warring states careerist

Chapter 338

After years of accumulation, the Mohists already have enough cadres to go deep into the grassroots, and to complete top-down control and reform in a small area.

Now Teng Di's power is in a vacuum.

Gong Zite has no foundation and was pushed up entirely by the Mohists. He had already been reduced to assisting others in farming, and he was completely a puppet.

Teng Shuyu and other local snakes in Tengdi suffered all casualties, so they borrowed the hands of the Yue people to clean them up, leaving blood on the hands of the Yue people, but the Mo family was clean.

It is completely different from the situation in Peixian County when it has not yet gained a firm foothold, and the methods used are completely unnecessary.

In Pei County, they went deep into the villages and markets first, and finally gained autonomy in the first battle in Shangqiu.

Here, it is entirely possible to use Ji Te, the puppet Marquis Teng, to directly appoint Mo Zhe as the Prime Minister and carry out comprehensive reforms.

It is said to be a reform, but it is actually a revolution. It's just that the blood has been shed before, and there is no need to shed it now.

This is not a reform that takes advantage of the old aristocracy, wrangling with the old aristocracy and depriving them of their interests, but a comprehensive change of customs after the Yue people are exterminated and expelled.

Land, the most important means of production at this time, is the starting point of change.

A large number of public lands, lutian land inherited by the Yue people from the nobles of the Teng people, private land owned by the top snakes in the land of the Yue people and the Yi people... All of these are resources that can be mobilized directly, and no one will object: because of the objection Man has died first.

Fitting on the soil bag, looking at the assembled people, he asked someone to hand over three arrows.

Shi took out the first arrow, broke it and said: "From then on, murderers will die, those who injure others will be punished, and those who steal and rape will be punished."

After the second arrow broke, he said again: "The Mohist benefited the world so that the people of the world can engage in production safely. Now Teng is suffering from war and looted by the Yue people. This year, the millet tax is completely exempted, and the millet tax will be discussed later. "

After the third arrow was broken, he said: "When the Yue people guarded the city, they collected food, grass and firewood without registering it. This is unrighteous. The Mohists are righteous teachers. If the Mohists guard the city and collect firewood and food, they must be registered in the book and paid back in the future." .Now the Yue people have withdrawn, but the food for everyone has not been returned..."

He looked at the people who were already full of expectations, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Seven days later, one person from each household will come here to gather and tell how much grain and grass his family has been forcibly collected by the Yue people. But the amount of grain and grass in the treasury Limited, not much to say, each household will soon be organized into a Shiwu, if there is a false report, if it is reported, it will be punished."

"As the so-called love the world, if you take more, the food in the treasury will be so much, and others will have less. When the time comes to decide by lottery, you may be the last one, so everyone will not cheat, and everyone will receive it. own."

Shi stretched out seven fingers and said loudly: "Please tell each other that a rally will be held in an open space in the southwest of the city in seven days. At that time, not only will the food of each household be returned, but also the debts you owed to the Yue people will be calculated. Clean up. Overdue not wait!"

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, Shi said something else, and asked people to promote the morality of the Mohist school.

The gathering he said seven days later was not just to win people's hearts, but to gather the people to establish a new regime and improve all political systems as in Peixian County back then.

Let his "Xiangbang" become Ji Te's first and last person who can be directly appointed.

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A few days later, Pei County.

On the road in the countryside, several fast horses galloped towards Peiguo Township. Many busy farmers along the way stopped their work and ran to the road one after another.

The people who were repairing the irrigation canal also stopped to watch.

We all know that volunteers are going to war. These people who go to war may have their own sons, husbands, and brothers. They want to know the results of the battle.

Several people on horseback held the banner of the Mohist family, and whenever they passed by crowded places, they shouted loudly: "Great victory! The Shishuai army has broken through Tengcheng, and there are almost no casualties among the volunteers! Your families are all well!"

The horse didn't stay, just a few short words, with the wind blowing to various township offices and everyone's home.

Pei County was boiling. More than a thousand people took to the streets to gather, shouting, drinking and singing.

All this also shocked the secret agents hidden in Peixian County. The record of breaking the city without dying, and breaking the city in just a few days, is another miracle created by the Mo family.

It turns out...the Mohists not only know how to defend the city, but also attack the city.

In the city of Peixian, where the guards are the most heavily guarded, the high-ranking figures of the Mo family in Peixian gathered together, and their faces were filled with joy.

Breaking Tengcheng, they never thought that there would be any accidents.

However, no one expected that Teng City would be breached almost without death, and the speed of the attack was astounding.

Although they knew the proper plan for a long time, and knew that this was the first time they tried to use gunpowder to attack the city, the results of this battle were really amazing.

Originally suitable for the advantages of the Mohists, they are only good at agitating propaganda and knowing the will of heaven.Although Shangqiu had amazing skills in the first battle, he was somewhat criticized because he was not good at fencing and could not draw a bow.

After this battle, no one doubts anything anymore, and his reputation and prestige are even better than before. There are very few dissatisfied people in the Mo family.

The whole process of the battle was summed up and written on paper, and sent back to Pei County.

Different from those who only know the superficial results of the battle, the top Mohists have their own thoughts after circulating the summary of the battle that was sent back.

Some people think that muskets are indeed useful, and the number of muskets should be increased.

Some people think that the cavalry needs to be increased to protect the flanks of the spearmen and chase the routs, otherwise it is easy to be defeated.

Some people think that from now on, the methods of attacking the city will be very different. If the technology of gunpowder breaking the city is spread all over the world, won't the world become more chaotic?

Mozi, however, took a more profound view.

