warring states careerist

Chapter 223

Zitian didn't know how powerful the people's resentment was, let alone how powerful it was to destroy a country's king when it could benefit.

There have been countless riots by the people of the country, and countless expulsions of the monarchs, but the monarchs still don't have a long memory, or their interests drive them not to have a long memory.

Zitian thought that since he was the king of the country, it was only natural that he occupied the upper echelon of etiquette, and that he would have a gentleman like Gongsun Ze to protect him.

Therefore, he does not want to agree to Mo Zhe's conditions for the time being.

However, Zitian himself has ridiculed such a gentleman as Gongsun Ze, so it is doomed that there will not be too many such gentlemen.

Outside the palace.

The soldiers of the nobles had already surrounded Xiao Qiang, just a stone's throw away.

The appearance of Gongsun Ze and others did not affect the actions of these soldiers. Even though the four or fifty were capable and engaged in military training since childhood, the number of them was too small after all.

Those Shangqiu people watching the excitement pointed at the palace room.

Dayin and others sent eloquent people to the vicinity of the people, and loudly read Zitian's crimes, inciting the emotions of the people.

"Zitian angered the state of Chu out of selfishness, leading to the danger of destroying the state. This is a crime that harms the country and prevents the ancestors from being sacrificed."

"Zitian angered the state of Chu, causing the people of Chu to besiege the city. Now the people of Chu have sent fine soldiers to burn the granary. Even if the Mohist is good at guarding, wouldn't the people of Chu retreat back to the outer city a hundred steps away? At that time, there will be no food in the city, Zitian refused to surrender because of selfish desires, so could he be starved to death? Are you the ones who starved to death?"

"Zitian reused Sichenghuang's family, and Sichenghuang presented Jiahe to the three Jins, which caused Chu people to be angry. Shouldn't Zitian bear these crimes?"

"A few years ago, there were nursery rhymes in the city, saying that the period of decline is not over, and who is the king cannot be known. Isn't this the destiny?"

After several crimes were read out, Shu Cenxi, who can replace Zitian as the king of the Song Dynasty in the "Tianming Nursery Rhyme", came forward and announced something loudly with a group of nobles.

"Zitian's crime cannot be forgiven. If you can break the Xiaoqiang wall, you will receive Tian Shifeng! All farmers and businessmen will be successful! If you can take the lead in attacking Xiaoqiang's common peasants, you will be a corporal!"

Naturally, the nobles would not sell their own interests, but once Zitian was defeated, it would be difficult for Sichenghuang's family to survive.

At that time, apart from most of the fiefs of the two being divided up by the nobles who launched the coup, the rest can also be given as rewards to the soldiers who participated in the coup.

The speeches made by Tian Shifeng and the concubine peasants, businessmen and merchants were imitated from Zhao Jianzi's declaration before he set off for the expedition.

Some people may say that it is Tian Shiwan, but it is not true, it is Tian Shifang.

It is said in "Zhou Li" that five families are neighbors, five neighbors are Li, and four Li are Li.

At the time when I was living, the neighbors only said that they were still there, and the theory of spirits was rarely mentioned.

Neighborhood, Li, and Feng are all remnants of the special semi-agricultural and semi-military organizational form that existed in the feudal system.

"Royal System" says: control one hundred acres of farmland.For a hundred mu, the top farmers feed nine, the next eight feed, the next seven feed, the next six feed, and the bottom farm feeds five.Common people who are officials, their salary is considered poor.Scholars under the feudal lords regard them as farmers, and their salary is enough to farm on their behalf.A sergeant is a corporal, a sergeant is a sergeant, and a doctor is a sergeant.Qing, the four great husbands.Jun, ten Qinglu.The minister of the second country, the three major husbands, the king, and the ten ministers.The Qing of a small country is twice as big as the official, and the king is the tenth.

According to the tradition of this feudal system, the output of the land cultivated by a farmer should be able to feed nine families.

The upper farmer is counted as one household.

As for the corporals, because they have to undertake more military obligations, they must take off-the-job training. Therefore, their salary must be the same as that of the upper peasants, that is, at least nine people can be supported without farming.

This includes some small family slaves, and corporals generally also farm, so the life of corporals is much better than that of farmers who have to rely on themselves and have to pay taxes.

The salary of a sergeant is twice that of a corporal, and four times that of a sergeant.

Among the soldiers of these nobles, many belonged to the ranks of soldiers, and Shu Cenxi, Dayin and others directly dismissed Tian Shifeng's reward, which really moved the hearts of these soldiers.

Shifang is a hundred households with five people, one neighborhood, five neighborhoods, one mile, four miles and one fang.

For these one hundred households, the usual military obligations they need to undertake are a four-horse chariot and a hundred apprentices.

With the expansion of the scale of the war and the proliferation of various Qiujia Fu, a fief of one hundred households can provide up to four times the original number of chariots.

For Shi, this is completely a dream opportunity.

For the farmers present, this kind of reward also means that they have the opportunity to stand out regardless of their blood.

In the past, Bi Wan went to the state of Jin in exile. He was born as a commoner, experienced seven battles, and was promoted from corporal to minister.

