warring states careerist

Chapter 293 Cultivating Fields and Sowing Seedlings and Weeds ([-])

end of september.

The grass and trees in Peixian County have just started to wither and turn yellow, and the Mohist gathering, which lasted for a month and eight days, finally came to an end.

Except Qisui who made bamboo strips as far away as Bashu did not participate, even Mohists who planned activities in Wudi also returned to participate in this gathering.

In fact, the more than [-]-day conference was divided into three parts.

At the very beginning, Qiwuhai and other Mohists were selected for their duties. After that, there was a high-level secret meeting for more than ten days, and then a general meeting attended by all Mohists.

At this moment, everything is over, and those who cannot know what happened in that secret meeting will not get any information.

In a wine shop near the Mozhe Township School in Peiguo Township, many tourists who came from other places this spring are drinking, talking about what they have seen and heard in Pei County, or asking about the "gossip" inside the Mohism.

Anyone who can inquire about it can know.

What you can't find out, what you can't know, no one knows.

There are a few people sitting around a table, all of whom are unfamiliar with each other, but because they are all businessmen and businessmen who came to Peiyi from other places, there is not much estrangement.

Just because there were too many people and there were not enough tables, these people all sat together and chatted casually around the table.

There are no inkmen on the table.

The Qinyue people who followed Chang Sangjun to Pei County, Ren Ke, a secret spy from Wei people, Wei Sungao, a ranger in the city of Wei State...

These people, who were impossible to meet in the first place, gathered around this table for various reasons.

Drinking and talking, the initial pleasure.

There is only one Mohist in the wine shop, who is reading a book there, some people are listening, some people are not listening.

In Peixian County, the Mohist family had just held a big gathering, so the topic was naturally caused by the many news surrounding the Mohist family.

Wei Sungao, a market ranger from the state of Wei, looked at the Mohists who were chanting some Mohist principles in the wine shop, and said to the rest of the people on the table: "I have been here for three to five months. What do those people mean? Can't the Mohist giants decide with one word?"

This is not a secret, Ren Ke said with a smile: "This time, in addition to the previous Qiwuhai, three candidates were selected. In addition to these people, there are 15 members of the committee. In the future, Qiwuhai and the alternates must Elected from among these committee members, the vacancies will be filled at the next big gathering."

Another person on the table nodded and said: "I heard that at a young age, he almost became the Seventh Enlightenment Harm. It seems that there is only one less support than Wu Mabo, so he is a substitute. What does this standby mean?"

Although the people from Qinyue have been here for a shorter time than Ren Ke, but because of Changsang Jun's reputation and his interest in it, he understands this, and sighed: "Under the giants of the Mo family, they are too old. The meaning of the alternate is that if all seven are present, they can observe but cannot make a decision. If the seven are old, sick, and leave Pei County, if there is any major event, the alternate can directly do Qiwu and have the right to make a decision."

"Just like Qin Huali is the next great son, if Mo Di passes away and he is the most popular among the candidates, he can be replaced directly as Qiwuhai."

"The 15 people under the alternates all have the right to make decisions during gatherings. Nanaokai and the alternates will only perform the duties of the 25 committee members including them when these people cannot gather together."

The people of Qin and Yue thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Just like the administration of the Duke of Zhou, it is the government of the King Cheng. When the King Cheng is young, the Duke of Zhou administers the administration. When the King Cheng is an adult, the Duke of Zhou returns to the government. The 25-member committee is the King Cheng, and Qi Wuhai The third alternate is Duke Zhou."

The rest of the people at the table suddenly realized, but Ren Ke thought, anyone can know these things as long as they want to.

It's just that the secret meeting of 25 people after that big gathering, what did they say?The entire Peixian County was silent, and no one knew about it.

The explanation given by the people of Qin and Yue is the explanation given by the Mohists, the so-called worry about getting sick and getting old.

It's just that Ren Ke felt that something was wrong. It was no secret that Chu Youyin came to Pei County, and everyone knew it.Everyone knows that the Mo family wants to enter Chu and discuss with the king of Chu about benefiting the world.

Ren Ke thought that Chu Pei was far away, and it would be inconvenient for the Mohists to select these people to contact. He was afraid that they would send people to Chu, and they might be high-level figures like Wu Hai.

After the big gathering, the Mohists have added the word alternate, not only the alternate Qiwuhai, but also the alternate Mohists.

This is the biggest change that Ren Ke has noticed.

Many of the original businessmen and peasants in Pei County, as well as some people who followed the Mozhe activities early on, and those volunteer teachers in Pei County who were deeply influenced by the Mozhe, most of them joined the Mozhe.

The specific number of people is in the hands of the secretaries and giants, which ordinary people cannot know.

But Ren Ke guessed that at least six or seven hundred people have become alternate Mohists.This does not include these heavenly warriors who just arrived in Peiyi this year.

Many of them want to participate, but they don't even have the qualifications to become alternates.

However, Ren Ke felt that most of these wanderers would become Mohist or alternate Mohist in two or three years.

The abilities of those people in the Propaganda Department are too strong. Ren Ke thinks he is proficient in poetry and book etiquette, but he still often feels that what the Mohists preach is very reasonable.

He knew his mission, but those tourists who came here came here after the Battle of Shangqiu with a heart of benefiting the world.

