From Chief to Ball

When it comes to descendants and grandchildren, the eyes of those who originally opposed it suddenly lit up, and they asked in surprise: "These villages... no no, can our fiefs be passed on to our children?"

Chen Jian nodded and said: "Of course, isn't it for the children and grandchildren that people live for the rest of their lives? Now that everyone has separated their families, the clay pots in the family can be left to the children, and the land can also be left to the children. Why can't these fiefdoms work? In the future Children don't have much ability, you can always rely on your meritorious deeds to have something to eat, parents should think far-reaching for their children. People are always going to die, but the blood can last for generations."

"Just one thing, if you make a big mistake such as betrayal or murder, you have to take it back."

"Another one, you all know that we are going to build a new city in Onozawa. The new city must be governed by someone, but who will manage it? This is a problem. Wild ducks swim fast in the water, but if they walk on the ground, they will be punished. The wild cat caught it lightly. Some people are very brave when they fight, but they are not as good as others when compared to managing villages to distribute food, just as emerald stones are good, but they are not as good as the common clay in the pit when used for making pottery. "

"In the future, if you people are separated, whoever does well will show that who can manage the city well, and I don't have to worry about the new city. The leader of Xia City is elected by everyone, and some people may want to be the leader themselves It’s not bad, I’ll give you a chance now. If you can’t manage a hundred people gathering in a village thirty miles away, why would everyone choose you to manage Xiacheng, a city with thousands of people stretching across hundreds of miles?”

Those people were secretly delighted, and they didn't object to Chen Jian's claim of taking back the fief, which should be the case.

Not long after the family split in Xiacheng, many people have not experienced the problem of children's inheritance. Although they are physically separated, there are still many people who are remnants of the clan society in their minds, and they have not thought of a long-term place.After Chen Jian teased them, the minds of these people became active. Many people already had children, and they all felt that this was indeed a good reward. Compared with those slaves who would die, these lands and villages that would not die is eternal.

As for those who have no children for the time being, and still want to make contributions and rely on their fame to survive until Chen Jian grows old and get the support of everyone, the news of Onozawa's construction of the city also makes their hearts very hot.

It's not a village, but a city, a very important city that Jixia values, just like the stage for Shi Qi and others, only those who climb up can get applause or boos, but those who can't climb up People don't even get booed.

While everyone was daydreaming, Chen Jian pretended to cough and waited for his sister's double reed. Yu Qian'er kept his ears open, waiting for his brother's cough. This was discussed a few days ago.

Finally coughing, Yu Qian'er waited for the discussion to be quieter, and raised her voice to ask: "Brother, these fiefdoms and villages can be passed on to women and grandchildren, but how will they be divided? Is it equally divided? Or divided according to meritorious ability? Or... do you divide it randomly? There must be a rule, right?"

As soon as the question was asked, someone laughed and said, "Sihuo Ji is usually very clever, how could she ask such a question today? It doesn't matter if it's divided equally, or given to anyone. This is my own thing, just like my own clay pot. I think If you fall, you will fall, and if you want to give it away, you can give it away. Even if you have more children, just leave it to one."

Yu Qian'er shook his head and said, "That's not the case. Last year the two races in our city blushed because of the land issue, and this year the land was divided, and some people quarreled over a ridge and half an acre of land. We usually see brothers in the same robe , even if you can quarrel over half an acre of land, not to mention that this is the foundation of the whole family for thousands of years, don't brothers and sisters quarrel over this? They are all blood of their own heirs, and it is difficult to decide who to divide. , it turned into a quarrel between brothers and sisters. Ordinarily, this matter will take decades to come, but just like in our city, before the fire, a large pottery vat was prepared on the receiving end. If it comes to the house How can I have time to make clay pots when I wake up?"

This is what she and Chen Jian have discussed in secret. After finishing speaking, Chen Jian added: "This is really a problem. A village is not a cake, and it is cut into as many pieces as the children. In the future, you will always see each other Ancestors and children want to sacrifice grandly and have rich food, and the whole village can produce more than separate ones. Besides, if it is a village now, if it becomes a city in the future, is it possible that a city should be managed separately? Do you have any questions? Ten children, and ten more children, after a hundred years, a village and city will be divided into hundreds and thousands..."

