From Chief to Ball

"Redemption" a large amount of land in the southern part of the island, set up iron smelting workshops, build water conservancy, control cattle and horses, encourage private reclamation, and establish private land ownership in directly-controlled areas.

The place to rule is small, and these things are easy to do.A large amount of gold and silver and naval advantages ensure stability and smuggling efficiency.

When the last Marquis of Qi passed away and this Marquis of Qi took over, the situation was very good. Those who had fled or coerced them had already gained a firm foothold. Industry and commerce gradually developed. The old nobles shrank in the capital, leaving only blood and money. There is no land, only the fiefdom of China's homeland in name.The ruling group formed by the new industrial, commercial and owner-peasant groups replaced the power of the old aristocrats. In fact, they did exactly the same as in the homeland of China, except that they opposed it as vested interests before, but they turned to support it when they arrived on the island.

When this term of Qihou was the heir, he showed the attitude of doing great things.

During the period of studying in the school, the ideological construction was completed.

The legal rationale of Marquis Qi originated from the enfeoffment of relatives back then, and this remains unchanged.

On the island, there must be a supreme king to balance the contradictions among the various classes, otherwise it will fall into chaos.

Human nature is inherently evil, and without absolute rights, it will fall into endless disputes.In order to prevent such disputes from arising, all people must dedicate some of their rights to be exercised by someone.

And all must submit to the rights exercised by others that they have surrendered in order to avoid the chaotic death of human nature.

The monarch is the country.

Then the country is made up of people, so the glory, wealth, power, and victory of the monarch are the glory, wealth, power, and victory of the country, and the wealth, glory of all people... because if everyone is poor, then The state must be poor, and the prince of power who is the embodiment of the state must also be poor...

Such remarks not only prevailed, but also encouraged a group of people to write books and spread them widely.

At the same time, they recruited a large group of young people, established some organizations, and gradually perfected the concept of the legitimacy of the supremacy of monarchy without blood and sacredness, but gave up the most important question of who the monarch...is.

This is digging a hole and burying himself, but he obviously understands that there is nothing eternal, such things as sacred blood have been completely shattered in the unification war, he only wants his own rights, and he doesn't care about himself after his death What are your children and grandchildren?

This attitude of not seeking future generations but only seeking his own life made him extremely strong.

With the release of pamphlets last year, such as the theory of all particles, human rights, the state of natural trends, and national rights, this Marquis of Qi has found a "scientific" deconstruction support point for his own theory, so he is very concerned about Chen Jian's theory. The name is already familiar, although the things Chen Jian created didn't mean to say this at all.

After Qihou carefully read the handed down pamphlet, he keenly discovered the key point in it - is human nature inherently good or inherently evil?

If it is evil, then the world without absolute rights is miserable, and the worst government is better than no government, and only absolute rights can approach the perfect state.

If this is good, then there may be a more perfect world between people without absolute rights, so if people are dissatisfied with the government, they can overthrow it and re-establish it.

This is not the case, but it is an inductive and logical reasoning that makes sense in today's world.

Since this Marquis of Qi had such ambitions, and lived to read the pamphlets and Moxie, he naturally made a lot of changes and won the centralization of power.

After his father passed away, soon after he ascended the throne, he set up a personal guard army based on the young people who believed in him when he was in school, encouraged industry and commerce, continued to open schools, rebuilt Taixue, opened an art academy, established a new type of military academy, and Recognize and supervise.

Four years after ascending the throne, a new law was promulgated, announcing the centralization of rights, the liberation of serfs under the northern manor land ownership system, allowing northern land to be privately owned, allowing serfs to migrate, abolishing the autonomy of northern manors and the right to dispose of serfs, and allowing serfs to marry freely , Abolition of some mine franchises in the north, redemption of land, redistribution and other policies.

With the help of the navy, when the other side did not respond and was ready to intervene, the two battles perfectly resolved the internal conflicts, killed a group, bought a group, and united a group.

The serfs were allocated a small piece of land, allowed to buy and sell the land freely, and no longer paid any form of land rent except state taxes.

A group of people who stood with him got the confiscated land, the mine, and were jubilant.

The old forces of manor owners who did not participate in the rebellion and armed resistance used three times the grain output of the land allocated to the serfs as redemption funds, and repaid them in 20 years without interest.

Take back the military power, and all the rights of the army and navy belong to the monarch.Unify coinage, abolish the guild law, abolish some monopoly rights, implement enlightenment education for all, and implement new codes.

Abolish the fiefs and manors, adopt a two-tier political structure of counties and counties, extend the hand of power from top to bottom, and move all the obedient old forces to the capital.

To form a cabinet and a phantom council, the monarch has one-vote veto power and can appoint members of the council. The cabinet has nothing to do with the council and is only responsible to the monarch. The cabinet can be abolished at any time.

