warring states careerist

Chapter 479

Among the chaotic crowd, there are not only those who are spontaneous, those who just gather with the flow and are organized, those who are kidnapped, and there is another kind of people.

Someone in the crowd took out a dagger from his pocket, pushed away the crowd, and walked towards the soldiers who were about to strike.

Most of them are dog-slayers, and they can be regarded as rangers in the city, but they are not Mohists, or many people don't like the strict organizational structure of Mohism, so they don't join.

They are warriors, or at least they think they should be.

With the spread of the Mohist theory, especially in the land of Sishang, it is quite useful to change customs.

The Mohists themselves have the theory of the five braves, and they only think that actions such as Cao GUI robbing Qi Huan and saving Lu, and Yanzi crying for justice are the courage of a gentleman.Behaviors such as bravery and ruthlessness are nothing more than the last kind of courage and should be criticized.

Just like after Shang Yang's reform, the Qinchuan land also changed customs, and thus changed from liking private fighting to being brave in public fighting.The dissemination of the Mohist theory in Sishang also has the same effect.

Young master's entry into Qin Dynasty, Nie Zheng's assassination of Qin, and so on have been spread more in recent years, and the Mohists, who control the initiative of public opinion in the world, publicized that Nie Zheng was assassinated "for the sacrifice of Qin Jue Hebo, and the death of others". Qin Jun is for the benefit of the world and the common people. This is great courage.

Under this kind of publicity, the mentality of the market rangers in Fei Country is also gradually changing.The act of looking at each other and laughing, sitting on the ground and cutting one's own flesh to show one's bravery has gradually become a joke.

A warrior is always employed by his master, dies for it, talks and laughs.

But when the Mohist theory appeared, the employed "master" gradually changed from a physical person to a virtual finger of a class. Some rangers and warriors were no longer willing to continue to be the dogs of the nobles for the benefit of the nobles. Do something "shattering" the brave behavior of a gentleman.

The theory of Mohism is easy for them to accept, but they cannot accept the discipline of Mohism, so they are practicing their way of benefiting the world in their own way. They are a fanatical and free group of people.

This time in Feiguo's capital, these people had long distrusted the nobles and the monarch, and mixed in with the crowd with sharp knives in their arms, just to perform a feat like Nie Zheng's assassination of Qin that could be recited throughout the ages.

It all makes a difference when an event is not just pecking among nobles but people from all walks of life are involved for different reasons.

A man named Ximentu in the crowd was a warrior who thought he should act like a gentleman.

He lived near the west gate of the capital and worked as a butcher, so people called him Ximen Tu.

This person had heard many names of the Mo family when he was in the market, and he used several swordsmen of the Mo family as his idols. He usually wears short brown straw sandals and regards himself as a Mo family.

After the story of Nie Zheng's assassination of Qin was spread by the Mohists, this person even talked and laughed with Nie Zheng as his partner, and wanted to join the Mohists many times.

The Mohists originally had a stronghold in the capital city of Fei Kingdom, either for handouts or dissemination, and there were a few Mohists who acted uprightly. Ximentu also often went to listen to the Mohist handouts, and once asked Xu Ruo if he wanted to join the Mohism and become a Mohist. By.

It's just that the rules of the Mohist school are strict, and after joining the Mohist family, they are not so free. They need to listen to the "organization" for everything, and they must gather righteousness for any action. This is something Ximen Tu has always found difficult to accept.

In the words of Ximen Tu when he was drinking with his friends on weekdays, the Mohists are good at everything, but there are too many rules and they are not very free. If you enter the Mohism, you will have no brains and thoughts of your own. As long as you have the heart to benefit the world and act like a gentleman, you are not What can the Mohist do?
He can slaughter pigs and dogs on weekdays, but he is not the kind of person who can't live on. When it comes to life, he is actually better than the average farmer who grants land, not to mention those who are bound to the noble fief and cannot leave at will and are subject to the embargo serfs.

When the escape of the serfs in Zhuhu City was brewed and expanded, Ximentu and a few friends sighed and felt pity for those who were hundreds of miles away.

There are actually quite a few people like him in the capital of the Fei Kingdom. They secretly gathered together and vowed to do something great—if the monarch changes, they will do nothing; if the monarch does not change, they will do nothing. Sacrificial to Hebo and the bravery of others.

People like Ximentu really take life and death as a joke.

They are very close to the Mohists, but they have some fundamental differences on some issues - from the beginning that the Mohist rules are too many, and gradually they are opposed to a strict organization and centralized power, and they think that they can be used Assassination and violence to solve the world's problems.

The Mohism is now in the right position, and the Mohism's overall policy is also a stable region and a strict system. It would rather miss some people who are close to the Mohism than temporarily accept those rangers who are interested in benefiting the world but hate organizational structures and oppose centralized laws.

Therefore, those who were able to become Mozi's disciples when Mozi was still alive, were in an ambiguous marginal group with the Mohists after Mozi's death, but there were many differences on essential issues.

