warring states careerist

Chapter 97

Shi is a consistent person.

Half a year ago, he had mentioned the idea of ​​widely disseminating the meaning of the Mohists in the big city, but the time was not ripe at that time.

There is no money, no opportunity, no entry point, no grass and silk, and Mohists have not tried to express meaning through words.

Now the matter is brought up again, but the responsibility of the secretary to organize the management of this matter is avoided.

It seems that he simply mentioned that he would take this opportunity to spread the meaning of the Mohists, and let the Mohists become prominent scholars in the world before other families have learned to use paper.

He wrote "Encouraging Learning" and declared that this article was not written by himself, so what he wants is not fame.

Using a majestic essay that can be advertised through the ages, to make "bait", everyone knows that what he wants to catch must be extremely heavy.

Externally, the Mohist is a whole, so it is necessary to spread the reputation; internally, the Mohist are different individuals, so find a way to obtain more authority.

After Mozi considered Shi's proposal, he thought that this matter was not a trivial matter, and that a decision could only be made when all Qiwuhai were present and the Mozi gathered together.

Who will be responsible for this matter will have to be decided at that time.

Shi has no comment on this.

Since Mozi attaches importance to it, it means that Mozi understands the importance of this matter, and it also means that this matter will involve the distribution of power and responsibility within Mozi.

And it is a very important distribution of rights and responsibilities.

Who is in charge of the matter of publicizing to the outside world and letting more people get in touch with the Mohists?

Who is in charge of supplementing the righteousness of Mohists and completing the written inheritance?

Who has the right to know those Mohists who hide from outsiders?Who keeps their lists?

These are all things to consider.

Mozi asked Shi to prepare some "novel, weird, and attractive" stories or rumors, or a majestic essay like "Encouraging Learning". Once a decision is made, it can be implemented immediately.

He himself also needs to spend half a month to polish the second half of "Encouraging Learning", which is suitable for writing. At least it can be read in a cadence, so that there will be no situation where all the Mohists burst into laughter after reading it and say that it is obviously not written by one person.

Mo Zhe's daily affairs are all handled by Qin Huali. There is still some time before the sunflowers bloom, so he is not in a hurry.

Shi Shi received a hundred sheets of paper, and was bored in the room, thinking about what to write.

He knows a lot about Xiongwen, but he can't copy much at this time.

Among the pre-Qin articles, Zhuangzi was too free and easy, and I couldn’t even copy a piece of "Encouraging Learning", let alone Zhuangzi's articles whose imagination flew out of the sky.

The articles in the Han and Jin Dynasties are too flashy and full of flowers, but they are precisely the articles that the pre-Qin scholars did not like.

As for the following poems, he remembered a lot, but it was useless to copy them out at this time.

There is absolutely no need to copy Mohist articles.Not that it's bad, but it sounds exactly like a science textbook: definitions all lined up, or essay-style arguments.

There is absolutely no way this thing will attract a large number of people.The first half of a piece of "Encouraging Learning" can cause a sensation in the market, and a piece of "Mojing, Jingshuo" with the principle of leverage and the law of mirror reflection will definitely make most people fall asleep.

Holding a brush and charcoal pen, I felt the diction of these sharp-edged pre-Qin philosophers. After thinking about it for two days, I finally thought of two articles that could be used to "falsify".

Overjoyed, he divided the paper into two halves and wrote down the title of the first article.

"Mu Tianzi Biography"

His understanding of "Mu Tianzi Biography" is limited to the three things of Tianzi Bajun, Jianxi Queen Mother, and Sheng Ji's love.

But at this time, "Mu Tianzi Biography" has not yet taken shape, and the story will not be completed until the middle of the Warring States Period and the rise of Jixia Academy.

So he can round up nonsense, and these two things are exactly what he is good at.

I write some every day, and read it out to the Mohists, and within a few days, the Kung Fu Mohists are addicted to it.

They have never seen the "Biography of Emperor Mu" in the orthodox bamboo books, but the stories of Emperor Mu's expedition to the east, journey to the west, and crying for Sheng Ji have been circulated.

