Chapter 49: Wind and rain meet Qiongya from all directions (3)
What makes Xu Xiake even more horrified is that even this so-called "Hua Mei" who claims to have inherited the Yufeng style of the former Song Dynasty, in his view, is already so vulgar and uncivilized, militaristic, and murderous, and his greed and cruelty are comparable to the violence of ancient times. Qin. However, even such a cruel and iron-blooded Huamei was actually ridiculed by another East Coast country, who were also descendants of the Song Dynasty, as a group of weak and indecisive scholars. They thought that they lived a luxurious life, were weak and timid, and were not as good as themselves. War... So, where does this east coast country come from?
——According to some rumors that Xu Xiake has picked up sporadically in the past few days, the population and territory of the East Bank Country seem to be slightly inferior to Huamei, and the land seems not as rich as Huamei. However, the barbarians surrounding the East Bank Country are far stronger than their neighbors in China and the United States. Even just to survive, the soldiers and civilians of the East Bank Country have to fight against the strong and fight against their evil neighbors on all sides every day. Their battles are so frequent that Even the Jiannu and Tartars outside the fortress were stunned.
Under such severe military pressure, the East Bank Country almost frantically threw all its people and property into the battlefield, to the extent that "all the people were military households, all men were soldiers, and all women were armed with swords." Even the middle school Most villages and towns are named after "Fort So-and-so", which shows the prosperity of its martial arts style.
If Hua America, despite its emphasis on literature and martial arts, was despised by the scholars of the Ming Dynasty, it still had some legacy of Tang and Song Dynasty literature and ink, and had some knowledge of the sage's etiquette, then in addition to not forgetting Chinese writing, the East Coast Kingdom had not forgotten Chinese writing. Its ferocious and warlike spirit has reached the point where it is in conflict with the bloodthirsty barbarians. The degree of foreignness is no different - although due to inheriting some rules and regulations from the Song Dynasty, the East Bank Junior High School also has a royal academy similar to the Imperial Academy, but it does not teach people to read the poems and books of sages and understand ethics and integrity. Instead, it teaches children from an early age The art of killing, when you grow up, you can go into battle and kill. Therefore, the educational materials for children are not only the "Three Character Classic", but also a song "A Man's Journey - A Murderous Song" that is soaked in the smell of blood between the lines and made Xu Xiake's eyes twitch:
Men should kill without mercy. The eternal karma is all in killing people. There used to be an Assassin's Alliance, and the loyalty was strong.
When you mount your horse, you kill someone, and your body is lighter than a feather. There are also heroes and tyrants who kill people like hemp and gallop around the world, only showing off their swords and guns.
Today, if I try to find something like this, I will be looking for the shadow of the moon in vain.
You don't see it, the Confucian scholars have risen up and the strong men have died, and China has been praising benevolence and righteousness ever since. Once the barbarians invaded the Central Plains, the scholars fled and the cowardly people wept.
I want to learn the ancient style and regain my heroic spirit. Reputation is like dirt, and those who disdain benevolence will ridicule. Wearing an iron sword, he kills people in anger.
They cut their legs and drank wine together, chatting and laughing with ghosts and ghosts. Killing an enemy thousands of miles away would cost ten weeks of stars. Zhutian Guangren, and Jie have a deep love for each other.
Heading out of the outpost, Mu Tiren turned around. I feel tired and sleepy, and the war trumpet suddenly blows. Simon left his mother. The mother was sad but the son was not sad.
The body is committed to historical events, but the man will never return. The killing battle between heaven and earth shocked the Yin Court. Kill one person in three steps without stopping.
Blood flowed for thousands of miles, and corpses pillowed Qianxun Mountain. When a strong man finishes a battle, he sleeps on his enemy's corpse when tired. In the dream, there is still a murderer, and the smile reflects the brightness.
Daughter, don't ask Xiang, why is the man so evil? Since ancient times, benevolence only harms others, and morality has never been true!
