The Three Kingdoms Voyage

Chapter 293 Pirate Empire Bhikkhuni

"Nonsense!" Sun Shao was reprimanded by Yu Fan as soon as he returned to Temu City.Regarding the population increase plan proposed by Zhang Cheng, Yu Fan thought it was nonsense, which made Sun Shao feel a little bit embarrassed.Although it was written by Zhang Cheng, he also expressed his agreement at the time. Yu Fan said that Zhang Cheng didn't make sense, that was tantamount to talking about him.

"Prime Minister, don't worry, speak slowly." Sun Shao beckoned Yu Fan to sit down.

"Your Majesty wants to increase the population of Funan. First of all, he wants to increase the population of Han people, right?"

Sun Shao nodded: "Yes."

Yu Fan immediately asked: "Then now, if we restrict the marriage of wives and concubines, we should try our best to achieve equality between men and women. Then I would like to ask your majesty, is there more people in Funan, or more Han people?"

Sun Shao rolled his eyes and immediately understood that this plan seems reasonable, but it is actually beneficial to the Funan people, because the Funan people have a large base. If egalitarianism is adopted, the proportion of Funan people will be smaller, but the absolute number is still the same. For quite a long period of time, the number of Funan people was still higher than that of Han people.

"Then what can the prime minister do?" Although Sun Shao felt a little embarrassed, he still asked modestly. Since Yu Fan said so, then he should have a better solution.

"The minister's plan is just the opposite. Concubines are encouraged, but concubines are limited to those with certain property or titles, and the number of concubines is different." Yu Fan said, seeing some unclear questions on Sun Shao's face, he continued to explain Dao: "Now in Taizhou and Haizhou, including Yuejun and Yijun, who are the rich and titled people? Almost all of them are Han Chinese. Those who do business are rich, and those who join the army have titles, rich and rich. There are not a few people with titles. In terms of strength, they are well-deserved. Since the king wants to increase the population of Han people as soon as possible, why should he restrict them from taking concubines and having children? On the contrary, they should be strongly encouraged, as long as they can afford to marry , as many children as they can have, one child has seventeen or eight sons, and within a few years, the proportion of Han people will increase greatly.”

"But, in this way, where are there so many women?"

"The lack of Han women can just attract the indigenous women in Funan, and attract those who are beautiful and in good health to be concubines for our Han people. The Han people have money and high status, but they still worry about finding women? Those who married concubines People have to support their wives, concubines and children. When they are under pressure, they will think of working harder, earning more money, and earning more military merits. Only when the king takes action will they work harder. As for the natives of Funan, they can’t marry Wouldn't it be good to have a wife?"

Sun Shao was speechless, and had to say that although Yu Fan's idea sounded harsh, it was really practical, much more practical than what he originally planned.In fact, if you think about it carefully, isn’t it like this in future generations? Although monogamy in the legal sense has been implemented, whoever is rich and powerful is not a second wife, third wife or even a female wife. They occupy the most women and further squeeze Suppressing the living space of ordinary people, a harmonious society is more decadent and degenerate than decadent and degenerate capitalism.What Sun Shao didn't expect was that he was now a member of this decadent and degenerate group.

"Does Your Majesty know how many descendants of the Liu family are descended from the ancestor's blood?" Yu Fan asked with a smile.

Sun Shao shook his head: "It must be a lot?"

"Very many." Yu Fan sneered, "Not counting Liu Bei's children whose genealogy is unclear, there are more than [-] registered children."

The royal family in the Han Dynasty had a pedigree. As long as they were descendants of Emperor Gaozu, regardless of whether they had titles or not, even civilians, as long as they gave birth to children, they had to register with the government. These populations were directly managed by Zongzheng. The advantage of going to the royal family is that the household registration is different from that of ordinary people.The ones from a long time ago may have forgotten which generation they belonged to, but as long as you search, you can usually find the genealogy. Of course, these genealogies may be lost during the war, so it is really hard to tell.

