Of course, Su Yue couldn't climb up to the altar and hold the piece of jade that symbolized the high priest, he knew that once he climbed up, he would be torn off by Jian Chen. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Since no one can hold such illusory things as heaven, earth, ghosts, and gods in their hands, they can only be solved by the force of reality.

Jian Chen ruined the position of high priest, and at the same time, there was another incident that deeply disturbed Su Yue.

Chen Jian said that he was guided by his ancestors only about the world of the living, and he was ashamed to tell everyone that it was indisputable that he became the king of the Xia Kingdom, and it was more convincing than becoming a high priest.

Then it also means that when the seat of the head of the tribes is vacant one day, even if the seat of the high priest is still vacant, the person who is most qualified to become the leader of the tribes can only be Jian Chen.

Fundamentally speaking, the Great River Tribes that Chen Jian wanted were not the same as the Great River Tribes that Su Yue wanted.

The former is a county system to ensure the basic plate, divide the surrounding wild land into small areas, the central government sends bureaucrats to supervise or help manage the feudal country, armed colonization along the river, and uses cultural and technological advantages to assimilate, in view of the current population and transportation situation, it is impossible to effectively manage the land thousands of miles away.

The latter is a loose tribal alliance that is truly regarded as a true leader by the various cities, with the ability to control and allegiance, tributaries, etc., more like a federation.

However, Su Yue, including the leaders of the rest of the cities, had never seen a country with a unified bureaucratic system, limited by the limitations of the times, so the fear of Chen Jian was that his rights might be challenged by the new nobles and even the lower classes under the culture and education, which was the reason for their hatred and intolerance.

In fact, they had more reason to hate Chen Jian, because Chen Jian not only wanted to use paper and printing to break the fledgling lineage and aristocratic inheritance, but also wanted to concentrate power in a central center - the former just put other fish in the fish pond, and the latter wanted to dig the fish pond into the ground, turn the fish into crops, and crush the fish as fertilizer if they didn't want to change.

Su Yue and the priests he summoned originally wanted to take advantage of this meeting and the opportunity to elect Chen Jian as the high priest to make Chen Jian tell the truth that they were going to crush their dreams, but Chen Jian retreated too much, so that when these people wanted to throw their fists, they couldn't see anyone.

In the midst of everyone's frowning, uneasy or anxious discussions, Jian Chen once again said something that would make a big death.

"I can't be the high priest because I can't do it well, but if one day the leader of Suyue is gone, and everyone elects me as the leader of the alliance, even if it is heavier than the high priest, I will not refuse."

"It's different from being a high priest because I can do well. And if you don't have the ability to do a good job, it is against the original intention of your ancestors to take on such an important responsibility. ”

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole scene suddenly got out of control. The city leaders who were friendly with Su Yue, were related to each other, or were vassals, looked at Jian Chen in disbelief, as if they had heard some terrible calamity becoming.

The leaders of the various ministries are more sensitive than the high priests, but the high priests have already been elected, while the leaders of the various ministries are just Chen Jian who said that he has the ability to do it, but he has not been elected by everyone. It can be said to be an explanation of the reason for not being appointed as a high priest, and it can also be said that it is an expression of ambition.

The leaders of other cities pondered these words, and felt that there seemed to be no problem with this, as long as they ensured that the current state did not change, it was not the same as who was the leader of the alliance, and besides, the Xia Kingdom was now a technology center, and a steady stream of various metal tools and technologies were spreading to the surrounding cities, except for some nominally "skilled workers are not difficult enough to teach" technology, there was no reservation, as long as there was enough to exchange anything that wanted to be exchanged.

In terms of strength, if you don't change the current pattern of hundreds of countries and thousands of states in the city, electing Chen Jian as the leader is the best choice: Su Yue has nothing to compromise with except force, but Xia Guo can swear to compromise more things before the election, such as books, writings, and the like to spread this matter among the whole clan.

The former is nothing more than cutting off blades of grass, while the latter is uprooting.

