A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 73 Bai Ren, the first appearance of Momen

Mo Zhai looked at the disciples in the room. Their eyes were very determined and eager. He believed that he would definitely be able to realize the ambition of the world as mentioned by the Master.

Mo Zhai then told his disciples about the views and opinions he had come up with, and by observing the system and thoughts of the Bai Kingdom, he finally summed up the concepts of "universal love", "non-aggression", "salvation of the virtuous", "shangtong", "frugal use" and "frugal use". "Burial", "Not happy", "Not destined", "Destiny", "Minggui" and other ideas.

Mo Zhai believes that the most suitable solution among the ten propositions should be selected based on the different situations of different countries. For example, if the country is in chaos, the words "honor the virtuous" and "shang Tong" will be used; if the country is poor and weak, the words "save use", "save burial", etc. will be used.

The disciples were fascinated by what they heard.

Mo Zhai came home that day and found a person: "Bai Ren?"

When Bai Ren saw Mo Zhai coming back, he saluted and said, "Sister-in-law."

Mo Zhai looked at Bai Ren and said, "Why are you here?"

Bai Ren said: "I have reached the age of leaving the mountain. Besides, in the Bai Kingdom, it was very annoying to chat with those Confucian scholars all day long. Finally, my father asked me to come to you to change my mind."

Mo Zhai said: "Since it is my father-in-law's order, then you can go to the lectures with me from now on!"

Bai Ren asked curiously: "Listen to the class? Is there a great sage teaching in Shangqiu? Where is he?"

Bai Qin said with a smile: "How can there be any great sage? Sister-in-law You is that great sage. He teaches his disciples in the south of the city every day. Don't underestimate him. How many disciples does he have now?" Ten already.”

After hearing this, Bai Ren decided to go with Mo Zhai on the spot.

On the second day, Mo Zhai took Bai Ren to the gathering place of Momen disciples. This was a wilderness, where they sat casually and discussed the great ways of the world.

When Qin Huali and others saw that Mo Zhai had brought someone, they did not ask any questions. They just sat down and waited for Mo Zhai's lecture. Bai Ren found that everyone present was wearing brown clothes, but he was wearing a white shirt, and he looked so out of place.

At this moment, he actually felt a little ashamed of himself. After finding an empty seat and sitting down, Bai Ren began to listen to Mo Zhai's lecture. Gradually, Bai Ren was immersed in the world described by Mo Zhai.

For several days, Bai Ren followed Mo Zhai to attend classes, and gradually Qin Huali and others got used to Bai Ren's existence. Until one day, Bai Ren changed his clothes to look like everyone else.

Seeing this, Mo Zhai smiled and asked Bai Ren, "Why aren't you wearing a white shirt today?"

Bai Ren said: "I used to like gorgeous and white things, thinking they were the most beautiful things in the world, as white and flawless as a gentleman's moral character. Now that I have listened to your reasoning, I realize how shallow and arrogant I am. What's the difference between me and those Confucian scholars in the White House who are looking for style and elegance? I think the only difference is whether they have the mark of a Confucian scholar!
In the past, I only knew that the common people were important, and my family also said that the common people were the foundation of the world, so I valued the common people and pitied them because their lives were the lowest limit of the world. But that's all I've got.

Now I understand that knowing is only limited to knowing. Knowing but not taking action is no different from not knowing. Those who understand the suffering of the common people and do not change them are no different from those who exploit them.

So I want to learn from you. In the process of getting along with other people, I discovered how happy it is to be with a group of like-minded people. It is as refreshing as the rain on a dry land. "

Mo Zhai looked at Bai Ren and said, "Have you really thought about it? If you join us, you will have to go against the world's Confucian scholars and the world's nobles."

Bai Ren said: "I am different from them, how can I still be afraid of them?"

In the end, Mo Zhai accepted Bai Ren.

This year Mo Zhai's son Mo Zhi was born.

Three hundred and twenty years of the Bai Kingdom

Because Mo Zhai continued to spare no effort to promote his ideas, there were more Mohists than Confucianists in Shangqiu. When the Mohists were united, the nobles did not dare to bully the common people.

While Mo Zhai taught his disciples the principles, he also taught them the art of various arts, swordsmanship and archery.

The nobles of the Song Dynasty were deeply aware of the troubles Mo Zhai had brought to them, so they jointly requested the king to seize Mo Zhai's position, and said: "Nowadays, there are more and more disciples of Mo Zhai in the Song Dynasty, and more and more people like him. So, who are you?" The king, or is Mo Zhai the king?"

Song Gong didn't believe it at first, but when he saw many uniformed Mohists in brown clothes and straw sandals on the street, with daggers hanging, he believed it. So he summoned Mo Zhai into the palace and asked, "Doctor Mo, what do you want to do by recruiting so many disciples?"

Mo Zhai replied: "Your Majesty, this is all to enhance the national power of the Song Dynasty! My disciples are all common people. They can improve the efficiency of production tools and increase the products of the Song Dynasty. Isn't this right?"

Song Gong said: "But your actions make the nobles uneasy! You must know that the nobles are the pillars of the country!"

Mo Zhai said: "But the common people are the cornerstone of the country! Without the cornerstone, how can the pillars stand firmly?"

Song Gong said: "You are sophistry. In any case, the nobles' ideas cannot be ignored. In this case, how can you be a good doctor and get along with them?"

Mo Zhai knew that Song Gong wanted to depose him, so he said: "No matter what, I will not give up my ideas, and your Majesty should also adopt my ideas. In this case, the Song Dynasty will definitely become rich and powerful. The people can also settle down!" Song Gong saw that Mo Zhai still wanted to accept the idea of ​​saving money, so he said: "You are really hopeless. In this case, you can keep your official title and go on your own! "

After hearing this, Mo Zhai was speechless. He took off his doctor's uniform and top hat, revealing the clothes of a Mohist underneath. He bowed to Duke Song and went out.

