Can I get to the other side?

The Mohist family began to decline after the Spring and Autumn Period. In the most difficult period, the inheritance was almost cut off, and there were only a few disciples.

Looking at other schools of thought, Confucianism has become the mainstream. Most of the scholars in the world are Confucian disciples. Others, such as Legalists, Taoists, and military strategists, also have many disciples. Even the most inconspicuous novelist is very popular among the people. welcome.

Only they, the Mo family, had an extremely difficult time surviving.

Therefore, after Meng Yang became the great son of the Mohist family, he has been thinking about the reasons for the decline of the Mohist family, because as a great son, he has the responsibility and obligation to make the Mohist family prosperous again.

After studying for such a long time, he finally discovered why the Mohist school declined - the fundamental reason was that there were too few people who could accept their ideas.

The etiquette, law and morality advocated by Confucianism can restrain the people; the severe punishment laws advocated by Legalism are indispensable to the country; the military tactics of military strategists are the basis of a country's military force.

Taoist ideas are of no benefit to the country, but seeking immortality and immortality can attract countless people; doctors and farmers are inseparable from life.

Each family plays a decisive role in the court and the people, so they can continue to develop and never stop.

The most important point is that their concepts and functions are separate.

Take Legalism as an example. Legalism hopes that the court will impose strict laws and use torture to make the people fearful and afraid to commit crimes.

But the imperial court would not adopt such a concept because it was too cruel, and the imperial court would only use Legalists to formulate the laws that the imperial court needed.

If that's the case, then why can't they, the Mo family?

The Mo family mastered various technologies and had profound knowledge in smelting, mechanisms, mathematics, etc. They were also of great use to the court.

As long as they don't blindly promote the concepts of "universal love" and "non-aggression", but give full play to the areas where the Mohists are good at, then the Mohists can also be reused.

Although this approach is inconsistent with the philosophy that his Mohist family has always adhered to, the most important thing is to let the Mohist family continue.

This is also the reason why Meng Yang chose to agree rather than refuse when he knew that the emperor was interested in their Mohist technology.

After listening to Meng Yang's words, Liu Xie took a deep look at him, nodded and said: "Juzi is indeed a very human being, and the Mohist family will be revived because of you!"

"I want to create a smelting bureau and recruit a group of skilled craftsmen to specialize in technical research. Is Juzi willing to bring the children of the Mohist family to join us?"

This generation of great Mohists is not as pedantic as the great Mohists of previous generations. This surprised Liu Xie, but this is a good thing.

On the one hand, the Mohists are superb in their mechanical skills, and more importantly, the Mohists have unique innovation and research spirits. These two things are the most important.

This is the difference between ordinary craftsmen and Momen disciples.

Meng Yang bowed slightly. He did not rush to agree, but asked first: "May I ask, Your Majesty, what are the main tasks of the Smelting Bureau?"

Liu Xie said bluntly: "It is mainly responsible for researching smelting and institutions. It is also responsible for training craftsmen and building ordnance. It is not under the jurisdiction of anyone except me."

"In addition, you can also invent and research some artifacts on your own, whether they are used by the army or the common people. As long as they are useful, I will give you a heavy reward."

"It's even possible to become a prince by virtue of invention."

Liu Xie gave Meng Yang a big cake on the spot.

Of course, this is not a big deal. As long as these Mohist disciples can really come up with inventions that satisfy him, rewards and titles will be indispensable.

"Fen, make a marquis?"

The Mohist disciples behind Meng Yang were shocked when they heard this. Since ancient times, there have been only three ways to obtain a title, either through the legacy of one's ancestors, through becoming an official, or through military merit.

But the emperor actually allowed them to obtain knighthoods based on their inventions?

And it’s still a waiting list!

Even Meng Yang didn't expect that the emperor could make such a generous promise, not only giving them great autonomy, but also giving them a way to obtain titles!

This was something I couldn’t even imagine before!

Meng Yang felt that even the slightest hesitation was disrespectful to the emperor, so he immediately leaned over and said: "I, the Mo family, are willing to join the Yezao Bureau!"

His intuition told him that if he did not join the Smelting Bureau, he would definitely regret it for the rest of his life.

The Mohist family will also lose its best chance of prosperity!

Those Mohist disciples were still a little dissatisfied with Meng Yang's willingness to accept the imperial mission, but at this time all these dissatisfactions disappeared.

Well, there is no shame in relying on your own ability to make a living.

Presumably, Grandmaster wouldn't blame them.

Besides, there is no conflict between making a living and promoting Mohist ideals. If the emperor does not accept their ideas, there is nothing he can do about it, right?

