I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 720, Liu Bei's choice
From the beginning of the 2nd century BC, the Bactrian Greeks, Cypriots and Parthians successively invaded Tianzhu, and the Cypriots invaded especially extensively. They established many duchies throughout West Tianzhu.

The Da Yuezhi became the most successful invaders, and they established the mighty Kushan Empire in North Tianzhu, which was listed as one of the four great empires (Roman Empire, Parthia, Kushan Empire and Han Dynasty) in the classical world.

Even the current Guishuang Empire is still at its strongest, with a population of more than 1000 million and more than a dozen vassal states. Frost Empire.

Liu Bei also understands this. He didn't set his attack on a powerful empire like Guishuang, and even tried to avoid the Guishuang Empire's attack range, because with Liu Bei's current strength, if he was attacked by Guishuang The Frost Empire noticed that it must suffer a devastating blow.

So Liu Bei found the Xielingjiabang country, which is the closest to his territory, far from the Guishuang Empire, and the weakest, to attack.

Of course, before Liu Bei attacked, he was also worried about the strength of the Xieling Jiabang country. If his expedition of thousands of miles could not gain a foothold in Tianzhu, then this war would definitely end when it just 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, and Liu Bei almost wiped out all the shells purchased by Dagan at once!The density of artillery even surpassed the war between Dahan and Dagan.

But even Liu Bei didn't expect that the Tianzhu people would be so vulnerable (for the Tianzhu people, Liu Bei's army is the heavenly soldiers, especially the artillery bombardment they can't understand, it really has nothing to do with the gods' attack What a difference, the 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 there be any morale to resist Liu Bei's attack!)

It can be said that after his first bombardment, the entire Xielingjiabang Kingdom no longer organized effective defense measures, and even leading parties were everywhere. As soon as Liu Bei's army arrived at the city, they immediately surrendered. This is what caused Liu Bei to attack The reason why Xieling Jiabang, a state with a population of several 10, 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 didn't react, and they were a little uneasy about the current situation!What happened in Tianzhu is too contrary to common sense.

After inquiring about information about Tianzhu, Yuan Ji explained to Liu Bei: "Duke Ming, Tianzhu has been ruled by outsiders since ancient times, just like our neighbor to the north, the mighty Guishuang Empire. Its predecessor was the Da Yuezhi recorded in our history. After they were defeated by the Huns, they fled here and defeated the local country of Tianzhu, and only then did they establish a powerful empire. This has happened many times in the world, and they have integrated this group of outsiders into their own civilization."

"So the nobles and priests of Tianzhu do not object to outsiders like us! As long as we don't change their lives, they are willing to end our rule!"

Zhang Fei couldn't believe it and said: "Being beaten up, I didn't even dare to resist and just surrendered like this. How did the Tianzhu civilization spread for thousands of years? If this happened to us big men, we will definitely fight to the end One soldier at a time!"

Yuan Ji said with a smile: "This has something to do with the system of Tianzhu. The system here is the same as that of our Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. However, their hierarchical system here is not male and female, but people are divided into four levels, namely Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaisya, Sudra.

The four grades have strict regulations in terms of status, rights, occupations, obligations, etc.:
The first-level Brahmins are mainly monks and nobles, who have the privilege of interpreting religious scriptures and offering sacrifices to gods, as well as the right to enjoy offerings, master education, audience Kshatriya, and are responsible for monopolizing cultural education, reporting on farming seasons, and interpreting religious discourse;
The second level of Kshatriya is the military and administrative nobles, the audience of Brahmanism. They have the privilege of collecting various taxes, governing the army, and are responsible for protecting the Brahmin class from generation to generation;
The third level of Vaishya is ordinary Aryans, who have no political privileges and must support the first two levels in the form of alms and taxation, mainly for business;
The vast majority of the fourth-level Sudras are conquered indigenous people, and they are responsible for serving and cooking senior servants and craftsmen. They are the most populous caste.Considered a lowly occupation.In the caste system, offspring born to parents of different castes are called mixed castes.

