Before talking about the theory, I had already said that the principle of not benefiting the world and benefiting the people is to judge it, but the tall man could not help but say that.

The most false hypocrisy is better than evil.

Because the existence of hypocrisy means that good overcomes evil and becomes a standard in people's minds, there is a need for hypocrisy to appear.

The same is true at this time, because the Mohist theory is spread too widely now, and Confucianism has not yet merged with things like the Five Elements, Destiny, Yin and Yang in the Jixia Academy, and cannot be promoted by the ruling class. At this time, the only exoteric school in the world is the Mohist school that has been constantly developing for twenty years.

It is precisely because the Mohist school has become the only obvious scholar that some of the Mohist principles for evaluating good and evil have inadvertently influenced the principles for evaluating politics in the world.

Therefore, a tall man cannot say with confidence in front of Soluchan that he is for his own selfish interests, because he has been influenced by these theories to moisten things silently.

Soluchan adhered to the previous principles and shook his head and laughed: "You have said it before. If you don't use this theory, I am not here to criticize you today. But, I want to say that whenever you do things, you must always conform to the will of heaven. If you don't talk about profit or disadvantage, it will ultimately hinder the increase of the total wealth of the world."

These things have long been defined with the spread of the "Mo Jing", and the statement about the creation of wealth by labor has become quite popular, especially wealthy commercial landlords, merchants, and handicraftsmen.

Because only these principles are correct, merchants, handicraftsmen, business landlords, and workshop owners can justify the nobles' occupation and privilege of land.

The butt determines the head, and interests determine whether to believe it. At this time, the view that labor creates value is what these big merchants, big workshop owners and emerging landlords are willing to believe.

After the last time the tall man was defeated, he kept thinking about how to refute the Mohist principles from the root. Combined with the thoughts and experiences over the years, when Solu Chan mentioned the total wealth of the world today, the tall man finally thought of the rebuttal.

So he asked, "Solu Shen, the principles of the Mohist school are summed up in total, in fact, there are only four words."

"Tao follows nature."

"You think that human experience, rationality, reasoning, and summary can understand the laws of nature, the laws of the world, and the laws of rise and fall. Only by knowing the laws and law can the world benefit. Is that true?"

Solusan felt that this was right and nodded, "That's it."

The tall man laughed and said, "Then, if your inferences about some truths are wrong, is it the rules of guidance that are wrong?"

Soluchan asked, "What rule is wrong?"

The tall man said: "The statement that labor creates wealth is wrong."

"Land, farming, and farming are the only things that increase the total wealth of the world, and labor is not."

"Wealth is things, and the source of things is not commercial transportation but production. Therefore, the production of wealth means the creation of things and the increase in its quantity."

"You think that both industry and commerce have increased social wealth. In fact, it is wrong."

"For example, handicrafts do not create matter, but only change the form of combinations and objects that are already in the world."

"For example, a ball of mud can be made into a clay pot. But, is there anything added to the world? The clay pot is made of mud. It is made into a clay pot, and the clay does not increase. This is changing the form of the original object, and it cannot be called an increase."

"For example, a kite. This kite is just a recombination of cloth, bamboo slices and cotton thread. You can make a kite, or you can use these cloth, bamboo slices to make a sieve basket. Therefore, this is a combination of changing things, and it cannot be called a thing that increases the world."

"As for Shang, let alone, he created nothing, but changed the original land. When you can't say that there are more things under the world."

When the tall man said this, he was already excited and felt that he was sure to win and was about to take advantage of the victory.

This is an economic view, and its origin is the "farmers" that appeared in the Warring States Period. It is essentially an exploration of the principles of heaven and earth, and it is also a theoretical basis for valuing agriculture and neglecting commerce under the premise of "Tao follows nature".

After thousands of years of development, this economic view reached its peak before the French Revolution in later generations, forming the school of agriculturalism.

The basis of the existence of the school is that industry and commerce have not increased the total amount of "things" in the world. Handicrafts are essentially changing the form of things that already exist, or changing the combination of things that already exist in the world.

A tall man once said that to refute the principles of the Mohist school, one must remove the fire from the bottom of the pot. What we are talking about today seems to be able to solve the root cause.

Since he wanted to take advantage of the victory, he raised his tone and looked at Solusan's eyes and said, "English and merchants have not increased the existing things in the world, but only farming and farming have increased the existing things in the world."

"I plant a seed in spring and can harvest hundreds in autumn."

"I raised a calf in spring, and in winter, the calf grew and gained weight."

"But industrial and commercial are not good. When you make clay pots, you cannot increase the amount of clay, but it only changes the original form of clay. One pound of clay is still one pound, and it has not increased."

"So I said that the only way to increase wealth in the world is farming. Therefore, from the so-called sum of wealth in the world, what we did in Qin is also correct."

After saying that, the tall man looked at Solu Chan with a proud look on his face, and he felt that Solu Chan could no longer refute.

If this cannot be refuted, then some of the Mohist policies are not in line with the "Tian Zhi", at least they have inferred the Tian Zhi incorrectly.

As a result, the Mohist policies themselves were defeated by the Mohist moral "nature ambition is a rule", which is an unavoidable circle.

It seems that the only way to refute is to solve it from whether "the will of heaven is the rule" is certainly reasonable.

And this statement does sound like there is no way to refute it at this time.

In fact, this school of thought was not gradually completely abandoned until the rise of "The Wealth of Nations" and the Ricardo School in later generations. This involved some large-scale debates in the philosophical and economic senses.

