warring states careerist

Chapter 59
The day when all Mohists officially gathered was the day when Duke Song Zigou went to Rendi to meet the alliance, and it was also the day when Sicheng Huang sent three pairs of "Jiahe" to Han, Zhao and Wei Sanzong.

Before the Duke of Song went to Ren to meet the alliance, Mozi went to see him once and wanted to persuade him.

Song Gong didn't want to see Mozi very much, knowing that Mozi would tell him the principles of righteousness when he met, so he answered with the "mandate of heaven" that Mozi didn't want to hear.

"Mr. knows ghosts and gods, but he doesn't believe in the destiny. But the destiny must be observed. The star of San is dim, and the star of Shang is weak. Would you like me to pray for disasters to Song people? Would you like me to pray for disasters to Harvest?"

Mozi was furious when he heard the words. It was already a common thing for him to go in and out of Song Gong's side, and he didn't need to hide his thoughts at all.

"The destiny? Where did the destiny come from? People have not changed, nor have the sun and the moon, but the world was in chaos during Jie and Zhou, and it was governed under Tang and Wu. Is it the decree or the destiny that makes the world change? Does your lord even divide this? Don't you know?"

"In ancient times, the foolish kings and subjugated countries would never say that they were 'poor governance, stupid and incompetent'! They would only say 'it is my destiny to subjugate the country' after the subjugation! You should think about it carefully, my lord!"

After cursing, he turned and left. The guards did not dare to look directly at him, nor did they dare to obstruct him. Only Song Gong was left there sighing.

Si Xingzi Xu came forward and said: "Your Majesty, although Mo Di is talented, he doesn't understand the destiny and criticizes the destiny. You don't need to care about it, he has always been like this."

Song Gong also said with an angry face: "Why would I care about him like this? I'm used to it. Since Sicheng said he was going to Peidi to do justice, then go. When I come back, when I recover from illness, I must go there in person." You Peidi, let him see if he has a destiny! He can make Peidi rule, that is also my destiny, I transferred the disaster to Sanxing Jinhou! Now let someone prepare the most gorgeous carriage, ask someone to prepare Make a psalm, and when I come back, ask people to go to Peidi to sing it!"

Si Xingzi Xu said that he was stepping back, Song Gong gasped for a while, looked at the north, and thought that he would be healed soon.

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A mighty team left Shangqiu City, and everyone in the team had their own ghosts.

There are those who are worried, those who know it but pretend to be worried, those who are worried and are too lazy to show a happy face, and there are those who are happy but at the same time worry in front of people who pretend to be worried.

It is difficult for the nobles under the feudal system to have a relationship with martial arts, but they are the protagonists of various conspiracies.

Without these people, the world's conspiracy stories will be much less colorful, and people's imagination will be greatly reduced.

Sleeping sisters, killing brothers, killing fathers, cheating uncles, raping daughters-in-law, marrying fathers, assassinating, imprisoning mothers, shooting younger brothers, buying murderers, framing... This is the main theme of the life of high-ranking nobles, from the north of Yan to the southwest of Chu, so The story is spread everywhere.Song Xianggong is an idiot, because he really has the so-called "aristocratic spirit", and if he believes everything that is supposed to deceive the low-level nobles, then no one can save him.

It is hard for a dog to bite a man to become news, and a man bites a dog will always be passed down through the ages. It is such a rare story that constitutes the imagined idyllic and polite nobleman, and those conspiracies are forgotten because they are too common.

In the world at this time, perhaps the person who disdains bloodlines and nobility the most is mixed with a group of people who don't care much about bloodlines, gathers with them, and influences each other.

On a certain open space in the city, a group of Mohists gathered together.

No one cares, and no one feels the need to care.

It has always been like this, it has always been like this, a group of nobles and powerful officials have long been used to it.

More than [-] Mohists all knelt on the ground, and some cattail mats and reed mats brought from the village came in handy.

Mozi sat on his knees to the west, surrounded by a semicircle.

Holding a writing brush and a bunch of bamboo slips that were numbered in advance but not strung together, Shi Shi knelt beside Mozi and was in charge of recording.

The six fingers in the secretary's office mixed the ink, and Qi Sui, who made the bamboo strips, was in charge of arranging the bamboo slips behind Shi, while Xiaosheng and the rest of the inkmen sat on their knees.

Shi is also the first time to see Sheng Chuo, who is often mentioned by Mozhe. He is about 40 years old, extremely majestic, and obviously a high-class warrior.

Wearing a white buckskin hat and a dagger at his waist, his brows and eyes are full of anger, and there is no shameful expression that is suitable for imagination.