The nobles hate them, the populace needs organization and those people lack propaganda and moral foundation, the Mohists will not accept them until they approve of organization and concentration, and the lower class people will admire their acts of revenge and violence against violence but alienate them...

But these people are still a force that should not be underestimated. What they lack is their own program. In other words, their program is consistent with Mohism on the issue of benefiting the world, but it is different in how to benefit: Does the world need a strict organization?Does the world need a centralized power?Does the world need a strict law?Will the affairs of the people of the world be resolved by mobilizing the people, or by some brave and ambitious people who use Nie Zheng to assassinate relatives, appoint all assassins, and Cao GUI to rob alliances?
Ximentu didn't know that at the Mohist meeting in Pengcheng, people like them were evaluated as temporary fellow travelers.

Travelers can stay together and support each other on the way, but since they are only on the same road temporarily, there will be a day of separation after all.The Mohists can be allies with them, but they will not give up their organizational bottom line to accept these people unconditionally.

Ximentu didn't know what the top Mohists thought of them, and he was still full of admiration for some legendary high-level figures of the Mohism.

When he and a few friends in the crowd drew out their daggers and gunpowder mines and were about to do something big, Meng Sheng, the "swordsman" whom Ximen Tu admired, stood up.

So Ximentu and the others put away their daggers for the time being, and seeing Meng Sheng standing between the people and the soldiers, majestic and fearless, they nodded secretly, with a little more respect in their hearts.

Those soldiers who wanted to arrest people wore armor and held weapons.

Meng Sheng and others were few in number, and they all wore short brown clothes without armor.

Ximentu thought to himself, everyone said that Meng Sheng's swordsmanship was extremely high, and he had done a lot in Chudi. There were three or five ordinary people who were not his opponents, but they didn't wear armor after all.

Standing in front of the soldiers like this now, majestic and fearless, I am afraid that I may not be able to do it myself, I am a real warrior.

He and a few friends came forward to gather together, only to hear that Meng Sheng acted like no one was around, as if he didn't care about those Fei Guo's soldiers with weapons at all, turned around and said to everyone: "Today's matter, please also Fei Jun Give me Meng Sheng's favor with Qingchen, don't use swords!"

The Mohists who followed him to negotiate also looked like no one else. Although there was a sword at his waist, his hands did not touch the hilt of the sword, but just stood with his hands hanging down.

Fei Guo's soldiers were furious, but they dared not move.Behind Meng Sheng's sympathy is the righteous teacher of the Mo family in Sishang, and the guns of the righteous teacher. Originally, they were going to drive away the people and arrest Ji Sunluan.

But Meng Sheng's words, alone, made those nobles who commanded the soldiers at a loss as to what to do, and they dared not move and could not move.

But this, in the eyes of Ximentu and other warriors, is like a heavenly man, and he has the illusion that he can do this and so on, which can deter a country and a king.

Meng Sheng has his own demeanor, fearlessness, and awe-inspiring spirit. These words are supported by the strength of the Mohist School. It is as if one person and one word made the surrounding chaos stagnate.

Several nobles asked: "Ji Sunluan insulted the monarch. The monarch is the foundation of a country. Are the Mohists trying to insult Fei? Although Fei is small, there are thousands of soldiers. This kind of insult is unbearable." What is the meaning of the Mohists?"

Meng Sheng walked slowly in front of the soldiers, turned his back to the people, and stood between the soldiers and the people together with the Mohists.

Hearing the nobleman's question, Meng Sheng said: "The Mohists have their own morals. Do what is in line with the righteousness, and don't do what is not. The Mohism is not trying to insult the country of Fei, but hopes to benefit the country. This time I never Isn’t Pengcheng coming to bring benefits to the country of Fei? Isn’t it ridiculous that you don’t accept it, but think that the Mohist insulted the country of Fei?”

Xiao Sikou said angrily: "The Mo family is eloquent, I won't argue with you. I just ask you, what happened today, is the Mo family going to be on the side of the rebellion?"

Meng Sheng said loudly: "The Mohists only stand on the side of the people in the world. If the people seek profit, what is the crime? If you use swords to slaughter, the Mohists will think it is tyranny and injustice."

Xiao Sikou sneered and said, "As you said, we can't expel the rebellion, otherwise it is unrighteous. And those who rebel can insult the monarch? What kind of reasoning is this? Is insulting the monarch the Mohism's righteousness?"

Meng Sheng said in a deep voice: "The public opinion is raging and cannot be violated. The people are the foundation of the state. If the state cannot follow the public opinion and benefit the people, the state will be in chaos. Please let Fei Jun see the people's feelings for today's affairs. Power, then make a decision."

"Exemption from taxes is a small benefit, and it cannot allow the people to get big benefits. The people are still clear about the difference between big and small. Please think about it again, Mr. Fei."

"As for the Mohists' attitude..."

(End of this chapter)