Taihu Lake, which has remained unchanged for tens of thousands of years, is parasitic with customs that have not changed for thousands of years. In the depths of the hearts of the lake worshippers, when worshipping the dragon king and other gods, they actually pay tribute to the fate of their ancestors of all dynasties and the ghosts of the lake who have sacrificed for them since ancient times, and at the same time pray that their people who go out of the lake to fish will return with smooth sailing and full loads.

And there are many bitterness and bitterness of the fishermen in the joy of returning home; And behind that smooth sailing, there are many bitter tears of fisherwomen. The soul of the fisherman woman is full of Taihu Lake, and the fishy smell of the Taihu Lake water can be said to have melted into the tears of the fisherman woman.

A storm was kicked off by the "Lake Festival".

Qi Xuguang waited for more than two hours, and at this time the sky was already dark. After Ji Weiqi finished dealing with the things above the mourning hall, she remembered that there was still a guest waiting to be met in the back hall.

At this time, I was talking with Sima Jingjing in the room. The reason why he didn't say it in front of Qi Xuguang before was to beware of being heard by him. The reason is that when Sima Jingjing was meditating in the backyard, Qi Xuguang walked in front of her, and Sima Jingjing didn't hear the footsteps, which made her very alert. Let's ask, how can an old man who is dying, even if he has martial arts, do this.

"If this Qi Xuguang is not a master, he must have an unbelievable mastery." Sima Jingjing said with certainty, "With my ears, it is easy to hear a person's footsteps, but I can hardly hear his footsteps. ”

"Yes, this is unreasonable, you were meditating at the time, and the surroundings should be extremely quiet, it seems that this Qi Xuguang is indeed not simple."

It didn't take long for Ji Weiqi to come with Xu Qian. Qi Xuguang still has that submissive and polite attitude, and he can be said to have great respect for Ji Weiqi. After the two exchanged pleasantries, Qi Xuguang said the real purpose of his visit.

"Mourning is naturally the first priority, on the other hand, the old decay is not far away, it is to discuss a major matter with Miss Ji."

"You don't have to be polite if you have something to say."

"You are the mother of Yuling, ruling over the big and small things in the clan, according to the old calendar, this year is the time to hold the 'Lake Festival' ceremony." Qi Xuguang explained, "In the past, this 'lake festival' was decided by the master and mother, but this year is different from the past, firstly, the seventh prince should hold a big sacrifice to comfort the heroic soul, and secondly, it coincides with the ancient and modern millennium. ”

Ji Weiqi thought for a while and said, "Elder Qi has worked hard to preside over the 'Lake Festival' for many years, and your opinion is reasonable, so I naturally have no opinion. As far as you can see, when do you think the 'Lake Festival' should be held? ”

"The intersection of yin and yang is just three days later, time waits for no one, if Miss Xi agrees to hold the 'Lake Festival' ceremony, I think the time will be set on the third day of the eighth month after three days."

"Okay, it's set for the third day of August."

Qi Xuguang probably didn't expect Ji Weiqi to agree so happily, but he was stunned first, and it took a while

said, "Miss Hi, since you agree to hold a ceremony, how should you prepare for this scale and pomp?" ”

"The old way."

"Okay, old man understands."

The conversation between Ji Weiqi and Qi Xuguang was crisp and neat, without any delay, obviously because he had been prepared in his heart. Xu Qian on the side didn't say much, and after explaining the relevant matters, Ji Weiqi left the backyard, and Xu Qian was responsible for the rest of the handover.

Xu Qian later told me about this, and I told Xu Qian what Sima Jingjing said. Xu Qian was not very surprised, smiled, and said, "The show has just begun. ”

"Sister Qian, don't you think it's strange? Why is this lake festival held at this time, we are already chaotic enough, the cause of the incident of Faqiumen Yunrong has not been investigated, and we Yuling ourselves have put on this lot of things, why are we holding this 'lake festival' ceremony when we are too busy to take care of ourselves? ”

Xu Qian just smiled shallowly and said, "There is a way that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, young master, don't you think that there is only one thing behind these thousands of things?" ”

"The mountain rain is coming, and the wind is full of buildings? One thing? I thought about it, nodded, and said, "If you say that, it's really not hard to recognize this." In fact, I also understand that the person behind this has made such a big move, and there is only one purpose, that is, to come at us! ”

"To be more accurate, it's for Sister Qi!" Xu Qian said, "Yuling's biggest problem is that the internal and external disputes are good, but the internal and external disputes have existed since ancient times, and it is impossible to completely solve them. ”

I nodded, "I have also thought about this issue before, just like the 'Tui En Order' issued by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty back then, this Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty must strengthen the centralization of power if he wants to make a difference, and the biggest damage to centralized power is the princes, and now our Yuling is the same, Sister Qi wants to make a big difference, and it is inevitable that there will be internal and external disputes, and when the time comes, we will offend a 'princes' who are both prestigious and capable relatives like Aunt Ning." ”

Perhaps in the eyes of historians, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's Tui'en Decree can be said to be the most perfect policy of cutting feudal domains in feudal society. The Tui'en Decree not only achieved the purpose of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to weaken the strength of the vassal states and strengthen the centralization of power, but also perfectly avoided the risk of rebellion of the vassal states and preserved the strength of the country. However, a policy cannot be perfect, and although the Tui En Ling was the most perfect policy that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty could come up with, it also had fatal drawbacks, which directly led to the decline of the Western Han Dynasty a few years later.

