From Chief to Ball

He raised the wooden slips and said: "This thing is called a book in Xiacheng. Xia Bucai, who can write a few words, recommends himself as a recorder, and uses the oaths, major events, and defeats of the enemy in Jixia Dahe's alliance. , Sacrificial offerings. We left it to future generations to comment on our achievements, and another one will make our names be remembered forever. I don’t know what everyone thinks?”

Several people looked at each other and smiled: "We naturally agree that it would be good if we can keep our names for future generations. It's just that when the Huasu League was established, Hua had a hundred officials, who were in charge of planting livestock or managing wealth and war. In this case , might as well give it a name."

Chen Jian hesitated for a moment, then suppressed a smile and said, "The person who memorizes words in books should be called the secretary."

This name is very appropriate. Everyone thought about the name of the secretary, and it was indeed catchy and concise.

Since Su Yue wanted to please Chen Jian, he said at this moment: "Then, as Ji Xia said, agree with Ji Xia to be the secretary of our clan alliance, and throw a copper shell."

He took the lead in throwing a copper shell to the front. This did not involve any specific interests, and it was also a reward for Chen Jian to pass on their names to future generations. The resolution to elect Chen Jian as secretary was enthusiastically passed unanimously.

"What happened is called an event. When it happened, it is called a calendar. Together, it is a calendar. However, I will not remember such small things as corn, salt, sugar, and ridge hunting. For big events, use a and event Similar words are replaced and called history. History and history, there is history and history. If I want to write down the fact that everyone elected me as secretary, I can only write down the month and day, the family alliance, and Xia as the secretary. But when future generations read it, they don’t know when it happened.”

"The first alliance of our Dahe tribes was 32 years ago, after the Battle of Quangu, the Hwaseong alliance. It can be said that without that incident, the relatives are still fighting endlessly, and there would be no alliance today. .Even though everyone present is convinced by the clansmen and has some achievements in conquest and planting, no one can compare to Hua back then."

"Since this is the case, let's take the battle of Spring Valley as the beginning year and push it back. Today is the 33rd year of the Chinese calendar, the ninth day of the eighth month. After that, it will be thousands of years, ten thousand years. What do you think?"

This was another seemingly meaningless matter. Seeing that Chen Jian was willing to do such a trivial matter, the leaders threw the copper shells to the front one by one without waiting for Chen Jian to say more this time.

After Chen Jian threw out his copper shell, he took up a pen and wrote on the wooden slips: In the 33rd year of the Chinese calendar, on the ninth day of the eighth month, the relatives were allied with Su.Ji Xia was promoted as the secretary.

Throwing down the writing brush, looking at the dozen or so simple characters on the wooden slips, he felt a deep sigh in his heart. A trivial matter that everyone thought was insignificant, but it was a major event for the entire ethnic group.

The two small warm-up events also made the leaders relax a bit. Chen Jian stood up, took a deep breath, and his face became serious. The next thing he wanted to talk about was the major event.

"Everyone, as we all know, the cornerstone of our alliance is that we all have the same ancestors, similar habits, a language that we can understand each other, the floods and droughts of the great river, the threats of barbarians and di, and the desire not to shed blood from our relatives .”

The leaders of the weaker clans nodded frequently, but the stronger ones objected in their hearts, so they laughed dryly at the end.

It may be the wish of the tribe to say that the blood of the relatives will not bleed, but it may not be our wish.If we don't fight wars, where will our slaves get fame?

A few days ago, Jisong Shiqi and others from Xiacheng came to our city to perform, and everyone in the clan went to see it, but what did you perform?We thought that you Xiacheng people would perform the scenes that were performed in Sucheng back then, such as the heroic return from the expedition, the celebrations, and the plundering of slaves, which everyone enjoyed happily.

But it’s not, what you played was the story of a man and a woman sleeping between two relatives, and then there was a dispute between the two relatives, and the relatives of the two were fighting on the battlefield, with the same hair tied and shouting the same The two clans had a blood feud and could never be together again.The man was injured and fell into a coma, and the woman was taken back as a slave and given to someone else to conceive someone else's child. When the man woke up and saw the woman, both of them committed suicide and turned into butterflies after death.

Before they died, they asked why there was bloodshed between relatives?The clansmen all cried and asked why, don't you, Ji Xia, know why you bleed?Even in the past, there were wars between Huasu and people, and you were also the leader. Can you ask this question?It was him, Suyue, if it wasn't for the battle back then, who would be willing to obey him in the nearby cities?Where did he get so many slaves in Sucheng?

