The slogans themselves have no power, and the power comes from the fact that these slogans actually say things that many people dare not say. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the face of such a chaotic situation, many people had thought that if Ji Xia was dictatorial, there would never be such a helpless situation, but this was not the case, this was a crisis that they had not encountered, even if Chen Jian was dictatorial at the beginning, the situation would not be better than now.

When the slogan reached the ears of the council's conspirators, they were frightened, so they gave one last order: Ji Yun betrayed Xia Cheng and shot him with arrows.

Those citizens who agreed with the resolution of the council shot arrows at Ji Yun, who was still shouting there, stabbing Ji Yun and piercing the bottom line of those sympathizers.

When the feather arrow was inserted into Ji Yun's arm, he didn't stop shouting, but asked, "What did I do wrong?" Where did you violate the rules of Summer City? What decree on a clay tablet can condemn me to death? ”

"Look, people, they can kill me in the hut without following the rules, aren't you afraid that one day this arrow will fall on you?"

"Only when lies are exposed will they try to gag me with death, if you question Ji Xia for what she did wrong, what will Ji Xia do? He will only prove that you are wrong with his actions, and if he is really wrong, he will praise you, but he will never shoot you for it. ”

"Who the hell betrayed Xia Cheng? Don't you see it now? ”

The sound of the feathered arrows breaking through the air could not hide his shout, but instead expanded more and more, as if a little spark had faded into a pile of gunpowder that had been shaken evenly, and it exploded.

After a while, half of them shouted in unison, "I want Ji Xia to make a decision, don't have a council!" The people of Xiacheng, with the slogan "Don't conspire", gathered in the square of Yucheng, and they needed to put an end to the turmoil that had caused them losses.

The authority of the council left over from the clan era is still there, and it still locks the minds of this group of people like shackles, and even if they shout, they have not yet had the courage to rush into the government hall.

When one of them takes the step of storming the government hall, all the shackles left over from the clan era will be broken, and all the good things left over from the clan era will also disappear.

Times have changed.

Hearing the slogans outside, the conspirators began to panic in their hearts, they had planned to escape from Yucheng early tomorrow morning, they fled before the sun set, and they did not see the angry expressions of the people who had finally smashed the last vestiges of the clan era.

At sunset, more than 1,000 people stood in front of the occupied government hall, shouting the name of the dictator in unison, hoping that he would stand up at this time to end the chaos.

Even there were some cheers on the side of the workshop workers, some of them still had illusions about Chen Jian, which was their vacillation and vacillation, and it was also the inevitability of them after giving up their ideals and trying to integrate into the Xia Yu system.

In the most difficult times, the propaganda can unite all the workshop workers; But when the most difficult moment passed, the division of internal opinions made his words no longer so convincing, he did not believe in Chen Jian's conscience, but more workshop workers believed it.

Compared with leaving Yucheng to create a new home, perhaps Ji Xia dictated to give them rules and the identity of a Chinese person is a better choice. Without the threat of reworking slaves and gallows, these men abandoned the path they should have done right.

Chen Jian disguised himself very well, always appearing as a rule-abiding leader, and this deception not only deceived the enemy, but also deceived most of the countrymen.

So when Caixia hung diagonally in the west, a strange scene appeared.

The city, which had been divided in half by the river, had been an enemy half a day ago, but at this moment it was calling the same name, hoping that he would come and save them. And those who aspire to labor with their own hands to liberate themselves have finally become a minority.

Ji Yun had two slogans, but one of them was shouted much more frequently than the other.

"Ji Xia is dictatorial! We only believe in Ji Xia! ”

So Chen Jian seemed to win, but in fact he lost, and the loss made him have no power to fight back.

I thought it was a vigorous event, but in the end it turned into a ridiculous farce that needed to be saved by the saint Mingjun.

So when Ji Bai and the others excitedly told Jian Chen about this, Jian Chen was silent for a moment, laughed inexplicably, and shook his head self-deprecatingly.

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When Jian Chen appeared in front of everyone again, there were only a few people around him, a few people closest to him, and a few black-clothed guards.

But every time he took a step forward, some Chinese people spontaneously stood by Chen Jian's side with weapons in hand, acting as guards, looking into the distance vigilantly.

They held their chests high, as if trying to block the arrows in the distance; They tilted their heads back, as if they had seen the turmoil subside.

Twenty, fifty, one hundred...... Yucheng is not big, but when Chen Jian walked to the front of the government hall, the Chinese people around Chen Jian had already surpassed the number of steps he walked.

