[Comprehensive History] Clothes are all over the world

The reason why Buddhists can't eat meat has left a strong mark in the history books. In the final analysis, it was a good thing that Emperor Wu of Liang did.

The founding emperor of the Liang Kingdom in the Southern Dynasties was himself a fan of Buddhism. It was silly to study Buddhism for nothing. It's not good to add evil obstacles, but you can still be a vegetarian.

He didn't think so, and issued an imperial decree ordering all monks in the world to be vegetarians.

A monk came to explain to him that Buddhists can eat meat as long as it is the three clean meats.But the boss waved his hand, saying that I don't want you to think, I want me to think.

I just think that the Buddha has long disliked your eating meat, but I am embarrassed to say that now I speak out for him. Anyway, qualified monks must be vegetarian in the future. If you don’t eat meat, you are a fake monk and your heart is not sincere.

The emperor took the lead in doing this, and even put down his harsh words, what can a monk do, you can't say that your majesty has a problem with your comprehension?Therefore, under the impetus of caring people, the tradition of vegetarianism among monks in the Central Plains was started.

Therefore, ordinary people's brain twitches can harm a family at most, but the emperor's brain twitches will cause trouble to the people of the whole country. This time, only the monks are mainly affected, and the scope of the impact is not large.

Tucao return to Tucao, Mu Bai still believes in his husband's judgment, although he thinks he has no wisdom root in Buddhism, and he doesn't believe in Amitabha, but Mu Xiaobai insists on memorizing those few volumes with the spirit of rote memorization. The Buddhist scriptures were memorized.

After finishing the book with great difficulty, Mu Bai’s footsteps became a little erratic. There are some Sanskrit words in these books, which is simply hell-level difficulty. What kind of misunderstanding does their husband have about him? He is really a martial artist. Fighting faction ah ah ah!

During those days when he was endorsing the book, Mu Bai felt that he was completely enlightened. Even seeing groups of provocative weasels flicking their bald tails at the door of his room in the middle of the night did not arouse his desire to pluck hair, but He calmly closed the door and locked it and continued to sleep.

On the contrary, it was his anomaly that startled the group of overly clever and cunning little things. It seemed that he had other plots. The weasel didn't dare to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. They didn't come to harass me every day.

Just when Mu Bai was about to be influenced by Buddhist culture to the point where he was able to share the meat in a bowl with a smile to a weasel who came to harass people, a change came.

In the early morning of one day in July, the sound of horseshoes smashed through the fog in the forest, and a group of cavalry rushed in from the entrance of Xiumang Village with lightning speed.

Seeing a group of armored soldiers rushing towards him aggressively, Mu Bai, who was carrying water at that time, obediently put down the empty bucket in his hand, and very cooperatively performed a Buddhist salute to the visitor to show his harmlessness .

But it is obvious that although he has learned a lot of Buddhist scriptures by holding the Buddha's feet temporarily, it is clear that the Buddha's thick thighs are not willing to be held by him. These soldiers came to arrest people with a clear purpose. Brother Ti slipped away.

Mu Bai only had time to put a piece of clothes on Mu Wen who was still sleeping late at the time, pulled off a few pairs of his trousers, and then smeared a layer of dust on the child's white and tender face and hair, and was taken away before he even had time to pack his own baggage gone.

At first he thought that the purpose of their coming was to discover the identity of himself and Mu Xiaowen, but as more and more people were arrested, he knew that the truth was not what he thought.

There seems to be no rule for these people to arrest people, and there are all kinds of people who are arrested.

The youngest is Brother Mubai, and the oldest is an old man who sells cooking cakes in the next village.The rest include wealthy businessmen in gold and silver, flower farmers with hairpins on their hair, and even a rickshaw guy who was arrested as if he was leading a donkey and horse out of the stall. The car is back.

As the number of people from all walks of life joining the arrested team gradually increased, the trembling people also became commotions.

Unlike everyone who panicked because of confusion, Mu Bai had a rough idea of ​​the current situation. It should be that the identity of the information collector named Fu Tian from the Ming Dynasty was exposed, and the Yuan army was searching for his accomplices, and How much information was leaked.

But he was also really a little puzzled why this behavior was so violent.Under normal circumstances, this kind of basic information collection is to send small officials down to investigate and inquire, and those with serious suspicions will be taken away for interrogation.

In this era when the population turnover rate is low, and even foreigners who come to rent a house or car have to find a local guarantor, it is not too difficult to find related people. There is no need to find all the people and put them in the government. Interrogating one by one, the workload is not to mention exhausting.

And judging from his understanding of the local government in Yunnan, the local government responded to the sentence "No. 1 tax collection".

I don’t know whether it’s because the local governor’s ability is limited or all Yuan government agencies are like this. The efficiency of all aspects of work is frighteningly low. For example, Xiumang Village where Mubai lives and nearby villages basically adopt a self-government policy. When the tax was collected, there was almost no movement from above, and even the tax was collected by the village head before being sent over.

