006, the witch
Although Bo Yu was walking barefoot, he kept rushing for days and was rushing on the road every day, and his speed was not slow at all, even surpassing ordinary chariots and horses. He engraved the five teachings, five punishments, and nine virtues on the tree, which was the idea he came up with on the road.
In ancient times, the ecological environment was very good. Even in the places where people gathered, there were towering ancient trees that had grown for hundreds or thousands of years, and they were in the village. Bo Yu and the other ones selected hardwood trees, peeled off a piece of bark from the trunk, flattened the piece and engraved the letters on it. The trees were still alive. In order to preserve the handwriting for a long time, they also branded the engraved words until carbonized.
Gao Yao wrote the Nine Dictations and moved it to the court to a whole cart of simplified Chinese. Yu could not have sold so many on the trunks. The reason why he chose these works was because they were exactly what people from all over the country needed to understand, and the key points were summarized very carefully.
For example, the most important "Five Teachings" engraved the ten words "father's righteousness, mother's kindness, brother's friend, brother's respect, and son's filial piety". It is concise and concise. Why is it so concise, even cherishing words like gold? With Gao Yao's talent, it is not difficult to make thousands of words. His student Ziqiu read the Nine Dictations in the court, but explained it to the ministers for three days, but the real difficulty is to simplify the complex.
It should be noted that in ancient times, people in various departments were almost unliterate. If the text was profound, everyone would not understand it at all. If they could not have a very concise summary, people would not remember it at all. Therefore, the core of the Five Sects is these ten words, which Bo Yu engraved on a tree. It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t recognize words. As long as Bo Yu introduces the handwriting, everyone can understand and remember it.
Since the people do not know words, why should they carve it on the tree in one go? The meaning and function of carving or not is completely different. Carving on the tree is equivalent to carving in the hearts of the people, making it gradually become a folk style.
Not everyone heard Bo Yu’s introduction at that time. When others passed by here, they would ask what was carved on the tree? Then those who knew would introduce it to him again. The words here are reminders from time to time, and do not forget them.
On the other hand, if it is just passed on by word of mouth, it is inevitable that there will be rumors spread over time. The engraving of the letter on the tree is to "correct the scriptures". As long as those who can memorize the five religions are actually equivalent to knowing these ten words, they will also correct the mistakes of the oral transmission of other people. Moreover, there are always people in the tribe who are literate and continue to explain to everyone in the future.
The Five Sects are the education promoted by the emperor and the norm that all people in the country should follow. It is not enough to just pass the classics to the nobles of various tribes, and the same is true for the Nine Destinies.
To summarize the essence of "Nine Virtues", there are only twenty-seven words. What really needs to be remembered and understood is actually eighteen words, and can be engraved on the trunk. Nine Virtues are the criteria for judging the character of people of all walks of life. For example, the emperor should have all nine virtues, the prince should have six virtues, and the nobles should have three virtues... So what about ordinary people? Common people have five religions!
Gao Yao’s Nine Virtues is not only the standard for the emperor to evaluate the subjects, but also the standard for the subjects to evaluate the emperor. Then people in the world should be clear about it and make it a criterion for guiding daily words and deeds, so that it has the true educational significance.
So what about Gao Yao's scriptures? There is no other content? The trunk of the tree can be engraved at all. Bo Yu only chooses the most important tribe, and it can be understood and mastered by the people. On the other hand, even if it is engraved on the tree, it is useless. It is still the same reason that most people cannot read.
The entire content of Gao Yao’s Nine Classics is what officials and tribal leaders should master, and only they can fully master it, such as the Five Slaves, Five Ceremonies, Nine Parents, etc. These aristocratic classes have also formed the earliest intellectuals, or the latest intellectuals of this era.
As the emergence of words, the composition of "intellectuals" also changed, or this special social class appeared with words. In ancient times, primitive intellectuals were elders or priests in tribes. They mastered the experience and knowledge passed down from generation to generation and could be used to guide production and life.
After the appearance of text, it became the best carrier of inheritance of knowledge and experience, and intellectuals became people who master text and classics, and they were often nobles.
In the late Emperor Yao period, there was an order that leaders of various tribes should learn words, and the children of the clan should also master words. In the late period of Emperor Yao's reign, there was a customary rule that those who knew literacy could become Bojun, because in this way they could understand the government orders and documents issued by the emperor.
So how did the government decrees before this be issued? Directly sending envoys to dictate them! The efficiency is extremely low, not only inconvenient, but also prone to various mistakes. Bayuan, where Huwa once lived, has just experienced this stage.
Emperor Yao ordered the aristocrats of various tribes to learn writing, which was undoubtedly a social progress. Since the beginning of Chinese civilization, common people could also learn writing, but only aristocrats had the conditions to learn and master it. Learning writing is not a noble privilege, it is different from other civilizations; but intellectuals often came from the aristocratic class, which was also determined by the stage of social development.
