warring states careerist

Chapter 701 The Eve of the Chaos ([-])

Those departments next door in the compound poked their heads out one after another, no need to ask, congratulations again and again.And the craftsmen in charge of making leaf springs, just like those who improved the spinning wheel and loom, held their heads high and full of pride, and shouted at the people next door: "Keep busy! We are going to rest!" Mula!"

The people in the departments with the brands of "Sharpening Iron Knife", "Thin Silk Linlin Pipe", "Silver Mirror", and "Cannon Bed" looked envious. After being envious, they returned to their compound.

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That night.

More than a hundred people occupied the largest restaurant in Peiyi, and the internal security forces belonging to the Supervision Department, wearing red armbands, patrolled the streets seemingly normally, but actually deployed at least 30 people near the restaurant.

It seems that everything is normal, there is a lot of traffic, but some merchants who are going to eat here leave angrily.

This is the busiest area in Peiyi, not only because it is close to Surabaya, there are many restaurants, gold banks and exchanges are nearby, but also because the "People's Theater" in Peiyi is also nearby.

With the improvement of Sishang's productivity and the abnormal development of a large number of industries and commerce, the market culture has also begun to enrich.

The Mo family was not happy, but after the death of Mo Zi, Shi was in charge of the Xuanyi Department, and many things were greatly corrected.

From "non-pleasure" as the result to "non-pleasure" as the means, from the need for non-pleasure to the why of non-pleasure, since he put forward the statement that "different means at different stages are all for the purpose of benefiting the world", many things Nature becomes disfigured.

At this time, the level of music in the world is already very high. Gongshangjiao Zhengyu five-tone, plus twelve equal temperaments have appeared. In fact, the Mohist "destroyed" many countries in Sishang, and all kinds of musical instruments are complete.

Someone once said that to see how arrogant the Mohist school is, you can just go to the "People's Theater" in Peiyi.

At the beginning, Shi was in charge of the Propaganda Department, and he used many methods of propaganda to reach out to the people. In addition to oral and reasoned propaganda with paper and pen, activities such as "singing" and "drama" that the people love to hear have also become means of propaganda.

The People's Theater was built on this premise.

Wouldn't it be a pity to waste so many musical instruments?It is not suitable for casting cannons, so the most ceremonial scene in Sishang often appears in the People's Theater.

There are not only performances, but also large-scale symphonic music performances such as chime bells, shengxiao, and ocarina from time to time. The so-called "the princes can see it, but I can't"?
It is a very interesting place. There are always many people from various schools who come and go to Sishang to debate, study, and find fault. However, when Confucian disciples come to Sishang, they always avoid the most prosperous downtown areas, and it is impossible to enter the theater.

The theater can accommodate many people, and it can be regarded as a landmark building in Peiyi. What's more interesting is that there is a half "Couple" pasted on the entrance of the theater.

What Shangyu wrote is "eight dances in the court, which is tolerable and unbearable".

Two years ago, several Confucian disciples wrote such a big-character poster with paper and pasted it at the entrance of the theater to express their anger. This seriously hurt their beliefs and feelings, and they organized people to protest at the entrance of the Propaganda Department .

The people from the Xuanyi Department were also interesting. They came forward and gave each of the protesting Confucian disciples a musket, and gave them four hundred dollars, saying that the division of the three families into Jin and Tian's generation from Qi was more serious than this. Respect, I hereby decide to send you guns, gunpowder and travel expenses, and I can also send you to Linzi, Anyi, Zhongmou and other places. If you feel that guns are not a gentleman's art, I can also send you bows.

In the end, someone really dared to take it, and immediately scolded: "The matter is serious, you are more important than the three families divided into Jin and Tian's generation, but you can't prove that you are doing the right thing."

The rest of the people did not dare to go, but there were three of them, who had a strong character, immediately received the money and gunpowder, and went to Weidu by themselves.

