A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 179 Wang Pu: Invasion?No, this is both love and non-attack

Qin Sliding looked at the bamboo slips in his hand. There were no gorgeous rhetoric on the bamboo slips, but a dry record of the living conditions of the low-level people in some prefectures and countries.

Then he listed the benefits that the people at the bottom received after the arrival of the Huai army.There is a stark contrast between the front and the back.This makes Qin Sliding, who has always believed in both love and non-attack, and defending the weak as his own responsibility, feel like his common sense has collapsed.

In his impression, war can only bring pain and disaster to the people who were invaded, but in this bamboo slip, it is said that the people will eat pots of pulp to welcome the Huai army.

"The children of Mohism also love Feigong, and their purpose is for these grassroots people. How are these people doing now? If you only listen to Gu's one-sided words, you probably won't believe it. In this case, Gu can issue an edict to send a team of soldiers to escort you to the state?" Wang Pu said with a smile.

Qin slipped away and looked at Duke Huai in front of him. He was handsome and handsome, with a graceful demeanor, like a god-man, but he always felt a little cold on the back of his body.

But what happened, he still had to go and see for himself.Qin Huali didn't think much about it, and immediately agreed, and was going to lead dozens of Mohist students to the state, and then decide whether the Mohist students would continue to serve in Huai Country.

Qin Huali took many scholars of the Mohist school to Zhoulaiguo.

It wasn't until the group of people came to Zhoulaiguo that they realized that everything in front of them was completely different from what they imagined after the war. There were no broken walls, no dead or wounded everywhere, but vitality everywhere.

The people in the city had smiles on their faces, and they came and went in a hurry. When they saw the soldiers of the Huai country, they would take the initiative to give way, and even gave some fruits to the soldiers.There is a constant stream of people coming and going in the city, and it doesn't look like a city that has just experienced war.

Although those people were dressed in shabby clothes, but with smiles on their faces, Qin Slippery Li even suspected that Huai country forced the people to do so in order to let them see this.

But after he deliberately avoided those Huai soldiers, and then went to ask the people in the state in private, he found that what they saw was true.Although Qin Sliding was already mentally prepared, he was still extremely shocked.

In his perception, Huai State's attack on Zhoulai was an unjust war, but why was the unjust war welcomed by the people of Zhoulai?After he questioned these people in detail, Qin Huali finally realized it.

Zhoulaiguo regards the people as slaves and oppresses them wantonly. The people are extremely poor, have no land, no personal freedom, and no clothing. How can the people of Zhoulai be sworn to defend the country to the death?

After Huaiguo distributed food, land, cloth, salt, and houses to the people of these states, and almost did not give wives, the hearts of the people of Zhoulaiguo completely belonged to Huaiguo.

Wherever the Huai State army went, the people all ate pots of pulp to welcome the army. Huai State easily captured Zhoulaiguo, and after capturing Zhoulaiguo, a large number of Legalists were sent here.

With a radius of two hundred miles from the state to the country, hundreds of thousands of people quickly surrendered.After the land is allocated here, there will be a lot of tax revenue in the second year, and even the Huai country can recruit tens of thousands of troops here.

After two generations of planning by Huai State, Zhoulai State was easily occupied by Huai State.As for the nobles and officials who came to the state from the state, they were basically relocated to Kuaiji.

Qin slipped away from these Mohists and stayed in Zhoulaiguo for three full months, and traveled almost every corner of Zhoulaiguo before finally returning to Jinling.

When he saw Wang Pu, Qin Huali was not dissatisfied any more, and respectfully paid homage to Wang Pu and said, "The Huai country is benevolent and righteous, and the prefecture came to the country to impose tyranny and treat the people like cattle and horses. Now they are abandoned by the people, and they deserve it!"

Wang Pu laughed and said, "How are the people in Zhoulaiguo doing?"

"Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous. The people of the state come to the state to share [-] acres of land, and the women have [-] acres. All of them are recorded. According to the Huai State tax, they will not suffer from hunger next year. They will have clothes to keep out the cold for two years and meat for three years. This is the scene of the ancient sage king." Qin slipped away.

But Wang Pu shook his head and said, "You can eat meat for three years, and it's a little too much to say that the holy king has a good reputation."

"Can you agree that Gu has come to attack the state this time?"

Qin Huali said: "The government of the state oppresses the people of the Li people, and the people are suffering. Your Majesty, this battle is not an unjust one."

"However, Your Majesty, I still oppose Huai Kingdom's foreign wars."

Wang Pu smiled and said, "What Qing said is too limited. Conquering the state alone is also in line with the Mohist philosophy of universal love and non-aggression."

"Your Majesty was joking." Qin Huali didn't believe Wang Pu's words at all.

But Wang Pu continued: "If you don't believe me, then listen to Gu's story, and you will naturally understand Gu's concept of 'common love, non-aggression'."

"Universal love means that the people of all Xia countries should love each other, not just the love of one country."

"The monarch of the state of Zhou is not kind to the people, oppresses them wantonly, and expropriates them violently. Although Gu is the king of the Huai state, he also loves the people of the state of Zhou. Since he sees the people of the state of Zhou being oppressed by the king, he naturally cannot ignore it. Therefore, Gu feels that he should have an obligation to help the people of the state of Zhou."

"So Gu's attack on Zhou Laiguo this time is also a universal love. Your understanding of universal love is too one-sided."

"As for non-offensive, what Gu understands is that they should not be oppressed. The people of Zhoulai Kingdom are oppressed by nobles and nobles and the monarch. How can I bear this kind of behavior. Therefore, in order to stop the oppression of the people by the monarch, nobles and nobles of Zhoulai Kingdom, I decided to carry out non-aggression against them."

Wang Pu said in a righteous manner, Qin Huali and many Mohist disciples around were taken aback by this remark, and many people would nod when they heard something exciting.

Qin Sliding was speechless for a while, was Wang Pu's statement wrong?That's right, Jian Ai does include the people of the whole world, so the people of Zhoulaiguo are naturally included in it.As for non-aggression, on the surface it is opposing aggressive wars, but isn’t opposing aggressive wars aimed at opposing oppression?
Then the people in the state are oppressed by the monarch and nobles, and they need non-aggression to protect them from oppression. From this point of view, they are indeed opposing aggression and protecting the people in self-defense.

From these perspectives, it is indeed the Mohist's idea that Huai State captured the state this time, "Love is not an attack."But Qin Sliding was unable to turn the corner for a while, always felt that he had overlooked something, but couldn't remember it.

Wang Pu looked at Qin Huali and the many students of the Mohist school who were fooled by him, and he was slightly relieved. He had already considered this set of rhetoric for a long time.The Mohists advocate both love and non-aggression. If they really want to recruit a large number of Mohist students, once the Huai country invades other countries, these Mohists are likely to jump back at the first time, and Huai country will become the laughing stock of other vassal states.

These people have technology, knowledge, and ideas, and they can use them to strengthen the country, but it is difficult to use them well.With this set of rhetoric, after all, these Mohist children can continue to serve Huai Country.

(End of this chapter)