Yao Wenhua was depressed, and the officials of Yongping Mansion were also depressed.

They really didn't want to go to Wang Xiao.

But there is no way, who called that kid high authority. So they had to prepare the sedan chair and drag it all the way.

When they arrived at the Qinglong River, the officials were a little stunned.

Beside the bonfire, Wang Xiaozheng sat on a large stone without any image, surrounded by layers of deflated soil.

Yao Wenhua was even more depressed - this kid is alive and well, Hu Yinghu, a fool, has to come over and run for nothing.

Wang Xiao was talking about the mountains there, and when these officials came to disturb him, he was a little impatient, waved his hand, and said, "A few adults haven't eaten, right?" Go and scoop up a few bowls of porridge to drink. ”

Yao Wenhua: "......"

- The old man didn't eat the delicacies at the banquet, and came over to drink your broken porridge?

Who is rare?

He scooped a bowl of porridge and looked around and saw that there was no place to sit, so he had to stand and drink. As soon as I entered it, the taste was quite bland, and I became more and more annoyed.

Over there, Wang Xiao didn't care about them, and was answering the questions of those military households quite seriously.

"Where did you just go? Oh...... What is 'class'? For example, you are a class. Wang Xiao pointed at the officials and said, "They are another class. You and them have a different status in the Chu Dynasty. ”

"It is clear that you are the majority and they are in the minority. But a small number of people are in control of the fate of their home and country, and now because of their nonsense, most people have lost their enthusiasm for defending their home and country, which is obviously not right, 'you are unwilling to defend the country because you were bullied by Ma Qianhu', 'The Liao people took refuge in the Jurchens because they were bullied by the Chu people', these are also wrong...... Therefore, you must know that the peasant class is the master of this country......"

Over there, Yao Wenhua peeked around, casually poured the porridge in his bowl back into the pot, and secretly scolded in his heart, "This is really too unpalatable", and then heard Wang Xiao's rebellious remarks.

He was stunned for a moment, and smacked his lips in disbelief.

- This vertical man is here to confuse the public? What to do? Forget it, the old man is too old, and he won't have a few years to live......

Yao Wenhua pretended not to hear anything, and instructed Hu Yingming: "Since Huaiyuan Hou is fine, let's go." ”

Hu Yingming's eyes were looking around thiefly, and he was stunned when he heard Yao Wenhua's words.

He seemed to be relieved to see that Wang Xiao was not coming for his prefect. So he respectfully invited Yao Wenhua to get into the sedan chair.

A group of officials ran over in a daze, and then ran back in a daze.

But someone ran to Hu Yingming's sedan chair and said in a low voice: "Fuzun, the prince didn't come back with him......"

"Shut up, it's none of your business." Hu Yingming scolded lightly.

~~

Hu Yingming's son is named Hu Jingshi, who was eighteen years old at the time, and has a reputation for showing talent.

Hu Jingshi is good at talking about current affairs, and he is also good at making friends, plus he is the son of Fuzun, so he has a little fame in Yongping Mansion, and is one of the 'Yongping Four Shows'.

As for the other 'three shows', they are called Xia Xiangwei, Sun Zhixin, and Ruan Kangping.

Ruan Kangping is a man, and five years ago he became a student of Lu Zhengchu, and he was originally the most promising of the four.

But now that Lu Zhengchu is dead, the fate of the four seems to be like dice to be rolled again...... Love books

Hu Jingshi specially begged his father today, and planned to take Xia Xiangwei and Sun Zhixin to meet Huaiyuanhou, who has been in the limelight recently, and asked him face-to-face whether there was anything improper about the measures of burning corpses and killing people.

But when they arrived at the Qinglong River, after they heard Wang Xiao's strange discussion, the three young men glanced at each other, all a little shocked.

"Why are you the masters of this country? It's not just because there are so many of you, but on the other hand, you're really creating productive forces...... The word can be too obscure. To put it another way, it is obviously unfair that you have produced food, clothing, and other goods, but the nobles who do not produce can strip you of your wealth. So how can it be fair? There is a need for better social institutions to ensure the ...... of 'distribution according to work'"

Wang Xiao tried to explain to the people of this era in the simplest and most simple terms.

