warring states careerist

Chapter 143 The Hundred Vehicles

When I went out, I saw several carriages.

He stood aside as the carriage passed by.

The people in the car glanced at him, probably because he was accompanied by two swordsmen.

Shi can't understand Chu dialect, and speaks Yayu in a stuttering manner.

Mozhe's official working language is Song-Lu dialect. He has no major communication problems within Mozhe, but it will be difficult to communicate with people after leaving Song.

The swordsmen around him are well-informed and have traveled to many places with Mozi. They can understand the words of Chu people and the elegant language, so they know that they are Chu people.

In addition, the hats of the Chu people are too conspicuous, each one is like a proud goose, making people itchy to squash the high crown.

Now the people of Chu are powerful, and the Song State is not the original Song State. There is no need to borrow roads passing through the land of the Song State, and it is even less likely that Zizhou will be killed because he did not borrow the road.

Since he came to Peidi, it was obviously related to the Mohists. If he went to any other country, it would be impossible to pass through here.

Shi and two swordsmen took a double-wheeled carriage to Xiangting, informed the Mohists of the Xuanyi Department who stayed in the local area to let them continue to create a basis for public opinion, and returned to Peiguo along the path.

As soon as he arrived at the place, Gong Zaoye greeted him and said, "I was just about to ask someone to find you in Nie Sang. Why are you back?"

He gave a general account of the appearance of Chu people's chariots and horses in Pei County, and the two entered the house while communicating.

Inside the house, more than 20 high-ranking Mohists were sitting there discussing something.

When Mozi saw Shi returning, he told Shi about seeing chariots and horses from Chu people in Niasang, so he asked Shi to sit down first.

"This is interesting. The people of Wei have just sent someone here, and they have been inquiring about Sheng Chuo along the way. They only said that this person was shocking in the battle of defending Linqiu, and that he wanted to hire him with a thousand gold... Not to mention the people of Wei, even if we are in Pei The county also knows that Sheng Chuo has taken refuge with Mr. Qin, what are these Wei people going to do?"

After pondering for a while, he said with a smile: "When I heard about this, I remembered a story I heard when I was studying with the two masters."

"In ancient times, there were rulers who asked for a thousand-mile horse with a thousand pieces of gold, but they couldn't get it in three years. Juan said to the king: "I ask for it." The king sent him, and he got a thousand-mile horse in March. The horse is dead, so buy its bones for five hundred gold. Instead, repay the king. The king was furious and said: "The one who asks for a horse will give birth to a dead horse and donate five hundred gold?" Juan said to him: "If you buy a dead horse and buy five hundred gold, what's more about giving birth to a horse? The world will surely Take the king as the one who can sell horses, and the horses are here now!' Therefore, it is impossible to count the years, and the horses of thousands of miles will come to three."

It was the first time for everyone to hear the story of buying bones with a thousand pieces of gold, and everyone thought the story was really interesting and philosophical.

Mozi smiled and said, "Your two masters are really great sages and hermits. It's a pity we can't see each other. Thousands of gold buy bones... It seems that Shengchuo is the bone of the Chollima?"

Everyone laughed, Gong Zaoye said: "Exactly, although Sheng Chuo is still alive, he has taken refuge in Mr. Qin. To Wei people, he is already a dead horse, and he is the bone of a thousand gold."

Shi clicked his tongue and said: "This method is good. Anyway, we know it, and the people of Wei also know it. We are just seeking talents in Wei. I am afraid that the Mohists in Pei County will not know it, so we deliberately came here to spread the news. Wei people I'm afraid I don't want to provoke Mr. directly, so I only want to be the winner of the betrayal, but I'm actually hoping for more people to be the winner."

Mozi nodded, and said that there are indeed few kings who are willing to provoke him, and they are more worried that I will help the enemy defend the city when they are worried about unjust attacks.The Wei people also hindered the friendship between Duan Ganmu and Qin Huali, so it was hard to say clearly that they wanted to take away some of my disciples.

