Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2209 Shuiyu discusses politics

  The sky is not bright.

  Dark clouds were low above the head, making the whole world gloomy and gloomy.

  Black eaves wooden pillars and equally black wreckage are scattered in this destroyed dock. There is still some lingering smoke faintly around, and it seems that there are still wailing and screams remaining in the green smoke.

The smell of being burnt is not a pleasant smell in the human sense of smell, but among some scavengers, it can attract these guys to run over from ten miles or even hundreds of miles away, staring at the red eyeballs, Biting and arguing with each other, it seems like they are constantly laughing.

  『There’s no need to go…』

  On the small mound beside, there are three men on horseback, looking here.

  The man headed by him was older, with three strands of beard on his chin, fluttering slightly in the wind. He didn't wear armor, just ordinary attire, but wrapped in a cloak with some fur on it, which somewhat revealed his identity.

The middle-aged man took out the wooden tablet and pen from the leather pouch on the horse's back, licked the tip of the pen, melted away the dry ink, then frowned, as if thinking of something, and then spit out He spat out black saliva, then muttered and gestured, or wrote or drew on the wooden tablet, and finally blew on it, waiting for the ink to dry, and put it away.

  The two riders behind are probably the guards of the middle-aged man. When the middle-aged people looked around, one stood on the left side and the other stood on the right side. They were vigilant and well-trained. Seeing that the middle-aged people seemed to want to stay and observe, they couldn't help but whispered: "Sir, it's not suitable to stay here for a long time... If you don't meet Cao Jun Youqi, you will be in trouble..."

  The middle-aged man sighed, "I originally thought that Cao Mengde was different from Yuan Benchu, and that he should have the ambition to help the world, but now it seems that it is nothing more than a mere...how can a hero do such a thing?" 』

  『Sir…』The guard interrupted the middle-aged man's emotion again.

  The middle-aged man turned his head and smiled, "Okay, I got it, let's go, let's go!" 』

  The three of them got down the mound, bypassed the abandoned Wubao, and headed west along the path.

  …()…

  Xu Du.

  Imperial Palace.

  In the gloomy weather, Liu Xie woke up from his sleep, opened his eyes and looked, but thought it was dusk, he was in a trance for a moment, before he realized it, he quickly called the Huangmen **** to change his clothes and wash his hands.

The general Cao Cao turned his face, and the shadow of death hangs over Xudu. Many merchants who are worried about being implicated are afraid to come. They hooked up with each other in private, and there were those descendants of the gentry who had nothing but their lives. They spoke impassionedly and criticized endlessly, as if they were risking their lives in exchange for their reputation...

  Some people said that Cao Cao would inevitably succumb to such public opinion, and even resign as a general to apologize, but a voice in Liu Xie's heart told him that this matter might not be as simple as these people imagined.

  Things can be big or small, and changes may happen in the blink of an eye.

   Therefore, Liu Xie felt that all the details could not be neglected, and he had to observe the whole story calmly and steadily...

   It's like a heavenly emperor.

   Observe what Cao Cao is going to do, and think about why Cao Cao is doing it.

  Heaven will not tell him the answer, but silently, seemingly close but far away.

  The courtiers would not tell him the answer, even if they did, it would be half false and half true.

  So all the answers must be found and determined by himself.

This is an opportunity, an opportunity for a bystander. Because I was involved in it before, I was inevitably affected by various emotions. I may not be able to see clearly or think clearly. But this time, Liu Xie knew that Cao Cao's goal was definitely not himself. .

  So, what would Cao Cao do in such a situation?

  Liu Xie adjusted his collar a little, and looked outside at the sky still ruled by dark clouds.

   What happens next?

  Where will the big man go?

   Liu Xie suddenly felt a little sad, because he is the emperor of the big man, but in fact his influence on the big man is pitiful...

  In other words, there seems to be no difference with him or without him.

  Big fellow...

  …(O_O)…

  Chang'an.

   Today is a small-scale enlarged meeting.

  The meeting was of course presided over by Fei Qian. As one of the actual power holders of the Han Dynasty, what Fei Qian considered was not to grieve for the spring and autumn, but to feel the humanities, but more practical and complicated matters.

