My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 590 Momen: I really want to love everyone equally.

Among the various schools of thought, Mencius was very disgusted with Mozi.

Mozi and Mencius were contemporaries.

But Mencius once publicly published many remarks specifically attacking Mohism.

For Mencius scholars, it is a great joy to see the demise of a doctrine like Mohism.

Therefore, the younger disciples of the Confucian sect of the Meng family became very angry when they heard the head master say this.

"Master, in "Mencius: Teng Wen Gong", Mencius once said: The way of Yang Mo is endless, and the way of Confucius is not clear. It is heresy that falsely accuses the people and is filled with benevolence and righteousness. If benevolence and righteousness are filled up, then the beasts will eat people, and people will eat each other. "

"A doctrine like Mohism is empty talk about benevolence and righteousness, and is not filled with etiquette, law, and hierarchy. The king is not the king, the minister is not the minister, the father is not the father, and the son is not the son. If such a doctrine really remains in the world, what will happen will be The world of beasts.”

As early as Mencius, he was keenly aware that the Mohist world of extreme equality, freedom, and benevolence was absurd. He had already indiscriminately attacked a country that occupied most of the American continent at that time.

"Mencius once said bluntly that Mo's universal love is like having no father. Having no father and no king is like a beast..."

The leader of Meng's Confucianism heard his disciple's opinion and said, "Good."

As early as a hundred years before them, the king was no longer a king, and the ministers were no ministers; the father was no longer a father, and the son was no more a son.

"You really understand the doctrines of Mohism and Confucianism. Mozi advocated "universal love", which means having the same love for everyone; while Mencius believed that "kissing relatives is benevolence", loving one's relatives as much as one loves one's parents Elders are "benevolence", and this is in conflict with Mozi's so-called universal love, so Mencius believes that this is "fatherless".

They also believe that there is no ethical hierarchy among kings, ministers, fathers, and sons.

After all, while Mencius was sitting on the table in clean and tidy clothes and discussing the Tao with everyone, Mozi was wearing a bamboo hat, rolled up his trousers and led his disciples around the fields to help people rebuild water canals and improve agricultural machinery and tools.

Then Mencius launched a fierce attack on Mozi's "universal love".

"That's right. If our sect fails, will he be our leader?"

"Confucianism, on the other hand, pays attention to moral education, which is the gradual improvement of education based on the characteristics and laws of human nature, rather than using external force to change people. Therefore, Mencius hated Mozi's idea of ​​universal love, especially the use of overly centralized behavior and rewards and punishments by ghosts and gods. way to influence people’s thinking.”

So everyone loves to listen to Mozi's speech and firmly believes that what Mozi said is right!

It’s just that these Meng scholars are relatively upright and upright disciples!
"The prince did this, isn't he blatantly cheating?"

The three of them were discussing, and when they turned around, they saw the leader sitting over there, his face as dark as iron.

The leader gave each person a ruler on their head and left.

Therefore, the people at the bottom unswervingly followed Mozi.

Such Mozi was so cool in the minds of people all over the world at that time!

Mencius has long said that if Mohist ideals are really put into practice, "democratic centralism" can easily lead to collective tyranny.

"Once Mohist theory succeeds in governing the world in the future, it will lead to extreme tyranny!"

The people at that time were already suffering from various wars and oppression!

However, there was one person who brought new hope to the Mo family.

"Mencius believed that loving one's parents and relatives is a basic law of human nature, while Mozi's "universal love" requires everyone to treat everyone equally and treat everyone without distinction, obliterating ethics, intimacy, hierarchy, respect Being humble is contrary to the laws of human nature. The result of such requirements is likely to lead to everyone appearing to be kind, but in fact, their emotions are distorted, and the basic laws of human nature are distorted and easy to go to extremes. "

Compared with Confucianism, the later Legalists expressed sympathy for the Mohist spirit of hard work.

Disciple A said, "I think Lord Hengyang is taking this opportunity to take over the Mo family. You think, the Mo family originally belonged to his father, but now that he is making such a fuss, it is equivalent to his own. In other words, through the The official business stall has closed down the old team of Qin State. "

Then collective tyranny will evolve into a totalitarian regime with a touch of ghosts and gods.

