Chapter Eighty-Five: Poking
For the first time, the face of the imperial father Yue Ling showed a stunned expression.
The reason for the astonishment was not that this former doorman pointed at his nose and scolded him for being a company commander at most, Sima Chang Muramasa, but in the simple sentence "The world should not be like this".
What should the world look like?
This is a terrible idea that once many people think about it, the world will be in chaos.
If the world is rich and healthy, there will not be too many people who are idle and think about what the world should be like.
Because the world is no longer good, some people have to think about what the world should be like.
Hundreds of schools of thought were born from this.
Confucian retro, Taoist self-transformation, Yang Zhu freedom, Mohist and love......
It's all for the world, in order to launch an ideal, better world than the present.
The sages tried to use reason to come up with what the world should be, and then used criticism to accuse the world of not being like this.
If tens of thousands of people think like this, there will be no going back to the past.
The emperor's father, Yue Ling, sighed, raised his head and said: "In the past, no one in the world felt that it should not be like this. β
The Nashi man snorted, "Just like air, it doesn't exist because we discovered it, but it has always existed but we haven't discovered it." People in the world once felt that it should not be like this, and once took it for granted, and the giant said that this is the most terrible thing in the world - taking things that should not be like this for granted. β
"So the giant wants to break all this and let the world return to what it should be."
The imperial father Yue Ling laughed and said, "Break all this? I'm the one who took the world for granted, so you're going to break me? β
The former doorman patted his forehead and said, "You always overestimate yourself and think that you are important to us." But in fact you don't matter to us at all. The important thing is that people like you are in a high position and harm the people for profit, and don't take it for granted anymore. β
"So the giant feels that he is too lazy to kill you, but to let you be judged in front of all the people, so that there is an emotion in the hearts of the people - people like you should not exist, as a matter of course."
"We kill you as easily as we kill a chicken. The people of the world feel that the world should not be the way it used to be, but it is difficult. β
The imperial father, Yue Ling, ignored the humiliation of the former guest, and laughed: "What is my sin? The law of the Mohists is not guilty of harm, and it is a crime to violate the forbidden. β
"Speaking of which, it is true that I am raising taxes and taxes to support my own private soldiers, but I am legal."
"The Gentleman's Courtyard is divided into the Commoners' Academy, I didn't make it up, did I? I want to increase taxes and taxes, and the Gentlemen's Court allows it, and I also come according to the rules, originally the Commoners' Court only has the right to propose, but the Gentlemen's Court has the right to veto, and this is not a rule I made. β
"Even if I have the intention of killing you first, I don't care about it, it was you who made the first move, and it was you who heard that I was going to do this and strike first."
"It was after you preemptively struck that I retreated from Shangqiu, and then killed your people in the fiefdom, everyone in the world can watch it, this time the song is in your Mo family, not me."
"I really want to do it first, but I didn't have time, it was you who did it first, am I also guilty?"
The former doorman nodded solemnly and said solemnly: "Yes, you are guilty." β
The emperor's father, Yue Ling, scolded: "What is the trouble of wanting to add crimes? It was you who first rebelled in Shangqiu, and I killed after retreating from Shangqiu. Those people are close to you on weekdays, just like the meticulous work, should I keep the meticulous work in wartime? β
"Do you not keep saying that you are not guilty of harm, and that you are not interested in what you say? On what basis do you condemn me? β
The former doorman asked rhetorically: "The Shangqiu Jamahiriya rioted, this is the right given to them by nature, have you received a letter before, asking you to immediately disband the army, lay down your arms, and the people of the Song State will discuss the government and want to reorganize the politics of the Song Dynasty?" β
When he was surrounded in Dangshan, the imperial father Yue Ling did receive such a letter, but he didn't take it seriously at all, and it was obviously a letter that made him surrender, nothing more than a burn.
At this time, the doorman mentioned it again, and the emperor's father Yue Ling felt cold in his heart and asked, "What does this mean?" β
Menke said: "It means that at that time, except for a few cities such as Dangshan, the people in the rest of the Song Kingdom agreed to change the system, suspend your position as the Great Yin of the Inquiry Yuan, and ask you to lay down your arms and surrender, otherwise it will be a rebellion." It was true that there had been a popular assembly in the various towns before that, and it was largely unanimously approved. β
"So from that moment on, it is a great sin for you to disobey the will of all the people and refuse to surrender."
"Second, you are killing innocents indiscriminately in the fiefdom."
