Great time travel

Chapter 49. Qiongya at the Wind and Rain Meeting in All Directions ([-])

What makes Xu Xiake feel even more creepy is that even this so-called "Hua Mei" who claims to have inherited the style of the former Song Dynasty is clearly so vulgar, uneducated, militaristic, murderous, greedy and cruel as the ancient violence. Qin.However, even such a cruel and iron-blooded Huamei was ridiculed by another East Coast country, who is also a descendant of the Song Dynasty, as a group of soft-hearted, indecisive and weak scholars. Fighting... So, what is the origin of this east coast country?
——According to some rumors that Xu Xiake has inquired sporadically in the past few days, the population and territory of the East Bank Country seem to be slightly inferior to that of Huamei, and the land does not seem to be as rich as Huamei.However, the barbarians around the East Coast Country are far stronger than their neighbors in China and the United States. Even if it is just to survive, the soldiers and civilians of the East Coast Country have to fight against the strong and fight against the evil neighbors everywhere. The frequent battles, Even the slaves and Tartars outside the Great Wall are far behind.

Under such severe military pressure, the Dong'an Kingdom almost frantically threw all the people and property of the country into the battlefield, to the point that "all the people are military households, all men are soldiers, and women also carry swords". Most of the villages and towns are named after "XX Castle", which shows the prosperity of its martial arts.

If it is said that although China and the United States despise literature and emphasize military affairs, and are despised by scholars of the Ming Dynasty, at least there are still some relics of Tang and Song literature and ink in the country, and if they know a little about the etiquette of saints, then the East Coast Kingdom has not forgotten the Chinese characters. Its fierce and warlike atmosphere has reached the level of a bloodthirsty barbarian. Although it has inherited several laws and regulations from the Song Dynasty, Dong'an Kingdom also has an imperial academy similar to Guozijian, but it does not teach people to read sage poems. Those who are knowledgeable, sensible and shameless, but teach children the art of killing from an early age, so that they can kill when they grow up.Therefore, the textbooks for children are not only "Three Character Classics", but also a poem "Men's Walk - Killing Song" that is soaked in blood between the lines, which makes Xu Xiake's eyelids twitch:
A man should kill, and kill without mercy.The karma of eternal immortality lies in killing people.In the past, there was an Assassin's League, with great loyalty.

He kills when he gets on a horse, and his body is lighter than a feather.There are heroes and tyrants, killing people like hemp, galloping around the world, only bragging about swords and guns.

If you want to look for this kind of thing, you will be fishing for the shadow of the moon in vain.

Don't you see, Confucianism has swarmed up strong men to die, and Shenzhou has since praised benevolence and righteousness.Once the barbarians were in chaos in the Central Plains, the scholars rushed to the cowards and wept.

I want to learn the ancient style and revive the heroic spirit.Reputation is like dung, and those who disdain benevolence ridicule.Wearing a sharpened iron sword, he kills in a fit of rage.

Cut shares and drink, chat and laugh.To kill an enemy for thousands of miles is willing to spend ten weeks.Zhu Tianguang's wife, and the knot secretly in love.

Going out of the outpost, Mu Tiren turned his head back.Tired and sleepy, the battle horn suddenly blows.Ximen leaves his mother, the mother is not sad for the child.

After a long history, the boy never returned.In the battle between heaven and earth, tragically shocked the hell.Three steps to kill a person, the heart stops and does not stop.

Thousands of miles of blood flow, corpses lie on Qianxun Mountain.After the battle, the strong men sleep on the corpse of the enemy.In the dream, it is still a murder, and the smile reflects Suhui.

Daughter Mo Xiang asked, why is the man so fierce?Since ancient times, benevolence and virtue have only harmed people, and morality has never been true!
Don't you see, the liger's prey is famous, but who can pity the poor elk?The world has always been strong against the weak, even if it is justified, it is in vain.

Junxiu asked, men can do what they want.Men do it, be violent.Work and benevolence are incompatible.

The man is in the arena of killing, and his courage is like a bear and his eyes are like a wolf.If you are born as a man, you will kill, and don't teach a man to wrap a woman's heart.

The man never shows his sympathy, even though his rivals are with a smile.There are a hundred battlefields in the battlefield, and everywhere is willing to be green with weeds.

Don't tremble, man, there are songs for you to listen to:
Killing one is a crime, and killing one is a hero.If 900 million are slaughtered, you will be the hero among the heroes.

Xiongzhongxiong, the way is different:
See through the thousand years of benevolence and righteousness, but make this life a glorious one.A good name does not love a bad name, and a million people are killed without punishment.

It is better to teach thousands of people to gnash their teeth and hate, but not to teach no one to scold me.Looking at the world for 5000 years, where can heroes not kill people!
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Such frenzied and advocating killings are not only against morality and etiquette, but also have no benevolence. In the eyes of Ming Dynasty Confucian scholars like Xu Xiake, they are simply evil things that can only be written by ogre kings. An country is regarded as the most reasonable saying, and it is made to be recited by children day and night... From this, it can be inferred that this Lao Shizi Dong'an country can no longer be described as vulgar and insulting, but has almost become a lion in "Journey to the West". In the camel country, the people of the whole country were possessed by evil thoughts and turned into human-skinned monsters.And the rulers above the imperial court are all big devils in hell!