You made such a scene, the clansman saw it, and in the future we will fight with our relatives, how do you let us leaders convince everyone?If we don't fight wars, where will the prestige and slaves of our leaders come from?

Everyone is here today, and I can’t object to what you said on the surface, and I don’t want to offend you, lest you refuse to exchange with us and help us train soldiers, so let you go on.

But in the future, don't perform those plays in your Xiacheng city in our city. I'm not afraid of spears, I'm afraid of these things.

Wouldn't it be nice to play the leader's wise feats and everyone's stupidity?Isn't it good to play a scene where the leader's son is exiled by the bad guys, the leader selected by the city is cruel and stupid, and finally the leader's son comes back and everyone cheers?

It is said that you are young, but now it seems that this is true. After this incident, everyone needs to teach you well.

Chapter 85 A New History

Chen Jian pretended not to see the faces of the crowd, and then said: "Our ancestors came from the mountains to the banks of the river, planted millet and fished, sweated and dripped blood, and finally left us a large-scale land for future generations. Today we are here Here is an alliance, what is the last thing you want to see?"

"The last thing I want to see is that our land becomes the land of the barbarians, forcing us to loose our hair, become slaves, speak their language instead, and make our ancestors stop offering sacrifices."

"Especially after I got the guidance of my ancestors and got gunpowder, chariots, spears, and horses. If these things are learned by Yidi, we will die and injure more people, and may even be killed. They exterminated."

"Furthermore, for example, when a big river floods, it is not a matter between two clans of one clan. Once a breach occurs, dozens of cities will become lakes. Another example is when one or two clans are at war, they actually dig up a big river and submerge each other's cities. My own city will not be flooded, but apart from his city, many cities downstream will be turned into food for fish and turtles."

"Another example is the Dongyi invasion. One city resists, but the rest of the cities do not send troops to rescue. For every city we lose, Yidi will have slaves in another city. Over time, if one day it is your turn, just I’m afraid that no one will send troops to save you.”

"So, since everyone is here to form an alliance, then everyone in the alliance, some matters in your cities are not just about your cities, but are related to the ancestors' descendants and all the clans of the Dahe tribes, related to ancestor sacrifices Whether it can be cut off is related to whether future generations will be slaves."

"Before the common interests of all clans, the interests of each clan can be discarded, and they are all in the back. There are priorities, like snow is about to fall, and the corn has not been harvested. At this time, harvesting corn is the most important thing." The rest must come in the back, isn't that right?"

"When a clan tries to disobey its ancestors, seek refuge with the barbarians, dig river embankments, and massacre their clansmen, all the clans that are allied today, and those who still worship their ancestors, have the right to interfere with this clan and judge the clan leader. , and even wiped out his clan! At that time, my Xiacheng clan will be the first clan to send troops."

"And in order to prevent such a thing from happening, I'm afraid that there must be a rule. People who do not conform to the rules cannot become leaders, and they will also face the common conquest of all clans."

As soon as the words fell, the whole room suddenly became chaotic. With the legendary deterrence of the just won, all the leaders were quite dissatisfied with Chen Jian's words.

"What does Ji Xia mean? Is it possible that you have to take care of whoever is the leader? You are too much to take care of!"

"Even though you Xiacheng soldiers are good at fighting, is it possible that you want to be enemies of all clans?"

"Huimenghuimeng, you are the leader, and I am also the leader. Why do you control me? You say I don't follow the rules, so I won't follow the rules?"

"Everyone has been here for more than a hundred years, and we have never seen Yidi snatching our land. Jixia's words are weird!"

Su Yue finally understood what Chen Jian was going to do, and it was impossible for him to back down at this time, facing the quarrels of the crowd, he stood up and said: "Don't quarrel first, what Ji Xia said is right, if you really do something like disobedience Ancestors, taking refuge in the barbarians, digging the embankment, etc., can't you still conquer you?"

Righteousness comes first, sacrificing ancestors is the greatest righteousness of this era, and no one can oppose it.

After a brief silence, Chen Jian said again: "How can I judge everyone's right or wrong? It's just that everyone judges that a person has done wrong, and I will send troops. I am a hand, and I go to beat people, but I am not the brain, to say right or wrong. Who is wrong, the head tells the hands, and the hands fight, that's all. It's not just me, does the leader of Suyue agree with those things? Doesn't he send troops?"

Following these words, everyone's eyes were fixed on Su Yue, he was the head of the alliance, the head of the leader, what did Chen Jian mean by saying that he would listen to Su Yue in the future?

