warring states careerist

Chapter 472 Big and Small

When Meng Sheng finally arrived at the capital of the Fei Kingdom, Xu Ruo waited for the Mohists who were in the Fei Kingdom to come out of the city to meet him.

After boarding the car, Xu Ruo just sighed slightly and said, "Feidu is jubilant now, and businessmen have hoarded a large number of firecrackers early for profit, just to rejoice and benefit the whole country once the reform is successful."

"It's just... I thought that Fei Guo would definitely not agree to our conditions."

Meng Sheng smiled, saying that sometimes it takes hundreds of years to change customs, but sometimes it only takes a few years or more. This custom of celebrating with firecrackers would never have existed more than ten years ago.

This businessman's idea of ​​seeking profit is indeed amazing, but who in the world does not seek profit?Benefit is righteousness, but the Mohists are pursuing a world where everyone can benefit without harming others.

Seeing that Xu Ruo was a little emotional, he said after a long time: "Can you agree? We are saving the people of Fei country. Didn't I say that people in the world should know how to save themselves and can't rely on anyone. Count on the Mohists, don't they?" Can't you count on the king? It's wrong to count on anyone, it all depends on the people of the world."

There is something in these words, Xu Ruo seems to understand, thinking of the gunpowder and weapons in the capital of Fei State, nodded and said: "That's true. Most people in Fei State serve in the volunteer army, they are good at assassination, and they can also shoot guns , they don't need anyone's rescue."

Meng Sheng smiled and said: "That's right. Things in the world should be like this. The righteousness of the Mohists can only be like this if they want to last forever."

"It's just that if you want to benefit the world, you need someone to serve as a four-horse chariot and a pioneer. This is what Mohist should do. As long as it is beneficial to the world, Mohist should die without hesitation. Ascend to the city, Mohist needs to stand at the highest, Only by raising the flag can we enter the vanguard with the goal of defeating the unrighteous and benefiting the world."

Xu Ruo said with emotion: "If you have to die, Xu Ruo would rather die first to clear the way."

While speaking, the carriage had already entered the city, and there was a burst of crackling firecrackers, and thousands of people from the capital lined the road to welcome him.

Meng Sheng looked at the crowd full of hope for hope, and sighed: "The heart of seeking profit can break gold. Stop!"

With a shout, the driver in front stopped the carriage, and Meng Sheng stood on the wheel of the carriage, looking at the cheering crowd, just like the kind of people who often preach in Pei County, Pengcheng, and said: It is the Mohism's righteousness for people in the world to seek profit. Now we are here for the benefit of all."

Just a simple sentence, many people shouted loudly.

The crowd rushed in and surrounded the carriage of the Mohist envoys. Meng Sheng stood on a high place and told everyone about the more than 40 suggestions for the change proposed by the Mohist this time.

Every time you say one, you have to add how this one is beneficial, how it can benefit the people, and how it conforms to Mohist morality and the so-called will of heaven.

Although Xu Ruo and others are also Mohists, they have been preaching here all the year round, but when it comes to talent and means, they are far behind Meng Sheng.

In these years of study, Meng Sheng's level and improvement have been extremely high, just as Mozi said back then: "It is a big task to be familiar with righteousness? For example, if you build a wall, those who can build it will build it, and those who can build it will build it. Those who rejoice are rejoiced, and then the wall will be completed. It is also true for righteousness, those who can talk and argue, those who can talk about books, those who can practice books, and those who can practice, then righteous things will be accomplished."

Mozi believed that, to benefit the world, each should do his best.Only rammed earth that can be rammed and transported can be built into a wall.The same is true for things like doing righteousness. Those who are good at speech will speak, those who are good at writing books will write books, and those who are good at doing things will do things. Only then can things be accomplished.

But if you are a Mohist enlightenment or a candidate for enlightenment, you must be able to argue, write, do things, fight, and defend.

Even if you can't be proficient in everything, you must at least understand everything, and you must be superior in some things, otherwise, how can you be elected by everyone?

Meng Sheng's eloquence is not among the top ones among the many eloquent Mohists, but it is still better than ordinary people.

The cheers from time to time also explained all this.And these cheers made more people gather around to listen to Meng Sheng's speech.

Meng Sheng knew that all he had to do was add the last fire.

