Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Sages

He had the consciousness of being a monarch under the new rules, and of course the material basis of this consciousness was the growing commodity economy in Sishang.

What to say and what not to say, as a "friend", Wei Rang has already prepared a draft for him, and he will just read it when the time comes.

Anyway, the rules have been set, and the policy has nothing to do with him. Some Wei Rang just told him how to say it so that the people would not object.

He has no strength, let alone foundation, and even his legitimacy stems from "supporting the people to seek profit and change the government".

The palace has been cleared, but Ji Sunluan did not directly enter the palace as the monarch, but came to the place where the people of the capital gathered.

Back then, Wu Zixu broke Chu and shot angrily at the door of the palace with a bow and arrow, and the onlookers were thunderous, which was an attitude.

After having a sufficient attitude in front of the people, Ji Sunluan came to the ancestral temple with the people.

The people are standing outside.

Ji Sunluan worshiped his ancestors, first told the history of his ancestors, then talked about righteousness, and finally said that he had to seek the throne for the sake of the sacrifice of the society and the people of the country.

After a ceremony, Ji Sunluan is the successor to the throne.

Then, before he came to the palace, he announced to the people the first order of the king after becoming the king at the place where the people gathered.

According to the things that Wei Rang taught, he said loudly: "The emperor has training, and the people can be approached, but not down." The people are only Bangben, and Bengu Bangning. To see the foolish men and fools of the world, one can win, one person has three losses, how can the grievances be clear, and the picture is not seen. To Lin Zhaomin, if the six horses are driven by the decaying rope, why is it disrespectful? ”

"The people are the foundation of the state, and the interests of the people are the interests of the state."

"Tianzhi can know that under the iron ox ploughing, the system of public fields and wells is no longer in line with Tianzhi, and it is contrary to the increase of wealth."

"The people first govern public affairs, and after official affairs, they dare to govern their private affairs, and they have suffered for a long time."

"From today onwards, the well fields will be broken, the fields will be opened, and the public fields will be wasted. All the fields of the palace may be shared by the people who work on it, and they shall be redeemed for twenty years, so that the money may be sufficient for me to sacrifice to my ancestors, so that I will not cut off the sacrifice of my ancestors. ”

Then he took out an arrow and broke it as an oath.

The people cheered, this was Ji Sunluan's promise before, and it was also an important reason why most people could support Ji Sunluan's ascension.

This is not just what Wei Rang asked Ji Sunluan to say, but if Ji Sunluan didn't say these words at this time, the people who still had weapons in their hands and had already shown enough power to sweep through the capital just a few days ago would immediately drive him down.

This was his promise and the fundamental reason why he was able to come to power in a "coup".

But all this is only to meet the needs of the people of the capital, and what he said is only what he can say as a monarch of the "capital", not as the king of a country.

As the king of a country, if he wants to do it, then he must say what the policy outside the national capital should be, and then he must have the strength, means, foundation, and ability to make what he says come true.

He couldn't do it, so he issued his second commandment.

"I am not talented enough, and I know that I am not enough to be a king. But I'm just not talented enough, and the previous tyrant was not virtuous. ”

As the saying goes, heavy trees become forests, and all righteousness is good. If you want to seek the benefit of the people, you must not let the people discuss the government. ”

"From this day forward, the people can elect wise men who will give you confidence and benefit."

"The state must not be without rules, systems, and laws. And the rules, systems, and laws should benefit the people, so the selected sages should formulate rules, systems, and laws. ”

"I can get the people to support it, and I can tell me that I can benefit the people."

After Ji Sunluan said this, the people cheered again.

If the first thing is just to show sincerity, or to buy people's hearts, then the second thing is to really fulfill their promises.

As for what should be done, he threw all the problems out, he didn't want to care, and he wouldn't care.

In the past, there was no such thing, he didn't read much, and he didn't know how to keep it from messing and what kind of rules could be accepted by the people.

However, he believed that Wei Rang must know.

From a few days ago, he had already figured out everything Wei Rang had done over the years, maybe it was for today.

He couldn't figure out what Wei Rang was for, because he felt that Wei Rang was definitely not just a "friend".

So he didn't want to delve into it, some things can be maintained without saying it, but nothing can be changed if it is broken.

He doesn't read much, but the Mo family has been writing books all these years, and there are many people who have read books in the capital of Fei Guo.

At the beginning of the chaos in the capital of Philadelphia, the Mohists widely promoted the pamphlet called "On Politics" in the capital.

It talks about what kind of system should be implemented on the basis of "putting the interests of the people first" in order to make the government run reasonably.

Originally, this was something that took hundreds of years of philosophers to think and build, and it took time and time again to fail and bleed before it could be summed up.

But now, none of this is needed, because Shixue's history is different from theirs, Shixue has not experienced bloodshed and failure, but as the ancestors of mankind, he has experienced countless failures and bloodshed, and these summed up experiences and rules can be used.

But now, everything is not yet mature, and the excited people are still in the stage of street riots, and there is still a long, long way from stability.

So after Ji Sunluan said those words, the first thing the people did was to shout the names of dozens of people on the street, and let them be the "sages" who were elected.

Different people have different interests, and different people have different ideas, so just like Mozi said in ancient times, there are thousands of people and thousands of righteousness, and the standards of sages are also different.

After the fight at the tea shop that day, people from all sides stood up and proclaimed their morality.

There are those that are accepted after being proclaimed, and there are those that are preached for the benefit of certain people.

Coupled with some of the people who have been prominent in the chaos of the past few days, soon a chaotic, groundbreaking, naΓ―ve, but passionate, somewhat ridiculous, but centuries-old rule of election began.

The number of people who were elected as the sages of the system policy was controlled at more than 60 people, and many people from the Mingmian Mo family were elected, but because the people of the Mo family belonged to the organization of the Mo family, it was strictly forbidden to go out of office in any form before the organization allowed it, so Xu Qiao and others all resigned.

Among the "sages" who were elected, there were those who preached "Taoism and Nature, Return to the Governance of Nature" in the tea shop that day; There are people who shout that they should be merged into Sishang for the support of the Mo family; There are those who think that the change of the capital is enough, and that it is enough for the nobles to recognize the new king; There are also ...... People like Zheyangzi.

Wei Rang didn't know how many of the people who were chosen were secret ink masters like him, but he knew that what the Mo family wanted was a new rule rather than a small Fei country, and this new rule was for the world to see.

The small Fei country is not worth mentioning compared to the rules that the Mo family wants; Just as the Mohists believe that a temporary victory or defeat is not worth mentioning compared to the internal rules and regulations of the Mohists; It is also like Xu Wan, Meng Sheng and others, who were supposed to die tragically, looking at life and death in another time and space, compared to the inheritance of the Mo family and the benefit of the world, which is not worth mentioning.

In fact, the elected sages have a lot to do, ranging from policies and regulations to the sages.

There are priorities, and the top priority in front of everyone now is where Fei Guo will go? How will this riot, coup, uprising or revolution end?

This one thing alone is enough for these people to quarrel and blush.

And what they are arguing about now may be encountered elsewhere in the world in the future. It's just that Fei Guo is too small and the world is too big, but the experience is universal, so these things that Fei Guo quarreled about can be used as the world's great experience.

The first question discussed was what to do with these captured nobles?

Is the public land redemption policy of the national capital of Fei used outside the national capital?

If the nobles strongly oppose it, can they only change in the national capital, and there is no need to shed blood for the interests of others in matters outside the national capital?

Is the fief of the nobility directly considered the private property of the nobility? Or do you even have to take back the fiefdom and distribute it to the people?