Three Kingdoms: I Am Not an Ant Thief Chapter 721, Liu Bei’s Choice
Beginning in the early 2nd century BC, Bactrian Greeks, Cypriots and Parthians invaded Tianzhu successively. The Cypriot invasion was particularly extensive and they established many principalities throughout western Tianzhu.
The Dayuezhi people became the most successful invaders. They established the powerful Kushan Empire in northern Tianzhu. This country was listed as one of the four great empires of the classical world (Roman Empire, Parthian Empire, Kushan Empire and Han Dynasty).
Even now, the Kushan Empire is still at its most powerful, with a population of more than 10 million, and more than a dozen vassal states. It has a vast territory and borders Daqian, making it the most powerful neighbor in the Western Regions they guard. It was the Kushan Empire.
Liu Bei also understood this. He did not target a powerful empire like the Kushan Empire for his attacks. He even tried to find ways to avoid the attack range of the Kushan Empire, because with Liu Bei's strength at this time, if he was defeated by the Kushan Empire, The Frost Empire noticed that it must have suffered a devastating blow.
So Liu Bei found the Xiling Jiabang Kingdom, which was closest to his territory, far away from the Kushan Empire and the weakest, to attack.
Of course, before Liu Bei attacked, he was also worried about the strength of the Xiling Jiabang Kingdom. If he could not gain a foothold in Tianzhu during a thousand-mile expedition like his, then this war would definitely end as soon as it started.
Therefore, when Liu Bei led his army to attack in a large wave, he had already exerted the most powerful attack power of his army. The artillery shells purchased by Da Gan were almost all fired by Liu Bei at once! The density of artillery even exceeded that of Da Han and Da Gan. war between.
But even Liu Bei did not expect that the people of Tianzhu would be so vulnerable (to the people of Tianzhu, Liu Bei's army was like divine soldiers, especially the artillery bombardment that they could not understand, so it was really no match for the attack of the gods) What's the difference? The already superstitious Tianzhu people completely collapsed in the face of such an incomprehensible attack. They thought they had angered the gods. Under such circumstances, how could they have any morale to resist Liu Bei's attack!)
It can be said that after his first bombardment, the entire Xiling Jiabang Kingdom no longer organized effective defense measures, and even the leading parties were everywhere. As soon as Liu Bei's army arrived at the city, they surrendered immediately. This was what caused Liu Bei's attack. The reason why Xiling Jiabang, a country with a population of hundreds of thousands, changed its owner in less than a month!
It can be said that such an attack was so fast that even Liu Bei and the others did not react. They were all a little uneasy about the current situation! What happened in Tianzhu was so contrary to common sense.
Finally, after General Yuan Ji inquired about Tianzhu's intelligence, he explained to Liu Bei: "Ming Gong, Tianzhu has been ruled by outsiders since ancient times, just like our current neighbor to the north, the powerful Kushan Empire. The predecessor of the Yueshi was the Dayue clan recorded in our history. After they were defeated by the Huns, they fled here and defeated the local countries in Tianzhu, and then established a powerful empire. And this kind of thing happened more than once. In the history of Tianzhu This has happened many times in the world, and they have integrated these outsiders into their own civilization."
"So the nobles and priests of Tianzhu are not resistant to outsiders like us! As long as we don't change their lives, they are willing to end our rule!"
Zhang Fei said with a look of disbelief: "I was beaten, and I didn't even dare to resist and surrendered like this. How did Tianzhu civilization spread for thousands of years? If this happened to us Han people, we would definitely fight to the end.
One soldier at a time!"
Yuan Ji smiled and said: "This has something to do with the system in Tianzhu. The system here is the same as our Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period. However, their hierarchical system here is not that of princes, princes, sons, and sons. Instead, people are divided into four levels, namely Brahmin, Brahmin,
Kshatriya, Vaishya, Sudra.
The four levels have strict regulations in terms of status, rights, occupations, obligations, etc.:
The first-level Brahmins are mainly monks and nobles. They have the privilege of interpreting religious scriptures and worshiping gods, as well as the right to enjoy offerings. They are responsible for education and the audience is Kshatriyas. They are responsible for monopolizing cultural education and reporting on agricultural seasons and the right to interpret religious discourse;
The second-level Kshatriyas are military aristocrats and administrative aristocrats, the audience of Brahmin ideas. They have the privilege of collecting various taxes, preside over the military, and are responsible for protecting the Brahmin class from life to life;
The third class of Vaishyas are ordinary Aryans who have no political privileges and must support the first two classes, mainly commerce, in the form of donations and taxes;
The vast majority of the fourth-level Sudras are conquered indigenous residents. They are composed of senior servants and craftsmen who serve meals and cook. They are the most populous caste. They are considered to be lowly occupations. In the caste system, people from different backgrounds
The offspring born to both caste parents are called miscellaneous castes.