Those who had believed in the council faced such a quiet but solemn footstep, and spontaneously threw down the bow and arrow that had been shot at Ji Yun in accordance with the council's orders, and stood not far away with their heads bowed.

Chen Jian did not go to the government hall, but walked slowly to the vicinity of the inland river, and came to a place where the opposite feather arrows could shoot at any time.

Feathered arrows can be shot, and the same can be said.

On the other side, I saw Chen Jian, and I also saw the people of Xia Cheng who were surrounding Chen Jian as if they were facing a great enemy, but no one bent their bows, but watched quietly.

The eerie silence was broken when Jian Chen stopped.

"Ji Xia is dictatorial!"

I don't know who shouted, and then there was a tsunami-like echo, and hundreds of people raised their weapons and shouted loudly, hugging Chen Jian.

In the twilight, he couldn't see the faces of many people clearly, but Chen Jian saw their bright and hopeful eyes, the very young and enlightened children who were clenching their spears and even a little excited, and the sturdy chests that followed him from the construction of the summer city.

Facing this moment, facing this moment, with mixed feelings, it took a long time for Chen Jian to suppress all kinds of emotions in his heart.

Facing the clansmen and the workshop workers opposite, he said softly: "This turmoil should be over." ”

It's just a declaration, no hoarseness, no shouting, no coughing up blood, not even putting it into practice, not seeing victory, but at such a moment, one sentence is enough.

In the eyes of the clansmen, this is what Ji Xia said, since it is going to end, it will really end, which is more than the group of people in the council who said 10,000 words to make people believe, just like someone said that the sun rises in the east will be realized of course.

After a long time, Jian Chen said slowly: "Tonight, maybe many years later, someone will say that I am a rebel like you. And today, it will be called by some the day of victory for the rebels. ”

Everyone was stunned, but Jian Chen smiled and said, "You say that you are for Xia Cheng, and those people also say that they are for Xia Cheng." ”

"For Xia Cheng, how noble, how good, what an exciting reason, but how many sins are also born in the name of this?"

"Whoever defines who is for Xia Cheng can say that the other party is a betrayer. Is this question hard to answer? I said, it's not difficult, just need to figure out what Xia Cheng is. ”

"What is Summer City? Are those relatives left over from the clan era? Are the insects and ants trying to live like the few people in the rest of the city without having to work? Or are there thousands of people who are working like you and holding spears? Tell me, people, who is Xia Cheng? Who is Summertown? ”

Everyone looked at the familiar faces around them, felt the hard cocoons of labor in the palms of their hands, listened to Chen Jian's questioning, and shouted in unison: "Tens of millions of people are Xia Cheng!" ”

After this shout, it seemed that all the uneasiness and resentment had dissipated with the wind, and Chen Jian was still smiling, saying the blood and violence so calmly.

"The Xia City in everyone's heart is not the same, so the rebellion in everyone's heart is also different. When they accuse us of rebellion, we don't need to bow our heads, we don't need to think, we don't need to be powerless because of shame, we just need to answer them loudly: You are the rebellion! ”

"Rebellion, is that a bad word? If you want me to say, it's not hard to hear. Everyone's definition of rebellion is different, and it's not a bad word, but a nice word. ”

"Rebellion, ha, we are going to sentence you people who are trying to suck the flesh and blood of the countrymen, and we want to sentence you few people to the chaos of Xia City!"

This word should not be self-reproachful, but full of pride! Because the victor can define the rebellion, but the victor is not necessarily the majority. ”

"If the word is still the kind of rebellion in your minds, I would say it's because the few people define rebellion and quietly make them believe what they say and forget where they really stand. It's sad. Ji Yun is right, you think that you are one in a thousand and support everything that those people define is commendable, but if you are not one in a thousand but support them, it can only show that you are stupid. ”

"Countrymen, the rules of Xia City will still be the same in the future, rebellion is still a serious crime, and you will be beheaded or hanged, but the rebellion in the future refers to the betrayal of the vast majority of the people in Xia City."

"A few people may be able to win, even in the name of Xia Cheng. But their victory will turn into a joke and a rebellion thousands of years later, because they betrayed the real summer city. They may borrow my words today to smear their rebellion with a layer of white lime, by then I am dead, and you are dead, but I am sure that our children and grandchildren will keep their eyes open and will know what is a rebellion and what is not. ”

"When thousands of years later, rebellion or non-rebellion is just a passage written down in a book. Maybe the people who wrote down the books are not us, but the people who read the books are just like us, they can distinguish and understand what they can read. Even if we lose now, we win forever. ”

"The rules of Xia Cheng may have to be changed, and it's not the council that's wrong, it's the people in the council. Are those pro-noble chiefs of the old days? Or are you the people you can see and trust? Or are they the people who can represent the greatest number of Xia Cheng people according to the merits of land and property? ”

"I don't like the system of the city assembly, because it will make Xia Cheng go very slowly, but isn't it the only way that everyone can speak out on behalf of all the people? Isn't there a way to save from bickering and concentrate on big things, and at the same time take into account the opinions of all the people? ”

"This is what Xia Cheng should do in the future, it is still far away before the chaos is over, once the chaos is over, all the people of the country will have to argue about a solution, but now is not the time."

