warring states careerist

Chapter 34

Sang Sheng couldn't see Patriarch Dai.

Just like those jokes about the people of the Song Dynasty, lying under a tree to rest, and the wind blowing by is extremely timid, and I think the enjoyment of the monarch is nothing more than this.

People in the village always think of problems in a simple way, but simplicity is sometimes more or less effective.

Shi Xin is ambitious, so it is impossible to give the seeds to the nobles for a small status.

Sang Sheng is ambitious, so he wants to hand over the seeds to the nobles in exchange for a small status.

The word ambition is the same when written by different people.

Different people think of the word ambition differently.

Sang Sheng's ambition, after a few laps at the gate of Dai's courtyard, he was shooed away, not allowed to come forward, and seemed to be shattered.

Dai's family neither has the attitude of being close to the people like his ancestor Zihan back then, nor does he pretend to be close to the people like Si Ziyang, the minister of Zheng Guoguo now.

The power has been seized, who is still close to the people?Unless the head is sick, it is very tiring to be close to the people.

Zihan is close to the people, that is because the power was not taken at that time, and now the three surnames govern the Song Dynasty, what they want to win is no longer the hearts of the people, but the hearts of the nobles at the bottom of the scholars.

This people is not that people.

Even so, the guards outside the courtyard did not beat Sang Sheng.

In the past few days, Mozi gathered in Shangqiu. Although Dai Shi no longer disdains being close to the people, he still knows the depth and is unwilling to do something that Mozi doesn't like in front of Mozi, so he has already issued a ban.

Sang Sheng secretly cursed a few words, thinking that you gatekeepers are not nobles, are you just like me?
I thought again, could it be that the lice on the cow are bigger than those on the pig and dog?Could it be that the rats in the barn of the nobles are more powerful than the rats in the cesspit?

The more I think about it, the more I wish I could become a louse on a cow or a rat in a barn.

So he went all out and shouted on the street: "I have a treasure to offer!"

He shouted a few words hoarsely, attracting people on the street to watch.

The gatekeeper glanced at Sang Sheng, and cursed: "Don't you hurry up? You are a digger, and you pick up a piece of horse dung as a treasure?"

It is a simple and correct inference that a man in rags cannot carry treasures.

At this time, jade is the most important treasure, but anyone who knows jade can dress like this?

People who know jade, even if they are not rich or expensive, will not be tanned, like those southern slaves bought from Chu, they don't look like people with treasures.

Sang Sheng shouted anxiously, and finally a carriage stopped.

The people in the car were dressed in Chinese clothes, and they were half-armed. They should have just returned from hunting. When they saw someone shouting in the street, they stopped out of curiosity.

Sang Sheng finally saw someone driving a car, ran over and knelt down and shouted, "I have a treasure to offer!"

The little nobleman was disdainful in his heart, but seeing that this man did not look like a fool, he pointed at Sang Sheng with his elegant nails and said, "Follow the car."

The car did not enter Dai's Gate, but turned to another street.

Sang Sheng ran after him, thinking that wealth is close at hand, and he can't be left behind at this time.

After entering the courtyard, the little nobleman tidied up and asked, "What treasure do you have?"

Sang Sheng hurriedly presented the corn and peanuts.Peanuts are fine, but the appearance of corn is very good. The place where Song State and Yue State intersect is rich in topaz, and the appearance of corn is really pleasing.

Sang Sheng has also learned a lot with Shi in the past six months, and his words and deeds are no longer the same as before. He danced and told what he had seen and heard about the village.

"Young master, everything I said is true. Those seeds yield a lot, and the people in Shina said that if there were such things, they would surely yield several stones per mu."

When the little nobleman heard this, he couldn't help but took those few seeds and looked at them carefully, his heart was filled with turmoil.

If what this person said is true, then if he dedicates this seed to the Patriarch, his status will definitely be improved.

It's not that he doesn't have a small piece of land, but he has also read "Left Turn" and knows that everyone is innocent and conceived a crime. It is impossible to hide private things by oneself, and he will definitely be taken away by the owner.

And this thing, as a seed a few years ago, was sold at a higher price, and it could cost ten thousand gold within a few years. How could the owner not like it?Even if the owner of the family planted in the fief and harvested a lot, and then used it as a favor, how could the people of the Song Dynasty know the surname of the monarch of the Song Kingdom?

This Moyu is called Moyu in the hands of the Mozhe, and it can be called Daiyu in the hands of the Dai Shi.

The turbulent waves in my heart must be because there are advantages and disadvantages, otherwise I have made a decision long ago.

When he heard that it was something from the Mo family, his heart turned cold.

With his identity, how can he grab something from the Mo family?Even the Patriarch wouldn't dare, if he offended the Mo family, there would be a lot of trouble in the future, and it would be impossible for the Patriarch Dai to weigh the pros and cons and come forward.

There is an opportunity for wealth and honor in front of him, but he also knows the hidden disaster behind it.

When he was hesitating, his friend who was hunting with him suddenly asked Sang Sheng, "What you are talking about, did you have a gambling fight with a young master half a year ago?"