"Furthermore, what Yu Qian'er said is also reasonable. When the time comes, there will definitely be a gap between the children in order to divide this thing. If there is a gap within a family, there will be no peace. If it is based on meritorious ability, everyone feels that they have done a good job. If he distributes it to others, not only will he not be grateful to his parents for giving birth, but he will feel resentment in his heart. This is what I don't want to see. How many times did he quarrel over the land last year? Who dares to say that his children and grandchildren will be well-informed in the future Will you resent your parents, and won't hate your brothers and sisters?"

"In my opinion, let's establish a rule. If those people want to hate in the future, they will hate the person who made the rule. They will never hate their parents."

As soon as the words came out, many people shouted: "Who dares to hate the rules? When Ji Song was the commander, those who made mistakes were punished only for hating themselves. How dare they say anything about the rules? If you want to disobey the rules of Xiacheng, Ever since I left Xia City, outside the sky is high and the land is vast and there are no rules governing it, and no one will stop it."

"Yes, Ji Xia made a rule, just like we walk on the left side of the road, it doesn't make sense if you think about it carefully, but without this rule, the gates of the city will be blocked."

Chen Jian nodded and said: "Then I will make a rule. In the future, the jurisdiction of the fief can only be passed on to the eldest son and the eldest daughter. They are elder brothers and sisters. They have experienced many things. If their parents die, it is natural for them to take care of their younger siblings. Besides, they In order to be in charge of the sacrifices behind us, we can’t be the younger sisters who officiate, and the elder brothers and sisters have to listen to the younger brothers and sisters, right? That’s the case with the fiefdom, other than the land, slaves, etc., we will discuss it later.”

The truth is this, and Chen Jian was afraid of being questioned, so he had already discussed with Yu Qian'er, and Yu Qian'er asked: "The rules must be strict, and I have two things to ask. First, if the eldest son and daughter are not Not smart, on the contrary, very dull, what should I do?"

"It is still passed on to the eldest son and the eldest daughter. If he is stupid, only the younger siblings will help. But if he does not follow the rules, the younger siblings will inevitably dissatisfy the elder brother in their hearts. Once this opening is opened, the family will definitely be in peace. To be an elder is not to be a virtuous."

Yu Qian'er asked again: "If someone is born with another person and has no ritual, he is the eldest son. If he is born with another person after the ritual, he is not the eldest son, so what?"

"The wild marriage is just for the sake of being refreshing for a while, and there is no mutual oath to grow old. A man and a woman need to support each other in order to become prosperous day by day. As the play sings, the man farms cattle, the woman weaves, and the woman eats. A man needs clothes before he can make a family. If this is the case, only the eldest son after the ceremony shall prevail. For example, if he has a son after marrying Renye, and the two will ask their parents and clansmen to certify and make an oath to give birth to a second son at the ceremony, then The second son inherits."

Chen Jian laughed for a while and said: "Who knows if Yehe is yours? In the future, when you sacrifice, will the food be for you? Or for his own father? Now it is no longer the time when the mother is the clan. Now, we men should be more careful. A mother must know that this child crawled out of her stomach, but a father doesn't know if he made it ten months ago."

This is the first city meeting after being divided into families, and most of the people who came here were men. As Chen Jianshun said, the few women below naturally scolded a few times, but the men all nodded and said yes, giggling Said: "It's reasonable. During the sacrifice, I only said that my parents would enjoy it. When I went there, I had nothing to eat when I arrived at the sacrifice, but I saw that the person next door actually ate what I had worked so hard to earn during my lifetime. That's not good."

Chen Jian said something nasty to the men, and then said: "If that's the case, let's make this rule first. Red fish, you write this down and let the acorns be carved on the clay board and burned out later. If there is any problem, add it. But these two items cannot be changed, and I don’t want to turn this good thing into a source of quarrel between brothers decades later.”

"Three days later, I will go to some people in the city, and I will go to those villages to see them and separate them in detail. Let me first talk about the people who have made great achievements that everyone agrees with this time. Let's see if you disagree? What other achievements have been made but I have forgotten?"

