The Chinese New Year is still two months away, and the weather in Xining is very cold. Part of the Huangshui River in the Juerwan section has frozen. The first snow this winter left a very bad impression on Liu Shizi.
Just before winter, the Chinese army commander's tent given to him by He Huchen was made of thick felt, which was enough to keep him warm, but could not withstand the first snowfall.
The thick snow collapsed the tent. If Xiao Zhuanfeng hadn't woken him up in the middle of the night, there would have been a good story about the handsome lion naked and fighting the heavy snow in the Cowan.
But fortunately, he was used to living under a tent. The foot-deep snow left a blanket of snow on Juerwan, covering almost all the windows above the ground.
If Liu Shishi hadn't run out in the middle of the night, his troops might have been trapped in their den the next day and couldn't get out.
For two days, the Lion Army soldiers did nothing but shovel snow.
They used snow to build a half-person-high snow wall outside the camp.
As a hero of the lion camp, Xiao Zuanfeng was rewarded with a felt bed, a pair of legless felt coats with buckles, and four fur buckle boots, and he ran around in the snow looking like a human and a dog.
Meibao was not treated so well. On the day when the heavy snow collapsed the tent, it ran out early and watched Mr. Liu face the coming danger in his dream.
When Liu Chengzong ran out wearing a tiger skin, he still looked innocent and meowing.
Grandma was so angry that Mr. Liu fined her thirty months of salary, and she would not be able to eat dried fish all winter long.
After profound ideological education, Mr. Meiba finally realized his mistake.
But just as the fines did not affect the normal life of Ming officials, the fines did not affect the living standards of the generals.
When the soldiers of the Lion Camp went out to clear the snow, Mr. Meibao walked through the streets and alleys in the camp, broke into the empty doors, caught mice one by one, and placed them outside the den, using his hard work to exchange a little bit with the soldiers. snacks.
Without Mr. Liu's dried fish, this guy not only failed to lose weight, but also gained weight visibly.
After this experience of having his tent collapsed by heavy snow, Liu Shizi still did not learn his lesson and still stubbornly lived in the Chinese army tent. However, this time it was reinforced with logs. Even if rocks fell from the sky, his tent would not be crushed. Collapsed.
The main reason is that the Lion Army has a lot of dens, and no one prepared them for him when building the dens. The ground is now frozen, and it will not be possible to build the dens for a while.
In the Chinese military camp, apart from the Chinese military tent, there were not many options left for him.
The huts were built to accommodate three people. The minimum establishment in the army was three people. In addition, non-staff personnel were also free to form groups to fill the room.
For example, Mr. Liu shares a room with Mr. Yang and Sunday Qiang; Sanlang shares a room with Bai Liuxi and Yun Jiaoyue, and he has no share.
There were indeed two places where there were vacancies, but he didn't want to go.
The two nests are Li Bei and Zuo Guangxian, Wu Panlong and Ma Ke. There is one person missing from the two nests.
Li Bei and Ma Ke were two dangerous men. Liu Chengzong felt that if he slept in the same room with them, he would not be able to sleep for a few days. Sooner or later, one of them would be killed.
What's more, sleeping alone in a large military tent is very spacious.
A few days after the heavy snowfall, Master Chen ran back from Xining and brought back the Sixteen Dharmas of Tibet that he and six Xining students translated.
Liu Chengzong believed that law was a very interesting thing.
Looking at a set of laws, one can see the will of the ruler and what has happened in a land.
Just like in his military law, there is a special clause that prohibits demolition of civilian door panels and wall tiles. Why is there such a clause?
Of course because someone actually did it.
What's more important is that Liu Shizi established the regulations. The starting point was to ensure the combat effectiveness of the soldiers and at the same time protect the people from being harmed by military disasters.
Not harming the weak arbitrarily is of course the bottom line of being a human being, but this is also a way for Liu Shishi to ensure his combat effectiveness.
In the absence of front lines and rear areas in northern Shaanxi, barely creating a stable environment for soldiers will be of great help to their mental health.
Whether it's military law or laws, it can tell what a ruler's fundamentals are.
In other words, this military law proves that within the scope of his rule, soldiers are subjects subject to the law, but at the same time, it recognizes that houses are the private property of the people and have the right not to be infringed.
In the Chinese military tent, his father Liu Xiangyu and his teacher Yang Dingrui, who were familiar with the Ming Dynasty law, sat side by side with Liu Chengzong around the charcoal stove, studying the sixteen methods translated by Chen Shifo.
Master Chen sat across from him and explained to the three of them: "This law can be traced back to the Twenty Laws of the Tubo period. Later, it was deleted several times. Now from Qinghai Lake to Uzang, the laws used by Xifan are mixed and mixed. .”
