Chapter 186: Endless New Strategies for Reform (9)
There is grass in Chu, and its name is Zhe. Squeeze the juice and drink, its sweetness.
The Zhe that the King of Chu said is sugarcane, and a hundred years later, the Sanlu doctor did Chu Ci and said: The turtle cannon lamb has some syrup. Fry the birds.
The syrup is boiled viscous sugarcane juice, which is a unique cooking material of the Chu people.
The words of the king of Chu reached the ears of Shi through the translation of the ink man, and the person in charge of the translation had only heard of Zhe before, but because of the special species of Pei County, he could translate it more accurately.
Zhe has long existed, but in Zhou's Yayin, it is not sugar cane, but a tree that can be used as a bow and arrow.
It's just that Pei County grows a lot of corn, and after the harvest every autumn, many children will hold the harvested corn stalks, chew the juice inside, and let out bursts of sweet admiration.
It is only said that the people of that mysterious country can squeeze juice into sugar, and its white is as white as snow, not maltose, so it can be transferred to various countries.
Sugar cane does not grow like corn, but in the ears of those who heard this story, it is somewhat similar to corn, and children can also imagine the appearance of children chewing on the knots one by one.
Therefore, when they translated, it was extremely smooth, and they did not think about whether the Mohists had a saying that "the world is set to be one......
They believe in Shi, and they believe that Shishi can give a clear enough answer, and it must be an answer that is in line with the righteousness of the Mo, so they are at peace like well water.
The example of sugar cane and salt given by the king of Chu was not something that had been thought about for a long time, but simply because he liked sweets and liked the syrup that was most tributed in the south of Chu, so he had such an analogy.
In his opinion, syrup is the sweet thing in the world, just as salt is the representative of salt. As for saltiness and sweetness, whether they are contradictory words like the Mohist definition of "benefit and harm" and "reward and punishment", he did not consider it, and even the people of the world would not consider it like the Mohists...... Are sweet and salty relative?
This example is given casually, but the doubt that "the world is evil" was not thought of instantly, but a sentence that had already been thought of as early as when he was preparing to meet with the ink master.
On the same day, he asked the ministers, no one dared to argue with the people of the Mo family to avoid humiliation, and the king of Chu could only find his own way.
The Spring and Autumn Period's righteousness and division are famous, and there are still remnants at this time, and the name of the Chu people's troops this time is that the Song people betrayed the alliance.
But this kind of thing is just an excuse, just like when Qi Huan was fighting for hegemony, just because the Chu people did not pay tribute to the bud grass that shrank wine, they united the princes to pay tribute to the Chu people, that is not a reason, but it is a reason when it is needed.
The king of Chu admired the talents of these ink artists, and also hoped that the ink artists could be used for themselves and become his own team against the nobility.
At this time, the reform was extremely difficult, in order to fight against the aristocracy, the monarch of Yan Guoguo cultivated a group of "base friends" partners since childhood, hoping that these "base friends" would be able to seize the power of the nobles when they grew up, but in the end they still failed, and they also fell into a reputation of being a mediocre and close to male favorite.
As a representative of the Chu people's power being too large and weakened, this kind of reform is more difficult than imagined, Xiong Dang, as the male master, has also read all the doctrines of the Mo family, and has seen the methods of the Mo family, so he has a heart to recruit the Mo people.
So he thought of using the saying of benefiting the world in the category of ink to persuade the Mo family.
If he didn't use the statement of benefiting the world, even if he could find other reasons, it would still be impossible for the ink to be used by him.
Originally, he wanted to debate with Mozhi on the basis of benefiting the world, and he wanted the world to be one.
It's just that he never expected that Shi almost subconsciously responded with a sentence of "set to one", which made King Chu a little stunned for a while, and those words that had been prepared for a long time seemed to be completely useless.
He carefully looked at Shi who was kneeling on the side, he had already introduced it before, and said in his heart: This person is so young, this body is amazingly knowledgeable. I only said that he studied with two hermits first, and I asked the crowd all over the place, but they didn't know that there was such a hermit.
But the king of Chu did not suspect that there was a fake, after he read a lot of knowledge, he had a sense of enlightenment, and some problems were obviously not known by a shoemaker in Shangqiu City by himself, and those novel grains and rice could not have been created out of thin air.
Chu and Song are not a blood feud between Zheng and Han, and this time the siege of Song is still for hegemony, because there is no grudge against the Mo people who defend the city.
The king of Chu observed the words and looks, and saw that the Mo Shi had no doubts about the appropriate answer, and knew that Shi was the leader of the Mo Shi's speech this time, so he asked head-on: Isn't it a contradiction that your Mo family thinks that the world is set to be one, but you help the weak country defend the city?
Sitting on the ground is really almost a subconscious answer, this subconscious is not brought about by the view of history, but just a habitual reflection left by reciting texts in the previous life - the world is evil? Scheduled for a ......
When he reacted, he knew that this sentence had to be explained clearly, and it had to be explained clearly within the framework of the Mo family, otherwise even if it was explained clearly, it would be useless to himself.
Fortunately, he looked around and found that no one including Gongzaoye had any doubts.
Perhaps, these people have become accustomed to the right to interpret many of the Mohist truths, and they have become accustomed to this, so they do not have doubts, but firmly believe that they can say excellent reasons.
This kind of trust is added to Shi's body, and Shi thinks quickly, but he is afraid that he will be a little embarrassed and cold after thinking for too long, and even lose in momentum first, so he first raised his head and laughed a few times, and said a few nonsense words on the scene.
