Chapter 1613 The agreement between the king and his ministers
In his thinking, Ji Zhen gradually found a way to make the ruled agree with the law. The feudal aristocrats did not use this set of principles, because the feudal aristocrats paid attention to the secret laws of the nobility. The enforcement of the law almost entirely relied on violence, and civilians simply did not
I don’t know what the law is. The nobles hold the final interpretation of the law, so that the common people can be more honest.
But Ji Zhen couldn't do this. He needed the right to lead his own team, and he couldn't use force to coerce him, so he could only rely on theory and deception.
Compared with deception, reasonable reasoning is like a conspiracy, which is undoubtedly more useful.
“The rules that the primitive people who came out of the wilderness spontaneously followed when they established a country can be regarded as the prototype of the law, and this is for the great benefit of everyone’s survival.
In this way, I can use the same reason now to abide by the laws I made. My laws cannot allow them to get the great benefits of survival because they are not facing life danger, but other interests are reasonable, so they can be allowed to everyone.
A person transfers part of his rights in exchange for another part and reaches a covenant with each other, and I am a witness to the covenant.
In the future, when they get used to me being the witness and executor of the covenant, when I propose some unequal covenants, they will not have a strong sense of resistance. Li Er cannot do this.
I need to explain it myself."
So in a cheap wine shop in Xingguan City, Ji Zhen convened the factory and the Sandstorm Group, a total of more than seventy people, to start the first people's meeting, aiming to establish the laws of the Sandstorm Group.
After three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, Ji Zhen finally began to reveal his true intentions: "Today I am gathering everyone, in addition to celebrating that we have opened up a trade route of our own, there is one more thing, that is, we have decided to establish the Sandstorm Group.
Internal laws, state-owned laws, and family rules. Without rules, there will be no circle."
As soon as he said this, someone said dissatisfiedly: "Boss, we are just a group of mortals working for the noble Lord. Do we need to be so formal?" Although he said this, the person who spoke and the others were actually just thinking in their hearts.
They are unhappy with the rules that govern them. It is already troublesome to obey the law on a daily basis. They do not want to abide by the rules set by the group.
Ji Zhen smiled: "I know you don't want another thing to control you, but it's impossible without laws. Our own company's laws are naturally different from the laws of the country.
And even the laws of the country are necessary to exist, but they are abused by some people, which makes it very painful for us to obey the laws."
"What's the need! Without rules, we don't have to pay rent, we don't have to salute when we see nobles, we don't have to pay city gate tax when entering the city, and we won't be whipped for defecating on the roadside. Without these broken rules, we would live
You have to feel comfortable!”
Ji Zhen glanced at the person who refuted, and raised his eyebrows. The play was a bit fake, and the words seemed a bit too childish. I guess it was arranged by Li Er, but it was harmless. He continued to explain:
"I know that everyone is unconvinced, so we might as well assume what a world without laws would be like, but everyone is selfish and seeks self-interest, so wars are always happening.
The strong can rob the weak of everything, because robbing is not wrong and no one cares.
People are like wolves, fighting with each other. Without any restraint, the world will inevitably be in chaos.
Nowadays, it is wrong to kill people and steal other people's money and food. Sometimes the princes and nobles will take care of this kind of thing. But what if there is no country and no laws?
Under that chaotic nature, people need to protect something, and they form villages, towns, and countries for these things. What to protect?
We are human beings, so we have to live, keep our own private property, and be able to reproduce. This is just like wolves eating meat and sheep eating grass. It is our nature and our right.
In order to protect these rights, we formed a country, established laws, and determined what is wrong and what is right, so as to ensure the interests of everyone."
The audience became quiet from the initial noise. Everyone listened and began to think. It seems like this, but how do the country and the law protect these natural powers? The nobles are obviously using the law to deprive them of it.
Their private property, depriving them of their lives, depriving them of their spouses, is this also a form of protection?
