Fusu is in a good mood these days, and he is waiting for the results.
In fact, what he was doing was not waiting for the result, but waiting to see Shen Bing's joke.
If Shen Bing defeated Chun Yuyue in other aspects, then Fusu believed that Chun Yuyue would defeat Shen Bing this time.
Fusu even said to his bodyguard:
"You want to persuade the people of Chu to surrender to Qin just based on a few crude calligraphy and paintings?"
"This Shen Bing treats the important matters of governing the country as child's play."
"Although he is talented in carpentry and has the ability to lead an army, he does not know how to govern a country!"
"If my father knew this, he would not leave me here!"
Yang Duanhe is also waiting for the results.
Shen Bing discussed this matter with Yang Duanhe throughout the whole process, and Yang Duanhe also had to report Ying Zheng and get permission... The fields and homesteads Shen Bing gave to the Chu people were the large areas of Huaibei that he occupied from the Chu State. .
Although these lands were acquired by Yang Duanhe and Shen Bing, it does not mean that they can dispose of them at will.
Are you kidding me, land is something you can give away as long as you want it?
This is a fiefdom for oneself by relying on one's own strength!
Do you still need your head?
Of course there is no objection to the land issue.
Because the land was given to the people of Qin as well as to the people of Chu, Ying Zheng didn't care who it was given to, he only cared about whether the taxes collected were high or low.
It doesn't matter if the taxes collected at the beginning are less. After all, Ying Zheng has a long-term vision and knows that if he successfully attracts Chu people to vote, it will weaken the strength of Chu State and even break the current dilemma of attacking Chu.
The so-called "dilemma" refers to what was said before. At this time, if the Qin army wants to attack Chu, it will fall into an embarrassing situation:
Huainan is the fiefdom of various nobles. Continuing to attack Chu in the south will not only enter the difficult mountain and water network, but also unite the nobles of Chu State under Changping Lord... Ying Zheng always calls King Qi of Chu Changping Lord. Not the King of Chu, because he did not want to recognize this King of Chu.
There may even be an unprecedented phenomenon of unity where "brothers play against the wall but stay outside".
So it doesn't matter if the Qin army attacks, or it doesn't matter if they don't attack.
The method that Shen Bing thought of, which was to use fields, homesteads and lower tax rates to attract the Chu people, was a way of stripping away the cocoons and slowly weakening the strength of the Chu state.
This is also "boiling a frog in warm water". By the time the nobles of Chu discovered the seriousness of the problem, it was already too late.
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng no longer hesitated and made the plan immediately.
At the same time, he also praised Shen Bing:
"This Shen Bing is brave and resourceful, and Fusu will definitely gain something by his side!"
Yang Duanhe did not see it so clearly. He had the attitude of "treating a dead horse as a living horse". Anyway, there was no other way to break the deadlock at this time, and he was unable to go south due to lack of food. Why not give it a try?
So Yang Duanhe just handed it over to Shen Bing to handle, and then turned around and went into the Huaihe River defense and farming.
Shen Bing is also waiting for the results.
But he was not just waiting, but selected a field by the Huaihe River to wait for the Chu people to come and settle.
This field is on the north bank of the Huaihe River. The land is fertile and close to the water source. The geographical location is very advantageous.
There is a reason why Shen Bing chose this place...
The people of Chu are here for profit, so of course they must be satisfied.
The first batch of Chu people who came were satisfied, and the north bank of the Huaihe River was not far from Huainan. They could easily spread the news back to Chu, and then they would bring batch after batch of Chu people to vote...
It was Fusu who was the first to receive the news.
The reason was that Fusu wanted to get the results quickly or Fusu was a little worried, so he sent his personal guards to look around Huainan every day.
Then let him wait.
The bodyguard ran back and reported to Fusu who was practicing calligraphy in the tent:
"Sir, some people from Chu have come to vote!"
What Fusu wrote was exactly "Government with virtue".
That is what Confucius said: "The way is to govern, and the rules are to be punished, and the people are exempted from shame; the way is to virtue, and the rules are to be polite, and there is shame and integrity."
This is used by Confucians to deny the principles of Legalism.
The general rule is that the law relies on coercion. It only punishes crimes. People do not dare to do bad things because they are afraid.
But morality and ethics rely on education and consciousness. They make people aware of their shame, so they will spontaneously restrain themselves.
There is a certain truth to this, which is the scope and role of the "moral norms" mentioned before.
What's wrong is that this statement puts "moral norms" above the law...
This is not surprising at all, because Legalists also placed themselves above Confucian theory.
But in fact, the two should coexist and jointly manage society.
Fusu felt something at this moment.
He had firmly believed that this was correct before, but after hearing Shen Bing's story...he realized that sometimes ethics and ethics were of no use at all.
What about teaching those deer courtesy?
Will the wolf stop eating it?
If you spend less, won’t you starve to death?
These are things that benevolence, righteousness and morality can change...
Sometimes Fusu really wanted to see Confucius and ask him in person to solve this problem.
Just when the word "virtue" in "Tao is based on virtue" was written, the bodyguard came to report.
Fusu's writing style was not messy at all. He replied while writing:
"Oh, but how many are there?"
Fusu's writing skills were not messed up because he thought that there would not be many Chu people coming to vote.
I don’t want my guard to answer:
"I have never counted them, but... at least there are thousands of them."
Fusu was startled and the word "德" was broken.
He stopped writing and looked at his guards with disbelief, and asked:
"What did you say?"
"There were thousands of people."
The guard hesitated and replied:
"There are indeed thousands of people. And this... is just the first batch."
At that moment, Fusu no longer had any interest in writing, so he got out of his tent and got on the carriage and rushed out of the city himself.
Since the Daliang Army camp was located to the south of Shouchun City, and Shouchun City was in Huainan, a large number of Chu people came to surrender when they left the city.
At this time, Fusu discovered that the personal guard had told Shaoli that there were more than a thousand Chu people, and there were at least three to five thousand people in the dark area.
Fusu still refused to give up. He got off the carriage and bowed his hands to the Chu people passing by... Confucian students always pay attention to etiquette, and they are no exception to the common people.
"May I ask, my father-in-law, are you from Chu? Why are you here?"
The common people looked at Fusu with strange and worried eyes and replied:
"Didn't you wait until the notice was posted to say that you were coming and then you would give the land and the house to you?"
"Now it doesn't count as soon as it comes?"
"Then I'll wait until I get back!"
Fusu hurriedly tried to persuade him to stay.
Although he didn't want to lose to Shen Bing, after all, he was the son of the Qin Kingdom. How could he undermine himself just to win...
But in fact, there are indeed such people, and there are quite a few of them.
But Fusu is not such a person.
After comforting the people and pointing them in the direction, Fusu couldn't help but sigh to himself:
"This time we lost completely."
"If there are three to five thousand people in Shouchun, then tens of thousands of Chu people will come down along the Huaihe River."
"And it's just this moment."
"Who would have thought that Shen Bing's 'notice' would have such an effect..."