warring states careerist

Chapter 457 Differences
She was surprised in her heart, but she said with a look of surprise on her face: "So it's the queen of the warrior! I also heard about your father's reputation in Xihe. I thought he must be in a high position in Sishang, but I didn't expect him to be a farmer."

The young man said: "My father was also in a high position. This year he was selected as one of the few representatives of our village, who can participate in the righteous association. Why is he not high? If the world is determined to be one, how can he A person who can inquire about politics and obtain opinions, isn't he also counted as Hou Bo?"

Wu Qi has also heard a little about some of the Mohist's policies, the so-called theory of gathering righteousness from the masses, which he has always criticized.

How can you let those people with mud on their legs talk nonsense when they are in charge of the world?The people are ignorant, if the people come here, wouldn't the world be in chaos?

Wu Qi thought to himself that when Ximen Bao built water conservancy in Ye, it was also compulsory, because the people were unwilling to serve in the water conservancy project, so he sighed "the people can make success, but not the beginning", which means that the people Ignorance can benefit them, but it cannot explain the truth to them.

However, it is inconvenient for Wu Qi to say more at this time, because what he saw along the way, before arriving in Peiyi, he saw a few ditches and waterways for irrigation, and he didn't know how the Mo family made the people willing to build here.

I haven't understood yet, so I can only suppress the doubts in my heart, smile at the young man and say, "I'm new to Sishang, and I don't know the rules here. If you make meritorious deeds in other places, don't all the land and people be entrusted for food?" Yi? In the volunteer army, there is no real benefit to making meritorious service?"

Hearing this, the young man laughed and said: "The master said that the nobles take what the laborers get when they don't have crops or crops. They are the biggest moths in the world. How could the Mohist seal land? Besides, it's okay to seal land in the appropriate year, but Baiyue The land is boundless and boundless, whoever wants to entrust the land, he will go. However, what they say they want is the land, but what they actually want is for the farmers on the fief to do their labor for them. This kind of person...heh..."

After all, the boy shook his head, probably imitating the look of their school master, showing disdain on his face.

Wu Qi was secretly startled, and thought that this boy was only fourteen or fifteen years old. Although many countries in the world have to serve in the military at the age of 15, they are already considered adults, but how can they meet a 15-year-old boy who can say this in other places? ?

It is understandable if it is said that it is aristocratic background and family background.It's just that this person is clearly not an aristocrat, and the Mohist family's deep roots in Sishang have already made these teenagers so fanatical that they take the Mohist's principles for granted!

Where is the slightest shadow of Zhou Li on this young man?Sishang is so big, how many young people like this are there?How many people have been educated from birth on the Mohist set of teachings that are incompatible with the system of the world?
Wu Qi thought to himself, could it be that the righteous teachers are good at fighting and dare to fight, all rely on such indoctrination and instigation, is it true that everyone is a person who has a heart for benefiting the world?
Thinking about it, this is impossible. If it is true, there will be no suspense about the ownership of the world within 20 years.

So he asked: "Then what are the benefits of your father's meritorious service? Didn't the Mohists say that righteousness is profit?"

The young man nodded and said: "Of course there are benefits, why not? He has two of the best military medals, and the Federation of Disabled and Meritorious Soldiers will send a lot of money every year. If we have the ambition to join the army, we will also be admitted to the military academy." Take care."

"Who wants land? How much money do you want? No matter how much land is given, who will plant it? In Sishang, as long as you have money, you can buy anything, and you can also invest in stock workshops. This is all income. Our village community, this The income of oil workshops and paper workshops has long been similar to that of farming."

Wu Dian nodded, thinking to himself: "Sishang Mohists can give money, but I can't in Xihe. One, how can I have so much money? Two, Xihe doesn't have any workshop income, so I can only buy land, but if there are too many lands and no one It is also difficult to farm. I am in Xihe, and those who join the military are exempted from hard labor for their families; on Sishang, those who make military merits are given money every year... it is actually the same."

"They are all Yili Taoists, but in Xihe, money is not a benefit that can be passed down to the family for a long time, and it is exempt from labor. But in Sishang, there are many workshops and trade exchanges, so the money can be passed on for a long time."

During his journey, he has long been used to the situation that the closer he gets to Sishang, the more different the customs and habits are from the Central Plains, and he probably has some opinions of his own in his heart.

When it comes to the origin, whether it is the soldiers in Xihe, the military exploits in Sishang, or even the reforms in Qin, they are all guided by benefits.

Wu Qi vaguely felt that it was just that the situation in different places was different, so the manifestation of this "benefit" was also different.

But, what is the difference?And what created such a gap?
Wu Qi hadn't fully figured it out yet, he just felt that it was the same thing in a ignorant way.

But he felt that it was also beneficial, and Sishang's method to get Xihe would not be effective, because people were more willing to ask for land and freedom from labor; and Xihe's method to get Sishang, I am afraid that the soldiers might not die.

People are all the same, what is the root cause of the gap?Is it just because of the indoctrination of the Mohists' Xuanyi?

Just as he was thinking, he heard a shout coming from a distance, and the young man made a gesture of invitation when he heard the shout, "Then tell me to bring water over there quickly."

