Because of the above reasons, this condition of aligning the peace treaty was the focus of this meeting, and it was also an important basis for persuading Gao Sun to suppress the non-offensive faction as a whole, and it was also the basis for the entire Mohist family to unify their thinking and prepare for war.

Gao Sun Tzu's worries are not unreasonable.

It was necessary to think about it when deciding to withdraw the troops, because war is a continuation of politics, and it is necessary to consider how to end it before starting a war.

After laughing, everyone has already acquiesced to three points in their hearts based on the habit that the idea of what was suitable in the past is always weird but always effective.

Including the tall grandson, he also restrained his excitement and sat down to listen carefully.

Shi Xian said: "Tian Wu's slaughter of Wucheng led to the end of his political career and led to the end of the Tian civil war, which is not necessarily a bad thing for us. ”

"You must know that this time the Qi State chose the Zen concession of peace talks, rather than Tian Yan killing Tian He in one fell swoop and directly cleaning up Tian He's forces."

"There are two reasons for this."

Stretching out his finger, Shi smiled and said: "First, our layout in Linzi made Tian Yan scared. The ink artists in Linzi are half-bright and half-dark, and even semi-open, and many of the secret inkers we have laid out in Linzi have been exposed, guiding the people, and letting Tian Yan see the power of the people. ”

"He was scared. I'm afraid that we will join forces with the people of Linzi. Because we have done it once in Shangqiu, no monarch will like the restraint of monarchy like Shangqiu. ”

"Second, Tian He has been a Qi Marquis for so many years, and his influence is vast, and Tian He can only win by suppressing Tian He. If he doesn't succeed this time, or even without us, I think the forces left by Tian He, Tian Wu will definitely be able to make a mess and overthrow Tian Yan. ”

"Since this universe is a process of continuous generation and resolution of contradictions, then Tian's internal contradictions seem to have been solved, and new contradictions have become what Tian Yan has to face."

"Indeed, if the great enemy of Tian and Tian Wu is resolved, the contradictions between the people and the nobility, the nobility and the monarch, and the monarch and the people will become a big problem for Tian Yan."

"Now we know one thing, Tian Yan was afraid of the power of the people, our methods in Linzi made him panic, so he chose to compromise with Tian He. Then, he must rely on the power of the nobles, why should the nobles support him? ”

"Just because he shouted a few slogans for the sake of Qi Guosheji, the nobles shouted long live and fought hard?"

"Comrades, wake up, the era of righteousness in the Spring and Autumn Period is over, and the real 'aristocrats' who seek righteousness and respect for courtesy rather than profit are all about to die and become extinct."

"There has to be a profit! Does he dare to touch all the nobles of the Qi Kingdom? He didn't dare to move. ”

"Does he dare to win over the people of Qi State? He can't fight, is he more beneficial to the world than we are? If he really wants to be for the people everywhere, I think he can be called Comrade Tian Yan, if that is really the case, what are we afraid of? If that were the case, he would not be afraid of the people restraining him and would choose to compromise with Hetian. ”

When it came to Comrade Tian Yan, everyone present laughed, and many people secretly wiped their sweat, thinking that just now Shi and his grandson's red face and red ears were facing each other and waiting for the rabbit and carving the boat to ask for a sword, this not very funny joke They also laughed very happily, hoping to get rid of the situation just now.

Shi stretched out his two hands and said, "If the left hand is the people, and the right hand is the nobles." He is not as good as us on the left, so he can't win over the people; He doesn't want to be right, because the right side is destined to be next to the monarchy, and the Tian family started with a coup d'état. ”

"Swaying left and right, it is impossible to support both the left and right, but it may lead to opposition from both the left and right, and there are only some people left who have nothing to do with the left and right to accept their fate."

"In this way, I think he has very few choices."

Some words can be used as jokes, but some words will have a great impact after becoming a joke, and it is appropriate to use the left and right hands as a metaphor on this occasion, but it is not intentional, but I am afraid that the listener is intentional, and the word left and right may be given a new meaning.