Sang Sheng nodded hastily, he didn't know the young man's name, but he still remembered the fight.With the money from gambling, I bought cattle and several pigs.

Upon hearing this, the little nobleman asked his friend, "Do you know this person?"

"Didn't I tell you last time that Gongsun Ze had a bet with this person and was won by this person. At that time, he was regarded as the Mo family, and I also went to see the last game. It was not the case."

"otherwise?"

"You don't know? Mo Di said it himself. This man named Shi is not a Mohist. A friend of mine told me that. It's absolutely true. Everyone among Mohist knows about it."

You must know everything about everything, otherwise it is easy to misinterpret the original meaning.

Mohists who truly believe in righteousness will definitely praise this story after hearing it.

A person like Shengchao, after hearing this story, will definitely feel that this person is stupid.

When it was the turn of the person who didn’t even understand the righteousness of the Mohist, the story became a joke: If you don’t ask a small official to do it, but go to the village to farm and get tanned, this person is too stupid.

Hearing this, the little noble holding the corn kernels laughed and said, "It's easy to handle. This is a gift from God to us. A few seeds are too few. You said that person harvested a lot and hid them all." , but really?"

Sang Sheng nodded repeatedly, and said, "There are only a few people in the village that he trusts who know where they are."

"Good! Good! If you're not a real Mohist, then it's easy to say!"

The little nobleman said hello several times, and said to Sang Sheng: "If what you said is true, I will give you three ounces of gold. If it is false, you also know the consequences!"

"It's true, it's true."

"Okay, no need to say, you follow me."

Sang Sheng was not stupid. When he heard this, he shook his head as if he was about to fall off, and refused: "I won't go. After I go, everyone in the village will definitely not forgive me. I only want gold, and I will leave with my family. My son Just go, let me tell you about those people..."

Seeing Sang Sheng's cunning, the little nobleman sneered, and didn't say anything more, but let Sang Sheng rest in the stable in the courtyard first, and reward him when he came back.

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Fifteen miles away from the village, Shizheng and others looked into the distance to relieve their homesickness.

Half a mile before the village, Gongsun Ze was driving by.

The ten-year agreement that Shi made with him sounds very reasonable. Only after ten years of archery study can one learn the true meaning of archery.

He also thought about it afterwards and felt that he might have been cheated.

This Shi is not a character like Zeng Shen, a person whose wife actually kills a pig just to coax the children... Gongsun Ze can't associate the cunning and eloquent Shi with such an image.

However, he regards himself as a gentleman, he does what he says, and abides by the agreement of a gentleman.

This time, it was neither for quarreling nor for arguing.

After he went back last time, he asked a lot of people, but no one had heard of the fact that Xi Zhong followed Xia Yu to conquer the disabled Jiuyi, and even some learned people said that there was no such thing at all.

When Haojing was destroyed, many classics were burned, and the history of many three generations was lost.

Confucius was erudite because he saw these ancient books, understood what kind of system was in the early Zhou Dynasty, and gained experience from Yin Shang.

Although Gongsun Ze doesn't agree with the concept of harmony, he is also a studious person.

I thought to myself, could this person have read some ancient books before the destruction of Haojing, so there is such a record?

As soon as he asked those gentlemen if Xi Zhong was disabled, he was immediately scolded by the gentlemen and asked who he listened to.
Talking about the bloodshed and floating pestle, Mr. nodded again and again, thinking that this solution is very correct, and the stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade.

Therefore, he is not sure whether Xi Zhong's disability is nonsense.

If it's true, you should ask a few more questions, just don't listen to his words about no king and no father.

If it is not true, then this person is really a villain, so small that he dares to fabricate allusions in order to win the argument, it is shameless.

Gongsun Ze looked down on Mo Zhe and was deeply hostile.

Of course, it's not just because the professor's husband said so, so he just did it.

The study of no king and no father has its own words of no king and no father.

Gongsun Ze still remembers that Mo Zi gave lectures in Shangqiu a few years ago, and he heard Mo Di's name, so he went to listen for a while.

Mozi didn't say a few words in that lecture, but just these few words made it impossible for Gongsun Ze to learn the teachings of Mozi in his life.

At that time, someone asked Mo Di, saying that Bai Gongsheng of Chu State made a rebellion, drove away King Hui of Chu, and forced Wang Zilu to become King of Chu with a sword.Wang Zilu would rather die than agree, so it seems that Wang Zilu is a benevolent person.

Gongsun Ze also knew about this incident that happened in Chu State decades ago. At that time, he thought it was useless to ask. This prince Lu was just like Boyi Shuqi.

No, Mozi clapped his hands and laughed loudly after hearing this: "Wang Zilu has a problem with his head. If King Chu Hui is not a benevolent king, you Wang Zilu should do benevolent and righteous things as the king of Chu. This is righteousness." ;If Bai Gongsheng is a cruel person, then your prince Lu should be the king of Chu, find a chance to kill Bai Gongsheng, and don't let the people of Chu suffer cruel things."

