Chapter 70: The Ink Destroyer Defends the City

"Juzi is the leader of the Mo family, when it was first established, it was hoped to stop the military with force, but only for others to defend, not for others to attack. It's a pity that many Momen disciples have greatly deteriorated today, and they have endless contacts with the magnates of the Six Kingdoms, and they actually defend the city for the Six Nations for the sake of money and power. Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, said with a serious expression.

"Could it be that Zhao Guo invited the Mo family to help him defend the city?" Meng Yi asked with some curiosity, but since Meng Yi was behind at the moment, he naturally did not panic.

"Zhao Jiang Yan Ju is the son of the head of the branch of the Zhao Guomo family, what do you say?" Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, tasted a sip of tea and said slowly.

"I see, it seems that the general Huan Qi is going to be in big trouble." Meng Yi naturally knew that the Mo's defense of the city would bring heavy casualties to the besieging side, and said with some emotion.

Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, said worriedly: "In order to deal with the Qin army's strange siege methods, such as piling up mountains with soil, chain ladders, vertical and horizontal tunnels, repairing embankments and water attacks, and attacking cities with ants, even siege equipment such as catapults and nest cars, the Zhao army is well prepared. The city is also strictly guarded, and the grain, grass and ordnance are the top priority, and they are all guarded by special personnel every day. Even if it is as fierce as the Qin army, it is difficult to capture the city quickly. “

"But fortunately, Korea and Wei have already declared themselves vassals to Qin under the fierce blows of the Great Qin Iron Army. It is impossible for either of these countries to send reinforcements to Zhao for the time being. And I, the Great Qin Chen soldiers, went to Cai, and the Chu State was panicked, and it was even more impossible to send reinforcements. Coincidentally, Qin and Yan attacked Zhao, and Qi actually sent troops to operate in the southern part of Yan. It seems that the state of Qi was also afraid that after the fall of the state of Zhao, the Qin army continued to attack the state of Qi to the east. Now the six countries in the East, except for Yan, which has not yet bordered Qin, even Qi has been attacked by Qin to the border. Qi Wang Tian Jian had already felt the front of Great Qin's troops, so naturally he only dared to contain Qin's actions in secret. Meng Yi thought about it for a while and said with a little relief.

"That's true, I didn't expect that in just a few years, there was only one county left in Korea, and only two counties left in Wei. And Zhao only has the territory of four counties left, but Yunzhong, Yanmen, and Daijun have long been economically withered and sparsely populated, if it were not for Li Mu leading an army of 100,000 to strictly guard against the Xiongnu, I am afraid that Zhao would have perished long ago. The state of Chu is only half of the country in the east, and it can be regarded as an equal to the state of Qi, but unfortunately there are only five extremely desolate counties, which are difficult to compete with the heyday of the Qin state after all. It's ridiculous that Yan Guo is still pulling back behind his back, doesn't he know that once the Zhao State is destroyed, the Qin State will border the Yan State? It's really a leaf, and you can't see Mount Tai; Two beans plug the ears, and do not hear the thunder; Short-sighted, I don't know whether to live or die! Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, was also full of emotion.

"The Crane Crown: The Rules of Heaven": "A leaf blinds the eyes, and Mount Tai is not seen; Two beans plug the ears, and do not smell the thunder. There is a small story recorded in it: Zhang San, a Chu man who lived a poor life, saw that it was written in the book that "the praying mantis uses leaves to cover its body when it snoops on cicadas, and it can be used to hide its body in this way", so he leaned up under the tree and picked the leaves, the leaf that the praying mantis made itself invisible when watching the cicada, to pick it. This leaf fell to the bottom of the tree, and there were already many fallen leaves under the tree, and it was no longer possible to tell which was the leaf that the praying mantis was invisible. Zhang San, a native of Chu, swept the collection and collected several baskets of leaves under the tree and took them home, covered himself with leaves one by one, and asked his wife, "Can you see me?" At first, he always replied, "Yes," and after a whole day, his wife was so tired that she could not bear it, so she had to coax him to say, "No." Zhang San, a Chu man, was secretly happy in his heart, so he carried the leaves into the bazaar and took other people's belongings in front of others. So the servants tied him up and sent him to the county yamen. The county magistrate interrogated him in court, and Zhang San, a Chu man, told the story from beginning to end, and the county magistrate laughed and released him without punishing him. This story tells us that a man who is poor and cannot keep his will, has evil thoughts and makes his mind dim, so he deceives himself and others.

There are three main things that make the Chu people laugh in "The Invisible People of Chu": one is that he believes the absurd content in the book; From the naivety of ignorance arises the action of ignorance. The other is that he was probably too excited to find the "Invisible Treasure", and dropped the leaves that could be "invisible" to the ground; However, there were a lot of fallen leaves on the ground, and he couldn't tell which leaf could be invisible, so he actually came up with a stupid way to sweep up all the leaves and take them home. The third place is that he goes to the market with leaves and takes their things in front of them. The thoughts and actions of this Chu man reached a very ridiculous and ridiculous point, and ignorance led to stupid behavior, so that he ended up being tied up and escorted to the county yamen to such a sad end. "The Invisible People of Chu" makes people laugh, but it is also thought-provoking: Aren't people like "Chu people" often seen in our real life? They have the same way of thinking as the Chu people, ignoring reality; When observing and dealing with problems, he always relies on subjective imagination, and what he thinks is what he is; Always taking things for granted and ending up making things bad. These people all have a weakness, which is self-righteousness. Hopefully, after reading this joke, we can also look in this mirror and think about whether we have made mistakes like the one described in this joke.