In fact, Mencius, the great prophet, was absolutely right.

They no longer believe in Confucianism.

Because for the people at the bottom, they are more willing to accept Mozi's life of universal love, which means that everyone has the same status.

The birth of the Qin Empire itself was the ultimate realization of the Mohist ideal!
Didn't expect it! The seemingly tyrannical Qin Dynasty was actually created by a group of fanatical Momen believers who pursued universal love throughout their lives. It was precisely because of their actions over the past hundred years that Ying Zheng completely destroyed the Six Kingdoms, and finally pushed Great Qin to the peak of civilization as a mycological country.

"If Lord Hengyang leads the Mohist family, they must change from universal love! The Mohist family, which has won the support of the people because of universal love for life, has also gone to extremes because of universal love for life."

Naturally, these two predictions all came true later!
Therefore, Mozi was criticized as a beast by Mencius. This was not only a criticism of Mohism's disregard for hierarchical etiquette, but also concerns about Mohism's tendency to become extreme.

Therefore, although Mencius said that the people are more valuable than the emperor, he insisted that the vitality of the people is the most precious.

"How should I put it? Lord Hengyang will be our leader, where will the master go?"

After seeing these scenes, people will naturally not believe in Confucianism. It's obvious that the people above can't do it well, why do you want me to do it well? If I do well, I will suffer a loss.

"But Mohism has a clear theory of rewards and punishments by ghosts and gods through the influence of 'Heaven's Will and Ming Gui'. Ghosts and gods reward people who love both sides and punish those who do not, thus guiding people's behavior."

This is the charm of idols.

However, when Mencius and Mozi appeared together, the majority of the lower class people did not follow Mencius, but preferred Mozi.

At that time, the word "animals" did not have the meaning of moral insult. There is a saying in the Book of Shangshu that "one hundred beasts lead the dance". The "animals" in Mencius's words are similar to "one hundred beasts" and refer to the natural animal world that is opposite to human civilization.

"Whether it's punishment within the organization or rewards and punishments from outsiders, they are all forced by external forces."

"Those who are good with the sword will die with the sword! Those who are good with the spear will die with the gun!"

"On the other hand, Mozi tried to make the world 'non-aggressive', peaceful and then 'advocate the virtuous' on the basis of "universal love", creating a new world that can make people happy without violence. But what Mozi advocated" Universal love “needs to be realized through a highly centralized and unified political form.”

but! The people who followed Mencius were still a minority.

"From the time the Mohist theory was born, it was destined that the Mohist family would be integrated with the Qin State in the future! The Mohist family has been integrated into the Qin State, and the prince of Qin will naturally protect the Mohist family with all his strength."

In this way, I immediately understood why in a country like Qin, Mohism and Legalism coexisted!
Meng's Confucianists fiercely criticized the Mohists and firmly believed that the Mohists would have no future if they continued on this path.

Disciple B: “Hey, after you said this, it seems that this is really the case.”

Disciple C: “He didn’t do it premeditated, right?”

Disciple B: "How could this be premeditated? We voted for it. This is... taking advantage of the situation!"

Disciple C: "I suddenly felt very excited about how Lord Hengyang would change the Mohist family in the future. In fact, I have always been worried. I thought that our Meng family scholars would be taken advantage of by the Qin State to deal with it. But no, it was Zi Zhang instead. Shi Zhiru and others have taken care of it.”

"He really does things cleanly and neatly. He cuts him off as soon as he says it! Those two sects will only ruin the reputation of the founder."

Disciple B: “This shows that he is doing things fairly!”

Disciple C: "But he supports the Qin Mo family."

Disciple A shook his head helplessly, "Doesn't that mean that the competition is fair? The Qin State did not expect the result. Therefore, the results of this gathering of hundreds of schools of thought will convince everyone in the world."

Disciple B said: "Besides, it's good that Lord Hengyang allows us to stay here and talk. It won't be long before everything in the conference of scholars will be spread out for others to comment on."

Disciple A said, "I'm afraid Mencius didn't even expect that our Meng family would one day become a part of the Qin State. I really don't know what kind of era the future will be. He is really..."

