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Chapter 117 The Manmin Covenant is in a Rage (End)
Six days was enough for Mo Chengzi to get the crime Mo Zhe wanted from the mouths of those captured Wu Zhu.

Imitation Chengzi admired Zheng Zichan, who was skilled in Zhang Chi.

The three witches who participated in money-raising, rape, and living sacrifices confessed all their crimes in exchange for their own immortality and hard labor for the rest of their lives.

Just live.

Of course, there were officials from the rich and powerful local families in Peiyi, who tried their best to persuade the angry crowd, saying that righteousness is inevitable, but they can be late.

Therefore, when these three people were brought to the stage, they just told themselves what the witches had done in front of everyone, which aroused the wrath of everyone.

The parents whose daughters were sacrificed have used this period of time to express their pain, and the people have already turned their hearts to these people, and their compassion has turned into anger, which is even more violent.

People were constantly being lifted onto the stage, cursed by the crowd, and thrown with stones or clods of earth.

The faces of the witches on the stage were ashen, and there were Mozhe with a sword watching beside them. They knew the crimes they had committed, and they were dejected. They didn't even have the courage to laugh to show that they were not afraid of death.

It wasn't until the very charming woman in filial piety clothes who first begged Teng Shuyu for revenge was pulled onto the stage that the situation changed.

According to the name of this woman at this time, she should be called Zhu Widow Fei.

Her husband who was poisoned by Shi Shi was the descendant of the Zhu Huai family. The woman's name was Fei, and it was not that princes and nobles needed to call women according to their surnames, so they could be called like this.

The word widow has a long history.

"Xiaoya, Datian" once sang: there is a heritage here, and there is a stagnant ear: the benefit of the widow of Iraq.

After the Qin Dynasty acquired Bashu, there was a mining tycoon, Ba Widow Qing, who could stand up to the King of Qin, and they were all called in the same way.

I wish that the widow Fei has seen the world after all, based on the current situation, it doesn't count whether her behavior is righteous or not, but her temperament and bearing alone can be regarded as a heroine for a while.

Since the failure of revenge by blood relatives six days ago, she knew that the matter was irreversible, and these Mohists would kill without blinking an eye, and they would never let them go.

But since six days ago, when the Mohist began to make an agreement with the people, the widow Fei Zhu did not look ashamed like the other witches, but chose another way to listen quietly.

When she was brought up to the stage by Mo Zhe, she didn't cry like those Wu Zhu did before, and she didn't yell that she wouldn't dare again.

Without waiting for Mo Zhe to ask first, Zhu widow Fei first asked: "Mo Zhe, even if we are guilty, how can you punish us?"

"You also said the day before yesterday that crimes are prohibited. If you do not violate the prohibitions, even if it is harmful, you are not guilty."

"Forbidden before the crime, if there is no prohibition, then there is no crime. You did not make a covenant with the people before, and the things we Wuzhu did were before the covenant. How can you use the current law to condemn us for past sins?"

"Because of emotion and reason, maybe those who officiated should die. But according to the law you said, we should not die and are not guilty! This is what you said yourself, and the crime was banned. We did it first, and then we have it. law."

Zhu widow Fei said, her face was determined, she was not afraid of the sword-wielding Mozhe beside her, and said loudly: "I have done harm, but I am not guilty."

Mo Chengzi was at a loss for words for a while, and didn't know how to answer. After all, he belonged to the Mohist academic group, not suitable for such professional rebels.

The habitual speculative debates among the Mozi, coupled with the logical connection between crime, law, and harm that Mozi has always adhered to, made Mo Chengzi suddenly feel that there is some truth in Zhu Widow Fei's words.

Those well-known members of the village communes elected to the front row didn't like this kind of debate very much, and shouted, "You guys should die!"

The parents who lost their daughters in the previous years of sacrifice cried even more: "If you don't die, will our daughter die in vain?"

