warring states careerist

Chapter 46 Nuwa Fuxi Double Helix
The disciple who sent the message just came from the city, and the city is now discussing the matter of meeting in any place.

Mozi knew that only when there was a need to defend the city, the public would listen to his opinion.

But things like the alliance involve the interests of many people, even if I meet Song Gong or Sicheng Huang, it will not change the outcome of the matter.

He heard that Emperor Sicheng wanted to discuss those seeds, and he didn't know what the emperor's father Zang was going to do, but he knew it was definitely not because of breaking the little nobleman's arm.

"What else did he say?"

"I didn't say anything else, I just said that I would like to see you, sir, and that I once said that those grains of rice seeds are each gold, and he deeply believed that this kind of treasure can be exchanged for this kind of gold. Change the grain."

Mozi thought for a while, he thought that Emperor Sicheng wanted to use these new grains to benevolent to the people of Song Dynasty, but on second thought, something was wrong.

These seeds are excellent and have a high yield, but it will take at least ten years to spread them all over the Song Dynasty.

If you want to be kind, since you are in the position of Sicheng and hold great power, you only need to make a few changes to make Song people remember, so why bother to look far away?
He couldn't figure out why Si Chenghuang wanted these seeds, and he spent a lot of money to buy them.

It is said that this kind of seed is suitable for all, and it is not regarded as an official's salary. It can be handed over or not.

He felt that it was better to ask Shi for his opinion on this matter, so he asked someone to call Shi.

Shi hurried over, and Mozi gave a general overview of the situation.

After listening to it, I thought that it would be good if I could exchange it for gold, but it would be best if I could exchange it for land.

The commodity economy of the Song Dynasty had already developed in the Taoyi generation, and a large number of private lands could be bought and sold, which was different from the land system after the reform of the Qin Dynasty.

Although the Qin State reformed, it emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce, and the commodity economy was not as developed as in the Central Plains. Even after the reform, the land was still granted land.When Wang Jian destroyed Chu, he asked the king of Qin to grant more land instead of buying more land himself, which can also explain the problem.

Because the Song Kingdom was located in the center of the country, its military force was not strong but its economy was still relatively developed. Taoyi was also a place where merchants gathered, and business was popular. With the atmosphere, there were some private lands that could be bought and sold, especially in the hands of nobles.

Shi didn't know what Sichenghuang bought it for, but after hearing from Mozi that the other party was willing to pay a lot of money, he thought that someone like Sichenghuang would not lie to Mozi.

If you have money, you can do things easily. Public land cannot be bought and sold, but some private lands are sold.At that time, Wu Qi's family also had a lot of money and a lot of land, and they sold it all in order to study.

When he thought about it, he couldn't help but smile.

Seeing his smile, Mozi asked, "Are you trying to sell?"

"Yes, the disciple wants to sell some."

"Si Chenghuang, I don't know what to do with this kind of seed. In your hands, you can always do justice."

"Sir, selling some is for better righteousness. Doing everything requires money. Mohist officials need to pay part of their salary to support those who cannot study to eat coarse rice to learn from the master. Since the official The salary can be used in this way, why can't we get the money ourselves?"

Mozi knew that Shi had just become a Mohist, and the meanings of Mohism that he heard before were also relayed by others, so he didn't understand some things.

But after listening to Shi said that selling money was for better righteousness, there was still a smile on his face, and he explained: "Being a minister is to persuade the lord to do righteousness."

"Shi, have you heard that in the past Jin Wengong liked the poor clothes worn by scholars, so Jin Wengong's officials all wore furs sewn from eweskin, hung swords around cowhide with loopholes, and wore ragged silk on their heads. Goujian was fond of warriors, so he set fire to the boat and beat drums to let the warriors board the boat. More than 100 people trampled on each other and were burned to death.”

"Since the subordinates will do what the monarch likes, then if these officials can persuade the monarch to like righteousness, won't the subordinates have a lot of righteousness? Compared with this matter, salary is like The meat of the fish is the same as the bones of the fish, after all, what we want to eat is the meat of the fish, but without the bones, there will be no fish, and there will be no fish meat.”

Hearing what Mozi said, I knew that this was an irreconcilable disagreement between myself and Mozi.

Qin Huali, Meng Sheng, Tian Xiangzi, Fu and other giants are all loyal implementers of this route. He does not agree with it, and history has also proved that this route does not work.

However, if he can't become a giant one day, he can't publicly oppose and correct this sentence, especially if he has just become a Mohist, it is even more difficult to refute.

So with this sentence, he said: "Sir, how many kings have the Mohist persuaded so far to enshrine the king and do righteousness?"

Hearing this, Mo Zi's face darkened a little, and he thought about Sheng Chuo again, and heaved a long sigh.

Silence is better than sound, and silence is better than words.

Shi said again: "Sir, do you think I am doing righteousness in this village?"

Speaking of this, Mozi finally showed joy. He seldom praised his disciples, but once he caught his eye, he was not stingy when he praised.

"What you did here is of course righteous."

Shi bowed and said: "Sir, there is a man who thinks that he can pick up a piece of gold by walking, so he walks around looking for it every day with his head down; there is a man who only has a hundred acres of land, and thinks that he can harvest twenty coins a year by planting hard, so after ten generations The children and grandchildren of the family can have a piece of gold. Of course, gold can be picked up, but planting can also harvest, shouldn’t we do both of these things?”

Mozi smiled and said, "That's the truth. You are doing righteousness here, and it is the accumulation of small righteousness that makes great righteousness."

Shi sighed and said: "But Xiaoyi also needs money to do it. Sir, I can gather people not only because of the paradise, but also because of the few cows. Just like these farmers, why do they have to serve as conscripts? They If you are not a scholar, you will not receive any rewards."