Don’t you see, the liger has gained a reputation as a prey, but who can pity the poor elk? The strong always eats the weak, even if it makes sense, it is in vain.
Don't ask, men have their own way. If a man behaves, he should be violent. Things and benevolence are inseparable.
When a man is in the fighting arena, he is as brave as a bear and as blind as a wolf. If you are born a boy, you will kill someone. Don't teach a man's body to wrap a woman's heart.
Men are never disrespectful, and they will laugh at each other even if they kill their opponents. There are hundreds of enemies and battlefields, and I wish to be green with the wild grass everywhere.
Men, don’t tremble, there is a song for you to listen to:
Killing one person is considered a crime, killing ten thousand people is considered a hero. If you slaughter nine million, you will be called the hero among the heroes.
Heroes among heroes, different ways:
Seeing through the name of benevolence and righteousness for thousands of years, you can show off your glory in this life. A man who loves notoriety does not care for a good reputation, but he who kills millions of people does not want to punish him.
I would rather teach everyone to gnash their teeth and hate me than teach me and no one will scold me. Looking at the world for five thousand years, there is no place where heroes do not kill people!
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Such frenzied poems and prose that advocate killing are not only contrary to moral etiquette, but also have no benevolence. In the eyes of Ming Dynasty Confucian scholars like Xu Xiake, they are simply evil things that can only be written by a man-eating devil. However, they were written by this thing. Anguo regarded it as a wise saying and ordered him to The boy recited it day and night... From this, it can be inferred that the East Bank country of Lao Shizi can no longer be described as vulgar and uncivilized, but has almost become the lion and camel country in "Journey to the West", and the whole country has been deceived. Possessed by evil thoughts, he turned into a demon in human skin. And the rulers above the imperial court are even more powerful demons from hell!
"...Alas, because the former Song Dynasty valued culture over martial arts and had been weak for hundreds of years, it led to the humiliation of Jingkang and the death of Yashan. Therefore, the descendants of the Song Dynasty absorbed the teachings of their ancestors and hoped to establish a martial culture. There may be some truth in this. But this gorgeous United States And the East Bank country is so perverse and overcorrecting in one breath that it has reached such a situation. It is not martial arts, but a thirst for blood! This not only completely loses the kindness and compassion of the saints, but also destroys our Chinese orthodoxy. It is tantamount to joining the barbarians and wild beasts, even if it can expand thousands of miles and destroy hundreds of countries. Thousands of people are just doing harm to the world, so what’s the glory?”
——Looking at the various military flags fluttering on those foreign giant ships in the harbor, Xu Xiake couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
After such a comparison, relatively speaking, although these "Australian Kun people" now entrenched in Qiongzhou Prefecture also have "not knowing the way of saints", "emphasis on things but not Confucianism", "not being polite enough to the gentry", etc., it is quite worthwhile. Although criticized, compared with the butchers and murderers of the East Coast countries and China and the United States, these "Australian Kun people" are actually the group of "Miao descendants of the Song Dynasty" that Xu Xiake feels is the most normal and easiest to accept.
At least in the eyes of the Ming Dynasty Confucian scholars, even though the behavior of the "Australian Kunmen" was quite treacherous and deviant, it was still within the "salvageable range"... Looking at the towering ship in the port, He couldn't help but think like "Australia's national giant ship" and "Cosco Star" that stood out from the crowd.
While Xu Xiake was sitting in the pavilion and meditating, he heard a noise coming from behind. He turned around and saw that in front of the "Wuweiju" tavern dozens of steps away from the pavilion, a Taoist priest was making noises about the practice, please. Erlang Zhenjun came down to earth to eliminate disasters for this store.
——Speaking of which, the "Wuweiju" tavern in Bobu Port was also very unlucky this year. Less than an hour after it opened after the New Year, a large group of drunken sailors came to the tavern and gathered people to fight and broke it. There were a lot of tables, chairs, benches, bowls, chopsticks, cups and plates, wine jars and lamps. Even the shop owner, shopkeeper and three waiters were injured in the chaos. One of the waiters broke a leg and is still unable to get up...