There were more than a dozen other people sitting kneeling with Sheng Chuo, and all of them were angry and rarely ashamed.

The few people beside them looked a little embarrassed, they just lowered their heads, not daring to look up at others.

What happened to Sheng Chuo happened a few years ago. Mo Zi directly met Xiang Ziniu, who had not yet made trouble in Qi State at that time, and deprived Sheng Chuo of his qualifications as a retainer.

Mozi's attack is fiercer than Confucius' in this point, and it is also the difference in the way they act.

Ran Qiu had a huge conflict with the master because of the reform of the tax system for the mother and the mother. The master scolded him and wished that all the disciples would attack him together.But the Master did not recall Ran Qiu directly, but educated Ran Qiu, hoping that he would repent.

Sheng Chuo's matter is almost the same as Ran Qiu's matter.But Mozi met Xiang Ziniu and Qi Hou, and directly asked Xiang Ziniu to dismiss Sheng Chuo. He didn't want to educate Sheng Chuo at all, but directly determined Sheng Chuo's nature: committing crimes knowingly, having no benevolence and righteousness, and rewards are better than righteousness. , embarrassing use, can not be reused.

I thought that all the Mohists would take this as a warning, but I didn’t want Mozi to be sick last year, the theory of rewards and punishments from ghosts and gods was untenable, and there was chaos in Qi. Mohists stood beside their respective patriarchs, which made Mozi really unbearable .

This time, the ink practitioners from all over the world were recruited for this matter.

Meeting Shi outside Shangqiu City was a surprise.

Mozi didn't give these people a chance to explain, and asked directly: "You only said that you should be loyal to the righteousness in your heart, but in fact you just found a nice name for salary and wealth. How many of you are really loyal to the subordinates in your heart? Righteousness? Stand up!"

Sheng Chuo snorted, but still knelt and sat there, motionless.

Only seven or eight mohists who had not looked up before stood up with shame on their faces, bowed and said: "I really can't understand the righteousness of the master. The master said that one must keep one's word. Since we are the servants of other families, we must naturally Keep promises. If not, who would use our Mohists? Isn’t faith a kind of righteousness?”

When these people said something, they dipped in the ink and recorded the words in the simplest of characters. Of course, they only picked out the important records.

He writes fast, and these people speak in a simple way, so he tried his best to record them in the language these people spoke, trying to make it easy for people to understand.

Not everyone can understand those eloquent and elegant words.

Liu Zhi kept grinding ink beside him, and Qi Sui, who made bamboo strips, also kept following Shi to sort out the bamboo slips.

Mozi glanced at Shi from the corner of his eye, and found that he recorded quickly, and he was satisfied.

These Mozi who stood up, in Mozi's view, were still disciples who could be educated, so he said patiently: "You are adhering to the small righteousness. Just like Sheng Chuo in the past, it was not his idea that Xiangzi Niu invaded Lu. .But he didn't dissuade him, but followed suit."

"I said, if you can't dissuade them, then say goodbye. Why are you so stupid? Who is righteous when the Tian family fights? If there is no one, then why bother to shed blood for them?"

"Is it because of your salary that you are asked to become officials? Isn't it to dissuade the nobles from doing justice? If they can't do justice, but want you to follow them to do unrighteousness, you still have to participate. Xiaoyi."

"Keeping promises is a means of doing righteousness, not an end. Keeping promises is for doing righteousness. I, the Mohists, have always said that I am an official for doing righteousness, not for keeping promises. If it is only based on keeping promises, what is wrong with Shengchao? In this way, there is no wrong or right in the world. Don’t those who are loyal to King Zhou and Xia Jie not keep their promises? Are they worthy of praise? If there is no righteousness, what’s the point of judging a person only by whether he keeps his word? Can you tell the difference between King Wen and Zhou of Shang?"

"It's also murder, why is King Wu benevolent and King Zhou violent?"

"You keep your promises for the innocent tyrants, don't you think this is commendable? Innocence and righteousness, keeping promises and breaking promises, which one is a horse and which one is black and white?"

"If you only judge by bravery, trustworthiness, and merit, without righteousness as the standard, how can you tell which ones are worthy of praise? Which ones are worthy of contempt? Why did Confucian scholars call it benevolence for the matter of Chu Gongzilu in the past, but I But you want to call it benevolence? Can’t you tell the difference?”

These disciples who stood up thought for a while, and said one after another: "Sir, we understand half of what you said, but we still can't fully understand what righteousness is."

These people were mistaken, but Sheng Chuo beside him was already showing an angry face.

