Taoists believe that in order to return to the most perfect state of nature, one should "have a small country and a small people." that there may be vessels of Sheber and not used; and that the people may die and not migrate. Although there is a boat, there is nothing to ride, although there are armor soldiers, there is nothing to show. that the people may regain their ropes and use them. Willing to eat, beautiful clothes, live in peace, and enjoy customs. Neighboring countries look at each other, chickens and dogs hear each other, and the people die of old age and do not interact with each other. ”

The Mohists believe that it is wrong to go back, there is nothing wrong with the country and the law itself, what is wrong is whether the country and the law are in line with the will of heaven and the way of heaven, and it is necessary to "choose the sage as the son of heaven and gather the righteousness of the people as the law of the world." The righteousness of the people is the benefit of the people, the law is in line with the interests of the people, and the good and evil of the law are measured by the will of heaven."

Today's trial is actually a moral continuation of the dispute over the liquor shop in the country and the country that day.

The so-called limitation is that the previous laws were all secret laws of the nobility, and under the rules of etiquette, the law protects the interests of the nobility.

Therefore, it is easy for the people to have an idea that the law itself is wrong, and it is precisely because the law breeds that there are many thieves.

The Mohists believe that it is not the sword that is wrong, but the person who holds the sword. There is nothing wrong with the Fa itself, what is wrong is the content of the Fa.

Because the previous law was made by the aristocracy, and it can be argued that it harmed the interests of the majority of the people in the world, this law did not conform to the way of nature, and therefore the rebellion was correct.

Whether the law is a good law or an evil law should be reasoned whether it is in line with nature and the will of heaven. Similar to the Dharma, it is the good law; If you don't get close to each other, it's an evil law. And the greatest point of Tianzhi nature for human beings is that human nature itself, born with all people, since all people were born, since human nature has no good and no evil, it is just human nature, then it means that human nature itself is in line with Tianzhi, so everything that people seek advantages and avoid harms is the basis of natural law.

If the Mohists want to overthrow the old rules and the old era, they must use natural law.

Natural law is the law of "rebellion".

The Mo family discovered the "Heavenly Will" and found that in the era of iron and gunpowder cattle farming, the feudal system was divided into high and low, all of which were not in line with the interests of everyone; It is natural to discover that human rights and duties are relative...... Therefore, the Mohists are not "rebelling", but only restoring the true meaning of the country and the law, which is in line with the will of heaven.

However, in order to establish a unified kingdom under the world, the Mohists must use written law determined by people, because in the definition of Mohists, the state is the same as people, and a part of the power is transferred to the public power, and this part of the transfer includes the power to enforce the law. Otherwise, everyone has his own "righteousness" and his own law enforcement power, and in the absence of any doubt that everyone can rationally understand the "way of nature", the law enforcement power must be vested in the public power.

On the basis of the written law of man, Mozi put forward the saying that "only harm is not guilty", that is, if you have caused harm to society, but if there is no law prohibiting it, then you are not committing a crime. A crime must be violated after the law has been enacted, and then it is considered a crime.

Therefore, Meng Sheng can listen to the lawyer with the accent of Zheng Guo talk with relish, because all this is in line with the morality of the Mo family.

The Mohists could not abandon natural law, because it was the basis for rebellion. Just like Shang Tang and Zhou Wu, they are not rebelling, although Xia Wei and Shang Wei formulated a decree not to rebel, but because Xia Wei and Shang Wei's law violates the will of heaven and the way of nature, this is a bad law, which can not be recognized, so they have the right to raise troops to overthrow the evil government.

However, the Mohists cannot abandon the written law of people, because this is the ruling power. If everyone who commits a crime has the right to enforce the law, it will inevitably cause anarchic chaos, and it cannot be expected that everyone can understand the "Tao Law and Heavenly Will" now, and it is impossible to abandon the "magic weapon" and return to the "perfect" natural state, then it is necessary for people to establish a written law.

The crux of the problem can be regarded as this Deng Xizi reminding Meng Sheng later.

There must be an outline, and then there must be an order.

What applies to natural law, what applies to written law, whether it is reasonable and what needs to be measured, is the most important issue.

Sishang is working to solve this problem, and once this problem is solved, then the rationality of the rebellion is there, and the rationality of the ruling party is also there, and all that remains is to see whose fist is hard.

The Tangwu Revolution was right.

Knowing that the person is a bad person, and the ranger who has no law enforcement power kills him with a sword, it is good, but it is illegal, and the murderer needs to be punished for death and injury.

The good ones are not necessarily illegal, and the bad ones are not necessarily illegal.

How to measure it, how to distinguish it, what applies to natural law and what applies to man's written law, that's what these things mean today.

If the Mohists and Taoists can still reach some agreement on some issues, then the hostility between them and Confucianism cannot be lifted in any way.

Mohist believes that human nature has no good and no evil, human nature is eternal, it is nature itself, itself contains the principle of nature, everyone seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages is human nature, to this basis, Mohist righteousness is profit, on the basis of recognizing human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm, to launch a perfect world system, so that everyone's interests can be protected to the greatest extent.

