warring states careerist

Chapter 600 The Sun of Mount Tai

Chapter 600 The Sun of Mount Tai ([-])

The old nobleman wanted to raise his sword to kill himself again, but was held back again. In the confusion, he only heard the Mohist beside him say, "Die for twenty yuan? It's not worth it. You have a chariot, a sword in your hand, jade in your waist, There are horses in the imperial palace, which one is not a hundred times worth ten coins? Why bother?"

Hearing this, the old nobleman became even more dizzy, feeling as if countless people were laughing at him.

If you want to commit suicide, you can't raise your sword. Besides, if you think about it again, what's the matter with suicide at this time?When it is mentioned by later generations, it is necessary to talk about his death because he violated the law and did not want to pay the confiscated money.

He came here with the ambition of seeking death and benevolence, but he didn't want the Mo family to treat him as nothing.

According to his thinking, once he enters the city, the Mo family will be shocked, and the highest official of the Mo family here will definitely come in person, and when he makes a generous statement, the Mo family will be speechless, unable to hold back their faces, and become angry and behead him , so that the world knows.

But he didn't want to, not only did the Mo family not give him the opportunity to speak out, but they treated him like a commoner, which was the most unbearable for him.

Even when Xiang Ziniu was defeated in the battle and Tian took over Liang's father's land, he sent someone to ask him to continue his official career, but he flatly refused and asked his son to replace him so that he could die as one.

Now let's not say that the head coach of the Mohist family didn't come to ask him in person. I don't want to think that even these little Mohists regard him as an ordinary person. How is this not an insult?

If you kill him directly, it is not an insult.

But if he is equal to others, that is the greatest insult.

The old nobleman thought to himself, if he is an ordinary merchant and pawn, if he violates this law, he will definitely be punished. In fact, he regards himself as the same as those merchants and pawns?How can bear such humiliation?

Suicide is not allowed, and there is no money to pay these fines and confiscations, it is really impossible to advance or retreat.

For a long time, he also thought about it, if the trouble continued, he would lose a bit of decency, and would be taken as a joke by those common people, so he had to pretend that the sword was snatched away by others.

The writing instrument stared at his sword and said, "This sword can be used as a mortgage. You go back and get the money, or ask a friend to borrow it, and I will return it to you at that time."

The old noble said angrily: "The sword cannot leave the body of a gentleman! No."

The clerk's eyes wandered to the jade around his waist again, and he said angrily again: "A gentleman is like jade, and jade is like a gentleman, no!"

Every time the Mozhe's eyes turned, the old man said something like "A gentleman must travel thirty miles without taking the ride", "A gentleman must dress straight" and so on.

There are more and more people watching the excitement around, and the expressions on their faces have changed from the fear and inferiority rooted in the habits of their ancestors at the beginning, as well as the panic of receiving the granary, to a kind of relaxed watching the excitement.

Taoism says: follow things naturally and be selfless.

The unintentional actions of these Mohists are exactly in line with this artistic conception.

Whether it is punishment or attention, in the end it is better to ignore it and let the people see the contempt for nobles in the eyes of the Mohists.

If it is important, the people will think: nobles are still nobles, you see, the Mo family wants to deal with them, so they have to pay so much attention.

Now it is regarded as ignoring, but it makes the public feel: nothing more than that, it is just an individual.

What's more, there is a trace of happiness in their hearts. Many people think of the time when they have no money and are forced to pay the Qiujia tax, military tax, and labor tax. At that time, it was useless to cry and beg. Borrow there.

Looking at the present, this noble actually wants to borrow money, which really makes many people who have experienced such a thing feel happy, thinking: Gentlemen, gentlemen, you also know how sad it is to pay money.

Looking at the bustling Shu Guitian in the distance, he laughed and couldn't help but think of some interesting things in Sishang, such as some nobles who hadn't fled in Sishang in the past 20 years, and now some people have lost their dignity.

After the land was divided in Sishang, although the nobles had some money to redeem them, some nobles did not know how to farm and felt that industry and commerce were cheap and they wanted to maintain the dignity of the nobles, so they had no choice but to sit and eat.

The annual expenses of being an aristocrat are not small. All kinds of sacrifices, clothing, jade, swords, chariots and horses for going out are not a small sum.

Otherwise, it's not easy to say that he is of noble blood when he meets people, how could his ancestors be so rich, otherwise how would people know that he is a nobleman?

The money from the redemption is not invested in the lowly business, only the land is left, and the annual expenses have to be maintained. In the end, people can only sell the various family properties passed down by the ancestors.

Shu Guitian remembered that he went to Pengcheng with his father a few years ago, just in time for the incident where more than a dozen nobles committed suicide in the city to protest against the policies of the Mohists.

Those nobles wore the last gorgeous costumes, neatly dressed, with swords and jade, with the last noble glory and dignity, and killed themselves in front of the city gate to show their resentment.

It's not that they can't live anymore, if they farm or do business, or don't pay attention to the etiquette of those nobles, they can still live.