Chapter 45 Stable internal preparations for expansion ([-])

The military exploits are the first, and most of the fiefs are naturally divided into four relatives with the surnames Ji and Shi.

Replacing political rights with fiefdoms as a reward is also to prevent Xiacheng's political rights from being occupied by the military stratum and falling into endless foreign conquests, and appropriate part of the rights are reserved for those officials as a check and balance.

The system of establishing the first son and the eldest son seems to be full of loopholes and flaws, even if the eldest son is a fool, he has to inherit it.

But this kind of stable one-size-fits-all system helps to maintain the stability of the city in the era of political obscurity. Stability is more important than anything else. The rest will be considered when the civilization grows up and can stand the toss.In addition, it also helps people who are not the eldest sons to learn, go to battle, etc., so as not to eat and wait to die. This is a good choice for a stable foothold in the early stages of civilization.

Once the rules are formed, it will become a way of inheritance in the cultural circle in the future, which will also be of great benefit in the future: the idiot emperor will help the bureaucracy to decentralize power, and it will also help the bureaucracy to think about whether the world belongs to one family or not when the times develop to a certain level. alone?Is it necessary to have an emperor?If there is no accident or if the natural development is interrupted by foreign aggression, it is easy to transition to the republic of the false king.

As for the things that may happen in the family because of the dispute between the mother-in-law and the concubine, the uncle and the sister-in-law are intriguing and the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law are fighting each other. It is a tragedy or a farce that can only occur in the family of Zhongming Dingshi. The vast majority of ordinary people in this ethnic group basically do not need to think about it. : Those who cried for those people just because they substituted themselves into the ruling class and ignored the fact that if they were proportioned in that era, they would basically be frozen to death.

For any rule that can be maintained for a long time, the decay of the later stage cannot conceal the practicality of the early stage. Talented people come out from generation to generation. There will always be some people who will leave their names through the ages with proposals that conform to the times.

It took several years for Xiacheng to have no rules, to have rules and regulations, and then to have rules in an abstract sense. This rule is the first real embodiment of private ownership inheritance, breaking the original inherent old-age morality, borrowing With the aftermath of the separation of the family and the enthusiasm for blood inheritance, the implementation went smoothly.

Those who are eligible to receive these rewards are convinced by everyone, and there is not much opposition to the list drawn up by Chen Jian.The trustworthy people on my side accounted for half, and the other half were the famous former clan leaders of other clans.

Those leaders were old, and Chen Jian deprived them of their clan rights, and gave them land as compensation, but it was not enough. Ten years later, they might not be qualified to influence the election of the leaders of Xiacheng, but now they are a dangerous factor.

Three to five days later, the gates of the barracks outside Xiacheng opened, and the wolf skin who had been in charge of the barracks training was sent to Yangguan, where he was replaced by the white horse on the grounds that he had been guarding outside for too long and worked too hard.Chen Jian took part of his private property and distributed it to the soldiers trained in the barracks to reward them for their hard training. At the same time, he gave six or seven people fiefdoms based on the last battle achievements, including the battles with the grassland tribes. Take back the stone mountain of the opponent's banner.

A total of 30 people were sealed off, and Chen Jian himself gave up, but Yuqian'er justifiably divided them into four small settlements on the grounds of being in charge of Fangshi and red fish in exchange for silkworm seeds. As for the specific division, it needs to be discussed again .

Around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the willow trees had already started to spit out fluff balls, and the snow had begun to melt. It was supposed to be the time to take everyone to the settlements in the west and north, but Chen Jian did not set off immediately, but sent a large number of scouts outside. messenger.

After this large-scale reward and winter consumption, there is not much left in the stock in Xiacheng Public Warehouse. In addition, Ohnozawa’s budget for building the city can only support one large-scale operation before the autumn harvest. There will be changes, otherwise the plan for armed colonization will be delayed for a year.

Soon, the envoys of Acropolis and E City reported that everything in the two cities was normal, and there was no sign of using troops this year.The scouts to the north of Yangguan went far into the grassland, and the news they brought back was very gratifying: Many people and sheep and horses froze to death on the grassland this year. The small settlement is also in contact with these scouts, hoping to surrender.