   For example, regime.

  China's regime.

  『Why did Zhou die? 』

   Fei Qian said slowly, and then looked at several counselors around him.

   This is almost a group of top big men, from the old **** Jia Xu to the black bun Pang Tong, from Xun You who is honest on the outside and clear on the inside, to Sima Yi who is dishonest on the outside and equally dishonest on the inside...

   There are also the mediocre but important Zao Zhi and Tai Shiming.

  But the smarter a person is, the more difficult it is to unify their thinking.

   And this point is very critical, because Fei Qian still needs these people to promote and implement in the end, and infiltrate Fei Qian's ideas into the gentry system of the Han Dynasty little by little.

  So washing like now...um, communication meetings are very important.

  Everyone present, even Zaozhi who likes the fields but not copywriting, and Tai Shiming who usually spends his time in the workshop doing research, are no strangers to the history of the Spring and Autumn Period.

When it comes to the Zhou Dynasty, or the demise of a dynasty, there may be many reasons, such as political corruption, successive invasions by foreign powers, failure to keep up with the pace of the times, lack of attention to talents and talents, etc., all of which may be Yes, it can also lead to the collapse of a dynasty, but these are appearances, and what Fei Qian is obviously asking is not these.

  Everyone understands these things, and even whoever catches a son of a noble family can tell one, two, three.

It is not difficult to find the problem, but it is extremely difficult to figure out how to fix it after knowing the problem, and how to do it in the process of improvement, the better the better, instead of giving up halfway or going the wrong way, that is difficult It's getting harder.

  『Take the picture. ’ Fei Qian ordered lightly.

  A huge map was propped out and hung in the hall.

  『This is the early Spring and Autumn Period...』 Fei Qian pointed to the map, and said slowly, "Maybe there are some details that are different, but it is generally not bad... This is the work of Shiyuan who spent several months sorting out and collecting classic books..."

  Pang Tong touched his double chin quite complacently, did he see it? Here's the price I paid for one less chin...

  Although the current dyes of Dahan are not as diverse and colorful as those of later generations, it is still possible to gather four or five colors, which can roughly indicate the situation of the Zhou Dynasty at that time.

  The map is full of colors, large and small color blocks, and the embarrassment of the Zhou Dynasty at that time has been vividly expressed without even saying a word.

   Everyone stared at the map for a while, all speechless.

Sima Yi let out a deep breath. Every time he saw the map Huqi took out, Sima Yi could always feel a kind of shock from the depths of his soul, as if the hairs on his body were standing on end. Some understood what Fei Qian meant, but they couldn't fully understand...

  Western Zhou and Eastern Zhou, Spring and Autumn and Warring States, this is the distant past, but everyone present did not feel that Fei Qian was talking nonsense and doing a useless effort. Even sometimes, these people, including Sima Yi, feel that this is the ability that a leader should have. They leave their eyes away from trivial chores, detach themselves from the enjoyment in front of them, examine the past, grasp the present, and look to the future...

  Go to battle to kill the enemy, charge into battle, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Zhao Yun, anyone can do better than Fei Qian, people's livelihood affairs, specific arrangements, Pang Tong, Xun You, Sima, anyone can do better than Fei Qian...

  But what Fei Qian can do is not what they can replace. Sometimes Sima Yi couldn't help wondering if General Hussars had a special ability, so he could see clearly the fog of the future and walk in the right direction...

Sima Yi did not doubt that the map was made by that fat black man, but he also believed that if it wasn't for Fei Qian's proposal or instruction, that fat black man who seemed to be lazy would never do such a thing !

  『Separation? ’Zao Zhi said.

   Fei Qian nodded, "Yes, not quite right. 』

  『People’s hearts? ’ Tai Shiming said.

   Fei Qian smiled and said: "Since ancient times, people's hearts have been like this, and it has remained unchanged for thousands of years. 』

   Jia Xu glanced at Fei Qian and nodded slightly. This is what attracts Fei Qian the most and what Jia Xu agrees with the most. Morality can only regulate a gentleman, but there are too many people in the world who are not gentlemen. Therefore, only by deeply understanding the greed of the human heart can we better adapt and target it, instead of blindly clamoring about "people's hearts are not ancient", "the world's customs are day Next", and then lamented to express his disappointment with this world, especially those in power, who cannot believe in so-called morality, or rely on morality to rely on the world.