"So, Wang Zilu is still far from the real righteousness. This is stupid benevolence, not real benevolence."

"Furthermore, is Baigong Sheng really guilty?"

"Back then, his grandfather King Ping robbed his father's fiancée. His uncle was supposed to be his younger brother. His father fled to Zheng State and was killed. Bai Gongsheng wanted to avenge King Hui of Chu, but he accepted bribes from Zheng people and refused to send troops. "

"At this time, if you don't launch a mutiny to expel the king of Chu in order to send troops to revenge, even in the eyes of those Confucians, this is not a person. We Mohists just think that he is a stupid benevolent, which is already a compliment. "

For adults who have formed the Three Views, sometimes two sentences can make people judge whether they are close or hostile.

These two words of Mozi have already made Gongsun Ze make a decision: he will never listen to the righteousness of Mohism in this life.

These words made Gongsun Ze even more convinced that the Mo family is a group of people without a king and no father. If the Mo family gains power, the world will inevitably be in chaos in the future.

These two sentences, how can there be a sentence of righteousness of a monarch and his ministers?Mozi even described Wang Zilu, who abides by the righteousness of the monarch and ministers, as stupid benevolence and righteousness, which is tolerable and unbearable!
Gongsun Ze swore at that time that he would never believe in the righteousness of the Mohist family in this life, but it did not mean that he would not talk to the Mohist people.

Stories that happened in the past can be used as a reference for today. Gongsun Ze believes in this sentence and understands that different interpretations of the same event will have different meanings.

Just like the matter of Wang Zilu, the meaning in "Poetry", etc., Confucians and Mohists have fundamentally different views on the same thing.

It is not the stories and the history books that are guilty.

The one who is guilty is only the one who interprets the book.

Same story, different interpretations.

Therefore, after Gongsun Ze went back, he didn't know about Xi Zhong's battle with Dayu and became disabled, and then he came to this village that he hated, and wanted to ask where he knew about it.

If the other party can't tell, you can criticize the Mohists for fabricating history.

The Mohist's random interpretation of history has made Gongsun Ze furious.

He thought, if in the future, he mastered the kind of writing made of grass and trees in the illegitimate poem of "Promised Land", and spread the fabricated history wantonly, would it be okay?
If other families all use bamboo slips and rely on their teachers to explain meanings, but the Mohists rely on the grass and trees to publish the world, how can the world not be chaotic?

If this is suitable, if you really make a silk of grass and trees, and write about their Mohism everywhere, half of the people in the world can see it, how can you compete with them?

I still use bamboo slips, but others use silk from grass and trees. Whose meaning is it that people in the world have read and learned since childhood?

So when he came to find Shi this time, he just asked him face to face whether Xi Zhong's story was true or he made it up.

All the way in the car, he was thinking about this question, learning from the last failure, this time he must not let the sophistry of the Mohists win.

As the saying goes, preventing the passing of time, this kind of behavior of making up history casually, coupled with the silk of grass and trees mentioned in "The Promised Land", is more serious than the "Promised Land" that made him think that it is right and wrong, and it should be punished. Mohists must swear not to fabricate A story that is not in the history books.

When he got close to the village community, he saw a group of people surrounded by the open space of the village community.There were not many men, most of them were women, and there were some who carried swords and spears. A child's scolding and the sound of a whip being whipped could be faintly heard.

Gongsun Ze was far away, and after listening to a few words, the child scolded: "I won't say it! I won't say it even if you beat me to death!"

Another person shouted and asked: "If you say you don't say it, it means you know it. Say it quickly, and you will save yourself some flesh and blood!"

It was just a few sentences, and Gongsun Ze didn't know exactly what happened, so a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.

"This kid is a little stupid. If you say you don't say it, don't you tell others that you know?"

The thought flashed by.

Just a flash.

Gongsun Ze immediately shook his head, his face blushed and he thought about himself.

"Gongsun Ze, Gongsun Ze, this kid doesn't lie, he is a gentleman. You don't want to reflect on yourself from him first, but you have a flash of ridicule. This is not what a gentleman does. Be a warning, Don’t think like this anymore. You need to remember this matter, and go back and reflect on yourself.”

　PS: I’m afraid you’ll make trouble~ The son-in-law in Mozi’s remarks looks a lot like Wu and Wang, but in fact he’s completely different from Wu Sangui and Wang Jingwei.To put it bluntly, those who could usurp the throne at that time were basically their own relatives. In fact, the situation of these two people is different, so you can distinguish by yourself. ……… I think that the aristocratic spirit has only aesthetic value, and it is tragic aesthetics, the more tragic the more beautiful, but I don’t like tragedy.For example, things like father-in-law and daughter-in-law, if it is not a love tragedy, then there is no aesthetic value-you see that King Chu Ping was whipped to death by Wu Zixu because of his daughter-in-law, which is not beautiful.Xiang Yu, the epitome of aristocratic tragic beauty, is not beautiful because of tragedy; but only tragedy, the noble spirit can be beautiful.

　　
　
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