Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 771 Fuchubo: Body Poison Edition

Being poisoned has its own national conditions.

It was not without reason that King Ashoka was determined to support the Buddha at the beginning. As one of the few ruthless kings in the Maurya Empire, King Ashoka just saw the deteriorating situation under the rule of the Brahmins.

Caste is of course the first to bear the brunt. In fact, not all places speak of caste at the moment, only areas that believe in Brahmans have such a system, but such a system has caused sharp social contradictions, making the Mauryan Empire at that time on the brink of destruction , and then there are those unpredictable practices of Brahmins.

Brahmans believe that people can only get blessings by torturing themselves and enduring pain, and this kind of blessing is quite powerful. Ordinary mortals can even kill the gods after being blessed by the gods. This is their practice. The practice here is through meditation and alchemy, but here is to endure pain, the more pain, the more opportunities to be blessed by the gods, and once blessed, mortals will directly become the emperor of heaven and the god of creation.

Under this theory, the nobles all went to practice penance. Yes, usually the noble Brahmins practiced penance. It is impossible for the untouchables at the bottom to have such an opportunity. They just want to practice and do not have enough resources. , and can’t practice, a large number of elites don’t want to expand their territory with themselves, they change their ways to torture themselves every day, and they want to persuade King Ashoka to suffer along with him, how can Ashoka tolerate you?
The last point is this resignation, not seeking change, not seeking progress, crazily opposing Ashoka’s war expansion, opposing his reform of internal affairs, opposing his domestic governance, thinking that Ashoka deprived the people of the right to suffer, people You can’t eat, you’re tortured and you’re practicing. What are you doing to ruin other people’s practice? ?
Ashoka was furious and converted directly. The Buddha was popular in the Maurya Empire, and the Brahmins were driven to the surroundings, forming a confrontation.

However, King Ashoka himself probably did not expect that after taking power, the Buddha began to corrupt rapidly. They did not care about caste, but they occupied a large amount of land, took away the interests of generals and ministers, and even interfered in the government affairs of the Peacock Empire. It seems that he has become a new master again. The nobles will not get any benefits, but will be plundered by them. If the king is a ruthless man like Ashoka who fights lions with bare hands, then the nobles will not dare to say anything. It is all about practicing, but King Chariot often has it, but King Ashoka does not often. So, the great nobleman came to power on behalf of the kingslayer, directly killed the last king of the Peacock Empire, and claimed to be the successor of the Peacock.

And this new empire, apart from claiming to be the same as the Mauryan Empire, has no similarities. In order to contain these stupas in the country, they once again picked up the Brahmins who were thrown away by King Ashoka.

Today's body poison, because it has experienced the baptism of two factions, is not like in the future, all members are firm Brahmans, and many of them are rebels and resolutely oppose Brahmans, such as Ariel, It is such a person, but the great nobles gradually reached an agreement. They tried both. It seems that only under the Brahmins can their interests be maximized. A large number of people can be turned into low-caste slaves, and they can be born noble. There is no need to make contributions or anything.

As a result, the upper part of the body poison is gradually moving closer to the Brahmins, while the lower part is divided into two factions, fighting endlessly.

Historically, this kind of confrontation ended with the invasion of nomads. The nobles readily accepted it and kept their caste. However, the bottom-level opponents rebelled and suppressed year after year. After more than a hundred years of killing, There was no sound at all, and all the members became Brahmans.

It is obviously wrong to say that Shendu people do not have any sense of resistance. It is too arbitrary. From the initial Greek invasion to the final British invasion, in fact, there have always been rebels in Shendu, but these resistance Among the large number of Brahmins, it seems that it is not enough. The most jaw-dropping thing is that when the Yuezhi people invaded on a large scale, there was an uprising at the bottom, opposing outsiders, and wanting to support the local princes and nobles. As a result, their leaders were poisoned by local princes and nobles, and their bodies were handed over to the enemy in exchange for asylum.

It is said that such behavior made the nobles of the palace feel very ashamed, because these low castes actually tried to help themselves and these high castes, it is simply a shame!

Can't beat the Yuezhi people, can't beat you?What is interesting is that this tradition continued to the end of the poisoning history. When the local people began to rebel against the British rulers, it was the local princes and nobles who first came out to suppress them. Only a few princes stood with them. Together, and finally backstabbed.

When Shen Tujia was talking about the national conditions here, his face was ferocious, and his whole person became very irritable.

Liu Heng was silenced again.

Liu Heng used to think that he was well-informed after experiencing various things in the south, but he didn't expect to know so many things during this trip to the west. Now it seems that he is still too ignorant.

First, there were heroines like Li Ji, and now there are national conditions like peacocks.

The widow really opened his eyes! !
And hearing Liu Heng's evaluation of the prince, Shen Tujia was also a little suspicious, "Since he has read the book, he should be easier to get in touch with than these nobles here, right?"