Some people are even thinking about finding an opportunity to assassinate Hongyu, they think that now Jian Chen has made this situation because he has no children, and obviously the woman named Hongyu should not be able to give birth, as long as he has children, he will naturally understand the taste of inheritance of rights, and then everything will be logical.

Su Yue secretly clenched his fists, trying to keep a smile on his face, but he was extremely angry in his heart. At the beginning, this kinship from the northwest who had nothing to prove except for myths and rumors could now say out loud in front of so many people that he wanted to become the head of the alliance.

No matter how good it was before, Jian Chen had never said these words like this, but this time, with the fact that everyone had just elected him as the high priest, these words made Su Yue irrefutable.

Su Yue lacked a complete system to support his dreams about the future of the clan, and the root of all this was that when the Hui Alliance was elected as the leader of the alliance, Su Cheng's strength was not as strong as it was when the Huasu Alliance was in the past.

For the position of the head of the alliance, and because of his own lack of strength, he gave away too many things, and the leader of the alliance was elected by the leaders rather than hereditary, which is the biggest loophole, and after just a few years, he will have to suffer from the problems left by his eagerness to become the leader of the alliance. In Su Yue's opinion, as long as Sucheng's advantage continues to be maintained, then the next leader of the tribes will definitely be the leader of Sucheng, that is, his own son.

According to the original situation, this is the best choice, not only to get over the addiction of commanding the tribes before death, but also to keep Awacheng strong, so that future generations of children and grandchildren can complete what they have not done. But the emergence of Xia Cheng has changed too many things, especially the emergence of a force that can compete with Sucheng and its surrounding vassal cities, and this force has risen too suddenly, and it is within the clan system, not Yidi, there are relatives in the clan system who have the jade of kinship and have been certified and agreed by all clans.

After Chen Jian finished speaking, he did not avoid everyone's gaze, stood straight, looked at Su Yue with a smile, and looked at Su Yue innocently, as if he wanted to wait for Su Yue's answer.

Since he decided to destroy the divine power, he never thought of a way to fight between the divine right and the secular power to obtain the position of the head of the alliance. Now Su Yue doesn't dare to make a move, even if this is Su Cheng, once he does it, his position as the leader of the alliance will not be stable.

And in the entire ethnic group, the unity of the relatives was shouted by Chen Jian first, and he shouted the loudest. However, Jian Chen knows very well that in the end, he still has to fight, but when he wants to fight, it is a question who will do it first. Therefore, he relinquished his position as high priest until he was sure that he did not have the strength to enforce that set of rules and regulations, but he desperately needed a reason to force others to do it.

From that city, Chen Jian has been muddying the waters, and now he has finally put forward the contradictions between Xia Su and Su fruitfully, forcing Su Yue to expand his armaments and war, forcing Su Yue to start a war with Xia before he dies, and even wants to force Su Yue and the Dongyi tribes to unite together.

This is like telling Su Yue: Come and beat me! Hurry up and stand with the Yidi people and beat me, because Xia Guo is very strong, and because I made it clear that I just want to grab your position. If you don't beat me, your son won't be able to play with me if you die.

This is even more to tell those cities, don't fantasize about the peaceful coexistence and coexistence of the Suxia system, hurry up and get ready to decide who to support, you can't fight now, but you will definitely fight later. Those who should move away should move away, and those who should stand in line with the team.

Su Yue's cheeks twitched, and he said calmly, "There is nothing wrong with what Ji Xia said. Speaking of the strength of the Xia Kingdom, and the defeat of Xirong Dongyi, this is indeed a great feat. ”

"I just don't know what Ji Xia will do to the tribes if he becomes the leader of the tribes?"

"In terms of conquest, the Xia army is brave and skillful, which is the credit of Ji Xia; On letting the clansmen live in peace, the Xia country is envied by all the rich tribes, which is also the credit of Ji Xia. ”

"These are all things that everyone can see, but I don't agree that Ji Xia can become the leader of the alliance."

The nearby leaders were startled, hearing the tension in this, and the uneasiness in their hearts was more serious than when they heard Jian Chen say that he could become the leader of the alliance.

