Chapter 47 Right and wrong
When the Qin people did not answer, they said, "Solusan returned from the west, and saw and heard along the way, and knew that they could trade and make profits. Zi Mo Zi said in "Jie Burial", saying, "If there is Yiqu Kingdom in the west of Qin, his relatives died, gathered firewood and burned it, and it was said to climb the faraway place." The customs are not the same as those in the Central Plains."
"This time, Soluzan returned, traveled to Hu Loufan, and returned to Zhongdi through Zhao. I heard that it was Qin and Yiqu going to war."
"If you don't talk about benefiting the people, the theory will benefit the Qin monarch. In my opinion, the Qin monarch's benefit and the ambition of the public are in the west but not in the east."
Yiqu is an ancient country that has existed since the Shang Dynasty. In recent years, it has fought with Qin and began to move from nomadic to farming. This is a big stumbling block for Qin's expansion in the West.
Later generations were rumored that Huangdi and Qi Bo sat on the place of medical treatment, that is, the hometown of Qi Huang, and it is the capital of Yiqu today.
After occupying the land in Longdong, according to Solusan's experience, the Yiqu had begun to turn to farming and learned to build a city.
In a battle between Qin and Yiqu twenty years ago, Yiqu actually used a very formal "farming" tactic, relying on city defense, exhausted the Qin army, and then mobilized heavy troops to counterattack the Qin army at the city.
Mo Zi has been in the Central Plains for a long time and has never entered Qin, but he also knows the funeral customs of Yiqu. Yiqu is also a country with some sense of existence in the Central Plains. It is a bit similar to Jizi Korea. There are very few people who have been to it, but many people have heard of it.
The places occupied by Yiqu are all land that can be cultivated. Originally, Qin did not have much advantage over Yiqu.
But now times have changed. Once the Mohist school provides technical support for Qin's iron tools, it will have the advantage of gunpowder and the strength of iron tools, the power balance between Qin and Yiqu will undergo a drastic change in just a few years.
There is no complex of the Great Qin Dynasty, but considering the concept scope of the world in the future, cultural dissemination and other factors, the world is in chaos now, so it is better to take this opportunity to let the Qin State assimilate Yiqu and expand westward.
Although Shengchuo and those who rebelled against Mo, and the changes they carried out could not last long, one thing they used the Mo family's official books to compile and unify culture; the other thing they were somewhat progressive compared to those nobles who were divided into feudal systems.
Judging from the morality of the Mohist school, the world must be one and synonymous. At the beginning of synonyms, the same text must be written. This alone is enough to support the Qin State's expansion to the west.
The strong military soldiers of Wei State were unknown to others, but Wu Qi knew it.
Although Yiqiu had the convenience of riding skills, Qin State won consecutive victories after the reform, and rebellion with Wu Qi also knew about it.
Therefore, when it comes to Solushen and others carrying silk and other things, they can make a hundred times profit in the extreme west, the eyes of these people immediately lit up.
Qin State now implements in-kind taxes and suppresses domestic merchants as much as possible, but trade exchanges between countries are still necessary.
Whether it is some novel goods from the Mo family, or copper tin from the Chu State, it requires a lot of money.
If this kind of trade can be monopolized by the state, it can significantly increase the treasury revenue.
They only heard about what it looks like west of Yiqu, and also heard about Solusan and others who had roughly said that there were still tens of thousands of miles of land west of Yiqu, and even a great country that was not weaker than the Central Plains princes, with a lot of gold and silver.
Originally, the West was already a place of bitter and cold in the eyes of the Qin people, but now after hearing this statement, I didn’t expect that the extreme west would be bright after crossing those bitter and cold thousands of miles.
After thinking a little, Wu Qi asked in confusion: "Like today, in the chaotic times of the Warring States Period, the princes competed for power. Although the Mo family was far away from Si Shang Huaibei, although they did not have the name of the princes, they suppressed Yue and forced Qi, and there was the reality of the princes. The world must be one. In the chaotic times of the Warring States Period, helping others will be weak."
"The changes in Qin territory have caused many criticisms from the Mohist school. How can we help Qin?"
Shi laughed loudly and said, "The trickle of water finally gathers in the sea. The stream may be a comparative heart to compete for the magnificence. The sea will not fight, nor will it become jealous because of the surging water of the river, fearing that the river will compete for the vastness."
"As the Mohist school adheres to the will of heaven, it must be confident in theory. Since the Mohist school adheres to the will of heaven, it must be confident in system. In the future, the world will definitely be the way the Mohist school infers. And to achieve that way, iron tools, literacy, printing, ox plowing, and gunpowder are indispensable."
"The heart of the Mo family is in the world for a hundred generations. The eyes of the Mo family are in the world. If Qin land is rich, isn't it even richer in the world?"
"The Mo family is not helping Qin, but helping the world. It is not helping Qin monarch, but giving the people of Qin a good advantage; allowing cultural and literary characters to spread to the Western Regions so that they can be synonymous with the same meaning in the future."
"As the world is in power, anyone who decides the world must use this system. There is no power in the world. Using this system will lead to the destruction of the people."
"Why is the meaning of the Mo family lies in one family, one country, one surname?"
He said it loudly and without any cunning. The faces of those rebels showed shame. Today, they realized that the Mohist school was carrying out the general trend of changing the world, but they could no longer participate in this wave.
Wu Qi was confident and proud of the Mohist family, and had a kind of faith in the heavenly ambition they believed in and had a fanaticism in the past that they promoted it to the world.
What he said made Wu Qi feel a little ashamed.
Under the glory, his ambitions are actually different from the Mo family's ambitions. The world is about to change. Not to mention whether what the Mo family said is really as they said, but this demeanor alone has already shrugged many heroes.