Although these troublemaking sailors were later arrested by the police of the Senate, and the unfortunate shopkeeper with a bruised nose and face also received a compensation, this year's bad start still made him feel that he had always been superstitious. What bad luck. It happened that a wandering Taoist priest came to Bopu Port from Guangzhou to solicit business and boasted about his Taoism. As a result, he was soon invited by the tavern owner who was "not short of money" to do some tricks to ward off disasters.
A moment later, accompanied by the suona played by a Taoist boy, this wandering Taoist priest who was obviously from Yeluzi, with his hair disheveled, holding a peach wood sword and chanting something, started dancing around a fire in front of the "Wuweiju" tavern. Great God - Although he deliberately made the expression on his face very weird, he danced around a fire on Hainan Island where it is like summer all year round. God is also working very hard, but he is very proud in his heart: Lingao, the nest of "Kun thieves", is indeed very wealthy. Even a small rural shop can spend so much money, just to eliminate bad luck... I have never I took a boat here from Guangzhou to have a meal, so I really came to the right place... But why did the people who were watching look at me seem a little weird?
Concerned about these strange looks, the Taoist priest soon got the answer - next, just as the wandering Taoist priest foamed at the mouth and performed Erlang Shen's upper body skillfully to everyone, he heard a loud shout in the distance: "...Someone is asking God again here, hurry up!"
Immediately, a large group of short-haired "fake Kun" men in official uniforms ran along the street and surrounded the Taoist priest and his Taoist boy. Seeing that the situation was not going well, the Taoist priest quickly put down his magic weapon and squinted his eyes. He saw that these "fake Kun" were both male and female, but they all carried big sticks, had fierce looks on their faces, and had a big tattoo on their chest. The word "tax"...could it mean the tax collector of the thieves? But why do they want to embarrass me, a poor Taoist priest?
Just when the Taoist priest was confused, the tax collector who was leading the thieves came up and shouted loudly: "... May I ask if the person here is the True Lord Erlang?" Upon hearing this, the Taoist priest seemed to have something interesting, and he quickly straightened his face. Pretending to be arrogant, he replied: "...it is Ben Zhenjun, who is here?"
Unexpectedly, the head tax collector did not accept this trick at all. Instead, he was not surprised and became angry. He immediately pointed at the Taoist priest who performed "God's Upper Body" and cursed loudly: "...You are such an Erlang God! Why did you enter the country illegally again? I I have told you several times that when you come to work under the Senate, you must report in advance and get approval. Oh, and you have to pay taxes! Why do you dare to ignore the law like this after you have been to Lingao for more than 20 times? Come on, punish this criminal who knows the law as a warning! Follow me! Humph! Let’s see if you crazy people dare to sneak away!”
The tax collectors immediately stood up and agreed to the promise, then swarmed up with sticks and beat the wandering Taoist priest head-on. They immediately beat the guy until he screamed: "...Ah! Ah! What a miserable life for these mortals. How rude! You actually dare to attack Ben Zhenjun. Do you believe that Ben Zhenjun will destroy you?”
But what he responded to was a sneer, "...Tsk! Erlangshen, how many times have you come to our Lingao site, you fool? When did you not get beaten up by us for not paying taxes? Now you actually dare to be shameless. Get up? Tell You, under the Senate's rule, it is strictly forbidden to invite gods to earth! Even if a god comes to the territory of the Senate, he must pay taxes! Just be gentle! Just beat him to death... …”
——As the Time Traveler Senate has been entrenched in Lingao for a longer period of time, there are more and more people from all walks of life in Lingao Market, which once made the society somewhat chaotic. In order to combat cults, purify beliefs, and expand tax sources, the Traveler Senate ordered the levy of religious taxes within the territory, also known as the "fairy tax": This is not like the religious taxes of later generations, which deduct money from the wages of believers and give it to the church. Rather, it is just the opposite, specifically targeting various "gods" Exploitation - setting up an altar to pray for rain requires paying 600 circulation coupons, descending to earth and possessing a body requires paying 300 circulation coupons, displaying supernatural powers requires 200 circulation coupons, even ordinary missionary work requires 1,000 circulation coupons to apply for a monthly license , the validity period is only thirty days, if it is overdue, it needs to be reissued...
