Chapter 603
The Sun of Mount Tai
Chapter 603 The Sun of Mount Tai ([-])
It's not that there are no good nobles, but nobles also have to eat and drink, observe rituals, and live a noble way of life. Where do these expenses come from?
Naturally, we can only rely on the people on the fief.
Iron ox farming is not used here, and the output per unit is too small. If the nobles want to maintain their lives, they must obtain labor rent as much as possible.
The more polite the noble, the more vicious this kind of exploitation, because keeping the courtesy means not wanting to rebel, and not wanting to rebel means that there is no need to buy people's hearts, and there is no desire to change in one's own fiefdom.
The big nobles may carry out some changes in their fiefs, distribute the land, and make the people loyal, so that they have eight thousand private soldiers like the Ji Sun family back then.This kind of change is not for the benefit of the world, but only for gaining more power and fiefdoms, using its own basic "benevolent government" to maintain power, and the shortfall in it is made up from the increased land.
Because the productivity is not developed enough, the combination of tax in kind and labor rent can maintain the aristocratic life of ordinary minor nobles.
Sun Pu is not the kind of person who doesn't know how miserable the world is. After seeing more, he doesn't feel too moved. This is the normal state of the world.
After listening to everyone's complaints, he just sighed and said in his heart: "This is a good start. I finally started to talk about my own suffering."
After everyone chattered a lot, Sun Pu said, "People must live. They must have clothes to wear and food to eat."
"Everyone has one mouth, so it doesn't mean that a nobleman has ten mouths? He only has one mouth, but he has more than 1 acres of land. Is this reasonable?"
"Wei people sang, if there is no harvest, there will be no crops, and three hundred crops are taken away? Why do you think this is?"
The question is actually difficult to answer.
But this issue itself is what everyone in the village is concerned about.
The same question has different interpretations for different meanings.
At this time, the theory of "Mandate of Heaven" is popular, and there are many sayings in the world, the so-called "destiny is rich, life is rich, life is poor, life is poor; life is many, life is many, life is few, life is few; If you die, you will die."
This is what the Mohists vehemently refuted in "Unfate", thinking that there is no life, and one's own destiny can only be controlled by oneself.
But the righteousness of the Mohist school is the low level of the righteousness of the world, and not many people believe in it outside of Sishang and some big cities.
Because the logic in it is too difficult, and fate is the best explanation for "rich and poor, high and low", etc., and it is also liked by nobles.
Sure enough, Sun Pu soon heard the answer he expected.
Someone sighed: "This is fate."
"Speaking of it, the fate of the nobles is good. They have good ancestors, and they fought with the former king and emperor to seal the land. Our fate is not good. Without good ancestors, we would not have these lands. We can't be noble, we can only be humble."
Sun Pu shook his head with a smile, and asked, "Even if that's the case, what's the basis for Feng Tu?"
The farmer said: "The whole world belongs to the princes and princes. It's good to divide their things anyway."
Sun Pu looked at the others, and they all nodded. Sun Pu asked again, "Then why is the land under heaven owned by the Son of Heaven?"
Once you start asking too many whys, it's easy to get into trouble.
With this question, many people feel that this is like someone asking why the sun rises in the east. Is this a question?
This is the rule of the world, just like people need to eat and drink when they are alive, there is no reason.
But after thinking about it again, I felt that it seemed that I really should think about why.Yes, why does the land in the world belong to the emperor, princes and princes?
Even though the village community was closed, everyone knew about King Wu's defeat of Zhou, and some people said: "King Wu defeated Zhou, so the land of the world belongs to Zhou."
Sun Pu laughed loudly and said, "This is really interesting. Who did the land before Yin and Shang belong to? Who did the land in the world belong to before Yuxia? Who did the land in the world belong to before Shennong and Taihao?" ?”
"Has the Son of Heaven always existed? Has the land in the world always been owned by one person?"
When one sentence was asked, only the sound of the bonfire remained, and no one answered. Many people were bowing their heads and thinking about this very difficult question.
If the land did not belong to a certain emperor from the very beginning, then from whom did the first emperor who possessed the destiny inherit the ownership of the land in the world inherited by the destiny?
Everything has a head.
If we say that in ancient times there was no emperor who owned the world, then...
Many people couldn't help shaking when they thought of this, and they didn't dare to think about it.
Because if you think about it, you can only think of one possibility: the first emperor took the land from the people of the world...Because before King Wu defeated Zhou, Yin Shang had the world, and before Yin Shang, Yu Xia had the world, and Yu Xia had the world. before?How about before the Three Emperors and Five Emperors in ancient times?
Did the first emperor inherit the ownership of the land in the world from his hands?If it is the people, has it obtained the consent of the people?If something is taken away without consent, what is it if it is not robbery?Asking about the world, who can agree to give his land to the emperor?
