warring states careerist

Chapter 805

It is always easy for people not to recognize themselves clearly, or to place themselves in the right position.

Either belittle oneself, or be arrogant.

Being able to recognize the premise of always making the most favorable choice for oneself, Dai Cong had to admit it, although the words of his confidantes were harsh.

Now, I don't even have the qualifications to be a running dog.

The reform strategy is now clearly in front of his eyes, and Dai Cong understands that he, the Great Yin of the Consulting Yuan, may want to install a few of his own people, and he needs to mediate with all parties to make it possible.

My disciples follow me not to share life and death with me, but to use this as a ladder to climb up.

If Sishang didn't listen to rhetoric, but used exams as a way of selection, I'm afraid these disciples would have gone to Sishang long ago, why would they stay here?

Dai Cong understood that now that Sishang is united with a hundred schools of thought other than Confucianism, even if there are no Mohists, the talents of the hundred schools of thought alone are enough to support the government affairs of the entire Song Dynasty. People, vacating positions, and elections all revolve around secret battles one after another.

My own strength is really too weak, the Mo family didn't take him seriously, he is just a statue that no one worships like Duke Song, but he just thinks that breaking the statue might pierce his hands and he doesn't want to break it for the time being .

The previous anger stemmed from the encroachment on the power of his dreams in the strategy given by the Mohists.

Today's sobriety stems from his understanding that his strength is not enough to support such a high power.

Whether it is talent, ideas, wealth or military power, it is not as good.

He, the Great Yin of the Advisory Council, was picked up, and he might be kicked out at any time.

The confidant who taunted him before asked, "If the young master really understands, he should not be angry, but plan for the future."

"Anger can't solve the problem. If you have hundreds of thousands of gold and silver troops, then your anger can make the Mohists lay down hundreds of thousands of corpses. But you don't, so your anger is useless except for incompetence and abuse."

"Young master, do you want to vent your anger? Do you want to die for this anger?"

Dai Cong was silent, shook his head and said, "I don't want to. I still ask for advice."

The doorman took the strategy for reform and founding a country and said: "Young Master, what you see is that the Mohists have cut your power, making what you get is not in line with what you want."

"And what I see is... as long as the Mohists don't intervene, you are the only one who can be accepted by all schools of thought."

Dai Cong read the strategy again and again, puzzled, and asked, "What should I do?"

The doorman said: "Do nothing. Pretend to do everything."

Dai Cong was puzzled, he didn't understand what it means to do nothing and pretend to do everything, and he didn't understand why he, who seemed not even a running dog, could become the Great Yin of the Consulting Yuan accepted by all parties.

The doorman said with a smile: "Young Master, what do you think the big debate on Sishang four years ago was about?"

Dai Cong said: "The Mohists form a good relationship with each other, so as to seek the strength of everyone?"

The doorman shook his head and said, "My lord is wrong. The big debate at Sishang four years ago was telling the world: some things can be recognized by the world without disputes, and some things can never be resolved through disputes."

"After the big debate four years ago, Mohism is still Mohism, the farm is still the farm, Taoism is still Taoism, and Confucianism is still Confucianism."

"The difference is that Tao, Mo, Yang, and Nong all agree that the earth is round, the earth revolves around the sun, the air we breathe can be weighed, and the sun's light has seven colors..."

"However, if everything is truly synonymous, how can there be a distinction between Confucianism, Daoism, and Mo Yang? After all, there are still places that cannot be synonymous, and no one can convince anyone."

"Four years ago, if hundreds of families returned to Mo, then there would be no such thing as today. Four years ago, it was not possible to share the same meaning and benefit, so can it be done today?"

Dai Cong seemed to understand, and said repeatedly: "You mean...you mean...survive in the cracks?"

The doorman laughed and said, "Young master, when the emperor's father Yueling was the Great Yin, why was it difficult to pass the government? Not only the people did not obey, but even the nobles and officials did not obey?"

He asked himself and answered: "Because the emperor Yueling wants to do something. And what he wants to do will harm the interests of everyone."

