Chapter 179 Stick Dog

The Three Kingdoms inherited the mantle of the Tang Dynasty, so they naturally had to explore the reasons for the demise of the powerful empire that once came to the dynasty of all nations, so as to learn from the past and serve as a teacher in later generations.

In the pioneering stage of the Three Kingdoms, such exploration will obviously have a huge impact on the establishment of the political system of the Three Kingdoms, and will even be decisive. Therefore, the intelligent and intelligent people in the world will be

They came out to debate and preach, hoping to overwhelm other families and turn their own views into political advice from various countries.

For a time, the academic atmosphere in Shenzhou was very open. Some believed that the Tang Dynasty was destroyed by separatist rule by the vassal states and required the major clans to hand over military power to the emperor; some believed that the eunuch's autocracy led to the demise of the Tang Dynasty, and demanded that the eunuch system be abolished, and all internal officials were served by women; some believed that the fables between the aristocrats and the common people were wasted, which caused the Tang Dynasty to eventually destroy the country.

The situation at that time was that each country was established by compromise and joint forces of the tyrants who held military power. Although the emperor was the strongest party among them, it was impossible to surpass the union of other tyrants, so the military power was accepted into the emperor, so I can only talk about it.

Compared with the first article, the eunuch problem was insignificant in the early days of its founding. All countries strictly restricted eunuchs - one was not allowed to interfere in politics, two was not allowed to command military forces, and three was not allowed to make friends with foreign officials. At least in the past two hundred years, no one in the Three Kingdoms could have been called a powerful and traitor.

Article 3 has attracted great attention from all countries. The powerful clans in the Three Kingdoms thought of solving this problem together. Since the gentry and common people are in opposition, okay, isn’t it enough to not let the common people rise up in a system?

This method looks simple and effective, once and for all, and is deeply supported by the gentry. Qi State is the most thorough in implementing this method. Dongqi pursued the teachings of Confucius and Mencius. The gentry was all inherited from rituals and music, a family of poetry and books, and was keen on entering the world to govern the country. There was never a shortage of Confucian scholars who had a beautiful article and civil officials who talked loudly all day long. Therefore, the imperial examination system was simply abolished and adopted a combination of recruitment and recommendation to select talents from the gentry to govern the country.

The Western Qin gentry advocated martial arts, in other words, they had no culture. After experiencing the early military man and the blood of chickens and ducks, they realized that the world would get the horse, but they had to sit down, so the imperial examination was restored. The system of parallelism between imperial examinations and imperial examinations and recommendations was implemented.

As for the Southern Chu gentry, they read a lot, but most of them liked the glorious and beautiful clothes. They also believed in the way of Huang and Lao politics, liked to be idly and hated complex and specific affairs. Therefore, they also implemented the four parallel system of recruiting, recommending, and supplementing the imperial examinations, and selected some talented common people to be responsible for specific affairs.

Although Qin and Chu still have imperial examinations, they are not mainstream after all. More and more promising positions are reserved for outstanding children among the major clans. Things like Xu Dancheng was the 20th county magistrate and Qiao Yuanshan was the 30th prefectures in the common people will never appear in common people.

This creates a problem. Even the upper class of the gentry had to find some excellent ones to play. But without exams or internships, how can we distinguish their pros and cons? We can only compare their morality. So in any country at that time, whether it was Qin, Qi or Chu, there was an unwritten rule - officials should be morally noble and have no flaws in their character.

This rule was originally just a threshold for entering the officialdom, but later it became the first in the assessment of officials, which was far more important than knowledge and political achievements. Therefore, no matter how talented this person is, if he made some mistakes related to moral character, he would not be able to enter the officialdom for his whole life. Even if it was just some false things, it would be enough to ruin a person's career.

