Chapter 46: Zheng Guoce (Part II)

This old thing originated from Mozi many years ago.

At that time, Lu Yang Gong was preparing to attack Zheng Guo, so he asked Mozi, who was traveling, for his opinion, that is, the time when Gong Zaoye and Lu Yang Gong won the battle and became famous all over the world.

At that time, Lu Yang Wenjun was about to attack Zheng, Zi Mozi stopped when he heard it, and said that Yang Wenjun said: "Today, within the four realms of Lu, most of them will attack their small capitals, and everyone will cut down their small families, kill their people, and take their cattle and horses, dogs, pigs, cloth, millet, and goods. Lu Yang Wenjun said: "Within the four realms of Lu, all the ministers of the widows. Now most of the capital is attacking its small capital, everyone is cutting down its small family, and taking the goods and wealth, then the widow will be punished heavily. Zi Mozi said: "The husband and the sky have both the world, and the king also has the four realms." Today, the troops will attack Zheng, and the heavens will punish him? Lu Yang Wenjun said: "Sir, why don't I attack Zheng Ye?" I attack Zheng and obey the will of the sky. Zheng Ren III killed his father, and the heavens punished him, so that the three years were not complete, and I will help the heavens to punish him. Zi Mozi said: "Zheng Ren III killed his father, and the heavens added punishment, so that the three years were incomplete, and the heavens punished enough." Now he raised troops again, and he will attack Zheng, and he will attack Zheng, and he will obey the will of the sky. For example, someone here, his son is not strong, so his father flogged him, and his neighbor's father lifted a tree and hit it, saying: I hit it also, and obeyed his father's will. Isn't it perverse! ”

These words were just righteousness, and at that time, many disciples of the Mo family who were good at defending the city gathered near Zheng Guo, which was the pros and cons, and finally led to the miscarriage of Luyang's plan to attack Zheng.

The reason why this passage was distorted after the public opinion in Sishang turned four or five years ago was because it changed from "non-offensive" to "no offensive in one day for great benefit."

The meaning of Mozi and Lu Yanggong's words is actually very simple, Lu Yanggong said that Zheng Guo is guilty, and I am ready to interfere with Zheng Guo. Mozi said that this is like someone else's son is not studying well, his father beats with a stick, and you also take a stick to beat that child, saying that I am obedient to his father's meaning, isn't this nonsense?

In other words, if the Mohist ideology had not been revised, it would have been possible to create a Heze version of the Westphalian system when the Heze Alliance was made four years ago, in which all countries, big or small, were equal, and all countries were not allowed to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries.

Mozi's words are put on the earth thousands of years later, in fact, the truth is still speaking: I have something at home, and I don't need others to take care of it.

The problem is that when Sishang became strong, Shi began to revise the thinking of the Mo family, because what the Mo family is doing now is that the children of other people's families are not angry, and they take sticks to go up and beat them, and then talk about this is Tianzhi, which is a universal truth in the world.

If you are poor, you will not interfere in internal affairs, and if you are poor, you will obey the will of heaven to punish injustice.

At this time, it is inevitable that another explanation will be needed to mention this story.

At this time, the monarchs and ministers of Zheng Guo talked about this sentence with the Mo envoy in public, which actually sounded a little embarrassing to the Mo envoy......

For example, in small countries such as Xuan, Xue, and Fei, the Mohists not only "obeyed the will of heaven", but also directly changed the system of each small country.

The internal struggle of the Mohists has ended, and the appropriate revisionists have gained the upper hand, and there are revised explanations for Mozi's theory, just like non-attack, non-attack can only cure the symptoms but not the root cause......

Of course, the Mo family also has its own interpretation for this conversation.

Zheng Guo knew the meaning of the Mo family coming to Zheng Guo at this time, and it was obvious that he wanted to use Zheng Guo to divert South Korea's attention.

The Mo family also knew that they came to Zheng Guo at this time, and Zheng Guojun and his ministers could easily think of the Mo family's intentions.

But it doesn't matter, the important thing is that Zheng Guo wants to be used himself, and the Mo family can just take advantage of it.

Whether Zheng Guo is guilty or not does not lie with Zheng, but with Han.

