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Chapter 159 Good can't be lost, evil can't be long

When the nobles who had firmly decided to return to the place where the nobles of the Fei Kingdom gathered, they heard the news that they would cut off their rear and burn Wucheng.

When he entered, the nobles had already started arguing, and not everyone agreed with this idea.

It is not because I feel that doing this is unjust, because in the world's perception, it is normal to massacre the city, behead the head, and build the capital. Some righteousness does not exist since the beginning of human beings, but continues to progress with the development of the times. People at this time think that massacre is a wrong thing.

An opposing nobleman shouted loudly: "The emperor grants the title of princes, and the princes grants the title of the doctor. The doctor guards his land to worship his ancestors, which is a fief."

"This time we fled to Linzi, we were as anxious as a dog who was stranded."

"But if Wucheng is burned, there will be no family there. Even if the mob occupy Wucheng, we can come back one day. But if Wucheng is burned, why should all the defenders come back?"

"In the past, King Wu of Shang was destroyed by King Wu, but he was burned to Lutai, but he did not turn the entire Chaoge into ashes!"

He looked excited and understood that the nobles still needed the warm shell of "benevolence and righteousness". Only in this way can they stabilize their rule in their fiefdom.

This time, the Qi people asked them to burn Wucheng, which was to cut off their own fiefdom. How could the people support them when they returned in the future?

The nobleman who had firmly determined his mind shouted: "The people of Wucheng have already returned to the evil path. When the car broke through the bewitching mobs before, the people of Wucheng all showed unbearable expressions. Now the city applauded the Battle of Nanjishui again."

"Such people can no longer be educated, they can only purify them. If they are not slaughtered, it will be like an epidemic, and the world will be infected in the future. Do you want to see a world where everyone is equal and no matter how high and low?"

The noble who opposed it sighed and said, "The gangsters are less wise and need to be educated. If they are punished without teaching, what is the difference between us and Zhou of Shang? Now we are incompetent and retreat to Wucheng, how can we slaughter the people? In this way, God will be angry."

Someone snorted: "The villain can only talk about profit, not righteousness. It is too difficult to educate them into gentlemen. On the contrary, the Mohist theory is like an epidemic, which will eventually cause diseases in the world. I think the martial arts city should be purified."

"Besides, the Mo family has won the battle in the Nanji River. The Qi people cannot stay in Wucheng. We are already a dog of a devastated family!"

"If we do not burn Wucheng and the Gongzaiye army follows us, we will be attacked by the front and back of the Hanzhishi and Gongzaiye, and surrounded by Wenshui. By then, you and I will die!"

"Don't forget that you agreed to those people when the car broke into pieces!"

When the man opposed the man heard this, he also sneered: "Indeed, I agreed to the car splitting those people. That was because those people tried to burn food and grass and attack us. When the car splitting them, I thought of the consequences of the Mohist family attacking one day in the future, and it would be death."

"A real man is born in the world, and he dies, so how can he be punished without sermons on the people?"

"I hate Mo Di, I hate birds and silk, I hate it... I hate the Mo family's theory. If I have the ability, I can learn from Nie Zhengzhi and assassinate these people, but I will not do such a thing because I am afraid of death."

"This matter is inconsistent with the way of a gentleman."

After he said that, he looked at everyone present and said earnestly: "You guys, we oppose the Mo family because the Mo family's morality will disrupt the world and is not the way of a gentleman. However, if we do things that go against the gentleman's way in order to fear death, how can we stand up for the righteousness of the Mo family?"

"We may die if we are defeated today. But as long as we abide by the way of a gentleman, we will have the opportunity to rule the world in the future and the Mo family's morality will be destroyed. Even if we die, we will be able to rule the world in the future and return to orthodoxy. How can we cherish it?"

"But if we do not live a life today, if we live, we will survive. The world will not be punished in the end. What's the use of us if we live?"

No one can refute his reason. Except for those who think that they can only completely purify the people of Si Shang, most people think: "You think you should sacrifice yourself for justice for others, but we don't want to die. What? The righteousness is in your mouth now. If you don't die, how can we live?"

The opposing man saw that everyone was silent, and knew that everyone did not care about what they said. He stood up angrily, holding the sword in his hand and said, "I object to the matter of burning Wucheng. This matter violates the etiquette of the noble. Why is the noble noble? It is not because of our bloodline, but because our virtue is far superior to those untouchables. If we destroy our virtues with our own hands, wouldn't it make the Mohist righteousness more reasonable?"

"If you have to do this today, you will kill me."

He was about to raise his sword when he heard someone behind him say, "Okay! Then kill you!"

As soon as the words were finished, the nobleman felt a chill in his waist. He had not yet reacted in his mind. After a while, he realized that he had been stabbed, but he had no strength.

