warring states careerist

Chapter 345 Tian Yuan Forced and Cornered ([-])
Shi nodded, dipped his hand in some water, and drew two random lines on the wooden table: "Sishui and Heshui pass through Pei from Lu, and Danshui flows from Mengzhuze to Pengcheng."

"Nowadays, iron ox farming and composting for two seasons and fine varieties are mostly used in the Song Dynasty. Food transportation is not easy, and it can only be transported along the river."

"From Taoyi in Heshui, the grain is continuously concentrated to Pei. The iron and cotton cloth from Peidi are exchanged for grain along the river."

"The same is true for the cities of the Song Dynasty in the Danshui River Basin."

"I'm afraid that the county officials like Duke Luyang will be scared to death of the food accumulated in Peidi now. In three to five years, even if there is a three-year drought in Peidi, it will be enough to ensure that no one will starve to death. This is nearly ten years. Years of promotion and ten years of absorption."

"Is it a lot to exchange [-] catties of grain for the copper of a cannon? Not much! But..."

Shi changed the subject and said: "But in Peidi, in Song Dynasty, how can you sell corn for [-] yuan? Now the price of grain is supported by iron tools in exchange for grain. Once the repayment is completed, the grain in Song Dynasty will The price will drop immediately."

"Bronze is needed to cast cannons. Gongzhuo can't use iron to cast cannons suitable for field battles, let alone, I don't have that ability."

"Although there is a lot of food, how can I exchange it for copper? It is transported by land. Everyone knows that Sui Kui and Yong are hungry, but how much food will be eaten on the way? From Peidi to Kui and Yong. At what price do you need to sell it so that the merchant will not lose money?"

"The profit of making qilin pearls and spirits is several times, and it is easy to transport and store, so that we can continuously obtain the raw materials urgently needed by volunteers."

"Only when a righteous teacher is strong can he change the world."

"To change the world, the world can be everywhere with the Sishui River."

"Now the farmers from all over the world may be more exploited by the greed of the princes and nobles, but one day we will make those princes and nobles cease to exist in order to reach the Paradise."

"The root cause is not the spirit of Qilin, but the land system of the feudal system. If the root cause is not resolved, but on the basis of retaining the root cause, it is necessary to show mercy to the people of the world. This is not what a Mohist should do."

"Don't I have any compassion?"

"I have it too, but I know how to benefit the world. Now, can you find a way to show the compassion of the Mohists and change the world? If not, you must support me and agree with me!"

"Shijiatun is here, and there are all the gold and copper needed in reality. Can you solve it?"

Gao Sunzi's tone also became more intense, and he muttered, "I'm not against changing the world, I'm just saying that in the process of changing the world, can we be more benevolent?"

"It's not just Qilin Liquor, but internally they are already somewhat dissatisfied with the means of selling gunpowder and spreading gunpowder to destroy cities. Gunpowder has been exchanged for copper and gold and jade, but it has also made wars in the world more frequent, and the people of the world have suffered even more. suffering."

"If you don't solve this matter, how can you make everyone agree? How can you convince the world that we are both aggressive and loving? Isn't this encouraging the belligerent king of the world?"

Shi Leng said: "As you said, ironware shouldn't be spread all over the world. Ironware such as oxen and crops should be spread all over the world, so that the people can produce more food, and the warlord can organize more soldiers and fight more brutally. !"

"The root of the chaos in the world is that the disputes in the world cannot be synonymous and stable. It is not such things as gunpowder and iron."

"You support changing the world with righteous teachers, but you are uneasy about these cruel realities. You should find a way to get the best of both worlds!"

"There will be a big gathering in September. If you have a way, you can bring it up at the meeting. If it makes sense, why can't you convince everyone?"

"You can't think of a way, but you criticize the available methods. Aren't you harming the world?"

The quarrel between the two has already had too much gunpowder. This is the first time that everyone has seen Shi get angry, but it is not the first time they have seen Shi argue with others and never back down.

Never give in, that is, you will not back down in the face of giants.

But in the previous arguments with Gao grandson, there was still a smile, even though it was fierce, it didn't reach this level.

When Grandson Gao heard that Shi directly accused him of harming the world, his face immediately showed displeasure, he refused to eat, left angrily, and went to rest in a nearby room.

Shi Jiatun looked also very angry, and wanted to say something, but heard Shi sighed, and went aside without eating.

Everyone felt that Shi's reaction today was very wrong and extreme, but they didn't know that in Shi's view, the Mohists had reached the critical point of the line dispute.

Mozi is old, Qin Huali is also old, and Qin Huali is more like a transition.

How should the Mo family go after that?This big gathering in September this year will all be resolved. If it is not resolved, the Mohists will face division and doubts.

This seemingly ordinary gathering, in Shi's view, is the turning point of the Mo family.

The organizational nature of the Mohist school determines that the matter of upper and lower synonymous is extremely important.

When it is done, the whole organization has reached a consensus and turned into a single person, a behemoth with countless hands, feet, and ears.As long as any one of them acts according to the consensus, he will contribute to the realization of the ultimate goal.

Many of the previous matters were not matters of principle. Even in the past, when he argued with Grandson Gao, Mozi suppressed them, so they could always be resolved.

He also didn't want to quarrel with Gao grandson like this, and it seemed that it was because of a matter that he had already quarreled many times.

But today we must show an attitude. In the past, we could make a little concession for the sake of unity, but today we absolutely cannot.

Not only is it impossible, but it is also necessary to persuade Gao Sunzi, so as to gain Gao Sunzi's support, so as to unite and deal with those people who disagree in the general direction.

Mozi is old, even if Qin Huali becomes a giant, he can't suppress the internal disputes, but because of the relationship, he will maintain an undivided form.