Ren Ke guessed that there may be even more people, because the Mohists had strongholds in various giant cities before, and there were already many people who had received the moral propaganda of the Mohism.

One year later, it is estimated that the number of official Mohists will exceed [-], and this number will inevitably continue to increase.

This is a frightening amount. Ren Ke knows the abilities of the Mohist people, and also knows the method of Mohism to spread knowledge. If there are three to five thousand official Mohists, no one in the world can compare with them.

Ren Ke didn't know about Pengcheng.

But as far as Pei County is concerned, the Mo family has truly become the uncrowned king.

There is no enfeoffment from Duke Song, no permission from the emperor, and even Mo Zhai himself is not the governor or doctor of Peiyi, but... the Mo family is the real ruler of Peixian.

From clothing, food, housing, transportation to laws and morals, everything is operating according to the Mohist design.

Nominally, Pei County can elect anyone to be the person who integrates the general will and exercises public power... Ren Ke, who has been here for a long time, already knows these rhetoric very well.

However, everyone selected is actually selected from within the Mohist school. Others... neither have this ability, nor can they be convinced by others, nor do they have the prestige supported by the entire organization.

Therefore, after the Mohist gathering, in the second public meeting in Peixian County, several laws and decrees from Peixian County's public opinion were actually internal decisions of the Mohist school, and may even have a great relationship with the secret meeting of 25 people. Relationship.

These decrees are not secret, but are quickly implemented and promoted.

What Ren Ke attaches the most importance to is the law of conscription.

Beginning this winter, each group of families who share the common farming and use of cattle and horses will send out one person to join the volunteer division.

This is equivalent to sending one out of every five households in Pei County to join the army for a period of three years.

From the first year, every five households will select one person to be a volunteer teacher. That is to say, the true scale of Pei County volunteer teachers will not reach its peak until three years later. If the population does not increase, the number of volunteer teachers will remain constant. Stay at this amount.

And in the event of a war, those who return to their hometowns to farm and work after three years of service can be quickly recruited to take up arms.

The tradition of uniting peasants and soldiers is a tradition left over from Zhou Wu's enfeoffment. It was just that the winter martial arts was used to go out during the war, but this time it was directly reformed into full-time training, and the winter martial arts was abolished.

The people were used to this, and they didn't object.

What's even more frightening is that the Propaganda Department talked too much about the truth, so many people went there willingly, which made Ren Ke a little shocked.

In addition to the propaganda of the Xuanyi Department, the Mohists also gave enough material benefits. The Mohism is about utilitarianism, and it also pays attention to mutual benefit.

These recruited volunteers will undergo long-term training starting from winter. The original volunteers will not leave, but will be promoted to officers such as Sima Chang, who will stay in the army directly and receive a relatively high "salary". Enough to support a family.

Ren Ke felt that it was difficult to learn from other places, because the Mo family is very rich now.

Ironware, spirits, cotton cloth, etc., combined with the increasing output of agriculture, Ren Ke felt that the Mo family could afford to raise more than one volunteer teacher, not to mention raising multiple people.

In last year's Battle of Shangqiu, the number of Mohists was too small, so they chose that shocking night attack, which is legendary and amazed by the world.

In Ren Ke's view, I'm afraid this is also a helpless move of the Mo family.

Anyone who thinks that if they become a division in three years, there will be another big war in the Central Plains, and the Mohists want to eliminate their troops, I am afraid that the world will be even more shaken.

In his opinion, the idea of ​​the Mohists seems to be to maintain the balance and stability of the world.

Moreover, from Ren Ke's point of view, the Mohist family really didn't seem to be aggressive, because he looked all over Pei County, but he didn't find a single chariot of the Mohist family.

Apart from his ideas, Mo Di is also a world-renowned carpenter, and Gongshu Ban is not as good. It is still very easy for the Mo family to make a chariot or something.

Without chariots, one cannot attack, but only defend and defend the city. This is a truth known throughout the world.

It was only after Duke Shen and Wuchen defected that Wu learned how to fight with chariots, and had the strength to fight against Chu.

There are many Mohist workshops, but I have never heard of any one making bows and arrows, or even buying strategic materials such as feathers from other places.

Infantry cannot become the master of the battlefield.

A volunteer army without a chariot must be only a defensive force.

A person like Ren Ke who grew up in the era of enfeoffment and invincibility, has come to a conclusion that he thinks is extremely correct.

Therefore, he speculated that the secret meeting of the Mohists discussed how to promote the balance and stability of the world, how to promote the elimination of troops in the Central Plains that the Mohists talked about all day...

But even so, Ren Ke was still thinking, if he becomes a division three years later, although the infantry cannot attack in the field, they will be used for defense... As long as there is enough food, who can break through a big city like Shangqiu?How many troops are needed to break through?
You know, chariots can't attack a city.

As for food... Ren Ke knows that with Pei County as the center, the dissemination of various technical varieties is also going on with great fanfare.The Mohists have no secrets about these things that are beneficial to the world. Anyone can learn them, even Ren Ke himself is learning them.

He raised his head and looked at the wanderers who were discussing or listening intently to the preaching of the person from the Propaganda Department. Thinking about the truths that the Mohists told the grassroots Mohists and the people of the world after the big gathering a month ago, Ren Ke thought to himself: " Didn't the secret meeting say anything? It's really like what the Mohists said, all these slow changes will eventually bring about a new look in the world?"

(End of this chapter)