Chapter 211
: Inner and Outer Sighs
Chapter 211
This incitement is extremely shameless, and it is suspected of taking advantage of others' danger, which is not the work of a gentleman.
As the saying goes, it is not benevolent to take advantage of others' danger!
It is not suitable for "benevolence", but the "benevolence" of the Mohists is "benevolence", but the "benevolence" of the Mohists is completely different from the "benevolence" mainstream in the world at this time.
Mo Zhai's attitude towards Duke Chu's succession after the Baigong Rebellion was the reason why Gongsun Ze hated the Mohist all his life, and also the reason why his understanding of "benevolence" was completely different.
No matter how stupid the people present were, they could understand the meaning of the words.
As I said before, Song Gong, Sicheng, Liuqing, doctors, and even scholars... all have reasons to defend the city, but the peasants, businessmen and commerce do not, because the city's change of hands has nothing to do with them, and basically does not touch their interests. .
Now it is said that defending the city needs some reasons, how can everyone not understand?
Now there are helpers and farming assistants in the city. They need money to do things, and they don’t do things without money, but no one says they are shameless, despicable or even immoral.
If guarding the city is also doing something, you have to ask for some reward from the beneficiary: if you don’t give it, you don’t defend it. Anyway, after the city is broken, the peasants and businessmen will still be the common peasants, but those who eat meat will suffer. Not every family is like Chen Tian Generally, those who can make a comeback in a foreign country.
In the craftsman's association, there were three or five "gentlemen", and they said, "This... I'm afraid it was not done by good people."
Hearing this, Shi said, "Do you think it's like someone has a lot of money but is threatened by a tiger, and someone happens to be able to kill the tiger, so before killing the tiger, he asks for that person's wealth. Kill? Is this not a kind person?"
This metaphor is very simple, and those few moral gentlemen said: "That's exactly it."
Shi shook his head and said: "That's right. But if the family has a rich family and is a kind person, shouldn't it be agreed before others ask?"
Someone said: "Others are unkind, is it the reason for my unkindness?"
Shida wondered: "Whose theory is this? My Mohists don't have such a theory, and even our mortal enemy, the Confucian scholars, don't have this kind of reasoning either. Zhongni once said, how can you repay a grievance with virtue? I have never heard of a Confucian scholar." There is such a reason."
"Yang Zhu? They just want to value themselves, and there is no such reason. Who in the world has such a reason?"
How does the speaker know the words of these many characters?It's just that hundreds of years of moral indoctrination made them subconsciously feel that this kind of thing is wrong, it seems... unrighteous, unkind, and immoral.
How can we take advantage of the exhaustion of the monarch and nobles to win benefits from them?This is obviously an immoral thing. It always feels very bad to do this, and you are not a good person!
The few people thought for a while, then murmured: "You Mohists are all good people, and you can all die for others, isn't this the reason for your mutual love?"
Shi laughed loudly and said, "It's not that Mohists can die for others, but they can die for the benefit of the world. This is different. You are a craftsman, then you sell the things you make and collect other people's money. Isn't what you said immoral?"
The number of these people in the Craftsman Association is small, and Shen Fu and others have long been unable to listen to such a truth. When they said this, they burst into laughter and said: "It should be like this. When I make a wheel, I always have to do it." Sell it for a price. Now that you want to defend the city, you can sell it for a price."
Shi smiled and said: "That's right, you are not Mohist. We Mohist know that defending the city is for the benefit of the world, and you also have to know what you are defending the city for, right?"
The inflammatory discourse elicited from this began to spread in the artisan association, and everyone gathered around Shizhi, discussing the relationship between the state, nobles, princes, and common people, discussing why the city should be defended, and why should it be paid? Military Fu...
Similar words, similar incitements, began to spread among artisans, farmers, merchants, and servant boys.
At night, the people from the Propaganda Department took advantage of the convenience of defending the city and the convenience of organizing the people in the city to start the largest propaganda and agitation since the defense of the city... or incitement.
Why defend the city?
Once this becomes a problem, it is destined to be not just a problem of defending the city.
…………
On the same night, in the capital of Wei thousands of miles away, Prince Lian Zheng of Qin, who had been in exile for many years, and rebel Mo Shengchuo and others were drinking, with distressed faces and long sighs.
What sighed and sighed was not the fate of being expelled when he should have become the king, or exiled when he should have inherited the throne.
What Young Master Lian lamented was the battle of Xihe.