However, Solusan smiled faintly and said, "You are wrong."

"Have you seen the recent issue of the Mohist 'report'? Shi asked a large cloth bag to carry people into the air with the heat on Si, proving that the air can be distinguished from the weight. He conducted some "experiments" to prove that the air around him is not empty, but physical, but just you and I can't see it."

"And there was also a period before. After an experiment, it proved that crop growth requires turbid air in the air. Tumor air is produced after the combustion of yang energy and charcoal, which can make the clear lime water turbid."

"You have followed Giant for some years and know that Giant said back then that things that cannot be seen may not not exist. For example, in his research on sound, he believed that sound exists, but cannot be seen, and it can affect water vibration, and thus created a 'listening urn' for listening to the enemy digging the city wall when defending the city."

"I heard from a man named Democritus in the West that he believed that all things in the world are made up of atoms, which is similar to some of the things that Shi has said in recent years."

"Farming requires water, fertilizer, gas, and not soil. This is also proved by the Jiafeng 'experiment' a few years ago."

"So, farming itself did not increase the 'thing' in the world, but only changed the form and combination of things. It consumed water, fertilizer, and gas, and turned into fruits."

"This is just like you said. If you think that the person who pinchs pots and burns pots does not increase the world's things, then the 'thing' you are talking about is not a big thing like a pot or mud, but a very small atomic thing."

"So, isn't planting farming the same as burning pottery? Is it the atomic substances changed into shapes and combinations, and turned gas, water, and fertilizer into grain. What's the difference between the pottery you mentioned?"

"So, you should still read more newspapers, don't make guesses, think that you have known Tian Zhi again!"

The tall man was stunned. He often reads the Mo family's newspapers, but he was too busy and had no time to read them.

He also knew that although Solusan was cunning, he did not lie when it came to moral arguments and could not help but have no choice.

Looking at Soluchan's face, he looked like a mockery, and asked him to read more and learn more. His face turned red and he said quietly: "This...this..."

Soluchan smiled and said, "You, if you want to refute these things from the root, you need to prove one thing. It is not to debate with debate, but you just need to prove that qi has no weight, qi is empty, and crop growth does not consume water and fertilizer."

"However, the Giant Zi also said that the same thing, either, or not, cannot be both right or wrong. This is the most basic principle of the Mohist school of knowledge. You won't not understand this, right?"

"Now that the 'yes' has been proved, it is impossible to be 'no' at the same time, so you cannot refute these truths from the root."

"Do you think those 'reports' that have lasted for more than ten years are just to make people in the market feel magical, like a trick?"

"It's not in vain that you have been studying with the giant for many years. Although you rebelled against the ink twenty years ago, you shouldn't forget those principles. Clay pots are clay pots, and clay clay is clay. You can't say clay is clay pot."

"If you think clay is a pot, then you can think that grain is water, fertilizer, and gas."

"You have forgotten the foundation of Mohist debate, no wonder you have forgotten the righteousness of the giant and seek personal gain."

After saying this, the two people on the other side turned redder, and they lowered their heads and dared not look at Solucan.

Soluchan sighed and shook his head, saying, "Now the Mohist knowledge has been perfected. If you use these imaginary knowledge to attack, isn't that just like what the giant said back then, using eggs to touch stones?"

"Or, don't say anything about benefiting the world and the rules of heavenly will. You do this for only personal selfish desires, but you will want to benefit the people. Isn't it a shame for yourself?"

"You guys, you are escaping on the battlefield, but you don't know how shameful you are. Instead, you have to say that escaping is a kind of bravery. This is ridiculous!"

The two of them could not refute after a few words, and they were speechless and dull.

Mozi once said that the essence of all things in the world is the same.

In a sense, this sentence is not wrong, especially in the debate in which Solu was involved in it.

Natural science, philosophy, and economics complement each other on some levels.

Just as the basis of the School of Agricultural Relevant Studies back then was that agriculture was the only human activity that could increase the world's "things".

The complete fall of this school stems from the publication of "The Wealth of Nations" in 1776. After Ricardo's theory of labor value was promoted, he completely lost his followers.

However, this school may not have appeared, because Lavoisier proved that "conservation of quality" was truly developed and improved in 1777, and it would be accepted by the people of the world until a hundred years later.

If the theory of conservation of mass appeared hundreds of years ago, the foundation of the school of emphasis on agriculture would have collapsed, because under the macro and micro concepts of conservation of mass, agriculture did not add "things in the world", so the material foundation of this school would not exist.

Sometimes, what economic concepts can be refuted can be refuted by natural science. The world's thoughts are so magical, and often this kind of refutation is a fatal blow, and it is a firefight.

Abstract thinking must originate from the basis of matter, which is an unchangeable truth. When the basis of matter is changed, some theories have become imaginations before they are developed and cannot be accepted by the doctrines of scholars all over the world.

The system of the world must also come from the material foundation, which is an unchangeable truth. Therefore, the Mohist school has been quietly changing the foundation of the world over the years, using iron tools, oxen plowing gunpowder to destroy the material foundation of the existence of the nobles of the Shiqiu, waiting for the foundation of the world to mature, and then do what they want to do.

Do it slowly and wait until the water comes naturally. Instead of digging a canal first and waiting for the water to come.

The water is not big enough now.

And this water is gradually rising. Just as the trends of thoughts such as natural science and equality and fraternity originated from the basis of the "Renaissance". Since there is renaissance, it is inevitable that there was annihilation and extinction before the renaissance, so it can be called "renaissance".
Chapter completed!