Chapter 4 Section 29 Covenant Law

On April 10, 396 (the first year of the First Peace Era, 190 AD) in the Han calendar, the time entered the summer, and the hot weather was not suitable for armor fighting, and the war in various places came to a standstill.

Before the Tiger Prison Pass, Yuan Shao stopped his soldiers, and he was not allowed to go back and forth. In Taigu City, Sun Jiancai was treated by Yuan Shu without providing grain and grass, carefully reorganized his armor, and digested what Taigu City had gained. Guo Tai (Guotai), the leader of the rebellious White Polish Army, and Niu Fu, the defeated general and Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, fought in Anyi, Hedong, and the two sides could not hold each other and fought to a draw, and also fell into a state of Cold War confrontation.

This battle is also the only undefeated battle for Niu Fu.

Taking advantage of the short lull before the war began, Dong Zhuo collected all the bronzes in Luoyang and melted them down into an inferior Wuwen Guo Xiao Qian, which was called Wu Wen Xiao Qian in numismatic history. Strictly speaking, this kind of unwritten small money is just a round metal plate, but Dong Zhuo abolished the five pieces of money that were common in the Han Dynasty and ordered this kind of metal plate to be used as five pieces of money. Since then, the currency has been chaotic, the private minting of unwritten small money has a strong atmosphere, and prices have skyrocketed. In the Luoyang area, grain was sold for 10 penny per stone.

During the same period, under the rule of Liu Yu in Youzhou, the grain was 30 yuan per stone (five plant money), under the rule of Gongsun Zhan, the grain was 50 yuan per stone (five plant money), and in Qingzhou, the grain was 22 yuan per stone. In the north, Jizhou and the Sili region are worried about the high price of grain, but Qingzhou is worried about the cheap grain and hurting the farmers. The princes of the world all covet the richness of Qingzhou. The land of Qingzhou, wind and rain are coming.

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu went to the post house to rest for a while, and came to visit the city lord's mansion in Guanghuan together.

The city lord's mansion was deserted, Liu Bei didn't hire many servants, most of the servants in the house were domestic slaves who were married by Huang Ying, and the two ladies went to Donglai to recuperate, and the servants went with them. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who lived in the mansion, recently became a family and moved out of the city lord's mansion. And Tai Shi Ci led the wolf rider to secretly move towards Le'an, and he was not in the house. Bo Jianyong, the lord of the mansion, did not return from attending the senator's meeting, and the city lord's mansion was empty. At this time, Liu Hun, who was kneeling on the front steps of the lobby in the house, was particularly eye-catching.

In the house, the few remaining servants are all waiting around Liu Hun, and the posture seems to be really idle and panicked recently, so he has to vent his excess energy on Liu's body.

When Sun Ce entered the mansion, although the servants repeatedly explained that the master had not returned from a meeting, it was best for the guests to return to visit. However, out of strong curiosity, Sun Ce decided to stay in the mansion and wait, also to see Liu Hun's fate by the way.

Liu Hun was tied with his hands, enjoying the feeding of the servants with peace of mind, and when he saw Sun Ce wandering beside him, he motioned for Sun Ce to approach and asked, "Are you coming to my father?" ”

Sun Ce replied respectfully: "I was entrusted by my father to visit Qingzhou Mu, Xuande Gong. ”

Liu Hun said in a big way: "Then my father, what do you ask him for?" ”

Sun Ce hesitated, Zhou Yu walked into his side, pressed his shoulder, and interjected: "I am going to discuss national affairs with Xuande Gong in advance, how can I talk to you as a child." ”

Liu Hun pursed his lips disdainfully: "Although I am young, I have great ambitions." Not long ago, I just laid down half of Liaodong County for my father, however. Occasional minor mistakes are punished here. I see that you are about the same age as me, I wonder how many of you have expanded the land? ”

Sun Ce was furious, but he was speechless.

