warring states careerist

Chapter 803

When the envoy of the Mo family left, Duke Song let out a sigh of relief, and when only his close relatives and children were left by his side, Zitian glanced at the eldest son Pibing, and asked, "What did you see?"

Pi Bing didn't have much talent, and he wasn't stupid, he was just a very ordinary person, so he shook his head and didn't see anything.

But Young Master Jiang said: "Father, can't you see the intention of the Mo family's strategy? What will father be in the future?"

"The imperial father's family is ambitious, and the Dai family is also for power. I thought that the imperial father's family would be driven away, but I didn't want to drive away a wolf, but a tiger came instead."

Gongzi Jiang is the smartest child in Zitian, sensitive and eager to learn, he is not the eldest son in terms of birth, but he is several times or even ten times stronger than the son Pibing in terms of talent.

These words hit the nail on the head, but Zitian didn't care, but continued to look at his son Pi Bing and said, "Pi Bing, tell me."

Young Master Pi Bing held back for a long time, only said: "Your brother may be right. But what can we do?"

Hearing the five indifferent but helpless answers of "What can I do?", Zitian laughed and walked out by himself.

Several cronies came out, Zitian smiled and said: "Now I am still Song Gong, so I still have the power to establish a prince?"

The confidant nodded, and Zitian said: "Father and son succeed each other, brothers end up with younger brothers, Zhou etiquette and Yin customs converge in Song Dynasty. I think it will be announced to the world tomorrow, and a soldier will be established as the prince."

A close friend said: "Your Majesty's words are very true. Fools will be blessed, but wise people will suffer disaster. Gongzi Jiang is too smart."

Zitian sighed, "Yes, very smart. It's a pity that he was born in the wrong place. He was not born in Handan, Yingdu, Anyi, or Linzi. He was born in Shangqiu."

How could the confidant not know what Zitian meant, and said again: "Your Majesty, it is better to send son Jiang to Sishang as a pledge. If you send it to Wei, Hanchu, I am afraid that the family will suffer disaster in the future."

Zitian hummed, and asked with a smile, "Do you think Wei Hanchuqi won't win in the end?"

The confidant sighed: "In the past, some people who lived in Heze saw the vastness of Heze and thought that the East China Sea was nothing more than that. After swimming in the East China Sea and standing by the sea, they realized that it was ridiculous."

"The State of Song is too close to Sishang. I am like the person who stood by the sea and finally saw the sea. Isn't that what the emperor meant by appointing a son and a soldier as the prince?"

Zitian was silent for a long time, then laughed at himself and said, "Twenty years ago, when my father passed away, I changed the Yuan Dynasty when I succeeded to the throne. Deeply ashamed."

"It was also in Shangqiu more than 20 years ago. Doctors competed, but a Mohist came out. I took the throne at that time. It took me [-] years to finally understand how ridiculous it was for me to laugh at my father. thing."

He raised his head and looked at the palace wall, as if his eyes had penetrated the thick wall, saw the market outside, and saw the bustling crowd in Shangqiu city.

Among these sons and daughters, he didn't like Pi Bing, because he once felt that Pi Bing was omnipotent and virtuous, and he was like a man.

Even now, he still doesn't like it.

The son he really likes is Gongzi Jiang, and that child has the shadow of himself when he was young.

If it was 20 years ago, I would have established Gongzi Jiang as the prince without even thinking about it. Anyway, few people abide by the rules of etiquette.

But now, he took it for granted that he chose Pi Bing, the son he disliked the most, as the crown prince.

People always grow.

It's as if it took me 20 years to realize how ridiculous it was that I laughed at my father back then.

It's as if it took me 20 years to understand how ridiculous the idea of ​​dominating the world and rebuilding wealthy businessmen was when I was young.

He believes that with the talent of Gong Zijiang, he will definitely grow up, perhaps within 20 years.

Maybe 15 years, maybe ten years, maybe seven or eight years.

However, what he is afraid of is that the world, or the Mo family, will give Gongzi Jiang even seven or eight years to grow up?

People need to live to grow.

If you die, you have nothing.

