Chapter 314: Gao Zi Debate (1)
That day was the big day for Gaozi.
Before dawn in the morning, Gaozi woke up.
The young wife, who was a teacher in the Peiyi Lie Primary School, was very dissatisfied with the fact that the quilt was snatched away by him. She muttered in her sleep and turned over.
Gaozi put on his clothes and took out his "Ink Certificate" from the drawer next to him. Looking at the number numbered 904 on it, he felt inexplicably moved.
Shortly after the invention of papermaking, the Mohist school began to purchase certificates for the official Mohist, and the number was numbered according to the time of joining.
The earliest batch had no year, only number. Those group were called Lao Mo and later needed to add year numbers to avoid too large numbers.
The 904th is that Gaozi started with Mozi's founding of the Mo family, including those who had died in the great cause of benefiting the world before making the certificate. A total of 904 people joined the Mo family.
Judging from the numbers alone, Gaozi's ranking is higher than that, and when the certificate was first prepared, it was 1,137.
In fact, when the certificate was made, half of the first thousand people had died or sacrificed. Gaozi was really a veteran.
Now, there are not many so-called "old Mohist" left, so Gaozi finally climbed into the position of the Central Committee of the Mohist family. There are many young people with the numbers on the Mohist certificates with the year.
People will change.
At the beginning, Gaozi knew very well why he joined the Mo family.
Because of Mozi's reputation, the Mo family's relationship with the monarchs of various countries made this the easiest way for Gaozi to become an official.
At that time, it was impossible for anyone to recommend him. The Mohist family could use all kinds of relationships to recommend him to serve, and even become the minister of a small country such as the Wei State.
However, even if he became an official, the salary he received had to be paid to the organization. When Gengzhuzi was an official in Chu State, he not only left basic expenses, but also brought all the gold back to the organization. This was the organizational discipline that existed before the reorganization of Shangqiu, and it was also an important source of funds for the maintenance of the Mohist academic group - otherwise Mozi would have to take his disciples to work, repair cars, and make wheels to sell money for a living.
More than twenty years have passed, and Gaozi couldn't help but sigh when he remembered those days.
He knew that he didn't care about the salary at all. He wanted to display his ambitions and bring out his talents. It was a kind of power that transcended the higher level of pursuit for salary and was fascinating.
At that time, he was in his prime and often said that he wanted to become an official. His classmates, now called comrades, mocked him all day long, reported to Mozi, saying that Gaozi had no intention of benefiting the world. This person was a speculator. He joined the Mo family just to become an official, so he had no intention of benefiting the world. He could fire him.
At that time, Gaozi was still a thorny person. He always said that some of Zi Mozi's words were unreasonable, and some were not benevolent and righteous at all. The classmates went to report again, and Mozi said that Gaozi was a man, and he could say that my words were not benevolent and righteous, so he was not bad by nature. He was just a little wrong in his understanding, so he could still educate him.
After some education, Gaozi felt that if he wanted to become an official, he had to be a person who seemed to be ambitious in the world... However, when he was young, the change in this practice was still a bit too formalistic.
Gaozi felt that he was OK, so he took the initiative to meet Mozi and said, "Sir, I have talent and ambitious now. Please recommend me to become an official immediately?" You see, we are in Chu, Wei, Yue, Qi, and Song. Is it all related to whether I can become an official? Is it not your word?
Mozi just said that you are a person, your own conflicts have not been resolved yet, so how can you resolve the conflicts in the world? Keep studying, and when I think you can become an official, you will be allowed to go.
Shortly after this incident, Shi joined the Mo family from Shangqiu, and then experienced Shengchuo's defection. Shi denounced Shengchuo at the Shangqiu reorganization conference as "taking the corpses of many Mo people who sacrificed for the benefit of the world as a ladder to climb upwards."
At that time, Gaozi really respected Mozi, and at the same time, he said too much, and at the same time, he felt that Shengchuo's idea was too far away. Do you know if Young Master Lian could return to China?
So he continued to stay in the Mo family, and then had a little disagreement with Shi. However, Shi relied on "cute", "learning", "firm will" and most importantly, greatly improved the financial situation of the Mo family and the average living standards of the Mo people, making it possible for many people to quickly gain favor. In addition to the special status of Mozi's secretary, Gaozi decided not to provoke him.
Si Shang was founded, and Gaozi saw a hint of hesitation and vague hope. Why do you have to go to the princes to become an official? Isn’t it the same if we are armed and separatist?
At that time, Gaozi didn't think too much about it. He had talent, but he was not too prominent in the Mohist school with many talented people. When it comes to qualifications, it was not comparable to the core figures of the first Mohist school and the special identity of the secretary who entered the core circle because of his special identity, and he was calm.
