warring states careerist

Chapter 807
For the first time, the emperor's father Yueling showed a look of astonishment on his face.

The reason for his astonishment was not that the former retainer pointed at his nose and scolded him for being a company commander, Sima Chang Cun Zhenglizheng at most, but because of the simple sentence "The world should not be like this".

What should the world be like?

This is a terrible idea that if many people think about it, the world will be in chaos.

If the world is rich and healthy, there won't be too many people to think about what the world should be like.

Because the world is already bad, some people have to think about what the world should look like.

All kinds of schools of thought were born from this.

Retro Confucianism, Taoist self-transformation, Yang Zhu's freedom, Mohism and love...

It's all for the sake of the world, to launch an ideal world that is better than the present.

The sages try to use rationality to deduce what the world should be like, and then use criticism to accuse the world that it should not be like this.

If tens of thousands of people think like this, the world will never go back to the past.

The emperor's father Yueling sighed, raised his head and said: "In the past, no one in the world felt that this should not be the case."

The scholar snorted and said, "Like air, it doesn't exist after we discovered it, but it has always existed but we didn't discover it. People in the world once thought it shouldn't be like this, and they used to take it for granted. The giant said, this is heaven. The worst thing ever - taking for granted what shouldn't be."

"That's why Juzi wants to smash all this and bring the world back to how it should be."

The emperor's father Yueling laughed loudly and said, "Small all this? I am the one who took the world for granted, so you want to smash me?"

The former doorman patted his forehead and said: "You always overestimate yourself and think you are important to us. But in fact you are not important to us at all. The important thing is that people like you are in a high position and harm people for profit Don’t take things like this for granted.”

"That's why the giant feels that he is too lazy to kill you, but wants you to be judged in front of all people, so that people have a feeling that people like you shouldn't exist, it's a matter of course."

"It's as easy for us to kill you as it is to kill a chicken. The people of the world think that the world should not be what it used to be, but it is difficult."

The emperor's father, Yueling, ignored the humiliation of the previous disciples, and laughed loudly: "What is my crime? The law of the Mohist school only harms the innocent, and breaking the ban is a crime."

"Speaking of it, I increase taxes and taxes to support my own private soldiers, but I am legal."

"The division of the Gentleman's Court and the Common People's Court, I didn't make it up? I want to increase taxes and taxes, and the Gentleman's Court allows it. I also followed the rules. Originally, the Common People's Court only had the right to propose, but the Gentleman's Court had the right to veto. This is not a rule I made up."

"Even if I have the intention to kill you first, it doesn't matter what I do, it's you who did it first, and you heard that I'm going to do this preemptively."

"It was after you made the first move that I retreated to Shangqiu and killed your people in the fief. Everyone in the world is watching. This time, the song belongs to your Mo family, not to me."

"I really wanted to do it first, but I didn't have time. It was you who did it first. Am I guilty too?"

The former doorman nodded solemnly and said solemnly: "Yes, you are guilty."

The emperor's father Yueling scolded: "Why do you want to commit crimes without excuse? You rioted in Shangqiu first, and I killed them when I retreated to Shangqiu. Those people are close to you on weekdays, just like meticulous work. Do I have to keep them in wartime?" Careful work?"

"Didn't you keep saying that only harm is innocent, and that you don't care about deeds? Why do you condemn me?"

The former doorman asked back: "The Shangqiu people rioted, this is the power given to them by nature. Have you received a letter before, asking you to disband the army immediately, put down your weapons, and the people of the Song Dynasty to discuss politics and reorganize the politics of the Song Dynasty?"

When he was besieged in Dangshan, the emperor's father Yueling did receive such a letter, but he didn't take it seriously at all, and it was obviously a letter asking him to surrender, and it was nothing more than being burned.

At this time, the doorman mentioned it again, and the emperor's father Yueling felt cold, and asked, "What's the meaning of this?"

The doorman said: "It means that at that time, except for Dangshan and other cities in the Song Dynasty, the people of other places agreed to change the system, suspend your position as the Great Yin of the Consulting Yuan, and ask you to put down your arms and surrender, otherwise it will be a rebellion. All the towns indeed held public assemblies before that, and it was basically unanimously approved.”

"So from that moment on, you violated the will of the people and refused to surrender, which is a great crime."

"Secondly, you are killing innocent people indiscriminately in the fief."

The emperor's father Yueling sneered: "Even if I am guilty of the first article and I was framed by you, even if the riots of the country are a right bestowed on the people by nature, then what crime am I guilty of for the second article?"

"I am the Great Yin of the Consulting Yuan, not awarded by Song Gong, but elected by the Gentlemen's Court. Before receiving that letter, I was still the Great Yin of the Consulting Yuan. What's wrong with me killing some small works?"

The doorman asked back: "Have you passed the trial for those so-called fine works? Besides, which of the laws of the Song Dynasty stipulates that the people are not allowed to believe in the righteousness of the Mohist school? Which one stipulates that the people cannot become Mohists? Do you think they are?" Executing them for the reason of the Mohists is a violation of the constitution, and it is murder, and the murderer dies, why are you innocent?"