Confucianism does not yet have the doctrine of Mencius and others, but it basically believes that morality is eternal, and the great rule of the world that was introduced from this is based on morality.

Confucianism now believes that the Mohists are "without a king and without a father", but they do not object to the great governance of the world after the "concurrent love" proposed by the Mohists, but only think that the great governance of the world should be achieved by combining love, which is a fool's dream.

However, Confucianism believes that the great rule of the world is that there is poor love, and then the monarch loves others, the noble and the lowly are different, filial piety is the way, the family and the country are isomorphic, relying on morality, and finally the great rule.

The Mohists believe that the great rule of the world is based on human nature's pursuit of benefits and avoiding disadvantages, everyone seeks profit, and everyone loves themselves, but the highest level of self-love in logic is to love others as oneself, so as to love so that everyone can get the greatest benefit, and finally rule the world.

Profit is the material, virtue is the heart, this is the biggest difference between the two.

It is also an important reason why several scholars tried to reconcile the contradictions between Confucianism and Mo for decades in history.

Meng Sheng was not as excited as Xu Qiao, because before coming to Fei Guo, the high-level Mo family had already discussed what they should do if this matter in Fei Country was completely dominated by the Mo family.

This discussion was carried out on the premise of eliminating the appalling "co-government of the people" and making the princes of the world unanimously oppose interference.

In the eyes of the professional group of "rebel" experts of the Mo family, who are headed by the Mo family and who overthrow the old system and determine the new righteousness, they "want to change customs and change the righteousness of the world", and if they deal with this matter, it may really be as Xu Miao imagined.

The people of the capital were used to drive away or kill the king, and immediately announced the change of the land system, and at the same time sent a message to the fiefdom nobles, and before the nobles could react, they took advantage of the high public opinion to organize an army, and forced the nobles to immediately express their position by disseminating a declaration on the protection of private property by granting land and dividing land.

If they did not agree, they immediately sent troops to defeat the nobles, won the support of the people in the nobles' fiefdoms through extensive publicity, and ended the rebellion in a very violent way.

will not give the nobles any chance to delay time, this point the Mo family has had experience before: back then, the king of Chu clearly said that he would change the army, but when the situation changed as soon as the Zhao Han monarch died in the first battle of Niu Qiyi, he immediately broke his promise, and the Mo family's high-level officials no longer had the slightest trust in the princes and nobles.

This is the reason why Meng Sheng did not accuse Xu Weak, but felt that Xu Weak was expected.

But the biggest difference between reality and speculation lies in the existence of the Mo family in Sishang, and the high-level Mo family determines that the affairs of the Fei country cannot be solved by their own country, and can only be an intervention war in the end.

Since the result is doomed, it is better to sit on the sidelines and let the strange or laughable stories be staged in the country, as an experience, to teach so that future people will not make such mistakes.

Anyway, the final result is that the people wake up until the end, and the princes and nobles are unreliable. The Mo family righteous masters were nearby, and as long as they announced that they would join the closer alliance in Sishang in the form of popular righteousness, they would be able to defeat those nobles quickly.

Otherwise, this internal bloody storm is inevitable. Once the anger rises, the nobles of the world will be so frightened that they can't sleep, but the Fei country is too small, and it is not worth letting the nobles of the world wake up so early and unite to eliminate the Mo family's thoughts for the sake of the small Fei country.

An overly radical fight against terror will only happen when there is great internal and external pressure, and it is a method that has to be used when there is no other choice, and there is nothing wrong with it.

And now that the Mohists are confident in their military strength, Fei Guo has another choice but to rely on its citizens, so they can discuss whether they are guilty or not, which seems not to be a top priority.

Meng Sheng quietly listened to the scholar of Deng Xizi's academic with a Zheng Guo accent talking about the truth about law and nature, and the smile on his face was also out of a kind of confidence in the strength behind him.

And he also knew that Wei Rang was his own person, so he was waiting for Wei Rang to do something.

When everyone finally chose to recognize the innocence of the rich merchant who hoarded goods, Wei Rang finally stood up, looked around and said: "As I said just now, after the law is established, there is guilt. Now that the people of the country want to make the law, then the fiefdom doctors and nobles should swear to agree with the laws and regulations agreed by the people. ”

"If you obey it, then you must obey the law, check the fields, give the land to the people, and pay it off in installments."

"If you do not obey the oath after the oath, it is a violation of the law, and you should dispose of it immediately, take back the fiefdom, and return it to the public treasury before the people pay it."

"If they do not swear to agree to the decree agreed upon by the people, then they should be expelled from the fee."

"In the past, Wei Zhi became a duke, and wanted to rebel against Jin and pro-Chu, but the people did not obey, and after the public discussion, he was expelled to please Jin. If the king does not obey the will of the people, he will be driven out of the country and deprived of sacrifices, but what about the nobles? Aren't these doctors from Fei Guo? Since they are from the country of Fei, and they have not sworn to abide by the laws made by the people, why can't they learn from the escape of the Marquis of Wei and expel them? ”

"Therefore, I suggest that when everyone is here today, the decree of the Fei State will be made, and the letter will be quickly passed on to let the fiefdom doctor come to the capital to swear recognition and meet the new king!"