This time, there will be such a big reaction. Could it be that Fu Tian's identity has touched the pain of his immediate boss, forcing the administrator of Mangbu Road to deal with it seriously.

This is a bit troublesome.

Mu Bai tried to numb the exhaustion of his body by brainstorming.

Maybe it was because he was not a threat because he was a child, or maybe because he was a monk, these officers and soldiers gave Mu Bai a little special care and didn't put him in shackles.

But even so, it is not easy for a young man with a child to walk halfway across Mumbu Road.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the administrative unit [Road] was equivalent to the modern city level. Even though Mangbu Road was classified as an inferior road due to its small population, the area was quite large and the local development level was low. These are all rugged mountain roads, and these coveted cavalry units will not wait patiently for them to recover their strength.

In other words, their exhausted state is what the officers and soldiers really want. Only in this way can their mental defenses be minimized. If hunger and thirst are added, there is no need to use a whip at that time, and a hot steamed bun is kept in front of them. You can answer all your questions.

Fortunately, there was still a donkey cart in the advancing team, so after a captured wealthy businessman gave a silver ingot as a hush money, the soldiers escorting them turned a blind eye to the group of people taking turns to rest on the donkey cart Close one eye.

Brother Mubai only had a small silver cake the size of a button that the village chief gave him hastily before parting. He asked the rich merchant to send Mu Xiaowen, who didn't occupy any land, to the donkey cart, and he walked along with him.

In this way, although he carried a slightly lighter load, he had no rest time.Fortunately, the villagers who traveled together later saw that he was young and had a nice bald head, so they all extended a helping hand to help him collect fodder, and Mu Bai felt a little relieved.

After such a long journey for five days, the group finally arrived at the capital of Mangbu Road.The local government officials did not give them a chance to take a breather, and directly interrogated them separately.

But Mu Bai, who was on guard and thought all the way, never thought that not long after he was pulled into the interrogation room, he chatted with the two little officials who were in charge of interrogating him. use it.

According to the unwritten practice of the Yuan Dynasty, Mongolians and Semu people are given priority in job hunting. For example, even the lowest-level officials in the administrative organs here in Yunnan must be of Mongolian origin. On the one hand, they have to travel all the way from the north to the south On the other hand, it can ensure that the regime will not be "infiltrated" by the Han people.

But even the Mongolian people, who were officially regarded as upper-class people by the Yuan government, are having a hard time nowadays, and there are not a few of them who are not engaged in production and are impoverished.

And when people fall into a difficult situation and cannot extricate themselves, they will give their faith to religion.

The state religion of the Mongolians is Lamaism, which was also classified as a branch of Tibetan Buddhism in later generations.However, although they believe in Tibetan Buddhism, it does not affect their acceptance of Sinicized Buddhism and Theravada Buddhism.

Therefore, even though Mu Bai studied Sinicized Buddhism, the two officials immediately gave him enough respect the moment they saw his bald head, and they even handed him the pen and paper that should have been used to record his crimes and confessions. He, ask him to help me write scriptures silently so that I can go back and recite them.

Mu Bai felt the so-called [power of knowledge] for the first time, and his mood was... quite complicated.

"That—" As the prisoner being interrogated, Mu Bai asked very proactively, "Don't I need to explain anything?"

"No, no, what can you know as a kid? Your village chief has already said that the thief came to ask you to paint." The little official smiled all over his face, and his unshaven and resolute face forced out a little kindness. Seeing that he said very indifferently, "Don't worry, little master. In fact, asking you to interrogate is just a process, and it can be regarded as an explanation to Shangfeng in Kunming. Our place is not a military important place. Even if there are spies, what can we do?" Good to investigate."

Mu Bai took a breath and then let it out slowly. Although it was hypocritical to say this as the ultimate beneficiary, he really sympathized with the King Liang of Kunming.

The Ming Hongwu Emperor next door was a godly teammate all the way from a monk to an emperor. This Liang Wang has clearly caught the key people, but because of his subordinates' recklessness, he couldn't get information. There is really no comparison and no harm. , This is probably in response to the saying of the ancestors that "the one who has gained the Tao will be helped more, and the one who has lost the way will be helped little".

Therefore, the most important thing in this world to be underestimated is the grass-roots staff. If they don't handle things well for you, even if you plan a lot of tricks, you may fall short.

Mu Bai, who is very service-minded, bought one and got one free. In addition to filling the paper for people, he also specially wrote the Sanskrit version of the six-character mantra for them as amulets.Through this friendship, he and his brother were able to go through the back door after the "interrogation" and were assigned to a decent single cell.

There is a toilet, a straw nest, and a window that can be exposed to the sun for an hour a day. Among the local prison cells, this already belongs to the ranks of TOP10.

By the way, the top few cells are for quasi-death row inmates, and they belong to the hospice care for prisoners. In addition to the configuration of Mu Bai's current cell, there are also a desk, chair, bench, and four treasures of the study, so that people can write some suicide notes and so on.

