Three Kingdoms

What are rights?

Perhaps it was because when Fei Qian was quietly looking at such a simple painting, no one dared to disturb him, but when Fei Qian spoke, everyone listened attentively.

But actually?

If rights are tangible, how do they arise and how do they disappear?

If it is invisible, how can it make other people obey and docilely assume various postures?

Taishi Ci frowned and looked at the painting.

In fact, to be honest, there is nothing strange about this painting. It is similar to the graffiti in many places in Han Dynasty. It may be that someone with a certain artistic talent found a piece of brightly colored graffiti. The ore is then ground to make pigment, which is then smeared on mud walls or stone walls.

Fei Qian gave a little reminder, "Think about some of the paintings on the road..."

Taishi Ci raised his eyebrows, "This is a human being!" The paintings are of people! 』

Fei Qian nodded.

In the Western Regions, Buddhism is still relatively popular. Not to mention Qiuci, many other countries also practice Buddhism. There will also be some paintings on some rocks on both sides of the roads in the Western Regions, but most of those paintings are Buddha statues. . Whether they are sitting or standing portraits, they are shrouded in the light of the Buddha, worshiped by believers, or subduing wild beasts or something...

The only one who doesn't paint people is the life of ordinary people and the hope of ordinary people.

But now in the portrait in front of Fei Qian and Tai Shi Ci, the subject is not a god, but a human being.

If we interpret it superficially, the fruit trees growing abundantly represent the harvest, the men and women represent life, the children and the puppies represent the future, and the sun and moon represent hope.

These are what people expect, what a mortal hopes for.

Not what God wants.

What does God need?

God is almighty, God is rich, God lacks nothing…

All God lacks is his knees.

Mortal Knees.

Only by kneeling down and being a licking dog can you get salvation...

People have many needs.

Including but not limited to crops, vegetables, and fruits.

Fei Qian pointed at the painting, clicked it, and then looked at Tai Shici meaningfully, "Remember this painting, and you will have won half the battle." 』

Taishi Ci answered with his hands raised, then turned his head and scanned the uncomplicated painting up and down, as if he wanted to engrave it in his heart. Taishi Ci realized that a place full of gods and Buddhas obviously belonged to gods and Buddhas, not to mortals. If there are only gods and Buddhas in the Western Region, what should mortals do? If the Western Region becomes the territory of gods and Buddhas, it will be equivalent to his failure as a successor.

And now, the key to unlocking the shackles of gods and Buddhas is on this wall.

Taishi Ci knew clearly that Fei Qian's meaning was certainly not about painting a few paintings, but the meaning of the paintings.

This is like the United States selecting the most beautiful cities in later generations. It doesn’t mean painting a few pictures, cleaning two streets, or hanging some slogans to represent the most beautiful cities. Then when the inspection team leaves, it will still look the same. look.

People in the Western Regions are no different from people in the Han Dynasty. They also hope for food, clothing, food and clothing, and peace for their families. Anyone who can do this in the Han Dynasty is naturally a good governor. So how can we do this well in the Western Regions?

Keep hanging signs?

Cleaning up before the inspection team comes down?

Plan the route for Fei Qian's inspection, and then identify the small stalls on both sides of the route that make 9,000 a day, and arrest them, arrest them, confiscate them, or overturn them?

Disrespectful souvenirs and poor service.

Then it’s as if the government still believes that the people can still be patient and can still continue to squeeze out oil?

In fact, the answer lies in the "painting".

Or just a painting, like a dream, dreaming every day, or...

Work hard to turn your dreams into reality.

After passing the painting, Fei sneaked into the meeting hall of this small town.

The meeting hall generally maintains the original structure of the Han family.

It's just that the seats that were originally seats are now felt blankets, and the mats that were originally thatched are now furs.

Fei Qian was silent for a moment and sat down without saying anything.

"We have brought in all the documents and manuscripts from recent years. ” Fei Qian ordered the second floor, the old city guard. Since he was called Al and so on, he simply called him Ah Er. It was easy to remember.

Lou Er was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said: "Honorable General... We don't have any documents here..."

Fei Qian waved his hand and said, "Take whatever you have." 』

Xu Chu, who was beside Fei Qian, glanced at the guard in the hall. The guard pressed the handle of the knife and stood behind Laocheng Shou with a snort.

The old city guard wiped his sweat and turned around to get the paperwork with full of doubts. He has never seen someone like Fei Qian. After coming here, he first doesn’t want gold and silver, secondly he doesn’t want beautiful women, and he doesn’t want fine wine and food, but what kind of documents do he want?