It is true that Liu Bei is the authentic descendant of the great-grandfather, but his family has long been unable to tell their own genealogy because of its age, and the genealogy of the Han family was burned up when Dong Zhuo moved the capital, and there is no relevant information. Therefore, when Liu Bei said that he was King Jing of Zhongshan, others did not believe it, because the royal family had no files to check, and there were other opinions about this uncle. Some people said that according to Liu Bei's own lineage, he was not the emperor at all. Uncle, but the emperor's nephew, a generation lower than today's Liu Xie.

Of course, this is also a manifestation of Liu Bei's ignorance.

"One hundred thousand?" Sun Shao gasped.

"It's nothing. In fact, by the time of Aiping, there were already more than 400 children of the Liu family. After the Xijing Rebellion, many people were killed. Most of these people were descended from Emperor Guangwu. If there was no such chaos in the 50 years of the Han Dynasty, I'm afraid the Liu family has more than [-] children."

Sun Shao clicked his tongue for it.From Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, to the time of Ai, it took only more than 200 years, that is, more than a dozen generations, but a dozen people turned into hundreds of thousands. This growth rate is really scary.From this perspective, Na Yufan's method is the real good method.

"The prime minister is right." Sun Shao said convincingly, thought for a while, and then said: "But in this way, the population of Funan will inevitably grow very slowly, with fewer people farming and more and more people consuming food. If there are too many, won’t there be problems with the supply of food?”

Yu Fan waved his hand: "One moment, another moment, at that time, just adjust it. How can there be a system that can last for a hundred years?"

Sun Shao suddenly realized that he had to admit that his thinking was a little rigid, and Yu Fan, a master of Yixue, was much more flexible than him in the thinking of "poorness leads to change, change leads to success".

"That's fine, Prime Minister, draw up a plan and see how to implement it." Sun Shao said happily.

"Your Majesty, first of all, this matter involves conferring titles." Yu Fan took out a memorial from his pocket and handed it to Sun Shao, and then said: "At present, most of those with titles are concentrated in the army. There are very few people. Although the merchants are very rich, almost none of them have titles, and most of the officials are low ranks. I think that the rectification of the title system should be the first to bear the brunt, and the succession system of titles must be stipulated. The minister suggested that taking concubines can be No matter the race, the wives must be Han, and when inheriting the title, the children of Han women must be ranked first to ensure the continuity of my Han blood..."

Yu Fan said several things in one breath, all of which were crucial points. Sun Shao listened to them one by one, and promised Yu Fan to discuss it with everyone after he read it carefully.

Sun Shao read the memorabilia carefully several times, and then pondered for a long time. He felt that Yu Fan had made very detailed preparations this time, and he had considered almost everything that needed to be considered.But he laughed again later, Yu Fan's plan was very detailed, but there were still private goods in it.Most of the people with titles in Yue State are in the army. Cui Qian is the first one to be granted the title of Marquis for his military merits. Last time he conferred a large number of officials, [-]% of the Marquis with more than [-] households were enshrined by military merits, while the proportion of civil officials was very small. .According to the old system of the Han Dynasty, people who have become the three lords and nine ministers usually have to be named marquises, especially the prime ministers. Regardless of whether they have made any achievements in the past, as long as they are prime ministers, they must be named marquises. Now, although Yu Fan is the prime minister, his title is still a long time ago.

Fortunately, there is plenty of land now, and it's time to balance it out. It's just that the issue of inheritance rights must be well established, otherwise a batch of parasites will be created, which will backfire.Aristocrats should look like aristocrats, not whoever has money can be an aristocrat.

After Sun Shao finished reading the memorabilia, he didn't make a decision right away. He likes to deal with it coldly, especially when it concerns the overall situation. He likes to put it aside for a while and think more, so as not to make a wrong decision hastily.

Sun Shao stood up, ordered Guan Suo to pack up the desk, and then walked towards the harem with Guan Xing.When he was about to reach the Jiaofang Hall where Guan Feng lived, Guan Xing reminded: "The queen may not be in the hall."

"Where did she go?"

