warring states careerist

Chapter 355

Propaganda that benefits the world is essential, and the world needs idealists.

But outside of benefiting the world, the "utilitarian" propaganda of the Propaganda Department heard by the public is as follows:
The emerging iron pot is really a huge profit. Those villagers or wealthy farmers who bought shares questioned why they couldn't expand production?The answer is that there are not enough manpower.

So these people gritted their teeth at the population of Shiqing's aristocrat Lutian: Obviously only 500 people are needed to manage the land, but these idiot nobles restrained those farmers and used a full 2000 people... These 500, [-] people can always squeeze out hundreds of people to enter Do you work in a workshop?

The wealthy peasants who were the first to follow the Mohist land reform, relying on the manpower advantage of a family of four and five men, completed the installment payment of the iron oxen and horses early, and salivated in front of the uncultivated virgin land.

Relying on the good situation of the huge cotton price in the past few years, I have accumulated enough wealth. I only need to pay a part of the money to buy a piece of swamp land, cultivate it for five years, and then I will be myself. But... lack of manpower, my family The land has reached its limit, there is a shortage of people everywhere, and there is no way to get it... I can only watch those farmlands with hired workers sell carloads of products every year and beat my chest.

Seeing that the peasants who were bound on the Lutian of the Shiqing nobles were unable to move freely to cultivate the land for themselves and become hired laborers, the only thing left in their minds was the "bad guys" who hindered them from gaining profits.

After conquering the Teng country and helping the Teng country to restore the country, the sales of ironware increased sharply within a year. Although it is a mode of repayment in installments, as long as you are willing to do it, there is so much land now, and it can be recovered in three to five years. These are some and ironware The relevant Peixian people saw it with their own eyes.

Since Teng Kingdom can sell so many commodities, they of course support the transformation of more princely states in the Mohist way, for the benefit they can get.

Those who have worked in the handicraft workshops of the Mo family for a few years, seeing that they have learned a lot of crafts, open a workshop by themselves, and hire a few "servants", I am afraid that they can make a lot of money in just a few years .

What kind of things like paper and oil can only be sold in a large number in Peixian County. They not only need more "servants", but also need a wider city like Peixian County.

Breaking through the small country of Teng, in the eyes of the people of Pei County, in addition to the benefits of the propaganda, there is also a surge in iron sales, and hundreds of hired workers came to Pei County to fill the newly established Iron pot workshops, an extra brigade of voluntary teachers who can guard their good life, and more than a hundred of their own children studying in Peixian Township School who can be competent when they grow up, make some oxen and horses with a surge in demand The farming community is happy...

A Mohist who aspires to the world, transforms the world for the belief of benefiting the world.

The people who gather for profit subconsciously merge into this monster, transforming the world for their own benefit.

A wider market, more free labor, and more opportunities to make a fortune... The primary goal of all these is to get rid of the Shiqing aristocrats and the Fengtian Lutian system that restrain the peasants, and then transform the world into a Everyone's surplus wealth can buy more goods in the world.

The biggest irrationality in the world at this time is the nobles of Shiqing.

At this time, the most restrictive productivity in the world is the system of land closure and land granting that restricts farmers.

All of these should be broken in terms of reason and absolute rational interests.

It's just that in this process, there will always be many imperfections, even dark ones.

Seeing these deportees who were about to be sent to workshops or selected as volunteer teachers, Shi encouraged everyone, "Do well. When you come to Pei County, everyone is equal regardless of high or low. Pei County is not a place where milk and honey flow everywhere. You can get something for nothing, but at least you can guarantee that hard work can make you live like a person."

"Six years, whether it is long or short. However, compared to before, there is always something to look forward to, isn't it?"

Everyone giggled and nodded in agreement, and when Shi wanted to take the opportunity to say a few words, he heard someone calling him from behind.

It's weird.

If they are inside the Mohists, they are often called comrades.If it is a public, they basically call them by their first names.