From the corporal Sima Chang who can only be in charge of 25 people, to the minister who can recruit 120 and five chariots in the fiefdom, no matter how you look at it, this is a beautiful road for everyone to counterattack.

And Bi Wan's grandson is called Wei Huo, Wei Huo who was married by Wei Huo, Bi Wan's descendant and Wei Si, who led the division of the three families.

However, this seemingly beautiful road cannot be replicated by ordinary farmers.

Because Bi Wan's surname is Ji, he is a descendant of Zhou Wuwang's younger brother, and he took the country as his family after the country was destroyed.Counting, the surname of Ji in the state of Jin is actually the surname of Ji, but the ancestor of the Wei family who was divided into Jin is actually the surname of Ji, but the ancestor of the Jin people is Tang Shuyu, and the ancestor of the Wei people is Bi Gonggao, Tang Shuyu's uncle.

Even if Bi Wan becomes an ordinary man, he still has aristocratic blood, and still has the knowledge and martial arts of the era of knowledge monopoly, and he can even become Jin Xiangong's charioteer, so there is such a way for ordinary men to counterattack.

The people who were incited at the scene would not recognize the secret hidden behind this, but only thought that they might have the opportunity to copy Bi Wan's path and become a high-ranking official from a mediocre man.

Those soldiers who were originally above the corporals were more likely to be promoted than the peasants. Now that the nobles and uncle Cen Xi have come forward to admit it, once they have achieved military exploits, they can obtain the fiefdom of four chariots. This is for everyone's status. All in all a huge improvement.

The nobles announced the rewards again, saying that they had prepared hard and thick wood, and if they could break through the gate of Xiaoqiang, then the brave warriors who knocked on the gate would be rewarded with twenty gold!
The huge temptation combined with the original resentment, those watching the crowd received their weapons one after another, shouting the words to expel the Wudao monarch, and joined the battle against Xiao Qiang.

Whether it was for a reward or not to starve to death in a possible siege in the future, after they were instigated, they would choose this way.

Because the ability of the Mohist to defend the city is too strong, the people believe that the Chu people will not be able to attack Shangqiu, so they can only choose to besiege the city in the near future. At that time, the one who will change his son in the city will definitely not be the king who angered the Chu people and caused Shangqiu to be besieged. .

Zitian, who was standing on the high wall, was panicked when he saw the agitated people lift up the logs, shouting and charging towards the palace gate of Xiaoqiang.

Looking at Gongsun Ze and others who are still fighting desperately, it is clear that even though Gongsun Ze and others are superb in martial arts, their number is too small after all.

Hearing the yelling and cursing from outside the palace wall, Zitian just realized how powerful the people's resentment and interests can be. Knowing that things cannot be done, he finally stopped pinning his hopes on Gongsun Ze and others.

He cried out to the two Mohists: "All this is the fault of the widow! The widow was not able to be as wise as Marquis Lu and son Bao, which caused the people of the country to be angry. This is my fault!"

"It's just that now that public opinion has been incited by those people, how can I come forward to persuade them?"

"I am willing to change my past mistakes and agree with the teachings of your giants. Can you correct your mistakes if you know your mistakes? Isn't this salvageable?"

Those two Mohists who were in charge of the escort were waiting for this sentence, and said indifferently: "Since your lord knows his fault, it may not be impossible to be saved. The thoughts of the people in the city, our Xuanyi Department can replace you I agree."

"only……"

The two Mohists were hesitant to speak, but Zitian couldn't care less at this moment, and said repeatedly: "Where is there anything else?"

A Mohist said: "It's just that the public opinion has been stirred up now, but there are still many people defending on the city wall. Now that the emperor can't come forward, what can the Xuanyi Department promise for the emperor?"

This is obviously taking advantage of others' danger, but Zitian has nothing to do, so he can only say: "As long as I can continue to be the king, I will definitely correct my mistakes. Now as long as the people expect, it must be something I couldn't do before. It was also my mistake. Since they brought it up, I will naturally correct it later.”

While speaking, he heard a violent knocking sound from the palace gate, apparently the soldiers outside were hitting the palace gate.

Zitian's heart ached, and he had no choice but to pin all his hopes on Mo Zhe, the only one who could step forward to stabilize the situation.

Hearing the words, the Mohist asked, "Your Majesty says that a four-horse horse can't chase a snake. Mohists also keep their promises, and the world knows it. I don't want our Xuanyi Department to promise your Majesty what you can't promise. Conditions, then the reputation of the Mohist’s faith will be shattered. This is something we cannot allow.”

"Since Zimozi promised the king to help you defend the city, he will definitely do it. As for the people of Shangqiu, if he agrees to their conditions, but the king backs down, then the people who the people think are untrustworthy, It is also our Mohist!"

Hearing the shouts from outside the palace, Zitian couldn't think too much, he just said: "I can swear to the gods and ghosts, isn't that enough?"

The Mohist didn't speak, took out two pieces of paper from his body, and wrote down some oath words in Mohism's common cursive script and Song State's flower-and-bird seal script, handed it to Zitian after reading it, and said: "Please make an oath!"

Zitian knew that in the current situation, he had no choice but to rely on these people. He just took out his sword and cut his finger, muttered a few oaths, and pressed his fingerprints on two pieces of paper.

(End of this chapter)