warring states careerist

Chapter 473 Kidnapping
Etiquette is destroyed by the nobles themselves.

And the last illusion that the people have about the monarch must be destroyed by the monarch himself.

Otherwise, the public will always think that some of the radical propaganda of the Mohists may not be right, and they have to be slapped in the face by the monarch before they can understand that there is no good monarch in the world.

Just like in later generations of Russia, the tsar is the "little daddy" of the people. When the "sons" hold the portrait of the little daddy to petition for change, what greets them is not the love of the little daddy, but the hot bullets. Wake up those who are delusional.

Now the monarch of Fei country is too highly praised by the Mohists. He is no longer as simple as his father.

If you can't do it, you're definitely not qualified.This is the right to speak.

The disgusting thing about flattery is that the monarchs and nobles can't stand up and tell the people directly: "We just want to eat your flesh and blood, and the purpose of our existence is not to seek profit for you."

So, this is an unsolvable dead end.

When Meng Sheng and others walked into the palace of King Fei, the ending was already doomed.

Among the more than 40 conditions for change, only the first one is completely forcing the monarch and nobles to oppose it.

The first article said that tax, tax, and service should be distinguished, and the difference between tax, tax and service should be clarified, and nobles should be required to pay taxes uniformly, pay military taxes according to the number of fiefdoms they own, and be exempt from labor but need to pay labor fees.

This is only the first article, and it is only a palliative, without touching the fundamental issue of land ownership.

The next few dozen items are more stringent than the first one.

This is like saying to the nobles: Please die to benefit the people.

This death is the death of a class, not the death of the flesh.However, they obviously refused to take the initiative to die.

But the people who still have a little illusion about the monarchs and nobles still think that they must be willing to take the initiative to die.

After Meng Sheng and others entered the palace, thousands of people waited in front of the palace for news.

They carried simple meals themselves, nibbled on sweet potatoes and potatoes, and waited for the news that they could rejoice from the palace.

Xu Ruo didn't go to the palace, but stood on the top floor of the mill, looked at the city, and pointed at the map that detailed the important places in the city.

Several Mohist behind him are waiting for the news, gearing up.

However, Tian Rang went to the gate of the palace, organized dozens of hired workers, and drove the carriage. The carriage carried some food and drinking water and distributed them to the people waiting for news.

In recent years, Tian Rang has been doing some good deeds as a non-Mohist. He has a very high reputation in the capital of Feiguo, probably second only to the Mohist organization.

When the people saw Tian Rang coming, they called him Tian Xiangzi, or a gentleman, so Tian Rang asked people to distribute food beside the carriage and asked some people what they thought.

As a businessman, if not as a secret ink artist, Tian Rang is actually full of expectations for this change.

A merchant has a low status and is not an aristocrat in name, and needs to pay a lot of taxes.Unless it is a big businessman who can achieve "Sufeng", that is actually another way to become a partner of the monarch and nobles.

But except for those big merchants, small merchants and handicraftsmen bear no less taxes than farmers. They need to pay military taxes, and they will be forced to join the army when necessary.

If it is a big businessman with a sense of politics, he may be ready to riot with the people at this time, in order to accumulate a reputation and become a "sage who can govern".

Tian Rang did not take this opportunity to make a name for himself, but told the people: "These foods are all distributed by Gong Ziluan."

"In the past when Taikang lost his throne, his five sons sang and sang, saying: The people can be close, but not down. The people are the foundation of the state, and the foundation is solid. Is the resentment in the clear, but it is not a plan. To the people of Lin Zhaomin, who is as weak as a rotten rope and rides six horses, who is superior to others, how can he be disrespectful?"

"Although Gong Ziluan's status is humble and he is only a concubine, he still remembers these ancient teachings clearly. He asked me to tell everyone that he agrees that the people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the state is stable. He supports this reform."

In the past few years, Tian Rang has been secretly helping Young Master Luan to accumulate fame, but Young Master Luan himself doesn't pay attention, nor does he have any ambitions.

However, because of the secret support of the Mo family, Gong Ziluan's food looks much better than other nobles.

With the workshop in hand, and the help of the Mohists to carry out reforms in his fief manor, Gong Ziluan actually doesn't understand at all, but he was born in a humble family, and his prosperity is all due to Tian Rang, a friend. Many things are also believed to be due to Tian Rang as a friend Doing yourself a favor, so let go.

When everyone heard what Tian Rang said, they thought that during the great famine the year before last, the Mo family provided some food support, and among the many nobles in the capital, only Tian Rang distributed some to the people in the name of the son Luan.

Tian Rang said after distributing the food: "I don't think there will be news in a day or two. You don't have to wait here, why don't you go back?"

A farmer smiled wryly and said: "A gentleman has no worries, but a farmer suffers. To you, this matter is just a trivial matter, but to a farmer, it is related to the survival of the family. How can you not wait impatiently?" ?”

"The tax is heavy, and the palace and city walls need to be built. This will delay the farming season. How can we not be anxious? This is our own benefit."

