Chapter Seventy-Six: Quarrel

Xu Xifei didn't understand what the Mo family meant, and the Song State was obviously preparing to use the Song State to tie up the school that reconciled with the Mo family after that big debate.

The debate four years ago ranged from schools of thought that reconciled with the Mohists, and there were schools that broke with the Mohists completely.

Although the Mo family and the peasant family have not had a very pleasant quarrel in the past two years on the issue of the peasant's program of action, at least in the Song Kingdom, the two sides can still cooperate.

Xu Xi is happy to do so.

The status of the peasant family in Sishang is not embarrassing, and without this popular base, it will be difficult to develop in Sishang. It is said that working together is beneficial to the world, but the farmers cannot enter the core decision-making level on the Sishang side, and the middle-level officials are also from the Mo family.

Sometimes Xu Xi feels that the farmer's house is a statue of a god to accompany the worship in Sishang, and it is not embarrassing or embarrassing.

At the beginning, the Mo family vigorously opposed the plan of the peasant family in the Song Kingdom, and the root cause was the problem of "future".

According to the plan of the peasant family, they supported the Dai clan when the Song State Inquiry Yuan Dayin was about to be re-elected, launched a peasant rebellion that had lost their land and fled to Shangqiu, or directly assassinated those old nobles, so as to seize power and reform.

This alone may be feasible if the Song Kingdom is an isolated country that has nothing to do with the world; But the world is not isolated, and the peasants do not consider the consequences of the interference of various countries, and the problem that doing so will drag the Mo family into the water.

The Mo family has the plan of the Mo family, and the farmer family has the idea of the farmer, which is why the Mo family has always hoped that the farmer can integrate into the Mo family, criticize the idea of the exchange of labor quantities such as utopia, and work together around a common goal.

Now that Dangshan has been breached, the affairs of the Song State are about to be stabilized, and the Mo family invited the hundred schools of reconciliation to discuss major matters at this time, Xu Xi is still a little embarrassed, he feels that the farmers have contributed less, and it is said that this time the Song State coup farmers should sing the leading role.

When Xu Xi took his disciples to the dinner, Xu Xi met many people from other schools.

For example, Meng Sunyang, a disciple of Yang Zhu; Tian of the pipe school is not injured; Lu Zi, the chief of the Taoist family of the Chu State; The corpse of the Central Plains Taoist school of the Three Jin Dynasty and others.

These people are all old faces, most of them are already famous in the world, even Chang Luzi, who is the least famous compared to Meng Sunyang and others, has also left stories that people are worried about, and they are good friends with Lie Yukou.

In addition to these old faces, Xu Xi also saw some newcomers, who should be these newly recruited disciples who traveled all over the world.

There was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old young man standing behind the corpse, and when they introduced each other, Xu Xi knew that this young man was a disciple of the corpse in Weiguo, and he was also the queen of the Gong family.

For this person called Gongsun Martingale or this place is not called Wei Ying, Xu Xi doesn't care, now a hundred schools of thought are contending, and there are many down-and-out nobles or scholars in various countries, and their reputation is not obvious, and it is difficult to enter the eyes of these people.

Since this time it was a dinner party between schools, of course, the Mo family wanted the giants to come forward, and some high-level figures of the Mo family also gathered.

Considering the habits of various schools, they did not adopt the form of tables, chairs and benches that were too common in the Mo family, but used the way of kneeling and sitting to share meals to show respect for each other's habits.

The bigwigs of various schools knelt in front, and the henchmen and disciples knelt behind, the main seat was the Mo family, and the next head was also the Mo family who accompanied them.

School exchanges do not need the music of silk and bamboo orchestras.

Shi didn't have those polite words, so he directly talked about the affairs of the Song Kingdom, and talked about the damage caused to the people by the chaos of the Song Kingdom.

These schools, even if they are Confucianism that cannot be bridged from the contradictions of the Mohists, also pay attention to benevolence and righteousness, but the benevolence and righteousness of each school are not the same, but the heart for the stability of the world and the well-being of the people is similar.

But the mind is the mind, the interest is the benefit, the benevolence and righteousness are not the same, and the morality is not the same, and it is inevitable to ponder the quarrel tonight.

After Shi finished speaking, Xu Xi said first: "Shi Zi's words are extremely true. Now that the Song Kingdom has decided, how the Song Kingdom should make the people rich and profitable in the future is exactly what our generation should consider and devote ourselves to. ”

Shi nodded and said, "This is the reason why my Mo family invited you to come." Our Mo family sent troops to the Song land, just to fulfill the covenant of that year, at the request of the Song Inquiry Political Yuan and the people of the Song Dynasty, once the matter is completed, the troops must be withdrawn, and all countries must not interfere, and we must also set an example. ”

Xu Xi got up and said: "Song State Affairs, the bad is that there is a gentleman's court and a common people's house. The Junzi Yuan is in power, and those who enter its court are all aristocratic families, and the Mo family has always said that righteousness is profit, and their interests are naturally different from the interests of the common people. ”

"If the common people are eager not to fight without conquest, but the Gentleman's Court has the right of veto, then what is the use of this Commoners' Court?"

"There is no distinction between the Gentlemen's House and the Gentleman's House in Sishang, it is still prosperous and rich, I think the Song Kingdom wants to decide, the first thing is to ban the Gentlemen's Court, and the whole people elect sages to discuss politics together."

"Just like the 500,000 people in the Song Dynasty, whether they are rich or poor, they can be elected, this is the gathering of public righteousness, and this is the real equality for the people."

