Chapter 5421 The false proposition of liberal tradition
Liu Yu shook his head gently and said: "Mrs. Helan, what do you mean by being free and unfettered? Living in pursuit of water and grass, fighting for pasture and water sources, the tribes attacking and killing even Shan Yu
It cannot be managed or stopped. It is not illegal to kill people. Fighting is a freedom given by God, right?"
He Lanmin nodded: "These are not easy for you Han people in the Central Plains to understand, but they are things in the blood and bones of us grassland people. On the grassland with high sky and clear clouds, we follow our hearts and wander around at will.
I believe you have also experienced the pride and exhilaration of galloping a horse. During those one or two years on the grassland, Murong Lan and I said more than once that that was her happiest time."
Liu Yu sighed: "But there is one thing, we are different from you. Our happy time is not based on hurting others, taking people's lives, and taking away people's property. When we were in Liu Xian's tribe, we were ourselves.
I hunted and herded sheep, relying on the weather, and did not rob or kill people. Later, after forming an alliance with Tuoba Si, I went to his small tribe and started
At that time, his old Dai Kingdom troops who were scattered on the grassland came to join him, and Liu Xian also gave him a piece of pasture for him to live on. Later, when he saw that his popularity had increased, he became jealous and took the initiative to collude with Murong Yong to beat him. I am
I helped him protect himself instead of actively attacking others. It can be said that during the two years I was in the grassland, I had a clear conscience and I would not offend anyone unless they offend me."
He Lanmin said coldly: "That's because as soon as you went to the grassland, you attached yourself to the powerful Dugu tribe, which can be said to be the overlord of the Monan grassland. Later, you went to Tuoba Si, but even his piece of grassland
, it was also given to him by Dugubu, no
Use him to fight with others. What you live is not a pure grassland life, because you don’t have to worry about external plunder, and you don’t have to be in a small tribe and fight other tribes for survival. Therefore, you don’t really understand
The origin of our grassland
I cannot understand how important the freedom I am talking about is. The freedom we want is the kind of power that is not restricted, controlled, or forced by a powerful force to do things we don’t want to do. As for the battle you mentioned
, killing people, these have nothing to do with freedom, they are things that have to be done in order to survive, because although the grassland is large, it cannot carry too many people and tribes, so everyone competes and fights according to their own abilities. Only the strong can survive, and the weak can only survive.
Death, this is the freedom God gives us."
Liu Yu said calmly: "When you talk about fighting for survival, to put it bluntly, doesn't it mean that the production capacity is low and you can only rely on the sky for food? If you prairie people learned the grain cultivation method of us Central Plains people, you can have a stable
As for the source of food, we still need to chase water and grass.
Living, moving around, and fighting constantly? If you didn't know this before, it would be understandable, but now, I think everyone on the grassland knows that the Central Plains people have this method of growing crops and stabilizing food.
, then do we still need to live the kind of free life you mentioned?"
He Lanmin sighed: "Honestly, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, people on the grasslands have gradually come to know the farming skills of you Central Plains people. Just sprinkle some seeds into the ground, and in autumn, you can grow crops that can feed thousands of people."
The ability of ten thousand people to eat grains for several years really makes us envious, so Tuoba Silicon established a representative company
After the country, when they said they wanted to enter the Central Plains and live such a good life, they were really responded to by hundreds of people, and there were thousands of followers. Not to mention the Wuhu era, all the barbarians outside the Great Wall wanted to enter the Central Plains. In fact, to put it bluntly, it was not true
Are you already disgusted and afraid of the kind of life where you live without a fixed place, wandering around, and have no meal?"
"But even so, there are still many grassland people who are unwilling to go south. Even when the Southern Huns were attached to the pass, there were still many grassland tribes who chose to follow the Northern Huns who had no hope of victory, because, in their view,
The Huns-style life, the nomadic way of being a proud man of heaven, is the tradition left to us grassland people by our ancestors, because in the Central Plains, you may be able to have enough food and clothing, but the price is that you must bear the management and restraint of the Central Plains emperors.
You are restricted to stay in a certain place and are not allowed to move. Most of the food you grow must be handed over to the government and court through taxes. You also have to spend a lot of time every year doing hard labor for the court or wealthy families.
You can't dig rivers and build roads, or guard borders. You can't do whatever you want. This is what I mean, losing your freedom and becoming a tamed animal in order to survive. From a wolf to a dog!"
Liu Yu sighed softly: "So, you don't want to be a dog, but you want to be a wolf, just so that you can bite and hurt people when you are hungry? Or let me put it another way, when you are in the grassland, do you really
Can you be so unrestrained? Chanyu, the Great Khan, they may not be able to interfere with the internal affairs of your tribe, but if you are asked to send troops to fight, or to pay tribute to cattle, sheep, horses, or even women from your tribe, is it possible for you to refuse? I
I remember that I saw you when I was in Dugu. At that time, you were the Helan tribe who was forced to send you, as a tribal witch, to the Dugu tribe in order to be loyal to Liu Xian of the Dugu tribe."
The muscles on He Lanmin's face twitched slightly, she gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice: "These are just some details of our way of survival. They are just the kind of hostages I mentioned. They are the Dugu tribe as the leader of the grassland alliance, and the grassland leader.
It's just a mutual trust between the Helan tribe of the big tribe. The Dugu tribe also has the sons of nobles. They serve as hostages in our Helan tribe. I just exchange them with the Dugu tribe. It does not mean that the Helan tribe has to be the only one in the Dugu tribe.
We are obeying our orders, and we are not going to be arbitrarily driven by the Dugu Ministry, who can take away everything from us at any time, including our lives."
Liu Yu smiled slightly: "The Dugu tribe didn't do this because they were just a large tribe appointed by the former Qin Dynasty as the Southern Lord to take charge of the grassland after the demise of the Dai country. They were not able to kill decisively because they
Cooperation with the former Qin itself was regarded as a traitor to the grassland. Especially after the demise of the former Qin, the Dugu tribe lost its backer and would become the target of attacks by various grassland tribes. Therefore, the Helan tribe is relatively tolerant and kind to you.
You're polite, but you still have to exchange hostages. Do you think you will continue to do this after Tuoba Si comes to power? Your eldest brother secretly colluded with other tribes and forces in an attempt to overthrow Tuoba Si and become the overlord of the grassland. The result was that the whole He
The Lan tribe was wiped out, and the tribesmen were dispersed to various tribes and grasslands. From now on, there is no Helan tribe anymore. This is the freedom you are talking about. Do you still have the traditions of your ancestors?" (End of this chapter)