warring states careerist

Chapter 1000 Ending ([-])

At this time, there were not too many people on this hill, but the Cold Food Festival had just passed, and there were still many traces of being swept by the festival.

Continuing some traditions from ancient times, Zhuxia has the custom of changing fires. The so-called spring takes the fire of elm and willow, summer takes the fire of jujube and apricot, summer takes the fire of mulberry and zhe, autumn takes the fire of oak tree, and winter takes the fire of pagoda japonica. fire.During the year, different types of wood are drilled into the fire, so it is called changing fire.

At the beginning of spring, the vegetation is still dry, so fire is banned to prevent fires.

This day almost coincides with the time when the princes ran fornication in the spring, and there was no habit of offering sacrifices to their ancestors.

After the Mohists came to the top of the world, they changed a lot of customs, or in other words, because of the changes in history, many different festivals and customs have been created.

For example, to commemorate the battle of Moyue Yangtze Estuary, on May [-] every year, Sishang will wrap glutinous rice with bamboo leaves or leaves of zhe tree and throw it into the river, saying that it is to prevent the bodies of heroes who died for the benefit of the world. Don't be eaten by fish and shrimp.

The sacrificial food was meant to be eaten by living people, so from then on, zongzi began to be eaten on May [-]th.

It’s also like how the nobles of the Qi State bared their right arms on this hill in the past to charge to the death to show that they are willing to bear the greatest punishment, which is death, which led to Zhuxia’s official context after that. The progressive right is conservative and reactionary.

Up to now, the custom of changing fire in spring has also been changed. On this day, it is only a day of banning fire, and it has become a custom of offering sacrifices to heroes or ancestors.

Now that spring has just passed, the monument here is covered with white paper flowers on the left and right.

Wei Yang knew that this was the Mohist custom.

Mohist festival burial.

Mohists are equal.

Under the great custom of treating death as life, death is extremely unequal to rich and poor or common people and nobles.

When the nobles died, there were rich funeral objects, and the gold, silver, porcelain, musical instruments, and bronze qilin used were all real.

When the poor died, it was not in compliance with the rules if they couldn't afford to be buried, and they often couldn't have enough funeral objects to see life and death.

This kind of thing, along with the gradual prosperity of Sishang, there have been many deviations.

After the original commoners gained wealth, they also began to learn some old noble habits and began to bury them generously.

So the Mohists changed their ways and customs. Since it is said that this kind of comparison and Zhu Xia's traditional ghost consciousness is difficult to change, it might as well change the way.

So paper money, paper flowers, paper horses, etc., replaced the original objects.

What used to be three months of mourning has now become three days of mourning.

What was once a real gold horse bone has become today's paper money and paper horse.

This is equality in a certain sense, because it is too difficult to completely get rid of the habit of funeral objects. Civilization, anyway, paper is not expensive, and most common people can still afford it.

If it is said that there have been 20 years of ups and downs outside of Sishang, Sishang Song has experienced 50 years of removing the old and welcoming the new. It is already different, but there are some traditions familiar to Wei Yang everywhere.

In front of this monument, there are only some white flowers made of paper, but there are no paper money or horses, which makes it a bit more solemn.

Next to the monument stands a huge wooden cabinet with a layer of glass on top of which many printed newspapers are displayed.

Seeing Wei Yang curiously looking at the newspapers in the wooden cabinet, a Qin person who has been in charge of contacting the Central Plains all year round whispered: "Da Liangzao doesn't know something. The emperor of Han said that those who sacrificed for the benefit of the world, those who did what they did, The world is benefiting. Therefore, the best sacrifice is to tell them that the world is benefiting, the so-called 'good news comes as paper money'."

"It is because of the monuments in various parts of the Central Plains that do not spread paper money, but only present paper flowers. There are many display cabinets next to them, which contain newspapers about the victories of wars, the progress of the people, the prosperity of the world, etc."

Wei Yang nodded, expressing his understanding, and said softly: "What the Mohists say is that what is good at the top must be followed by the bottom."

"In the past, Mo Di thought so, and cited the example of the king of Chu who starved to death in the palace because of his thin waist; the story of Gou Jian who was so brave that he was a warrior who dived into the water; he also said that Jin Wen liked simplicity, so scholars often wore bad clothes. "

"Back then, Mo Di was thinking of following the example from above. As long as the top is good, the bottom must be good. As his disciple, the emperor of Han changed a lot."

"Being above the suitable ones is not above the Mozi; the one who is suitable for the other is not the one who is the same as the Mozi."

"It's just that I think that Shizi's saying that the good news comes as paper money may not be the original intention, but the people below understood it like this."

20 years have passed, and unknowingly, the title of Kaizhishi has been rarely used by people, especially this time when the people of Qin came back to ask for the Central Plains, this title has naturally changed.

In recent years, Wei Yang has always had the habit of reading newspapers. The Qin State controls the newspapers in the Central Plains, because there are many anti-monarchy and anti-power hereditary remarks.

But the upper layer is not included here.

Although the newspapers I got were all a year ago, at least they were a window to understand the Central Plains.

However, the content of the newspaper will not say too many details, such as this kind of festival or commemorative style, the newspaper will not say so detailed.

Wei Yang roughly scanned the content of the newspapers displayed in the cabinet. It should have been displayed 20 years ago. Every year, someone will sort it out, or when there is any important news that is beneficial to the world, it will be read out here.

The news of the surrender of Qi, the destruction of the capital of Han, the arrival of troops in Luoyi, the surrender of Yan, the surrender of Zhao, the westward migration of the Qin people, the surrender of Shu, and the surrender of Ba are all displayed inside.

