warring states careerist

Chapter 245 The King of Jing and Song Dynasties is Heartbroken ([-])
After Shi left Mozi, a smile that could not be restrained appeared on his face.

In the battle tonight, although the Mohists are famous all over the world, the gunpowder can also be spread all over the world.

He will not hide gunpowder as a secret for a lifetime, but is eager to spread gunpowder and spread it in Kyushu.

The Warring States Period has arrived, and the war will always continue. This thing will always come in handy. Combined with the bronze smelting technology at this time, if the two technologies of brass and wrought iron are spread, the gunpowder age will come within a few decades.

Rows of infantry and flashing copper cannons will smash the last living soil of the nobility: can the nobles who have been training for 20 years off-duty and the powerful four-horse chariot stop the roar of gunpowder?
If not, when a nobleman is on par with ten soldiers who have been trained for three months, how can they maintain their privileges?
The people don't need nobles, and the king doesn't need nobles, so the explosion of gunpowder tonight is an elegy for the nobles and their spirit.

After getting down the tower, before Shi could speak first, there were already disciples, peasants, soldiers and countrymen who were guarding the city asking loudly.

"Is the Chu people already defeated?"

"The people in Peiyi captured the King of Chu, is it true?"

"There are too many rumors, Shi, we only believe what your Propaganda Department says!"

"Yes, let's say something!"

Many people held spears and stood beside Shi Shi with spears in their hands. Those Mohists who followed Shi came out of the habit and naturally built some stones for defending the city into a high platform for Shi to stand on. .

Before Shi's arrival, the people had been notified of the results of tonight's battle by the Mohist who reported.

Two nobles from Chu were killed in battle, the king of Chu was captured, and he agreed to form an alliance.

Behind this news, there is also the feat of the volunteers from Peixian County capturing the king of Chu, which has already spread throughout Shangqiu.

Up to now, not to mention the king of Chu, even the emperor of Zhou has been shot.

However, it has never happened that the common people go through the formation and capture the king of a big country. Those small viscounts who can capture a city with a hundred people, and the king himself farms the land and the wife weaves the cloth, don’t count. .

The people of Shangqiu have experienced several huge psychological twists and turns since the battle of defending the city.

At first, they chose to defend the city because of the faith of the Mohists and their natural obligation to defend the city.

Then the Xuanyi Department said that the Chu people's destruction of the city would increase taxes and labor, and they firmly defended the city.

After the granary was burned, they were hesitant to defend the city after the risk of changing their sons and breaking their bones.

Before the coup in the city, the propaganda of the Xuanyi Department made them understand their rights and obligations, and they continued to defend the city after Song Gong promised to change.

But this kind of defense of the city has prerequisites: within three months, if the Chu people do not retreat, they will choose to give up the defense of the city.

Under such psychological twists and turns, the news that the volunteers in Pei County captured the king of Chu and forced them to form an alliance is even more important and shocking.

Now that they have accepted the Mohists' propaganda about rights and obligations, they have to think about why the people in Pei County, who are far away in Surabaya, come to defend the city?Why do you want to do this?

Under the enfeoffment system, not to mention Peiyi, it was the fiefs of other nobles in the Song Dynasty, and the monarch could not move them.

If the people of Chu broke through the city and fulfilled some conditions such as hard labor, the only people who would be hurt would be the people of Shangqiu, and it would have nothing to do with the volunteers in Pei County as far away as Surabaya.

Many people may think that the volunteers in Pei County came with the Mohist, and they are also the Mohist family, so the benefit to the world is the reason.

But many people know that the Mohists have been propagating that the volunteers in Pei County are not Mohists, they are just people, not Mohists, so they will not use benefiting the world as a reason for going out.

Even though the news from Mo Zhe, these people still don't believe it, they still have some doubts, after all, this happiness came too suddenly.

When the appropriateness appears, the people habitually feel that the appropriateness can be used as their direction when they are confused.

So when they habitually climbed to a high place, those noisy people quickly quieted down.

They were still holding spears, and they still wanted to squeeze forward, to get closer and hear more clearly.

Shi Shi tore off the black scarf on top of his head, waved it and said: "What you heard is true!"

"My disciples of the Mohist school and the volunteers of Pei County joined forces to go through the formation. In the end, the volunteers of Pei County were luckier and captured the King of Chu!"

"Now you don't have to worry about changing sons and eating in three months, and you don't have to worry that our Mo family can only defend the city but can't keep you from starvation!"

After all, bursts of cheers erupted from under the city walls. The people defending the city were not only cheering for the disappearance of the risk of starving to death in three months, but also cheering for hope and a new life.

The months of defending the city were not only the years of defending the city, but also the months when the organized people listened to the propaganda of the Propaganda Department.

For the first time, the future is displayed in front of them like a picture scroll, and they only regret that the siege of the Chu people cannot be performed for the time being.

Those techniques of fertilizing the fields, those methods of cooling and warming cotton cloth, those rights and obligations only say that everything has become unattainable because of the siege.

When the siege was finally over, all this seemed close at hand, within reach.

But some people calmed down and asked, "Shi, but now that the granary is burned and the farming period is missed, now even if the Chu people retreat, how will we live?"

