warring states careerist

Chapter 20
When Yu Nu who was driving the car heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he thought that he could sing this song himself.

Thinking of the girl who saved her life, and thinking of the extremely kind but comfortable people he came into contact with, Yu Nu thought that these people should be good people.

It's just that since the young master doesn't like it, then I don't want to sing in the future, lest the young master get angry.

But the young master said that this person should be punished, this... If the young master asks this, should he tell the truth?To tell the truth, he killed the life-saving person; but if he tells lies, how can he be worthy of the young master?
His heart was in a state of confusion, and his driving hand inevitably trembled, and he accidentally pressed on a rut.

The car jolted suddenly, and the son's scolding came from behind him.

"How do you drive? Stop it! You go and ask the people who sing, who did it!"

He regards himself as an identity, although the master once said that he should not be ashamed to ask, but if he should not be ashamed to ask the truth, not such slanderous words, of course he would not ask.

When Yu Nu heard this, he sighed in his heart, and said that since the young master asked me to ask others, after all, I didn't say it myself, so I can't blame me.

Gongsun Ze's friends rarely saw him get angry, so they listened to it for a while, and said with a smile: "It's nothing more than some village slang, why are you angry? Although this tune is strange and not suitable for music, it is not a serious crime."

Gongsun Ze glanced at his friend, and said seriously, "Haven't you heard the "Poetry" saying: When the sky is not cloudy and rainy, go through the mulberry soil and prepare for the house. Everything needs to be prepared for the rainy day, and when the wind and rain are about to fall, go to the house for the rainy day. Then it will be too late. This poem confuses people and makes people confused. If this poem spreads in the world, it will cause disaster in the world, so we must investigate."

The friend shook his head and said with a smile, "It's nothing more than the dream of some villagers."

"The dream of the villagers? Listening to this poem, it seems to be talking about farming and people's livelihood, but what are the last words?"

My friend listened carefully, and it was nothing more than the unification of the world, the constant high and the low, and the aristocrats who had no crops but no crops but full grain. There are similar chapters in "Poetry".

Gongsun Ze sighed and said: "In the old days, Zhuanxu had untalented sons. They should not be taught. They didn't know how to lie. They would be obstinate if they were told, and they would be arrogant if they were dismissed. They were arrogant and ruthless. They used to disrupt the nature. The people of the world would call them 梼杌. If it was at that time If you are punished, how can there be a disaster of 梼杌? This poem alone is a success, so it should not be punished?"

Friends know that he is a real gentleman, so they don't say more.

After a while, Yu Nu returned and reported, "This is written by a disciple of the Mohist school. That man worked in the village and wrote this poem."

"The words of no king and no father are not the Gu of constant honor and lowliness that makes people's minds confused. I should have guessed it a long time ago! Go and ask, where did this come from?"

When the friend heard this, he was really anxious and flustered.

He is Gongsun Ze's good friend. He knows Gongsun Ze's temper.

But he also knew that the one who wrote this psalm was a Mohist child, and he must not let his friends think about the killing.People of the Mo family, even if they are common people, are they so easy to kill?
If it is true that they will be killed if they disagree, the remaining Mohists will take revenge as soon as they say it. If this is really sung by the children of the Mohist family, at most you can argue with them. Killing is absolutely impossible.

Gongsun Ze and his friends all know that there are many masters of swordsmanship among Mohists.

Back then, Luo Xiaoli, a warrior who defended the country, was known as a brave man, but whenever he heard there were warriors in the countryside, he would challenge and kill them. Mozi persuaded him, saying that you don't love bravery, you hate bravery, otherwise why would you kill warriors?
Hearing this to a "warrior", he naturally couldn't listen to it. When Mozi's disciple Gong Zaoye heard that this person was not interested in oil and salt, he felt that sometimes he couldn't just rely on his words to reason, so he took a wooden stick and beat this sword-wielding warrior. After being beaten for two months and unable to get out of bed, Luo Xiaoli finally woke up and followed Mozi.

This kind of story is known to all the scholars and brave men of the Song Dynasty. Leaving aside the fact that the warrior who could be beaten with a single wooden stick fled Gong Zaoye, the rest of the disciples of the Mohist School learned swordsmanship, and they were not easy to follow.

The Mohists traveled around the world, not just relying on lip service.He didn't want to see his friend cut off his head in a fit of anger.

My friend broke out in a sweat, and heard Gongsun Ze tell the story of Zhuanxu's son, and knew that this was already a serious crime, and if he couldn't be persuaded at this time, he would die.

