Hanging pot to help the world, I just want to live forever

Chapter 257 Apostasy

In the 25th year of the Xia Dynasty, after the autumn harvest.

The most leisurely day of the year is definitely not the seemingly coldest winter day, but after the autumn harvest.

The weather in this season has not really turned cold yet, and the people who have been busy for a year will also be busy with the work in the field, and the harvest of the year will be in hand, leaving surplus money in their hands.

Every time this season comes, the voices of small merchants and hawkers passing by will be louder, and business travelers will start to move around frequently.

Most of the money in the hands of the people will be saved for winter and later use, but after all, the harvest has just been sold, and it is a little more generous than usual, so some shopping is inevitable.

Apart from these obvious changes, the biggest difference is that the common people also have enough free time.

Originally, this free time could only be entertained by the parents of the neighbors, but this year is different.

Outside the palace, not too far away, there is already a palace, which is quite large in scale. Although it is not very luxurious, it often attracts attention.

This palace has a name that is not humble at all, Tianxia Xuegong.

In the 23rd year of the Xia Dynasty, the Emperor Xia issued an order to recruit talents, inviting people of insight from all over the world to come here to give lectures, regardless of country, status, or age, as long as you think you have mastered it to make the country strong If there is a way, you can come and talk about it.

Although the Xia Dynasty court decided on its own that this event would start after the autumn harvest, but as soon as the news came out, some sages came over and first began to talk about their own ideas and morality.

If you can convince people, it is not impossible to seal your wife and son, and get promoted.

But it is precisely this condition that seems to have no threshold, is extremely broad, and can obtain considerable benefits. It is even more difficult to stand out from the crowd.

Not to mention that there is a Mohist on top there, no matter how to explain morality, can it be stronger than the Mohist?

Many people think that this recruitment order is just a way for the Xia Dynasty to show its own national power, let the sages from all over the world come here, and earn as many as they can keep.

If that's the case, this grand event will seem too boring.

Fortunately, not everyone dared to challenge the Mohists.

To be more precise, there are quite a few people who dare to challenge the Mo family!
Even taking out the Ten Principles of the Mohist School, you can see the targeted and rebuttal crazy students one by one.

The most frenzied one even prepared a long speech to attack Mo Qiu directly before he was thrown into the cell.

Mo Zhe hadn't heard the news yet, and the people who had listened to his story almost drowned him in their spit.

As the saying goes, the word can make money, although this word usually has a slightly derogatory connotation, but nowadays, the name of Moqiu's most holy teacher has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Many people in the Xia Dynasty grew up listening to Moqiu's stories , intolerance of insult or even slander.

This is a place to tell morality and show your talents, not a place to seek suicide.

Throwing it in jail is a kind of protection.

In addition to these people who want to be famous, want to be crazy, and use unscrupulous methods, there are not too few people who are truly capable.

And the reason why the sages from all over the world confirmed that Xia Chao was not intentionally making a big scene, but only playing the real thing, was because the people who really launched a mad attack on the Mohists were Xia Chao's own people.

Still two!
One is Xun Ke and the other is Zou Dan.

In the summer of the 24th year of the Xia Dynasty, with the help of Qingmuye, Xun Ke quickly completed the barrier of qi and blood, and was lucky to be promoted to the realm of master.

After being promoted to master, Xun Ke began to preach his ideas everywhere.

He uses the words "benevolence" and "righteousness", which is different from the morality of the Mohist school. His benevolence and righteousness are more in line with human nature and contain warmth. It is not as selfless as the Mohist school, but it is also quite promising.

According to insiders who did not want to reveal their names, this master was still Mozi's closed disciple back then!
Mozi's closed disciple, after becoming a master, the first thing he did was to rebel against the Mohist school!

Even if the truth itself shouldn't have so many twists and turns, and it shouldn't be the first to presuppose a position, but it can't stand the people because they have extremely strong attention to this kind of thing.

Especially after knowing that this is the same as the giant of the Mohist school, he is also a master.

Grandmaster, in the eyes of many people, is already second only to the emperor, an existence under one person.

The ideas of the two masters are not in harmony, and they still come from the same school. There are many people who want to watch the excitement.

But in addition to the core concept of benevolence and righteousness, Xun Ke also advocates a concept that has caused countless people to frown, which is even more troublesome than facing the selflessness of the Mohists.

Xun Ke said: Human nature is evil.