It has been a long time since the news that the Chu people went north to fight for hegemony, and the envoys sent by the Song people to ask for reinforcements have already arrived. This is a major event in the world, and it is also the resurgence of the dispute between Jin and Chu.
A month ago, Young Master Lian received a piece of news that made him feel mixed.
The people of Qin mobilized men over the age of 15 in several cities to fight back against Xihe, and cooperated with the people of Chu to go north to suppress the hegemony of the Three Jins and stabilize the aggressive situation after the three Jins defeated Qi.
The young master had joys and worries a few months ago.
The happy thing is that he is Young Master Qin, even though the current Qin Jun is not him, and even hurt him, but he is from Qin after all.
Xihe is the pain of the Qin people, especially after Wu Qi, who once killed his wife and begged for a general, guarded Xihe, it made the pain a little bit worse.
Now, the people of Qin finally seized the opportunity of the people of Chu to go north. Obviously, they sent troops to seize Xihe after they formed an alliance with the people of Chu to communicate with each other.
If Xihe could be obtained, Young Master Lian felt that he should be happy.
However, he was just as worried.
If the Qin people won this time and got Xihe, then he, the exiled son, would never have the chance to return to Yongcheng to inherit the throne in his life.
Prestige, fame, aura, popular support... everything will be accompanied by the success of this counterattack against Xihe, making the Qin Jun at this time reach the peak.
Although he is from Qin, he hopes to regain the position of Lord Qin after all.
This kind of mixed emotion, at this moment, all turned into bitterness, helplessness, and resentment.
Because of the joy of joy, it was shattered.
Because of worry, the worry dissipated.
The villain who killed his wife and begged for the general defeated the Qin army again. While launching a counterattack, he sent the news of Xihe Wuyou back to the capital of Wei, and the Wei people celebrated for several days.
Since that villain with low morals guarded Xihe, the Qin people's several counterattacks all failed, and there was no result.
What's even more frightening is that this villain is not only a general, but also a person who can be seen as a general.
Not only can he manage the army, but he can also govern the country. Xihe is under the governance of this person, and the Qin people have been fleeing continuously.
This is a long time.
The young master was extremely depressed.
Weiss treats him kindly, but he also knows the reason why Weiss treats him kindly is because he is qualified to be Weiss' puppet.
However, the conflict between Qin and Wei was deepening day by day. If he relied on the power of the Wei people to regain the throne in the future, he would have to rely on the Wei people for the rest of his life, otherwise he would not be able to suppress the aristocratic people of his own country.
Fortunately, a few years ago, those capable rebels turned to him and gave him a very clear solution: we can't rely on the Wei people to seize the throne, but only rely on the internal turmoil of the Qin people to return.
But after all, Qin and Wei were too close.
The Wei people had the dangers of Xiaoguan, Hangu Pass, and Hequ, while the Qin people had only one plain left, which was almost at the point where there was no danger to defend.
Now that the battle in Xihe was defeated, Weiss also invited Young Master Lian to the celebration banquet, and Young Master Lian had no choice but to attend.
At the celebration dinner, Young Master Lian saw Duan Ganmu, Li Kui, Tian Zifang, Wei Chengzi, Zhai Huang... and other virtuous ministers who made the Wei people strong.
This made him even more depressed than the defeat in the Xihe battle.
Now, the Chu people are besieging the Song Dynasty, and the envoys of the Song people have been in Wei for a long time. At the celebration dinner, Weiss has stated that he will soon break the siege of the Song Kingdom, thereby defeating the Chu Kingdom and inheriting the hegemony of the Jin Dynasty.
The young master is even depressed.
There are many strong people in the world, and the Sanjin family is one.Qi has been defeated by Linqiu, and Qin has been defeated by Xihe. If the Chu people are defeated by Shangqiu again, who in this world can control Wei?
After drinking several cups of the strange clear spirits brought in by the businessman from other places, Young Master Lian was a little dizzy. He couldn't help but think of the song that Jizi sang when he passed the Yin Ruins, and finally held back his long sigh.
He looked at Sheng Chuo who was sitting at the bottom, and asked with an indescribably strange mentality: "Do you think the people of Chu can defeat the people of Wei in Shangqiu?"
Hearing this, Sheng Chuo understood what Gong Zilian meant.
An enemy's enemy is a friend. The Wei people are already so powerful and have Xihe. If they can be defeated by the Chu people, it seems to be beneficial to the Qin people.
At least, it seems so.
