A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 211 Code-making: Hundred Schools of Philosophy

The Huai Kingdom conquered Yingdu and annexed the Hanjiang Plain and the Nanyang Basin, which greatly shocked the states of Bangzhou.The state of Chu, which had been fighting for hegemony with the San Jin for hundreds of years, was destroyed like this?

At this moment, the vigilance of the countries against the Huai country has once again increased.

At the same time, the consequences of the failure of the Chu king's reform also made the states of Bang and Zhou vigilant.If the law is not changed and the country is strengthened, the country will be destroyed.

With the lessons learned from the Chu State, the monarchs of various countries are more urgent for the reform. Originally, they hesitated because the nobles in the country opposed the reform, but this time no one hesitated.

After the Huai State annexed the Chu State, the population of the territory increased greatly.The newly obtained land required a large number of officials to be dispatched, and almost all of the Huaiguo Academy had been dispatched, which was not enough.

Wang Pu drew a large number of officials from the Huai state and sent them to serve in the newly occupied land.At the same time, it was announced that the newly occupied land would be tax-free for three years, and then taxed for two and a half years, and then corvee would be levied according to the Huai State system.

You must know that the corvee in Chu State was very heavy in the past, and you need to bring your own food and tools to work for the government when collecting corvee, and there is no wages.The corvee decree revised by the Huai State is that the government distributes food, a small amount of money and tools.

After the restructuring, the lives of the people of Chu State became much easier.Those lords who originally wanted to recruit the people to continue to resist were directly cut off by Huaiguo's move.

In addition to ordinary people, Wang Pu began to forcibly relocate the tyrants in the newly occupied land to other places.Then place the soldiers who have made great achievements this time in these areas.

The Huai State attaches great importance to military merits, and soldiers can be rewarded with fields for their meritorious deeds.There were countless people who made great achievements in the attack on Chu this time, and Wang Pu allocated all the land rewarded by these soldiers to the newly occupied land.

These soldiers will take root in these places after they get the land, and they are naturally the low-level officials who Wang Pu ruled the land.

After these soldiers are disarmed and returned to the fields, they will become local Lizheng or village chiefs, the lowest level of Huai State rule.

Because these people have been soldiers, understand orders, and know some laws and regulations. They have seen the world, and grassroots officials dare not act recklessly.

At the same time, these people know the local situation and can help collect taxes and recruit troops, which has many benefits. It can let the Huai country control the grassroots and know the grassroots situation without being deceived by others.

The territory occupied at one time is too large, Huai country needs to spend a lot of time digesting it, and it will not be able to fight abroad for a while, and because of the pressure of Huai country, the kingdoms of Bangzhou and Zhou are afraid that Huai country will launch an attack, so they dare not conquer each other for a while , the world unexpectedly settled down.

The Huai country is concentrating on digesting the loot, and all countries in the world are licking their wounds, preparing for the next big war.

After Huai State annexed Chu State, it can be said that it overwhelmed the world.After the strength of the Huai country improved, the Huai country Academy was also sought after by more scholars.

There are many scholars who come to Huai country to study in the palace, and various schools of thought continue to erupt in the school.Originally a dozen or so schools of thought have gradually developed dozens or even hundreds of schools of thought under the collision of these ideas.

Various schools of thought were debating in the academy, and amidst this fierce debate, various schools of thought also began to plagiarize each other.In addition to the core ideas, they also began to absorb other schools of thought that are beneficial to them or that they think are good.

Zijue woke up from a deep sleep, mainly because during this period of time, he gained a lot of luck. Every time there is a major event in the world, the system will remind Zijue. As for whether he wants to wake up, it is up to Zijue himself.

In the academy, the debates of various schools of thought gave Zijue a lot of luck, and these debates were recorded by the clerk.

Zijue woke up from a deep sleep and saw so many schools erupting in the academy, and immediately gave a spiritual thought to Wang Pu, the descendant of this generation.

Wang Pu, who was dealing with affairs in the main hall, suddenly paused, then put down the bamboo slips, got up and rushed to the ancestral temple.

In the ancestral temple, Zijue asked him to sort out all the theories of the schools of thought in the academy, and compile them into a book called "Hundred Schools of Philosophy".

Hearing the words of his ancestors, Wang Pu was also suddenly enlightened. Making the classics of the masters is a major event that can be passed on forever.It is also a good opportunity for Huai country to seize the right to speak.

Immediately Wang Pu returned to the Huai Palace, and gave an order: "Call the clansmen, and prepare to compile a big canon, which will be compiled from all the classics of the various schools of thought that have emerged from the academy. This book is called "The Hundred Schools of Philosophy 》, let our wisdom pass on to future generations!"

Following Wang Pu's order, Huai State mobilized immediately. It is not an easy task to compile a grand canon, let alone include hundreds of schools of thought.This requires a lot of hands.

Moreover, there are a large number of tit-for-tat theories and theories among the schools of thought, and these must be carefully sorted out and edited.

"The ancestor Wen Wang made the "Huai Lv" to become the ancestor of the world's jurisprudence. The reforms of all countries were all born in Huai. After that, there were "Gongyang Shu", "Guanzi", "Sun Shuzi" and other classics written by great sages, all They must be included in it, and in addition to the legal, Confucian, Taoist, Mohist, agricultural and other schools of thought, other small schools of knowledge should also be included.”

"The classics of all schools of thought must not be tampered with or distorted, and this classic will not end here. Our descendants must continue to add to the classics, so that future generations can also see the wisdom of our sages."

In the palace, all the children of the official family immediately realized the benefits of this matter. If Huai country were to compile the "Hundred Schools of Philosophy" encyclopedia, then their Huai country would naturally be regarded as orthodox. Not only that, but also An excellent opportunity to grab the right to speak.

Originally, this important matter of compiling codes required the emperor of Zhou to do it, but since the Zhou family moved eastward, the royal family has declined, and it has completely become a mascot and has no ability to do it at all.

As for the compilation of this kind of ceremonies by the Huai State, it would have been before the Huai State had conquered the Chu State.The other vassal states of Bang and Zhou definitely disagreed with what Huaiguo did, and they even compiled a "Hundred Schools of Philosophy" encyclopedia against each other.

But now Huai State has conquered Chu State, and the king of Chu has moved westward, and the world is full of Huai State, accounting for four out of ten, oppressing the world.The princes dare not fight with them.

With such influence, no one dares to say anything more when they go to make a grand ceremony.

After deciding to compile the Canon of the Masters, the Huaiguo Academy immediately became agitated, and scholars from many schools wrote letters to their fellow friends, asking them to bring the classics of the school for help.

It is a very difficult thing to repair a book, not to mention that this is a masterpiece, and the bamboo slips used in it must be astonishing.

The only advantage is that there are many classics, all of which are here in Huai Country, and even some of the classics handed down by the sages and sages are also included here.This saves the compilation secretary a lot of time.

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Ancient China preserved history books and cultural classics to an unbelievable degree. Except for China, no country in the world would record its own history so clearly and completely.

Ancient Chinese sages left all-encompassing scholarship and thoughts, which allows us to find the origin of any thought today.Let us witness the wisdom created by ancient Chinese sages thousands of years ago.

——"Cambridge History of China · Ancient Chinese Civilization"

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