warring states careerist

Chapter 401 Time is ruthless and heaven and earth are glowing ([-])
Shi Shi picked up Mozi, had nothing to say, and didn't know how to bear the weight of these vicissitudes that have been read all over the world.

His shoulders couldn't bear it.

The others entered the wine shop first, Mozi and Shi walked behind, and suddenly said: "Zhong Ni once said: Tai Bo, he can be said to be the most virtuous. Third, it is said that the world has given up and the people have nothing to gain."

"You said, why do the people praise him? Is it because he let the world go? Or because the final result proves that Ji Chang benefited the people?"

Shi said in a deep voice, "It is to benefit the common people, so the talented people have nothing to gain. If in the end King Wen is unkind and unrighteous, he is actually a monarch like Xia Jie and Shang Zhou. I am afraid that the common people will curse why Tai Bo gave up his throne."

Mozi nodded and said: "Yes, so the Mohists want to be utilitarian and focus on results. I'm still saying the same thing. When the Duke Bai of Chu was in chaos, Wang Zilu insisted on abdicating like Taibo. It's "benevolence", but what about the people of Chu State? So I said, he is a fart of benevolence. What's the use of asking for a name of benevolence and not caring about world affairs? The Mohists don't want such benevolence."

Shi knew that Mo Zi was reminding him that when talking about Tai Bo, Mo Zi was actually talking about the matter between himself and Shi.

Shi's superior position, of course, has the result of his self-effort, but three years ago, Mozi gave up the position of giant, let Qin Huali be the giant, and vacated a spot for Qiwuqi, and let Shishi fill it, which is also extremely important.

Tai Bo felt that Ji Chang was a talented person, so he fled, cut off his hair tattoo, and vowed never to take the throne again.

Mozi used this story to let Shi understand that in the end, it is the people in the world who are responsible for all these things and evaluate all these things.

When the time comes, will the common people praise Mo Di for his knowledge?Or would he feel regretful that it was a mistake for Mo Di to step aside and make up for Qiwu?
The Mohists talk about utilitarianism, and the Mohists also kill people. Now they have been called "inhumane" a lot.The Pengcheng rebellion, kill;It seems that in the eyes of some "gentlemen", the Mo family should let go and let others kill, and then earn a few tears of sympathy and a "benevolent" evaluation, but Mozi doesn't want these.

Mozi took a few steps forward, and suddenly said: "When I was young, I met Zeng Shen. He said that a scholar must be strong and resolute, and there is a long way to go. Ren takes his own responsibility, isn't it too important? After death , isn’t it far away?”

"Actually, this is very good, but the benevolence of Confucian scholars is not the same as the benevolence of our Mohists."

"Separate from inside and outside, Zhong Ni said, benevolence, love others. I said, benevolence, love. Benevolence and righteousness are both inside. Feeling love and benefit, this is outside. Since it is inside, benevolence is one's own responsibility, this is There is no standard for evaluation. Besides, the unity of love and benefit, which makes people feel benefit, is the standard that can be evaluated.”

"Zhongni also said that self-restraint and reverence are benevolence. If this standard is used, then scholars should take self-restraint and reverence as their duty, after death?"

"There is a long way to go, and it is only after death. This is very good. But the key is what is your responsibility, so that you can only die after death?"

"I said, take righteousness as your own responsibility, and die after death. Then there are thousands of righteousness, and righteousness and benefit are unified. Some people say that what I do will benefit the world, and some people say that what I do will benefit the world... Thousands People have thousands of righteousness, after returning to the later stage, I still use the three tables of my Mohist school to check."

"If the world is poor, do you work with the rich? If the people are few, do you work with the crowd? If the people are chaotic, do you work with the government?"

Speaking of these three expressions, Mozi smiled and said: "From the current point of view, our Mohist's path is correct. Therefore, for this reason, we should die after death."

Just as Shi was about to nod his head to show that he would keep it in mind, Mozi sighed again: "It's just that these three things are done, isn't it enough?"

"I said that the people have three problems. The hungry cannot eat, the cold cannot have clothes, and the tired cannot rest. The three are the great problems of the people."

"The total wealth of the world will increase, the population of the world will increase, and after the world is settled... the three problems of the people are what our Mohists will do."

"A rich world does not mean that everyone is rich. What you say about the sum of wealth and the wealth of a country is correct. However, when the world is rich enough to feed the hungry, clothe the cold, and feed the laboring, Don’t forget to do this too.”

"In short, there is a sequence of things. First make the world rich, people, and unified. Then solve the 'three troubles' of everyone in the world."

"The latter is more difficult than the former, so don't forget it. If one day in the future, people only remember the former, remember to remind them that there are still three troubles. If you can't remind them... you will leave the Mohist family and form a family of your own! I don't blame you .”

"At the beginning, I left thirteen swords to restrain you, but in the end, I can only ask you to restrain the future...Don't take this as a talk from a giant. Just take it...as a teacher, a talk to his disciples."

Perhaps it was Mozi who passed through Yuedi and saw the transformed serfs working on Lutian; Suffering also appeared.

He didn't know how to solve it anymore, he just vaguely saw all this, and instinctively sensed a kind of uneasiness and danger, so he said these words.

He was old and tired, and he couldn't have decades to figure out the origin of all this.

