warring states careerist

Chapter 229

Gongsun Ze knew that he was unable to cross the last hundred feet.

I sigh in my heart.

What supported him to continue stabbing the short sword was only the obsession in his heart. He hoped that he could die in this battle in the end, at least he felt that he deserved to die.

Back then, Zhongni's disciples also fought in the rebellious army in the same way, and were chopped into meat paste in the end. He felt that he would end up in the same way.

How many times have you been stabbed?

He couldn't remember clearly, he just felt that the dagger that had been with him for more than ten years was getting heavier and heavier.

It's still early in the sky, but everything in front of me is getting darker and darker.

When the vest was stabbed again, Gongsun Ze seemed to hear a faint cry.

It was in Song dialect, which he could understand, but because of the darkness in front of his eyes, he couldn't figure out what it meant after thinking about it for a long time.

"Stop fighting? What does this mean?"

This is a word that is easy to understand on weekdays, but I can't think of what it means at all.

The blood was still flowing, and it was getting darker and darker before his eyes. Gongsun Ze felt that he was going to die, so he sat on the ground, dimly saw that the red-eyed people who had originally killed stopped, and a group of people in strange clothes rushed over and forcibly killed the two. The crowd separates.

Even though his consciousness was a little fuzzy, Gongsun Ze still recognized that the person who took the lead was exactly what he was talking about when he won the three fights with him back then.

"Yes... you should know when you are used to it, what does it mean to stop fighting... he is an eloquent person."

Thinking of this, Gongsun Ze wanted to shout, but he didn't hear the sound, and he didn't know if he shouted.

Two legs came running from not far away, Gongsun Ze didn't have the strength to raise his head, he didn't know if the person coming was suitable, but he stretched out his bloody arm and stopped the person.

"What do you mean by strike?"

Gongsun Ze breathed hard and asked this sentence.

Shi squatted down, looked at Gongsun Ze who was sitting on the ground, and glanced at Gong Zaoye who was beside him. Gong Zaoye shook his head, indicating that it was over.

Looking at this person who could easily kill him three or four years ago, he sighed.

There were gentlemen in the Spring and Autumn Period, and there were scholars in the Warring States Period.

The Spring and Autumn Period has ended from the moment when the three families were divided into Jin Dynasty, and the era of the gentleman has passed.

It is appropriate to think that such a gentleman should die at this moment, or the best.

So instead of being sad, he approached Gongsun Ze, and said solemnly: "For the benefit of the people of Shangqiu and the state of Song Dynasty, the Duke of Song and the Six Ministers should stop fighting and stop fighting at the request of the people and Mohists."

Gongsun Ze reacted for a long time before he understood the meaning of this. He stretched out his hand and grabbed Shi's arm and said, "Shi, since it's about stopping the fight, what was the purpose of my previous fight?"

Gongsun Ze couldn't figure it out, not because he was afraid of death, but because he didn't know the meaning of his own death.

A fight started, a rebellion broke out, and then the fight stopped... So is there any difference between dying and not dying?
Shi took Gongsun Ze's arm, and said slowly: "Fighting is for not fighting. Song Gong is fine. If you don't fight, Song Gong who gave you the fief must be dead."

When Gongsun Ze heard this, his whole body became relaxed, and his arms sank slowly, as if he had got a satisfactory answer.

When he was about to close his eyes, Gongsun Ze suddenly thought of something, opened his eyes suddenly and said, "Would the morality of the Mohists spread throughout Shangqiu? Wait. I am not an Mohist, and I don’t want to follow your rules. You just need to help me tell my family... If you can meet your majesty, please say that I will die for you.”

He just made his own request, and without waiting for an appropriate answer, he heard someone crying behind him. Gongsun Ze thought for a long time, and knew that it was the attendant following him.

The attendant who once taught archery and archery in order to be more suitable.

Gongsun Ze thought of Yan Hui, and thought of the words that "Hui has fifty acres of fields outside Guo, enough for porridge; ten acres of fields inside Guo, enough for silk and hemp".

So I thought, I have a small fief and private land, my family has no worries about food and clothing, and I have nothing to entrust.

However, the bet with He Shi a few years ago is not over yet.

He didn't want to admit defeat in the archery contest that was agreed ten years later. Even though he had already lost those three rounds, he still didn't want to gamble just for the sake of gambling. Keep the promise.

He felt that he couldn't ask so much, so he only said a few words.

"When the teacher dies, the disciple will be in mourning for three years. Please postpone the ten-year agreement for three years."

"He learns Confucianism, please find him a Confucian who is good at archery as his teacher in three years. Don't let him learn Mohism."

After finishing speaking, he grabbed Shi's hand fiercely and closed his eyes.

Shi knew that Gongsun Ze was dead, and knew that he couldn't see anything, but he still nodded to Gongsun Ze and said silently: "You are a gentleman, but you were born in the Spring and Autumn Period, but lived in the Warring States Period."

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Soon after, before the palace.

The volunteers in Peixian County stood with the people holding spears and spears, and separated the first line of Song Gong, Sicheng Huang, Liuqing and others by a distance of [-] feet.

The leading Mohists stood in the center.

Except for these people in the center, the faces of the people on both sides are ugly.

Song Gong was guarded by soldiers and hated those rebellious nobles.