So they heard the version of Emperor Mu's Westward Journey like this:
But it is said that Cepheus drove to the country in the far west, which is called Egypt.

The state-owned big river flows from south to north, flooding every year, paving the ground with silt.

Ai Guosi stared at the sky, and when Jingsu Sirius rose from the horizon, the river would overflow. Therefore, Jingsu Sirius was used as the year, and the calendar was different from that of the Central Plains.

There are many chariots in his country and many people who are good at shooting. His king is called "Pharaoh", which means the grandson of Xihe and the son of the sun.The pharaoh was in charge of military sacrifices and did not pretend to be others.

Pharaoh learned from Fuxi and Nuwa. Brothers and sisters were intermarried and did not match their foreign surnames, so they had many children and strange looks.

When the pharaoh died, his tomb was made of bricks and stones, hundreds of feet high, and shaped like gold.Apply the secret medicine to the body, so that it will not rot for a thousand years, and hide it in the mausoleum.

Its country has a strange beast with a cat body and a human face. It is rumored that this strange beast eats people. Before eating people, it asks other people questions and eats them if they cannot answer.The last person solved the puzzle, and the beast turned into a stone sculpture, crouching in front of the mausoleum.

However, when Emperor Mu came to this country, he saw that this place was rich and rich, and its culture was different from that of the Central Plains, so he greatly appreciated it.He was the Son of Heaven in the Central Plains, but this place does not belong to Kyushu. The country of Ai wanted to make things difficult, so he asked Mu Tianzi two questions.

One: What thing has four legs when it is young, two legs when it grows up, and three legs when it is old?

Second: What is long in the morning, short in the noon, and long in the evening?
Emperor Mu replied immediately, one is a person, and the other is a shadow.

All four were shocked, they all knew that the legendary beast with a cat body and a human face could eat countless people with these two questions, they didn't expect that the Son of Heaven in the East would be able to answer it in an instant.

At this time, the pharaoh of the country of Ai was a woman. Seeing that Emperor Mu had a quick mind and a beautiful appearance, and heard some anecdotes about Kyushu and the magnificent mountains and rivers during the banquet, she was confused.

The country's relatives and nobles love to fight with chariots, and the stakes are quite high.Seeing that the female pharaoh seemed to have a heart for Emperor Mu, the great Sima of the country was dissatisfied, and secretly negotiated with her after returning.

Its subordinate said: Tomorrow you can bet on the royal car, if the Eastern Emperor loses, he will lose face...

Da Sima was so overjoyed that he prepared all night, and the next day he invited the emperor to race in the capital.

Emperor Mu saw that the customs of this country were different from those of Kyushu, and it was inconvenient to refuse, so he took a car and took Cepheid as his royal.

What kind of person is Cepheus?

He learned to drive since he was a child, and was proficient in raising horses. He lived in Taoshan for three years, lived in the wind, ate and slept in the open, entered the river of snakes and the ditch of tiger's den, and finally got two good horses, namely Hualiu and Luer.

Not to mention him, even his nephew and grandson were awarded the land of Qin because of their merits in raising horses, let alone him.

Although he doesn't know the other party's strategy, once he gets in the car, he concentrates on it.

One is Cepheid's superb royal skills, and the other has famous horses from Kyushu, such as Chi Ji, Robber Li, Bai Yi, and Yu Lun. How can the opponent win?

Seeing that he couldn't win, Sima, the chief minister of the country of Ai, had a poisonous plan in his heart, and he picked up his bow and set up an arrow to shoot Mu Tianzi.

Mu Tianzi often dabbles, how can he not know?Seeing the opponent draw the bow, he thought to himself: "If the Son of Heaven shoots an arrow, he declares war. This country is [-] miles away from the Central Plains. Conquest is not easy, so don't move lightly."

So I just didn't know it, waited for the arrow to fly, stretched out my hand, twisted the arrow in my hand, and shot it back, right in the middle of the man's carved bow, and made two pieces from the break...

