warring states careerist

Chapter 750 Preemptive Strike

These words were exactly what he said when he was transferred back to Sishang from other places to study after the Heze League.

Because this involves the program of the activities of the Mohists in other vassal states in the whole world.

Just like many people from the Propaganda Department returned to Sishang and re-learned to cope with the propaganda of the new era, the activities of these secret Mohists in various countries also changed after Qin Huali died of a serious illness and became a giant. program.

In the past, it was "gathering talents from all over the world and introducing them to Sishang", because at that time, literate scholars were an important force in the world's innovation, and Sishang needed talents, a large number of talents.

After taking office four years ago, Sishang's education system and military system have been perfected, and enough talents can be trained every year. After more than 20 years of development, the literate population has accumulated a lot.

Most of the scholars who are truly interested in the world have come to Sishang, and the rest are at most emotional sympathizers: they sympathize with the plight of the people at the bottom, but are somewhat disturbed and opposed to Sishang's violent methods.

Such people, just be friends, it is too difficult to attract them to really benefit the world according to Sishang's means.

Besides, there are enough local talents. At most, it is to leave a channel for scholars from other parts of the world. In fact, they are not expected to be the main force to benefit the world.

This can be seen from the high-level personnel composition of the Mo family after the Sishang Conference four years ago.

When Shangqiu was reorganized more than 20 years ago, there were not many real civilians like him. Under Mo Di, Qin Huali was as famous as Hetian Zifang, Duan Ganmu and others; Meng Sheng and others were the kings and teachers of Chu State Friends of Yiyou; Gongzao and Yegongzao are at least scholars, and their ancestors can be regarded as casters; Qu Jiang is a branch of the Qu family in Chu State; Hu Feizi is a relative of the Tian family...

The internal struggle in Sishang four years ago was actually the struggle of the local people in Sishang, the struggle between the Li Tianxia faction and the Sishang non-offensive national faction. It was just that the foothold was not stable at that time, so the world that Mozi originally gathered was needed. The help of talented old people.

When the Mohist school is firmly established, more than half of the top management of the Mohist school are locals, and when the huge investment in the education system finally pays off 20 years later, the continuous literate population makes the Mohist no longer urgently need external scholars.

A large number of educated civilians began to rise, and young Mohists who were born as peasants and businessmen began to become the backbone of Sishang. At this time, the attitude towards scholars from other countries also changed.

Five years ago, it was... the heart of the world, so I persuaded them to go to Sishang, because there was a shortage of cadres at that time.

Now it is... If you have sympathy, make friends with them, but let them stay in the local area, unless those who have knowledge of history, astronomy, mathematics, etc. need to find a way to get them.

Five years ago and going forward, if Sishang was not strong, the Mohists in the world would be uneasy, so we must first enrich Sishang's strength.

Now, Sishang is already very strong, and more sympathetic scholars and low-level nobles are needed to stay in the local area and be the leading party in the future.

Ximen Zhi and Gan De are examples before and after this policy change.

If it is now, young people like Ximen Zhu would generally choose to instill some righteousness for the world, but let them stay in the local area instead of sending them to Sishang; Gan De has enough knowledge of astronomy, so He can be sent to Sishang at any cost.

Although the program has changed four years ago, and although most Mohists have accepted re-learning, there is a process for the transformation of thinking.

Many people are still in the previous thinking mode of "righteousness is in ink, music is in old nobility, and scholars in the world sympathize with them to attract scholars into ink" and have not changed.

This is why some people said before that "the music is in me" is a fraud.

The person in charge of the secret Mohists in Shangqiu talked about these things in Sishang four years ago, and he remembered that he also used the cooperation between Yang Zhu's studies and the Mohists to abandon the past to explain them.

It is said that the problem with Yang Zhu's theory is not that it cannot make the world great, but that it cannot be used now, and it takes too long to achieve it.