At present, under the rule of the Traveler Senate, only the "New Taoism" created by the Lingao Catholic Church and the gay Taoist priest Tuo Quanzi has received special approval and can be temporarily exempted from tax. The rest of the small gods want to work in Lingao. To develop power in the land, all the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are collected without fail - in fact, true Christians rarely ask gods to come to earth, and thieves tax collectors have become more and more vicious because of this, claiming that they will rip off gods whenever they come. Put on a layer of skin!
——These thieves and cruel officials have levied taxes on the gods. How can we not make the Ming gentry who have been accustomed to evading taxes for generations feel sad?
Seeing that the wandering Taoist priest who "illegally invited Erlang God to come to earth without paying taxes and approval" was beaten by a group of vicious thieves and tax collectors with a bruised nose, swollen face, and a bloody head, Xu Xiake, who was sitting in the pavilion nearby, couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. , "...Although this Taoist priest is probably not a good person, he only defrauds money from foolish men and women. But Kun people are so greedy In order to exploit wealth, they all set their sights on the gods. They don't know how to respect the ancestors of heaven! I have heard that "the dragon gave birth to nine sons, each with his own interests", but these Song Dynasty members who are scattered overseas Why are the descendants’ behavior so different from that of China? Even Annan and Korea are more like the descendants of China than they are!”
At this moment, Xu Xiake suddenly smelled a strong aroma of food. Then he saw his clan brother Xu Zhongzhao walking into the pavilion with a bag hanging on his shoulders and two steaming coconut shell bowls in his hands. He greeted him and said, "...Brother has already brought lunch. Eat it while it's hot!"
"...Oh, thank you so much, Brother Zhongzhao."
Xu Xiake hurriedly put away the pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the stone table in the pavilion, put it back into his small book box, wiped the table with his sleeves a few times, and then took the coconut shell bowl from Xu Zhongzhao's hand. Pieces of potatoes, carrots, onions, and meat are cooked thoroughly and poured on top of the white rice. They look red and yellow, with bright colors, and smell fragrant, which can arouse people's stomach. Greedy. Even for Xu Xiake, who is accustomed to eating and sleeping in the open, and who doesn't pay much attention to food, he couldn't help but twitch his index finger for a while, "...Brother Zhong Zhao, don't you know what this is?"
"...This is the curry rice that is a specialty of Tianzhu. It is said that both Tang Sanzang and Sakyamuni liked to eat it!"
Xu Zhongzhao sat down at the stone table and introduced Xu Xiake, "...Brother Wei saw the novelty in a restaurant in the market, so he bought two bowls. Hey, I'm not afraid of your jokes, brother. Brother, I originally wanted to see Zhu Wu Ji’s singing and dancing that day, so that I could feast my eyes on it. I looked over and saw that the performance this morning had already finished, and the next performance would have to wait until the afternoon. So I thought that since I couldn't get enough of Tianzhu singing and dancing for the time being, I might as well try Tianzhu food first... Yeah, it sure tastes good. Although it’s a bit spicy...you should try it while it’s hot!”
Seeing that his clan brother Xu Zhongzhao was already snoring and eating vigorously, Xu Xiake smiled, took out a pair of bamboo chopsticks from his sleeves, picked up the hot curry rice, and was about to devour it. Unexpectedly, when he glanced over by chance, he discovered that a wisp of black smoke was rising above the town of Bopu in the distance... "...Eh? Brother Zhong Zhao, look quickly, what's going on over there? Could it be?" ...Fire?”