Chapter Twenty-Nine: Bleakness

When it was really like a stone entering the water, ripples suddenly appeared, and after Lu Yuan drew so much through Chen Jian's half of the words, the sound of chattering and discussion appeared in the late Sucheng. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Lu Yuan was the first to stand up and explicitly oppose this alliance, and the reason for opposition was so legitimate.

The words he said, the rest of the clans did not not think about it, but did not systematically summarize this essential problem, many people were vaguely worried, out of empiricism felt that it was also a meeting alliance a few decades ago, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with it, and they did not thoroughly think about the difference.

In fact, the difference is very simple: in the meeting alliance a few decades ago, the Huasu Alliance had an overwhelming advantage; And this time, Sucheng did not have an overwhelming advantage. At that meeting a few decades ago, the person who was elected as the leader had enough charisma and enough strength to support it; And this time, it was not enough.

So a few decades ago, a person could decide right and wrong without too complicated oaths, and the leader at that time was the leader; Today, however, complex and clear oaths, or treaties, are required to set out the interests and obligations of the respective clans, a loose alliance rather than a rudimentary form of a close-knit ethnic state.

Chen Jian guessed their worries, but he didn't expect that many people did not summarize the difference between the two times, and in order to dispel their worries, Lu Yuan, who reacted very quickly, took them as the reason for his legitimate opposition.

Lu Yuan's words were supported by many leaders, so Su Yue was furious, not because the words of the possible competitors were supported by many people, but because even if the alliance was successful, then who was the leader of this clan alliance? Or the oath itself? What does such an alliance mean to yourself?

Just a nominal chief? It's not what he wants! He wants to have the same glory and power, the same prestige and prestige, and the same merits and deeds that will be remembered for decades after his death.

Sucheng was thriving, and he knew that his strength was not as good as the Huasu Alliance a few decades ago, but the rest of the clans were also growing, and it would take at least thirty or forty years to achieve such an overwhelming advantage.

But do you have thirty or forty years left?

If he hadn't known that Chen Jian had fallen into the other party's trap in order to refute the other party's heart-wrenching remarks, he would have thought that Chen Jian and the other party were standing together: didn't the implication of those words mean that it is the rules themselves that are in charge of right and wrong, not the person who enforces them? Replace it with a leader and an oath, and the same applies.

When abstract things are described by analogy, they are very much in line with the way of thinking of this era, and they are easy to be understood by the rest of the people, and they spread faster, which is even more unfavorable to Sudake's dreams.

It was said that Su Yue should hate Jian Chen, but reason told him that the matter was irreparable, and that there could be no more potential enemies, especially when this potential enemy had a lot of things he needed.

Many of the clan leaders at this time also favored the method proposed by Lu Yuan, and they needed an oath that had been negotiated by everyone to stipulate the conflicts of interest and obligations between the various cities, and that they should be equal to their own strength.

Lu Yuan seemed to have been prepared, and after throwing out these words that shocked everyone, he asked: "This is the same as the sacrifice, and it needs a rule that everyone is clear." For example, when there is a dispute between two tribes, who is for whom and against whom? For example, when the barbarians invaded, how many troops should be sent to each city? For example, what are the penalties for not keeping these vows? ”

"These things must be in the oath, and as long as these are agreed upon, of course we are willing to elect a leader of the alliance to restore the glory of the race. But if you don't say this, what is the difference between the alliance and the alliance? ”

"Now that the winter snow has fallen, I hope that everyone will agree within a month without further delay. If we can't agree within a month, I'm afraid we will have to go back, after all, there is still a lot of work to be done in the city, and there are still preparations for the sacrifice and next year's spring ploughing. ”

After he finished speaking, he lamented to everyone: "It's not that I oppose the alliance, we are in the north, the Beidi people are getting stronger and stronger, and I also hope that my relatives will work together to conquer them, but how many troops will be sent?" What is the geometry of grain and grass? Who will command? How is the spoils divided? What kind of punishment is there for not sending troops? There are no rules to follow for this one, so why do you think you can do things like dredging the river, conquering Dongyi, and quelling kinship disputes? ”

