The ancient jades on the chests of the three masters all emitted a faint glow.
Ying Wuji looked at Gongsun Di's slightly raised mouth corners and couldn't help but sneer. This brat with little arms really had some ulterior motives and actually wanted to win in this way.
However, it is really difficult to get away with it so easily.
Zhai Yun sighed and stood up: "Brother Gongsun, I have three questions to ask."
Gongsun Di made a gesture of invitation: "Brother Zhai, please ask!"
Zhai Yun's eyes were calm, but his voice was a little angry: "Mozi said that there are three troubles in the world: the hungry have no food, the cold have no clothes, and the tired have no rest. Although the country is strong and there are no starving people on the road, the people are hungry and have no warm clothes. No matter how hard they work, they can't save any money. They need to work hard for survival day and night, and they can't get a chance to breathe.
Shang Yang's strategy is the strategy to strengthen the country. It is a blessing for the country but a suffering for the people.
In the long run, Gan may become the leader of all countries, but the people of Gan will be like cattle and horses in prosperous times.
In this case, even if interfering in law and politics can strengthen the country, what is the meaning of strengthening the country? "
It still has to be a Mohist!
Ying Wuji sighed. Although Brother Zhai was a bit idealistic, his ideals were really admirable.
These words reminded him of the time in his previous life when he lost all his hair due to worrying about his mortgage.
I have tried very hard, but it is still not enough.
"Well said!"
Gongsun Di said with a smile: "Brother Zhai is kind and righteous, I admire you! But Brother Zhai may have forgotten that my land is the poorest among all the countries. Even if it is cultivated by several generations of monarchs and people, it is far less fertile than the Li Kingdom.
But even so, we have managed to ensure that no one starved to death on the road. On the other hand, the three kingdoms of Li, Chu, and Qi, whose national power was no less powerful than our country, were suppressing private land everywhere. The people either had to farm the public land in hopelessness, or died in the fields they had cultivated.
They can only rot in the quagmire for the rest of their lives, watching those nobles living a life of drunkenness and debauchery. Even if they are drafted into the army and perform military merits, they are destined to be suppressed by the nobles and have no hope of ever turning things around.
Although the common people of our country have hard farming lives, they can still turn their lives around through military merit. Since the implementation of the military merit system, how many famous generals have emerged from the civilian population?
People say that the people of Gan country are suffering, but we don’t see that hundreds of refugees flock to Dagan every year just to get a piece of land of their own.
Apart from my country, which other country can see such a magnificent scene? "
Tsk!
Ying Wuji smacked his lips, thinking that what Gongsun Di said was certainly reasonable.
The superiority of the system is indeed unmatched.
At least he was not hopeless in his life and had the hope of crossing the social class through military merit, which was always better than living at the bottom of society by paralyzing himself.
Whether it is painful or not is determined by the system, but it is not entirely determined by the system.
At least if they exchanged land with the State of Li, the people of Gan would not live such a miserable life.
Tsk…all history is contemporary history.
Zhai Yun shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Although that is true, Brother Gongsun, is the current hardship of the people of Gan State due to the barren land and the inevitable result of Shang Yang's policy of making the country strong and the people weak?
I am not a talented person, but I have traveled to many countries when I was young. The per capita grain production in some countries is several times that of other countries, but they are still tortured by taxes and have little surplus grain.
This kind of tactic of exhausting the people is not conducive to a prosperous era.
The Mohist school believes that mutual benefit should be achieved in relationships. Whether it is the relationship between friends or between officials and the public, mutual benefit should be the criterion.
Confucianism emphasizes benevolent government. Mencius once said: "If a man of seventy can wear silk and eat meat, and the people are neither hungry nor cold, but there is no king, there has never been such a country."
The method of exhausting a country and exhausting its people can certainly breed a country of tigers and wolves, but even if the country lasts for ten thousand years, it will only bring suffering to the people! "
"this……"
Gongsun Di fell into deep thought. Zhai Yun was a Mohist, but not a Mohist who knew nothing about Mohism.
These words are indeed one of the core elements of Shang Yang's strategy.
As long as this point stands, it will be difficult to refute it.
He thought for a long time, and said in a deep voice: "Given time, Dagan will be able to rule the world, and naturally there will be no need to tire the people."
Zhai Yun sighed lightly, not knowing how to refute.
Ying Wuji chuckled and said, "Brother Gongsun! In today's war, there are military strategists who want to march into battle, agriculturalists who want to raise people for war, and legalists who want to tire the people out and promote war. Is there any room for other schools of thought?
Confucians are not allowed to enter Dagan, and this is not just talk. Mohists are suppressed in Dagan because of guild reasons. Although Taoists are secluded from the world, they have always had traces of actions in various countries, but Dagan has few traces.
Work is like a chariot, once it starts, it is hard to stop. I do not deny that it is possible to rule the world by working hard.
But after the world is ruled, the three families of military, agriculture and law are extremely powerful, who would be willing to give up their power and hand it over to other families?"
"this……"
Gongsun Di had a complicated expression. He turned around and glanced at the teachers in high positions. The ancient jade on their chests had become brighter. It seemed that they were quite interested in the debate between the three people.
However, it was obviously brighter when Zhai Yun was talking to Ying Wuji.
It is an indisputable fact that meddling in politics exhausts the people.
If you want to prove your point, you have to get around this problem.
He took a deep breath, bowed to Zhao Ji and said, "Your Majesty, King Li, please allow me to deduce the world!"
"allow!"
Zhao Ji smiled faintly: "One copy of the Nine Provinces Map can be deduced hundreds of times. There are forty elite students in total. Each of them has three chances to negotiate the transfer. You can discuss it on your own!"
"yes!"
Gongsun Di cupped his hands and said, this time the Gan Kingdom had sent out three people in total, which together meant nine chances, which should be enough.
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