stubborn thief

Chapter 239 A Straw Rope

The Chinese New Year is only two months away, and the weather in Xining is very cold. Part of the Huangshui River in Juerwan has already frozen over. The first snow this winter has left a very bad impression on Liu Shizi.

Just before the winter, the tent that He Huchen gave him was made of thick felt, which was warm enough, but it couldn't withstand the first snow.

The thick snow collapsed the tent, if it hadn't been for Xiao Zhuanfeng who woke him up in the middle of the night, there would have been a beautiful story of a handsome lion fighting the heavy snow in Juerwan.

But fortunately, he was used to living in tents, and the foot-deep snow left Juerwan covered in silver, covering almost all the windows above the ground in the nest.

If Liu Shizi hadn't run out in the middle of the night, his troops might have been trapped in the den the next day and couldn't get out.

For two days in a row, the soldiers of the Lion Army 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 Zhuanfeng was rewarded with a felt bed, a pair of legless buttoned felt jackets, and four fur buttoned boots. He ran around in the snow like a dog.

Eyebrow always didn't get such a good treatment. On the day when heavy snow crushed the tent, it ran out early to watch Second Master Liu meet the coming danger in his sweet dream.

When Liu Chengzong ran out wearing the tiger skin, it still had an innocent look on its face.

Grandma's, so angry that Liu Erye gave it a three-month salary, so he wouldn't even want to eat small fish all winter.

After in-depth ideological education, Mei Bazong finally realized his mistake.

But just as the fine salary did not affect the normal life of Ming officials, the fine salary did not affect the general standard of living of the sisters.

When the soldiers of the Lion Camp went out to sweep the snow, Mr. Mei would go through the streets and alleys of the camp, break into the empty doors, catch mice and place them outside the burrows, and use his hard work to exchange a little money with the soldiers snacks.

Without Mr. Liu's dried fish, not only did this guy not lose weight, he even gained weight visibly to the naked eye.

After the experience of being crushed by the heavy snow this time, Liu Shizi still did not learn his lesson, and still stubbornly lived in the tent of the Chinese army, but this time it was reinforced with logs, even if there were stones falling from the sky, his tent would not be crushed collapsed.

The main reason is that the Lion Army has a number of nests, and no one prepared for him when they were repairing the nests. Now the ground is freezing, and it will not be easy to repair the nests in a while.

In the Chinese military camp, apart from the Chinese military account, there were not many choices left for him.

The burrows are all built for three people to sleep, and the minimum establishment in the army is three people, and other non-staff personnel are also free to form groups to fill the house with sleep.

For example, San Lang shares a house with Bai Liuxi and Yun Jiaoyue, so he has no part in it.

There were indeed still vacancies in two places, but he didn't want to go.

The two nests are Li Bei and Zuo Guangxian, Wu Panlong and Ma Ke, and there is a difference between the two nests.

Li Bei and Ma Ke are two dangerous people, Liu Chengzong felt that he would sleep in the same room with them, and if he couldn't sleep for a few days, one of them would be killed sooner or later.

What's more, one person sleeps in a large military tent, which is spacious.

A few days after the heavy snowfall, Chen Shifo ran back from Xining and brought back the Sixteen Dharma of Tibet that he and six Xining students had translated together.

Liu Chengzong thought the law was a very interesting thing.

Looking at a set of laws, one can see the will of the ruler, and even more so, what has happened on a piece of land.

Just like his military law, there is a special article that prohibits the demolition of civilian door panels and wall tiles. Why is there a article like this?
Of course, because someone actually did it.

More importantly, Liu Shizi established the regulations, the starting point is to ensure the combat effectiveness of soldiers, and at the same time protect the people from military disasters.

Not wantonly hurting the weak is of course the bottom line of being a human being, but it is also a way for Liu Shizi to ensure his combat effectiveness.

Under the condition that there is no front line and rear in northern Shaanxi, barely creating a stable environment for soldiers will greatly help their mental health.

Whether it is military law or law, it can be seen what a ruler's fundamentals are.

In other words, this military law proves that within the scope of his rule, soldiers are the subject of 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 violated.

In the Chinese military tent, his father Liu Xiangyu and his teacher Yang Dingrui, who are familiar with the law of the Ming Dynasty, sat side by side with Liu Chengzong around the charcoal stove, studying the sixteen dharmas translated by Chen Shifo.

