My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 529: Strength is the last word (1 update of 3000 words, please vote for monthly rewards!)
"You are the only one around me who has perfect etiquette and rules. It's up to you to teach Lu Ze."

Feng Jing looked at Fusu and told Lu Ze that he was not interested. And how will he face his sister after he goes back...

But the prince's words showed that the prince had him in his heart!
He didn't dare to disobey the order at first, but Feng Jing immediately agreed, "Prince, don't worry. I will teach him properly."

Lu Ze glanced at Feng Jing, who was he? Why did Feng Jing show up halfway?

The book I wrote, he accompanied me to receive the reward.

Fusu glanced outside the door, but it was empty.

"Come on, sit down."

Fusu sat on the mat casually, "Come and tell me how the people of these six countries live."

Lu Ze looked at Fusu, swallowing his throat and hesitating, he really didn't dare to sit down.

This was the second time he saw the prince, but the prince looked noble and imposing, making people feel that there was a long distance between him and the prince, or that there was something indestructible between them.

In other words, although the prince's temperament is extremely gentle and calm, he has an aura about him that makes people feel fearful.

"Feel free to sit down, it's God's will that I can meet you when I come to Peixian County."

Lu Ze sat down.

"I wonder what the prince wants to know?"

"Tell me about the differences between the people of the Six Kingdoms and our people of Qin, right?"

Lu Ze looked at Fusu and felt his head swell.

If the prince hadn't looked so relaxed, he would have really felt that the prince was making things difficult for him.

Lu Ze remembered that the most popular thing Prince Fusu did was to uproot the nobles in Xinzheng, South Korea.

Lu Ze saw Fusu's appetite and told him something that all the villagers in the world couldn't do without - sacrifice.
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"Every household is required to bring out the same types of sacrifices for each sacrifice, and the quantities are also subject to strict inspection."

"On the day before the sacrifice, the sacrifices are put into the ancestral hall in advance, and the person who presides over the sacrifices is selected in advance to count them. If anyone is short of a few pounds, or uses duck meat as chicken, they will be held in charge of the sacrifice. People publish it and punish it.”

"But often, there are very few villagers who are disobedient and will make a fuss about the sacrifices. Everyone hopes to bless the harvest of food in the fields through pious sacrifices, and also hopes to receive blessings from the gods and keep their families safe and healthy."

"When the sacrifice is completed, the person who presided over the sacrifice will redistribute the sacrifices. At this time, the person who presided over the sacrifice will no longer distribute the sacrifices fairly."

“Often the local powerful took away the meat at will and left the grain offerings to the villagers.”

"But for the villagers, what they bring out during the New Year Festival has been earned by the family's hard work throughout the year."

"The family only raised a few sheep in a year, but they were taken away by the wealthy gentry. As for the remaining chickens, ducks, fish and geese, they were taken away casually."

"Maybe to the prince, these are nothing, but for a small family, one sheep is already half of the property for a year. After a year of hard work, in the end, not even the wool is in hand."

"Moreover, the powerful and powerful families divided up the sacrifices so casually and took advantage of them without any taboos, but no one ever gave the villagers the final say."

"Gradually, when the villagers saw that many wealthy gentry were so shameless, they no longer paid attention to the sacrifices. Some people even simply moved away from their original places to avoid the sacrifices."

"There are also many people who don't raise livestock at home. After all, the reason is simple. If they raise cattle and sheep at home, they will just make clothes for others. If they do, they will definitely be criticized by the priests if they don't use them."

"And it was taken out, but after being offered to the gods, it fell into other people's mouths."

Fusu held up his chin, "So over time, the villagers all lay down?"

"Lie down?" Lu Ze was surprised at first, then kept nodding, "That's the truth, no one is willing to work hard anyway."

Fusu looked at the mountains in the distance. This post house was really a unique place. From wherever he sat, he could see the hills and rivers in the distance just by raising his eyes.

"I know. I know. It's been true since time immemorial."

Naturally, Lu Ze told Fusu this on purpose.

Because the people of Qin State have always accused the people of the Six Kingdoms of being lazy, lying on the ground unwilling to move, completely relying on the sky.

The prince asked what was the difference between the people of Qin and the people of the Six Kingdoms.

In Lu Ze's eyes, this is the difference between the people of the Six Kingdoms and the people of Qin.

The misfortune of the people of the Six Kingdoms is different from that of the people of Qin.

The people of Qin still work hard and produce hard, which means that Qin is indeed richer and more powerful than the Six Kingdoms. The per capita assets of every household in Qin are much higher than those of the Six Kingdoms.

If the family has more assets, including food, cattle, sheep and livestock, and money, naturally everyone is willing to have more children.

If the family has money, there will naturally be no competition between brothers and sisters, and the relationship will be good and the relationship will be harmonious.

This is exactly what Xunzi saw in Qin.

This is why the world-famous Qin State caused many knowledgeable people to rush away.

"Every year in the countryside, the gentry and nobles serve as sacrificial officials for the annual and monthly sacrificial ceremonies. Doesn't it mean that the villagers can't strive for the qualifications to be the sacrificial officials?" Fu Su asked.

Lu Ze looked at Fusu, his eyes were slightly red, and his throat seemed to be choked. "I've been suppressed for so long that I don't even have the strength to stand up, so why fight?" "My energy has been spent on fighting with family members, or on conflicts with neighbors. Like the prince It’s not like no one has thought about the situation you mentioned, but people with insight are really weak.”

"Many times, it is better not to know these truths and simply be blind and deaf."

