Emperor Zhou was forced to cry bitterly by the interest of usury, and all the scholars who served the emperor burst into tears, feeling unbearable.

This time, the expedition was in the name of the emperor's call.

The emperor's army cannot be like beggars. At least the emperor's etiquette and etiquette must be demonstrated, so that he can take this opportunity to reshape the emperor's authority and at least give the princes more respect.

Emperor Zhou was really scared of poverty.

He wanted to take this opportunity to seize some land and get some spoils in exchange for some money. The usury he borrowed before has not been paid off yet, and the merchants have been able to make up their debts. He had long heard that Si Shang was rich, and a brigade of the Mo family army had several bronze cannons. If he got several bronze cannons, the bronze cannons are now very expensive, and he can always repay those usury loans that forced debts.

Now that we can't borrow money and have no military expenses, how can we go to the battle? The soldiers from the towns are recruited, the armor is not complete, the war is not good, and the emperor is incompetent, and the spoils are damaged, and the spoils cannot be seized. If we go to the battle, it will become a joke.

His great-grandson could run to hide in debt, because his great-grandson could still borrow money, so he was qualified to hide in debt. But now he is the emperor, but he can't even borrow usury, so naturally he doesn't even have the qualification to hide in debt.

It is even more impossible to ask the scholars to enlist for compulsory collection, because this time, the Zhou emperor was under the banner of righteousness, and if he enlisted from the scholars to enlist for compulsory collection, it would be unkind and tyranny.

After thinking about it, it seems that the only way to increase heavy taxes from common people and merchants, force purchase of bonds, and force borrowing.

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At the same time, accompanied by Xu Xing, Chen Xiang and others from the farmer's family, they inspected some villages and communities built in the northwest of the former Song Dynasty in accordance with the improved farmer's concept.

Summer grain has just been harvested at this time. With the support of water conservancy facilities and the good natural environment where the Yellow River has not yet been diverted, this year is another bumper year.

After Duke Song abdicated, many villages controlled by the peasants naturally joined the republic country where the emperor was to be elected.

After years of debate between the farmers and the Mohist families, they finally reached a reconciliation on some issues.

The Mohist family allowed farmers to implement their policies on the land they controlled, but the premise was that they needed to pay taxes and provide troops, and the army was controlled by the Mohist family.

After years of debate, farmers have also begun to make self-corrections to their doctrines that are in line with the times.

According to the basic concepts of "sages and people farm together", "markets and merchants are not worth the price", and "working income belongs to workers", Xu Xing and others did a good job in these townships in Songland.

There were few people and many lands. A large amount of land was reclaimed in the Bronze Age and the Upper Fields during the Iron Age. The use of cattle, horse and equipment, and the terrain of the eastern Henan plains all made the farmers' theory rejuvenate here.

The taxes are low, and after the integration of Sishang, there is no need to rely on agricultural products to make original accumulation. This arrangement of farmers has embarked on a path of different paths as Sishang in this special environment.

In a very ordinary village, Xu Xing introduced: "There are 300 households in this village, and the land belongs to the owners. According to the amount of labor, the annual income earned is divided into the people according to the amount of labor, except for the education, development, water conservancy and operation requirements of the village club.

"The village and community have their own workshops and some handicrafts. They work collectively in the farmland during busy farming, and develop handicrafts and workshops during slack farming."

"The wise men of the village community are not out of business, and they share wealth at the end of the year according to different labor volumes."

Shi looked at Xu Xing for a while and smiled and said, "You have corrected your father's idea. According to your father, villages and communities should not exchange them with the outside world. Villages and communities should focus on farming. The remaining basic cloth and farm tools are made by themselves during the slack season. This is what it means to be considered an orthodox farmhouse."

"If you had done this earlier, why would we have such a big difference?"

Xu Xing smiled awkwardly, and it was difficult to answer.

Looking through the debate between the Mohist and the peasants over the years, the original problem is that the farming theory mentioned by the Mohist is initially fantasy and fantasy, which is to regress to the point where a small country has few people and does not exchange with the outside world.

As for now, it is very different from the original farm theory.

When the farmers began to correct their own doctrines, the Mohist family had already begun to reconcile with the farmers, providing a large number of cattle, horse, iron tools and some agricultural equipment suitable for extensive farming. This is also an important factor in the development of these villages and communities in the farmers to reach this point today.

If we don’t look at the distribution method, the places controlled by farmers are actually very similar to the production methods of large farmland manors in the east of Song land.

They are all planted on a large scale, using cattle and horse equipment to replace manpower, concentrate capital and manpower to build water conservancy, and improve land.

Most of its income is also owned by the occupier of the land.

The only difference is that the land belongs to the village community in these places occupied by farmers; while the land belongs to one person in the east is the farmland of some manors and farmland, and the rest are all hired workers.