Speaking of Che Yinguo, as long as this matter is made public, even if there is no real evidence, he will be deemed to be suspected of communicating with the enemy country. Unless it is found that he was wronged, it will not convince the gentry in the world based on the official documents that have been guilty. If he continues to walk all the way to the dark, his final destination will be 99% of the time to dismissal from office and go home, never to mention it, and enter the sunset of growing flowers and walking birds in advance.

He is only thirty-seven years old, and he still has half his time before he retires from his seventies.

So Che Yinguo surrendered Qin Lei and placed it before the attack and defense of Xiangyang Lake Village. This was definitely impossible. But the 40-day purgatory life made him completely reborn. He already had his own pride - a loyal Qin soldier and an honor as an outstanding general of Zhennan.

Qin Lei knew very well that Che Yinguo could not tolerate the newly established honor and was trampled and slandered, because the war had already forged him into a proud soldier. Therefore, Qin Lei was so excited with honor, and it was indeed the key point.

Qin Lei was very happy about Che Yinguo asking him for advice. He was about to say a few words to be lenient for him, but when he saw Che Yinguo twitching, he collapsed on the ground. Qin Lei then remembered that this old boy had taken drugs. Qin Lei quickly asked Shi Gan to send Che Yinguo into the inner room and also gave Qiao Yunshang a message, saying sorry, and it caused you trouble.

When Shi Gan entered, Qin Lei remembered the guy Bo Shang Saiyang and asked the guard to inquire. It turned out that the boy had been infected with a poisonous arrow and was still unconscious. At this time, the sky was already dark outside, so Qin Lei ordered the guard to lead the way and arrived at Bo Shang Saiyang's room where he was bedridden.

Ma Ai quickly came out to welcome Qin Lei in. Qin Lei had a good impression of this loyal veteran. Seeing him frowning, he asked in a gentle voice: "How is Sai Yang?"

Ma Ai shook his head and said, "I was hit by the aconite arrow, and half of my body was black and swollen, and I haven't woken up."

Qin Lei walked into the inner room and saw a young man with white and strong upper body and black and swollen lower body lying on the big bed. He said a little strangely: "Why don't you lie on your back? It's so uncomfortable."

Ma Ai said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, my son is caught in an arrow on his buttocks and cannot lie on his back."

Qin Lei thought to himself, it turned out that he was shot into the butt, no wonder. He looked at it intently and found that the man on the bed had indeed had a higher butt on the left half and was swollen. Qin Lei asked with concern: "Do you use medicine?"

Ma Ai nodded and said, "The aconite arrow is a standard poison arrow in the army, and there are still prescriptions for detoxification." In fact, Boshang Saiyang had no major problems. The body was repairing itself after being injured. How could he wake up immediately? Ma Ai was just caring and being confused.

Qin Lei put his finger on Bo Shang Saiyang's neck. Seeing his pulse was stable and his breathing was long, he felt relieved. He was really worried that Bo Shang Saiyang would not be able to explain to the old marshal.

He and Ma Ai stepped out with slight feet. Qin Lei saw him leaning on a single crutch and asked in a warm voice: "I have just recovered, and I'm following this trouble. Can you hold on to your body?"

When Ma Ai saw Qin Lei ask him, he was very happy and grinned, "Didn't the prince say that the veteran is not dead? I'm just an old man, I can hold on, it's okay." In fact, many wounds on his body cracked again, and he could hardly bear it anymore, but he was just trying to hold on.

Qin Lei laughed silently and said, "One King said a good word, why is it so vulgar when he arrives at you?" As he said that, he carefully looked at the face of Ma Ai, and saw that there was a faint sweat on his forehead. He gently lifted up his clothes on his shoulders, revealing his bloody upper body.

Qin Lei blamed him slightly, "The scabs have been opened again, you are trying to die!"

Ma Ai put on her clothes again and smiled gently, "Actually, I'm very careful and I haven't dared to move. But today the young master was shot and I was panicked for a moment and the activity became more intense. It didn't matter, and it would be scabbed again after two days of raising it."