Facing the crowd, he used the skills he had cultivated in the countless meetings of the Mo family over the past ten years, and used the local dialect to make this last flame the most prosperous.

"It is the nature of human beings to seek profit and avoid harm. Since the Emperor of Heaven has the world, all things in the world, and people are alive, then if there is an Emperor of Heaven, the original intention of the Emperor of Heaven is to let people develop their own nature. Just as the cow has the nature of a cow If a cow does not eat grass, is it still a cow? If a man does not seek profit, is he still a man?"

"That's why there are many theories in the world. All the schools of thought, including the ancient sage kings, all talk about benefiting the country and the people. The Mohists also say that it is beneficial to the country, the people and the world. There is no problem with that."

"However, there are so many theories in the world that benefit the people and benefit the world. Why hasn't the world benefited all the time? And what is the difference between the proposed changes brought by Mohism this time and those theories of other schools? Is it true? Can it be compared and implemented to benefit you? This is something that cannot be said."

"Back then, Mr. Ye Gao of the state of Chu asked Zhongni about his inspiration for governing, and asked what should a person who is good at governing do?"

"Kong Zhongni said, let people far away feel close, and make old people feel like new friends."

"Nowadays there are still some theories to lobby the king, and the king asks how he can benefit the people and the world?"

"They say, let the people be rich, have filial piety, and implement benevolent government, so that the people and the world can be benefited."

When Meng Sheng mentioned this, he laughed and said, "It's like someone asking, how to kill a cow? Some theories say that if the cow stops breathing and its heart stops beating, then the cow will be killed."

"When people ask how to benefit the people and the world, they say that if the people benefit from the world, it is to benefit the people and the world... No matter how many propositions there are, how can such a theory be implemented?"

"So, in the past, there were many people who said that they wanted to benefit the world and the people, but few did it. The Mohist's suggestion is not the same as theirs, so it can be done."

"The Mohists uphold the will of heaven and rectify the origin of all things. It's like not knowing how the world's wealth increases, but talking about how to enrich the world. It's like a person who has never seen a cow killing a cow. Is it possible? Was it successful?"

"When someone asks the Mohist how to kill a cow, the Mohist will analyze the root cause and say that the cow will die if the heart does not beat, so you can barrel the heart; the trachea can't breathe, the cow will die, so you can sing... Even if you have never seen a cow, according to the Mohist If you do it with your own knowledge, you can also kill cattle.”

"This time, the Mohist's suggestion is exactly like this. Because there is no one who surpasses the Mohist when it comes to grasping the origin of the will of heaven, so there is no one who can surpass the Mohist's advice on how to get rich and profit."

"The world belongs to the people in the world. The meaning of the existence of the world is to enable people in the world to obey and manifest their nature of seeking profit and avoiding harm. Otherwise, why should people form the world and countries? The existence of a country is always There must be a purpose, just like when people are hungry, they want to eat, and the purpose of eating is to not be hungry. Then what is the purpose of the existence of a country? Isn’t it just to benefit the people of a country? Is there any other explanation? ?”

In fact, of course, there are other explanations, and the explanation is more straightforward, bloody, dirty and abscessed, but Meng Sheng here wants to praise the monarch of Fei Kingdom, using this false finger, to propose a way to put the monarch of Fei Kingdom on fire The concept of roasting: the existence of the country is for the benefit of the people.

Naturally, the monarch will not accept this statement, it doesn't matter, as long as the people accept it.

Everyone has begun to think about why there is a country. Everything is meaningful, just like the Mohists said these years to seek the origin of the will of heaven. There is always a reason. So is there no reason for the existence of countries in the world?
Meng Sheng said again: "In ancient times, people chose virtuous people and established them as the Son of Heaven. After establishing the Son of Heaven, they thought that his strength was not enough, so they chose the virtuous and capable people in the world and established them as the Three Dukes. The Son of Heaven, the Three Dukes It has already been established, and they think that the territory of the world is vast, and they still can't understand the people of distant lands and the distinction between right and wrong, so they divide the world into ten thousand kingdoms, and then set up princes and monarchs."

"The root cause is that in order to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, obey human nature, and use rationality to choose the best result. I lost a finger, but I avoided being eaten by a tiger. It seems that I still lost a finger. , but comparing the minor harm with the major harm, if you can only choose one of them, the minor harm is the benefit.”