"Before we introduce the law in detail, we must first clarify the truth. What is profit? Eating delicious food, obtaining property, and getting a satisfactory spouse are profit. Then if you face a ferocious spirit beast, there is nothing you can do.
When escaping, when faced with the choice of cutting off an arm, feeding the soul beast, or being killed by the soul beast, is cutting off an arm a gain or a harm?"
The answer to such a question is obviously to make a profit, but people usually don't think this way, so they think this statement is very strange.
"Obviously, choosing the smallest among harms is to gain benefits rather than harm.
The murderer will die, and the person who was beheaded by the rebels will definitely think, I killed people based on my own ability, why should I die? Who has the right to sentence me to death?
But this idea is obviously fallacious after the country is established. It is not because the law stipulates that those who kill will die and those who injure others will be punished. It is because the moment the country is established, everyone surrenders part of their right to life.
According to the law and the country, for example, one's own life after killing someone, so this is the qualification and this is the reason.
You give up this part of the profit, and what you get is that you are not easily killed. So isn't this the least of the harm? Isn't it the gain?
Our ancestors understood this truth, so they established the country, established right and wrong, and ceded part of everyone's power to the country to ensure that the other part of the power was protected.
The country, king, and laws gradually came into being in this way, and the habit of obeying the king and obeying the laws was formed. You may not know why your ancestors formed the country, but the habit of obeying has been retained. Isn't it like this?
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This is not entirely the case. Their compliance with the law is largely due to their fear of whips and iron fists. However, Ji Zhen's words seem to make sense upon closer inspection.
And Ji Zhen did not mention another extremely critical point, which is, what should the king do if he cannot complete the covenant with his subjects?
"So, we set rules not to oppress you, nor to show my authority, but to show off our prestige. We are here to gain! Summarize the things that can benefit us and make them a law. Isn't this right?
Is this something you should object to?"
When Ji Zhen said this, he felt that the atmosphere was somewhat silent. He didn't know whether the silence contained resistance and numbness, or enthusiasm and explosion, but he still mustered up the courage and declared loudly with a firm voice: "You are willing to give up your freedom.
Do you want the right to kill others in exchange for the benefit of not being killed by others for no reason?"
silence……
Although it was only less than a second of silence, it made Ji Zhen's heart tighten violently. Fortunately, after less than a second of silence, he shouted: "Yes!"
Jizhen has brought benefits to these people, and even the newcomers have seen hope, so compared to the feudal nobles who exploited them, they trust Jizhen more and trust that the laws he formulated can benefit everyone.
Ji Zhen, who had always only wanted to control power, felt something touched by the roar of the mountains and the tsunami. It was a deeper feeling than having the power of life and death. He didn't know how to describe this feeling.
I just feel that my chest is tight and my shoulders are heavy.
"No...that's wrong. The pyramid structure I built is very unstable and is destined to collapse. I cannot be bound to this chariot!" Ji Zhen warned himself, suppressing the inexplicable feeling in his heart.
Feeling the urge, he continued to raise his fist and declare.
"Are you willing to give up your right to plunder others at will in exchange for the benefit of not being robbed at will by others?"
"willing!"
"Are you willing to give up part of your grain as a public reserve in exchange for the benefit of getting relief and not starving to death when you suffer from famine one day?"
"willing!"
"Are you willing to give up sleeping with any woman you want in exchange for the benefit that your women won't be slept with by anyone else?"
"willing!"
"Are you willing to give up your ability to hurt others at will and become disabled in exchange for the benefit of not being injured and disabled at will?"
"willing!"
"Are you willing to give up your right to abandon your children at will in exchange for the benefits that your children must support when you are old?"
"willing!"
"Are you willing to give up your ability to enter other people's houses at will in exchange for the benefit of not allowing others to enter your own house at will?"
"willing!"
"Are you willing to give up part of your freedom and food in exchange for the benefits of gathering together to train and protect yourself from being massacred by others?"
