It is precisely because the legal rationality of the "method" itself is greater than the "conclusion" that there is a correction of the focus rather than the center of the sphere in the eight methods of Mozi optics, and there is a legal basis within the Mohists that subsequently overturned a series of previous conclusions...... It is also suitable to correct the root of the Mohists.

After the revision, the relationship between the Mo family and the hundred schools of thought was delicate, in addition to Confucianism, even Yang Zhu, who had always been-for-tat, the Mo family and the other party began to have a series of good contacts.

Taoist orthodoxy is to ponder the Tao and the return to the basics of man.

As a branch of the Taoist school, Yang Zhu was influenced by Taoism, and the main disagreement between Yang Zhu and Mohists was the two points of "love" and "benefiting the world".

Later generations Mencius once said: Fleeing ink must return to Yang, fleeing Yang must return to Confucianism, in fact, there is another sentence, rebellion against Confucianism must return to ink. The reason for this is actually very easy to understand.

The original Mo family wanted short brown straw shoes, which benefited the world more than once. Many people couldn't bear it and ran to the Yang-Zhu school; Yang Zhu talked about self-interest and self-interest all day long, so the defector ran to be a gentleman and return to the law of etiquette to level the world's Confucianism; Confucianism talks about benevolence, righteousness, benevolence and righteousness all day long, and it is not as good as the Mo family to do something serious with a sword for a long time, so the traitors and Confucians all ran to the Mo family.

The Yang-Zhu school has its own set of political philosophies.

That is, "for me", that is, everyone should cherish their own lives and not take other people's property, so if everyone in the world does this, the world will naturally be profitable.

This is also a doctrine born out of "self-transformation", in other words, private property is inviolable, human freedom cannot be forced, and human life needs to be cherished.

Princes and nobles, that is to encroach on personal property and plunder private wealth.

Mo Jiali is the world, that is to use organization and violence to confront, and he has not achieved "noble life" and "freedom", so Yang Zhu is also against it.

The same is true of the theory of love, the Mohists believe that everyone loves each other, and Yang Zhu believes that everyone is self-interested, which is itself two extremes, but if any of these two extremes is achieved, it is the great rule of the world.

However, the explanation of both love is that "people are self-interested, and people are also profit-seeking, and the highest degree of self-interest is love, so as to obtain several times the love of oneself."

This kind of "reconciliation" was also accepted by Yang Zhu, because the Mohists recognized things like people seeking profit and wholeness.

However, the essence of this kind of harmony is closely related to the situation in Sishang and the world.

The world is now divided into Sishang and Sishang.

The internal education of Sishang is based on the premise of cultivating an imaginary community of "Tianxia", which is similar to a civil religion, so that the younger generation in Sishang is full of dedication and a sense of honor for the composition of Tianxia, a civil religion, which is actually a country that has not yet been formed, but only fictionalizes a kind of patriotism as a civil religion with the name of benefiting the world.

Discipline, a sense of honor, a messianic complex, dedication, the inculcation of the imaginary community of the world, the dialectical unity of self-interest and the benefit of the world, the difference between the world of power and so on, which makes it unnecessary for the Mohists to fight with outsiders for them to devote themselves to the organization that benefits the world.

Originally, the debate between the Mo family and Yang Zhu was the Mo family's attempt to attract Yang Zhu's disciples, after all, there were so many cultural people at this time, and they robbed each other, so the Mo family was always aggressive before.

Today, I debated with Confucianism and took away a group of disciples who rebelled against Confucianism and returned to Mo, and Yu Slip Li is an example; Tomorrow argues with Yang Zhu and takes away some disciples who rebelled against Yang Guimo; The day after tomorrow, I saw a ranger on the street, who was brave and ruthless, but he was cultured and chivalrous, and he either persuaded or subdued, such as County Zishuo.

Mozi started a sect by himself, debated and fought, and finally had hundreds of organized disciples.

After the construction of Sishang was completed, and he began to cultivate a new generation of young people who grew up under the Mohist system, the purpose of the debate was to fight for the right to interpret the truth.

With the rise of Sishang, the struggle strategy of the Mo family has changed from "first becoming the most reasonable sect in the world to attract more people to benefit the world together"; It became "Is there any reason to argue slowly, I have 50,000 troops, more than 100,000 reservists, the world's largest literate population, and the world's largest taxes, I will do it myself, you just don't get in the way."