For this reason, when the sages from all over the world besieged the Mo family, they did not forget to take him with them and scold him.

No matter how treacherous and sinister the human heart is, even Daqi, who divided people into several classes a few decades ago, would not dare anyone to loudly say that human nature is inherently evil.

For a real ruler, it is enough to know in his heart, but to stand up and tell the people what is going on?

Aren't you causing trouble for everyone?

And for those sages with realms and pursuits, the ideal they have been striving for all their lives is to establish a peaceful and prosperous world on earth. This statement that human nature is inherently evil is simply digging at their roots, because their own ideas are Built according to the inherent goodness of human nature.

To agree with Xun Ke means denying all your efforts. This is something that is unacceptable anyway, and it is even contrary to the universal concept at this time.

Everyone thought that the Mo family in the Xia Dynasty would be enough for people to devote all their energy to deal with it, but after they came, they realized that there were other big troubles waiting here!

The turmoil caused by Xun Ke seems to be even more eye-catching than the Mohists. Every day, new people of insight form a group to go to Xun Ke to argue, and Xun Ke wins all.

It is not very appropriate to describe a debate as winning or losing. To be more accurate, Xun Ke is often able to make those who disagree with him speechless and leave in a huff.

Of course, even so, they absolutely do not agree with the idea that human nature is inherently evil, and they hate it!
Compared with the Mohism's prosperity and Xun Ke's deviant, Zou Dan is much gentler, even more high-end.

Zou Dan divides all things into Yin and Yang, and believes that they are two kinds of coordinating forces that ebb and flow within things, and that they are the law of formation that nurtures all things in the world.

The five elements are the five elements that are more tangible under the yin and yang. Metal, wood, water, fire, and earth are brought together to form the entire world, and no one can escape from it.

Together, these concepts are called Yin Yang and Five Elements.

In this way, it still seems a bit abstract and even conceptual. If you want to correspond to the present world instead of a simple concept, you might as well understand it like this:

Yin represents women, weak characteristics and things and phenomena with these characteristics, and yang represents men, strong characteristics and things and phenomena with these characteristics.

The basic content of yin-yang and five elements can be summed up in the eight characters of "opposition, mutual root, ebb and flow, transformation".

One ebbs and the other ebbs and flows, when yin is strong, yang is weak, when yin is weak, yang is strong, and the cycle goes on and on.

What kind of human nature is good and evil, what is virtuous and treacherous, they are all a little behind, not something on the same track at all, but directly aimed at the underlying logic of the universe.

No one can say he is right, and certainly no one can say he is wrong.

As long as Zou Dan can give a reasonable explanation and complete self-consistency, the theory can be established, unless irrefutable evidence is found, but no one has done this.

This is the art of seeing the small from the big. From the whole to the part, it is beyond the understanding of ordinary people, and it is not close to the people at the bottom. It is only widely spread among the students and sages of various countries, but it does not make any waves in the outside world. —They can’t even understand it, and naturally they won’t discuss it.

In addition to the two surprises Xia Chao brought to everyone, there was another one who stirred up the wind and rain in the city.

To be precise, it was aimed at the Mohist school with full firepower. It was almost as if they were at odds with the Mohist school. In contrast, Xun Ke also had to step back a little.

His name is Yang Zhu, he is neither from the Xia Dynasty, nor from Daqi, Dayong, Daqing, or Dayue, he is simply a Taoist priest who travels around the world.

After traveling here, he heard about Mo Qiu's deeds, and heard that Xia Chao was coming to sit down and discuss the Tao, so he stayed here and publicized his own ideas.

What idea?

It can be abbreviated as "for me", "valuing yourself", and "fulfilling the whole nature", which is completely opposite to the universal love of Mohism.

He advocated that people should only be responsible for themselves, in other words, selfishness.

Individuals sweep the snow in front of their own doors, and don't care about the frost on others' tiles.

As long as everyone takes good care of themselves, the world will become a better world.

The Mohists want everyone to love each other, which is very difficult.

But people are born to love themselves, which is easy to understand, and I am afraid that no one can argue from this point.

That being the case, why bother to love?
If your universal love can reach the world of great harmony, will it be impossible for everyone to love themselves?
There is no such reason!
And no matter how you think about it, loving yourself is a lot easier than loving someone else.

So the Mo family hasten to step aside!
Wang Mang originally wanted to put some pressure on the Mohist family, urging the Mohist family to transform quickly, at least not to be so rigid.

