The imperial father Zang carefully understood the meaning, and finally understood, and said: "Then according to what you say, leave some private relatives to protect the monarch." ”

The emperor's father, Yue Ling, said yes, and that night, the emperor of the city gathered his private armor, awarded gold and jade, and said many words to encourage everyone.

The dead soldiers of the armor were turned into three points, one point to protect Zitian, and the other two points were given to the commander of Mo Zhai to garrison the Chu people to attack the city.

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After leaving the Sicheng Emperor's Mansion, he smiled.

This time it was not his private action, but part of the entire ink master's plan this time, which was to mobilize the private soldiers in the hands of the Emperor Sicheng, so that those "snakes" felt that the opportunity was ripe.

Si Chenghuang is not a good bird, and Liuqing Dayin is not a good bird, which is very clear, so he will not think about helping Si Chenghuang kill those "snakes", but just wants to take the opportunity to expose all contradictions to the surface.

After leaving Sicheng Huang's place, Shi took people to the Craftsman Association in Shangqiu first, which was the closest organization of the Mo family in Shangqiu City.

These craftsmen are different from the farmers, they have some enthusiasm, but the victory of the Chu people in the siege has little effect on them, and even they do not have the resentment of the farmers that "the Chu people cannot plant due to the siege of the city".

As soon as they arrived, the people in the artisan association asked one after another.

"Yes, what's going on now?"

"Yes, there are a lot of rumors in the city now, and we don't know who to listen to."

"You should tell us what to do!"

"We are like sheep driven by two shepherds, one to the north and the other to the south...... I really don't know what to do......"

All kinds of strange questions can be summed up by the fact that these people who have gradually become self-aware and have come to understand that they have the desire to pursue their own rights are puzzled at this time.

Seeing that the leaders of the craftsman association were all there, some of the technical innovations of the ink makers over the years have also benefited the craftsman association a lot, so they sat around with everyone.

Shi asked, "What do you think of the rumors in the city?" ”

At the beginning, he was hesitant to join the craftsman's association, liked many of the ideas of the ink master, but hoped that others would help him to fight for it and enjoy the success of the carpenter, and asked: "There is a saying in the city that this time the Chu people besieged the city because the king was rude to Chu. Or some people say that if they can get along with the Chu people, the siege of the Chu people will naturally be lifted. ”

He is not alone, and many craftsmen in the Craftsman's Guild think similarly to him.

They were very dissatisfied with the siege of the Chu people, but they had been a little hesitant about who the object of dissatisfaction would be.

Are you dissatisfied with the siege of the Chu people?

Or are you dissatisfied with the Chu people besieging the city because of the monarch's mistakes?

Both are grievances, but the objects of grievance are very different.

They were different from the peasants, but they were somewhat similar when it came to defending the city.

They were forced to make all kinds of equipment to defend the city, and because of the siege of the city by the Chu people, their living standards in the city were very low.

Not only did they need to be rationed with food, but they also had to participate in labor and defend the city, which was originally only an obligation, but the artisans would continue to preach the unity of duty and right for several years, and they would begin to wonder where the obligation to defend the city came from.

Now the inkers say to defend the city, and they will defend the city.

The Mohists said there was a ban, and they obeyed it.

Some people think that this is a righteous act to benefit the world, help the weak and scare the warlike kings of the world. People who think like this, even if they are not children of the Mo family, have very close ideas.

Some people think, I don't feel anything, I originally needed to defend the city, and now I still need to defend the city, as for the reason? It seems that this has been the case since ancient times, and therefore there is no need for a reason.

But some people began to think, why should they defend the city? What did we get from the monarch? What will we lose after the Chu people break through Shangqiu?

As a result, some people seem to be at a loss as to why they want to defend the city: there is really no need to defend the city in their own interests, and they do not want to benefit the world, to frighten the warlike kings of the world, and so on.

The third type of person is the one who is suitable for the like, no less than the first type of person. Because after all, there are more people in the world than the third type, and to change the world, only the first type of people can drive the horses forward, and the third kind of people follow the apprentices.

Today, these craftsmen of the Craftsmen's Guild are extremely dissatisfied with the siege: originally with the promotion of Sumai, they can sell a lot of new farm tools and machinery, but with the beginning of the siege, their means to make life better have no chance to be used at all.

This dissatisfaction, coupled with the rumors in the city, they urgently need to know, who should they be dissatisfied with?

Is it Song Gong?

Or to the King of Chu?

Or ...... The rules of the whole world?

Suitability is here for this.

Facing the doubts of the others, Shi Xiao asked, "The siege is only a special time. I just ask you, if the Chu people break the city, will there be any difference from the past? Don't you have to pay your military contributions? Don't you need to go out into the army? ”

This was said very bluntly, and there was no "morality" at all, but the craftsmen present were silent and thought carefully.

