From Chief to Ball

"...Therefore, the above 23 people are sentenced to be hanged. The slaves of all the land are divided into ten shares, the public property gets three, the heirs of the tribe who were deceived and died in battle get three, and the rest of the city people share four equally."

"The original leader was escorted back to Sucheng for the five major crimes of betraying the tribe and disrespecting the ancestors, and the leaders discussed and dealt with it together."

"His family has a total of 84 mu of land and [-] [-] slaves. Thinking of his meritorious service to the city, his ancestors also overcame thorns and thorns to build a city, and the sacrifices cannot be cut off. He left a thousand mu of land and [-] slaves for the sacrifices of his descendants. Divide the rest equally."

"In order to prevent the elected leader from doing evil like him again, the leaders of the relatives will gather here after one month, and you will elect a new leader. The relatives will supervise their oaths. discuss together."

"Such as the above mu, zhang, chi, jin, etc., someone will demonstrate it to you later, so that it is convenient to measure. Do you have any questions?"

Asked three times, did not raise any doubts, only may be a little confused about the measurement unit of Xiacheng, but when measuring the land, many people curiously followed the soldiers of Xiacheng to see, always heard these strange things from their mouths vocabulary, and probably understand what it is.

One step is always different from person to person, not to mention how much a meal can eat is different from person to person, even the difference between two meals of a person is very different, so it is necessary for a specific person to take a step or eat The next meal serves as a measure.

Most of the time, people don't care who owns the step-by-step. It doesn't mean much to ordinary people, but it is very important to Chen Jian, so he seizes every opportunity to implement the unit of weight and measure. The basis for a unified cultural circle in the future.

After making sure that no one objected to what he was saying, Chen Jian waved his hand, and the soldiers kicked away the wood under the feet of the people whose necks were hung on the noose, and the silent struggle began. More than 20 people stretched and stretched, with purple-black tongues It stretched out a long way, but fortunately the wood and rope were strong enough to die at last.

People in their family were demoted to slaves regardless of whether they participated in this matter, so no one collected the corpses. Chen Jian told the people in the city that as a warning, the corpses of these people would not be allowed to be buried. It is difficult for their souls to enter the world of their ancestors.

The corpses of this group of people were hung on a big tree outside the city, like the common pottery wind chimes on the roofs of Xiacheng. Will air dry.

In the previous trial, Chen Jian instigated the conflict between the poor and the poor in the northeast corner and the southwest corner, causing the conflicts accumulated between the city nobles and the city commoners due to land distribution and power concentration in small circles to erupt.At the same time, he presided over the redistribution of confiscated land, and won the support of the common people in these cities with a fair attitude.

Because of this kind of instigation, as well as the previously cleansed bloody hands and Qiu Wuwu's military discipline, this accumulated contradiction has become the main contradiction in the city today, and the unhappiness and estrangement caused by interference in internal affairs has become a secondary contradiction. Didn't get much hostility in the city.

He deliberately controlled the direction of the conflict when he asked Xiacheng soldiers to instigate it. When suing, Chen Jian shifted the focus of the conflict from the irreconcilability of the rights of the rich and the poor, and used the low personal morality of the person under trial to cover it up, and did not offend too much. On the contrary, the big families in the city and people in the power circle did not divide the slightly disputed land in the family conflicts among the living families, and won their favor and support.

In particular, the contradictions he concocted are rooted in the moral issues of the leaders and those who control the city. It is an accidental rather than inevitable moral issue for those in power to use their power to seek better land. The rights of the city are best It must be controlled by those with permanent property because those with permanent property will have certain morals, and will not be greedy for small profits, etc., and it has found a better excuse for these people. What they need is exactly this kind of thing that can anesthetize the city There are countless people who praised Chen Jian in the words of common people.

Although it has become an established fact that the power of the big family has been controlled after the division of the rich and the poor, and it is the same everywhere, including the chief of the city, but it is the same in several families, but there is still a lack of a clear and plausible explanation for this matter. Chen Jian's words gave them the reason they needed most.

The civilians also understand that it is impossible for them to step into the center of power, and the benefits brought to them by the distribution presided over by Chen Jian, and the trial of the leader as a warning, so they don't care about what Chen Jian said, as for whether they believe it or not, it is their own It's over.

