Chapter Seventy-Six: The New King
Meng Sheng said it easily, but Xu Wan couldn't let go of it in his heart, after all, it was about the lives of tens of millions of people.
He glanced at Meng Sheng again, and said very solemnly: "Since the name is right, what is the name?" Our righteousness, our benevolence, and our world are fundamentally different from the old benevolence and righteousness of the world. Do we have to obey our original name? β
Meng Sheng likes a passionate young man like Xu Weak very much, just like being able to see himself when he was young, if he was young, facing such a situation, he was afraid that he would think the same as Xu Weak.
But now it's different.
Xu Miao asked again, "What are you worried about?" β
Meng Sheng said in a low voice: "I'm worried that the people will shed more blood." If this uprising succeeds, the people may choose to demand only their own interests, and it is impossible to take care of things a hundred miles away from the capital. At least most people do. However, if you don't mobilize the people who are hundreds of miles away, so that they can also benefit, the benefits obtained by these people in the capital will eventually be taken away by the nobles, and they will still fail in the end...... If we hadn't intervened. If the monarch can commit treason, won't the nobles lead Wei Qi's troops to slaughter their own people? β
Xu Miao clapped his hands and said: "That's the truth, so we should come forward now to guide the people to explain the reason." Do you have to wait until the people know they were wrong and regret it before we intervene? β
Meng Sheng nodded and said, "It's appropriate to say, there is no regret medicine in this world. But Fei Guo is too close to Sishang Mo's house, so there can be regret medicine. β
"Fei is too small, and the world is too big. You've also seen the plays performed in Pengcheng, Sishang, and you always have to rehearse before you can officially perform them. Fei Guo ...... Let's take it as a rehearsal for the world's great drama, so that the people know who to believe, what to do, who to watch out for, and who to execute when such a thing happens again...... Troubled times are the stage, and the people of the world are the best actors. β
Xu Miao sighed: "Then we can only watch?" Watching the people choose a short-sighted path and regret it? β
Meng Sheng waved his hand and said: "It is the people of Fei who have chosen a short-sighted path, and the people of the world will not regret it in the future." Road...... It's still growing. What we need to do now is not to sit on the sidelines, but to make some reasonable suggestions. For example, the security of the city, the price of grain in the city, the distribution of land, the setting of tax rates...... As for whether the people of the capital will abandon their best allies...... The peasants above the nobles' fiefdoms...... That was decided by the people of the national capital of Feiguo. β
"Sishang is very strong in Fei country, so you can take your time. Sishang is not strong in the world, so it is necessary to take precautions. It is not Fei Guo who is preparing for it, but the people of the world who know what to do when faced with such a choice. β
Xu Miao pondered for a moment, and finally nodded: "So, you persuaded me." Hopefully this time it's not a wrong judgment. β
Meng Sheng gestured, and he also understood in his heart that under the internal system of the Mo family, once this matter was misjudged and the situation in the country was unfavorable, someone would always come out to carry the "black cauldron" and take responsibility.
The Seven Enlightenment Harms and the Giant Son are collective decisions that represent the will of the Mo family, so the Mo family cannot make mistakes, and only individuals can make mistakes.
The situation in Sishang is suitable, and it has persuaded and won the support of everyone. Once something goes wrong, Shi may completely stay away from the position of the giant, so far Shi's judgment is basically correct, and the Mo family has a trust in him that is second only to Mozi during his lifetime, and this trust always needs to be maintained.
Meng Sheng got far more information than Xu Lian, knowing that this was dancing on the tip of the knife, while fighting for a bigger situation for the Mo family, he was delaying the time to be the enemy of the world. If you don't get this balance right, you may lose both.
As a high-level member of the Mo family, his judgment was correct, so he could explain the reason to Xu Xiao with a smile, but he was also worried in his heart.
In the final analysis, the affairs of the countries of Fei are not the affairs of the countries of the countries, but the affairs of the countries of the Central Plains.
In the end, the uprising of the Fei State became a rehearsal and experience of the world, and the Mohists were able to fully control the Sishang States; Or did Fei Guo's uprising eventually become a tragedy, and Wei Qi and the other countries did not go all out to intervene according to the situation arranged in advance and dragged the Mo family into the quagmire of troubled times early?
This is unknown, and can only be judged by the art of speaking and reasoning, and it is dangerous and dangerous.
Before Mozi's death, the expectations for the Mo family were attributed to two places, one was Tianzhi, and the other was the rules and regulations of the Mo family.
Whether it is out of trust that Shi has always judged the right thing, or Shi Shi has persuaded one by one before the synonymous meeting, and there is no problem with the procedural rules at all, then even if there is opposition, once it is decided, it must go on according to this method, even if it is at the cost of failure.
Momentary victories and defeats are nothing compared to the rules and procedures that Mozi believed could be used to survive for eternity.
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All rules are set by people, so they can always be changed when necessary.