"What is it really?"

"Having the righteousness of the world in mind. It is in line with the Mohist style."
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When hundreds of schools of thought were still in a tense atmosphere, they were trying to get their sects recognized by the Qin government so that they could survive in the future.

Fusu was also thinking about how he would promote Mohism to govern the country.

Those Confucian scholars' drunken discussions and teacher-student talks all fell into Fusu's ears.

Confucianism has more problems than Mohism itself, and playing this trick is not as practical as Legalism. At least Legalism pays attention to legal principles, but Confucianism will lead to moral kidnapping and moral oppression.

However, Qin Legalism is the most poisonous theory in the minds of people in the world. No one likes to be enslaved like a beast.

The optimal solution is Mohism.

First, the people of Qin did not contradict Mohism internally;
Secondly, people from all six countries in the world also love Mohist theory;

Third, the Mohist doctrine of non-offensive conforms to the aspirations of the world after the war;

Fourth, it is also the advantage of Mohist theory itself, Shang Tong! At present, only Qin Legalists and Mohists have explicitly proposed the theory that the world must be one family. Considering Qin Legalists' status in the minds of the world, Mohism is the natural choice.

But this is a very new path. No one in history has ever done this.

In other words, in the future, Fusu will no longer be able to use known historical information and information.

The history of Qin will enter a vacuum.

Just thinking about it, Fusudu's future is incredible. Because now he himself doesn’t know what the future history will be like if he does this.

At present, he has changed the life trajectories of countless people, and now he is about to perform a major operation on Qin Guo's mind.

However, it is much better than in the past. Fusu has been wavering between Confucianism and Qin Legalism. In the end, he chose the Mo family to save Qin and changed his destiny against heaven.

At least Fusu now has a clear direction in his mind.

We will no longer be as confused as in the past and confused about how to succeed Qin Shihuang's political legacy in the future.

The news sent by Shaoping immediately made Fusu come out of the dark room. He seemed to have gained new eyes and saw new light!

"Prince, let me tell you, this criticism of Meng's Confucianism is on the surface criticizing Mohism, but in fact it is criticizing Qin State. Our Qin Mohists and the Qin State's political system have always been two sides of the same body. It's just because Qin Mohists are criticized by our politics The organizational structure has been absorbed, and its reputation in the world has gradually become smaller, but the Qin Mo family is the foundation of Qin's political system. "

"They accuse the Qin Mo family. They are putting pressure on the prince."

Fusu raised his eyebrows, "Why do you say that? Meng's Confucianism, what they accuse Mohism of is very reasonable."

"Do you think you can love everyone equally?"

Of course people cannot love everyone equally.

Shaoping replied, "The law has no mercy. Everyone is the same before the law. Qin has long found a solution to this problem."

"But in the actual implementation process, problems of this kind always arise. Many years ago, my teacher and I had a debate. In the end we came to the conclusion that there is no perfect system in this world. The political structure is determined by the people who govern the country!”

"So, no matter how good the system is, no matter how clear the laws are, once someone has a problem, it is useless to talk about it."

"Since it's a human problem, we have to go back to basic human nature. So, Shaoping, can you love everyone equally?"

Shaoping perked up at first and was infected by Fusu's momentum. When Fusu raised the question again, he naturally lowered his head.

"No one can do it."

"So, if you want to change the Mohist doctrine, you can only find a way from the philosophy of Mencius, the opponent of Mohism who hates Mohism the most!"

"It doesn't matter what grudges the Confucians and Mohists had in the past. What matters is that at this moment, hundreds of schools of thought in the world are about to be reorganized. If you want to establish Mohism as a national study and govern the world according to the principles of Mohism, you will face A lot of realistic torture.”

"Because Mohism's teachings also have many holes!"

"Like kindness!"

"This piece of content is absolutely hollow."

Shaoping was startled, "Prince, you don't want to use Confucianism to criticize the shortcomings of Mohism, and then use Confucian universal love to fill in Mohist theory."

The impact of this incident was so great that Shaoping felt that he was not capable of making a judgment, let alone a decision.

And these two families had such a fierce quarrel in the past...