Mo Zhe knew that Sheng Chuo had taken refuge in Gong Zilian, and the people of Wei knew it too, but they needed to put thousands of gold in front of them in order to make those people fall in love.

Gong Zaoye understood what the Wei people meant, and said strangely: "The intentions of the Wei people are still known. Sheng Chuo is also capable. Although he is not righteous, he can be regarded as a sergeant with all his abilities. Before Linqiu, he He has already become famous with Qi, and Chen Niuzi is second only to Tian and Tian Hao, and he fought against Wu Qi... We can know that in the battle of Linqiu, Wei Si seeks talents. What about the people of Chu? What are the people of Chu doing here?"

Gongzao Ye is from Chu. He and his younger brother Gongzao followed Mozi in Chu. Their grandfather was a casting guest from Chu, a famous foundry master.Therefore, they have some understanding of the politics of Chu State, and they have heard about the evolution of Chu State from the clan system to the enfeoffment system at a macro level before, but they really don't understand why the Chu people sent people.

There are quite a few Chu people among the Mohists, Gongzao Brothers, Meng Sheng, Qu Jiangzi, etc., are all Chu scholars.The Chu state's scholar class is not too powerful to fight against the old aristocrats. Even if the king of Chu wants to seek talents, it is unlikely that he will be so grandiose.

And now the Chu people seem to be powerful, and the three Jins, as the two poles of the world, are both warlike countries.

Those are all on Mozi's blacklist. Unless they agree to something like Feigong, it is impossible for Mozi to enter Chu.

Shi told Mozi about Han Feizi's poisonous tongue. As a great sage, Mozi couldn't be a modest person. He smiled confidently: "It seems that it is true as what Shi said. I sell jewelry but make jewelry boxes. The ones are so beautiful. I regard pearls as my treasure, but the king regards the bamboo as the treasure; I value the daughter of the official family, but the king prefers to marry concubines... Could it be that we are too knowledgeable about guarding the city, farming, and machinery? , no one else will? Hahahaha!"

The room was filled with joyful laughter, and each of the Mohists felt complacent about these very proud words.

Shi laughed for a while, and asked, "So, what does Ju Zi think?"

Mozi waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter. Sheng Chuo and others have already left, and now those who are still hesitating between righteousness and salary can leave as they like. I want to see if they are wanderers who come here for fame." Shi Duo, there are still many Mohists who have left. Shi, your Xuanyi Department has done a good job, as long as you do well, there will be more and more Mohist people."

Shi nodded and accepted the praise, and Mozi said seriously: "The matter of harvesting is for the benefit of the people of the world, so there is no need to worry about it. But the matter of gunpowder formula... Some of you know about it, who knows that the secretary also has records. Others I don't care if you leave, but if you know about it and leave... someone will kill you. This is killing one person and benefiting the world, you should be able to weigh the pros and cons."

When those present who knew the formula of gunpowder were about to say a few words, Shi joked, "That's all right. Originally, I was the only one with thirteen swords hanging on my head, but now I have also pulled you down and joined me. Bearing the panic of hanging a sword above his head."

Gong Zaoye clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "If you don't tell me, I'll forget about it. It's just that gunpowder is your skill. If you want a salary, why join the Mohists? The two methods of siege you mentioned last time , It can be said that there are No. 13 and 14 siege techniques in the world, no one can defend against it, that's all, if you go to Wei, I'm afraid you will be named a doctor."

Shi shook his head and said: "That's not the case. I can have such a reputation because I am a disciple of Mr. Mr. He has been righteous all his life and never speaks falsely, so everyone thinks that his disciples are the same. Without Mohist, I would How can I have a reputation? I left the Mozhe, and I am nothing. Even if I became a doctor and a county magistrate, without the support of the Mozhe, how can I change Jingtian?"

What he said was not only for Mozi to show respect, but also for some people present.Since they are engaged in propaganda and agitation, they will habitually express some warnings inadvertently.

