warring states careerist

Chapter 164
Just like the story Shi told Liuzhi and the metaphor he made.

Today's matter, the Mohists do not want to choose talents.

Because there are talented people inside the Mohist, many of them can pass the assessment, and the internal selection has already been completed.

The selection of talents in today's nondescript assessment is like the most basic function of brocade clothes to cover up one's shame and keep warm.

The most fundamental purpose of the nondescript selection of talents made with great fanfare this time is to clarify the future with the people of Peixian County, and to spread what he wants to say by relying on the mouths of businessmen and spies in Peixian County.

Selecting talents based on assessment is actually a kind of prince and general.

It's just that if you want to realize it, you need the cooperation of Ning, who has a weapon in hand.

He was just trying to find a way to create a contradiction between the nobility and the nobles of blood, and use a practice to tell the world that this method of selecting talents is feasible.

Otherwise, those scholars still have to consider the future system construction, lest they will not be able to think of the changes after the emergence of paper for a while, so help them figure it out in advance.

No matter which country, as long as the scholars stand on the side of the monarchy and defeat the nobles to carry out reforms, the knowledge and writing of the Mohists will be passed on in full. This is the most perfect and simple teaching material.

There are some things Mohists can’t do yet, but the development of productive forces can allow the monarchs of various countries to help them do it first, and by the way, let Mohist’s humble characters become the common characters of officials in various countries.

The onlookers and spectators could easily agree with Shi's provocative words.

Shi didn't care about those petty officials who were about to be arrested and sent to the mine, and said immediately: "There are many kinds of talented people in the world."

"Everyone has his own strengths, and the world's affairs are in charge; if he divides his duties, the world's affairs are in charge."

"If you are good at farming, let him be a farmer; if you are good at farming, let him be a field official; if you are good at counting, let him manage the treasury."

He shamelessly said to the crowd: "It's just that those who are best at farming are among the Mohists; those who are best at counting acres are among the Mohists; those who are best at counting nine are still among the Mohists."

"If you don't understand the will of heaven, you don't know how to control floods; if you don't understand the will of heaven, you don't know how to increase the yield per mu; if you don't understand the will of heaven, you can't prepare for the distribution of acres..."

"Of course, Mohists understand the will of heaven. So Mohists write what we know about the will of heaven on grass silk, so that everyone in the world can see it."

"If you don't know the characters used by Mohist, you can't understand them. If you can't understand them, you can't master the will of heaven. If you can't master the will of heaven, you can't be called a sage."

"So, if you want to become a talented person, what is the first thing?"

A Mohist took the lead and said: "Naturally, it is the writing of the Mohist."

When they said this, they explained the truth clearly, and it was a very simple inference, and the people praised this statement one after another.

Shi also took out several compiled books, none of which were thick, and there were more than ten books in total.

"If you understand this book, you can be a star and measure winter and summer time."

"If you understand this book, you can be a worker and be familiar with all kinds of ingenuity."

"If you understand this book, you can be a farmer and master the science of farming."

"If you understand this book..."

He took out one book after another, and his words became more and more insane, but no one refuted them.

Anyway, they are all technical official positions, Mohist and Shi, both have the capital of such arrogance and self-confidence.

"The Mohist master once said that beauties don't need to go out, and people who come to ask for marriage will be overcrowded. These books are the beauties in learning, the beauties who benefit the world, and the beauties who become talents."

"So, the Mohists will put these books in Pei County and the big cities and giant towns. Those who are interested in learning can read them; those who are beneficial to the world can read them; those who want to become talents and become officials can also read... ..."

The people in Pei County naturally believed what he said, and those who had their own goals also had their own thoughts.

Jiao He, a Wei spy, had already learned a lot from Mo Zhe, and he believed in Shi's spitting words.

Even those few words of bragging are deeply believed.

Jiao He thought to himself, Mo Zhe did not brag.

As far as the matter of Jiarong is concerned, there is probably no one in the world who can understand better than Mohist.In the study of nine numbers, some bright children in rural schools can also recite nine songs proficiently. If they are considered talents in other places, they are no more than children here.

He also knew that the characters written by the Mohists were simple, square and strong, which was suitable for writing on grass and silk.

After one or two years of habit, coupled with his original writing skills, Jiao He has already become familiar with the writing style of the Mohist. Although it is as straightforward as the village language, there is little ambiguity.

Especially after he has learned a lot of characters, he can really understand some simple articles about the will of the Mohists without being taught by others, and he even already knows what crops need to grow.

Jiao He felt that the Mohist might really just want to benefit the world, so he wrote many things that should have been kept privately on the grass silk.

As a spy, he only felt more comfortable than other spies, but he was also busier.

Obviously, he knew that he couldn't convince those great sages among the Mohists, and he didn't need to bother to inquire about the things he wanted to know. He only needed to do a very simple thing - learn the Mohist's characters, Familiar with Mohist's writing style.

Knowing the direction is very comfortable, but every day is also extremely busy, wishing to spend every day studying...

Jiao He felt as if he had returned to the time when he was young and studying. He was not tired every day, he had to learn new things every day, and he recited articles tirelessly every night.

Originally, he thought that he knew that even if he agreed with the righteousness of the Mohist, he would not be able to implement the righteousness of the Mohist, but when he returned to Wei State in the future, he would be able to pass on all the skills of the Mohist that he learned here.

