Great Wei Nengchen

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Concerning the good and evil of human nature, hundreds of scholars have started a debate. Among them, Confucianism, Mohism, and Yin-Yang School all support the theory that human nature is inherently good, while Legalists, famous scholars, and political strategists oppose it, believing that human nature is inherently evil!

Buddhism is unique. It believes that people should give up academic beliefs, support religious beliefs, and save the world with boundless Dharma. Taoism supports this, but believes that the local Taishang Laojun is far more effective than the Western Buddha.

The children of each family took turns to participate in the field, and had a heated debate. Some were eloquent and eloquent, and some were sharp and clever... Fortunately, Zhengming Academy accommodates hundreds of schools. Although the debate was fierce, they maintained mutual respect.

Cui Jun, Shi Tao, and Meng Jian are all people full of knowledge. At first, they still held the attitude of watching, but then they were really itchy, and they also appeared on the stage to participate in the debate, and won rounds of applause!

People who are really scholars are most taboo to study alone without friends. This kind of scene where hundreds of schools gather and thousands of people debate is simply too suitable for their appetite. Listening to the students around me said that there are tens of thousands of debates in Zhengming Academy, it is really exciting People look forward to it!

Xiao Yi was also listening carefully. In fact, the good and evil of human nature are just appearances. What the students are really arguing about is the rule of law, the rule of virtue, the rule of God, and the future direction of the Chinese nation...

A unified country must have the idea of ​​great unification. With the disintegration of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the original idea of ​​"removing a hundred schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" has also been greatly impacted. Sooner or later, the country will be unified, and with the establishment of a new dynasty, There must be a new idea rising!

Today's debate meeting is nothing more than a small test. Sooner or later, the hundred schools of thought will fight barebacked. Whoever can beat the rest of the schools will become the Chinese culture of the new dynasty, and then grow stronger and become the top of the hundred schools of thought!

Buddhism and Taoism were firstly rejected. Although Xiao Yi was a Taoist disciple, he never wanted to establish a country of '', because the divine power was too strong, which would not only threaten imperial power, but also suppress scientific progress!

I don't see how many great scientists in Europe in later generations were persecuted by theocracy, and there were many people who were burned alive. There is also the "Curry Country" in later generations, where the whole people are immersed in mythology. The monkey god kneels down to worship, and there is really no one left!

"I would like to report to Chief Sima, someone took advantage of the army's banquet and neglected to take precautions to steal a few war horses, but luckily they were all captured..."

"The army has just returned triumphantly, so it dares to neglect its duties. The patrol captain beats one hundred batons, and the rest of the soldiers hit fifty. If there is any omission, it will be punished without mercy. Bring the criminals and stolen goods!"

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He was fascinated by this, and the soldiers came to report to Xiao Yi that there were thieves who stole the horses in the camp. In the past, when marching and fighting, they often lost their horses, either because of the enemy cavalry, or bandits!

Because of the troubled times, war horses are a scarce resource, and the war horses in Xiao Yi's camp are all good horses that are good at galloping, and a random one can be sold for hundreds of thousands of dollars, so there are many desperadoes who come here to die Rich!

This time it was completely different. The thieves stole the war horses, not for money, but... roasted and eaten. Xiao Yi was surprised, but also thought it was very interesting, and it was related to this debate. Flog a hundred students!

"The Chief Sima has an order, and those who steal the horse will be criminals!"

"The Chief Sima has an order, and those who steal the horse will be criminals!"

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After a while, the 'stolen goods' were brought up first. The three fat and strong war horses were dismantled and half-baked, with tooth marks all over them, as if they had been bitten by a group of wild animals. , but people with a discerning eye can see that those are clearly human tooth marks.

The criminals were also brought up, not vicious robbers, but hundreds of ragged, yellow and emaciated civilians, including gray-haired old men and women with children in their arms. Knives and guns turned a blind eye!

It is known without interrogation that these people pretended to be brave enough to steal a few war horses under the conditions of hunger and cold. They did not exchange them for money, but slaughtered them and roasted them for food. They were discovered by patrolling soldiers, and a man came and took the stolen goods.

According to the law in the army, those who steal horses die, these people should all be beheaded, but the people are hungry and cold, so they take risks, if they kill people for horses, it is really unbearable!

But release these people, what is the majesty of military law, and how to deal with someone who steals war horses in the future, the embankment of a thousand miles collapses in an ant's nest, and the majesty of the law is trampled once, and it can no longer restrain people.

The people arguing endlessly are all speechless. This thorny case cannot be properly resolved regardless of the legal system, the human system, or the rule of virtue. Is it really a dilemma?

"Swoosh!--crack!--crack!"

The world eats the most food, Xiao Yi waved his hand lightly, and the surrounding soldiers dispersed, and the hungry people rushed to the roasted horse meat in an instant, fighting each other, gobbling it up, eating it like a ferocious beast, but the people who watched felt chills in their hearts!

The Chinese people are the most industrious and the most patient. As long as they have a bite to eat, they will not resist, but they are really desperate. The anger of the people is enough to burn everything in the world. The mighty Great Qin Empire, Wasn't it overthrown by the hungry people, and the big man almost followed in his footsteps!

"The country is based on the people, and the people depend on food. It is the fault of our superiors for letting the common people suffer from hunger and cold!"