The chaos in Fei Guo, after Ji Sunluan stood up and said those words in support of the people, has actually evolved into a chaos of changing the rules.
The victory of the capital was inevitable, and it was a remnant of the clan era and the system of the people's discussion of politics, the distinction between the country and the field, and the service of the people.
Unlike scattered village communities, the people in the capital could be effectively organized, and in order to survive the turmoil of the Spring and Autumn Period, the monarch had to allow the people to organize themselves to maintain their own military strength.
Under this kind of self-organization, for the monarch of a small country with a city and fiefdom structure, the power of the backlash is also great enough, and the people can decide to a certain extent whether the monarch can sit firmly in the seat, but in the past, the main messenger behind the back was a nobleman with a bright face, and this time it is the hidden Mo family.
The different people standing behind them determine the different rules. In the past, it was only the monarch who changed, not the rules.
This time, it seems that just the monarch has changed, but in fact, the rules have changed.
Ji Sunluan, who had been unable to hide, finally appeared under the protection of the "guards" after the palace was occupied by Zheyangzi and the armor soldiers.
And the first thing he did when he appeared was to reiterate what Wei Rang had said when the people were gathering.
He had no choice, and if he went back on his word, the people who were still agitated were likely to drive him away - everything was different from before, and now some people felt that all people were equal, and some people had even learned from the Mo family a series of systems for monarchs without "blood".
If in the past, the people had no choice, Ji Sunluan might be able to put aside Wei Rang. But now, the people have another choice, so Wei Rang has become a "close friend" in Ji Sunluan's opinion.
Now, he is considered the king of the country of Fei, as long as he wants to.
It's just that the king of this Fei country can only nominally govern the size of the capital. In the past, Fei Jun had four realms in terms of rules and etiquette, but now Ji Sunluan only has thirty miles of the capital in his hands.
Whether or not he can sit firmly on the throne of this monarch, the coup d'Γ©tat is only a prologue, and it is far from the time when it can really be decided.
There are many things to deal with.
What about those captured nobles?
What about the doctors who are far away in the fiefdom?
Can the system of granting public land to farmers in the capital of Fei Guo be implemented outside the capital?
What if the nobles disagreed and rebelled?
What kind of military system is in place?
How are taxes levied?
How are officials selected?
How do you pay an official?
How to maintain?
How to make it?
All of this seems to be a matter that the monarch needs to consider, but at this moment, none of them have anything to do with Ji Sunluan.
The people have elected what they think are the sages, and the people need to think about the system for themselves, and the people do not even need a king, but out of old habits and a man who can explain the situation to the nations.
Ji Sunluan felt that he, the monarch, was like a tablet.
If a pig has the blood of a prince, I am afraid that this pig can also be regarded as a monarch.
This may be unbearable for those who really want to be the king.
But for Ji Sunluan, he betrayed the nobles, the princes, and the old rules, and the "sages" of the old era could not be used by him.
And these "sages" in the new era are either full of passion and energy, or they are scheming and powerful, and no one will be willing to let the monarch really take power.
After going through so much, Ji Sunluan already felt that Wei Rang's role in these things was not important.
The important thing is that the two of them are still friends on the surface, and the income from the redemption of those public lands is still Ji Sunluan's, and what kind of industry will Ji Sunluan still have in the future with a large amount of income and the identity of the monarch, which is the most important thing.
Ji Sunluan is not a virtuous son, but he is not a fool either.
Judging from Wei Rang's performance these days, if Wei Rang really wants the position of monarch, he can support the common government of the country. And what he said in front of the people that day was enough to make it impossible for Wei Rang to learn any process such as being virtuous first and then taking Zen, so it was unnecessary.
So Ji Sunluan quickly figured out his situation: the policy was agreed by the people, and the sage who was elected was actually in power.
All I have to do is to weigh the yes, seal it, collect the money, run my own property, and think about how to spend the ransom fees of the collected public land, and what to do if something bad happens and flee to Sishang......
So the first thing he thought about after he finally showed up was that once he stabilized, he would invest the income from the redemption of the public land he had obtained into the gold store in Sishang, or exchange it for the paper money of the Mo family, and prepare for the future.
"If not, I'm going to run away. Maybe they won't allow me to escape, and they have to let me be here, but prepare in advance, run away if the news is not good, or say something about my lack of talent and virtue to give way to Xian, and then I can leave. β
"The money from the income can no longer invest in the workshop industry in the country, and it is not stable here. It's best to invest all your money in Sishang, if you can invest in some industries in Sishang, it's best, if not, you can be a rich man, just like in the old days or even better. β
"If the Sishang Mo family is also defeated, you can follow them and flee to Nanhai and Yang Yue. It's not bad to grow sugar cane there to refine cane sugar, but I've heard of those hot virus snakes, but there are already people who have built cities and settled there, so it won't be too bitter to think about. The world is so big, even if the princes are combined, can they still chase Yang to the South China Sea?