But now it seems that when I return to Wei, all I have to do is to teach those Mohist characters... because Mohist wrote down those techniques clearly on paper, and spread the word to the giant cities of the world. The ones... I'm afraid they can't be masters who teach skills.

Thinking of this, Jiao He smiled wryly.

At first, I thought I was a teacher, but in the end I found that I was just an apprentice learning characters... and it seems that only by doing this can I complete my task better.

Jiao He felt that he was probably the most boring and safest spy since Xia.

Hearing Shi's words, his heart was also touched, even moved.

If one day Marquis of Wei also uses the method of Mohist to select talents, and he is familiar with Mohist's writing, he can also know Mohist's so-called will of heaven better than others, and he may become a sage in Wei.

If that's the case, why bother to be someone else's guest?Without the recommendation of the head of the family, I would not have a bright future. I feel that my ability is not bad, and I feel that I am better than those mediocre nobles after learning from Mozhe for a while.

Hearing Shi's inspiring words, Jiao He secretly felt some appreciation, approval, and even wanting to shout with the people next to him.

Jiao He thought: "Actually, Shi is right. No matter what you do, you need talent to do it well."

"Whether it's for the benefit of the world or to cure one party, how can it be done well without talent and knowledge?"

"I, Jiao He, think that I am knowledgeable, and now I have learned a lot about Heaven's will and understood a lot of truths in Pei County, but now I am just a disciple."

"Why do those sons of the great clan have to be superior to others when they are born? Why do those doctors' fiefs can be obtained without any talent at all? Why do I need to be a servant in order to get ahead with all my abilities?"

"If the land of Wei follows Peixian's method of selecting talents, how many relatives and dignitaries of the public clan can be counted as talents? Even if I can't be the governor of a city, I'm afraid I may not be able to do similar things! "

The more he thought about it, the more dissatisfied he felt, recalling what Mohists often said about Shangxian, he couldn't help but read it in his heart.

I also thought that the original Mohist only talked about appraising the virtuous, but there was no specific method for how to select the virtuous.

Now that we have grass and silk, we have brush and ink, and we have a way to select talents, so that the promotion of talents can really be realized in the world.

This is the truth that I all understand. Why haven't the kings of the world done this yet?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but think of the truths preached by the Mohist—it sounds like it can explain why the king doesn't do this, a simple but irrefutable truth.

These truths are like thorns in the wheat field, which have grown, spread, and continued to grow crazily in his heart without knowing when.

He knew that thistles had thorns, and that it was dangerous to think so.

However, he couldn't suppress it no matter what. Sometimes he would wake up at night, and sometimes he would calm down and think about the loopholes in the simple reasoning that the Mohist said, but he couldn't find any words that could be completely refuted.

Knowing that the Mohist is right, but telling yourself not to believe it, this is a kind of extremely painful depression, which will always be hidden in the bottom of my heart.

The words that Shi Shi said today aroused the thorns in Jiao He's heart, which pierced his heart and made him feel dizzy.

If the Mohist’s reason for appraising the virtuous is correct, and one can select the virtuous in an appropriate way...then the rest of the Mohist’s reasoning is wrong?Or is it because I'm stupid and haven't fully understood it yet?
Shi also preached some truths there, and gave many examples, and the truths of those Mohists penetrated into Jiao He's mind little by little: He knew that he could not be a Mohist, but he found that he was more and more agreeing with what the Mohists said. reason.

Under the confusion in his heart, Jiao He finally thought of a reason to convince himself.

"Perhaps, the Mohist selects talents, but will the talents selected in this way be able to govern Peiyi well?"

"If the governance is not good, I'm afraid they are talents, but such talents cannot be used to govern a town."

"What the Mohist did in Xiangting was not the whole city of Peiyi. Can they manage a city well? If they can't manage well, it can only be said that the Mohist's method of selecting talents is correct, but such talents may not be Can have the ability to govern a town..."

"Then let's continue to look, maybe, Mo Zhe is wrong..."

Thinking this way, he seemed to have convinced himself: the truth is correct, but if the effect is not good, then it may not be good.

Cities, after all, are different from villages and pavilions. They involve more people, and they also involve accountability to superiors, jurisdiction within the city, taxes on public land, training of farmers and soldiers, cunning hoarding by merchants, shoddy work by handicraftsmen, and recruitment during wars. Soldiers and so many questions.

Jiao He thinks that Xiangting can be regarded as a great era, but Peiyi has only just begun.If the Mohists can manage even the city well, maybe their principles... are really the most correct principles in the world, and their principles can make the world stable...

Well, it's just the beginning.

Jiao He was conflicted.

I hope that the Mohist can govern well, because then he can get rid of the pain of the incompatibility of knowledge and action; but he also hopes that the Mohist can govern well, because he hopes to know how to make the world stable. Now it seems that the Mohist The truth is the closest.

When he was thinking wildly, he suddenly raised his head, and saw dozens of ink practitioners with swords slowly spreading out, seemingly unintentionally surrounding those little officials.

Jiao He had a faint feeling that something was wrong. He stood on tiptoe and looked back, and vaguely saw some people with spears galloping in the streets in the distance.

Jiao He was startled secretly, and thought: "What is Mo Zhe going to do today? Isn't it just as simple as selecting talents?"

(End of this chapter)