal, and the subconscious is unpleasant. "There are ten days in the sky, and if you let it be ten days, how can you ......?" someone couldn't help but refute.

Xiong Jing coughed and said, "Everything has a boundary. The boundary between Da Ao and the armor is that those who have no food, no property, and no faith are not allowed to be armor. The armor must be my Chu people, and he needs a witch to prove that this person has always been pious. It's not me... Those who are not devout and believe in Taiyi are not my Chu people. If you are not my Chu people, how can you adapt to my Chu law and Chu customs? ”

"Believe in God?" Meng Zhengyu was still a little puzzled, he was still concerned about the Fa.

"The law is the end of God, and the unlawful is important, but God is the most important." Xiong Jing said again. "The Dharma is a punishment for those who believe in God for occasional transgressions. Kill 100,000 people, and the prophecy says that there is no sin, that is, no sin; Insulting (the gods), the prophecy says that if you are guilty, you should die, and you will die. ”

Xiong Jing's words made Taibu Guan nod his head, which was in line with the texts of the Spirit Sect. Theocracy focuses on devout faith, not on the use of divine laws to bind people. Meng Zhengyu changed his previous joy and felt an inexplicable fear. He asked anxiously, "What about not believing in God?" ”

"I don't believe in God, but I can. Leave Chu and go to him. Xiong Jing replied.

"If the fields and houses are all in Chu and don't want to leave Chu, what if?" Meng Zhengyu asked again.

This time, Xiong Jing didn't answer, but looked at Guanyao. Guan Yu looked at Meng Zhengyu and said, "Yes." After a while he added, "No." ”

"Why not?" Meng Zhengyu asked. "If you live in Chudi, do you believe in Taiyi?"

"Zuo Yin salt no? Does Zuo Yin eat meat? Does Zuo Yin need firewood? Zuo Yin needs a servant to ...... the royal hand" Guan Yu asked a series of questions. "Zuo Yin is not a rebel, not a businessman, not an envoy, he will not be allowed to do any of the above, and no one will talk to you. If there are pious people, seeing that Zuo Yin lives in Chu and does not believe in Taiyi, he mistakenly thinks that Zuo Yin is a blasphemous person, or kills Zuo Yin's whole family and then quickly. ”

"Can Ann kill?!" Zuo Yin was also excited, and he finally understood why this was called theocracy, because all that was done was God's law. "Da Ao should be guilty of the same crime as the first soldier if he violates the law."

"Although Zuo Yin lives in Chu, he doesn't believe in Taiyi, he is not from Chu, he is not suitable for Chu law and customs, how can he be guilty of the same crime?" Guan Yu asked him rhetorically. And Zuo Yin's whole family was killed, the heirs were extinct, and there was no one to avenge in the future. If he is under the rule of the king, the king will have mercy on him, and punish him according to the justice of the gods; If Zuo Yin lives under my rule, I will persuade Zuo Yin to leave Chu Zuo Yin three times, and I will definitely not see this matter. ”

Guanyu told the truth. In fact, according to the customs of the Chu people or other tribes, if you don't believe in the same god, you are a foreign race, and it is good for a foreign race to live in the land of your own tribe and be kind to others, and persuade him to leave without leaving, which is to find death.

"This barbarian!" Meng Zhengyu didn't expect this to be the case, and looked at Xiong Jing and shook his head again and again.

"I believe in God but don't deny it, you don't believe in God and say it, why should I believe you?" Xiong Jing also shook his head at him. "I believe in the blessing of the command, brave and fearless in wartime, you don't believe in God and are greedy for life and afraid of death, why am I with you?"

"He who believes in God will be noble?" Meng Zhengyu asked sharply. "He who does not believe in God will be despicable?"

"Yes!" Without hesitation, Xiong Jing nodded heavily. "On the battlefield, fear comes from caring for oneself; Courage, out of spiritual seeking. If you don't believe in gods, how can you be brave? If you are not brave, how can you believe? And I, the Chu people, have believed in God since ancient times. In all battles, knowing that life and death are ordered by the division, he is never afraid of death; If you do evil, you know that the retribution is caused by the blame, so you don't dare to kill the heavenly spirit.