"For you, this benefit is nothing more than a piece of gold. You laugh at it, or think it is just a joke for a woman. To us, it is the same as a piece of gold. To explain it in the words of Mohism, this is Italian."

Tian Rang nodded and said, "That's the truth, I can't understand it."

After he finished speaking, he said a few more words of concern, and then went back on his own, leaving only the hired workers there to distribute food and provide opportunities for the people to gather.

By the way, let people publicize Gongzi Luan's sympathy for the suffering of the people, and use real benefits to build up the reputation that Gongzi Luan has accumulated among the people. This is what he has been doing silently in the past few years.

But as soon as the front foot returned to his mansion, Young Master Luan came to the house with a trace of resentment and anger. After meeting, he didn't care about the establishment, so he asked: "Nowadays, there are rumors in the city that I said that the people are the foundation of the country, Bengu Bangning... aren't you hurting me? You are my friend!"

Ji Sunluan was just a son, and he was an unpopular concubine who had no status in the country, his fief was too small, and he didn't have much right to speak.

Ji Sunluan was not qualified to participate in the matter of Meng Sheng entering the palace to persuade benevolent government.

He has no ambition, no political sense, and under the tide of the times, he doesn't even have the qualifications to follow the trend.

Now that such a thing happened, all he could do was panic, for he would completely become an outlier among the nobles in the future.

He is just running a workshop and investing in a business, and he is ridiculed as "not a gentleman, doing such a cheap thing."

But now, what Ji Sunluan said among the people today pushed him to the cusp of the storm, because Ji Sunluan heard some rumors, and the monarch of the Six Qings laughed at the Mohist's proposal for reform: "Bitch's benefit, what's the benefit to the country?"

No noble is willing to be the first bird, so he said clearly: the people of shit are the foundation of the country.

However, there was no clear objection, but no one stood up and said: The people are the foundation of the country.

Although Ji Sunluan didn't understand that saying this was tantamount to declaring that he had betrayed his own class, he instinctively felt that once this incident happened, he would be completely reduced to the object of hatred in the aristocratic circle from now on.

So when he heard the news, he immediately came to see his "friend" angrily and asked why he wanted to kill him.

At this time, there was no story about Feng Xuan being righteous to Xue Guoshi, Lord Mengchang, but after Tian Rang heard Ji Sunluan's anger, he said innocently: "I am trying to gain a good name for you!"

Ji Sunluan let out a hey, and said distressedly: "You are kind. But, I dare not ask for a virtuous name. Under a virtuous name, I may be killed."

"In the past, the king of Wen was known as a virtuous man, but he was imprisoned and imprisoned; the literary class had a virtuous name, but he was given death. Who in this world dares to have a virtuous name? He is not a monarch, but has a virtuous name. Isn't this going to be punished? Killed it?"

"Oh! You are really... I know you are doing it for my own good, but you should ask me first. I have always admired you and thought that you, as a friend, abide by the righteousness of a friend, but...but you really hurt me this time !"

Ji Sunluan was sweating, but Tian Rang said with a smile: "You're not right. Haven't you heard about Bao, son of the Song Dynasty?"

When Ji Sunluan heard about Young Master Bao, he trembled even more with fright, and said, "You are also a person who has read history books, don't you know what Young Master Bao did back then?"

"Young Master Bao gave gifts to the people of the country. When the Song Dynasty was hungry, he exhausted his millet and lent it. From the age of seventy or more, all of them donated money, and the time is more shameful and rare. Every day is counted among the six ministers. The country's talented people are all good. Also, personally under Huan, there is nothing wrong with it."

This thing is not only done by son Bao, but because his grandma wants to have an affair with him. He disagrees, but his grandma takes the initiative to spread the goodness of son Bao among the people of the country for the sake of love, and uses her power to use the name of son Bao. Funding the people of the country, the son Bao finally succeeded in the coup.

Ji Sunluan emphasized the accent on the words "every day is counted at the gate of Liuqing", and said with a bitter face: "Young master Bao is not going to the gate of Liuqing every day."

"There is not one of the Six Ministers in China who has not been harmed by the Mohism's reform. Now you ask me to support the people. Doesn't this make me cut myself off from the Six Ministers?"

"Prince Bao can become Duke Wen of the Song Dynasty because he is always counted among the six ministers. Now you let me stand on the side of the untouchables, what's the use? The common people are lowly and can be used but not completely relied on. .”

"Liuqing is resentful, you are trying to force me to death!"

After Ji Sunluan finished speaking with a bitter face, he felt a little embarrassed. It sounded like the other party had good intentions after all, so he could only look bitter and resentful.

Wei Rang looked at Ji Sunluan, and suddenly his face changed slightly: "I have some confidential things that I want to tell you. Can you listen? If you don't want to listen, then just pretend I didn't say anything."

In the previous exchange, we have already mentioned the matter of Song Gongzi Bao, and now we have brought up the confidential words. No matter how slow Ji Sunluan is, he still understands what Wei Rang is going to say.

(End of this chapter)