Fusu took the bamboo slips and kept knocking on the wooden case, which made a banging sound.

Everyone's scalp was numb when they heard it.

Fusu really wants to kill those bad guys!
"Do you think it would be effective if we, the Qin officials, were to supervise the distribution of the sacrifices?" Fusu looked at Lu Ze.

Lu Ze looked at the table and said this to Fusu.

"Actually, I've heard of it too..."

"You should be called a subject."

"Yes. I actually don't think so."

"Oh. This is not possible? Are you saying that no one can restrain those powerful people?"

Lu Ze looked at Fusu, "Prince, the system is dead, but the people are alive. If a person wants to do evil, no matter how high the threshold is set, he can cross it; no matter how strict the law is set, the bad guys can always escape. Corruption and perversion of the law will not be delayed.”

"Even if the prince asks Qin officials to supervise him, they can only be restrained for a short time at most. Moreover, it is also written in the book of Shang Jun that human nature is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Faced with the temptation of interests, Qin officials may become wealthy gentry."

Fusu looked at Lu Ze, "Then what you said is that the wealthy gentry controlled the sacrifices and took the opportunity to plunder the fruits of the villagers' fields and work, seriously damaging the enthusiasm of the villagers to work. These problems are so serious that if they are magnified, they will harm the country."

"But now you are saying that even sending the King of Heaven to me is useless? So this means there is no solution?"

Lu Ze shook his head, "Prince, that's not the case. I just think that this solution does not solve the problem from the root cause."

Fusu took a sip of tea and thought that Lu Ze was indeed right.

That's the truth. The wealthy gentry of the Six Kingdoms are bad, but are the officials of Qin good?
"Then since you say that, is there a cure for the root cause?"

Lu Ze lowered his head again. He was very rigid and rigid. Except for his smooth speech, he looked like a wooden person at other times.

"I do, but I'm afraid that if I say it, it will make the prince laugh." Lu Ze said and looked at the people around Fusu.

Fusu then laughed, "When a superior man hears the Tao, he will practice it diligently; when a sergeant hears the Tao, he will live or die; when a junior man hears the Tao, he will laugh."

"The sergeant listened to Tao's theory and worked hard to implement it; the sergeant listened to Tao's theory and was doubtful; the corporal listened to Tao's theory and disagreed and laughed."

"If what you said makes sense, someone in this room must be inspired. If what you say makes sense and someone in this room laughs at you, it only means that someone in this room is a corporal."

"If what you say is completely unreasonable, even if people here laugh at you, you should do it. This means that you are not capable enough and you need to think about it again."

"All in all, you have nothing to lose."

Lu Ze looked at Fusu, could he still be like this?
I have long heard that the prince of Qin has sharp words, but this is really not a rumor.

"That's what I said." Lu Ze was still hesitant.

Fusu didn't have high hopes for Lu Ze.

First of all, although he has made great contributions in history, he has not been heard to have any particularly great talents in terms of system construction and political advocacy.

Secondly, Fusu firmly believes that people are the root of the problem, systems are just the externalization of human hearts, and implementation is also human behavior. If the problem cannot be solved even by asking Qin officials to supervise it, we can't try to influence the wealthy gentry.

However, Lu Ze's answer surprised everyone.

"It's the atmosphere. Because the atmosphere is bad and the environment is not good, the choices everyone can make are very limited; if the atmosphere gets better and the environment becomes clearer, everyone will be ashamed of taking ill-gotten gains, and If you don't laugh at the poor and don't laugh at the prostitutes, then the wealthy gentry will behave themselves. "

"Because the nobility can never be eliminated, and there are many wealthy families. What encourages their evil deeds is everyone's wrong worship of money and status. People also pursue money from unknown sources; people who have unclear status are also pursuing it. Officials, people also admire them."

"The world is polluted by these bad habits and thoughts."

After Lu Ze finished speaking, there was silence in the room.

No one expected that what Lu Ze said made sense.

Fusu's eyes also lit up. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "I didn't expect that you think deeply about society. The truth you say may not be worse than those of the famous scholars. At least it is better than what my teacher said. There is nothing new."

"But you have to know that the water of the river cannot flow back."

"In the past, people who regarded money from unknown sources as treasures will not disappear, and there will still be people who worship power and positions obtained through shady means in the future."

"What our Qin State can do is to create a clean and clear politics, select upright and upright people to assist the king in governing the world, train Qin officials who enforce the law impartially, use these people to set an example for the world, and reform the customs from top to bottom."

"What you say is only half correct. Because bad social habits are only the result and cannot be the cause. No one can truly purify the hearts of others unless he himself wants to get better and be an upright person. "

"I only believe that strength is the last word. Only by allowing upright and strong men to take the throne and do what they should do can we stop evil trends and shake down the powerful and evil gentry."

[Considering Fusu's current changes, even his status, and the aspirations of the people, it seems out of place for him to go to Qi State to debate with the great Confucian scholars now, and it is simply impossible.

The majestic prince of Qin and the future supreme king of the world is just like an ideological educator. It is difficult for me to write it myself, because this is to put moral shackles on Fusu and destroy the character's image in the later stage.

Secondly, considering the advancement of the plot, if we continue to talk like this, the plot of the protagonist's rule of the country and rebellion will be pushed back infinitely. The sea of ​​ideas is the broadest in the world, and the truth is endless.

So I decided to delete the part of the original outline where I planned to go to Qi to debate with the great scholars, but the protagonist will still go to Qi to deal with things.

I hope all readers will know and understand. 】

(End of this chapter)