warring states careerist

Chapter 495
In his heart, he supported the Zhongshan Kingdom to oppose the Wei Kingdom at this time, because it would be beneficial for the Mohists to sweep the world in the future.

However, how to support it and what reasons to support it, because of the existence of the supreme rule of "morality" of Mohism, it must be justified.

If you don't talk about politics and lose morality, then all the Mohists' support for Zhongshan Kingdom will be no different from the political strategists who only talk about diplomatic interests.

This must be made clear.

Otherwise, the Mohists would shout to go left, but turn their legs and feet to the right, then the Mohists would lose their greatest reliance—the support of passionate young people who agree with the Mohist’s righteousness to benefit the world.

Although Le Chi was born in a noble family, but because of Le Yang Le Shu, his growth environment is different from that of ordinary nobles.

He admires the achievements of the Mohists in recent years.

The Mohists do not live in Luoyi, but cherish the whole world.

Mohism does not seal the size, but governs the people.

Moreover, more and more low-level civilians from the Mohist family came to the stage, which also made Le Chi agree with the Mohist's statement about equality.

It's just that his recognition is still taken out of context.

People like Le Chi’s requirements for equality are: seek equality from above, and seek hierarchy from below. In short, everyone above oneself is equal. The so-called "everyone in the world is a minister of heaven" is equal.

Because if the support hierarchy is strict, then a character like him will not be able to rise to the top.After all, the Le clan is a branch of the Zi surname, and Le Yang's origin is due to being a follower of Di Huang in Wei State.

But if everyone who supports Mohism is equal, then a character like him will not be superior to others.What such a class needs is to get rid of those old nobles and become new nobles themselves.

Le Chi himself did not realize this hidden difference in his heart. Perhaps what he liked was behind the phrase "Choose the virtuous as the Son of Heaven", and there was the possibility that he himself could also become the emperor of the country.

So what he admired was not the feelings of these Mohists who would die for the benefit of the world, but what he admired was that such a shoemaker's son could climb to the top of the Mohist family.

For the world, the Mohist school is already considered a non-state country. After the battle between Lushui and Yuanzui, it has already become one of the world's top powers.

Just like the Zhongshan Kingdom believed that they could attack the Yan Kingdom after the restoration of the country, the Yan Kingdom was still too early to be reborn after being destroyed by the Qi Kingdom. The power of the great powers in the world situation.

This time, the elders of the Zhongshan Kingdom want to restore their country, and the only force they can rely on is the Mohist School.

Le Chi's nervousness, not only the uneasiness of seeing the legendary admirer, but also the possible panic of worrying that if he said something wrong, he would annoy the Mo family and cut off the support of the Mo family.

Seeing Lechi's inquiry, he asked back: "Zhongshan's restoration of the country is a confidential matter. As a confidant of Lord Zhongshan, why do you think that coming to Sishang is the right way? Whose advice is this?"

Yue Chi stood up and said: "My father was a general of Zhongshan, and my grandfather destroyed Zhongshan. I have no achievements in size, so I want to imitate Baoxu's technique of crying for Qin and make contributions to the great cause of restoring the country. A sage should be in a high position before he can do it." Benefit the people of a country."

He felt that the Mo family would like this rhetoric, and it might be exactly what he had in mind.A virtuous person should have fame, fortune and a high position, so that he can live up to his virtuous talents and be able to benefit the world. Le Chi thinks that the Mohist would like this.

In the past, Shen Baoxu did not reveal the conspiracy of his close friend Wu Zixu, which led to the overthrow of the Chu State.Shen Baoxu begged Qin to send troops to rescue Chu and restore Chu.

This allusion to Le Chi is most appropriate. Wu Zixu who destroyed Chu was a close friend of Shen Baoxu, and it was Le Chi's grandfather who destroyed Zhongshan.

Yuechi said again: "Besides, the Mohists say that they are not attacking, the strong do not seek the weak, and the big do not covet the small. All the countries on Sishang rely on the power of the Mohist to restore their country. From my point of view, the restoration of the country is in line with the righteousness of the Mohist school. , I’m here to ask the Mohists for help.”

It's okay if you don't say this, but when you say this, Shi immediately said seriously: "This statement is absurd."

"In the states above Sishang, the Mohist revival is to do justice and benefit the world. The state of Yue has no way, the politics is dark, and the system has hindered the increase of people's wealth, so that the people have three troubles."

"It is not the restoration of the country that is consistent with the meaning of the Mohists, but the policy of promoting the virtuous rather than attacking the people and commerce after the restoration of the country. This must be clarified."

"For example, the Mohists like green, so they like leaves. But you hold a red leaf and think that the Mohists like leaves instead of green. This is a mistake."

Although Le Chi was a little nervous, he still couldn't help asking: "Could it be that if the Yue State practiced a benevolent and righteous government and benefited the people of the world, then the Mohists would let it go and don't want to help the weak to restore the country? Even if the Yue State has the power to sweep the world Heart, won’t the Mo family care about it?”

This is exactly the "name" of the Mohists in their future struggle for supremacy in the world. Shi Naren was hesitant and slow, and immediately said solemnly: "It is true. Therefore, it is the Mohism's principle to punish injustice as righteousness."

When Le Chi heard this, he was speechless.

After a moment of silence, he said: "Today, I know why the Mohist school is successful. It is because of the rules in everything, the same words, and the same actions. This is something we cannot have."

"But son Zhi has no talents. He enfeoffed the land of Zhongshan as the king, and he practiced a lot of tyranny, and the people suffered a lot."

Shi nodded and said: "Then that's another matter. The Mohist school is based on doing righteousness and benefiting the world. Do what meets the requirements, and don't do what does not meet the requirements."

