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Chapter 407 Time is ruthless and heaven and earth are glowing ([-])
Everyone in the Mohists believes that the earth under their feet is round, and they also know that it will get colder as they go north, and the theory about the geography of the world created by Shi can perfectly explain why it gets colder as they go north.

But the world is too big, and there are too many other factors.

Therefore, when Solucan stood in this warm, not cold city with huge temples, and asked how far it was from the hometown of those people, he didn't know that if the earth under his feet was a ball, The Central Plains at the same latitude as him is actually a bitterly cold frontier like Jinyang, which is much colder than Ephesus with a Mediterranean climate where the sea breeze blows.

Zhongtu, Zhao Guo, Jinyang.

Several young Mohists also asked similar questions, but what they asked was: "How far is it from here to the Gaoliu we are going to?"

The leader of the team was General Qu. He asked Zhao Ren beside him and replied, "There are still more than six hundred miles."

"More than six hundred miles?!"

Those young Mohists who grew up in Peidi or Songdi, who had never been out of their hometown Baili before the arrival of the Mohists, couldn't help but exclaimed. Only then did they know the vastness of the world. They just heard that it is vast. Only when you really walk will you know that it is difficult and far away.

Three years ago in the battle of Lishui and Meng Zhuze's alliance, the Mohist's "identity" was not recognized by the Emperor Zhou, nor did he need to be recognized by the Emperor Zhou.However, Mohism, as an important independent political and military force, has been recognized by the princes of various countries.

In August last year, Qi State could not go south and wanted to expand, so it attacked the most town of Lu State.
The most town is in the upper reaches of Sishui, close to Qufu, and on the south bank of Sishui, not far from Zou State, which is the Mohist sphere of influence, which is unacceptable to Mohism.

The State of Lu asked for help, and the State of Wei was still licking the wounds of the wars of the past few years, but the Mohists immediately used the excuse that the State of Qi had violated the "Mengzhuze Alliance" and sent troops to help Lu, which once again attracted the attention of the princes.After aiding Lu, he immediately withdrew his troops, which also made the princes feel at ease.

When this battle was fought, the Mo family had already started sending people to Zhao to negotiate.Some local scholars in Zhao State who secretly joined the Mohism began to contact Gong Zizhang in their personal capacity.

On the bright side, taking advantage of the prestige of Lushui and the last battle, he also called on Gong Zhonglian and Xun Xin. In the end, the Mohist thought that "it is for the benefit of the world not to be plundered by nomads, and many nomads captured Zhao people as slaves. Dislike" and other legitimate reasons, dispatched military instructors and some Mohists to Zhao.

This can be regarded as a disguised official position, and at the same time it clearly stated that the official position was not in the Central Plains, but only in the frontier.

The reputation of the Mohist school is so good, even though it is not a duke, but when it comes to governing the country and conquering wars, except for the principles of the Mohist school that disgust the nobles, no one can match it.Even if there is a genius like Wu Qi, but he only has one person, how can he compare with the Mohist organization that has six thousand records?

The Mohist school was originally a form of inheritance by accepting disciples, such as Mo Di's direct disciples, Qin Huali and other disciples' re-transferred disciples, and so on.

However, after the reorganization of Shangqiu, the organizational form of the Mohist School has changed, but now, the Mohist division within the Mohist School is still obvious.

Taking the Battle of Shangqiu as a division, there were only five or six hundred Mohists before the Battle of Shangqiu, and they were all teachable disciples collected by Mo Di for more than fifty years.This is the old Mohists, Ru Shi, is considered to be the last batch of old Mohists.

From the Battle of Shangqiu to the Battle of Lushui, the number of Mohists has expanded from 600 to 4000 in the past ten years. Half of these people are locals, and half of them are rangers who are beneficial to the world.

Finally, after the Battle of Lushui, Mo Di stepped down as a giant, and Qin Huali became a giant, suitable for Qiwuhai. The children from the previous batches of township schools have grown up, and these people are called New Mohists.

Nowadays, most of the old Mohists are in their 50s, 30s or even [-]s, and those in their [-]s are a minority. Most of the younger Mohists joined when they were in charge of the Xuanyi Department and the organization.

This kind of division can be clearly seen in the case of the Mohist sending people to Zhao Guo this time.

The two people who led the team were General Qu and an old Mohist who "served Mo Di". General Qu was from Chu, and the other was from Qi, avoiding the situation where Zhao people went to Zhao.

Of the remaining 50 or so people, more than [-] are local young people in Sishang, and more than [-] are wanderers who originally joined the Mohists in the Battle of Shangqiu for the benefit of the world.

All the young people have served in volunteer teachers for three years, and some of them have worked as various small officials in the township office and county government, or they have been teachers.

The more than [-] people selected this time basically cover all walks of life of the Mo family in Sishang. They are all young people who may not be proficient in business, but their mastery of some knowledge is trained according to the methods of Mo's hometown school. , is far superior to most nobles at this time.

Lou Fan and Lin Hu in the northern part of the Zhao State kept harassing the northern part of the Zhao State, and there were basically no nobles there. The Central Plains was so big that no nobles were willing to go to those bitter cold places.

