warring states careerist

Chapter 663 The City of Virtue

History books cannot be written too thickly, so not everyone is qualified to leave their names to be evaluated by later generations.

Ximen Leopard's evaluation behind his consideration stems from the fact that he at least has a surname.

Concubine Mi is better than most people in the era in this regard, and he doesn't know this because he at least has a surname and a name.

Two days later, the Wei army that besieged Handan began to shrink, and the concubine Mi and a group of people rushed to Handan first.

On the way, a few soldiers in the company asked: "Company commander, I heard from the Propaganda Department a few days ago that it seems that we will all have surnames in the future? What is this surname used for?"

Looking at the city wall of Handan not far away, the concubine Mi thought about the things she had studied in Si, and replied: "It seems that it is because of the same surname not to marry? I remember hearing people say that intermarriage between relatives is easy to conceive." Children who can't live. It's the content of the 'jar, big jar, small jar, intercourse cross', anyway, it means the same."

The soldier pondered for a while, recalling that he had indeed heard this explanation of why parents and children were similar.

But he was still puzzled and said: "But Company Commander, your surname is Shu, and I heard that people with this surname are the only ones in your family. If your uncle or uncle or relatives farther away draw lots for one, two or three, then you Can you marry them?"

Since the common people have to have a surname, it is natural to draw lots. Otherwise, there are hundreds of thousands of villages and communities in the world. According to the rule of nobles entrusting land as their surname, I am afraid that they will have hundreds of thousands of surnames, so there are so many characters.

This casual sentence of Gaoliu's common people is actually a variant of a well-known debate in the early Warring States period: a white horse is not a horse, and I am myself.

Shu Yu Mi is not the kind of character who goes deep into logical speculation and thinks in a weird way. If Bian 54 was 54 years ago, it would be easy to fall into self-doubt: When I claim to be talking to you, And you call yourself me, does that mean I'm you and you're me?who am I?Who am I?I am Bian 20, so if someone else is called Bian 54, who is Bian 54?
On the contrary, those concubines who don't think deeply about debate skills are more likely to jump out of this circle, and follow the Mohists' explanations such as "an ox with horns, hoofs, petals, and yellow hair, even if others call it a horse, it is still an ox", Said: "The meaning of Sishang is that since everyone is equal under the Emperor of Heaven, then there is no need to have an expensive surname but not a cheap surname. If you want equality, start from the outside first, and then finally solve the essentials. The problem."

"I heard that it seems that the album is made according to the existing surnames. If you don't have a surname, you can choose one yourself. No random creation is allowed."

This was news from Sishang not long ago, and it was not a decision made by the Mohist internal meeting. It was brought up when the people of Sishang were discussing the new law, and it immediately aroused huge repercussions.

The concubine Mi is not very clear about the specific surname, after all, he also heard it from people during the study meeting, as if to prevent the use of strange names such as "Fangqian", "Wuliu", and "Jingkou". , Also in order to prevent the use of occupations such as "making contempt" and "blacksmith" as clans.

Concubine Mi still doesn't know the cruelty of history. In the original history, there was no birth of such a surname in his family, and those common people who were similar to his family without a surname were basically deprived of their male genetic rights in the competition for thousands of years. : Most of the participants in every drastic social change are actually rebelling against the direct descendants of the ancestors, rather than the offspring of the nobles, it is always easier to leave offspring than the real commoners.

He also didn't know that it was almost impossible for a family like his to leave male blood after a thousand years, and it would have died out in the long river of history.

The history and traditions at this moment are not consistent with the history and traditions at that moment, and traditions are only meaningful at this moment.

He already has a surname himself, and he inevitably has some objections to the comprehensive selection of surnames: Isn't this a mistake of paying attention to the outside and not the essence?As long as we uphold the righteousness that everyone is equal as the upper class in the world, what difference does it make if you have a surname or not?This puts too much emphasis on name and less on reality.

However, he has a surname after all, so it is not easy to bring up these complaints and objections in the study meeting.

The soldier who asked was very happy, and asked again: "I heard that although the surname was chosen by drawing lots, the characters of the surname are not the same as the original surnames of the nobles?"

The concubine Mi laughed and said, "Idiot, the characters we write are different from those of the nobles. The same simple willow characters, the willows on the side are the willows of the willows; the willows of the nobles in the world are mostly the willows. The descendant of Liu Xiahui is Liu from the land of Liu Xia. Anyway, it’s just a name, whatever you catch by lottery is what it is, just like you are called Ergou now, you are called Ergou and Liu Ergou, isn’t it all about you? .”

The soldier hurriedly said: "That's not the same. If I have a son in the future, his surname will also be Liu. I guess, the main reason is that there will be more people called Ergou in the world when the sacrifices are made to burn paper money after death. When my son sacrificed me to Liu Ergou, it would not be easy to make a mistake. Otherwise, it would be bad if it was burned to the Ergou of the Fourth Company and the Ergou of the Sixth Company."

The companions behind all laughed, and the concubine Mi also laughed and said, "Well, you can't be wrong. The ghost will recognize you when the time comes, and deliver the sacrifice prepared by your son to you, just like our army. It’s the same as a postman. That’s fine, when everyone has a surname, won’t they all become nobles? At that time, it depends on the essence, some nobles are still silverfish, and some nobles just want to work to get rich.”

