Gan Xian was also born in a poor family, and his ancestors once served as a secretary during the period of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he was a member of the Cao Wei and Jin dynasties.

Well, the poor people mentioned here are not ordinary people, but small landlords and powerful classes, and they are poor compared to the scholars.

It was not until the Song Dynasty family withdrew from the historical stage that the imperial examination was popularized, and the Hanmen became a synonym for scholars from poor people.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty established that his father was unwilling to be excluded from the same stream as the Wang family, and finally found an excuse to degrade him to Jin'an County.

When his father died of illness, the family road was completely lost, and in his life, he didn't even have the qualifications to become a celebrity, so he could only be a small official.

Wen Yi is not surprised at all by his origin.

The person who has the opportunity to learn "Han Feizi" may just be an ordinary person, but those who are proficient in the laws of the Qin, Han, and Jin dynasties must be from the family school.

However, Wen Yi did not easily agree to keep him, although he needs talents very much, but it also depends on what kind of talents he is.

If Gan Xian's words of 'foolishness' just now were from the bottom of his heart, he would not use this person even if he had great talent, or he would not reuse it.

So he asked, "You seem to have a different opinion about drama just now?" ”

Gan Xian knew that his assessment was coming, and replied with a twelve-point spirit: "Drama is a very good thing, and I liked it very much at first sight, but I thought the content was still up for discussion." ”

"Han Feiziyun: The wisdom of the people is not available, and the heart of a baby is also. If the husband and baby do not remove the head, the abdominal pain will be affected, and if the acne is not removed, it will be beneficial. ”

"Pick out the head, pick up the acne, one person will hold it, the mother will cure it, but it will not stop, and the baby does not know how to make his small suffering and cause his great benefit."

"The people are like babies, not knowing that suffering must be experienced, and that the suffering they have suffered in exchange for the greater good of the country."

"The state must force them to accept these pains, just as parents are as ruthless as they are to dig out the sores on their children......"

"We can tell them patience through drama...... However, Dou E's injustice in turn aroused the anger of the people, and aroused the people's dissatisfaction with the court and the yamen, which will cause great disasters in the long run. ”

Wen Yi shook his head when he heard it, not to mention whether his understanding of Han Feizi was correct or not, there was a big problem with these few words.

But he also knew that this was the default rule of the ancient dynasty, and the foolish people could be tamed.

"Why do we have to sacrifice the people and hurt the people to make the country strong? Can't the people be rich and the country strong? ”

Gan Xian said: "What Wen Langjun said is the policy of Guan Zi to strengthen the country and enrich the people, but the Qi State, which implemented the strengthening of the country and the enrichment of the people, was destroyed by the Qin State, which advocated that the country was strong and the people were weak. ”

Wen Yi didn't know the difference between the Qi faction and the Qin and Jin factions, but he knew that the so-called 'strong country and rich people' in ancient times were not rich by the people.

"There is nothing wrong with the pipe of strengthening the country and enriching the people, the mistake lies in using the wrong method. It is not the people who have become rich in the Qi country, but the scholars and elites, and the people at the bottom still have no place to stand. ”

"The wealth of the Qi State continued to gather in the scholarly class, and the scholars did not have to pay taxes and serve in the levy, and the state could not get a penny from them."

"The state can only collect taxes from the people at the bottom, but the people at the bottom are already poor and can't even eat, where can they get the money to pay taxes?"

"The country of Qi fell into a vicious circle, the state asked the poor to collect taxes, and the poor could not afford to pay taxes and could only sell themselves to scholars, and scholars became richer and richer without having to pay taxes......"

"Not only is this the case with the Qi country, but the strong man also died because of it...... So it's right to make the country strong and the people rich, but what is wrong is that he didn't think of how to solve the situation where wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few. ”

Gan Xian didn't think so, but the more he listened, the more shocked he became. This was the first time he had heard of such an argument, but the more he pondered it, the more he felt that it made sense.

In the past, when everyone mentioned the fall of the Han Dynasty, they would say that the emperor was mediocre and traitorous, and what ten permanent servants were heinous and so on.

No one ever said that it was because the wealth was concentrated in the hands of the bureaucracy, who did not have to pay taxes, that the people could not survive and rebelled.

If this is spread out, it will really pierce the heavens, and it will arouse criticism from the entire gentry and bureaucratic class.

He was tempted to say that such an argument was ridiculous, but his inner integrity prevented him from saying such a thing with a clear conscience.

Part of it was out of hatred for the scholars, which made him want to believe that it was true.

And for some reason, he really wanted to continue listening and hear what he had to do about it.

After struggling in his heart for a long time, he finally couldn't help but ask: "I don't know if Wen Langjun has a solution?" ”

Wen Yi laughed, and instead of accusing him of being ridiculous, he asked such a question, indicating that Gan Xian could still be transformed.

"Abolish the poll tax, apportionment into the mu, and the officials and gentry pay grain as one errand."

"Hiss......" Gan Xian gasped, only to feel a tingling scalp: "If you do this, I'm afraid the world will be in chaos." ”

Wen Yi also knew that the power of the scholars in this era was unprecedentedly strong, and they engaged in the stalling of the mu and the gentry to pay for the grain, and changed the dynasty in seconds.

But......

"This is Lingnan, the imperial court and the scholars are weak, do you think anyone can resist?"

"But if it is introduced to the north and known to the scholars......"

"The Central Plains is occupied by foreign races, and the imperial court is too busy to take care of itself, and everything that happens in Lingnan is just a disease of ringworm for them, as long as I don't raise troops to rebel, they will not mobilize the people to come and crusade."

Gan Xian smiled bitterly: "It seems that you have already planned all this. ”

Wen Yi bowed his head and said, "So to speak. ”

Gan Xian no longer dared to underestimate Wen Yi, and said with an attitude of seeking advice: "But Dou E's injustice will still arouse public anger and is not conducive to the imperial court and the yamen governing the world, how to solve this matter?" ”

Wen Yi didn't answer directly, but asked, "What is Han Feizi's origin?"

Gan Xian was puzzled as to what this had to do with his question, but he still replied, "Prince Han." ”

"Yes, he is the high-ranking Prince Han, and the position he stands on is also that of the emperor and general...... The first thing he considered was how to strengthen the country, and the people were just tools......"

"Shang Ying is also from an aristocratic background, and his position is also on the side of scholars, so he will put forward the idea of strengthening the country and weakening the people."

"And Guan Zi was born in the market and has lived at the bottom since he was a child, he knows the joys, sorrows and sorrows of the people at the bottom, and is willing to consider problems from the standpoint of the people at the bottom when governing the country."

"So he put forward the idea of strengthening the country and enriching the people, not only to make the country strong, but also to make the people's lives better."

Gan Xian was surprised again, it was the first time he had interpreted their knowledge from the origin of the sages, but it sounded so reasonable.

Wen Yi continued: "Not only the sages of the Legalist family, but also the sons of the hundred schools. ”

"Lao Tzu was born in a small aristocracy and did not have much real power, so he was in charge of the library for the Zhou royal family...... Therefore, he is very knowledgeable and advocates the rule of inaction......"

"Confucius was born into the scholarly class, so he advocated the revival of the Zhou rites...... Mozi was born in the craftsman class, so he loves non-attacking ......"

"This is true of the Zongheng family, the peasant family, the Yin-Yang family, and the novelist, whose origins determine the direction of their thoughts."

Speaking of which, he asked, "What are the origins of you and me?" ”