Mozi figured out the key point, pondered for a moment and said: "Because these lands are owned by the emperor, not only will you be punished if you don't fight, you can also confiscate their granted land. The cattle are yours, so you can use them or not. Let Sangsheng punish him in a bully way, and he and the people in the village will not think it is wrong."

Xinxin said, sir, you have finally thought of the issue of ownership of the means of production.

If you want to speak powerfully, you must have the means of production in your hands.Land ownership is nominally in the hands of the monarch, so if the Mohists want to develop, they can only monopolize part of the non-land production materials, otherwise no one will benefit, and who will pay for it?

If you want to accomplish something, you cannot live without idealists.

If you want to get things done, you can't rely entirely on idealists.

If it's just hope, or speech, it won't last.It must be beneficial to others. He can have such power in the village community, a large part of which is thanks to the two yi gold that Gongsun Ze lost to him.

Now Si Chenghuang wants to exchange money to buy some seeds, he doesn't care about what to do, not everyone can plant them, and it's useless to buy them back.

But those who sell can benefit, and can dig a bigger pot of gold, so as to expand their power, so that they can do the rest, gather more and more people to join the Mozhe, and also let the Mozhe The organization has sufficient operating funds.

When money appears as a general equivalent, when money can buy land, cattle and other materials, it is difficult to do anything without money, especially what he wants to do.

Seeing that Mozi was still thinking, he took the opportunity to say: "Sir, when a group of people saw a rabbit walking, the group immediately dispersed and chased after it; and there are so many rabbits in the market, no one will snatch them directly unless they are crazy." .It's something everyone knows."

"This principle can be relied on. Why do they think that those cows belong to the Mohist school, or mine? It is because people have accepted the principle of ownership, which is greater than many other principles.

"That's why they respect my opinion. Some people actually respect the cow, which just happens to be mine."

"Since Mr. thinks what the disciples are doing in the village community is doing righteousness, then we can do more of these things, accumulating weak righteousness into great righteousness. Mr. has also heard the rumors of the Promised Land. If those things are grasped in the In the hands of the king..."

Shi didn't directly talk about the result, but said with a smile: "It's like now that the yield per mu is one stone, so ten mu of land has to pay one grain of millet tax. If those crops that yield two and three grains per mu are planted, the monarch will still pay only one grain for ten acres of land. A stone?"

"If you think it's okay, then I hope that you will give all these seeds to the king now, and I am willing to be a farmer."

Mozi laughed out loud when he heard the words. He didn't know what Shi said, and he believed that what Shi said was true.

He has dealt with many monarchs, how could he not know what kind of person the monarch is?
When Shi Shi said this, he was asking a rhetorical question, and he also responded with a big laugh.

After laughing, he said: "In this case, follow me back to the city tomorrow, and I, Shi Jiatun, Qin Huali, and I will meet Sicheng Huang. Shi Jiatun was born as a merchant, proficient in nine numbers, and knows how to bargain. I'm not good at things. After all, this seed belongs to you, or to Mr. Tang Han and Mr. Na Sai, you still have to go, I, the Mohist family, don't want to be greedy for such credits, so that the two people's reputations will not be obvious."

Although he agreed, Mozi said solemnly: "But if Emperor Sicheng wants these seeds to do unrighteous things, not to mention one grain and one gold, even if it is hundreds of gold, it cannot be sold. Back then, King Yue and I were fiefs of land. Five hundred miles, I said that if you don't listen to my words and don't do righteousness, then I exchanged the righteousness in my heart for five hundred miles. Why should I go to Yue to sell it? Could it be that I sold my righteousness in Song Dynasty? Go out, can't you still get the fief?"

The country of Yue has a large land area and few people, and when the land is sparsely populated, the most valuable thing is the population rather than the land.

The five-hundred-mile fiefdom of the Yue State is like the fifty-mile fiefdom of the Song State.

Shi is very convinced that with Mozi's reputation, if he really sells the righteousness in his heart, the fief of fifty miles can still be sold.

He was overjoyed to see Mozi agreeing.

I got on the thigh of the Mo family, and jumped from a shoemaker's son to a person who could meet Si Chenghuang.

Although I may not be able to intervene and have no decision-making power, and I am only the representative of the "Mr. Sai and Tang Han" who are the owners of the seed, it is still very different from before I didn't get on this thigh.

It's not that he has the syndrome of bowing his knees to the powerful, but that he must sort out the powerful officials and the situation in the Song State before the inevitable event of King Chu's siege of the Song Dynasty occurs, and prepare for future events in advance.

However, there is still an inconvenience, Shi hesitated for a while, and finally told the truth.

"Sir, the day after tomorrow is the fifteenth day, the night of the full moon. Those nearby who have heard the story of the paradise will come to gather. I have promised these hundreds of people, and it is always bad to break promises. Can you delay the time, sir?" one time?"

Mozi wondered, "What are you going to talk about?"

"Sir, those people asked me more than a month ago... Nuwa has a body, which is made by acquaintances? I also want to know whether people's beauty, ugliness, and face are destined by heaven? Or can they be explained by the will of heaven? Why do people Looks like your parents, but not exactly the same?"

"I want to talk about Nuwa Fuxi's creation of human beings. This matter is very important. Hundreds of people are very concerned about it and have asked it dozens of times. If this matter is explained clearly, the theory of the will of heaven will be deeply rooted in the village community. No one can shake it; this matter is not clear, the theory of Tianzhi can be used as a millstone, but it cannot make people believe that Tianzhi is mysterious, knowable, learnable, comprehensible, and can explain everything.”

"If people can explain it, people will think: what can't be explained?"

(End of this chapter)