A small official in the lead explained in a rough voice: "That house can't be lived in. The resentment is so great that whoever lives in it is crazy, so we usually don't go there if we can."

Mu Bai knew in his heart that he was able to be allocated this separate room thanks to the care of the servants, otherwise, with the physique of the two children, if he met an adult, he would suffer a bit of a disadvantage, so he took the wooden text to salute and thank the servants. On the contrary, the petty officials were a little embarrassed.

Some people may ask, how can this ordinary prison be made into the TOP10, isn’t it all standard equipment?

In fact, the key lies in the gleam of light cast through the skylight that is no longer than arm's length, which is very particular about prisons.

The author has something to say:

Mr. Wang: Knowledge is power, disciple, do you feel the weight of knowledge?

Mu Xiaobai: ...I'm speechless, it's not that my brain is not open enough, it's that Yuan Bing's operation is too outrageous! !

The Yuan Dynasty didn’t make it clear that people were divided into three, six, or nine classes, but they were still classified in whispers. The first was the Mongols, followed by the Semu people (ethnicities other than Mongolian and Han people, such as Europeans in Central and Western Asia, etc.), Han people (this is the Northern Song Dynasty, Han people who were ruled by the Mongols earlier than the Southern Song Dynasty), Nanren (Southern Song people)

This division is actually very subtle. First of all, he divided the Han people into north and south, which to some extent means that your own people beat your own people.The number of Mongols + Semu people is too small to be able to deal with the Han people, so it is a genius move to attack the shield with the spear of the other, but the Yuanren failed to play this trick.

The method is a good method, but the operation is full of bugs. On the one hand, the division between Mongolian and Han people in the Yuan Dynasty can be said to be a barrier between oil and water. Han blood is absolutely not allowed to invade Mongolian blood, so there is no gray area between the two races. Yes, black and white.

Secondly, the commerce of the Yuan Dynasty was too developed, and the southerners were better at doing business, and the food and cloth were more abundant, so the natural right to speak with small tickets went up.

The most important thing is that it is said that the status of the northerners is higher than that of the southerners. In fact, the difference is not much. In the eyes of the Mongols, they can be exploited and oppressed at will. The northerners and the southerners feel that there is no difference, so naturally they will not accept your set .

After the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty came to power, and the minority ruled the majority. The Qing Dynasty had to be smarter (of course, because of the lessons learned from the past), and they turned the trick of using Han people against Han people a little bit more.

The Qing Dynasty came up with a theory of raising the flag, and included some meritorious Han people into the ranks of the Manchu nobles. This method was first placed on the firearms battalions incorporated from the Ming Dynasty. At that time, in order to let these firearms battalions follow the Qing army, that The flags were raised one after another, but after the Qing government ignored firearms in the middle of the dynasty, and in order to cut expenses, it began to encourage the Han people to raise the flags (of course, the Manchus can also be raised).

At that time, the Qing government also distinguished the appellation and treatment of the Han people who joined the Manchu nationality, divided the group differences, and played with various identities.

The Manchus and the courtiers who were carried into the Manchus could be called "slaves" to the emperor in private, while the courtiers of the Han nationality could only be called "chens" regardless of public or private.

So when I was watching "Returning the Pearl", many people complained that Erkang said that "Chen Fuerkang" was an arrogance. In fact, they did not. It is not as good as the Manchus. Indeed, they can only be called "officials" and not "slaves".

Yes, in the Qing Dynasty, "slave" > "chen".

A slave is equal to the emperor's family, a domestic servant (protected by law, with wages, an iron rice bowl, and scientific research, which is different from a slave), while a minister is always an outsider. This method makes some people feel superior , and is happy to manage and squeeze the bottom Han people.

Over time, the Qing government was able to rule the majority with a minority. Of course, it also paid the price of Sinicization of blood and culture.

But to be honest, it’s boring to play this kind of scheming among military officials. Everyone is a thousand-year-old fox. People can understand how you do things. How can a country be governed well with the mentality of making no mistakes is right?

But there is no way out, the engulfment and digestion of Chinese culture is too strong, there are basically not many cultures that will not be engulfed after colliding with Chinese culture and become a part of us, and those who refuse to integrate are finally wiped out.

A clearer example is musical instruments.

Basically all the musical instruments with two characters are from outsiders. As a result, they were lost in their own country, and they were played as national musical instruments here.

The same is true of firearms. After the Ming Dynasty, many firearms were imported from abroad and then upgraded. As a result, after the transformation and upgrading, things became big killers here, but they were discarded in the country of origin. Finally, they wanted to buy them again.

It's just that all these improvements were stopped in the Qing Dynasty.

The author went to the firearms exhibition before, and the exhibition was arranged in parallel between the East and the West. Once the timeline reached the Qing Dynasty, we had nothing to do. We watched foreign countries catch up with our technology and surpass us. The feeling of crying.

So you can't stop moving forward at any time, and you will be beaten if you fall behind. It's the same truth.