"The world is in turmoil, and it is common for etiquette to collapse. In such a precarious environment, people urgently need a spiritual sustenance and hope. And Mozi's view of love and love gave these civilians hope and persistence. Therefore, most of the disciples of the Mohist school were poor people. Here, they seem to have rediscovered the care between people, and the spirit of selflessness and great love originated in them.

And Confucian benevolence is based on Zhou etiquette, and there is a difference. Love for the monarch is not the same as love for the father. The different concepts of love of the Mohists have won the popularity of half of the people, so that the Mohists can be equal to Confucianism at that time. If a person cannot improve the social environment, he will improve himself to his advantage. "Meng Yi has studied the hundred schools of thought since he came to this world, which can be regarded as the spiritual sustenance of the boring, but the hateful "Dragon Slayer" is so hidden that Meng Yi has nothing to do at this time.

Meng Yi thought to himself: From the current point of view, some of the ideas of the Mo family are still incomprehensible to us, let alone can be done. Therefore, the decline of the Mo family is also conceivable. Years of war have displaced people and left them emotionally deprived. The Mohists provided them with a certain ideological orientation and technical teaching. Only when the people have a skill can they survive in troubled times, which is the uniqueness of the Mohist doctrine.

"Momen adheres to the ten teachings of Shangtong, Shangxian, Non-Attack, Love, Tianzhi, Ming Ghost, Non-life, Non-music, Saving Use, and Funeral." Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, said slowly, and at the same time did not forget to explain its specific meaning.

"Non-fate" refers to the denial of the mandate of heaven.

"Non-music" refers to the opposition to the ornamentation of ritual music.

"Ming ghost" refers to the recognition of the existence of ghosts and gods.

"Festive burial" refers to opposing thick burials and advocating thin burials.

"Shangxian" refers to advocating meritocracy, appointing people on the basis of merit, and opposing the cronyism of nobles from all over the world.

"Economy" means opposing extravagance, advocating frugality, and the princes and nobles should save people's power.

"Non-offensive" refers to wars against all injustices. Mozi was supportive of defensive warfare, and he personally led people to help defend the city several times.

"Heavenly will" refers to the manifestation of the will of God as a decree to realize its social ideal of "mutual love and mutual benefit". "Heaven" has the will to reward the good and punish the evil, the "Heaven" regulates people's thoughts and behaviors, the "Heaven" is the source of the law, the "Heaven" is the best law, and the core of the "Heaven" is "love and benefit each other". The purpose of Mo Zhai's admiration of "Tianzhi" is to emphasize the fairness and equality of the law.

"Love" refers to love regardless of class differences, that is, equality. To love each other is to love each other and benefit each other. It is to love others and the people to achieve mutual love and mutual assistance, rather than mutual resentment and mutual loss. Needless to say, this is also a model of the Datong world designed by Mozi based on the Yao Shun era. Love is also manifested in the fact that big countries do not invade small countries, and that there is no war between countries and that they coexist peacefully.

"Shang Tong" refers to the "righteousness" of the Son of Heaven who "chooses the people of the world to praise the virtuous, virtuous, sage, wise and wise, and establishes them as the Son of Heaven", and the three princes, the princes of all countries, and even the generals, doctors and village chiefs, and the members of society are still the same as the "righteousness" of the Son of Heaven from the bottom up; And "there have been, and the rules have been admonished". The wishes of the members of society are conveyed at all levels, and officials at all levels below the rank of the emperor act according to the common "righteousness", so as to achieve "the rule of the world".

Meng Yi suddenly remembered the historical records: after the death of Mozi, the Mohist school was divided, divided into the ink of the Xiangli clan (Qin Mo), the ink of the Deng Ling clan (Chu Mo), and the ink of the Xiangfu clan (Qi Mo), which was active in the middle and late Warring States period.

Chu Mo's Deng Lingzi, this faction is more of a chivalrous person, doing righteousness everywhere. They oppose the wars of various countries, believing that these wars are waged by the powerful for their own interests, to the detriment of the people, and they measure the world by their own values.

Qi Mo's Xiangfuzi, this school is a school of scholars and debates, they travel around the world, teach the Mohist idea of love, they oppose the use of violence to solve problems (even including uprisings), and hope to achieve peace in a gentle way, and they are also the most fantastical school of thought.

Qin Mo's Xiang Liqin, this school pays attention to scientific and technological research and is very pragmatic. The reason why they helped the Qin State was also because they saw that only the system of the Qin State at that time was the closest to the final vision of their Mo family, so they were willing to help the Qin State complete the unification war.

Most of the historical materials of the pre-Qin period are incomplete, even in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when historians were everywhere.

Meng Yi couldn't help but be curious, and asked how "Three Inks" became "Seven Inks"?