Nobles such as the Six Ministers hated the Mohists and the people who shattered their plans after their appearance.

The people stared at Song Gong, and when Song Gong refused to agree to their conditions, they immediately fought back.

Gong Zaoye held his sword, stood in front, and followed closely behind, and said to everyone present: "Today, stop fighting and stop fighting. It is the Mohist who is the guarantor. At the request of the people, it is for the benefit of Shangqiu. Who has any objections?" ?"

Everyone listened to the sound of the Chu people attacking the city from the distant city wall, looked at these Mohists who did not look back at the city wall at all, and looked at the people who were incited, after all, there was no objection.

He took out a piece of paper from his arms and said: "Today's matter, all the Mohists discussed the righteousness together, and they were the same as the giant. The giant sent the secretary of the Mohist book to draft a copy. Please listen carefully."

"First, the people of Shangqiu and the country of the Song Dynasty are not guilty of what happened today. Within ten years, the fiefdoms and official positions of the ministers and officials will remain unchanged. .”

"Secondly, within ten years, the monarch, the ministers, and the officials are not allowed to fight each other. Anyone who breaks the alliance will be punished by the Mohists on behalf of ghosts and gods."

"Third, the pensions and funerals for those who died in the civil strife will be arranged by the emperor and the participating Liuqing officials."

After the recitation, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that this was all the conditions the Mo family wanted.

It's extremely short, and only three short, it sounds like it's just the content of an oath, which is for both sides to accept.

Song Gong is acceptable, because he is very weak now, and it is only today that he knows that he is no match for these nobles.

As for keeping the fief salary and official position unchanged for ten years, even if he wanted to, he was powerless.Pushing the boat along the way is exactly what I want.

As for reneging the alliance, he is eager for the help of the Mohists. In his opinion, he may not be qualified to renege on the alliance within ten years.

What Si Chenghuang and his family thought was similar.

Now his private land and fiefs are in the upper hand. After ten years of accumulation, even if his advantage will not be enlarged, it will not be weakened.

Moreover, my goal was never to rebel now, but to use the reinforcements from the Three Jins to ask Song Gong to ask for the right to punish political affairs according to what the emperor Yueling thought.

As for the other six ministers, they also understand that this opportunity will never come again, and now that they have failed, it is the best result not to be dealt with.

The Mohist proposed a strike, so he hoped that all three parties could accept it. This condition seems to be favorable.

As for paying for the burial in the end, those are trivial matters, trivial matters that can be ignored.

It's just that none of the nobles present thought about it, how could there be conditions that are beneficial to all three parties?
Seeing that there was no objection from the crowd, he said, "The Mohist urges this oath to benefit the world. I don't know what you mean?"

After everyone nodded, Shi took out another piece of paper, but this piece of paper was much bigger than the one just now, and it was densely filled with words.

Shi Nian said: "It is said that this strike is for the people of Shangqiu, and the people of the country have the right to intervene in politics and also have the desire to make profits."

"The Mohist just urged the three parties to stop the army, and has no other intentions."

"But public opinion cannot be violated. In the past, Xia Jie died with Japan, Weihou went abroad, and Juzi was expelled, all of which violated public opinion."

"Now, the people of Shangqiu, for their own benefit, make the following request. Your Majesty has agreed, but you don't know the details yet. Please listen."

Many people are illiterate, and it is impossible to list one, two, three, four, five. Some things are just the propaganda and guidance of the Mohists.

After listening to Shi's words, all the people present realized that today's matter is not so simple, and it is impossible for the three parties to benefit from it.

Shi cleared his throat, and read: "After discussion among the people of Shangqiu, Mohist is entrusted to sort it out, and hereby make the following request."

"First, the king is not allowed to fight privately. The people of Shangqiu refuse to accept the unjust war of foreign conquest, but they will do their best to guard the war."

"Secondly, township schools, township schools, mohist temples, and commercial wine shops where political discussions are held must not be closed or destroyed."

"Third, the military tax of the public land in Shangqiu is divided into private acres, and the tax amount is fixed. The monarch is not allowed to increase taxes at will."

"Fourth, every country has politics, and it needs to be discussed by the monarch, the ministers, and the common people. Li consult the Political Yuan, which is divided into upper and lower."

"The Court of Gentlemen, all the six ministers are appointed, and the officials of the spring, summer, autumn and winter of heaven and earth, each choose four people. The emperor can choose six people, and non-scholars and officials are not allowed to be appointed."

"The common people's house, with 60 households in Shangqiu City, divided by neighborhood, selects [-] hopefuls from the countryside."

"All things such as war, tax increase, conquest, labor, law making, enfeoffment, and confiscation of towns, etc., are all discussed by the Advisory Council."

"The detailed rules will be discussed after the war. For any major event, the Court of Gentlemen and the Court of Common People must agree and agree before they can implement it."

"Fifth, if there is no emergency, it will be held once a year during the spring festival. The election of the common people's court will be held once every three years, and the salary during this period will be the same as that of the senior officer."

... As Shi read down one by one, Song Gongzi Tian's face was not ugly, and the nobles present were not dumbfounded. People in the capital city have suffrage. This is a tradition that existed in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the duty of the small commander is like this.

(End of this chapter)