The man called out "Brother Shi", and when he turned his head, he saw Liuzhi, who had grown up, riding a horse towards this side, and there were a few people behind him, and the sturdy Gongzao Ye could be seen from a distance. .

In the past two years, Liuzhi followed Gongzaoye in Pengcheng, and now he is no longer that half-grown child, but a strong young man.

Shi himself had also changed his appearance earlier, his body was stronger than before, he grew a light beard, his face was tanned, and he really looked like a "ink".

Six Fingers greeted happily, galloped over, and Gong Zaoye also came over to say hello.

There were six or seven people who followed, all of whom came back to participate in the September Brotherhood meeting this time. Mohists from all over the world must send representatives to come back, this is the rule.

Those who can participate are undoubtedly the best of the Mo family.

Several people shared a few words, and Gong Zaoye said that he would go to see Mozi first, and if he had nothing to do in the evening, he could have a drink, so he chose a restaurant near the pier.

Liuzhi can now also participate in this expanded 500-person fraternity meeting. After all, when he and Shi joined the Mohist family, there were only [-] people in the Mohist family.

After the farewell, everyone went to work.

In the evening, seven or eight people came to the restaurant near the wharf together. The business here is booming. Businessmen from south to north mostly eat and drink here.

From Shi's point of view, it has more or less the appearance of a wine shop in later generations, and the food inside has also become more abundant.

A few people chose a place to sit down, ordered some wine, and then ordered some special dishes of Pei County.

During the meal, he didn't talk about any political affairs. He knew the situation in Pengcheng very well.

Gong Zaoye only joked: "I, Pengcheng Shou, are just a memorial tablet. In fact, it is the same for anyone in the Mo family to do it. As long as the giant signs the order, anyone can do it. Below me, most of the officials are Mohist, not listening to Pengcheng Shou I am a committee member sent to Pengcheng by the Mohist Central Committee, and I just happen to be one."

Liuzhi also talked about some interesting things that happened in Pengcheng lively, but he didn't ask some ridiculous things, such as "When will I work with you?" If he could even ask such childish things, I'm afraid there would be no Eligible to participate in this time's fraternity meeting.

After the coup in Shangqiu that year, the Mohist coerced Song Gong to reach an agreement with the nobles, and Pengcheng was operated as the second capital of the Song Dynasty.

None of the people wanted to provoke the Mohists, but Pengcheng was different from Peixian, and the policies in Pengcheng were slightly different from those in Peixian.

Some nobles recognized the laws of the Mohists in exchange for Mohism's recognition of their private land ownership and integrated into the new rules and regulations.

The other part did not agree, but the Mohists were not good at directly suppressing and directly making enemies of the princes of the world, so they stabilized first.

Two years after the large-scale land reform in Pengcheng, the contradiction became acute: on the one hand, there were self-cultivated farmers who were making a living, and on the other side, farmers who were living under the semi-serf system.

So the Mohist came up with a strategy of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot. After gaining a firm foothold in Pengcheng, they immediately organized large-scale land reclamation, and mobilized a large amount of grain from Pei County along Surabaya.

After everything is ready and after "obtaining the approval of the vast majority of the people", the change will be announced.Of course, the legitimacy of this change is against the times, because the so-called vast majority of people in Mohism are not human beings under the rules of the times.

The policy of change is simple and tender.At least that's how it looks.

The decree stipulates that any peasant can leave the village commune and public land, reclaim the land, and pay the taxes they would have borne, provided that they do not occupy the noble land.

However, this decree was immediately opposed by the local nobles.

Because the decree gave the peasants freedom and took away the source of cheap to almost free labor for the nobility.

What is lacking at this time is not land, but labor.

Nobles don’t take a single piece of their land. The question is how can the nobles cultivate the land themselves?Besides, a family of young and old could not cultivate that much land, and the original feudal obligations were cancelled, which was fatal to the old-fashioned nobles.

