warring states careerist

Chapter 926
Qin Jun thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind, saying: "In the past, King Wu defeated Zhou. If he could not win, he would be destroyed. The same is true of today's affairs. If he takes the middle strategy, it will be nothing more than delaying the danger of destroying the country for 20 years. The power of the Mohists is increasing. Success, fear of internal strife, don't expect the Mohists to make mistakes."

That is to say, but there are still great difficulties in doing it.

Now the Qin State can gather its troops, go down the Danshui River, and attack Danyang on a commercial basis.

In this way, it can be close to the rear, the transportation of grain and grass is convenient, and more troops can be assembled.

But the premise of doing this is to form an alliance first to resolve the dispute in Xihe, so that Zhou Tianzi will come forward to maintain the righteousness of respect and etiquette, and let Wei Hanzhao send troops together.

If Qin had not fought against the Mohists in Danyang, but the Three Jins had sent troops to take back Xihe, then what Qin had done would really be making wedding dresses for others.It's not that Wei Han can't do such a thing.

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Sishang, Pengcheng.

In the banquet hall, high-ranking Mohists and captured nobles of Chu State gathered together.

Everyone knelt on the ground and ate separately, the only case.

Liang Fu, king of Chu, was pale, but he was not afraid, he just drank in a dull mood, and the nobles beside him were also dull.

Suitable for the first, pushed the cup far away, took a sip slowly, and said leisurely: "I went to Ying more than [-] years ago. At that time, Zimozi was still there, and you were just a baby."

His words dissatisfied the captured kings and ministers of the state of Chu. It sounded like a tone of chatting with the younger generation from the perspective of the elders.

But he just has the qualifications.

People of the previous generation were basically old and dead, but there are really not many people in this world.

Wei Si, Zhao Ji, Han Qian, Xiong Yi, Mozi, Qin Huali... Many people have been here in these years, and it happened that they went to Yingdu more than [-] years ago, and they did indeed have an interview with the King of Chu Pass.

But in these words, the people of Chu could faintly hear a hint of sarcasm.

Zuo Yin of the Chu State snorted and said: "This is a state banquet, not a local drink. The villagers are rude, so they are respected by their teeth; the nobles are polite, and they are divided into monarchs and ministers. In the past, the Marquis of Yan sent Qi Huan to him, but Qi Huan thought he was not the son of heaven. On the grounds of not leaving the country, send Wucheng and Yan..."

Only rural untouchables who don't know etiquette will use age to choose whether to respect or not, while the truly polite nobles pay attention to blood.

Not too lazy to refute the other party's words, he shook his head with a smile and said, "Lie Yukou once said such a thing in the past."

"It is said that when Kong Zhongni visited Mount Tai in the past, he met Rong Qiqi, who was in his 90s. The old man was very happy to 'drum the piano and sing'."

"Zhong Ni asked: 'Why is Mr. so happy'?"

"The old man replied, there are many reasons for my happiness! All things are born, and human beings are the most noble. I am lucky to be born as a human being, which is the first happy thing; human beings are divided into male and female. Joy; some people die in their infancy, but I have lived for more than 90 years, this is the third joy."

"Our Mohists don't say that men are superior to women. But we firmly believe that everything in nature is based on people, and you are now living longer than many people, drinking and having fun and getting something for nothing, why are you unhappy?"

He didn't expect the king and ministers of Chu to say something like "I don't want to miss Jingchu here", but wanted to take this opportunity to say something to them.

Chu Wang Liangfu also sneered: "This is the truth of Lie Yukou's rebirth without desire. I never knew that the giant of the Mohist respected Liezi's desireless learning."

"If you really have no desires... Hmph, before you went to Yingdu in the past, you were just the son of a shoemaker. There is a difference between high and low, and there is an orderly hierarchy. The son of a shoemaker can talk and laugh with his father, which is already breaking the rules of etiquette." .”

"The world is in chaos, and the chaos is due to the disorder of superiority and inferiority, which makes people ambitious. The son of a shoemaker can also be a prince of one side. How can the world be settled?"

Shi raised his head and laughed, and said after a long time: "The word ambition is the most rare."

"When I was young, I studied with the second master. The master once told such a story. At that time, I was still young and didn't know the truth of the world."

Shi's two masters who didn't exist at all are mysteries in the world. When he said this, even the monarchs and ministers of the Chu state who hated the country's subjugation all looked at him and wanted to hear about it from him.