This time Mozi is on his side, Shi is very sure, because if not, there is no need to expand the scale of the normal gathering of committee members. With 25 people making decisions, Mozi's influence is easy to control.

To expand the scale, it is because Mozi is convinced that the more people there are, the greater the advantage will be, thus laying the foundation for the Mohist line in one fell swoop.

The debate with Gao Sunzi is more like a test of Mozi: if he can't even unite with Gao Sunzi, or even turn against him, or can't get support, then it seems that Shi is not suitable to be the next giant.

It is appropriate to be sure that Grandson Gao will not have conflicts with himself because of personal grievances, so he can directly argue with the most intense words, even if both parties are angry.

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In the house, Grandson Gao sat alone on his knees, looking at the rain outside, still angry at what Shi said just now that he was harming the world.

He knows that today's debate is not a repetition of the old tunes of the past, but a general outbreak of some problems.

He also knew that what seemed to be talking about Qilin, strong wine, gunpowder and other things today was actually discussing a series of policies of the Mo family over the years.

Pei County is developing very well, and Gao Sunzi knows this very well. In less than ten years, it has changed completely.

The people are full, the appearance of the villages and villages has changed, their habits have changed, there are more cattle and horses, and more food...

everything is fine.

But corresponding problems also appeared.

The rotation mining system that was originally implemented, with the development of Pei County, the people are already reluctant.

The nobles in Pei County were basically wiped out. With the popularization of iron tools, many lands that were not suitable for cultivation have become fertile soil.

The people are no longer willing to engage in those tiring and dangerous labors. Who is willing to work if they have cattle, horses and fields at home?

However, the manpower of the handicraft industry and iron smelting industry in Peixian County is increasing, and it is increasing every year.

As for the method of increase, Gao Sunzi has already seen it clearly, or roughly said it before Shi Shi.

After the Shangqiu coup in the Song Dynasty, the vicinity of Shangqiu had begun to change, and a violent storm was brewing in other places that had not yet broken out.

The nobles who own Lutian and Fengtian will not let go of their control over the peasants.It can not only obtain the free feudal obligations of these peasants, but also be a source of troops that the nobles can control.

However, apart from the nobles who owned Lutian and Fengtian, those farmers who longed for the private mu system and originally had their own land supported the Mozhe.

Those who owned a large amount of private land, originally had no political status, and down-and-out aristocrats, also began to support Mohists.

Their private land is not Lu Tian, ​​and they have no personal control over the farmers.

The Mohist began to cooperate with them, providing them with loans and ironware, and teaching them some planting techniques.

Originally on their private fields, many people rented and planted their fields, and paid a certain amount of tax every year to obtain the food they depended on for survival.

These renters are different from the common peasants who originally owned the land. They are a group of poorer people differentiated from the common peasant class.Because of the increase in population, these people do not have their own land, and can only rely on renting or doing servants for a living.

But at this time the number is not much.

After the Shangqiu coup, the Common People’s Court made a rule to keep the rent in kind, and what’s more, it kept the rent in kind before the agricultural reform... Calculated by 240 steps of Mohist acres, the output of each mu of land in the past was only [-] to [-] You only need to pay a rent in kind of up to ten catties per mu of land.

If they can pay in full, in fact, for these taxis and small nobles with private land, their income has not decreased.

But the problem is... the grain for taxation has indeed not decreased as much as before, but the price of grain has plummeted in the past few years, and ten catties of grain per mu is nothing at all.

Today's handicraft industry in Pei County is developing extremely rapidly. Cotton, indigo, potatoes and sweet potatoes for wine making, corn for military rations and horse feed, and various oil crops for oil extraction...

Planting anything at will is more cost-effective than collecting the original private property rent. The Mohists also provided some ironware and technical guidance. Hire people to work the land yourself.

The harvested crops flow down the river along Surabaya, and they can get far more benefits than renting out small plots.

After all, the State of Song is not under the control of the Mohists.It's not like the nobles of Teng Kingdom either fled or died.

And it is impossible for those renters to directly organize five households and ten households to rent horses like Pei County. Even if there is a large amount of swampy wasteland, they lack capital tools and cannot be cultivated.

Those people harvested the fields, and the Mo family was preparing boats to pick them up... With the appearance of the iron ox plow cart, the land of the same size only needs one-third or even one-fifth of the original manpower, and the remaining ones are no longer needed at all. , and there are no tools and no one to organize reclamation, there is no other way but to be driven away.

Surabaya, Danshui, Heshui, Suishui...every month, there is a steady stream of farmers who originally rented and planted private land, who have been reduced to migrant servants, and are organized by the Mohist to stay in Peixian County and Pengcheng.

In order to survive, they either entered the mines to work, or entered the workshops of the Mohists, or joined volunteer teachers, or were organized to cultivate...

The cotton sent upstream is spun into cloth, the potatoes and sweet potatoes sent are turned into spirits, and the seeds sent are pressed into oil...

The continuous supply of labor force balances the number of bottom-level landless laborers because of the increasingly scarce locals in Pei County.

Paper, coal coke, crushed ore, oil, cotton cloth, gunpowder, ironware, pottery... These things are continuously transported to the Song Dynasty, which has undergone large-scale agricultural transformation, or to the farther north of Taoyi, and then let the people there People have more food that can be exchanged to sell these things.

As for the behavior of driving out the land renters for profit, Shi ... acquiesces and even supports this kind of behavior of being driven out, and even said that the handicraft industry of Peidi depends on these people to support it.

Gao Sunzi felt that this was not benevolence and righteousness, and it was benevolence and righteousness in the context of Mohism.

(End of this chapter)