Chapter Seventy-Eight: A Quiet Change
When the "virtuous" people, whether true or false, or ambitious, or beloved in the world, finally begin to display their ambitions.
Aoi squatted beside a stone in front of her door, holding a clay bowl in her hand, squatting on the ground and eating.
There were also several people who had served in the Volunteer Division together, including the partner who had fought with him in the barracks, causing him to be confined and pick up dung.
These people all hold a clay bowl in their hands, and they all have similar postures.
The thumb and forefinger of the left hand are hooked on the bowl, and the index finger is stuck under the thick bowl of the bowl, so that no matter how hot the soup is, it will not burn the fingers.
The remaining three fingers of the bowl in the left hand hold a stack of stacked heads, and in the middle of the head are a few chili peppers fried in mutton fat.
The wotou is made of sweet potato flour or cornmeal, which is very coarse, but it can be eaten to the full. Paired with chili peppers that can make people's mouths burst into flames or pickled sunflower vegetables, from time to time I snort and snort the salted carrots and mustard greens in the bowl, and I even feel like my index finger is moving.
This is a kind of eating habit that appeared after the introduction of crops such as carrots, sweet potatoes and corn to the Fei country, and the people near the Central Plains originally ate either kneeling and sitting on the table like nobles, or squatting on the ground with a bowl. Even though wooden objects such as tables and stools began to appear and circulated at the bottom and were resisted by the aristocracy; Chopsticks and other slutty food utensils began to spread, and there were still few families in Fei Province that had wooden tables.
The land reform in Sishang not only made the farmers' lives better, but also allowed the farmers to have enough extra commodity grain to exchange, and promoted the development of a series of handicraft industries...... If the carpenters who made tables and stools in Peiyi, Pengcheng, Sishang, were in Feiguo, they would have starved to death on the streets.
Since carrots and corn were introduced to Fei, this way of eating led by the Mo family has gradually become the mainstream of the poor: the carrots or sweet potatoes boiled in the bowl, the nest of cornmeal is clasped together and pinched in the left hand, and the chopsticks used by the nobles to eat vegetable soup are pinched in the right hand and do not need to clip anything, as much as they eat, they will stick a few nests in their left hand, and with their right hand they will take one from their left hand and stuff it into their mouths, and then pour a mouthful of hot soup to swallow those rough foods.
Very filling. Although eating too many carrots is a bit heartburning, if the fertilizer is applied properly, a few acres of land at home can ensure that the family will not starve to death, and the rest will have to pay taxes, and the young and strong laborers of the family can not be left without food when they go to labor to fulfill their feudal obligations.
Under the change, the wind is surging, and it is not only those sages who discuss the system of the world, but also these civilians who are holding their nests and gnawing carrots in their hands.
Talking loudly does not mean shouting loudly, but in places where people gather, talking about it is mostly a misinterpreted concept.
Aoi struggled to swallow a mouthful of carrots that the nobleman's dogs didn't eat, waved his free right hand, and shouted in the air with chopsticks, "What you said is not right. I tell you, the nobles and princes just can't be trusted. Don't believe that any nobles can recognize Gongziluan when they come to worship, and even if they come, can it be that the farmers in those fiefs are suffering, so we don't care? ”
"If you want me to say, we should quickly organize those who serve in the volunteer division, organize the army, and call for change. Those doctors above the fief are definitely not willing to let the people in their fiefdoms flee or leave the fiefdom, so we should fight them......"
Apparently these people were discussing the issues that the "sages" had been arguing about these days, how to deal with the nobles, and whether the system of change should be implemented only in the capital.
Aoi was about to talk about the truths he had learned in the righteous teacher, when he heard a woman's scolding voice behind him, and he didn't need to look back, and Aoi's mind flashed with his wife holding the child in one hand and pointing at him with the other pointing at him.
"You are really eating ghost finger sweet potatoes, and you are eating Zhong Mingding's heart! What do people in the world do to you? You take care of yourself, just don't starve your family to death! ”
"Change change! All day long, we talk about change, all day long, all day long, all day long, we talk about benefiting the world...... Profits come and go, and even salt has to be sold! It used to be expensive, but at least you can still buy it, but now? It's changed and changed, but it's not as good as before! ”
Aoi, who was still talking about holding high the banner of righteousness and forcing the nobles to agree to the law, and had a heart of a hundred miles away from the country, suddenly wilted and muttered: "The Mo family said that salt will arrive soon, and their grocery store will soon sell salt, and in case someone hoards goods, they will limit the purchase according to the number of households......"
"Don't be afraid of a lack of salt...... The Mo family has a big salt field in Qi and Yue, how can there be a shortage of salt......
The woman said sharply: "I don't know where Qi Guo and Yue Guo are, I know that if there is no salt, tomorrow's vegetable soup will be seasoned with sweat beads!" Didn't you choose a wise man? Aren't these wise men representing the good of the people? ”
Aoi lowered her head and said, "Hmm...... I chose ......"