"If there were only the Court of Gentlemen and no Court of Common People, and if everything had followed the rules of selection without resorting to swords, in fact, this time the Emperor Yueling would have failed in the election of the Great Yin of the Political Yuan. A person is a person who does not want to do things, cannot do things, does not want to do things, and dare not do things."

Dai Cong laughed loudly and said, "What do you mean if you don't want to do something, you can't do it, you don't want to do it, you don't dare to do it?"

The doorman said seriously: "That's considered the Great Yin of the Political Yuan."

"Young master, you have to be clear, do you want to do what a real great Yin should do? Or do you want to be the great Yin of the Consulting Council?"

Without even thinking about it, Dai Cong said, "Naturally, he wants to do what a real Yin of the Consulting Yuan should do."

The doorman said with a smile: "The young master can't do anything, even the Great Yin of the Political Yuan can't do it."

"Does the young master have more soldiers than the Mo family? Does the young master have more money than the Mo family? Does the young master have more righteousness than the Mo family that can move the people of the world? The young master has nothing, so why do you want to make things happen?"

"If you order that the townships collect taxes and return them to the central government, do you think that the townships governed by hundreds of families will pay the taxes?"

Dai Cong said: "There are also counties and townships in Sishang, but I don't see them and don't pay taxes to the center."

The doorman smiled bitterly and said: "There are counties and townships in Sishang, not to mention the organization and synonym of the Mohist school. There are [-] warriors in the hands of Qizhishi, and the wealth of workshops and industries that is the best in the world, so the wages are not seen. They don't pay taxes. Center."

"However, you don't have all the things that are suitable for the scorpion, so why do you want to think that the great Yin of the Shenzhengyuan of the Song Dynasty is the Mohist giant in Sishang?"

"Sishang is synonymous with the upper and lower, and the Song State can make the upper and lower have the same righteousness. What is it? Now that hundreds of families are in power, and if the hundred families cannot have the same meaning, how can the entire Song State be the same?"

If it is beyond the times, there is actually a meaning that can make Song Kingdom the same, and that is the simplest two words.

Song Guo.

The Song State of the Song State people.

It can be said that just mentioning the word Song Guo is enough to make Song people cry out of Song Guo.

However, at this time, it cannot exist, is not allowed to exist, and even if there is no basis for it, even if Dai Cong racked his brains, it is impossible to come up with a righteousness that can make Song Kingdom the same.

Is the State of Song still the State of Song?
Of course, the Song State is still the Song State, and it is the most retro Song State. It has gone back to the Song State in name when the feudal system was divided.

The center does not have the ability to persuade the local villages, let alone govern, just like when the nobles went their own way, they raised troops and abolished Song Gong from time to time.

It can even be more similar to the era of Zhou Tianzi who had a total of [-] divisions from the West Sixth Division and the Yin Eighth Division a long time ago. It is not Zhou Tianzi who is with the Yin Eighth Master, but the Sishang Mo family next to him.

The doorman wanted to tell Dai Cong that the reason why the imperial father Yueling was able to become the great Yin of the Shenzheng Yuan was because the imperial father's clan was the strongest.

At that time, the Mohist family was still in its infancy and was really weak, so they supported the imperial father's family as the Great Yin of the Shenzheng Yuan, so that the rest of the nobles in the Song Kingdom would unite against the imperial father's family and provide space for the Mohist family to move around.

But now, you, Dai Cong, can become the Great Yin of the Shenzhengyuan because you are the weakest compared to the schools of thought and the Mohists backed by you.

The Mo family is already strong, and there is no need to put a catfish in the fish pond to stir up unrest, what is needed is a pond that is stable but has an undercurrent.

Dai Cong seemed to understand, but he still didn't seem to understand enough, and sighed: "As you said, I, the Lingyin of the Consulting Council, am not as good as a running dog?"

The doorman was not shy, and nodded directly: "Yes, didn't you just say that? Young Master himself also thinks that he is not qualified to be a lackey, so what Young Master has to do is to find a way to be a good lackey."

At this time, running dog is not considered a curse word, Dai Cong asked back: "I want to be a running dog, what should I do?"

