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While the war in Sizhou was in full swing, Liu Xie, who was far away in Yecheng, Jizhou, was also working to take back the power delegated to the Zhen family.

After the court meeting, Liu Xie summoned Jia Xu to the Xuanshi Hall and asked, "Wenhe, have you found the Mohist master that I asked you to find before?"

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Your Majesty, I have found the Mohist master according to your instructions, and he happens to be in Wei County now."

"Is this true?"

Liu Xie was immediately delighted when he heard this, and immediately said, "Quickly summon the Mohist master to the palace, I want to see him in person!"

Hearing Liu Xie's words, Jia Xu showed embarrassment on his face, He said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being blunt, this Mohist master and his disciples are all a bunch of weirdos."

"I have sent people to find this Mohist master many times, but he avoided me."

"This man usually lives in seclusion in the countryside, and brings his disciples to help the people build houses, dams and water wheels for free. He has a great reputation among the people, so I can't force him."

If he hadn't been concerned about the reputation of the court, he would have asked the embroidered envoy to forcibly tie up this Mohist master.

"Are there still Mohist disciples left now?"

Guo Jia was a little surprised to hear this.

The Mohist school originated in the Warring States Period. Its founder was Mozi, who advocated "universal love", "non-aggression" and "honoring the virtuous", which was sharply opposed to the Confucian view.

But after the Warring States Period, the Mohist school began to decline; later, Emperor Wu set a national policy of abolishing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone, which made the Mohist school even more devastated.

In addition, the hard training, strict rules and noble ideas of Mohism itself are not achievable by everyone, so it is increasingly rare to find people who can practice Mohism.

Guo Jia originally thought that Mohist thought and doctrine had long been lost, but he never thought that they still exist in the world, and in Jizhou.

"The Mohist disciples uphold the so-called universal love and non-aggression ideas, which are simply pedantic and ridiculous. I wonder why Your Majesty summoned the Mohist masters?"

Guo Jia was very disdainful of Mohism. He was curious about why the emperor suddenly wanted to summon the Mohist masters.

Liu Xie did not hide his intentions and said directly: "I want to establish a smelting bureau, which can study weapons such as catapults, Mo Dao, and crossbows; and can study Jian'an machines, Jian'an plows and other technologies that are beneficial to people's livelihood."

"The Mohist disciples are proficient in smelting and mechanisms, so it is more appropriate for them to join the smelting bureau."

The Zhen family not only controls the court finances, but also has a large number of skilled craftsmen, and many of these craftsmen are from the Zhen family.

These craftsmen can also be absorbed into the Metallurgical Bureau, but the Metallurgical Bureau cannot be dominated by them, so he needs to support new people.

The Mohist disciples are the ones Liu Xie chose.

Although the Mohist School declined after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty abolished the Hundred Schools, the strength of the Mohist School should not be underestimated, especially the academic and technical knowledge they have.

Flying kites that can carry people, crossbow carts... Can you imagine that there were such things as gears in ancient times?

Moreover, the "Mo Jing" of the Mohist School is the closest work to scientific enlightenment in Chinese history. It was two centuries earlier than Archimedes mastered the principle of levers, and it gave a simple and rigorous definition of geometry like Euclid.

However, it did not achieve the same status as "Elements of Geometry" in the history of Western science, nor did it trigger a vigorous scientific revolution, which is lamentable.

Mozi talked about universal love, but it was a pity that he was born in the Warring States Period, an era of territory annexation where the strong preyed on the weak, and the rulers only valued his city defense skills.

Mozi talked about science, but unfortunately people would rather believe in the illusory yarrow and tortoise shells; Mozi advocated technology and inventions, but unfortunately in the eyes of the boastful officials, these were just "craftsmen's work, strange and lewd skills".

But Liu Xie would not ignore the importance of Mohism, so he asked Jia Xu to secretly find the whereabouts of Mohist disciples a long time ago.

"So that's it."

Guo Jia suddenly realized that although he looked down on Mohist thought, Mohism was indeed unique among all the schools of thought in terms of strange and lewd skills.

The emperor once dreamed that Gaozu gave him the immortal book "The Exploitation of the Works of Nature", which invented items such as "Jian'an Machine" and "Jian'an Plow", so it was normal for him to favor Mohism.

"Wenhe, you order someone to go with my order, and be sure to invite the Mohist giant into the palace, and don't be negligent or rude."

Liu Xie told Jia Xu.

It took a lot of effort to find the whereabouts of the Mohist master. He didn't want his idea of ​​building an ancient version of the "National Research Institute" to fail before it was put into action.

"I accept your order."