In addition to the four major castes, there is also a large number of "fifth castes", known as the "untouchables" class, also known as "untouchables" or "Dalits", who mostly engage in the most humble occupations.Untouchables are not considered people in India and are not included in the four major castes.

This system is strictly hierarchical, and the various levels under the caste system are inherited from generation to generation and cannot flow, and all classes in Tianzhu are completely solidified.So when we attacked Shering Gyalbang, it looked like there were hundreds of thousands of enemies, but in fact there were only a few thousand Kshatriya military nobles and their entourage!To them, the other Xielingjiabang people, 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 us outsiders 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 in this way for thousands of years!"

Zhang Fei and the others all looked contemptuous after hearing this, especially Liu Bei seemed to have heard the most rotten thing in the world. He thought that the nobles and nobles of the big Han in the past were already rotten enough, but he didn't think of the nobles here in Tianzhu. Even more decadent, and even let a group of gods bully him.

The status of priests is actually the highest. This kind of thing did not exist in the Yanhuang period 2000 years ago. Even after the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, priests have completely withdrawn from the political arena of the Han Dynasty. Now they have been reduced to a complete god stick. Those who can only appear in the court hall, will definitely be beaten and killed by the officials.

I'm afraid that only in a decadent place like Tianzhu, they will become rulers in a grandiose manner.And this is what Liu Bei despises them the most. It's fine if they can't beat the powerful foreign military forces, but they can't even beat the local magic sticks, and they have to accept the rule of the magic sticks. Such nobles are simply rubbish. In Liu Bei's opinion Come on, these nobles from natural disasters can't even find any use value.

And Yuan Ji was also amazed!

The people of Tianzhu are very good at playing, and their noble families of the big Han also want to pass on their families for thousands of years or even longer, but they have never been successful. The most successful Kong family among them is only 700-800 years old. , and the noble families of the big Han family like them, at most, had a prosperous period of about 300-400 years, and the Yuan family like them only flourished for more than 100 years, and then they were driven out of the big man by Lei Gong!
Its prosperity is also prosperous, and its death is also almost!This sentence not only refers to the various dynasties, but also the great families of the Han Dynasty cannot escape this reincarnation.

Just like their Yuan family's ambition to dominate the world, who knew that an ambitious Dong Zhuo would appear and disrupt their plans, and then a hunk of thunder would appear to uproot their power from the great man, In the end, they let the world of powerful families be buried with them.

How to make their family last for a thousand years or even longer, or even prosper forever, has always been what the big Han clan wants to do.

But in Tianzhu, they have actually achieved what they have never been able to do. Here, the nobles of thousands of years are even more idle. There are more families that flourished from this civilization and have been passed down to this day.

What they have done is even more extreme than what they did in the Han Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, they, the nobles, at least wanted to leave a way for the bottom people to make progress, so a good family like Dong Zhuo can become a general, and a local tyrant like Sun Jian You can worship Zhu Jun as your teacher.Even a great Confucianist like Zheng Xuan would recruit poor families as his disciples.

And in Tianzhu, if you want to change your class, you don’t even think about it. The status of a person’s life is determined at birth, and each class is like a city wall, blocking the way to progress. There was no gate at all.

In the history of the Han Dynasty, the consequences of doing this must be chaos in the world. The amazing thing is that Tianzhu has been able to develop steadily for thousands of years by doing this.

To be honest, Yuan Ji is interested in this system of Tianzhu, which is completely tailor-made for them, the aristocrats!
So he said to Liu Bei: "Master, if we want to gain a firm foothold in Tianzhu, we must maintain this system. After all, we only have tens of thousands of soldiers in Tianzhu. With a population of tens of millions, we are still an absolute minority, and the current system in Tianzhu is designed 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 people. 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!"

