Li Ran said it on a whim and couldn't control it anymore.
Just listen to him continue to talk:
"Those who win the hearts of the people can win the world! This is the ancient way! If Jie and Zhou were immoral, what would be the use of their divine weapons? King Wu defeated Zhou as a righteous act. What is a righteous act? Win the hearts of the people! Therefore, the foundation of hegemony is tied to People!"
"The enfeoffment is the principle of guarding the territory of the territories. The people work for the king, so the enfeoffment is to support the people for the king. If the king is virtuous, he will submit, and if he submits, the people will be safe. However, in today's public office, the power does not leave the palace, and the benefits are not enough How can paying tribute benefit the people? If the people don’t know you, how can you control the people?"
What he said are all facts.
From the twelfth year of Lu Xianggong's reign, Sanhuan "divided its citizens into twelve, with the three families receiving seven and the public receiving five. If all the citizens did not belong to the public, the public office would already be humble."
"Therefore, it is difficult to strengthen a country where the people are restless!"
After Li Ran finished complaining about the shortcomings of enfeoffment, he then turned to attack the monarchy. In fact, it is the same problem:
"When it comes to monarchy, the power of monarchy also depends on the people! Don't you hear that 'Jie Ke married and lost his country, and Zhou defeated Dongyi and perished'? You don't know the suffering of working for the people, and you control the people without restraint, and even Death of the body and destruction of the country are all the fault of a dictatorial power!"
Therefore, after skipping the entanglement at the institutional level, these issues can be easily normalized, that is:
"How can a country be established if the common people do not exist?"
The common people are the foundation of everything.
If there is no country to establish, how can we have any rights?
In other words, the people are the foundation for the prosperity of the country.
In the current world, whether it is the enfeoffment system or the Zhanggong office system, they fail to put the vital interests of the people at the forefront, resulting in the living space of the common people being greatly squeezed.
When everyone thought about this, they suddenly felt horrified. Because they found that they could not refute the question raised by Li Ran.
Does the king need the people?
Of course.
Do princes need common people?
Still needed.
Do you need the common people?
Still needed.
So whether it is enfeoffment or monarchy, have the interests of the common people been truly taken into consideration?
No.
Then everything fell into place.
Whether it is feudalism or monarchy, it is undesirable until the problem of the survival of the common people can be solved. None of them can become a system that should be respected and promoted in the current era.
After a heated exchange of words, Li Ran suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck, something was wrong.
What he didn't know was that after he said these words, the atmosphere at the gathering would certainly be different.
Although these people were shocked by Li Ran's land issue and his statement, in the final analysis, Li Ran's words touched the vested interests of everyone present, because they are all people with status!
Having status means they are landowners.
Li Ran did not speak for them, but instead spoke for the common people under their command. He did not consider their interests, but thought for their slaves. He also euphemistically said that the common people were the foundation of everything. This was not anti-feudal, anti-monarchy, or anti-feudal. Aristocrats, against all those in power? !
What is this called? This is called a reactionary!
"Okay! It's really good!"
Just when Li Ran felt something was wrong, the prince suddenly cheered for Li Ran.
The prince of Lu Kingdom, Ji Ye, has the highest status among everyone present.
At the same time, besides Shusun Bao, he was the person most likely to be offended by Li Ran's words.
I saw Tai Ziye coming from the corner, his originally gentle face became very serious at this time, his starry eyes were like hooks.
"Isn't this old man going to be so angry?"
Li Ran thought that Tai Ziye had been stabbed in a sore spot and was about to attack him, so he subconsciously took half a step back.
"Haha, the prince will definitely make this guy look good!"
"This is what you get for talking nonsense!"
"If you dare to talk nonsense here, this Li Ziming must be tired of living, right?"
Many people are waiting for a good show to be staged.
But the next second, they were stunned.
I saw Tai Ziye slowly coming to Li Ran, and he could not be more serious and bowed respectfully towards Li Ran.
If it were anyone else, I'm afraid he would have been flattered. After all, Tai Ziye was the prince of the Lu Kingdom. In an era with such a strict hierarchical system, it was extremely unusual for his status to pay tribute to an ordinary person.
But Li Ran was not flattered because he felt a familiar feeling from Tai Ziye's serious face.