"Originally, I didn't think highly of him, and thought he was a bit whimsical, but after hearing what you said, I think he's pretty good."

"You can get in touch with him first and see what he thinks."

Shen Tujia nodded and asked, "Then will you support me?"

"I still want to see those princes and nobles who get along well with General Xiahouzao"

In a large hall on the east side of Huashi City, Xiahou Zao was chatting and laughing with the local princes while eating wine.

The main hall here is extremely luxurious, and there are gold decorations everywhere, Xiahou Zao is quite envious.

"You guys have too many of these things, when can you give me one or two?"

"Of course you can't give it away. These are the things of our past king. After he died, I went to get some back."

"Ah? There is such a good thing? Why didn't you tell me at that time?"

"You were not there at the time. We went in to see him off, and then took a few things, which can be regarded as a memory of him."

"If you are going to die, remember to let me know in advance!"

"Ok!"

The noble said loudly that in their culture, death is not a terrible thing, and stealing, taking things from the dead is a way of remembering them.

Xia Houzao felt that this kind of culture was really great, and he wanted to make more noble friends, and then actively participated in their funerals.

At first Xia Houzao couldn’t talk to them because of the language barrier, until he got his own special translator, he played with these people completely, and he didn’t know them until he got in touch with them. Xia Houzao was able to play with them too well. The entertainment methods of these people were all kinds of strange, many of which Xia Houzao had never seen before. Apart from these, Xia Houzao was also very surprised by their various eccentricities, such as The minister next to him is already skinny, the main reason is that he seldom eats, and basically lives by drinking milk every day. He even regards the cow as his father, and thinks that he Wash your body with the holy milk, and one day you will be blessed by the bull god.

There is another one who does not speak, but always gestures with his hands. He is not dumb, but he is blessed through such penance.

Xia Houzao thought these friends were very interesting, much more fun than the group of sages in Chang'an.

"I think you can't be kings. If you become kings, how can you practice hard? Kings are the most difficult to practice hard."

"But our penance is to become a king."

"How can a stolen throne compare to a blessed one?"

Xia Houzao was probably the only one among the big men who could debate with them on such advanced knowledge, and he could catch up with them.

If it were someone like Shen Tujia, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to talk to each other.

Can't understand the other party's thinking at all.

Just when everyone was about to enjoy the performance of the local dancers, a soldier came in, walked up to Xia Houzao, whispered a few times, Xia Houzao stood up suddenly, and looked at many friends around him.

"A very important minister is here. He is the emperor's elder brother. He is here to see you! I'll go and bring him in!!"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, and then agreed.

When Xia Houzao went out and saw Liu Heng, Liu Heng looked at him in a complicated way. At this moment, Xiahouzao was barefoot and dressed like a poisonous nobleman, but Xiahouzao felt very comfortable because it was too hot here. He said happily: "I didn't expect that it was really you who came. I thought it was His Majesty who wanted to replace your name and come here to mess around!"

"Again??"

"he was before"

"Okay, these are not important, you come in with me!"

Xia Houzao held Liu Heng's hand enthusiastically. Although they were not familiar with each other, when he led Liu Heng into the hall, these people were all drinking wine on their own, looking at the dancing girl in front of them, He didn't even look at Liu Heng for a while. Liu Heng originally wanted to meet with them, but now he seemed a little embarrassed. Xia Houzao directly pulled him and sat next to him, and introduced him to the present with a smile. Everyone, there are eight people present, but they are already the eight most powerful people in the Peacock country at the moment. They are all the kind of big slave owners who have tens of thousands of slaves under their names. of.

Liu Heng nodded his head gently, and looked at these weird people calmly.

When the dance was over, Xia Houzao said loudly: "This is the nobleman I just mentioned!"

Then everyone nodded towards him.

Liu Heng was not afraid of the scene. He cleared his throat and said, "I am here this time mainly to let the crown prince ascend the throne."

The person sitting next to Xia Houzao frowned when he heard this, and said loudly: "That crown prince has never been blessed by us! Unless it is the emperor's personal promise, you cannot complete the blessing ceremony! You His lineage is noble, but nothing extraordinary!"

Liu Heng frowned, not quite understanding what the other party said.

Seeing this, Xia Houzao hurriedly translated for him: "Oh, it's like this, the crown prince must be blessed by a god and man, and this man of God can preside over the enthronement ceremony, which is usually in charge of the gods, and now he is still in the world Your Majesty is the only deity here. You are considered a high caste here, but you are either a deity, or you are not possessed by a god. If you want to find a person possessed by a god, you are a different person, such as a person born with multiple arms, with multiple arms. Legs, multi-fingered people, animals, they think that these extraordinary things are possessed by gods."

"Is that a god or a demon?"

Liu Heng murmured.

"They all mean the same thing, that is, they have to be unique!"