This time, Bo Yu was just rushing to the road. Whenever he went to a place to rest, he would engrave the educational books along the way and introduce them to the people who gathered. Local officials and leaders of various ministries came to greet and invite hospitality when they heard the news. Bo Yu refused one by one, and did not waste time on the road. He led the people of all tribes in the world to control the water and would come again in the future. Now he has to rush to Xiangliu tribe first.
After crossing the Huai River and entering the territory of the former Communist Ministry of Gong, there are old people from all over the country along the way. The so-called old people are not necessarily nobles, but elders in various villages. In this era, people's premature death rate was very high, so the average life span was very short, but the real long-lived people are often not young.
The elders of the tribe lived long enough, experienced enough things, and had rich experience and knowledge, so they were very respected in tribal villages. According to the above-mentioned words, they were also considered intellectuals of the "old era". The visitors were all clan elders of the old subordinates of Emperor Yan, and they originally planned to block the way and question Bo Yu.
In this era, the scope of activities of many ordinary village tribes often cannot exceed dozens of miles around their hometown. What we usually hear and know is still the past passed down from generation to generation. From this we can also see how difficult it is to organize such tribesmen to migrate, and now Boyu has to come again on both sides of the river.
These old tribes are respected in the villages. They have the experience and knowledge passed down from generation to generation, and live in a relatively closed environment for generations. They also have a stubborn self-awareness, that is, they still regard themselves as the old people of Yan Emperor. They blocked the way and asked Bo Yu, because they were secretly instigated by Xiangliu.
As for this way of submission, it was to use their own inherent views. Bo Yu simply showed the Yan Emperor's Order, and the elders of the clan immediately led the people to worship. Of course, Bo Yu did not want to call them with the Yan Emperor's Order, but now it is no longer the Yan Emperor's dynasty, so there would be suspicion of rebellion. He just wanted people from all over the country to listen to his introduction of the water control strategy patiently and without any resistance.
Bo Yu did not forget what he had been doing along the way. Whenever he went to a crowded place to camp, he would carve education scriptures on the trunks and introduce them to the people. At this time, the elders of tribes from all over the country followed him.
What did the elders of various tribes follow Bo Yu? Bo Yu not only introduced the strategies for controlling the water, but also made promises after controlling the water. However, if these promises are truly implemented, they have to go to Xiangliu to invite the leaders of various tribes to discuss. So the elders of the tribes followed Bo Yu to meet Xiangliu and the leaders of various tribes, and they also had to participate in the discussion.
Fortunately, when the elders of all tribes went out, they were followed by young and middle-aged young men and women, and they could get a cart to pull them, so they would not cause trouble to Bo Yu on the road. Wu Zhi disappeared, so Bo Yu only brought one follower Bo Yi and only had one carriage. However, when he arrived at the headquarters of the Xiangliu Junshou, he followed a team of hundreds of people.
Before Xiangliu could react, Boyu had arrived and brought the elders of all tribes. Xiangliu originally wanted to incite the elders of all tribes to make things difficult for Boyu, but these stubborn old people in turn strengthened the momentum for Boyu. The leaders of all tribes were gathered in Bojun's mansion at this moment. When Lord Boyu led the elders of all tribes into the city, Xiangliu had to lead the members out of the mansion to greet him.
Xiangliu has a narrow forehead, pointed jaw, shoulders, thin waist, but a very tall figure, more than eight feet tall, and is very special. In the square in front of Bojun's mansion, he saluted Boyu and said, "Mr. Boyu has come from afar, so why don't he send servants to greet me in advance, so that we can go to greet me? Why have you brought all the elders from all over the world here? I also heard that you have presented the ancient Yan Emperor Order, but I wonder if the emperor knows it?"
Xiangliu had never seen Bo Yu, but he could recognize him at a glance. Although Chongbo Gun had no achievements in controlling the flood for nine years, he was definitely not inaction. He himself and his body that divided the body and spirit were all over the world, and many people in various places knew him. Knowing Chongbo Gun was equivalent to knowing Bo Yu, so no matter where Bo Yu went, he almost didn't need to introduce himself.
Bo Yu returned the ceremony and said, "When Yuwang joined the former Emperor Xuanyuan, he should have presented the ancient Yan Emperor's Order to the Emperor. However, the Yan Emperor's Order was not in Yuwang's hands at that time. Now I have found it. After controlling the water, I should also hand over this thing to the Emperor of China to show that the Yanhuang family will be unified. As for the elders of the tribes in various places, they did not follow the Yan Emperor's Order, but heard that the kings gathered here and wanted to participate in the matter of controlling the water."
At this time, Wu Zhi's voice sounded in Bo Yu's mind: "This Xiangliu has a fierce look and is not an easy guy to deal with. I really didn't expect that there was such a Bojun among the old subordinates of Emperor Yan. His cultivation was amazing, almost as weak as the snake cultivation. If I really did, I might not be able to fight him. Xiang Duo could only take you away with his true immortal cultivation."