Liu Hun continued: "Originally, you were about the same age as me, and I was going to help you, but who knew that you didn't know each other so much. ”

Liu Hun further threatened: "It's ridiculous, what national affairs do the two villains want to talk about with my father?" Don't look at me as being punished, offending me, let you do things, I may not be able to do it, but I am the best at making your things unsuccessful. ”

Zhou Yu took the first step, covered Sun Ce with his body, and asked softly, "Gongzi Liu, what do you need us to do?" ”

Liu Hun said casually: "That stupid kid behind you, the sword in his hand is good, bring it to me to see." ”

Sun Ce Canglang pulled out his sword and said in a deep voice: "The sword is here, and I am here." ”

Liu Hun ignored Sun Ce's invitation to fight, and said with a big grin: "The sword is good, but the person is not good." Have you ever killed anyone with this sword?"

Sun Ce replied in a loud voice: "I am about to use this sword to kill all the villains in the world. ”

Liu Hun stared at Sun Ce's neck and said, "Since I was nine years old, I have been killing people, and I have cut off countless necks of others with my own hands, and your neck is very beautiful......"

Sun Zhi replied: "Your neck is ugly." ”

Liu Hun immediately answered: "You want to put the sword on my neck?" ”

Without waiting for Sun Ce to reply, Zhou Yu stepped forward, snatched Sun Ce's sword, inserted it into the sheath, presented it to Liu Hun with both hands, and said meaningfully: "A sword, a trivial matter." How can the eyes of those who have achieved great things be so small? ”

A pun, this not only mocked Liu Hun, but also woke up Sun Ce a little.

It's a pity that Liu Hun's face is thicker than the city wall, and he didn't mind saying that my hands were inconvenient, so I pulled out the sword, I took a look, and then praised it: "Good sword, good sword." I like it, it's mine. ”

Sun Ce was furious, but he could only be sullen, Zhou Yu was still accompanied by a smiling face, and the servants on both sides covered their mouths and snickered.

Liu Hun raised his face unsatisfied, looked Zhou Yu up and down, and said, "You look so handsome, the golden crown on the top adds a lot of color to you, I don't know how I wear it?" ”

Sun Ce jumped up suddenly, Zhou Yu hurriedly grabbed Sun Ce's shirt tightly, looked at him again and again, turned to face Liu Hun and said softly: "Today I came to see your father, if you don't wear a golden crown and wear a cloak, it will be a great disrespect to your father, if Liu Gongzi takes a fancy to this golden crown, I will definitely give it to you after visiting your father." ”

Liu Hun said scoundrelly: "I have a way, who is who..."Liu Hun pointed at a servant with his chin and ordered: "Take off your crown and hat and exchange with him." ”

Zhou Yu reluctantly took off the golden crown and replaced it with a servant's hat. And Liu Hun, with the help of the servant, took the golden crown, twisted his body, and asked the servant, "How about I bring it?" ”

The servants praised repeatedly, but Liu Hun was still unsatisfied, and turned his eyes to Sun Ce again.

Sun Ce was furious, barely suppressed his anger, and said from between his teeth: "I often hear that Xuande Gong treats people kindly, are you really his son?" Xuande Gong and my father have a deep friendship, you treat me like this, aren't you afraid that I will say that I am with your father? ”

Liu Hun's face sank, and before he could answer, a child about the same age ran into the courtyard and said in a loud voice: "The meeting is over, the meeting is over, they will come back immediately." ”

Liu Hun narrowed his eyes and asked Zhou Yu with ulterior motives: "I treat you like this, do you want to beat me." ”

Zhou Yu replied humbly: "Where, Liu Gongzi and I have some children's play, how can I care?" ”

Liu Hun's eyes burned and he asked, "What do you call it?" ”

"Lujiang Shuren, Zhou Yu, Zhou Gongjin".

Liu Hun didn't pay attention to it anymore, and turned around to greet the child who reported the news: "Frustrated, when we were in school, I often bullied you, do you want to beat me up?" You swear in the name of the gods and tell me the truth. ”

Frustrated Hu nodded vigorously and replied, "Yes."

Liu Hun raised his eyes to look at the sky, and secretly calculated in his heart. After being silent for a long time, Liu Hun said softly: "Frustrated, I often feel guilty, but I have thought of a way to alleviate your hatred with me. I'm armed right now, and it's your chance to give me a beating and relieve my anger. I swear in the name of the gods that I will not take revenge on you in the future, how about it? ”

Frustrated Hu bit his finger and replied, "I don't dare." ”

Liu Hun continued to persuade: "This is what I let you fight, I tied my hands again, I can't fight back, you can just rest assured, I swear in the name of the gods, I will not retaliate against you in the future, don't you even have this blood surname?" ”

As soon as the words fell, the frustrated hu pounced and began to punch and kick, and his mood was exceptionally comfortable.