Zhu widow Fei listened to the gnashing of hatred, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, she stared at Mo Chengzi standing beside her and said: "Listen, their daughter will not die in vain. But if you do this, you will be the same as what we did before." What is the difference between blood relative revenge? If you want to rule the people by law, we will be innocent!"

She knew that the people on her side might not be spared today, so she wanted revenge in her own way.

It's not killing people, but letting Mohist's laws be violated at the beginning of his birth.

She felt that this would be more satisfying than raising her son for revenge.Besides...there are too many Mohist warriors, even if he raises his son and searches all over the world for famous teachers, he may not be able to kill the Mohist by himself.

I became speechless, and there was a turn in my head that I didn't turn around.

The Mohist practiced righteousness, and used to kill people often.

But now that the government has been established, can the reason for doing justice still kill people?
If the widow Fei Zhu was killed today for doing righteousness, wouldn't it be impossible to prohibit the descendants of those who were killed by Mo Zhe for doing righteousness from revenge?
The more you know, the more complex you think.

Shi looked admiringly at the widow Fei Zhu, and thought that this woman is extremely beautiful and has such a brain, if not for this, with a little training, she would really be a wonderful person, what a pity.

He had already thought of an argument in his mind, and was about to stand up to refute, but he didn't want Mozi to shake his head slightly at Shi, telling Shi not to come forward.

Mo Zi stood up, looked at the widow Fei Zhu who was still pleading innocent but said with a smile, "The one who killed you today was not Peiyi Wanminlu, but Mo Zhe."

"Everything after the establishment of the government government is subject to the laws of the people. Before the government government is established, and where it has not yet been established, I Mohist have their own heavenly principles for righteousness."

"Punish those who punish, and punish those who harm the world. There is no law of all peoples outside Peiyi, so we can't be righteous?"

These words are not only for the widow Fei Zhu, but also for those Mohists who are somewhat contradictory and confused in view of the changes after the establishment of the government and the agreement of the people.

"The will of heaven is consistent with the general will, and the general will is there. It's just that there is no written agreement outside Peiyi, that's all. To punish unrighteousness and stop non-offense does not require the authorization of the people, only the will of heaven shall prevail."

"In the future, if there is a covenant in the world, the law shall prevail wherever there is a covenant."

All the Mohists said in unison, and the knot of slight hesitation in some people's hearts was untied. They said in their hearts that it is indeed the case, and the will of heaven still exists outside Peiyi, which is also in line with everyone's wishes, but there has never been a chance like it is today. Generally, all peoples gather together to make an agreement.

The benefit of all peoples is the will of heaven, and the covenant is in line with the will of heaven, but it does not mean that the will of heaven did not exist before the covenant.After all, Mohists believe that people are rational and can deduce what the rules of heaven are, just as right and wrong existed earlier than written laws.

As soon as this remark came out, Zhu Widow Fei laughed and said: "You just bully and bully us. Why don't you dare to punish those princes and nobles who have harmed the world?"

When he said this, not only Mozi laughed, but also many Mozi around him laughed loudly.

The widow Fei Zhu didn't know what these Mozi were laughing at, she didn't want Mozi to shout four people's names after laughing.

These four Mohist Shi Shiran walked to the stage, and Mozi smiled and said: "These four people have done great things, and now some people laugh at us Mohist for not daring to execute them. Say it."

The ink man with a dark complexion and bowed his head on weekdays said indifferently: "The king of Qi Rao'an likes to shoot and hunt with wild men in the mountains and forests, and the people suffer from them. I have a sharp knife to kill them for the benefit of the world. Although his son hates it, he looks around for it. I, but I dare not do this again.”

A person beside him also smiled lightly and said: "Nine years ago, Yue Zhu Gou destroyed Tan, captured his people as slaves, and killed those who did not follow. His army of gentlemen took the opportunity to rape and plunder. I killed five gentlemen and wanted to assassinate Zhu Gou, but nothing happened. Run away. If you don't want to kill, you can't kill if you don't have enough strength."