Su Yue felt the eyes of everyone present. Although he was looking forward to the realization of all this in his heart, he knew that it was absolutely impossible at this time. He secretly cursed Chen Jian in his heart, but said with a smile on his face: "What am I doing? I am everyone The chosen leader of the alliance also doesn't have the virtue to be able to judge right from wrong. That's not what Ji Xia said."

Chen Jian glanced secretly at Su Yue, and said with a smile: "Yes, the leader Su Yue's virtue cannot be judged from right to wrong. There are always times when people are dazzled, sometimes they see wrongly, and sometimes they can't tell right from wrong But there is one thing that can’t be wrong, and that is the rules. For example, if you draw a circle with your hands, it looks round, but whether it is round or not, you have to use a ruler to measure it.”

"Each city has its own rules and regulations. Only by following the rules can the clansmen not be chaotic, and only by following the rules can they defeat the enemy during the battle."

"Since each city has its own rules, why can't we have a big rule when we have so many cities in an alliance? With rules, we can judge who is right and who is wrong, and there are rules to follow. Could it be that the leader of Suyue Can you just say which city is wrong?"

"Everyone is here today, so let's make some rules, and if everyone agrees, write them down. The rules of any city should not be greater than our common rules. For example, offering sacrifices to ancestors is a big rule, and some cities say that I don't abide by it." , I don’t want to sacrifice, then either I will withdraw from the alliance, or I will be exterminated.”

"The rules are set by everyone, so it's up to the leaders to judge who conforms to the rules and who violates the rules. You have also seen what happened in the eastern city. Their people came to Sucheng and asked us to supervise their leaders. Then there was the massacre of the clansmen like before, and the former leader was captured by me. Why can I capture their leader back as an outsider? Isn’t it because he violated the rules that the slaughtered clansmen want to seek refuge with Dongyi?"

"Within these rules, you can do whatever you want, and the rest of the cities will never take care of it, and you have no right to take care of it. Do you think that Xiacheng would be willing to let others dictate what to eat and how to farm?"

"But if it exceeds this rule, it is not your city's business, but the whole river's business, so it must be dealt with."

"We are all from the same ancestor. Now Suyue is the leader of the alliance, just like the eldest son in the family. When there is bullying by outsiders, the eldest son needs to go out with a spear to teach outsiders. As a younger brother, he must respect his elder brother. In this way, the family can Harmony. And if a younger brother has betrayed the family, the elder brother must come forward and call the remaining younger brothers to educate him, so that the rest of the younger brothers will not dare to betray the heart."

"I propose that the first rule is that in the event of the invasion of barbarians, the breach of a great river, or natural disasters such as drought locusts, during this period, all the leaders of the alliance have the right to dispatch the city, and can appoint and remove people who control water, dredging, and generals, and lead them together. No one should go against it. These things cannot be solved by a city. What can a city do when a big river breaks? Dredge the river and repair the embankment. A city is just like using a bowl of water to save a house on fire. Chaihe. There is still a head sheep in the flock, let alone us people?"

"Similarly, if a city is attacked by the barbarians, the leader of the alliance must send troops to rescue; if there is no harvest in the city, the leader of the alliance also needs to help the corn. Otherwise, it will be regarded as giving up the position of the leader of the alliance. As a brother, you must have Like a brother."

After explaining the truth, Chen Jian introduced one of the most acceptable rules. At the beginning, the big league was changed into a small league. Now, the power of a city is too weak.

He just determined the original intention of the alliance in the form of written rules, creating a fait accompli, which is easy to spread and accepted by the clansmen of various clans, forming an original unified concept, and using this to force the leader of the alliance. Human moral constraints.

Under the conditions of scattered cities and towns, it is impossible to have absolute rights. If you want rights, you have to have obligations, which is also easy for other clans to accept.

The result of the voting was even more of a farce. Chen Jian and Su Yue cast their copper shells first, followed by the towns relying on Sucheng, and the tribes of Caohe followed Chen Jian to cast their copper shells.

There must be objections in my heart, but thinking about the trade with Xiacheng, the soldiers who promised to train, the terror of explosives roaring when hundreds of people broke through the city, and the leadership of more than 20 clans in more than ten cities, finally all votes are in support Copper shell.

The difference between Liuli and Tongbei is too great, and everyone can see it clearly under the eyes of everyone. This is not because no one knows after voting for or against. It is better to agree when everyone agrees, so as not to attract hatred.