warring states careerist

Chapter 682 New Customs and Old Rituals ([-])

The girl who hadn't slept soundly all night finally looked forward to those extremely unpleasant bird calls before dawn.

Hastily dressed, bypassing the sleeping family members.

At daybreak, as long as the plush can be seen, those hired to work will start to work, and if it is later, they must be seen.

The girl thought to herself, luckily the oil lamps are too dark and the candles are too expensive now, if there are bright and inexpensive lamps in the future, then the hired workers will have to get up earlier and go to bed later when they go to work, then it will not be so Well slipped out.

After sneaking out, it was not too dark, and the concubine Mi was standing nervously in the distance, holding some fishing tools in her hands.

Because it is not a wartime, and the defense of Gaoliu City is mainly based on active offensive field battles, there is no curfew.

When the two arrived at the gate of the city together, the city guards recognized the concubine Mi, handed in their ID cards and registered and said that they were going fishing. The guard Sima stabbed the concubine quietly and said: A beautiful fish."

After leaving the city, I came to a riverside. The concubine and the girl were busy for a while. The girl tilted her head to look at the concubine who was putting the rope, and suddenly asked, "Are you cold?"

The concubine Mi was startled, then she thought she understood, she reached out to shake the girl's hand, thinking it was the girl asking him to warm her hand, this autumn morning is really cold.

But just when she stretched out her hand to warm the girl, the girl suddenly grabbed the concubine's hand, stretched it towards the intersection of her neck, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "There is a lot of warmth in here." It's warmer, you stretch it in to warm up..."

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The line of the fish basket moved slightly, and some fish really went in, but the fisherman was not in a hurry.

A bent small tree next to it finally straightened without the pressure, and a dog barked in the distance. The girl looked at the red stains under her shirt and muttered, "I knew I was wearing that black one." It’s fine, it’s not easy to see. What can I do?”

Just like the first time she stole money from home to buy food, the prisoner Mi was also a little nervous. After thinking for a long time, she found some leaves that were not completely withered and said: "Dye it with leaves... …I didn’t know it was going to bleed. We… we didn’t talk about that in our class, we just talked about something else.”

The girl said with a bitter face, "I don't know either."

The two of them bowed their heads like children who had done something wrong, carefully staining the stain that was accidentally made with green leaves.

The barking of dogs in the distance was louder, and the prisoner Mi scolded: "Who gets up so early to hunt!"

The girl covered her mouth and smiled, and sang in a low voice: "So sing like this, so comfortable! I feel embarrassed! I don't even bark! Who told you to be so anxious..."

Speaking of this, his face blushed again, but he was not shy, how could there be such a loud voice when he just lifted his skirt?The dog barking in the distance is seventy percent to blame myself.

Afraid that Shu Pu Mi would really ask such a stupid question, she hurriedly asked: "You...you go to Yunzhong, when will you come back?"

The concubine Mi shook her head and said, "I don't know when I'll be back, but I know it'll be a while before I leave. But it's going to be cold after a while, next time it's going to snow, where can I go?"

The girl understood Shuu Mi's further words, stretched out her hand and slapped him lightly, but didn't say any more, but said: "Then you go to my house to hire a relative, so you don't have to be so cold."

"Uh... well."

He hesitated for a moment, then reassured the girl with a very simple and affirmative answer.

The two of them didn't go to the lecture, just sat by the river all morning, and went to Gaoliu City for lunch at noon. When they parted in the afternoon, the concubine Mie took a peek at the stains on the girl's clothes, covered with green leaf juice. It's covered up, but it's still obvious.

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In the evening, the concubine Pu Mi inquired about the process of the dowry, and knew that it would be easy to use a pair of buckskins, but she didn't have that much money in hand.

This is not a rule of Gaoliu City, but a common custom in the entire Zhuxia and Kyushu. It's just that it is difficult to obtain deerskin in some places, and some people can't afford it, but the rules themselves remain unchanged.