After reading the summary of the battle, he waited until Qin Huali finished it too, just like the expression he had when he taught Qin Huali how to defend the city on the top of Mount Tai, he asked, "Li, what do you think?"

Qin Huali thought about it, and felt that since Mo Zi asked such a question, it was obviously not such a simple and superficial question, so he thought of a passage written in it.

"The fact that Tengcheng attacked the city in a zigzag shape and Yu Juzi lined the wall to defend the city shows that rational will and geometry can determine the outcome of a battle. Rational deduction of will can change all kinds of farming and can dominate If the siege is won or lost, then for the people of the world, it can be considered that rational deduction can lead to the most perfect system of the world..."

Qin Huali thought for a while, and said: "Is it always this matter that I care about?"

Mozi laughed and said, "Shi once told a story that stands out. I have never heard of this story. I can be sure that he is a fabricated name."

"But when he told this story, I first thought of the time when he stood out. That was when I was lecturing in Shangqiu, and it happened to be when I talked about the art of knowing and speaking."

"I said, if you know that the thing outside the window is white, and you hear that the color inside the house is the same as the thing outside the window, you can deduce that the color inside the house must be white. This is what I call acquaintance, hearing Knowing, explaining knowledge. The so-called explaining knowledge is to introduce the unknown from the known."

"Actually, I've always been aware that what Shi said about the will of heaven and what I said about the will of heaven seem to be the same thing, but they are not the same thing."

Qin Huali thought for a while about Tian Zhi, who had been talking about it all day long, and after thinking about it for a while, he didn't feel any difference, so he asked, "What do you think is the difference?"

Mozi smiled and said, "My will of heaven means...the color of the house is white. The will of heaven he said is the method of inferring the result that the house is white."

Qin Hua pondered for a while, and seemed to understand, and said: "The will of heaven he mentioned is an uncertain result, but it is a definite method. The will of heaven he said is a method, not a result?"

Mozi nodded and said: "That's it. He knows how to plant the most reasonable, and I can tell at a glance that he has already known it. But...he knew it clearly, but he insisted on dividing out a few completely different ones a few years ago. The land is planted, for comparison.”

"He doesn't want people to just learn how to grow properly, but wants Mohists to learn how to find out how to grow properly."

"His so-called will is the method, not the result. It's just that the result is inferred by this method, so the result is fixed. My will is the result I know."

"It's like running a wall. I know that defending a city with a wall has a miraculous effect. But why is there a miraculous effect?"

Mozi shook his head, pointing to the book "Stand by the Rules" that was published in the world before, and said: "Practical geometry and nine numbers have made a problem. As long as the person who solves this problem, even if he can't defend the city. One day he needs to defend the city." At that time, it is easy to draw a conclusion... the wall can be more effective defense."

"What he wants is not the conclusion, but that these methods can be spread all over the world."

"Is the conclusion important? It is important. However, if you know the method, you can know the conclusion of everything in the world."

"He said that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. His so-called ambition is to fish, not to fish."

Qin Huali came to his senses, nodded and said: "That's it. But in the end, what is beneficial to the world is the conclusion, isn't it? Although knowing the method can always draw the conclusion, but..."

He looked at Mo Zi and said, "But he knows a lot of fish, but he never told them all."

Mozi shook his head and said, "It's not that he didn't talk, but he was afraid that we wouldn't understand these fish. Have you ever listened to the children he taught himself?"

Qin Huali nodded, knowing that Shi had selected a group of bright children a few years ago to study with him all day long, and he taught them himself.Including the envoys to Chu State, these children also followed. Sometimes he was also curious, so he went to listen to it several times, but he couldn't understand many things...even some things were too shocking and unbelievable, but those children felt Of course.

For example, those children who are closed to follow suit, have now started to talk about "how lightning is produced", and have begun to show their learned skills everywhere: using woolen clothes to wipe out sparks like lightning at night, and vowed to say that there is lightning in the sky. The electricity brought by the clouds is the night sparkle on those woolen garments...

The world these children know is completely different from others.They have followed suit since they were young, and they have also believed that the ground under their feet is round...

Mozi said: "He is teaching those children all the fish and fishing that he knows. There are some things that you don't understand, and I don't understand well either. That Mr. Sai and Tang Han are really great talents." , It's a pity I can't see it."

"This siege should be clearly written above. Ask the question: Capture Tengcheng with the least casualties. Analyze the question: How did the siege casualties occur? Solve the problem: How to avoid the siege casualties one by one? "

"Instead of capturing Tengcheng, how do you increase food production? How do you improve all kinds of craftsmanship? Even how to stabilize the world... This is all possible. As long as you have a method, you can always try it out and deduce it."

Qin Huali thought for a while, and suddenly asked: "So, one day, when Mr. thinks something is white, but Shi thinks it is green, what will he do? The will of heaven that Mr. said is a conclusion. Now look at it. Lai Shi agrees with these conclusions, but what if one day you don’t agree?”

Mozi laughed and said: "So he is right. Tianzhi is a method, not a conclusion. I once said that I have Tianzhi, just like a craftsman has rules, which is contrary to what he said. It is nothing more than, I His will is like hooking three strands, four strings and five, and his ambition is that the square of the hook plus the square of the strands must be equal to the square of the string..."

He pointed to the sentence on the paper, "Rational deduction can lead to the most perfect system of the world", and sighed with old age and comfort, just like when he found on the top of Mount Tai that his knowledge of city defense could finally be taught to others. He said in one voice: "With this person, my Mohist studies no longer need to be feared by the world!"

(End of this chapter)