Chapter 35: The Oath
Ximen Qing knew that Gu Mozhi was a man of great wisdom, and even he couldn't explain the problems he couldn't solve. But -- the greatest wealth and sharpest weapon of the traverser is not to make glass or steel, but to think.
Because of the support of thousands of years of knowledge, when Gu Mozhi was hazy, Ximenqing was already a hole in the fire.
In this way, an enhanced version of the round table of Liangshan was introduced into the nascent Tibetan Autonomous Region.
Although the blood of Zampu has been severed, there can be a parliament - some of the great tribal chieftains can effectively gather the opinions of most of the Tibetan tribes, and they become members of the upper house, and when any incident occurs in Tibet, their duty is to express their opinions.
Shijie things are often not the same, disagreements are commonplace, and there are even many people whose pleasures in life exist for the sake of opposition - you are in favor, I am against; If you oppose it, I agree with it -- it is also a human characteristic to enjoy it.
The House of Lords provides a stage for the hustle and bustle of human nature.
The other small tribes formed the House of Commons, and according to their own views on the incident, they chose different camps, although they did not have the right to speak, but they could be used as the think tank of the representatives of the House of Lords that they supported, and after brainstorming, they would give intellectual support to their own representatives by handing out words.
The combination of the upper and lower houses will bring about a grand debate, and in Kumachi's view, this is very similar to the style of the great monks debating the scriptures when the Tibetan temple holds a grand meeting - so this idea makes Kumachi feel inherently friendly.
Of course, considering the enthusiastic and unrestrained character of the Tibetan people, and the great chieftains who gathered together were not models of following the rules, the chief referee of the debate meeting of the upper and lower houses was Master Kumachi, who would take the big wooden hammer and shake away all the negative factors that were not conducive to stability and unity, such as incitement, instigation, framing, and slander. Just like the debate in the temple, the key to victory in the upper and lower houses is no longer the saber, but the tongue that is sharper than the saber.
If you see who is justified and who can infect more listeners, then when you raise your hand to vote, the majority will overwhelm the minority, and the articulate legislators will have the greatest winning face.
Without Zampu's word, it will be made up by the collective efforts of everyone. Ximenqing's idea made Gu Mozhi suddenly realize - Shijie could not need a strong man, and a haode system could completely replace it, or even make it more perfect.
Under his mediation, the House of Representatives of Tibet was soon completed, forming a basic fighting force on the tip of the tongue, and the bold Tibetans soon became obsessed with this special battle that completely superficialized the competition of interests, quarreled with each other without breaking the bones, and Zuihou could also get a solution.
Ximen Qing smiled leisurely - the fire has been sown, and the concept of dividing the power of one person into the power of the people will gradually take root in the hearts of the people with the passage of time, at that time, the centralized politics of one family and one surname will no longer have a market, and the greed and corruption bred by it will also shrink in broad daylight of the public, and there will be no shameless unscrupulousness in later generations!
This is the direction of history, the pulse of the times! To be able to personally raise the horse and stir up the decadent waves, open the boundless, Ximen Qing and have honor.
After successfully solving the biggest problem of the Tibetan people, there were no more thorny matters at the national conference, and the first national conference was about to come to a successful conclusion. For each party shili attending the meeting, this trip can be described as a huge harvest -- especially the newly-born Tubo Autonomous Region, after being full of vitality, the newly established House of Representatives passed a motion unanimously on behalf of all the Tubo people -- in order to thank the great benefactor of Tubo Ximenqing for his kindness to Tubo for rebuilding Tubo, and to express the sincere respect of the blood of the Tubo people, they will come to make an oath with Ximenqing with the most solemn etiquette of Tubo.
The so-called oath is a custom and ritual that indicates that the hearts of both parties will never change. In the hearts of the Tibetan tribes, the oath is sacred, and all the Tibetan people are deeply ashamed and despise the violation of the oath and the breach of the covenant.
The simplest oath in Tibet is that Gu Mozhi gave the people the peace and the broken end, and the arrows between the people were sworn to swear; If the scale is higher, it will "punish sheep dogs and macaques"; If it is large-scale, it will "kill dogs, horses, cows and donkeys as livestock"; And the highest level of oath recognized by the Tibetan people is rare in a hundred years.
This honor was met by Ximenqing, and he is still the protagonist.
Ximenqing couldn't imagine that the national conference he held would have an oath full of national customs to do the closing ceremony, which was really a wish, and he didn't dare to ask for it! Feeling the sincerity of the Tibetan people, Ximenqing's heart was warm and beautiful, and this feeling was much more refreshing than making money to play with women and cutting people.
On the day of the oath, the place of the venue was decorated in pure white according to Tibetan folklore. The Tibetan people of Gayin admired the color white. Its white custom is related to "respecting the Buddha", because the Buddhist scriptures regard good deeds as "white karma", and doing bad deeds as "black karma". Vinaya Miscellaneous, vol. 8; "The king should know the white industry and white newspaper. Black industry black newspapers, miscellaneous industry miscellaneous newspapers, is the reason why we should abandon the black industry, miscellaneous two industries, and be the white industry. According to the interpretation of Buddhism, white is a symbol of "light", "purity", "integrity" and "victory", and the Tibetan people who attach the most importance to Buddhism naturally have the psychology of national belief that white is regarded as a holy color and regarded as the supreme one, and in their daily life and words and actions, they expressed it more reverently -- with "the heart is the white person with the heart", the Tibetan people should also have the surname Bai when they give themselves the Han surname in the communication between the Tibetan and Han people, and the white flag fluttering at the venue of the oath is fluttering, like snow practicing the air, and countless Tibetan people have donated their own treasured white silk, there is today's pure white ocean.