What's the use of Shanshan's writing style? And there really isn’t much.

What's more, it's not written in Chinese characters, so I definitely can't understand it...

The second floor leader respectfully led a few people and placed several baskets of documents in front of Fei Qian.

Most of the documents were written on wood, and some were on sheepskin.

Fei Qian took some and looked at them, and also signaled to Taishi Cici to take a look at some.

Fei Qian really couldn't understand.

But it can be seen that these words are some kind of letters. There seems to be some shadow of later Tibetan writing, but it's not very similar. But there is no doubt that these characters have nothing to do with Chinese characters.

These writings were called Qilin in later generations.

And here at the moment, Lou Er said that these are the words of Buddha, because these words were brought by monks...

That's right, those people from Busen.

Busen’s master, the old monk’s old monk, was brought from the Buddhist kingdom.

what does that mean?

Among the archaeological discoveries of later generations, most of the Chinese documents unearthed in the ancient city of Loulan date from 263 to 272. The remaining pieces are from around 330. In other words, the documents discovered by archeology belong to the Wei and Jin Dynasties in history. China re-sent Han people to garrison in Loulan.

Most of these documents written with Chinese characters were made of wooden tablets and bamboo slips. It is precisely because of this material that these texts were preserved in the dry climate of the Western Regions.

What does this mean?

This is a big problem.

Fei Qian looked at these twisted fonts and frowned slightly.

"Lord?" These lines..." Taishi Ci also looked at these lines, feeling a little dizzy, and turned to look at Fei Qian. Taishi Ci seemed to feel something, but the position where he stood was naturally not as high as Fei Qian. He just felt that these words were too ugly and not good-looking. As for the meaning behind these words, or the background of their formation , I don’t have many ideas yet.

"It's a pity..." Fei Qian patted these lines with his hand, "We should have come earlier... In other words, we should have realized this problem earlier... Ziyi, if there are gods and Buddhas in the paintings in the Western Region, There are gods and Buddhas in the words, what will be walking on the road? Either it is a Buddha or a ghost... Fengxian knocked down the statues of gods and killed the monks. He may also want to expel these gods and Buddhas, but Ziyi, look at it, Fengxian became a ghost... The Han people also changed. He became a ghost...but these things are still there...the gods and Buddhas are still there, shining brightly..."

Taishi Ci was stunned. He didn't expect Fei Qian to view these words this way.

Taishi Ci held these documents and suddenly felt that the words looked like insects, eating the wooden tablets and sheepskin.

As the old saying goes, "power takes care of itself." 』

Where white public power cannot fill the gap, gray or even black authority will naturally fill it.

Once gray or black authority appears, it first proves one thing.

Bai Quan did not do well.

Just like the Han Dynasty opened up the Western Regions before BC, but what was popular in the Western Regions was not Chinese characters or Chinese.

This is because the Han people did not do a good job.

No amount of excuses can change this.

In many places in the Western Regions, because it was the ancient times, tribal people who migrated earlier than the Spring and Autumn Period arrived in the Western Regions. Most of these tribes had a rough language, but most of them did not have writing.

When these people from the Western Regions longed for writing, the Han people did not give it to them...

So Buddhists came and brought writing, which soon became the writing used by these Western countries.

Because the countries in the Western Regions have such needs, and the people in the Western Regions have such needs, just like everyone needs food, clothing, housing, transportation, order and peace, and the Han court cannot provide it, then they will find it themselves.

Who's to blame?

emperor?

Minister?

Protector of the Western Regions?

Of course we can only blame the people of the Western Regions...

For so many years, the official records of the Han Dynasty have been that the Western Regions are full of unruly and unruly people, untouchables who cannot be civilized...

Taishi Ci suddenly made a snap sound, clapped the wooden tablet in his hand, and said to Fei Qian: "My lord!" The subordinates understand! This is "same culture, same track"! 』

"good! ” Fei Qian put his hands on his hands and smiled, giving Tai Shi Ci his approval.

Fei Qian pointed to the lines, "I'll leave these to Ziyi... I hope I can understand the next words..."

Taishi Ci bowed his head and accepted the order, "Lord, don't worry!" Subordinates should do their best! 』

Is not it simple?

But since the Han Dynasty occupied the Western Region, no one has thought about it, or some people have thought about it, but they have not done it.