Wearing a high crown on his head, knowing that he must die, he still dressed up, chanted the slogan "Wei Zong violated the etiquette", and assassinated Weihou's chariot.

As a result, he was arrested and then quartered by five horses, which is truly epic.

At that time, the relationship between the Mohists and the State of Wei was in a delicate period. At that time, the State of Wei was very afraid that the Mohists would fully intervene in the battle between Wei Chu and Chen Cai, so after killing the man, he hurriedly sent people to Sishang with gifts to express the matter. After careful interrogation, it was confirmed that it was the self-action of the Confucian scholars. Wei Hou believed that this matter had nothing to do with the Mohists, and he would never think that it was the Mohist sent to assassinate because of this. The covenant between Cheng and Linqiu Mibing was signed.

As for the big-character poster pasted on the theater wall, the Mo family did not take it off, but kept it.

This is equivalent to someone scolding the Mo family for being shameless, but the Mo family was overjoyed, saying that not only they themselves are shameless, but also hope that the world will be shameless together, so that the current shamelessness will be the future shamelessness, isn't it beautiful?
He also believes that in those days, Shi did not learn to read, but taught others to read, so Shi who was originally "not" literate became the "most" literate, and this is the same reason.

With the advent of paper, the "Couple", a different style of confrontation that originated from Fu Bixing in the Book of Songs, has also appeared, especially when the Mohists posted couplets in various government agencies—when they were in charge of the Xuanyi Department, they engaged in There are a lot of what he thinks Zhu Xia should look like, and posting couplets is one of them.

It is also the couplets everywhere on Sishang, and firecrackers are set off during the New Year, so that people from other places will feel like unknown Yi Di when they come to see it.The rumors about Yidi of the Mo family are not all groundless. Why did Yidi post couplets?There is no such custom in the world at this time.

That big-character poster was regarded as the upper column of the couplet in the theater, and the Xuanyi Department spent ten gold to ask for it, and it was rumored for a while.

Those who are willing to think about it may not care about the ten gold coins, but about the reputation, but until now, there has not been a suitable one. From time to time, someone wrote it and pasted it on the wall on the other side, and hung a lot of it. .

At this time tonight, Ximen Zhu, who had fallen out with his father and came to Sishang to study from Yedi, also took a piece of paper written by himself, signed his name on it, and made some confusion with some classmates. , taking advantage of the time to watch the show tonight, I am going to post it.

"Nine actors and actresses play on various stages, pretending to be true is also pretending to be false."

A few people who were watching the rest of the post read Ximen Shu's next article, nodded and shook their heads.

The people on Sishang liked handouts on the street, and they liked to show off in front of everyone. Ximen Shu didn't care about the attention from the side, but the person next to him said: "That's right, it's not neat, and the intention is not high, and the level is not enough."

"I've also thought about this question. It's best to use Confucian scholars' words to dance in court, whether it is tolerable or unbearable, and the idea should be similar to the artistic conception of 'everyone is equal'."

"You're right, it seems good, but it doesn't fit. It's intended for the theater, but it doesn't fit for 'abandoned etiquette.'"

Ximen Shu smiled and said, "It was just a whim, just for fun."

The person who was talking next to him looked at Ximen Zhu, saw that the clothes he was wearing were Qingqing Zijin, and asked with a smile, "Xiang Xu's student? Which department?"

Ximen Shu hurriedly said: "The Academy of Arts, from the Department of Western Regions. Dare to ask?"

The man on the opposite side smiled and said, "Are you going to travel thousands of miles westward to the Western Regions like Mr. Solu? I'm from the Department of Chemistry. From your accent, you came here to study abroad, right?"

Ximen Yi sighed, a little envious, but also smiled: "We who are studying abroad, how can we get into the Academy of Physics? I am from Yecheng."

The man said with a sigh: "Isn't that the place where Ximen Bao ruled Hebo? I learned it when I was in school."