Can the Yang-Zhu school solve the feudal aristocracy? Can Zhuxia move towards an embryonic era of capital where "private property is inviolable, everyone is self-interested, and free"?

After examining this issue, I came to the conclusion that the truth is correct, but the reality is not.

Because if Yang Zhu's faction wants to succeed, what is needed is for the small landlords, small merchants, and small citizens who have private property in the world, but are suppressed by the feudal aristocracy, to have enough population to overthrow the feudal aristocracy.

The problem is that in addition to the leapfrog development in Sishang, the population of small landlords, small businessmen, and small citizens with private property in other parts of the world is too small. Counting on them, the Year of the Monkey and the Horse Moon can accumulate a sufficient population base, so that "everyone is self-interested" will lead everyone to rebel, and form a spontaneous and sweeping old era of great changes.

I think that if you want to make trouble in today's population class distribution, the main force is still fiefdom farmers, bankrupt peasants, and fugitive serfs. Of course, with these people, the "righteousness" of the Mohists actually stands on the side of industrial and commercial development, and these people are only allies but not comrades.

This is the difference between the Mohists and the Yang-Zhu school on "benefiting the world".

Yang Zhu's idea can benefit the world, but it cannot succeed at this stage, and it is necessary to have an organization with strong organizational discipline, ideals, and correct program to lead the farmers, fugitive serfs, and the new generation they have transformed into to benefit the world.

Yang Zhu hopes that everyone will be self-interested, and when they are violated in the future, they will spontaneously cast a sword of punishment through extensive self-interest.

The Mohists hope that everyone will benefit the world, and without waiting for the future, they will rely on their dedication to forge a sword and hold it in the hands of the organization to punish the king.

After a series of decrees began to be promulgated in Sishang, legal discussions with people as the main body of law finally appeared, and principled issues such as the establishment of the law of the people to determine taxation and war, the Yang-Zhu school naturally began to lean towards the Mohists.

And that's exactly what Fit wants.

After Sishang defeated the Qi State, he was ready to start announcing to the world that he was going to overthrow Zhou Tianzi and the princes from all walks of life, and the spread of the Mohist doctrine outside would be very affected in the future.

The difference between inside and outside Sishang also makes the direction of propaganda very different.

In Sishangnai, new people who preach to be true citizens, true people of the world, and who are willing to benefit the world and contribute to the benefit of the world and have a sense of honor, because Sishangnai has overthrown the feudal aristocracy and can educate the real people of the republic.

In addition to Sishang, schools such as Yang Zhu are needed to preach the ideas of self-interest, self-interest, non-infringement of other people's property, and protection of one's own interests, which are still in the "embryonic" period, so as to form a kind of chaos and natural antipathy to the feudal aristocracy, and make maximum use of the power of small landlords, merchants, and small citizens—they may not be willing to benefit the world, but they are certainly willing to benefit themselves, for me, for your life, and not to encroach on the wealth of others and not to let others encroach on their own property.

They are allies, but they are not comrades, and this is the difference between inside and outside Sishang, including the difference in the direction of propaganda and education.

For my highest level, I will stab you twice if you rob my things, including the "legal" robbery of the nobles, but if you want to rob others, I condemn and condemn you, but I don't come out.

The highest state of love is that the people of the world are suffering, and we must take an ideal of dedicating ourselves to the most magnificent cause in the world, to fight endlessly, to calm the uneven things.

The latter's education model is destined to require a series of national education from an early age, which can only be carried out within Sishang.

The former's education model requires a few books and a few people's lectures to spread the germ of enlightenment, which may not understand everything, nor may it be beneficial to the heart of the world, but it also understands that its own interests are violated by the aristocracy.

This kind of distinction is destined to be impossible for the Mo family to do.

Because the Mohists cannot not only preach "benefiting the world" in Sishang, but also preach "self-interest and noble life" outside Sishang; It is not possible to preach the collectivist concept of the society of the great collective, the world, and the concept of complete individualism of oneself and self in Sishang.

In that case, the Xuanyi Department will go crazy, and the Mo family itself will explode first.