In addition, there are some very important content.

For example, those few famous happy announcements.

The first steam engine.

The first publicly owned iron furnace with steam power as the blower.

The first new firearm to strike thunder mercury modified from a leaf spring flint gun.

The first Zhuxia Kyushu Wanmin law-making conference was successfully held.

Wait, wait, Wei Yang looked at the last newspaper with these contents, it was three years ago, and the content on it was to celebrate the first series of steam-powered experiments that could travel 24 miles in an hour day and night. train.

He has read this newspaper, but he doesn't know what a train is, but he can judge from the newspaper that it is a weapon that can change the world.

He doesn't even know the principle of that thing, let alone how it works, and he doesn't even know what it looks like, although he has seen the original photographic discharge of gunwool and ether solvent instead of egg white as a fixed photosensitive powder. photos, but after all, they are just blurred shadows.

But he can imagine that having this thing means that the village, city, Qilu, and Qinchu will be connected as one in the future, and it will be difficult to separate them.

There may not be any horses that can run fast for 24 miles in an hour, but they can carry hundreds of people and tens of thousands of catties of goods without stopping day and night, which is much better than horses.

Moreover, since he was a child, he has experienced the troubled times when firearms, which were not as accurate as bows and arrows, eliminated bows and arrows step by step, and he knew that these things had unlimited potential.

Looking at the last newspaper, Wei Yang sighed: "In the past, Mozi was asked how to solve the problem of universal love. Mozi used reason to answer the question of loving Lu people more than Yue people."

"Now, the people of Zhuxia have solved this problem with these instruments instead of reasoning."

"Since then, it's only a few days from Qi to Lu, and only three days from Lu to Yue. How can there be Lu people who are Yue people from Qi people? Naturally, there is no question of Lu people loving Lu people more than Yue people."

"When I came to Sishang to study in the early years, my husband's body was still there, many years ago. I have seen the kind of coal-fired water lifter used in Sishang Coal Mine, but I don't want to see this kind of water lifter decades later. The equipment that could only lift water at that time can now be used in all aspects.”

"What will this world look like in the future? I don't dare to think about it now, and I don't think anyone dares to think about it."

"In the past, Shi Zi wrote "The Promised Land", the words of prophecy, and the rhyme of "July". At that time, I thought that such a paradise was untouchable. 50 years later, such a paradise is no longer worth mentioning."

"That's why I said that the scenery of the Central Plains is not comparable to that of the Western Regions."

Along the way, he has seen too many things. Although this so-called train is only experimental and has not been seen on the way from the west, he has seen many things that he could not imagine before.

Those spinning machines that one person can produce the steam that dozens of people used to work for, the kind of silk reeling workshop that replaced the original family workshop with thick smoke... These things bit by bit crushed the last point of these people who came to negotiate confidence.

In just 12 years, not to mention the world, even when these people arrived in Guanzhong, the hometown of the Qin people, the elders in Guanzhong had already begun to have no affection for them.

It seems that there are remnants of tradition everywhere, but everything looks different in the past.

The Qin diplomat who grew up in the Central Plains saw that Wei Yang was so moved, so he pointed to a group of people who were building something in the distance and said: "The train that Daliang made was moved by Sishang. When the train was tested, thousands of people went to it. Look, even though something went wrong after only twenty miles, and when I ran, I am afraid that anyone who ran faster could catch up. But now it is different."

"Those who are building, are going to make a railroad."

Everyone heard the reputation and looked around, but there were many people busy in the distance.

Sheng Chuo's great-grandson took out the binoculars, looked at it, and said with a click of his tongue: "The Central Plains is no different from Qin. I only see a lot of people who are tortured. Using criminals to build roads is no different from Qin Zheng. "

"I have heard it said that the Mohist guards the gates, the siege guards the gates, the palace guards the interior, the knives guards the gates, and the kiln guards the plots."

"There are many rumors that Mo Di was tortured by ink, so he is very proficient in guarding cities and gates. Now that Mo Zhai is ruling the world, it is interesting to ask people who have also received five punishments to build roads."

The Qin man who knew the situation in the Central Plains smiled and said: "Those people with bald heads were not tortured, but shaved themselves."

Sheng Chuo's great-grandson said in shock: "Isn't this the custom of barbarians? The scenery of the Central Plains, I have admired since I was a child, is it possible that the customs of barbarians are everywhere now?"

The Qin man shook his head and said: "That's not true. The main reason is that there are many workshops in Sishang nowadays, driven by steam, hot and humid. It's inconvenient to tie hair, and it's easy to get lice, and it's really uncomfortable in the stuffy heat, so some people take the initiative to shave. send."

"Another one, some large iron smelting workshops use more machines, so that once the hair is loose, there are many accidents of being caught in the machines. Those machines are very labor-intensive. If the hair is caught, it is likely to be No life, so some people who work in the workshop shave their hair short."

"This matter also involves some matters of equality between the rich and the poor. All workers have more hair, while workshop owners or landlords have more hair, so they can tell the rich and the poor at a glance. Therefore, the Mohists used the reason that Mo Di was bald and had no hair in the past. Those who encouraged the Mohist also shaved their hair to change the custom, although it is not forbidden to tie their hair, but they try their best to express that the Mohists still hope to establish a truly equal world."

"In fact, it's just the so-called morality of the Mohists. They dare not delve into the origin of these inequalities. Instead, they make equal articles on small things such as paper money instead of famous utensils, and encouraging hair to avoid gaps that are visible to the naked eye. Farmers these years Quite dissatisfied, still insisting that he is the real egalitarian."

(End of this chapter)