warring states careerist

Chapter 318
Zheng Guo is asking for disaster, and this matter involves internal disputes among the nobles, and the Mo family does not want to participate.

In other words, unable to participate.

Zheng Feisong, the influence of the Mohists there is insufficient, and... the surrounding environment of Zheng State is much worse than that of Song State, sandwiched between Jin and Chu, it is a place that must be contested.

In addition to the three points of Jin, South Korea is locked by Wei and Chu, and the only direction of expansion is Zheng. If you can uphold the heart of a small country and take advantage of the internal conflicts between the three Jins and the conflicts between Jin and Chu, you can actually survive, but it’s a pity that you don’t want to be a small country. , and without the size of a big country, tragedies are inevitable.

There are at least small countries such as Teng and Xue around the Song State, and the later generations of the Song State still have a chance to be "Jie Song", but the Zheng State is really a dead end.

Since it can't be saved, it can only sell some weapons, and use the influence of this battle of Niu Lanyi to spread the word and accumulate strength for the future of the Mo family.

After thinking carefully, Mozi said: "I said, at the end of this matter, all the Mohists can do is to come forward, so that Chu State will not kill and massacre the city as much as possible after defeating Zheng State. This matter is also the only thing that our Mohism can do. I can do it."

After finishing speaking, he took the clearly written letter, looked at the beginning, and couldn't help smiling.

At the beginning, it was suitable to say that this letter should be spread as soon as possible by taking advantage of the relationship and influence of the Mo family in the big city and the market.

The title of the letter is "Stick to the Convention—On Geometry Nine Numbers, Gunpowder and City Defense".

After just a few glances, Mozi felt that these things were very familiar, especially the hand-painted polygonal structure and the protruding concave-convex wall. Isn't this the extension of what he called the "walking wall"?
Mozi thought to himself, although he knew that defending the city with walls is beneficial and why, but it was difficult to express it in such simple words that everyone could understand.

The more I look at it, the more I like it. At the end of the day, I found that I played another trick.

Attributing all the credit for the retreat of the Jinzheng coalition forces in Niu Lanyi this time to the Mohists, and vigorously advocated the idea of ​​building the capital and some important cities into fortresses to maintain peace.

It is a replica of the previous plan of the Mibing Society, hoping to use an impenetrable shield to build the fear of the attacker, so as to pretend that what the Mohist always wanted was as simple as the world's militia non-attack.

After reading it, Mozi put the pages aside and recalled the conversation when the humble characters appeared a few years ago.

The conversation about literacy is not illiteracy, about synonymousness in the world, and whether the Mohist writing can become a common writing in the world.

Mozi remembers that at that time, he said that he should force the scholars and even nobles in the world to learn the Mohist characters, and force everyone who wants to become a virtuous person to learn the Mohist characters, because he has the ambition of heaven.

At that time, Mozi felt that scholars may not all like the study of farming and all kinds of crafts. The wish is beautiful, but how can it be achieved?
But now, seeing these few pages, Mozi seems to understand.

From then on, the knowledge of geometry needs to shine brightly, because it must be used for city defense, defense, and even for measuring land reform laws and taxing private acres in the future.

In a chaotic world, this is the stage of war. A book on defending the city can make more scholars have to learn Mohist characters in order to understand more follow-up content.

This is to put the words of the Mohist school there, not to ask those people to learn, but to ask those people to ask the Mohist to teach them.

Mozi thought, this is just the beginning.

In the future, there will be more things that people have to learn. Who can provide that knowledge except the current Mohism?Those knowledge needs to be written in such words, so how can those who want to learn not learn?
Those who actively want to learn, they already know how to read, but what they know is not the characters of the Mohist school, but the characters of various countries.

Those who were illiterate before, they just started from scratch, then the words are the words, it seems that it has always been so cheap and simple.

When the cultural carrier of the world is such characters, those old characters will naturally gradually unify and change until they merge.

After all, the origin of the characters written by Shi Hui is nothing more than Qin Li, and he was only ripened by him when he was born here.

Mozi thought, in fact, he wanted to tell the people of the world, or let the people of the world think about this problem: If things like defending the city can be explained by using the geometrical nine numbers of Tianzhi, then the Mohists often say that I have heaven. Zhiru craftsmen have rules to rule the world, why is it wrong?

People may be able to use rationality and reasoning to introduce a better system and rules. As for whether it is suitable for the so-called Nine Layers of Paradise, that is not important. The important thing is that people will take those natural rules of the world. , is no longer taken for granted.

Mozi secretly thought, just like the knowledge of geometry and nine numbers, the rigorous deduction of knowledge and debate can actually deduce the world.

