Chapter 364

Chapter 364

Chapter 364
Needless to mention the training, at the beginning it was nothing more than the formation, marching, flutes and drums that King Shuqing was familiar with.

Throughout the cool autumn of October, besides training, King Shuqing has been busy with a series of organizational building of the company, and has to go to meetings every few days to study.

Most of the time, they are in the brigade, and sometimes they are organized to explain some content by senior Mohists.

After the gentry were formed and didn't want to get familiar with it, he, the company representative of the Mohist school, formed the soldiers committee first according to what he had learned.

And this weird-sounding soldier committee was quickly integrated into the daily training and life of the company, because it involved the matter of "public supervision of food expenses".

Eating is a big deal.

This system had already been established when King Shuqing served in the army before, and now this system is even more perfect.

Because before, when King Shuqing served for the first time, he had a vocabulary called "partner".But now this word is gradually dying out among volunteers.

Originally, rice was cooked in earthenware pots. In the conscripts of princes and nobles, most of the time they ate corn or wheat. Wheat was mostly cheap food. Wheat without bran removal was several times more unpalatable than corn.

The earthen pots are not too big, and the disciples do not have tents at night. When camping, they cook together in earthen pots around the bonfire as "fire companions".

But now, the iron pots that are still difficult to buy in the city of Peixian have already appeared in the army first. To the brigade and not to the company.

The word partner gradually disappeared among volunteers.

And the logistics system of volunteer teachers has a very special feature, that is, only enough staple food is allocated, and the rest of the vegetables, oil, meat, fat and other things are all sent to the company.

One of the important reasons why the soldier committee was established in the army and quickly spread was because of the problem of food—the soldier committee has the right to supervise and discuss how to spend this month's food money.

Many people think that this is a matter of taking off their clothes and farting. It is superfluous, and King Shuqing once thought so.

But in a study in mid-October, King Shuqing finally understood the meaning of this matter.

At that time, the Mohist who was traveling represented Liuzhi, and told a story to King Shuqing and others, saying that it was suitable for him to hear.

The story is very simple. It is said that there was a man in Chudi who raised an elephant. When the elephant was young, he was tied to a pole with a rope.

After a long time, the little elephant grew up slowly, until it was as big as six or seven cows, but the elephant was still tied to a very small post.

At that time, the two masters traveled south to Chu, and asked the elephant keeper suspiciously, why the elephant never broke free from such a small pillar?
At that time, the man who raised the elephant said: "You can't take it off when you are young, and you are used to it, so it is only natural."

King Shuqing had never seen an elephant, and he had never heard of the existence of this thing before Mo Zhe came to Pei County. Many princes and nobles have ivory, but they have no intersection with him, so naturally they don't Know.

Nowadays, many Chu people in Peixian County, some of whom are in the south of Yunmeng, have seen elephants before. King Shuqing also knew that this thing was "a pig's ear, as big as three or five cows, and a long nose that can hang down." down to the earth" weird and powerful animal.

After Liuzhi finished telling the story, he told King Shuqing and others, saying: I am used to it, it is a matter of course, this sentence is terrible.

People who are accustomed to the feudal system, public land labor, and free labor will take it for granted that the system of the world is like this.

But those children who studied in Peiguo Township School from a young age think that everyone, regardless of age, high or low, is a minister of heaven and everyone is equal, which is a matter of course.

Since the Mohist school wants to "collect the general will to select the emperor, and to debate the righteousness to form a system", then the idea of ​​equality for all must be cultivated from an early age so that it becomes a habit.

As for volunteer teachers and schools, these are the two places Mohists can master the most, and they also see the future of Mohism. Therefore, these two places must let everyone come into contact with "supervision", "general will", "co-consultation and centralization of power". "And so on concept.

King Shuqing remembered that at that time, Liuzhi solemnly told everyone present to study that this was not a superfluous act of taking off his clothes and farting, but a kind of execution and pursuit of Mohism's morality.

From the most common food and drink, let everyone in the volunteer army realize the importance of "collecting public opinion and supervision"-the vegetable money is distributed every month, and it can be spent as you like. The soldiers committee is not only to supervise those who buy Whether the personnel are corrupt or not, they are also responsible for their own decisions.

Soldiers in each company can choose to eat meat at the beginning of the month and lick salt at the end of the month. That is their freedom, but they must understand that after everyone's "general will" is gathered, everyone must fight for this "general will" responsible for the consequences.

At the same time, it is also for the sake of the absence of wars in the future, the villages and cities, those volunteers who return to their hometowns will take it for granted and get used to this system of equality, supervision, and consultation.

King Shuqing suddenly realized the importance of this matter, and soon after Shi came again, called them for a meeting, and talked about this issue.

King Shuqing remembered that what Shi said was higher than what Liuzhi said.

He said that those who do not plan for the world are not enough to find a corner; those who do not plan for the world are not enough for a moment.

Mohists who are interested in the world must plan for ten thousand domains and all ages, even if the world is so big, and the current Mohist rules are only in the Surabaya Valley, such long-term plans must be made.

If we want to do it, then we need to start with many small things, let everyone know what the possible paradise looks like in the future, and let everyone feel that the morality of equality, love and non-aggression of the Mohists can be realized, and it can also be subtly influenced. They take things like equal representation for granted.

To seek a corner, one must know the future ten thousand domains; to seek a moment, one must understand the future ten thousand generations.Every Mohist has to do it, understand the ten thousand domains and all ages of the world launched from Tianzhi, and the rest is to keep chasing after the ten thousand domains and all eternity that don't seem far away now.

King Shuqing clearly remembered that Shi told them more than once that day: the reason for fighting is to stop fighting. Under the old rules, he became a prince and aristocrat.

The representatives of Mohists in the righteous division should solve the important doubts of the soldiers.

That is: who am I?
Where am I from?

What am I fighting for?

What's the difference between me and when I was a pawn?
What kind of world am I fighting for now?
Does this world include me?

This series of problems, manifested in the normal life of the company, starts from the most basic soldier committee.

The Soldiers Committee has many responsibilities, but eating is something that everyone should pay attention to. Starting from this small matter, as the basis of the Soldiers Committee in volunteers, it can be easily extended to other aspects.

For example, a series of issues such as laws and regulations, military orders, autumn innocence, avoidance of war, and so on.

Just as King Shuqing didn't know how to use muskets, the soldiers' committee in this army didn't exist since the beginning of the world, but it just appeared now, and it quickly gained wide support from the soldiers.

In addition to his status as the representative of the Mohists of the company, King Shuqing was also elected by the soldiers as the representative of the company's soldier committee, and this system was also easy to implement during local training in Pei County.

Unlike other places, Pei County has a well-developed commodity economy. Except for Mohist-specialized goods such as salt, iron, and spirits, with the development of the agricultural revolution, many commodities can be purchased with Mohist-issued tokens.

Oil, vegetables, meat, fish... These must be purchased from the company's vegetable gold, and the soldiers decide their daily life after discussion.You can choose to eat well at the beginning of the month and lick the salt at the end of the month, or you can choose to improve the long flow of water from time to time.

(End of this chapter)