In the panic, my friend sorted out his thoughts and said: "My son said, if there is a way in the world, the common people will not discuss it. If the common people discuss it, it can be seen that there is resentment in their hearts. The master said again, if there is a way in the world, they will see it, and if there is no way in the world, they will hide. No way, why did you come out?"

When Gongsun Ze heard this, he couldn't help complaining and angering his friend. Behind the saying that if there is no way, Gongsun Ze will hide, there is another sentence: If a country has a way, it is poor and cheap, and it is shameful. It's expensive and shameful!

Since you think that this time is immoral, but my family is rich, wouldn't it be a shame to say that to me?
The friend didn't know that his unintentional sentence had offended the friend, and said again: "The master said, if you are not in the position, you will not seek his own government. In the past, the master punished Shao Zhengmao, and that was only after he became the chief bandit. .You are not a Sikou, so you can't do the killing."

These words finally made some sense, Gongsun Ze took a deep breath, and when his anger gradually calmed down, he snorted and said: "The Mo family has no king, no father, no one who knows nobility, hey... I am not in my position, I don't seek to govern, if I am a bandit , this person must be executed!"

This sigh hides too much helplessness.Really want to kill the thief, powerless.

The friend secretly wiped his sweat, and thought that it would be good to persuade him, this Mohist will be punished as soon as he says it?Not to mention you, even people like Si Kou and Da Zai can't afford to provoke them.

It would be fine if you killed all the Mohists in the world, but if you can't kill them all, you will be in danger of your life. There are many people like Zhuan Zhu in the Mohist school, and they are all people who die without hesitation.

Gongsun Ze also understood that it was just a moment of anger just now, but the constant singing in his ears made him more bored, and he said after a long time: "Since I can't do the killing, I'd like to go and see this person. Oral his argument, let him swear that he will never do these things that make the world immoral and people's minds confused."

"Alright, I'll go with you."

The car immediately turned around, and after asking Yunu to ask where he was, he drove towards that direction.

Yu Nu began to hear the young master's talk about the killing, and felt very uneasy, but when he heard that there was a turning point, he finally felt relieved and concentrated on driving.

When we got near the village community, a group of children passed by, humming verses.

"One one is one, two two is four, three three is nine, four 46..."

The formula is long, and after listening to it for a while, Gongsun Ze nodded slightly and said: "From this point of view, this person is not completely lacking in intelligence. However, even if he can count ninety-nine and does not understand benevolence, wisdom, propriety, justice and shame, who would dare to use them?" What about being a treasury official?"

At this time, there is already Jiujiu Ge Jue, but it starts from Jiujiu and ends in Erdu.Mathematics is currently one of the six noble arts, and Gongsun Ze has also learned some.

But he has always believed that these are trails.If you don't know how to behave, then even if you know these things, you can't do things.What if it is stolen?What if it is hidden?Therefore, if one cannot learn benevolence, wisdom, propriety, righteousness and shame, it is better not to learn arithmetic.

But the friend said: "It's rare for the sons of the common people here to be able to master arithmetic. Why should they be too demanding? Besides, the Mo family is a generation without kings and fathers. Let them understand etiquette, justice, integrity, and shame, isn't it like chime bells and strings?" Beast listen?"

"That's true."

Gongsun Ze nodded and continued to move forward. When he saw a courtyard wall, he hurriedly called to stop.

On the courtyard wall, there are eight lines of characters written in charcoal. The characters are ugly and missing.

He took a closer look and recognized a few of them, but they were all changed into bad shape.

Guessing, he guessed that the eight characters written on it were "fire in July, clothes in September".

It's just that the writing of this character is extremely simple, not in big seal script, and the gestures are stiff and straight, he has never seen such writing.

Great seal script is a circulating script, and the scripts of different countries are different, but even so, Gongsun Ze has never seen the Han Li that should have appeared hundreds of years later, let alone the more simplified regular script.

It happened that a child passed by at this time, and Gongsun Ze pointed to the eight characters on it and asked, "Can you recognize these characters?"

The child has six fingers on his right hand, looks ordinary, and is dressed in rags, obviously he is also the son of a common farmer, and he is holding a back basket in his hand to hold these shit.

After Gongsun Ze asked, the child gave him a cold look, nodded and said: "I know. July is a fire, and September is a gift."

He also didn't expect that there would be children in this kind of place who could read. Although the word was extremely strange, he asked again: "You can also recite the following?"