"At that time, Mr. Tang Han once told me such a story. It is said that in an unknown country overseas, there was once a rich and noble family, who was ranked as a doctor. There was a maidservant in the family. The maidservant was a slave, but she was a prince. The young master does not like to be inferior, so he treats the maid as a sister, and over time, the maid thinks that she is equal to the young master."

"One day, this maid fell to pieces..."

Speaking of this, he remembered that he didn't have a fan before, so he replaced the fan with a jade pendant, and said: "This maid broke the young master's jade pendant. The young master was in a bad mood at the time, so he made a few remarks. If you are in someone else's house, This maidservant must have been beaten to death and insulted, but this son has been a maidservant like a sister since he was a child, so this insult made this maidservant angry and rebuked."

As far as he was talking, many of the nobles of the Chu Kingdom who were present sneered, and they all wanted to blame those two old masters for being able to teach such an ambitious person who knew no respect or inferiority. They had told such stories since they were young.

This maid is ungrateful, if she were elsewhere, she would have already dealt with it.She actually retorted angrily, really rude.

Even the nobles thought to themselves, as expected, all sluts are like this, only afraid of power and not virtuous, the better you treat him, he will push his nose on the face instead, to the point where he doesn't know his dignity; It is said that after being reprimanded, he actually reprimanded him, that is, he had already hanged himself when he broke the jade pendant at the beginning, so why did it happen later?

Shi did not continue to talk about the truths such as "the existence of things is to benefit people", but stopped abruptly, and said in this unfinished story: "At that time, I was still young, and I thought respectful Being humble and orderly is a matter of course, being a maidservant has already treated you kindly, yet you still don’t know how to be grateful?”

A few people looked at him, thinking that you had thought the same way before, it's a shame that those two masters actually met you, otherwise you would be a person who knows the order of superiority and inferiority, why is there today's chaos?
Shi seemed to be recalling something, and said after a long time: "This story is very long. Later, the master told a lot, and I also listened to it a lot. Originally, I didn't like this maid, because this maid relied on the young master's liking and was equal to the young master, but Belittle those who are lower than her."

"But after a long, long time, I suddenly understood. That is a strange woman, from ignorantly thinking that people should be equal to their masters, to feeling that the world is inherently unequal and wants to rise up to break this inequality... It’s a long road, and it’s not something that one person can comprehend.”

"Under the limitations of the times, if you can vaguely feel that you are qualified to be equal to your master, then you are a strange woman."

He paused, and then said: "Later, the master told another story, and the people in this story were all men. It was said that a king was on a parade one day, and a farmer saw him. Seeing his magnificent momentum, he said with emotion, man That should be the case. Later this man defended the frontier, and when it rained on the way, he would be cut off if he missed the time, so he shouted, "Is there any kind for the princes and generals? Cut trees into soldiers and rise up."

"When I heard these two stories, I always thought that the woman and this man have the same temperament. You can be a prince, and I can be a prince. Is it possible that after the man becomes a prince, he is equal to the people below? ? In the end, just like that woman, she also expects to be equal to the superior and inferior to the inferior."

"It's actually the same reason. If you want to be equal to the master, you already have a faint feeling that the rules of the world are wrong. But from vaguely feeling that you should be equal to the master to feeling that the system of dignity and order is unequal, it takes a long time." process, we can’t be too demanding.”

"When the system is a matter of course, the ambition of being humble and supreme is in line with the will of heaven."

"The Mohists want to open up a new world, not to let us once humble people become new princes and generals, but to hope that there will be no respect between the world, everyone is equal, and everyone is equally assigned their duties. Congratulations, those who are able will get more, and the wise will govern."

"At that time, the ambition that was once called ambition no longer exists. Don't say that we are all ambitious people, we are the ones who really make the world no longer have such ambitions."

"Kong Zhongni ran around the world, thinking that rituals and music would be ruined. If a doctor has ambitions, he will kill Shangqing, and if Shangqing has ambitions, he will kill the king. He wants to end this troubled world."

"Zimozi ran all over the world, thinking that rituals are ignorant. If the world's sages are the best, and he chooses princes and emperors as servants of the people, he also wants to end this troubled world."

"After all, Kong Zhongni's way is not going to work. Under the order of honor and inferiority, he asks everyone to be a gentleman and abide by his duty. This is the opposite. Our way is clear, so you are here today to have a banquet, but it is not me. I was torn apart by your car and died."

The kings and ministers of the state of Chu couldn't listen to such a reasoning, but they couldn't refute it, they just remained silent.

Shi took a look at Xiong Liangfu, and then said: "The world is in chaos, and the people are in pain. Only when Kyushu is united can we be stable."