A broken cry shattered the frustrated hu's happiness: "Brute, you dare to beat Liu Gongzi and turn the sky upside down." ”

Immediately, Qingzhou's right army division appeared at the gate of the mansion, stepped forward, kicked over the frustrated bird, and reprimanded: "Liu Gongzi occasionally made a small mistake, he just fell into trouble, you treat him like this, how do I teach you a lesson on weekdays?" Bastard, watch me beat you brute. ”

Later, Liu Bei stepped into the door of the mansion, and suddenly, Liu Hun cried aggrievedly, lay at Liu Bei's feet, and called out repeatedly: "Father, father." ”

Liu Bei turned around Liu Hun twice with his hands behind his back, looked at the golden crown on Liu Hun's head and the long sword placed in front of him, glanced at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu meaningfully, and sneered: "Hun'er, don't pretend." Zizheng, it's none of your child's business, stop. ”

Liu Hun's crying stopped abruptly, Liu Bei lightly pointed to the sword on the ground and the golden crown on his head, and said, "Next time, remember to wipe your mouth after eating." ”

Zhou Yu couldn't stop shivering, and Sun Ce felt cold at the moment: It turned out that this kid was angry with himself, just wanted to be beaten and engage in this kind of bitter trick, so that he could pretend to be aggrieved in front of his father and let his father pity him, so as to reduce his punishment. As long as you can't help but do it, you will achieve what he said - make your things unsuccessful.

Such a little kid, so scheming.

Liu Bei looked at Sun Ce and Zhou Yu with a smile, and asked: "The servant at the gate of the mansion told me, the two of you were sent by Sun Wentai, you are so young, you were entrusted by Sun Wentai as an envoy, so there must be Sun Wentai's eldest son among them, so that I don't feel despised by it, that is Sun Ce?" ”

Sun Ce hurriedly stepped forward to salute, Liu Bei didn't dare to slack off, and replied after returning the salute: "The two of you will wait in the side hall first, and then meet the two of you after I finish dealing with this rebel." ”

In the hall, after listening to Liu Hun's description of the battle, Liu Bei stood up and praised repeatedly: "Okay, Liu Hun gave full play to the role of cavalry in this battle." Zizheng, just now we talked about the reform of the military system, and the cavalry has a strong ability to maneuver. Take advantage of the mobility of the cavalry, constantly detour to the enemy's rear, destroy the enemy's supply lines, and take advantage of the situation to attack the enemy's weak defenses. Then, echoing the army facing the enemy on the front line, flanking the front and rear, and continuously disintegrating the enemy's forces.

Using this tactic similar to leapfrogging, using cavalry shuttles, our army can be invincible. ”

Frustrated with a frown, he didn't agree.

Originally, Frustration came with him, intending to deal with Liu Hun harshly, but unfortunately, coupled with the farce of his own child, Frustration couldn't speak. However, Fu Zhu did not intend to let Liu Hun go easily, so he was in a dilemma.

"No more than 100 soldiers, do you know what it means?" Fortunately, Liu Bei then talked about Liu Hun's mistake: "When the people gather troops, they can't exceed 100, and more than 100 must be approved by the Senate, which is to prevent the people or ulterior motives from making trouble." As a superior person, you should set an example by obeying this rule. Otherwise, in the future, when others gather troops, they will take you as a precedent and ask for exemption.

I made this law, I have no right to break it, you go, go and report to the military judge, be judged, child, be mentally prepared, how to judge, I have no right to interfere. ”

Liu Bei said in the end, he was a little heavy, covered his eyes with his hands, and whimpered.

"Capital crime", frustrated and heavy-hearted, this was originally what he wanted to persuade Liu Bei to do, but now, when he really reached this point, he secretly felt pity in his heart: "A fierce general, the troubled times are coming, and it is difficult to find a famous general." ”

"I'll go", Fu Zhi stood up and prepared to escort Liu Hunda to the Military Justice Department.

Liu Hun flatly refused and said, "Are you afraid that I will escape?" As my father's righteous son, I followed my father to the north and south, and I didn't even have the courage to bear the mistake, how could I be worthy of the surname Liu? The Judge Advocate General's Office knows there, and I don't need to be led by someone."