The emperor's father Yueling scolded: "When you attack the city, those people will have to be fine workers. Are you only allowed to hit me, but not allowed to fight back?"

The doorman nodded and said solemnly: "You are right, that's it. Not only to you, but also to the princes of the world in the future. We are only allowed to hit you, and you are not allowed to hit me. If you can understand this truth earlier, you will not It will become what it is today."

This remark, which seemed like a hooligan in the market, made the emperor Yueling laugh back angrily: "It's a joke, it's really a joke. The Song Dynasty is weak, the princes are so strong, the laws of Qin and Wei, the king's words are the law, they don't recognize your law, Why do the rules on your side govern other countries?"

The doorman said: "Because... Sishang is not a vassal state. Sishang is only the residence of the future government of the world. Of course, those systems that are not in line with the rules of the future world are not recognized. The laws and morals of Sishang are the future of the world. Laws and morality are just temporarily unable to control other places."

"As for harming innocent people, our Mohists criticize the injustice of the princes of various countries all day long... This has already told them that it is unjust to do so, publish it in a book, and broadcast it to the world, but they not only don't listen, but continue to be unjust. Isn't that a crime?"

The emperor's father Yueling shouted loudly when he heard the words: "Thief of troubled times! Thief of troubled times! The emperor is still here, why do you dare to call the world?"

The doorman laughed and said: "What is the emperor? He refused to abdicate and hand over power to the people, so we had to drive him away. Then who do you think is to blame for this? If he handed over power to the people as soon as possible, he would not only be innocent, but On the contrary, he should be respected as beneficial to the world, and he might be invited to serve as a reward for benefiting the people. If he handed over power, the world would not shed so much blood, so the blame lies with him."

"You continue to scold, the giant said. The scolding of people like you is the crackling sound of the wheels of history running over those ants blocking the car. If there is no scolding, there will be less scenery."

After saying this, the doorman got up and wanted to leave. Before leaving, he seemed to think of something again, and said with a smile: "You don't want to die. It's okay if you die soon, but if you die now, it must be in the name of committing suicide in fear of crime. Keep your Fate and today's tongue, there will be a trial in a few days, just like the Jinhou Huimeng tried Weihou back then, you can argue at that time, save your words to the trial site and say it later."

The emperor Yueling heard the words and said wildly: "I know what you want, you want to humiliate me. My surname comes from Shang Qi; A pariah trial? A scholar can be killed, but not humiliated! I will die..."

The doorman picked his ears, spat and cursed: "Die incompetent, guilty, but you have to find a good-sounding reason for yourself. Do you think you are the guardian of the old system in the world? Do you think you die for righteousness? Dead? Did you believe me when you lied to me? During the coup 20 years ago, why didn’t I hear you talk about loyalty to the emperor, respect and order?”

"It's obviously for self-interest. If you fail incompetence, you have to find a reason for yourself that sounds righteous. Going to righteousness... Are you worthy of the word?"

"The righteousness of my Mo family has been against the old rules for a day or two. Why didn't you see that you sent troops to attack Sishang before? Not only did you not attack, but you also talked about the righteousness of benefiting the people in front of everyone many times before."

"Today I shouted to go to righteousness and sacrifice my life, but because I failed, I knew that I was going to die, so I wanted to find a better reason for myself, how cheap, just one mouth, and I became a righteous man who sacrificed his life for righteousness."

"There are also those nobles who were captured together with you. Before the Mohists did what they said, they didn't object. When they said they wanted to take back their fiefs and distribute them to the people, they immediately objected, thinking that this violated the righteousness of the world, and they had to sacrifice their lives for righteousness. "

"Do you believe in your so-called righteousness?"

This sentence made the emperor's father Yueling unable to refute, and every sentence pierced his heart.

He choked for a while, and said sarcastically, "Could it be that the Mohists aren't doing it for profit? Isn't it for profit that the people follow you?"

The doorman clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "That's right, yes, we have never denied it. Righteousness means benefit, and great righteousness means that the majority of people benefit. Our righteousness has always been like this and has never changed."

"On the contrary, you, do you dare to say in front of the world that those old rules are for the benefit of the few? Do you dare to say that the benefit of the few is the righteousness of the majority?"

"You don't dare, you only dare to use etiquette and rules to hide these, never dare to admit that your righteousness is for the benefit of a few people, just for the sake of princes and generals, and then make these use of etiquette and rules into Don't know the meaning of the reason, and deceive those who can't benefit to die for your benefit."

After the doorman finished speaking, he spat again and left without looking back.

The door of the cell was closed again, and the emperor's father Yueling looked at the wooden spoon in his hand in a daze, as if all his clothes had been stripped off in public, revealing everything hidden inside.

It's just that he didn't know that this was just the beginning. In the next few days, people kept coming to him, using the most vicious and sarcastic language he had ever heard, humiliating his pride and wasting the last bit of deceit This is the pride of righteousness.

(End of this chapter)