Shi looked at Mozi, and finally said in a very flat and calm tone: "I have written it down."

Mozi smiled and said: "Then don't talk about it, let's go eat, I'm hungry and sleepy."

Walking into the restaurant, the owner has already prepared a table for serving.The store belongs to the Mohists, and the owner is from Yuedi, but not a Mohist.

The Mohists paid for the construction of these shops, one is for the Mohist to have a foothold, and the other is for publicity.The owner of the shop pays a certain amount of rent every year, and the location of Guangling is excellent, so he can earn a lot every year.

Naturally, the shop has iron pans, vegetable oil, and condiments such as sugar and chili.

But Mozi sat for a while, then suddenly smiled and said, "Just have soy milk, tofu and wheat cake. I remember, Shi, that was the first meal you let me eat when you first entered the Mo family, right?" ?”

A short sentence changed the time of more than ten years.

More than ten years passed in a blink of an eye, Shi Ye laughed and said, "Yes, yes. At that time, I heard that the Mo family suffered from extreme suffering. I thought of a reason to let you eat it."

Mozi also laughed and said, "It's a pity that I'm not that pedantic. It took an hour to make your meal, but it took a day to think of a reason."

"At that time, I thought that everyone would like you very much in the future. Maybe you could take over Shi Jiatun's job in the future. Who would have thought that after more than ten years, you will not only know how to eat, but also let us These Mohists who have no money and have to suffer from it are getting better and better."

Everyone at the table laughed, and the store owner hurried out to prepare.

The people at the table all ate that meal of soybean milk and wheat cakes in Shangqiu more than ten years ago. They recalled that even though the giant was old at that time, he was still healthy and healthy. Looking at it now, he couldn’t help but feel sad after laughing.

In the past ten years, the Mo family has changed a lot, but the obsession with being the world's favorite has not changed.There are different factions among the people sitting around, but this faction dispute is still just a difference in understanding of "righteousness", but it is never unrighteous.

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While everyone in the Mohist family was eating this rather sad meal, an alcoholic ranger in Qin State in the northwest land hadn't even touched a drop of wine, knelt down on the ground, and was wiping his sword.

A few years ago during the Battle of Lushui, he went to Peixian County to help his friend, but after the end of World War I, that friend still babbled with him about "the righteousness of the world", "don't do small righteousness for personal interests", "you don't have to do what you love". Use people, those people love you just to use you" and so on.

There might be a point, but he didn't want to hear it.

So after the battle in Lushui, Hengjian cut his own cheek, repaying the friend's righteousness of stopping back then, and left quietly.

His name is Nie Zheng, a city ranger with impeccable swordsmanship.

Before the First Battle of Lushui, people from two parties befriended themselves.

One is Qin Gongzilian, and the other is Yan Zhongzi of South Korea.

Yan Zhongzi asked him to assassinate Xia Lei.It's just... After hearing Gong Zaoye's words, although he had a falling out with Gong Zaoye, those words were like weed seeds, taking root in his heart.

Yan Zhongzi just wanted to use him, and any kind of friendship meant that he valued his swordsmanship, and had very little communication with him.

These words of naked interest are in line with the Mohist way of judgment. Nie Zheng doesn't want to hear it, but he can't help but think so.

Like a maggot, hidden in the bottom of my heart, crawling out from time to time.

Qin Gongzilian... seems different.

Because rebelling against Mo Shengchuo is also an old acquaintance with Nie Zheng, and some Mohists who followed Shengchuo and took refuge in Gongzilian also have old acquaintances with him.

Moreover, Sheng Chuo's words are more or less righteous.

Sheng Chuo said that Qin people are barbaric and have little righteousness. It is common for nobles to die, and if the son Lianruo is the king, he should make changes. This is righteousness.

Sheng Chuo's righteousness is not the same as the Mohist's righteousness, but there is still the shadow of the Mohist's morality after all.

Nie Zheng was also unwilling to listen to righteousness and other words, but his heart was still affected, some effects that he didn't feel himself.

He made friends with his body, but he couldn't make two friends, so the young master even took out the gold and asked Nie Zheng to return it to Yan Zhongzi to show his love.

Now, finally, the time has come.

So he entered Qin alone, and found Sheng Chuo and Gong Zilian's people in Chencang, and took a rest temporarily.

That man is the dead man of Gongzilian, and the day after tomorrow Duke Qin, who has just grown up, will sacrifice Hebo in Chencang, which is the best time to do it.

There was no wine in front of Nie Zheng, only a few millet cakes and a large piece of meat.

Beside the table, there was a wooden box, from which the dead man took out two iron-cased gunpowder mines, handed them over and said, "Sheng Chuo used old friends to get them. You have participated in the charity work, so you should know this." how things are used.”

Nie Zheng nodded, and after checking everything was correct, he fetched another cowhide package and packed it up.

The dead man suddenly knelt down and said: "Your righteousness cannot be repaid. If you return to the throne, I am afraid that you will not be able to disclose your feat..."

Nie Zheng laughed and said: "I promise to be a friend, why do I care about the name behind me? My loving mother is gone, and there is only one sister in the family. She is taken care of by herself, and no one dares to provoke her. She is alone and has nothing to worry about. She is entrusted by her friends and should do her best. .”

(End of this chapter)