"What can you do if you stay? You can neither draw a bow nor shoot an arrow, nor can you fight in close combat. What else can you do in Yulou besides detaching some soldiers to protect you? Yulou

Over there, it's enough to leave the centurion behind."

Qu Tian looked at his body, which was like a fat pig. Although the dog-headed military counselor said it was not pleasant, it was all true. He felt a little shaken in his heart.

"But……"

"You and these nobles are the pillars of Yu Lou!" the dog-headed military advisor said, looking at the nobles around him.

"Yeah yeah."

"We are the core of Yulou."

"Only we, the living ones, can exist."

All the nobles nodded one after another, their faces shining as if they were covered with gold foil.

"That's right, so you have to survive so that you can lead these nobles to revive Hulou again!"

Qu Tian asked in a low voice: "Are you sure that the young master has left Yulou?"

"Yes, of course." The dog-headed military advisor rubbed his hands excitedly, "Although they didn't say hello, I personally confirmed that the two of them left. They are very busy people, so you don't have to worry about that kind of thing."

"..." Qu Tian remained silent.

"You have a good rest, I'll excuse you for a moment."

Seeing that Qu Tian was no longer entangled, the dog-headed military advisor said hello to him.

A centurion came and took the dog-headed military advisor away, leaving Qu Tian alone in the bow of the boat.

"Is it really okay for us to leave Young Master Zhong in Hulou?" In a small corner of the ship, the centurion asked worriedly, "If he learns that we are leaving, he will never take it lightly.

Spare us."

It turns out that what Kotou Military Advisor said about Gongzi Zhong having left Yulou was all lies to Qu Tian. He did not see Xiong Zhong leave Yulou at all.

The dog-headed military advisor looked at the centurion with disgust: "Are you stupid? The young master has gone crazy. He wants us to pull out all the corpses and burn them. Do you think this is possible? Not to mention those who are here

Under the floor, there are many corpses stuck in the cracks of the city wall.

How to pull out the body? Should we tear down the city wall or burn the city wall together? Not to mention those in the well. What's more, the momentum with which he appeared at that time meant that he wanted to kill all the officials in Huloulou Yi, no matter what

No matter what we do, we will die."

"But..." The centurion looked around nervously.

At this time, a waiter brought a plate with exquisite food and wine.

"Okay, very good." The dog-headed military advisor praised the attendant and was about to let him leave, but then he remembered something and said, "Go and get a copy for Lord Yichang."

After saying that, the dog-headed military advisor couldn't wait to open the food plate and ate happily with one bite of food and one mouthful of wine.

Turning his head, he saw the centurion who was still wandering around worriedly, and couldn't help but said: "Tsk, really, don't worry, this Chu State is not the Chu State of the Xiong family alone, there is also the Qu family!

As long as we hug Mr. Yichang's thigh tightly, we can survive, and maybe we can go further! Come, come, come, eat something and drink with me. I have been busy all day from last night to now.

But I’m exhausted.”

The centurion was persuaded by the dog-headed military advisor. He sighed as if accepting his fate and sat opposite him.

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On the deck, the nobles were lamenting the losses caused by this disaster.

"These untouchables have suffered such heavy losses this time. At least 500 households must have disappeared, right?" A nobleman in purple clothes sighed with emotion.

"More than that, if these pariahs don't make it through the night

, we may lose 700 households." Another nobleman in orange attire said.

"But it doesn't matter. As long as you are willing to give these untouchables an acre or two, a large number of people will naturally come over. By then, Julouyi will be back to what it used to be." The third fat noble looked like a thief.

Said with a smile.

"In the final analysis, Chu State is the Chu State of our nobles after all. Without us nobles and untouchables, it would be impossible to support this huge Chu State." After the purple-robed nobleman finished speaking, he looked at him with a bad look.

Civilians on board the ship.

Although the scattered civilians on the side heard the taunts and conversations between the nobles, they lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything or even make eye contact with them.

"Hmph, a bunch of trash who only know how to eat, drink and have fun can speak so loudly, like a pariah?!" A stern voice sounded, scolding all the nobles bloody, making all the nobles feel angry.

"Who dares to say that to us, the pillars of the country?!"

The purple-robed noble turned around and saw an old woman in gorgeous clothes.

"Gao...Gao family?!"

All the nobles fell silent on the spot.

"Hmph, if you weren't the 'untouchables' you call us, you losers can sow? Can you plant rice? Can you harvest? Can you fish? Can you hunt? Can you grow fruits and vegetables? You're useless. You're just parasitic on others."

The nobles were helpless against Gao's sharp words and could only remain silent, pretending not to hear anything.

"Get out of the way, blocking my way." The old woman said to the fat noble.

"Sorry..." The fat noble lowered his head and silently gave up his position.

After seeing Mr. Gao leave and get off the deck, all the nobles breathed a sigh of relief.

"What's wrong with this old lady? Is she so angry?" the fat noble asked in a low voice.

"I heard it's because the Gao family's only grandson died in the chaos last night. Alas... the white-haired person gave the black-haired person..." the purple-robed noble said in a regretful tone, but no matter how he listened, he felt like he was gloating about his misfortune.

The meaning is in it.

"Doesn't that mean... the Gao family is about to become extinct?" another noble asked.

"Who says it isn't?"

