Chapter 60: Big and Small
When Meng Sheng finally arrived at the capital of Fei State, Xu Miao and other ink scholars in Fei Country went out of the city to greet him.
After boarding the car, Xu Miao only sighed slightly and said: "Now the fee is jubilant, and the businessmen have hoarded a large number of firecrackers early for profit, just in order to make a successful change, the whole country will celebrate and benefit." β
"It's just...... I thought that I am afraid that Fei Guo will definitely not be able to agree to our conditions. β
Meng Sheng smiled, and said in his heart that it sometimes takes hundreds of years to change customs, but sometimes it only takes a few years or more than ten years, and this custom of celebrating with firecrackers would never have existed more than ten years ago.
The idea of this businessman seeking profit is indeed amazing, but who in the world does not seek profit? Profit is righteousness, but the Mohists are pursuing a world where everyone can benefit without harming others.
He saw that Xu Qiao was a little emotional, and said after a long time: "Can you agree, those are all the people we are saving Fei." Didn't you say that people in the world must know how to help themselves, and they can't expect anyone. If you count on the Mo family, can't you count on the prince? It's not right to count on anyone, it's all up to the people of the world themselves. β
There were words in these words, Xu Miao seemed to understand, thinking of the gunpowder and blades in the capital of Fei Guoguo, he nodded and said, "That's true." There are many people in Fei who serve in the volunteer division, who are good at assassination and can also shoot guns, and they don't need anyone's rescue. β
Meng Sheng smiled: "That's right. That's how the world should be. The righteousness of the Mo family, if you want to last forever, you can only do so. β
"It's just that if the world is benefited, someone needs to be a horse chariot and a pioneer teacher, which is what the ink man should do. As long as it is beneficial to the world, the ink man should not spin his heels. To ascend to the city, the ink man needs to stand on the highest and raise the banner in order to be the vanguard of the battle to defeat the unrighteous benefit of the world. β
Xu Wan said angrily: "If you have to die, Xu Wan is willing to die first to get rid of the road." β
As he spoke, the carriage had already entered the city, and there was a crackling sound of firecrackers next to it, and thousands of Chinese people in the capital welcomed him.
Meng Sheng looked at these people who were full of hope for the sake of hope, and sighed: "The heart of seeking profit can break gold." Stop the car! β
With a shout, the person driving in front stopped the carriage, and Meng Sheng stood on the wheel of the carriage just like the kind of person who ascended to preach in Pengcheng Pei County, looked at the cheering people, and said: "It is the righteousness of the Mo family to seek benefits for the people of the world." Now we have come for the good of all. β
With a simple sentence, many people shouted loudly.
The crowd came and surrounded the carriages of the Mo envoys, and Meng Sheng stood on a high place, telling everyone about the more than 40 suggestions for change put forward by the Mo family this time.
For every article that is said, it is necessary to add how this article is beneficial, how it can benefit the people, and how it conforms to the morality and so-called will of heaven of the Mohists.
Although Xu Miao and others are also ink scholars, they also preach here all the year round, but when it comes to talent and means, they finally have a gap with Meng Sheng.
Over the years of study, Meng Sheng's level and promotion have been extremely high, just as Mozi said back then: "For righteousness and familiarity, for great affairs? For example, if you build a wall, those who can build it will build it, those who can build it will be able to build it, and those who can enjoy it will be happy, and then the wall will be built. For righteousness, those who can talk about debate can talk about debate, those who can tell stories can tell stories, those who can engage in it will do it, and then righteousness will be done. β
Mozi believes that this kind of thing to benefit the world needs to do their best. The rammed earth that can be rammed and the transportation that can be transported can build a wall. The same is true of such things as doing righteousness, those who are good at making speeches will make speeches, those who are good at writing books will write books, and those who are good at doing things will do things, and things can be done.
But if it is the Mohist understanding or the alternate understanding, then you must be able to argue, write, do things, fight, and defend.
Even if you can't be proficient in everything, you must at least understand everything, and you must be excellent in some things, otherwise how can you be elected by everyone?
Meng Sheng's eloquence is not among the top among the many eloquent ink writers, but it is still better than ordinary people.
The cheers from time to time also illustrate all this. And these applause made more people come around to listen to Meng Sheng's preaching.
Meng Sheng knew that what he had to do was to add the last fire.
