warring states careerist

Chapter 405 Time is ruthless and heaven and earth are glowing ([-])
More than three years of running around, very hard.After arriving in the State of Wei three years ago, Suo Lucan came forward to find a few old friends who had rebelled against Mo, and they introduced Qin Gongzilian, who also used his relationship in Qin State. He set off from Yiqu, where he found a guide who was proficient in Yiqu language.

Pass through Yiqu, then go to Yuzhiren's tribe, which is the "Yueshi" mentioned in the album, all the way west.

There were more than 300 people in the team when they left Unyang-eup.Among them, there are more than [-] Mohists, a hundred and two wandering scholars, a hundred warriors from Song, Wei, Han, Zhao, Qin and other countries, and more than [-] horses.

In addition to stirrups, the Mo family also prepared carts for them. When camping at night, the carts were used as a ring defense, and the musketeers carried two small copper cannons for defense.

I have encountered many risks along the way, but I have seen a lot of scenery, so I know the vastness of the world.

The goods they carry, in addition to gold, a hard currency that can be used as long as there is civilization, also have iron pots that are traded with these nomadic tribes.

And when they finally arrived near a big country called Persia, the silk they prepared in advance, the purple dye from Qi State, the dragonfly-eye glass beads from Zhao State, and the copper inlaid jade crafts from Yue State could all be exchanged for more money.

Many people think that if they are merchants, they can make a lot of money by trading in silk alone.

Solucan had already met Artaxerxes II, the great king of Persia, and presented a pair of bronze muskets to gain the right to travel in Persia.

In the capital of Persia, tens of thousands of onlookers were attracted. At that time, the three-year period had come, but Solucan easily found out about the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West in "The Biography of Emperor Mu" and the Greek states in "Shan Hai Jing". news.

After staying for half a year, Solucan also used his familiar history to understand what happened in Persia.

He came at the perfect time, so he was able to hear the name of the kingdom in those two books.

Eight years ago, this Artaxerxes II and his younger brother Cyrus came to a "war of princes" in Solu.

Nacyrus was leading some mercenaries from the Greek states named Sparta, occupied Babylon, and finally was wiped out in a place called Kunaxa.

After getting familiar with the local language, Solucan also inquired about the details of that battle, understood it a bit, and felt that it was somewhat similar to the Battle of Lishui before he left Zhuxia to go west.

Most of the volunteers in the Battle of Lushui were at the level of those Spartan mercenaries.

The difference is that the Spartans acted as the right wing of Cyrus the Younger. After choosing to pursue, the underdogs on the left wing did not keep up, because they were a bit like apprentices, and the team was loose and slow, so that there was a disconnect.

In August last year, the Athenian Konon became a mercenary again, and led the Persian boat division Xiliu to defeat the Spartan navy.

These few pieces of news are all major events in Persia at this time. Since Solucan knew that the target was close at hand, he decided not to return to Middle-earth, but to stay here for a while before continuing to move forward.

At this time, Persia still had a common enemy with Athens and other Greek city-states, and Solucan was a "sophistry" person with a clear mind, and he had books such as "Shan Hai Jing" as his vision, and he quickly got the consent of the king of Persia. The King of Persia also proposed to send some people to follow him when he went back.

In addition, the Persian king also found several guides for Solucan.Several of them were Spartan slaves captured in the battle of the princes eight years ago, and one of them happened to be on the way back to Greece.

This person's name was a bit long, Hippoglaucus, and after Solucan asked about some vocabulary, he understood that this name was actually no different from the name of Middle Earth.

Hippo means horse.Glaucus, blue, is extended to the sea.According to Suo Lucan's understanding, this person's name is actually Blue Horse, or Water Horse, or Sea Horse.

Thinking about it this way, Suo Lucan thought, the world is so big, so the ways of choosing names are similar.

I heard that this is also a Greek "disciple of the disciples". Their master was Socrates. He was executed for some crimes six years ago, and his disciples fled in all directions to avoid the limelight.

According to that hippocampus, there was another person in Greece at this time who was very skilled in medicine, and his name was Hippocrates.According to Solucan's understanding, this person should be regarded as Lord Changsang of the Greek states, but the meaning of the name... can be translated as "a person who is good at driving", and more concisely, it can be translated as "Royal".

And among the disciples of Haima's master Socrates, the most famous Plato, who is comparable to Qin Huali to Juzi, Yan Hui to Zhongni, is actually "two fat", "broad shoulders", "strong The meaning of "is similar to the name of Jin Chenggong's "black buttocks".

And I heard that a leader of the Spartan mercenaries in the battle of the princes eight years ago was also one of Socrates' disciples, Xenophon.

Solucan thought to himself, this Socrates should be a figure like a nun and giant in the Greek states, with so many disciples, he could actually participate in the disputes of various countries, but it is a pity that he came six years late, because of the fate.

