warring states careerist

Chapter 708

The heavy snow covered up many things, including beauty.

After the woman died, she was wrapped in a mat and buried in the Mohist way of "festival burial".

What should have been a tragic death was said to be the vulgarity of "I'm used to being a silverfish, but I can't bear to do this kind of work. If it was before, wouldn't we have died a long time ago".

What's more, there were rumors that she might have gotten pregnant with someone, but they were just playing around and didn't promise her, so she committed suicide.

At least that's how it was told by the female workers who came here as fugitives and were born as slaves and so on.

People soon forgot about this matter. They have to learn characters at night and work during the day. How can they have time to take care of these things?
The merchants in the city discuss all day how to transport grain to the cloud in order to obtain the shares of the Grassland Specialized Exchange Chamber of Commerce; The workshop needs to recruit workers, whether to go in and do things; the soldiers in the city are discussing how those barbarians were so frightened that they didn’t come to plunder this year, and if there are no barbarians, there will be no military merits, so what to do...

After the heavy snow, spring is near.

News came from farther away that in June, the princes will meet in Heze, Song State, because Song State is one of the few states that has not been involved in this war that has affected the Central Plains, and it is also a meeting that all countries can accept. alliance location.

The newspaper said that there were many things to be discussed, including the laws of war between states, the prohibition of slaughtering cities, the exchange of land between Wei, Zhao and Han, the treaty between Qi and Mo, the peace treaty between Chu and Wei, and so on.

Some people in Gaoliu are full of expectations for peace, but some people are full of dissatisfaction with peace: there is a shortage of labor in the Gaoliu workshop, the Mohists reclaimed wasteland on a large scale to maintain the population of soldiers, and there are still many people under the aristocratic fiefs of various countries. Go to war and smash the feudal nobles, where to hire people?

In addition to this news, the newspaper also said another thing. Many schools of thought from Zhuxia came to Sishang together to discuss the three ways of heaven, earth and man.

This news was buzzing in the market for a while, but it was quickly overshadowed by the fact that a large number of local Mohists in Gaoliu moved south.

As soon as spring came, many Mohists came from Sishang. The original work had been handed over, and those Mohists who had received the transfer order started to set off.

The family members were escorted by two companies of cavalry, and they took the road from Yan State to the sea, from the sea to the Yellow River, and from the Yellow River to Sishang.

Those Mohists who were transferred away took the road from Zhongshan to Juluze, and then from Juluze to the west line of Qi State.

Not only is there a line of walking teams from Gaoliu to Sishang, but also from Nanzheng, Chu, Qi, Sanjin, Zheng, Song... There are many people flocking to Sishang. Sishang is like a In a huge vortex, people with different purposes gather here.

Confederate.

debated.

Transferred.

Studying.

fugitive.

For transporting "long-term workers".

Trade Silk Porcelain Iron Ware Tea Cotton Cloth Kelin Cane Sugar.

Many, many.

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Sishang, Peiyi.

In a spacious and bright room, due to poor processing technology and divided into many small lattice windows, it still allows more light than window paper.

The warm sunshine in early spring shines through the green window panes and sprinkles on the woven wool carpet brought from Handan on the floor.

In the northernmost corner of the room, two people kneeled on the ground, facing each other.

Between the two of them, there was a desk with two porcelain cups fired in the Sishang Kiln, on which eight red characters were written with glaze.

"Go out to benefit the world, and live and die with it."

Two cups of green Haiyang tea were brewing in the porcelain cups, and a cup was already half-drinked. A woman in cotton cloth modified short brown was carrying a copper kettle to add water.

Behind the case table, there is a row of small square tables, and behind the small square tables sit six shorthand writers unique to Sishang, dipping a quill pen in ink, and quickly recording something with more simplified special characters for shorthand.

At the bottom of the table, there are more than 20 people kneeling. The one on the left is the owner of Sishang. People from various departments of the Mohist school are all dressed in standard Sishang short brown; Sishang is different.

