Chapter 163: Betrothal to Jinlan, Discussing the Order of Teeth
Jia Lan actually proposed to form opposite-sex brothers with Qin and Liang?! This proposal is really unexpected.
For those who have received traditional Confucian education, most people look down upon the behavior of sworn worship.
There is no other reason, it’s too low-level. Look at us, kings, kings, ministers, fathers and sons, friends, teachers and elders.
Is it full of high-end feeling?
In addition, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, wars have been going on everywhere, and warlords like to adopt adopted sons and engage in sworn sworn practices. This is considered vulgar by all literati and officials, and some even say it is the source of trouble.<
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The imperial court established in Beidi in later generations strictly prohibited folk sworn worship. Even the Di imperial court, which had relatively simple laws, clearly stipulated that if there was any behavior such as blood-taking, table-burning, or oath-taking, they would be executed.
Confucianism is such a contradiction. On the one hand, it admires the "eight worshipers", but on the other hand, it strictly guards against similar sworn worship behaviors.
Seeing the hesitation on the two people's faces, Jia Lan smiled and said, "Brother Zhuo Ru, didn't you just say that you don't care about your heart just now?"
"Haha! It's me who got caught!"
In a flash of thought, Liang Yong came to his senses, smiled freely, and responded: "Okay!"
Qingwen, who had had enough of watching the commotion, couldn't hold it back anymore and shouted happily: "If you want to make a sworn vows, do you need candles, incense, drinks or something? I'll go find them!"
Jia Lan quickly shouted: "Just bring some incense, candles, water and wine! We all follow our true intentions, and there is no need to go through the process of killing chickens and cows."
"That's right!" Liang Yong agreed loudly. If you kill chickens and cows, wouldn't you really become a loser?
Qingwen responded and walked away gracefully, leaving a lingering fragrance.
Jia Lan was afraid that it would be unsafe for her to be alone late at night, so she called Wu Gui and Qin Shi up together. They walked downstairs and quickly fetched a bunch of things from the inn.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jia Lan and the other three have each written a golden orchid genealogy, in triplicate, each taking one, with their respective names and birth dates written on it.
Putting down the incense table, Qingwen arranged the things she had taken out one by one.
Jia Lan took a stick of fragrance from her hand and saw Qingwen's eyes trembling slightly like the curtains of the stage. In the center of the stage under the curtain, those charming eyes were watching Jia Lan intently.
Three, with a hazy feeling.
"Qingwen, you have to watch carefully."
"Ah?" Qingwen was puzzled.
Jia Lan smiled and said: "As a witness to the sworn knot between the three of us, Jinlan, you are very important."
Qin Zhong and Liang Yong both smiled kindly towards Qingwen.
Qingwen's eyes were smiling and her pretty face was flushed. Jia Lan's attention made her happy from the bottom of her heart to her face.
Jia Lan took the lead, burned incense, bowed to the sky, and said an oath:
Today, there are Liang Yong, Qin Zhong, and Jia Lan. Although they have different surnames, they have become brothers and work together to rescue people in need and report to the country.
This heart is treacherous and ungrateful, and both heaven and man will be killed!
They bowed to each other eight more times and agreed to become brothers of the opposite sex.
Among the three of them, Liang Yong is the eldest, followed by Qin Zhong and Jia Lan is the youngest.
As a witness, Qingwen witnessed the whole process with her beautiful eyes, shining brightly.
After the sworn vows, Jia Lan smiled and said: "Brother, second brother, please sit down first."
Liang Yong sat down and said: "Third brother, let's make a three-chapter agreement first. You and I will naturally call each other brothers in private, but outside, I will still call you Lan Geer, and you can just call me by my name."
He looked at Qin Zhong: "In the future, the second brother, the third brother and the crown will be named, and we can call each other by each other's names."
Jia Lan and Qin Zhong nodded in agreement upon hearing this.
A few people chatted for a while and had another drink. Liang Yong, who was slightly tipsy, asked Jia Lan: "Third brother, what I just asked about, do you have any insights that you can teach me?" p>
Jia Lan did not shirk, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "In fact, Qian Ming, in a sense, also died due to this celestial phenomenon..."
This first sentence shocked several people, and most of Liang Yong's drunkenness dissipated.
Anyone who knows something about the history of the late Ming Dynasty knows that over the past few hundred years, the world has entered a stage of declining temperatures. The famous meteorological geographer Professor Zhu Kezhen called it the "Ming Dynasty Little Ice Age."
The drop in temperature directly makes it difficult for low-level air to rise to form rain, and the drop in precipitation directly brings the threat of drought. What is even more frightening is that the drop in temperature causes many agricultural production areas that could have two crops a year to directly return to
The state of ripening once a year.
Income is directly cut in half!
This situation is undoubtedly an unprecedented disaster for the world, which is still dominated by agricultural production.
The drought is extremely severe and locusts are present. For thousands of miles, all the grass and trees are gone, as well as the hair of cattle and horses, as well as flags and flags.
Even the rats had no food to eat, so they flooded into human settlements in large numbers, causing a continuous plague. The patients vomited blood like watermelon water and died immediately. As a result, they died in a mess, with ten rooms and nine empty houses, and even no one could stop them.
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That's why some people suggested that instead of Ming Dynasty being busy with the Jin Dynasty, it would be better to say that it died from the plague.
Jia Lan talked eloquently, but the scenes described in his words made Qin Zhong, Liang Yong and Qingwen shudder. They imagined that such a thing was about to happen to them, which made them even more horrified. They were speechless for a long time.
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Liang Yong was the first to come to his senses, with the last fire of hope burning in his sad eyes: "Third brother, is there any solution?"
"Brother, don't worry, in the whole world, the only one who can deal with such natural disasters is the China of China!"
Jia Lan's decisive tone awakened everyone from their fear.
"But!" He opened his right hand like a fist.
"To deal with a natural disaster of this scale, it is not enough for the court to respond with ordinary means. It must take a multi-pronged approach and make overall plans."
"First..." Jia Lan raised a finger and spread it out one by one.
"Agriculture is the foundation of the country, and the foundation is the foundation of the country's peace. The most important thing is the court's land administration.
The land administration in Daxia followed the Ming system. To be precise, it was the land administration of the Ming Dynasty before Zhang Juzheng's reform. The people paid land rent in kind.
This system was quite suitable at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, because during the new dynasty, everything was in need of improvement, and food was used as hard currency, and the state was willing to collect it.
But after a system has been running for hundreds of years, problems of one kind or another will inevitably arise.
The first thing to bear the brunt was land annexation. The basis of the court's tax revenue gradually narrowed, and farmers continued to bear a greater tax burden. In the end, the people who lost their land had no choice but to fall into despair, and then the stretched court could only struggle to survive, thus forming a dead end.
In the cycle, just like the previous Ming Dynasty, the bandits are being suppressed like creeping grass, and the more they are suppressed, the more they are suppressed.
To sort out land and taxation, we must first measure and check the fields across the country. On this issue, I have to say that the Holy Spirit’s thinking has always been very clear.”
Jia Lan’s eyes sparkled.
"I predict that His Majesty must have made sufficient preparations. The Qingzhang fields in Shuntian Prefecture, Hebei, Hedong and other places are just a preview for the next step of nationwide field measurement!"