It's a difficult thing for both parties.

At this moment, he is like a preacher preaching to believers.

"Distribution according to work is a more reasonable way than it is now, so what is the better solution? Allocation on demand, that is...... For example, when we have enough food at a much later time, everyone can eat as much as they can. Of course, this is just an analogy, which is what we are working towards......"

This sentence was obviously more moving than all his previous theories, and the crowd resounded with exclamation and cheers, and people talked to each other, asking in a tone of surprise and longing: "Master Hou, will there really be that day?" ”

"It's hard, but maybe there is." Wang Xiao's hand pressed in the air and said, "What I want to say is that society is progressing. For example, the ancients did not have paper, but now they have. In the past, the imperial court only represented the interests of the family and Dr. Wen, so why can't there be a court to represent your interests? ”

"I want you to fight against the Jurchens and the bureaucracy, but I don't want you to do this because you're loyal to me. Such beliefs are not strong enough. What is a truly powerful belief? It's for yourself, for the people who are important to you to have a better life. And a better life is something you need to fight for yourself, you know? ”

Someone asked, "But we're just rednecks who don't know anything......

"Just because you don't understand it now doesn't mean you won't understand it later." Wang smiled: "Today you know that 'the people themselves can create a better life', tomorrow you can understand more, and you can also tell more people about this truth." The more people understand this, the stronger the power of the peasant class will be, which is like a drop of water and the sea, which can also be called the power of the masses......"

Hearing this, Hu Jingshi couldn't help but ask in a loud voice: "Dare to ask Master Hou, do you want these people to follow Tang Zhongyuan's example and rebel?" ”

Wang Xiao turned his head to look at him and joked: "The question raised by this comrade is very good. ”

Hu Jingshi was stunned.

Wang smiled: "The essence is different, Tang Zhongyuan wants to overthrow the Chu Dynasty, in order to make himself emperor." So, except that the Son of Heaven changed his surname, what is the difference from now? He is using destructive means to achieve personal merit and wealth. The peasants are the masters of their own affairs, and they should use the means of arming and building to establish a political power that will work for the well-being of the people. ”

Xia Xiangwei frowned, and said loudly: "Hou Ye is afraid that he is whimsical, right?" What dynasty was not kind to the people when it was first established? But over time, it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no such chaos as it is today. ”

"Therefore, ......there are many ways to give the people power, the right to vote, the right to supervise, and so on," Wang Xiao said slowly, trying to explain these things in easy-to-understand language.

Like a mother, boiling indigestible grains of rice into a paste and feeding her children little by little.

He himself does not have a very systematic ideological system, and he does not know what is suitable for this era and what is not. Most of the time, I just think of talking about it, and even things like "nationality, civil rights, people's livelihood", and "separation of powers" are also mentioned.

Hu Jingshi, Xia Xiangwei, and Sun Zhixin listened very carefully. Compared to those military households, they are the ones who can really understand what lies behind these contents.

Every time the king smiled and said something, they pondered for a while before asking a new question.

Time passes little by little in this question and answer.

Even though the expression on Wang Xiao's face was calm, he was actually very unconfident in his heart. He didn't know how much of this conversation tonight would be listened to, and he didn't know what changes it would bring to the Chu State......

~~

Wang Xiao was worried that the things he said were too advanced, but in fact, at this time, the Huaxia Continent had begun to lag behind.

Because Europe at the same time had already completed the Renaissance of ideological emancipation more than 100 years ago, and was laying the foundation for the ideological enlightenment.

On this day, Grotius, the pioneer of Western Enlightenment thought, was returning from Sweden to the Netherlands, and his legal theories had helped the Netherlands and England become emerging sea powers; Thomas Hobbes, the first modern materialist, had completed On Citizenship and was writing his magnum opus, Leviathan; John Locke, the father of modern liberalism, was continuing his studies at his desk, unaware that his theories would later inspire the American and French Revolutions.

At the same time, this conversation on the banks of the Qinglong River in the east took place. Among them, some people are painstakingly lonely, some are fanatical, some are bored, and some people snort coldly in their hearts: "Evil words confuse the public......"