The only people in the entire city who hated Chen Jian were the people who were closely related to the leader. Chen Jian knew that it was impossible to get everyone's approval, so he used moral criticism to make those people hanged, those who could not be hanged, and enslaved. It is difficult to make a comeback in the city, and with the tears and resentment of a group of people, it has won the support and approval of the majority of the people in the city.

The deliberate promotion of the concept of kinship makes people in the city unaware of the difference between this trial and the past: this is a trial by the people of other cities against the leaders of their own city. It has been replaced by the common recognition of right and wrong in the cultural circle, and some people and cities have begun to interfere and participate in this kind of right and wrong assessment, and even use the laws in the so-called cultural circle to hang the rebels in the city.

The people in the city did not even notice a subtle change: the son of the old chieftain could almost be elected as the chieftain justifiably, because the only family that could contend with it had disintegrated, and the power vacuum after the disintegration was dominated by those who supported the son of the old chieftain closely. Controlled by people... Decades later, when the leader is elected again, no one has enough prestige to contend with it.

The circle of inheritance of rights is even smaller, first there is the fact of bloodline inheritance, and then there is the legal principle of family inheritance, and this is also the condition for Chen Jian Suyue to get the support of the other clans: in exchange for their support for the bloodline inheritance of other cities in exchange for their support for this approval of the intervention.

After the purpose of this intervention was basically achieved, Chen Jian stayed for a few more days, distributed the land with the soldiers counted by the Xiacheng Society, and kept all the bronze weights and measures made by Xiacheng on the ship, and taught The method they used left behind cloth with various simple characters in Xiacheng and two or three soldiers.

On July 23, the city was basically stabilized. Chen Jian and Su Tang were about to withdraw their troops back. Before leaving, they invited, or rather tempted, traded a dozen or so prestigious people in the city to follow them Go back to Sucheng together.

The name is: because of the deceitful selection of the leader and the justice of Jixia Sutang, these people asked Su Yue and the other leaders to come to this city to monitor the selection of the leader, and to supervise the oath of the leader when he succeeded, because it seems difficult for heaven and earth Punishment for those who break their oath is ultimately up to people to carry it out.

The fact is: these people didn't think much of it at all, it was Chen Jian and Su Tang who used various excuses to ask them to go, to perform a request of self-directed and self-acted, to provide an excuse and precedent for Chen Jian to turn this matter into a rule.

In fact, it is to leave enough room for the future son to succeed, which is equivalent to letting the wolf manage the flock. When the wolf is about to die, it will not support a sheep to become the leader, but will definitely choose its own wolf cub. If you choose Those who are not wolf cubs are not in accordance with the rules, and the rest of the wolves will attack in groups. As for the places that are not in compliance with the rules, they can always be found.

Chen Jian reckoned that the leaders of the other clans would accept this result for the sake of their offspring, which would require a secret covenant to break the oath.

It is not the rule for the father to die and the son to succeed, but recessive inheritance has appeared. As the leader's son, he has more opportunities to show himself and be known by others.

In name, any Chinese is eligible to be elected as the leader, but an ordinary Chinese has never been exposed to all kinds of power circles, nor does he have enough experience to prove himself.

Clan people can't see through the essence, so naturally there is no voice of opposition. The source of the contradiction between the rich and the poor concocted by Chen Jian is actually the personal moral thoughts of those in power, which can effectively paralyze the hearts of ordinary people and gain more real power support—and this will force the emergence of a set of aristocratic moral norms, and promote the birth of a certain kind of thinking: as long as those in power have enough morality, then the world will be peaceful and happy. If the world is not peaceful, it is not the fault of the system. It's just that the morals of those in power have gone wrong.

Strictly speaking, Chen Jian's current evaluation of himself is very dirty: an advocate of blood aristocracy; an ugly politician who paralyzes the hearts of the people; an instigator of clan wars;

But history is measured in thousands of years, and it also advances in a spiral. In order to go east, sometimes we have to go west.Taking advantage of the vacuum of civilization around, integrating the cultural circle to reduce internal friction and sprouting everywhere like dandelions is the best choice at this time.

He can't manage so many cities, one Xia city has exhausted all his thoughts, and it is impossible for one person to fight against the entire era. The cultural inheritance caused by underdeveloped material conditions is only in the noble circle. This kind of situation will inevitably happen, if you can't change it, you can only use the situation to achieve your goal.

While doing all this, he also left the seeds of destruction in Xiacheng and Yucheng, waiting for iron to replace bronze, oxen to replace slaves, enough wealth accumulated within the ethnic group, potential foreign enemies to be assimilated, There are more people who can read and write, and more people give lectures in private.

