The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 957: The Zhu Family Angry at Master Ban [Please Subscribe*Please Vote]

"The four-clawed iron spider can crush an army of enemies with ease and kill people like grass!" Master Ban proudly introduced his masterpiece.

"Ha ha……"

But what he got in return were the mocking masks and sneers from the Zhu family.

"No wonder Master Qi Moxiang's lineage would rather die than recognize their ancestors!"

"What do you mean!" As soon as the Zhu family's words came out, not only Master Ban could not sit still, but all the Mohists present also stood up, holding the hilts of their swords. If this was not the Prime Minister's Mansion in Bingzhou, they would have drawn their swords.

If the Zhu family does not give a satisfactory explanation, they will dare to draw their swords even if it is the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The three divisions of Mohism were a pain for Mohism. After Mozi's death, the Mohist school was divided into three branches: Xianglizi, Denglingzi and Xiangfuzi. Because they were in different countries, they were also called Qin Mo, Chu Mo and Qi Mo. They were also the three most powerful princes in the world at that time. This is one of the reasons why Mohism was called a famous school of thought.

It’s just that Qin Mo and Chu Mo appeared because of the idiom "朝秦暮楚", and the relationship between Qin and Chu was quite good at that time, so the two lineages still have many connections.

Only Qi Mo would never have any contact with the other two clans.

Even though there is a Mohist headquarters, the Qi Mo lineage is only a leader in name only, but they have never appeared in the Mohist headquarters, and they don't obey orders or announcements.

The fundamental reason is that Master Xiang is a pure idealist, which is inconsistent with the ideas of the other two sects.

Qin Mo and Chu Mo both wanted to use violent means to make the monarch govern the country and love the people. Among them, because Chu Mo's methods were more direct and fierce (he would assassinate the monarch at any time), he was also called Xia Mo.

However, Master Mo Xiang of Qi opposed the use of violence, including uprising, to solve problems. He hoped to solve problems in a gentle way and placed his hopes on the king to reflect on himself. He was also the most idealistic of the three schools of Mohism.

Therefore, Xiangfuzi's lineage parted ways with the other two lines and drifted further and further apart.

Now, at the end of the Warring States Period, although Qin Mo and Chu Mo talk about universal love and non-aggression, they actually continue to produce various large-scale killing weapons, which is somewhat contrary to the teachings of Mohism.

"It's meaningless. Just continue. Anyway, Master Xiang's lineage is here to hold down Mo Zu's coffin for you!" The Zhu family continued to taunt.

"Don't think that we dare not take action against you just because this is the Prime Minister's Mansion!" The leader of the Chu Mo lineage of the Mo family looked at the Zhu family coldly, turned around and bowed to An Qisheng apologetically. They were planning to take action.

"If you can't win the argument, then use force. Is this the current orthodoxy of Mohism?" The Zhu family didn't care at all.

With Anqisheng around, these people can still attack him. He has the same surname as them!

Do you really think An Qisheng is a civil servant?
"Please be patient, Master Zhu, and be gentle!" An Qisheng spoke.

He didn't mind watching the Nong family and the Mo family fighting, but they must not do it in front of him.

"Do you still remember the original intention of Mohist mechanical technology?" The Zhu family also had a way out.

In front of An Qisheng, these people didn't dare to take action, but that might not be the case once they left the house.

Master Ban frowned and signaled the Mohist leader who was about to take action to be more obedient.

Mohist organs, wood and stone walk, bronze opens the mouth, it is necessary to ask for public transportation.

This is a compliment to non-offensive and domineering mechanisms.

However, the difference between the two mechanical arts was also summarized. The mechanical arts of the Mohist school used wood and stone as materials, while the mechanical arts of the Gongshu school used bronze as materials. "The mechanical arts of the Mohist school, wood and stone are used to move. When Mo Zu was still alive, the original intention of creating the mechanical arts of the Mohist school was to reduce the burden on the people, liberate productivity, and facilitate the people. Therefore, there were tools such as the jack, waterwheel, shoulder pole, sledge, black tortoise, and red bird that benefited the people. But after Mo Zu, what did you do and what did you create?"

"The white tiger that thousands of troops trampled through the camp, the blue dragon that turned over and destroyed the city in an instant, and on the battlefield, the crossbows that fired thousands of arrows in an instant..."

Zhu Jia opened his mouth slowly, listing the products of Mohist mechanical technology.

The mechanical engineering of the Mohist school did develop greatly after Mozi, and the machines became more and more sophisticated, but it seemed to have deviated from the original intention of mechanical engineering. All the things they created were battlefield killing weapons, which were even worse than Gongshu's bronze domineering mechanical engineering.

Master Ban and the Mohist people all looked unhappy, especially the Mohist leader who wanted to take action at the beginning, who looked at Master Ban with complicated eyes.

He is not a Mohist leader who specializes in mechanical engineering, but is more proficient in martial arts.

If it weren't for the Zhu family, he wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong, but after the Zhu family gave examples, he realized belatedly that the Mohist school of mechanical engineering seemed to have really gone astray.

The teachings of Mohism: The whole world is white, only I am black. I do not attack Mohism, but love everyone in my life.

The original purpose of Mohist mechanical engineering was to liberate productivity and facilitate the people.

But now the Mohists seem to be inclined to manufacture various battlefield killing weapons. To put it nicely, it is to fight against Gongshujia's domineering mechanical beasts, but in reality, what is the difference between them and Gongshujia now?

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An Qisheng also looked at the master of the Mohist mechanical art class who was recognized as the best in the contemporary and even the world, and he also felt that what Zhu Jia said made sense.

Just thinking about this, Anqisheng couldn't help but want to laugh.

Previously, the Mohists scolded the farmers for not understanding farming, thinking all day long about whether there were any special breeds of kings, princes, generals, or ministers, and thinking all day long about uprisings and rebellions, and completely forgetting what the farmer's immortal spirit of grain was.

Now the Zhu family turned around and criticized the Mohists for not understanding non-aggression, universal love, and even the Mohist mechanical techniques.

However, Master Ban and Mo Jia were left speechless and unable to refute.

“So, I just want to ask you Mohists, is it possible to use that... four-clawed iron spider to cut grass and the mechanical white tiger to plow the land?” Zhu Jia was very happy to see that Master Ban and the others were almost fighting among themselves.

When you first came to Bingzhou, you scolded us farmers for being cunning. Did you ever think that this day would come?
The leader of the Mohist School looked at Master Ban, his eyes full of suspicion.

This made Master Ban even more uncomfortable.

However, he also discovered that the Mohist mechanical engineering seemed to have gone astray at some point, no longer dedicated to helping the people liberate their productivity, but instead focused on studying war equipment.

"I will study it when I get back!" Master Ban finally gave up and admitted that the Mohist school had gone astray.

"In fact, not only the Mohists, but the Gongshu family is also included in my plan to invite!" The Zhu family also softened their attitude and stopped pursuing them. Otherwise, if they were forced into a corner, the Mohists would really kill people.

"Gong Shu's earth-breaking mechanical beasts are very suitable for building canals, irrigation channels, etc. on the earth!"

Master Ban thought about it and decided that the earth-breaking series of mechanical beasts created by Gongshu Chou were very suitable for breaking ground, digging wells, and laying pipes, as the name suggested.

Just letting the white tiger plow the fields seems a bit inappropriate no matter how you look at it.

(End of this chapter)