Chapter 12: Where Luo Ling and Xiang Yu Diverge
As night fell, several bonfires in the barracks were flickering, and a column of soldiers patrolled the camp.
In the big tent of the Chinese army, Xiang Yu sat on the head, and in his hand was the information from all over the place, the more he looked at it, the more angry he became, and he threw it directly on the ground, and roared in a low voice: "Sure enough, it is a group of people who can't be trusted." ”
Yu Ji happened to lift the curtain and walked in, and was startled by the sound of the bamboo slips thrown in front of her, she was born extremely beautiful, with fair and clear skin, born in Jiangdong, and her temperament was as gentle as the slowly flowing water outside the city of Gusu, and when she saw her, she remembered the woman praised in the "Book of Songs, Wu Feng".
Yu Ji didn't know why Xiang Yu was angry, and called out with some concern: "King~"
Xiang Yu raised his head when he heard the voice, and saw the curly Yu Ji coming, the anger in his heart was swept away, and he beckoned: "Yu'er, I have a headache, knead it for me." ”
Yu Ji walked up to the seat, Xiang Yu closed his eyes and enjoyed Yu Ji's slender hands, smelling the smell of fragrant fragrance, and his heart was calm.
"Great King, why did King Qi rebel?"
Yu Ji asked with a deep sense of concern, Xiang Yu sighed softly, even though he was an invincible soldier master, no one could always be strong, in front of Yu Ji, he was finally able to remove those disguises.
"Because I cut the land of Qi and divided it into the Chu State, and I still intend to suppress him, of course he wants to rebel."
Xiang Yu said very calmly, Yu Jiren was stunned for a moment, and then said: "King, you are a hero who stands up to the heavens and the earth in the body and mind of the concubine, and you must not do this for no reason, are you willing to tell the reason to the concubine?" ”
Xiang Yu stretched out his hand and took Yu Ji's soft body into his arms, thinking back to the past, his face gradually brought a look of disdain, and said in a deep voice: "Cutting down the way, punishing the tyrannical Qin, the Shandong heroes raised troops, and finally destroyed the Qin Dynasty."
But in fact, these nobles of the Six Kingdoms are afraid of the Qin army, and they are greedy and fierce to their own people, should such allies be trusted?
If there was no uncle and Ji who led the children of Jiangdong to the north to die in Qin, would they be able to escape Zhang Han's purging with their group of waste?
If the Luo Gongling is in front of me, I have nothing to say, but the others are just wild dogs eating the corpses of the Qin Dynasty behind me.
Are you worthy to be king? ”
Xiang Yu looked down on the so-called Shandong heroes from the bottom of his heart, thinking that they were just a group of gong dogs, and they were completely following behind Luo's and Xiang's to pick up cheap, and they could still do it by changing people.
Yu Ji asked in surprise: "In this case, the king, you gave them land, why didn't they repay your kindness, but betrayed you?" ”
Xiang Yu said coldly: "Yu'er, you don't understand, there are many people in this world who value righteousness and ignore life and death, for example, the tens of thousands of sons and daughters who went out of Jiangdong with me outside the account, they are all willing to die for me."
But most of the nobles are not like this, the Xiang family has been prominent in the Chu State for eight hundred years, and has fought with the nobles of the Chu State for eight hundred years, and has seen too many dark and dirty things.
I am not surprised that the nobles do anything treacherous, and even if I give all the Qi land to the King of Qi, he will eventually rebel.
In that case, it is better to weaken their power, and when they rebel, I will have a reason to take back those lands.
After I pacify the kings, I will abolish the sacrifices of Haotian, Taiyi, Shaohao, etc., and only sacrifice to King Su.
Luo's is so grinding that King Su should be worshiped as the only supreme god as early as the Bangzhou period.
The holy kings of the past were all ordered by the heavens, and I, Xiang Yu, must be ordered by the ancestors. ”
Seeing that Xiang Yu became high-spirited again when he talked about King Su, Yu Ji hesitated: "Great King, the concubine heard that it has always been the Luo clan who sacrificed to King Su, although the patriarchal law has collapsed, and now there is no difference between the big sect and the small sect, but if you do this, won't it annoy the Luo clan?" ”
Xiang Yu is indeed a descendant of King Su, but according to the patriarchal law, the real ancestor of his lineage is Luo Yan, just like Liu Bei will not call himself Emperor Gao, but will only call himself King Jing of Zhongshan.
Xiang Yu said with a smile: "If it was natural before, but now I am the Son of Heaven and the co-master of the world, even according to the patriarchal law, I will take King Su as my ancestor."
Besides, why is the Luo clan angry, although the relationship between the Luo clan and the Xiang clan is already far away, but I raise the status of the ancestors, even if the Luo Gongling is in front of me, will I be unwilling?
Xiang Luo has been separated for 800 years, and the stigma has been lost for 800 years, and the Xiang family has become the Son of Heaven and has obtained the supreme status in the world.
The old days of those Bang Zhou are coming to an end, and King Su will rule in the heavens and his descendants will rule over the earth. ”
Looking at Xiang Yu's heroic demeanor, Yu Ji only felt dizzy, this is the hero she likes.
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Luo Ling sat in Zhaocheng, looked at the words that cursed the Son of Heaven in the history books, and said with a slight sigh: "Ordered by Heaven, calling himself the Son of Heaven, where is there any Son of Heaven, but they are all mortals."