In addition to the four major castes, there are also a large number of "fifth castes", known as the "untouchables" class, also known as "untouchables" or "Dalits". They are mostly engaged in the lowest occupations. Untouchables are not counted in India.
People are not among the four major castes.
This system is highly hierarchical, and the various levels under the caste system are inherited from generation to generation and cannot flow. All classes in Tianzhu are completely solidified. Therefore, when we attacked Xiling Jiabang, it seemed that there were hundreds of thousands of enemies, but in fact there were only
Thousands of Kshatriya military nobles and their entourage! For the other people of Sherling Jia Bang, this war has nothing to do with them!"
"The reason why Tianzhu civilization can still be preserved is because this hierarchical system is most suitable for outsiders like us to rule. We can become the highest-level rulers of Tianzhu only by entering here. Then who will change this system, so Tianzhu civilization
It has been passed down this way for thousands of years!”
After hearing this, Zhang Fei and others all looked disdainful, especially Liu Bei, who seemed to have heard the most decadent thing in the world. He thought that the powerful noble families of the Han Dynasty were already decadent enough, but he did not expect that the nobles here in Tianzhu,
He became even more corrupt and even let a group of magicians bully him to the point of being bullied.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The status of sacrifices is indeed the highest. Such things did not exist 2000 years ago during the Yan and Huang Dynasties. Even after the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, sacrifices had completely withdrawn from the political arena of the Han Dynasty.
Now he has become a complete magician. Such a person can only appear in the court, and he will definitely be beaten and killed by the officials.
I'm afraid that only in a rotten place like Tianzhu can they openly become rulers. This is what Liu Bei despises them most. It doesn't matter if they can't be defeated by powerful foreign military forces. They can even defeat the local magic sticks.
However, if they have to accept the rule of a magic stick, such nobles are simply rubbish. In Liu Bei's view, these nobles of the natural disaster can't even find any use value.
And Yuan Ji was also amazed!
The people of Tianzhu are very good at playing. Their powerful noble families also want to pass down their families for thousands of years or even longer, but they have never succeeded. The Kong family, the most successful among them, only has a history of 700-800 years.
, and the wealthy noble families of the Han Dynasty like them only had a prosperous period of about 300-400 years at most. The Yuan family only flourished for more than 100 years, and then they were driven out of the Han Dynasty by Lei Gong!
It flourishes and then it perishes! This sentence does not only apply to various dynasties, but also to all the powerful families of the Han Dynasty. They cannot escape this cycle of reincarnation.
Just like the Yuan family's ambition to dominate the world, who knew that an ambitious Dong Zhuo would appear and disrupt all their plans, and then a mighty thunder god would appear from the sky and uproot their power from the Han Dynasty?
, in the end they let all the powerful families in the world be buried with them.
How to make their family last for thousands of years or even longer, or even prosper forever, has always been what the powerful Han clan wanted to do.
And in Tianzhu, they have actually achieved something they have never been able to do. The nobles here for thousands of years are even more relaxed, and more families have prospered from this civilization and have been passed down to this day.
What they did was even more excessive than what they did in the Han Dynasty. During the Han Dynasty, they, the powerful nobles, wanted to leave a way for the people at the bottom to make progress, so a good family man like Dong Zhuo could become a general, and a rich man like Sun Jian could become a general.
You can worship Zhu Jun as your teacher. Even a great Confucian like Zheng Xuan will accept many humble people as his disciples.
And if you want to change class in Tianzhu, don't even think about it. A person's status in life is determined as soon as he is born. Each class is like a city wall, blocking the road to advancement.
The city gate could not be found at all.
In the history of the Han Dynasty, the consequences of doing this would definitely bring chaos to the world. The amazing thing is that Tianzhu was able to develop stably for thousands of years by doing this.
To be honest, Yuan Ji is interested in this system in Tianzhu. This is a system tailor-made for wealthy nobles like them!
