Chapter 407: Time is ruthless in the world (eight)
The Mohist people believed that the earth under their feet was round, and they also knew that the northwards would become colder, and the theory about the geography of the world that was suitable for creation could perfectly explain why the northwards would become colder.
But the world is too big and there are too many other factors.
Therefore, when Solusan stood in this warm, not cold city with huge temples, and asked how far away they were from the hometowns of those people, he did not know that if the earth under his feet was a ball, the Central Plains land with the same latitude as him was actually a bitter and cold frontier like Jinyang, which was much colder than Ephesus in the Mediterranean climate blowing by the sea breeze.
Middle Earth, Zhao State, Jinyang.
Several young Mozhe also asked similar questions, but they asked: "How far is this place from Gaoliu we are going to?"
The leader was Qu General. He asked the Zhao people beside him and replied, "There are more than 600 miles left."
"More than six hundred miles?"
Those young Mozhe who grew up in Peidi or Songdi, who had never walked out of his hometown for a hundred miles before the Mo family came, couldn't help but exclaim, and then he realized that the world was vast. He only heard that it was vast and that it was difficult and far away when he really walked.
Three years ago, when the Hanshui battled the Mengzhuze alliance, the Mohist family's "factor" was not recognized by the Zhou emperor, nor did it need to be recognized by the Zhou emperor. However, as an important independent political and military force, the Mohist family has been recognized by the princes of various countries.
Last August, Qi State could not go south and wanted to expand, so he attacked the most civic city of Lu State.
The most ritual is in the upper reaches of the Si Shui River, close to Qufu, and on the south bank of the Si Shui River, not far from the Zou Kingdom, which is inadmissible to the Mohist school.
When Lu State asked for help, Wei State was still licking the war trauma of the past few years, the Mo family immediately stopped the troops to help Lu on the grounds that Qi had violated the "Mengzhuze Alliance", and once again made the princes look at him. After aiding Lu, they immediately withdrew their troops, which also made the princes feel at ease.
During this battle, the Mo family had already begun to send people to Zhao State for negotiations. Some local scholars who secretly joined the Mo family began to contact Gongzi Zhang in their private identities.
On the surface, taking advantage of the reputation of the Hanshui War, he visited Gong Zhonglian and Xun Xin again. In the end, the Mo family sent military instructors and some Mo people to Zhao for the sake of benefiting the world and not being plundered by nomadic people, and many nomadic people captured Zhao people as slaves, which was not favored by the Emperor of Heaven."
This is a disguised officialdom, and it also clearly states that the officialdom is not in the Central Plains, but only in the frontier.
The Mo family's reputation is so good that although there is no name for a prince, when it comes to governing the country and fighting, no one can match the principles that the Mo family dislikes the nobles. Even if there is a genius like Wu Qi, he has only one person. How can he compare with the Mo family organization that has 6,000 booked now?
The Mo family originally had the inheritance form of accepting disciples, such as Mozi's personal disciples, Qin Huali and other disciples' re-transmission disciples, etc.
However, with the reorganization of Shangqiu, the organizational form of the Mohist family changed, but now, the division of Mohist people within the Mohist family is still obvious.
Based on the Battle of Shangqiu, there were only five or six hundred Mo people before the Battle of Shangqiu, and they were all the sectable people who Mo Di received for more than 50 years. This was the old Mo person, Rushi, and he was considered the last group of old Mo people.
From the Battle of Shangqiu to the Battle of Hanshui, in the past ten years, the Mohist family expanded from five to six hundred to three to four thousand. Half of these people were locals, and half were the wanderers who were in the world who were beneficial to the world.
Finally, after the Battle of Hanshui, Mo Di stepped down as a giant, and Qin Huali became a giant, and after Qi Wulai was in charge of Xuanyi and the organization, he began to organize and expand local people. In addition, he had been operating in Pei County for more than ten years, and the first few children from rural schools had grown up, and these people called New Mo people.
Nowadays, most of the old Mo people are in their forties or fifties or even sixty years old, and the few are in their thirties. Most of the young Mo people joined when they were in charge of Xuanyi Department and the organization.
This division can be seen clearly when the Mohist school sent people to Zhao State this time.
The two leading the team were Qu Jiang and an old Mo man who "served for Mo Di". Qu Jiang was from Chu and the other was from Qi, avoiding the situation where Zhao people went to Zhao.
The remaining more than 80 people and more than 50 people were young people from Si Shang, and more than 20 people were Youshis who had originally benefited the world and joined the Mo family in the Battle of Shangqiu.
Young people have served in the charity teacher for three years, some have worked in various minor officials in township offices and county governments, or some have become teachers.
Among the more than 80 people selected this time, the Mo family basically covered all walks of life in Si. They were all young people, perhaps they were not skilled in their business, but their mastery of some knowledge was trained according to the methods of the Moh hometown school, which was far better than most nobles at this time.
In the northern part of Zhao State, Lin Hu continued to harass the northern part of Zhao State, and there were basically no nobles there. The Central Plains were as big as that, and no nobles were willing to go to those bitter and cold places.
