warring states careerist

Chapter85
Qin Hua figured out what he should talk to Wu Zhu about.

He remembered the metaphor that Shi made in the secret meeting where only the radicals and Zaipei's Qi Wuhai and the secretary attended.

Just a few days ago.

Qin Huali remembers that a very simple metaphor was applied at that time.

It is said that when the corn was harvested last autumn, several people in the village community were forced to see the crystal yellow corn kernels inside the husks, and wanted to tear off the outer skin of the corn in one go, but it was difficult to tear off all at once with great effort.

However, Shi peeled off layer by layer, until the end, and all the wrapping skins were peeled off with a light roll.

Using this as a metaphor means to break down one by one, not to offend all potential enemies at once so that they unite.

If you want to do justice, you must gain the trust of the people. This is the ultimate goal.

Witch blessings and sacrifices are just the first step to achieve this goal.

There are many things involved in the matter of offering sacrifices to earn money, which can be roughly divided into three parts.

Shamans holding divine power, secular powers borrowing divine power to amass wealth and control the people, and villagers who don’t know the truth.

It seems that if you want to do justice, you will inevitably anger the former two, but it is not the case.

The secular grassroots powers who take advantage of the opportunity to amass money don't care who Wu Zhu is, whoever can worship and who can win people's hearts by relying on gods and conspiring with them for profit, whoever they recognize is Wu Zhu.

Wu Zhu monopolizes the power of sacrifice by controlling the sacrificial ceremony and rhetoric, and also cooperates with the secular grassroots power to share money.

So, clean up the witchcraft first, but don't provoke the big clan, and don't say abolish the sacrifice immediately, but give the elders of the big clan a false impression: the Mohists just want the right to sacrifice, not to abolish this kind of sacrifice, and even everyone can continue to cooperate .

Once the opportunity is ripe, then do it.

This opportunity will have to wait at least until the arrival of cattle and horses in autumn, the weaving of shivs, the planting of permanent wheat, and the hope of harvesting new crops.

This illusion is also easy to create.The Mohists had also taken the upper-level route before, and the bottom-level people didn't have a deep understanding of the Mohism, and they didn't know what the Mohism did at all.

This is the first step. If you want to be more secure, you can not move these big clans first, but wait until a rare opportunity: the king of Chu attacked the Song Dynasty and the rise of the Three Jins.

Once the king of Chu attacked the Song Dynasty, all the hidden contradictions of the upper nobles of the entire Song Dynasty would be exposed.Shi also paved the way in advance for the three pairs of Golden Harvest and Zhan Shuai nursery rhymes, which will intensify and accelerate this contradiction.

The death of death, three years.

After the death, the burial will be the end of the nursery rhyme, when the brother will win, and whoever will succeed will win. Therefore, this nursery rhyme will always be valid for three years, and anyone who cares can use it.

Three years is enough time. If Chu State wants to maintain the strategic advantage of the Central Plains, it is impossible not to interfere in Song's internal affairs, otherwise the right wing will be completely exposed.

The Three Jins are bound to rise within three years.Zhao Zong wanted Wei Zong and Zhongshan Kingdom to lose each other, but it failed completely because of Wei Youle Yangzi's talents; Zhao Du Zhongmu was besieged by Wei City, and Ximen Bao ruled Ye, which blocked the way of Zhao State's strategy of Handan to go south to the Central Plains; There is no need to worry about Qin Guo's back stabbing when Xihe is doing well.

For the time being, the three Jins can still act as the three ministers of Jin in the past few years. Wei Si is not dead and Zhao Wei can't turn his face for the time being. A new round of Jin-Chu hegemony is about to start.

In a country like the Song Dynasty, nobles must stand in line, and once they stand in line, conflicts will intensify.

Not only the Song State, Zheng State and other weak states sandwiched between Jin and Chu will undergo too many changes because of this new round of hegemony. There will be endless streams.

Once the contradictions in the upper class intensify and the king of Chu besieges the Song Dynasty, this is the perfect time.

At that time, the upper-class nobles don't have the mind to manage the affairs of Peidi, so it's time to sharpen their knives against these rich village elders.