"It seems to have been in Changle Palace these days." Guan Xing said with a smile: "After Mrs. Zhuge arrived in Temu City, the queen liked their mother and daughter very much, and arranged them to live in the palace these days. The prince has an extra playmate, After class, I ran to Changle Palace, and the Empress Dowager simply ordered the school to be moved to Changle Palace, so that Zhang Changshi's daughter could also study together, as the prince's companion."

It was only then that Sun Shao remembered that he had arranged for Zhang Cheng's wife and daughter to live in Haizhou.He slapped his head, turned around and walked towards Changle Palace.As soon as he entered the door, he saw Guan Feng and Zhang Cheng's daughter, Zhang Yu, squatting with their heads up and their buttocks up, playing with mud. Their four little hands were covered in mud, and even their faces were covered in mud spots.Seeing Sun Shao coming in, Sun Feng quickly stood up and saluted politely: "My son has seen the father." His expression was very respectful, but his muddy suit did not seem to be respectful at all.

When little Zhang Yu saw Sun Shao, he hid behind Sun Feng nervously, showing half of his small face, and looked at Sun Shao timidly.Sun Feng pulled her over and laughed loudly: "Why are you so timid, you don't know how to salute when you see my father?"

Xiao Zhangyu just remembered, lifted her skirt and knelt down in the muddy water, the dirty skirt was all muddy.Seeing the little girl so wronged that she was about to cry, Sun Shao couldn't help laughing, stepped forward and pinched her pink face and said, "Don't cry, let the queen make you some more beautiful dresses later to make up for it." you."

"Your Majesty..." There was a sound of warblers and swallows coming from the hall, and several women headed by Guan Feng rushed out to meet him.Sun Shao looked at Zhang Cheng's wife Zhuge and said with a smile: "Your daughter is very nice, I like it very much, how about it, let's get married?"

Zhuge was taken aback, couldn't help being overjoyed, and quickly responded with a smile: "How can this be so high?"

"Hehehe..." Guan Feng smiled: "Mr. Zhang is the king's teacher, and Chang Shi and the king are like brothers. There is nothing they can't afford. It's just that Feng'er is stubborn, and I'm afraid he can't match Yu'er who is so cute. child."

"The queen is serious, the queen is serious." Zhuge was flattered and hurriedly expressed his thanks.

Sun Shao swept his eyes and saw Zhou Yu following behind.Zhou Yu was Sun Feng's first teacher, and now he is still Sun Feng's husband, and he has to come to the palace to teach every day. Now that the school has moved to Changle Palace, she naturally followed, and accompanied Daqiao by the way.

Sun Shao didn't know what to say for a moment, Zhou Yu was already 22 years old this year, if there were no such things, she would have married a long time ago, but now she has become an old girl, which makes Sun Shao feel very uncomfortable.He opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say, and he looked a little embarrassed.On the other hand, Zhou Yu was generous, bowed and saluted, and stood quietly aside.

Sun Shao went up the steps to the hall, saluted the bridge, and said respectfully: "Mum, I'm back."

"I was busy as soon as I came back, what did Yu Fan tell you?" Daqiao waved his hand, motioning for Sun Shao to sit beside him, and asked with a smile.I haven't seen it for a year, and the bridge hasn't aged. On the contrary, it looks more radiant. I think Funan has a lot of fruits and nourishes people.

"It's just some government affairs."

"The older he gets, the more energetic he is. He didn't let you rest, so he rushed to report on political affairs? Is it a day or two away?"

Sun Shao smiled and explained: "You can't blame Prime Minister Yu for this. I asked for it. When I was in Haizhou, I sent an urgent letter back to ask him to think about it. He came to me in a hurry. There are better ideas."

"Oh." Daqiao responded, sat up, looked into Sun Shao's eyes and asked, "Have you found my family yet?"

Sun Shao shook his head: "I sent someone to look for it, but unfortunately there is no news yet, but mother, don't worry, I entrusted Zhang Gong to post a message on the Dahan Gazette, and I believe someone will come soon. It's just that it's a long way from the Central Plains to here, and mother It’s better to be patient.”