Without waiting for Mozi to call, he got up and saluted, "Sir, why do you always blame me? What's wrong with me? Is it true that Mozi should live a lifetime of hard work and righteousness? I have a whole body of ability, and those people can't compare with me, but Mr. Allow me to be famous all over the world, isn't your husband sorry for me?"

The disciples were not angry at all. Although Sheng Chuo was mighty, he couldn't defeat Gong Zao Ye. Moreover, most of the Mohists here were on Mo Zi's side, so there was no need to worry about Sheng Chuo's violent actions, and it was impossible. Someone dares.

This kind of debate is also common among Mozi, and this kind of questioning is also common, and even disciples who doubt Mozi's theory can be found everywhere.

If you are used to it, don't be surprised.Don't be surprised, take it for granted.

If you take it for granted, you can be calm and calm.

Mozi heard the words and said calmly and calmly: "When you were studying, I asked you if you would like to do righteousness? I also told you about righteousness. After you listened to it, you learned a lot of skills. This is the agreement between you and me, you Didn't you violate the contract first? If there is no Mohist's recommendation, will Xiang Ziniu know that you are superior?"

Sheng Chuo was hesitant, knowing that it was difficult to answer, and knowing that Mozi was eloquent, he couldn't win by reasoning with him, so it was better not to speak.

So my heart broke, and I shouted loudly: "Since that's the case, I won't be such a Mohist! With my ability, I can't go anywhere in the Three Jins, Qin, Qi, Chuyan? Since the sir thinks that I am not qualified to be this Mohist, I won't do it! It's better than polluting the eyes and ears of you righteous people!"

Gong Zaoye, who was kneeling in front of him, also stood up and said, "What do you think of this place? What do you think of doing righteousness? If you said you didn't want to do righteousness, how could you learn such a good skill? If you didn't How can everyone make a name for himself with Xiang Ziniu's recommendation?"

Sheng Chuo blushed, stared at Gong Zaoye and said, "I know what you are capable of. In the past, Wei Ke disobeyed his father's order and ordered his father's concubine to marry another and not die. So the concubine tied a ring and captured Du Kang in return. Mr. I always teach us not to treat people with kindness, does the master think that I should learn from the concubine's father and remember the kindness of the master even if I am a ghost?"

Mo Zi asked Gong Zaoye to step back, looked at Sheng Chuo and said, "I never want any Mohist to do the thing of forming a ring. Why do you ask?"

Sheng Chuo didn't dare to look into Mozi's eyes, knowing that if he showed his timidity, not only would his reputation be lost today, but he might also leave a shadow in his heart in the future, so he simply didn't look up.

After hearing Mozi's questioning, Sheng Chuo said again: "My body was given by my parents. I can let my parents enjoy their old age, and they can be sacrificed after death. People all over the world sing that they have a brave and talented son. Isn't that true? Is it something my son should do? I don’t think there is anything wrong with me. If it’s wrong to pursue a salary, then why do people in the world become officials? How many people are like Mr. who walk the world for the purpose of promoting benefits and eliminating disadvantages?”

"As long as it is not in line with the righteousness, then the subject should not do it. The princes of the world, who dares to use ink? Who will use ink? Since the master insists, then I have no choice but to stop being an ink!"

"Mr. has practiced righteousness all his life, but he has only four hundred disciples. Don't you think about why this is? People like me could have become Mr.'s disciples, but when they heard of Mr.'s words of righteousness, they gave in and ran away. "

"Mr. has practiced righteousness all his life, how many people have used his righteousness? Mr.'s righteousness will not work at all!"

He said this impassionedly, but after all, he took a peek at Gongzaoye, and said softly, "Sir, isn't there any reason for me to say this? Even kings, princes, and biological parents cannot arbitrarily rule over people's life and death." , Mister wants to control every Mohist, this is wrong."

"Is it true that the giant is not wrong? Mr. is a ghost all his life, but he will also get sick. Ghosts and gods have no protection. When I was studying with Mr., I could only eat corn and rice every day, but at that time my family was healthy. I was with Xiangziniu. When I was doing things, I used meat to sacrifice and pray, but my family members fell ill instead, and I was recalled by my husband, who forbade me to be an official and lost my salary."

"I have already discussed with more than a dozen people. We will never forget the kindness of the husband. After we leave, half of the annual salary will still be dedicated to the husband. In this way, we can not only repay the debt of the master Kindness."

"Please allow me, sir."

He bowed to the ground, and more than a dozen people behind him also made the same gesture, and said in unison: "Please allow me, sir."

Mozi didn't allow it, and he didn't allow it, but pointed to Shi who was writing down these conversations, and asked Shengchuo, "Do you recognize this person? Do you know what this person has done?"

(End of this chapter)