Laughter doesn't have to be translated, but the nonsense on the scene needs to be translated, and translation takes time, which leaves more time for Shi to think.
After a while, Shi replied: "I'm afraid you don't know that the Mo family has a big reason and a small reason. ”
The king of Chu asked: I don't know, please ask.
It is appropriate to say: If you hold a sword and behead someone, you will be beheaded and die. And the dead must have been beheaded? Not necessarily. Can you understand that the person who is beheaded must die, but the person who dies is not necessarily beheaded?
The king of Chu nodded to show that he could understand, and said: "If the world wants to be stable, it must be set in one." If it is determined to be one, it will definitely be stable and will benefit the world? Not necessarily. If the monarch implements the laws of Houyi, Xia Wei, and Shang, then even if the world is set to be one, can it benefit the world? On the other hand, if the world cannot be one, the princes are divided, and the fierce soldiers are everywhere, this will definitely not benefit the world. ”
"Therefore, if it is good for the world, it must be one. Determining oneness is only the basis for benefiting the world, but it cannot necessarily benefit the world. ”
The king of Chu smiled and said: "The widow hears that the people are good at horse racing, and there are two good horses, and A and B are famous." Even if it is a divine horse, can it be compared with Chiji, Thief, Baiyi, Chaolun, Shanzi, Quhuang, Hualiu, and Green Ear? ”
These eight horses are the eight horses that drove to Egypt in the "Biography of Mu Tianzi", at this time there was a lack of cultural life, and the articles of the ink were also spread in the Chu capital, and the king of Chu naturally read them, and he also fantasized that he had these eight horses.
He used the eight horses in "The Biography of Mu Tianzi" as a metaphor, which is also an idea of a good ink maker.
He didn't expect Mo Shi to bow his head and bow down, nor did he expect Mo Shi to give up defending the city after marrying him, then Lu Yang Gong and Mo Zhai are also teachers and friends, when Lu Yang Gong wanted to attack Zheng Guo, Mo Zhai still said that even if you are my friend and regard me as a gentleman, I will still help Zheng people defend the city.
The king of Chu thought that his relationship with the ink people had not yet reached this point, so he just hoped that he would plant the seeds of friendship at this time, and when the Shangqiu affairs were over in the future, he could attract the ink people.
The king of Chu said: "Even if A and B are divine horses, they must not be compared to the eight horses of the Pharaoh of the Mu Tianzi Society." But A and B have their own speed and slowness, isn't the fast one closer to the eight horses? If the Mohists believe that the benefit of the world must first be set at one, then is it up to me to set the one, isn't it closer to the benefit of the world? ”
In fact, the king of Chu agrees with this truth.
Later generations said that Qin had tyranny, but after seeing with his own eyes the bloodline, aristocracy, cultural inconsistency, weights and measures inconsistency, language barrier, writing barrier and so on, he really felt that the ancestral dragon's work could be said to have created the unification of the world.
It's just that these words can't be said at this time, at least not that all wars are just, which is not in line with the three views of the Mo.
After only thinking about it for a while, he said: "I studied with Mr. Tang Han, he has miraculous skills, and he can heal the dead and give birth to white bones. I once saw a person with an unbearable headache, Mr. Tang Han used hemp boiling powder as medicine, administered it, this person was sleepy and did not know the pain. Mr. Tang Han opened his skull with a sword, took out three worms, and the blood flowed like a stream, telling me that this worm was the cause of a headache. After the person recovered, his head really didn't hurt......"
This is another story of piercing and chiseling, but it is full of imagination and is more accepted by people in the Warring States period, when it has not yet entered the blind spot, and anatomy has been developed, not the era that cannot be dissected in the next thousand years.
This story is full of novelty, and everyone present fantasizes about the medical skills of this Mr. Tang Han, and they can't help but sigh.
At this time, the slightest illness will kill people, medicine is not developed, witch doctors have just been separated, and they are still in the founding stage.
Bian Que's master Chang Sangjun has begun to travel all over the world, many of these people have heard of it, and some nobles have also been favored, but even Chang Sangjun's methods are not as clever as the so-called fabricated story called Tang Han Shi Ze Hua Tuo.
Or some people think, if there is such a miracle skill, even the daughter will also find this person as a doctor, but it is a pity that the two masters who heard that Shi Shi are dead, and turned into ashes and scattered into the earth, if the senior brother named Gonghe can find it, it can also be.
Some people think that the ink man has never lied, and since he is a high-level figure in the ink man, his words will always be like Mo Zhai.
But I didn't know that there were few words of truth in my mouth, and at this time, the first voice attracted everyone, and said: "Mr. Tang Han's hemp is boiling, and he uses several strange poisonous medicines, one called Caowu, which is eaten by ordinary people, and will die, and needs to be supplemented with other drugs to neutralize the toxicity." ”
From this point of view, can it be said that the grass is boiling and scattering? If a person is in unbearable pain and needs a craniotomy, are you going to feed a large amount of grass and say that it is closer to Ma Boiling San, so it must be useful? ”
Shi got up, saluted the king of Chu and said: "This is the truth, in the Mo family, from the perspective of the giant, it is set to be one for the benefit of the world, just as the grass and black are for the hemp." In the eyes of the Mo family, you and these meat eaters are actually highly poisonous grass black, and it is unwise. ”
"The Mo family said, choose the Son of Heaven and choose the saint as the Son of Heaven! If you are not wise, how can you support you in accomplishing what determines the world as one? In the eyes of the Mo family, you are nothing more than a highly poisonous weed! ”