When that day comes, when all these old-fashioned flavors can no longer solve the contradictions at that time, more people will naturally think: What should we do?

Among the piles of old papers and old silk, people may see the stories of Xiacheng and Yucheng a long time ago, and find a trace of remnants, from Xiacheng bureaucrats’ recommendation system and learning and examination system, to government-run economic salt and iron franchises, Ownership of the land, the ownership of the world to the public or the ownership of the world to private interests, all these, people who are interested will be able to find their basis and inspire their thinking.

At that time, when a hundred flowers bloomed, ten thousand words contended, and a path that could be passed was finally selected, the true core of civilization of this ethnic group was truly laid.

It's still early, there's no skin, as long as the skin grows.

"Not urgent."

On the way back, Chen Jian thought about everything he had done, and comforted himself like this. At the same time, he also thought about the conversation he had with the city leader before: Will the original intention really not change when I have children?When the temptation of reality is in front of you, can you really keep your heart?

When the newborn baby hooks his fingers and looks at him with dim and curious eyes; when the children call out their first father, when he sees too many similarities in them... Would he really stand upright, without any hesitation, as he did in front of that person a few days ago?

Chapter 71 Su Xia Limited Sovereignty System ([-])

At the end of July, Sucheng.

The carriages specially used by the chiefs and presented by Xia City kept going in and out of the city gate to receive the chiefs of the nearby cities. The wheels were not only comfortable, but also represented a unique majesty.

When the two Sucheng soldiers who participated in the crusade came back from the east, Suyue had just gone outside the city to meet a leader, saw the two returning soldiers on the carriage, and wanted to know the result anxiously, but still held back Losing his bearing and etiquette, he hurried back to the house after finishing the reception. The two soldiers had already rested enough.

"Win?"

He asked straightforwardly what he wanted to know the most. After seeing the two soldiers nodding, he couldn't help but let out a cry, very excited.

Now that he knew the result, he was not in a hurry for the rest. He asked someone to prepare food and wine, and let the two clansmen talk about it slowly.

When he heard about the bombing of the city, Su Yue's face turned serious, and he interjected for the first time and asked, "Speak slowly, was the city gate really blown open?"

"Really, I saw with my own eyes that the wood was blown to pieces with a bang, and all the people guarding it were killed. When Jixia rushed in with Xiacheng people, there were not many people resisting. Su Tang also said that there is no need to besiege the city anymore, and those cities that have been guarded by the city can no longer hold us back for several months."

"How many of you died?"

"Not many, just some injuries."

The soldier said with some embarrassment: "When we woke up from the thunder, Jixia had already rushed in with Xiacheng soldiers. They probably saw this thing a lot, so they didn't take it seriously."

Listening to the soldier's description, Su Yue imagined the scene of hundreds of catties of gunpowder exploding, secretly startled, and then asked: "Xiacheng's army formation... is really as Su He said, unstoppable?"

"This time, there are no horses and chariots, and it is an attack on the city. It is different from the flat ground that Su He saw. However, the soldiers in Xiacheng are indeed very powerful. The five of them are familiar with each other. I heard that they usually do not need Work hard, train hard every day, everyone is strong."

The soldiers thought for a while, and finally described: "When they marched forward before the siege, they could form a whole team at forty steps, and the formation was not disordered at forty steps. All kinds of whistles and drums that we couldn't understand They can understand everything, and their advances and retreats are well-founded. We really can’t compare this. Moreover, their archers can throw the city wall from a hundred steps away, and five out of ten arrows can land on the city wall.”

Su Yue was silent for a long while, then asked puzzledly: "A whole team of forty steps...the formation is still in chaos, there are really such soldiers?"

Seeing that both of them nodded in admiration, Su Yue finally believed it, and sighed, "Su He is really right. On flat ground, even if Xiacheng has no gunpowder, chariots, and riders, those soldiers are enough One against three."

"I've heard some of what he said during the winter alliance. He said that he would build a city in Onozawa, teach various clans and cities, and train soldiers. If you can make a whole team of [-] steps, if you can attack slowly and then quickly without fear of feather arrows, and can respond alternately when retreating, then there are tens of thousands in Dongyi and Beidi, so what is there to be afraid of?"

"I thought that Xiacheng won, but it was because of gunpowder chariots. Now it seems that's definitely not the case, absolutely not!"