warring states careerist

Chapter 491 Experience One
With this simple thought that seems ridiculous, Aoi walked to the market where the merchants lived with only a full stomach and frustration after being complained by his wife.

It is exactly "all officials are close to the palace, non-officials are close to the door of the cultivator, and workers and merchants are close to the market".

Before Wei Rang became an elected sage, his official status was a merchant, so he was close to the market.

After approaching Wei Rang's mansion, the guards at the gate didn't make things difficult for Kui. Kui just said, "I'm here to find the sage I've chosen. I'm from the country of Fei."

The guard immediately went to report and checked Kui's body for any weapons. Then an old hand looked at Kui's palm and asked with a smile, "Have you also served in the volunteer army?"

When Kui heard the word Ye, she smiled and said, "I've been a musketeer."

The man nodded and said, "I see. Please follow me."

A simple "please" is just some of the words commonly used by volunteer teachers.

Passing through the front hall, he was ushered into the hall where Wei Rang was. Wei Rang asked Kui to sit down and asked, "May I ask your name..."

Kui reported her name and said, "When I was selecting sages that day, I chose you. So, you represent our interests. I can come to you if I need anything. Is that right?"

Wei Rang smiled and said, "That's exactly what it should be."

Aoi sat down, as if she was holding a meeting in the soldiers' committee in the volunteer army, and said the things her wife said in a natural and relaxed way.

Wei Rang nodded solemnly, and took out a letter: "This matter... is what we did wrong. The Mo family also passed on a letter to everyone, talking about these things."

"After all, although he is an elected sage, he has never had the experience of governing a city or town. This is like a cow plowing the land. If you have not learned it, it is impossible to learn it immediately."

"Nobles have been granted land since they were young. They don't need to learn how to plant crops. What they learn is housekeeping. When it comes to experience, this is incomparable to us."

"However... the direction is wrong. The more experience you have, the worse it will be. It's like going north when you want to go to Chu State. The faster the horse, the farther you will go..."

Kui answered with a smile: "Didn't we say that the ground under our feet is round? Going to Chu, going north may not necessarily be wrong."

Wei Rang laughed loudly. After laughing, he took a deep breath and sighed: "What you said, if you want to solve it, it is difficult to say, easy to say. The current situation in the capital is hard to say, the policy has not been decided, and businessmen dare not come here. There are also traitors hoarding it. The Mohists actually said that they will send some salt over for the benefit of the people, but we still need to wait a few days."

"In addition to the matter of salt, there are also matters such as food, service, treasury, etc., which all need to be done. Well, I will bring this matter up tomorrow and try to resolve it within a few days."

At this time, there has been no incident of sages turning back on their promises, so Kui nodded and said, "I just told my wife that this matter can be resolved."

He looked at Wei Rang, and couldn't help but asked again: "So what are the sages planning to do now? Could it be the capital reform? This is not right..."

Wei Rang was also interested, and asked, "If Fei Guodu is to be reformed, I'm afraid the nobles won't like it. They also have private soldiers, and they will inevitably bleed..."

Kui Qi said: "I don't think you are a very virtuous person. When I was in the righteous teacher, I heard the representative of the Lian said that if you strive for no struggle, you will not fight. If you don't strive for no struggle, you will have everything. This is the same as we are in the market and It’s like people fighting, someone always beats me, if I beg others not to beat me as a ninja, they will still beat me. But if I don’t say anything, I will punch me twice first, in the future I don’t have to ask him, but he won’t dare to beat me... ..."

Wei Rang was secretly delighted, he didn't know how many people like Kui there were, but he knew that as long as there were such people, his mission could be fulfilled, and the world would have a great day.

This kind of familiar words originated from the spread of the Mohists over the years. Anyone who speaks with such principles, even if they speak Zhao and Yue, can feel close to the other party immediately after understanding.

Wei Rang asked: "If this is the case, I'm afraid you will still join the army. Will the women in your family agree? I just heard you say...it seems..."

Kui smiled wryly and said, "Now it's the people's righteousness. I can say that I don't want to go. Can I go? I didn't want to go before, but I would go if I was arrested. I could go before, but now I can go for my own benefit. , instead of going?"

"If I don't go here, won't I lose the right not to go in the future? I don't want to go back to the old days."

Speaking of this, Kui complained a bit, and muttered: "It's you sages. I heard in the market these days that some people say that as long as the nobles recognize the change in the capital, then the nobles' fiefdoms will not be changed, as long as they recognize the son Luan. Who are these sages chosen?"

"Even if it is for self-interest, it's not right. What is a sage? At least you have to look far away from the peasants, right? I, a peasant, can see it. If this is the case, the capital city will not be safe. Why can't this sage see it?" come out?"

Wei Rang thought to himself, you have seen farther than others. The things you learned in the righteous teacher are incompatible with the old times. These things were originally the secrets of the nobles, but now the Mohists want "everyone is a scholar" , naturally felt something was wrong.

Besides, there are many factions in the city now, each of which is different, each has its own interests, and each has the interests of the class behind it. How can many things be so easily resolved?
The Mohists wanted Fei Guo to be a preview and experience, all of which had to be experienced, otherwise they would not be able to "learn history as a mirror", and would have to bleed again in the future to understand these truths.

