warring states careerist

Chapter 485 Manipulation
These ridiculous yet serious and somewhat magical words only attracted the silence of the people, but no one stood up and exclaimed that this statement was against the law.

It's just that many people are still unable to accept such fierce rhetoric.

It is human nature to seek survival and profit, and the silence brought about by this nature did not last long, and several carriages approached.

The sage Wei Rang, who hadn't shown his face these days, pushed aside the crowd and climbed onto the high platform.

Wei Rang has been quite famous in recent years, just like what Mozi said about choosing a virtuous person as the emperor. It is difficult for those who are not gifted with great wisdom and wealth to become "virtuous talents" under the election system. Knowing you, how can you have the chance to become a talented person?

Wei Rang has money and the secret support of the Mohists, so he can be regarded as a "talent" other than the Mohists who are organized by Feidu.

Everyone knew that he had a good relationship with Gong Ziluan, and what Gong Ziluan said that day before the palace was enough to arouse the public's goodwill.

But Wei Rang understands that goodwill is not enough, what the people need is real benefits.

And the Mohist group behind him has already written a complete reform system. When everyone is only feeling angry and looking forward to the future system, the Mohist group has taken a step forward.

The important thing is not to explain the world, but to change the world. To explain the world is to change the world, not just to explain the world.

When Wei Rang climbed onto the high platform, he shouted loudly, expressing his support for the people's pursuit of profit, and also expressing that his son Luan supported the people's pursuit of profit.

After the angrily reprimanded, Wei Rang made several comments.

First, once Gongzi Luan is in power, all public land will be distributed according to the share that the people once cultivated.

Wei Rang said that the world comes from nature. After nature, human labor creates wealth. As long as human labor is applied, the land should be owned by laborers.

Second, once Prince Lianluan is in power, these public lands will be granted to the public according to a 20-year redemption period and can be bought and sold.In addition, to clear the land, only the land that should be owned by nobles in various places should be set aside, and the rest should be distributed according to the population.

The third is to stabilize prices, stipulate that the maximum price of grain cannot exceed a certain amount, and organize the people of the country to strictly investigate merchants who hoard goods and raise prices in the chaos of the capital.But within the normal price, merchants can buy and sell freely.

Fourth, the people of the country will formulate laws and regulations, and everyone in the country, including Gong Ziluan, must swear to abide by the laws.According to the Mohists, making laws, governing, and enforcing laws are separated, because the laws themselves have no hands, feet and mouths and cannot be enforced by themselves, so the wise people elected by the people will enforce them, even if the monarch breaks the law, he must be punished.

Fifth, the people of the country select sages to govern and control the government. Prince Luan is only a monarch to protect the sacrifices of the ancestors. All policies are beneficial to the people.

Sixth, abolish the military tax obligation of industry and commerce in the city, change the taxation, and unify the business tax.

Seventh, open the treasury to help the poor in the city, exempt this year's tax, and not collect tax until the people of the country formulate a policy.

Eighth, abolish the privileges of the nobles, all people pay taxes together, allow migration, abolish any feudal obligations, and the nobles no longer have the right to transfer labor to farmers within the scope of their fiefs.Instead of adopting the Song State's policy of separating the nobles and common people from discussing state affairs, the sages were selected according to the population distribution of Fei State, and this was used as the highest authority in Fei State.

Ninth, the excess fiefdoms of nobles beyond the land allocated according to population will be auctioned with clearly marked prices, and the highest bidder will win.The money obtained is used for state distribution and does not belong to private individuals...

There are nearly twenty promises in all, covering basically all aspects of Fei Country and taking care of the interests of most of the bottom.

In essence, this is a revolution initiated by the Mohists secretly, not by the new nobles. The ultimate goal is to provide technological innovation and initial accumulation, open up the market, and use a long time to complete the land under the premise of allowing land private ownership. merger.

Before large-scale land mergers, rely on the self-confidence of the Mohists to complete technological innovation, handicraft development, market development, etc.

In this way, its main force must be urban handicraftsmen, farmers, and some businessmen.What is damaged is the interests of some speculators and nobles who are hoarding goods.

In order to be able to kidnap Ji Sunluan into this revolution, Ji Sunluan actually gained a lot of benefits. The income from the redemption of the public land after distribution belongs to him, the monarch, but the price of redemption must be extremely low, because the redemption The price will be paid by a wide range of people-at this point, if you want to become a "sage" supported by the people, you must lower the redemption price.

This is actually a revolutionary program prepared by the Mohists for the country of Fei. An uprising often needs to call out policies such as "equal land and free grain". Only with the program can success be achieved. The essence of the program is profit.Whoever can benefit will support.

The Mohists, as the richest group in terms of non-land wealth in the world at this time, do not need to take care of the interests of those speculators who are hoarding goods.