Stupidity can be true or false, and it can even be like a mirror in the heart but pretend to know nothing on the surface.

But dullness, lack of ambition, and blissful oblivion survived, and seemed to be the only way of doing so.

That being the case, what is the difference between real stupidity, fake stupidity, or stupidity that pretends not to understand on the surface like a mirror in the heart?
If Gong Zijiang's growth can only end up with no ambitions, must have no ambitions, and is not allowed to have ambitions, then it is better to directly establish the least ambitious son.

Ambition is good.

But that needs to be born in the palace of Yingdu, Linzi, Anyi, Handan.

Born in Shangqiu, born in this world, the ambition that can be praised is the most useless thing.

It is a fatal quality.

After a long time, Zitian withdrew his empty gaze and asked his relatives: "Tell me, what the Mohists call choosing a worthy man as the emperor will be like in the future?"

The relative said: "Guan Tenghou, Xuehou, and Tanhou also know it."

Zitian laughed loudly and said, "The Mohists call themselves Mu Yu, inheriting the great Yu's will. Yu Xiali, I Shang destroyed it, Zhou Renxing attacked me, and now the Mohist called Mu Cheng Yuzhi rises, which is interesting."

"The Tian family of Qi State, they have found something farther away, starting with the dispute between the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Yan, but what's the use? The two emperors, Yan and Huang, are firmly in front of Yu, but what's the use?"

"The Sanglin Society still has a tripod made by Dayu. I would like to invite everyone from the Mohists to worship Yu. It's a pity that the Mohists think that the Tushan Mountain in the Yue Kingdom is the Tushan Mountain, but they don't recognize the Tushan Mountain in the Song Dynasty as the Tushan Mountain."

Hearing what Zitian said, the confidant fully heard the helplessness contained in the flattery.

There are three Kes in the Zhou Dynasty, and there are sacrifices in Xia, Yu and Shang, but to the point where the king of a country only wants to be San Ke, how much helplessness and powerlessness are contained in this?

The tripod of the Sanglin Society was left to Song Dynasty by King Wu when he defeated Zhou. If the Mohists were really invited to offer sacrifices to the tripod, the meaning of it is self-evident.

However, the confidant said: "Your Majesty, I'm afraid the Mohists don't want San Ke. It is said that Shang Tang destroyed Xia, and King Wu defeated Zhou, in order to change the destiny of heaven. But the word "revolution" does not mean this in the meaning of the Mohist word."

"They don't need and don't want to revolutionize the destiny, because...the Mohists are 'undeserving'."

"Your Majesty should have known that the Mohist school and Yang Zhulie Yukou and others had a 'debate on power and fate' that lasted for ten years. The Mohist school firmly believed that there is no life in the world, even if there is power, life can be changed."

"They rely on force, violent force."

Zitian sighed, "Violence, yes, violence."

"In the past, when Jiang Shang attacked Chaoge, he used divination to be fierce, and he also relied on violence. But after King Wu heard about the destiny, he was worried and terrified. He didn't sleep for three days, and he died soon. Since then, God is not God, and destiny Destiny. The Mo family is planning to give up the name of Destiny."

The relative said: "Since your majesty has decided to appoint the young master as the crown prince, why don't you think about it in the long run? Tenghou Xuehou is already equal to the common people, is it really equal?"

"In today's world, there are kings who have never been enfeoffed, and there are those who have been enfeoffed. Your Majesty, if the family is concerned, you should think further."

"You appointed son Bibing as the crown prince, but you didn't think about continuing to be the real king. If that's the case, why not be the plain king?"

A true feudal king is a person who really has a fief and is exploited by the labor rent of the land.

Sufengzhijun is a person who has no fiefdom, but has wealth and relies on industrial and commercial interests for profits.

These Zitians all knew, and also understood the meaning of what their cronies said, "Teng Hou seems to be equal to the common people, but in fact he is still not equal".

People like Tenghou and Xuehou lost the name of Marquis, which was useless at first, in exchange for money, wealth and shares. The family is still there, and the wealth is still rich.

Zitian has already begun to think of a way out for his family.

However, it is too difficult to make such a determination.

