Chapter 72: Blessings and Misfortunes

Especially this time, the children of the Mo family in the six eastern countries hated the Qin State Wu Anjun Bai Qipit and killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers, so this time 3,000 Mo family warriors were mobilized to guard Yecheng and Yi'an.

Chivalry, in traditional Chinese culture, is a fascinating existence. People are full of expectations for chivalry, believing that chivalry is a symbol of justice, light and justice, and a messenger of heaven and earth. Not to mention, if there is no chivalry, Jin Yong and Gu Long's rivers and lakes will lack magnificent pride. However, the rulers of ancient China generally did not like chivalry. Heroes are roughly like the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and they have all had the act of destroying heroes. So, when did chivalry come about? Why did Emperor Qin and Han Wu destroy the heroes?

What did chivalry begin to appear? Before the Western Zhou Dynasty, the social structure was very fixed, and everyone kept their duties and lived and worked in peace and contentment, just like a radish and a pit, and there were no accidents. From the Spring and Autumn Period, the social structure was loosened, the flow of people was active, people were liberated from the social structure, and the "scholars" appeared on the stage of history. "Xia" is a special group of "soldiers".

Chivalry has a set of noble principles - faithfulness, "words must be believed, their deeds must be fruitful, promises must be sincere, do not love their bodies", for the sake of faith, will be generous to death for the master or friends, although the awe-inspiring air is immortal through the ages. It is precisely because of such feelings that chivalry has become a romantic figure talked about by future generations. For example, the Jin State Yu Rang, failed to avenge Zhibo, and did not hesitate to draw his sword and commit suicide. Lu Zhonglian, Zhuan Zhu, Nie Zheng, etc., are all among the best.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Central Plains was filled with war and smoke. The nations are actively or passively involved in war. In order to gain a firm foothold in the annexation of the nations, the nations tried their best to recruit talents, and some even went to the point of groveling. The heroes who combine faith and loyalty have become their targets. Under the four gentlemen of the Warring States Period, Meng Weijun, Pingyuan Jun, Xinling Jun and Chun Shenjun, they raised many chivalrous warriors for their own drive.

However, these knights did not simply act as the "guns" of the nobles, nor were they simply their "thugs" or "killers", and if they felt that their master's behavior was too inferior, these knights would also disappear and die for a long time.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the countries stood side by side, and there was no unified national order. They "kill one person in ten steps, and do not stay for a thousand miles." Leave your clothes and go, hide yourself and your name deeply", with a tragic temperament and free and easy style.

The wheel of history rolls forward, and the appearance of a person has completely changed the living environment of chivalry. This person is none other than Qin Shi Huang. Qin Shi Huang is the first emperor of the ages, swept Liuhe, unified the world, and established a huge empire with rules and order, and the original loose and comfortable style of the rangers must be gathered into the national order. There is this sentence in "The Great Qin Empire": "Bow to the old Qin, go to the national disaster together". Every time I read this sentence, I can always touch the weight and vicissitudes of history. Although there was no righteous war in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, for any country, every war experienced was an early farewell to tomorrow. Win Qin, the Western princes despised by the six eastern countries, after hundreds of years of bloody battles, to complete the great cause of dominating the world, which is difficult, who to say?

In addition to building a new state, the Qin rulers had to ensure the internal and external security and stability of the country, and they did not allow the existence of any dissident forces that threatened national security. That's where the forbidden man comes in.

Han Feizi said in "Five Worms": "Confucianism is messy with literature, and chivalry is forbidden with martial arts." The so-called "use of force to violate the ban" means to use force as a weapon and violate state laws and regulations. He believes that chivalry does not take the court in his eyes, and puts his own nature and affection in the first place. They often do things that harm social security for the sake of personal relationships. Chivalrous wanders outside the national order and is not under jurisdiction, like a wandering bomb that may explode at any time, agitating the people and threatening the rule.

Mozi put forward the ideas of "concurrent love" and "non-attack", and founded the Mohist doctrine. Mozi practiced the code of conduct of chivalry all his life, and it is okay to call him the first chivalrous warrior in Chinese history, and look at his deeds of chivalry and righteousness: after he heard that Luyang Wenjun was going to attack Zheng State, he went to explain the reason, and defeated the equipment and technology of the public siege through the on-site physical diagram, and finally persuaded Luyang Wenjun to stop attacking Zheng. When the state of Chu attacked the Song state, Mozi sent his disciple Yu Huaqi and other 300 people to help the state of Song with the equipment to defend the city, and then fought with wit, forcing the state of Chu to retreat, so that the weak state of Song could be preserved. He "traveled south to make a guard", preached "accumulating soldiers" to prepare for the imperial defense, and visited the state of Chu many times to offer a letter to King Hui of Chu, but later he refused the fief given to him by the king of Chu and left the state of Chu. Mozi came to the State of Qi in his later years and tried to persuade Xiang Ziniu to crusade against the State of Lu, but was unsuccessful. The king of Yue invited Mozi to be an official and promised him a fief of 500 li, and Mozi took "listen to my words and use my way" as a condition for going, regardless of the fief and Juelu.

Therefore, later generations will respect Mozi as the "head of the five heroes of China"!