On the left side of the case table is suitable.

On the right side of the table is Xu Xi, a representative of the peasant family of the Chu State, the leader of the Chu State of the Peasant School, and Xu Xing's grandfather who later clashed with Mencius.

Hundreds of schools of thought gathered in Sishang, and the Mo family needed to come forward to receive them. Before the big debate, some things needed to be resolved first: forming an alliance.

Although the Mohists are now in full swing, they have just smashed the Qi State and interfered in the civil war of Zhao State's succession rights.

But as a school, when the leader of the school comes, the Mohists must ask the giants to come forward to receive them.

After talking with Xu Xi for a short time, I couldn't help but feel some time and space disordered illusions. After a few decades, Xu Xi's grandchildren will spread the theory in Teng country, drag away the younger brother and disciple of the great Confucianist Chen Liang, and rebel against Confucianism and return to the peasantry. Then, the angry Mencius angrily reprimanded Xu Xing as a "Southern Manzi" - a man with a bad tongue in the South.

It was a unilaterally recorded debate, because Mencius did not argue directly with Xu Xing, but Xu Xing used reason and personality charm to conquer Chen Xiang when he came to Teng, making Chen rebel against Confucianism and return to agriculture, while Mencius and Chen Xiang, who just came into contact with the farm family, debated it.

In the records of Mencius's disciples, Mencius won a complete victory, because the philosophy of the peasant family seems to be mentally retarded.

Just like the weird debate between Mencius and Gaozi recorded by the disciples of Mencius, Mohists had already solved the concept that the colors in the two words of white color and black color are the same concept before Shiqu, and Gaozi as Mozi An eloquent eloquent person who thinks he is good at eloquence, but not benevolent and righteous, and who is full of desire to be an official, can't even argue with Mencius on such a simple question as the "nature" of human nature and dog nature. It's really a little... miraculous.

What's even more amazing is that Chen Xiang, who was taken away by such a mentally retarded peasant family as mentioned in Mencius' records, was the younger brother of the great Confucian Chen Liang, and Chen Liang had just died. .

That famous debate originally took place in Teng State, but now there is no Teng State in Sishang. Teng State originally relied on Yue State to move to the south to succeed in the restoration movement, and Teng State, which was forced by the Mohists, is now just a Sishang city. Yap.

Peiyi is not far from Teng country, which is the reason for this sense of chaos interlaced by time and space.

He has studied the theories of the peasant family over the years, and he understands that Xu Xi on the opposite side is not an idiot, perhaps not as simple as Meng Ke defeating Chen Xiang.

The two had just talked about a cup of tea, and Shi could already hear that the other side had set three traps for him, but now Xu Xi was setting him a fourth trap with a sincere face, a trap he had to fall into.

"Now, in the warehouses of princes and nobles, grain and cloth are piled up. They don't grow crops. They use the world to support one person. The Mohists oppose their behavior and call them silverfish. This is what our farm family also agrees with. .”

Hearing this, Shi raised the teacup, pretended to drink water, and his mind was spinning rapidly.This trap is too obvious, and the previous debates have revealed a lot of clues, so it is time to consider how to answer his next sentence.

Now that Xu Xi was praising the Mo family, he had no choice but to answer, put down his cup, and said with a smile: "Zi Mozi said that to benefit the world, he naturally wants to benefit the people of the world. If the world supports one person, how can it be beneficial to the world?"

Xu Xi praised again: "I heard in Chu that you are one of Mozi's most valued students, and you are someone who can inherit Mozi's knowledge."

"So I have a question, and I want you to answer it for me."

I felt nervous, and my heart said it was coming, and the hat was put on for me, and I had to dig a hole.

In my heart, my mother sells criticism, with a smile on my mouth, and made an attitude of please speak.

Xu Xi said: "Nowadays, merchants sell, buy low and sell high. The rich have thousands of gold. Even if they don't have a fief, they still have food and cloth piled up in the warehouse, accompanied by dancers in the courtyard. How about supporting one person with the world?"

