Chapter 70 Forming a Party for Personal Gain

The person who retorted said: "From ancient times to ancient times, there were saints such as Chao and Shennong, and the people learned to build houses, make bows and arrows, and grow food. For the sake of self-interest, everyone can no longer have to gather for the public to survive, and the world has entered the next stage. ”

This is what Mozi said, one person has one righteousness, two people have two meanings, and ten people have ten meanings. There are many people, and so are the so-called righteous people. It is the righteousness of people, and the righteousness of non-people, so they are not mutually beneficial. ”

"For the sake of self-interest, I thought that I could have the whole world; For the sake of self-interest, you also think that you can have the whole world. In terms of the world, everyone is the enemy of the rest; Everyone's enemy is the world except himself. ”

"In this case, people must elect a 'righteousness' in order to give up part of their power in exchange for being free from others."

"It's like being in the middle of a jungle, where everybody has the potential to become a tiger and eat others at will. In fact, most people are just rabbits and rats, although they have the power to become tigers, but in order to become a tiger, it is unwise to let themselves be eaten by a real tiger at any time in order to become a tiger, and it is also a big harm and a small benefit. ”

"So the people began to choose righteousness and enact laws to safeguard the interests of the people of the world."

"The people in the world are both human beings, not physical people. The Mohists have the theory of both and body, seeking the benefit of the world, and seeking to obtain a person under the concept of concurrent, not a specific person. For example, if you are so powerful that no one can kill you by yourself, and you don't commit a crime by killing someone, then you have to kill people for profit. Now the people make the law, saying that murder is guilty, and you say that it has violated your interests, but you have sought the interests of the world. Under the equality of all, the interests of the majority are for the benefit of the world, and the minority must obey the interests of the majority. ”

So the Dharma came into being, and the sage was chosen as the Son of Heaven. It's an inevitable process. ”

It's just that at that time, people did not fully comprehend the will of heaven and could not restrain the Son of Heaven from the system, so the Son of Heaven turned the public instrument of the world into a private weapon for personal interests, and from that moment on, the Son of Heaven was no longer the Son of Heaven, but a private person who violated the righteousness of the people and the covenant of the world. Private individuals cannot become the Son of Heaven, and those 'Sons of Heaven' who have turned their backs on the righteousness of all people have only continued the name of the Son of Heaven, but they are not the Sons of Heaven. ”

"It's like a cow, always saying that he is a horse, even though everyone in the world calls it a horse, but he is still a cow by nature. This nature is Tianzhi, which can be inferred and sorted out. The Son of Heaven on the Jurisprudence Heavenly Chronicles and the Son of Heaven today are just the same name, but they have no similarities at all. ”

When this person said this, he had already aroused the cries of many supporters of the Mo family, and gradually overshadowed the influence of the sword-wielding man.

He also said: "In ancient times, the righteousness of the people was the law. However, the Dharma has no mouth, no hands or feet, and cannot be punished. The law is illusory and cannot be enforced on its own. ”

"That's why there is the will of the Si Kou and the Punishment Armor to exercise the Fa, that is, one of the wills of the people. Therefore, there was a commonplace, and the city wall houses and markets were built to exert the will of the people and benefit the people; So there was Sima, and the army was assembled to train the people to exert the will of the people, so that the people would not be slaughtered and harmed, which was to benefit the people......"

And so the nations were born. At the beginning of the state, it was only to protect the interests of everyone, but in the end it was stolen as a private weapon, which is the root cause of the great chaos in the world......"

"Since the Mo family said that they would choose the Son of Heaven, I think that this can make the law, choose the six officials such as Sikou, Sikong, Sima, and Situ, and those who are in line with the interests of the people can be served; If it does not meet the requirements, it will be replaced. That's right! ”

"It is said that the world is governed by things, and there is a saying that the symptoms are cured."

"If you make a change, it's just a symptom. What if you can benefit the people today, but what about tomorrow? ”

"If the righteousness of the ancients is restored, it is the root cause. Those who can benefit the people will go up, and those who can't benefit the people will go down! ”

"And the natural state that the man said just now, I want to go back, but I'm afraid that you didn't listen to Lao Dan and said: Absolute sainthood and abandonment of wisdom, the people benefit a hundred times; Absolute benevolence and abandonment of righteousness, and the people restore filial piety; There are no thieves who abandon profit; These three are thought to be insufficient. Therefore, the order has belonging, and it is simple and less selfish. ”

"The Mohists said that the Promised Land should be compatible with the production capacity of the world. If you want to return to nature, you must give up crops, labor, and skills; Abandon words, books, paper; discard soldiers, bows and arrows, and gunpowder; Ecstasy, brocade, jade treasure...... Let the land of the world belong to the public, and no property shall be inherited, and the world will be divided into thousands of small states, and the people in the state will be self-governing, and the property and land in the state will be returned to the public. ”

"Isn't it ridiculous to give up an acre of corn for a bean? If not, how can you go back? ”

As soon as he finished speaking, several people shouted: "It is not necessarily bad if you really want the land to be returned to the public and the property not to be inherited." What's wrong with everyone starting from scratch and trading fair labor for fair benefits? Why do you have to abandon your wisdom? ”

As soon as the supporters finished speaking, one of the farmers who gave the land shouted: "Get down!" You slurs, you have nothing. But we still want to have land! ”

"They are a group of chickens without hair, and they want to make all the chickens in the world have no hair!"

"The servants have nothing but to work for people to make a living, and of course you want the land to be returned to the public, and the property cannot be inherited."

"You go to the south of Jingchu, didn't the Mo family say that there is a big river to the south, and the land where it enters the sea is fertile, why don't you go to that small country and widows!"

