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Chapter 77 Emerging

Having said that, it was actually wrong and the argument started again soon.

On the question of who should belong to the land, the attitudes of the Mohist and the farmers were basically the same. From the inferences of the Heavenly Rhythm and the Assessment, it was concluded that there was no emperor in ancient times, and Shennong had not yet been born and had not planted, and then the land did not belong to anyone. From this, it continued to draw the conclusion that the king's land under the world was purely nonsense.

The difference between the Mohist and the peasants is what to do after the land is taken back from the nobles?

Should we divide small farmers evenly? Or should we find a way to get land mergers and management? Should we curb mergers or not? Or can we directly learn the Si Shang model from the nobles to seal the land and the village and community public land system, and go through the merger stage and directly enter the cooperative village and community system?

Now what lies in front of the peasants and the Mohist family is a deep pit. The Mohist family believes that although this deep pit is dark, it is better than the old system of princes and nobles. To go to the other side, you have to walk into this deep pit and crawl out.

The farmer thinks that you see a rainbow in the sky, which is the residual image of the villages and public fields in Chunqiu. Although this rainbow is virtual, we can directly build a bridge along the rainbow. If we don’t help us, we will just be this pit. Just divide the world into a happy life for small farmers. Isn’t it okay if we don’t want to go to the other side?

The Mohist family believed that it was impossible not to go to the other side, and that the other side was the real paradise. Therefore, in order to go to the other side, they had to jump out of the deep pit in front of them. They not only had to jump, but also pulled the people of the world to jump together and push them to jump.

The land system of the Song State must be reformed, but it is a big question to change based on which morality it is.

The Qin State's land-giving system was a farming and war system, and land was not allowed to be bought and sold, but granted. Without a strong ruling group and material and technological foundation, it would hinder future development without a strong ruling group and material and technological foundation allowing full development and planned recruitment of population into industry and commerce.

What the farmers want to do is that the land is not allowed to be traded. Everyone is a small farmer, focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce, and fantasy small farmer fantasy with equal labor exchange, which is absolutely unacceptable to the Mohist school.

But the land system of the Song State must be reformed and the aristocratic land must be divided, which is inevitable, because the aristocratic feudal system has seriously affected the development of productivity.

At least in terms of the interests of Si Shang, the Song State does not distinguish between land, and only one-tenth of the people can be considered human. How could one-tenth of the people be more than the cloth, iron and other industrial and commercial products bought by all the people?

But at the same time, if everyone is a small farmer, where can the development of industry and commerce in Si Shang get enough cheap population? Where can we get enough raw materials and food supply? The population of Si Shang is already short of limits, and we must ensure the number of soldiers and develop industry and commerce. Si Shang is destined to be unable to allow land annexation and lose the support of the farmers, the largest soldier.

Then I can only find ways to get people from other places. The more people, the better. It’s too slow to rely on life.

If this balance is not well grasped, it will affect future development.

The uneven development of the east and west of the Song State and the different levels of development of the budding commodity economy made the Mohist family hoped that farmers would go to the west to clear away the remnants of the old era, but the eastern part would ensure the budding development, which was destined to make the situation in the Song State a scene of "alone city autonomy, each county has its own legal system."

Suitable for those who hope for Taoism, especially those from schools such as Yang Zhu and Guanzi, who are in charge of the eastern part of the Song Dynasty.

Governing by inaction is a profound science. If industry and commerce are developed and governance by inaction is spontaneously expanding outward; but on the other hand, if industry and commerce are in a very poor position as a semi-colonial raw material provider, then governance by inaction is itself a policy to push the country into a fire pit.

In history, a faction in the Huang-Lao School has been reconciling the conflict between Confucian and Mohism. This time, the Mohism family was not convenient to come forward to sing a stage play with the people from the farm, so they hoped that people from other families would come forward and talk about this matter.

Since Shi was silent, the rest of the Mo family did not speak. Xu Xi's words occupied the righteousness, which made the scene a little awkward.

When he was embarrassed, Tian Wushang from the Guanzi School stood up and said, "Xu Zi, don't be anxious."

"Why don't you hear that the sky does not fall, the earth does not sink, and it is a man who carries it! Besides, people have to govern it and control it, and it is like the movement of a thunder drum. If you cannot shake it yourself, it is a man who shakes it. What? If that is, you cannot see it. If you hear it, you will not hear it. If it is, it will spread to the whole world and you will not see it. This is the way of the way."

"The Tao is to ignore it, listen to it but not hear it, like the air, spreading it to the world. Everything has Tao, and even if it is the economy of the world, it has its own Tao."

"This is like a hand, and I can't see it."

"If cotton is expensive, then there will be more people growing cotton next year; if grain is expensive, there will be more people growing grain next year. If you want to buy a market and make a difference, it will be contrary to the rules and must not be long."

"Therefore, Zhongni said: Those who do nothing can govern, Shun is the same as? What are you doing? Just respect Ji and face the south."

"Shun's policy was obtained by doing nothing."

Xu Xi glanced at Shi and said in a deep voice: "Zhongni said that he was the ruler of Shun, but the Mo family talked about Shun's policies. Judging from the present, he could be called good in ancient times. If Shun was governed like today, he could not be called good."

