Chapter 56: Seeds
After Jiang Cheng learned about the situation on the mountain, he immediately took off his cotton clothes, and then joined the team to repair the shack.
This made those orphans very shocked, they couldn't have imagined that Jiang Cheng would work with them, because Zhou Fu'an rarely did it before.
Jiang Cheng didn't care so much, he buried himself in work, with his joining, the shack was quickly repaired, and then Jiang Cheng went into the mountain with an axe, cut down a few big trees and dragged them back, the strong body made those people extremely envious, and the mentality of advocating the strong was everywhere.
Then Jiang Cheng asked everyone to sweep away the snow outside the shack, look down at the big trees, light a bonfire, and skewer the meat they bought, roast it on the bonfire, and Zhou Fu'an also asked people to wash rice and cook.
"Sit down, make a fire, it's hot"
"Yes, benefactor"
"Call me son in the future, don't call me a benefactor, do you hear it?"
"Yes, Childe"
Several people replied sparsely, their eyes all staring at the meat skewers in Jiang Cheng's hands, secretly swallowing saliva.
"What's your name?"
"My name is Cheng Qingsong"
"A good name, have you read a book?"
"Studied for two years"
"How did you end up in Yongdu City?"
"I am from Gangwon County, last year there was a big flood in Gangwon County, my father and mother died, and the family's fields were occupied by the landlord in the village, my brother took me to Yongdu to make a living, my brother joined a gang, but he was soon beaten to death, they didn't want me, so they drove me away"
"How do you live in Yongdu, where do you sleep, what do you eat?"
"Sleeping on the road, sometimes it's someone else's pigsty, begging for food, stealing if you can't get it"
Jiang Cheng pointed to one of the older boys and asked, and he replied honestly, Jiang Cheng threw a grilled meat skewer to him.
Then Jiang Cheng ordered more than a dozen people one after another, their experiences are all similar, basically they are people from the surrounding towns of Yongdu City, for various reasons, their families are ruined, among which there are many natural disasters, especially the flood in June, which broke the river embankment in Jiangyuan County, and then fell to Yongdu City.
Their main business is begging, and if they can't get it, they steal and rob it, and there are even people from the beggar gang who organize them, Zhou Fu'an also destroyed a branch of the beggar gang to save them, every time he asks someone, Jiang Cheng will give them the meat skewers in his hands, and soon, there is only one meat skewer.
"Cheng Qingsong"
"Childe, I'm here"
"Have you ever wondered why you're like this?"
"No, maybe my family is too unlucky."
"No, it's not your family that is unlucky, it's someone who harms your family"
"Ah, who harmed us"
"It's the imperial court and your village landlord, your family was originally a good citizen, and your parents worked hard and paid a lot of taxes, right?"
"Yes, my father often said that those dogs who urge taxes are very hateful, and they are urging all year round, and they can't pay them all."
"Then do you know that your family has paid taxes, and the court has the responsibility to protect your family, and the river embankment is going to be built and raised, and it is their dereliction of duty that they fail to do it, and your family is washed away by the flood, and the court is also going to provide relief to your family, and it wants to give you food and clothes, so that you can tide over the difficulties, the landlord bullies you, and the court should also be the master of your family, and take back your family's land, but the court did not do it, so the court harmed you"
"I..."
Cheng Qingsong listened to Jiang Cheng's words, his whole body was shocked, and his face became confused, it turned out that the imperial court could still do so many things, build river embankments, relieve the victims, and make decisions for the people, but why, they didn't do it.
"Little salted fish, your family was ruined by robbers, do you know, this is also the result of the imperial court"
"Ah, Childe, but everyone in the village said that it was my family who didn't pay food to the bandits, so my father and mother were killed."
"Why do you want to pay food to the bandits, your family has already paid food to the court, and the court has the responsibility to protect you, it is the court that has not taken responsibility for receiving the grain, so it is all the fault of the court"
"You people are the same, I will tell you today, what is the imperial court, how did the imperial court come about, a long, long time ago, there was no imperial court, no taxes, no labor, everyone farmed by themselves, fished, hunted.
But you can't do it yourself, it's raining heavily, the water is very strong, it will wash away our houses, fields, and we have to build river embankments and canals, but the family doesn't have so much money, so what should we do, then everyone takes out a part of the harvested grain, gives it to talented people, and asks them to organize everyone to build river embankments, this is the prototype of the imperial court.
Later, some people thought that farming was tiring and did not want to farm, but there was no food to eat, so they went to grab other people's food to eat, and the farmer could not beat him, so he paid a little more money to those who were talented, and asked him to organize strong people to protect everyone.