"The Mo family inherits the ambition of Yu the Great, and endures the wind and rain only to achieve great harmony for the common people in the world. They love the same and benefit from each other."

"When Kyushu is united, only the laborers will get their food, and the wise will do their best to benefit each other. At that time, Kyushu will not raise waste."

"After all, taxes come from the people of the world, so how can the people of the world want to use the taxes earned by hard work and sweat to support silverfish that get something for nothing?"

"The people of the world are not your parents, and they have no obligation to support you."

"That's why we have a banquet today, and I ask you to think carefully about the future. Are you willing to contribute to the Kyushu Datong? What can you do? What can you do? What kind of talents do you have?"

He patrolled for a week, but when no one answered, he shook his head and said, "I'll show you a clear path. If you are a gentleman, you must know drums and music, as well as literature and history."

"In the past, the Mo family was not happy. Zi Mozi believed that the princes and ministers used up the people's fat and oil to enjoy themselves, but the people did not have enough food and clothing, so they were not happy. If one day, the people are full and warm, they will always Return requires the enjoyment of drumming."

"If you have the talent of drum music, why don't you teach drum music, entertain the people, and use your strength?"

The king of Chu was furious, and he didn't care about being a prisoner at this time. He shouted: "Scholars can be killed! Don't be humiliated! Since I have been captured, you can kill me if you want. Why do you insult me? Let me be with those musicians and actresses." If you are in the company, you will die!"

Shi laughed loudly and said: "So this is an insult? It's an insult to live on your own, and it's not an insult to be a silverfish? Well, we have also said before that you can go overseas in Kyushu. Although the etiquette system has hindered the people of Kyushu, but The generation who cultivated slash-and-burn farming outside is still considered to have made some progress. Think about it again, if you really think that self-reliance is an insult, then you have different ways and do not conspire with each other, and I will send you to the outside of Kyushu."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone from among the ministers of Chu State stood up and said, "I would like to stay in Kyushu and earn my own living. I am familiar with music theory, and I would like to take up the post of drum music."

The noble stood up and covered his face with his sleeve, not daring to look at the King of Chu and other ministers.

Shi smiled, raised wine with a group of Mohists, and then wished the king of Chu and others: "We have already chosen the place. It is in the most difficult and western part of the South China Sea. It is located at the mouth of the river. Facing the sea, it is hot and humid. There are natives hunting in the jungle."

"The matter of Kyushu has nothing to do with you. The order of the world has become inevitable, and we don't need you to persuade those who are still stubborn to surrender. I would like to use this wine as a farewell. If you can’t do it, then you are incompetent. Kyushu doesn’t raise waste, and you are much stronger now than when your ancestors were struggling. I hope you are not waste.”

"Where you go, Xu Yu grows in clusters, and the local natives call it a land densely covered with Xu Yu. The people of Kyushu will lend you all iron, seeds, and firearms. There is only one thing. In the future, the people of Kyushu will be rescued if they fall into the water. , if you live there, you must not refuse it, and it has been repaired for generations, and you must not violate it. After the banquet, there will be a contract."

The remaining ones are also coconuts.It was originally named Bigan, but the later Han Fu once said, "Leave the rest of the people, and the benevolence is as frequent as Lu", so it was talking about coconuts and palms. Coconuts were made in the name of Bigan, probably because Bigan was cut open. , And to eat coconuts is to cut open.

Chudi and Nan had also paid tribute and seen coconuts. Everyone heard the news and knew that it would be hot and humid there, but considering the insults they would have to bear if they stayed here, no one stood up to hide their faces and wanted to support themselves.

If you think about it, the northwest region is too poor to make ends meet. Once the sea transportation is improved, the land Silk Road will be abolished and it will be barren.In the future, it will not be too late to wait for technological progress to slowly open up. In the future, the direction of Kyushu's development must be the South China Sea and the Northeast. As long as the nomadic fishermen and nomads occupy the arable land and turn into a mixed ethnic group of farming, nomadic, fishing and hunting, the firearms have been released, and the borders will be worry-free.

On the other hand, the people in the South China Sea are definitely not willing to move now. The hardships there are far worse than those in Kyushu. It is better to take this opportunity to throw out these Chu nobles and let them develop in the local area.If it is done, it will be successful, and it will be traded in the future; if it is not successful, it will be integrated with the local area, learn to farm, and be a future stronghold port; if it is incompetent and dies overseas, it is better than forced emigration.

(End of this chapter)