Three days later.

The people who gathered here have not left, on the contrary, their enthusiasm is high.

There is food and drink, and there is no autumn harvest for the time being, but I heard a lot of happy land yesterday, and the passion is burning.

The clerk of Shihe was holding a pen and paper and was recording something.

People kept running over and saying something.

After finishing speaking, he looked through the words that had been recorded before, and after making sure that this had not been recorded before, he read it out loud and discussed with everyone how to deal with it.

All the nations gathered together here are in the covenant.

There are constantly people who talk about all kinds of unexpected situations that may be encountered in life, and when the vast majority of people think that it is necessary to make a covenant on this matter, they will discuss what to do if it is violated.

Holding a piece of paper, he ran to Shi's side from a distance and read: "The people of the village community on the seventh day of Jiawu said that if someone stole the cow and ate it, how should they be punished? ”

After a glance at the front, it seems that no one has mentioned this matter yet, probably because cattle farming has not yet become popular.

The village community on the seventh day of the first day is just a number, and it is a code used for temporary gatherings.

Probably because the village community has a resident ink man, so I know the poetry of the Paradise and listen to the ink man in the village talk about the use of ploughing oxen and ploughshares and carrylocks and other mysterious things in the future, so I deliberately mentioned it.

He said this aloud to show his inquiry, and at the same time used the power of the ink to explain the importance of the future use of the ox.

Quite a few people shouted: "Chop off your hands!" ”

Others shouted: "Stoned to death!" ”

The barbaric customs of this time are still retained among the village communities, this is not the Qin State after the law change, it is impossible for such a thing as law to penetrate into the grassroots, and the original cruel customary law is still retained among the village communities.

No one felt that there was anything wrong with these seemingly cruel treatments, especially after the ink artist explained the changes brought about by the ox.

However, some people objected: "If you kill or cut off your hands, there will be no more cattle at all." Although some people may not dare to do this in the future, cutting off their hands is of no use to those who have lost their cows. ”

As soon as these words were mentioned, many people echoed them, and then shouted: "You ink masters say a good way, and we agree if we think it's good." ”

At this time, there were many high-level figures around him, and they did not have the right to legislate, but only the right to suggest the law of the people at this time.

This is not a deliberate separation, but Mozi insists on doing so.

Mozi agrees that the upper and lower are synonymous, and the lower is absolutely obedient to the top.

Even with these things, Mozi still hasn't changed the idea that the upper and lower are synonymous and the bottom is absolutely obedient to the top, but the definition of the upper is not the same as before.

In Mozi's view, this is no longer the king, but the "public will" constrained by the interests of everyone.

It can be a monarch or not, and the monarch itself is just a symbol, and the real one should be "public will".

Everyone must obey this "public will", so based on this, even the ink only has the right to suggest, and after all the suggestions are finally accepted, they become a "Shang" that cannot be easily touched, and finally achieve the same name from top to bottom.

Hearing that the people hoped that Mozi would come up with a good solution, Mozi understood that once these solutions were accepted by the people, they would have to be written on the straw silk, and in the end, everyone agreed to it as a common law between the villages and communities participating in the gathering in Peidi, so he attached great importance to it.

Shi Xian said: "I think so." If the person is able to compensate, then he must compensate a cow, plus a fine of some money; If there is no money, then the government will compensate the cow first, and then the person will pay the cow for forced labor. If it is done a second time, it will be directly used to cut off the nose, and then continue to pay double the amount with forced labor. ”

The words "government" and "government" are not present at this time, but both words are already there, so the combination is not abrupt, on the contrary, the meaning can be understood without explanation.

Of course, this understanding is limited to those who have read the text, and as for the fact that the word "people" is a new word, it is only necessary to make them accept it. Even if this thing is called one, two, three, it will not affect the people's understanding.

In "Daya, the Emperor", there is "maintaining these two countries, and their politics will not be obtained." The four countries of Vibi, study the degree. God is the one who hates it", and the government is the meaning of political affairs.

It was also said in the "Li" that the Xia official Sima was in charge of the state government with his subordinates, and he was called a political official in order to support the king of the country.

At this time, it has been divided in detail, and the heavenly official is also called the magistrate, and he has the right to govern; The magistrate is called the instructor and is responsible for indoctrination; The spring official is called the ceremonial official and is responsible for the sacrifice; Xia Guan is called a political official and is responsible for politics and law; Qiu Guan is a criminal officer who is responsible for arrest and disposal......

The word "government" in the government also exists, and the government treasury says that it is even more common in all countries.

It is said that according to the name at this time, it is not appropriate to call it the government house, at least it should be the government of the heavenly official level, and in fact, the duties of the six officials must be there.

But if all the responsibilities of the six officials are there, it will be a bit arrogant, so a vague and easy to understand the word government and government is used.

Moreover, since ancient times, the political character of the Zhou Dynasty has gradually changed from the affairs of the Great Sima to the meaning of "official affairs", which is just right here.

When Ran Qiu came home late, Confucius asked him why he came back late, and Ran Qiu said that there was political affairs. Confucius immediately said: You can't call politics, you have to call things. Only official affairs are called politics, and you are called a minister for the Ji family to do for him......