The imperial father Yue Ling sneered: "Even if I am guilty of the first article and was framed by you, even if the riot of the people of the country is the right of nature to give the people, then what is my crime in the second article?" β
"I, the Great Yin of the Inquiry Yuan, was not awarded by the Duke of Song, but elected by the Gentlemen's Court. Before I received that letter, I was still the Great Yin of the Government Yuan, what was wrong with me killing some small works? β
The doorman asked rhetorically: "Have you been judged for those so-called fine works?" Furthermore, which of the laws of the Song Kingdom stipulates that the people are not allowed to believe in the righteousness of the Mo family? Which one says that people can't be inkers? If you execute them on the grounds that they are Mo, this is against the Great Constitution, and it is murder, and the murderer dies, why are you not guilty? β
The emperor's father, Yue Ling, scolded: "When you attack the city, those people will be made into a fine work, are you only allowed to fight me, but not me to fight back?" β
The doorman nodded and said solemnly: "You're right, that's it." Not only for you, but also for all the princes of the world in the future. We are only allowed to beat you, not me, and you would have understood this truth earlier, and you would not have ended up today. β
These words, which seemed to be a hooligan in the market, made the imperial father Yue Ling laugh angrily: "Joke, what a joke." The Song Dynasty is also weak, how strong the princes are, the law of Qin and Wei, the words of the monarch are the law, they don't recognize your law, why do the rules of your Si Shang govern other countries? β
The doorman said: "Because...... Sishang is not a vassal state. Sishang is just a place where the future government of the world will live, and of course it does not recognize those systems that do not conform to the rules of the world in the future. The laws and morals of Sishang are the laws and morals of the world in the future, but they are not able to manage them elsewhere for the time being. β
"As for saying that there is no sin, we Mohists criticize the injustice of the princes of various countries all day long...... This has already told them that they are unrighteous in doing so, and that they have published it in a book and broadcast it all over the world, but not only have they not listened, but they continue to be unjust, is that not guilty? β
Hearing this, the emperor's father Yue Ling shouted and scolded: "A thief in troubled times! Thief of troubled times! The Son of Heaven is still here, why do you dare to call the world? β
The doorman laughed and said, "The Son of Heaven is a fart? He refused to abdicate and hand over power to the people, so we had to take matters into our own hands to get rid of him. So who do you blame for this? If he surrenders power to the people as soon as possible, not only will he not be guilty, but he will be respected for the benefit of the world, and perhaps he will be invited to the Government Council to do something to reward him for his benefit to the people. If he had handed over power, the world would not have shed so much blood, so he was to blame. β
"You continue to scold, the giant said, the scolding of people like you is the crackling sound of the wheels of history running over those ants blocking the car, if there is no scolding, there will be less scenery."
After saying this, the doorman got up and wanted to leave, but when he left, he seemed to think of something again, and said with a smile: "Don't seek death." If you die early, it's fine, but if you die now, it must be in the name of suicide. Keep your life and today's tongue, there will be a trial in a few days, just like when the Marquis of Jin would try the Marquis of Wei, when the time comes, you can plead, keep your words to the trial scene and say it. β
Hearing this, the imperial father Yue Ling said maniacly: "I know what you want, you want to humiliate me." My surname is derived from the business contract; My clan originated from Dai Gong. How can my family's doctors be judged by a group of untouchables? Soldiers can be killed, not humiliated! I'm ...... dead."
The doorman plucked out his ears and scolded: "Death of incompetence, death of guilt, but you have to find a high-sounding reason for yourself." Do you think you are the guardian of the old system of the world? Do you think you died for the sake of righteousness? Lie to yourself and believe it? Twenty years ago, during the coup d'Γ©tat, why didn't I hear you talk about loyalty, dignity and order? β
"It's obviously for self-interest, and if you can't fail, you have to find a reason for yourself to sound righteous. Go to the ...... Do you deserve these two words? β
"The righteousness of my Mo family, it's not a day or two to oppose the old rules, why didn't I see you send troops to attack Sishang before? Not only did he not attack, but he also said anything in front of everyone many times before. β
"Today, I shouted to go to righteousness and sacrifice my life, but because I failed, I knew that I would definitely die, so I wanted to find a better reason for myself, how cheap, and I became a righteous man who sacrificed his life for righteousness with one mouth."
"And those nobles who were captured with you, what did the Mo family do before, but they didn't object, as soon as they said that they wanted to take back their fiefs and distribute them to the people, they immediately objected, thinking that this was against the righteousness of the world, and they wanted to sacrifice themselves for righteousness."
"Do you believe yourselves in what you call righteousness?"
This sentence made the emperor's father Yue Ling unable to refute, and every sentence pierced his heart, piercing him deep in the heart.
He choked for a long time and sneered: "Could it be that the Mo family is not for profit?" Didn't the people follow you for profit? β
The doorman stroked his hands and laughed: "That's right, yes, we never deny it." Righteousness is profit, and righteousness is beneficial to the majority of people. Our righteousness has always been this way, and it has never changed. β
"On the contrary, you, do you dare to say those old rules in front of the people of the world, just for the benefit of a few? Do you dare to say that a few people benefit, and the majority are poor and want to die, that is righteousness? β
"You don't dare, you only dare to hide these rules of etiquette, and never dare to admit that your righteousness is for the benefit of a few, that is, for the sake of princes and generals, and then you will use these rules and etiquette to make an unclear righteousness, and deceive those who cannot benefit to die for your benefit."
After saying this, the doorman took another sip and left without looking back.
The door of the cell was closed again, and the imperial father Yue Ling looked at the wooden spoon in his hand in a daze, as if all his clothes had been torn off in public, revealing everything hidden inside.
But he did not know that this was only the beginning, and in the days that followed, people continued to come to him, humiliating his pride and deceiving himself at the last of his pride, in the most vicious and sarcastic language he had ever heard.