But if they live according to the noble way of life, they really can't live anymore, so they might as well die, at least with the remaining money, they can buy a set of coffins to be buried according to the rituals of scholars, and it can be said that they will not live forever. The status of a fallen nobleman.

It was Shu Guitian's first time seeing a person who committed suicide, and he was very impressed, but at that time there was no reaction in the city at all. Not long after they asked their family to gather up the corpse, many of their children and heirs devoted themselves to industry and commerce. Or the land left over from farming.

The economic foundation does not change, and the nobles will never cease to kill, killing the emperor of Zhou and the emperor of Shang.With the change of the economic base, the nobility will naturally become extinct. If there is no way to get something for nothing, how can you maintain the noble life that can only be maintained if you get something for nothing?
Therefore, the classmates who returned to the land were surprised to see the real nobles and exclaimed. Thinking about it carefully, in the past 20 years, the nobles have really become extinct. , but it doesn't have half the resemblance to an aristocrat.

Today, I heard the old nobleman talk about "the sword cannot leave the gentleman's body", "you can't walk thirty miles without a vehicle", Shu Guitian couldn't help but think of those who sold property, horses, jade, bronze vessels, and sacrificial vessels on Sishang. The descendants of the nobles and those nobles who killed themselves in front of the city gate couldn't help laughing.

The commotion on the street not far away finally ended in a relatively "decent" way. The Mo family signed the contract, asked clearly where the old nobleman lived, and only said something like "one must not be untrustworthy", and told the old man ten thousand Pay the money to the city within a day.

Up to now, the old nobleman who entered the city with a strong and fierce heart has no face to stay, so he has to leave in despair.

When leaving, the retainers driving the chariot finally knew how to give way to pedestrians, and the chariot and horses no longer galloped like when they came, but moved slowly.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but after this incident, those people who received the corn from the granary and listened to the Mohist preaching that everyone is equal under the emperor of heaven, and labor creates wealth, all of them had some natural light on their faces. , the back seems to be straighter than before.

After the order was restored, Sun Pu looked at the address of the old man recorded in the document, and someone quietly told the Mo family the identity of the old man.

Sun Pu shook the paper in his hand, and said with a smile to the brigade representative beside him: "It's really a coincidence. The old nobleman, the eldest son is in the army, and the youngest son is in the Linzi court, and he didn't run away. It's just right, let's deal with him first. The land over there. It’s hard before it’s easy.”

The representative of the brigade beside him hummed and said, "This old man should recognize Shengchuo. I heard that he was Xiangziniu's vassal back then, and Shengchuo was Niuzi's vassal when he led the army to invade Lu. Chuo's subordinates. This can be regarded as having some connection with my Mo family... Hahahaha."

Sun Pu also laughed, and the representative of the brigade said, "Most of the nobles in the city have fled, so it's a good idea. This old man came here aggressively today, presumably to frustrate us. Since he dared to come, he must be stubborn, and he would commit suicide at every turn. , is a hard bone."

"Father Liang's situation is different from Jibei. The organization asked you to come here because of the special situation here."

Sun Pu understood that the situation he said was different from that in Jibei. The destruction of the Pingyin Legion in Jibei led to the capture of a large number of Qi people. After being captured, they were organized together for education and then released. In fact, the people's base was indeed better.

In particular, a large number of nobles were captured, and the complete defeat of the nobles in the First Battle of Nanjishui was tantamount to the various mentalities of the Mohist family who broke through the centuries-old hierarchical system in Jibei.

When there is no reverence for the nobles, the people who are eager for profit can burst out with great strength.

The situation here is different, and it is indeed not easy to do, so Sun Pu thought of some things that should be explained to him before leaving.

It is necessary to accumulate experience in this kind of place, understand the emotions of the people, speculate on the reactions of the people, sort out the experience, and think about the future.

What do the people in the fief think, what will they do, and what do they hate, resent, and want to be freed from the shackles?
What do the people on the fields outside the fief think?How will it be done?What kind of shackles do you hate, resent, and want to undo most?
This place is not like Sishang in the past, I am afraid we still need to treat them differently, and we need to accumulate enough experience. After all, the world is vast, and Sishang has Huaibei and the East China Sea, but Xuzhou in Kyushu is a corner of the world.

Moreover, Sishang was not big back then, and the proportion of Mohists was extremely high. Some methods that could be used in Sishang may not be available here.

More importantly, the purpose this time is not to "distribute", but to "reason", that is, to mobilize the people, which requires even more means and skills.

Although it is said that one size fits all, in the process of cutting, we must deal with it with skill, and the ultimate goal is to let the public know the "reason".

Most of the nobles in the city fled, which is easy to do, because the people in the city are no better than those outside the city. They are easier to organize and get in touch with the outside world. The orators are all the new generation of Sishang, who are used to the organized preaching, but few of them have the experience and means of mobilizing the people around Peizhi when the Mohist scattered 20 years ago.

(End of this chapter)

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