"I've seen people outside using the Thirteen Methods, people using the Mongolian Answer Method, and people using the old Northern Yuan Dynasty method."
After a brief introduction, Master Chen said to the three of them: "The articles of each law are similar. The law sent by Lazun has sixteen articles. The commander will open it first. If there is anything unclear, I will explain it."
Liu Chengzong nodded and looked with his father and teacher from the front.
The opening chapter of Sixteen Methods uses a very large space to introduce what happened in Uzang in recent decades, mainly the story of the war brought by the Mongols, and the Zangba Khan family killed their ferocious enemies and created great achievements.
Especially now, Zangba Khan's father has been like a god since he was a child. At the age of twenty-five, he led eight armies to attack hostile forces.
When the Mongols occupied the entire territory of Tibet, Zangba Khan led his army to resist. He defeated the Mongols like a god descending from heaven and recovered the three hills of Weizang Suru and Duokang.
As for the current Zangba Khan, he is the incarnation of a god. He is like the sun shining on the world. If the incarnation of the god does not get the throne, there will be war.
Liu Xiangyu watched, and after reading a few words, he turned to look at Yang Dingrui. The two of them basically laughed while watching.
Liu Chengzong had already inquired about many things that had happened in Qinghai-Tibet and other places in recent decades. His expression was quite serious and he said to the two of them: "Except for the divine right of kings, the things are basically true."
But when he saw the end of the introduction to his family, Liu Chengzong didn't hold back, not because the writing was outrageous, but because it was written so realistically.
It describes in detail the locations of Zangba Khan's four most important fortresses, and also explains clearly how they fought through the first heroic tiger method.
The best strategy is to prevent the petals of the lotus from falling off, to prevent the lark's nest from being damaged internally, and to not disturb the birds to take their eggs. This is to subjugate the enemy without fighting.
The central strategy is to divide the fiefdoms and attack the east and the west, but casting spells and poisoning are not allowed, and at the same time, the terrain must be observed to gather intelligence.
The next best option is to rectify military affairs, appoint officers, manage baggage, and conduct battles.
Wherever you go and what you do is clearly written down... To put it simply, even a leader who knows nothing about military affairs can get a copy of the law and compare it one by one, and he can get things done pretty much the same.
While watching, Liu Chengzong said to the two men: "Their army is divided into three wings: left, center and right. They use the military flag as the leader, the drum music as the signal, and the trumpet and tibia trumpet."
"The troops are arranged in formation on each wing, with gunmen in the front left, archers in the right front, those holding spears, halberds and axes in the middle, followed by those holding chains, and then a mixture of horse and foot soldiers."
After saying that, Liu Chengzong raised his head and asked Master Chen: "They border with India. Do they have blunderbuss?"
Master Chen didn't know.
His father Liu Xiangyu said: "If you write the art of war into the law, there won't be many people there who know how to fight."
Yang Dingrui said: "This is a law for the local leaders. There are not many literate people there."
Liu Chengzong has been looking down very seriously, and gradually understood the customs there.
But Bai Yan said that if he used this, Lazun would give him the Haibei land.
He didn't understand what Lazun's intention was. Except for the frequent corporal punishments such as gouging out the eyes, cutting off the knees, cutting off the tongue, chopping off the limbs, throwing off a cliff, and massacre, there was nothing new in this law.
Until he saw the price of his life.
The price of life is based on the status of the deceased, which is further subdivided into upper, middle and lower classes, and the person is divided into nine classes in total.
There are nine levels from top to bottom. The highest level's life is equal to the body's weight in gold, and the lowest level is a tramp, woman, blacksmith, butcher, and beggar, which is a straw rope.
Slaves were not among them.
In the law of indemnity for injury, a lower-class person chops off the hands and stamps the feet of a superior person; the master does not need to pay for the injury of a servant; when a noble is hurt, the person who hurts the person must pay a quarter of the price of his life.
Small nobles can use oaths to distinguish right from wrong when it comes to unclear matters, but golden geese, crows, black snakes, and bitches cannot swear oaths.
The golden goose is a monk, the crow is a poor man, the black snake is a wizard, and the bitch is a woman. They need to use boiled oil to scratch stones or boiled mud to scratch stones to distinguish right from wrong.
This made Liu Chengzong feel very familiar. It is obvious that the customary law here was greatly influenced by India.
He asked Master Chen: "As for the price of life, are other laws also like this?"
Master Chen replied respectfully: "The Thirteen Dharmas used by the Yellow Sect are basically the same. The difference is that after a person dies, he has to pay an additional fee for Buddhist services on top of the life price. This amount of sixteen Dharma is included in the life price. .”