In the cabin, Mrs. Gao came to a wooden box, groped for the edge of the wooden box and murmured to herself: "The Gao family will never be cut off because of me, absolutely not!"

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Ye Di, there is a very legendary figure in history here, his name is Shen Zhuliang.

The name Shen Zhuliang may be unfamiliar to everyone, but if you talk about the allusion of "Ye Gong loves dragons", everyone will suddenly understand.

Shen Zhuliang is the protagonist of "Ye Gong Loves Dragons", Ye Gong.

Legend has it that Ye Gong loved dragons so much that he would use them to decorate every aspect of his life.

The hooks of clothes and wine vessels are all engraved with dragons, and the carvings and decorations in the rooms are also dragons. Every day, the people under his rule will be led to sacrifice to the dragon.

He loved dragons so much, and when the real dragon in the sky knew about it, he descended from the sky to Mr. Ye's house. The dragon's head was put on the window sill to visit him, and the dragon's tail was extended into the hall.

As soon as Ye Gong saw it, he turned around and ran away. He was so frightened that he seemed to have lost his soul. He was so frightened that he couldn't control himself.

From this point of view, Ye Gong does not really like dragons, he just likes things that look like dragons rather than dragons.

This story, using very vivid metaphors, bitterly satirizes the characters of Ye Fula, and profoundly exposes their bad ideas and bad styles of only singing high-profile words and not being practical.

If you only read this story, do you think that "Ye Gong" Shen Zhuliang is actually a man who does not live up to his name?

, a person who is different from his appearance and his duplicity?

But...is this really the case?

Of course not.

The first appearance of Ye Gong and Shen Zhuliang was in the battle to exterminate the barbarians in Chu State. The Barbarian clan, in Ruzhou, Henan, was a barbarian tribe in the northern part of Chu State (in fact, the two warring parties were regarded as They are like barbarians, but Chu State is better at resisting them).

As an auxiliary, Ye Gong helped the then-coach Zuo Sima to attack and captured two of Man's cities, Liang and Huo, overnight, and finally captured Man's city directly.

Ye Gong was not only good at commanding battles, he was also good at managing fiefdoms. Not long after he took office in Ye Yi, Ye Gong learned that the area was seriously flooded and the people were miserable. Since the bamboo slips were not suitable for drawing water conservancy construction drawings, he could only use the walls of his house as Drawings, drawing ditches and canals.

He also formulated a project plan to build the East and West Pipis and mobilized the people of Yeyi to start construction. The West Pipis were mainly used for flood control, and the East Pipis were mainly used for water storage. The construction of the East and West Pipis can be said to have pioneered the management of small watersheds in ancient China. The first of its kind. The ruins of Dongxipi still exist today.

Then why has Ye Gong been criticized for so many years because of the allusion of "Ye Gong loves dragons"?

First, let’s talk about where the “dragon” in “Ye Gong Loves Dragons” comes from.

"Dragon" comes from the fact that when he was managing the leaf field, Ye Gong considered that in the custom of the leaf field, the Dragon King was a supernatural creature in charge of moving clouds and rainfall, so he painted a dragon on each water outlet and called it a "faucet". ", for good weather.

There are two meanings here. One is to use the belief in dragons to restrain people's behavior, and the other is a kind of beautiful spiritual sustenance.

The main reason why he was hacked was because he offended Confucianism.

Ye Gong was a good scholar and liked to discuss politics with literati. Confucius heard that Ye Gong had outstanding political achievements, so he went from Cai to Ye to exchange statecraft with Ye Gong and seek an official position for himself.

During this period, Ye Gong not only consulted Confucius on the strategy of governing the country, but also discussed with him the standards of ethics and morality.

Confucius advocated that when a relative commits a crime, one should "hid it for the sake of the relative", while Ye Gong advocated "the righteousness of exterminating relatives".

Ye Gong said: "I have a frank and straightforward man. He reports on his father even if he steals sheep."

Confucius said: "My frank and straightforward person is different from yours. A father hides for his son, and a son hides for his father. This is true frankness!"

This conversation very clearly shows the vastly different political philosophies between the two: Ye Gong paid more attention to the law of the country, while Confucius paid more attention to the etiquette of family ties.

It is not easy to comment on which of the views of Ye Gong and Confucius is better or worse. Random assertions will be sprayed indiscriminately by the "Jingru", "Baizuo" and "Gongzhi".

But after this incident, Ye Gong definitely had a bad impression of Confucius.

In the second year after the two men discussed politics, the then King of Chu wanted to hire Confucius and his disciples, but the King of Chu's brother, Prince Shen, opposed it.

"The king's ministers do not have Zigong, Yan Hui, Zilu, and Zaiyu who are so talented. If he is appointed, can the state of Chu still maintain power? I think back then, King Wen and King Wu unified the world by making a fortune a hundred miles away. Now let's let Confucius owns 700 miles of land and has a group of smart and capable disciples. This is not a good thing for Chu!"

The King of Chu thought it made sense, so he gave up the idea.

At that time, Confucius did not enter Yingdu, and the only person who had contact with him was Ye Gong, and Ye Gong had a good relationship with Prince Shen, so it is easy to deduce that Ye Gong definitely told Prince Shen about his contact with the prince.

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Confucius was unable to seek official positions in Ye or Chu, and was unable to display his political ambitions. It can be said that he encountered obstacles everywhere when he traveled around the country.
Chapter completed!