The big man has a living father

Chapter 53 Everyone has their own plans
These days were not a waste of time, Huo Hai still made some arrangements.

For example, wooden bulletin boards were made, and a bulletin board was erected at the entrance of each neighborhood.

There were four hundred and fifty neighborhoods and four hundred and fifty bulletin boards. Tian Jue and his group divided into twenty teams to post the bulletin boards.

Therefore, the people of Chang'an County, which lived in the outer areas, only found out very late that Lord Huo, the Second Lieutenant of Chang'an, had erected a bulletin board at the entrance of his neighborhood and had actually pasted expensive white paper on it.

Although everyone was not interested in the decree, they were interested in white paper. After all, those who gathered around to buy paper every day were all dignitaries, and not many people had seen the legendary paper as white as snow with their own eyes.

So many people ran over to watch.

In the crowd, a literate foreign scholar began to read: "First, all the neighborhoods should tear down their outer walls."

There was a sudden noise from the crowd: "Huh?"

"How can we tear down the outer wall? Wouldn't that mean thieves and bandits can break into our neighborhood at any time?"

"It's not just the big bandits, what if the mountain bandits come?"

"And what about the Huns? What if they come?"

Scholar: "Don't make a fuss, wait till I finish reading."

"Second, urinating or defecating anywhere is prohibited, as is spitting. Anyone caught doing so will be fined five to twenty coins!"

"Third, among the 450 li, the ten li that perform the second rule the worst will be given a black flag with the words [Shame on you for your poor sanitation]."

"Fourth, join the Chang'an County business and do business openly outside the market."

I read them one by one, and only the fourth one is somewhat interesting.

There are East Market and West Market in Chang'an City, but there are more than just these markets in Chang'an City. In fact, every few neighborhoods are allowed to have a small market where business can be done.

This small market is very small.

Inside Chang'an City, you still need to transfer, but outside Chang'an City, it is complicated.

The population of the neighborhoods outside is much larger than that of the neighborhoods in the city!

So, in fact, there are still many people doing business among the people, but they don’t do it openly, and they can’t shout or put up signs. They just rely on word of mouth and private transactions.

Now, you can do business by joining a Chang'an County business, which is a good thing.

But apart from this, the other regulations seem to have nothing to do with people's livelihood. They are purely looking for trouble and causing trouble for everyone.

Most people think that it’s okay to just enforce it, after all, there have been similar regulations in the past, but a small number of people are still very unhappy.

Before the Han Dynasty, in the pre-Qin era, urinating and defecating in public was almost strictly prohibited, but the issue of fines was a bit too serious.

The etiquette passed down from generation to generation emphasized that blowing one's nose or spitting in front of parents and elders was prohibited.

Some people were very dissatisfied: "The second lieutenant's rules clearly treat everyone as my father, and I have to spit everywhere, huh!"

The person next to him whispered, "I advise you not to be so ostentatious. Lord Huo himself only calls himself the little master. You still dare to call yourself the master. Aren't you afraid of being beaten?"

When almost all the people in Chang'an County were reading the announcements, the contents of the announcements were also quickly spread to the hands of the Chang'an nobles.

……

Wannian County, county government office.

A large group of Confucian scholars gathered together.

Now the news that Shi Qing wanted to vindicate Gongyang School and Confucianism and to confront Huo Hai had spread in a small circle.

These great scholars and Confucian scholars are all here to help and pool their wisdom.

Among them are many high-ranking officials, who now come to the county town to work as minor clerks.

A Confucian scholar came trotting in with a roll of paper in his hand, and said excitedly as he ran: "Here it comes, the Chang'an County notice is here!"

A group of people immediately gathered around.

The person who delivered the notice said: "Haha, Huo Hai thought the sign he put up was some big rule. Not long after the notice was posted, some troublemakers overturned and pushed the notice board down, and the students picked up the notice and ran back."

A group of people gathered around to watch.

Zheng Antai, the official of the Crown Prince's Palace, shook his head and said, "Although Mr. Huo is good at writing, he has never studied literature after all."

The book mentioned here refers specifically to the "Shangshu", which is a collection of official documents.

Lü Bushu, a doctor of the Five Classics at the Imperial Academy, laughed loudly: "Master Shi, this time it's a sure thing. With Huo Hai's level, there's no way he can beat you, Master Shi."

"I think Huo Hai's rules will cause public outrage in two days, and no one will listen to him. After a few months, he will collapse, and the outcome will be decided before the next spring plowing season."

"Spring ploughing? I'll bet on a month."

"One month? I bet Huo Hai will admit defeat in ten days!"

