Chapter 2116 Flower dispute (twenty-four)

Mazu sacrifices last all day, with official sacrifices in the morning and private and family sacrifices in the afternoon and evening.

The official sacrifice is held in Nansha Tianhou Palace, which is said to be the largest Tianhou Palace in Southeast Asia. The southernmost point of Qianlong's southern tour was only Zhejiang, and he never visited Guangdong, but he changed the name of Tianhou Palace to Yuanjun Ancient Temple. Yuanjun

It can be a virtuous king, or it can be a good name for women who become immortals in Taoism. When the admiral took his wife and daughter to participate in the sacrifice, Nick did not accompany him. He painted the grand sacrifice scene like a palace painter.

Come down.

At this time, Juren found Nick. Mr. Liaozhai, who was good at writing about ghosts and monsters, was actually the same as Juren. He had participated in the imperial examination many times but failed. In order to make a living, he also worked as a private school teacher, and during that time he began to write his fox and ghost novels.

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Examiners may also want to take the same path. Publishing books is a long-cherished wish of many literati in addition to the imperial examination. Even the talents who write scripts in the theater troupe also hope that their stories will one day be included in a story collection.

As we all know, China's rural population is scattered in countless villages. Most of the villages are too small for the government to hire an important person to manage them. However, as a small community, each village should have a steward. When necessary,

It will be managed by a yamen servant, so everyone voluntarily elects a squire to manage the village. They are willing to pool money to pay the squire's remuneration. As long as the squire manages well, he can stay in office, but if the majority of the villagers or the most influential

If the clan leader is dissatisfied with the squire, he will be dismissed and a newly elected person will replace him.

Although the squire has no official rank and is not an official of the imperial court, the local folk customs and respect for traditions give the squire a certain authority. With this title, he is responsible for his villagers when facing representatives of the imperial power. Representatives of the imperial power also recognize him

He has the power to represent the villagers to express their wishes, put forward their demands, and submit their remonstrances. They can even have a small-scale armed force to make final judgments on civil disputes, and can also carry out certain minor actions.

Punishment, such as whipping, fine, etc.

Abuse of lynching is difficult to put an end to. In the so-called "Soul Calling" case, the village leader Zhao mentioned by Zhang Si should be a country squire. He had a certain amount of private armed forces and could capture and torture Zhang Si and other beggars.

Forcing him to admit that he is a member of the Demon Party is almost the same as witch hunting in the Middle Ages. Isn't the so-called divine judgment another 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 exceeded their jurisdiction, all the squires would jointly sign a complaint requesting official punishment.

Since the meetings were all held in secret, their joint complaint would not arouse the resentment of the parties concerned, and the magistrate would not hesitate to deal with such a solemn prosecution.

However, the verdict is not always fair. The magistrate sometimes colludes with the squire to tamper with the verdict for his own benefit, leading to injustice cases like Dou E's injustice. As an excerpt, it does have loopholes. For example, "Zhan Li Jue" is not a

The list of prisoners who can be sentenced by officials and executed every year needs to be drawn up by the emperor himself in Zhubu. On the contrary, in a patriarchal society, the squire is often the patriarch. When he handles family affairs, he does not use laws, but family laws and human relations. He can

Sentenced to Shen Tang.

In some places in Guangdong, the custom of immersing pigs in cages still exists. Nick only heard about it during his travels in the countryside, but never saw it with his own eyes. This kind of punishment is controllable, such as having the head above water for misdemeanors, and making it above water for serious crimes.

The admiral wanted to rectify this situation and reverse this abuse of power. He asked the squires in some villages to elect a chief, who would hold regular meetings and conduct review inspections of past judgments.

Inspector, there are 24 of them in total, and they all participated in today's sacrificial ceremony. They were standing behind the admiral.

This is a privilege for them, because they are surrounded by court officials wearing flower feathers. In order not to look out of place, they put on silk clothes, which they would wear when Lin Gua was painting.

That kind of thing, these people are also responsible for the work of cultural education. They gather together every month to check the learning status of candidates preparing for the provincial examination.

"Bao Dai Zhi Zhi Kan Hui Lan Ji" was included in a miscellaneous collection by Li Xingdao. This story book mostly focuses on judging cases, unlike the literati of the Qing Dynasty who collected stories about gods and ghosts.

The rulers of the Yuan Dynasty were also nomadic people, but there were basically no records of literary inquisition, so stories like Dou E's injustice could be spread.

The guillotine is also a production tool of the nomadic people. Theoretically, it is impossible for Bao Zheng to use this tool to guillotine Chen Shimei in the court of Kaifeng Prefecture. However, the common people are eager to have someone to achieve judicial justice, so people use this task and story

The arrangement was assigned to "Bao Longtu".

This is not in line with procedural justice, but in line with natural justice. Nick feels that the villagers need these more than those stories about gods and spirits. However, if Nick is also a Manchu literati who can also write ghost stories, even so, he has to worry about writing

As written, the writer will not become a ghost himself and become a sacrifice under the sword of the literary prison.

Although the admiral has fully implemented the Taoist principle of "governing by doing nothing", his management style has won him a good official reputation. The admiral's work includes suppressing rebellions and stabilizing the local area. Guangxi, which is adjacent to Guangdong, is far inferior to Guangdong.