But at this time, everyone didn't think about it so much, and the high grandson pondered for a while, and also admitted the appropriate analysis.

Indeed, it seems that he really committed the problem of carving a boat and seeking a sword.

He reflected on himself, and said in his heart that my idea was wrong, the contradictions within the Tian clan were solved, and then the new contradictions would replace the old ones, not that there would be no contradictions in the Qi Kingdom.

He looked up at Shi Shi, and finally said, "What you said makes sense, I did make the mistake of carving a boat to ask for a sword just now. However, the more practical question is, what should we do in the land reform of Wenshui and Jishui? No matter what, the people will suffer, this is something we cannot tolerate, and how will we explain to the people when the time comes? ”

"Anyway, we withdraw the army, not directly under the central government, the nobles there are equivalent to dealing with us and Tian Yan, we are helping Tian Yan clean up the nobles, and the people have obtained the land, I am afraid that it is difficult to have the ambition to love the world in my heart."

Shi nodded and said: "Wenshui and Jishui, since we have done it, we have to take care of it." Otherwise, isn't that pooping and not wiping your belly? We don't care about the support of the people, the large number of people who support us, they will be liquidated, they can't live with the people, and it also violates the morality that Qi people are also people in the world, and we must also love, so we have to manage it no matter what. ”

"Not only do we have to help Tian Yan clean up the nobles of Wenshui and Jishui, but we also have to force Tian Yan to recognize the tax rate there. The tax rate of our Mo family in Sishang can be set at the tax rate of Wenshui and Jishui, and force Tian Yan to admit it, otherwise we will not withdraw our troops. ”

The city in charge of finance, Jia Gu, immediately understood what he meant, got up and said, "This is a good way, if we want to be synonymous, then at least in terms of taxation." 12 taxes and 1. Labor is paid, as long as Tian Yan agrees, then he has no money in his hand. ”

"We can make money through industry and commerce, but it is difficult for Tian Yan. Moreover, we don't care about the small taxes of the people, but this time we must fight for the right to exempt them, so that the people there can use their surplus money to buy our goods. ”

"Tian Yan can't collect taxes, and the taxes on the book coupons we set are low, and then continue to organize the people to resist the unreasonable taxes reasonably and legally, what can he do? We are at the door of the Qi country, all countries are weakening and no one is provoking us, and he doesn't dare to disobey, so he can only pinch his nose and admit it. When he wants to rebel, the people will oppose it first, and then it will be time for us to win a decisive battle with the princes. ”

The Mohist tax is actually not low, the twelve taxes are only nominal, and various industrial and commercial income and indirect taxes are the majority. The only one who dares to pay twelve taxes and one in the world is the Mo family, who occupies Sishang but sucks the blood of the Central Plains in industry and commerce, and the Mo family has set a benchmark, making it difficult for the princes of all countries to do: if it is exceeded, it is a bad government, and the people think that Sishang is good; Not exceeding, without sufficient industrial and commercial base, and unable to collect money, the first-mover advantage in Sishang locked in the path that the monarchs of various countries could choose - forcing them to keep an eye on the land tax, which would inevitably intensify the contradictions with the peasants.

The words of the city dolphin, everyone also felt a little taste.

Since it is said that the land reform is to help Tian Yan stabilize the situation in Qi country, isn't it enough to turn the follow-up of land reform into a new starting point of contradictions?

With such a low tax, as long as Tian Yan admits it, he can't collect the money. Recently, the Qi country has not been able to fight, and the Mo family has gone deeper, and when it is really time to fight, once the price tax and forced labor, the local people will inevitably be resentful, and miss the Mo family who stayed for a short time and did not plan to build for a long time.

Taxation is only part of the income after the land reform, and the real bulk is the profit from the industrial and commercial development driven by the increase in peasants' surplus grain and purchasing power after the land reform.

If you don't reform the land, you can't sell many handicrafts if you point to that bit of aristocracy.