Hearing this, Shi Qing also felt that he had won the battle and laughed loudly: "Everyone, strike while the iron is hot, let's continue to study how to govern Wannian County."

A student said: "Of course it is managed according to Zhou Li."

"We are just a county here, so we can't designate four officials: Heavenly Officials, Earthly Officials, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. But we can design four minor officials: Heavenly Officials, Earthly Officials, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter." Someone was already translating the Book of Rites.

"Here... let me see. Oh, we don't care about the affairs of the village. It's better to let an elder in the village take care of the affairs of the village. For other laws, we should follow... the current laws, right?"

"No, in my opinion, we should promote benevolence and righteousness. How about finding some Confucian scholars to give lectures in various places?"

"Preaching is a must, and everyone in the neighborhood must come. If they don't come... we still have to clearly distinguish rewards and punishments!"

A group of people were discussing in full swing.

……

In the Crown Prince's Palace, Dong Zhongshu watched as Crown Prince Liu Ju was getting impatient while reading, but he remained patient: "Your Highness, there is still half an hour left, then Your Highness can play with the sugar cup."

Recently, one of Huo Hai's followers reproduced the process of rope crystallization of sugar.

That day, Huo Hai wanted to give the prince a new toy. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't think of what to teach, so he took out the sugar crystallization experiment.

Of course, the menke went through a lot of trouble to extract the sugar blocks which were full of impurities and ugly in color, and used ropes to make crystals.

The prince soaked the prepared powdered sugar in a cup, put in a glass rod, and crystallized the "lollipop".

Huo Hai even took out a glass rod used as an experiment for the prince to use.

This is delicious and fun. Can the prince read the book? Not at all.

The prince didn't buy it.

Dong Zhongshu smiled and said, "If Your Highness continues to read, you can play with the candy cup. If you don't read seriously, the candy cup will be given to Your Majesty."

Liu Ju was anxious: "Master Dong, Master Dong, I'll take a look right away..."

Dong Zhongshu stroked his beard with satisfaction before taking out the announcement he had just received and reading it.

As I watched, I thought: "Tear down the wall of the village?"

Huo Hai would not do things rashly. He must have a reason for doing something. So what is it?

Dong Zhongshu began to counter-reason.

The advantage of a wall is security, but the disadvantage is... it blocks the view, blocks communication, and blocks people outside and inside.

If this is the case, then the purpose of tearing down the wall is to allow people inside and outside the wall to strengthen communication?
Article 2: What does it mean that urinating and defecating in public is prohibited?
Dong Zhongshu started and then reversed.

Some people urinate and defecate everywhere, it smells bad and is unsightly. If I see it, I will definitely take a detour...

Thinking of this, Dong Zhongshu understood that prohibiting urinating and defecating anywhere was to prevent people passing by from being forced away.

Dong Zhongshu realized that the first and second points had the same effect.

It is to strengthen the communication between people inside and outside the wall!
So, where do the people outside the wall come from?

Dong Zhongshu looked at the third article again, which was obviously a reward and punishment mechanism.

However, this is not a reward or punishment for an individual, but a collective punishment!

However, the punishment was not imprisonment or execution, but a black flag with the words "What a shame" was hung on them.

Will this work? Dong Zhongshu suddenly came to his senses.

Common people love to gossip. If someone is given a black flag, he will be ridiculed by people from all directions, and they will be ridiculed in person.

Over time, except for those who have given up hope, everyone else will be unable to hold their heads up.

After all, those who throw nothing away are a minority, and a minority cannot defeat the majority in a group.

and so……

Dong Zhongshu was certain that before long the entire Chang'an County would be cleaner than the mausoleum town where the nobles lived!

But, what is the purpose of being so clean?
Do you want to invite the nobles to come to your neighborhood?

What's the purpose of letting nobles come to the neighborhood?
Dong Zhongshu looked at the notice in his hand and said, "Those who overturned the notice board will regret it in two days. There will be no room for regret at all. They will be beaten to death with a stick directly."

In Dong Zhongshu's view, nothing Huo Hai did was in vain.

This descendant of Mozi is even more terrifying than Mozi himself. He seems to have understood the laws governing everything in the world.

No matter how strange the things he does are, once you understand the reason behind them, you will find that his choices are many times better than others.

"What means? Benevolence and righteousness?"

It took Dong Zhongshu only one ten-thousandth of a second to deny this possibility.

Dong Zhongshu took a deep breath and said, "Money and goods can move people's hearts. If I'm not mistaken, I'll use the benefits to make the person who flipped the billboard regret it."

"Could it be..."

Dong Zhongshu looked up suddenly and knew what was going on.

(End of this chapter)