After last year's disastrous defeat by the Xirong people, they haven't recovered yet. The Acropolis is quietly expanding westward to capture slaves. Wei Yuan, who has become the governor of the Acropolis, seized this opportunity to win over and suppress some of the Xirong tribes, sowing conflicts made it difficult for the Xirong people to unite , there seems to be no possibility of war in the west.

As for the two sides of the river, even if there is any movement on Suyue, it will not be possible until the end of summer, and it will take more than [-] days to hear the news. Those fugitive slaves in Onozawa are not planning to get involved in clan wars this year, and even if they have an oath, they can use the long distance as an excuse to delay the autumn wheat harvest.

After careful analysis, on the twentieth day of the first lunar month, Xiacheng's new army issued a new set of linen clothes. All the horses, ox carts and the like were gathered together, carrying a large amount of daily necessities, seeds, etc., and went along with the new army. Following the grass river to the west, an armed parade with a deterrent meaning began.

When those people went to the settlement last autumn and winter, a settlement robbed some of the goods. This happened when Yuqianer was in charge of the city. Fermentation, people spread the news that the snatched clan will be wiped out in those friendly settlements, and they still ignore it after the people of that clan apologize.

Naturally, this settlement is the best example of killing chickens and monkeys. It took half a day for the [-] out-of-production soldiers to complete the promise of extermination. No one was left behind, and no slaves were captured. Kuaima took these heads to other soldiers. According to the scope of a hundred miles, the leaders of each clan are required to gather by the river in a few days.

This time is completely different from a few years ago. At that time, the population of those clans was still needed, and what kind of blood relationship was needed. This time, under the crushing of strength, it directly became an order.

If the roads are not repaired, if you want to use armed colonization to control these clans, you can only do it along the river.

When advancing westward for about [-] miles, another small river flows into Caohe here. There are about thirteen or four settlements nearby. The language is similar to the language of the clan when Chen Jian first came to this world, but much less. However, with the arrival of Ji Song and others and the exchange of furs in autumn and winter, words such as salt, pottery, and copper are also based on Xiacheng.

Kuai Ma has notified the leaders of the nearby clans that they must gather here in three days.

After the army set up camp, Chen Jian took Yuqian'er and Hongyu away from the crowd in the name of walking around, and drew a circle with his feet on the sandbar at the confluence of the two rivers: "A square city will be built here, and there is no need to stay here." Soldiers will be garrisoned by these clans.”

Yu Qian'er frowned and said, "You want to build a city and a square again? Where are there so many slaves?"

"Just build some houses that can eat and live, and let these clans know where to get good things. Besides, you have to do it, because I want to share the land here between you two. The east belongs to you, and the west belongs to Hongyu, with a radius of fifty li."

"There are three or four clans within fifty miles, and they will all belong to you in the future. Those facing the east will not be divided for the time being, and those going west will be distributed to others."

After finishing speaking, Chen Jian whispered: "The land here is fertile, and it is by the river. The clans that have not been separated to the east do not need to be forced to migrate as before. Over time, the squares and cities here will naturally become small cities. I will assign the rest of the people to the outside. As long as Xiacheng is still strong, there is no need to garrison here. The people who are assigned to the outside will naturally block the enemies outside for your fief. It is clear that only two or three settlements will be assigned to you. In fact, in less than five years, the nearby settlements that no one cares about will migrate over."

Yu Qian'er also whispered: "Will those settlement clans be willing to have one more person in charge of them?"

"You have been out of the cave for too long, and you forgot that we only needed to fill our stomachs at that time. Who would think about these things before filling our stomachs? Besides, I brought soldiers here now, and I killed many people before. They I will definitely agree. You have to be careful here. You have to exchange goods on time in the early stage. In the later stage, you need to build sacrificial halls here, and teach the people here the rules, language, and etiquette of Xiacheng. This place will become the center of these nearby fiefdoms in the future. , don’t seek external expansion, just make a transit connection to Xiacheng.”

Yu Qian'er sighed, shook his head and said: "If those children in the school have learned it, there are more than a dozen of them like me, so why bother to divide them out, just like the establishment of Xiacheng in the past, just assign someone to take care of it."