warring states careerist

Chapter 2
After thinking about it for a while, after a few breaths, he got up and saluted: "I have understood the truth of the sir."

The word "has long ago" really aroused some doubts.

Although Mozi didn't ask, he just nodded slightly, but he was still wondering why he was still frowning and thinking after he understood.

Taking advantage of the brief silence, Shi went on to say: "After listening to what Mr. said just now, I thought of a story my father told. He said that someone came to my house to buy shoes, and he measured the size at home, but he forgot the size at home. .When I got to my house, I found that I didn’t have the size, so I went back home to get it. My father asked him, didn’t you bring your feet? He said that he believed in the measured size more than his own feet.”

The young man kneeling next to him laughed loudly, and Mozi also smiled and remained silent.

Shi hurriedly said again: "When I heard what Mr. said just now, I thought about it and understood some truths, so I was distracted."

Mozi also became interested and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I was thinking, if it was Mr. who bought the shoes back then, he would definitely not let the person who bought the shoes go back, and he would not let the person try them on with his feet. Instead, he would take out the rope and let the person measure the shoes in the house. Check the size of the sole of the foot, and then explain the reasoning, saying that the foot has not changed, so the size measured here must be the same as the size measured at home. If this is the case, that person will not have to buy shoes the next morning... ...So I thought, it turns out that the debate skills taught by the master can not only be used to argue about horses or non-horses, but can also be used in many things.”

"I have heard that Mr. believes that everything in the world is connected, and the hidden truth behind many things is the same, but it is difficult for the world to understand. I thought it was not the case, and Mr. was wrong. But I just heard Mr. Only then did I realize that it wasn't my husband who was wrong, but that I was stupid and didn't really listen to my teacher's teachings."

As soon as the words fell, there was no sound under the juniper tree, and the old gentleman under the tree looked at Shi, with a look of approval in his eyes.

Mozi really didn't expect that among the group of people under the tree, someone would say such a thing, especially the principle that all things are interlinked, and it was the same as what he thought. He faintly felt that what this young man said seemed to be thinking on his own I thought the same when I suddenly became enlightened many years later.

If this young man is a direct disciple of Qin Huali, Gong Shangyi, Geng Zhu, etc., it is not surprising that he can say these words.

But this young man is simply a student who listens to lectures for nothing, and is not a formal Mohist at all.

Puzzled, Mozi asked after a while, "What's your name?"

This is a simple but heavy appreciation, Shi secretly swallowed and answered hastily.

"The disciple's name is Shi, because my father makes shoes for people all the year round and always asks whether they are suitable or not, so he got this name."

Mozi nodded and smiled, and after waiting for a while, he praised the young people around him: "Jade in the rough can be carved, and it is suitable for this kind of people. It is rare for you to think that the reason behind everything is interlinked."

Hearing this compliment, I was overjoyed.

Although Mozi didn't directly say that he was accepted as a personal disciple, and he knew that there was still a lot to do to become a real Mohist, at least Mozi could remember his name.

At this time, all the scholars pay attention to personal statements rather than writing them. If they can really become Mozi’s personal disciples in the future, when sorting out Mozi’s life and remarks in the future, they can always add a sentence: “Zi Mozi said, suitable, rough jade can be carved..."

The people kneeling under the tree heard the compliment, and they didn't feel any jealousy. They were still reminiscing about the relationship between the shoe-buying joke and debating skills, thinking of many reasons in it, and trying to figure it out.

Some people relished the jokes of this stupid shoe buyer, and laughed endlessly from time to time.

The original protagonist of this joke is a native of Zheng Guo, but it is not against harmony at all here, and it is even more suitable for a person from a shoemaker's family to tell it.

Anyway, there are too many jokes in Song Dynasty, this one is not bad.

Throughout the hundreds of years of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Song Dynasty was the one that made the most jokes, and such things as black areas had appeared since then.

Those who guard the tree stump and wait for the rabbit to kill them are Song people; those who dislike the grain seedlings growing too slowly and tall are Song people; sitting on the edge of the field basking in the sun thinks it is a great enjoyment, and thinks that the greatest happiness of the king is sitting on the ground. The person basking in the sun at the edge of the field is from the Song Dynasty; when I came back from my study tour, I called my mother by her nickname, and said that I always call the saints like Yao, Shunyu, and you feel wronged by calling your name... I am still from the Song Dynasty.