"...Well, because the former Song Dynasty valued culture over martial arts and was weak for a hundred years, it had the shame of Jingkang and the death of Yashan. Therefore, the descendants of the Song Dynasty absorbed the teachings of their ancestors and hoped to establish a style of martial arts. Maybe there is some reason. But this Huamei And the Dongan Kingdom is so perverse, and overcorrected to such a field in one breath, it is no longer a martial arts, but a bloodthirsty! This not only completely loses the saint's benevolence and compassion, but also destroys my Chinese orthodoxy. If you are in the company of barbarians and wild beasts, even if you can expand thousands of miles and destroy hundreds of thousands of countries, it is only for the disaster of the world, so what glory is there?"

——Looking at the various military flags fluttering on the giant foreign ships in the harbor, Xu Xiake couldn't help but sighed.

After such a comparison, relatively speaking, these "Australian Kun people" who are now entrenched in Qiongzhou Prefecture, although they also "do not know the way of sages", "emphasize things and despise Confucianism", "not being polite to gentry" and so on are quite worthwhile. There are criticisms, but compared with the butchers and killers in the East Coast and Huamei, these "Australian Kun people" are already the most normal and acceptable group of "Miao descendants of the Song Dynasty" that Xu Xiake feels is the most acceptable.

At least in the eyes of Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty, even though the behavior of the "Australian Kun people" has a lot of apostasy, it is still barely within the "range that can be saved". He couldn't help thinking about the "Australian giant ship" and "Cosco Star", which seemed to stand out from the crowd.

Just as Xu Xiake was sitting in the gazebo meditating like this, he heard a commotion behind him. He turned around and saw a Taoist priest clamoring to perform rituals in front of the "Wuweiju" tavern, dozens of steps away from the gazebo. Erlang Zhenjun went down to earth to eliminate the disaster for this store.

——Speaking of which, this "Wuweiju" tavern in Bopu Port is also very unlucky this year. Less than an hour after it opened after the New Year, a large group of drunk sailors ran into the tavern to beat up and break up the restaurant. A lot of tables, chairs, benches, bowls, chopsticks, cups, lamps and lanterns, even the owner, shopkeeper and three assistants were injured in the chaos. One of the assistants broke a leg and still can't get up...

Although these troublesome sailors were later arrested by the police of the Senate, and the unfortunate shopkeeper with a bruised nose also received a sum of compensation, but this year's black door still made him, who has always been superstitious, feel that he seems to be stained with What a bad luck.It just so happened that a wandering Taoist priest came to Bopu Port from Guangzhou to solicit business. He boasted of his own Taoism, but he was quickly invited by the "good money" tavern owner to do it to eliminate the disaster.

A moment later, accompanied by a Taoist boy's suona playing, this wandering Taoist priest who was obviously from Yeluzi, with disheveled hair, holding a mahogany sword and muttering words, began to dance around a fire in front of the "Wuweiju" tavern. Dashen——Although he deliberately made the expression on his face very weird, and it was hard work to dance the Dashen around the fire on Hainan Island, which is like summer all the year round, but he was very proud in his heart: Lingao, the lair of "Gun Thieves", really He is so rich that even a small shop in the countryside can spend so much money, just to avoid bad luck... I came here by boat from Guangzhou to make a living, so I really came to the right place... But, those onlookers Why does the look in his eyes seem a little weird?
Regarding the doubts in these strange eyes, the Taoist priest quickly got the answer—then, just as the wandering Taoist Priest Yeluzi was skillfully foaming at the mouth and performing Erlang God’s upper body to the crowd, he heard a loud shout in the distance: "...Someone here is asking God again, copy the guy!"

Immediately, a large group of short-haired "false kuns" in official uniforms ran along the street and surrounded the Taoist priest and his Taoist boys.Seeing that the Taoist priest was in a bad situation, he quickly put down his magic weapon, squinted his eyes, and saw that these "false hairpins" were male and female, but they all carried big sticks, their faces were full of fierceness, and there was a big big scarf on the front of their chests. The word "tax"... Could it be the tax collector of the Kun thief?But why do they have to embarrass me, a poor Taoist priest?

Just when the Taoist was confused, the leading gangster and tax collector stepped forward and shouted loudly: "...if you dare to ask, is Erlang Zhenjun?" Pretending to be arrogant, he replied: "...it is the true king, who is the one here?"

Who would have thought that the head of the tax collector didn't accept this at all, instead of being surprised, he became angry instead, and immediately pointed at the Taoist priest who performed "God's Upper Body" and cursed loudly: "...Good job, Erlang God! Why are you entering the country illegally again? I’ve told you a few times that when you come to work under the Senate, you must report in advance, complete the approval slip, and pay taxes in full! How come you have come to Lingao more than 20 times, and you dare to ignore the law like this ?! Come on, someone! Hurry up and punish this "sin god" who knows the law and violated the law to [-] big boards, so as to make an example! Hmph! Let's see if you weirdos dare to come and play smuggling!"