The other two also talked about the great things they had done. Mo Zi meant to tell Widow Fei Zhu and the people in the audience.

He laughed loudly and said: "If it is not in line with the will of heaven, the emperor can be changed. We all dare to say that we choose the emperor. Do we still care about the princes and nobles being named emperor? If you don't punish today, you can't do it. In the future, there will be a sword in the world. No punishment!"

"A place where the law is respected, where the law is outside the law... Heaven's will comes first!"

Everyone in the audience has only seen the Mohists doing righteousness, and they don't know much about what the Mohists have done before. Now after hearing this, they know that these Mohists have actually done many great things.

Mohists often say things like punishing unrighteousness and choosing the emperor.Academic groups other than the Mohists also think that this kind of thing is not a big deal, even some schools of Confucianism have this kind of thinking, which is the mainstream of the world's academic groups at this time.

The key is that it is useless to talk about it, you need to have the strength to implement it.

Now to kill these people, it is not the law of the people of Peiyi that is used at all, but the will of righteousness and heaven upheld by the Mohists, because what these people did was before the law became law.

The definitions of law, crime, harm, and prohibition, in Mozi's view, are only for places where laws and regulations exist, and where laws and regulations do not exist, justice is still needed.

These definitions of his are a kind of desire and basis for the establishment of statutory law as the handicraftsmen and the emerging landlord class.At this time, the Song State had no written law except Peiyi.

At this time in the world, there are only three countries with written laws.

In the Three Jin Dynasties, Li Kui had the Fa Jing and the Xing Ding of Fan Xuanzi and Zhao Jianzi.

In the state of Zheng, there is a written law made by Zichan.

There is also Deng Xi, the first litigator in the Spring and Autumn Period, who was sophisticated: he compiled a set of criminal laws, wrote them on bamboo slips, and then spread them everywhere, recruited disciples everywhere, and helped people litigate, and spread them widely for popularization.In the end, the set of laws he made up to represent the interests of emerging handicraftsmen and landlords replaced Zheng Guo’s original laws from bottom to top. In the end, although he was killed by Zheng Guo’s ruling Ji Sichuan, the bamboo punishment was widely spread. , has become a monstrous trend, and in the end Zheng Guo had to use his bamboo punishment as Zheng Guo's law.

The third place is Peiyi at this time, and the method of forming Peiyi is similar to what Deng Xi did. It is popular from the bottom up to fill the vacuum, form a habit, and eventually replace the original secret law and noble law.

Mozi's definitions and discipline habits can be used within Mozi to maintain the unity of righteousness and action.

It can be used as a guiding ideology for law-making and accountability in various countries, and it can be used to formulate laws that meet the new era of change.

But it is impossible to use it pedantically in places where the law has not yet been established and outside the pioneer group of Mohists.

Now that he had explained the truth clearly and dispelled the momentary doubts of the Mohists, he no longer wanted to talk to Feiduo, the widow, and waved at Shi, letting Shi move forward.

"It was read out by the secretary of the Mohist and the secretary of the Mohist, with the permission of the Mohist's merchants and giants, the results of the disposition of the Wuzhu matter with the aim of benefiting the world."

"People who are outside the law are bound by the law of justice. People who are inside the law are bound by the law. Those who know the ink on this matter are not intermediaries who exercise the power and responsibility of the Peixian government. But only the Mohist. The consequences, revenge, criticism, and hatred of this matter are all the responsibility of the Mohist."

　The Yue Junzi killed refers to the Yue Junzi Army. "Mandarin": 6000 private soldiers and gentlemen are the Chinese army.Yue Junzi, similar to Macedonian cavalry companions, belongs to the elite children of nobles, and they are all companions who grew up with kings and nobles.It's just that the Junzi Army of Yue State is not cavalry, but elite infantry.Of course, the Yue Junzi Army is not the base.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)