So he said to Liu Bei: "Lord, if we want to gain a foothold in Tianzhu, we must first maintain this system. After all, we only have tens of thousands of soldiers in Tianzhu now. Even if we can transport soldiers to Tianzhu in the future, compared with the local
With a population of tens of millions, we are still an absolute minority, and the current system in Tianzhu was created to allow a few people to rule Tianzhu!"
"The second is to maintain the religious system of Tianzhu. The people of Tianzhu are more superstitious than the people of our Han Dynasty. It can be said that almost all of them are believers of these religions. Maintaining the religious system of Tianzhu is to maintain our rule in Tianzhu!"
The art of ruling Tianzhu is a big topic, and Yuan Jidu plans to let him study this system for the rest of his life.
But Liu Bei said with a look of disgust: "Shi Ji, do you remember how we were driven out of the Han Dynasty by Lei Gong?"
Yuan Ji said with a serious face: "Of course I remember that Lei Gong mobilized the entire Han people to encircle and suppress us. We were unable to withstand the joint efforts of Lei Gong and the people. In the end, we were beaten out of the Han Dynasty and fell into the wilderness!"
Liu Bei sneered and said: "Now the nobles of Tianzhu are worse than the powerful nobles of the Han Dynasty. No matter how unscrupulous we are, we can still protect our family and the country, but the nobles of Tianzhu refuse to give up any rights. What?
They don't want to take responsibility. When the enemy comes, they will surrender. What's the use of the people of Tianzhu supporting them? Lei Gong has always said that power and responsibility are equal, and Bei has always believed that it makes sense. Look at these decadent nobles, tens of thousands of them can do it.
Their country was destroyed, and they were not even willing to resist because they were unwilling to take responsibility."
"If we also accept Tianzhu's system, it is completely conceivable that in less than 100 years, our descendants will be like this group of nobles, kneeling down and begging for mercy when facing the next invader."
"Bei brought you to Tianzhu to rebuild the Han Dynasty, not to establish a corrupt country. If our descendants are also corrupt and degenerate like this, I would rather this country never appeared from the beginning."
Xu Wei has shown Liu Bei the power of the people, and the local nobles are so corrupt. Now Liu Bei wants to find a local force to form an alliance, so this choice is not very clear!
Yuan Ji was surprised and said: "Ming Gong, do you want to bring the Han system to Tianzhu? I'm afraid that your subordinates will be dissatisfied with the climate and cause greater turmoil!"
But Liu Bei sneered and said: "Why not get it right in one step! I have long wanted to imitate Lei Gong's system and rob these nobles, and now is there any better target to rob than these nobles in Tianzhu!"
Zhang Fei laughed loudly and said: "Brother is right. We were envious of Thunder Lord back in Youzhou. Now that there is no obstacle, why not grab a big one in Tianzhu? I support eldest brother's opinion!"
Other Liu Bei's generals also agreed with Liu Bei's idea of wiping out the local nobles. First, they looked down on the local nobles. That is, they followed Liu Bei and wanted to make a fortune. Where would they make a fortune if they didn't kill these local nobles?
The military agreed, and civilian officials like Yuan Ji could not stop their actions at all.
So Liu Bei began to learn Xu Wei's methods, first equalizing land, which benefited the people of Tianzhu. Liu Bei learned Xu Wei's method of equalizing land in Tianzhu, allocating land to local people per household of 100 acres.
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Of course, to get this land, they want to send one person to join the army. They can be allocated 100 acres of land, and the local people are extremely enthusiastic about joining the army.
At the same time, Liu Bei also transferred the military system of the Han Dynasty. For 100 such households, he would arrange for a Han to be the chief of the village. For 1,000 people, Liu Bei would arrange for a chief to be the army commander. All the hundreds of thousands of people in this country would
He was planned to join the army.
All systems are for military service. Liu Bei wanted to build this country into a powerful war machine. He wanted to rely on this powerful war machine to gain a foothold in Tianzhu.
In this way, Liu Bei, a small country, suddenly raised an army of 100,000. Of course, its combat effectiveness was not very strong, but its military strength was rapidly improving.
At the same time, Liu Bei also enjoyed the happiness of Xu Wei. Many local nobles have been passed down for thousands of years. The wealth of Tianzhu is not much worse than the big money. The wealth in the hands of these nobles is even much better than that of the powerful clans in the Han Dynasty.
Liu Bei can get hundreds of millions of gold and silver treasures by just raiding a noble house, and if he raids a temple, it is a place of treasure. The wealth of these magicians completely exceeds Liu Bei's imagination. At this time