Wu Qiqiu nodded and said, "It's just right, I've heard about your father's reputation for a long time, and I happened to meet this warrior who allied with the king of Chu and captured the king of Yue..."

So he followed the young man and walked to the edge of the field. A group of harvesters were resting. They patted the wooden horse-drawn ear-cutting equipment and said: "This is really a good thing. There are fewer people and more land." , This thing is really good, although the cutting is not as clean as a human being, it just saves a lot of effort."

The person next to him also echoed a few words, to the effect that when harvesting wheat in previous years, in order to worry about the rain, he would always get up early and stay late, and his waist would be broken when he got busy.

He also muttered that the price of grain was too low in the past few years. He only said that in the past, it was often seen in Surabaya that boatloads of millet were brought in. Many families in the Song Dynasty had servants, and the number of people could hire workers, so the grain production would be more. Here, there are few people who are willing to work. There are even fewer hired workers. Without such equipment, growing wheat is really meaningless.

Then someone said to the middle-aged man sitting on the horse-drawn equipment: "Qing Wang, when you go to Pengcheng this time, don't forget the wishes of the people in our countryside. If you want to make an opinion, can you not come from Song Dynasty?" Have you bought grain? Or set up a tax card on Sishang, so that less grain from Song Dynasty will come to Sishang.”

"If not, the people in the village are complaining about the increasing price of grain. According to what everyone in our village discussed, unless there is a disaster, otherwise, a card will be set up on Sishang to prevent the grain from the Song Kingdom from entering. If there is a disaster, then another Said. Or, set a price, and only when the price is high can we collect grain from Song.”

Wu Qi, who was walking not far away, said in his heart: "It is the cheapness of the grain that hurts the peasants. In the past, Li Kui taught the method of Wei Xingping in Wei Xingping. This point cannot be ignored by the Mohists. How come the peasants are still like this in Sishang? Worry?"

He looked up again at the middle-aged man sitting on the horse-drawn equipment. He was only 40 years old, and his face was tanned by the wind and the sun all year round. He was not thick.

Wu Qi thought to himself, so the warrior who captured the two kings was not a strong man like Elai.

King Shuqing, who was sitting on the equipment, also noticed Wu Qi who was following his son. Although he didn't recognize him, he also felt that this person should be someone.On a normal day, there are many people coming and going, and many people stop to ask a few words, he is used to it.

Seeing someone approaching, he jumped off the equipment and said to the person just now: "Since everyone elected me as the representative, I must say this. However, it is difficult to pass. Now Peiyi and Pengcheng are counted. There are thousands of households in the city, and there are many businessmen among them. We are happy when the food price rises, but they are not happy. Besides, it’s not just us farmers, but also those in the city, it’s hard to say.”

"Each has its own advantages, it depends on how to make it acceptable to everyone."

After replying, he went to Wu Qi's side, said hello, and lowered his head to chat with Wu Qi.

From the planting of the village commune to the distribution of profits from the village commune workshops; from military service to hard labor; from the school in the village commune to the [-]th tax—a lot of taxes and fees have been added for education, road construction, etc. Now they are equivalent to tithes , to the land system among village communities...

Wu Qi was interested in asking, and he had a lot of knowledge, so he could talk back and forth with King Shuqing who had been studying all the time in the past few years.

When it came to the end, Wu Qi finally realized suddenly, and finally understood what the root of the difference he thought before was.

For example, in Xihe, there is one household, with men farming and women weaving.

One-seventh of the corn and wheat planted must be paid as taxes, and the rest must be kept for eating, and the rest can be exchanged for a little salt or other necessities of life.

Women weave linen and weave cloth at home, as the family's clothing.

Self-sufficient, with little exchange.

Even if these strange workshops in Sishang are built in Xihe, they will not be sold at all. How many of those noble people are there?

But here, in this village, these people take advantage of the benefits of Surabaya and the handicraft industry developed in Pengcheng, Peiyi, and put profit first.

It even happened that a village community saw cotton making money in the past few years, and the village community planted cotton everywhere, and then spent money to buy grain from the Song Dynasty to pay taxes and food.

Land was no longer a necessity for self-sufficiency, but a means of earning money, not unlike those workshops.

Women in the village community seldom weave and spin by themselves, because the textile industry in Pengcheng, Peiyi, is developing rapidly, and the division of labor and cooperation is far better than the efficiency of weaving by a family.These village women have time to weave, it is better to go to the workshop of the village to exchange paper for money to buy cloth.

Now the village community dislikes the increasing price of food, so it decided to plant a large area of ​​potatoes next year to make wine, which will make more profits.This is unimaginable in Xihe, because even if Xihe can do this, who will sell these wines to?

Wu Qi felt that this was the root cause of the differences in policies between Sishang and other places, but just as he once thought about the common soldiers' rise there are five: one is fighting for fame, the other is fighting for profit, the third is accumulating evil, and the fourth is civil strife. Just like five days ago, he saw the appearance, but he still didn't figure out what the root cause of the difference between these appearances was.

(End of this chapter)