I will not be king in the Spring and Autumn Period

Chapter 4 Alarming Prince Ye

The students present were all very dissatisfied with Li Ran's words without exception. In their view, Li Ran's behavior was a typical grandstanding and fame.You say you are right, I say I am right, but he just says you are all wrong.

Overturning a boat of people with one pole will definitely not win the favor and approval of others.

What's more, among the people present, there were quite a few people who disdained Li Ran's origin, and naturally they were particularly disgusted with Li Ran's argument.

"Sir, what you said is wrong! Since King Wu divided the world, the emperor established the country, the feudal lords set up their families, the ministers set up concubines, the great officials had their own sects, and the scholars had their sons and daughters. These are all the proper rites of the Zhou Dynasty."

"Exactly! Even if the monarchy is arbitrary, the code of ethics cannot be avoided. Today's debate is only between the public office and the enfeoffment. It is too much for Zhou etiquette to remove the two!"

"Yes, yes! Such remarks are really rebellious!"

The students stood up one after another, arguing with reason, so that the venue was extremely chaotic for a while.

Obviously, many students did not understand Li Ran's point of view.This is no wonder, after all, whether it is monarchy or enfeoffment, it is a matter of the attribution of rights and responsibilities.In the eyes of the people at that time, whether a country can prosper or not depends on who has the power in the end?
But in today's era, whether it is enfeoffment or monarchy, the shadow of Zhou Li is indispensable.

Li Ran's words just now refuted both enfeoffment and monarchy. If neither is desirable, then what is the ritual of Zhou?
But at this moment, Shusun Bao looked unusually calm.I just feel that since Li Ran said that, he must have kept his hands back.So he unfolded his sleeves and waved his hands to signal the students present to be quiet.

You must know that Li Ran, as the history guard of Luoyi, is the guardian and inheritor of Zhou rites.Among the many students present, which one understands Zhou Li better than Li Ran?

"Hehe, you really only know one thing and not the other. You only think of 'Zhou Li' as a dead thing. But you don't know that the Zhou Gong system of rituals and music makes the world stable. How can the word 'Li Yue' be a thing?" dead?"

When everyone heard this, they were also horrified.But knowing that Li Hou must have something to say later, they all held their breaths and waited.

"Rites and music are the way for the world to return to the heart! Those who return to the heart, the hearts of the people are united! If the hearts of the people are united, all the world thinks of their virtues! Therefore, if they cannot win the hearts of the people, how can "rituals and music" survive? Therefore, the ancient A wise man said: 'The people are the Lord of the gods!', this statement can be obtained!"

"What we are talking about now, monarchy, or enfeoffment, is just the form of power, not the essence of power! Therefore, neither monarchy nor enfeoffment can solve its fundamental problem!"

Li Ran answered Uncle Sun Bao's question.

At this time, he reviewed the future world in his mind, and thought of all kinds of countries that have appeared in history. Every country that was overthrown, covered, and abandoned actually failed to solve the fundamental problem of social contradictions. Thousands of years of history It whizzed past in his mind!

What is the root problem? !

Just as Shu Sunbao was about to speak, unexpectedly, in an inconspicuous little corner by the side of the assembly, a young man with luxurious clothes and handsome appearance suddenly stood up and asked for him.

"Dare to ask Brother Ziming, what is the fundamental problem?"

The young man looks almost the same as Li Ran, but this person has an innate temperament, an approachable temperament, and when he speaks, he is calm and breezy, giving people a very comfortable feeling.

"Huh? It turned out to be Prince Ye."

"Meet the prince!"

The young man's voice immediately attracted the attention of everyone present, and they all stood up and bowed to him.It turned out that this person was the prince of Lu Kingdom - Ji Ye.

Everyone saluted one after another, respectful endlessly.

Seeing Prince Ye, Li Ran remembered the things about the State of Lu that he had heard on the road a few days ago.

Duke Lu Xiang, the former king of the Kingdom of Lu, just passed away, and Prince Ji Ye was the designated successor of Duke Lu Xiang. However, Duke Lu Xiang’s funeral was not yet over, so Prince Ye’s enthronement ceremony had not yet been held. At this time, he was still only a prince.

Prince Ye was called to reveal his identity, and he didn't show any airs. Instead, he returned the greetings with everyone peacefully, making people feel like a spring breeze.