"And now, I want to ask you, are you willing to put the right to define rebellion in the hands of every one of your countrymen? Will you go with me to the 'rebellion'? ”

Jian Chen didn't get an answer immediately, all he got was silence, but he knew that silence was not necessarily opposition, and sometimes it was also a kind of power, the power that was constantly accumulating, and the power of constantly thinking.

So he is not afraid.

The silence did not last long, and after recalling these words, more than a thousand voices shouted at the same time: "Yes! ”

Among them, there are even some voices from the other side, because many of the things Chen Jian said are actually said to the other side.

After getting everyone's answers, Jian Chen pulled out Wu Feng and shouted, "Drumming!" Pipe! The whole team! ”

It was on the edge of the river, and it could be attacked by the feathered arrows from the opposite side at any moment, but when Wu Feng pulled out, the countrymen quietly formed a line in the open space by the river.

The hostility with the other side is not over, but the people are no longer at a loss, and they believe that Chen Jian will bring them victory.

In front of the enemies on the other side, Chen Jian loudly issued orders to deal with them.

It's weird.

"Tomorrow morning."

"You, take thirty black-clothed guards, go to the upper reaches of the river, and prepare to blow up the waterway, let the river flow along the original river, and cut off the inland river."

"You, with fifty men, go out of the headland, dig holes in the headland, blow up the headland, and prepare to block the waterway from the dock to the outside. At the same time, the locks were blown open to allow the inland water to flow into Onozawa and dry up the waterways. ”

"Thou, with three hundred archers, shall guard the area around the headland, and any ship passing by shall immediately fire a volley of arrows. One hundred black-clad guards protect the archers. The passage of food and people through the bombed-out headland was strictly prohibited. ”

"Ji Bai, you take the remaining black-clothed guards and prepare to raid the smelting workshop. Once the inland river is diverted, it immediately hits the smelting workshop. Once the workshop is taken, the river channel is re-dug to refuse, and the workshop is recaptured little by little. ”

"Yu Qian'er and Hongyu, the commander will take the money and grain, count the number of weapons, feathers, arrows, gunpowder and grain tonight, and report to me early tomorrow morning."

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In just a moment, the chaotic right bank of the river was reunited, and at least these people saw hope and knew what to do.

Many people also know that Chen Jian's words were deliberately said to the other side, and many people will still die in a war, and when these Chinese people decided to let Chen Jian make a decision, in fact, they had already accepted the opinion of peace talks with the other side in their hearts.

It's just that even if you negotiate peace, you need to bargain. The various chaotic resolutions of the council and the fact that the military power was actually in the hands of Chen Jian gave the other side enough capital, because they could leave, which made those people extremely dissatisfied.

Jian Chen's method also sounded like he was scaring people, the spears on the opposite side had already become a forest, even if the tactics were right, they would have to suffer huge losses, and no one wanted this situation.

But whether or not these scaring words were implemented was in the hands of Jian Chen, which made the other side a little panicked.

Blowing up the river to dry up the river cut off the possibility of their defense on the fork of the river; The blockade of the headland meant that they could not get in touch with the farms and mines outside, and it also meant that they could not leave by boat safely; And the smelting workshop was the source of the tools they needed to build the city in the future, and it was the most important thing they refused to wait here.

Fighting to the death, they don't think they can win, and they know that even if they don't win, they can kill many people on the other side, but now the situation on the other side is no longer the same as before, they missed the best opportunity to seize Yucheng, and now they have to pay the price for their original cowering and compromise.

These orders were fatal to these workshop workers, because they cut off their hopes, blocked their purpose, and frustrated their desire to leave Yucheng and build a city on their own.

Once the hopes are lost, those lower hopes begin to take over.

A few attentive people found that all the orders issued by Jian Chen were early tomorrow morning, which meant that tonight would be the last night that Jian Chen had chosen for them.

This is a game, the workshop workers can bet that Chen Jian just scares them into not daring to fight to the death, but what if the bet is lost?

Do they dare to bet?