The later daughter Pharaoh became more and more happy, and invited more banquets, her heart was good, and Emperor Mu was not interested in state affairs, and most of them had a good heart.

Unexpectedly, King Xu Yan rebelled, Huaiyi was in chaos, and Cepheus persuaded him to return to the country.

Before returning to the country, the female pharaoh wished each other with a poem: "White clouds are in the sky, and the mountains come out. The road is far away, and the mountains and rivers are in between. The general will not die, can he come back?"

How could Emperor Mu not know his thoughts?I can think of the state affairs of Zhuxia, so I have to write a poem: "I will return to the east, and rule the Xia. The people are equal, and I will see you. After ten years, I will return to the wild."

The female pharaoh had no choice but to send them to the seaside, crying and singing: "Being in the western land, I live in the wild. Tigers and leopards are a herd, living with magpies. I will not change my life, but I am the pharaoh, and the people of the world will lose their sons. Blow the sheng and drum springs, and the center is flying. The son of the people of the world, only the hope of heaven. The ten-year agreement, you will never forget."

I don't want King Xu Yan to rebel and shake the east. After three years of peace, Jingchu was in chaos again, and "Lu Xing" was written later.The female pharaoh was never married, and it was said that the pharaoh was located in her nephew...

By the time this story is finished, No. 15 days have passed.

This is the story of No. 14 days and [-] days. Before that, there was a series of stories about Mu Tianzi starting from Zongzhou, passing through quicksand, grassland, and Mesopotamia.

Taking the name of a biography similar to "Zuo Zhuan", it actually looks like a daily life note. After careful consideration, it looks like a storybook novel, but in fact it is a simple introduction to the geography and culture of the Western Regions.

Different people will see different things, and I feel that people in the market will like this story of "promoting the prestige of Zhu Xia", and then it will be widely circulated.Someone will always want to see the places depicted in the book with their own eyes.

Although there was no concept of nationality at this time, the concept of "Rongdi, jackals, and wolves should not be hated; Zhu Xia's intimacy, should not be discarded" already existed in the original sense, and it was widely circulated, but the upper echelon didn't follow it very much. Those who should work together with Quan Rong to bully Zhou Tianzi will not feel that they are sinners just because of this sentence.

The important supporting role in it is Cepheus, who is the source of the surnames of Qin and Zhao. If you think about it, this story will not arouse the disgust of these countries. It may even be spread to the courts of various countries. It is not certain how many tears shed for the matter between Emperor Mu and the female pharaoh.

The preciousness of the bamboo slips led to the fact that there was no concept of a storybook novel at this time.

This falsified "Mu Tianzi Biography" has as many as seventeen or eighteen pages. If it is replaced by bamboo slips, it may cost dozens of catties. No one would write such a precious text in such a long way just to spread it in the market.

In addition, there are various pictures.For example, camels, lions, sphinxes, pyramids, simple maps, etc. are not very well drawn, but it is unprecedented to match them with text.

Gong Zaoye was familiar with the people in the market, and after hearing this story, he praised: "Pair it with that "Encouraging Learning", and then divide this "Mu Tianzi Biography" into more than ten times to spread, I am afraid that tomorrow I will go north to Yan, From the south to Chu, these two things are discussed in the market. The name of the Mohist must be spread all over the world. They may not know the meaning of the Mohist, but if they think about it, they will be more curious, and someone will always ask."

When everyone agrees and reminisces, Mozi is thinking about the second "paper book" written by Shi. He doesn't know many characters, so Shi needs to explain it every day.

As for the second book, he thought it was more important than the first one, but he didn't know whether he should show it to Mohists.

Because the name of the second book is "Shan Hai Jing", and it is the "Shan Hai Jing" that has been tampered with and has no original magical color at all.

　"Mu Tianzi Biography" seems to be first discovered in the "Bamboo Book Chronicles" series in the middle of the Warring States Period.The Queen Mother of the West became the Queen Mother God after the rise of Taoism.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)