"The prince's question is exactly what I think in my heart. If you dare to ask Ziming, what is the fundamental problem?"

After Shu Sunbao greeted Prince Ye, he turned around and continued to ask.

So everyone's eyes focused on Li Ran again, and they all wanted to know what the fundamental problem Li Ran was talking about, and whether this problem could support his refutation of the two most effective political systems in the world today.

"The fundamental problem is the common people."

"The problem of common people?"

"It's really nonsense. Since ancient times, the common people have been farming, so what's the problem?"

Hearing these words, all the people present couldn't help whispering again.

Even Uncle Sun Bao and Prince Ye were extremely surprised by Li Ran's answer.

Because they themselves also rely on the common people to farm the land to support themselves, and Li Ran said that the problem lies in this, doesn't he mean that the problem lies in them?Of course, everyone present counts as one, so don't even think about running away.

"Ziming, what's wrong with the common people?"

Shu Sunbao frowned, and could faintly feel that this question was not as simple as the world imagined, and he also had a very bad premonition about the answer Li Ran was about to give.

Prince Ye, who had been standing in an inconspicuous corner, didn't make another sound, but only looked at Li Ran attentively, waiting for Li Ran's answer.

"My lord, I think this man is not a fool, right? How can a normal person say such absurd words?"

Beside the woman wearing a bamboo hat and veil, the servant once again expressed his puzzlement to Li Ran.

However, the woman turned a deaf ear to it, and the direction of the veil was still Li Ran, seeming to be very focused.

At this time, facing the doubts from the students, the crown prince, Uncle Sun Bao and others, Li Ran had no choice but to continue to explain:

"The so-called common people are actually the foundation of maintaining the survival of the world!"

"Since the two emperors of Yan and Huang, Yao and Shun have nurtured (conserved) the people, and the common people have lived in groups, and the land is the foundation of the common people's survival. The ancestors created the well field, divided nine of the fields, eight for private, and one for public. Public endowment nine To choose one can be described as a benevolent government.”

"Nowadays, the common people all rely on the fields in the wild towns, and the world's tribute is more than eighty-nine out of ten? The common people are not enough to support themselves. If they cannot be self-sufficient, how can the common people survive? Without the common people, how can the country stand?"

"That's why, regardless of enfeoffment or monarchy, we can't solve this problem by exploring it, so neither is advisable."

Li Ran's words immediately shut up all the people present, and even many people looked at Li Ran dumbfounded for a while.

Because they never imagined that Li Ran's question about the common people, in the final analysis, was about the survival of the common people, neither the issue of the office nor the enfeoffment of the rich and powerful, but the issue of the common people at the bottom of society!
"Mighty My Lord"

After Xiaoyi heard this, he immediately looked at his master with admiration!Although he followed Li Ran since he was a child, it was the first time he heard such words.

Moreover, as a commoner, he saw that there was finally someone who could stand up to them and speak for them!
Goodness see you!It's really not easy!

Owl Yi was so moved that he almost cried, but when he thought it was his master who said these words, he should keep the tears. After all, he had accompanied him on the run for a few months, and if he wanted to cry, it should be his master who was so moved that he cried first. correct?
On the other hand, even Uncle Sun Bao, no matter how enlightened the prince Ji Ye was, he was deeply shocked when he heard these words, his face was full of astonishment, and he watched Li Ran speechless for a long time.

If it is placed in the future world, their expressions will most likely be called ignorant.

But if you put yourself in their shoes and look at it from their perspective, their shock is actually understandable.

After all, whether it is Shu Sunbao, Prince Ye, or other students present, if they can gather here to discuss the political system in today's world, they must be people with status.

Li Ran, the former Luoyi keeper of the Tibetan room history, was dismissed at the beginning, and was despised and despised by many people, precisely because in the eyes of these people, Li Ran's identity could not sit with them and discuss how to be noble serious question.

So in their view, the common people are slaves, their vassals, and they should bear everything they should bear under the Zhou ritual system.

For them, the life and death of the common people is like falling leaves from spring to autumn. I have seen it, but I haven't fully seen it. Where you fall and how you rot have nothing to do with me.

And this, in fact, is the fundamental reason why neither the enfeoffment system nor the monarchy system is desirable.

(End of this chapter)