Facing everyone, he used the skills he had cultivated in the countless conferences of the Mo family in the past ten years, and used the local dialect to add this last fire to the most prosperous.
"It is human nature to be born to seek profit and avoid harm. The Emperor of Heaven has the world, the world has all things, and people are alive, so if there is an Emperor of Heaven, the original intention of the Emperor of Heaven is to let people play their own nature. Just as a cow has cow nature, if a cow doesn't eat grass, is it still a cow? If a man does not seek profit, is he still a man? β
"Therefore, there are many doctrines in the world, and all the sons and hundreds of schools, and the ancient holy kings, are all talking about benefiting the country and the people. The Mohists also say that it is beneficial to the country and the people to the world, and there is no problem with this. β
However, there are many doctrines in the world that say that the people are beneficial to the world, why has the world not benefited from it? And what is the difference between these proposed changes brought by the Mohists this time and those other theories? Is it really possible to do it in accordance with the law that will benefit you? This is something that cannot be said. β
"At that time, Ye Gongzi Gao of the Chu State asked Zhong Ni about the inspiration of governance, saying that what should people who are good at governance do?"
"Kong Zhongni said that it is necessary to make people who are far away feel close, and let old people feel like new friends."
"Now there are still doctrines that go to the king and the king asks him how he can benefit the people and the world?"
"They say that if the people are rich, filial piety and benevolence can be applied, then the people will benefit the world."
When Meng Sheng said this, he smiled and said, "It's like someone asking, how to kill a cow?" Some theories say that if the cow stops panting and its heart doesn't beat, then the cow is killed. β
"People ask how to benefit the people and the world, and they say that let the people benefit the world is to benefit the people and benefit the world...... How can such a doctrine, even if there are many propositions, be put into practice? β
Therefore, in the past, there were many people who said that they wanted to benefit the world and the people, but few of them did it. And the advice of the Mo family is not the same as theirs, so it can be done. β
"The Mohists uphold the will of heaven and rectify the roots of all things. It's like not knowing how the wealth of the world has increased, but talking about how to enrich the world, this is like a person who has never even seen a cow to kill a cow, can it be successful? β
"When others ask the Mo family how to kill a cow, the Mo family will analyze the root cause and say that if the heart does not beat, the cow will die, so it can barrel the cow's heart; The trachea can't breathe, and the cow will die, so it can sing...... Even if someone has never seen a cow, he can still kill a cow if he does it according to the Mo family's knowledge. β
"This time, the Mo family's suggestion is exactly like this. Because when it comes to mastering the origin of Tianzhi, it does not surpass the Mo family, so the advice on how to be rich and profitable is also not able to surpass the Mo family. β
"The world is the world of the people of the world, and the meaning of the existence of the world is to enable all the people of the world to obey and manifest the nature of seeking profit and avoiding harm, otherwise why should people become the world and become countries? The existence of the state always has a purpose, just like when a person is hungry, he wants to eat, and he eats in order not to be hungry. So what is the purpose of the existence of the kingdom? Isn't it just for the benefit of the people of a nation? Is there any other explanation? β
In fact, of course, there are other explanations, and the explanation is more straightforward and bloody and filthy abscesses, but Meng Sheng wants to praise the monarch of Fei Guo here, and use this kind of false finger to put forward a concept of roasting the monarch of Fei Guo on the fire: the existence of the country is for the benefit of the people.
Naturally, the monarch will not accept this statement, it doesn't matter, the people just accept it.
Everyone has begun to think, why there is a country, everything always has meaning, just like the Mohists have said over the years to seek the origin of the Heavenly Will, there is always a reason, so the existence of the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth, is there no reason?
Meng Sheng said: "In ancient times, people chose virtuous people and established them as the Son of Heaven. After establishing the Son of Heaven, he thought that his strength was not enough, so he chose the world's virtuous people and made them the three dukes. The Son of Heaven and the Three Princes had been established, and they thought that the world was vast, and they could not understand the people of distant and foreign countries and the distinction between right and wrong, so they divided the world into all nations, and then set up princes and kings. β
"The root cause of this is to choose the best result with reason in order to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages, to conform to human nature. I lost a finger, but I avoided being eaten by the tiger, which seems to be the loss of a finger, but if you can only choose one of the small harms, the small harm is the advantage. β
"Since the kings and princes are for the benefit of the people and the avoidance of harm, then ...... In the past, they could not change because the doctrines of the various schools did not understand the origin of the will of heaven and all things. β
"Now that the Mo family understands and gives suggestions, it can make the people benefit, as a monarch who exists for the people to seek benefits and avoid disadvantages, how can he not agree?"
