The Indian Eight Banners were established by Zhou Xiaoqi and Meng Qi at their own discretion!

The authority of the Mingzhou expedition is extremely great, and it has full powers in all aspects such as diplomacy, military, economy, justice, and legislation. Naturally, you can recruit and organize the army on your own.

And in the past year, Zhou Xiaoqi and Meng Qi have not been idle. On the one hand, they run the base of Jinshan City; On the other hand, they also drew warriors from the first conquered Indian tribes, mixed with land expeditions, and then sent troops to carry out military and religious conquest of the Indian tribes around Jinshan City, which was later called the "California Valley", and has conquered all the natives living in this narrow plain.

Now, there are fifty-five Indian tribes who have returned to Jinshan City, with more than 100,000 tribesmen! It's a lot of force. If it is replaced by the mountain and wild Jurchens in the northeast, they can be used to organize tens of thousands of elite troops. But not here in Beimingzhou.

Because the social system of the indigenous people of the "California Valley" is very backward. It was communism - primitive communism, of course. With tribes as a unit, they work together and consume together, regardless of each other. When the tribal leaders and tribal warriors distribute the fruits of their labor, they only take a little more, and they do not have much privilege.

This system seems to be very good, but it is very unfavorable to the development of productive forces and military activities. There is little difference between good and bad work, and there is no concept of private property and family - so they have little interest in the possession of material, slaves, women, land. Therefore, it is difficult to drive them to fight, because it is useless to give them these good things and beautiful women...... That's tribal. It's not theirs!

Historically, this kind of primitive communism has continued among the North American Indians until modern times, and naturally it has also greatly limited the development and progress of Indian society. caused a large loss of wealth of the Indians (white Americans are not Mongols who only use force to rob, they are even better at doing business and cheating money).

At present, Indian communism has caused great trouble to Zhou Xiaoqi and Meng Qi, two ambitious colonists.

Because they suddenly found themselves with little leverage that could drive the Indians to war...... Except for the wine!

The Indians don't seem to have any resistance to wine, and they like it until they go crazy. But as soon as they get drunk, they can't do anything when they get drunk -- this has to do with genes, and the Indians of North America are half destroyed by primitive communism, and half by alcohol.

Therefore, Zhou Xiaoqi and Meng Qi couldn't give the Indians too much wine. And they don't have much wine in their hands either. The Indians of the "California Valley" had no agriculture, they were all fishing and hunting peoples, and naturally there were no materials to make wine.

Therefore. The two colonizer leaders consulted and discussed, and finally came up with a solution - to force social reforms! Abolish the tribes, engage in privatization, engage in slavery!

As for the system with which the Indians were organized. The two naturally thought of the Eight Banners system. Because they know the three systems of the imperial examination, the scholarly examination, and the Eight Banners. It was a joke to let the Indians go to the imperial examination, and the canonization power of the Shijue was not in their hands, and the only thing that could be implemented was the Eight Banners.

But another problem has become an obstacle to the social progress of Beimingzhou, that is, the language barrier. Although after these days of getting along, many Indian soldiers have been able to understand simple Chinese, such as "standing upright", "forward", "retreating", "charging", "archery", "killing", "arson", "appreciating wine and drinking", and so on. But there are so many things that need to be explained in a social reform that cannot be explained in some simple language.

Therefore, Zhou Xiaoqi and Meng Qi only had the patience to wait for Wen Tianxiang's Jinshan Academy to produce results -- the real role of Jinshan Academy is actually to teach Chinese. Seventy-two sages or something is the fat translation in the anti-Japanese films of later generations.

"Sharks through the sea, shrimp learn the way, and the roe will be." Wen Tianxiang clicked the names of the three proud protégés, and went straight to the festival hall in Jinshan City. Inside the festival hall. Zhou Xiaoqi, Meng Qi and Yang Aguo have all arrived. I am whispering traffic around the map table.

"After being born in the later years, I learned sharks to pass the sea, shrimp to learn the Tao, and fish roe generals, and participated in Zhou Guanren, Mengguan Ren, and Yang Daoren."

The three Indian scholars dressed in animal skin Confucian costumes greeted each other decently, and they also said that they were late students, but they really looked like scholars.

"Ah, no need to be polite." Zhou Xiaoqi frowned for a while when he looked at the Indian Confucian students, and then looked at Wen Tianxiang, who was a little proud, "Champion Gong, how are they?" Can you speak? ”

"I can memorize the "Three Character Classic", Wen Tianxiang said, "I can also know hundreds of words...... It is considered to be an entry, my Chinese culture is broad and profound, and these 72 people want to learn successfully, and they must work for more than ten years. ”

"It took more than ten years to educate seventy-two people, and if you want to educate the entire land of Beimingzhou, won't it take thousands of years?"

