warring states careerist

Chapter 228

Xinxin said, if you talked about these practical things earlier, we don't have to cover them up, so why bother talking about the common people's society?

However, he also knew that Day Yin was able to be forced to this point precisely because of the force of thousands of people behind him, as well as the warning and threat of the entire Mohist force group.

Now that Dayin talked about something practical, he said conveniently: "In the past, the son was virtuous, and the three surnames were co-government, and they would not harm each other. Isn't this a way?"

"Twenty years ago, Emperor Sicheng made an appointment with the office, and Duke Song asked Chu people to go north. Could it be that the Emperor Sicheng's family was eradicated because of this?"

"Oaths are naturally useful, but besides oaths, the giant naturally has the means to restrain everyone."

"Besides, there are people from Shangqiu."

Pointing to the incited people behind him, he said: "If the covenant can be reached and the common people will benefit, it will be a good thing if many relatives of these people will be killed in Bingcheng today. These people can guarantee the covenant in the future." implement."

In order to reassure Dayin finally, Shi said again: "Mohists can also participate in the covenant oath, if someone violates it, then Mohist will protect the covenant. Could it be that the faith and strength of the Mohist family are not enough to restrain the whole city of Shangqiu?"

Gong Zaoye on the side suddenly felt moved, thinking of the sword that Shi had said before, although he could not make a date with the world now, he seemed to be able to make a date with the city of Shangqiu.

Although this city is a special city, a besieged city, an isolated city where the nobles are far away from the fiefdom and lack strength.

But, after all, this is Shangqiu, not the little Peiyi.

Constraining the city of Shangqiu...Gong Zaoye thought about it, it seems...the Mohist can already do it.

The reputation and prestige of the past three years, the benefits brought to the people, the secret propaganda of the artisan association, and the soldiers organized from Peiyi... All these have given the Mohists the power to restrain the city of Shangqiu.

This power is usually hidden and no one knows about it, but at this moment it can erupt with power that nobles like Dayin have to consider.

In fact, it is not only the Mohist forces alone that restrain all this, but also the Shangqiu people who were instigated and organized by the Propaganda Department.

If it weren't for the siege of the city, it would be difficult to have the opportunity to organize the people, and it would be difficult to have the opportunity to force the nobles to make an oath, and there is no opportunity for the nobles to stay away from the fief and cannot launch a large-scale rebellion.

Gongzao knows what to constrain the content of constitution-making.

Constitution, decrees also. "Guanzi" said that the constitution was established in the country; "Xiaoya" said that the constitution of all nations; "Zuo Zhuan" said that the constitution of the king.

He also knew that the charter formulated this time by inciting the people to take advantage of the contradictions of the nobles in the besieged city was completely different from that in Pei County. In order to restrain the power of the nobles and the monarch, it would be more tolerant than many systems in Pei County, and even serve as a mutual restraint. effect.

Let the nobles restrict the monarch, let the monarch use the people, and let the people balance the left and right. As long as the Mohists can maintain the organization of the Shangqiu people, then this balance can be maintained.

Gongzaoye knew that this place was different from Pei County, and the Mohist family could not be the only one, because they didn't have such power yet, so they could only check and balance each other.

Originally, he thought that Shi Shi's mind was the same as he thought, just to fight for the autonomous status of Pei County and become the uncrowned fiefdom of the Mohists.

But looking at it now, this sudden emergency, and recalling the words that Shi said to restrain the world a few years ago, he couldn't help but think, "Could it be that Shi wanted to restrain Shangqiu a long time ago? Since we only When he was thinking about the self-government of Pei County, he was probably already thinking about Shangqiu..."

Because Pei County is different from Shangqiu, the content of the constitution is also different, and this kind of difference is by no means something that can be thought of in a short time, but it seems that after a sudden accident, Shi Shi can immediately organize it in the internal meeting of the Mohists. The distinction is clearly stated, and a completely different set of constraints is formulated.

Gong Zaoye believes that Shi must have had a similar idea long ago.

He thought about Mozi's reaction, and thought, "I'm afraid Mr. has already had such an idea... I still can't think of this after all."

In Dayin's view, although the Mohist's actions were unexpected this time, the reputation of righteousness for decades can still be guaranteed, especially in the eyes of the nobles of Shangqiu and Song Dynasty, this kind of faith is absolutely trustworthy.

Now that Mo Zhe made the promise, Day Yin also understood that it might be the same as the three surnames and the Sicheng Imperial Covenant Office in those days.

Dayin panicked and thought of a somewhat similar scene.

Wasn't Zhou Tianzi, who had fourteen divisions back then, the most powerful force to protect Zhou Li?Mohist, is this the Emperor Zhou who wants to protect the morality of the Mohism?

At that time, the Zhou Gong system was maintained by relatives feuding the country and the emperor thousands of miles away, Zhou Li's feudal obligations, and later the Sixth Division of the West and the Eighth Division of Chengzhou to maintain.

From morality, etiquette, system, and force, to maintain a whole set of world.

What Mohist is doing in Shangqiu now is vaguely similar, Dayin thought... After all, when King Wu defeated Zhou, the etiquette, morality, and system had not yet been formulated, and there was only the advantage of force.

However, the superiority of force is the guarantee of the first few.

In a flash of this thought, Dayin knew that he had to make a choice.

The only thing he can expect now is that those Mohists who went to express the wishes of the people and hope that Song Gong will agree, break through the palace before getting Song Gong's reply.

So he said: "Your Majesty has not stopped fighting yet, so I can only say that if he stops fighting, we will stop fighting!"

Shi nodded and said: "That's very good. It's just for monitoring and mediation. These soldiers must approach the palace. Once one party strikes and the other does not, they need to respond immediately!"