  Fei Qian did not wait for the constant speculations from the crowd, but said: "Today there is a word to share with you..."

Fei Qian turned his head to signal, then Huang Xu nodded, took out a piece of silk cloth that he had written on, and unfolded it, only to see two sharp-edged characters with knife-like strokes in the silk cloth—"Inside" roll"!

  『The insider is a prisoner in the room, with no hope of getting ahead, and the one who rolls, can't win the song, kneels and lives, it is called "inside roll". Fei Qian said slowly, "The reason for the decline of Zhou Gong's dynasty is just these two words." 』

   Fei Qian raised his chin slightly, motioning for everyone to look at the map of Chunqiu.

Everyone looked around, as if they passed through the fast and different color blocks, saw Chunqiu was trapped, curled up, and then swallowed each other continuously, the blood spewed out by people fighting each other, and heard those who were angry or angry. , or helpless, or howling in pain.

  The Zhou Dynasty was the first large-scale involution. "The kings of Zhou, civil and military, were all virtuous and capable. After three generations, catastrophes continued, soldiers declined, mansions and treasuries were scattered, and a hundred years of accumulation left only empty records. Fei Qian said slowly, "Inward scrolling means not moving." There is no hope of progress, and there is no way to retreat. 』

  『There is no hope to advance, and there is no way to retreat...』

  Everyone thought about it.

   Fei Qian stopped and gave these people some time to think.

  From the perspective of the development of the entire history, the continuous change of China's feudal dynasties is like the repetition of reincarnation, just like involution.

  The huge and decadent bureaucratic system eventually became a burden on the dynasty.

  It looks like the Zhou Dynasty, and it also looks like the subsequent dynasty.

Using a relatively easy-to-understand explanation, when a company develops to a considerable scale and the company's market size has reached its peak, the company's technology and systems have never been able to break through the company's mature height, and the company's interior will begin to emerge. More subdivided work requires more manpower to complete the work, but the company's benefits have not increased. Correspondingly, the wages of the staff will decline. Although employment has increased to a certain extent, the On the surface, everyone can benefit from it, but in fact they are restricted, can't eat enough but can't starve to death, and eventually lead to vicious embezzlement of each other for the greater good...

  Fei Qian remembers that in later generations, he seems to have heard such an argument that China actually has no history, only the reincarnation of dynasties. When I heard this argument for the first time, it seemed somewhat unacceptable and somewhat metaphysical, but it seems to make sense when I think about it.

  Since the great unification of China, the dynasties of more than two thousand years have actually been one dynasty overthrowing another dynasty, thus establishing a system that is more harsh and restrictive than the previous dynasty, and it goes back and forth and continues to reincarnate.

  Since the establishment of prefectures and counties in the Qin Dynasty, the king's control over the world has gradually become stronger. This is an inevitable move to establish a unified country, and it is understandable.

Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty cut down feudal vassals, and Emperor Wu promulgated the Decree of Tweeting Entitlement to depose a hundred schools of thought that only respected Confucianism. This not only enabled the monarch to gain absolute control over power, but also ruled ideologically, eliminating the opposition between the local and the central government, and facilitating the monarch’s control over Confucianism. local jurisdiction. This doesn't seem to be much of a problem.

  However, from the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the prime minister was dismissed, and later the Eastern Han Dynasty simply did not use the prime minister, so that after the Sui and Tang Dynasties, three provinces and six ministries further reduced the power of the prime minister. In the Song Dynasty, it was completely redundant, and the characteristics of involution were fully displayed...

  The Ming and Qing Dynasties further deteriorated. To overthrow a dynasty, the ultimate goal is to establish another dynasty, and the overall social structure has not evolved because of this, but has become more oppressive and imprisoned, from the body to the spirit, becoming more and more terrifying, more abnormal, and more and more distortion.