Fusu asked back, "Don't you think this is reasonable? Mozi's theory was originally very empty. After putting forward some general concepts, Mozi went to explore and practice it."

In fact, Mozi's writings and articles left behind very few remarks compared to Confucian classics. They spent most of their time working in the fields, creating, changing, and practicing.

If Ji Bu loved fighting against injustice throughout his life, then Mozi's life can be described in four words.

'If you don't accept it, do it! '

When Mozi saw what dissatisfied him about Confucianism, he went out and established his own sect.

He established his own sect, but he didn't have time to write many theoretical articles. After he proposed the key concepts, he directly gathered a group of farmers and craftsmen and said to them, I will take you to create a different life and create a different world.

Then Mozi worked for a lifetime.

At this time, Mencius was still studying the teachings of Confucius and improving the theories of Confucianism. . . .

From the very beginning, the Mohists were a school of thought that focused on practice. His theories could be used. They were all based on Mo Zi’s experience in dealing with working people in the fields. Therefore, they helped Shang Yang design a grassroots management model for the Qin State. is the most practical.

Qin's grassroots governance was the most effective among the seven vassal states.

It’s just that many people don’t understand that Shang Yang’s reform absorbed many of the underlying organizational models of Mohism!

After Shang Yang arrived in Qin at that time, he must have had close exchanges with the Mohist giants and even his disciples at that time. Because the Mohist model of grassroots management of the people is consistent with the content of Shang Yang's reform.

The most classic ones are the continuous sitting system and the marching system. These regulations are actually the same as the organizational laws in Momen theory!

The practical and hard-working spirit of Momen has also been implemented in the blood of Qin people.

They don't like to listen to those long and rambling speeches, as long as they are useful, have practical results, and can bring them practical benefits.

These characteristics were actually brought to Qin after the Mohist family was introduced to them.

Confucianism, because of its shortcomings and characteristics of being impractical and empty talk, has created its unique value - education.

Confucianism is used to cultivate people's thoughts and regulate people's words and deeds.

Someone once said that Confucianism was originally intended for use by people in the middle and upper classes of society.

Only they can use these things.

What kind of etiquette are there for the common people? I don’t even have enough to eat, and I don’t have enough clothes to wear.

When Fusu proposed using Confucianism to make up for Qin Mohism, Shaoping suddenly felt a huge sense of gap in his heart.

He felt that he and Fusu were not from the same world.

"Your Majesty, will you agree?"

Fusu felt that since Han Fei left, there was no one in the world who could understand him.

If there is one, Liao is one, and then there is Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng is a very wise person, but Ying Zheng does not believe that so many people can be redeemed. He firmly believes that the people at the bottom are very stupid.

Only strict restraint and severe punishment can make them obedient.

Obviously, Ying Zheng has gone to an extreme in preventing people from becoming bad and embarking on the path of illegality and crime.

Fusu naturally firmly believed that there must be people who could be civilized, and there was no need to use harsh punishments to restrain them.

"I will explain the value of this important matter to my father when I get back. Once the operation is successful, the history of Qin will be rewritten."

Shaoping did not expect that Fusu would think that Ying Zheng was not a resistance.

Shaoping slowly regained his memory and realized that they were father and son.

But after thinking about Qin's situation over the years, Shaoping said feebly, "I'm afraid there is little hope."

"I will impress him with benefits and convince the top officials of the Qin State. I will use Mohist techniques to govern the country and use Confucian ethics to fill in the gaps in the Mohist theory of universal love."

"What about Qin Fajia?" Shaoping was thinking about the feasibility of this matter.

If the prince can persuade the king with benefits, there will be resistance from Qin Legala.

Legalism represented the interests of the emerging landlord class during the Warring States Period.

"There is no contradiction between the two. Who among us can say that Lord Shang is a practitioner of Mohism in Qin or the founder of Legalism in Qin. Moreover, Qin used Mohism to govern the world. This is not to promote Qin law to Can the world eliminate real obstacles?"

Shaoping was already sweating profusely. I thought that Fusu was just an idea, but I didn't expect that it had already reached the stage of discussing how to use the Mohist family.

Fusu was also deeply influenced by the Mohist spirit, so he decided to do it directly.

(End of this chapter)