Daqiao sighed: "I have nothing to worry about. I haven't heard from you for so many years, so there must be no one. Otherwise, I should have come here long ago. Forget it, I'm just talking about human affairs. I think my Qiao family was also in the Huaiyang area back then. I didn’t expect that we are the only two sisters who believe in fate, what a fate.”

"Mother, what are you talking about? Are we, Xiao Yu'er and others not your relatives?" Guan Feng said angrily.

"Yes, both." Daqiao smiled, but with some reluctance.

Seeing Guan Feng, he exchanged glances with Xia Houhui and the others, and said with a smile: "The king came back from patrolling the sea, and there was a lot of joy in the palace. Aunt, you are talking with the king, and I will arrange a family banquet. Invite the eldest princess together, and have fun with grandma, okay?"

Ohashi smiled and nodded again and again.Guan Feng smiled and pulled Zhuge away. Before leaving, he said to Zhou Yu: "Ayu, since Yu'er is my daughter-in-law, you should work harder and teach me together. Anyway, teaching one is also teaching, teaching Both are also teaching."

Zhou Yu smiled faintly: "The queen has an edict, how dare you refuse to follow it." He also walked out and looked after the two children who continued to play with the mud in the courtyard. From a distance, she in light clothes looked like a Roman statue. The statue is concave and convex, yet quiet and natural.

Daqiao looked at Zhou Yu in the distance, and it took him a long time to turn his head to look at Sun Shao. After sizing him up carefully, he frowned and said, "It's getting darker."

"The sun in the South China Sea is too strong, and it's normal to get dark." Sun Shao held the hand of Daqiao instead, and said with a smile: "It's almost winter, and my mother needs to get more sun. Great benefit."

Daqiao didn't make a sound, and said after a while: "The Central Plains is stable, do you want to go out?"

Sun Shao smacked his lips: "Maybe I will stay in Temu for a while, but not for too long. The Shan State sent an envoy to say that the Pyu people have established a new Pyu State, have contacts with Zhuluo, and often bully the Shan State. If we don’t respond, other dependent countries will ignore us.”

"Is Chula a small country in Tianzhu?"

Sun Shao was a little surprised, Daqiao never asked about these political matters, how did she know that Zhuluo was a country in Tianzhu?He laughed, "Mum also knows?"

"Listen to what Ayu said." Daqiao pursed his lips, and his bright red and full lips were pouted, which was extremely gorgeous.

Sun Shao frowned, and answered vaguely.

"Aman, don't think I'm annoying." Daqiao sighed and said helplessly, "I know you love me and don't want me to be wronged, but that's how the aristocratic family is. They often can't help themselves. Gong Jin passed away at a young age, so they were inevitably a little impatient. To be honest, even I didn’t expect you to be what you are today.”

Sun Shao remained silent.

"Okay, I won't force you. In your words, a twisted melon is not sweet." Daqiao patted Sun Shao's hand: "However, Ayu has finished writing the Nanhai chapter of "New Classic of Mountains and Seas", and the next step may be If you want to write the articles on Borneo and the West Sea, if it’s convenient for you, just take her for a walk. Don’t worry, she won’t disturb you, so just treat her as an accompanying scholar.”

Sun Shao raised his eyelids in embarrassment, and was meeting Daqiao's begging eyes, he couldn't bear it for a moment, and still didn't say the words that came to his lips.He thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll think about it, and if I have a chance, I'll take her with me."

"Then I will thank you." Daqiao smiled, raised his hand and pinched Sun Shao's nose affectionately: "Aman, even though you are a king, you still listen to me as before. In which life can I cultivate blessings, and I can have a mother-child friendship with you."

Sun Shao smiled, and was about to speak when he suddenly felt something was wrong.At this time, Taoism had emerged in the Han Dynasty, but Taoism generally did not talk about these things of reincarnation, which sounds more like Buddhism or Brahmanism in Tianzhu.

"Mother, how many lives do people have?" Sun Shao asked tentatively.