Frustrated and embarrassed, there was nothing to say.

Liu Hun walked into the hall door, turned around and confessed to Liu Bei and said, "Father, I tested the two people just now, that Sun Ce was irritable and irritable, but it was easy to deal with. Zhou Yu, I need my father to care more, his personality is gloomy, he can endure what ordinary people can't bear, and when he uses soldiers, I'm afraid he will highlight the strange soldiers, and he needs to be careful and careful. ”

Liu Bei sighed: "Child, how good it would be if you had a little more rules, the Central Plains is big, the world is big, there are still many battles to fight." ”

Fu Zhu made up his mind: "I'll go and explain to the Judge Advocate General's Office." ”

Liu Bei replied dejectedly: "Wang Lie and Tian Shang, if their words could impress, they would not have been elected as military judges in the first place." ”

He replied, "Wait for me to do my part." ”

Seeing Liu Hun go away, Liu Bei picked up the tea bowl, endured it again and again, and finally said: "Let him go by himself, if he really walks over and reports to the military judge by himself, maybe, I can save him once." If he absconds, well, let him go. ”

When Sun Ce was invited into the lobby, only Liu Bei was left in the hall, and Sun Ce was relieved: there were no clerks and no outsiders, which showed that Liu Bei was willing to talk to them alone before the formal talks. This is a good thing, just to be able to express your intentions in private.

Liu Bei got up to greet him, first handed over a golden saber with a sheath, and said apologetically: "Little stubborn, let you laugh, this knife is made by the famous craftsman Zheng Hun, the name is Yingxiang, cut gold and jade, I will compensate you." ”

Sun Ce unceremoniously took the saber and took out the sheath to take a look, the blade was black and inconspicuous. The decoration of the knife handle is also very frugal, no gems and pearls are inlaid with jade, the whole is an eagle's head shape, and the wings that are stretched out constitute the knife retainer.

"What a weird shape, and there's a handguard on the handle?" Sun Ce's face darkened, and he wanted to return it. Zhou Yu hurriedly thanked him on his behalf, so that Sun Ce couldn't speak.

Liu Bei then handed over a hardcover letter and said, "This is the "Qingzhou Confederation Relationship Law" newly discussed by the Senate, you can take a look." ”

On the cover page of the seal, it is simply written "Qingzhou Confederation System Covenant Law". Turning over the seal, it details Qingzhou's agreement on the relations, status, and interests of its allies, vassal states, and client states.

"In April 396 of the Han Dynasty, Qingzhou consulted with the elders of the dependent tribes (vassal states) and client states, and preliminarily determined the "Covenant of Rights and Obligations of the Qingzhou Confederation" to clarify the political relations and status of the member city-states. Determine the obligations and rights to be enjoyed" The second page, except for this sentence, is full of signatures of the elders of various tribes and counties, and the entire page is densely covered with the entire page.

In the subsequent chapter of the covenant, the distribution of seats in the Qingzhou Senate was first agreed. Qingshu and Izumo are based on the county, and the elders of each county send three people to the senate. Each dependent city-state, tribe, vassal state, and vassal state can send three elders to join the Qingzhou Grand Senate, and these people will represent the voice of the tribe, express the interests of the tribe, and assert the rights of the tribe.

Secondly, the elders of the vassal states who join the Qingzhou Grand Senate will be based on the principle that the tribal chieftain and the king of the vassal state will recommend one-third, the tribal people will elect one-third, and the senate will select one-third of the tribal meritocracy and appoint one-third.

The further down he looked, the more alarming Sun Ce became: judging from the current vassal states, the Bull Tribe, the Flying Eagle Tribe, and the Tianma Tribe, the Baiyang Tribe, and the subsequent Kumoxi (Liaodong Goguryeo subordinate) tribe all belonged to the semi-civilized tribes that had been subdued. Through this treaty, Qingzhou will gradually integrate the semi-civilized tribes into their own ruling order and civilization system by importing them with advanced civilizational achievements (goods, culture, and administrative experience), through economic reciprocity, political-military alliances, religious and cultural control.

