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Chapter 35 Decentralization

Now the power of the people is stronger and the power of the nobles is weaker. Dai Cong used his power to destroy the nobles and wanted to be the wise minister of the common people. This system of deliberating the government of the gentlemen and common people has undoubtedly revealed various disadvantages, or it may be very unfavorable to Dai Cong's plan to centralize power, and can basically be declared collapse.

But I have never wanted the centralization of power in the Song State to be successful and integrate it into one.

After the patriarchal system collapsed, the rituals and laws collapsed, and the joint politics of the three surnames and the failure of the coexistence of the people in politics, there must be a new system to integrate the Song State into a... nominal whole in politics.

The existence of a country sometimes requires some legal principles, at least it sounds like a justification.

Before the patriarchal rule of law was disintegrated, the State of Song was a descendant of the Shang Dynasty, the emperor was a founding state, and the Duke of the Zhou Dynasty.

After the collapse, the situation of the three surnames' common politics is that the law is that the three surnames have a big fist, and the other party has a lot of fiefdom. No one can beat everyone else with the greatest fist, so compromise with each other, and the three surnames' common politics.

Twenty years ago, the Mohist family got involved, and the people discovered that our fists were not small, so the Gentlemen Courtyard and the Common People's Courtyard coexisted.

Now the fists of the people are getting bigger and bigger. Dai Cong's name is "the people are the master of gods" and the spokesperson for the common people.

This is not just the situation in the Song State, but in all countries.

After the patriarchal system was in name only, countries were looking for new political systems to bridge the situation and maintain a country.

Qi State used Huangdi to defeat Yandi, and Tian family replaced Qi's five virtues; Qin State used all people to be titled, everyone could benefit from the expansion of the military and national affairs, and the superficial interests of the monarch and everyone who could make military achievements were consistent; Si Shang was to resolve the three troubles of the people, and to equality and love were synonymous with the battle of the world...

The State of Song is directly the people who are the gods, not long-term or profit the world, as long as the immediate interests, a democratically elected chief of the Zhengyuan who takes the purity of the people.

The difference between Si Shang is that since the Si Shang suppressed the non-aggressive and founding faction, it has been promoting the unification of Yu as a saint, redefining the nine provinces, benefiting the world and oneself.

In other words, the legal principles that exist in Si Shang are to benefit the world and to fight against unity. Unless they do not attack and establish the country and lead the rank, they must continue firmly. This is also the foundation for talents from all over the world to invest.

The State of Song was tired of war, not attacking, slimming taxes, saving alone, dividing land, and exempting from service.

In this case, Si Shang has a lot of room for operation for State Song.

Just like the emperor's father Yue Ling angrily scolded the Mo family, saying that Si Shang is the centralized power of everything that is right and what is wrong, but he has done the Gentleman's Court and the Common People's Court, which cannot be done all the nonsense in the Song Dynasty, and his heart is sinister.

He was too shocked, but he was a little late to realize it.

Shi always believed that Song State was a hot potato, and it was not comfortable to get it in hand, and there were not many liabilities. Whether Song State was independent or not depends not on Song State itself, but on the situation in the world. Therefore, the world is determined and the Song State is determined; the world is in chaos, and the Song State remains.

Since this is the case, we can find ways to continue to make it impossible for Song State to complete centralization and continue to be a buffer country that can only defend and non-offensive.

This is an opportunity.

It is different from Shang Yang's reforms in history, and from the reforms of Shengchuo and Wu Qi in Qin at this time.

The reforms of Qin were from top to bottom. The monarchs and ministers used their talents and force to suppress the old nobles, and cultivated officials from top to bottom from rebels to form a solid top to bottom centralized country. Therefore, the Mohist activities in Qin were extremely difficult.

Dai Congyi had no force and no support from the Mo family of Si Shang, he would not even be able to fight against the nobles of the entire Song Dynasty, even if he had fought alone with the emperor's clan.

Second, there are no talents, and the few talents in his hands are okay to manage one or two cities. It is a dream to want to manage the entire Song State and follow the Qin State's county system.

Three does not have their own talent training system, and next to it is Si Shang. Most of the talented people have studied from Si Shang.

The reason for the riot in Song State was also because of the oppression of the nobles and the royal father's clan's desire to centralize the power to train the standing army to increase taxes, so it was possible to make Song State a fragmented but nominally unified Song State.

The bicameral system of the Gentleman Court and the Common People's Court cannot exist, so local autonomy and local federation will be established, which will completely cut off the possibility of centralization of the Song State.

After the big debate four years ago, all the schools of thought had their own development, which was an opportunity.

Since the peasants are very powerful in the Song Dynasty and claim to be truly equal faction, they can instigate them to cause trouble this time, occupy the dominance of several cities, and establish the system of farmers there; some world-wide Taoist schools, Yang Zhu and other schools can also develop their own systems in some places; some anarchists hope to be able to return to nature, and those who have the power to enforce the law of nature can also be divided into several cities.