Or maybe, Gong Zilian was just depressed and didn't know how to face Wei, a behemoth.This colossal Wei with Wu Qi, Li Kui, Ximen Bao, Zhai Huang and other talents seems to only hope that the Chu people can defeat the Wei people.
At least, it can make him feel that the Wei people can be defeated.
But now, the Wei people are undefeated.
Destroying Zhongshan, breaking Jiang Qi, seizing Xihe, three-point Jin... So far there is no defeat... Even when Qi Huan dominated, there was still a battle of long spoons that was defeated by Ruolu!
The son-in-law company needs a fantasy, or a hope, a hope that the Wei people can be defeated.
Sheng Chuo is very smart, so he understands what Gong Zilian wants to hear.
But Sheng Chuo got up and saluted, and said in a very solemn and unchangeable tone: "The Chu people will be defeated. Shangqiu is guarded by Zi Mozi, and the Chu people can't break through. The troops are exhausted from the expedition and the siege is exhausted. The Wei people will send troops this time. Sheng Chu!"
Perhaps in order to make Young Master Lian more sober, he said loudly: "Not only is it a great victory, but I am afraid that Han and Wei will be united. Even if the people of Zheng have blood feuds with Han, they have to be hired by Wei. The people of Song must be pro-Wei and rebel against Chu." ! Wei people's hegemony is unstoppable!"
The young master hesitated when he heard the words, the wine bottle in his hand almost fell to the ground, and he sighed: "Who would have thought that the people who begged for food from Wulu savages in the past could achieve what they are today?"
He glanced at Sheng Chuo, shaking and apologizing, "Yes, it's your husband who guards Shangqiu. Even with your skills, how could it be possible for the people of Chu to break through Shangqiu?"
Even though he was drunk, Young Master Lian still maintained his sobriety: Although these traitors are out for fame and fortune, they still have their own pride, and they cannot be neglected, let alone feel a little insulted.
Without him, the young master is nothing even now, but these capable people can go anywhere.
Seeing what Young Master Lian said, Sheng Chuo said solemnly, "I can understand what Young Master is looking forward to. But Zi Mozi and the Mohist will all guard Shangqiu, and the people of Chu will be defeated. In my eyes, it is in your favor. I don't think so." Know why you feel depressed."
(End of this chapter)
This incitement is extremely shameless, and it is suspected of taking advantage of others' danger, which is not the work of a gentleman.
As the saying goes, it is not benevolent to take advantage of others' danger!
It is not suitable for "benevolence", but the "benevolence" of the Mohists is "benevolence", but the "benevolence" of the Mohists is completely different from the "benevolence" mainstream in the world at this time.
Mo Zhai's attitude towards Duke Chu's succession after the Baigong Rebellion was the reason why Gongsun Ze hated the Mohist all his life, and also the reason why his understanding of "benevolence" was completely different.
No matter how stupid the people present were, they could understand the meaning of the words.
As I said before, Song Gong, Sicheng, Liuqing, doctors, and even scholars... all have reasons to defend the city, but the peasants, businessmen and commerce do not, because the city's change of hands has nothing to do with them, and basically does not touch their interests. .
Now it is said that defending the city needs some reasons, how can everyone not understand?
Now there are helpers and farming assistants in the city. They need money to do things, and they don’t do things without money, but no one says they are shameless, despicable or even immoral.
If guarding the city is also doing something, you have to ask for some reward from the beneficiary: if you don’t give it, you don’t defend it. Anyway, after the city is broken, the peasants and businessmen will still be the common peasants, but those who eat meat will suffer. Not every family is like Chen Tian Generally, those who can make a comeback in a foreign country.
In the craftsman's association, there were three or five "gentlemen", and they said, "This... I'm afraid it was not done by good people."
Hearing this, Shi said, "Do you think it's like someone has a lot of money but is threatened by a tiger, and someone happens to be able to kill the tiger, so before killing the tiger, he asks for that person's wealth. Kill? Is this not a kind person?"
This metaphor is very simple, and those few moral gentlemen said: "That's exactly it."
Shi shook his head and said: "That's right. But if the family has a rich family and is a kind person, shouldn't it be agreed before others ask?"
Someone said: "Others are unkind, is it the reason for my unkindness?"
Shida wondered: "Whose theory is this? My Mohists don't have such a theory, and even our mortal enemy, the Confucian scholars, don't have this kind of reasoning either. Zhongni once said, how can you repay a grievance with virtue? I have never heard of a Confucian scholar." There is such a reason."