Because things like not taking other people’s property, inviolability of private property, freedom, and self-serving can be beneficial to the world when they are developed to the extreme, and the way they benefit the world is that the cities are extremely developed, and there are enough people who “have their own property” And don't want to be violated by others." People who act spontaneously, riots in cities, and the whole world is like stars at night are shining everywhere, so that they can benefit the world.

But the premise of not wanting to take other people's things, and others not taking their own things, is that you have to have it yourself.But looking at it now, the main force that can be borrowed to benefit the world is precisely a group of people who are not qualified to talk about the inviolability of private property.

This is the reason why the Mohists can put aside their previous grievances with Yang Zhu, but it is absolutely impossible to use Yang Zhu's learning to benefit the world.

The same goes for those scholars who sympathize with the bottom class.

They have their own things, and they dare not destroy the whole world, because they are afraid that such a flame will burn themselves.

What they believe in more is Yang Zhu's theory, which is self-serving, self-valuing, rebirth, and abstinence.

Such a person has a heart of compassion, but it is difficult to achieve things, at least it is difficult to achieve things now.

The morality of the Mohist school is not good for them, but... they all rely on the foil of their opponents, and the two evils are the lesser of two evils. Compared with the monarchs and nobles, these people are closer to the Mohist school.

They can be friends, but to improve their strength, it is better to train some young people from the bottom of Sishang since childhood, which is more cost-effective.

So as long as they are friends, their sympathy is naturally needed when they are weak, but when they are strong, is it possible that they feel that the redistribution of land is too cruel and they should listen to them if they oppose it?

As for the people at the bottom...the choice they need is to support or oppose, and sympathy is a luxury for them now.

When it comes to sympathy, whether it is me or the aristocrats, there must always be a subject, who sympathizes?

They are the people, but not all of the people.

Who supports, who opposes, who sympathizes with, who can walk together, who can be a comrade with one heart and one mind, and who is an irreconcilable enemy, this must be clearly distinguished.

Therefore, the question of "the music is in me" can be seen more thoroughly as: losing the sympathy of some scholars, but getting the support of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people at the bottom of the Song Dynasty, is it beneficial?Is it a disadvantage?
Thinking more deeply, it actually lies in a need. Twenty years ago, the literate population was too small, and a scholar who was literate and had a strong learning foundation was actually worth more than a hundred or even a thousand people at the bottom.

But now...it doesn't matter if they sympathize or not, as long as they don't hate, the system in Sishang is already stable, what is needed is population, wealth, and market, and if the literate population is sufficient, the value of those people will drop.

Killing at the neck, waiting for the nobles to raise the butcher's knife before fighting back, can certainly be exchanged for the tears of those sympathetic scholars in the world, but are these few tears still important now?

The Mohism 20 years ago is not the same as the Mohism in Sishang now.

From the morality, the personnel class organization to the endorsement class, all have been completely revised.

Before he came to Shangqiu, he had a deep understanding of the changes in the program, so he could become the number one person in charge of the secret Mohist activities in the Song State area.

So he knew very well that for the Mohists at this time, the value of a market and labor force in a fertile land with a population of several 10 was better than the sympathy of sympathetic scholars all over the world.

Four years ago they still had the chance to be gay, but now they are doomed to be friends, and their attitudes are no longer very important.

The person in charge thought again, since the attitudes of these low-level scholars are not important, then the attitudes of nobles and monarchs don't need to be considered.

There is no chaos in the Song Dynasty, as long as the morality of the Mohist school does not change, the monarch and the nobles will never live in peace with the Mohist.

Whether the Mohist strikes first will not change the attitude of the monarchs of various countries.

The Mohist who said that he wanted to strike first was right. The current attitudes of various countries towards the Mohism do not originate from the Mohism’s desire to benefit the world, but from the Central Plains War five years ago, and the aggressive shooting of Qi at the Heze League. Gong Ziwu's actions.

Under the background of the struggles among the nations, the Mohists scolded Qin Guoshengchuo and others for betraying the righteousness of Zi Mozi all day long; they denounced Qin's reform as unsustainable and harmful to the world, but while cursing here, Qin Guo While flirting with the Mo family, from time to time, they tacitly disgust Wei Guo from the east and the west.