"We want land, we want to have all kinds of skills, writing, books, paper, soldiers, bows, arrows, and gunpowder, but we just want to make laws so that we can get them!"

The migrant servants were also a class in the city, they were craftsmen with empty labor, not workers, because at this time only Sishang had the foundation for a large workshop that required a collaborative division of labor.

They also have their own demands and fantasies, which is not wrong, although it is only a fantasy, but it is a fantasy that will inevitably appear.

The servants who supported the small country and the widows, the return of the world to the public, and the cancellation of the inheritance sneered and scolded: "If this is the case, what is wrong with the nobles inheriting their land? ”

"You have no world in your hearts, only your own interests. Today, the king says that your taxes will be exempted, and the land will go to you, and you will not care about the poor people in the noble fiefs! ”

"Phew! You're a bunch of chickens who love their own feathers! What is the difference between your land grants and those nobles' fields? It's just that there are more of them and fewer of you! ”

Aoi and the others were already a little confused by what they said, but when they heard the servants say this, they couldn't help but scold back: "You fart." How do you know we're going to care about people from the rest of the world? Even if we seek profit, we also know that the mainstream of the people in the world will not oppose it, even if we help those people for our own interests, as long as we can achieve success, there is nothing wrong! ”

"What is theirs of the land of the nobles? The Mohists said that labor creates wealth, and they did not cultivate, so why should they say that it is theirs? Our land we cultivate, this is ours! ”

In the end, some people began to push, and then someone shouted: "Fuck it, they want to make the world chaos!" Hurt the world! ”

The person who was scolded like this also immediately accused: "Bullshit! You don't understand anything. You people, as long as the king says to protect your selfish interests, but does not change elsewhere, you will be dogs with peace of mind. You are not against the unequal nature of the world, but you hate that you are not the one who benefited under the old system! ”

While cursing, someone shouted: "These are all mysterious truths, and they cannot be grasped by ordinary people." Let's just talk about profits, let's just say what will become of this small Fei country? ”

Someone shouted: "In my opinion, we should make Gongziluan the monarch and expel the current monarch." Let him make a decree and make progress for the benefit of the world. ”

Someone else shouted: "Even if Gongziluan is the king, he must make a law to restrain him." If you can't agree with the people's righteousness, let him get out, put the law first, and the king will be false. ”

Someone else shouted: "Everyone is equal, why can his son be the king?" Just because his grandfather was the king? If you want me to say, there are more sages in the world, if you choose a sage as the king, make the law, set the rules, and those who can seek benefits for the people will be the king, and if you can't do it, you will go down. As long as people are virtuous, they can be kings! It's better to let the giant son of the Mo family be the ruler of the administration. Is his son, who is more virtuous than the Mo family's giant? Isn't it stupid to have jade and ask for stones? ”

There are even those who shout: "If there is a system of personal consent for the individual, why should the interests of the majority be followed?" Those who are willing to obey will stay, and those who are not willing to obey will be left in small countries and widows, and the people will discuss the government and separate the country. Those who are willing to centralize the law will do so; Those who are willing to return to nature will return to nature...... Separate the countries of Philippines and go their own way. ”

People from all sides shouted, scuffled, and couldn't tell who supported what, and the depression of all these years, the bitterness of disillusionment a few days ago, all erupted in this small liquor shop.

I don't know who opened the mouth first to scold the ugly words, and their supporters fell into a chaos, and finally knew that they didn't use their weapons, but only relied on their fists and feet.

An innocent man was beaten a lot.

A person rushed over and asked, "Do you support the election of the Son of Heaven?" How to make it? An administrative republic of the people? ”

The innocent man said that I agreed to make the law, but I thought it was okay for Gongziluan to be the king, so he shook his head and was punched twice

Another person rushed over and asked, "Do you support the abolition of inheritance and the return of the world to the public?" ”

The innocent man thought that it was not good to abolish inheritance, and if he could change, he might actually get rich by his labor, and he could also have property to pass on his descendants, so he shook his head again, and immediately received a few more punches.

It was easy to get up, and someone came over and asked, "...... you?"

Before the words were finished, this innocent man learned from the experience of the last time, and suddenly nodded and said, "Yes, support, support!" I support! ”

However, he didn't want that person to be right with others, his means were superb, and he didn't need the support of others, he just needed to know who was against it......

In the chaos, there was still a person who had not spoken calmly sitting in the corner, placing his sword across the desk and drinking tea alone.

When a strong man walked towards the desk angrily and wanted to ask something, this man just flashed, hooked the scabbard with his sword, and threw the strong man into the crowd, and he raised the clay tea cup and drank a sip of tea, and leisurely spit out the thick tea stalk.

Listening to the chaos around him, this man shook his head and sighed: "Form a party for profit, form a party for profit, say for the world, all for yourself." It's ridiculous, but it's just a party for personal gain. ”

"Yikes! If you are not virtuous, you will not fight the people. Inexpensive and rare goods, so that the people will not be robbed. If you don't see what you want, the people's hearts will not be disturbed. It is the rule of a saint, who is humble in his heart, solid in his belly, weak in his will, and strong in his bones; It often makes the people ignorant and desireless, so that the wise do not dare to do it. If you do nothing, you will not be cured. ”

"The world does it, I don't do it. I'm self-defeating, the world is in chaos, what can I do? The indisputable side is a great dispute, and the incompetent side is a great rule. ”

"The world is so big, what does it have to do with me? I am not sad for those who hear the Tao in the world, I am not happy for those who hear it in the world, and I have few desires, then the world belongs to me. ”

This man smiled and looked at those who fought for righteousness, benefit, law, and system, as if he saw the chaos of the land of Zhuxia decades later, put away his long sword, got up and left, leaving no name, no words, and walked freely, and the world seemed to be in his heart.