Chapter 10 Knighthood
When Chen Fei heard this voice, his face immediately collapsed. originally thought that he could obtain the title of baron, and then he could become a member of the exploiting class of the Tang Dynasty, and he belonged to high-end people. But this guy not only said that he could not be awarded a knighthood, but also punished himself for his so-called "bullying". What is the crime of bullying the king, of course, this Chen Fei is very clear. This crime is enough to cut off the head. Therefore, Chen Fei was very annoyed with this guy, he had no grudge against him, and he actually wanted his own life from the beginning!
"Zhang Shigui, why do you say that you want to cure Chen for joining the army?" Li Yuan was a little incomprehensible.
And the general named Zhang Shigui said: "Your Majesty, the original competition between soldiers and soldiers was a competition of personal bravery. But he actually came up with this kind of cheating method to sensationalize. And he is destroying the martial virtues of the warriors, if this kind of cheating is used in the future, then what martial virtues does the warriors have? In the future, if everyone thinks of this kind of cheating method to obtain higher courage, then who is willing to calm down and practice martial arts? Therefore, this is an act of destroying martial virtues, please punish the emperor severely, otherwise I am afraid that many people will use this kind of means of putting the cart before the horse to improve their combat power in the future, instead of concentrating on martial arts. β
And Chen Fei listened to this guy's statement, and immediately understood that this guy was hating himself! This guy knew at a glance that he was a man who relied on bravery to eat, and if everyone could pull this kind of strong bow in the future, then the market for his personal brave generals would be getting smaller and smaller. So, in order to protect his own interests, he of course also cracked down on this scientific development. If science develops, then everyone thinks of improving weapons as a channel to improve combat effectiveness, and people like him who use martial arts to make food will become more and more miserable.
"Chen Fei, do you have anything to say?" Li Yuan asked.
And Chen Fei's mind turned for a moment, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what this General Zhang Shigui said is inappropriate. Let me take us human beings as an example, we human beings have come from the ancient flood era, the era of ignorance, we have overcome natural disasters, defeated all kinds of fierce beasts, and even defeated many creatures that seem to be stronger than us. What do we rely on? Is it relying on human physical strength, relying on human martial arts? No, we rely on wisdom. When we humans fight against fierce beasts, we find that we are not opponents, so we humans sum up our experience and summarize various fighting skills, which is also martial arts. Later, we humans discovered that we humans could gain a greater advantage by holding weapons than fighting with beasts with empty hands, so we invented all kinds of weapons. Next, we humans went from making weapons out of stone, and later from bronze. Even, now that we humans have adopted steel, this is our human progress. β
So, isn't this the progress of our humanity? But what is it that sustains this progress? We humans rely more on wisdom than on any personal bravery. Even, all kinds of martial arts are exchanged for wisdom. Just imagine, if we humans still stubbornly used our thin bodies to fight against fierce beasts when facing fierce beasts, then we may never be the opponents of fierce beasts. It is because we humans have learned to dig traps, make traps, and even craft all kinds of weapons that we can become the masters of our world with our thin bodies. This is the power brought by wisdom, and we use wisdom to improve combat effectiveness, so why not? β
"I'm improving this bow now, and what is the difference between that and when we went from hand-to-hand fighting, to weapons, then from stone to bronze, and finally to iron? They all rely on wisdom to change our operations, so they all have different paths. And the meaning of this Zhang Shigui is that we should always use it to train ourselves, and then find a way to be stronger than the enemy. But he neglected the most precious thing of human beings, which is wisdom. Because we human beings have wisdom, we have become the masters of the world. And if we human beings could not adopt wisdom, then we human beings would have perished in all kinds of disasters long ago, where would we be today? β
When everyone heard Chen Fei's words, they all began to think about it. The most valuable thing about human beings is not physical bravery, but wisdom. Although Zhang Feiyang did not use personal courage to pull away this nine-stone bow, he used wisdom to solve this strong bow. If an individual is brave, at most one person can pull this strong bow. But Chen Fei used his wisdom to improve this bow and crossbow, that is, to make this bow and crossbow so that countless people could pull it away. From this point of view, Chen Fei's wisdom can bring a lot of strong archers to the Tang army, which is more helpful for the combat effectiveness of the Tang army than a certain brave general. This is wisdom, the most precious thing for human beings. And that Zhang Shigui has always paid attention to personal bravery, which is a bit clichΓ©.
Li Yuan finally spoke: "You are right, wisdom is the most important thing. The ancients said that those who work hard govern people, and those who work hard govern people. This is the value of wisdom, so what you say is right. Since you have relied on your wisdom to pull out this nine-stone bow, I have also recognized your merits. In the future, I hope you can use your wisdom to create more excellent weapons for my Datang, so that you can be worthy of your wisdom. The left prison guard Cao Cao joined the army and Chen Fei listened to the seal! β
When Chen Fei heard this, he immediately began to listen seriously.
"Chen Fei, the guard of the left prison guard, joined the army, and Chen Fei invented the strong bow, and was specially canonized as a male in Weinan County, with 300 households and 150 households." Li Yuan said personally.
When Chen Fei heard this, he was immediately excited, he knew that he had sent it. He obtained the title of a baron of Weinan County, and he had one hundred and fifty actual fiefdoms. The so-called three hundred households, that represents the level of the baron, does not mean that he can have so many fiefdoms. In fact, the fiefdom is one hundred and fifty households, but this is also very valuable.
With the fiefdom of these 150 households, it means that all the taxes paid by the people of these 150 households every year in the future will be given to Chen Fei. And Chen Fei can get the taxes paid by 150 households every year, which is at least hundreds of thousands in later generations! Hundreds of thousands are harvested every year, and they are all harvested without work, and they can be harvested while lying at home. The main thing is that this title can be passed down from generation to generation, and generations can be this privileged class that does not work hard. This is the importance of the title, the official position only represents that you are a worker of a country, and having a title means that you are a "minority shareholder" of the country, and the meaning is different.
So now Chen Fei has become an aristocrat and an exploiting class in the feudal era.