After careful consideration, he asked, "Is there really no possibility of being named Sanke to continue offering sacrifices?"

The confidant asked: "All people in the world love each other, and they are all people in the world. The records of the three emperors and five emperors made by the Mohist school are passed down to the world; the stories about Fuxi and Nuwa are circulated in the market. Your majesty still doesn't understand, what does the Mohist family want to do?"

Zitian smiled wryly and said, "It's just to find some reasons for Mo Di's theory of love."

The confidant nodded, then shook his head again, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, if Fuxi and Nuwa are the ancestors of all Xia and all people, can everyone in the world offer sacrifices?"

Zitian didn't say a word, and his confidant said again: "The Mo family is in Sishang, and the common people choose their own surnames. Has your majesty not understood one thing?"

"For example, if a son's surname is sacrificed, it must be sacrificed by the king. This is the past."

"Now Sishang also has the surname Zi, but will they worship the ancestors of the emperor?"

"Since you can't tell the difference, wouldn't it be best to sacrifice to the oldest ancestors directly? If you sacrifice to Fuxi, Nuwa, Shennong, Suiren... Everyone can be sacrificed, and they are all ancestors. The ancient emperor is the ancestor, so why would the Mohists keep Sanke as a sacrifice?"

The confidant glanced at Zitian, and said solemnly and deeply: "The Mo family must seek righteousness when doing things. Then if a person does everything according to righteousness, we don't need to know the person's mind, we only need to know what he believes in." Righteousness, you can know what he will do."

"Your Majesty, do you think that the Mo family really has a heart of awe and respect for those ancestors with surnames?"

Zitian didn't have a deep understanding of Mohism's knowledge, and he thought of a flattery and continuation strategy, which is the tripod of Sanglin Society.

So he said: "Although the Mohists burial lightly, they value ghosts and gods. Besides, if you want to envy Dayu, this point cannot be changed, right?"

The confidant said: "The ghosts and gods that the Mohists value are not so much ghosts and gods as rules. Based on the theory of real names in "Mo Bian", a thing can be called ghosts and gods or rules. Changed the nature."

"You think they value ghosts and gods, but people who really value ghosts and gods that people in the world consider to be 'ghosts and gods', why would they choose thin burials as their righteousness? Because the ghosts and gods that people in the world think of are the ghosts and gods, while the ghosts and gods that the Mohist thinks are actually just rules. According to the rules, if you don’t like it, you don’t need to bury famous utensils thickly, so of course you can bury them lightly.”

"Your Majesty may not know how Mo Di explained the name and reality back then."

"Back then, Mo Di said, like admiring, respecting and loving Dayu, what you love and admire is not Dayu himself, but what you admire and admire for Dayu. Your lord, please understand this sentence carefully. The grammatical terms established by Confucianism, dare to ask what this sentence is talking about, Your Majesty?"

This involves simple grammar, and Zitian has received a good noble education, so he can naturally extract this sentence.

After thinking for a moment, Zitian suddenly said: "Respect things. Love things. Love things?"

This is a simple refinement, and the confidant paused and said: "Of course. The Mohists have always talked about Mu Yu, Ai Yu, and Respect Yu. In fact, Mo Di's debate on name and reality just omitted the most critical 'thing'."

"Do names belong to things or to people?"

"Do ancestors belong to things or to people?"

"Do surnames belong to things or to people?"

"These are all questions that can be easily answered, so your majesty still doesn't understand? The Mo family would care about who is the descendant of Dayu and who is the descendant of Shang Tang? They don't care."

"There is no such thing as nobility, and no such thing as lowness. They recognize Dayu, but they don't recognize Xia Qi. They think it is natural for Dayu to win the world, because Dayu's actions benefit the world; but they think that Xia Qi won the world, which broke the ancient times. It is a rule to choose a worthy person as the emperor, so if someone can do what Dayu did, even if Xia Qi is overthrown, the Mohists will praise him loudly. Will they care about surnames and sacrifices?"

"That's why, I advise you to make plans early. In the face of this unprecedented change in a thousand years, take the first step and be the emperor of Sufeng, don't think about the actual entrustment."

(End of this chapter)