In addition to that Song Xianggong, this place in the Song Dynasty has become the most densely inked place in the black area of ​​the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.

Thinking about it, Song Guo was one of the five founding dukes, a descendant of Yin and Shang, and Wei Zi became a leading party. Compared with those relatives surnamed Ji, Song Guo was an outsider after all, and an outsider with his own cultural background.King Wu won the world, talked with Dang Weizi, the leader of the Yin merchants, for a night, and fell seriously ill the next day, feeling restless...

People in the Song Dynasty don't sing "Mu Ye Yang Yang, Sandalwood Cars Shining Bright. Wei Shi respects his father, Shi Wei Ying Yang".A bunch of Ji's family sealed the country and surrounded them, and they sang "The mysterious bird of destiny descended to give birth to Shang. The ancient emperor ordered Wutang to rule in all directions".I am afraid that others will not remember that they are not the same as their own.

Furthermore, the Song Dynasty has always been Zhou etiquette and Yin custom, and sometimes even Zhou etiquette may not be followed.Zhou Li was inherited by the eldest son, but Song State still retained the original system of Yin and Shang’s elder brothers and brothers; Zhou Li banned alcohol and controlled alcohol, but Song State was quite addicted to alcohol; Zhou people talked about changes in destiny, while Song people believed in divination by ghosts and gods; Funeral methods are different. The coffins of the Zhou people were parked in the side rooms, while the people of the Song Dynasty always left the coffins between the two pillars of the courtyard... Various customs further deepened the alienation of the Zhou people.

In addition, people from Qi and Lu naturally know Qin State, but the distance is too far, but Song State is next to it; Qin State certainly knows Chu State and has a border, but Chu State is a big country after all, and it is easy to surprise allies when telling jokes... In the end When making jokes, if you want people from all Xia to laugh without causing diplomatic disputes, Song, a neighbor of other countries, is naturally the best choice.

I have heard similar jokes a lot, and people in the Song Kingdom are used to it. If the joke was borrowed from people from other countries, it would be a little uncomfortable.

The region is so dark that even the country is used to it, so dark that even the people of the Song Dynasty can smile, and the Song Dynasty is the only one.

Xu Shi listened to Shi Shi's jokes, which made Mozi smile and became interested; Xu Shi felt that Mozi's words today were so comfortable, and the meaning was still unsatisfactory...

Finally, after all the young people had laughed, Mozi told some stories with a rare expression of ease.

"After hearing what Shi said just now, I also remembered what happened a few days ago. Chengzi lost a black dress, so he went to the street to look for it. When he saw a woman in black, she reached out to snatch it. The woman If people refused, Chengzi said that what I lost was black clothes, yours were also black, and what I lost was silk, and what you wore were only linen, so I paid for it..."

This incident happened on the streets of Shangqiu not long ago. All the young people under the tree are from Song Dynasty, so of course they know about it.

However, thinking that Mr. had just talked about debating skills, he thought it was for them to debate such things as "clothes are not black clothes, black clothes are not clothes".

But Mozi sighed, shook his head and said, "I know Chengzi, he was never such a stupid and chaotic person. How can he take other people's clothes when he does this? This is an excuse to mock the world."

"Now that the Tian family of Qi State is the chancellor, Yan Zi has long said that the Qi government will one day return to Tian Chen, and now it is almost here; the three families of Wei Si, Zhao Ji, and Han Qian are nine out of ten in the land of Jin; Doctors and nobles fought each other; Han killed Zheng Bo to seize the city, Song Dynasty made chaos and begged Chu, Qin people attacked Jin and seized land, Yue people plundered Qi and Lu as slaves... There are endless conquests between countries, people are miserable, and they plunder by force. The reason for the war How is it different from Chengzi who forcibly took human clothes?"

"Aren't those reasons for starting the war more ridiculous than Chengzi's taking human clothes by force?"

"The world is in chaos, a world of conquests. Chengzi took the clothes, and the woman can reason to return, but the city changes hands and people's lives die, where can I go to reason?"

"Why does Cheng Zi take people's clothes and everyone thinks it's ridiculous, but no one thinks it's ridiculous for the princes to conquer the city and take the soil?"

"Who tells the truth in this world? Who decides? Who decides right and wrong? In this world, there needs to be a rule that everyone in the world agrees with. This is synonymous. One world, one The truth, the same right and wrong, the same high and low, can end this troubled world."

(End of this chapter)