As soon as this remark came out, the cheering crowd instantly became cold-hearted.

Yes, the Chu people are gone, and life must continue, but how should life continue?
The food was collected by the Mohists, and a lot of Song Gong’s food was also burned. Even though the contract was written and the city was repaid, the new taxes have not been paid, so how can the palace have food to repay?
Even if the Chu people retreated, the wheat fields that were burned to stop the Chu people could not come back.There are still a few months of winter, and what should we do before next year's harvest?
Shi was silent, waiting for the crowd to change from ecstatic excitement to calm despair, until the scene was suppressed and silent again, Shi finally spoke.

"Peiyi has adopted the method of crop rotation and two crops. Last year was a good year, with a bumper harvest of wheat and beans."

"It's just that Pei County has its own benefits from the people of Pei County, so it's impossible to give it to you for nothing. Although our Mo family has farmland, the amount is not enough for the entire Shangqiu. Even if we can benefit the world regardless of ourselves, let alone benefit, it is too little after all. , is like a glass of water that can save a car's salary!"

He said that when Peiyi had a good harvest, the people suddenly found a floating plank out of desperation, and they couldn't help thinking: "Yes, the Mo family is in Peixian County, and Peiyi is the Mo family. They have a good harvest there, and the Mo family is thinking about profit. Isn't it possible to mobilize food from there?"

This is like the hope of the plank in the flood. After being shattered by the right words, everyone fell into despair again.

The volunteers of Pei County have already helped Shangqiu defeat the Chu people and captured the king of Chu. They are not Mohists. Can they be expected to benefit the world and not seek profit, but to save themselves?

Duke Song was unable to collect such far-reaching taxes, let alone adjust them, otherwise he would not have been forced to such an extent by the nobles.

After everyone fell into despair again, Shi was like unburned charcoal in the fire, and after the dust on the surface was blown by the wind, the glimmering light of hope appeared again.

"However, the Mohists have always won the trust of the people for their righteous actions in Pei County. The Mohists can act as a guarantee and let Pei County borrow food from you."

"Peiyi is not far from here. The transportation is organized by ink carts. Shangqiu will dispatch the whole process, and it will be completed soon."

"Even if it's not much, it's still possible to support the harvest until next year. Before that, I'm afraid we, the Mohists, will be responsible for the distribution of food. I think you can trust us, right?"

After he finished speaking, everyone shouted loudly: "Of course I can believe it!"

"Who can't trust your Mo family?"

"If the emperor assigns it, we can't believe it, but if you assign it to us, we can trust it!"

Everyone shouted loudly, and thought that the ink cart was used in the Huaisi area of ​​Yimapingchuan, which was suitable for transportation.

As long as you have the strength, it takes more than ten days to transport the grain from Pei County.

There are not so many ink carts, but there are still craftsmen who can make them.

As for strength, who doesn't have it?
Seeing that everyone was happy and got the opportunity to gradually dye Shangqiu black with the distribution rights he wanted, he pressed his hand and asked everyone to calm down first.

Everyone's hearts have gone through the cycle of hope, despair and hope again, and they can't help feeling anxious, wondering if there is anything wrong with it?
They guessed right, not only was there something inappropriate, but the inappropriateness was the topic that Shi really wanted to talk to everyone about.

Shi stretched out his finger, pointed at a noble mansion in the city, and said with a smile: "There is a saying, you must pay interest when borrowing money, and the nobles can earn [-] yuan a year in interest when they lend money."

"Naturally, the people of Pei County are different from the nobles. Everyone eats from the soil. Even though they are in Peiyi and you are in Shangqiu, they are always closer than you and the nobles. Are you right?"

Seeing everyone nodding, Shi said again: "Speaking of which, I think everyone in Pei County came to Shangqiu to help the war, and they also had the same idea: everyone is a peasant, which is naturally close. The people of Chu broke the city, and the nobles had What damage? It is only because you peasants will be harmed that the youths from Peixian broke through the enemy's line and captured the King of Chu."

"This is what our Mohists call universal love. Who do you love? Naturally, you love people like you. Common peasants love common peasants, and nobles love nobles. This is the principle of universal love."

"It's like, when you see people being killed, you will feel soft-hearted. But when you see cattle and sheep being killed, you will feel less soft-hearted. People can't love cattle and sheep first, so of course the peasants must love the peasants first."

"Are you similar to the peasants and soldiers of the Chu people outside the city? Or are you more similar to the Liuqing of Song Company City? Think about it."

"Those people outside the city, although they speak Chu language that you don't understand, how is it different from you?"

"When farming in spring, you must first cultivate the gentleman's field and the public land before you can cultivate your own. In summer, just like you, you will be conscripted to repair the palace walls and undertake labor labor. In the autumn harvest, you must first work on the public land and the private land of the gentleman. Only then can you be busy with yourself. Performing martial arts in winter, the cold wind is bitter, and you will follow the chariot in the field.”

"Aside from the fact that they speak the Chu dialect, how is it different from you? Will they get your land? Even if Shangqiu is breached, will they be the ones collecting taxes and food?"

(End of this chapter)