All the tax collectors immediately got up and agreed, then rushed forward with their sticks, and beat the wandering Taoist head and head, and immediately beat the guy up, screaming: "...Ah! Ah! Wait, these mortals are so alive! Disrespectful! Dare to hit this true king, believe it or not, this true king will destroy you?"

But what responded to him was a sneer, "...Cut! Erlangshen, how many times have you come to our Lingao, you idiot? How many times have you not been beaten by us for not paying taxes? How dare you be shameless now? Got up? Let me tell you, under the rule of the Senate, it is strictly forbidden to invite gods to descend to earth without approval! Even if the gods come to the territory of the Senate, they have to obediently pay taxes! Uh, take it easy! Don’t kill him. Just hit him Just half dead..."

——As the time traveler Senate has been entrenched in Lingao for a long time, there are more and more people from different religions and nine streams in the Lingao market, which once made the society a bit of a mess.In order to combat cults, purify beliefs, and expand tax sources by the way, the Traveler Senate ordered the collection of religious taxes in the territory, also known as "immortal tax": this is not like the religious tax of later generations, deducting money from the wages of believers and giving it to the church. Instead, it's just the opposite, specifically targeting various "immortals" to exploit - setting up an altar to pray for rain requires handing in 30 circulation papers once, descending to the mortal world requires handing in [-] circulation papers, and showing supernatural powers requires [-] circulation papers once, even if it is Ordinary missionaries also need to spend [-] circulation rolls to apply for a monthly license, which is only valid for [-] days, and you need to reapply if it is overdue...

At present, under the rule of the Traverser Senate, only the "New Taoism" created by the Lingao Catholic Church and the gay priest Robo Quanzi has been specially approved and can be temporarily exempted from taxation. To develop power on the ground, the exorbitant taxes are all collected—in fact, true Christians will hardly invite God to descend to earth, and the thieves and tax collectors have become more and more vicious because of this, claiming that God will steal when he comes Put on a layer of skin!

——The thieves and cruel officials have collected taxes on the heads of gods. How can we not let the gentry of Ming Dynasty who have been accustomed to tax evasion for generations feel sorry for them?

Xu Xiake, who was sitting in the gazebo by the side, shook his head and sighed as he watched the wandering Taoist priest Yeluzi who "illegally invited Erlang God to come down to earth without paying taxes and approval" was beaten up by a gang of vicious thieves and tax collectors. "...Although most of this Taoist priest is not from a good background, he can only cheat money from foolish men and women. However, Kun people are so greedy, and in order to exploit their wealth, they even put their ideas on the gods, which is too bad Do you know that you must respect the ancestors of heaven and the law! I have heard that "a dragon has nine sons, each has his own preferences", but why do these descendants of the Song family who are scattered overseas behave so differently from those in the middle land? Even if it is Annan and North Korea, They are more like the Chinese descendants of Middle-earth than they are!"

At this moment, Xu Xiake suddenly smelled a strong smell of food, and then saw his clan brother Xu Zhongzhao walking into the gazebo with a burden on his shoulder and two steaming coconut shell bowls in his hands. He greeted him and said, "...Brother has called for lunch, eat it while it's hot!"

"...Oh, thank you, Brother Zhong Zhao."

Xu Xiake hurriedly put away the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the stone table in the pavilion, put them back into his small bookcase, wiped the table with his sleeve hastily a few times, and then took the coconut shell bowl from Xu Zhongzhao's hand. Pieces of potatoes, carrots, onions, and meat are overcooked and poured sticky on top of the white rice. They look red, yellow, and bright in color. Gluttonous.Rao Xu Xiake, who is used to eating and sleeping in the open, and doesn't pay much attention to food, couldn't help but twitch his index finger for a while, "...Brother Zhong Zhao, I don't know what this is?"

"...This is curry rice, a specialty of Tianzhu. It is said that Tang Sanzang and Sakyamuni both like to eat it!"

Sitting down at the stone table, Xu Zhongzhao introduced to Xu Xiake, "...Brother, I bought two bowls after seeing novelties in a restaurant in the market. Hey, I'm not afraid of your jokes, brother. Brother, I originally wanted to see the singing and dancing of the Zhu Dancer that day, and feast my eyes. But I went to see that the show this morning has already finished, and the next show will have to wait until the afternoon. So I thought that since the time If you don't like Tianzhu singing and dancing, it's better to try Tianzhu food first... Mmm, it tastes really good, although it's a bit spicy... You should try it while it's hot!"

Seeing that his clan brother Xu Zhongzhao was already eating hard, Xu Xiake smiled, and took out a pair of bamboo chopsticks from his sleeve, picked up the hot curry rice, and was about to feast on it.Unexpectedly, his eyes swept away by chance, only to find that a wisp of black smoke was curling up in the sky over Bopu Town in the distance...

"...Eh? Brother Zhong Zhao, look quickly, what's going on over there? Could it be... a fire?"