The woman scolded: "Do these sages know now that what they have to do is to make the market have salt to sell, and the linen and cotton thread I spin can be exchanged for some money?" ”
"These sages have food and drink, and their families have a lot of money, but they can argue there about the meaning of the law and why the king exists, what are you talking about?"
"Are you a sage? Where are you worthy to be a virtuous man? If you really want to benefit the world, then go to be an ink person, do you think people want you? ”
"It's not an inkman, it's not a sage...... What do people outside the capital have to do with you? ”
"What are the people outside the capital doing when you rise up with guns and spears to make a revolt and force the king? They want to make a profit, so they do it themselves. If you don't do it yourself, why do you hate the nobles for those people? The people gathered private soldiers outside, but they were afraid that the twenty-year redemption of private land promised by Gongziluan would be taken back! ”
Aoi, who was still talking there just now, suddenly paused, and snorted, "This makes sense......"
The woman scolded, "I don't know what the truth is, I just want to know when I will be able to buy salt, and when this land will really be given to us!" ”
Aoi was about to explain the principle of mutual assistance and profit, and the woman snorted twice and went back to the yard.
Everyone next to him laughed, Aoi's face was not unbearable, they were all neighbors and partners, everyone knew their own roots, and this was obviously not the first time that such a thing happened, so there was no need to explain anything.
As soon as the woman entered, Aoi immediately said to everyone, "You can't listen to a woman's words." Don't say anything that is not good for the world or anything, just say that if the nobles fight back one day, drive away Gongziluan, drive away the sages, and restore the old system...... We are all going to be tortured, maybe even killed. ”
When he speaks of us, he refers to those who have served with him in the Volunteer Division, as well as the most powerful people who have made the most noise during the previous riots, and who were the first to take up arms and assemble into battle.
In life and death, this choice is simple and does not require too much thought.
Someone said: "Yes." This kind of thing, either you die or I die. Didn't the Mo family say that change and revolution are things that some people use to make another part obey the will of these people? Let's just say that if you don't repair the palace wall before, that's a sin, but who says it makes sense? But it doesn't make sense, it's also the law...... If you don't listen, you'll be punished......"
"If the nobles are reinstated, I think we will all die. It's like the corpses of those nobles hanging on the Yishui when we were serving that year......"
The sages selected by these people are not the first choice.
They have the experience of serving in the Volunteer Division, and almost immediately thought of the bright-faced characters who elected the Mo family in Fei Country, such as Xu Qiao.
In fact, they are not very familiar with Xu Weak, but Xu Weak is a Mo person, and having such an identity is enough for these people to trust.
It's just that Xu Miao is incomprehensible, and the Mo family organization has not yet decided whether to let them be promoted, etc., indicating that the Mo family will not accept this election for the time being.
So they elected Wei Rang, at least on weekdays, Wei Rang often came forward to help the people of the capital, although there were not many, but at least there were some good names.
After a few more conversations, someone arrived: "But what your woman said is right." These sages are afraid that they don't know what to do now and what not to do now. The price of salt, the price of grain, the price of cloth, etc., they thought it was a trivial matter; And what is the Fa, what is the Jun, what is the benefit, and what is the Tao Law is naturally the big thing. That's not right. ”
Aoi chimed in, "Yes...... When we were serving in Yishui, we saw the Mo family's changes, so we knew what was the standard and what was the foundation. ”
At this, he stopped talking, but gulped down the rest of the meal, clapped his hands, put the dishes and chopsticks at the door, called the eldest child from the house to take it in, and got up.
The partner asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
"Go to the wise man we have chosen, and tell me about these things."
The remaining few people nodded and said, "That's the case, no matter how you say it, we elected it." ”
This is actually an unprecedented thing, but in the eyes of these people, it is customary to be so.
Judging from the old rules, Aoi went to the ruler to talk about things, but he was not even a scholar, just a farmer, and he just thought of going to the ruler to put forward his ideas...... This is already appalling.
What's even more terrifying is that these people who have served in the volunteers, experienced institutions such as soldiers' committees, and collectively decided on the right to use the vegetable money, and other seemingly boring things, take this kind of thing for granted.
When you take appalling things for granted, the world is about to be in chaos.
This is the most terrifying thing for the aristocracy, so terrible that the influence of hundreds of years of old rules has been slowly eradicated. Maybe in some places, some people's bodies are still kneeling, but their hearts have already stood up.
"No one is old, young, noble or low, all are ministers of heaven, and everyone is equal"
After such a great rebellion, why should equal people have respect and fear?
Aoi's thought was very simple: Wei Rang, this sage, was elected by himself, so he naturally had any ideas to talk to him. When I was a volunteer teacher, the people in the soldiers' committee were all responsible for the soldiers, and the same reason. The nobles all said that those who want to rule the country should first rule their families...... Actually, it's pretty much the same.