A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 173
Just as the Mohists were debating all directions in the academy and sweeping the academy, Mo Di also came to the Huai Palace.

Wang Pu really wanted to meet this great sage who came from a lower class, so after Mo Di came to Jinling, he went to the palace gate to greet him personally and invited him into the palace.

"Loving non-aggression, burying frugally, this is the way of sages and sages, and hearing it alone is shocking."

Mo Zi said: "The Huai State has been passed down for more than [-] years, and there has never been a rebellion among the public officials and clans. The states of Zhou and Zhou are not as good. In my opinion, the Huai State has achieved universal love. At the same time, the Huai State has thousands of people, but it is frugal, let alone burials. It is amazing."

"If all the countries in the world were like the Huai country, the people would surely be able to live and work in peace and contentment."

Wang Pu respected Mozi very much, and in his opinion, the morals of the Mohists were very great.It's just that the world he expected may not be able to be achieved in thousands of years.

Wang Pu shook his head and said, "Mozi, it is almost impossible for you to make other princes like Huai."

"It is almost impossible for the country to live in peace. You want to make the world stable through non-aggressive methods. I don't think so."

"Everyone has selfishness, let alone a country?"

"It's like a war between the two countries, how do you stop it?"

"The Mo family has all kinds of sharp weapons for defending the city. If the enemy comes to attack, they will find that there are heavy casualties but they cannot break through the city. At this time, the monarch must consider whether it is worthwhile to continue fighting. If the gains are less than the sacrifices, the war will stop." Mozi said.

Wang Puyao shook her head and said, "Mozi, what you said is correct, but how many wars do you think you can prevent? All countries in the world are annexing each other and increasing their strength, because they understand that if they don't become stronger, they will be eaten by the stronger ones."

"As long as states exist, such wars are almost inevitable."

"You might be able to prevent a war or two, but that's just postponing the war, not solving it."

"You want to stop the war, and love is not offensive. With all due respect, as long as there are different countries in this world, the war will not end."

Wang Pu said seriously.

Mo Di shook his head slightly and said, "Although it's impossible to achieve it in this life, it's not the reason why I gave up my pursuit. Confucius pursued world harmony back then, but he didn't see it until his death. Did he change his pursuit?"

"When everyone in this world no longer believes in these beauties and no longer pursues these beauties, how terrible will that be?"

Wang Pu was silent for a while and then said: "You are a true sage. Although you are the lord of the Huai Kingdom, you are also an ordinary person, and you want to change your way."

"I'm not a sage, just a seeker." Mo Zi shook his head.

"Mozi, the Mohist school you founded is not liked by the princes, or even by those in power. It will be difficult for the Mohist school in the future, and it will even disappear in the end." Wang Pu sighed.

Almost all rulers want the people to be obedient citizens, let them oppress and drive without resistance, and Mozi's philosophy is to let the people unite, help each other, and resist oppression. In this way, how could those in power like Mohism?
Mo Di smiled and said: "People of the Mohist family may sacrifice or perish, but the thoughts and spirit of the Mohist school will not perish. Even the classics and culture of the Mohist school will be passed down."

Wang Pu said with a smile: "Then please leave your thoughts, theories, and books, and the Huai Nation will preserve them and spread them to the public."

After meeting Wang Pu, Mo Di came to the storage room of Huai State, where a large amount of knowledge of classics was recorded. Mo Di also began to read carefully in the storage room, constantly improving the theories and theories of Mohism.

Mohism's theory attaches great importance to logical reasoning, but it also has a weakness, that is, ghosts.Wang Pu asked about this when communicating with Mozi, and then he figured it out. Mozi firmly believed in the existence of ghosts and gods, because he believed that they would reward the good and punish the violent to the human monarchs or nobles.

This is to persuade people to do good because they worry about being punished by ghosts and gods when they want to do evil.

The debate between Confucianism and Mohism continued. Confucianism, after being taken by surprise by Mohism, began to seriously study the ideas of Mohism. In the ensuing debate, although they still fell behind, they did not suffer another crushing defeat.

At the same time, Huai State also began to recruit a large number of Mohist children into Huai State.The chivalrous spirit of the Mohist disciples is very suitable for the role of inspector censor.

At the same time, the Mohists are extremely proficient in mechanism techniques, and their skillful techniques are amazing.

Huai State invited a large number of skilled craftsmen from the Mohist School, which allowed Huai State's technology to improve rapidly again.The Mohism is very strong in the application of water conservancy. After receiving the help of the skilled craftsmen of the Mohism, a large number of water conservancy workshops appeared in Huai State.

At the same time, the arrival of the Mohist also made iron forging a step further.

The progress of iron forging not only promoted the development of agriculture, industry and commerce, but also made Huai country's weapons and armors begin to be updated.

After iron forging became more mature, Huai State began to forge weapons and armor.Based on Wu Gou's forging technology, Huai State developed a sword. Compared with the long sword, the sword has a greater advantage in chopping.Based on the books left by Zijue, Huaiguo forged a straight knife.

Compared with bronze swords, the advantages of straight knives are more obvious.

As for the iron armor, it is even stronger. In the past, a bronze armor was astonishingly heavy and extremely valuable, and it was difficult to mass-produce it.But after the appearance of iron, people discovered that armor made of iron was much stronger than bronze armor.

The defense, lightness, and price of iron armor are better than bronze armor, and the rattan armor army in Huai country also began to change their outfits.

The rattan armor army did not give up the rattan armor, but adopted the method of wrapping the rattan armor.The armor of the Rattan Armor is light, and a layer of iron scales is wrapped on the outside of the Rattan Armor.Not only is it lightweight, but it also has great protection.

Wang Pu sent a large number of Mohist disciples to serve as officials, and used the power of Mohism to rectify the court. These Mohist scholars were all human beings who could not shake their eyes. For a time, the government of Huai State was very clean and the speed of operation was also improved a lot.

In addition to these changes, Huaiguo's promotion of agriculture and handicrafts is also obvious.Improvements in looms allowed for faster production of cloth, and improvements in farming techniques allowed for greater food production.

At the same time, the various theories of the Mohists are gradually converging. After Mo Di read a large number of books, he has a clearer understanding of his own way.

In Wang Pu's view, even though Mohism's ideology was not accepted by the princes, its exquisite utensils were what the princes pursued.

(End of this chapter)