"Recovering a certain country can benefit the world, so it can be done. And you can't say that the Mohists like to help people restore the country. If you don't understand this point, there is no need for us to talk about it."

Orchestra is young after all, how can we talk about these things with this middle-aged man.

Seeing Shi's displeasure, Le Chi was both worried and admiring. He said that the Mohist people behaved in a manner, and he had heard a lot. Seeing the high-ranking figures of the Mohistry doing the same today, it was a little surprising.

Before he came, he had prepared a lot of arguments, knowing that the Mohists respect rules and like to debate, so Le Chi prepared many questions to prove the legitimacy of Zhongshan's restoration.

From the time when the Zhongshan people formed a tribe, and then Wugong learned the customs of the Central Plains and formulated laws and regulations to prove that the Zhongshan Kingdom has legal principles. It is wrong to want to prove that the Wei Kingdom annexed Zhongshan by relying on the strong to bully the weak.

Unexpectedly, all the preparations are of no use, the Mohists mean that they don’t recognize any legal principles at all, even in the time of Duke Zhou and King Wu, the Mohism now only distinguishes between righteousness and injustice.

Le Chi has read a lot of articles and books of Mohism, but it is clear that Mohism's line has gradually changed in recent years. Some of the correct principles of Mozi's era have now begun to explain why they were correct back then and why they can't fit their feet now.

These changes, after all, the orchestra was not in Sishang so that it was missed.

In fact, the Mohists also seek from Zhongshan now, at least they use each other, but the king of Zhongshan and Le Chi didn't understand the general trend of the world at all, and fell behind in the end.

After a little probing, Shi could tell from Le Chi's tense and panicked tone that Zhongshan hadn't realized that the Mohists needed the revival of Zhongshan to contain Wei.

Since the other party didn't see it, the bottom line of the two sides is completely different. What Shi said just now is to grasp the initiative in this negotiation.

Create a false impression: you want to restore the country very urgently, but it is not certain whether the Mohists support it.

So Shi Shi called someone, brought some books, put them on the table and said: "If you want to practice benevolence, righteousness and benefit the people, I have three books that can be taught to you, but I think you have read them too."

Looking at the orchestra pit, he found that the three booklets on the table were "The Wealth of Nations", "On Government", and "Compilation of Farming and Wonderful Skills".

Except for the newly published "On Government", I have read the other two books, but actually I don't like reading them.

He prefers to read Mohism's books on city defense, military formation, tactics in the gunpowder era, etc., but these three books are too...boring.

The theory of "The Wealth of Nations" is the theory of Mohism about the economy. The basis is that labor creates wealth. How to maximize the advantages of the age of iron tools, ox farming and water power so that the system can increase the wealth created by everyone is beneficial to the world.

The basis of human nature in this pamphlet is that human nature is neither evil nor good, and seeking profit is human nature under the economic assumption, and it explains some economic problems.

And to go deeper, this pamphlet is actually a declaration of battle to overthrow the rationality of the aristocratic fiefdoms, and it provides reasonable support for the banning of the aristocratic regime for the benefit of the peasants, businessmen and commerce.

"Lunzheng" is based on the self-interest of human nature, the injustice of ancient times, and the righteousness of the people as the law, etc., to perfect and check and balance the construction of some government power.

The last book, "Compilation of the Hundred Works of Harvesting and Miraculous Techniques", is a technical issue.

This is the book that Shi Shi had already organized people to compile before Mozi died, and Mozi had already seen the purpose of these books at that time.

The theory of "The Wealth of Nations" is that it is reasonable for the people to seek profit and overthrow the nobles. "On Politics" teaches the people how to build a new system after overthrowing the nobles.

Using King Wu's defeat of Zhou as an analogy, then the former book is the Mohist's "Mandate of Heaven", and the latter book is the Mohist's "Zhou Li".

They are intertwined, among which those Mohist books on military and technology are the transition between the two: to overthrow by violence requires learning military knowledge and technology.

Of course, the orchestra couldn't see the intention behind this.However, Le Chi's face changed slightly when he saw these three books were released.

Although I haven't read much, if I really follow the content of these three books to carry out the system reform after the restoration of the country, it is nothing but nonsense.

The main force of the restoration of the country is the nobles, how could the purpose of the restoration of the country be to drive themselves away?
Although I haven't read the newly released booklet "On Politics", I can think that the contents in it may be more terrifying than "The Wealth of Nations" just by looking at the title of the book.

He hesitated for a while, and reached out to pick up the most harmless third book: "Everything can't be done overnight. With these three books, you can implement a policy that benefits the people. If you choose one of them, it is also considered to be beneficial to the people. Choose one of the three, compared In nothing, it can also be called profit.”

Shi Wenyan smiled, shook his head and nodded again, noncommittal.

Le Chi shook his head when he saw Shi for the first time, panicked in his heart, thinking that Shi was annoyed by his choice, and he might not be able to do anything.

Seeing later Shi nodded again, although it was not perfect, but he agreed after all, and was overjoyed in his heart, when he was about to say that once the country was restored, he would promote strange skills to benefit the common people, but Shi asked: "What are the details of these three books?" Leaving aside the content, if you want to restore the country, what are your plans?"

"Zhongshan is in the danger of Taixing, but Zhao Yi is on all sides. The Wei people occupy Zhongshan, and the son is incompetent. You may succeed. But you have to consider Zhao Guo's attitude. Do you have any plans for this?"

Regarding the matter of Fei Guosi, the Mohists have set a general plan for solving the possible interference in Zhao State, so even if they use Zhongshan State to restore the country, it must be carried out within this general plan.Reasonable use of Zhongshan State to achieve the goal of disintegrating the Sanjin Alliance

(End of this chapter)