Chapter 80 Against the Current
What Wei Yang heard is nothing more than a move against the times.
When the great struggle had arrived and the princes knew that they would centralize power to suppress the nobles and gather power, the contents of the Song State non-aggression and establishment strategy given by the Mohist school were all the opposite.
According to the strategy, the power of the central organization of the Song State was not much different from the previous when there were many nobles.
According to this, the central organization of the Song State only has a few pitiful powers.
As the saying goes, there are 12,500 families in the township, 12,500 families in the township.
Therefore, in the non-aggression and establishment strategy, the Song State was divided into sixteen townships and four special states.
These four special states are under the jurisdiction of the Mo family, including Fuli and Shashuidu, an important border city in the southern part of the Song Dynasty.
The remaining sixteen townships are each autonomous.
The village should select a wise man association, and use the people in the hometown to govern the hometown, adapt to local conditions and customs, but the overall should not be contrary to the laws of the central government of the Song Dynasty.
Each township selects three people as the representatives of the Central Inquiry Yuan. These representatives of the People are directly elected, and then gather representatives of each township to select the wise men of the Central Inquiry Yuan.
It actually looks like a replica of the Gentlemen Courtyard and the Common People's Court that had disrupted the political situation of the Song Dynasty. However, the staff of the Gentlemen Courtyard must be selected by representatives from each township, and rejected the rule that the Gentlemen Courtyard must be held by the aristocratic circle.
In view of this political party's conduct, stability is the top priority, so the first choice is elected and exempted, and the direct distribution is adopted.
Among them, the peasants were divided into six towns with the deepest remnants of the nobles in the western Song Dynasty, and the rest of the schools were divided into several towns. The people from their schools were temporarily designated as village heads, and the people from their schools appointed three people as the first representatives of the village sages.
This will form the candidates for the House of Representatives, and then these people will select candidates for the Central Committee of the Senate.
The first term of office was five years, and it was no longer designated after five years. Instead, people from various schools of thought were encouraged by the people of each village and selected wise men.
According to the balanced strategy of the central and local geniuses fighting each other and dragging each other down, the specific responsibilities, voting methods, respective powers, etc. of the central and local geniuses were determined.
The Senate Yuan Taiyoung has the power to appoint central officials, but the appointees must be selected from the list provided by representatives participating in the political affairs.
All representatives can receive a certain salary every year and become full-time government officials.
Borrowing the previous forms of the six officials and referring to the precedents of the various radicals on the Si Shang Dynasty, the six officials were reorganized into six officials.
Among them, those in charge of military and education are temporarily held by the Mohist people, and the remaining ones such as finance will be provided by the Inquiry Yuan and others.
The power possessed by the central government of Song State is actually pitiful under this strategy.
Among them, the right to start a war is not in the hands of the Song Gong or the Grand Tutor of the Inquiry Yuan, and must be recognized by the central government and local sages in the political affairs.
Instead, the right to mint coins was taken back because in the past, the great nobles with fiefs or the great nobles with mines on the fiefs often minted coins privately, and copper coins were often used as the value of copper as the currency value, which made the money in the Song Dynasty very chaotic.
This time, the right to mint coins was reclaimed, and each township was not allowed to mint coins privately.
The State of Song will form a standing army with a number of five divisions, and will be trained by the Mohist school. Each township will be recruited according to the fixed quota, with a service period of three years and a tax exemption of five years.
In terms of education, each township must establish intermediate schools with central funding, and the remaining colleges and schools shall be handled by each township.
Taxes and fees in education and military, as well as expenses of Song Gong, sacrifices, and daily expenses shall be collected uniformly by the central organization and shall be collected uniformly at the rate of taxes of 16 acres and 20 commercial taxes.
The remaining expenses of each township shall be collected by the local geniuses of each township, including opening schools, water conservancy construction and other activities, and the center shall not be cared for.
All the lands of fleeing nobles and rebel nobles in the Song State were taken over to the township and the center. The specific distribution method was handled by each township, either equally divided or auctioned, and the center was ignored.
This is also the reason why the Mohist family does not want to participate in the Song Dynasty now. The Si Shang model is destined to want to digest the Song Dynasty's treatment of equality. The expenses required are really huge. Just education is a long-term investment. If it is not done well, the Song people feel that Si Shang is partial.
Instead of doing this, it is better to sway your sleeves and jump out of the quagmire of Song State. You will do whatever you want to do in the other schools of thought. Anyway, the bad has nothing to do with the Mo family.
Even the state of Song is almost becoming a place of dumping goods and raw materials in Si Shang. In addition, this time the decentralization of power is no different from the previous feudal system. If anyone can build flowers in the village, it will be really a genius.
