In the blink of an eye, Lin Jiang had been in Chu for three months and had a certain understanding of Chu. Chu was like other feudal states, with both large and small nobles. The power of the nobles was still very large. In fact, just like a small feudal state, the nobles had their own territories and their own troops, that is, private armed forces.
The local forces in Chu were also complex. There were many places directly under Chu, but in some mountainous areas, it was still the tribal era. In addition, some noble manors made it chaotic.
Of course, the other feudal states were the same. No one should laugh at anyone. The centralization of power in the feudal states was still a joke.
"The era of change,"
Lin Jiang sighed. The ancient feudal system was increasingly unsuitable for the current era. Change was a matter of sooner or later. In fact, even if Lin Jiang did not mention it, society would give birth to a group of reformers and thinkers. Lin Jiang just brought this time forward.
The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in history lasted for hundreds of years. If it were this era, it would last even longer, because there was martial arts. The power of martial arts was in the hands of vested interests, and they were the traditional conservative forces. They would oppose the change, so the time would be extended and delayed.
But Lin Jiang did not allow it, because the human race still had the great threat of monsters. The human race could not wait for the monsters to come before changing. That would be too late, and there would really be a danger of subverting the human race.
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"Meeting, sir"
On this day, a disciple saluted in front of Lin Jiang. Zhang Baolin and others looked at him with great admiration. A few months ago, he was still a martial arts grandmaster, but now he is a martial arts saint.
"No need to be polite. Advancing to the Martial Saint level is not the end, but just a new beginning. There is still a clear gap between Martial Saints. I hope you can keep your original intention and continue to struggle on the path of a warrior."
"I obey the master's order."
"In theory, you can leave now, but if you are willing to stay and continue to study, you can come again."
"Disciple is willing to serve the master and pursue the ultimate realm of martial arts,"
said the man. At first, he also thought that the Martial Saint level was the end, but he realized with Lin Jiang that the martial arts of reaching the Martial Saint level was just the beginning. The gap between Martial Saints is sometimes greater than the gap between humans and dogs. He is obsessed with martial arts, so naturally he is willing to follow Lin Jiang.
"Stand aside for a while, and continue the class. Last time we talked about the strategy of strengthening the country. Today we will continue with how to strengthen the country..."
Lin Jiang nodded, and then continued the class. Lin Jiang's knowledge was instilled in an orderly manner, and he picked some things they liked to talk about.
For these nobles, making achievements is what they like. Lin Jiang talked about things that can make them make achievements, such as how to strengthen the country. In fact, it is still the same set of legalists. The magic power continues to talk about it, just in a different way.
In the Qin State, the magic power has already influenced the four princes, and the recorded remarks will be seen by more people, but in order to really have an impact, one of the four princes must ascend the throne and become the King of Qin.
So Lin Jiang still has to speed up and quickly create a scene of a hundred schools of thought.
Every time there is a class, especially a theoretical class, the martial arts academy will arrange someone to take notes. Lin Jiang asked them to take two copies and then take one away.
After class, Lin Jiang brought his disciples to a manor outside the martial arts academy. The manor belonged to the Zhang family and was now given to Lin Jiang. After arriving at the manor, a craftsman came to the crowd and saluted.
"Sir, we have already refined 800 copper characters. In another month, they will be ready for printing,"
the craftsman said to Lin Jiang. Lin Jiang had already mastered the papermaking technology a thousand years ago. Over the past thousand years, the papermaking technology has been perfected. The Chu State had a good literary style and developed papermaking technology. They could make dozens of different kinds of paper. Some of the exquisite drawings were sold well in various countries. Now
Lin Jiang has also mastered the printing technology, and the first one is movable type printing. Lin Jiang proposed the idea and the craftsman realized it. Now they are printing copper characters, but the cost of copper character printing is still quite high. In the future, they can make clay characters, but it will be done by future generations.
"Well done, there are rewards, all of them."
Lin Jiang checked the copper characters that he had refined, which looked very exquisite and in a good mood.
"Sir, are you going to write a book?"
"Why not?"
"Nothing is wrong, but some of your remarks may not be accepted by everyone,"
Zhang Baolin said. Lin Jiang's theory of great unification was not accepted by everyone, especially the premise of great unification was to strengthen centralization, and those local princes would not accept it. They were taught by Lin Jiang more than a dozen times before they slowly accepted it. If this was printed into a book and sent out, there would be a lot of verbal criticism.
"I know, I just want them not to accept it."
"Sir, I know you are a martial arts master and are not afraid of assassination, but scholars can also kill people, and killing people does not necessarily require a knife."
"You don't understand this,"
Lin Jiang laughed. Scholars don't use knives to kill people, verbal criticism, right? Moral kidnapping, right?
The premise is that you have to be moral, and Lin Jiang has no morals, so what's there to be afraid of? Let them scold, it won't cost a pound of meat. As for taking action, Lin Jiang really doesn't have the courage.
Lin Jiang was willing to reason with them and talk about theory, so they should feel lucky. If he really resorted to knife-wielding, they would regret it.
"Sir, just go ahead and do it. I agree with you very much."
There were also disciples who supported Lin Jiang. They fully supported him and were now his little fans.
Lin Jiang smiled and told the craftsmen to refine all the copper characters as soon as possible. The books would be printed starting next month. By then, they would work in three shifts and print 100,000 or 80,000 copies and distribute them all over the world.
As for the consequences that would be caused by that time, Lin Jiang also had a prediction. There would definitely be opposition, but there would definitely be support. After all, if the nobles opposed it, the common people would support it. Smart people knew that great unification was beneficial to them, because only war was the best way for the common people to rise to higher social classes. Moreover
, the focus of the Hundred Schools of Thought was on the words. If there was no dispute, it would not be a Hundred Schools of Thought. Some theories were perfected in constant debate and dispute. If it was up to Lin Jiang alone, how many vests would he have to open?
Seeing Lin Jiang like this, Zhang Baolin didn't say much. He was a martial saint, and a top one at that. What ordinary people thought was troublesome was not a big deal for Lin Jiang.
After inspecting the workshop, Lin Jiang returned to the martial arts academy and counted the money. The money he brought back from Qin State, the money Zhang Baolu sent back, plus the money Zhang Baolin and others brought back, the treasures filled more than a dozen carts, which was more than the savings of ordinary civilians for hundreds of years.
Of course, for the nobles, this money was nothing. Another problem in each country was the huge gap between the rich and the poor, especially for some nobles who inherited the rescue. It was not an exaggeration to say that they were rich enough to rival a country. After all, it was the savings of their families for hundreds of years.
But for the common people, life became more and more difficult, especially the land policies of the feudal states in various countries, which could be annexed.
As for slaves, let alone, Lin Jiang left a loophole for slaves to be promoted to commoners in the past, and gave them opportunities at every turn, but now it is too difficult. The best way out for slaves is to become servants of nobles. If they want to be promoted to nobles, there is no chance at all.
In the blink of an eye, another month passed. Lin Jiang compiled some of his remarks into a book and handed it over to the workshop for printing. After printing, he sent people to various places, including sending them to various sealed states.
Mr. Guigu's vest is now quite famous. For this name, many people are willing to open the book and take a look. A storm of thought is brewing.