warring states careerist

Chapter 393
On the occasion of the great victory in Lushui, the Mohist school has to mobilize a hundred people to devote themselves to affairs thousands of miles away, which shows that the Mohist school attaches great importance to this time.

money is not a problem.

Gold is no problem either.

Even the diplomacy needed along the way, befriending tribal leaders to gain support, and conducting trade exchanges to maintain the needs along the way are not a problem.

Shi had already told Mozi before that, under the guise of the two masters, telling them that they carried silk, iron pots and other goods along the way would be enough for passage.

Only manpower is the biggest problem.

In fact, there are also many opposing voices within the Mohist school, who think that it is too hasty.

But ordinary Mohists have Mohist considerations, and Mohist giants have giant considerations.

Mozi is well aware of how important this "validation" of the world is to Mohism.

Because the Mohist world view is incompatible with the mainstream of the world at this time, it is self-contained, and its internal logic is self-consistent, but many things will be deduced to a source according to the Mohist method of reasoning, but it is precisely this source that cannot be proved.

The basis of Mohist thought today can be summed up in three words.

Sameness, equality, universal love.

All men are born equal, and there is no way to prove it, so even if there is no Heavenly Emperor, Mo Di himself may not believe it, but he must create one.

Because this equality, in the Mohist argument, was endowed by the Emperor of Heaven.

The Mohists say that they hold the will of heaven, and equality is inferred from the natural state of will, so the right to interpret the world must be held in their hands.

The synonym other than equality, according to Mozi, is that "the ruler is the covenant of the subjects." This ruler is a real person, but it is a virtual monarchy.

Mozi's "Shangtong" chapter belongs to the standard enlightenment philosophy foundation, which is called "historical idealism" according to later generations.

That is to say: in the ancient state, people were in a state of no fixed morality, ten people had ten righteousness, a hundred people had hundreds of righteousness, and it was chaotic.

The emperor of heaven is nature, and existence is rational, and the existence of human beings proves that human "survival", "reproduction", "abundance", and "property" are all the will of heaven.

Because of the different meanings in ancient times, in order to survive, everyone will cause harm to each other with water, fire and poison. If you have spare strength, you can't work with each other; Chaos. Like a beast, a state of natural chaos.

However, this state is contrary to human rights such as "survival", "reproduction", and "safety" granted to human beings by the emperor of heaven.

In the end, people chose the "righteousness" that most people can benefit from, formulated laws and laws, elected the emperor, and elected representatives from the people as "three publics", "doctors", and "laws". Township head", "Lizheng" and so on.

And "everyone who hears and sees good things must report to his superiors; whoever hears and sees bad things must also report to his superiors", forming a "democratic and centralized" system.

Because "everyone who hears and sees good things must tell his superiors; anyone who hears and sees bad things must also tell his superiors." This is democracy.

And "what is above must be what it is; what is not above must also be what is not" is concentration again.

How to operate, after the appropriateness appeared, it gave a solution for future generations, which solved the operational problems and also drew some boundaries between "public opinion" and "shangyi".

This has led to the fact that within the Mohist school, Juzi must grasp the right to interpret the ideology "Tianzhi" in order to be able to take the position of Juzi.

Outside of Mohism, Mohist giants must be able to criticize other theories, making other schools' explanations of the laws of heaven and earth meaningless.

This is the basis for reorganizing Mohism according to Mozi's theory after Shi came to Mohism.

But even if Shi did not appear, Mozi buried a big hole when he wrote the "Shangtong" chapter.

The history in the Mohist worldview is the transition from the ancient electoral system to the current hereditary system.Hereditary has not existed since ancient times, but "I don't know what ghost has become this unreasonable appearance."

Mozi did not continue "Shang Tong" to demonstrate "on the origin of human inequality", and made up the evolution process from the electoral system to the hereditary system.

But "Shang Tong" fundamentally disintegrates the basis of heredity, that is, nobility is not constant nobility. In ancient times, everyone was equal, and the Son of Heaven and Righteousness were selected.

The first characteristic of the son of heaven is not blood, but "virtuous and righteous".

All of this is completely different from today's mainstream world view and historical view.

For the nobles, this buried pit is extremely terrifying.Since the emperor, feudal lords, and three princes were not hereditary in ancient times, but elected, is this situation reasonable now?

In addition, Mozi said, "I have the will of heaven, just like a craftsman has rules", and the "righteousness" of the emperor must conform to the "will of heaven", so... Is the giant of the Mohist qualified to put the unrighteous emperor, The princes, the Sangongs, and even the village chiefs criticized education and even replaced it?

In the final analysis, Confucianism and Mohist rivalry, and the method by which they can control each other to death is to grasp the power of interpretation of ideology and the power of interpretation of the world.

Is high or low permanent or impermanent?

Is the emperor elected or hereditary?
Is righteousness man-made or can it be rationally deduced from natural will?

This is the crux and root cause of the struggle between Confucianism and Mohism.

Seizing power by force and eventually forming a new regime is of course a way.