Sitting opposite, Chen Shifo explained to the three people: "This decree can be traced back to the twenty laws of the Tubo period. .”

"I've seen people using the thirteen methods outside, and I've seen people using the Mongolian Alta method, as well as those using the old method of the Northern Yuan Dynasty."

After a short introduction, Chen Shifo said to the three people: "All the laws and regulations are similar, the law sent by Razun has Article [-], the commander-in-chief will read it first, and I will explain if there are any unclear points."

Liu Chengzong nodded, and looked from the front with his father and teacher.

The beginning of the Sixteen Laws uses a very large space to introduce what has happened in Uzang in recent decades, mainly the story of the Mongols bringing war, and the Zangba Khan family cutting down the ferocious enemies and creating great achievements.

Especially now Zangba Khan's father, who was like a god since he was a child, led eight armies to attack hostile forces at the age of 25.

When the Mongols occupied the entire territory of Tibet, Zangba Khan led his army to rebel, and defeated the Mongols like a god, and recovered Siru and Duokang Sangang in Weizang.

As for today's Tsangpa Khan, he is the incarnation of a god, like the sun shining on the world, if the incarnation of the god does not get the throne, it will bring war and chaos.

Liu Xiangyu looked at it, and after reading a few words, he turned to look at Yang Dingrui. They basically laughed while watching.

Liu Chengzong had inquired about many things that happened in Qinghai-Tibet and other places in recent decades, and his expression was relatively serious. He said to the two: "Except for the divine right of the king, the things are basically true."

But at the end of the introduction of the family, Liu Chengzong didn't hold back, not because the writing was outrageous, but because the writing was too real.

It described in detail the locations of the four most important fortresses of Zangba Khan, and also clearly explained how they fought through the first law of heroes and tigers.

The best policy is not to let the lotus stamens wither outside, not to damage the lark's nest inside, not to disturb the birds and take their eggs, that is, to subdue the enemy without fighting.

The central strategy is to divide the fiefdoms and attack the west, but casting spells and poisoning are not allowed, and at the same time, the terrain must be observed to spy on intelligence.

The worst strategy is to rectify military affairs, appoint officers, manage supplies, and fight.

What to do in what place, everything is clearly written... Simply put, even a leader who doesn't know military affairs can get a copy of the law and compare them one by one, and he can do almost everything.

Liu Chengzong looked at them and said to the two: "Their army is divided into left, middle and right wings. They use the military flag as the guide, drum music as the signal, and use long horns and shin bones."

"Arrangement of troops on each wing, the left front is the musketeer, the right front is the archer, the middle is the person holding the spear, halberd and broad axe, followed by the person holding the iron chain, and then mixed with horses."

After finishing speaking, Liu Chengzong raised his head and asked Chen Shifo: "They border India, do they have bird guns?"

Master Chen didn't know.

Father Liu Xiangyu said: "Writing the art of war into the law, there are not many people who know how to fight."

Yang Dingrui said: "This is the law for local leaders, and there are not many literate people there."

Liu Chengzong has been looking down very seriously, and gradually understands the customs there.

But he said that if he uses this, Razun will give him the land in Haibei.

He didn't understand what Razun's intention was. Except for the frequent occurrence of corporal punishments such as gouging out eyes, cutting off knees, cutting off tongues, limbs, throwing cliffs, and massacres, there was nothing new about this law.

Until he saw the death price.

The price of death is based on the status of the deceased, which is further subdivided into upper, middle and lower classes, dividing people into a total of nine classes.

From the upper class to the lower class, there are nine classes in the upper class, the highest class is priced in gold equivalent to the body, and the lowest class is a tramp, woman, blacksmith, butcher, and beggar for a straw rope.

Slaves are not among them.

However, in the law of punishing crimes for wounding, the lower class injured the upper class, chopping their hands and stamping their feet; the master injured the servant without compensation; the noble was injured, and the wounder had to pay a quarter of his life price.

Small nobles can use oaths to distinguish right from wrong when they are unclear, but golden geese, crows, black snakes, and bitches cannot swear.

The golden goose is the monk, the crow is the poor, the black snake is the wizard, and the bitch is the woman. They need to use boiled oil to grasp the stone or boiled mud to distinguish right from wrong.

This made Liu Chengzong feel very familiar. It is obvious that the customary law here is greatly influenced by India.

He asked Chen Shifo, "Are other laws the same about the price of life?"