After a long time, Xiao Hui said: "Thinking about it, there is no difference." The military dues that should be paid must be paid the same, and the army should still be sent out to the army. ”

Shi Haha laughed: "That's right." You are not doctors, you are not superiors. There are no fiefs, no fiefs, no rights, only obligations. What does this Song Kingdom have to do with you? It was changed to a name, called Chuzhi Shangqiu County, what is the difference? ”

Xiao Yan thought for a while, and then asked with a smile: "As you said, this Shangqiu City doesn't need to be defended?" ”

Shi shook his head and said, "Is Shangqiu City a person?" Dafu and Shangqing, of course, they have to defend, because they have a fief in the Song Kingdom. ”

"Of course, the ink man wants to help defend the city, in order to restrain the warlike kings of the world, after all, if the warlike kings of the world are no longer belligerent, and no longer raise unrighteous wars, it can be regarded as benefiting the world."

"Even if you don't want to benefit the world, you must also think that if you don't start an unrighteous war, won't you be able to pay less? Less military service? After all, you have a reason to defend the city. ”

"The so-called mutual benefit means that everyone is beneficial, so we must defend the city."

This is a reason to speak to the first kind of people, and it is sufficient to say it in the past, but it is not enough to move some other people.

For defending the city, Shi doesn't care at all. It's not that I don't care if the city can be defended, but it's not that everyone needs to have an awareness that it is their duty to defend the country...... At this time, the country is not the country he understands, it is absolutely wrong to think so at this time, and he definitely does not want the Chu people, the Qin people, the Song people and the like to appear in the world.

At this point, what he needed was incitement, fanning some special flame called "fighting for his own interests."

And this incitement cannot be said directly, but needs to be constantly lured.

It is only the third kind of people who are seduced.

Sure enough, after hearing the reason, a craftsman like Ru Yu sneered and asked, "Sui, you're right, but ...... We still don't like to hear it. ”

"We benefit the world, but the craftsmen in Yingdu, Anyi, Luoyang, Linzi and other places, why is it not good for the world?"

"If we can help you scare the warlike kings of the world, then the craftsmen in Anyi, Luoyi and other places don't need to pay so much military dues, but why should we help them? I don't know them......"

"You ink writers always say, love and love, and if they can love me at the same time, I will love them at the same time. But they did not love me, so why should I love them? ”

"I also know that what you say is good for the world, and in the end it is the people of the world who are benefited. But why can't people elsewhere benefit the world and benefit us? Why should we give? ”

The Ink Scholar formed the Craftsman Guild and has been active for a long time, and since the establishment of the Xuanyi Department, it has always been suitable to govern the consciousness dynamics of these people.

I don't want a pure Mohist, but I want an alliance of interests.

Even if it's full of ambition, selfishness, and so on. Because the era can only go so far, the kind of pure ascetic group that Mozi wants will inevitably fail at this time.

As a result, the mentality of the burghers, who grew up in the first batch, was more self-interested, and this pursuit was precisely the basis for the future overthrow of the feudal rule of the aristocracy.

Selfishness was the idea that the aristocracy feared the most, because they had to demand the serfs and artisans on the opposite side of these four words, and they themselves did not have to obey and no one would reproach them.

After listening to the words of the spoke, he slowly guided: "Then isn't it a matter of benefiting the world that everyone can benefit?" You are also part of the world. ”

He smiled a little shyly: "Yes, if I do something, I can get a lot before I die, even if it's true, I don't want to do it." Isn't there a way to get it in a few years? ”

"I also know that it is each and every one of us who benefits the world in the end. But let me suffer to the extreme, and I will not be able to profit until I die, I can't do it. ”

"How many people in the world can do it? Aren't there only a few hundred ink writers? ”

Shi Haha laughed, many people present also knew that Shi spoke kindly, and could mingle with them, and he would definitely not be angry at these words, this haha laughter must be a real laugh.

After laughing, Shi Shi asked Yu Hui and the others: "Now the Chu people have not broken the city, so it is difficult to say what will happen after the city is broken." ”

"If the city is broken, it will be forced to double the military endowment and all the craftsmen belong to the Gongyin...... This is ultimately harmful to you. ”

"The giant once said that power is the right of two evils, and the lesser of them is for the benefit. Then you say that if this is the case, will you defend the city? ”

There is no need to consider this question, and everyone said: "Naturally, you have to keep it." Not necessarily. ”

Shi nodded and said, "We may not know what the Chu people are. But ......"

When he said but, his voice was heavy, and he said with a bit of demagogy: "However, if the Duke of Song agrees to you, if you can hold the city, your military levy will be halved, your labor will be given money, and you will be exempted from interest on usury owed to the office......"

"Even in the future, the affairs of the Song Kingdom can not only be discussed and decided by the princes, Liuqing, and doctors, but also by the farmers and industry...... In that case, do you keep it or not? ”