Don't say anything about Yu Xia, Shang Zhou, even if it is the God of Haotian, I am afraid that everyone will not agree.
Could it be... Could it be that the first emperor was the biggest robber in the world?
Simple questions lead to terrifying thoughts. Many people trembled in fright, shaking their heads and daring not to continue thinking along this line of thought.
The Son of Heaven is a robber?How dare you continue to think about it?This is simply the idea of turning the world upside down, how is it possible?
But it seems that apart from this explanation, there is no other reason to explain it.
Sun Pu added fuel to the fire and asked, "Now, there is a robber who has stolen other people's jewels. Another person said that this is a robber, so he killed the robber and kept the jewels for himself. Can it be called benevolence?"
"Land, isn't it the same reason? Think about it, why should the land belong to the princes of the emperor? Is it fate?"
Of course this is not fate.
After a long time, a farmer finally said, "Then... that's because they can fight? So they can rob others, but others can't rob them?"
Sun Pu smiled secretly, and asked again: "Then why can they fight? Why can't you beat the nobles? Is it fate?"
"If you can also fight, then can it be said that princes and generals are kind? It depends on who can fight? If this is the case, the truth in this world is actually simple."
"If this is the case, is it wrong for the prince or general? Or is it wrong for the prince himself? Is it the son of a robber or is it wrong for others not to be a robber? Or is it wrong for the existence of a robber?"
A series of questions made everyone's minds into a mess.
Finally someone said: "You know a lot of truths, please tell us. We can't figure it out."
The rest of the people also echoed: "Yes, yes, tell us, what is going on?"
"It's wrong to be a robber. But how can there be no robbers?"
"In ancient times, who did the land in the world belong to? How did it get into the hands of the first emperor?"
"Tell us about it."
More and more people gathered around, wanting to hear these unheard truths, Sun Pu smiled and walked to the bonfire, recalling all the things he had learned in the past few years, and correcting the origin of the meaning of the Mohism Naturally began to tell about those "false" ancient things.
It was not like that in ancient times, and neither was the emergence of private ownership, but it is the easiest to understand at this time, and it is also the easiest to explain why it is unreasonable for land to belong to nobles and princes.
Under the flickering of the bonfire, more and more people are immersed in those simple and easy-to-understand truths, and exclaim from time to time.
Those things that were taken for granted and did not need to be reasonable, were all unreasonable under Sun Pu's explanation.
Everyone was fascinated by it, as if they were drunk and drunk.
On the other side of the bonfire, those young people who had accepted these principles since they were young, as if what Sun Pu said were all "nonsense", as if they were telling others that the direction the sun rises is east, gradually became a little sleepy.
Shu Guitian scratched his head and thought to himself: "How could anyone take it for granted that the sons of heaven and princes own land? Isn't this the reason why people in the world can easily think of something wrong?"
It's as if these young people have felt since childhood that everyone is equal under the emperor of heaven is a truth that does not need to be explained.
Few of them have the ability to explain why equality is, unless they are those who have studied in the Propaganda Department, but they take this truth for granted, as if they are hungry and want to eat, so what explanation is needed?
After listening for a while, these young people became even more sleepy. The monthly "politics" class in the school always had to talk about these things. They listened too much, and what Sun Pu said was too superficial, and they really felt that there was nothing to listen to.
They will not do this work in the future, as Mozi said: If you want to benefit the world, everyone is of one mind, like building a wall. Cheng also.The same is true for righteousness and benefit in the world. Those who can talk and debate can talk and debate, those who can tell books can talk about books, and those who can practice can do it, and then righteous things will be accomplished.
After all, these young people were only dispatched here to fill in the manpower, and what they had to deal with was a measurable job, and these kind of jobs, these young people who were not full-grown, probably couldn't do it.
Several people yawned and got up to go to sleep.
Shu Guitian folded his clothes and thought: "Go to bed early. Get up early tomorrow and go to the river to take a bath. Although the water is cold, you still have to wash."
"We still have to measure it tomorrow. I'm afraid we don't have time these few days. What is the reason for Mr. Sun's reasoning with them? Just divide the land and turn all the unreasonable things in the world to conform to the will of heaven. Then the world will be in harmony." It's over."
"If the old nobleman objects, the company will arrest him directly. Why bother? Is it so boring to benefit the world?"
I muttered a few times in my heart, and suddenly felt that the previous blood was a little cold.The things he thought of benefiting the world should be vigorous and vigorous, fighting to rule the roost among thousands of armies, looking at the vastness of the world from above Yang Fan and Bi Tao...
Who would have thought that when the parents started their business in Sishang, they would be so boring, telling some boring truths, and after the fight, they would have to deal with these trivial and passionless things.