The so-called "there is no difference between men and women in ancient times, from the beginning of Taihao to marriage, the ribbon is used as a gift".

If you can't use deerskin or can't afford it, you can replace it with others, but the core of the rules remains the same, and you must have a dowry.

Many internal rules of the Mohist school are incompatible with the times, but some rules are rooted in tradition, just like the festival funeral of the Mohist school. The funeral is still a traditional funeral, except that there is a huge difference between the filial piety period and the scale of the funeral objects.

Zhou Gong's system of etiquette is much deeper than that of Mohism. How to get married and what etiquette are all available.Mohism is using its core and abandoning its extravagance. After all, Mohism is not an outsider, but rooted in Zhuxia and Kyushu.

Although it is said that "when the five emperors ruled, the marriage must be reported to the parents", but the rules of the Mohists are not like this on this issue. As long as two people agree, they can be allowed to register the wedding. Of course, this is the rule of Sishang. no the same.

After asking about the price of the deerskin, and thinking of the weddings he had seen on Sishang, the concubine made some calculations, and realized that he really didn't have enough money.

After inquiring about these things, he went to the "City Lieutenant" in the city. The City Lieutenant was in charge of security patrols in the city. Gaoliu City was an important border town with a large number of troops. It's a young man, exactly the classmate of the concubine Mi Mi when she was in Sishang.

"Lend me some money."

Opening to borrow money, the Chengwei of Gaoliu City asked curiously: "What do you want money for? Why, which girl do you like? Do you want to buy something?"

The concubine Mi didn't hold back, and said directly: "Borrow money to prepare the dowry, I want to get married. After a while, I will ask my family to remit some money to you."

Gaoliu, Sishang, Handan and other places have traffic, and the coin system uses the way of post station delivery, which does not directly transport money, but only transports some bills.

Cheng Wei yelled, he didn't care about the borrowed money and when to pay it back, what he cared about was the word "marriage" that his classmate said.

"Married? Will you marry?"

The concubine Mi Poo said: "I've never been married, of course I don't know. Do you know?"

Cheng Wei smiled and said: "I have never married, but you have been in the frontier army and I have been in Gaoliu. Although I have never married, I have seen it. How can it be so simple? Besides, our parents are not around , You have to be hired by an elder, and you have to be presided over by an elder, this is not something you can do by yourself. You have to find a superior."

The concubine Mi laughed and scolded: "Of course I know I need to find my superiors, but don't I need to borrow money first?"

While the two were talking, a middle-aged man held a thick stack of papers, and the two who were chatting immediately stood up and saluted, the middle-aged man smiled and asked: "Why, I heard who is getting married? "

This middle-aged man's position and status in the Mohist school are both high. He was not born in Sishang.

Although Gaoliu is small, it has all internal organs.

This middle-aged man is the head of the Propaganda Department in Gaoliu, in charge of publicity. For example, the newspapers posted on the street are all in charge of this department, and by the way, he also has the extremely important duty of changing customs.

Just like the Sishang Mohist Headquarters has giants, Qiwuhai, and committee members, Gaoliu City also has a similar establishment, each of which manages a share, and when encountering major issues that need to be discussed, it is not Qu Jiang who has the final say.

The concubine Pu Mi roughly talked about her desire to get married, and the middle-aged man from the Xuanyi Department sat down and pondered for a while and said, "This matter is not big, but it is not small. You are the first one to come here. The young people getting married in Gaoliu is also our Sishang Mo family’s first wedding in Gaoliu, so you need to pay attention to this matter.”

The concubine Mi Xixi smiled and said: "I just want to get married, why is it so complicated? I will write a letter to tell my parents..."

The middle-aged man waved his hand and said: "It's not that simple. Our Mohists want to change customs, but what kind of customs should be changed? What kind of customs should be changed? What kind of changes should be made? What kind of changes should be made? The situation in Sishang is different from here. How can it be as simple as you think?"