Yang Aguo said strange things in a strange way on the side. He is a Jurchen who was promoted to the Han Dynasty by Mo Yingniang, and he is naturally not hard in front of Wen Tianxiang, the champion of the princess, so he can only say some strange things, but this Jinshan Academy is still in charge of Wen Tianxiang.

Wen Tianxiang said: "These seventy-two people are just the beginning, everything is difficult at the beginning!" ”

Zhou Xiaoqi coughed, stopped the two from continuing to fight, and asked, "Shark Tongtian, Shrimp Xuedao, and Fish Roe General, do the three of you know what a slave is?" ”

"You know," said the shark first, "slaves are the property of their masters, they have no freedom, and their lives are not guaranteed, they will be killed and sacrificed to the ghosts and gods, they work for their masters, but they have little food and clothing, and most of their income is possessed by their masters." ”

In his early years, he traveled extensively to the southern Toltec and Mayan city-states, which were already slave societies, and he naturally knew what slaves were all about. Speaking of these, a face that is old and has experienced a lot of ups and downs still shows an expression of disgust.

In another time and place, the Indians in the United States loved freedom and were reluctant to become slaves - which is why Americans wanted to buy black slaves. But the Indians of the South, including the Maya and Quechua, were not so attached to freedom, and they had a class before they were conquered by white Europeans, so they were more likely to accept the reality of oppression.

"Shark Tongtian, you don't want to be a slave, do you?" Yang Aguo seemed to see the clue.

"I'd rather die!" "The people of the entire Golden Mountain Plain, whether they are Chumash or Tonggwa, love freedom more than life!" ”

"Where, then, do people love life more than freedom?" Yang asked.

"The South, although the Mayans in the south have beautiful cities and countless wealth, they are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they are willing to be slaves!" They had slaves there, and they had slave owners. That's why they were conquered by the Toltecs and Chichimeks! ”

To use an inappropriate analogy, the Maya's position in the Americas is somewhat similar to that of the Han people in East Asia, creating a brilliant civilization with relatively developed productive forces. But the force gradually weakened, so that it became the object of invasion by the barbarians of the north. The Indians living on the land of the United States in later generations were similar to the Mongols, Jurchens and other nomadic and fishing and hunting peoples, who did not have developed productive forces and civilization, but they were powerful because of barbarism, and as long as they had a relatively strict social organization, they could wave their troops to invade the south. The Chichimec people, who now rule most of the Mayan lands, were a nomadic people who traveled south from the north.

Yang asked in a deep voice, "Then do the Chumash and Tongwa want to be the masters of the Maya like the Chichimec?" ”

"Become the master of Maya!?"

I have seen the wealth of Maya, it is a shark through the sea, and even my breathing is a little short.

"Taoist, is this the will of the great One God?" Shrimp Xuedao asked reverently.

"Is it the meaning of the One God?" Caviar will be in the same tone.

Wen Tianxiang's eyebrows furrowed, he seemed to be a little unhappy, the Indian scholar he had cultivated with so much thought and mind seemed to be still superstitious!

Yang Ah Guo was expressionless and nodded slightly, "Yes, this is the will of the One God!" The One God wants us to spread His truth to the land of the Maya! ”

The three Indian scholars all knelt reverently. "Since it is God's will, of course we will obey it. ”

Yang Ah said coldly: "But God also said that the Chumash and Tonggwa people are scattered, very disunited, and have no motivation to fight, if they do not carry out reforms, it will be difficult for them to enter the Maya!" ”

"Reform?"

Yang spoke slowly, as if he was afraid that the three Indians would not be able to hear clearly.

“…… It is to abolish the tribal system, implement the eight-banner system, and reorganize all Chumash and Tongwa into eight banners, and each Chumash and Tongwa no longer belong to their own tribe, but have their own home and property, and men and women live together, have children together, and can pass on their property and identity to their descendants. And God will make the warriors rich, the cowards poor, the nobles who have made meritorious deeds, and the Mayans slaves of the nobles! Sharks go to the sea, shrimp learn the way, and caviar generals, do you think this is good? ”

The three Native Americans looked at each other, and then nodded at the same time - the gods have spoken, what else is there to be good about? Just be honest and obedient!

"Then can you translate what I just said into the native language and tell all the natives who have surrendered to Jinshan?"

The three of them nodded at the same time. They are Wen Tianxiang's students, and after studying for almost a year, they can already understand the general meaning of what Yang Aguo said.

Zhou Xiaoqi and Meng Qi exchanged glances, and Xiao Qi suddenly said loudly: "Shark through the sea, shrimp Xuedao, and fish roe generals, order the three of you to quickly gather the fifty-five clan chiefs and elders, and rush to Jinshan City within ten days." It is said that the One God sent down an oracle to establish the Eight Banners of India. Then launch the Holy War and conquer the Mayan kingdom in the south! (To be continued......)