It's not that the Xuanyi Department can't do the dialectical unity of "self-interest and world-benefit" now, Sishang has always been like this internally.

Rather, this concept of dialectical unity needs to be taught and exposed from an early age before it can be recognized. Outside of Sishang, in terms of the general logical thinking ability accepted by the small landlords and small burghers, the Yang Zhu school is more inflammatory and more easily accepted by that class.

Only in this way can a broad alliance be formed inside and outside Sishang, and the Mohists rely on the ideal of benefiting the world to gather force in Sishang; The outside relies on self-interest, noble life and other human self-interest to do foreign aid, once it is out, it can get support, and even use an uprising to respond.

After reunification, the concept of benefiting the world was reduced to the most perfect form of "patriotism", a civil religion, and the first black powder republic in the world at this time was formed.

He was sure that he couldn't do it himself, so he didn't need to think about the longer term. Colonial plunder, primitive accumulation, brutal competition...... All this will inevitably appear and die in the future, and as long as some seeds are left, a new era will eventually germinate.

The most important seed is the primitive steam engines that are now standing in the Sishang coal mining area, according to the speed at which the land annexation of the Han Dynasty was completed in 200 years of inaction, it should be enough to complete the industrial revolution and jump out of the strange circle before the 200 years of inaction reached the limit of land annexation, which is what later generations will do.

Now that the seed has been planted, all he has to do is prepare the most suitable soil for this seed to grow.

This piece of soil to be prepared, now also need to use the benefit of the world to die without turning the heel of the ink, and it will not be long before you can use the capital this self-conscious monster, now he is still young, and he needs many people to die for the benefit of the world to sacrifice with blood to care for his growth, so as to turn the main driving force of historical rolling from the ideal dedication to the inevitable of history.

It was clear from the beginning that he was bound to betray the heart of benefiting the world and loving the world, because most of the people in the world were now small farmers.

In the long run, they will get real benefits, get rid of the cycle of annexation, get rid of the oppression of the barbarians, but in the long run...... They were all dead.

Whether he believes in ghosts or gods, but he can't help but wonder if he really sees Mozi on the other side when he dies in the future, and Mozi looks at the smoke of soot, colonization and plunder, the brutal competition in the internal workshops, the bankruptcy of small farmers, the gradual destitution of cottage craftsmen, and the rebellion of the colonies by poor soldiers for the benefit of the factory owners under the slogan of Zhuxia and Kyushu.

Of course, Mozi will also see the factories producing dozens of times the cloth of the previous era, the scholars who have inherited the Mozi Heavenly Ambition to observe the transit of Venus and the distance of the geodesic day of the great ship sailing on the vast waves, the adventurers who go to explore how big the world is on the mast with a resolute expression, the students in the classroom arguing whether it is reasonable to have an infinitesimal arithmetic to zero, the universal agricultural equipment frees the tired hands of the farmer, everyone is equal and becomes an inoffensive thing, the disillusioned idealist who benefits the world or sails away by boat, Or stay in Kyushu and continue to make fire, burn yourself, and illuminate others......

Thinking about all this, I don't know how long it took, and finally a sentence from the secretary who had been waiting for a long time came to my ears.

"Giant?"

Shi was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he was talking about himself, not calling the gentleman who had been buried under the peach forest of the jujube forest.

"In every era, there will be people who die for the benefit of the world, walking on the road of the world's great benefits, just like Mr. You were in the wind and rain back then. People can die, and the way of benefiting the world may change, but the ideal of benefiting the world will not die. ”

said such a sentence without a head, and the secretary next to him was also stunned, and couldn't help sighing, and said in his heart: "Is the giant missing Zi Mozi?" If Zi Mozi is still here, he will be relieved to see the scene of hundreds of schools coming to Sishang now. ”

I thought so in my heart, but I didn't answer.

Shi restrained his thoughts, and it took a long time before he said, "You can show me the rest of the reception list." ”

The secretary hurriedly took out two pieces of paper from the leather bag, scanned them roughly, and saw the name of the confessor.

This time, Confucius was in charge of a public debate with Confucianism, and the subject of the debate was human nature.

This is not only a debate with Confucianism, but more importantly, it enables the Mohist view of human nature to reach some compatibility with other schools.