In this alliance structure, Qingshu and Izumo are in a dominant position. The treaty stipulates that the allies are not allowed to form alliances with each other, but must use Qingzhou as an intermediary, that is, they must form an alliance with Qingzhou, and then realize the general alliance of the entire political group. Disputes and disputes between allies should not be hostile to each other, but should be arbitrated and dealt with through the Senate of the Qingzhou government.

In this way, the Qingzhou Senate became the pivot of the entire alliance system, playing a key role in determining the direction of external attacks and maintaining internal balance.

At the same time, Seishu Izumo also gave equal power and status to the vassal states. The subjects of the vassal states were treated as equal to their own subjects, and each vassal state and tribe had independent rights to collect taxes and administration, and to manage their own internal affairs. However, the jurisdiction of the judiciary, the right of religious belief, and the jurisdiction of the military remain under the administration of the suzerain.

Among them, the only special treatment is the Samhan state. After Sanhan was unified by Tatsuhan, the alliance agreement between Tatsuhan and Izumo was to join the confederation as an ally, so he had more equal treatment than the vassal states, such as jurisdiction, taxing power, and administrative power. However, this ally was not equal to Qingzhou, and his military command was under the unified management of the Qingzhou Governor's Office. Because of this special status, he was called a vassal state.

Qingzhou also gave them the right to choose freely about the obligations of the suzerain, and the vassal states could choose to pay taxes or choose to provide military service for the senate.

(It should be noted that this provision has a great impact on the future, generally speaking, due to the poverty of the vassal states, and at the same time, military service can put them on an equal footing with the residents of Izumo in Qingzhou, and they can get meritorious treatment and even titles with war attacks, so that these brave and warlike nations feel proud and proud, and the experience of fighting side by side can allow them to be supported by the meritorious people association in the suzerain, so that they can integrate into the suzerain.) Therefore, the people of the vassal state basically chose the latter, and later generations called it "blood tax" or "military tax").

Under the confederation system, the Qingzhou soldiers are divided into four combat sequences, the first combat sequence is the standing army, which is the Qingzhou official corps. The second sequence of operations is the troops of each client state and vassal state. The third combat sequence is the county and township guards of Qingzhou. The fourth combat sequence is the meritorious civilian team, which is mainly composed of retired officers and soldiers from various counties and counties.

The covenant also stipulates that the soldiers of the vassal states who have completed their military service will become the meritorious class once they have achieved military merit, and they have two choices: one is to return to their homeland and become the upper management class of the clan, as reserve soldiers, waiting to be called up again or lead the clan to move closer to the suzerain; Another option is to stay in the Suzerain's Meritorious Society, as a mercenary, and make a career in the Suzerain's country. The treaty stipulates that between the suzerainty and the vassal state, the inhabitants with the status of meritorious citizens can move freely and trade freely without any restrictions. Both the suzerainty and the vassal state recognized their status as meritorious servants and gave them the same treatment as meritorious citizens.

Once a vassal member joins the suzerain's clan, he or she will purchase land and acquire the right to live. Commoners of the suzerainty can also go to vassal states full of opportunities, become subjects of vassal states, settle in vassals, and carry out economic colonization, and the identities between the two can be freely transferred.

Immigrants from other countries and regions must submit an application detailing their military talents and personal experience, and only after obtaining the consent of the Gongmin Association can they settle in Qingzhou and Izumo and become a member of the Shangsanmin (civilian, meritorious, and Huimin).

Sun Ce had to admit that this kind of leniency and equality towards the vassal states, especially towards his subjects, would lead to a fairly harmonious relationship between the vassal states and the suzerain. In the vast majority of cases, the vassal states paid great attention to maintaining the power of the Qingzhou Senate, because they would also be in a very dangerous situation if they lost this pillar and backer, lost this channel for expressing their opinions, and lost this ultimate goal for their personal struggle. If a foreign enemy invades, they will not necessarily be given such an equal status, let alone a lot of care and assistance in terms of economy and other aspects.

Equality of status, cultural identity, economic integration, political alliances, and the friendship established on the battlefield made this bond very strong, and the barbarian aliens gradually assimilated into an organic part of the suzerain, and these peoples also made indelible martial arts for the military martial arts and cultural integration of the suzerain.

Looking at this seal, Sun Ce raised his head and asked angrily, "What treatment do you want to give us?" Vassals? Client states? ”