Now that it is public opinion, it is just right to use this name, and it is not abrupt.

In the previous two days of gathering, the 54th Debate had already made it clear what the Mowists wanted to say.

Since Mozi regarded the public will as "Shang", but this "Shang" is not a person, but a virtual thing, so it is impossible to carry out this will himself.

If there is really any person who can condense the power of faith and public will to condense a personality, it is simple, but it is impossible.

Therefore, there needs to be an intermediary between the public and the public will, and this intermediary is served by specially elected sages, whose role is to find ways to ensure the implementation of the supreme "public will".

Essentially, everyone is a part of the top, but if it's a separate person, it's completely down, so the bottom has to be from the top, both from the top and from oneself.

This logic solves the problem of what is the "lower from above" in the ink scholar Shangxian and the upper in Tianzhi.

If this is not solved, it is easy to become a king, and now that it has come to this point, it is no longer a king, at least it cannot be a king with absolute power.

Of course, this thing is rare in the world where the monarch can be forced to commit suicide at this time, and Weiss, who has initially changed the law, is barely half, and other countries are still early.

Although the government has not yet been established, this intermediary between "up and down" in the definition of ink can already exist in the imagination.

As for the law of the slaughter of cattle, Shi's proposal was not very good, but it could demonstrate the role of this soon-to-be-established "government office" in a short period of time, deepen the impression of the people, and facilitate the further increase of the authority it has in the future.

Anyway, there is still a chance to revise the law in the future, and at this time and that time, it is estimated that there are not too many cattle stealers, and the place is not big, and the ink can still afford to pay compensation, and will slowly revise it when they have the right to collect taxes in the future.

After considering the proposals, the ink makers who participated in the discussion also agreed, and they took the paper and asked the suggestions that had just been discussed and passed, and asked everyone if they agreed.

People may not understand what an intermediary between the top and bottom is, but they like this way of dealing with it, and they agree and think it is an excellent solution.

First of all, if you lose the cow, you want the cow more than to punish the one who stole it, which is for selfish gain; And if you only punish the person who stole the cattle, it is only for others to suffer similar losses, but you cannot take care of your own interests.

In the applause of the crowd, Shi said casually: "In this way, I can be regarded as agreeing." I wrote it down in the chapter 'The Law of Theft.' I'm going to write, I'm going to write, unless it's the next big get-together, I can't change it! ”

The people below shouted, "Then make a quick note, we all agree." ”

When he had finished writing it, he read it out loud again, and when he was sure that everyone heard it clearly, he solemnly set aside the paper in his hand.

It's settled, not discussed, and after a few days, everyone present will put their handprints or write their names to make sure it takes effect.

Anyway, there are not many people, and there are so many people in small places and a large number of ink writers, so they can be governed in this way without leaving dead ends.

After writing this pen, Shi did not move on to the next question about how to convict theft, glanced at Mozi, and saw Mozi nodding at him, so he said loudly: "Just like the cattle theft just now, even if it is to be solved, someone needs to arrest and execute it." ”

The people said, "You ink people just go and catch it." We'll let you catch it. ”

As soon as the people below finished speaking, Mo Ziwan smiled, knowing that the time was too short, and the people still didn't understand the "name" after all.

Therefore, the "Book of Ink" spends a lot of space to define some things, that is, to prevent some people from quibbling, and therefore it is appropriate to put forward those punctuation points that are not easy to cause misinterpretation of the original meaning, Mozi praised it greatly.

This name may not necessarily be immediately understood by the public, but it is impossible for the Mozi not to explain it clearly, which is called justifiable, and Mozi attaches great importance to it, and of course attaches more importance to the right to interpret the name.

Shi smiled at the people below: "You are wrong, you didn't let us ink people arrest it, you agreed with us ink masters to do this." Instead, you let the people of the government arrest it, and you agree to let the government do the communication between your public will and everyone. ”

"The Moshi is just because he happens to have this ability, so he is recognized by you to form a government in the future, this point must not be confused. Tomorrow, if we change our name and call it Confucianism, what will we do? ”

The people laughed and shouted, "Then according to you, write it down, write it down, it doesn't matter." ”

Shi smiled, didn't say anything for the time being, and said, "There is one more thing." The ink man is naturally righteous, as long as he benefits the world, there is no other word. It's just that if there are not enough ink writers, and there are people who happen to be good at catching thieves, and they may not be ink people, he has to eat to protect the public will of everyone. So, taxes and taxes are different, you know, and that's one of the functions of taxes. ”

Everyone thought, this is what the tax does? I don't know, in the past, we were asked to pay the silk tax and the millet tax, and no one really said what it was for.

But when I think about it, I have already paid a tax, do I have to pay another tax to establish this government? Although it is for the benefit of all, it would not be good to pay another tax, and besides, why don't you ink writers take the tax from the king?

Or if you explain the reason to the king, the king will return our taxes to the government, right?

It wasn't just one person who thought like this, but many people shouted in a chaotic manner: "Wouldn't it be good for you Moshi and the monarch to explain this truth clearly, and let him return the corn tax, silk tax, and hemp tax we paid to our government?" You have both the ability and the means, and you can also meet the king, and this truth is easy to understand, we can all understand it, and the king may understand, right? ”