Bo Yu said in his heart: "What if Emperor Jiang was among the four great war gods in China back then? I came to control the water, not to fight with Xiangliu, but not by force. Otherwise, my father Chongbogu was also one of the four great war gods in China, and I am afraid that he had already achieved the water control."
Wu Zhi still said to himself: "Although I don't know Dijiang, I have seen a snake cultivating. Based on the various insights and knowledge in the lower realms, if we talk about magical powers, today's Xiangliu may be no longer weaker than that of Dijiang on that day. Don't always mention the four Chinese war gods. Bo Yi's divine power is invincible. I naturally admire it, but now he is no longer here, and the four Chinese war gods are only one-armed and Lu Zhong.
You must know that there are many masters in the world that you don’t know, and even more so that you have never expected. For example, those who besieged Boyi that day, there were five real immortals in the lower realm. Since ancient times, the true immortals may not have entered the fairy world. Some people don’t know their traces, and they will return to the world if they don’t know them well. I haven’t met them all the way, but Xiangliu was beyond expectations…”
Wu Zhi couldn't stop speaking as soon as he opened his mouth. He not only told Bo Yu that Xiangliu's magical powers were powerful, but also introduced the others present one by one. For example, the two beside Xiangliu should be the other two Bojuns who were enthroned by the emperor. One of them is old and has hidden illnesses. His life span is not much, and he will not live until the next year. The other was injured ten years ago on his left shoulder, as if he was whipped, and there was a wrinkle on his right butt...
Wu Zhi was a native of the Xuanyuan era and had ascended to the Kunlun fairy world a few hundred years ago. Of course, he could not know these people, but he was familiar with the various remarks he heard from today, combined with his own immortal spiritual observation and speculation, he could get various conclusions and tell Bo Yu about his judgment.
When he first met in Gaoyao Mansion, Wu Zhi was still a master of immortals. Who would have thought that as soon as he left Pusan Castle, he would reveal his true face. Not only that, he never stopped talking along the way. Almost every time he met someone, he would analyze Bo Yu's origin, his inner attitude, and what might be his origin and experience.
He not only analyzes people, but also things, analytes, analyzes the folk customs of each village, the history of possible migration, how many people, how many men, women, and young...
Many of these information are valuable, but there are also many meaningless to Bo Yu at this moment. If someone else had changed, his scalp would have exploded along the way and he met such a master who knew almost everything and kept chattering in his mind. But Bo Yu was really very cultivated, so he tolerated it so much and acted as usual.
There were more than 370 people following Bo Yu, including more than 110 clan elders. There were so many people who would definitely not be able to sit in the city lord's mansion. So everyone chose ten people as representatives and would enter Bojun's mansion to participate in the discussion on water control.
As for the others, Xiangliu ordered his subordinates to settle down well, rest when they should rest, and eat when they should eat. These elders are respected elders from all over the world, and no one can be punished. Bo Yu came from afar, and Xiangliu would of course hold a banquet to entertain him. He would rest for a night before starting to discuss matters tomorrow. Since Bo Yu was here, he would not be in a hurry to live in Bojun's mansion that night.
Wu Zhi spoke in Bo Yu's mind again: "You dare to live in Xiangliu's mansion. He has bad intentions towards you and is already angry, but he just endured it and did not attack. Once you turn against each other, you don't even have a chance to run away!"
Bo Yu asked in his heart: "So as Mr. Wu Zhi knows, will he turn against him?...If you want to assassinate me, this is his territory. You can do anything, so why do you need to be in the city lord's mansion?"
Wu Zhi: "Well, according to my analysis, he will not turn against you at this time, at least he will not turn against you publicly. It is one thing you don't care, but you must know it in your heart! Let me tell you that there are thirty-seven leaders of all tribes gathered here, nine of whom follow Xiang Liu Weiru, and seventeen are dissatisfied with Xiang Liu, but they force their power to respect him."
How did Wu Zhi see these? The magical powers of the immortals can check people's moods, and he can also observe people's words and expressions. Then, based on various civil opinion speculations that he heard secretly, it is not difficult to draw these conclusions. Isn't Wu Zhi's ability similar to Xie Zhi's innate magical powers? In fact, these are still two different things. Xie Zhi's observation only comes from an instinct, and there is no such thing as Wu Zhi.
When she was resting that night, Xiangliu arranged two beauties to sleep, but Boyu refused. Wu Zhi told Boyu that in fact, these two beauties were enjoyed by Xiangliu and had not given birth. They offered to which small tribe in the surrounding area... After Boyu fell asleep, Wu Zhi told him what materials were made of, when and how to build them. Many of them should be objects from the Qili tribe...
When talking about the Qili tribe, Bo Yu asked a few questions. As he talked about it, Wu Zhi suddenly found that Bo Yu was asleep. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!