Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 312

In a traditional agricultural country, it is understandable to adopt a policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business.

All over the world, it is either farming or nomadic. Before entering the industrial age, there is no third choice!

Therefore, after using the merchants to enrich Wu, Qingji can choose to kick out those who are too greedy among them, and then protect the local agriculture.

Because from ancient times to the present, there is really no country or dynasty that is really powerful because of its wealth.

Qi has the benefit of fishing and salt, but it also pays attention to agriculture.

As for the Song Dynasty, which was said to be very rich in history, it seems that it cannot be called powerful...

"Beautiful."

"Chen is here!"

Bo Tong immediately stood up.

"Order you to change to Ting Wei and take charge of this matter."

"Sir, obey the king's orders!"

Bo Tong suddenly became ecstatic.

He was originally a Dianke, an official in Jiuqing, who was in charge of Wu's diplomatic affairs.

However, the state of Wu basically doesn't have too many diplomatic affairs at the moment, so Bo Tong belongs to the category of being unofficial and light-weight.

Tingwei is different from Dianke. Although he is also one of the nine ministers, he has a lot of power in charge of punishment and punishment.

The original Tingwei was Wu Zixu, who was still serving as the governor of the border area at this time, guarding one side.

Therefore, Qingji had to choose a competent officer to serve as Tingwei to assist him in handling criminal law proceedings.

Although Bo Tong is talented but not virtuous, he is greedy for money and lustful, but he can be regarded as loyal to Qingji, so Qingji can take the next best thing and temporarily appoint him as a court captain!
Qingji looked around again, looked at the officials under the majesty's platform, and said in a slow voice: "Second and third sons, you must have heard about the riots between the two villages in Daze Lake in Jinling recently?"

Dazai Ji Zha replied: "I have heard about it. I heard that the king has ordered all participants to be detained?"

"good."

Qing Ji nodded slightly, and said: "The reason for the private fight between the two villages is to compete for the fishing rights of Daze Lake, resulting in the death of five people and the serious injury and disability of more than [-] people!"

"I know very well that the men and women in our country of Wu are all bloody and vigorous, but they never thought that private fights would become commonplace among the people, or even large-scale brawls, which would cause such tragedies, which would really make relatives and enemies happy."

Hearing this, all the ministers nodded in agreement.

There is no country in the world that does not have private feuds and vendettas, where one family fights another, or one village fights another, or one tribe fights another...

Abound!

The most common ones are those rangers who walk around the world with their swords. If they don't agree with each other, they will kill someone and go to other countries!

"Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly, this kind of thing has happened many times in my country of Wu before."

Ji Zha sighed and said, "Even if the king imprisoned everyone for a while, might he be imprisoned for a lifetime? The safest way is to move them to different places to avoid such a tragedy from happening again!"

"This is a solution. However, it's not a cure for the symptoms!"

Qing Ji squinted his eyes and said, "My country of Wu has always been people-oriented. I know that almost every year, no less than [-] people die in the country of Wu due to personal feuds and killings."

"Three hundred deaths a year, three thousand deaths in ten years, thirty thousand deaths in a hundred years!"

"It will cause endless harm!"

"Therefore, I want to completely change the ethos of private fighting and killing in my country of Wu."

Hearing this, all the ministers couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay.

"My lord, I'm afraid this will not be easy!"

Prime Minister You Jiran came out and said: "The father who kills people will kill his father; the brother who kills people will also kill his brother. This kind of thing is very common in Jin, Qi, Lu, Wei, Song and other countries in the Central Plains. What's more, Wu people who have always been strong-tempered?"

"What Prime Minister You said is absolutely true."

Prime Minister Zuo Wenzhong agreed: "Your Majesty, if you are a minister, you are the enmity of your parents. If you sleep on your bed and sleep on your pillow, you will not be an official. You will share the world! When you encounter various courts, you will not turn against the army and fight."

"What's more, people with strong blood?"

Look, what is Wen Zhong saying?

Even a person as refined as him cannot tolerate the enemy who killed his parents.

Wen Zhong claimed that he would not hesitate to sleep on straw mats, pillow on a shield, not be an official, and be sworn to death with his enemies!

No matter in the market or in the government office, if you meet him, you will fight with him. You always carry your weapons with you, so you don't have to go home to get them!
Even the language is like this, not to mention those rebellious Wu people.

It can be seen from this that in this era, personal vendettas are highly respected from the top to the high officials and nobles, down to the common people.

Ji Zha followed up and said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the enmity between parents should not be with the same life, the enmity between brothers should not be with the country, the enmity between friends should not be with the township, and the enmity between clansmen should not be with the neighbors."

"Everyone in the world believes that revenge must be reported, but it is not a gentleman not to report revenge!"

"Private fighting among the people is becoming a trend, and it is difficult to contain it. My country of Wu is martial, but the plot is more serious."

This is no longer a serious issue!

Qingji couldn't help shaking his head.

It seems that as a time traveler, in terms of values, I am quite different from Ji Zha, Wen Zhong and other natives in the Spring and Autumn Period!
Right!

The style of private fighting in history has always been prosperous.

The reasons why people fight for revenge are all kinds of strange.

Some revenge for the murder of blood relatives, such as Wang Hai, the ancestor of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, who was killed in Youyi's sin, and his son Shangjiawei borrowed troops to avenge.

Some revenge because of resentment. The famous "Chu Cai Jin Yong" is because Xigong, Yongzi, Ziling, Miao Benhuang and other four officials of Chu State left Chu State because of various resentments and were used by Jin State. , It caused great harm to Chu State.

Some took revenge because their self-esteem was violated, such as Fan Sui, who is famous for "one meal of virtue must be repaid, and one's grievances must be repaid".

When Duke Wen of Jin Chonger was a son, he wandered abroad and passed by the country of Cao. Cao Gonggong spied on him taking a bath. Three years after he ascended the throne, he sent troops to destroy Cao!

Meng Changjun Tianwen is even more outrageous.

When Mr. Mengchang passed by Zhao, Zhao people heard his name and all came to watch him. They thought he was a burly man, but unexpectedly he was a short "little husband". They all laughed at him. Mr. Mengchang felt humiliated, killed hundreds of people, and then wiped out a county and left.

Some are revenge for the monarch or the country, such as Duke Xiang of Qi avenging the ninth generation and destroying the country of Ji.

Revenge and personal struggle are intertwined, and the fighting and anger between individuals often turn into repeated and incomprehensible vendettas between clans, families, and blood groups.

After a person is killed, in order to prevent his relatives and descendants from avenging him, all his relatives have to be killed.

Some also rely on external forces, so rangers and assassins emerge as the times require and get involved.

Even Confucius believed that "if you don't take revenge, you will never let go of your grievances."

He praised Duke Xiang of Qi for destroying discipline, and criticized Duke Zhuang of Lu for not taking revenge but resolving his grievances with Duke Xiang of Qi.

Because back then Duke Xiang of Qi and his half-sister Wen Jiang ran into chaos, and sent Peng Sheng to kill his brother-in-law Duke Huan of Lu, and then killed Peng Sheng to explain to the State of Lu.

And Duke Zhuang of Lu is the son of Duke Huan of Lu.

Not avenging the murder of his father?

This is how Lu Zhuanggong repays grievances with virtue.

(End of this chapter)