The venue was full of people. The warriors of Liangshan, Mingjiao, and Tubo gathered together in groups of three or five, although their words were hindered, but they could also communicate with each other with their hands and feet, and between the fine wines, from time to time there were competitive people who wrestled together in a friendly manner, and the people next to them applauded and cheered and cheered.
The lamas and monks who came from various Buddhist temples gathered in front of the tent where Kumazhi lived, and debated the scriptures with Kumazhi and his knowledge.
The people of Tubo changed into festive costumes and mingled with the Han people of Fengxiang Mansion, and the two sides got along amicably. At this time, the most active are the merchants, and in such happy moments, the most stingy people in the usual times can not help but be generous, so that the merchants can earn a lot of money. The liquor vendors were the most popular, and of course, there were those who were caught and beaten - because these blind men mixed the wine with water a little harshly.
The brightest and most eye-catching nature in the hustle and bustle is the beautiful and generous Tibetan girls. Tibetan women take long hair as the beauty, the little girl began to keep her hair from the age of eleven or twelve, and when she grows into a girl, they comb their hair into braids, put them into a carefully embroidered braid tube, the braid is decorated with gold and silver, coral, agate, pearl, conch, ivory, pine ear stone and other decorations, and then put on the festival clothes and dresses, when the time of the trampling, it is really the jade flute in the sound of a hundred flowers falling, the wind blows all night all over the mountain, dizzying, breathtaking.
After the arrival of these dazzling scenery, gather more in Liangshan, Mingjiao, Dali camp tent, some people come out, the girls will join forces around their people to improvise a song, the lyrics say: "From now on, there is no vendetta, there is a business and happiness to do work, and the jackals will not be taken away from people, cattle and horses." ”
Just listening to and watching, you can't help but be intoxicated, and even serious people will unconsciously smile all over their faces. Ximenqing admired the moving singing and dancing of the Tibetan girls from afar, and while his heart was relaxed and happy, he couldn't help but imagine - could this form of singing and dancing in a circle be the predecessor of the Tibetan dances with a long history in later generations, "String Dance" and "Guozhuang Dance"?
And near the water along the river, there are also Tubo people who play for swings in the water. Swinging is one of the customs of Tibet, although it has continued to later generations and has endured. In the background of the blue sky and white clouds, the big tree is stumbling with bark, and the children of Tubo are like beautiful white-breasted eagles, stepping on the swing and soaring in the wind.
The leader of the Liangshan spy report saw the itch of the flea when he drummed up, and also boarded the swing to try his skills. Originally, the swing masters of Tubo saw that Shi Qian was fluttering up and down without four taels of meat, and he still despised it, but he didn't expect that as soon as he swung up, Shi Qian's performance surprised them - it is needless to say that he swings high, and Shi Qian can also make all kinds of tricks with ease in that dangerous high altitude, or put the golden rooster with both hands independently, or put dragonflies upside down on his head and feet, which makes people feel frightened, but his blood is boiling.
After this swing, everyone was convinced and ashamed, especially when it was tense and intense, and I didn't know how many beautiful and beautiful eyebrows shouted hoarsely.
Kan Wanlin was crowded in the group of beauties one after another, and when he saw that Shi Qian was so windy, he couldn't help but be moved by the spring heart of painting cats and tigers. Seeing that no one dared to go up to offer ugliness after moving off the swing, Kan Wanlin stepped forward without hesitation: "Let everyone see the means of my north wind!" ”
Although Kan Wanlin's nickname is "North Wind Flying Around", it is already spring, and the North Wind flying has no market. And Kan Wanlin is in danger on the swing at the same time, but also flickering his eyes to the beauties around to show affection, this autumn wave also seems a little out of place with the current spring - even though he is a first-class player, but so hard-hearted, he still can't hold it, and he is thrown out of the swing board in a hurry, no need to pinch the trick, no need to chant a spell, he becomes a trapeze.
Fortunately, there are Tibetan horse herders around, and they have been prepared. As soon as Kan Wanlin people flew up, they all went down to the lasso, and these lassoes could even be caught by the wild horses galloping on the plateau, and it was even more like nothing to take a Kan Wanlin. The lasso is on the body, turning the vertical strength into horizontal strength, Kan Wanlin's martial arts are high, taking advantage of a harrier to turn over, head and feet, landing steadily, and not shocked.
Listening to the sound of good-natured laughter in all directions, Kan Wanlin was about to brag a few words, but he heard the sound of the horn in the distance—everyone didn't care what they heard, and they all rushed to the place where the horn sounded—the oath meeting was about to officially begin!
As the protagonist, Ximen Qing will naturally not be absent. When he came to the venue where he was preparing the haode oath, he looked around and couldn't help but be surprised, and his heart was shocked! This is exactly what it is:
only said that it was sincere and charming, but it was cold and moving! But I don't know what will happen next, and listen to the next breakdown.