Only retro Confucianism may not be able to divide the territory, because this time, the public riots will no longer accept the vestigation retro and etiquette. If they can change themselves, it may be possible, but now it seems that they are not likely.

On the basis of acknowledging some of the "synonyms" that seek common ground while reserving differences in the debate four years ago, they acted independently, and under the premise of the same big and big righteousness, they made the Song State continue to exist. As a test field for hundreds of schools, it made it absolutely impossible for Song State to centralize power.

Since it is said that gentlemen are friends but not party, but now there are very few orthodox nobles and gentlemen left. Each family has its own interests. If you gather and summarize the meaning of the party, you will follow them.

Under this idea, Shi roughly explained his thoughts.

Someone said: "In this way, we need to discuss with the people of the other hundred schools of thought. I believe they are certainly willing. Whether it is Yang Zhu or Taoism, there is a part of the world, and there is no need to mention it in the farmer family. It is not difficult to operate."

"Many schools of thought are active in the Song State, and there are many local believers, all of whom are scholars. The ability to govern a place is at least not less than that of those nobles, and it is easier to adapt to new situations. Most of them are anti-rituals and anti-saints."

The meaning of believers at this time is not just believers, but represents that these are some literate classes with the ability to govern the country. Although they are no longer rare in Si, they are all talents elsewhere.

If you don’t have money, you can’t recognize words. If you don’t recognize words, you can’t know the difference in morality. If you don’t know the difference in morality, you can’t choose the Tao, Agriculture, Confucianism, Yang and other schools.

The farmers at the bottom actually couldn't figure out the difference.

Since aristocrats can rule the fiefs with their disciples and retainers, it is not difficult for a school to rely on the disciples of the school to rule a city and a town. At least it is better than those of the aristocrats of the old era.

Another said: "It's just that the peasant school should pay attention to their idea of ​​true equality... is too vague, and... absolutely not applicable to Shangqiu and Sishui areas."

"In addition to the landless people in Shangqiu City, they did not have many believers in the wealthy cities of Shangqiu and Sishui areas, nor did they have a base for the people."

"But some noble fiefs are just right for them."

"One, the land there really needs to be evenly divided, and two, some nobles rely on power to make profits by running business by their disciples and dependent merchants. The people are indeed angry, both the nobles and the merchants. The idea of ​​their municipal family is not only recognized by the people there."

"But if it is Taoyi, where can anyone agree with the farmer? This is how I see it. Since Taoism has a faction that governs the inaction, I think it can be arranged in the area close to Sishang."

"One, the industry and commerce are developed there, the second is the land has been bought and sold privately, and the third is the consequence of governance through inaction. The larger the larger the one, the smaller the smaller the one. We can support the Si Shang, and we can continue to merge and use the land there, and continue to provide us with food, cotton, and population."

Everyone also thought it was feasible, which was equivalent to bringing all schools except the retro school of true Confucianism into the Song Dynasty.

Yang Zhu, Mohism and Confucianism are the world's most prominent scholars, plus the other hundred schools of thought, most of the scholars in the world are among them, and the rest are those scholars who have no moral concepts.

Letting the farmers go to the vicinity of Sishui to achieve "true equality" with Taoyi will cause great trouble, and it is also destined to be impossible to succeed.

The most important thing is that it is very unfavorable to Si Shang. The agriculture in the Song Dynasty area close to Si Shang has basically completed the germination of business mergers. The tillage system and the large land management system are more efficient than self-cultivated farmers. With the demand of Si Shang, a developed industrial and commercial area, it has formed an inseparable common market: there is no difference whether it belongs to the direct jurisdiction of the Mo family.

The true equality of the farmers is a helpless fantasy and a fantasy of landless farmers. Because at the bottom, they are exploited by nobles and merchants, so they not only hope that the wise and the people will farm together, but also hope that the city and the family will not be repriced.

For some fiefs that were severely exploited by aristocrats, this theory has both a public opinion basis and a productive liberation.

Regarding the arrangements of the farmers, I said: "I think they can be arranged near the borders of Wei and Chu."

"If something happens in the future, it will also become an important help for us, unless Wei Chu recognizes the governance of the farmers there, and does not reclaim the land from the farmers, nor does it impose taxes."

This is an obvious act of tying the farmers and the Mo family together, but even so, it is believed that the farmers will accept it because they have never had the opportunity to show their ambitions and morality. At most, they have a utopia of fertility and eating, working together, etc. in Chu State.

It is also extremely simple to operate.

Once the Mo family sends troops, they quickly wipe out the power of the Song nobles. Before withdrawing their troops, the situation in the Song State will inevitably look extremely stable.

But in fact, once the troops are withdrawn, it will be a power vacuum.

Dai Cong did not have enough officials and talents to go directly to the jurisdiction; the Song Dynasty must first argue about the great constitutional law for a period of time; the managers under the jurisdiction of the aristocrats either fled or were captured... This is an opportunity for various schools to engage in activities.
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