(End of this chapter)
It's not that there are no good nobles, but nobles also have to eat and drink, observe rituals, and live a noble way of life. Where do these expenses come from?
Naturally, we can only rely on the people on the fief.
Iron ox farming is not used here, and the output per unit is too small. If the nobles want to maintain their lives, they must obtain labor rent as much as possible.
The more polite the noble, the more vicious this kind of exploitation, because keeping the courtesy means not wanting to rebel, and not wanting to rebel means that there is no need to buy people's hearts, and there is no desire to change in one's own fiefdom.
The big nobles may carry out some changes in their fiefs, distribute the land, and make the people loyal, so that they have eight thousand private soldiers like the Ji Sun family back then.This kind of change is not for the benefit of the world, but only for gaining more power and fiefdoms, using its own basic "benevolent government" to maintain power, and the shortfall in it is made up from the increased land.
Because the productivity is not developed enough, the combination of tax in kind and labor rent can maintain the aristocratic life of ordinary minor nobles.
Sun Pu is not the kind of person who doesn't know how miserable the world is. After seeing more, he doesn't feel too moved. This is the normal state of the world.
After listening to everyone's complaints, he just sighed and said in his heart: "This is a good start. I finally started to talk about my own suffering."
After everyone chattered a lot, Sun Pu said, "People must live. They must have clothes to wear and food to eat."
"Everyone has one mouth, so it doesn't mean that a nobleman has ten mouths? He only has one mouth, but he has more than 1 acres of land. Is this reasonable?"
"Wei people sang, if there is no harvest, there will be no crops, and three hundred crops are taken away? Why do you think this is?"
The question is actually difficult to answer.
But this issue itself is what everyone in the village is concerned about.
The same question has different interpretations for different meanings.
At this time, the theory of "Mandate of Heaven" is popular, and there are many sayings in the world, the so-called "destiny is rich, life is rich, life is poor, life is poor; life is many, life is many, life is few, life is few; If you die, you will die."
This is what the Mohists vehemently refuted in "Unfate", thinking that there is no life, and one's own destiny can only be controlled by oneself.
But the righteousness of the Mohist school is the low level of the righteousness of the world, and not many people believe in it outside of Sishang and some big cities.
Because the logic in it is too difficult, and fate is the best explanation for "rich and poor, high and low", etc., and it is also liked by nobles.
Sure enough, Sun Pu soon heard the answer he expected.
Someone sighed: "This is fate."
"Speaking of it, the fate of the nobles is good. They have good ancestors, and they fought with the former king and emperor to seal the land. Our fate is not good. Without good ancestors, we would not have these lands. We can't be noble, we can only be humble."
Sun Pu shook his head with a smile, and asked, "Even if that's the case, what's the basis for Feng Tu?"
The farmer said: "The whole world belongs to the princes and princes. It's good to divide their things anyway."
Sun Pu looked at the others, and they all nodded. Sun Pu asked again, "Then why is the land under heaven owned by the Son of Heaven?"
Once you start asking too many whys, it's easy to get into trouble.
With this question, many people feel that this is like someone asking why the sun rises in the east. Is this a question?
This is the rule of the world, just like people need to eat and drink when they are alive, there is no reason.
But after thinking about it again, I felt that it seemed that I really should think about why.Yes, why does the land in the world belong to the emperor, princes and princes?
Even though the village community was closed, everyone knew about King Wu's defeat of Zhou, and some people said: "King Wu defeated Zhou, so the land of the world belongs to Zhou."
Sun Pu laughed loudly and said, "This is really interesting. Who did the land before Yin and Shang belong to? Who did the land in the world belong to before Yuxia? Who did the land in the world belong to before Shennong and Taihao?" ?”
"Has the Son of Heaven always existed? Has the land in the world always been owned by one person?"
When one sentence was asked, only the sound of the bonfire remained, and no one answered. Many people were bowing their heads and thinking about this very difficult question.
If the land did not belong to a certain emperor from the very beginning, then from whom did the first emperor who possessed the destiny inherit the ownership of the land in the world inherited by the destiny?
Everything has a head.
If we say that in ancient times there was no emperor who owned the world, then...
Many people couldn't help shaking when they thought of this, and they didn't dare to think about it.
Because if you think about it, you can only think of one possibility: the first emperor took the land from the people of the world...Because before King Wu defeated Zhou, Yin Shang had the world, and before Yin Shang, Yu Xia had the world, and Yu Xia had the world. before?How about before the Three Emperors and Five Emperors in ancient times?
Did the first emperor inherit the ownership of the land in the world from his hands?If it is the people, has it obtained the consent of the people?If something is taken away without consent, what is it if it is not robbery?Asking about the world, who can agree to give his land to the emperor?
