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Fusu seemed a little unwilling to listen, and replied at random:

"It's nothing more than wolves, deer, and flowers."

In fact, Fusu didn't want to listen, but he didn't like to see his outlook on life and world be shattered again.

Shen Bing nodded and said:

"Although they are different, they are not far apart."

"There were fishermen who caught fish and kept them in wooden barrels. Because the water in the barrel was stagnant water, the fish would die soon afterward."

"But one day the fishermen put a catfish that was going to feed on the fish in a wooden bucket together, but found that the fish was hiding everywhere, but instead they could live for several days without dying."

"This phenomenon also exists between wolves and deer. If there are no wolves in the forest, the deer will not need to run to avoid the wolf's pursuit. Instead, they will lose vitality and even shorten their lifespan."

Fusu couldn't help laughing:

"The lieutenant meant that if there were no wars, the life expectancy of the people would be shortened?"

"The people only need to have enough food and clothing to live, how can they need war?"

"Fusu has never heard such a salivating statement."

Shen Bing shook his head and said:

"Subordinates didn't mean that."

"Subordinates use catfish and wolves as metaphors, which means that if there is no war, society will progress slowly due to lack of motivation."

"It will even stagnate."

Fusu looked up at Shen Bing in shock, and asked:

"Why did the vice general say this?"

"The world sees war as a scourge, but the lieutenant thinks it can make society progress!"

Shen Bing explained:

"The so-called being born in sorrow and dying in comfort."

"My son, if the people in the world are surplus, why do you need to think about how to make the fields produce more crops?"

"Why do you need to make a hand saw and other tools to cut wood and make all kinds of siege equipment?"

"Why do you need to build a wall between you and me, and develop the law of military deployment and the way to govern the country?"

"There is no need to make weapons, armor, arrows, etc."

"Does the son think so?"

Fusu couldn't help being stunned.

What Shen Bing said is that if there is really no war, all the people have to do is to farm, eat, weave and dress.

Even if there were no wars, there would be no need for a country to exist, so there would be no way to govern the country.

Then all Confucianism, Legalism, and other ideas are useless, just "rule by doing nothing."

This is like the school of fish chased by catfish and the herd of deer chased by wolves...because there are catfish and wolves chasing them, so they will make progress.

The same is true for people.

Because there is war threatening them... Once they fail, they are likely to be enslaved or even killed, so they have to make progress, have to reform, have to advance, and then society can develop.

After thinking for a long time, Fu Su sighed thoughtfully and nodded:

"A good sentence,'Born in sorrow and died in peace'."

"There is nothing more in the world than this."

"The lieutenant's words are reasonable, Fusu has been taught!"

After a pause, Fusu asked again:

"Fusu has never heard what the deputy said, but I don't know what the He family said?"

Shen Bing was taken aback.

This is a dialectical and scientific method of analysis. How can there be any family?

If you insist on saying something... it is a scientist.

After thinking about it, Shen Bing could only answer:

"This is just a subordinate's random thinking, and it has no source."

After all, Fusu is even more admired:

"The lieutenant is too modest. What the lieutenant said is easy to understand and reasonable. How can it be random thinking?"

"Although Fusu had read the sages and sages in the past, there were many inexplicable confusions."

"Now hearing the words of the vice-general, I suddenly felt a sense of relief, and helped Su to thank the vice-general!"

Shen Bing was polite.

At this time, Fu Su had already accepted Shen Bing's theory.

This is not surprising at all.

Because it is indeed just like what Fusu said, although a hundred schools of thought are contending and various ideas are emerging one after another, but each school is actually in the stage of immaturity and groping, and there are bound to be many unclear problems.

Shen Bing, a modern person, has the outlook on life and the world of modern society, and he only needs to put these things in this era...the unexplainable things can be explained immediately.

Shen Bing hasn't talked about such things as industrialization and the separation of powers.

Therefore, the experience of modern society is still very useful. This is not only about inventions and creations, but also such advanced concepts that can be borrowed.

Especially for people like Fusu who are more concerned about governing the country or the common people in the world, these concepts must be used to subdue him.

Shen Bing accepted the Chu Min who was coming down step by step, and Chu Wangqi was in a mess.

Because the flyers were not only distributed to the fiefs of the nobles of Chu State, but even to Dongting and affected the people of Chu Wangqi.

To be precise, it is not "delivered" to Dongting.

Shen Bing hadn't had the leisurely feelings to infiltrate the flyers into Dongting to influence the people of Chu Wangqi.

The flyer is "posted" here because it is easy to hide and take away... It's just a piece of paper. Fold it in half and then fold it in half, fold it into a small ball and stuff it in the corner of your clothes. It really takes a bit of thought.

Then there will inevitably be relatives, friends, etc. between the cities of Chu Kingdom. In addition, the paper can be worth eight or ten dollars. Merchants will buy it at a low price and sell it to the south where the price is higher. ...So it naturally circulates to the hinterland Dongting.

This is the power of flyers.

Prior to this, the people's messages were often passed on by word of mouth. Among them, there was "words without proof" and then they were diluted. As a result, no one believed it and lost its "lethal power."

But the flyers are different. They are "vouchers". You can believe them when you read them out: as long as you go to the Huaihe River to descend to Qin, you will get a lot of land and free new tools.

What do the people need?

Isn't that what I did all my life for?

There are too many fields and no land in the country of Chu, who can only work for the nobles and get some poor food...

This is different from Qin's feudal system.

Qin State had a tax rate, such as one draw for twelve, so if you worked harder, you would have a surplus after paying taxes.

In the state of Chu, the serfdom system purely purchases labor. The amount of farmland has nothing to do with the serfs. It is only right to give you so much grain to keep you from starving and work in the land all day long.

What else to think about?

Of course, I chose to flee to the Huaihe River to vote in Qin, not to mention there are many fellow villagers there. It is said that some people have been there and have successfully obtained fields...

So even Dongting began to lose population.

This can make the king of Chu worry.

He and Xiang Yan both tried to control the drain problem but found it very difficult.

Because it is impossible to close the gate of the city and keep all the people in the city from leaving... the people leave the city to work in the fields outside the city. If the gate is closed, these people actually lose their effect.

Once the people go out to work in the city, it is very difficult to restrain them.

There is no city wall outside the city, and the farming work is a large area, especially in the Dongting area, there are dense forests with water nets, and you can hide it without a shadow.