Several people next to them stabbed out with swords and chopped the man into meat. One of them asked loudly, "Who else objected?"

No one said anything anymore, and a while ago, someone said, "We are all convinced."

He raised his sword and assassinated the man with a serious expression: "There are long and short things. In the past, Goujian was humiliated to taste feces, and King Wen also had prisoners of Wuli. However, they would not seek death because of temporary insults."

"Today, if Wucheng is not burned, the Ministry of Public Affairs will follow us, and we will die on the banks of Wenshui. After death, how can we stabilize the rebellion of the country? Besides, most of our family, father and uncle died at the hands of mobs in the capital. The revenge of father and brother can be repaid in nine generations, so how can we die for a temporary gentleman's righteousness?"

"Besides, when we are fleeing, we are still nobles. Biwan became a common man and could also be the superior minister; Baili Xi was captured and slave, and could also be the prime minister of the country; Tian Wen was not a Wei clan, but also the prime minister; Gongsun Huitian clan was still the chief minister of Wei. As for the matter of Tian Chen and Jiang Qi in the destiny, it is not necessary to mention it."

"Today, it's not because we are afraid of death, but to save our lives, thinking that we are the enemies of our father and brother! Not to mention this, even if we have to experience the shame of Goujian tasting, how could we die like this?"

This is a reason for the shame that the opponents said just now was a righteous and open reason. What everyone lacked was this reason, and they said one after another: "We also mean this, but we are just stupid and unable to speak."

The man whispered: "I know that you know that you just didn't say this, so you said it."

He pointed to the corpse of the nobleman who had been chopped into meat sauce and said, "What he said was that he knew Xiaoyi, but not Dayi."

"In the past, Zheng State attacked Chen State and won a great victory. However, Zheng State could no longer hold on, so he sent someone to seek peace with Chen Huan Gong. Chen Huan Gong refused, believing that good should not be lost, evil should not be long, and that we should not agree to the peace of Zheng State because of his own failure, because Zheng State is evil, and his own peace of mind can only breed evil deeds in the world."

"Therefore, Zhou Ren, a wise official in ancient times, once said: Those who are a country should see evil as a farmer's business, and take advantage of it, and do not allow it to grow. Then the good will be trusted."

"The so-called cutting weeds and removing roots. When farmers see weeds, they must remove the roots and dig out the roots to prevent the spread of weeds. In this way, they can eliminate evil and let good breed and make people trust."

"The Mo family's righteousness is evil. Our righteousness is good. Therefore, we cannot compromise with the Mo family, and we must eradicate the roots."

"Duke Huan of Chen was defeated by the Zheng people and still did not agree to make peace. That is because what the Zheng people did was not in line with the principles of the world, so they would rather be anxious than make peace all day long, otherwise the evil would spread."

"The same is true today."

"Last year, Zheyangzi killed the monarch and the mob chaotic government. He only said that everyone is equal and that he would break the fields of the ancestral fields, as long as we hand over the fief."

"At that time, there were tens of thousands of mobs, and we were only a hundred people waiting for them, so we were ashamed of them."

"But what they ask for is evil, not good. We also know that if we agree, we will have no worries about our lives."

"But we cannot agree, because once we agree, it will encourage evil. If you promise an evil deed today, it will make good retreat and evil grow even more!"

"For this reason, we gathered in Wucheng regardless of the danger of our lives and the risk of being destroyed in the ancestral temple. Is it because we are afraid of death?"

"Not! Because we, like Duke Huan of Chen, believe that good cannot be lost and evil cannot be long-lasting! We cannot agree to those evil deeds and evil righteousness, so we chose to resist the mob's policy!"

"What is good? What is evil? There are differences between high and low in the world. Each of them is obeying their rituals. The common people's obligation to pay tribute and tribute, and the nobles keep their family and their local sacrifices. This is good."

"What is evil? The land belongs to the emperor, and the emperor belongs to the princes and to us. It is not the common people, but they want something that does not belong to them. This is evil, and this cannot be encouraged!"

He looked at everyone, and his emotions were filled with worries on his face. He sighed as if he was sighing at the troubled times that were about to perish the world. Tears seemed to burst out from his eyes and sighed: "You guys! You guys! We don't care about the land and fiefs in our hands, but about the rules, systems, etiquette, righteousness, good, and evil behind them!"

"Those lands cannot be given to the common people, because their demands are evil. We do not feel sorry for our own land. What we are sad about is the evil of their unceremonial and seeking things that do not belong to us!"

"Do we have no compassion? It is just because of the rules. It is our land. We can reward the common people, but they cannot take those who do not. Once we agree to them, we are promoting evil and eliminating good!"

"Once the evil in the world becomes good, and the good in the world becomes evil, this is the destruction of the world!"

"If the Tian family replaces Qi, and the three families divide Jin, it will be just a destruction of the country."
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