The child nodded, and Gongsun Ze asked again, "Do you know what it means?"

The child nodded again, and said with a sneer: "Of course I know. Brother Shi once said this poem, and it was just one sentence: Those who wear silk are not silkworm farmers; those who eat meat are not shepherds; those who drink wine are not shepherds." A millet planter. One word, bitterness. Two words, survival. Three words, why?"

After the child finished speaking, Shi Shiran left, leaving Gongsun Ze behind.

Gongsun Ze said angrily: "Look, this is the poem he said? What qualifications does he have to write the poem? He misinterprets the original meaning of the poem and dares to tell these children. Isn't it confusing the world? This poem is clearly saying Things about women inside and men outside. Men hunt and farm, women spin hemp to deliver food...how...how can the poem be said like this?"

In anger, he got out of the car, and ignored the etiquette of walking slowly. He called a child and shouted, and wanted to argue on the spot. The original meaning of the poem.

Such a mess immediately attracted many people, and some people have already looked for it.

After Shi Shi asked clearly that this person did not carry a bow, arrow or bronze sword, he grinned and gained confidence in his heart. He hid a small stone dagger in his clothes and walked outside slowly.

Courtesy is not inferior to ordinary people, and he is still a person who distorts the meaning of poetry. Gongsun Ze is not suitable for etiquette, and directly asks: "What qualifications do you have to speak poetry? What qualifications do these people have to listen to poetry? Only after Xia Wu learned the principle of rites can one hear the poems, how can these people understand the meaning of the poems? Where did you learn to interpret the poems? How is it recorded in the Jianwen that this poem is interpreted in this way?"

At this moment, quite a few people had already gathered, and Shi Shi glanced at Gongsun Ze, who was dressed in a straight skirt and covered in jade pendants, and said, "Is the understanding of the bamboo slips must be correct? Believe in the simple texts, and don't add Distinguish, and think you have the truth just by hearsay, it would be better if you don’t have a brief essay.”

When Gongsun Ze heard this, he laughed loudly and said, "It's hard to say what you say, but you are the one who is talking about it! Even Mo Di would not dare to say such a thing, so what are you? Dare to say such a thing?"

To be honest, I didn't say that.

He didn't answer this question directly, but took advantage of Gongsun Ze's emotional agitation, and suddenly asked: "Since you think that the words on the bamboo slips are all credible, let me ask you, is King Wu benevolent?"

When Gongsun Ze heard this, he became even angrier. He thought that even your husband Mo Di would not dare to say such a thing, and immediately scolded back: "Of course you are benevolent."

"Is this recorded on the bamboo slips?"

"Yes."

"Since benevolence, why is there a word in "Wu Cheng" that he will bleed in Muye? Since it is benevolence, he hangs the people and punishes crimes, and King Zhou loses his virtue. Why don't those people surrender? "Cheng Wu" also contains, The former apprentice turned against him to meet the king's teacher. Since he had already turned his back to meet the king's teacher, but the king of Wu killed him so much that he bleeds, how can he be called benevolent? You are also a soldier. You have driven a chariot and fought in battle. How many people have you killed? How can I bleed for nothing?"

Shi stretched out two fingers, and said with a smile: "Since the bamboo slips are impossible to be wrong, I can deduce two points from my Mohist's debate skills. Either, King Wu is not benevolent; or, you have to admit that what you understand may not be what is written on the bamboo slips. original intention."

"If you think that your understanding must be correct, then King Wu is not benevolent; if you admit that your understanding is wrong, then King Wu may still be benevolent. You can choose one. Of course, there is another possibility, that is, what you think benevolence is Blood flowed like a river, and the more you kill, the more benevolent you are, if you insist on saying that, then I can't help it. You choose one."

　Uh, Gongzaoye's name is a fabrication.Luo Xiaoli is true, and there is no history of being beaten... But Mozi may think that the weapon of criticism is not as good as the criticism of weapons, so he asked his disciples to criticize him with a stick...

　　Gongzao is a clan, which means that the original family did some kind of technical work for a certain office. Gongzao Ye can be understood as a child of a family that specializes in smelting bronze.

　　Well, it is better to have no books than to believe in books... The book at this time refers to the "Shangshu".If you take a catty of "Book of Songs" and read it there, you can't say that you are reading a book, you have to say that you are reading poetry.In the era of bamboo slips, there were too few books in the broad sense, and each book had its own title, which was specific, so we had to use awkward bamboo slips to replace books in the broad sense.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)