Later, everyone had more food, but they had no clothes to wear, and the villages twenty miles away would make clothes, but their food was not enough to eat, so some people wanted to exchange food for clothes, but they were all mountains, what should I do, then open the way·····"
Jiang Cheng used a very simple, even story-like method to tell these people the truth about the rule, the ruled through the transition of a part of the resources and power to the ruler, and the ruler must also be responsible for the ruled, this is the original source of power.
Dozens of teenagers and girls listened to it ignorantly, but some of them understood, such as Cheng Qingsong, who had studied for two years and was not young, Jiang Cheng's words shocked him extremely much.
And what was even more shocking was Zhou Fu'an, Jiang Cheng's theory was something he had never heard, he never knew that the imperial court came like this, the imperial court collected taxes, and had to do so many things.
But compared to this, what he is more afraid of is Jiang Cheng's purpose, from the first sentence, he has been accusing the court, in the long run, it can be imagined how resentful these dozens of teenagers and girls are to the court, these people will inevitably hate the court to the core, when Jiang Cheng raises his arms, no, there is no need to raise his arms at all, these people will spontaneously rise up and overthrow the court.
"It's terrible, this brainwashing method is terrible"
Zhou Fu'an shouted wildly in his heart, what frightened him was not these dozens of people, but Jiang Cheng's theory, this theory can be accepted by many people, once they accept this theory, they will erupt in dissatisfaction with the Great Wei court, when the resentment accumulates, what will they do to say?
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For three days in a row, Jiang Cheng was teaching these people, which was different from what Chen Chengyuan said, Chen Chengyuan had his own ideas, so Jiang Cheng was telling him something from a lofty position, pure theory.
And what these people said was that they were much more down-to-earth, and the most important thing was that Jiang Cheng planted the seeds of suspicion and hatred, and the sins they suffered were all caused by the imperial court, and the ideal imperial court should not be like this.
"Gongzi Jiang, if it were someone from my Great Wei Imperial Court, I would kill you at all costs."
is leaving, Zhou Fu'an sent Jiang Cheng, Zhou Fu'an said, now he is very afraid of Jiang Cheng, if Jiang Cheng appeared decades earlier, would Daxuan also be overthrown by Jiang Cheng.
Because there is no difference between Da Xuan and Da Wei in essence, there are many beggars and refugees in Yongdu City of Da Wei, and Da Xuan is gone, and there are the same, Da Wei has oppressed poor, and Da Xuan also has it.
"Old Zhou, am I not right?"
"Yes, I can't refute it, but this will make those adults even more afraid, they practice martial arts, study and then become officials, for what, for glory and wealth, if they do the kind of court you said, they will be servants of the people, not high-ranking lords"
"Officials are servants of the people, and the power and position of officials, and their salaries, are all given by the people, and they do not plant a grain of grain, they do not weave a piece of cloth, and they receive offerings from the people, so they have to be the masters of the people and work for the welfare of the people, otherwise the people have the right to overthrow them and replace them with someone who is willing to do so."
Jiang Cheng said solemnly, he wasn't joking, he was serious, he wasn't a nine-leaky fish.
"Jiang Gongzi, I don't believe that there is such a court, even if a few people can have this kind of thought, but there are tens of thousands of officials in the world, can you guarantee that everyone is like this?"
"No, but we can use other ways to get them to do it, such as effective supervision, whoever doesn't do it well, you can replace it"
"What if everybody can't do it?"
"That is, there is something wrong with our propaganda and education, and we should reflect on it"
"Such a court should be in a dream."
Zhou Fu'an shook his head, he couldn't imagine that there would be such a court in the world, no, he didn't dare to dream like this.
"Just send it here, three days of classes is far from enough, and you continue to teach them in the next period"
"Say what"
"There are some words in this booklet, you can tell them slowly, don't finish it all at once, and then you can tell them more about the outside world, or the world of the poor, you should know this very well."
"It's okay"
"The last trick, let them complain, one person a day, let them stand in the middle, tell them about their previous days, you know how miserable their days were, and then you comfort them, the point is to blame the source of this hardship on the court, originally, that is, their responsibility"
"I know, it only takes a few months for them to become extremely resentful of Great Wei, right?"
"Almost"
"Chen Chengyuan is really good to follow you, you are the real natural rebel, your theory, as long as it spreads for a few years, the world of Great Wei will be in chaos"
"Isn't it chaotic enough now, Jiangyuan County is just outside Yongdu City, less than a hundred miles, but last year, there were tens of thousands of homeless refugees, what is the use of this kind of imperial court?"
Jiang Cheng sneered, he hasn't counted the problem of Xianmen yet, he is not an opponent now, so take your time in the future, and there is a time for liquidation.