Chapter 452: Merit for Knighthood
"Color!"
"Color!"
"Color!"
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Color!
Color!
Color!
Yang Shou looked at Situ Xing on the high platform, felt the surging public opinion, slowly raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist, raised it and waved it heavily in the air and shouted:
Color!
Color!
Color!
Fan Gou'er also slowly raised his right hand, clenched it into a fist, and waved it heavily in the air.
Color!
Color!
Color!
Xue Li, Li Ling, Niu Ben and the others slowly clenched their fists and waved them in the air with all their strength, some venting and some presumptuous.
Color!
Color!
A huge sound echoed in the air, like a huge thunder sound, and like a majestic heavenly sound, with indescribable power.
The original three lieutenants all showed fear in their eyes. In the face of this power, they feel as humble as ants.
It's like a lonely boat in the ocean, and there is no room for resistance.
They looked around in fear as if they were crazy, their eyes were full of fiery soldiers and generals, and they felt an unprecedented fear in their hearts.
Terrible!
Terrible!
It's horrible.
One by one, people they were very familiar with before, under the instigation of Si Tuxing, it seemed to have become another person. Let them have an indescribable strangeness.
What the hell is wrong with these people?
Why is it so fanatical!
Although their hearts were full of doubts and dissatisfaction, they did not dare to declare it, because they knew it. In front of this force, let alone them, even if they are the real nobles in the Divine Capital, the royal relatives are like tigers tied in paper in front of such a force, and they don't dare to shake their majesty at all.
It would be nice if General Niu was here, with his relationship with the county king, he wouldn't dare to be so bold if he wanted to come to Situ!
Situ Xing's eyes narrowed slightly, feeling the frenzied aura in the air, and his face showed a look of intoxication. In his heart, he couldn't help revealing a passage in the "Book of Shang Jun":
"The reason why the mortal lord persuades the people is the ruler also, and the reason why the country is prosperous is because of the agricultural war. Today, when the people seek officials, they do not fight with agriculture, but with clever words, which is called labor. Those who work hard will have their kingdom powerless, and those who are powerless will have their kingdom cut down.
Those who are good at serving the country, and their parishioners are all officials and knights, so they are not officials and have no titles. If the country goes to say, the people are simple, and the people are simple, and if they don't see the benefits from the sky, they will be one, and if they are one, the people will not steal the camp, and if the people do not steal the camp, they will be more powerful, and if they are more powerful, the country will be strong. Today, the people in the territory say: "Agricultural wars can be avoided, and officials can also be obtained." "Therefore, heroes can change their careers, learn "poems" and "books", follow foreign powers, and can be visible at the top, and can seek officials and lords at the bottom; Yes, the country is also in danger.
And if the people teach in this way, their kingdom will be cut down.
Those who are good for the country, although the warehouse is full, do not steal from the peasants; the national university and the people do not lewd their words. Zemin Puyi.
The people are simple, and the officials cannot be taken by chance. If you can't take it by tricks, you won't be born, and the Lord won't be confused. ”
This passage is from the agricultural war chapter of the Book of Shang Jun, which roughly means that the ordinary monarch used to encourage the people was official positions and titles. However, the foundation of the country's prosperity is agriculture and warfare. At present, the methods used by the people to obtain official positions and titles are not farming and warfare, but relying on rhetoric and empty preaching, which makes the people learn treacherous and clever tongues, and not only does not rejuvenate the country, but misleads the people. If the people are misled, the country will definitely lose its strength, and if the country does not have strength, the power of the country will be weakened.
The monarch who was good at governing the country, he taught the people to demand official positions and titles by concentrating on farming. If you don't, you won't get an official position and no knighthood. The state abolishes empty talk, the people are simple and not debauched, and the people see that the benefits of the state to the people are all emanating from farming and warfare, so they will concentrate on farming and warfare. When the people are concentrated in farming and warfare, they will not seek anything else. If the people are reluctant to seek other things, the country will be strong, and if the country is strong, the country will be strong.
Merit for knighthood!
This is the most typical embodiment of Legalism's thought. It is very different from the Confucian concept of "respecting relatives and relatives".
In doing so, "nepotism" is avoided to the greatest extent and the influence of "nepotism" is avoided to the greatest extent, and it is relatively fair to the generals and non-commissioned officers.
As long as they have made meritorious deeds, they will be rewarded according to their merits. Or even to get an official position, a knighthood.
It was precisely because the soldiers and generals knew the advantages of this system that their morale was greatly boosted and they erupted in earth-shattering cheers.
Of course, some people are happy, and naturally some people are unhappy, and the people who are most affected by this system of "exchanging merit for knighthood" are the former bureaucratic class and the aristocratic class.
Because their previous identity advantage is gone!
For the same merit, because of different statuses, the rewards are also very different.
For example, there is no greater credit than the rescue!
However, it is also a rescue work, if it is a nobleman or even an official, with this skill, you can be crowned a king, a uncle, and at worst, you will get a marquis, and it is also a hereditary replacement.
But if it is a commoner or a lowly person who has the merit of saving the driver, not only is it impossible to be crowned a king or uncle, but there may even be a disaster of death.
Officials and nobles save that is loyalty, that is bravery!
Civilians save it, but it's humiliating!
For the king of men, it is a kind of humiliation.
It's a very strange logic, but it's true in Daqian, the same credit, different status, and the rewards will be divided into three, six, nine, and so on.
With this advantage, the aristocracy and the bureaucratic class could easily receive credit and rewards, and rise to the top.
Civilians, on the other hand, need to accumulate several, or even tens, times more credit before they can be promoted.
It is precisely because of this that it is difficult for a real poor family to gain a foothold in the court and be promoted.
This order of Situ Xing wiped out their most powerful advantage, how could they not be resentful in their hearts?
However, through this decree, Situ Xing firmly gathered the soldiers and generals from the poor class around his body, and with the strength of a few of their nobles, there was no way to resist.
In this case, what good way can they do except accept their fate and grit their teeth in their hearts to make a note for Situ's execution?
But is Situ really afraid that they will make a mark behind their backs?
Situ Xing's eyes looked at the air gloomily, and as he deepened his comprehension of the agricultural war chapter of the Legalist's "Book of Shang Jun", the dragon qi in the air was like boiling hot water, constantly tumbling.
There are also the forces of order, forming chains, intertwined in the sky above the barracks, as if to form a new law.
Rumble!
Rumble!
Rumble!
The red dragon qi was like a dragon in the air, and the power of order kept entwining in the air, forming a new law one after another.