This was strange. He was definitely seeing Tai Ziye for the first time, but this familiar feeling lingered in his heart, lingering and being particularly clear.
Yes.
Prince Jin.
At this moment, Ji Ye, the crown prince of Lu, who stood in front of him and showed great respect to him, looked very much like Prince Ji Jin of the Zhou royal family.
Both of them are so gentle and gentle, both are so open-minded and eager to learn, and they treat learned people with courtesy and humility, as if they were carved from the same mold.
But Li Ran knew clearly in his heart that Prince Jin was dead, and he had to uphold his legacy and continue to survive in this world.
The Prince Ye in front of him is not Prince Jin, but similar.
He frowned and wanted to ask Tai Ziye what he meant, but before he could speak, Tai Ziye said:
"Today I heard Brother Ziming's words. It can be said that Ye has been enlightened. He also asked Brother Ziming to move over. Ye still wants to teach in person in private."
Li Ran, who originally felt a chill down his spine, was confused when he heard Tai Ziye calling him to move.
Are you treating yourself to a meal or what?
Did the news of Zhou Wangji reach the Lu State Office?
When Li Ran was wondering what Prince Ye meant, Uncle Sunbao also walked over with a smile on his face.
"Haha, what does the prince mean by this?"
"Ziming is here for the gathering today, and he is the distinguished guest of the humble minister. If you want to be invited, you should be invited by the humble minister. How dare you trouble the prince?"
With that said, Shu Sunbao looked at Li Ran and said:
"If Ziming doesn't dislike it, please come to the house to talk about it."
Tai Ziye obviously didn't like Shusunbao who came out to rob people halfway, but after all, Shusunbao was one of the Three Huans. He knew Shusunbao's energy, so although he was a little dissatisfied, he couldn't say much.
He looked at Li Ran and said:
"I wonder how long Brother Ziming will stay in Qufu?"
At this time, Li Ran realized that his meal ticket had arrived!
The two people in front of him seemed to have sincerely invited me to be their guests. Aren't these two thick thighs? !
Hug your thighs! Make a fortune!
The eight-character mantra sparkled in his heart.
So when he heard the words, he immediately responded casually:
"Since we are traveling, we must have a good taste of Qufu's customs. I think I won't leave in a short time."
"In that case, Ye Gai will come back for advice someday."
When Tai Ziye heard that Li Ran would stay in Qufu for a while, he immediately stopped insisting and went with his uncle Sun Bao.
At this time, Uncle Sunbao lowered his voice and said wildly to the prince:
"Now that the late emperor has recently died, the prince has not yet succeeded to the throne, and everything is still unknown. The prince should be more careful! He should be cautious in his words and deeds in everything."
Only Tai Ziye and Li Ran could hear these words. Li Ran initially thought that these words meant "teaching". It was because of his status as a powerful person that Shusun Bao did not dare to speak to Tai Ziye, the future king of Lu. Speaking too loudly in front of me.
But when he saw Tai Ziye's expression, he realized that he had guessed wrong.
When Tai Ziye heard this, he frowned at first, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes, but then nodded subconsciously.
The dignified prince of Lu State openly accepted this "lesson" from Shusun Bao!
Is this still a lesson? This is clearly a warning!
It can be seen that the relationship between Shusun Bao and the prince, Tai Ziye, is not ordinary.
As a man in science and engineering, Li Ran is very familiar with such subtle changes.
"Okay, that's the end of today's gathering. Please disperse now."
Shu Sunbao was extremely excited at this time, because he found out that he had picked up a treasure, which was Li Ran, and he was about to invite Li Ran to his home for a private consultation.
When everyone heard this, they immediately stood up and prepared to leave.
But at this moment, a cold scolding sound suddenly came from the entrance of the meeting.
"Wait!"
Then, Li Ran followed the voice and looked, and saw a middle-aged man in very luxurious clothes walking slowly with a dozen servants who looked like servants.
"Ji Sun Yiru, what is he doing here?"
Shu Sunbao frowned slightly, obviously not interested in this uninvited guest.
Ji Sun Yiru, Ji's name, Yiru. The grandson of Ji Wuzi, later generations called him Ji Pingzi.
The Ji family, the most powerful among the three emperors of the Lu Kingdom, also appeared!
