warring states careerist

Chapter 984

Despicable to the emperor, denounced as not as powerful as the village.

Value determines meaning, and now the Son of Heaven has no appeal, and secondly, he has lost the power of the gods, so he really has no value to use.

Today, the princes of the world are trying to create their own divine power that they can explain and control. Zhou Tianzi was brought out today not because of the benevolence, righteousness and loyalty of the princes, but because of the threat of the Mohists.

It's just that the princes' theories of theocracy are not yet perfect, and they have only been started in a rough way. Most of them can only explain the affairs of their own country, and they may not even be able to leave the capital, making it difficult to explain the world.

The Five Virtues System of Qi State is still not perfect, and the Monarch Law System of the Three Jin Dynasties has not yet been completed. At this time, the most inconspicuous Emperor Zhou became the person who had some capital to contact and negotiate with the Mohists in private.

At least, Zhou Tianzi is still theoretically the co-lord of the world, and he still has a bit of divinity.

The scholar also took this opportunity to hope that the Mo family would give Zhou Tianzi a way to survive, or a way to continue to maintain certain privileges and become a theocratic idol.

However, Han, Wei, Qi, etc. have no capital to negotiate at all.

Shi naturally refused, he didn't care about the divinity of Zhou Tianzi, and people in the world didn't care anymore.

Seeing Shi Shi insulting the emperor again, the scholar took a deep breath to keep himself calm on the face, and said: "Shi Zi's words are short-sighted. Only talking about violence and interests is not a long-term approach."

"In the 700th year of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, Zhou obtained the destiny. The Mohists said that it is not destiny, but also that strength can overcome destiny. In fact, they don't know what destiny is at all."

"The Mandate of Heaven is not what the foolish people think is destined by the Emperor of Heaven, but has another meaning."

"Knowing the destiny, you can be a herdsman. Although Sishang has been ruled and prosperous in recent years, it is only a state. The nine states in the world, one state is used together, and nine states may not be used together."

"Nowadays there are disputes in the world, and the princes are rising together. There are Qi people, Chu people, Wei people, Han people, Zhao people, etc. in the world. The Mohist said that there must be synonymous, the world is unified, and there are only people in the world, so how can we make the world How can a person be sure that he is a member of the world?"

"For example, the people of Qi are Qi people because they know that there is a Marquis of Qi. But if you want people in the world to know that you are a person in the world, you need to find a king that everyone in the world will recognize."

"If the Emperor Zhou is kept, then all the people in the world will be Zhou people."

"However, if we do not keep the Son of Heaven, but select a virtuous person as the Son of Heaven, then if A becomes the Son of Heaven today, the whole world will become A, tomorrow B will be the Son of Heaven, and the world will be B, and in the next day C will be the Son of Heaven, and the world will become C. This is not beneficial. The world is one."

Shi Fan asked: "Is it necessary for the world to have a hereditary emperor, so that the people of Kyushu can find the people of the world?"

"Your so-called Son of Heaven is a person who cultivates the rank of heaven, and is a moral example for the world; our so-called Son of Heaven is not like this."

The scholar shook his head and said: "You think well, but you don't know the destiny. It's like Zhou rituals and clothes. In the past, Zhong Ni once said, Wei Guan Zhong, I wear my left lapel."

"Isn't it because of Zhou Li's attire that makes Zhong Ni sigh that he almost lost his left lapel? The Yidi have Hu clothes, tattoos, and hair, all because they don't recognize the emperor."

"It's like Qilu, who was originally a Dongyi. After the enfeoffment, Qilu knew how to dress properly. Isn't this the emperor's credit?"

"Nowadays, the area is thousands of miles away, and the north and south are interconnected. Merchants from Handan will not go to Yingdu like merchants from Yidi or Linzi to Luoyi, and they will not be unable to speak the language. This is the root of the world that can truly become one."

Shi smiled and said: "The system of feudalism is the work of Wenwu Zhougong and even the princes of the past. What has it to do with Ji Xi? If it is reasonable to think that the merits of the ancestors and the descendants of Yu Yin are reasonable, then can it be said that there is nothing wrong with the nobles occupying the land in the first place?" ?We are not going to become new hereditary princes and generals, because we think the Shiqing system is unreasonable. Shiqing, which ancestor did not make great contributions to the world's conquest? If the emperor can make use of his merits, why can't the nobles? Let's go on, why can't these people in the Mo family work? Then how are we different from you in the world?"

Scholars said: "There is no difference between private ownership and family ownership. Property can be privately owned, inherited, and passed on to future generations. Why can't fiefdoms be used?"

Shi very skillfully used the set of rhetoric that the bourgeoisie hung the street lamps of the feudal aristocrats: "Because the property is based on the reasonable labor income based on the creation of wealth by labor, it can be passed on to future generations. And the fiefdom is because the land is originally owned by the world All, it is said that the Son of Heaven stole the people's land for himself, it is like something stolen, it cannot be inherited, it must be returned to the original owner."

Scholars do not argue about this, but ask: "What about the destiny? The destiny is not stolen or robbed, but it can also be inherited."

"Now the Mandate of Heaven is in the hands of the royal family of Zhou. This Mandate of Heaven is inherited from Yao and Shun. Shun passed it to Yu, Yu passed it to Qi, Qi passed it to Xia Jie and Shang Tang took it, and after Shang Tang took it, King Wu defeated Zhou and took it again. Now it is passed down It is now in the hands of the Son of Heaven."

"Shang destroyed Xia, and there was Xia fiefdom. This is the inheritance of the handover of destiny. Shang destroyed Zhou, but there were three Kes, and the people of Yin will establish Song."