The doorman said: "A good running dog needs to understand what the master wants and understand the master's mind. Only in this way can he stand out from the crowd of dogs and become a dog that is valued and will not be killed in the summer sacrifice. dog."

Dai Cong laughed loudly and said, "I have worked so hard, risking my life and family, just to be a running dog?"

The doorman said solemnly: "No, young master is not qualified to be a lackey yet. Some people want to be a lackey but can't, young master still has a long way to go before being a lackey."

"If you want to be a lackey, you must understand what the master wants. Only in this way can you be a good lackey."

"If the owner wants to go east and west, then it's not far from making sausage meat in the summer festival."

Dai Cong said, "I don't want to be a running dog."

The doorman said: "We are the fleas and lice on the running dogs, not the hair on the dog. When the dog dies, the hair will be scalded with hot water and die together; when the dog dies, the fleas and lice can find another dog. What I'm looking for is a lackey, a lackey who can survive the summer festival to make meat."

"If there is no skin, there will be no hair."

"There are no fleas on the skin, and you can rely on other places."

"My son's family is Mao, and my disciples are fleas. You need to distinguish clearly."

"If you don't want to be a running dog, I'm afraid few people will stay. You have kindness and righteousness, but there are few customers who respect kindness; you have money and wealth, and there are many customers who want to gain wealth and benefits."

"If there is no benefit, everyone will disperse, and the young master will not be able to be a running dog at that time."

"That's why I ask you to be a running dog."

Dai Cong raised his head halfway, and smiled wryly for a while, only to feel that he couldn't find any other expression to express his emotions at this time except for a smile.

I was angry at the cunning rabbit, the dead lackey, the high bird, the best bow, and the result was that this anger was meaningless, because I was not qualified to be a lackey.

I dreamed that all the people enthusiastically supported him as an elected prince who would rule for life, but this dream had just begun, but it was broken into reality by the dark night.

What I planned and planned, turned out to be just to be a lackey in the end, and now I am not qualified as a lackey, so I still need to work hard?

After a wry smile, Dai Cong asked in a weak tone as if he had collapsed: "If you want to be a lackey, how do you know that your master wants something?"

The doorman once again picked up the strategy and said: "It's all in it. Sishang said, look at the essence through appearances. The above words are all appearances. If you want to be a good lackey, you must see through the essence."

"Seeing through the essence, the best lackey is to do nothing."

Dai Cong asked back: "Government by doing nothing?"

The doorman laughed and said: "Those who do nothing may not be able to rule. There is something in the body, but you have to pretend to be inaction, so you need a person who is inaction but can't be cured. The son is inaction, and the Mohist is secretly doing something; the son is not governing, the Mohist is secretly governing; yes Therefore, if the son does nothing to govern, Song will govern greatly; the great rule of the Song Dynasty originated from Si Shang’s efforts to govern, but the credit must be attributed to the son’s inaction. Si Shang does not seek fame, but only seeks profit; the son desires profit, he can only seek fame first.”

"Hundreds of schools are in power, each sticks to its own opinion, the center chooses, and they are not willing to give in. If they are unwilling to give in to each other, then the young master is the best candidate. It is not the most favorite of the hundred schools, but it is the one that the hundred schools least object to. "

"After a few years, Song Dazhi, the name of the son Wuwei must be spread in the four realms of the Song Dynasty, and then the son can be famous. Since the people are gods, then fame is the most important thing, which is better than the dead soldiers. Besides, there is the Mohism, Song Dynasty There are no more swordsmen in the land, and if you want to accomplish something, you must first become Wuwei in the name of great wisdom."

Dai Congqi said: "A hundred schools of thought are in power, how can I attribute the credit to me?"

The doorman said: "Thousands of people have thousands of righteousness, and hundreds of people have hundreds of righteousness. Righteousness is profit, and the benefits of hundreds of thousands of people are different. The more they do, the more credit, the more mistakes, and the most resentment. Hundreds of schools The righteousness conflicts with each other, and it is necessary to attack each other."

"My lord doesn't need to be the one with the most credit, but only the one with the least infamy."

(End of this chapter)