"Yang Zhu? They just want to value themselves, and there is no such reason. Who in the world has such a reason?"
How does the speaker know the words of these many characters?It's just that hundreds of years of moral indoctrination made them subconsciously feel that this kind of thing is wrong, it seems... unrighteous, unkind, and immoral.
How can we take advantage of the exhaustion of the monarch and nobles to win benefits from them?This is obviously an immoral thing. It always feels very bad to do this, and you are not a good person!
The few people thought for a while, then murmured: "You Mohists are all good people, and you can all die for others, isn't this the reason for your mutual love?"
Shi laughed loudly and said, "It's not that Mohists can die for others, but they can die for the benefit of the world. This is different. You are a craftsman, then you sell the things you make and collect other people's money. Isn't what you said immoral?"
The number of these people in the Craftsman Association is small, and Shen Fu and others have long been unable to listen to such a truth. When they said this, they burst into laughter and said: "It should be like this. When I make a wheel, I always have to do it." Sell it for a price. Now that you want to defend the city, you can sell it for a price."
Shi smiled and said: "That's right, you are not Mohist. We Mohist know that defending the city is for the benefit of the world, and you also have to know what you are defending the city for, right?"
The inflammatory discourse elicited from this began to spread in the artisan association, and everyone gathered around Shizhi, discussing the relationship between the state, nobles, princes, and common people, discussing why the city should be defended, and why should it be paid? Military Fu...
Similar words, similar incitements, began to spread among artisans, farmers, merchants, and servant boys.
At night, the people from the Propaganda Department took advantage of the convenience of defending the city and the convenience of organizing the people in the city to start the largest propaganda and agitation since the defense of the city... or incitement.
Why defend the city?
Once this becomes a problem, it is destined to be not just a problem of defending the city.
…………
On the same night, in the capital of Wei thousands of miles away, Prince Lian Zheng of Qin, who had been in exile for many years, and rebel Mo Shengchuo and others were drinking, with distressed faces and long sighs.
What sighed and sighed was not the fate of being expelled when he should have become the king, or exiled when he should have inherited the throne.
What Young Master Lian lamented was the battle of Xihe.
It has been a long time since the news that the Chu people went north to fight for hegemony, and the envoys sent by the Song people to ask for reinforcements have already arrived. This is a major event in the world, and it is also the resurgence of the dispute between Jin and Chu.
A month ago, Young Master Lian received a piece of news that made him feel mixed.
The people of Qin mobilized men over the age of 15 in several cities to fight back against Xihe, and cooperated with the people of Chu to go north to suppress the hegemony of the Three Jins and stabilize the aggressive situation after the three Jins defeated Qi.
The young master had joys and worries a few months ago.
The happy thing is that he is Young Master Qin, even though the current Qin Jun is not him, and even hurt him, but he is from Qin after all.
Xihe is the pain of the Qin people, especially after Wu Qi, who once killed his wife and begged for a general, guarded Xihe, it made the pain a little bit worse.
Now, the people of Qin finally seized the opportunity of the people of Chu to go north. Obviously, they sent troops to seize Xihe after they formed an alliance with the people of Chu to communicate with each other.
If Xihe could be obtained, Young Master Lian felt that he should be happy.
However, he was just as worried.
If the Qin people won this time and got Xihe, then he, the exiled son, would never have the chance to return to Yongcheng to inherit the throne in his life.
Prestige, fame, aura, popular support... everything will be accompanied by the success of this counterattack against Xihe, making the Qin Jun at this time reach the peak.
Although he is from Qin, he hopes to regain the position of Lord Qin after all.
This kind of mixed emotion, at this moment, all turned into bitterness, helplessness, and resentment.
Because of the joy of joy, it was shattered.
Because of worry, the worry dissipated.
The villain who killed his wife and begged for the general defeated the Qin army again. While launching a counterattack, he sent the news of Xihe Wuyou back to the capital of Wei, and the Wei people celebrated for several days.
Since that villain with low morals guarded Xihe, the Qin people's several counterattacks all failed, and there was no result.
What's even more frightening is that this villain is not only a general, but also a person who can be seen as a general.
Not only can he manage the army, but he can also govern the country. Xihe is under the governance of this person, and the Qin people have been fleeing continuously.
This is a long time.
The young master was extremely depressed.
Weiss treats him kindly, but he also knows the reason why Weiss treats him kindly is because he is qualified to be Weiss' puppet.