On the one hand, the Mohist school said that it did not want to participate in the Central Plains disputes, and Zhao Hou could not be determined to reform and use the Mohist school, so even if he became an official, he would not be an official in the center, but would voluntarily go to the north.
On the other hand, the nobles of Zhao State were also full of vigilance about the Mo family and did not want them to participate in power at all. Even though the Mo family was very talented,... letting the Mo family participate in politics was equivalent to sitting in a cauldron and letting the Mo family burn it with fire.
So after a dispute, Lou Fan happened to attack, so the Mo family members agreed to go to Gaoliu, the northern border, and Qu will guard Gaoliu.
Gao Liu was originally the land of Dai Kingdom. The Dai Kingdom was Zhao Xiangzi's brother-in-law. When Zhao Xiangzi invited Dai King to dinner, he asked the chef to kill his brother-in-law with a spoon and seize the Dai Kingdom's land.
This is Gao Liu, and later generations are Yang Gao, and later may be called... Datong, which is actually a major area in the border area.
This time, these ink people took a lot of things and had many tasks... such as transporting horses to Si.
However, before this, they carried out a series of synonymous propaganda: this time they did not go to help Zhao fight, but to benefit the people of the world. Although Zhao still had a monarchy politics, the theory of the Nine-Levels of Praise Land was still more advanced than those Loufan, Lin Hu, etc., who captured slaves and tribal leaders controlled all horses. Therefore, the Mo family did not go to help Zhao fight, but to ultimately benefit the world.
After the publicity, more than 600 young people voluntarily signed up, and finally 50 were selected. Most of the people who were not selected were depressed and crying.
This team received more than a year of training. Even though they had experience in serving in the military, they still conducted a series of targeted training in order to adapt to the situation in the North.
A series of training for grasslands, including riding horses, arraying chariots to defend, building and excavating forts, may be easily defeated in later generations, but now this is the tactic that far surpasses nomads, which is enough to win.
This time I went north, the goods I carried were corn, potatoes and other crop seeds suitable for planting there.
There are nine hundred muskets and a large amount of gunpowder, four cannons, six large muskets that can be installed on chariots, and dozens of kilograms.
He also carried a large number of stirrups and agricultural tools, which would be transported continuously later. Some of them were supported by the Mohist family, and the other part was exchanged for the mining rights of Zhao State. After obtaining the mining rights this time, another method was adopted to integrate the stock funds of wealthy countries in the form of stock raising. These wealthy people had long wanted to enter some of the industries of the Mohist family.
Before heading to Zhao, Qu Jiang and others were also informed of the basic policy of going north this time.
When asked about the policy after going north to Gaoliu, Shi told Qu Jiang that the situation was special, but overall it was carried out in the form of "taxes but no taxes".
There are vast land and sparsely populated areas, and it is also a place where barbarians and barbarians live in the Central Plains. There are many serfs and slaves who fled under the rule of the Zhao nobles, and the people are fierce.
Therefore, we will maintain some local systems and continue to develop the Mohist organizations there.
Release local slaves, let them have household registration, divide the land, and establish villages and communities. The land of villages is divided every 20 years, and is presided over by the elected people, including pasture and grassland.
Those who own private property will play the edge without violating Zhao's policies and recognize their possession of private property land.
The original villages and tribes also carried out in the villages and communities.
Village and community youths are eighteen years old and must serve for four years and bring their own horses. They only have military taxes, but no taxes.
The Mohist school organized them to ensure that their land and property were not robbed by nomads, and at the same time provided technical support to control salt and iron.
In return, they had to serve in military service, but all remaining labor except military service was exempted.
If there is any need to build water conservancy, it depends on the organization and publicity capabilities of the Mohist school and carry out spontaneously, and the Mohist school will provide part of the financial support.
Qu General also expressed his doubts at the time, because the Mohist administration method of going deep into the grassroots was destined to require a large amount of funds and money, otherwise it would not work at all. He could not help Zhao defend the frontier without restrictions, but let the people on Si pay.
Shi said that trade could be carried out in Gaoliu Open Market, controlled by the Mohists. He reselled iron pots, "tea" in Haiyang, chili and other spices in exchange for horses and skins from nomadic tribes.
If they rob, they will fight. After going there, they will build a fortress similar to Tengdi near Gaoliu to make good defenses, and differentiate the tribes when necessary.
For example, after fighting several times to let them know that it is not easy to grab, they will issue some special vouchers. Tribes holding this voucher can trade, but those that do not have trade are not allowed. They will unite to rob Gaoliu and turn them into internal fighting among nomads for vouchers.
Once the time is right, you can use the advantages of stirrup cavalry, chariot formation and gunpowder weapons to fight back.
On the grassland, there is no need to worry about Zhou rituals, rituals, surprises from friendly countries, and looking at the princes. Kill the leaders, dismantle the tribes, liberate slaves, organize farming, promote the conflicts between tribal leaders and tribal herders, and attract escape...
Chapter completed!