"That's right, didn't the Buddhas in Tianzhu say that there is reincarnation?" Daqiao glanced at Sun Shao in surprise, and couldn't help laughing again: "Oh, I remembered, you don't know yet. Many monks and nuns raised funds everywhere to build a stupa (pagoda) in the city to enshrine relics. They also said that you drove away the Brahmins and helped them, and they wanted to build a stupa. Dubo came to pray for you and let the Buddha bless you."

"Bless me?" Sun Shao sneered, his face suddenly changed, murderous, and the hand holding Daqiao suddenly exerted strength.Daqiao was in pain, and couldn't help calling out: "Aman, what's wrong with you?"

Only then did Sun Shao come to his senses, he quickly let go of Daqiao's hand, and said apologetically, "Mum, it was my carelessness, did it hurt you?"

"It's okay." Daqiao rubbed his hands and asked in surprise, "What's wrong with you, you looked so scary just now."

"Where did Grandma know about Buddha?" Sun Shao asked, "What else do you know?"

"A lot of people are saying that there are quite a few monks and nuns who preach scriptures in the city recently. The scriptures they teach are quite different from what Ruo Rong said back then. I listened to her persuasion and didn't let her come again."

Sun Shao glanced at Zhou Yu outside, and smiled: "Ah Yu is knowledgeable after all, and knows that these are evil ways, mother, you should listen to her more, and don't believe in these monks and nuns, they are all Nonsense, I'll have someone drive them out in two days."

Daqiao looked at Sun Shao in surprise, she couldn't understand for a moment, she found it very interesting to hear what the bhikkhuni said, why did Sun Shao turn his face when he heard it, and wanted to drive out all the bhikkhunis and nuns?Could it be that these seemingly kind-hearted monks and nuns are scourges?

"Mother, I can't explain this matter clearly, but I can tell you that whoever believes in Buddhism will be unlucky. Since you have heard Ayu talk about Tianzhu, you must know that Tianzhu was originally a very powerful empire, and there is a king called Tianzhu. Ashoka, right?"

Daqiao nodded, with a look of astonishment still on his face, and he looked a little like the little Zhang Yu who was frightened just now.

"King Ashoka believed in Buddhism, but his kingdom fell apart in the end." Sun Shao sneered: "Buddhism makes people bear the burden of humiliation, put their hope in the afterlife, and don't resist. Can I just accept my fate and look forward to the illusory afterlife? If I convince the subjects of Yue to believe in Buddhism, sooner or later, Yue will become a boneless slug."

Daqiao nodded half-understanding.She listened to the bhikkhuni's lecture, but only heard that chanting can pray for Sun Shao. She never thought about such a complicated matter. Besides, she didn't know whether what Sun Shao said was right or wrong, but it was based on her trust in Sun Shao all the time. Of course, she believed that what Sun Shao said was right.In fact, although what Sun Shao said is generally not bad, it is not completely in line with the truth. You must know that primitive Buddhism is the same as primitive Confucianism. It was originally philosophy, but it gradually changed its flavor.For Sun Shao, who seemed to understand religion and was used to such rare things as monks and nuns reciting Amitabha and sitting on a BMW, all he knew was that religion is a fucking lie.

Sun Shao talked to Daqiao for a few words, and then hurriedly went out to inquire about related matters. He didn't want Buddhism to spread in Yue, so of course he had to deal with it as soon as possible.When passing by Zhou Yu, Zhou Yu suddenly said, "Is Your Majesty going to expel monks and nuns?"

Sun Shao didn't hear clearly at first, and only after taking two steps did he remember. He stopped, turned his head, looked at Zhou Yu, and asked hesitantly, "Ayu, what did you just say?"

Zhou Yu turned around slowly, and bowed slightly: "The daughter of the people wants to ask the king, if he leaves in such a hurry, is he going to expel the monks and nuns?"

"Ah? Ah!" Sun Shao nodded, "What do you think differently?"

"Exactly." Zhou Yu said flatly: "There is an old saying that it is better to be blocked than to be blocked, and it is the same for monks and nuns."

(End of this chapter)