A few people thought about these words carefully, and felt quite reasonable. Without the organizational structure of the Mohists, it would be difficult for them to display themselves; and if they wanted to forget righteousness and imitate the Mohist's organizational regime, there would be no support from a large number of Mohists. It is impossible to fight against those nobles.

Mozi was very pleased that Shi was able to speak so straightforwardly, and also heard Shi's implication. He said that it was absolutely right to choose Shi as the radical of Xuanyi, and he was the best at analyzing the benefits and disadvantages.

He is really not afraid of those Mozi who know the formula of gunpowder defecting. Mozi knows in his heart how powerful he is. A swordsman who can die without hesitation and abide by discipline can have at least 200 swordsmen as long as it is beneficial to the world. No one frowns.

The longer people have been in the Mohist family, the more they know how terrifying this power is.Sheng Chuo was not a defector, he was expelled by Mo Zhe, everything is clear, the two have nothing to do with each other, and there was no giant order to restrain him from leaving before.

It is different now, Juzi has issued an order that anyone who knows the formula of gunpowder and leaves is a defector—and those who know are all Mohists for many years. In the worst estimation, no one wants to spend the rest of their lives in anxiety. Uneasy and always on guard against assassination.

After careful consideration, Mozi said, "I see it this way. What exactly the people of Chu are going to do needs to be asked clearly. General Qu is not here. Gongzao, you come forward to talk with the people of Chu. What about the people of Wei, go and imitate Chengzi."

"After asking clearly, discuss how to deal with it. What is beneficial and what is harmful, we always have to discuss it. Qiwu has all the disadvantages, and all the radicals are also there. Shi, let Xiaosheng transcribe later, think more about the advantages and disadvantages. "

Shi took the order and was very happy in my heart.

This is the first time he participated in the meeting as a high-ranking Mohist.

Although he has participated in all Mohist high-level meetings since the last reorganization, but this time is different, because he used to be the secretary and was responsible for transcribing.Although in view of the status of being close to the water, you can also speak, but the name is not right, and this is the real name.

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Outside Pei Guo, Jiao He also knew about the Wei people coming, but he chose to keep hiding himself and did not go to meet those people.

Besides, Mo Zhe's book is very interesting, and I am fascinated by it.

He was listening to "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" in the township school, and he didn't want to come out, so he was happy to listen to those stories that seemed far away but could be found in his side and in the historical books.

It was Zhai Huang's retainer named Ren Ke who led the Wei people here to "seek talents".

Menke and retainers are different, but they overlap to some extent.

The retainers are subordinates of the great nobles, and the retainers are also loyal to the family. Most of them are from poor nobles or wanderers, and they must hold some kind of official position.

For example, Confucius, Ran Qiu, Sheng Chuo and others all once served as retainers, which is the basis of a large number of noble comrades under the feudal system.

And the retainers may not all have official positions. After all, there are not so many official positions, but most of the retainers have some talents. Once they show their talents, they will be reused.

This is the way for many down-and-out nobles and city wanderers to become officials under the aristocratic feudal system-there was another way before, which was to follow Mozi and be recommended by this school to become an official.

As Minister of Wei, Zhai Huang had an extremely rich reserve of talents and knowledge of people, so he recommended Wu Qi to guard Xihe, Ximen Bao to rule Ye, Beimen Ke to guard Suanzao, and Leyangzi to attack Zhongshan.

This time, when he went to Pei County to seek talents, Zhai Huang asked his disciples to come in person, which can be said to be extremely important.

Ren Ke, who was born as a retainer, also attaches great importance to this.

Without him, Le Yangzi, who made great contributions to conquering Zhongshan Kingdom, was originally just a disciple of Zhai Huang's family. After showing his talents, he had the opportunity to become famous all over the world and destroy a country.

　It was about 90 years ago that a thousand pieces of gold bought bones.It's too early.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)