Only Luo's can be regarded as truly ordered by heaven, but Luo's cannot be the supreme son of heaven.
Ancestor, when will the last shackles on this body be opened?
It is too painful to see the people of the world living in suffering, but they can only try their best to alleviate it. ”
After creating Luoling, Ji Zhao once again let himself fall into a deep sleep, as the family became stronger and stronger, Ji Zhao paid little attention to the family, and he did not express his will to the family for a long, long time.
Although he knew that everything would end in three thousand years at most, and he knew that the imperial system would not be the mainstream in the future, he couldn't say it, so the Luo clan disciples didn't know.
These wise children are preparing for the continuation of the family for 10,000 years, which is why Luo Ling, as the head of the family, clearly knows how strong the family is, but many times he tries his best to save the family heritage.
Just like this battle to destroy Qin at the end of Qin, the Luo clan invested a lot of resources to ensure that the most chaotic early stage after the establishment of the new dynasty was safely passed, and when the order was formed, with the ability of the Luo clan, there was no need to rely on artifacts.
The family and Zhuxia are like a scale, they must maintain balance at all times, and once the balance is broken, in the end, the children will use their lives to defend their ideals, and they will not be forced to use the family heritage.
Luo Ling is still a keen observer of the situation in the world, and he has long expected Xiang Yu's behavior, but he doesn't care about this matter anymore, what he cares about is what King Su will appear in the new dynasty.
So many resources are invested, which is enough for Luo's to win a part of the ideological discourse.
In fact, for Xiang Yu to sacrifice King Su that day, Luo Ling had a momentary heartbeat, using the existence of King Su to limit the power of the king and prevent them from having no scruples and becoming a single husband, which is what Luo has always wanted to do.
After all, the biggest bug of Luo's is that it can ensure that the talents and morals of his family's children are always on the passing line, and it is very suitable to supervise the king.
In the past, when King Su was divided, most of the nobles at that time were descended from the blood of the ancient three emperors, and they were the descendants of the three kings and five emperors.
But after thousands of years of Bang Zhou, they are basically the blood descendants of the surname Ji, in other words, the three kings and five emperors are all in the past, and King Su is the super ancestor.
Of course, Luo Ling knew that Xiang Yu was in love with King Su, and if King Su was alive, he could really limit Xiang Yu's power.
But after thinking about it, Luo Ling still forcibly restrained this idea.
First of all, it is impossible for King Su to be because of this present life.
Secondly, it is not a good thing to directly follow Xiang Yu's idea to elevate King Su to the only supreme god.
King Su said: The dirt of the country is the lord of the society; The country is ominous, and it is the king of the world.
The lord of the society and the king of the world still have to bear so much criticism, what about an ancestor supreme god?
Ji Zhao himself did not want to become a supreme god worshipped by countless people, and he did not believe in gods.
But he knew that the Luo family needed it very much, and this group of descendants worked hard to maintain the continuation of the family, how could Ji Zhao make it more difficult for the descendants to survive because of his own dislike?
He loved the children of the Luo family who had fought for his goals and ideals for generations.
Luo Ling's biggest concern is that everyone in the world knows that the Xiang family is from the Luo family, after all, there are too few prestigious and prominent families whose lineage can last for eight hundred years, you must know that even the Jiang surname Lu of the Qi State has been killed.
Everyone in the world knows that Xiang Yu is a descendant of King Su, and the connection between Xiang and King Su is too close.
If one day the Xiang royal family becomes angry and resentful, and the resentment of the people in the world is transferred from the Xiang Son of Heaven to King Su, what should I do?
Even if it is not the Son of Heaven of the Xiang family, there are so many people who worship King Su in this world, but King Su can only appear intermittently, and it is impossible to pay attention to the world all the time, and there must be many people who will be disappointed or even scolded, which is very normal.
Therefore, it is necessary to find a shield for King Su, Luo Ling studied and studied, and found that the previous God was very suitable, and his status was high enough to carry the black cauldron.
Heaven is still that day, and King Su appears as a kind of heaven with the image of fairness and justice, sometimes sleeping, sometimes waking up, and when he wakes up, he will punish those dynasties and people who bear sin.
As for the time when he was asleep, there was still God, and it had nothing to do with King Su.
When people are praying, they chant King Su, and if King Su does not respond, then curse God, it is perfect.
This is the most suitable positioning for King Su that Luo Ling came up with, and when this idea appeared in his mind, he and Xiang Yu had an essential contradiction.
Suwang is the most untouchable point of the Rocks.
This is a completely unfair competition, Luo Ling can really meet King Su, how can this feather fight?
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The process of King Su becoming the supreme god of the Zhuxia civilization is a miracle in the history of religion, maturing in a very short period of time, affecting both the upper and lower populaces of the empire, which is unique among the countries in the world that use polytheism.
I don't even know if I should use the word religion, he is undoubtedly the supreme god of civilization, but there is no religious group that exists around him, or the emperors and nobles of the Zhuxia Empire are members of this group. -- The Evolution of Religion in China
Xiang Yu didn't think about replacing the status of the great sect, he simply felt that he had become the Son of Heaven and should sacrifice to King Su, thinking about making the ancestor a supreme god, the same as those who posthumously crowned the ancestor emperor in later generations, but the idea of short-lived species and Luo's can be thousands of years old is still different, this is where the difference lies, I should write it clearly.
(End of chapter)