After sighing a little, Xiao Yi waved his hand again, and the soldiers brought up the altar of fine wine and distributed it to the hungry people, even the children drank a few sips!

These people are so hungry that they eat a lot of horse meat suddenly, which can easily burst their stomachs. Drinking strong alcohol can help digestion and relieve the pressure on the stomach. It also has a neutralizing effect on the cold horse meat.

After eating and drinking, the hungry people sat still, and some even closed their eyes. Obviously, they regarded this meal of wine and meat as the last "beheaded meal". Is it better than being a starving ghost?

"Tell me about your backgrounds and why you became thieves. As long as the circumstances are justifiable, I can give you a favor outside the law!"

"Let the common people suffer from cold and starvation. The local officials cannot absolve themselves of the responsibility. Officials from Yang'an, Yangcheng, and Fubei counties were summoned, and their household registrations, money and food records were all inspected!"

Xiao Yi waved again, and the soldiers brought hundreds of sheepskins and distributed them to the hungry people one by one. Although the style is not very good-looking, it can keep out the wind and cold!

The granary knows the etiquette, the food and clothing knows the honor and disgrace, the hungry people eat and drink enough, and after they are covered with fur, they finally have some vitality and see the hope of living, and then climb out a few old people, crying about their Miserable...

"We are all farmers in Yang'an County. We live by farming and raising silkworms. We have never dared to do evil, but the continuous fighting in the south has taken away all the young and strong in the village, leaving only some old and weak women and children!

The lack of male labor in the family makes life very difficult. There was a severe drought this summer, and there was no rain for five months. All the crops in the field died of drought, and the mulberry trees were also dead. It was impossible to raise silkworms and spin silk!

However, the government continued to recruit soldiers, grain, and taxes, and forcibly took away the teenage children in the village to serve hard labor. They also robbed them of rations and seeds. Can rely on bark, wild vegetables, grass roots to make a living!

Now the weather is cold, wild vegetables can't be dug up, half of the people in the village starve to death, and the rest can only be reduced to thieves in order to survive. "

The hungry people told their experiences and howled, and the generals, counselors, and students around them all shed tears of sympathy. They knew that after a great war, the people would suffer unspeakably, and they did not expect to suffer so much!

"Wars, natural disasters, man-made disasters...if we don't rectify them properly and let the common people recuperate, I'm afraid the sky will be full of yellow sand!"

Xiao Yi had his own account in mind, because of years of wars and the severe damage to the vitality of the Han family, the population of the Central Plains was less than 1000 million, and there were more women than men, and there were only more than 400 million men, less than half of which were young and middle-aged men, and the rest were old, weak and sick Disabled!

Cao's army went south in a big way before, dispatching 40 soldiers and millions of civilians, plus troops stationed in other places. It can be said that all the young and strong men in the Central Plains have gone to the battlefield.

The Chinese nation is the most industrious. Even if there are only a few old and weak women and children left, they will cultivate the land, raise silkworms and spin silk, and live hard. However, the country not only recruits men, but also continuously collects food!

Cao Ying's 40 soldiers, millions of civilian husbands, and millions of mules and horses consume countless things every day, eating up all the imperial treasury, and the huge logistical pressure falls on the old and weak women and children. Two additional burdens: one is layer upon layer of deduction, and the other is travel consumption!

As the saying goes: No business, no fraud, no official, no corruption, geese pluck their feathers, beasts leave their skins, even if they encounter an iron rooster, an official can scrape off a layer of rust.

For example, the imperial court wanted 15 hu of grain, and when the order reached the prefectural level, the number became 20 hu (the extra was the official benefit fee), and when it reached the county guard level, the figure became [-] hu, (the reason is the same as above. ), county magistrate, township covenant, pavilion chief, Lizheng...

Layers of buckles and layers of increase, when it reaches the common people, the number will be multiplied several times, even ten times. How many grains of rice?How many grains?

One hundred thousand dendrobiums of grain are sent to the front line, separated by thousands of miles, and more than half of them will be eaten by the peasants, plus the sunken ships, overturned cars, and burned by the enemy... Finally, it will be sent to the soldiers. Ten thousand loads is not bad up.

There is a gap of hundreds of times before and after. Even though the Caoying Group’s family has a big business, the treasury has been exhausted. The people either died of cold and hunger, or took risks.

The civil uprising is like a turbulent wave, sweeping across the land of the Central Plains. If it is not resolved quickly and properly, the big ship of the Caoying Group may even be in danger of sinking!

Chapter 1356 Recruiting Talents, Growing Wings ([-])

"Officials pay homage to the great Sima -- riches and honors, princes and lords forever!"

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The county magistrates, magistrates, masters, court officials, and recording offices of Yang'an, Yangcheng, and Fubei... Dozens of people came to the camp, and they all prostrated themselves on the ground to salute, like chickens seeing an eagle. .

After the army entered Runan County, the food, dried meat, and fine wine needed were supplied by these three counties. The officials also did their best, for fear of offending the military men and causing death.

Especially the big Sima, who is moody and murderous, suddenly summoned the officials of the three counties today.

"During the southern expedition of the army, Yang'an County supplied 250 hu of grain, 380 strong men, [-] horses, mules, and cattle, [-] catties of dried meat, and [-] carts of dried vegetables..."