After finishing speaking, he took out a piece of paper from the thick stack of papers in his hand and said, "Look at this."

The concubine Mi glanced her eyes and couldn't help cursing: "Isn't this a rumor? Zimozi's name is Zhai, so why did he become a barbarian and a Di? It doesn't work that way!"

On the paper are some rumors that began to circulate in some cities in the south, saying that it is Mo Di, why is it called Mo Di?Because Mo Zhai is a barbarian, and Mo means the punishment of Mo. The reason why he is called Mo Di means that he is a barbarian who has been punished by Mo. Therefore, the rules and customs of the Mohist school are not the customs of the Xia, and the princes of the world should follow the rituals. To get rid of Di, don't let the Mohists mess up the etiquette of Xia.

Cheng Wei also said bitterly: "When we scold Confucian scholars, we don't call him Zhongni, but Kong. But we didn't say that Kong was a barbarian. This..."

The scolding between Confucianism and Mohism began a long time ago, and the name "Kong Mou" was also passed down from the Mohism's "Feiru". "Kong Mou" is a pejorative name.

The scolding between Confucianism and Mohism, from the beginning of an academic dispute, has gradually developed to the point of personal attack.

The so-called:
Kong Mou was Lu Sikou, he gave up his family and served Jisun, Jisun met Lu Jun and left, Jisun competed with the townspeople for the gate, and decided to plant.

Kong Mou is poorer than Cai and Chen, and there is no glutinous rice soup.On the tenth day, Zilu was enjoying pork, and Kong ate it without asking where the meat came from; he drank it without asking where the wine came from.Duke Ai greeted Confucius, and the table was not upright enough to sit on, and the table was not upright to eat.Zilu asked and said: "Why do you oppose Chen and Cai?" Kong said: "Come on, I said to women: I used to be with women as a dog's life, but now I am with a woman as a dog's righteousness." If you win abalone, you will pretend to be yourself.What is greater than this?

That is to say, when Kong was in charge of the state of Lu, the Jisun family had a conflict with Lu Jun, and Kong held up the city gate to cover Jisun's retreat.

It is said that when Kong was in Chencai, Kong ate the pigs brought by Zilu without asking for help; he robbed other people's clothes to exchange for wine, and Kong drank without asking why.Later, Zilu said, sir, don’t you eat or cut?Kong Mou said oops, you and I were anxious to survive at that time, but now we are anxious to seek righteousness, the situation is different.People have to survive to display their ambitions and seek righteousness.The Mo family said, look, is there anyone more hypocritical than Kong in this world?
These are all personal attacks that are circulated in the market place, which is a relatively low-level method, but compared with those obscure moral, doctrine, and ideological disputes, these stories and rumors that the people "love to hear" are most likely to be circulated in the market place.

True or false, it is difficult to tell.

Confucius is two meters tall and has great strength. His father lifted the city gate back then. He is also consummate in six arts. He can drive a car and shoot arrows.In fact, he may not have done it, and he even considered strengthening the centralization of Lu State as a Sikou, but these things will not be circulated among the people, but such things as raising the city gate for the Jisun family can naturally be widely circulated.

Confucianism "like a bereaved dog" to devote himself to various princes and officials, whether it violates the Confucian meaning of "orders come from the emperor", the people actually sound difficult, but this kind of short story similar to legend is widely circulated.

The people, most of the people, still stay at the point of "good guys" and "bad guys" in terms of simple morality. Some moral and logical indoctrination may not be reversed in a thousand years.

Naturally, Confucianism also began to evolve from cursing the Mohist "beast, no father" to saying that Mo Zhai is a barbarian, and even a whole set of Mohist customs and rules are the rites of barbarians, without the beauty and prosperity of China.

At this point, the two sides have already reached the point where politics and academia are integrated, and whoever wins politics has to be "synonymous".

(End of this chapter)