Chapter 2116 Flower War (twenty-four)

   Mazu sacrifices last a whole day, with official sacrifices in the morning, and folk and family sacrifices in the afternoon and evening.

  The official sacrifice is in Nansha Tianhou Temple, which is said to be the largest Tianhou Temple in Southeast Asia. The southernmost point of Qianlong's southern tour was only Zhejiang, and he had never been to Guangdong, but he changed the name of the Tianhou Temple to the ancient temple of Yuanjun. Yuanjun can be a virtuous monarch, or it can be a laudatory name for female immortals in Taoism. When the admiral took his wife and daughter to the sacrifice, Nick did not accompany him. He painted the grand sacrifice scene like a court painter.

At this time, Juren found Nick, that Mr. Liaozhai, who was good at writing ghosts and ghosts, was actually the same as Juren. He participated in the imperial examinations many times but failed many times. .

   Juren may also want to go the same way. Publishing a book is the long-cherished wish of many literati apart from the imperial examinations. Even the scholars who wrote the script in the troupe hope that their stories will one day be included in the story collection.

   As we all know, the rural population in China is scattered in countless villages, and most of the villages are too small for the government to appoint an important person to manage them. However, as a small society, each village should have a steward, and if necessary, let a yamen to manage it, so everyone voluntarily chooses a squire to manage the village, and they are willing to pool money to pay the squire's remuneration, as long as the squire manages well It is possible to stay in office forever, but if the majority of the villagers or the most influential clan leader is not satisfied with the squire, he is removed from office and replaced by a new one.

  Although the squire has no official rank, and is not an official of the imperial court, the local folk customs and the practice of respecting tradition endow the squire with a certain authority. With this title, he is responsible for his own villagers when facing the representative of imperial power. Similarly, the representative of imperial power also recognizes his power. He can represent the villagers to express their wishes, put forward their demands, and present their remonstrances. They can even have a small-scale armed force to make final judgments on civil disputes. Certain minor penalties, such as whipping, fines, etc., may be imposed.

The abuse of lynching is difficult to put an end to. In the case of "calling the soul" mentioned by Juren, the head of Zhuang Zhao mentioned by Zhang Si should be a country gentleman. Forcing him to admit that he is a member of a demon party is almost the same as a witch hunt in the Middle Ages. Isn't the so-called divine judgment a different form of torture?

  The squires gathered in the court set up for them to solve the difficult problems of the villagers and make decisions on trivial matters. If the case exceeds their jurisdiction, all the squires will jointly sign a petition, asking the official to punish them. Since the meeting is held in secret, their joint petition will not attract the resentment of the parties, and for such a solemn prosecution, The magistrate will not be perfunctory and neglect.

However, the verdict is not always fair. The magistrate sometimes colluded with the squires and tampered with the verdict for their own benefit, resulting in an unjust case similar to Dou E’s injustice. As an excerpt, it does have loopholes. The list of prisoners who were executed by officials every year had to be drawn by the emperor himself with Zhu Zhu. On the contrary, in the patriarchal society, the squire is often the patriarch. When he handles family affairs, he does not use the law, but the family law and human relations. He can be sentenced to Shentang.

  In some places in Guangdong, there is still the custom of soaking pig cages. Nick only heard about it during his travels in the countryside, but never saw it with his own eyes. The punishment is controllable, such as a misdemeanor that exposes the head to the surface of the water, and a felony that can make it **** and drown to death. The admiral wanted to rectify this situation and reverse this abuse of power. He asked the gentry of some villages to elect a chief, who would hold regular meetings to review and inspect past judgments. There are 24 of them today. They all participated in the sacrificial ceremony, and they stood behind the admiral.

   This is an honor for them, because they are surrounded by court officials wearing flower quills. In order not to look awkward, they put on silk clothes, the kind they would wear when Lin Gua's portrait was drawn. These people also undertake the work of cultural education. They gather together every month to check the study of candidates preparing for the rural exam. condition.

   "Baowaizhizhizhiyanji" was collected by Li Xingdao in a series of miscellaneous dramas. Most of this storybook is about judgments, unlike the literati of the Qing Dynasty, which collects stories of ghosts and gods.

  The rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were also nomads, but there were basically no records of written prisons, so stories like Dou E’s injustice were circulated.

The guillotine is also a tool of production for nomads. In theory, it is impossible for Bao Zheng to use this tool to guillotine Chen Shimei in the court of Kaifeng Mansion, but the commoners long for a person to achieve justice, so people use this kind of task and story. Arranged on "Baolongtu".

   This is not in line with procedural justice, but in line with natural justice. Nick feels that what the villagers need more is these, not those fairy tales. However, if Nick was also a Manchu literati, he would also write ghost stories. Even so, he had to worry about writing and writing, and the writer would not become a ghost himself and become a sacrifice under the sword of the literal prison.

  Although the Admiral fully implemented the Taoist "governance by inaction", his management style has won him a good official reputation. The admiral's job includes suppressing rebellions and stabilizing localities, and Guangxi, which is adjacent to Guangdong, is far less stable than Guangdong. First, because of the immigration problem, the surplus population from Guangdong and Hunan migrated to Guangxi. The Han people are farming people, and they will open up wasteland wherever they go. However, the land in Guangxi is barren and not suitable for farming. The high-yield crops such as corn have been widely introduced into mountainous areas. .