But at this time, they can only take over the right to sacrifice, but cannot completely abolish these sacrifices.The power of Mo Zhe is still too weak, and there is no royal power behind it.

At this time, the trust of the people is not enough to abolish sacrificial activities based on trust alone, and the Mohists do not have much violence in their hands to enforce and suppress the rebound.

It still takes time to do righteous deeds to accumulate trust until the trust level can support Mo Zhe's next move.

Qin Huali believes that the appropriate follow-up measures can definitely completely abolish this kind of obscenity, so what he has to do now is to find a way to make these witches die in an ugly way, and no one will dare to do this kind of thing again in the future.

The appropriate opinion was recognized by everyone at that time, and Mozi might agree.

Mo Chengzi even believed that these shamans were responsible for the death of the murderer and the death of the sacrificial women.But the deterrent of beheading is still not enough, so a method of spontaneous monitoring and identification by the people is used, so that no one dares to take this old road.And this kind of spontaneous execution method is to be able to kill people, but not to kill people with a sword.

Therefore, the content of the conversation between Qin Huali and Wu Zhu was nothing more than using his own debate skills to either force or trick Wu Zhu into falling into the trap that Shi had set up in advance.

Shi at the front desk, with the help of Qin Huali's delay, has consolidated his initiative, constantly talking about some truths other than sacrifices, and preaching the righteousness of Mohists.

Borrowing someone else's stage and singing one's own play, quietly turning a sacrificial ceremony into a gathering to promote the righteousness of the Mohists and the future of the world, but they didn't go into too much depth, but basically let the people understand that the Mohists should be a group of "" nice guy".

He started from the short story of his parents, and when he was most interested, Zao Mi Qisui quietly came to his ear and whispered a few words.

We've finished talking about Qin Huali.

In Peidi, Wuzhu is very powerful.

But today, the Mohists have usurped the initiative in an all-round way. At least at this moment, the witches have no choice but to admit defeat.Gathering the people is not easy. If they don’t admit defeat, they will bring troubles to the Mozi in the future, but the hearts and trust of the people will be lost. Therefore, the witches don’t want to turn their backs, and hope that there will be a step down today, so as not to incite public opinion and lead to an irreversible situation .

Perhaps what the wizards thought was to fight with this group of Mohists in the future, and they had to give in first because they were forced to be in the foreground.

However, it is impossible to give them a chance to come back in the future.

The leader of Wu Zhu came out from behind, brought more than ten wizards and witches, and suddenly knelt down in front of Shi in front of everyone, crying, "It's because our sacrifice methods are not good, and it is difficult to reach the gods."

"But our minds also hope that the ghosts and gods will bless them, and hope that the people will not provoke the gods and cause disasters. Could it be that we have done bad things with such thoughts in our hearts? Is this an unforgivable sin?"

"Mohists practice righteousness, we have always known it. It's just that you practice righteousness all over the world. If you are not in Peidi, who will come to sacrifice to the gods?"

"Your acts of righteousness are for the benefit of the world, aren't we also doing sacrifices for the benefit of the world? Please also teach us for the sake of all the people!"

At that time, the public base was like this. Sacrifice was a common practice, and they believed that there must be sacrifices.

Although the myth of Wu Zhu has been broken, the myth itself has not been broken.

When the witches said this, everyone felt that there seemed to be some truth.

Those who don’t understand the truth, have weak ears, or those who don’t have a woman to be sacrificed at home, all think: “The intention of these witches is good, but it’s just wrong. Besides, if this Moji leaves in the future, who will sacrifice to him?” What? How do you know if the method of sacrifice is correct? Can you communicate with the gods?"

Knowing that these Wu Zhu were acting, Zao Mi Qi Sui had already said it, and Qin Huali also nodded at him to indicate to continue.

Shi sighed and said, "It's not completely unreasonable for you to say this. We Mohists are doing righteousness in the world, maybe we can't stay here forever... Compared with others, it is easier for you to communicate with ghosts and gods. It's just that after Jedi Tiantong, It is not easy to worship Zhu Rong..."