It is also a way to use the fact that the Mohist worldview is incompatible with the mainstream worldview to verify that the Mohist worldview is correct, so as to achieve a state of "I said one, two, three, and one and two are right, so three should also be right". .

Maybe I said one, two, three, that there is no direct connection between the fact that the earth is round, that there is a country of culture thousands of miles away, and that everyone is equal under the Emperor of Heaven.However, if those who oppose Mohism have a wrong understanding of what the world is like, how can they say that the rest of Mohism's principles are wrong?

Without the right to interpret "heaven", it is impossible to demonstrate "equality", because the equality of everyone promoted by Mohism is based on "the will of heaven".How can people be convinced of equality, synonymousness, and universal love when even the sky cannot grasp the power of interpretation?
And how can a school that knows the "will of heaven" not know whether the ground under its feet is square or round?How can one not know whether there is a country thousands of miles away?How can you not know why there are four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter?

If the earth is unknown, how dare you claim to know the sky?

These things must be considered as a giant, and also must be considered as a high-level Mohist school.

Therefore, this matter was unanimously passed in the previous high-level discussions, including the required money, goods and personnel.

The ruling of Xingyi in Peixian County proves that the Mohist school has the ability to govern, and the Mohist's paradise may be realized in the world.

The victory in the Battle of Lushui proved that the Mohist school had the power to fight with the princes of the world. Although the Mohist school internally concluded that the state of Yue was not the same as the state of Yue 50 years ago based on appropriate analysis, the mainstream thinking in the world is still unknown. After defeating Qi in the first three seasons, Yue was still a country of tigers and wolves before the Battle of Lushui.

Peixian Xingyi, and even Tengguo Fuguo, and the Mohists of the nine kingdoms of Sishui acting on their behalf, all of these are the remnants of the old rules of the Spring and Autumn Period to the greatest extent.

In the battle of Lushui, the three Jins, Qiyue and Qiyue were directly invited to join the alliance, which borrowed the new rule of the Warring States period to the greatest extent that the big fist had the right to speak.

But now, the Mo family has established a firm foothold, it is time to seek the world, it is also time to verify the will of the Mo family, and it is time to find a way to spread the morality of the Mo family and cause a sensation in the world.

Going west and going north, these two things are done at this time, at most countries regard it as a joke, and a Mohist still has its "naive" academic thinking.This is a small matter compared to the battle of Lishui, which is about to be discussed by the nobles of various countries.

But once they came back and verified all of this, after more than ten years, the thoughts of the world will inevitably be in chaos, so chaotic that it is impossible for the nobles to clean up.

And Mozi also had his own "selfishness" to facilitate this matter.

He is over seventy years old, and he has lived a life like a saint's ascetic practice all his life. He has no children, and only one belief in benefiting the world remains in his heart.

The "means" of the Mohism's righteousness today are different from what he thought before, but the "results" of the righteousness are far better than his previous decades of running around.But Mohism is utilitarian and pays attention to results, so Mozi believes that the world will eventually benefit greatly in the future.

So he is old, and all he wants is a hope that he can see in his lifetime.

The world is determined to be one, and it may take decades or even hundreds of years to realize synonymous, meritorious, equal, universal love, etc.

However, the "Will of Heaven" explained by the Mohists could verify several items before his death.

Mozi's current "selfishness" does nothing more than three things.

Thousands of miles away from the Western Regions, are there really many countries with similar cultural prosperity and Zhu Xia?The concept of the world is not this small Kyushu?

Is the ground under your feet really round as Shi Shi deduced, and has a certain inclination angle to the orbit around the sun, so it leads to spring, summer, autumn and winter, and the situation of days and nights for several months in the poles and south poles?
It is said that Qilin can make a thing, as if it can bring the scene several miles away to the front, so is it possible to see this kind of Qilin mirror before death, and see what the moon hanging in the sky is? ?
Apart from these three things, Mozi actually had no other worries.

He has selected the most suitable successor.

After the First Battle of Lushui, some disputes within the Mohist School will naturally dissolve.

Those Mohists who think that they should take this opportunity to rescue the people of the Yue Kingdom will soon face the vexing and complicated matters of the Fifteen Kingdoms of Surabaya. Practice will make them understand that building a new world is far from what they thought as easy as it is.

Half of those who think that the Central Plains should be urged to withdraw troops are because they are not confident in defeating the powerful country of Vietnam, and the other part will be because the situation after the First World War in Lushui is getting weaker.

The successor chosen by Mozi has already established prestige in the weakest military affairs, which few people can shake.As for the explanation of the world, that was the position that his chosen successor had been holding before the Mohist school.

At the age of Mo Zi, who does what he wants without transgressing the rules, what he considers is no longer the petty affairs of his family, even Zhao Guo's affairs are just a faint smile, and the accumulation of time is nothing more than 20 years, so what is it?
What he cares about and considers is not only the appearance of the original world, but the origin of the world.

Wanyu, and Wanshi.

(End of this chapter)