So stable. First, due to the immigration problem, the excess population of Guangdong and Hunan migrated to Guangxi. The Han nationality is a farming nation, and they will open up wasteland wherever they go. However, the land in Guangxi is barren and not suitable for farming. High-yielding crops such as corn have been

Widely introduced into mountainous areas.

The population in the mountainous areas increased sharply, and the local Miao people made a living by hunting. Wild boars were their main prey. The wild boars ran into the corn fields and wreaked havoc. The spatial boundaries between the Miao and Han people were abolished, and the conflicts between the two ethnic groups also became

Get intense.

On the other hand, due to religious issues, immigrants left their hometowns and longed for mutual aid among groups. This material and spiritual lack provided suitable conditions for the spread of the White Lotus Sect.

The idea of ​​"die to save someone in need" is very attractive to the poor and helpless immigrants. In addition, the continuous wars and mountainous areas that cannot be governed by officials have also made some people who have broken away from the patriarchal system choose to attach themselves to the White Lotus Sect.

Guangxi is a gathering place of many ethnic groups, including Zhuang, Miao, Yao, Dong, etc. These ethnic groups still retain the structure of matriarchal society. Not only do they not understand the language, but their customs are also very different. To this day, they still retain the torch festival and walking marriage families.

Way.

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

The White Lotus Sect advocates "eating from big households", and many of these "big households" are indigenous residents. The wealth they have accumulated over generations is much greater than what immigrants brought with them. And the ruffians among the indigenous people often collude with the police officers to "make waves without wind"

, coupled with the Qianlong court's tyranny of the White Lotus Sect, believers from all over the country were rounded up and massacred, and officials took advantage of the opportunity to make mistakes and "if they didn't get what they wanted, they would falsely accuse them of being a cult."

This led to two choices for the local people, either to join the religion, which would avoid all disasters of water, fire, weapons, or weapons, or not to join the religion, which would not only lose all protection, but also be oppressed by the government, the indigenous people, and the White Lotus Sect, and also the material resources

The embarrassment caused by the shortage always hangs over our heads. During the White Lotus Sect uprising in Sichuan and Chu, more people died of starvation than in battle. This dilemma forced the White Lotus Sect armed forces out of the mountainous areas and flocked to the plains of Guanzhong and Chengdu.

Theoretically, they should not appear in Guangdong, but there are exceptions to everything. The admiral's method of "civilization" cannot prevent all believers, men and women, from listening to the ulterior preaching of monks and Taoists. Fortunately, the squire discovered the anomaly in time, and it was precisely because

Only after their report did Cao Xi discover the secret altar of the White Lotus Sect built in a remote area.

Wizards, sorcerers, and fortune tellers proliferated in the countryside, trampling on the laws of the court and making the people panic.

Fishing also depends on the sky. Mazu can protect fishermen from going out to sea safely, but it cannot protect them from getting rich. Those who are content will not benefit themselves and allow others to benefit as well.

In order to make more money, the boatman was busy day and night. He used to have a good harvest, but then there were fewer and fewer fish in the river. The amount of fish caught in a day was less than an hour.

Just because of the saying "Those who are content will not be self-reliant by profit", Juren felt that the Admiral could be followed, even though the Admiral's family was not as populous as the Xilin Jueluo family where he had served as a private school teacher.

This Manchu official is very interesting. When he wrote to Heshen and did not send gifts, he was also "taking sides". The Supreme Emperor abdicated, but he did not completely retire. How to deal with him became a thorny issue for both the government and the public.

Zheng Banqiao has a saying, "It is rare to be confused." Many prophecies must be understood by oneself, although many people think that the prophecies spread among the people are either made up or coincidental.

For example, after King Chuang Li Zicheng invaded BJ, he asked his military fortune teller to make up a prophecy "Eighteen Sons Master Artifact" to create an atmosphere of his destiny. He was the one predicted by Liu Bowen to "stop when things go well."

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 won't make mistakes when betting. That's why people are so obsessed with fortune telling and prophecies.

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

Although many prophets, like Sybil Crelawney, are harmless in the eyes of many people. The most she can say is "You are going to die", but the harm caused by lying prophets like Grindelwald is

Inestimable.

Children are often not scheming. They don't understand the sinister nature of people's hearts. They make up children's songs based on whatever adults teach them.

Napoleon also dealt with a situation where someone told children the story of a noble girl who saved her father with blood wine.

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

This song goes like this: If you want red flowers to bloom, you must wait for severe frost.

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 Huangchao Uprising in his early years. After leaving Huangchao, he returned to the Tang Dynasty and was given the name Zhu Quanzhong.

Huang Chao wrote a poem after his defeat:

When autumn comes on September 8th, I will kill all the flowers after they have bloomed.

The incense formation soaring to the sky passed through Chang'an, and the city was covered with golden armor.

This poem talks about chrysanthemums. After the severe frost has passed, only the chrysanthemums will still bloom.

But it's spring now, where did the frost come from?

Georgiana turned to the next page. The illustration on this page was of a soldier holding a broadsword. He did not have Guan Gong's beautiful beard and red-phoenix eyes, but the broadsword reminded her of the Qinglong Yanyue Sword.
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