"willing!"
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Giving up one thing after another, exchanging one thing after another, gaining one benefit after another, in exchange for one sentence after another, will condense into a wave in the end.
After the rules belonging to the Sandstorm Group were recorded, it was already dusk. The owner of the wine shop looked at this group of people in a daze. Although there were only more than seventy people, and although they looked like crazy people, it seemed that from this moment on
, more than seventy people gathered together as one, with their own pursuits, and turned into a powerful force, like the first stone rolling in a mudslide, which will eventually bring about a tsunami-like frenzy.
Unlike the laws of the Star Luo Empire, which only the nobles understand and the common people only need to obey, everyone in the Sandstorm Group understands the laws they need to abide by and why they need to abide by these laws.
After new people join, they will personally explain each law to these people, and even why they should obey them, instead of forcing new people to obey without telling them why.
After establishing the law, the basic framework of the Sandstorm Group was established.
And then, the demographic dividend will continue to expand the organization. The factory owner and the soul masters he hired have not yet realized that there is an uncontrollable force in their factory.
These people began to win over the old workers who should have excluded them in the name of treating them to dinner, telling them about the model of the Sandstorm Group, and attracting an endless stream of new people to join them.
The worker escorts were trained to protect the safety of Sandstorm Group employees. Those urban foxes and rats who roamed the streets and exploited honest workers were bruised and swollen by the pricks of long wooden sticks. Although the property they protected was extremely limited, they brought great benefits.
Veteran workers who join the Sandstorm Group will reap tangible benefits.
The improvement in rank has made everyone more motivated to work. The factory's output has not declined because some people are engaged in semi-off-the-job training and learning, so that the factory managers do not realize that they are already sitting on the job.
A huge bomb hit the head.
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William had to admit that Ji Zhen was completely out of control. He was promoting the sacred principle of private property here. Regardless of the final success or failure, Douluo's little nobles who ran the factory first would realize that the contradiction between the bourgeoisie and the feudal nobles
There is a huge contradiction, and what comes after realizing the contradiction is struggle.
The consequences that will arise are unpredictable...
No matter which party wins, the proletarians will see clearly the ugly faces of those with vested interests, and will eventually lean towards the Party of Order. At that time, it will be a spark that can start a prairie fire.
If this kind of thing really happened, William's plan would be completely ruined. After considering the execution ability of his other agents, he felt that he should be simple and crude, and use the most intuitive and easily recognized methods.
Way to sow discord!
If you want to unite an entire country, the easiest way is not to reason with them, but to preach nationalism to them. Nationalism, if used well, can enhance the cohesion of the nation, promote the country's rapid development, and promote the economy.
Prosperity encourages the people in the country to consciously work hard and create more value.
But if you apply it to war, you can see the damage from World War I and World War II. It can be said that a generation of young men were wiped out. Even if those who died suddenly on the battlefield were basically proletarians, they could not stop each other.
Kill each one to the death.
Once nationalism makes a nation arrogant and exclusive, it will become extremely difficult to promote proletarian unity to them.
Obviously, this is the most direct and effective way to counter the ideological offensive of the Party of Order, and it is also an operation that an agent like Dai Yueheng, who has the ability to deal with emergencies, can pull off successfully.
However, in William's view, pure nationalism is not enough. This kind of thinking is not enough to separate a continent with basically the same race.
If you want to carry out complete segregation, you also need some differences in physiological characteristics. The most typical example in reality is skin color. Black people in America who do not allow racial discrimination are still discriminated against. This is just the impact of skin color. If
Modern yellow people all have dragon horns, so even if the country wants to suppress national sentiment, it may be difficult to do so.
Of course... having dark circles under the eyes like a panda is another story.
[To be continued]
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If there are any similarities, it is not a coincidence. This chapter draws on "The Warring States Careers" and I recommend reading it. This book explains society much more profoundly than I do.