Those who have rules and those who do not have rules are in the same army, those who have rules gain and lose, and those who do not have rules benefit, how can I not chase them? This move is actually harmless, those who have a land house can sell it for money, so why live in Chudi? ”

"The field house is left by the ancestors, how can it be sold lightly?" Meng Zhengyu only felt that he had lost his freedom of choice.

"If you believe in God and have been left by your ancestors, how can you abandon it?" Guan Yu interjected.

"I think it's ......," Nao coughed. He felt that what Meng Zhengyu asked was too far off the topic, but Xiong Jing felt that the discussion was very valuable. This is the limit, and this is the premise, and the law without boundaries is a false law, and only the law within the boundaries is the true law.

What kind of people are Chu people must be strictly defined, and what kind of people among Chu people can become Jiashi must also be strictly defined. The criterion of the former is faith, the criterion of the latter seems to be bravery, but the real threshold is property.

"The Yue people are also like my Chu people." Xiong Jing Road. "Every year, the Great Gift is the Yue people's foreign court, and the tribal elders or elders' children stand with them in the main dynasty on weekdays. The more people do not compete, but the more people hunt heads. If the king of Yue takes the wife of a soldier, the soldier can hunt his head. ”

"Da Ao, if the king of Yue breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the first soldier, the king of Zhuyue is unwilling." Jin Yi reminded.

"That is the king of Yue breaking the law and committing the same crime as the tribal elders, would you like it?" Xiong Jing asked rhetorically.

"This..., or as a wish." Jin Yi hesitated for a moment and reluctantly agreed.

"If this is the case, the Yue people will all be the soldiers of my Chu State in the future." Xiong Jing smiled helplessly. He then quickly said the content of the back of the alliance: "The queen is alone, and the rest are all concubines, and the concubines are not kings." ”

"This should not be done." Jin Yi reminded again. "I don't have a lot of love, and I have a wife. The minister thought it was a trivial matter......"

"It's no small thing." Xiong Jing, Qu Sui, and Zhao Huang spoke in unison. In the end, he still succumbed and said: "Love the country more, not the country, the heirs are many and the land is divided, the children and grandchildren are endless, and the fiefdom is also endless, so the country will be cut." The minister thought that he should be the chief of the system, and the remaining sons and concubines could not be fiefdomed, but could only eat Lu. ”

"I think so." Guantuo, Zhao Huang also said.

"The concubine is not the king, but the brave is the king." Xiong Jing made a correction. "If you are not a king, give a boat to the sea and go to sea to make a living."

It is a trivial matter to go to sea to make a living, and the ministers are concerned about the brave man as the king, and Zhao Huang asked, "What is a brave man?" ”

"At the time of the funeral, the one who is facing above, the winner of the competition is brave, and he can inherit the throne." Xiong Jing Road.

"This method is not feasible for the more people to do." Jin reminded for the third time. "If someone kills someone when hunting a head, if someone kills him when he hunts his head......"

The Chu people are always different from the Yue people, and after three reminders, Xiong Jing gradually understood this. He also understood that the rights of King Yue would eventually not be restricted, and when King Yue's royal power became heavier and heavier, there would be a war between Chu and Yue.

Li He seemed to see what Xiong Jing meant, and he said: "Liyue King, only an expedient measure. The ancestral land of the Yue people can be given, but the artillery gunpowder can not be given. The minister thought that he had obtained the saltpeter in Dongzhou today, and the saltpeter island should be destroyed to prevent the Vietnamese from snooping. ”

Where is Saltpeter Island? Saltpeter Island is in the East in the future. At this time, Rudong was just an island, and the boat transported buckets of urine up and drenched out the nitrate.

Nao said slyly: "The Qin people have obtained the method of gunpowder, so don't let the Yue people get it." ”

"There is still a Jutie Mansion Ou Chou ......" Lu Yangjun endured a few endurances, and still said Ou Chou's name.

Most of Ou Chou and his children are Yue people, if Ou Chou or Ou Chou's descendants help Yue people make artillery, the Yue people can have the same gunboats as the Chu army, plus the gunpowder of the Qin people, it may not be impossible to compete with the Chu army.

"It doesn't matter." Xiong Jing thought about it but said it was okay, it was really okay.