Shi secretly shook his head, thinking that Xu Xi still didn't understand the model of Sishang, Sishang is not a real co-government of all peoples, but is led by the organization of the Mo family.

He also understood Xu Xi's thoughts, in terms of the ideals of the peasant family, the Song Kingdom was divided into the Gentleman's Court and the Commoners' Court, which was obviously wrong and unreasonable.

If the people can discuss the government without taking property and take the essence of the people, in the end, the fiefdoms and yeoman peasants, who occupy the vast majority of the population, will definitely stand on the side of the peasants and take advantage of the advantage of the number of people to gain the power of ruling the law.

It's not that it's bad, it's not that it's not good, but with the current level of education, the participation of the people, and the speed at which traffic information is disseminated, this is obviously unrealistic.

It's okay for a small country to have a widow, but the Song country is also a country of a thousand times, so it will definitely not work like this.

It is inevitable that something like this happened in Song Guo.

Before the collapse of etiquette, the ritual law could maintain the rule and legal principles of a vassal state, and under the layers of feudals, the prince was the largest feudal lord, so as to constitute a country.

In the wake of the collapse of etiquette, a new model is urgently needed to sustain a country. The contradiction between the prince and the nobility, the contradiction between the nobility and the commoners, and the contradiction between the prince and the commoner are either antagonistic or cooperative, and there are many solutions to the new model, such as the centralized bureaucracy...... However, this is a kind of luxury for the Song State, the monarchs and princes have no power, and there are many nobles, so how can we talk about centralizing power?

Twenty years ago, the method given was to use the Inquiry Court as a bridge between the princes, nobles, and commoners, so as to maintain the existence of a Song state.

Of course, at that time, it was harboring evil intentions, and under the premise of the existence of the aristocracy of the fiefdom with real power, this kind of inquiry court would definitely become a place of intrigue to restrict the centralization of power.

Whether or not I want the Song State to centralize power, nor do I want the Song State to make too radical changes, but for the Song State, we still have to find a way to divide power and make it a geographical concept, and we are not allowed to allow the concept of "Song State of the Song People" to appear.

At this time, he opposed Xu Xi's idea, but he didn't express it directly, he wanted to see the opinions of the other schools.

There are some things that don't need to be said by the Mo family.

Sure enough, Meng Sunyang of the Yang Zhu School got up and said: "Although the public saying is good, it can't be realized, just like the Mo family often says that the winter is too cold to bring the sun closer." ”

Xu Xi snorted: "I'm afraid that what you're worried about is not this, but that when the rich are connected and the poor have no place to stand, you will let all the people discuss the big politics and divide the land and property equally, right?" Yang Zhuzhi's learning, everyone is self-interested, it is not impossible, but everyone needs to be able to benefit themselves. ”

"If a poor and helpless person who is a slave and a servant is a slave, and everything he is busy with is for others, how can he benefit himself? Since it is said that in ancient times, Shennong was not born, Ru Mao drank blood, and there was no planting, so the land belonged to everyone like the mountains, rivers and seas, and everyone had the right to have their own land to survive and live, which was the original intention of Fuxi Nuwa to create people. ”

Meng Sunyang also said with a straight face: "My words are not for myself, nor for the righteousness of my Yang Zhu school. What Sishang can do, Song Guo may not do. ”

But in terms of Si Shang, tens of thousands of ink people are synonymous, so that every village community has one or two ink people. Teachers and gentlemen are all over the world, from Taoyi to Huaibei, and there are many literate people in the world. ”

"Dare to ask Song Guo, how much is the literate? What are the people who know the long-term benefits? Know how to weigh the pros and cons? ”

Tian Wuxian of the Guanzi School also said: "That's what I mean, Sishang is like this and can't all the people co-govern." The Mohists still have the final veto power at the People's Law Conference, otherwise the ban on grain imports will be passed, and the industry and commerce in Sishang will be affected. ”

"You peasants want the market to be the price, you don't know the importance of the arts, you don't know the science of economics, you still don't understand, let alone the people? At that time, the Song State was only afraid that it would only focus on the immediate benefits, and in the long run, the people would suffer. ”

"In my opinion, Sishang's approach is right, but it will take 20 years for the people to feel the benefits. If the land is divided equally, the people will benefit in the short term, but there will be no big profit in the long run. ”

Xu Xi sneered: "In the fiefdom of the Song nobles, there are many poor and helpless people. There is only a share of the field, and a year of labor to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes is only enough to starve to death. The rest of the time, he had to cultivate the nobles' public fields, or work with the nobles' servants. ”

"In the spring, you have to plant, in the autumn you have to harvest, in the summer, you have to do military service, you have to pay taxes, how high the price of salt is, in the end, the income of the year will not be deductible from the tax, and you have to borrow. In winter, the money lenders were forced to flee. ”

"If you talk about long-term profits, everyone is dead, what profit is there to talk about?"

"As you said, then the land of the nobles does not need to be moved, anyway, the land is concentrated together and the yield is high, which is good, right?"

"But even then, that's not right. According to the law of nature and the righteousness of antiquity, the mountains and rivers and the land belong to all the people, so why should the nobles have fiefs? Who gave them the power to occupy those lands? Then they do not talk about profit, but only righteousness, is it right for them to occupy the land? ”

"The Son of Heaven owns the land, but where does the land of the Son of Heaven come from? In ancient times, when there was no Son of Heaven, was the land already determined to belong to a certain Son of Heaven in the future? Is this tantamount like snatching property from someone else's hand, saying that it is your own, and giving it to whomever you want? ”