"Officials?" Di Xin was a little stunned, as if he didn't understand.

When Chu He saw Di Xin's appearance, he had no choice but to break it and explain it to him first.

"Once upon a time, you had actually unintentionally done something akin to the emancipation of slaves. Wen Zhong led a large army to conquer Beihai and did not return, and the remaining Shang Dynasty army was deployed to Dongyi to conquer by you. As a result, the emptiness of the domestic army, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, Ji Chang and his son dare to oppose you, precisely because they know the internal emptiness of Shang. It is impossible for the big men who pushed him behind him to appear in person and promise them victory. ”

"When the army in the country was empty, you were in a hurry and granted freedom to the slaves, and because the nobles and officials in the court had a deep contradiction with you, you appointed some slaves as officials, trying to motivate those slaves to use their lives for you. Unexpectedly, this was a stupid move, which not only made the internal contradictions quickly intensify, but also led to the betrayal of a large number of nobles. Those slaves who were recruited into the army were not at all in the climate, and at the slightest agitation, they surrendered to Da Zhou in large numbers, and were willing to continue to be slaves without the slightest right and freedom. ”

Chu He only analyzed Di Xin's past, and there was still no question to explain why he wanted to purge the officials first.

But then, Chu He began to cut to the chase.

"There is a big difference between doing the same thing subjectively or happening to do it in a panic. is also to liberate slaves, if you have a very obvious selfish intention, let the world know, you want to use the life of a slave to save the country and society that is about to collapse. Even if you are a slave, you will not be fooled by the pie you draw. Ants are still greedy for life, let alone people?"

"Therefore, to liberate the slaves, it is not that you want to liberate them, but that there is a large, new force, an urgent need and a hope, for the slaves to be liberated. What you need is a political alliance, and the fundamental purpose of purging the rule of officials is to facilitate your search for 'allies' in the court. It is not for the purpose of changing the law, let alone for severe torture, in fact, this time the purge of officials and the rule of officials, in the name of purging, but in the practice of cultivating political allies, there is only praise, but no punishment. ”

Chu He's brain was spinning extremely fast, and sometimes after three or two sentences, it seemed to depart from the original theme and go around to something new.

Di Xin faintly felt that there was a connection between them, but he couldn't grasp the context, he was a little anxious, but he couldn't urge Chu He, so he could only continue to wait for Chu He's explanation.

"In the 500 years since the founding of the Shang Dynasty, there have been countless nobles and princes who support the Shang Dynasty and are still decent, but there are also many nobles who have gradually declined, lost a large number of fiefs and even titles, and can only barely make ends meet. If, at this time, you dig up these people in the name of purging the rulers, and then reward them with iron farming tools, advanced farming techniques, and even some simple tools of light industry. Then when they develop to a certain extent, they will definitely oppose those originally powerful nobles and princes. ”

"The so-called emperor is, in the final analysis, the one who holds the balance. And the problem with the Shang Dynasty now is that the Shang · After five hundred years of development, it has become too powerful. It began to terrify and scare the princes, and the centralization of power also excessively deprived the nobles of their allegiance to the merchants, and made them lose their authority. And you are also under the surface of the power, gradually losing your balance, so that you and your country are directly exposed to the center of the contradiction. Without a barrier, it has reached the point where it is necessary to fight to the death with the enemy. ”

Chu He's analysis can already be called meticulous.

Of course, he is only talking about politics, social phenomena, how to govern the country, alleviate the contradictions between the emperor and the princes, and create buffers and balance opportunities. Without mentioning the real biggest threat... Exposition and... Interception.

Because for these two sects, Chu He still knows too little information.

In later generations, there was basically no exposition and interception, all of which were incorporated into Taoism, and in general, the Sanqing Tianzun was also sitting side by side, and it was difficult to find any reference information.

The only thing that can be done is only one "Romance of the Gods".

Chu He's words made Di Xin fall into deep contemplation.

Countless times, Di Xin himself has thought about why the powerful Shang will be in his hands and disappear in an instant.

Brutal and extravagant?

Later generations may have this misunderstanding, but Di Xin himself knows that some of his actions may be a little more intense. But it's still there... within the normal range.

This is the atmosphere of this era and... Culture.

After all, wise benevolent saints are scarce, and most rulers rule the people with fear. With cruel punishments, people feel feared and do not dare to resist.

This is no different from robbers who like to tie their betrayers to wooden poles or cliff tops to dry to intimidate.

"The distribution of iron agricultural implements and simple light industrial machinery was intended to speed up the course of history, so that a part of the interest class needed more free and autonomous labor to meet their needs, and at the same time there were enough people to buy the food and goods they produced. And I hold on to the manufacture of iron and industrial machines, that is, the right to speak, to ensure my control over this new class of interests, and not to let them become wild horses on the loose. ”

"But I still don't understand, what is the inevitable relationship between this and slaves? Aren't these people liberating slaves to satisfy their own interests and needs? What is the difference between them and me?" Di Xin still had many questions in his heart, but he inexplicably calmed down.

Perhaps it was Chu He's calm and orderly analysis, as well as a complete and comprehensive strategy, that gave him confidence in his heart.

"What do you think freedom is? That's a relative proposition. For the high immortals, as well as those cultivators, freedom is unrestrained eternity, and for their own 'freedom', they can be mentally prepared to disappear and have no bones. A battle for freedom, this is the fundamental origin of the battle for the gods. And for slaves, having their own life is freedom. ”

"Once upon a time, everything you promised was too ethereal, so that they couldn't see or touch it, and they naturally didn't want to use their lives for you. But when productivity changes, they can have more food, have their own families, and have their own jobs that they can get paid for. Then in order to protect all this, they can also give everything, including their souls. There was an inexplicable tension in Chu He's tone, which made Di Xin excited when he heard it.

But Chu He turned around one after another, and his cold gaze swept over Di Xin's body, making him stiff and inexplicably chilled.

"You have to remember that you are the king, the core of a nation, not a mad bull. You should not rush to the center of a sharp contradiction as a target for some people. It's a referee standing outside the gladiatorial arena, you have the final say on the outcome of the game, and if you get off the field, you lose!"