Qin Lei ordered the guards to take a bottle of Miaocitang golden sore medicine improved by Qin Sishui and handed it to Ma Ai, and then comforted him with a few words of tenderness. Seeing Zhang Sigou poking his head outside, Qin Lei got up and left the room.

As soon as Qin Lei came out, Zhang Sigou came up. He saw that his battle robe was covered with blood and his face was dirty so that there was no wrinkles. Before Qin Lei could joke, he heard him anxiously, "Prince, Xiao Chu is gone."

Qin Lei said "Oh" and told him to start over.

Zhang Sigou calmed down his breath and said with a neighing voice: "According to the order, our vanguard team will be able to return to the camp after chasing ten miles. But when I conquer the team, I couldn't find Xiao Chu. Some people said that he had already rode a horse to the front. I wanted to find it, but how could the two legs run past four legs, so I quickly came back to report to the prince."

Qin Lei nodded and thought to himself, this silly boy must have gone to chase the two leaders. This kind of instigation of subordinates to chase the enemy chief alone is really unrestrained, so Qin Lei couldn't say it out. He said, "Maybe he is eager to make contributions, young people, haha!"

Zhang Sigou was not as open-minded as he thought, and said worriedly: "Although the Maitreya Cult has become a defeated army, at least tens of thousands of people are still there. Even if one person spits out, he can drown Xiao Chu to death."

Qin Lei didn't want to discuss this issue anymore and said perfunctorily: "Gou Xiao Chu doesn't look like a person without blessings. Don't worry, he will definitely be able to return safely." Seeing that Zhang Sigou still wanted to open his mouth, Qin Lei changed the topic and said: "Have you eaten yet? Gu hasn't either, let's go and have a meal with Gu." As he said that, he turned around and strode away.

Zhang Sigou smiled bitterly in his heart and said: This prince is really anxious. He hurriedly followed.

Qin Lei and Zhang Sigou walked along the pier to the first boarding ship with lights on the outermost ship. Because the entire camp was filled with a strange smell, the guards placed Qin Lei's dinner on the boat.

Along the way, I saw rows of huge ships moored on the pier. Although there was no moonlight tonight and only the outline of the black hole was seen, Qin Lei knew that this was the pulp steamer that the Zhennan Army vowed to defend to the death with ten thousand lives.

Looking at these big guys about two zhang tall, one zhang wide and five zhang long, Qin Lei sighed to Zhang Sigou: "If these ships were driven all over the river, it would be very spectacular."

But he didn't hear a response. Qin Lei turned his head and looked at him, and saw Zhang Sigou standing there blankly, his eyes staring at these big ships, obviously immersed in his own world.

Although Qin Lei would not blame him, he was not interested in waiting for him. He did not disturb his thoughts and left first.

The more you go in, the fresher the air is. Although Qiao Yunshang's medicine can make people unable to smell the peculiar smell, it is incomparable to the refreshing and pleasant air. Qin Lei took a few deep breaths greedily and smiled at Shi Meng who followed him, "Why don't you like talking these days? Do you miss your wife?"

Shi Meng said innocently: "I don't."

Qin Lei asked with a funny look, "What's going on? You don't talk, and the Lone King is not used to it."

Shi Meng scratched his head and whispered: "I feel so confused that I can't say it."

Qin Lei became interested and asked softly: "Let me tell me, let me listen to the Lone King, maybe I can help you."

Shi Meng looked up at Qin Lei, and said with a depressed look: "I don't know what's going on. Since the night I caught people in Jingzhou City last month, I have been having nightmares and have never slept for a long time." Looking at Qin Lei and seeing him listening quietly, Shi Meng said: "Especially when I passed by Maicheng, I saw the tragic signs of those Maitreya scholars all the way. My subordinates felt like a big stone was pressed down, and they were very difficult to breathe."

After he finished speaking, the two of them also walked onto the boat. Qin Lei ignored him and entered the cabin alone.