Jian Chen is indeed qualified to become the leader of the alliance, so there is no problem in talking about it, but once someone opposes it, especially if the current leader of the alliance thinks that he is not qualified at all, there is a big problem!

After Chen Jian saluted, he asked in a posture of asking for advice, "I don't know what the leader of Suyue means?" ”

Su Yue said with a smile: "I don't think that Ji Xia can't guide the clans to live in peace and prosperity after becoming the leader of the tribes, nor do I think that Ji Xia can't lead the tribe to defeat Yidi, but I want to become the leader of the tribes, and these are not enough." ”

"Last year, Yuxia rebelled, Ji Xia returned to Xiacheng to quell the rebellion, everyone supported it, and I also supported it. But after Ji Xia returned, he killed hundreds of people, all of whom were his own relatives. ”

Ji Xia also established many strict laws and regulations, and if he was dissatisfied, he would be beheaded and executed. Of course, Ji Xia can defeat Dongyi and Xirong, but if Ji Xia becomes the leader of the alliances, I am afraid that Ji Xia's spear and bronze sword will also reach out to his relatives. ”

"What if Ji Xia becomes the leader of the alliance and there are rules that the leaders of the city and town violate? Isn't it possible to govern a city to see what it will be like to become the head of the tribes? ”

"So Ji Xia can make rules and improve the law, but I won't agree with Ji Xia who enforces it. Ji Xia's methods are too brutal, I am afraid that this will be the case externally, and it will be the same internally. So I will elect Ji Xia to be the high priest, but I will never elect Ji Xia to become the head of the alliance, this is not because I covet the position of the head of the alliance, nor do I think that Ji Xia has no talent for fighting and governance, as Ji Xia said, but the important task of the head of the alliance is not suitable for Ji Xia. ”

"Moreover, even though Xia Cheng Chongren rebelled, he did not oppose Ji Xia, but only used some people as slaves. But Ji Xia did not kill those slaves, but instead killed those relatives, many of whom were of the same clan as Ji. Ji Xia, the summer king, is the summer king of slaves? Or is it the Xia King of the kinship? ”

"Is it also the guidance of the ancestors to let those beasts who can talk become humans? If so, I'm afraid that Ji Xia has been deceived by those bad souls. ”

For the first time, Jian Chen did not follow Su Yue's words, but looked directly at Su Yue and said: "Leader Su Yue, when I swore an oath, I said that everything is subject to the interests of the Great River Tribes. ”

"I killed those people not because they were against me or anything else, but because they wanted to flee north to the steppe provinces. They took away stirrups, bronze, and iron-smelting methods, and if the steppe tribes knew about the abundance of horses and the fertility of water and grass, how many relatives would die in a few years? ”

"If they go to the grassland, speak the language of the grassland tribes, and worship the ancestors of the grassland tribes, how can they be considered relatives? If I kill them, does the leader of Suyue think that this is cruelty? ”

Su Yue sneered: "The interests of the Great River Tribes are supreme. I'm afraid that after Ji Xia becomes the leader of the alliance, he will use the reason that the interests of the Dahe tribes are supreme to punish and kill the people you hate, right? ”

Jian Chen shook his head and said, "Is it against the interests of the Great River Tribes, there are rules to follow." Just as a white sheep with hair, horns on its head, its hooves with its petals, and a bleating voice is a sheep, can I just point to a wolf and say that it is a sheep? ”

"Since there are rules to follow, whether it is against the interests of the Great River Tribes does not need to be judged by the leader, only a person who is familiar with the rules of the law, even if it is a person whose talent is not as good as the leader, it can be judged."

"And this is exactly the rule we should set, and it is also what we will do this time. This was supposed to be what the high priest had to do, but I didn't think I could be a good high priest, so I didn't dare to take on this heavy responsibility, so I could let the leaders discuss it together. ”

"If someone disobeys, not only me, but also the leader of Suyue should punish those who disobey, does the leader of Suyue think that it is wrong to do so?"

