With this simple and seemingly ridiculous idea in mind, Aoi walked to the vicinity of the market where the merchants lived, empty-handed, with only a full stomach and a depression after being complained about by his wife.

It is "the people who are close to the palace, the people who are not close to the cultivators, and the workers who are close to the city".

Before Wei Rang became an elected sage, his official identity was that of a merchant, so he was close to the market.

After approaching Wei Rang's mansion, the guard at the door did not embarrass Aoi, Aoi only said, "I am the sage who came to find my selection, and I am a native of Fei Country."

The guards immediately went to report and checked whether Aoi had any weapons on his body a little, and then a veteran looked at Aoi's palm and asked with a smile, "Have you also served as a righteous teacher?" ”

As soon as Aoi heard this, she smiled and said, "I have been a musketeer." ”

The man nodded, "I see." Please come with me. ”

A simple word for invitation is some of the words commonly used in the righteous teacher.

After passing through the front hall, he was ushered into the hall where Wei Rang was, and Wei Rang invited Aoi to sit down and asked, "May I ask my name......

Aoi reported his name and said, "When I elected the sage that day, I elected you." So, you represent our interests, and there is anything I can find you, is that right? ”

Wei Rang smiled: "That's exactly how it should be. ”

Aoi sat down, and as if she had held a meeting in the soldiers' committee in the Volunteer Division, she naturally and relaxed the things that her wife had said.

Wei Rang nodded solemnly, took out a letter and said, "This matter ...... It's what we're doing wrong. The Mo family also passed on books to everyone to talk about these things. ”

"After all, although he was an elected sage, he had no experience in governing a city or a city. It's like a cow plowing the land, if you haven't learned it, you can't do it right away. ”

"The aristocracy has had fiefs since childhood. They don't need to learn how to grow crops, what they learn is to run a family, and when it comes to experience, this is something we can't compare. ”

"But...... If the direction is not right, the more experience you have, the worse it will be. It's like wanting to go to Chu but going north, the faster the horse, the farther away it is......"

Aoi answered with a smile: "Didn't you say now that the earth under our feet is round? If you go to Chu State, going north is not necessarily wrong. ”

Wei Rang laughed, and after laughing, he took a deep breath and sighed: "What you said, if you want to solve it, it is not difficult to say, it is not easy to say." Now the situation in the capital is difficult to say, the policy is undecided, the merchants dare not come here, and there are traitors hoarding. The Mo family said that in order to benefit the people, some salt will be transported, but it will take a few days. ”

"In addition to salt, there are also things like food, service, treasury, etc., which all need to be done. Well, I'll bring it up tomorrow and try to settle it in a few days. ”

At this time, there had not been any sages backsliding, so Aoi nodded and said, "I'll tell my wife that this matter can be solved." ”

He looked at Wei Rang and couldn't help but ask again, "So what are the sages going to do now?" Could it be the transformation of the capital? That's not right......"

Wei Rang was also interested and asked: "If you want to change the country, I'm afraid the nobles won't like it." They have private soldiers, and they will inevitably shed blood......"

Kui Qi said: "I don't think you're a sage very virtuous. When I was a righteous teacher, I heard Representative Lian say that if you don't fight, you won't fight. If you don't fight, you won't fight. It's the same as when we fight people in the market, someone always beats me, and if I ask someone to stop beating me, they will beat me. But if I don't say a word, I don't have to ask him in the future, but he won't dare to hit me......"

Wei Rang was secretly happy in his heart, he didn't know how many people like Aoi were, but he knew that as long as such people were in person, his mission could be completed, and the day when the world would have great benefits.

This kind of familiar words originated from the spread of the Mo family over the years, but anyone who speaks with such a truth, even if they speak Zhao and Yue, can immediately feel close to the other party after understanding it.

Wei Rang asked, "If that's the case, I'm afraid you still have to join the army." Will the women in your family agree? I just heard you say ...... It seems to ......"

Aoi smiled bitterly: "Now that the people are right, I can say that I don't want to go." Can it be before? I didn't want to go before, I had to go if I was arrested. I used to be able to go, but now why don't I go for my own benefit? ”

"If you don't go, won't you even have the right to not want to go in the future? I don't want to go back to the old days. ”

Speaking of this, Aoi complained a little and muttered, "It's you sages." I have heard in the market in the past few days that some people say that as long as the nobles recognize the change of the capital, then the fiefdoms of the nobles will not be moved, as long as they recognize Gongziluan. Who chose these sages? ”

"Even if it's for self-interest, that's not right. What do you mean by a sage? At least you have to see far away, right? I, the peasants, have seen it, and if this is the case, the capital will not be stable. Why can't this sage see it? ”

Wei Rang thought to himself, you have seen farther than others, the things you learned from the righteous teacher are incompatible with the old era, these things were originally the secrets of the nobility, but now the Mo family wants "everyone to be a scholar", so naturally I feel that something is wrong.

Besides, now there are many factions in the city, each with its own interests, each with its own interests, and each with the interests of each class behind them, where are many things so easy to solve?

If the Mo family wants to make Fei Guo a rehearsal and experience, all this must also be experienced, otherwise they will not be able to "learn from history", and they will have to shed blood again in the future to understand these truths.