"Now the Mo family is not allowed to have fiefs, so isn't this like a robber?"

"This bandit saw the Mandate of Heaven in the hands of the royal family of Zhou, snatched them for himself, and then sent the original owner of Mandate of Heaven to labor reform. Will the Mo family do this for a long time?"

"The Mo family's behavior is Yidi's behavior."

Many Mohists present burst into laughter, and Shi also said with a smile: "Is Yao the father of Shun? Is Shun the father of Yu? Who told you that the destiny must be inherited by blood?"

"If it is said that the destiny is the possession of the world by one family and one family, then this kind of destiny is not necessary."

The scholar sneered and said, "If the Mohists don't believe in the fate of heaven, then why do they have a son of heaven? Since there is still a son of heaven, then we must admit the existence of the fate of heaven and the rules of succession to the fate of heaven."

Shi said: "This emperor is not that emperor."

"For example, my elder brother's name is deer, and there are beasts named deer in the mountains and wilds. They are all called deer. Is this the same?"

"For example, the representatives of public opinion in Sishang are often called Hou, Bo, Zi, and Nan. Is this the same as Hou Bo's son under the feudal system?"

"Your son of heaven is a so-called man with a destiny. We do not admit that there is a destiny.

"My so-called son of heaven, the Mohists have the meaning of equality, everyone is the son of heaven, the daughter of heaven, and the emperor elected is only the first citizen."

"After all, there are no hands, feet, mouths and heads in the world. There needs to be someone to represent the world, symbolizing the unity of the world."

"If a country sends an envoy from the far west, someone must meet him on behalf of the world of Kyushu. The envoy has to deal with everyone in Kyushu, but it is impossible for everyone to come forward to meet him, which requires Choose one person to bear the will of all and carry it out."

"The people of Kyushu are all children of heaven, and everyone is equal. The chosen emperor is only a representative of thousands of emperors in Kyushu."

"So, what's the use of my family's private destiny? Your destiny was stolen by robbers, which is unreasonable; our sons of heaven are representatives elected by the same people in the world, and they are nothing more than borrowing names. That's all."

"Besides, using this name is also to announce to the world: everyone is equal, there is no eternal nobility, no eternal nobility. If the world is unified in the future, I will be elected as the son of heaven, and I can declare to the world that I am the son of a shoemaker, and I will be the son of a shoemaker. But the Son of Heaven, as long as there are talents, anyone can be the Son of Heaven."

"The use of this name is the same as the hundreds of marquises, earls, and viscounts around the world. It is to make the world feel that everything that was once unattainable is now commonplace."

The so-called selection of the emperor by the Mohists before is actually the selection of the head of the government.

While there is some overlap between heads of government and heads of state, the emphasis is different.

Mohism's selection of the emperor focuses on the head of government, while the emperor under the old concept of emperor focuses on the head of state.

The concept of the Son of Heaven is also constantly changing.

The gods worshiped in the Yin and Shang Dynasties were all the ancestors of the Shang Dynasty, so the emperor of the Shang Dynasty is me. If I regard my ancestors as God, then I am the emperor.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the ancient lineages were connected, and the ancient lineages were the one closest to the blood of the Emperor of Heaven, and the Zhou people were also the orthodox ancient bloodlines, so they could be called the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven at this time was the theocratic leader of the so-called "Xiu Tianjue".

However, after Qin destroyed Zhou, Han Dynasty Qin, and Ji Han revival failed, the meaning of the theocracy became much less, so the emperor became the "eldest son of heaven".

The legitimacy of the "Son of Heaven" at this time originated from the patriarchal lineage system of feudal jurisprudence, and under the eldest son inheritance system, as the eldest son of heaven, he ruled the rest of the world as a matter of course.

Nowadays, the three principles of Mohism are synonymous, equal, and universal love, so it is absolutely impossible to recognize the patriarchal system, and the inheritance system is also a system of equal inheritance rather than the system of eldest son inheritance, so it is impossible to use the "eldest son of heaven" The concept comes as the meaning of the Son of Heaven.

The Mohists are not destined, so they cannot use the destiny.

A lot of people from the Mo family came from lowly backgrounds, so it is impossible to use the ancient lineage.

Therefore, the meaning of the Mohists' so-called son of heaven can only be "everyone is the son of heaven", and the chosen son of heaven is actually the first citizen who serves as a marker.

As for what the scholar was worried about, I felt that the other party could not understand the concept of patriotism in later generations.

Scholars feel that there must be an orthodox emperor, so as to ensure that people in the world know that they are people in the world.

But in fact, people of future generations will stand up when they hear the national anthem, stand still when they see the flag raising, and feel distressed when they hear the disaster in their own country thousands of miles away...

A country does not necessarily need a virtual monarch as the representative of the entire country, but can be replaced by a community of consciousness.

Since I think so, I really have nothing to talk about with the other party.

The conditions given by the other party have nothing to impress Shi, and they are not even worth using.

Now Tianzi Zhou wants to be a watch that can be used by anyone, and begs the Mo family to take him up to spend some money. Qualifications are gone.

Mohist used Daoism and Tianzhi to usurp a certain sense of theocracy and legal system; used nature to endow the jurisprudence of seizing power and land reform; used the concept of equality that everyone in the world is the son of the Emperor of Heaven and the Son of Heaven as the first citizen to distort the concept of the Son of Heaven. meaning.

100 to [-] infantry, [-] cavalry, and more than [-] bronze cannons made the orthodoxy and the concept of the emperor only obey their will.Either accept it or be conquered by violence. This is the most authoritative thing in the world. Some people use violence to force others to accept their will.

(End of this chapter)