The most amazing thing about the Tui En Ling is that this policy can be said to have insight into the essence of the human heart. The Tui En Decree was not a forcible order for the vassal states to return power to the central government, but a perfect attempt to avoid the sensitive area in the hearts of the princes about the reduction of feudal domains, and instead found another way to gradually weaken their interior.

In other words, the purpose of the Tui En Decree was not to weaken the princes by the Han Dynasty royal family, but to make them slowly weaken like a frog boiled in warm water. Maybe

The vassal states knew that they would become more and more divided under this policy, but they had no choice but to watch their power gradually weakened.

But there is still one of the biggest drawbacks of the Tui En Order, perhaps because its advantages are too obvious, so that even a Ming monarch like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ignores its drawbacks.

In the final analysis, the Tui En Decree addressed the threat of the Han Dynasty's royal family to the central power. However, it ignores the fact that when the centralized system is not yet perfect, when the emperor is weak and a third party is in power, there is no one to assist the emperor.

This is the most fatal problem of the dictatorship of foreign relatives in the Western Han Dynasty. In fact, this problem has always been a problem that the entire Han Dynasty could not completely solve. In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the dictatorship of Empress Lu cultivated a huge group of Lu relatives, but in the end, under the counterattack of the Liu royal group, the Lu group was finally exterminated, which was the struggle of the royal children against the foreign relatives group.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the Tui'en Order, the power of the Liu royal family gradually weakened, but the phenomenon of the dictatorship of foreign relatives was not alleviated. When Huo Guang was in power, he could even depose the emperor, but there was no Liu royal power to compete with it. The phenomenon of the dictatorship of foreign relatives has always existed in the Western Han Dynasty. When it came to the period of Emperor Hancheng, the Empress Dowager Wang Zhengjun almost covered the sky with one hand, completely covering the government. The Wang group, a relative, also completely controlled the court, and it was at this time that Wang Mang began to gradually plan for the Han to become self-reliant, and at that time, looking inside and outside the court, no one could compete with the Wang family's foreign relatives group.

At this time, the children of the Liu royal family had already been extremely weakened under the implementation of the Tui'en Order, and the excessive differentiation made the princes' power weak and weak, and there was no way to compete with the powerful foreign relatives group.

If Yuling is now facing the same dilemma at the end of the Han Dynasty, it is because the power of the entire Yuling family has weakened, and Ji Weiqi has turned the tide with his own strength, and it is difficult to have enough capital to fight against his relatives, so even if Ji Weiqi completely defeats Aunt Ning, he does not dare to act rashly against his relatives, and even does not dare to expand the matter, so as not to trigger a chain reaction.

The next day, Huzhou South Taihu Lake Fisherman's Wharf.

This is the city I have lived in for four years, and I can't be more familiar with it. It's a lovely feeling to be back here.

Our boat departed at the pier and slowly drove towards the middle of the lake.

The reason why we set off by boat was proposed by Ji Weiqi, and we arrived in Huzhou a day in advance, preparing to find out the situation on the spot first, but also to avoid the eyes of potential tracking.

That night, we headed out into the endless darkness of the night.

The dock was quickly left behind in the middle of nowhere, and the lights quickly diminished. In an instant, it turned into a few glows like fireflies.

I glanced at Ji Weiqi behind me and sighed in my heart.

Xu Qian sat next to Ji Weiqi and asked, "Young Master Cousin, are you nervous?" ”

I sneered and said, "What's there to be nervous about." ”

"The mountain rain is coming, and this trip may be troublesome again."

Ji Weiqi looked at it for a while and said, "It's 23:51, and the lake festival will be held at 4 o'clock in the morning the day after tomorrow. ”

It just so happened that Ji Weiqi was looking out the window, in this corner

Under the degree, the well-defined faces are particularly dazzling.

"Sister Qi, why is it so early?" Xu Qian said curiously.

"Qi Xuguang has not determined a specific time, since this is the case, then let's help him decide."

"Sister Qi, I don't know if I should ask a question?" I calmed myself down and asked, "Surely you have such a thing as a lake festival?" ”

Ji Weiqi retracted her eyes and said solemnly: "When I first knew about this matter, I was also suspicious, but what Qi Xuguang said is true, the lake festival is indeed a tradition in Yuling, but no one has mentioned it for many years. ”

"Sister Qi, Qi Xuguang is a simple person, and the people in the village just think that he is a harmonious old man, are you sure he can make such a big wave?"

Ji Weiqi smiled bitterly, obviously because it was difficult to distinguish the truth of the matter, so there was nothing to do.

(End of chapter)

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