He frowned and thought hard, and said for a long time: "There is a thing in the world, named Zhu Rongxue, have you ever seen it?"

The witches shook their heads, and the people in front only said that they had never heard of it.

"Zhu Rongxue, it is a divine item. After taking it, you can burn your soul. In the future, you may have a means like mine. It is only after I have eaten Zhu Rongxue that I have the means to not be afraid of fire and turn my fingers into flames."

Qin Huali had already talked with these shamans for a long time before, and the shamans only said that they also have strength. They felt that Mo Zhe didn't want to hurt both sides, so they each took a step back.

They can pretend to be repentant, cry bitterly, and use Wanmin's future sacrifice as an excuse to ask Mo Ji to teach them the sacrifice technique that can truly communicate with the gods. In fact, they will be grateful in the future.

In order to convince them, Qin Huali also made them swear behind their backs that they would never sacrifice human beings again, saying that this is the righteousness of the Mohists.

The Wu Zhus felt that Mo Zhe was afraid of being retaliated by the Wu Zhu clan, but also wanted to do justice, so they did such a thing, in fact, to stop sacrificing living people in the future.

Thinking about it in this way, it makes perfect sense, and then I cried bitterly just now, hoping that the Mohists would teach the art of sacrifice with the people as the most important thing.

This seems to be the best solution. At least the people gathered today for the sacrifices have already firmly believed that Mo Ji, who bears the blood of Zhu Rong and the wings of the Golden Crow, must be forgiven by Mo Zhe if he wants to control the sacrifices in the future. .

The emotions of the people have been manipulated, and only Mohist can untie this knot today.

Whether you admit your mistake or runny nose, as long as you say that you have made an unintentional mistake, at most you are subject to the Mohist, and you will have a chance to make a comeback in the future.

Hearing what Shi said, the leader of Wu Zhu felt that Mo Zhe was giving them a chance.They have vowed not to use living people to sacrifice. Obviously, Mo Zhe's goal has been achieved, and they know that they are deeply entrenched here, so they also want to give each a step down.

The sacrifice of living people is just for the sense of ritual. By the way, it enriches the lives of men and makes them more loyal, but as long as they can make money, there are always other ways. If you don’t sacrifice living people, don’t sacrifice.

Shi also said that he only had the methods just now after eating Zhu Rong's blood. Wu Zhu thought to himself that these Mohist were trying to sell Zhu Rong's blood?That being the case, he must be able to teach them these methods after eating it for himself to prove that this thing is really effective.

The young Wu Zhu thought to himself, these Mohist's methods are really clever, so it was for this?It seems that they and I are not in the same way. This group of Mohists want to make a fortune and leave, rather than want to take root here.

Shi said a few more words, and showed the magic of "Zhu Rong's blood" in public. It seemed that it really contained the flame power of the god Zhu Rong.

He took out a piece of yellow-white insect wax, and quietly put a garlic clove that he had harvested that he couldn't see at this time, mixed it with the yellow-white insect wax, and chewed, and said: "This taste is not very good, slightly It stinks, but it is indeed an elixir that can communicate with Zhu Rong after eating it. But this thing is not easy to make, and it takes a lot of money..."

When the wizards heard this, they were even more convinced that Shi was planning to sell this Zhu Rong's blood to make money, secretly cursing that his methods were so clever that he was beyond his reach.

After Shi finished speaking, he let out a sigh of relief for the wizards to smell. It was the first time that the wizards smelled the smell of garlic, and saw that Shi Chi's face was flushed, and they saw him eat a large piece of yellow-white "Zhu Rong" with their own eyes. Blood", where is there any doubt?
Shi's mouth was sore from the hot garlic, and he kept cursing secretly, saying in his heart that if it wasn't for preventing you from eating white phosphorus, you would feel the smell of garlic in your mouth and vomit, why would I suffer this crime?
After cursing, he secretly said: "Aren't you willing to be witches? I will make a rule for you today. If you want to communicate with Vulcan in the future, you must first eat a tael of white phosphorus, and then fry it in a frying pan. If it is not dead , I truly believe that you are blessed by the gods, and I take your surname!"

(End of this chapter)