However, in shame, Wu Qi suddenly thought of something, stood up and saluted and said, "The heart of the Mo family is indeed like the sun and the moon. However, if you open this trade route, the goods that can be sold to profit are nothing more than glass, silk, pearls and jade, etc., and the changes in Qin territory, men farm and women weave are barely used for their own use. The Mo family tempted the Qin people to spread the west, but they were afraid that the profit would be those silk workshops, glass workshops, etc. on Si?"
Shiqi said: "Can the Qin people resell them and cannot make a profit?"
Wu Qi was speechless and had to say, "You can make a profit, but it is just a profit of reselling."
Shi asked again: "Can't we benefit from the smooth Silk Road in all parts of the Central Plains?"
Wu Qi said again: "You can really benefit."
Shi smiled and said, "Right is profit. Everyone in the world can benefit, this is a righteous act. Why didn't the Mohist school support it?"
Wu Qi asked again: "There are many criticisms of the Mohist school of change in Qin..."
Shi spread his hands and said, "A cow has black fur. I can say that this cow is ugly. But because of this, do I think the meat of this cow is very unpalatable?"
"The Mohist family was powerless in the Qin area and could only criticize them more. However, the behaviors that were beneficial to the world in Qin area should not be considered wrong because of these mistakes."
"A minute, right is right, wrong is wrong."
Wu Qi suddenly figured out something and asked: "If it is a hero from the Mo family, if I enter Qin, dig up the Silk Road in the Western Regions, and make grammars and spread words to make trade between the East and the East, will I be considered very beneficial to the world?"
"If I take 100,000 troops from Qin and go to Nanzheng, in the eyes of the Mo family, it would be an unjust battle and a destruction of the world?"
"Will the heroes in the world be decided by the Mo family in the future?"
Shi smiled and said, "It is not known yet. It is just that Confucius did the Spring and Autumn Period, and was judged by etiquette. If the Mohist school did history, it would be judged by righteousness and benefit the world."
"The great talent of the Lord is known to everyone in the world, and my Mo family has also heard of it. This time, the Qin land was thousands of miles away from Si and was in danger of Baogu from Nanzheng. If the Qin land is only discussed in terms of profit, it has nothing to do with our Mo family."
"But the theory of benefiting the world is different. The changes in Qin are both good and bad. The Mohist school praised the fields of the ancestors and the fields of the wells."
"Now iron tools have been released, and the benefits of farming are far better than nomads. The Yiqu people are still tribes and have slaves. If the Qin people can change the customs of Yiqu and customs, which is close to the will of heaven, it will be very beneficial to the world."
"Besides, the Middle Land is rich. If the Qiangs in the Western Regions still have slash-and-burn farms, and have no gains in the year, and only plunder, then we must find a way to prevent this from happening. Treating the symptoms and root causes and changing customs is to treat the root causes. This is a great thing. Why doesn't the Mohist school support it?"
After saying this, he looked at Wu Qi and said, "The public has great talents, but the years are not forgiving. I am nearly 60 years old, and I have ambitions, but I have no time."
"The Wushang of Xihe, Duke, was trained by one hand. If he was to attack Xihe with his own troops, how could he bear it? Besides, although there were changes in Qin, the Wushang could not win in ten years."
"Shu State, the Mo family is operating, and is becoming increasingly rich. Baogu is difficult to move and run. The Mo family is good at defending and is known to everyone in the world. If you do not raise a large army, Nanzheng cannot go there. If you raise a large army, you don't need to mention the difficulty of transferring food and grass. Besides, Han and Wei looked at the wolf in Hedong. How could Qin Jun be willing to get Nanzheng and lose the Luo River?"
"If you want to have ambitions, you will not benefit the world and will not be evaluated by our Mohist family. You can only expand the land westward to build a city."
"If you open a thousand miles of land, you will follow the policies of the Central Plains, and share the characters of the Mo family. You will give land to the people and divide the land to weaken the family. You will make things from the Central Plains open to the Western Regions, and let the gold and silver flow into the Central Plains at the extreme, and each will gain benefits. This is a great ambition and great ambition."
"You can achieve success in ten years. When talking about the benefits of the world in the future, you will never forget your achievements in Wu Qi's Western Regions."
Although these words touched Wu Qi, Wu Qi felt that it was still a little wrong when he said it from the Mo family.
After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "I heard that the Mo family is not attacking and stopping the war... Why do you have the suspicion of inciting war?"
Shi shook his head and said, "The Mo family is not attacking and stopping fighting, which is just an explanation of the meaning of the truth. Zi Mozi once asked: Who has more achievements in attacking an unrighteous country by setting up a country by drumming up and making the masses advance to fight, or who has not drumming up and making the masses advance to fight alone?"
"Suppose that the Mo family should not only support the unjust country, the unjust king, and the unjust acts, but the Mo family should also strive for the first place and be the one who can make the people advance and fight."
"A war of righteousness and unrighteousness, a war of righteousness and unrighteousness, a king of righteousness and unrighteousness, Zi Mo Zi said, I have the will of heaven as a craftsman as a rule, and I have three manifestations and three troubles."
"It can make the world rich, the people broaden, and political affairs, and this is the three forms of evaluation."
"The people cannot eat when hungry, they cannot wear when they are cold, and they cannot rest when they work. These are the three problems of defining unjust."
"Three manifestations and three troubles are the rules that the Mohist school supports and opposes. As for the definition of wealth in the world, the Mohist school also has a saying that if it matches it, you must support it, and if it doesn't match it, you must oppose it. So So Luzan argued that day that land is not the only way to increase the total amount of wealth in the world."
Chapter completed!