Jia Xu smiled bitterly in his heart, sighed and accepted the order.

...

After receiving Liu Xie's order, Jia Xu quickly sent the embroidered messenger to find the Mohist master again to convey the news of the emperor's summons.

The Mohist disciples are indeed a group of people who are difficult to understand, but they are quite chivalrous.

They pursue equality, universal love, non-aggression, oppose war, and help the weak to resist the strong. In simple terms, whoever is weak, I will help whoever is weak, and everyone should be in harmony and not fight.

However, since the unification of the world, their non-aggression concept has no place to use, because the chaos and hegemony of the princes in the Central Plains are all internal affairs of China, and they will eventually tend to be unified, and it is impossible for the previous situation of coexistence of various countries to occur again.

Therefore, since the Qin Dynasty, the Mohists no longer participated in worldly disputes, but used their own technology and knowledge to help the people and the poor in various places for free, so they are said to have a chivalrous spirit.

Weijun, a village at the foot of a mountain.

The great Mohist master now lives in seclusion in this village, and he brings a group of Mohist disciples to help the local people build water conservancy facilities and improve people's livelihood.

The Mohist school is still quite famous and loved by the people. Although the emperor and officials are very disdainful of their pedantic ideas, they are still ignored because they are honest.

After the embroidered messenger sent by Jia Xu entered the village, he politely asked an old man who was taking a nap in the sun at the entrance of the village: "Old man, where is the great Mohist master now?"

"What did you say?"

The old man looked to be in his seventies and had a bit of hearing loss. He didn't hear what he said at first.

So the official asked again politely, and said: "We are here to find the great man of the Mohist School. Can you trouble me to show us the way?"

"The great man of the Mohist School?"

The old man was stunned at first, and then he suddenly said: "You mean the young man Meng Yang? I heard people say he was a great man before."

But as soon as he said this, he noticed the knives on the waists of the embroidered messengers, and he became alert instantly.

"Why are you looking for Meng Yang? Are you here to arrest him?"

The Mohist disciples performed chivalrous and charitable deeds everywhere, and sometimes stood up for the people, so they were occasionally arrested and punished by the government.

The embroidered messenger smiled, bowed in the direction of Yecheng, and said: "We are here to invite the great man of the Mohist School to the palace for an audience with the emperor."

"Emperor, emperor?"

The old man was so scared that he almost jumped up when he heard this. He never expected that the person in front of him was actually an envoy sent by the emperor.

After hearing this, he did not dare to neglect it, and hurriedly walked up with his cane to lead them to the village.

Now that the heavy snow had just passed, many people were sweeping the snow on the road.

After the old man brought the embroidered messenger to the village, he pointed to a person sweeping the snow on the road and said, "That's Meng Yang, the Mohist master you are looking for."

"He is the Mohist master?"

The embroidered messenger was stunned when he saw this. He really didn't expect that the Mohist master would personally help the villagers sweep the snow.

Although he was surprised, the embroidered messenger did not forget the mission of this visit.

After thanking the old man, he walked over and asked respectfully, "May I ask if you are the Mohist master, Mr. Meng Yang?"

The latter looked up at him when he heard it.

Meng Yang is a young man who looks a little weak and bookish. It is hard to imagine that such a young man is the rumored Mohist master.

"It's me."

Meng Yang admitted his identity frankly, and then took a look at the gorgeous embroidered clothes faintly revealed in the other party's casual clothes, and sighed: "Why do you come to me again and again?"

"I don't seem to have violated the laws of the Han Dynasty."

This group of embroidered clothes messengers has come here to find him for the first time. He has not met them several times before.

After a long time, he thought that the other party had given up, but he didn't expect to come to the door again now.

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Although the villagers came to inform him before the other party entered the village, he was too lazy to hide this time. He wanted to see what the legendary embroidered clothes messenger wanted to do with him.

The embroidered envoy smiled slightly and said, "We are here on the orders of the emperor to invite the great master to the palace for an audience."

"The emperor?"

Hearing this, not only Meng Yang, but also many villagers and Mohist disciples behind him were shocked and looked at Meng Yang with surprised eyes.

The emperor personally sent someone to summon him to the palace for an audience.

What an honor!

Meng Yang did not expect that the embroidered envoy came to him because the emperor wanted to summon him, and he was a little panicked for a while.

"This, I... I am just a commoner, why did your majesty summon me to the palace for an audience?"

Meng Yang was no longer as calm as before, and said a little nervously.

His title of the great master of the Mohist school sounds great, but in fact he is nothing in the eyes of the court, let alone the emperor.

That is the supreme emperor!

