Chapter 48 System
"Since the world is concerned, then everything that moves forward will be supported by the Mohists. If you don't advance and retreat, you have to make him progress. This is a righteous war, and there is no distinction between countries. Mojia is not the ink of a country, but the ink of the world. ”
Wu Qi was silent when he heard this, bowed his head and pondered.
At this time, the countries of the world did not shy away from talking about annexation and war, but the Spring and Autumn etiquette still remained, and things like South Korea taking advantage of the alliance to attack Zheng and destroy Zheng could only happen in the Warring States.
However, at the beginning of the Warring States Period, at least some "face" was still required by various countries, and they would seek a teacher to be famous, and if they wanted to be famous, this name must have a foundation, that is, etiquette. Without courtesy, there is no way to say right or wrong, and there is no way to say that there is a famous teacher or an unknown teacher.
The three Jin Dynasty and Qi were defeated, and it was still through the rebellion of Gongsun and Sun, and the Tian family was suspected of killing his brother. Sanjin and Qi, but also in the form of Zhou Tianzi.
However, the words of the Mo family clearly mean that the Mo family has its own rules and logic, etiquette is the rule, the Mo family abides by its own etiquette, and does not abide by the existing etiquette at this time, as long as it is not in line with righteousness, the Mo family may fight with it.
And righteousness...... The only person in the world who can interpret righteousness today is the Mohists. Confucianism has not yet integrated the doctrine of the Mandate of Heaven with Huang Laozhi's learning, and it is even more difficult to spread among the princes.
Legalism has just emerged, but it lacks a description of the future, and it also lacks a fundamental connotation, which is just a technique rather than a Tao, and only gives rational support for the change of the law, but does not clearly explain the root cause of the change.
Although Wu Qi slandered the Mohists for saying that the war was so "in line with the general righteousness", he recalled in his mind the pamphlets of the Mohists criticizing the policies of various countries in recent years, and nodded secretly.
Ever since the Mohists published a pamphlet on the sources and increases of the total wealth of the world, the economic policies of various countries have always been based on that pamphlet, and they have never exceeded the rules.
Words and deeds are consistent, and they can properly explain and judge, and this is the terrifying part.
For the reform of Qindi, the Mohists also criticized and supported, such as Suo Lushen's criticism, which is a debate that stands in the end whether agriculture is the only means to increase the total wealth of the world, or whether the labor of industry and commerce can also increase the total wealth of the world.
As for the support, the Mo family also believes that the situation of Qindi is special, no matter what, compared with the previous Jingtian Qianmo and the nobles sealing the fields, the reform of Qindi still liberates the productive forces, especially if it is cooperated with oxen to plough the ridges, which is definitely higher than the original system.
All of this stems from the fact that he joined the Mo family twenty years ago, and gradually formed a complete system of Mo family's morality.
Just like the previous Confucianism, Zhongni has "etiquette" to follow, so the right and wrong of this matter can be measured according to etiquette, and those who conform to etiquette will be supported, and those who are not in accordance with etiquette will be opposed.
Twenty years ago, the Mohists talked about profit, righteousness, and Tianzhi, but what should the world look like in line with Tianzhi?
Mozi did not point out, or rather point out, something that is too distant and impossible to achieve in hundreds of years: "Let everyone have his own strengths, and the world should do everything; Jun his duties, the world has everything; All of them like it, and the world is prepared; There are many strong and weak things, and the world has everything", and the ultimate "love" of the world.
so that each man has his own strengths, and that the work he does will be what he likes...... This is too far away for the Warring States, and this is the ultimate dream of freedom for mankind.
However, after the appearance of the Mo family, with the theory of the ninefold paradise, the world wealth, which is one of the three tables of the Mo family, refers to what kind of system should be the kind of system that the paradise to be pursued today.
Confucianism and Mo compete, Confucianism originally had courtesy to follow, which was already in ancient times, according to the existing things to compare right and wrong, so Confucianism can be more easily established.
It's backwards, and the path traveled is experienced, so it's easier for people to accept, and people prefer to accept intuitive things.
When the theory is not rich and the internal system is not perfect, it is difficult to understand, because it is difficult for people to accept things that are not intuitive and require logic.
But when the Mohist system gradually became unified and evolved into what it is now, the only advantage of Confucianism was gone.
Of course, it is polite and more intuitive; But the Mo family now also has a paradise to discuss, which is also intuitive.
Nowadays, the Legalists who are in the ascendant pay attention to the "lawless ancients", but their purpose is only to fight for the world, as for what happens after the world is stable, they only leave a sentence of "lawless ancients", the world is established, and the government of the world is "ancient", but it is a pity that they do not describe what the future should look like, and lack an "ism" for reference.
On the basis of the law, the idea of "the monarch and the ministers are all obeying the law" is beautiful, but it will be contradictory. This is the law following the king, not the king, because the Mohists believe that this will not work in logical debate.
Twenty years ago, the gathering of the Mo family under Shangqiu City focused on solving the problem of what Mozi said: "What is above must be everything; What is not, it will be not. If there is a fault, it will be admonished, and if there is a good, it will be recommended".
If these words are only taken in half a sentence, they are two completely different meanings.
"What is above will be what it is", if only half a sentence is mentioned, then there is no difference from the words of the king.