The level of the confession is there, this is very certain, the reason why he has not been famous in the Mo family is mainly because he has been recognized as an opportunist from the beginning.

It doesn't matter how many speculators are really good for the world, and how many speculators are there, and at this point, speculators are not only not a harm, but also a force that can be borrowed.

If it is really so miserable that it is attacked by the princes of the world to the remote area that has been exterminated, and the situation is extremely bad, it is natural to choose another path, and now it seems impossible, Sishang is not fighting, just dragging out time and waiting for more cadres to be trained, and more speculators.

After taking a look at the arrangement of the confession, he thought of the famous debate in his previous life, and said with a smile in his heart: "Confession, confession, this time the pen is in our hands, and the reason is far better than before, if you can't win the debate, it will really be ridiculed for thousands of years." ”

The secretary saw that Shi Shi was staring at the name of the confessor and asked, "Giant, is there anything wrong with the arrangement of the confession?" ”

Shake your head.

"There's nothing wrong with that, it's good. The debate is the day after tomorrow, right? When the time comes, when the debate is recorded, a copy will be transcribed to me. ”

"Yes."

The secretary took out a pen and wrote it down in a small notebook, and Shi flipped through the list casually, and a name that surprised Shi came into view.

He pointed to the name marked "Dan" on it and asked, "Who is this man?" ”

The secretary was well-informed, took a look, and didn't look at the materials, so he said: "This person was originally the Taishi of Zhou, and he can be called the Taishi Dan." ”

He inherited the learning of Lao Tzu and Lao Laizi, and because he saw the decline of Zhou, the road was not good, so he resigned and came to Sishang. This person is famous in the land of Zhou Jinggi and the Sanjin Taoist family, and he is in charge of the book Ren Taishi of Zhou, and he is familiar with ancient and modern times. ”

"He was a loner, and he preached to others on weekdays, but he did not accept disciples. It's just that he has talent, and he is the first person who came to visit us as an official in Zhou, so the standard of hospitality is slightly higher. ”

The secretary thought that it was appropriate to ask if the specifications were too high, so he explained that after all, this was the first official under the name of Zhou Tianzi to visit, and the relationship between the two families on the issue of Taoism was quite close, and they were both anti-Confucian, and the Tao of Xuan and Xuan involved the legitimacy of the Mo family's governance, which the secretary was clear.

Shi didn't think that this was a high standard, although he had already seen a lot of sages who could only be seen in books in the past, but he was too ...... The status of the later generations is a bit too high, and he is still a little excited.

Tai Shi Dan is not Lao Tzu, nor is he Lao Laizi, because when Tai Shi Dan traveled west into Qin, it was the Qin Xiangong period, and Hangu Pass was not Xiongguan at this time, although there was this place name, but it definitely did not belong to the Qin State.

And Qin Xiangong is the son of Shengqiu and others, originally he had to wait until many years later to have the opportunity to return to China to seize the throne, so Tai Shi Dan is not the Lao Tzu of Confucius, but a character born more than a hundred years later.

Integrating Taoist learning, the last book was left for the Tao Jing and the Book of Virtues.

But before, Taoism has long been inherited, there is a faction in the Chu state, the faction of Liezi Yang Zhu is also a branch of Taoism, the Guanzi school is under the name of Huang Laozhixue, and Zhuangzi has inherited another faction, and in general, the interpretation of the Tao is different.

Although Shi really wanted to meet this figure who rode a bull to the west in person, one of the prototypes of Lao Tzu who was one with Lao Laizi and Li Dan, it was really inappropriate to receive him for the first time.

The person who went to receive the interview was also a newly elected member of the Central Committee of the Mo family, not Qiwu, but the specifications were already very high compared to a person who was not a faction.

After all, these people have no front and back eyes, and they don't know that this person is a figure who influenced the entire Zhuxia two thousand people in the original history.

Shi tapped the paper, and said in his heart that when he talked about power now, he was afraid that it was not weaker than Qin Xiangong who you went to see back then, I don't know if you will stay, there is also a library in Sishang, you can stay and do your studies.

He decided not to meet Zhou Taishi, one of the three bodies of Lao Tzu, for the time being, closed the file, and told the secretary again.

"Remember, as soon as the debate between Confucius and Confucianism is over, write me a copy of the transcript as soon as possible."