Chapter 168: The Refutation of the Bodyless (I)
Li Junxian sat on the rostrum, looked at the students below, and relaxed his throat.
"I've heard all your arguments. Just now, the poor students said that if they want my Tang Dynasty to restore the Jingtian system in the Western Zhou Dynasty, I just want to say one thing, you are too naïve! Li Junxian said.
Those poor students didn't know what was going on, they didn't expect Li Junxian to comment that they were too naïve. Childish, very easy to understand, that is, what it means not to grow up yet. If a child is evaluated like this, it won't be anything. But they are all adults, but they are still said to be childish, that is, swearing.
"General Li, although you are an official of the imperial court, you can't say that about us scholars! Also, you are from our humble background, why don't you support us? The poor student asked.
"Hmph, I'm against the Ida system, I'm not scolding you! Also, if you ask the farmers in the field, they will definitely not approve of you. Li Junxian said.
"How is that possible? I'm doing it for their good! I want countless poor peasant households in the world to have land to plant, I am doing this for their good, why should they oppose it? The poor student said.
Li Junxian continued: "You say that the well field system is good, so why did all dynasties abandon the well field system and adopt private ownership of land instead? Let me explain to you why. ”
"The core of the Jingtian system is that all the land in the world belongs to the king, and the king divides the land to the princes, and the princes also distribute the land to their ministers. Next, it will be divided layer by layer, and it will be in the hands of the people at the bottom. And these lands are not allowed to be bought and sold, so it seems that there will be no consequences of land annexation. Li Junxian first said the core idea of the Jingtian system.
The poor student replied immediately; "Yes! Isn't that bad? All the people of the world can get land, of course this is good! ”
"That's why I say you're too naïve!" Li Junxian said.
"You have to figure it out, during the Zhou Dynasty, our entire country practiced slavery, and most of the people in the world were slaves without freedom, these people had no land. And what you call the land granted to the people by the king, these slaves are shared. However, during the Western Zhou Dynasty, slaves accounted for the vast majority of all the people who cultivated the land. And the division of land that excludes the majority of the population, is this so-called fairness? And the so-called people who can get a share of the land are those princes and ministers, so you say that you benefit from the well field system is all the people, which is nonsense at all. Do you mean we're going back to that time of slavery? Li Junxian retorted first.
Those poor students lowered their heads first, and they obviously didn't want to go back to that era of slavery. Slavery gradually died out as early as the Warring States period, and although there were domestic servants, the vast majority of the country's population were free people, and there were very few slaves. And even those slaves and maids, because of the protection of various moral thoughts, the master will not execute them at will. And if you want to go back to that slave society without any personal security, no one wants to.
Moreover, there is also a problem of the sub-sealing system involved. In fact, the feudal system had disappeared as early as after the Qin Dynasty unified China, and the Han Dynasty also passed the Tui En Decree, which allowed the princes to gradually disappear. Because of the gradual demise of the feudal system, China also moved towards great unification and did not fall into division. It can be said that the elimination of the sub-sealing system is the ideological unity of the Chinese. Otherwise, if the feudal system exists, it will not make those people hope for reunification, and it will not let those princes have the idea of unifying the world. The sub-envelope system is a system that is destined to be eliminated.
"Then it's different now, we can include all the people in the world, and together the king will grant the land! Also, we won't let those princes exist, and we will let the government grant the land. The poor student said again.
Li Junxian snorted: "You said that the government should distribute the land, but it is actually no different from the feudal system in the Western Zhou Dynasty. You should know that during the Western Zhou Dynasty, those princes would keep the fertile land for themselves, and then distribute the relatively barren land to the ministers. And the minister also divided the more barren land below. According to your statement, if the government distributes the farming power, then I am afraid that it is the officials who will benefit the most. Do you think that all the people in the government are upright and gentlemen, so they will honestly and fairly distribute? Besides, there is only so much fertile land in the world, to whom do you give it? What happens to farmers who have access to barren land? Do you have a solution to these? ”
Li Junxian's question once again asked the key point, that is, when everyone's ideology and morality have not reached a certain height, people are selfish. It's unrealistic to expect the officials to divide the fertile land and grow the barren land themselves. And what if there is a dispute over land? This is obviously something that those poor students who do not have the slightest experience in governing have not considered.
"Also, let me add again, if you do the same, I am afraid that the grain production of the whole country will be reduced several times! Because there is no piece of land of their own, the passion of the people is very low, and they are all foreign laborers. Even if you take a whip and do their work, they don't have the idea of being more efficient, they just want to grind it on. If there is no enthusiasm for work, then do you think that food production will increase? Li Junxian once again pointed out a fatal problem.
Li Junxian finally made a concluding speech: "Your so-called Jingtian system is actually not able to adapt to our era at all, and it is a system that should have been abandoned a long time ago. Private ownership of land can avoid many land disputes and improve the people's enthusiasm for work. As for the issue of land annexation, this one is possible. But we can't choke on food and restore all the people of the world to the age of slaves. If you go back to the slave era, can you still read, can you still read, can you still talk about politics here? If you go back to that era, you don't even have the right to be a man, what kind of cultivator has his land? This is the potential, the general trend of the world. The general trend of the world is mighty, those who go along with it prosper, and those who go against it die. Private ownership of land is the general trend of the world and the common idea of hundreds of people, and no one can turn back the wheel of history. ”
Those poor students showed ashamed faces, because they didn't expect that their arguments would have so many loopholes and could not withstand scrutiny.
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