However, the conflict between Qin and Wei was deepening day by day. If he relied on the power of the Wei people to regain the throne in the future, he would have to rely on the Wei people for the rest of his life, otherwise he would not be able to suppress the aristocratic people of his own country.
Fortunately, a few years ago, those capable rebels turned to him and gave him a very clear solution: we can't rely on the Wei people to seize the throne, but only rely on the internal turmoil of the Qin people to return.
But after all, Qin and Wei were too close.
The Wei people had the dangers of Xiaoguan, Hangu Pass, and Hequ, while the Qin people had only one plain left, which was almost at the point where there was no danger to defend.
Now that the battle in Xihe was defeated, Weiss also invited Young Master Lian to the celebration banquet, and Young Master Lian had no choice but to attend.
At the celebration dinner, Young Master Lian saw Duan Ganmu, Li Kui, Tian Zifang, Wei Chengzi, Zhai Huang... and other virtuous ministers who made the Wei people strong.
This made him even more depressed than the defeat in the Xihe battle.
Now, the Chu people are besieging the Song Dynasty, and the envoys of the Song people have been in Wei for a long time. At the celebration dinner, Weiss has stated that he will soon break the siege of the Song Kingdom, thereby defeating the Chu Kingdom and inheriting the hegemony of the Jin Dynasty.
The young master is even depressed.
There are many strong people in the world, and the Sanjin family is one.Qi has been defeated by Linqiu, and Qin has been defeated by Xihe. If the Chu people are defeated by Shangqiu again, who in this world can control Wei?
After drinking several cups of the strange clear spirits brought in by the businessman from other places, Young Master Lian was a little dizzy. He couldn't help but think of the song that Jizi sang when he passed the Yin Ruins, and finally held back his long sigh.
He looked at Sheng Chuo who was sitting at the bottom, and asked with an indescribably strange mentality: "Do you think the people of Chu can defeat the people of Wei in Shangqiu?"
Hearing this, Sheng Chuo understood what Gong Zilian meant.
An enemy's enemy is a friend. The Wei people are already so powerful and have Xihe. If they can be defeated by the Chu people, it seems to be beneficial to the Qin people.
At least, it seems so.
Or maybe, Gong Zilian was just depressed and didn't know how to face Wei, a behemoth.This colossal Wei with Wu Qi, Li Kui, Ximen Bao, Zhai Huang and other talents seems to only hope that the Chu people can defeat the Wei people.
At least, it can make him feel that the Wei people can be defeated.
But now, the Wei people are undefeated.
Destroying Zhongshan, breaking Jiang Qi, seizing Xihe, three-point Jin... So far there is no defeat... Even when Qi Huan dominated, there was still a battle of long spoons that was defeated by Ruolu!
The son-in-law company needs a fantasy, or a hope, a hope that the Wei people can be defeated.
Sheng Chuo is very smart, so he understands what Gong Zilian wants to hear.
But Sheng Chuo got up and saluted, and said in a very solemn and unchangeable tone: "The Chu people will be defeated. Shangqiu is guarded by Zi Mozi, and the Chu people can't break through. The troops are exhausted from the expedition and the siege is exhausted. The Wei people will send troops this time. Sheng Chu!"
Perhaps in order to make Young Master Lian more sober, he said loudly: "Not only is it a great victory, but I am afraid that Han and Wei will be united. Even if the people of Zheng have blood feuds with Han, they have to be hired by Wei. The people of Song must be pro-Wei and rebel against Chu." ! Wei people's hegemony is unstoppable!"
The young master hesitated when he heard the words, the wine bottle in his hand almost fell to the ground, and he sighed: "Who would have thought that the people who begged for food from Wulu savages in the past could achieve what they are today?"
He glanced at Sheng Chuo, shaking and apologizing, "Yes, it's your husband who guards Shangqiu. Even with your skills, how could it be possible for the people of Chu to break through Shangqiu?"
Even though he was drunk, Young Master Lian still maintained his sobriety: Although these traitors are out for fame and fortune, they still have their own pride, and they cannot be neglected, let alone feel a little insulted.
Without him, the young master is nothing even now, but these capable people can go anywhere.
Seeing what Young Master Lian said, Sheng Chuo said solemnly, "I can understand what Young Master is looking forward to. But Zi Mozi and the Mohist will all guard Shangqiu, and the people of Chu will be defeated. In my eyes, it is in your favor. I don't think so." Know why you feel depressed."
(End of this chapter)