The cabinet members are basically the children of the old aristocracy and the new power class, and the grassroots officials start from the bottom through the assessment.

Make a law of the behavior of the monarch, and impose legal constraints on yourself in some innocuous matters...

The land is small and the government can be diligent and small. It took more than ten years to cultivate a new intellectual class as the back bureaucrats, military power in hand, and ideological construction in depth. With the help of the contradiction between the northern serfs and the solemn landowners, this vigorous change Successfully completed.

A large number of artists who escaped from the aristocracy or naturalists who lived in luxury and studied natural science made the artistic atmosphere here strong and achieved great development.

After liberation, the serfs showed unprecedented enthusiasm for labor, and the output of crops increased rapidly. The annexation policy under the private ownership of land also allowed some farmers to enter cities with developed handicraft industries. The popular enlightenment and ideological education made many people first For the first time there is the concept of the nation, which does not conflict with the monarchy.

In the tenth year after the reform, under a dramatic national real-name election, Qihou, who is no longer confused, finally has two titles.

"Qihou of China."

"The arbiter of supreme rights elected by the nobles, industrial and commercial owners, self-cultivated farmers and the remaining people of the East China Sea Islands."

The former originated from the alliance letter hundreds of years ago, and the latter was obtained by the [-]% real-name support rate of people who are said to be literate and have a certain amount of real estate property.

Chapter 138

Chen Jian knew some of these things, but of course it was impossible to know such details.

Because of these appearances, Chen Jian finally understood why when he was in the capital, when facing the flintlock guns, the people in the army told him that it would be faster if the country of Qi could fully change its equipment.

What these two "Ming Jun" did was nothing more than a copy of Shang Yang, Wu Qi and others. They were only completed in the post-agricultural era of gunpowder and iron, and the situation they faced was simpler than those people. Stakeholders are not powerful.

When Chen Jian received the invitation from Qi State, Chen Jian was still at the port, and it would take some time to get the goods back together.

Chen Jian didn't feel overwhelmed by this invitation. How can he be considered a well-known businessman and scholar in his hometown in China, he has met the Minister of Industry and became famous in the academy.

In Min county, it is a representative figure of a dynamic social organization. Qi country is only three or five counties in size, so it is not surprising to receive such an invitation.

Some people with other purposes, such as Wang Zhe, felt that this was an opportunity, so they went to the capital of Qi State with them as Chen Jian's guard.

In the palace, Chen Jian met Qihou for the first time.

In his 40s, he has a strong body, a little fat, but he is tall and has a big waist, but he has a good spirit. Probably this is the so-called nourishment of rights.

After communicating with Chen Jian for a day, Marquis Qi gave Chen Jian a great courtesy, which meant treating him like a guest.Nowadays, the rules have long been broken, and the minister of a great country has to go to the royal city to go through the formally recognized canonization process, which has long been in vain.

Afterwards, Chen Jian went to Taixue again, gave lectures for a few days, had some friendly exchanges, and gained some fans after several debates.

He took off several hot air balloons in the capital of Qi State, and took a photo with Qi Hou in Qi State Taixue.

In the evening of this day, when Chen Jian was preparing to give a speech at Taixue the next day, Marquis Qi invited him again.

It was dinner time, and there would be a banquet when we went there. There was not much ostentation, and Chen Jian didn't like the entertainment of the nobles very much.

While drinking, they talked about some things, whether it was ghosts and gods or common people, Qi Hou quoted extensively, and Chen Jianjian took the slant, each got something.

When the wine was half drunk, Marquis Qi suddenly asked: "I would like to offer a toast to Mr. He has brought a new loom to Qi State. One person can be used by two people. In the long run, poor families can also have cotton clothes to wear." Clothing, food, housing, transportation, and the four affairs of the people, sir, a single machine can double the number of weavers in our country and the number of cotton cloth.”

Chen Jian smiled, but felt a little embarrassed in his heart, thinking that what you said was pushing me towards traitors.

He raised his glass and wished far away, covered his sleeves and drank the wine. Qi Hou said again: "I saw the glass and steel ingots that Mr. traded in, all produced in Mr.'s workshop. Mr. Xuegong is a Mr. Xuegong in Taixue, and he is a Mr. Xuegong on the ship. He is a businessman, and I will treat him as a businessman for this private banquet. I wonder if you would like to build a workshop in Qi State?"

Chen Jian wondered, "Build a workshop here?"

"Don't worry, Mr. Qi is small, but there are laws to follow. Even if I die, the law will not die, so don't worry about it. Sir, there are still risks in transporting goods by sea. It is better to establish a workshop here to save the risk of sea transportation, and more For convenience."