After the land reform, farmers had surplus grain and could participate in commodity trading, and industry and commerce were the strength of the Mo family.

When everyone was still pondering, Shi said: "Everyone, where are Wenshui and Jishui?" That's thanks to Onozawa. Onozawa communicates with Heshui, and Heshui communicates with Surabaya, is the freight rate of goods in Linzi lower? Or is the freight rate of our goods in Sishang lower? ”

"The country of Qi is nothing more than relying on the benefits of fish and salt. Well, if we win the war, can't we open a salt factory in Qi to sell salt? Now which big businessman in Qi can compete with us? Qi Guotian plus all the principal of those businessmen, is it enough for 10% of all the funds that the city can use? Whoever does it, let him go bankrupt and not survive. Either give up the market of Wenshui and Jishui and retract to the north of the Great Wall to sell, or fight with us in Jiwen and let them go bankrupt and can't survive. ”

"I'll give you an analogy, let's say Tian Yan is now going to learn from our industrial and commercial profits and build an iron-smelting workshop. Our goods in Qi are duty-free, just like Tian Yan's own workshop. In terms of cost, can he be lower than us? ”

"He sells for 100 yuan, we sell for 80 yuan, mobilize funds, and he can't do it, and the more he does it, the poorer he gets. Even if it is really Qi Yougao, you can also smelt iron and have the same skills as us, then we will lose money to sell, everyone loses money to each other, to see whose principal is thicker, who can't hold on first. You say, 'Will he be able to survive us?' ”

"Then what else can Qi Guo sell? When the time comes, what kind of Wenshui and Jishui will be left for Tian Yan? ”

"It is a land where the people have acquired land, are grateful to the Mo family, and gradually understand that they want to rebel against the 'nationality tax'."

"It is a land on which only twelve taxes can be levied on one acre, but the surplus grain of the farmers is exchanged for our handicraft goods."

"It's a land that feels like it's going to rebel once the citizenship tax is levied, and a land that feels like the 12 taxes are gradually taking it for granted."

"It's a land that doesn't dare to recruit the farmers there to fight us, and if they start a war with us, the farmers will be the first to resist."

"The income of the Mo family is not only based on 12 taxes, and the purpose of land reform is not only for the cultivators to have their land, but for the people to increase their surplus grain to buy handicraft products and promote the development of the handicraft industry in Sishang. With only 12 taxes and 1, what can Tian Yan get? ”

"We gave up Wenshui to help the water, but we signed a peace agreement on the duty-free import of goods and allowed the establishment of mining and salt industry, so that the Mo family would not fall for a day, Sishang would not be chaotic for a day, the handicraft industry in Linzi would not develop for a day, and the fields would not receive money. If he can't get enough money, how can he get stronger? ”

"If he wants to be strong, he has to be rich. He can't collect the money south of the Great Wall, and the profits of industry and commerce south of the Great Wall are in our hands, so he can only make money north of the Great Wall. ”

"How can you become strong without money? How much does a soldier cost? How much does a copper cannon cost? How much does an army cost? ”

"Whose money is it? Getting aristocracy? Or will it continue to be more severe, far more severe than the previous money for farmers north of the Great Wall and Jiaodong, and private handicrafts in Linzi? ”

So I say that this contradiction will not only not disappear, but will worsen. This kind of aggravation will lead to the people south of the Great Wall getting along with us; The people north of the Great Wall, including some industrialists and merchants, were angry and suffering, and began to ponder the morality of the Mohists to support us. ”

"If he doesn't want to become stronger, he naturally doesn't need to make money, maybe he can really calm down the contradictions in the Qi State, so why should we worry about the Qi State becoming stronger?"

"What we are worried about is the strengthening of the Qi country, and the main body is to become stronger, not the Qi country. With the current Qi country, what is there to worry about? Being hung and beaten by the Sanjin Dynasty, being forced by the Yue Kingdom to drive the King of Yue, and being forced to the Linzi coup by our two wars, do we need to worry? ”