As soon as this was mentioned, everyone couldn't help but think of the daily work of the postmen in the army: there are people with the same name everywhere in the army, especially those who serve in Daiguo's local area are mostly names related to cattle and horses, and the things they mail are money. If you have a surname, it seems that the postman's job is really much easier.

The laughter of the crowd was heard by the Mohists who followed them into the city as their escorts. Seeing the cheerful atmosphere of the soldiers, they all put away their usual serious faces and started talking and laughing with the crowd.

This time, Ximen Leopard's retreat is basically a foregone conclusion, and the dispute between Wei and Zhao can basically be resolved through the mobilization meeting hosted by the Mo family, and these people's mood is also relaxed.

Now, in order to express their sincerity, the Ximen Leopard Department of the Wei Army also opened a gap to shrink its forces from the state of siege to a defensive posture. These people entered the city first to reassure the people, and to convey some orders.

Talking and laughing, they were approaching the city wall, and the defensive style of the Sishang Mohists was obvious. A few Mohists first hung up the city wall with ropes to confirm that they were correct, and then a small side door opened, and a group of people rode into the city.

After entering the city, the concubine Mi discovered that Handan City looked like a besieged city, but it was still long before the oil ran out, and the people's lives were in order, and there was no panic.

That is to say, a large number of toilets near the city wall and the way men walk on the left and women on the right can tell that this is indeed a city defended by the Mohists, with a strong style of Mohist city defense.

At the beginning, the concubine Mi and others went to meet Solucan back. He had contact with Solucan, but he didn’t know that when Solucan came to Handan, when he talked with those rebels, what rebels gave about Handan evaluation of.

"This is a city without virtue."

"Everyone seeks profit. Farming is not as good as industry, industry is not as good as business, and embroidery is not as good as smiling at the door. Profit and money are the most important things for the people; murder, revenge, chivalry, and hoeing the strong and helping the weak are the people's favorite."

The concubine Mi didn't know what he said, and he didn't think this city was any different. He grew up in Sishang, and most of the big cities in Sishang were like this. Leaving home and taking a group of brothers and companions to travel to Chuyue and even further south, for gold, silver, copper, jade and various goods that can be exchanged for gold and coins.

Walking on the street, the concubine Mie could clearly feel the remaining power of Handan City. Although the inner side of the city wall was strictly guarded and the laws were strict, once inside the inner city, life continued as before. Some look.

Even passing by the busiest market area near the commercial city, I could still hear a group of people giving lectures and debating there.

I vaguely heard a person say there, "The problem with the Guanzi School in Qi State is that he values ​​the natural regulation of "Luxury" too much. In a famine year, rich households only need a hundred people to build a palace, but there are thousands of people. Hunger, what should I do? We can only starve the 900 people to death, and the rest can achieve a balance between the nobles, the rich, the businessmen, and the peasants. This is to rely on reason to starve people to death to achieve a balance , is still unrighteous. The question is, if this is murdered by God, then it is considered murdered by man..."

Hearing these half-understood content, the concubine Mi smiled secretly, thinking that this place really looks like Sishang, if Peiyi is besieged, I am afraid that those gentlemen who are good at teaching will also eat the rationed food. Read books when you should read, debate when you should debate, and go to the city wall when you should go to the city wall.

After thinking about it, I couldn't help laughing and said, "Where is Peiyi being besieged? Just fight it out."

With the fanaticism and arrogance of the new generation of young people in Sishang, he felt that his thoughts were taken for granted.

Walking through the streets that were a little deserted because of the siege, because they hadn’t done anything yet, and they took the relief of the siege as a matter of course instead of cheering. After sending those people to the palace to meet Hu Feizi and others, the concubines and others went to the camp first. Report to me.

After resting for a while, another order came down here, saying that there will be a public assembly tomorrow, because the troops defending the city need to continue to maintain and rectify, so these newcomers will help maintain order.

This can be regarded as a task. The prisoner Mi knows that the city is about to start to reorganize the army, and it is inconvenient to transfer the troops originally deployed. It is excellent for them to complete this task.

During dinner, the group didn't have much to eat, and the food in the Mohist city defense technique was allotted in quotas. In order to keep it for a long time, although there was a lot of food, it was not enough to open up to eat.

Early in the morning of the second day, they arrived at the emptiest place in the city early after breakfast, put on the black armbands they had issued, and maintained them according to the assigned tasks.

The concubine Mi looked it over and confirmed that during the siege period, there were many public gatherings held here, so that some special shooting platforms and wooden platforms were all available, and there were still a few air-dried corpses hanging on the gallows next to them. It seems that Sishang has begun to discuss the abolition of hanging, but it is still normal in Handan.

Out of curiosity, he couldn't help asking a local soldier in Handan beside him, "Who is it all about?"

The soldier pointed to the nearest air-dried corpse and said, "That's Guo Zong, the largest iron smelting clan in Handan before. He was hanged after a public trial because he took refuge in Prince Chao and caused chaos in the city.

(End of this chapter)