warring states careerist

Chapter 440 Synonymous
From the beginning to the end, Suo Lucan never talked about benefiting the world.

But the last words are actually telling those people on the opposite side that their actions are harming the world, because the basis of their "benefiting the world"-agriculture is the only means to increase the sum of social wealth-is wrong.

The foundation is wrong, and all inferences above are wrong.

Since there is no possibility of benefiting the world, we can only talk about the policy itself in a naked and dirty way, whether it can benefit Qin Jun and the rebellious Mo group.

The two blushing people finally had no place to be ashamed in front of the truth, and they no longer thought about being a whore but still wanting to erect a memorial archway, and finally talked about the first reform of the Qin Dynasty after several embarrassing drinks. three steps.

When it came to the third step, Suo Lucan almost spit out the wine after taking a sip.

Because the third step mentioned by the other party is called "upper and lower synonym".

The tall man bowed his head and said: "Mozi once said that if you want to accomplish something, you must have the same meaning between the upper and lower. Therefore, if you want to achieve what is right, everything must be true; what is not, must be wrong."

Suo Lucan heard the words and couldn't help but said: "You and I have known each other for more than thirty years. I just found out today that your original surname is Lu!"

The tall man is naturally not surnamed Lu, but since he is of noble origin, the sarcasm in Suo Lucan's words is naturally understood immediately. This is an allusion taken out of context from "The 28 Years of Duke Xiang".

But he said: "The people's wisdom has not yet been developed, and Qin is different from Sishang. Sishang can gather people's righteousness to distinguish right from wrong, but Qin cannot."

Suo Lucan did not refute, and asked again: "Then how did you do it?"

The tall man took out a small book from his pocket. The title of the book was "Cultivation Method" in Mohist cursive script, and asked, "Do you recognize the characters on it?"

Suo Lucan flipped through it, and found that the characters inside were all in the lowly script of the Mohist school. He nodded and said, "Of course I recognize it."

The tall man smiled and said: "So, I still have to thank Shi Shi for the writing and paper. The Qin seal script is complicated and difficult to write, and it is not easy to learn. It requires a large number of literate officials to rule the grassroots, so it is easy to write. Use this word and this paper to compile laws and regulations."

"It is also stipulated that these writings are the books of officials in the Qin land, called official books. With paper and writing, there is a basis for synonymous meaning."

"We have compiled decrees, laws, how to farm, how to plant, and how to plow cattle. These can all be learned from you, and then we will determine how to do it. The officials will force the farmers to double the output."

"The people benefited and supported it even more, so they recruited small officials, learned characters, copied laws and decrees, and the books and laws were in the same book."

"We have made a decree with the Lord of Qin and passed it on to the junior officials. After the junior officials have learned it, they will teach it to the people. Anyone who teaches is cut off from traveling in Qin, and any knowledge that is contrary to the law will be burned, so it is natural to be synonymous. .”

"This "Cultivation Law" is what farmers must learn. It stipulates how many seeds to scatter on what kind of land, how to accumulate and ferment manure, and when the irrigation is best. These are all copied from you, and adapted to local conditions. I asked the farmer in Qin to change it."

"If the peasant officials are like this, then don't mention those law officials."

"Within the three counties directly under Qin Jun's jurisdiction, there is one voice, one tax rate, one law, one weight and measure, and one kind of righteousness and benefit. This is what we understand as synonymous."

Suo Lucan flipped through the book casually, and saw that there were some numbers and symbols on the ribs mixed in it, and asked, "Do you even use the same for this?"

The opposite side nodded and said: "Zhong Ni said, choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. We choose the ones that are good for the king and ourselves and learn them, and the ones that are not good for the king and us are burned. Is our How to do it, can't the country be rich...uh... can't it be ruled by the crowd?"

He originally wanted to say that the country is rich and the military is strong, but in the previous debate, Solu participated in a comprehensive criticism of his view that only agriculture can increase the sum of wealth in the world, so he choked back without finishing the word "rich country".

Solucan sneered, and said: "But you forgot, the giant once said that interests and righteousness are unified. Righteousness is beneficial. If you have the same righteousness from top to bottom, you must share the same benefits from top to bottom so that this righteousness can be carried out. If there is no benefit , this righteousness is not righteousness, and it cannot last.”

Hearing the words, the tall man laughed and said, "Well said! It's a good one with the same interests. I still want to thank Shi's theory of contradictory interests. We went to Qin, so who are the people you can rely on? If some people benefit, the interests of others will be harmed. If you want to change, you must know who can benefit? Whose interests will be damaged? Who can support us? Who can oppose us?"

"If we don't even know this, we are in vain betraying ink. So, the truth is right, the key depends on who uses it!"

"Then tell me, who is our enemy?"

Suo Lucan said indifferently: "You moved the capital and changed the land, and changed the laws and regulations. The enemy is naturally the old nobles of Qin."

The tall man nodded and said: "That's right, so we need to rely on the power of the people to fight against those old nobles. As you said, we must achieve the same benefits between the upper and lower, so that the upper and lower can be synonymous, but the benefits can only benefit a part. It cannot be said that it benefits the old and the expensive, but also benefits the common people.”

"So, our policy is to reward farming wars, and military achievements are related to the number of land and family slaves."

"Under such a policy, businessmen cannot profit, and most of the work is done in workshops. Then, if the people want to profit, there are only two ways."

"One is to learn characters, memorize the law, the same as above, and become an official."

"The other is military exploits. The son has been in Wei for many years, and he knows why the Jin people are good at fighting. Its root is Zhao Jianzi's military exploits back then."

"In the past, Zhao Jianzi fought against the three ministers. Before the battle, he said: Those who conquer the enemy will go up to the doctor to receive the county, and the next doctor will receive the county. The land will be [-]. The common people will be successful in business and business. And win."