This kind of change, which can be regarded as overthrowing the old system, often needs the support of merchants, new nobles, and nobles who want to curb the royal power.

But it is not necessary at this time, because those big merchants, new aristocrats, and big aristocrats in history have money, weapons, and years of war experience, and they need to use the people.But now, when it comes to money, guns, and war experience, the Mohists have everything.

Compared with those empty anger and slogans, this carefully crafted specific system is more in line with the tastes of the people.

Almost every time Tian Rang finished speaking, the people gave out a cry of support.

Seeing that the people's emotions were getting more and more excited, Tian Rang raised his arms and shouted: "In the past Xia Jie was in power, thinking that he was the sun and the moon, and he would not perish if the sun and the moon did not perish. If you mourn, you will die together!"

"The sun will not perish, and Xia Jie is not the sun. Even if it is, the people can make their own sun to illuminate themselves and spread warmth!"

"Farmers, businessmen, people of the country! Gather up and elect the sages you think. Since others want to kill us, why don't we kill the tyrant first?"

After he finished shouting, dozens of carriages came galloping from a distance, and the carriages were full of weapons. These weapons were exactly the batch of Mohists who secretly transported them to Fei Country.

Many of the people present had the experience of serving in the Volunteer Division, and this experience not only allowed them to have weapons.

Among the crowd, Kui followed the crowd and got the musket, gunpowder, and bullets that he had put down for a long time but was still familiar with his hands. Soon, together with the neighbors nearby, he recommended a The "sages" they recognize, and then select a higher level of sages from these sages.

Soon, an armed force of more than 2000 people was organized, and more than 40 sages were elected to become representatives of the people of the country.

Among them, there are more than ten secret Mohists, and many of the rest are very close to Mohism, or have been greatly influenced by Mohism.

The armed forces of more than 2000 people were also quickly elected as brigade commander, and Wei Rang was the brigade commander, because these firearms and weapons were provided by Wei Rang, and there were some "cavalry" around him.

These cavalry are all Ji Sunluan's "private soldiers" in name, but in fact they were organized by Ji Sunluan's Fengtian after the Mohist took control over the years.

Among the more than 2000 people in the armed forces, many have service experience, but there is no officer above the company commander. People have elected as the company commander someone who once served as the commander of the volunteer army. The overall structure is basically the same as that of the volunteer army. What is missing is the representative of the Mohists among the righteous teachers.

It took less than half an hour for the more than 40 sages who were elected to conduct a trial in absentia.

As representatives of public opinion, they theoretically possess the highest power in the capital of Fei State after this riot and the riot. The first thing this nominally supreme power does is to pronounce the sentence: the king of Fei State has been convicted of treason and immediately invaded the palace. , for interrogation.

Amid the jubilation of the people, Wei Rang took a complete map of the capital, and had someone nominate a few people, lead a few companies to the city gate first, and close the city gate.

At the same time, they went to the top of the city to announce the king's crimes and the establishment of a new government, and drew the gunners who defended the city to participate. Those gunners were all trained in Sishang, and their bones had already been blackened.

More than 2000 people were divided into two teams, one team gathered near the palace, and the other team immediately besieged the treasury.

This is a riot that can be said to be "premeditated for a long time", and it has been secretly planning and waiting for the riot since the day the African Union was established.

More than 2000 Chinese people with service experience, artillery who have been secretly influenced for a long time, private cavalry secretly trained on Jisunluan fiefdom, a large number of speeches, enough talents who can organize an uprising, and a detailed attack plan...

All of this was completed. When several people came to the top of the city and announced the establishment of the new government, the gunners of the four cannons at the top of the city immediately announced their joint decision to be loyal to the people of the country.

A large number of people came to the top of the city spontaneously to help guard the city gate, and moved the four cannons that were originally used to "guard foreign enemies" from the top of the city.

Those who have served in the army have assembled into a phalanx, and those who have been flute players and drummers in the army have even received a set of waist drums and flutes for combat, which can be said to be extremely well prepared.

After the gates of the city were closed, the cannons were transported to the streets, and the treasury was occupied and someone went to check it, the armed forces of more than a thousand people marched on the road to the palace, with little resistance along the way.

Under the feudal system, resistance seldom happened in the capital, and it was often done by the private soldiers of the noble fiefs. The political situation in the capital was just a game within the rules of the nobles with fiefs, but now Once this kind of game is broken, the situation in the capital will be very different.

Controlling the capital does not necessarily equate to a successful coup d'état. Before that, in the chaos of Prince Chu and the dispute between Prince Qi, the party that controlled the capital was eventually defeated by the political opponents with fiefdoms.

If the people spontaneously revolted in anger, they might not have thought so far-reaching.But this time, after all, it was the Mo family who supported him behind the scenes, and he had considered the follow-up situation, at least he would not make the mistake of needing to be poured with blood.

(End of this chapter)