"good."

Liu Xie smiled and said: "The smelting bureau will be handed over to Juzi. I will also select a group of skilled craftsmen to join. I also ask Juzi not to be stingy with his guidance."

"Your Majesty, please rest assured that I will live up to your Majesty's expectations!"

Meng Yang said firmly.

The techniques of their Mohist family have always been regarded as eccentric and heretical, but the emperor valued these techniques so much that he specially selected people to teach them. This was an opportunity for their Mohist family to develop disciples!

So how could he be unwilling?

After successfully recruiting Meng Yang, a powerful figure of the Mohist family, Liu Xie asked him to step aside and go back earlier to gather the other Mohist disciples together.

"In this way, the manpower problem of the Smelting Bureau will be solved."

A stone in Liu Xie's heart finally fell to the ground.

Because the Metallurgical Bureau is not only used to replace the functions of the Zhen family, but also related to various research and development in the future in his plan.

He had the idea of ​​establishing the Metallurgical Bureau a long time ago, and this time it just happened to go with the flow to complete the matter.

Next, just wait for Fa Zheng to go to Wuji County to check the accounts of the Zhen family, and then he can start to recover the financial power.

…

After returning from the palace, Meng Yang summoned all the disciples of the Mohist School to Yecheng, about hundreds of people.

To be honest, this number is not much. Unlike other schools of thought that have disciples all over the world, the Mohist School now has only these few disciples left.

Of course, talents are more valuable than quantity, and these hundreds of Mohist disciples are enough.

Liu Xie specially set aside a piece of land in the southern suburbs of Yecheng as the headquarters of the Metallurgical Bureau temporarily, and selected a group of skilled old craftsmen and talented young craftsmen to join the Metallurgical Bureau to study.

The Metallurgical Bureau is not under the jurisdiction of any department, but is directly responsible to the emperor by Meng Yang, in order to ensure its independence and autonomy to the greatest extent.

The Armoury Supervisor complained about this. They felt that the Metallurgical Bureau had taken their jobs. Shouldn't they just leave the R\u0026D technology to them?

In fact, this was not the case. The Armoury Supervisor had developed to this point, and their thinking patterns and systems had already been fixed. It was difficult to innovate on the original technology.

It was okay to let them be responsible for mass production, but forget about R\u0026D.

The Metallurgical Bureau was newly established. With the addition of Mohist disciples and guaranteed independence, its development potential would be much higher than that of the Armoury Supervisor.

At the same time, the imperial envoy team sent by Liu Xie to thoroughly investigate the accounts of the Zhen family also arrived in Wuji County.

Due to the continuous heavy snow during this period, the journey was very difficult and took more than half a month to arrive.

The Zhen family had long learned about the arrival of the imperial envoy team, so they sent their clansmen out of the city to welcome them early.

Ten miles outside Wuji County.

The Zhen clan elders stood in the snow and cheered up after seeing the carriage coming not far away.

The carriage stopped in front of the welcoming team.

The curtain of one of the carriages was opened, and Zhen Yi walked down from it. He came to the middle carriage and said with a smile: "Fa Yushi, you have been exhausted on this journey."

"It's still early now, why don't you go to my Zhen's house and sit there, so that I can show my hospitality as a host?"

This time, he followed the imperial envoy team back to Wuji County on the pretext of assisting in checking the accounts, and he also informed the clan of this news in advance, so the Zhen family sent people to wait here.

But the curtain of the carriage was not opened, and only Fa Zheng's indifferent voice was heard from inside: "Thank you for your kindness, sir, but I have an imperial decree this time, so I'm sorry I can't obey your order."

"The sir should go back to the house and rest. I will visit you tomorrow. I hope that sir Zhen will prepare various accounts for me to check."

After that, the team continued to move forward and went to the post station.

Looking at the black carriage slowly passing in front of him, Zhen Yi still kept a smile on his face, and the smile slowly disappeared after the carriage went away.

Instead, a gloomy look appeared.

The elder of the third family came forward and asked: "Master, what happened? Why did the emperor suddenly send someone to check the accounts?"

They were all shocked when they heard the news.

Checking the accounts is not a small matter.

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"Let's talk about it when we get back."

Zhen Yi said this in a deep voice, then got on the carriage and went to Wuji County with a group of Zhen family members.

Separate from Fa Zheng's carriage.

...

After returning to the mansion, Zhen Yi dismissed a group of servants and discussed matters with the elders of the Zhen family in the hall, and the content was naturally the matter of the emperor sending people to check the accounts this time.