This difference led to the eastern part of the Song Dynasty being sold to Si Shang every year; while in these places controlled by farmers, the same land and the same harvest, the amount of grain sold to Si Shang was obviously smaller... Because the villagers wanted to eat well when they were full.

Now the Mohist family has come out of the dilemma, with sufficient food, and the development of industry and commerce has formed a system of gradually stable. They have no interest in harvesting more grain from farmers. Instead, they hope that the initial fantasy of farmers can continue.

Xu Xingshi was just joking and said, "In the past, Mozi once said that the total wealth increased? Are the people rich? This seems to be one thing, but in fact it is two things. The total wealth increase in the world may not be consistent with whether the people are generally rich."

"If I look at the politics of Si Shang, if the differences are made today, with Yu and Xuzhou, and absorbing the labor wealth of the other seven states, Si Shang can naturally be widely prosperous. But if the world returns to the same place in the future, it will be hard to say."

"I heard about the policies of Chu, and after a few years, all the land can be sold. Over time, the rich will inevitably become poorer and poorer. As a giant, don't you want to solve this problem?"

Shi shook his head and said, "If you want to practice the theory of the three forms, it cannot be done in one lifetime. The universe is infinite and the years are infinite. Let's talk about the things in the future."

He doesn't want to talk about this issue.

Last month, he inspected the First Machinery Factory in Pengcheng. According to the current situation, a boring machine that can scrape cast iron to achieve a difference in copper coins may appear at most one or two years. With previous research and accumulation, as long as the problem of boring machine is solved, practical steam engines can appear soon.

The emergence of new equipment will inevitably lead to an increase in the speed of wealth accumulation and an increase in the speed of widening the gap between the rich and the poor. No one can tell what the world will look like at that time.

But there is one thing, the general backwardness around the country has made Zhu Xia have an almost unlimited pressure relief valve, and the insufficient population can also make it take longer to accumulate internal conflicts to the point of an outbreak, and there is still a lot of time.

He thought for a while and asked Xu Xing with a smile: "What will the world in the future become?"

Xu Xing shook his head and sighed, "If the people choose their own path, they will get everything on this path. Good and bad things can't be as long as good or bad."

"For example, if you divide the land, the people want to own their own small piece of land, cultivate and harvest, and then buy other people's land and live a richer life."

"Everyone thinks so, but in fact, the rich will become richer and the poor will become poorer. There are always fewer rich people, and there are always more poor people."

"They choose private ownership and dreams, and naturally they have to bear the consequences of private ownership. The way they choose."

"Either, merge the land and become a wealthy person. Or, lose the land and go to the city workshops to work, and work for others. The world is in a vast and unstoppable situation."

Xu Xing's face was dim, but he smiled and said, "It's nothing. When most people in the world will become workers in workshops and farmers in the future, they will have nothing but labor, even if there is no small piece of land, they will recognize your morals such as "market and family" and "full labor and full rewards". This is a good thing for you, isn't it?"

Xu Xing said seriously: "Shizi was joking. You have said that the learning of hundreds of schools has bones and skins. For example, the learning of Confucianism and Yang, if we talk about the bones, it is also for the sake of the world to stabilize the people and the people. A true gentleman should practice his bones; and those who only know how to criticize his skins will eventually become those who are still opposed to benefiting the world for the sake of the Zhou rituals and righteousness."

"The bones of the farmer family are in true equality. The bones of the Mo family are in the prosperity and false equality of the world. Farmers do not expect the day when most people in the world are not fed and don't wrap their bodies. Instead, they hope that this day will never appear. This is the bones of the body. Otherwise, what is the difference between us and those who only know how to wear skin, dare not change, and dare not change, and still use the teachings of thousands of years ago in a thousand years?"

Shi laughed and said, "Yes, so the two families of Agriculture and Mohism can reconcile now. If you have always insisted on the idea of ​​small countries with few people and value agriculture and do not exchange self-sufficiency with the outside world, how can you reconcile today?"

"But today there are still nobility who get nothing for work, opposing them is the top priority. As for the future, even if the world is united, they will have to deal with their counterattack, which may be ten or twenty years or even thirty or fifty years. By then, you and I will be dead and return to the dust. Let future generations think about what happens later."

"Just like Yao and Shun, in the era of slashing and fire, how could he think of today's things and implement today's politics?"

Xu Xing did not object to this and nodded, "The peasants will fully support the earth-shaking battle of the Republic. They will also abide by the laws of the Republic, and they will continue to do the recruitment of the troops."

"However, the morality of the farmer is ultimately different from that of the Mohist family. After the world returns to unite in the future, our common enemy will be gone, and the differences can be resolved. Therefore, we hope that we can get more land and population to practice the meaning of the farmer family."

Xu Xing mentioned the most concerned issue for farmers.

Now many schools have become allies with the Mohist school, and they are all firm allies with unanimous interests.

But brothers still settle the score clearly. What can the farmers get in the future if they work hard?
Chapter completed!