Ximen Shu didn't say that Ximen Bao was his father, but he just nodded and said enviously: "I heard that the people in the chemistry department all learn from Juzi's first few disciples. How do you feel after studying this period?"

The man sighed and said sincerely: "Heard the Tao in the morning, and die in the evening. It turns out that the extremely large and the extremely small are so similar. The sun, the moon, the stars, and the atoms of all things are really interesting. I can't extricate myself from being addicted... This department is the most interesting, if you have time, you might as well go and listen to it, it will open your eyes, it turns out that this is what happened."

Ximen Zhi smiled and said nothing, thinking that I have seen many people like this, including me, everyone thinks that the knowledge they have learned is the most interesting, and only when they arrive at Sishang do they realize that the world they know is not right at all. Too many shocking things.

Besides, I can't finish learning the languages ​​of the Western Regions, so how can I have time to listen?The master who speaks the languages ​​of Persia and Greece is good now, but it is still troublesome to learn, because it is both feminine and masculine, and it is a headache to think about it.

During the conversation, the last performance should have ended, a group of people rushed out of the theater, and some of them came out shoulder to shoulder, talking about going to drink together, and talking about the performance just now.

"Hey, that Handan Ji is really strong, it makes my heart itch."

"I heard before that this girl who dances on tiptoe wears very little clothes and nothing underneath. Once she turns around, you can see the flesh inside. This is a lot of clothes!"

The person next to him scolded with a smile: "It's not in the South China Sea. It's winter now. If you want to itch, just find someone to marry. Those of you who made a fortune in the South China Sea are the good sons-in-law now. This time you brought back so many long-term workers." ', making a lot of money, you have also shared a lot, right?"

When Ximen Shu heard the word "long-term worker", he couldn't help but frowned...

Changgong is the name of the "people" brought back by those who went deep into the trade in the south of Chu and Yue.

It is said that they are long-term workers, and they are more like slaves who have been plundered, but they do not have the status of slaves and are equal on the surface.

There is a shortage of people, cheap people, and cheap... labor.

For the sake of soldiers and stability, the basic disk of Sishang Nongfu cannot be changed.

But for the development of industry and commerce, a large amount of cheap labor is needed.

Those who went to the south of Chu and Yue to engage in "trade" had heard a lot about Ximen Shu's method of making a fortune.

More than 400 people once shouted "Nayidi city-state has slavery, which is not good for people and harms the world", so they brought cannons and muskets to fight and beat down a state that was still in the early bronze civilization..."Confiscated" The gold in the family's palace, by the way, shot all the cultural classes in that small country - nobles and priests in the name of harming the world, completely destroying the culture, writing, legends, history, and all records of civilization there. After the rubbings of the bronzes were all smelted.

This incident has long been spread in Sishang, and it has sparked an extremely heated discussion.

The South China Sea Trading Company led by the Mohist family continued to colonize and immigrate, which inevitably led to some dirty transactions, and all the above companies turned a blind eye to it.

"Long-term workers" is the kind of thing that needs to be closed. There are many tribes in the South China Sea, collectively known as Fulou. The colonial trading companies in the South China Sea do such things there: sell guns, sell swords, and sell handicrafts. , and then the slaves captured in the battles between the various states, the trading company then received them at a low price: the price is relatively not low, but the price...a musket for two people, can you hire someone if you get a musket on your shoulders? There is no talking about half a year's work.

Nowadays, the states in the South China Sea that have just emerged as city-states are at war all day long, and those merchants are just sitting around reaping profits and waiting to receive people.

After you redeem people, say that we paid you to buy them back, you have to sign a contract, work hard, and after ten years of work, you will be free.

After you are free, you will be given land and agricultural tools, and you will be given a sum of money for reclamation. Why didn't you send money to you every month before?
The main thing is to "frugal use", I am afraid that you will spend all your money and have no capital to make a living in the future, so I will save it for you first...

So the coastal areas of the South China Sea relied on such "long-term workers" to develop plantations, rice fields, and minerals.

(End of this chapter)