In the midst of the frequent nods of everyone, Su Yue knew that he could not let Lu Yuan continue to speak, so he shouted loudly before Lu Yuan's next words: "It's me who is stupid and thinks too little, since this is the case, we might as well discuss it, and we can always come up with an oath that everyone is satisfied with in a month." Everyone also thinks about what they need to say it. It's not early today, so let's disperse, everyone goes back to think about it, and I'm afraid I won't be able to come up with anything if I'm standing here around. ”

After the crowd dispersed, Chen Jian sighed in his heart, in a month's time, I am afraid it will be difficult to come up with a wide range of treaty rules, there are too many things to consider, and there are previous stories to follow like sacrifices, and the interests of many clans are involved, Lu Yuan's proposal is simply to dig out the roots of Su Yue.

Thinking about it, Lu Yuan had been holding back and preparing to talk about it when he was in the alliance, but because of his appearance, this matter was brought forward, but the result was the same.

The various leaders who came to Sucheng were also busy because of these words, and from the next day onwards, there were people arguing and discussing there every day, and most of the leaders were anxious, even those tribes who didn't want to see the clan alliance appear didn't dare to be careless, they needed to add fuel to the fire at the right time.

A few days later, the winter solstice came, and the sacrifice that was originally the most beautiful and memorable in the Awadake plan was dimly completed.

Su Yue has been looking forward to the sacrifice on the day of the winter solstice that he will become the main sacrifice, to be precise, this dream has come true, but it is not perfect. Because the reason why he presides over the sacrifice is simply because this is Sucheng, he is the landlord, not because he is the leader of the clan alliance.

It is unclear whether there will be a grand and spectacular festival after the meeting a month later.

But a small episode in this prosaic sacrifice is of great significance to Xia Cheng, after the normal prayers and prayers, the main priest Su Yue recited to the ancestors about the return of the relocated relatives, hoping that the ancestors would protect this tribe far away in the northwest, and offered the sacrifices of this clan to the ancestors.

After the sacrifice, according to the previous rules, the sacrifices that need to be prepared in the summer city during the winter solstice sacrifice every year in the future: carts, horses, plows, etc.

Chen Jian hurriedly agreed, which meant that he was qualified to participate in the sacrifice in the future, although this time it was not grand, but at least in the future, he could use words such as relatives to reason without being like a gold on his face.

After the prosaic sacrifice, the various clans resumed their arguments, and Jian Chen did not participate.

No clan has an overwhelming advantage, and the final result speaks for itself, this will definitely not be a clan alliance in the true sense of the word, but more like a nominal cultural circle association.

This kind of interest-related thing cannot be changed by a few words of speech, even if the great heaven is broken, even if the ancestors appear to say that you should be united and united, even if this is the case, I am afraid that it will still be what should be done, and it may even dig a pit and bury the ancestors of the manifestation - because it has not solved the most fundamental problem: who decides? You may not have beaten me, so why should I listen to you?

But the imminence of foreign invasions, the threat of floods and droughts in large rivers, and the prolongation of tribal strife made most of the tribes eager for the alliance to succeed in order to deal with these troubles.

Under this contradiction, every day there are clans with red faces, but every day those oaths are slowly being perfected.

Because of the quarrels and discussions every day, few people noticed that a lot of wood was dragged into the place where the people of Xia Cheng lived, and the climbing plough was scraped out and put on the horse.

Many people who are familiar with Onozawa have been given a lot of strange gadgets, which can be exchanged for a lot of things in Awagi.

A few old Awashiro, who had participated in the encirclement and suppression of the fugitive slaves in Onozawa, received more gifts, and were invited into the house by the people of Natsujo, and invited them to eat the food of Natsushiro, hoping that they would follow them on a trip to Onozawa. (To be continued.) )