"Under the nobles of Shiqing, the people can't benefit from fighting. Why do they fight? As you said, they don't know why they fight, so how can they be good at fighting?"

"Then reward the military exploits, make the people dare to fight, and be rewarded for being brave, so that the people can benefit. In this way, the upper and lower levels can achieve the same justice and the same benefits."

"Your Majesty needs to win the war to benefit from it. The people need to win the war to benefit from it. The interests of the two sides are different, but if you want to benefit, you need to win. This is the same benefit."

Solu thought about it for a while, and then asked: "How about it? What is the reward? Land? How can there be so much reclaimed land?"

The opposite side smiled and said: "It's not rewarding the land that has been reclaimed. The land is vast and the population is scarce. What is lacking is not the land, but the people."

"Under the land grant system, one hundred mu per household is the limit. If merchants are suppressed and land trading is prohibited, then the land itself cannot benefit, and it must be obtained through human labor..."

Speaking of this, Solucan snorted and laughed, just laughing at this person's saying that "you can only gain benefits through labor". The person also knew that this was a loophole in his previous words, so he pretended not to know, and asked : "Suppose one household is given a thousand mu of land, and you can't buy or sell it, and you don't have any hired labor. What's the use of the thousand mu of land?"

Solu nodded and said, "You don't need to tell me this truth. Then, what rewards do you give to those who have gained military exploits?"

The man said: "Slave! Granting more land, if there are no slaves, then it is not a reward, because you can't cultivate it, and the land can't be traded, so how can it be regarded as profit?"

"Slave, this is what makes two hundred acres of land truly two hundred acres of land, instead of one hundred acres of arable land and one hundred acres of wasteland."

"For the lowest level of military exploits, one servant will be rewarded, and two hundred acres of land will be awarded. And so on."

After the man finished speaking, he smiled at Suo Lushen and said, "Don't think it's bad. In fact, this is no different from the changes in Song Kingdom's places near Sishang."

"We use the law to define their status as servants. You shout that everyone is equal under the emperor of heaven, but you allow the rich to annex, and the poor and helpless do not flee. Sishang grants land to reclaim wasteland. In order to survive, those upstarts in the Song Dynasty have to live Work in the manor. Tell me, is there a difference? Is it because everyone is equal under the emperor of heaven?"

These words hit Solucan's itching. Under the Tower of Babylon seven years ago, he understood the root of many things, and even began to think about the origin of human inequality, but he didn't think he could argue clearly with these two people. So he didn't talk or refute, but asked sternly: "How can there be so many servants in the three counties of Lord Qin?"

The man said: "The law is strict, and those who commit crimes are degraded as slaves; this is the first. The slaves who rebelled against the old nobles themselves, and the slaves owned by the Qin Lord himself, are the second. The third..."

There was a smile on his mouth, and he said: "Thirdly, if you preach that you are not my race, your heart must be different! If you say that the upper and lower have the same meaning and the same benefits, then the Qin State is the Qin State of Qin Jun and the farmer who grants the land, not the Qin State. Just win Qin and those Shiqing's Qin country. In this way, we can publicize that the Qin people are different from other clans and plunder slaves."

"Don't forget that the land of Qin is located in the west, and the Qiang people, Yiqu, Dirong, and Yi... aren't these all sources of slaves?"

"However, our method can still benefit the servants. As long as the servants are willing to fight and make military exploits, they can also obtain the status of the Qin people and grant the land. Besides, it is so hard for those barbarians to live there. People of Qin still benefit from being slaves, don't you think so?"

Suo Lucan became alert when he heard the words, what the Mohists have always talked about is the concept of the world, and all within the Kyushu is the world.Now that Sheng Chuo and others are doing this in Qin, everyone will benefit from it. Then one day in the eyes of the people of Qin, the people of Luoshui will be the Wei, Zhao, Han, Zheng...

Once the benefits are generated, it is impossible to say that only the barbarians are demoted as slaves. This is inevitable and cannot be restrained by reason.

At this time, the other party only said Qiang people and Yiqu. Could it be possible that in the future, Luoshui will not be taken, and Xihe will not be taken?
The tall man didn't notice the alert look in Solucan's eyes, and he finally got to the real purpose of this meeting.

Relying on the previous words of rewarding military achievements, he said loudly: "After seven years of this, the military formation has been completed, and everyone in the people dares to fight, is willing to fight, and seeks to fight."

"So Shengchuo led an army of [-] troops, crossed Ganquan, Shimen, and entered Yiqu. He won two battles and gained [-] slaves. Reward expedition."

"All four battles were victorious, because the old nobles in the country trembled and did not dare to disobey the order; the people rejoiced and cheered for long live, and many who had passed their age would also join the army; the Yidi surrendered and did not dare to look south."

"Last year, the king wanted to take Nanzheng, the land of Shu, but he didn't want the land to change. The king of Shu made bamboo strips to mark the year in Nanzheng... The Mohist garrisoned, this... After all, you and I are old... Now Qin people are benefiting, and people's hearts They are warlike, although Junshang and Shengchuo are nostalgic for their old love, but the people want to benefit from the war, this Nanzheng land... always wants to persuade the people not to fight."

"The Mohists say that guiding people with benefits is the most important thing. The people can't get the benefits of Nanzheng, they always need to exchange other benefits. So the king sent me here to discuss first, and then go to Sishang to discuss in detail."

"In the past, Mozi often said that there are warlike kings in the world, and they fight for unrighteousness. But now, it is not the warlike kings, but the warlike people. The people are warlike and gain benefits, and gaining benefits is righteousness. I I feel that this is a righteous war. The people's will must not be violated!"

(End of this chapter)