The merits of Qin Shihuang are not how many people he killed in the Six Kingdoms, whether he slaughtered Confucian scholars or alchemists, but that he integrated the different characters and standards of the Six Kingdoms into a unified model. He made China inseparable from now on. , no matter where the accent is, but as long as the written words are the same, then they can communicate and communicate with each other, so that Chinese civilization and ideas can be spread to every corner of China.

I would like to ask, is it possible to simply kill people?

Of course, maybe Qin Shihuang didn't think that much when he did this, but the effect of his actions was indeed to lay a solid foundation for Chinese civilization.

In the Han Dynasty, unfortunately, Qin Shihuang's thoughts were not extended...

The Western Regions were the Western Regions before BC and were still the Western Regions after AD.

Why can't it become the Western County of the Han Dynasty, or Tianshan County or something?

Taishi Ci smiled happily because he finally found the right direction and followed Fei Qian's footsteps.

This made him feel completely at ease, but a new problem emerged.

We know the direction, but what exactly should we do?

Where to start?

Force the order to use Chinese characters instead of using Chinese characters, indicating that those who do not speak Chinese or write Chinese characters are all malicious people. The lighter ones will be punished, the severe ones will be imprisoned, and in the end, they will simply be beheaded?

This is simply an old sorrow leaving and a new one coming back. Taishi Ciba smacked his lips and sighed slightly.

I don't know if Fei Qian noticed Tai Shici's expression, but he smiled and asked someone to take some iron utensils that he carried with the army, placed them in front of Lou Er, and asked the minor officials who accompanied the army to explain the iron utensils to Lou Er. use.

The second guard of the old city didn't pay much attention at first, but as he listened, he began to pay full attention, and his expression gradually became serious. Perhaps his eyesight is not very good as he gets older, but his whole body is almost attached to those agricultural iron materials. On the appliance...

Taishi Ci looked at it, suddenly enlightened, and turned back to look at Fei Qian.

Fei Qian nodded slightly, "Is it true that the only power in the world is the sword?" 』

Taishi Ci cupped his hands and said, "My lord is wise." The subordinates will imitate the master's method of agricultural and industrial bachelors, and replace the local officials, implement the same policies and policies, and for a period of ten years, the Western Region will be regarded as the Han County! 』

"good! ” Fei Qian nodded and saw that Taishi Ci had indeed understood the direction and some specific means of implementation. Then he gently said to Taishi Ci, “A hundred years ago, the Han Dynasty was strong and powerful, and the countries in the Western Regions paid tribute to the Han Dynasty. However, when the Han Dynasty declined, people began to abandon their hearts, saying that their clans were different. They were angry, rebuked, or lured and killed them, thinking that they had achieved merit, but they brought disaster. These are all mediocre people who have no excuses. Since Ziyi knows the true method, he should practice it. If there is something wrong or not going smoothly, don't rush into it. You can study it carefully and learn from it. If the effect is achieved in ten years, thousands of people who are close to the Han people will be educated, and they will be proud of the Han family's clothing, food, and Chinese language and characters, and for those who use it, great success can be expected in the Western Region. 』

The Western Region is like an enclave.

The Han people want it, the Huns also want it, the Xianbei people, and the Kushan people all want it, and they have all taken action.

More than a hundred years ago, at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, when the Central Plains was experiencing internal and external troubles, the Huns, who had regained some strength in the northern desert, began to invade the Western Regions again. They used knives and blood to once again make the people of the Western Regions surrender. They attacked Jiuquan and Zhangye in the east and Dawan in the west. In order to compete for control of the small Hu countries in the western regions, they also fought fiercely with the Kushan people.

But when the strength of the Huns faded again, the people from the Western Regions quickly killed those remaining Huns in the Western Regions. The land that the Huns had spent time and blood to conquer was like a sand tower on the beach. The ice sculptures in the desert looked spectacular, but they disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.

Later the Kushans came.

He also tried to use swords and guns to make the Westerners surrender.

The Westerners also surrendered.

Then the Kushan people were beaten away again...

People from the Western Regions said, what is Kushan?

If Fei Qian did not come, then historically it was the Xianbei people who came. Then when Cao Cao unified the north, he drove away the Xianbei people and the Wuhuan people. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, they once again settled in the Western Regions, and then in the Jin Dynasty, very soon Soon after entering the period of the Five Husties, the Western Regions once again fell out of sight of the Central Plains.