Liu Heng looked at them and said: "It's not a problem to find a strange person. Although I don't agree with your ideas, I can understand, but I want to know your attitude towards the prince. After I came, I heard I learned a lot of things, and I learned that you seem to be a little reluctant to let the crown prince take the throne. I wonder if this is really the case?"

The nobles looked at him in surprise and did not answer.

Xia Houzao translated again, but looked at the nobles, and said: "He means that someone can be found to bless the prince. I don't know if you don't agree to find someone to bless the prince."

"How can this be?! Will the blessed person still look for it?"

"You don't know, you can't find this blessed person on purpose. It's about fate. The kingslayer went around the city three times, and finally met a person who couldn't see with both eyes. People who can’t hear, speak, or walk, and take him as a blessing to themselves. You can’t say you’re looking for it, it’s wrong to look for it. If you say they met, they think it’s fate destined"

Liu Heng was a little irritable at the moment, why is it so difficult to communicate? ?

No wonder Shentujia looked so ferocious. If Liu Chang was here instead, he might have to fight directly.

Fortunately, Liu Heng is more tolerant and didn't get angry directly. However, he never thought that one day he would let Xia Houzao come to be his translator. The servant turned into Fuchubo, what a joke.

Liu Heng didn't care about these anymore, he just looked at Xia Houzao, "General, I won't talk anymore, you can talk to them yourself and ask them what they think of the prince, I want to know what they want and what they are mean."

Xia Houzao was very proud, "Okay! Just leave it to me!"

Immediately, Xia Houzao had a heated conversation with these people. Liu Heng didn't know what they were talking about at all, and what they said became more and more strange, even a little shocking. Only then did he understand what Shen Tujia meant. Xia Houzao can play together, but his stupid younger brother can probably also play with them, and can definitely understand what they want to say. I still need to improve in this regard.

But after listening for a long time, Liu Heng can gradually understand some of their thoughts.

Xia Houzao was still explaining the meaning of the other party for him, "They feel that their status is not as good as before. Back then they helped the big man to advise the king to submit to the big man, but after submitting to the big man, the king took the big man's order as his own. They ignored their suggestions and started several wars, causing them huge losses. They dare not resist, they are afraid that the prince will also wear the clothes of a big man and force them to do something that is not good for them."

"They are all willing to submit to the great man and obey the orders of the great man, but they don't want to be dominated by the king, because the emperor of the great Han is divine, and their king is just an ordinary person. They are of the same caste as them."

After Xia Houzao's translation, Liu Heng immediately understood.

Liu Heng also expressed his thoughts, "We don't really care about the situation of the poison, but there is one thing, His Majesty doesn't want the poison to become chaotic. He hopes that this place will be stable, and the Anxi people are eager to try, so we can't give it to them." Any opportunity. Tribute and trade routes must not be cut off, otherwise it will harm the interests of the great man. If you are dissatisfied with your king, you can write a letter to the emperor and the temple, but you can’t start a war, and you can’t affect the interests of the great man.”

Xia Houzao translated for them again, "Your fight will affect the tribute to the gods. Hercules is not willing to reduce the tribute, and he is not willing to reduce the number of people who pay tribute for himself. The Anxi people do not respect the gods enough, and want to destroy the sacrifices and gifts. Fu, the gods are very dissatisfied with this, and will definitely take revenge on these Parthian people. You cannot fight with weapons. If the tribute is not delivered in time, and the tribute decreases, then the blessing will become a curse."

When Liu Heng walked out from here, his mind was still a little confused.

Xia Houzao stood aside with a smile, "Actually, these people are very timid. As long as you scare them a few times, nothing will happen. They don't have much strength. The most difficult thing to deal with is the great priest in the village. These people are People who can affect order, you still don’t understand body poison. In Fahrenheit City, even if the nobles unite and kill Prince Peacock tomorrow, nothing will happen. In the case of large-scale wars, my suggestion is that the big men should not intervene in the government affairs here, continue to obtain resources, supplement themselves, and strengthen the influence of the big men."

"Ah"

Hearing the advice from Xia Houzao, Liu Heng couldn't help but shook his head with a smile.

"Why, do you think it's wrong?"

"Of course not. It's just that I didn't expect that General Xiahou would be so courageous and resourceful. It's really different from the rumors."

Xia Houzao was taken aback, but did not answer.

Liu Heng asked: "Why, didn't your king tell you how to answer the next sentence?"

"Here."

"Of course he would like to see Prince Peacock ascend the throne. This place is caught in a civil war, and the two sides are united. Then he has a good reason to intervene here, right?"

"Please go back and tell these people, the general, to prepare them to support the crown prince. I will give them three days to prepare. If they don't come to participate after three days, if they tell me anything strange, blessings, etc., I will give them three days to prepare." Blood washed their clan and tribe, leaving no bones behind."

"Okay! It's best not to participate! I just happened to attend their funeral!!"

"Ok??"

(End of this chapter)