Shi originally didn't want to come forward, but hoped that people from the Taoist school would explain this issue. Now Xu Xi talked about what Mozi talked about back then, and Shi had to say it.

Then he smiled and said, "This is what I say. Zi Mo Zi said, and Zhong Ni's words can also be praised for good."

"Like Si River, from Huling, it goes south; from Pengcheng, it goes east. Shun's policy is like a boat without sails, flowing along the water. When Shun's time, it's like a boat in Huling, it goes south; when this time, it's like a boat in Pengcheng, it goes east."

"What Zi Mozi said about Shun's policy is not about inaction, but about the specificity of following the way of heaven. They allow water to flow on its own, facing south of Huling and east of Pengcheng. If they are in Pengcheng, they have to learn from Emperor Shun to turn the ship south, then they will encounter the shore and cannot move forward."

This is equivalent to saying nothing, just mixing with the thin air. Xu Xi asked back: "As you said, then today, the princes and nobles have fiefs and the common people are poor and have no peace. Is this the rule of inaction?"

Shi shook his head and said, "Is it wrong to have the king's land under the world? It's like a boat walking in the water and insisting on going upstream. Now the fibre boatman and sail are not here, but he still thinks that the boat should continue to go upstream. Isn't this ridiculous?"

Xu Xi said: "What else can I say? I will just ask one question, does the Mo family support the common people of the Song Dynasty to allocate land and break the well fields and open the fields?"

Just as he was about to answer, Zijiao said, "I have a disciple and I have quite some ideas about this. Why not let him talk about it. Since it is a discussion of major events, anyone who can be called a wise man can talk about it. Although my disciple is not as good as the crown, he can also be called a wise man."

Everyone understood that Shi Jiao was taking this opportunity to praise his disciples. Many people thought that even if this young man was talented, he was only fifteen or sixteen years old, what could he think?

But then I thought again and thought that when I became famous in Shangqiu, I was only fifteen or sixteen years old, so this was hard to say.

Everyone didn't say much. A disciple who was under the twentieth crown stood behind Zijiao. He looked only fifteen or sixteen years old, tall, but his shoulders were a little slender because he was probably underage. He had a noble temperament and bowed to everyone, saying, "Yang has a word."

"In the past, Ximen Bao governed Ye and dug a canal, and the people were resentful. Ximen Bao said that the people could succeed, but they could not worry about the beginning. A hundred years later, the villagers began to think about my words."

"It is less than a hundred years now. After only twenty years, the Zhang River has been under great control, and the people have been able to irrigate it. Ye is rich and the land of Ye is the leader of Wei."

"The people who complained about Ximen Bao digging the canal in the past are now ashamed of their original remarks."

The young man looked at Xu Xi generously and said, "Xu Zi said just now that the State of Song should achieve a real common policy for all people. The State of Inquiry should be elected by the People's People, and all government orders are based on the opinions of the people. I only ask, if Ximen Bao governs Ye, will the people agree to dig a canal? Is this a good or bad thing for the people?"

I didn't look at the list this time, but I only knew that the leaders and leaders of various schools came with their favorite disciples. I didn't know that the person who was speaking at this time was the name of the King of Wei, and I didn't know that the eloquent young man in front of me was a person who had been famous all over the world and influenced Xia for more than a thousand years.

In a reasonable opinion, the young man's remarks were interesting. He avoided the "righteousness" he had been talking about just now, but talked about the most basic interests and brought the problem back to democracy, populism or a political system of democratic centralism in the form of Mohism.

Xu Xi’s previous idea of ​​the people directly participating in politics and formulating national policies, no matter how much it is said, it is also a fantasy, a thorough fantasy, and a fantasy without material foundation and material conditions.

With just one sentence, Xu Xi asked for a long time and couldn't speak.

The story about Ximen Bao governing Ye is widely circulated throughout the world. The Mohist saying is that Ximen Bao recited two lines of poetry and lamented that he had to do things for the benefit of the people even if he was not understood by the people; and the real version circulating in Wei State is that Ximen Bao said that the people's ignorance can only enjoy the results and will not consider them too far.

At this time, this young disciple of Zijiao used the version circulated in the Wei Kingdom, and Xu Xi was indeed unable to answer this question.

The young man took advantage of Xu Xi's moment of being stunned and immediately pursued the victory: "Xu Zi thought again: If the Song Dynasty was governed, the east of Song Dynasty would be famine and the west of Song Dynasty would be harvested, if he asked the people of Songxi, would he be willing to collect grain to Songdong? "

"Xu Zi also thought: If the people of Song Dong are unwilling, and the people of Song Dong are willing, half of them are willing. If they collect grain and adjust food, they will obey Song Dong's public opinion and go against Song Xi's public opinion, then is this in line with the public opinion or against the public opinion?"

"Repeatedly, like the Mengzhu Lake in Danshui, if it is cultivated, it will be able to obtain hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and there will be no flood or drought in the downstream. People in the Danshui River basin will definitely be willing to manage Mengzhu Lake, but people in Sui River, Si River, Shashui and other places may not be willing to. If people are based on public opinion, there are many people in Sui River and Si River and few people in Danshui River, and they will not agree to govern Mengzhu Lake at that time, then should we obey the public opinion?"
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