Chapter 195 The Sun of Mount Tai (thirteen)
The angry slave felt resentment towards the Mo family, and somehow he really had a dream at night.
A dream that the master will not want to hear after the story.
He dreamed that he had a dog. When he was bored, he would touch the dog's head, pass the dog's hair, and stuff the dog a bone when he was happy. But if he was busy and worried about his own interests, the dog was still tactfully pasted over and wanted to touch the dog's head, he would kick the dog away with distraction. At this time, the dog would lie in a wronged place, thinking about how to make the owner happy.
He didn't know why he had such a dull and very real dream. When he woke up, he was the time to add grass to his horse at night. This was a habit he had developed for decades. Even if he was given some sour wine and was drunk, he would not miss this time.
There seemed to be a hazy light in the house in the distance. The slave sighed and thought that the Mo family was really hateful, and even made the master sigh at night and couldn't sleep.
The old nobles really didn't fall asleep, and candles were lit in the house. The common farmers could regard the mutton fat that they could only eat during the New Year.
Under the candlelight, several trusted retainers knelt on the ground, looking angry.
"The Lord was humiliated and died. The Mo family deceived the gentleman too much, so today they spread the news in the village that they came to collect the fines and confiscations this afternoon."
A retainer talked about some things about the village community, and his face was hated.
A fine is not a humiliation. It is a humiliation to spread among the people after the fine, and it is also an extremely rude behavior.
It is precisely because the people are governed by etiquette and the officials and scholars are observing them in order. The people are so as to respect their nobles and that they are able to keep their careers. The nobles and the humble are not wrong, which is called the rule. Now that the law is enacted, the people are in the law, so how can they be noble? The nobles and the humble are in order, so how can they be the world?
Under the hierarchy, the nobles can punish the lowly, and the doctors can punish the scholars, but they cannot tell the people the reasons for the punishment in their original form.
Otherwise, if the nobles and the lowly are disorderly, the people will abide by the laws and regulations without respecting the nobles. The untouchables do not respect and fear the scholars, and the scholars do not respect and fear the nobles, and the nobles will not respect and fear the princes. This is the reason.
Now the matter of fines is circulating in the village and community. The Mohist school said that no matter whether the high or low is violated, it will be punished. Isn’t this equivalent to not distinguishing between high and low, and everyone is equal in front of the law?
This is a humiliation that the nobles have never experienced before. The retainers were angry, but they could only mumble here and could not do anything.
This law was formulated by the Mo family. Those people in the village are just executors. If the master is humiliated and his ministers die, he will kill all the leaders of the Mo family.
But these people also know their abilities, so how could they be killed? Si Shang is full of dangers, not to mention the large number of Mo family members, even if they are assassinating, how many of the leaders of the Mo family are not good at swordsmanship, how could these people be assassinated?
The old nobleman Zaizhengshou listened to the loyal words of his retainers, his face turned pale.
He originally thought of a banquet for the leader of the Mo family here during the day and explained the truth, but he did not expect the Mo family to refuse directly. He also said that the wine was like sour sauce, so it would be better not to drink it.
There was no room for change. The old noble sighed and said, "It seems that the matter of dividing the land is a foregone conclusion?"
"Ah! The world is going to be in chaos!"
"In the past, thief Zhi followed nine thousand soldiers, and ran rampant in the world, invaded and brutally tyrannized the princes. He was a clerk, drove people, cattle and horses, and took women. He was greedy and forgot about his relatives, ignored his parents and brothers, and did not worship his ancestors. The towns he passed by were large countries guarding the city, and the small countries were insured, and all the people suffered."
"Today, the Mo family has been following 50,000 soldiers, and they are rampant in the world and invaded the princes. The disaster is far better than that of the thief. Mo Di created the righteousness and wanted to love the world. But if he was not worthy of the lord, he would be a disaster to the world. Is Mo Di not responsible for this crime?"
Liang's father was originally near Liu Xiahui's fiefdom, and Liu Xiahui's cemetery was also here. The Thief Uprising more than a hundred years ago affected Qi, Lu, Wei, Song, and the world, although the nobles near Liang's father remembered it even more deeply.
Nowadays, the Mohist family really defended the city and the small country was insured, and the princes of Si were even "forced by their tyranny" and had to enter the non-aggressive alliance.
The old nobleman was filled with emotion. What he valued was the political influence of the matter of land division.
While sighing, a close retainer said, "That's not known. Today, a few people were in the village community. The villagers wanted to deliver food to the children measured by the Mo family, but they were still stumbling. There was only one person who went there, and the rest did not dare."
"The head of the family has been here for many years, and people are proud of their power and the common people are respectful, which makes it difficult for the Mo family to accomplish."
"If the people are afraid, they are afraid. If they are afraid, they dare not seek personal gain."
The old nobleman nodded and said, "It suits me very much. How should I do it?"
The retainer stretched out his hand and made a gesture of cutting it out with a hand knife.
When the rest of the people saw it, they were shocked and said panic: "No! The Mo family's righteous army is here, and now all the private soldiers of the clan are outside, so they cannot succeed."