It's just that the Greek characters are a bit difficult to learn, and there is a distinction between yin and yang, and it is quite different from Persian.The Persian text was probably written on clay tablets before, which looked like wooden wedges, and the paper he carried was not easy to write on.

Speaking of which, the first communication with the seahorse was also quite interesting.At the beginning of the meeting, there was someone who was good at number nine and geometry in the team. He drew a diagram of three lines and four lines on the paper, and then analyzed it with geometric diagrams. The person could see it clearly. Geometry is actually interlinked.

According to Suo Lucan's understanding, this strengthened his loyalty and understanding of Mohist beliefs.

In his view, from Yiqu to Yuezhi to Persia and even Greece, there are different races, strange appearances, and different cultures, but there are a few things that have never changed.

Fighting is still the same way, in line with the will of heaven, with more and fewer strikes.

The number nine is still the same number, which conforms to the will of heaven, and it is still universal across tens of thousands of miles.

Class, or that class, nobles and commoners are divided into fields, some have the country, some have self-cultivation, and some have slaves.

Machinery, it's still the same reason, the chariot here is also driven by the wheels.

Harvesting is similar. There is no rice, but there is wheat. For example, methods such as composting cattle and ridge farming will not work in the East but will not work in the West.

However, gods, ghosts, systems, blood relationship, etiquette, clothing, language, etc. are very different. If this is the case, I am afraid that some things are not eternal, and only the will of heaven can be universal and applicable within tens of thousands of miles from east to west. .

Solu took part in Blue Horse and others on the way to continue westward to Babylon, and listened to many stories about Greece told by Blue Horse. How much is the hypotenuse of the triangle?”, and the Battle of Hot Spring Pass, etc.

The more he listened to it, the more he felt strange. He thought to himself that the two masters sounded like pedantic heavenly beings. If they came to this place in person, how could they be lifeless?If he hadn't been there in person, how could he know so clearly what was going on thousands of miles away?
During this period, he also discussed concepts such as "heaven and earth" with Lan Ma, and found that in the Greek states, there were actually differences in ideas similar to the "conflict between Confucianism and Mohism" in China.

A man named Democritus believed that everything was made of atoms.This person has traveled east and west, and has also been here, and even went to the country of the Queen Mother of the West to learn stargazing, geometry, nine numbers, and predicting solar eclipses.

For a deeper understanding, Solucan didn't know it at this time, but he only knew that this person was still alive, and his talent was no less than that of Socrates, the master of the blue horse. Ideas such as "knowledge" are greatly opposed, no less than the differences between Confucianism and Mohism.

After hearing these various philosophical exchanges, Solutsan's mind fell into chaos after arriving in Babylon.

Originally, he had accepted many suitable theories in Zhongtu, and he had seen many strange "gods" along the way from Yiqu Yuezhi.

As for after arriving in Persia, many people here worship fire and light.The great king of Persia claimed that "the authority was granted by Ahura Mazda", but this creator god didn't know that there was a middle-earth in the far east. Don't you know?If the world is one and not plane, then is this creator god really a god?
The ideas of Mohism, Confucianism, the sages of the Spring and Autumn Period, the teachings of Zoroastrianism, the ideas of the Greeks... all these things exploded in Solucan's mind.

If there is a God, does God have a personality?If not, how can you define likes and dislikes?If not, what should be the standard of human morality?But along the way, there are no fewer than three or five gods I have heard of, and gods who can create the world. It must be false.

Thinking this way, after arriving in Babylon, Solucan, who was as strong as a horse, fell ill, so everyone stayed in Babylon to rest for a month.

During this month, Suo Lucan kept shutting himself in the house thinking, except for eating, and described himself as haggard.

However, just yesterday, he finally figured everything out, was self-consistent internally, took the essence of what he had seen and heard along the way, and managed to integrate some things from Mohism and He Shi after he arrived.

He was born in a noble family and received a good education since he was a child. Naturally, he had read "Zuo Zhuan", so in this confusion, he thought of something.

"Six Years of Duke Huan" once contained some words of the doctor Ji Liang.

The people, the Lord of the gods... The people are the rulers of the gods, not the gods.Even if God has a personality, it is also a human personality.

He also said, "It is the sage king who first became the people and then devoted himself to the gods. Therefore, offering sacrifices and proclaiming 'Bo Shuo Fat' means that the power of the people is universal, it means that the animals are huge and bred, and it is said that they are not sick. , It is said that it is prepared for salty and salty. It is said that it is "clean and rich" when it is served. There is virtue but no disobedience. The so-called fragrance is not slanderous."

If so, what is the meaning of the existence of ghosts and gods?After walking this way, I heard too many ghosts and gods, and they are completely different from those in the Middle Earth. Such doubts, along with the words of the sages in "Zuo Zhuan" and some ideas after the appearance of Mo Jiashi, finally made Suolu participate. Spontaneous thinking.

(End of this chapter)