It never occurred to him that when someone from outside came up, he was going to dig the roots of the Mo family directly, leaving no room for it at all.

One is self-interest, self-interest to the extreme is altruism, the other is altruism, everyone is altruistic is self-interest.

There is no possibility that the ideas of each other can be integrated at all. Although the different paths lead to the same goal, the paths are completely different, only the final realm has some similarities.

What's even more frightening is, what kind of situation is the country itself in under this guy's philosophy?

This is not just about preparing to overthrow the Mo family, but about getting rid of the imperial court as well.

Compared with Yang Zhu, even though Xun Ke's human nature is evil, he is quite amiable, even gentle.

So a lot of firepower was transferred to Yang Zhu.

But Yang Zhu is not an ordinary person.

He is a master himself, and his eloquence is quite good.

One person fights with tongues, fights against all the sages, but he doesn't lose the wind.

What's even more exaggerated is that some Mohist refused to accept and asked him to reason, but he actually persuaded Mohist and became his follower.

It is not that there are no Mohists who left the Mohist family on their own and returned to their own lives, but it is the first time that they have changed their family like this and directly embraced the completely opposite path of the Mohisth!
The smell of gunpowder has unknowingly filled it.

But Qin Lisheng, the giant of the Mohist school, never made any move. Even if some Mohists returned to Yang, he never came forward to touch Yang Zhu.

But everyone knew that sooner or later Yang Zhu would have a run-in with the Mohists.

How could it be possible for two completely different ideas, even abducting Mohism's followers, not to collide with each other?

It was precisely because of this that when the agreed day came, there were already crowds of people outside the gate of Tianxia Xuegong, rubbing shoulders against each other, and it was airtight.

Those who are truly capable of showing their talents are invited in.

And some students who are not so capable and have not been invited do not want to miss this grand event, and would rather watch outside Tianxia Academy.

The debate inside will be transcribed by a special person and posted immediately. In order to be able to see it quickly, it is very important to grab a good position.

"Emperor Xia has arrived~"

The crowd diverted, and Wang Mang came on the emperor's carriage.

It was the first time for him to sit down and talk about Taoism, and he made a special trip to observe it to show his emphasis on talents.

Similarly, there are many guards in armor and with sharp weapons hanging from their waists in Tianxia Academy Palace. They are not all there to ensure Wang Mang's safety, but more importantly, they need to prevent those sages from fighting each other.

Yes, it happens from time to time that people get into fights while speaking the truth.

The better ones get hurt, the more ruthless ones can't wait to kill people.

It fully demonstrates that the fist itself is also a truth.

After all, people's emotions are not always full of reason, and it is normal for the blood to surge after a lifetime of painstaking efforts has been refuted to nothing.

As long as those who disagree with me are dead, what I say is the truth!

Of course, apart from those guards, all the masters from the Xia Dynasty also came, and there were also masters from other countries who came to see the excitement.

They are mainly responsible for watching Yang Zhu and Qin Lisheng.

If the masters fight here, the impact will be too bad. Whether the Tianxia Academy that has been built so hard can be preserved is another matter, let alone how many accidental injuries there will be.

As for Yang Zhu who is a disgusting person, it is impossible to do it. This time, the purpose of sitting and talking about Taoism is to explore the morality of the world, not to block the mouths of many people.

If you don't even let people say what you say, and you will be killed if you sing against it, then what's the point?Come directly to the stage of life and death, and decide whether to win or die, and the one who survives to the end is what he said is right.

It is precisely because of this that not only can they not hurt Yang Zhu, they must even ensure Yang Zhu's safety, otherwise this grand event will become a joke, which is absolutely intolerable.

With Wang Mang's presence, the atmosphere became visibly heated.

Countless cheers went straight to the sky.

Wang Mang waved to many students who stayed outside and were not allowed to enter, and then stepped into it.

He did not sit in the main seat, and today's protagonist is by no means him. He sat on the side seat with many sages, as a pure audience.

Among the crowd, Wang Mang nodded quietly to a man in a green robe with an extremely handsome face sitting aside, as a greeting.

As soon as Wang Mang took his seat, someone ran to the stage and shouted loudly: "Next, please invite the giant of the Mohism, Qin Lisheng, to explain the meaning of the Mohism to everyone. If you have any objections, you can raise your hand."

This event, known in history as the Four Sages Discussing Dao, finally kicked off.

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