So he said: "In my opinion, an appropriate method can be used. Let people copy this letter, use our strongholds in various big cities, and pass it on to let the world know."

After thinking for a while, he put those papers on the desk and said, "No need to add or delete."

After seeing it, the rest readily agreed. Grandson Gao said with a wry smile: "In this way, the people who study in Pei County will become even more chaotic. Some want to benefit the world, and some just want to learn geometry to ask for small officials." There are also those who want to study the gunpowder technique of defending the city and seek official positions."

Mozi laughed loudly and said: "If someone learns, he will teach. After all, this is the will of heaven. If there are many people who learn, it will always be beneficial. If, as Shi said, so many fortresses are built, it is difficult for a warlike king to attack. It is not certain that the soldiers may be eliminated for a short time.”

"The method of siege is kept secret, and this kind of fortification method that intentionally leaves flaws and loopholes spreads freely. Leave the future to those young people."

Grandson Gao sighed, and nodded helplessly. Everyone agreed, and immediately asked someone to prepare a copy. Taking advantage of the fast horses and stirrup riders of the Mo family, it would spread throughout the world as soon as possible.

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Just after the new year, there was finally a burst of firecrackers in the marketplace in Anyi, the capital of Wei. Many people gathered near the Mo family's stronghold in Anyi, listening to the Battle of Niu Lanyi that took place in autumn.

Many Wei people who participated in that battle returned to their hometowns, and brought back the fear of the white smoke and thunder back to Anyi.

A brand-new knowledge called geometry quickly spread in some cities with the help of this siege. Many scholars who want to become an official are learning Mohism's low-handed characters every day, trying to understand those articles.

The ideal of benefiting the world is not able to attract every traveler.However, the dream of becoming an official seems to be a shortcut to learning geometry and fortification.

The simple graphics introduce the advantages of the concave city wall, explain the meaning of the row wall with simple geometry, and explain the difference in the number of people in the polygonal city wall with simple nine numbers.

More importantly, the Mohists seem to have created another legend.

The Mo family would not admit that they went into battle shirtless in Niu Lanyi, they only said that they sold weapons for defending the city and helped improve the city defense. The coalition forces retreated!

Moreover, it is only a city of peasants and soldiers, without elites, which is already another legend.

Because the legend was created, when the legend reappeared on the Mohists, there was no doubt in the market, and those soldiers who had experienced the war would not know the political purpose behind the retreat, only knew that the result was thousands of casualties without even touching the city. go up.

What caused a sensation, besides the Mohist newspaper and this pamphlet, were a few copper hand guns, which were exhibited in the city like this, and the Mohists demonstrated loading and shooting, which drew bursts of cheers from time to time. , Or some good archers question how this thing can compare to bows and arrows?

Some stories become more magical as they are passed on.And those who don't believe in magic began to savor the contents of those pamphlets carefully, thinking about the combination of these things, why did the city become so difficult to attack?
In Weihou Palace, Young Master Zhu angrily slapped on a copied newspaper and pamphlet, cursing: "It's nonsense! How could I have been forced to leave by their guards? If it wasn't for the people of Zheng besieging Yangzhai, Marquis Han, The Koreans are retreating, can I really not conquer this little Niu Lanyi?"

How could he not be angry?Starting from the capture of Fancheng, how many battles have I gone through, and where did I fail?
But this time, it was rumored in the market that he personally led the [-] coalition army, and was defeated in a small town with less than [-] households without elite soldiers!
Although Tian Zifang, Li Kui and others continued to comfort him, in the eyes of Young Master Ji, this was a humiliation.

At that time, Li Kui said that he would transfer Wu Qi to attack Chu, and thought that the young master's attacking ability was insufficient. Now these words are like a thorn in his face.

The young master thought to himself, so what if Wu Qi could do it?Could he have taken Luyang under the circumstances of Han Hou's rebellion against Zheng Ren?

But these words... There is no way to say it, and there is no chance to repeat all this, all the humiliation can only be borne by him.

Seeing his son getting angry, the aging Weiss shouted, "In my opinion, what the Mo family said is not bad."

"If there was no Niu Lanyi, wouldn't you be able to defeat Duke Luyang? If Niu Lanyi didn't have the help of the Mohists to defend it, it would have fallen in an instant. I'm afraid the people of Zheng haven't sent troops to Yangdi, and Duke Luyang has already been defeated."

"You can't stop attacking Niu Lan and retreat. The Mo family didn't lie. They only told part of the truth, but you can't call them nonsense."