Master Chen replied respectfully: "The thirteen methods used by the Yellow Sect are basically the same, the difference is that after death, one has to pay for Buddhist services on top of the price of life, which is included in the price of life in [-] .”

Liu Chengzong didn't look at this law again, got up and paced in the tent, opened the heavy felt curtain, and the air-conditioning outside the tent poured into the tent, sweeping away the warmth, and the snow-capped mountains in the distance were blindingly white.

After pausing for a moment, he turned around and said to several people: "Before I couldn't figure out why Lazun of the Yellow Sect would give me a copy of Zangbahan'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 that they are superior to others."

Mr. Liu lit his pipe by the fire, and asked Liu Chengzong, "What does the lion think is the intention of Razun?"

Liu Chengzong said: "He wants to turn me into a slave owner."

Shaking his head, he sat back and said with a smile, "When I didn't read the sixteen laws, I thought it was Lazun who wanted to make a rule for me."

"But now it seems, perhaps in Lazun's view, that it was indeed a gift for me, a gift for legally enslaving the natives and the Fanmins."

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 the sixteenth law or the thirteenth law, and the entire lion army will become the upper third class and the middle third class. slave master.

Each will gain enormous power, exploiting the piety of others, and extracting wealth at will.

Every nobleman, official, and monk in this land who benefited from the customary law would protect their power as if they were themselves, forming a tight net.

Let the people who are devout enough to give everything never stand up.

It can even be said that Lazun pointed out a clear way for him to integrate into this system and do whatever he wants in Haibei. Even if he can't defeat stronger foreign enemies in the future, he can still try to use this set of tools to integrate the enemies and make them degenerate.

Even if others don't blend in, he can retreat to U-Tsang.

Liu Chengzong didn't say a word, his father just slowly smoked his pipe, and the teacher focused on the law, trying to find something out of it.

Only Chen Shifo sat next to him, thought and thought, and said, "Marshal, you don't have to say it so harshly, you can't talk about slavery...it's quite appropriate, and Fanmin didn't think there was anything wrong with it."

Liu Chengzong looked at Chen Shifo, as if looking at a monster.

"Marshal, don't look at me like that, this thing can't go to the root, no one can do anything about it."

Chen Shifu said: "Don't think that if you tell the slave in the past to let him be a human being, he will really be a human being and serve you as a soldier. It's impossible... Do you know what the last thing my father did before he died? It's me with a whip."

"He wants to send all his property to the temple. I asked him to keep some for my elder brother. The old man is so sick that he can't walk, but he has the strength to beat me with a whip. Do you know why?"

Chen Shifo pointed at his heart, and smiled miserably: "He has believed all his life and spent all his family property. I said it is useless. If he doesn't smoke me, who else?"

"It's the same with you in the past. Fanmin didn't believe you. He cut off his limbs and sent the girl to worship the Buddha. You say this is fake? He has no way of turning back. He can only say that you should get out of the way and don't delay his study. You Saving this life cannot save the next life, but the gods and Buddhas in the sky on the snow-capped mountains can save every life."

Liu Chengzong gave a thumbs up, really amazing.

He still wanted to keep it simple, and having a knowledgeable person by his side really helped a lot.

"You're right, damn it, there is a specialization in art!" Liu Chengzong boasted that it wasn't Chen Shifo: "There are so many people who have studied people's hearts from generation to generation, and this human heart has really been played to understand."

Chen Shifo nodded and said: "And things can't just look at the bad places. There are also many good monks with high morals who build bridges and roads. Besides, the temple is the only place where the lower class people in Xifan can change their fate. They can learn to read and learn in the temple."

Liu Chengzong said with a smile: "I don't agree with this. It may have been like this in this land before, 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 can be done by everyone, but most of the bad deeds can only be done by using their status as monks."

"You can also build a social school to impart knowledge, I can set up imperial examinations to change the fate of the people, and build government offices to repair bridges and repair roads... They have their experience, and I have mine. When I am a bad person, I will become a good person. 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 the Sixteen Laws.

"This is really a good place. Anyone who uses this thing is weak and deceitful for pleasure."

Liu Chengzong looked back and pointed at the Sixteen Laws in front of Yang Dingrui, laughing wantonly: "A slave is not counted as a person, and a blacksmith's life is only worth a straw rope, blocking my army? A joke!"
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Note:
"Sixteen Law Codes", refer to "Selected Collection of Ancient Tibetan Law Codes: Sixteen Laws and Thirteen Laws" 1994 edition.

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