warring states careerist

Chapter 258
When Shangqiu City was discussing the candidates for the first public court, Shi Ye was very busy.

On the one hand, it is necessary to create momentum for the autonomous status of Pei County, and on the other hand, it is also leading public opinion, preparing to reach a relatively peaceful first meeting of the Political Council.

You can't ask for too much, so that it is irreconcilable, thus cutting off the opportunity for the people to learn and grow.

It can't be too little, so that when the people's armed organizations have not been disbanded in such a good form, they haven't won enough benefits to disappoint the people.

In addition, people were called on to prepare wood and make wheelbarrows so that food could be transported from Pei County to support Shangqiu through the lean years.

He is experienced in all these matters, and he can also be considered to be able to make overall plans. After discussing with the Mohist high-level officials, Mozi naturally assigned Shi to be responsible for these matters.

Now his reputation in Shangqiu is loud enough, he is no longer the son of the little shoemaker, but a Mohist radical who can incite enough people.

When he was busy, in order not to divert the attention of the nobles and the monarch, the Mo family took out the third article of mediation of disputes, which was the promise to bury those who died in the chaos.

The Mohists are opposed to generous burials and have always hoped for festival burials, but this request for festival burials is only valid within the Mohist school.

It is impossible for ordinary people to have the opportunity to burial, so there is no need to say too much, because property has already deprived them of the opportunity to burial, and there is no need for the Mohist to "deprive" them of the "power" of burial.

As for the funerals of nobles and scholars, they were not Mohists, and because of Gongsun Ze's request before his death, this large-scale funeral was imperative.

Mozi’s story about the thin waist of the king of Chu is to let the king take the lead. Since the king of Chu has a thin waist and many people starve to death in the palace, and the Marquis of Qi likes purple clothes but Linzi has many purple clothes, then Mozi thinks that if If the king has a good festival burial, then there will be more festival burials below.

Just as the saying goes, what works from top to bottom, Mozi cited the story that Jin Wengong liked coarse cloth clothes, so many of his courtiers also wore coarse cloth clothes. This is still useful for changing customs.

It's just that the Mohist School has gradually gained political goals and is no longer a purely academic group. The funeral ceremony this time has a different meaning.

Everyone in the Mo family understood that this was to delay the time and divert the attention of the monarch and nobles, so that they would not have the energy to face the many changes in the city.

Confucian scholars can preside over funeral ceremonies, and Confucian scholars are priests in the first place.

Although there are many rebels in the Mohist school and many full-time priests, it is impossible to preside over it because of the festival burial theory.

Mozi also knew the real purpose of this matter, but he still had doubts in his heart, and asked, "Aren't we promoting the style of burials in this way?"

Some disciples also replied: "Juzi, even if we don't do it, won't they bury them generously? Our rules are not the rules of the world after all. All these are preparations for our rules to become the rules of the world in the future. , the disciples thought there was nothing wrong with it.”

Mo Zi also knew it well, but still sighed: "Shi once said that filial piety is a matter of heart and mind, and there are no filial sons in terms of behavior. Is it a style?"

"Now that we have mastered the Will of Heaven, it seems that the wealth of the people will increase, so those who were not able to bury generously will also be buried generously. This is especially true for those who were able to bury generously."

"What's the use of all this wealth buried in the ground for nothing?"

"If everyone in the world thinks that burial is right, how can more people join the Mohist family? We still need to consider the pros and cons of this matter for our future."

Seeing that the disciples were still talking, Mozi waved his hand and said, "I know, I know. After all, we don't participate in this matter. The monarchs and nobles also want to bury those scholars. After all, we must win the hearts of the people and not make people dissatisfied. .”

"Now that the coup has failed, the death of those people is meaningless: they haven't changed anything, and they died unexpectedly. In this case, if there is no funeral, I am afraid that the scholars will be dissatisfied."

With a long sigh, he said, "When will the people of the world know that burying these treasures in the ground for nothing is disliked by the Emperor of Heaven? It is also not good for the world?"

After sighing, I thought of myself getting old and old, but the rules of the world have only changed a little, and after all, there are some flaws in the ointment.

In the city, under the persuasion of many parties, a funeral was held in such a cumbersome and complicated manner in order to bridge the contradictions between the nobles and the monarch on the surface.

Every point of tediousness will buy more time for the fitness to promote something.

Gongsun Ze's body, wrapped in lime, still smelled slightly.

Before dying, this gentleman who longed for his own death didn't want to see what he didn't want to see. He died before the troubled times of the Warring States Period, so he was still smiling before he died.

In a big house in the city, many taxis who died in the coup were parked. Many of them responded to Gongsun Ze's call and came to rescue Song Gong on their own.

Those who were not dead at that time were not beheaded for violating the Mo family's prohibition on guarding the city, but many people killed themselves and became a taxi that kept their promise.

These people died for Song Gong, which also made Song Gong understand that he could rely on Zhou Li: because he was Song Gong, these people died without hesitation, not because he was Zitian.

How many people in Shangqiu City can be martyred?
Zitian didn't know it, but he knew that these people who could be martyred were the strength he could really rely on.

Just like the emotions expressed by his predecessors when they fled abroad: when he was the king in the palace, the soldiers all praised the king for his bravery, and his close ministers all praised his beauty, but few people really accompanied him in his escape.

Nowadays, the people are unreliable, not to mention the nobles. Zitian knows that he must make a good gesture: to maintain Zhou Li is to protect himself.