"Therefore, those who choose the best people in the world will be the Son of Heaven", if only this half sentence is mentioned, it will not be able to solve the contradiction between the slow speed of information dissemination and the insufficient material foundation under the times.
It is because the Mohists need to have their own system and logic, within the logic, so that "democracy and centralization", and at the same time, "if there is a fault, it will be admonished, and if there is goodness, it will be recommended", and at the same time, it can gather the righteousness of the people and centralize power to govern.
At a time when the material base is insufficient, this is the only possible means to change the "family world".
If it is a family with one surname, then "the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband" is an empty phrase after all. The Mohists have always believed that it is the righteousness to guide people with profit, so that the people of the world can benefit from the world, so that "the people of the world will be willing to be responsible for the rise and fall of the world".
All this needs to open up the wisdom of the people, and it is a long process.
All this was going on silently, for example, Wu Qi once saw people in the village community discussing "whether to increase taxes on grain imported from the Song State", which was to encourage the people to fight for their own interests and understand what the country should be at this time.
When everyone knows where their interests lie, they will understand what kind of system can ensure their own interests, and they will take the initiative to fight for it.
All the policies and comments of the Mohists so far have been closely related to the two issues of "the world" and "benefiting the world", and they have not exceeded them, so they can be regarded as "doing what they want without exceeding the rules", but this moment is not the other time.
Through printing and debate, the Mohists firmly maintained the right to interpret "righteousness" and "benefit the world", and even the words "hero" gave the market a different definition than before.
In righteousness and benefit the world, the sons of the world can not compete with the Mo family now.
In terms of the increase in the total wealth of the world and the development of the productive forces, the system of the world cannot be compared with Sishang.
For the benefit of the common people, the Mo family has now clearly pointed out that the Shiqing nobles are silverfish, united the interests of merchants, handicrafts, and serfs as much as possible, and put forward the idea of a happy land without the Shiqing nobles.
In terms of cultural system, Mohist is the Central Plains school after all, and competes with Confucianism over whether to "mourn for three years" or "mourn for three days"; the fight is "treating death as life" or "using it for funeral"; The fight is for "Huang Zhong Da Lu" or "the joy of the lower riba people". At its core, it was an internal cultural dispute, not a dispute between Yidi and the Central Plains.
This kind of propaganda and agitation, which has lasted for nearly 20 years, and technological innovation that has lasted for 20 years, can be seen in Wu Qi.
Twenty years ago, Wu Qi would not have had any doubts about his ambitions.
If you don't be a prime minister, you vow not to return to your hometown. Twenty years ago, this would indeed have been an ambition that would have caused countless people to laugh at it and think it was a dream.
But now, Wu Qi feels that this ambition is ...... is like a deep resentful woman: under the old system, the secretary of the world was in power, and it was difficult for the scholar to be the prime minister, so he was dissatisfied, but he was dissatisfied with the final decision, but he wanted to have his own place within this unreasonableness.
Compared with the new world conceived by the Mohists, it is inferior after all.
Now, even heroes such as Wu Qi, who have been propagated and influenced by these Mohist doctrines, have begun to inevitably ponder the meaning of their ambitions.
With the pearl of wealth in front of Sishang, it is too difficult to surpass the Mo family in political power, and those changes that could have gone down in history with a little bit of work now need to be done more and more effectively to be regarded as ambitions.
He was not a nobleman of the world, nor did he have a vast fiefdom, and he did not have a natural instinctive aversion to the policies of the Mo family out of class interests.
But he knew that he was old, and if he had been like this in the Mo family when he was young, he would definitely join the Mo family, display his ambitions with ambition, and rule the world. But now, he does not conform to the rules of the Mo family, and the only one who can display his ambitions is the Qin State.
When it comes to ambitions, heroes, and the harsh reality, it seems that the expansion of the Qin people to the west is already the only feasible way.
As for whether the Qindi reform can succeed and subdue those nobles and princes, Shi seems to be full of confidence.
After all, even if Shengqiu and others rebelled against Mo, they also had some skills, and now that Qin Jun's power has been established, Shiqing, the land of the three counties, can no longer win, and then he has iron weapons, and Wu Qi is in charge of the army, and there is the support of the people, and the reform of Qin is inevitable.
Shi only wanted to lure the Qin State into reforming and expanding westward. If it was in the past, it would never be possible. However, now, the iron tools have been produced, the stirrups have been used, the gunpowder has been burned, and there is the move of Solushen to the west, and it has become another option for the Qin state.
At this time, to the west, relying on the Central Plains' tissue technique and technology generation, it is to hang and beat children. It can go east to south, whether it is Wei or Southern Zheng Zhimo, it is a choice that will do more harm than good for Qin. If you don't succeed, you can't talk about ambition.
Wu Qi knew that it was appropriate to say these things for the benefit of the Mo family, but it was Qin Jun's interests and Wu Qi's ambitions to talk about everywhere, and it seemed that there was only one way to choose.
Seeing that Wu Qi was silent there, he smiled secretly in his heart.
Xindao, this naturally has the generational gap brought about by technological development, and it is profitable to expand the Qin State to the west. But thanks to your own training in Xihe for many years, you yourself cut off the possibility of the Qin people going east within twenty years, and had to go west.
The lasso woven by the general trend of the world, you know that it is a lasso, but you have to drill it without drilling, there is no other way.