This is a complete inference, Meng Sheng shouted at the people: "The day of profit may come." Rejoice, people of the Philadelphia! β
His last cry ignited the passion of the people, and it sounded like a reasonable argument that people themselves were willing to believe what they wanted to believe.
However, Xu Xiao, who was listening on the side, heard the murderous intention hidden behind this.
According to this reasoning, the sole purpose of the existence of a monarch is to benefit the people of a country. If...... What if it can't be profitable? The legitimacy of the monarch is inferred from the ancient non-synonymous statements of the Mohists, and the only result is ...... A king who cannot benefit the people is an illegitimate.
It's a terrible inference, so terrible that it is hidden behind the hopes and passions of the people, and once it is shattered, it will be deduced.
The Mohists have not yet directly opposed the existence of the monarch, but they have begun to grasp another interpretation of whether the "monarch" is in accordance with the lawβnot whether Zhou Tianzi is divided or not, but whether it can benefit the people and the world.
When the coup d'Γ©tat of the Qi Guotian clan came to power, he drank water to quench his thirst, and used this statement to depose the Marquis of Qi. Because at that time, he was also in a hurry to go to the doctor, the theory of the Five Virtues had not yet been established, and the study of the Mandate of Heaven was still difficult to explain, and the Mohist statement was the only one that could be cited to prove its legitimacy.
And now, this decision to drink to quench thirst has finally begun to be toxic. Fei Guo is very close to Qilu, and this statement of Qi Guotian is often promoted by the Mo family.
With such a vivid example of the Arita clan, it is easy for more people to accept it, because the king of a country has accepted it, and it seems that it does make sense.
And those who have been promoted too much by the Mohists early have long accepted it, and they are not the listeners of such a statement.
Now, Meng Sheng has completed the last step of roasting the monarch of the Fei country on the fire, and has also completed the first step of the possible interference and counterattack of the Qi country in the future - outside the battlefield, it is necessary to let the Qi country find no reason to interfere, and to pave the way for the first step in the future to let the people of the world completely see the ugly faces of the monarch and nobles, and also to completely destroy the remnants of Zhou Li - it is okay to interfere, but don't use those high-sounding reasons, you Qi country is not worthy.
If you dare to use the Mo family, you will dare to ridicule and spray back, so don't use it, just say that it is for personal selfish interests, straightforwardly, and let the last etiquette and the sacred aura of the nobility completely become "ugly" interests.
Your kings and nobles can seek profit, but why can't the people? You say that interests are ugly, and people's pursuit of profit is the root cause of chaos in the world, but you are seeking profit. Shou Zhou Li, Tian clan; For the people, the Tian family should support the change of Fei Guo...... These two righteousnesses cannot be accounted for, and what can be shouted in the end is the troubled times of the Warring States and the winner is the king.
That's unreasonable fisting, tearing your face is shameless, that's simpler.
The Mo family is not only reasonable, but also fists, and the remnants of "righteousness" and "Zhou rites" are the only basis on which the nobles can continue to maintain their rule.
It is impossible for Wei to directly intervene in the affairs of the Fei State, and the chaos of Chu, Qin and Zhao ensures that the Wei State is powerless, so the only one who can interfere is the Qi State.
But the reason used by the Qi Guotian clan to come to power made the Qi country the one with the least reason to interfere among the countries in the world...... The Mo family is forcing the Qi Guotian clan, this descendant of Yu Shun, this family with an older bloodline than Zhou Tianzi, this official prince and feudal monarch, and the Qi Marquis who is already a serious child, silently shouted out a sentence "Those high-sounding righteousness, those old rules that are taken for granted, are all bullshit, we are for profit, and I have to interfere without a legitimate reason for righteousness and rules."
That's good. The monarch can think like this, and the people can naturally think like this, they are all seeking profit, but the profit is the same, but the benefit of the king and the benefit of the people are different.
Fei is small, but the world is big. Lu is bigger than Fei, Qi is bigger than Lu, and there is no bigger than Qi in terms of specifications, Qi is willing to give gifts and seek profits, which will drive the princes of the world to sacrifice gifts and seek profits, and the rites are to protect them, so let them destroy themselves.