The servant laughed and said, "Who said he wanted to kill the Mo family? The Mo family members were powerful and could not move lightly. If they could defeat the Mo family, the people would naturally be afraid. But if they could not defeat the Mo family, they might not be able to kill those common people who were selfish and wanted to mess things up."
"Land is profit, and life is also profit. Land and life cannot be both good, so the people can only give up their land and seek life. Today, when I deliver meals, a man is close to the Mohist family and wants to make personal gains and violates the rules and regulations. Such a person cannot die."
"If he does not die, how can the people be afraid and respect the head of the family? If he dies, the people all want to die if he is close to the Mo family. How can they dare to get close to the Mo family? Even if the people do not dare to ask for it at that time, what is the difference between it and now?"
"This is the great righteousness of upholding etiquette and law, and it is possible to kill people. The Mohist family has rules and laws, so as long as the Mohist family is not allowed to confirm that it was the one we killed, but everyone knows that it was us who punished and killed people, what can we do if the Mohist family does not do?"
The old nobles were speechless, and the retainer said, "Since the Mo family insulted and punished gentlemen with their laws and regulations, can't we use the laws and regulations of the Mo family to deal with the Mo family? If they arrest people without a certificate, their laws and regulations cannot last; if they want the laws and regulations to last, they cannot arrest people."
The old nobleman said in a deep voice: "The sin does not lie with the people, but with the Mo family. The Mo family's righteousness deceives the people, making the people think of profit but not virtuous. In the past, King Wu defeated Zhou, ruled Zhou of Shang and treated the people of the world well, and supplemented with education..."
Everyone thought that the head of the family was going to oppose this matter, but they did not expect that the old nobles would change their subject and said solemnly: "However, benevolence is like civil and military affairs, and there is also a matter of killing. The so-called Tang kills Yin Xie, King Wen kills Pan Zhi, Duke Zhou kills Guan Shu, Duke Taigong kills Hua Shi, Guan Zhong killed Fu Liyi, and Zichan killed Deng Xi, all of which were the harm of chaos in the world. This person is a person who is not grateful for his residence in the country, and should be punished."
Only then did the Chongguan resign and feel relieved that as long as he could kill the chicken to warn the monkey and one to warn the hundred, the Mohist family would not be able to gain a foothold here.
Moreover, since the Mohist school is lawful and orderly, no one knows what to do, even if the whole Liang father knows that they were the ones they killed, what can it do?
After discussing, the few people made a plan and waited for Mingye to take action.
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In the village, the farmer who went alone to deliver food to the Mo family yesterday returned to his dilapidated house happily.
After taking a bite of the solidified corn porridge left yesterday, recalling the principles and policies of the Mo family in the fields today, he was moved.
Farmers on the land sealed cannot migrate at will. This law has been going on for hundreds of years, and leaving the boundary of the land is considered to be fleeing.
Although it is difficult to arrest most of the time, there are many deep mountains, forests, forests, rivers and rivers. However, people are people from society, leaving human society in order to escape feudal obligations is extremely difficult to survive.
The farmer thought that since he had no worries alone, he might as well follow the Mo family.
The righteous army had food and drinks, and there were two sets of clothes a year. After retirement, if you were willing to go to Jiangnan, Donghai, Fulou and other places, you could also get iron tools, muskets, and ownership of the land you reclaimed.
This is a irresistible temptation for this alone farmer.
As for words like benefiting the world, he thought it made sense, but at least what attracted him at this time was only those better lives than they are now.
I fantasized about joining the army in the future and serving in the righteous army, so after retiring, I could go to Fulou. It is said that there were three or five cities where I immigrated. When I went there, I would be organized to cultivate and cultivate them. In the future, I could eat wheat flour, rice, and even the "oil" mentioned by the righteous army.
Today in the field, he followed the young men to eat fried wheat flour from the army. There was a little oil inside, which was really endless aftertaste.
Just as he was fantasizing, he vaguely heard some movement outside. He didn't think much about it. He thought that someone from the village community came to ask what the Mo family said in the fields today, so he got up from the haystack to open the door.
As soon as the door was opened, my mouth and nose were covered, and then my abdomen became cold. Before I could scream, I died.
He was naturally unprepared, but even if he was prepared, he could not defeat these trained people with his muscles and bones working in the fields?
Several retainers stood outside and stared at the movement. Four people in the room lifted the man up and ran wildly outside.
After causing a barking trip in the village, he slipped to a big mulberry tree outside the village, cut open the belly of the dead farmer, pulled out the intestines, then tied the throat with a bark vine rope, hung it on the tree and slipped away.
Before leaving, a member of the family looked at the dead farmer and smiled and said, "In this way, who dares to approach the Mo family in the village? Something that doesn't know the life or death."
He spat and quietly walked into the darkness.
The next morning.
As soon as the genius was dawn, Shu Guitian and others were awakened by a noise. They rubbed their eyes and walked out and saw many people gathering outside.
Only then did the young men learn about the murder last night. They peeked at Sun Pu and saw that his face was gloomy. Shu Guitian couldn't help but feel sad when he thought about the friendship of sharing the ride the day before yesterday.
Chapter completed!