When I got home, I saw Bai Qin taking care of her child and said, "Madam, I want to travel around the world."

Bai Qin coaxed the child and said, "Go! You don't have to worry about your family. Didn't Confucius also travel around the world to achieve such great achievements?"

Mo Zhai and Bai Qin warmed up for a while, then took Bai Ren to the gathering place of the Mo masters. They looked at the disciples and said, "I am no longer a senior official of the Song Dynasty."

Everyone looked at each other, and then a disciple said, "Sir, what's your next plan?"

Mo Zhai said: "I am going to travel around the world to promote my ideas and make my ideas known to the world."

The disciples said, "I would like to go with you, sir."

Mo Zhai said: "Since we want to promote our own ideas, we must first strengthen ourselves. Only when we are strong will others be willing to listen to us. So I am preparing to establish the Momen. The disciples of the Momen will use the ink rope as a symbol and the color brown." Wear straw sandals, and we must walk when traveling. We must start from ourselves, so that we can convince others.

Secondly, we must establish perfect joining standards. Anyone who is a Mohist must use Mohism to govern the world, and those who earn a salary must also hand over to Mohism. Including my own salary, but I don’t have to pay any income from work, so as to subsidize my family.

In addition, because we want to stop unjust wars, I require every Mohist to have a skill. In addition to honing their skills, they must also undergo physical training to be ready for war at any time. "

At this time, Bai Ren added: "Sir, I think a strict system is needed to bring everyone together, so I propose to establish Juzi. Juzi enjoys absolute command power within the Momen. All Mohists in the world You must obey Juzi’s orders.

Only in this way can the power of all the Mohists be used in one place, and Mr. Juzi will naturally be in charge. Moreover, strict regulations should be formulated to regulate the behavior of Mohists, so that everyone in the world knows that Mohists are a whole. "

All the disciples agreed that for the sake of ideals, these are nothing. When Mo Zhai saw this, he also took up Juzi's position. Afterwards, everyone created a giant toy to represent Mo Zhai's identity.

Afterwards, everyone stayed in the Song Dynasty for a month, and finally finalized the "Mo Law" and stamped it with the Juzi Order. This law took effect in the Mo Sect. The most basic article of the "Mo Law" is "Those who kill will die, and those who injure others will be punished."

And because it is for the common people of the world, the "Mo Law" surpasses the status of all national laws in the world. When a Mohist encounters a legal conflict, the "Mo Law" shall prevail. And if there is an overlap between the king's order and Juzi's order, Juzi's order shall prevail. This is to prevent other countries from interfering with Mohists' internal affairs.

After all preparations were completed, Mo Zhai took his disciples on the road to preaching. Their first stop was the State of Lu, to debate with Confucianism. After all, the most prominent school in the world right now is none other than Confucianism.

Three hundred and twenty-one years of the Bai Kingdom

After Mo Di led his disciples to preach and practice righteousness, they arrived at Qufu in the State of Lu. Mo Zhai looked at the city he had stayed in before, and his mood was completely different from before.

The people of Lu State felt strange when they looked at this group of strangely dressed people. Some Momen disciples said loudly to the people around them: "We are Moists, a school representing the common people of the world. We came to Qufu this time to do justice. If you suffer any injustice, you can come to us." We, we can help you, remember anything.”

After saying that, Mo Zhai and others had already entered the city. After entering the city, Mo Zhai asked everyone to disperse. Those who should find work should find work, and those who should rent should rent houses.

Mo Zhe soon integrated into Qufu. After all, a group of talented people with their own skills are very popular no matter where they go. It was also this way of spreading beans that led to the people of Qufu quickly becoming acquainted with such a group of Mohists.

With their skills and ideas, Mohists quickly gained support from the general public, and many people even wanted to join the Mohists. So Mo Zhai, who was teaching outside the city, found that more and more people came to attend the class every day.

This move also aroused the hostility of the Confucian sect, and soon some Confucian sect disciples came to the door.

On that day, Mo Zhai was giving a lecture. A Confucian scholar looked at Mo Zhai's talk about the art of hundreds of craftsmanship and sneered: "I thought it was some incredible theory, but it turns out it's just a strange skill!"

Mo Zhai stopped, and soon a Mohist came out to speak: "Fantastic skills and tricks? Without these tricks, would you have clothes to wear? Do you have food to eat? Do you have a house to live in? What you said is It’s like a mother gives birth to a child, and when the child grows up and learns knowledge, she looks down on the mother who can’t read. She’s nothing more than a beast!”

The Confucian scholar was furious. Confucianism emphasized loyalty and filial piety. When he heard the Mohist metaphor, he was almost furious. He thought that the Mohist scholar was like other schools of thought who only focused on knowledge but not on martial arts. He said: "Scholars can be killed, but not martial arts." Humiliation. I will fight with you!"

When Mo Zhe saw this, he smiled and said, "I accept it regardless of whether it's a civil or military fight."

So the two of them competed in shooting in the open space next to them. The Confucian man lost. Then in the sword contest, the Confucian man still lost. After all, how can this kind of skill compare to that of a calligrapher who has been practicing all year round?

After all the Confucian scholars lost, they had no shame to stay any longer, so they put down their cruel words and said: "I am just inferior to you in skills, not in Confucianism. Just wait, I will find a fellow disciple who is more knowledgeable than me. Don't leave." Got it!"

Mo Zhai, who won, said with a smile: "Of course, we will wait." Then Mo Zhai saluted Mo Zhai and took his seat. Mo Zhai continued the lecture as if nothing had happened just now. .

(End of this chapter)