Wei Rang was also a little depressed, the things discussed in the past few days were too much, too far, too big, full of different rhetoric, attracting different people.

The moment when Meng Sheng left the palace and announced that the advice was fruitless, it only made the people lose their illusions about the monarch.

And now, the people still hold the illusion of non-aggression against the aristocracy: the capital has the policy of the capital, the fief has the policy of fiefdom, and the nobility will not oppose each other.

This kind of thinking is naïve, and the Mohists' propaganda over the years has not been without effect, and people like Aoi have learned instinctive struggle and hatred from their original naivety, but they are not the majority.

Wei Rang said, "Since I am the sage you have elected, you have heard a lot of sayings these days. I insisted on extending the policy to the entire territory of the country, but some people did not support it, or even opposed it. ”

"The things you said today, in fact, some people have also used this to talk about these days: Farmers and businessmen do not understand politics and cannot govern the country. One city cannot be governed, and if you want to govern the country, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos, and it is not feasible. ”

Aoi pouted, "It's hard to say. The Mo family is a shoemaker. Our former brigade commander was farming with servants in the state of Chu. Our former company commander, his father was a homeless servant. He used to govern Pengcheng's public smelting, and used to be a caster...... That's all I've heard. ”

"The Mo family doesn't say that the heavenly ghosts know the will of the heavens, and before they die, they will merge the will into the minds of the people of the world. In fact, everyone has knowledge in their brains, but it seems to be locked, and learning is the key to unlock the lock. ”

"When I was a volunteer teacher, Lian said that the reason why the nobles were able to govern was not because of their blood, but because they had the opportunity to learn. We can't even eat enough, so how can we talk about studying? So, isn't it ridiculous that they hide the truth and tell the world that it's because of blood? ”

Aoi got up, and suddenly gave a military salute of a righteous teacher: "Please these sages, you must do a good job!" Why should we fight for the peasants and industrialists, and tell those nobles that the sages elected by the peasants and industrialists can also govern the country. If you don't do it well, they will say, "Look, this is the truth, and it is not possible to govern the country in this way by putting experience first......"

Wei Rang hurriedly got up, returned the gift of a scholar, nodded solemnly with a face, and said: "That's the truth, you are the one who can inspire me." The reason why the nobles will govern is not because of their noble status, but because they learn. ”

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Hundreds of miles away in Pengcheng, in a spacious house, seventy or eighty people gathered together, and standing on the podium was just Shi Shi, who had taken time out of his busy time to give a lecture, and he happened to be saying this.

"The aristocracy was able to govern not because of their blood, but simply because they had the opportunity to learn. The common people can't even eat enough, so how can they talk about studying? ”

It's just that after saying these words, Shi didn't say anything about this ridiculous or anything like that, but said: "So, what Fei Guo is doing now is also an experience for us. ”

"If the Mo family can come out of power and govern a city and a town, how many people are there? How many people can govern in an orderly manner? How many people can know how much firewood, how much rice, how much salt is needed every day, how to stabilize prices, how not to hurt farmers and businessmen, and how many people? ”

Dozens of people below took out quill pens, split feather handles dipped in ink, and quickly jotted down these contents on paper.

From time to time, someone raised his head to see what was still preaching, nodded slightly, or looked distracted to the banner on the wooden board full of words - the training class for the administration of the city.

Many of the people who spoke on the podium were big figures of the Mo family, and they always talked about everything.

From the expectations of the peasants, how to mobilize the people if they want to build ditches, the control of prices, the calculation of population registration, the implementation of laws and regulations, to the rather outlined management of cities and the experience of governance, etc., they will be preached.

Shi, Gongzaoye, Wu Mabo, the grandson, the unpopular son, and even the better young ink man in a certain township will appear on this podium every few days.

The People's Law Conference in Sishang is still going on, but there is a break every day, and some news from Fei Guo came today, which is only about the issue of governing the city, and the students are all young people, and they are the first batch of young people who have grown up in the school system to be able to govern, or can be useful, under the new system.

Ten years ago, even if the Mo family got the entire Sishang Huaibei, it would be difficult to govern because of the lack of cadres.

In the past ten years, the Mo family has been secretly or explaining that they have cultivated enough grassroots or middle-level cadres to fill Sishang.

This is also one of the increasingly tough and fierce tones that the Mo family has preached in recent years, if not...... To drive out the aristocracy, you have to invite the nobles to govern, and change the soup without changing the medicine. The new culture and new system created by the Mohists, at least at this time, if only the mouth of the Sishang River in Huaibei is discussed, the old aristocracy can be completely abandoned.

While Shi was talking, a young man quietly came in from outside the door, holding a notepad wrapped in cowhide under his arm, and walked into Shi's ear and whispered, "There is an emergency." The king of Chu sent an envoy to ask us to work together with the Chu master to solve the old matter. Zhao Houxu, there are some things on Zhao Guo's side, I can't know the specifics. The Marquis of Wei sent an envoy to question Wu Qi's affairs in Sishang. The king of Yue also sent people, saying that he wanted to move south back to Wu...... All rushed together. The giant tells you to go back and discuss it quickly. ”