The embroidered robed messenger smiled and said, "Mr. Xu and his disciples from the Mohist School have been doing good deeds everywhere and helping the people build water conservancy projects. His Majesty was very pleased to hear this, so he summoned Mr. Xu to the palace to meet him."

"But the most important thing is... His Majesty is interested in your Mohist School. I am not in a position to reveal the details. You will know it naturally after you enter the palace."

It was fine to hear the first part, but after hearing the latter part, Meng Yang's eyes could not help but move.

"Is your Majesty interested in our Mohist philosophy?"

"If so, then this will be a good opportunity for my Mohist philosophy to grow and develop, and my Mohist School may be revived again!"

Thinking of this possibility, Meng Yang couldn't help but feel excited, and said to the embroidered robed messenger without hesitation: "Please lead the way!"

...

The emperor summoned him, and there was no room for him to refuse. In addition, this might be a good opportunity for their Mohist School to revive, so Meng Yang would never give up.

After the young Mohist master explained the matter to the villagers, he followed the embroidered messenger to Yecheng to meet the emperor.

Yecheng Imperial Palace, Xuanshi.

Meng Yang bowed respectfully to Liu Xie and said, "I am Meng Yang, the humble man, and I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

"Is he the Mohist master?"

Liu Xie looked at Meng Yang and was a little surprised at the young age of the Mohist leader, but he quickly restrained his expression and smiled faintly, "Get up."

"I heard that the Mohist disciples have always been informal and have abandoned red tape. Why does the master have to bow to me according to etiquette when he sees me?"

He said this with a bit of a difficult and testing intention, wanting to see how courageous this Mohist master was.

The Mohist disciples who followed Meng Yang into the palace were a little uneasy, but Meng Yang himself was calm and said: "Your Majesty has misunderstood. We Mohist disciples just abandon red tape, but we are not unceremonious."

"Courtesy is both a rule and a rule. We Mohist disciples must also follow the word "rules" when we act. Without rules, there will be no square or circle."

"When you meet the emperor, you should perform etiquette. This is the rule of meeting the emperor, and it should be followed."

Meng Yang was calm and talked freely.

Such a calm appearance made Zhuge Liang, Lu Su and others look at him sideways, and even Guo Jia looked at Meng Yang with a strange look.

Liu Xie smiled and said: "You are so good at talking. It seems that the master is a Mohist debater."

Among Mohists, those who engage in debate are called "Mohist debaters"; those who engage in martial arts are called "Mohist knights."

Meng Yang's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this. His Mohist School had been in seclusion for a hundred years and was not well-known, but from the tone of the emperor just now, it seemed that he knew them very well.

For a moment, Meng Yang's curiosity became even stronger.

Liu Xie then asked: "Master, do you know why I summoned you to the palace today?"

This sentence immediately pulled Meng Yang's thoughts back. He straightened his back slightly and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, I have guessed one or two."

"Oh? What did you guess?"

"When I first heard that Your Majesty was going to summon me, I thought Your Majesty was interested in the Mohist doctrine. But I thought about it carefully. Your Majesty is really an extraordinary person. He pays more attention to achievements and makes the Han Dynasty stronger."

"And Your Majesty has previously invented Jian'an Machine, Jian'an Plow and other creations that benefit the people, so I dare to guess that Your Majesty is interested in the technology mastered by my Mohist School."

Meng Yang answered truthfully.

He thought a lot on the way here, and the more he thought, the more he felt that the emperor would not be interested in their Mohist thoughts, or any emperor would not be interested.

Then combined with the inventions that the emperor had invented before, he understood the purpose of the emperor summoning him to the palace - the emperor was really interested in his Mohist technology!

"Interesting."

Liu Xie's affection for Meng Yang became stronger and stronger, and asked: "Since you know that I am interested in your Mohist technology, why did you come to the palace to meet me this time?"

According to the Mohist's stubborn personality, he should run away and it is impossible for him to come to the palace to meet him, but Meng Yang was willing to come to the door.

However, Meng Yang's answer was quite unexpected to Liu Xie. He said solemnly: "My Mohist School originated in the Spring and Autumn Period. The reason why the kings of the past dynasties tried to win over my Mohist School was to rely on the technology mastered by my Mohist School to strengthen the army for killing. This is not what my Mohist School wants."

"But now is different from the past. There are no disputes among princes and countries in the world. Only the unification of the world can allow the people to live a peaceful and stable life."

"In addition, your majesty is a benevolent monarch who cares about the people. A monarch like your majesty is worthy of my Mohist School. My Mohist School is willing to contribute a little to be sent by your majesty!"