"If you roll inward, you will end up with nothing to roll in, nowhere to advance, and nowhere to retreat. Even if it is as majestic as the Great Zhou, it will inevitably collapse in the dust," Fei Qian said, "Flowing water does not rot, and the household The pivot is not beetle. If there is advance and retreat, then it is the right way. If you don't move, just blindly look for the old, it will end up like the Zhou Dynasty. Rewarding with fiefdoms will eventually lead to no land to seal, and taking official positions as rewards will eventually result in no officials to be rewarded. Although the world is big, the imperial city cannot be commanded, and soldiers cannot reach the countryside...』

  『Nowadays, there are many big families in the gentry who don’t understand this principle. What they want all their lives, eating, drinking and having fun, what they like, wine, **** and wealth, they only know how to ask blindly, greedy intake, and don’t know how to measure. Such people are useless to the affairs and useless to the people, so what is the use of keeping them? Poisoned descendants? Fei Qian talked eloquently, "Just like the Duke of Zhou, enfeoffing all the states, princes and ministers, there are hundreds of them, and when they are in trouble, what is the benefit?" The state is numerous, the feudal lords are numerous, the ministers are numerous, and scholars are numerous. However, the king of Zhou is in trouble. Where are these people? What to do? 』

  『Such ills, what should be done? Fei Qian looked around, "This is today's topic, please think about it, three days later, I will come back to listen to your opinions..."

  Everyone responded one after another, and then retreated one after another.

  Blind indoctrination is obviously not as impressive as thinking on your own.

  Many times, Huaxia focuses on practicality, and doesn’t care about abstract theories, and doesn’t even pay much attention to details. The most typical one is Huaxia’s food.

   It seems that they are all similar, but whether it is good or not, there is a huge difference.

   Regarding the political system, China has not had a relatively systematic research until later generations, and even many things are Western, but there are very few political system theories rooted in China.

For example, Feiqian himself is more accustomed to the social systems of slavery, feudalism, capital, etc. However, these titles are not native to China, but ended by Western bearded people based on the transformation of the social form of Europe, focusing on Western Europe. , and even the bearded man specifically stated that the several eras he outlined regarding the evolution of economic and social forms are only suitable for Western Europe and cannot be applied to other regions...

  So in fact, China does not have the so-called slaves that fit the description of the bearded man. The model of feudal society. China's path from the beginning is different from that of Western Europe. How can Western Europe's social model be used to standardize and divide China's social form?

  In fact, due to limited information, the bearded man lives in Western civilization, and all he can understand is the civilization process of Western Europe. Many of his genius-like theories are also aimed at Western European civilization, although sometimes he does not explicitly state it.

For example, the word "slave", some people think that the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, or earlier periods, were the so-called "slave" society in China, but in fact, according to archaeological discoveries and existing documents, the so-called free people The conceptual categories of slavery and slavery are not found in Persia, Egypt, Babylonia, nor in early China.

  The word slave originated in Greece. It is a concept in a typical city-state system. Corresponding to slaves are free people, citizens, and citizens have the right to participate in state affairs, such as Rome, but in ancient China, this is obviously not the case. Participating in state affairs is obviously not something that ordinary people can do.

Strictly speaking, in the early Chinese social system, there were slaves who appeared due to debts or wars, but similar to the "slavery in the slave market" of ancient Rome, wars were deliberately promoted for the slave market, Launching aggression, or even deliberately depriving small farmers of their means of production to produce more slaves is not a characteristic behavior.

  So is the so-called feudalism.

  Some are similar, but completely different. The most fundamental reason is that there has never been private ownership of land in China. The land in the world, theoretically and politically, belongs to the "emperor". It can be used by private individuals and can be bought and sold, but the ownership belongs to the "emperor", which is typical autocracy, not feudalism.

  Some people say that the Zhou Dynasty was feudal, but in fact the Zhou Dynasty was the collapse of Chinese feudalism. As time went on, Huaxia embarked on a path that was completely different from that of Western Europe...

   Fei Qian sat in the hall, looking at the map with his cheeks on his hands.

  He has a vague idea about the future road, but what it will look like in the end still depends on whether these people in the big man, especially these top intelligent people, can follow along.

   Walk out of a new world.

  (end of this chapter)