The ideological content of the Mohists had a violent conflict with the Qin State at that time, and in the process of the Qin State unifying the Six Kingdoms, Mozi brought the city defense equipment and his disciples to fight a defensive war for the object of Qin's invasion.

Nanyang Castle guards the house.

Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, continued, "Yecheng and Yi'an are well guarded, especially hoarding all kinds of defensive weapons, such as crossbows, halberds, spears, axes, long vertebrae, long sickles, long axes, base stones, hook rejection and other weapons. There were also all kinds of four-wheeled wooden carts that carried earth and people, and there were also large quantities of water, sand and stones, and water tanks and other containers, as well as stoves and cauldrons, etc., to cope with the enemy's fire attacks or to water the enemies who climbed up the city. The most hated thing is the golden juice (dung)! Once burned into hot juice, no matter how good the enemy's armor protection is, it will also open the skin and flesh, and the light ones will be scalded and wailed, and the heavy ones will be infected and die! ”

Meng Yi sighed helplessly: "It seems that it won't be long before it will be transmitted back to the Qin army trapped under the fortified city." ”

Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, said with a smile, "If someone is the internal response, presumably no matter how strong the city is, it will be captured!" ”

Meng Yi asked in surprise: "Yecheng and Yi'an must be strictly guarded, and a little internal response may not be enough to successfully break the city, right?" Although the general of Zhao is not as good as the field and not as good as the general Huan Qi of Qin, it should be okay to defend the city. Besides, with the previous lesson, General Zhao will definitely be cautious. The Qin army certainly did not succeed so easily. ”

Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, pretended to be profound, "Let's wait and see." ”

Meng Yi wanted to continue to ask, but Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, opened the topic again.

Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, was thinking very strangely, and asked inexplicably, "Do you know why Huan Qi doesn't like your Meng family?" ”

Meng Yi naturally didn't understand, because his grandfather Meng Yi had always been a "good man" in the Qin army, and basically did not offend any Qin army generals.

Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, replied thoughtfully, "Without him, there is no first in literature, and there is no second in martial arts." Your grandfather took the limelight, and the contemporaneous Huan Qi was naturally bleak. Now that Wang Qian, who is in love with the old love, has returned to China to report on his work, and Huan Qi is in charge alone, he naturally suppresses the children of your Meng family. ”

"There is no first in the text, and there is no second in the martial arts" has three meanings.

The first meaning:

1. The literati are very modest, and they dare not say that their articles are the best, and no one dares to admit that they are the first in the world, so they say that there is no first in the world.

2. Those who practice martial arts are brave and ruthless, and they refuse to say that they are worse than others, and they all think that they are the most powerful, so there is no second in martial arts.

The second meaning:

1. Literati have their own merits, and it is difficult to distinguish who is high and who is low, so there is no first place in literature.

2. Martial arts training is a direct competition, and you can distinguish who is high and who is low when you pull out a competition, so there is no second martial arts.

The third meaning:

"There is no second in the text, and there is no first in the martial arts" belongs to intertextuality. Intertextuality is also called reciprocal words The two parts of the upper and lower sentences or a sentence seem to say two things each, but in fact they echo each other, explain each other, complement each other, and say one thing. In other words, no matter how martial arts are willing to admit defeat, they all want to be the first.

Meng Yi said with a wry smile, "I see. Wouldn't we be in the rear until the war was over? ”

Dong Anhe, the master of Guigu Gate, had a childish face and reminded with a smile: "There is a saying in "Zhuangzi": "Safety and danger are easy, and good and bad are born together." "Lao Tzu" has a saying: Woe is what blessing depends on; Blessings lurk in disguise. ”

Meng Yi also comprehended something, "Dong Lao wants to remind me that the general of the Zhao State will be defeated by the general Huan Qi of the Qin State, and the general of the Qin State Huan Qi will probably also be defeated by the general Li Mu of the Zhao State." ”

Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, saw that Meng Yi also understood the key point, and laughed happily, "Haha, the son can be taught." Li Mu has not come out, who dares to win? Even Wang Jian probably doesn't dare to say that he is a stable victory over Li Mu. ”

Then, Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, took Meng Yi's hand and said, "The old man came here this time, and there is another private matter, do you like my granddaughter Dong Rou?" ”

Meng Yi didn't expect Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, to be so straightforward, and he was a little overwhelmed.

As the old saying goes, "men should get married, women should get married", whether it is ancient or modern, boys and girls should try to get married as soon as possible when they reach the age of starting a family, so that they will not feel pressure, and they will care for each other and take care of each other, which will not only make their parents feel gratified, but also make themselves happy for a lifetime, which is the beautiful day that people are looking forward to. But although the idea is good, but it may not be able to achieve the wish, in ancient or modern times, there are many cases where boys and girls are still singles and leftover women when they reach the age of starting a family.

Dong An, the master of the Guigu Gate, said to himself, "A man has no wife and no owner, and a woman has no husband. King Yingzheng of Qin fell in love with Rou'er, and the old man naturally knew it, but the sword and sword shadow of the deep palace was by no means a good destination. Therefore, you must take the initiative to make a stand to King Qin, otherwise year after year, will my granddaughter be lonely until she grows old? ”

"Make a stand to the King of Qin?" Meng Yi cried out in his heart for a while, thinking: Brothers are like siblings, and women are like clothes; Whoever touches my clothes, I cut off his hands and feet!