Zheng Guo didn't get close to the Mo family back then, but he was also divided up by Wei and Han, and after the tragic situation of losing half of the land in just twenty years, Zheng Guojun and his ministers had already thought it through.

It's just that this remark that stopped Chu from attacking Zheng back then, at this time, in fact, the envoy of the Mo family was a little embarrassed.

After being slightly embarrassed, the envoy of the Mo family hurriedly said: "At that time, Lu Yang Wenjun was only for personal gain, and he could not truly obey the will of heaven that the people were the gods and solved the three troubles of the people. Therefore, there is no difference between Zheng being governed by Ji Zheng and being governed by Chu Mi, so it is unrighteous for him to fight for personal gain, and it is to stop with Zimozi. ”

The internal revised interpretation of the Mohists is to strictly distinguish the difference between the Zheng people and the Zheng Gong clan, so as to set the world in the future as a logical and reasonable explanation internally.

Zheng Guojun and his ministers didn't care about this, they mentioned this matter mainly to trigger this issue about Sishang's aid to Zheng, listening to the Mojia envoy say this, a Ziyang Yudang said: "Decades have passed, the world is still the same, the kings of great countries mostly do injustice for personal gain, and there are too few people who can really fight for righteousness like Sishang." ”

"Now South Korea is bent on annexing the Song State, all out of Han Zong's selfish interests. Although Zheng Guo was small, he also participated in the Heze Alliance in the past years, and also signed the name of his country on the Zhuxia War Law. ”

"Zheng Guojun and his ministers know that they can't know the will of heaven, and they can't solve the three troubles of the people, but when South Korea enters Zheng, they can't solve the people's upside down, but they make the people suffer more from the war."

"Han has Yang Zhai, negative millet, stationed troops in Yingshui, only a hundred miles away from Zhengdu, if Han is interested, it can be reached in a few days, the people of Zheng State hate Han, and please ask the Mo family to see the suffering of the people in the war and give a way to protect Zheng."

Zheng Guo is really in crisis now, it doesn't mean that if he doesn't participate in the affairs of the Song State at this time and deliberately keeps a distance from the Mo family, Korea will give up his ambition to annex Zheng Guo.

If you want to add sin, it is unexcused?

If Wei and Han jointly intervene in the Song State, the Wei State will inevitably use the land of the Zheng State to reward Korea again, because the Wei State at this time is no longer the Wei State of the Wenhou Dynasty.

Zheng Guojun thought clearly, and the experience of the previous twenty years also told them exactly whether they were guilty or not, and Xiaoguo could not appeal.

Originally, Zheng Guo was full of expectations for the Heze Alliance four years ago, hoping that the Mojia Society would continue to uphold the will of non-aggression, replace the collapsed Zhou Rite System international law with a new international law, and maintain peace among countries with the military power of Sishang.

However, four years ago, the Heze Alliance brought despair to Zheng Guo, and the Mohists never mentioned the equality of all countries, but vigorously advocated that the world should be determined to be an irreversible general trend and a means to truly solve the symptoms and root causes of the suffering of war.

This time, the envoy of the Mo family came to Zheng Guo, which made Zheng Guojun and his ministers see a turning point.

The envoy of the Mo family thought for a while and said: "In the past, Qi attacked Lu, and Lu Hou asked Yu Zi Mozi about the strategy of retreating from Qi, and Zi Mozi said that three things need to be done. ”

"Earlier, the battle of Qilu and the Cao Di debate, presumably you also know what you asked before the war?"

Zheng Guojunchen naturally knew these two things.

In fact, these two things are not the same thing, but they are analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

There are three questions in Cao Di's discussion.

Food and clothing are safe, and if you dare to specialize, you will divide people. Said to him: Xiaohui is not all over, and the people are also obedient. Gong said: Sacrifice jade silk, Fu dare to add also, will be believed. Said to him: Little faith is not fu, and God is blessed. The public said: The prison of the small and the big, although it cannot be detected, must be loved. Said to him: Loyal people can also fight. Please follow the rules of war.

Mozi's argument also has three questions.