The vigilance of the princes of various countries towards the Mohists has existed for a long time, and they have understood that the war is inevitable four years ago, but there are too many consequences to consider if they really tear themselves apart.

Qin Guo is the most qualified to tear his face internally, but because of geographical reasons, Qin State will not tear his face, and he wishes Sishang could become more powerful and coercive Wei Hanchu.

Qi State is the one who wants to tear his face the most, but he is not qualified. The alliance agreement four years ago clearly stipulates that Qi State's joining any alliance agreement will be regarded as "harming the world", and Sishang will directly insert Linzi. It still has the strength to resist the intervention forces of various countries for a year, but Linzi can't stop the onslaught from the direction of Jucheng.

The treaty clearly stipulates that even an alliance between Qi and Yan is considered harmful to the hearts of the world, and as long as they form an alliance, they will be beaten.Moreover, Yimeng Mountain was lost, the southeast line of the Great Wall was occupied by the Mohists, and there was no danger to defend. The situation in Qi State was even more dangerous than five years ago-a large number of nobles who were captured in the war, and those in the southwestern area of ​​Qi who were not allowed to change due to land reform. The land has made Qi internally unstable.

Wei Guo wanted to tear his face apart, but he was afraid that he would make a fool of himself. Over there, Zhongshan, Zhao, Qin, Chu and other countries immediately cleared up their old suspicions with Sishang...

These things have all been learned by these high-level Mohists, and they have heard what the core figures of the Mohism in Sishang said. Because communication is inconvenient at this time, the heads of the Mohists assigned to various places must be familiar with the situation in the world. Program guidelines in order to make accurate judgments.

The current situation in Shangqiu is that the emperor's father, Yueling, is going to light a fire himself, so that the entire Song Kingdom will burn out of control, forcing the princes of all countries to let go of their previous suspicions, and prevent the flames of equality, meritocracy, and co-governance by the people of the land from burning them on the head.

So what we have to do now is to disguise the fire as a smoke, even if the countries don't believe it, at least it looks like it has to be done.

Since the imperial father Yueling wanted to light the fire, what the Mo family had to do was to lead people to put out the fire.

It is difficult to wait for the fire to burn and then extinguish it.

That being the case, it is better to do it first and kill the person who wants to ignite first.

After all, the emperor's father, Yueling, was only the Inquisitor of the Political Yuan, and the real monarch of the Song Kingdom was the mascot, Song Gong.

It's just that many people have forgotten him.

As long as they can pre-emptively attack the palace and ask Song Gong why he rebelled and why he supported the emperor's father Yueling's chaotic government... Under the muzzle of muskets, Song Gong would definitely denounce the emperor's family for disorderly government.

They are all mascots, and what is the difference between doing it with the imperial father's family and doing it with the Dai family?If you don't want to do it, Song Gong must have heard the stories of Marquis in Fei, Zong, Xue and other places.

After weighing again and again, the person in charge finally said: "I support pre-emptive strikes. But three points must be achieved."

"Firstly, the incident, together with the Dai family, went straight to the palace and controlled the Duke of Song. He came forward to denounce the royal family and sent envoys, saying that this was Song's internal affairs. This matter involved the non-aggression covenant with the Mo family. When another country enters the Song Dynasty, it is regarded as a declaration of war against Mohism."

"Secondly, kill or drive away the imperial father's family, put the whole city under martial law, organize the people, and distribute weapons."

"Thirdly, while sending people to inform Sishang, it is recommended that the central government take a tougher attitude and adopt a general mobilization posture, making Song's continued neutrality an acceptable choice for all countries."

"If it is possible... to send troops directly, the sooner the situation in Song State can be quelled, the better. Don't give Wei Chu any time to react. Before they take action, Song State has already stabilized, so the possibility of them sending troops is less. Delay, the more likely they are to send troops."

"The more they want to fight, the less they dare to fight; the less they dare to fight, the more they want to fight. The more horrific they are, the safer our comrades in the princes and cities will be."

(End of this chapter)