"Since the purpose of the kings and princes is to benefit the people and avoid harm, then...they were unable to change in the past because the theories of each school did not understand the will of heaven and the root of all things."

"Now that the Mohists understand it and have given suggestions that can benefit the people, how can a monarch who exists to seek benefits and avoid harm for the people not agree?"

This is a complete deduction. Meng Sheng shouted to the people: "The day when people will benefit may be coming. Cheer, people of Fei Country!"

His last cry ignited the passion of the people. It sounds like a reasonable argument. People are willing to believe what they want to believe.

However, Xu Ruo, who was listening on the sidelines, heard the murderous intent hidden behind this.

According to this inference, the only reason for the existence of a monarch is to benefit the people of a country.What if... you can't benefit?The legitimacy of the monarch, deduced from the ancient ambiguities of the Mohists, the only result that can be drawn is...a monarch who cannot benefit the people is an illegitimate monarch.

This is a terrible inference, so terrible that it is hidden behind the hopes and passions of the people, and it will be inferred once it is shattered.

The Mohists have not yet directly opposed the existence of the monarch, but they have begun to grasp another interpretation of whether the "monarch" is legally reasonable-not whether the Zhou emperor is entrusted or not, but whether it can benefit the people and the world.

When Qi Guotian's coup came to power, he quenched his thirst by drinking poison, and used this saying to depose Qihou.Because at that time, he was in a hurry to go to the doctor, the theory of five virtues had not yet been established, and the theory of destiny was still difficult to explain. The Mohist theory was the only one that could be cited to prove its legitimacy.

But now, the decision to drink poison to quench thirst has finally begun to show toxicity.Fei country is very close to Qilu, and this statement of the Tian family in Qi country is often propagated by the Mohists.

With such a vivid example of the Tian family, more people can easily accept it, because the king of a country has accepted it, and it seems that it is indeed reasonable.

And those people who have been promoted too much by the Mohists have long accepted such rhetoric, they are not the audience.

Now, Meng Sheng has completed the last step of setting the king of Fei on fire, and also completed the first step of Qi's possible intervention in the future - outside the battlefield, let Qi have no reason to interfere. In the future, let the people of the world see clearly the ugly face of the monarch and nobles to pave the way for the first step, and also take the first step to completely destroy the remnants of Zhou rituals-interference is fine, but don't use those high-sounding reasons, you Qi State not worthy.

If you dare to use the Mohism, you dare to mock it back, so don't use it, just say that it is for personal self-interest, bluntly, and let the final ritual system and the sacred aura of the nobility completely become "ugly" interests.

Your monarchs and nobles can seek profit, why can't the common people?You say profit is ugly, and people seeking profit is the root of chaos in the world, but you are seeking profit.Observing the rituals of the Zhou Dynasty, the Tian family belongs to the family; for the people, the Tian family should support the change of Fei Guo... These two great righteousness can't be accounted for, and the last thing they can shout is the chaos of the Warring States Period, and the victor is the king.

That's unreasonable to swing your fists, and it's shameless to tear your face, but that's simpler.

The Mohists not only have reason, but also have fists, the remaining "righteousness" and "Zhou Li", which are the only foundations for the nobles to continue to maintain their rule. When all these are not needed, it is just that the princes and generals have kindness.

It is no longer possible for Wei Guo to directly interfere with Fei Guo's affairs. The chaos in Chu, Qin and Zhao guarantees that Wei Guo is powerless, so the only one that can interfere is Qi Guo.

But the reason why Qi Guotian clan came to power made Qi country the least reason to interfere in the world... The Mohists are forcing Qi Guotian clan, this descendant of Yu Shun, this family whose lineage is older than Zhou Tianzi, this current The formal feudal vassals enshrined the king, and the already serious Qihou shouted silently, "Those high-sounding righteousness and those old rules that are taken for granted are all bullshit. We are just doing it for profit. There is no legitimate reason for righteousness and rules. to intervene."

this is very good.The monarch can think this way, and the people of the country can naturally think the same way. They are all seeking profit, but profit is written the same, but the interest of the monarch and the interests of the people are not the same.

Fei Guo is small, but the world is big.The State of Lu is larger than the State of Fei, and the State of Qi is larger than the State of Lu, and there is no one larger than the State of Qi. Then let them destroy themselves.

(End of this chapter)