Everyone in the hall focused their eyes on Zhen Yi, and Zhen Yi took a sip of tea, and then slowly said: "Something happened."

This sentence shocked everyone.

The elder of the second family asked first: "What happened? What happened? Did His Majesty not agree to let the noble stay in Wuji County?"

"But what does this have to do with sending an imperial envoy to check the accounts?"

He couldn't figure out the connection between the two, and he didn't understand what the emperor in Yecheng was thinking.

Zhen Yi sighed and said: "It has nothing to do with this matter. His Majesty also agreed to let the noble return to Yecheng after giving birth to the dragon heir in Wuji County."

"The problem lies in the batch of disaster relief supplies we intercepted."

The second day after he left the palace, he received news that the emperor was going to send someone to check his Zhen family's accounts, and he certainly understood what this decree meant.

The emperor was unhappy.

Their deliberate interception of disaster relief supplies caused the emperor's dissatisfaction, so he sent someone to check the accounts.

But whether it was to check the accounts of this disaster relief supplies or all the accounts of their Zhen family, that was unknown.

"I said this wouldn't work!"

The elder of the fourth house was shocked when he heard this, and angrily said to the elder of the second house: "Disaster relief is something that your majesty values. How can you tamper with this matter?"

"Now it's in trouble, right? Look at your good idea!"

It was the elder of the second house who proposed this suggestion to let your majesty see the "importance" of their Zhen family and choose to intercept this batch of supplies.

As a result, this matter has become a big deal now!

The elder of the second house said with a sullen face: "When I proposed this method, you agreed to it. Now that something has happened, you blame me alone?"

"Do you still have any shame!"

The old man from the Sanfang clan said: "If you hadn't proposed this method, would we have approved it? And aside from the facts, wouldn't you be right?"

The second-fang clan elder was speechless by this sentence and almost got angry and carried it away.

"Okay, stop arguing!"

Zhen Yi couldn't stand it any longer. He slapped the desk to stop the quarrel among the clan elders, and then sighed: "This matter can be big or small. It's not as serious as you think."

"His Majesty is just dissatisfied with what our Zhen family did this time and sent people to beat us. We just need to confess our sins honestly and hand over the supplies and give whatever excuses we want and we will be fine. Your Majesty will not do too much. pursue.”

"What I'm mainly worried about is His Majesty's attitude. If Your Majesty checks not just the intercepted batch of relief supplies this time, but all the accounts, this matter will be no small matter."

"That means His Majesty may no longer want our Zhen family to continue to control the finances."

"So we must handle this matter properly and deal with it carefully so as not to offend His Majesty again."

"Where are those relief supplies now?"

The Zhen family has controlled the financial power for such a long time, and I don't know how much benefit they have derived from it. It can be said that they have made a lot of money.

If the emperor doesn't care about it, it will be fine, but if he cares about it, the crime will be astonishing!

After the words fell, the hall suddenly became quiet.

Seeing this, Zhen Yi frowned and said, "Why don't you say anything? Now we have to find a way to appease His Majesty and hand over the supplies quickly."

The clan elders' eyes flickered and they were silent.

Zhen Yi was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and then reacted instantly, widening his eyes and saying: "You, have you already swallowed that batch of supplies?!"

The elder of the Sanfang clan coughed lightly and said, "I didn't swallow it all, just a little bit... By the way, we also gave your eldest brother some of it."

"You guys are crazy!!"

Zhen Yi was so angry that he threw the fine porcelain tea bowl in his hand, slapped the table and said: "This batch of disaster relief materials must be handed over in the end no matter what. We are only temporarily withholding it, how dare you embezzle it!"

"Have you forgotten His Majesty's attitude towards land occupation during the last pioneering policy? Do you know the consequences of doing so!"

"You idiots!"

Zhen Yi just wanted to curse at this moment. It took two months to prepare this batch of relief supplies, and now they have been swallowed up!

What does this ask him to hand over!

Zhen Yi turned livid with anger and said angrily: "I don't care what you do, no matter what, you must get this batch of supplies back to me as soon as possible!"

"It's too late."

The elder of the second room shook his head and said: "This batch of materials has been resold and distributed to businesses in various states."

"It's winter now, and these supplies are in hot demand everywhere, especially those clothes, shoes and hats made of wool, which are extremely popular and sell out very quickly."

"It's impossible to get it back."

After hearing this, Zhen Yi felt her eyes darken, and she fainted.

"Master! Master, what's wrong with you?!"

"Call someone! Call the doctor!"

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