Chapter 44: The Slave Owners' Alliance (Subscription Requested!)
"This person is Shen Gongbao?"
Su Hu took a closer look, and saw that this person had a strange appearance and a dusty demeanor, no different from the outsiders he had seen before, and he didn't know why those scribes were so jealous of him.
It stands to reason that people outside the party have a single temperament, rarely interact with people, and should be clumsy in words, this Shen Gongbao is so famous, it must be an outlier, and it must not be neglected.
Su Hu kept Shen Gongbao in his heart and looked at the audience.
The person who invited him was not on stage, but offstage.
The two old men with white beards stood up and saluted from afar.
"Su Hou!"
"Uncle Tai!
The two sides sat down, looked at each other, and both tacitly smiled bitterly.
These two are very different from each other, they are Ji Li's eldest brother and second brother, that is, Ji Chang's eldest uncle and second uncle.
Historically, they were the pioneers of the State of Wu, that is, the State of Wu sent by the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Imagine that a few hundred years later, the country of Wu is a remote place, and now it has not been developed, and it is even more of a horn where birds do not lay eggs, why did the two Xiqi clans go to that place?
Quite simply, the battle for the position failed.
Their father wanted to pass on the position of Xibohou to the third Ji Li, as the two elder brothers, Taibo and Zhongyong took the initiative to avoid it, moved to Jiangdong, and founded the country Gouwu.
This behavior was later greatly praised by Confucius, calling it the most virtuous, and the three are called the world's concessions, and the people have nothing to gain.
However, it is also controversial whether the avoidance is active or helpless, because the two deliberately made themselves like local natives, tattooed with patterns on their bodies, cut their hair, and said that they could not inherit the throne, so that Ji Li could rest assured.
Of course, the real mind is only known by the parties concerned, not to mention the virtue or whitewashing, at least in this life, Taibo and Zhongyong can't sit still.
What is the most important thing for them to open up the south of the Yangtze River and establish the state of Wu?
Slave!
Civilians would not be willing to do such drudgery work as clearing the wasteland, only slaves, and it would not be a pity to die.
Similarly, the original commoners of Wu were actually surviving slaves, freed from slavery and freed.
But now, the slaves of Xiqi have been transferred to the military register, who is willing to go to the wasteland?
These two are already miserable enough, and now they are even worse, they will appear in Chaoge, and invite Su Hu for the first time, which is to sympathize with each other.
Sure enough, after Su Hu sat down, the three of them talked happily and lashed out, and after a while, the spectators around them also came around.
Su Hu found that although there were two factions of differences in the debate, the vast majority of those gathered here were opponents who had great disgust for the reform and suffered losses in their interests.
Su Hu was originally afraid of the spark and had already set the prairie on fire, but now he settled down.
It seems that most people are still sensible.
In fact, the reason is very simple, not everyone can come in Fengyatai, if you don't have a certain amount of wealth, you will be directly excluded, and those who can come in are either rich or expensive, and they are basically slave owners.
The slave owners were divided into two groups, one group was the wealthy commoners, most of whom made their fortunes in business, and the slaves were passed down from generation to generation, that is, the prototype of the wealthy families of later generations, and the other group was the small princes.
As for those who agree to the reform, they are either great princes, strong military strength, and reputation, or they are kind-hearted and can't bear to see themselves as human beings, and slaves are not as good as pigs and dogs.
For the small princes, they don't need to be strong, and if they are strong, can they rebel?
For slave owners, kindness is something, they only know that the slave that should belong to them has been taken away by unreasonable, and they want revenge.
"Revenge!"
This word appeared frequently, which moved Su Hu.
It came out of the famous debate, which was originally a summary of slavery by the reformers who supported the reform.
These debaters believe that the oppression is too heavy, and that one day, the slaves will rebel and take revenge, and it is better to take the initiative to solve the problem and give the slaves an equal chance than to break out in the future.
The backbone of this concept is Shen Gongbao.
And most of the celebrities were diehards who opposed the change.
This group of people also has revenge in their mouths, but it is the slave owners and petty princes whose interests have been violated, and the revenge of the reformers, when the world is turbulent and wars are frequent, and the defeated side will inevitably be reduced to slaves, and the slaves will not decrease but increase, not only can not solve the problem, but also in turn exacerbate the harm.
The two sides come and go, originally each with its own reason, but since Shen Gongbao came, he argued with his own strength, and always keenly perceived the weak points in the other party's words, or found another way, created a trap, and refuted the opponent speechlessly.
Whether it is on or off the stage, everyone hates it so much, but this is a place of cultural fighting, His Majesty pays attention to it, they don't dare to make a mistake, otherwise they will inevitably pull Shen Gongbao down and beat him violently.
Su Hu was a bystander, and felt that the victory or defeat on the Fengya stage was actually harmless, it was just a matter of words, and the key was still offstage.
This group of slave owners and petty princes were not absolutely at the top, but they were all powerful ruling classes, so why not form an alliance since they shared the same hatred?
These slave owners have resources in their hands, they want food and food, they want money and money, once they get their support, the revenge of the battle of Jizhou must let the four princes return teeth and blood for blood!
Avengers!
"Are you full?"
Just as Su Hu was thinking about raising his arms and forming an alliance, a dashing voice sounded on the stage, but it was Shen Gongbao who put down the wine bottle and looked at many celebrities.
There was silence on the stage, and everyone's faces were a little unsightly, and they looked back at the past with eager eyes in humiliation and unwillingness.
Shen Gongbao appreciates this gaze.
He was born in the demon clan, although he entered the Yuxu Palace by chance, but he was given a cold reception among the disciples of the red Miaozheng, and he has been cultivating for thousands of years, and he is still ranked under Jiang Ziya, who has been cultivating for forty years and has shallow Taoism, and called his senior brother.
Shen Gongbao was resentful in his heart, traveled around, became friends with some foreign teachers and Taoist friends, got along well, came to Chaoge a few years ago, saw the famous debate, felt very interesting, and also joined in it, and won unprecedented prestige.
On the one hand, this sense of accomplishment made his self-esteem, which had been suppressed for a long time, flourish, on the other hand, he also heard about the gods, and knew that the world was afraid of great changes, and he thought about entering the world to practice, maybe he would be appreciated by the emperor like Wen Zhong, seek a high position in Dashang, and cultivate with the help of the torrent of humanity.
Although he has not yet been summoned by the emperor, Shen Gongbao firmly believes that he has entered the eyes of His Majesty, as long as he continues to perform, he will have gains, and these literati and celebrities on the stage are all his stepping stones.
Just as he was about to go to the next city, a melodious bell suddenly sounded in his ears.
Knock! Knock!
Shen Gongbao's face changed drastically, and he didn't care about anything else, so he immediately floated off the Fengya platform, turned into a streamer, and headed for Kunlun Mountain.
Ring the bell of the Jade Void Palace and gather all the disciples!