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Dayin's answer, he waved behind him.

The sound of military drums, flutes and whistles that had stopped originally sounded again, and the entire team of Peixian volunteers stepped forward again, stepping loudly.

Dayin only saw the forest of spears pressing towards him, and felt horrified in his heart. He only felt that if he continued to stay here, the forest of spears and spears might directly crush him.

Gong Zaoye shouted: "Also ask Dayin to get out of the way!"

The horses driving for Dayin, perhaps terrified by those sharp flashes, kept digging their hooves, and it was difficult for the driver to control them.

Those frightening queues were like overwhelming waves, making Dayin's frame look extremely small. As a military nobleman, Dayin doubted for the first time whether the chariot could break through the defense of the infantry phalanx.

In just a moment, he immediately told Yu Te to turn around and leave here.

Looking at the Mohists galloping towards the palace, Dayin could only pray to God, hoping to break through the gate of the palace before Song Gong could respond.

Because he knew that this was his last chance.

The power in the city is not enough to fight against the people of Shangqiu organized by the Mohists, and the people originally had no power, and could only be instigated by the doctor Shangqing, but now there is a special force that is good at inciting these people... to start pursuing own interests.

Dayin was a little flustered, and he had already started to panic in the car.

Not for the present, but for the future, he can't figure out what the trustworthy Mohists are going to do.

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On the side of the palace, Gongsun Ze was covered in blood, as if fighting fiercely.

He had already stabbed six or seven soldiers to death, leaving seven or eight scars on his body.

Her hair was messed up, and the fur hat fell somewhere, and the originally bundled hair was scattered, with some blood sticky on it.

I don't know if it was his own or the person he stabbed to death.

The wounds on his body continued to bleed, taking away his strength and vitality.

He was already exhausted, but he still didn't slash once, and he still kept stabbing with his sword. The soldier on the opposite side was not a good player, but he wasn't that kind of peasant soldier either, so he could only assassinate to save his strength.

There were still more than 30 people left who rushed over with him, and they were already besieged in the center, and there was still a hundred feet away from the palace wall and the wall where they could shoot for cover.

But this hundred feet, it is no longer possible to go any further.

Fighting requires too much physical strength, and more than 30 people can't hold it anymore and are out of breath.

It's just that these low-ranking nobles who have been trained out of production since childhood are not comparable to those soldiers. The previous fights have made the soldiers frightened and dare not approach, but they can't get out of the way to prevent them from breaking into the palace wall.

Gongsun Ze panted heavily, knowing that the soldiers were relying on the siege to consume the strength of the people inside, consuming their last strength, like a deer being hunted by a siege, they will not attack until they have no strength.

The more than 30 people who were besieged around him showed no fear.

From the moment they cut off their hair and declared that after the rescue of the monarch, they went to die to uphold the monarch's order, they were already dead.

People are afraid of losing what they have, never afraid of what they have lost.

Gongsun Ze thought of the mohist formation he had seen before, and he knew in his heart that if these 50 people were able to form an attack, they would have already broken through the Xiao Wall.

Although people like myself have martial arts and courage, they don't lack Mohist's willingness to die, because they are gentlemen, just like Mohist, the only difference is that they believe in benevolence, righteousness, and reason.

But it is difficult for these people to attack in formation, because they have no special training, they can only maintain a short formation, and they will soon disperse, just like when they attacked the Chu army at night a month ago.

Inside the palace, a big fire and smoke ignited, and Gongsun Ze was even more frightened, not knowing what happened inside.

Is it the king who went to school and Shang Zhou burned himself in Lutai?Or has the main gate been breached by those rebels?

He didn't hate those people who acted with those rebels. After all, he and Shi had too many intersections, and he had heard too much of Mohists' truths, so he didn't hate those people who rioted for their own benefit.

Because he felt that he was also practicing the principles of the Mohists... Song Gong gave him a salary and a fief, and he wanted to pay back with his life. If you think about it this way, what is the difference between him and those people who participated in the rebellion for their own interests? Woolen cloth?

He thought, perhaps, what the Mohist said makes sense.It's just that your own interests are different from the interests of the public.

"Could it be that the rituals in this world are really just like what the Mohist said, they are just a cover for benefits? Just like the common cakes and noodles in Shangqiu nowadays, they are actually wheat flour?"

Panting heavily, Gongsun Ze shook his head, trying to drive away these terrible thoughts. He didn't know why he thought of these when he was about to die.

Either because they are worried about the monarch in the palace, or because they want to fight hard to stop thinking about these terrible thoughts.

After gasping for breath a few times, he wiped the blood from Meimeishan, raised his sword and shouted, and rushed into the crowd again.

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A dagger pierced Gongsun Ze's leather armor from the side, Gongsun Ze felt a sharp pain, knowing that the dagger had seriously injured himself, and now surrounded by the crowd, even if he didn't die once, he would soon die from the spears of the others under.

For some reason, he felt a little relieved.

"Die...die. I have kept my rituals until I die."

"Die...die! When you die, you won't think about which words are right...I have already begun to doubt some of the principles I believe in. After I die, I won't think about it anymore. There will be no more doubts..."

"Die...die! If you die, you won't be able to see Shangqiu's principles becoming superior and become Mohists' principles...and you won't be able to see the chaos in the world."

"It's good to be dead."

He muttered something, subconsciously grabbed the dagger that was pierced into his body with his hand, pierced the soldier's throat with a sword, pulled out the dagger, supported his shaky body, and looked down at the side ribs The gurgling blood.

For the first time in my life, I felt like dying.So in order to die faster, leaning on this short dagger, he stepped forward again.

(End of this chapter)