Judging from "July", farmers usually have a lot of feudal obligations, including providing unpaid labor to nobles, repairing houses, hunting, training, and harvesting and farming for free...

This decree of the Mohists completely destroyed the economic foundation of the nobility on the basis of "morality".

Borrowing the excellent transportation conditions from top to bottom in Surabaya, it can be said that food is needed for food, and ironware is needed for ironware. The purpose is to force the local nobles in Pengcheng to "rebel".

If it is a normal feudal dynasty, the implementation of this decree is meaningless.However, the Mohist’s control over the grassroots is not comparable to that of the late feudal dynasty. In just a few days, with strong material support, a large number of farmers who were originally nobles and land closures hoped to have their own new land.

Of course, there are also some people who have long been used to this kind of life and are reluctant to part with the nobles, and the Mo family doesn't care about these people.

Within a few days, the aristocrats panicked—they ran away, and the land was useless?

In the past, it was just a small-scale escape, and they were arrested and executed as a warning to others. Anyway, it was the secret law of the nobility.

But now, it is a statutory law, and the rationality of the law comes from the "public will" of Mohism.Furthermore, the Mo family had prepared enough food and a large amount of good Daze wasteland that could be reclaimed. It was nothing more than two years of hard work, and the old-fashioned nobles finally panicked.

Because it is inconvenient for the Mohists to directly kill the nobles so as not to cause panic among the princes, the Mohists originally planned to adopt a milder semi-coercive policy of "20-year redemption".

However, the conservative aristocrats tangled their forces and staged a rebellion, shouting slogans to expel the tyranny and cruel government of the Mohists.

It just so happened that the Battle of Niu Lanyi had just ended, and Wei and Chu all knew the terrible technology of the Mohists, and the situation in the world was greatly beneficial to the Mohists. The Mohists who help Chu Ze Chu Ba.

Under such circumstances, the People's Court in Shangqiu exerted pressure to force Song Gongzi Tian and the Inquiry Court Order Yin Huangfu Zang to think that what happened in Pengcheng was a "rebellion".Pengcheng immediately quelled the rebellion, killing and intimidating, several nobles were killed, and the rest expressed their "repentance" and supported the 20-year redemption policy.

Those who did not die fled one after another, and the land was directly owned by the "public".For those who repented and agreed to buy them back, the Mohist did not give gold or copper at all, but gave a pile of banknotes. It would be impossible to spend them away from the Mohist-controlled area and the surrounding Song Dynasty cities, but they could buy shares in the coal and iron smelting workshops in Pengcheng. middle.

There is no one who is immortal in any revolution. The number of deaths in Pengcheng is much less than that in Peixian. Yu Pei County is considered quite mild, only a few hundred people died.

A large number of taxis and down-and-out nobles have become operating landlords under the private property system, and the new crops integrated with handicrafts such as wine making and textiles have greatly increased their income, and they have not strongly opposed the Mohist policies.

After all, there are few people in the land at this time, and the land problem is not so acute. The strong executive power of the Mohist school and the large area of ​​wasteland that can be reclaimed as arable land buffer the sharpness of the conflict.

These are all well-known, and it is not a secret within the Mohist school. Naturally, Gong Zaoye would not say these things at a time like this.

He just talked about a "friend" of his who valued small righteousness but didn't know great righteousness after a few drinks.

This friend's story is suitable for hearing.

At this time, Shiza's only emotion after drinking is... "Guangling San" will never be finished again.

Because the eternal masterpiece "Guangling San" originated from an ancient song called "Nie Zheng Assassinates Han".

The friend who Gongzao nagged after drinking was named Nie Zheng.According to the news heard by Mohists in Qi and Wei, it is not only Han Yan Zhongzi who is making good friends with Nie Zheng, but also Mo Shengchuo, Qin Gongzilian and others...

(End of this chapter)