In the room filled with the slight stench of corpses, Gongsun Ze's body had been washed, and the rotten purple wounds were carefully stitched up.

A new quilt covers Gongsun Ze's body.This quilt is about a farmer's surplus money for a year.

The Confucian scholar who is in charge of evoking spirits wears a pure-colored smoked robe. The left side of the upper garment and the lower garment are connected together, and the collar is inserted between the belts to fix it.

When the time came, he went out of the house, climbed up the ladder to the east eaves, stood in the middle of the ridge, and took out a suit.

Facing the north side, he shouted loudly: "Hey! Gongsun Ze is back!"

After shouting three times in a row, he threw the waving clothes from the roof, and the people below carried the suitcase, found the right place to catch it, then carried the suitcase into the house, and covered the clothes with Gongsun Ze first.

The Confucian scholar who was in charge of summoning souls walked from the roof to the west, and climbed down from the eaves on the west side, which was considered to have completed the first step of the ritual of summoning souls.

The Mohists who were watching were secretly dissatisfied, thinking that this new quilt could only be accumulated by a farmer for a year, so it was buried?

Furthermore, the clothes are not cheap clothes. Wouldn't it be good to have these clothes for the poor people in Shangqiu?

What they think about is how to benefit the world, which is incompatible with these etiquettes.

The original formal ceremony, in the eyes of these Mohists, is indescribably awkward. They have accepted Mozi's view of festival burial, and reject this complicated etiquette from the bottom of their hearts.

After the clothes were collected and covered, another person in charge of the sacrifice used a horny sacrificial vessel to pry open Gongsun Ze's upper and lower teeth, and fixed his legs with short tables. Specifications, with a lot of dried meat, pate and liqueur.

This fee was paid by the nobles who participated in the coup at that time, but in the final analysis, these things were obtained from their fiefs, or they used the wealth of the fiefs to lend and recover interest.

The closest person in Gongsun Ze's family stood on the east side of the west steps, facing south, and ordered a mourner.

"Gongsun Ze died, please inform the king to report the funeral."

After saluting repeatedly, the mourner accepted his thanks, then got up and left to inform Song Gong who already knew about it. This is a process that must be completed.

The curtain began to be placed in the hall as a mourning hall.

After sending people to report the funeral, Gongsun Ze's closest family members entered the house and sat on the east side of the corpse bed.His brothers and cousins ​​all face west and stand behind this person.

The mourner's wife and concubine sit on the west side of the bed facing east.The father, brother, aunt and sister of the deceased were in the inner room.For relatives outside the five clothes, women sit outdoors facing north, and men stand facing north under the hall.

Gongsun Ze's attendants are also qualified to stand facing north under the hall, wearing the mourning clothes that disciples should wear.

Song Gong, who already knew the news, sent someone to express his condolences immediately after completing the procedure and receiving the funeral report.

In view of the low status of a scholar, it is impossible for the Duke to go to condole in person in terms of etiquette, so he must send someone.

And even if many people died in that accident, Song Gong could not send people there at the same time, but had to wait in the palace for one person after another to report the funeral, and then send people one after another to express condolences after getting the news .

Not only Song Gong, but also the nobles who participated in the coup also need to perform such a ceremony.

The people sent by Song Gong to mourn must arrive first, and then the people sent by the nobles to mourn can arrive. This has been practiced and it is orderly.

When the mourners arrive, the curtain is immediately removed, and the mourners must go out to meet the envoy of the monarch, but they must not cry.

After seeing the ceremony, the mourner went in first and stood on the right side facing north.The envoy of the monarch came in from the west, facing east.

Then, according to the whole set of rules, say a few words about the monarch's grief, at this time the mourner will start to cry, and must cry.

Not only do you have to cry, but you also have to kneel on the ground and cry. When you cry, you have to bow and bow your head.

After buckling his head, he immediately got up, patted his chest, and cried loudly. This is called crying. At this time, the voice that must be crying cannot be expressed normally to express grief.

After weeping, the messenger of condolence leaves, and the mourner immediately gets up, restrains his crying, sends him outside the door, and then bows.

Nobles such as doctors need to be present in person, but at this time, they don't need to go out to greet them, but just greet them inside.

Crying is still necessary, but you must not cry at this time, that is the only way to cry when receiving envoys from the monarch...

All of this will take nearly half a day, and this is just the beginning.

Because of the particularity of this incident, although Song Gong could not come to express condolences immediately due to identity issues, he could send a car there after expressing condolences, so as to present some obedience and other objects in person.

The mourner should bare his left arm to welcome the monarch, and then let the monarch sit in the room and stroke Gongsun Ze's chest, while the rest avoid it.

After stroking the chest, summon the mourner to enter, and then order the mourner to touch the corpse. The mourner cannot touch the chest, because that is a place only the king can touch...

Such cumbersome etiquette, many dead taxis, and in order to win the hearts of the people and maintain our own etiquette, we must continue,

These dead taxis won about five days for Shiduo.And before his death, Gongsun Ze, who had always been obsessed with Shi, Shi also used his corpse to the extreme, and entrusted someone to convey the words of his death and call to Song Gong, forcing Song Gong to spend a lot of time to come to the place in person. .

All these cumbersome and ceremonial etiquettes are presided over by Confucian scholars, and this kind of cumbersomeness is extremely ridiculous to the Mohists, but they are secretly happy-time, the time that the Mohists lack most, is won by these corpses.

Dead people are also useful.

(End of this chapter)