warring states careerist

Chapter 616

"Yurang said that a scholar dies for a confidant, and a woman is for a person who pleases him. So he asked Zhao Xiangzi to take off his clothes, stabbed his clothes three times with a sword, and then committed suicide with the sword."

In Boyi, in the Mo family's military tent, Shi was in a good mood, chatting with a few staff officers and some guards, and accidentally told the story of Yu Rang's assassination of Zhao Xiangzi.

Speaking of this, Shi smiled and said: "From this matter, it may not be unreasonable for some people to comment on our Mohism as making people's hearts ancient and the world immoral."

The people next to him knew that they were joking, so Shi Ye asked a guard beside him with a smile: "It's like you. When you were guards and studying, what would you do if the person you guarded surrendered to the enemy? Even if this person and You get along day and night, and treat you very well?"

The guard replied almost subconsciously: "It is necessary to distinguish between righteousness and righteousness. If the chief officer decides to defect to the enemy, he will be killed immediately."

Shi laughed and said: "If you say this alone, you will be scolded and reprimanded by those people. You also want to say that we don't believe in people and have no human affection. And think about it. Look, the guards around Shi's Mo family You can't appoint yourself, and the guards around you must be confidantes, I'm afraid the Mo family won't last..."

Several people laughed, the rules of the Mohist family were strangely tight compared to the world at this time, and the fact that the guards around him were not confidantes was enough to surprise the nobles, and it was even enough to infer that the Mohist's behavior would not last long.

Although the Mohist theory of "non-fighting" in morality, they also respect the courage of the gentleman, and there are many people in the market, and there are many legends about assassins at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Taking advantage of being in a good mood with nothing to do, Shi asked again: "Speaking of which, if any of you were to be guards, if someone defected to the enemy, abandoned righteousness and sought personal gain to harm the world, you would kill them. It’s hard to leave a good name behind.”

"In the past, when I assassinated Zhao Xuanzi, I found that Zhao Xuanzi was worried about the people. He felt that if he didn't kill him, he didn't believe it, and killing him was unrighteous, so he killed himself and was praised. But I think, if it were you, you wouldn't feel anything wrong if you didn't kill him. No, if you kill the superiors you are guarding but give up righteousness and seek personal interests to benefit the world, you will be killed without hesitation."

This is true. From a certain point of view, the Mo family has indeed lost a little bit of silent warmth. It is a big taboo for relatives to swear allegiance to the death, and it is against the rules, so when they really want to kill, they will definitely not Thinking about the torment of unbelief and injustice will be refreshing and neat.

Still smiling, he used this story to tell the people around him: "That's why we call this Tangwu revolution, not just a rebellion."

"In a world of change, it is unreasonable to use the morality of the past to evaluate what has been done during the change. Because the new morality after the change may be different from the past. The good above the paradise may be placed on the This time is bad."

"Since it is the Tangwu revolution, it is to change everything. If the princes and generals are relatives, then I will rise up and become the new prince, which is not a revolution."

"Creating a paradise is not just about defeating those who harm the world. The important thing is to break a clay pot and use the broken soil to condense it into a shape again and calcine it into pottery. This is a very slow and long process, so we You can't be impatient, but you can't relax about things other than fighting."

"This is the meaning of our distribution of land in Qi. The nobles have the virtue of the nobles, and the self-cultivators have the virtue of the self-cultivators. The virtue of the nobles is to avoid low things; Things' to get rich."

"We must first make common farmers, businessmen, and businessmen the masters of the world, so that we can determine new standards of virtue and good or bad. By then, everything we do will be in line with virtue, but now, we can only be inferior to the world's virtue." .”

After talking about these things, an older Mohist sighed: "According to the calculation, Nie Zheng's death, in our Mohists' opinion, was for righteousness, for the sake of Qin's death. Gong Zaoye and him After fighting for so many years, in the end Gongzao won with his death, the sadness is understandable."

Speaking of this matter, it is not a secret, so he nodded and said: "He has righteousness in his heart, but Qin Jun is also his confidant. Qin Jun, Sheng Chuo and others could have kept this matter hidden, so as not to get involved In the name of regicide, but he still treated Nie Zheng's sister well, making it known to the world, this can be regarded as a confidant."

The older Mohist nodded and sighed: "After all, Sheng Chuo has long betrayed Mohist. After all, he is still a figure in the old world. I am afraid that some of his actions are difficult for you to understand."

He looked at Shi, hesitated and said, "Sometimes when you think about things, you seldom have the thoughts that the world already has, and some things are really hard for you to understand."