Tianzhu's art of ruling is a big subject, and Yuan Jidu intends to let him study this system for the rest of his life.

But Liu Bei said with disgust on his face: "Shi Ji, do you remember how we were kicked out of the big man by Lei Gong?"

Yuan Jiji said with a straight face: "Of course I remember that Lei Gong mobilized the entire Han people to encircle and suppress us. We couldn't resist the joint efforts of Lei Gong and the people. In the end, we were beaten out of the Han people and fell into the wilderness!"

Liu Bei sneered and said, "Now the nobles of Tianzhu are worse than the nobles of the big Han. No matter how unscrupulous I am, I can still protect my family and the country, but the nobles of Tianzhu refuse to give up any rights. What? I don't even want to take responsibility. When the enemy comes, they surrender. What's the use of the people of Tianzhu supporting them? Lei Gong always said that power and responsibility are equal, and Bei always thinks it is very reasonable. Look at these corrupt nobles, tens of thousands of people can do it Killed their country, and they didn't even want to resist, because they didn't want to take responsibility."

"If we also accept this system of Tianzhu, it is entirely conceivable that our descendants will be like this group of nobles, kneeling and begging for mercy in the face of the next invader in less than 100 years."

"Bei led you to Tianzhu to rebuild the great man, not to build a corrupt country. If our descendants are also corrupt and depraved, I wish this country never existed from the beginning."

Xu Wei has shown Liu Bei the power of the common people, and the local nobles are so corrupt, Liu Bei now wants to find an alliance with a local force, so this choice is not very clear!
Yuan Ji said in surprise: "Duke Ming, do you want to bring the system of the great Han to Tianzhu? I'm afraid that your subordinates will be dissatisfied with the environment and cause even greater turmoil!"

But Liu Bei sneered and said, "Why not do it in one step! After learning Lei Gong's system, I have long wanted to learn from Lei Gong and rob these nobles, but now is there any better object to rob than the nobles of Tianzhu!"

Zhang Fei laughed loudly and said, "Brother is right. We were envious of Lei Gong when we were in Youzhou. Now that there is no obstacle, why don't you grab it in Tianzhu University? I support your opinion!"

Other Liu Bei's generals also recognized Liu Bei's idea of ​​destroying the local nobles. Firstly, they looked down on the local nobles, that is, they followed Liu Bei and wanted to make a fortune. If they didn't kill these local nobles, where would they get rich?

The military agreed, and civil officials like Yuan Ji could not stop their actions at all.

So Liu Bei began to learn Xu Wei's routine. First, he equalized the land, which benefited the people of Tianzhu. Liu Bei learned Xu Wei's method of equalizing the land in Tianzhu, and distributed the land to the local people for a household of 100 mu.

Of course to get these lands they want to send a man into the army.100 mu of land can be allocated, 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 households, he would arrange a Han to be the head of the village, and for 1000 households, Liu Bei would arrange a head of the village to be the commander of the army. The hundreds of thousands of people in this country are all He was planned to be included in the army.

All systems are for military service, and Liu Bei wants to build this country into a powerful war machine.I want to rely on this powerful war machine to gain a firm foothold in Tianzhu.

In this way, Liu Bei, a small country, suddenly raised an army of 10. Of course, the combat effectiveness is not very strong, but its military strength is rapidly improving.

At the same time, Liu Bei also enjoyed Xu Wei's happiness once. Many local nobles have been passed down for thousands of years, and Tianzhu's wealth is not much worse than that of big money. The wealth in the hands of these nobles is even stronger than that of the powerful clans in the Han Dynasty.

Liu Bei can get hundreds of millions of dollars worth of gold and silver treasures by copying a noble family at random, and if he copies a temple, it is even a place of treasure. The wealth of this group of magic sticks is completely beyond Liu Bei's imagination. At this time Liu Bei finally understood Lei Gong's happiness.

(End of this chapter)