In history, most of the territories conquered purely by force of military strength, if there is no civilization as a link to fill the gaps and eliminate hatred, they must lack a solid foundation. Even if they are forcibly integrated, the interior will be full of all kinds of things. fierce conflicts.

Han culture and Central Plains civilization were originally a civilization that was very suitable for integration.

Because the ancestors created hieroglyphics!

It is inherently easier to understand intuitively than alphabetic characters, which gives it an absolute advantage when communicating in words.

The lifespan of Pinyin text is relatively short.

Because that's the accent.

say.

If you don't know how to recite it, you will become a dead person or a loser.

When a nation, or a war, or a plague, causes a large number of people to disappear, if the mainstream group that caused the language accent disappears and is replaced by other accents, then the words and characters written by this nation and this country will appear. A situation where what you say does not match. Once this happens, sub-onomatopoeic scripts, or other alphabetic scripts with evolved accents, will appear.

Therefore, pinyin writing is a relatively poor writing form in terms of inheritance.

As fewer and fewer people use some characters, they eventually become dead characters. Although people can still understand them, they can no longer speak them, such as the insect characters currently used by Shanshan in the Western Regions.

In the Shanshan Kingdom, the ancient city of Loulan disappeared after its demise.

The inheritance of hieroglyphs is very strong. Even if people's accents change greatly, the original meaning will still remain without much loss. After the Jin Dynasty, Central China was in chaos, and the population of the Central Plains was empty. When the Yuan Dynasty came, there was another large-scale killing. When the Qing Dynasty went south, there was also indiscriminate killing.

These barbaric killings even led to the annihilation of the population of entire cities and counties, causing the original official accent of the dynasty to disappear several times. However, because Chinese characters are ideographic, even if different ethnic groups in different dynasties have different accents, through the inheritance of characters, we modern people can still understand the wisdom of the ancients.

This is the secret of the continuous inheritance of Chinese culture.

From ancient times to the present, the accent of China has changed a lot. The more than 100 dialects in southern China in later generations are actually probably the Mandarin of the Central Plains people in various ancient times. It was RunngMan who taught the southern people more about it from generation to generation. The Chinese dialect spoken by the closed Shanzi people.

This shows that although the accents of Chinese dynasties have undergone great changes, the changes in accents have not caused the decline of Chinese civilization and Chinese characters. Chinese characters have not died like some pinyin characters, but have been reborn from the ashes from generation to generation.

Now, Fei Qian just wants to plant such a powerful seed of vitality in the land of the Western Region, and then wait for her to bear fruit, wait for her to bloom enchanting, and wait for her to make millions of people fall in love!

Taishi Ci felt his heart agitated and was speechless for a moment...

Al, the guard of the old city, was standing by. He was a little confused because he didn’t understand what he was hearing, but for some reason he felt a chill in his heart...

"Although the land of the Western Region is far away from the middle land, there are many contradictions here, such as human beings, gods, land, livestock and water sources..." Fei Qian said slowly, "If the people here are not led to order, they will not be able to live in peace." Educate with civilization, but raise with iron and blood, you can only get a group of wild beasts... When China becomes slightly weaker, it will erode the Han soil and plunder the Central Plains, just like the Xiongnu in Xianbei. Middle Earth can still cope with it in the early days, but over time, Middle Earth will inevitably decline and disasters will happen again..."

"The method of sharing the same text and track should be like the spring breeze and drizzle, moistening things silently." However, as there are spring rains and autumn harvests, there should also be hot summers and cold winters! Fei Qian raised his chin slightly and gestured in the direction of the old city guard, "The country of Shanshan wants to use the old and the weak to lead us to kill, but it doesn't know that these old and weak people have much experience, know good and evil, and argue right from wrong. If so, One sentence from him is better than a thousand words for us... Now the weather is getting colder, and King Shanshan wants to delay. When the winter winds and snow come, we have to retreat..."

Fei Qian smiled.

If we follow the old concepts and models, there is nothing wrong with Shanshan Kingdom's strategy. Just delay, wait, and endure. When Fei Qian besieges the city, it may be the coldest month of winter. When the wind and snow blow, if Fei Qian is If you don't want to take the risk of the entire army being frozen to death, you can only withdraw your troops.

But now...

"One hand shows the beauty of China and the crops, and the other hand naturally shows the power of China and the swords and guns!" 』

"This place will be repaired for three days. After Wenyuan clears out the surrounding horse thieves, we will go south." 』

"Destroy King Shanshan's City!" 』