warring states careerist

Chapter 489 Sages

He is very aware of being a monarch under the new rules. Of course, the material basis of this awareness is the growing commodity economy in Surabaya.

What should be said and what should not be said, Wei Rang, as a "friend", has already prepared a manuscript for him, and he will just read it when the time comes.

The rule of thumb has been established, and policy has nothing to do with him.Wei Rang just told him some things, how to say so that the people would not object.

He has no power, let alone a foundation, and even his legitimacy comes from "supporting the people to seek profit and change the system of government."

The palace was cleared, but Ji Sunluan did not directly enter the palace as a monarch, but came to the place where the people of the capital gathered.

When Wu Zixu broke through Chu, he shot at the gate of the palace with his bow and arrows, and the onlookers were shocked. This is an attitude.

After showing his attitude in front of the people, Ji Sunluan and the people came to the ancestral temple.

The people are standing outside.

When Ji Sunluan paid homage to his ancestors, he first talked about the history of his ancestors, then talked about righteousness, and finally said that he had to seek the throne for the sacrifice of the country and the people of the country.

After some ceremonies, Ji Sunluan is considered to be the successor to the throne.

Then, before he came to the palace, where the people gathered, he announced to the people his first order after becoming the king.

According to what Wei Rang taught, he said in a loud voice: "The emperor has taught, the people can be close, but not down. The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid. I look at the world's fools and fools. One can win, one loses three, 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?"

"The people are the foundation of the state, and the interests of the people are the interests of the state."

"It can be seen from the will of heaven that under the plowing of iron oxen, the system of public fields and wells is no longer in line with the will of heaven, and is contrary to the increase of wealth."

"The people first govern public affairs, and then dare to govern private affairs after public affairs. It has been a long time."

"From today onwards, the well fields will be destroyed, the rice fields will be opened, and the public land will be abandoned. All the people who work on the palace will be able to share it. They will buy it for themselves with a period of 20 years, so that the money will be enough for me to sacrifice to my ancestors. cut off."

After all, take out an arrow and break it as an oath.

The people cheered, this was Ji Sunluan's promise before, and it was also an important reason why most people could support Ji Sunluan's ascension.

This is not just what Wei Rang asked Ji Sunluan to say, but if Ji Sunluan doesn't say these words at this time, the people who still have weapons in their hands and have shown the power to sweep the capital just a few days ago will immediately kill them. He drove off.

This is his promise and the fundamental reason why he was able to "coup" to power.

But all of this is only to meet the needs of the people in the capital. What he said is only what a monarch of the "capital city" can say, not as the monarch of a country.

As the king of a country, if he wants to do it, he must say what the policy outside the capital should be, and then he must have the strength, means, foundation, and ability to make what he said come true.

He couldn't, so he issued his second order.

"I lack talent and virtue, and I know that I am not enough to be a king. But I just lack talent and virtue, while the previous tyrants did not cultivate talent and virtue."

"As the saying goes, a tree grows into a forest, and the righteousness of the people is good. If you want to seek the benefit of the people, you must let the people discuss politics."

"From today onwards, the people can elect sages who can make you trust and benefit."

"A country cannot be without rules, systems, and laws. Rules, systems, and laws should be for the benefit of the people, so the elected sages should formulate rules, systems, and laws."

"It's enough to get the support of the people from the bottom, and to tell me from the top that it can benefit the people."

After Ji Sunluan finished speaking, the crowd cheered again.

If the first thing is just to express sincerity, or to buy people's hearts, then the second thing is to truly fulfill his promise.

As for what to do, he threw out all the questions, he didn't want to care about it, and he wouldn't care about it.

In the past, there was nothing like this. He didn't read much, and he didn't know how to keep the chaos and what kind of rules could be accepted by the people.

However, he believed that Wei Rang must know.

From a few days ago, he had already figured out that everything Wei Rang had done these years was probably for today.

He couldn't figure out Wei Rang's purpose, because he felt that Wei Rang was definitely not just a "friend".

So he didn't want to get to the bottom of it. Some things can be maintained without telling the truth, but nothing can be changed if it is said.

He doesn't read much, but the Mo family has been writing books for these years, and there are quite a few people in Feiguo's capital who have read books.

When chaos first emerged in the capital of Fei, the Mohists widely promoted the pamphlet titled "On Politics" in the capital.

It talks about what kind of system should be implemented on the basis of "being the foundation of the people and putting the interests of the people first" so that the government can continue to operate reasonably.

Originally, it took hundreds of years and generations of philosophers to think and build, and it could only be concluded after repeated failures and bloodshed.

But now, all of this is unnecessary, because Shi Xue’s history is different from theirs. Shi has never experienced bloodshed and failure, but as human ancestors, he has experienced countless failures and bloodshed. These summed up experiences and rules All can be used.

But now, everything is still immature, and the excited people are still in the stage of street riots, and there is still a long, long way to go before stability.

So after Ji Sunluan finished those words, the first thing the people did was to shout out the names of dozens of people on the street, and let them be the elected "sages".

Different people have different interests, and different people have different ideas, so just like what Mozi said in the ancient times, thousands of people have thousands of righteousness, different righteousness, sages have different standards.

After the fight in the tea shop that day, people from all sides stood up to promote their own morality.

There are not only things that are accepted after the propaganda, but also the propaganda itself is said specifically for the benefit of certain people.

Coupled with the outstanding performance of some people in the turmoil of the past few days, soon a chaotic, groundbreaking, childish, yet passionate, somewhat ridiculous election broke the rules of hundreds of years That's how it started.

The number of elected policy sages is limited to more than 60 people, and many people from the Mohist school are elected, but because the Mohist people belong to the Mohist organization, any form of officialdom is strictly prohibited before the organization allows it, so Xu Ruo They all declined.

The selected "sages" included those who preached "Tao follows nature and returns to the rule of nature" in the tea shop that day; There are people who only need the nobles to recognize the new king; there are also... people like Zhe Yangzi.

Wei Rang didn't know how many of the selected people were secret Mohists like him, but he knew that what the Mohist wanted was a new rule rather than the little Feiguo. People all over the world see it.

The small country of Fei is not worth mentioning compared to the Mohism's desired rules; just as the Mohist thinks that the momentary victory or defeat is not worth mentioning compared to the internal rules and regulations of the Mohism; In another time and space, Sheng and the others viewed the ratio of life and death to the inheritance of the Mohist school and benefiting the world as insignificant.

The elected sages actually have to be busy with many things, ranging from policies and regulations to the salaries of the sages.

There are priorities, and the most important thing before everyone is where will Fei Guo go?How should this riot, coup, uprising or revolution end?

Just this incident was enough for these people to quarrel and blush.

And what they are arguing about now may be encountered in other places in the world in the future.It's just that the country of Fei is too small and the world is too big, but the experience is universal, so these things that the country of Fei quarreled with can be used as the experience of how the world is big.

The first question discussed was what to do with the captured nobles?
Will the public land redemption policy in the capital of Fei be used outside the capital?

If the nobles strongly oppose it, can they only change in the capital, and for things outside the capital, there is no need to shed blood for the interests of others?

Are the fiefdoms of the nobles directly regarded as the private property of the nobles?Or even the fiefs must be taken back and distributed to the people?
(End of this chapter)