Si Shang was not jealous of the land and taxes of the State of Song. The income from land tax on Si Shang was not the first income. Instead of relying on that little land tax, it was better to make a place of origin and market for raw materials. Otherwise, it would have to invest hugely according to Si Shang's system, which would affect the subsequent plan.
The other schools have the opportunity to govern, so as not to make a fuss about them, but they will be clean and win multiple goals in one go.
Five years later, if the situation in the world has not changed, as long as the Mo family has not yet collapsed, the various schools of rule in the Song Dynasty have to learn to follow the folk path, put aside their superior stances, no longer think about making a name for themselves by relying on the permission of royal power, but turn to the people, whether it is true or false, and always move from the schools of various schools to the party.
The people are not a whole, but have different aggregation of righteousness and profits. As for whom they want to represent, that is something that the Mohist school does not want to care about for the time being.
Whether it is chaos or governance, what Si Shang needs now is an absolutely neutral attitude of Song State. If the world is determined, Song State will be determined. The surrounding environment is destined to be a place where input-output is not cost-effective for Si Shang.
These detailed and seemingly complex non-aggression and founding strategies, and these detailed and cumbersome voting rules, will affect everyone's way of thinking in the long run, just like the content of equality and resistance that was subtly instilled in Sishang School since childhood.
But in the environment surrounded by powerful countries in a great battle, these complex, detailed and cumbersome contents are also destined to drag Song into a situation where nonsense and arguments are endless every day.
This is what Wei Yang saw and what he hoped to see.
After a long discussion, this report was finally supported by various schools. The Mo family was led by the Mo family, and the famous scholars from various schools signed their own names and would be handed over to the Song Gong and Dai family by the Mo family, which could be regarded as giving the princes of various countries a step.
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A few days later, the non-aggression and founding strategy, which was signed with the names of heroes and celebrities in the world, was transferred to Shangqiu.
There was no trace of war and war in Shangqiu City, and everything was in order. Those solder pots, sugar sellers, cloth sellers, and cotton yarn bought once again became busy for life.
Except for the Si Shang soldiers who were wearing black armbands on the street to maintain order, there seemed to be no change.
Those who are full of hope, disappointment, passionate, and indifferent... all kinds of people are waiting for a result, what kind of result should be in the future of the Song Dynasty.
Or, for most people in Shangqiu, what they are waiting for is what kind of result of Shangqiu in the future.
In the palace, Song Gongzi Tian looked at the non-aggression and founding strategy handed over by the people of the Mo family with a plain face, and then made a joyful expression, pointing to the name above and exclaimed: "Ah! Zijiao, Tian Wushang, Meng Sunyang, Xu Xi... are all wise men in the world. Today, they all want to enter the Song Dynasty and govern. The people of Song will be blessed."
The Mohist envoy felt that Song Gongzitian's acting skills were a bit absent-minded and a bit superficial, and he was a little embarrassed.
However, the State of Song first resolved the embarrassment and asked: "The rebellious emperor's father was captured. This matter will be handed over to the Song area for trial. I wonder when it will be handed over?"
These words are not only to resolve the embarrassment, but also to express the attitude of Song State: If you say he is rebellious, then he is, and I admit that is, this is my attitude.
The envoy of the Mo family said: "The emperor's father Yue Ling is still in detention and will be sent back to Shangqiu soon, and all the captured nobles will be sent."
Song Gong said: "After all, those fiefs were enfeoffed by Gong Song in the past. I think it would be better for me to take back these fiefs. It is also my efforts to serve the people of Song."
The fiefs of the fleeing and rebelling against the nobles must be taken back anyway.
The State of Song is not a centralized power, and the Duke of Song has no real power, which means that his mascot will not hope to turn the tables with the power of the nobles like those Dukes with real power.
Zitian's words also have some meaning.
He also realized that as long as Si Shang does not fall and countries do not interfere successfully, land reform is inevitable.
He is just a puppet and a mascot. He is put out when needed, and he is still in the deep palace without any attention.
He would not take back the fiefdoms, but those fiefdoms would also be taken back.
Instead of doing this, it is better to take the initiative to take it back. With this credit, it can be regarded as pleasing to the Mo family and please the people of the Song State. Even if you really "select a wise man as the emperor" in the future, you can still make a living by sharing the credit and affection.
The envoy of the Mo family was slightly stunned. Before coming, the senior officials of Si had discussed this matter. It would be best if Mr. Song could take it back.
Because the Mohist school wanted to downplay the "rebellion" color of the Song Dynasty coup, it would be of great benefit to the situation in the Central Plains, and it could also be regarded as a step for the princes of various countries and laying the foundation for subsequent diplomatic mediation.
The same result and the same behavior will be taken back by public opinion and the revocation of the Song Gong’s announcement will be the same, of course the result may be the same.
Chapter completed!