"Many industries of the Mohists on Sishang use labor to produce cloth, ironware, and linden in exchange for grain, cotton, and oilseeds. According to the "National Wealth" of the Mohist family, labor creates wealth, but why is Sishang getting richer and richer, while Chu, Farmers in more and more places are getting poorer and poorer? Does this mean that farmers are supporting industry and commerce?”

"Since the Mohists talk about benefiting the world, isn't Chu Yue not a part of the world? Since the Mohist's talk is about benefiting the people of the world, isn't the farmer a part of the world?"

"Please answer this question for me."

Unlike Sishang, farmers in Song Chu and other countries have had a really hard time in the past few years, unspeakably miserable.

On the one hand, they have to bear the exploitation of the princes and nobles, as well as military taxes, labor and so on.

On the other hand, they were exploited by the emerging bourgeoisie in Sishang. The dumped industrial and commercial products and the depressed food prices all made the lords increase their land rent in order to support their luxurious life.

A small number of self-cultivating farmers went bankrupt one after another, and a large amount of cotton cloth produced by handicraft factories was dumped. The price of food fell and fell again, and the tax rose again and again, which made them unable to bear it.

It was even worse in the Song Dynasty. The development of industry and commerce in Sishang brought about the commercialization of large-scale planting. The small nobles annexed the land and drove out the tenant farmers-those small nobles were not stupid. Only a few catties of corn can be harvested per mu of land. The progress of agricultural production technology, the reduction of food prices, and the abundance of commodities have all led them to drive away those farmers who paid tithes according to their original output for the sake of profit, so as to concentrate on planting cotton, oil, and indigo. Grass, wheat and other commodity crops.

In addition to Sishang, the businessman stepped up his efforts, and all kinds of commodities were sucking the blood of the farmer, and the farmer really couldn't bear it.

Many people think that although aristocrats are bad, they are at least better than merchants; being a serf is certainly not free, but it is better than being driven away from the land and starving for freedom.

I know that this is an unavoidable topic, especially with the development of industry and commerce and the aggravation of the feudal system in various countries, the life of farmers outside Sishang is really... not much favored by the Mohists, see It's all about the bad things of the new era.

Xu Xi dug a pit into which he had no choice but to jump.

Shi resolutely refused to answer directly, and immediately turned to it, asking instead: "I heard that the peasant family also tried it in Chu State, and it was also for the benefit of the world, so how did the peasant family do it in Chu State?"

Xu Xi said: "I waited in the Jianghan area. I gathered more than a thousand people. Most of them were fleeing farmers. They lived in the mountains and reclaimed the land by themselves. The local ruler wanted to expel them, but I persuaded them."

"More than a thousand people farm and eat together, and the sages and the people work together. During the slack season, they weave straw mats, build houses, and weave linen together."

"Concentrate food, exchange ironware and other necessities, and the sages preside over the distribution. When I look at the theory of Mohist "The Wealth of Nations", I think that money is just the currency of the people and can be manipulated by merchants, but labor can also be used as the basis of exchange. ?"

"So I set the exchange price according to the amount of labor required for the linen and straw mats. The price shall not be raised or lowered, and the price shall be the same. Everyone's labor has been exchanged for full wealth... ..."

"No one takes away the fruits of other people's labor, and no one is cheated of the fruits of labor. This is the real benefit to the world."

"The Mohists say, sameness, equality, and universal love. From my point of view, the equality on Sishang is false equality. As a giant of the Mohist School, don't you think that the ironware you produce is far better than their grain?" Is it labor? Right now, industrial and commercial people are benefiting, while farmers and farmers all over the world are suffering. It really is heaven and earth, can this be called equality?"

"Your equality is hypocritical equality, and we are the real egalitarians."

　PS: If the peasant family is really as mentally retarded as Teng Wengong said, I don’t understand why the peasant family is listed as one of the nine streams, and I don’t understand why such a mentally retarded theory can pull away Chen Liang’s disciples.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)