Su Yue snorted and said, "Ji Xia's words are as sharp as a sword, I can't argue. Since Ji Xia always said that the interests of the Dahe tribes are the first, then I have one request. ”

"As long as it doesn't go against the interests of the Great River Tribes, I will do my best."

"Of course not. Now it is not peaceful, like a tiger looking at a flock of sheep waiting for an opportunity to bite. Since Yucheng can smelt iron, I want hundreds of iron armor to train soldiers to fight Dongyi, which is the interest of the Great River Tribes, right? So can Ji Xia give me hundreds of iron armor? ”

Jian Chen laughed and said, "Of course you can." It's just that it's not easy to make iron armor, and if there are 500 iron armor, there will be 1,000 people to cut wood, 3,000 people to mine, 2,000 people to smash, and 500 people to burn charcoal...... And then count the land that feeds these people and the people who cultivate the land...... The leader of Suyue only needs to give me 30,000 slaves, and I will make these iron armors and send them to the leader of Suyue. ”

Su Yue also smiled: "This is a change, not a send, Ji Xia is so wise, can't he even tell the difference?" ”

"Did the iron armor fall from the sky? Of course I send it, but I have to make it before I send it, and I need people to make it, so the leader of Suyue gave me so many slaves, I can make it and give it to the leader of Suyue, otherwise how can I send it? ”

"Besides, could it be that the leader of Suyue wants to tell Xia that tens of thousands of people in the Xia Kingdom have all gone to smash the iron armor and starve to death, is this for the benefit of the Great River Tribes? If so, I'm afraid that I can't support the leader of Suyue to become the leader of the alliance, otherwise the leader of Suyue wants us to die, otherwise it will be against the interests of the Dahe tribes, then will we die or not? ”

Su Yue said angrily: "When did I say such a thing? ”

Chen Jian also apologized: "This is what I said is wrong. But it is precisely because of this that we need to negotiate a rule that everyone agrees on, what is considered to be against the interests of the great river tribes, and what kind of punishment should be punished for violating it. ”

Su Yue stared at Jian Chen, his heart was already irritable, and he couldn't help but think of what the clan brother of Qiongxi said to him and those proposals.

Su Yue supported Chen Jian to improve these rules before, because at that time, Xia Cheng was still small and weak, and the leader of the various tribes was himself, and the biggest beneficiary after perfecting those rules was himself, the head of the various tribes.

But now Su Yue suddenly began to hate the statement of the interests of the tribes of the Great River, because the Xia Kingdom had grown up, and the leader of the Xia Kingdom openly said that he had the ability to take over the responsibility of the head of the tribes after his death, and all the rules that were perfected now were implemented by the leaders of the tribes, but if it continued like this, how many years could he be the leader of the alliance?

At the beginning, the vague thing of the Great River Tribes could provide Su Yue with greater power and excuse, but now it has become the biggest shackle.

In particular, Jian Chen's impression of Su Yue convinced him that Jian Chen would definitely bring up something like an alliance with Yidi. There will not be much blame until there is no common interest of the so-called Great River tribes, but as the concept is embraced by many cities, there will always be some blame for doing something like that.

Now this shackle has begun to bind Sucheng, and this shackle is ineffective against the Xia Kingdom, on the contrary, it can also make all this smoothly transition to the point that the Xia Kingdom is strong and naturally becomes the leader of the alliances, inheriting the norms and recognition brought by this rule.

Su Yue, who was the most enthusiastic and looked forward to the concentration of power at the head of the alliance, had already begun to dislike and hate this matter, with Xia Guo such a-stirring stick, Su Yue felt that he would not get the rules he wanted, and there would be more and more shackles that he didn't want.

Finally, Su Yue shook his head uncharacteristically and said, "I don't think there is any need to discuss it anymore, I have already roughly said it before, just follow the previous rules." This time, this alliance will end here, but Ji Xia still remember your promise to share iron smelting and other methods with all relatives in three years! Please also ask Ji Xia to keep his promise, otherwise even if I die, if you break the trust of your relatives, how can everyone elect you as the leader? Of course, now that the Xia State is strong, it is not impossible to use the spear to convince everyone when the time comes! ”