Wei Rang is also a little depressed. The things discussed these days are too many, too far, too big, full of different rhetoric, attracting different people.

The moment Meng Sheng left the palace and announced that the persuasion was fruitless, it only made the people lose their illusions about the monarch.

But now, the people still hold illusions about the mutual non-aggression of the nobles: if the capital has the policy of the capital, and the fiefs have the policy of the fiefs, and each conducts its own affairs without interfering with each other, then the nobles will not object.

This kind of thinking is naive, and the propaganda of the Mohists over the years is not without effect. People like Kui have learned instinctive struggle and hatred from their original naivety, but they are not the majority.

Wei Rang said: "Since I am the sage you elected, you have heard many opinions these days. I insist on extending the policy to the whole Fei Kingdom, but there are some people who do not support it, or even oppose it."

"The things you said today, in fact, some people have also used this to say in the past few days: peasants, businessmen, ignorant of politics, and unable to govern the country. Even if a town cannot be governed, if you want to govern the country, the world may be in chaos, and it is not feasible."

Kui curled her lips and said, "It's hard to say. The Mohist is a shoemaker. Our former brigade commander worked with others in the state of Chu. Our former company commander, his father was a migrant servant. Gong Zaoye, who once ruled Pengcheng, used to be a Caster...that's what I've heard."

"Didn't the Mohists say that heavenly ghosts know the will of heaven, and that they transfer the will of heaven into the minds of all people before they die. In fact, everyone has knowledge in their brains, but it seems to be locked, and learning is the key to unlocking it." key."

"When I was in the volunteer teacher, even the representative said that the reason why the nobles can govern is not because of their blood, but because they have the opportunity to learn. We can't even eat enough to eat, so how can we talk about learning? So, they hide Isn’t it ridiculous to tell the world the truth because of blood?”

Kui got up, and suddenly performed the military salute of a righteous teacher: "Please, you sages, you must do a good job! No matter what, you have to fight for the peasants and businessmen, and tell those nobles that the wise men selected by the common peasants and businessmen can also govern the country. You If you don’t do it well, they will say: You see, this is the truth, experience is the first, and it is impossible to govern the country like this...”

Wei Rang hurriedly stood up, returned the gift of a scholar, nodded solemnly and said: "That's the reason, you are someone who can inspire me. The reason why nobles are in power is not because of their noble status. , but for the sake of their study."

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Hundreds of miles away in Pengcheng, seventy or eighty people gathered together in a spacious big room, and the person standing on the podium was exactly the one who took time out of his busy schedule to give lectures, and he happened to be speaking these words.

"The reason why the nobles can govern is not because of their blood, but because they have the opportunity to learn. The common people can't even eat enough, so how can they talk about learning?"

It's just a turning point after saying these words, but Shi didn't say that this is a ridiculous conclusion, but said: "So, the current situation in Feiguo is also an experience for us."

"If the Mohists were able to serve as officials, how many people would be able to govern a city? How many people would be able to govern in an orderly manner? How many people would be able to know how much firewood, how much rice, how much salt a city needs every day, and how to stabilize it?" How many people do prices not hurt farmers or merchants?"

Dozens of people below took out quill pens, the split feather handles were stained with ink, and quickly wrote down these contents on paper.

From time to time, some people raised their heads to see who was still preaching, nodded slightly, or their eyes wandered to the banner on the wooden board full of words—the training class for city governance.

Many of the speakers on the podium are big figures of the Mohist school, and they can talk about everything.

From the expectations of farmers, how to mobilize the people who want to build ditches, the control of prices, the calculation of population and household registration, the implementation of laws and regulations, to the rather outline of city management, governance experience, etc., will be preached.

Shi, Gongzaoye, Wumabo, Gao Sunzi, Gao Zi, who was once unpopular, and even young Mohists who are well-governed in a certain village, will appear on this platform every few days.

The people's law-making conference in Sishang is still going on, but there is a break every day. Some news from Feiguo came today, but it is just about the issue of the city's governance. The students are all young people, and they are all from the school system. The first group of young people who grow up to be able to work in politics, or to be useful, under the new system.

Ten years ago, even if the Mohists got the entire Sishang Huaibei, it would be difficult for them to govern because of the lack of cadres.

In the past ten years, the Mohists have been secretly or explaining to cultivate enough grassroots or middle-level cadres to fill Sishang.

This is also one of the increasingly tough and fierce words of the Mohists in the past few years. If not... to drive out the nobles and invite the nobles to govern, and change the soup without changing the medicine.The new culture and new system created by the Mohists, at least at this time, if we only talk about the Huaibei Sishangjiangkou, we can completely ignore the old aristocrats.

While Shi was talking, a young man quietly came in from the door, with a notebook wrapped in cowhide under his arm, walked up to Shi's ear and whispered: "There is an urgent meeting. The king of Chu sent an envoy, please Let's work together with Master Chu to break the Chen matter. Zhao Houxuan, there are some things in Zhao State, I can't know the details. Wei Hou sent envoys to question Wu Qi's passing Sishang. The King of Yue also sent people, saying that he wanted to move south Going back to Wu...they are all rushed together. The giant told you to go back quickly and discuss."

(End of this chapter)