The population of the mountainous area increased sharply, and the local Miao people lived by hunting, and wild boars were their main prey. The wild boars ran into the cornfields and destroyed them. The spatial boundary between Miao and Han was revoked, and the contradiction between the two ethnic groups became Get intense.

   On the other hand, because of religious issues, immigrants left their homes and longed for mutual assistance between groups. This lack of material and spirituality provided suitable conditions for the spread of the White Lotus religion. "It doesn't matter if you join in, dress, eat, or die." It is very attractive to the immigrant who are in need. In addition, the continuous wars and the mountainous areas where the officials can't govern have also caused some people to break away from the patriarchal system. People chose to attach themselves to the White Lotus Sect.

Guangxi is a multi-ethnic gathering place, including Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Dong, etc. These ethnic groups still retain the structure of the matriarchal society. Not only do they speak different languages, but they also have very different customs. They still retain the torch festival and walking marriage families. Way.

   When you see the torches all over the mountains, can you tell if they are celebrating a festival or planning to attack the village?

  The White Lotus Sect advocates "eating big households", and many of these "big households" are still indigenous people, and their wealth accumulated over generations is much greater than that brought by immigrants. And the ruffians among the indigenous people often collude with the officers to "no wind and waves", coupled with the Qianlong court's **** of the White Lotus Sect, believers from all over the world were arrested and slaughtered, and the officials took the opportunity to make arrangements, "if they failed to do what they wanted, they falsely accused them of being a cult." .

This has led to two choices for the local people. Either choose to join the sect, and join the sect to avoid all disasters, or not join the sect, which will not only lose all shelter, be oppressed by the government, indigenous people, and the White Lotus Sect, but also have supplies and supplies. The embarrassment caused by the shortage always hangs over the head. More people died of starvation in the uprising of the White Lotus Sect in Sichuan than in battle. This predicament forced the armed forces of the White Lotus Sect out of the mountains and rushed to the Guanzhong and Chengdu plains.

  They should not appear in Guangdong in theory, but there are exceptions to everything, and the Admiral's "wenzhi" approach cannot make all believers and women not listen to the ulterior motives of monks and Taoists. Fortunately, the squire discovered the anomaly in time, and it was because of their notification that Cao Xi discovered the secret altar of the White Lotus Sect built in a remote area.

  Wizards, warlocks, and fortune-tellers are rampant in the countryside, trampling on the laws of the court and causing panic among the people.

   Fishing is also dependent on the sky for food. Mazu can keep the fishermen safe in the sea, but cannot bless them to make a fortune. Those who are content do not get tired of themselves, but let others also benefit.

   In order to earn more money, the scorpion was busy day and night. In the past, the harvest was quite good, but then the fish in the river became less and less, and the catch per day was less than an hour in the past.

  Because of the phrase "contented people do not benefit themselves," people think that the admiral can follow, although the admiral's family is not as populous as the Xilin Gioro clan where he served as a private school teacher.

   This Manchu official is very interesting. When he wrote letters to Heshen and did not send gifts, he was also "standing in line". The Emperor Taishang abdicated, but he did not completely withdraw. How to deal with him became a difficult problem for both the court and the public.

   Zheng Banqiao has a saying, “It’s rare to be confused.” Many prophecies must be comprehended by oneself, although many people think that the prophecies circulated among the people are either made up or coincidental.

For example, after Chuang Wang Li Zicheng attacked BJ, he asked his fortune-teller's military to make up a prophecy "Eighteen Sons Lord Artifact" to create an atmosphere where he was destined to return. The man who ended the Ming Dynasty.

   Zhang Xianzhong was also fighting, and he named the country "Shun".

  If you can know the result in advance, you will not go wrong when you bet. People are so fascinated by fortune-telling and prophecy.

   The key is that the prophecy is vague, and the final result may be completely different from what the guesser thinks.

While many prophets, like Sybill Crawney, are seen as harmless by many, and at most she will say "you're dying," the harm that a lying prophet like Grindelwald can do is incalculable.

  Children are often scheming. They don’t understand the sinister nature of human hearts. They compose and sing whatever adults teach them.

  Napoleon also dealt with it. Someone told the children about the deeds of the noble girl who saved her father with blood and wine.

   In the story Nick wrote, the children were also singing the ballad, and Juren heard it and told Nick.

   This song is sung like this: If you want red flowers to bloom, you must wait for Yan Shuang to come.

  Many operas are sung in the form of poetry, but this lyric is a prophecy.

   Zhu Quanzhong was the founding emperor of the Later Liang Dynasty. He participated in the Huang Chao Uprising in his early years. After leaving the Huang Chao, he returned to the Tang Dynasty and was given the name Zhu Quanzhong.

   Huang Chaoluo wrote a poem afterward:

  When the autumn comes on September 8th, I will kill all the flowers after the flowers bloom,

  The incense in the sky passed through Chang'an, and the whole city was covered with golden armor.

   This poem is about chrysanthemums. After Yanshuang blooms, only chrysanthemums will bloom.

   But it is spring, where is the severe frost?

  Georgianna turned to the next page. The illustration on this page was a soldier with a big sword. He didn't have Guan Gong's beautiful beard and phoenix eyes, but the big sword reminded her of the Qinglong Yanyue Sword.

   (end of this chapter)