The night in June was cool and pleasant, so the guards unloaded the partitions on both sides of the cabin, so that the evening breeze could blow into the cabin without any obstacles.

Looking at the dishes carefully prepared by the guards on the table, Qin Lei had no appetite. The smell on the battlefield destroyed his appetite, but it was more because of Shi Meng's words. The chopsticks he lifted were hung in the air for a long time, and then gently put them down. Qin Lei sighed lightly, picked up the small wine pot from the table, got up and walked to the side of the boat to sit down.

Qin Lei sat motionlessly, listening to the sound of the lake water gently patting the boat's side. After a while, his mood stabilized again. Then he raised the wine pot and took a sip.

Ren Yefeng blew his hair up, Qin Lei supported the boat's side with his hands, felt the burning sensation of the strong wine entering his throat, and looked at the black lake in the distance. He understood Shi Meng's feelings. To put it nicely, Shi Meng and others were family members of the family, but in fact they were slaves of the Shen family. Although they had a higher status than ordinary people, they were limited. Although they were literate, they had not received education from the gentry since childhood and could not regard the people as straw dogs. Therefore, he could not accept the fact that thousands were actually Maitreya religious believers of innocent people and died suddenly, especially because he was one of the executioners.

So Shi Meng hesitated, became painful, confused, and sad. These emotions that should never appear in the superiors were also seen by Qin Lei in Shi Gan.

Killing one person requires courage, killing ten people requires determination, and killing a hundred people requires hostility. Those who can kill tens of millions of people are either crazy butchers, or people who do not regard people as human beings. In this era, there is no shortage of people who do not regard people as human beings. These people are the gentry clans, who regard the world as chessboards that can be killed at will, and the people as straw dogs that can be played with at will.

This is a game that people are not played by humans. If you can't bear it, please get out. Now it seems that Shi Meng and the others are not qualified to continue playing. If they insist on playing, they will not be in pain in their hearts, and they may become Qin Lei's weakness and be attacked by the enemy.

Let them stay by their side and do some secret things. There is no place for them in a higher temple. Thinking of this, Qin Lei felt irritated. At the beginning, he hoped to bring these people to grow up, fight together, and give them supreme glory. After all, these people are his most loyal and easy-to-use subordinates.

He raised his head and gurgled with a big mouthful of wine. The spicy feeling stimulated him and he coughed violently. It took him a long time to calm down. He shook his hand and threw the wine pot far into the water. After a while, he heard a sound of a slap in the water.

Qin Lei did not blame Shi Meng and others for his fault, and even understood them very much. If he had not been a human being in his second life, he would have always had an unreal sense of alienation from this era and would not have changed his mind so quickly. It is hard to imagine that he could do this in the original era.

In fact, this time he went south, he had already consciously contacted the aristocratic families, hoping to select some available people from them to enrich his lineup. However, this kind of thing is not to attract people, and it is impossible to be anxious.

Footsteps came from his ears, and someone whispered. Qin Lei turned his head and looked at it. It was Zhang Sigou who came up. Qin Lei nodded and the guard put him in. Qin Lei got up and returned to the table, and asked him to sit down and have dinner.

Zhang Sigou had never seen so many delicious foods, and was very hungry again. He felt saliva all over his mouth. He said a few polite words. After Qin Lei whispered the first chopsticks, he couldn't wait to pick up a piece of oily lion's head and ate it in big mouthfuls.

Qin Lei moved a few chopsticks and stopped eating. He just kept drinking. After eating the lion's head, Zhang Sigou tore off a chicken-roasted chicken leg and put it in his mouth to eat. When he was eating, Qin Lei put down his chopsticks.

He was stuffed with food and couldn't speak, so he had to look at Qin Lei with a suspicious look on his face, meaning that why don't you eat such a good thing?

Qin Lei understood what he meant and smiled and said, "The Lone King had eaten it before you came, and these were all for you."
Chapter completed!