On the one hand, the Mohists said that they did not want to participate in the disputes in the Central Plains, and Zhao Hou could not reform with the Mohism's righteousness, so even if he became an official, he would not be an official in the central area, but would voluntarily go to the Northland.

On the other hand, Zhao Guo's nobles are also full of vigilance towards the Mohists, and they don't want them to participate in power at all. Even though the Mohists are very talented, but...letting the Mohism participate in politics is equivalent to sitting in a cauldron and letting the Mohism set fire to them.

So after a lot of wrangling, it happened that Lou Fan came to commit a crime, so the Mo family agreed to go to Gaoliu in the north, and Qu would be the guardian of Gaoliu.

Gaoliu was originally the land of Dai.Dai Wang is the brother-in-law of Zhao Xiangzi. When Zhao Xiangzi invited Dai Wang to dinner, he asked the cook to smash his brother-in-law to death with a spoon and seized the land of Dai.

At this time, it is Gaoliu, and later generations will be Yanggao, and later it may be called... Datong, which is actually a frontier fortress.

This time they went to Gaoliu, these inkmen brought a lot of things, and also had many tasks... such as transporting horses to Sishang.

But before that, they still carried out a series of synonymous propaganda: this time they were not going to fight for Zhao, but for the benefit of the people of the world.Although Zhao State still had monarchy, it was more advanced than Lou Fan, Lin Hu, etc., who captured slaves and tribal leaders controlled all horses in terms of the nine levels of paradise.So the Mohists did not go to fight for Zhao, but for the ultimate benefit of the world.

After the publicity, there were more than [-] young people who voluntarily signed up, and finally [-] were selected. Most of the unselected were depressed and crying.

This team has received more than a year of training. Even though they have served in the military, in order to adapt to the situation in the Northland, they still conducted a series of targeted training.

A series of training for grasslands, including riding horses, arraying chariots for defense, and building excavation fortresses, may be easily defeated in later generations, but now this is a tactic far superior to nomads, and it is enough to win.

This time going north, the goods he carried included corn, potatoes and other crop seeds suitable for planting there.

There are [-] muskets and a large amount of gunpowder, four cannons, and six large muskets weighing tens of kilograms that can be mounted on chariots.

He also carried a large number of stirrups and agricultural tools, which will be continuously transported later, some of which are supported by the Mohist family, and the other part is obtained by Zhao Guo in exchange for mining rights.After obtaining the mining rights this time, another method was adopted, in the form of stock raising, to integrate the shares of the richest people from all over the world. These wealthy people have long wanted to get involved in some industries of the Mohist family.

Before going to Zhao, Qu Jiang and others were also informed of the basic policy of going north this time.

When asked about the policy after going north to Gaoliu, Shi told Qu Jiang that the situation there was special, but on the whole it was carried out according to the method of "payment but no tax".

The land there is vast and sparsely populated, and it is also a place where barbarians and di tribes live together in the Central Plains. There are many serfs and slaves who fled under the aristocratic rule of Zhao State, and the folk customs are tough.

Therefore, we maintained some local systems while continuing to develop the Mohist organization there.

Free the local slaves, let them have household registration, divide the land, and establish village societies.The land of the village community is divided every 20 years, presided over by the elected people, including pasture land, etc.

Those who own private property, on the premise of not violating the policies of the State of Zhao, will take the sidelines and admit their possession of private land.

The original village communes and tribes were also carried out in the way of village communes.

Young people in the village community who have reached the age of eighteen must serve in the military for four years and bring their own horses.Only the military tax, without any tax.

The Mohists organized them to protect their land and property from being plundered by nomads, and at the same time provide technical support and control salt and iron.

In return, they were obliged to perform military service, but were exempted from all other labor duties other than military service.

If there is such a thing as building water conservancy, it depends on the organization and propaganda capabilities of the Mohist School, and it will be carried out spontaneously, and the Mohist School will provide part of the financial support.

Qu Jiang also expressed doubts at the time, because the Mohism's administrative method of going deep into the grassroots is doomed to require a large amount of funds and money, otherwise it will not work at all.You can't help Zhao Guo defend the frontier without limit, but let the people in Sishang pay for it.

Shi said that the bazaar trade could be opened in Gaoliu and controlled by the Mohists.Resell iron pots, "tea" from Haiyang, chili and other spices in exchange for horses and skins from nomadic tribes.

If they rob, fight.After going there, build a fortress similar to Tengdi near Gaoliu, and do a good job of defense. If necessary, you can divide the tribes.

For example, in trade, after fighting several times to let them know that it is not easy to rob, they will issue some special certificates. The tribes holding this certificate can trade, and those who do not have it are not allowed to trade. There is an internal struggle for credentials.

Once the time is right, use the advantages of stirrup cavalry, chariot formations and gunpowder weapons to fight back.

On the grassland, there is no need to worry about such things as Zhou etiquette, amazement from friendly nations, and sideways glances from princes.Kill the leader, disintegrate the tribe, liberate the slaves, organize farming, publicize the conflict between the tribe leader and the tribe herders, and attract escape...

Slowly encroaching with chariots, fortresses, and gunpowder, changing customs and customs, not recognizing the special status of tribal leaders, disintegrating tribes through class struggles, expanding manpower, and forcing the promotion of Mohist script, customs and culture of the Central Plains.

(End of this chapter)