Don't say anything about Yu Xia, Shang Zhou, even if it is the God of Haotian, I am afraid that everyone will not agree.
Could it be... Could it be that the first emperor was the biggest robber in the world?
Simple questions lead to terrifying thoughts. Many people trembled in fright, shaking their heads and daring not to continue thinking along this line of thought.
The Son of Heaven is a robber?How dare you continue to think about it?This is simply the idea of turning the world upside down, how is it possible?
But it seems that apart from this explanation, there is no other reason to explain it.
Sun Pu added fuel to the fire and asked, "Now, there is a robber who has stolen other people's jewels. Another person said that this is a robber, so he killed the robber and kept the jewels for himself. Can it be called benevolence?"
"Land, isn't it the same reason? Think about it, why should the land belong to the princes of the emperor? Is it fate?"
Of course this is not fate.
After a long time, a farmer finally said, "Then... that's because they can fight? So they can rob others, but others can't rob them?"
Sun Pu smiled secretly, and asked again: "Then why can they fight? Why can't you beat the nobles? Is it fate?"
"If you can also fight, then can it be said that princes and generals are kind? It depends on who can fight? If this is the case, the truth in this world is actually simple."
"If this is the case, is it wrong for the prince or general? Or is it wrong for the prince himself? Is it the son of a robber or is it wrong for others not to be a robber? Or is it wrong for the existence of a robber?"
A series of questions made everyone's minds into a mess.
Finally someone said: "You know a lot of truths, please tell us. We can't figure it out."
The rest of the people also echoed: "Yes, yes, tell us, what is going on?"
"It's wrong to be a robber. But how can there be no robbers?"
"In ancient times, who did the land in the world belong to? How did it get into the hands of the first emperor?"
"Tell us about it."
More and more people gathered around, wanting to hear these unheard truths, Sun Pu smiled and walked to the bonfire, recalling all the things he had learned in the past few years, and correcting the origin of the meaning of the Mohism Naturally began to tell about those "false" ancient things.
It was not like that in ancient times, and neither was the emergence of private ownership, but it is the easiest to understand at this time, and it is also the easiest to explain why it is unreasonable for land to belong to nobles and princes.
Under the flickering of the bonfire, more and more people are immersed in those simple and easy-to-understand truths, and exclaim from time to time.
Those things that were taken for granted and did not need to be reasonable, were all unreasonable under Sun Pu's explanation.
Everyone was fascinated by it, as if they were drunk and drunk.
On the other side of the bonfire, those young people who had accepted these principles since they were young, as if what Sun Pu said were all "nonsense", as if they were telling others that the direction the sun rises is east, gradually became a little sleepy.
Shu Guitian scratched his head and thought to himself: "How could anyone take it for granted that the sons of heaven and princes own land? Isn't this the reason why people in the world can easily think of something wrong?"
It's as if these young people have felt since childhood that everyone is equal under the emperor of heaven is a truth that does not need to be explained.
Few of them have the ability to explain why equality is, unless they are those who have studied in the Propaganda Department, but they take this truth for granted, as if they are hungry and want to eat, so what explanation is needed?
After listening for a while, these young people became even more sleepy. The monthly "politics" class in the school always had to talk about these things. They listened too much, and what Sun Pu said was too superficial, and they really felt that there was nothing to listen to.
They will not do this work in the future, as Mozi said: If you want to benefit the world, everyone is of one mind, like building a wall. Cheng also.The same is true for righteousness and benefit in the world. Those who can talk and debate can talk and debate, those who can tell books can talk about books, and those who can practice can do it, and then righteous things will be accomplished.
After all, these young people were only dispatched here to fill in the manpower, and what they had to deal with was a measurable job, and these kind of jobs, these young people who were not full-grown, probably couldn't do it.
Several people yawned and got up to go to sleep.
Shu Guitian folded his clothes and thought: "Go to bed early. Get up early tomorrow and go to the river to take a bath. Although the water is cold, you still have to wash."
"We still have to measure it tomorrow. I'm afraid we don't have time these few days. What is the reason for Mr. Sun's reasoning with them? Just divide the land and turn all the unreasonable things in the world to conform to the will of heaven. Then the world will be in harmony." It's over."
"If the old nobleman objects, the company will arrest him directly. Why bother? Is it so boring to benefit the world?"
I muttered a few times in my heart, and suddenly felt that the previous blood was a little cold.The things he thought of benefiting the world should be vigorous and vigorous, fighting to rule the roost among thousands of armies, looking at the vastness of the world from above Yang Fan and Bi Tao...
Who would have thought that when the parents started their business in Sishang, they would be so boring, telling some boring truths, and after the fight, they would have to deal with these trivial and passionless things.
(End of this chapter)