"Being kind to Nie Zheng's sister is to reward Nie Zheng's death. But the key point is that if he doesn't treat his sister kindly, no one will know his reputation. Sheng Chuo and Qin Jun would rather let everyone in the world know that they did it. I want to treat Nie Zheng's sister kindly, and it is out of the heart of confidant. Nie Zheng is righteous, but he also seeks fame. Since he is a confidant, he doesn't need Nie Zheng to say it, he will do it naturally. Sheng Chuo still has a market The chivalrous style... Qin Jun can do this, and his bearing is enough to convince Wu Qi, there are not many monarchs in the world who can use Wu Qi, but Qin Jun should be counted as one."

I understand what that Mohist means. His way of thinking is completely wrong with many times in the world at this time. It is just like when he didn't learn to write but taught to learn to recognize characters. In terms of way of thinking, he taught Most of those disciples are similar to him, and many things are really hard to understand.

When he was about to tell other stories, a person rushed in and said anxiously: "Shishuai, something happened."

"Tian Qing's assassination, it is said that our Mohist did it. Qi's army is mobilizing, and it seems to be moving, and it is gathering towards Yingyi."

All the people at the scene immediately got busy from the leisure just now, after receiving the report and glanced at it, they said: "Let's have a meeting, call someone."

Putting down the report, thinking that he was just chatting about the assassin who killed every ten steps, it really wasn't enough.

There was no need to assassinate Tian Qing, and he must be notified of such a big event.

The Mohists don't like assassination very much, especially after the reorganization of Shangqiu, they feel that the fact of assassination is not very meaningful, unless the order of punishing injustice is issued, but the Mohism is well-organized, and such things are considered local The spontaneous actions of the Mohists must be reported before the action according to the rules. If there is no such degree of organization, the Mohism is not the Mohism that has been tightly organized since the time of Mozi.

The report said that it was Tian Qing's valet who shouted the slogan of punishing injustice, which was even more unrealistic.

As far as the moral standards of the Mohist school are concerned, they also prevail in Sishang, and the general righteousness outside of Sishang is still the so-called small righteousness of the Mohist school.

Shi Xin thought, the close servants of the nobles are not the guards of the high-ranking Mo family, they are all cronies, and they all kill people at every turn.

Later, Lord Mengchang was ridiculed when he went to Zhao because of his short stature. The taxis who followed him immediately got out of the car, hacked and killed hundreds of people, and almost killed half of the county. On the contrary, I am extremely envious of his ability to support scholars, which is the standard of good or bad in the world at this time.

After pondering for a while, and asking some details from the scouts, they gathered together.

"What does Tian Wu want to do?"

Liuzhi, who had just recovered from his injury, naturally would not call him something like Gongziwu, and called him by his first name, which was also a common doubt among many people present.

Shi said: "The news from over there said that Tian Wu was attending the funeral, but he also said that he wanted to bring Qi people home. Seeing their transfer, they want to win Yi?"

Liuzhi shook his head and said, "Winning the town isn't suicide? Father Liang is in the hands of our army. They won the town. It's not that they don't know that our Mo family is good at defense."

"If you divide the troops, if Father Liang is on guard against us and confronts us, can the remaining people take down Yingyi?"

"Without division of troops, we won't be able to defeat Yingyi. If we encircle Father Liang, isn't this still a loss?"

Everyone present was also puzzled, including Shi himself.

The appropriate strategy is to rely on the land reform, taking advantage of the situation in the world when Wei, Han, Zhao Chu are unable to interfere, and continue to oppress Tian Qing.

If Tian Qing didn't attack, he continued the land reform and strengthened his strength, so that Qi could provide enough food and grass to support the soldiers and logistics, and finally crushed Tian Qing to death without any effort.

Tian Qing couldn't bear to take the initiative to attack, and it was impossible to choose Yingyi. Yingyi was a dead end. It seemed that capturing Yingyi would change the situation in Qi, but again, if he couldn't capture the Linzi army, it would completely collapse.

After thinking about it for a while, he didn't have any idea, so he asked, "If it were you, what would you do?"

Liuzhi thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid that the attack on the city is fake, and they want to mobilize us. If I were Tian Wu, the only way to break the situation I can think of at this time is in the country of Lu."

"Pretend to attack the city first, but actually let the army go deep into Ludi and go straight to Qufu. Support the coup of Mr. Lu and reach the Qilu alliance, so that he can continue to hold on, and last longer."

Six Fingers considers the overall situation, but he is not an aristocrat, and even though he has grown up these years, he still cannot think of the intrigues of the aristocrats.

So, considering the overall situation, this idea is indeed the most likely.

The division representative of the first division also said: "I think so too. Our volunteer division is now divided into two. The Gongzao side is short of troops, and the Qi army may still win."

"Father Liang and the others are useless to defeat them, and it is impossible to defeat them. Nearly [-] disciples, soldiers, and entourages are gathered in a few towns, and food supplies are difficult to sustain. The attitude of the Lu State is now ambiguous. Establish a prince early, this is the most suitable place to support a coup d'état. The state of Lu can change its attitude, relying on the food and grass in Lu, it can last longer, and the situation is much better."

(End of this chapter)