Young Master Chiqiang suppressed his anger and said: "In Niulan City, there must be Mo family guarding the city. Shouldn't this be blamed on Song Dynasty, or crusade against Mo family's entrenched Sishui?"

Weiss laughed, his hoarse voice was a bit bitter, and he asked after a long time: "Niu Lanyi is still difficult to attack, so tell me Wei Shi to attack Surabaya, where we can go through the battle to capture the King of Chu? Now Xiong Yi is restless day and night, crying for talents, you Is this going to force all the Mohists to go to Chu?"

"Song has become neutral, and now the blame is on Song. This is to make Song and Chu form an alliance?"

"Marquis Zhao Xinxie, Marquis Han Xinxie, the people of Zheng betrayed the alliance, and the people of Chu can take a breather. At this time, let hundreds of Mohist talents all enter Chu?"

"Don't talk about asking crimes, but you can't even mention this matter, you can only pretend not to know. When you bring it up, the Mohists only use debate skills to say that we will start an unjust war, all the members will enter Chu, and they will not even sell us gunpowder. , to help the people of Chu to change the law, what will we do then?"

"In the battle of Niu Lanyi, all the princes of the world turned to the Mohists and dared not fight against them. But you are angry because of these remarks. You want to be the king of a country, not a famous general who is famous all over the world!"

The more he talked, the angrier he became, Young Master Chi didn't dare to speak, so he could only stand with his head bowed. Weiss coughed a few times and said, "I just settled the dispute between Zheng and Han. The Zheng people retreated, and they only used the hatred of Duke You to offset it. Zhao Ren always had ulterior motives." , and now Zhao Ji's younger brother has inherited the title of Marquis Zhao, and there are talented people such as Gong Zhonglian, who have long been reluctant to fight Chu."

"Han Hou is new, and there are turmoil in the country, and he will not be able to go out for three years. This year, he will be allied with Zhao Hanxin, and he will not be able to attack Chu. The people of Zheng will win Wuyang again, and Niu Lanyi will fight. Those who wait and see will become kings I can only do my best to support the King of Chu... The situation is not as good as before!"

"If all the Mohists were forced to the state of Chu, there would be hundreds of Mohists, and hundreds of industrialists who would be proficient in building a city. Daliang, Fenxingsai, Kunyang, and Gaoling would all be built in the style of Niulan; change the laws and decrees of the Chu state. , Jiarong revolutionized the spread of ironware... I was dead at that time, what should you do?"

Weiss' anger gradually subsided, and he took a long breath and said, "How did Tian Zifang teach you about the pride of the rich and the poor? Do you remember?"

The young master said in a loud voice: "The poor and humble are arrogant, but the rich and noble dare to be arrogant! The king who is arrogant will lose his country, and the doctor who is arrogant will lose his family. Those who lose their country have never heard of people who treat them like a country. Also, those who have lost their homes have never heard of those who treat them with their homes. If the husband and wife are poor and humble, if they don’t agree with their words or deeds, they will accept their shoes and go away, and they will not be poor and lowly!”

Weiss shouted: "Thank you for remembering! The poor and poor, if you don't use your words, if you don't agree with your deeds, you will ignore them! You have offended the Mohists, and you will never use the Mohist's mechanical skills and knowledge for the rest of your life. A group of short brown straw sandals, knowledge is only in the world." In my heart, when the time comes, I will take the shoes and go, the world is so big, where can I not go?"

"If you enter Chu, you will be strong, and if you enter Qin, you will be strong! After the battle of Niu Lanyi, don't say that you didn't catch the Mohists commanding the defense of the city in Niu Lanyi. They think we are an unjust war, but with their morality, what is the crime?"

The young master raised his head and said: "The morality of the Mo family is the lowest in the world! They say this is a war of injustice, so is it a war of injustice? When will it be their turn to decide between justice and injustice? Is father really Do you really believe what Mo Di said that he has the will of heaven like a craftsman has the rules?"

Weiss shook his head and said: "If you can beat them, catch them, interrogate them, and kill them all, you can naturally say that their rules are not in line with the world, and they are very wrong. If you can't catch them clean, you can't kill them all. The world except me Wei Zhi Outside there are Qi, Qin, Chu, and Zhao, if you don't recognize their rules, there will naturally be others rushing to recognize them!"

Weiss pointed to the pieces of paper and said, "Their rules are tied to city defense, iron smelting, gunpowder, geometry, fortification, farming, and handicrafts. If you object to their rules, they will not give Can you persuade Qi, Qin, Chu, and Zhao to oppose these things? The emperor of Zhou is already in decline, and the world is in great strife. As long as the country can be rich and the army can be strong, and the rules and etiquette system... who cares?"

(End of this chapter)