Liu Chengzong did not look at the law again. He stood up and walked around in the tent, lifting the heavy felt curtain. The cold air outside the tent poured into the tent, sweeping away the warmth. The snowy mountains in the distance were dazzlingly white.
After pausing for a moment, he turned to several people and said, "I have never been able to figure out why Lazun of the Yellow Sect would give me a copy of Zangba Khan's law. Now I know his intention."
Yang Dingrui was still reading the law very seriously, and said while reading: "This is not written for ordinary people. If several laws are similar, it means that this customary law has been used in the local area for a long time."
"No matter who is in power, the nobles, leaders, and monks must be protected to ensure their superiority."
Master Liu lit his pipe by the fire and asked Liu Chengzong, "What do you think Lazun's intention is?"
Liu Chengzong said: "He wants to turn me into a slave owner."
He shook his head and sat back, smiling: "When I didn't read these sixteen laws, I thought it was Lazun who wanted to set a rule for me."
"But now it seems, maybe from Lazun's point of view, he did give me a gift, a gift that legally enslaves the native people."
As long as he accepts Lazun's canonization, he will put on the cloak of a god. This army can be integrated into the system of sixteen or thirteen laws, and the entire lion army will become the upper third class and the middle third class. of slave owners.
Everyone will gain great power, exploit the piety of others, and squeeze wealth at will.
Every noble, official, and monk in this land who benefits from customary law will protect their power as if they were their own, forming a tight network.
Let the people who are so pious that they sacrifice everything never be able to stand up again.
It can even be said that Lazun pointed out a clear path for him to integrate into this system and do whatever he wants in Haibei. Even if he cannot defeat more powerful foreign enemies in the future, he can still try to use this set of things to integrate the enemy and make it degrade.
Even if others don't blend in, he can still retreat to Uzang.
Liu Chengzong said nothing, his father just smoked his pipe slowly, and the teacher focused on the legal provisions, trying to find something in them.
Only Master Chen was sitting next to him. He thought about it again and again, and said, "Commander, you don't have to say it so harshly. It's not about slavery...it's quite appropriate, and the people don't think there's anything wrong with it."
Liu Chengzong looked at Master Chen as if he were looking at a monster.
"Commander, don't look at me like that. This thing can't reach its roots. No one can do anything about it."
Chen Shifo said: "Don't think that if you tell a slave that you want him to be a human being, he will really treat him like a human being and work as a soldier for you. It's impossible... Do you know what the last thing my father did before he died? Beat me with a whip."
"He wants to send all his property to the temple, and I asked him to leave some for his elder brother. The old man is so sick that he can't walk, but he has the strength to whip me with a whip. Do you know why?"
Master Chen pointed at his heart and smiled miserably: "He has believed it all his life and spent all his family property. I said it is useless. If he doesn't slap me, who will I?"
"It was the same with you in the past. The people didn't believe you. He cut off his arms and legs and sent the girl to worship Buddha. Do you think this was a lie? He has no way to turn back. He can only tell you to go away and don't delay his cultivation. You If you can save this life, you cannot save the next life. The gods and Buddhas in the sky on the snow-capped mountains can save every life."
Liu Chengzong gave a thumbs up, that’s awesome.
He still wants to keep it simple. Having someone knowledgeable around him does help a lot.
"You're right, damn, there are specialties in the art industry!" Liu Chengzong praised him, not Chen Shifo: "There are so many people who have studied people's hearts for generations. This people's hearts have really been played with."
Master Chen nodded and said, "And you can't just look at the bad parts. There are also many good and highly respected monks who build bridges and roads. Moreover, the temple is the only place where some lower-class people in Xifan can change their destiny. They can learn and read in the temple."
Liu Chengzong smiled and said: "I don't agree with this. Maybe it was like this in this land in the past, but now that I'm here, it won't be like this in the future."
"I know that there are many monks who can do good deeds, but the good deeds they do are something that everyone can do, but the bad deeds are mostly done by using their status as monks."
"You can also build a social science school to impart knowledge, I can hold imperial examinations to help people change their destiny, and establish government offices to build bridges and roads... They have their experience, and I have mine. When I was a bad person, I became a good person. Even if it’s a little bit, the emperor can accept me.”
Chen Shifo's words did not bring any resistance to Liu Chengzong.
On the contrary, Liu Chengzong became very excited because of these sixteen methods.
"This is really a good place. Anyone who uses this thing is greedy for pleasure and weak."
Liu Chengzong looked back and pointed at the sixteen methods in front of Yang Dingrui, smiling wantonly: "I hope that a place where slaves are not considered human beings and a blacksmith's life is only worth a straw rope can block my army? What a joke!"
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Note:
"Sixteen Codes", refer to the 1994 edition of "Selected Collection of Ancient Tibetan Codes: Sixteen and Thirteen Laws".
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