I hope that those above the lord will respect the ghosts of heaven and earth, and those below will love the people, be thick as leather coins, humble words, and pay homage to the princes of the neighbors, drive the country and do everything together, and the trouble can be saved. Otherwise, there is nothing to be done.

Cao Di and Mozi both faced the Lu State and the Battle of Qilu, but the background of the three theories of the two was different.

At the time of Cao Di, it was not yet the Spring and Autumn Period, the country and the field were different, the car battle was the mainstay, the two armies were at war, as long as the people were willing to fight, then it may not be possible to win more with less, and the gap between Qilu at that time was not too big, and the battle of the long spoon Qi was defeated.

At the time of Mozi, the Spring and Autumn Period was at the end, and there was no country and wilderness, and tens of thousands of cities were besieged at every turn.

Mozi knew very well that it was too late to follow the ghosts and gods or benefit the people, so the advice he gave was to use diplomatic means to take advantage of the contradictions of various countries to force Qi to withdraw its troops.

In the end, Cao Di won the Battle of Long Spoon, and Mozi also mobilized his disciples to lobby various countries to make Qi withdraw its troops, and all achieved the desired results.

Now Zheng Guo's affairs also need to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis.

But the envoy of the Mo family had already said something, and asked: "What Zi Mozi said, the upper one respects the heavens and ghosts, and the lower one loves the people, which is actually the same thing. ”

"The emperor of heaven gives birth to people, so he hopes that the people will be healthy and prosperous, the people are the gods, and the people will follow what they want.

"But I don't know that Zheng Guo is up and down, and the people have benefited? Have you ever been loved? If you gain and love, you can fight. In the past, there was only Peiyi in Sishang, a land of 100 miles, and the people had to love Li, but Wei Chu could be broken, and the country of Zheng was 500 miles? ”

As soon as he spoke, Zheng Guojun and his ministers all bowed their heads and were silent.

The Mohists have been talking about benefiting the people and loving the people, so how can it be regarded as benefiting the people and loving the people?

Zheng Guo, whether it is the Gong Clan, Qi Mu, or the Yang Yu Party, what is everything he does for? And not for their own power, wealth?

Fortunately, Zheng Gongyi said: "It's not that the widow doesn't have the heart to love the people and benefit the people, but South Korea besieged Zheng Di and has been fighting every day since 30 years ago. If you want to fight, you must have money, food, and military endowments, and the people will inevitably suffer. ”

"But if you don't fight, then it will encourage the injustice of the major powers, so that the big and the small, the strong and the weak will be in the world, which is a practice that makes the world more painful. How can the widow allow these unrighteous ambitions to grow? ”

"Besides, in the past, Ziyang was in power, and he had a lot of heart for change, and the Mo family also appreciated it a lot, but strong enemies were around, how could he dare to change?"

Although this is a scene, it is not unreasonable.

If you want to change the law, it will inevitably touch the interests of the nobles, and the dispute between the seven Mu, even if the party of Si Ziyang and the Gong clan defeat the remaining six Mu, and eat meat and drink soup for the people, it can also make the people effectively die.

However, in the end, Si Ziyang was killed, Zheng was in civil strife, and Qimu defected and went to Wei Han to work as a doctor.

In response to such a scene, the Mohist envoy did not criticize it first in the usual tone of the Xuanyi Department, but said: "This is not an unreasonable statement. ”

"It is too late to obey the ghosts and gods and benefit the people at this time, and it is necessary to protect Zheng Guosheji, so that Han Zong's ambition to go to war for his own interests cannot succeed, so he can only consider diplomatic matters. The so-called thick leather coin, humble rhetoric, and the courtesy of the neighboring princes is this meaning. ”

"However, South Korea and Yang Zhai are both close to Zheng Du, and before the diplomatic matter is completed, Zheng Guo needs to do one thing, at least have the ability to defend the capital, at least be able to make preparations for the Korean army to besiege the capital for half a year, and other countries can support. Otherwise, if the city is broken in a few days, even if it is a diplomatic country, how can it be in time? ”

"Is this matter itself, or Zheng Guo's internal matter, the internal matter cannot be resolved, and no matter how much external support there is, it will not work."