Before Mozi passed away, at the Second University, Meng Sheng, Hu Feizi and other people who were originally alone in the country returned to Si Shang. These people had higher prestige and credit than Gaozi. In addition, they needed more military power at the beginning of their creation. Gaozi was not good at it, so he was still calm.
When the three major issues before the serious illness of the bird, Si Shang turned to a fast-paced development, from non-attack to rich country, and a large number of students who were suitable for education flocked to the cadre circle.
At that time, Shi was shouting "Shangxian" all day long, regardless of age, high and low, talented people were promoted, and many young cadres were promoted. At that time, Shi was the deputy tycoon and in charge of personnel arrangements. Most of the young cadres grew up reading his books. When Gaozi looked at it again... he was so devastated that he was close to the decision-making circle.
Sure enough, after Qin Zi was seriously ill this time, he was selected as a member as he wished, but he was still very far from the candidate's enlightenment and his ranking was not very high.
As early as the Three Great Degrees, Gaozi had already realized that he could not get involved in the Supreme Power Decision Circle. Instead, he was lucky in disguise. He calmed down and studied hard, which made him gradually become a solid theoretical school.
The internal methods of punishment for defection; the external environment is incompatible with what he learned; the booming development of Si Shang has made Gaozi never feel the desire to defect.
Within the Mohist school, Gaozi was not famous.
In terms of military affairs, he is not as good as those old Mo people who have lived for a long time, nor is he as good as the young academics of the direct line of the right line; in terms of finance and economy, he is basically in charge of the right line of the right line, and he is indeed unable to get involved or have no ability; in terms of theory... this is another problem.
In the early stage, he was dedicated to the officialdom and was good at studying and debating theory and did not seek much understanding. At the beginning of the debate with external debate, he was the leader of the debate with Yang Zhu and Liezi and others. The new theoretical system was suitable for this school, and the old system was not as good as the old Mohist such as Fifty-four.
Until the three majors, he finally understood the situation, studied and studied theories, and was able to make a comeback. After all, he was talented and also a person who left a name in the thousands of years of history of Zhuxia... Although they were all supporting roles and background boards, they were also the number one person who could complain that Mo Zi was unkind and righteous, and confronted Mencius against human nature.
After reading the book for so long, I really believed in the theoretical system that corrected Mozi. It was considered that people who changed from speculators to speculation had their original intention but had faith and ideals.
In the harsh struggle environment, Gaozi may be rebellious, but the situation in Si Shang is not harsh at all. Instead, it is in a state of great prosperity that crushes the surroundings. No matter what the reason, Gaozi hopes that the Mohist school will continue to win.
Although Gaozi knew that he had no hope of entering the Mo family's decision-making circle in this life, he still wanted to do something big, be able to leave a name in history, and let the world know that there are people like the Mo family who have been treated with admiration for three days... and not just the Gaozi who was criticized by his classmates and ridiculed for being unkind and righteous.
Today's debate with Confucian scholars is the opportunity he has been looking forward to for a long time.
Opportunities are always left to those who are prepared, because before the Three Great Ones, there was no hope of climbing upward, Gaozi read a lot of books and integrated them, so he already had the strength.
For today's debate, Gaozi studied many theories of Confucian scholars. He had made much clearer about the differences between various factions than Shi, because Shi didn't even put many old things in his mind, and he was a person who grew up in the old era.
Twenty years passed in the blink of an eye, Gaozi felt that it was really a blessing that relies on the misfortune, and misfortune that relies on the blessing that relies on. After wasting twenty years, he finally could show what he learned in his heart, so how could he not be excited?
Confucianism is still a prominent scholar, and it is a three-legged stalemate with Yang Zhu and Mo schools. Gaozi wants to take this opportunity to kill those Confucian scholars with their own lips and tongue swords without leaving any armor. In the future, who among the world and the people of the world will not know about Gaozi?
Those in charge of finance, business, military, and scientific research in Si Shang have a great reputation in the Si Shang system and have a very high ranking, but who knows them in the world?
Lost and harvested in the east.
Gaozi felt that he had lost something in the Mo family, but he could get a lot in the world.
Now the opportunity is in front of me, I am truly ambitious and ambitious.
Brush your teeth and wash your face, dress and eat, and Gaozi is full of energy.
When he left the door, the carriage was already waiting for him. The attendant guard and secretary all followed him into the car. The secretary said, "Our people have already gone there first, and the garrison brigade has also begun to arrange alerts and order. Will you go now?"
The venue for this debate is in the central square area of Peiyi, where Si Shang street speeches, art performances, and people's convening meetings. The people of Si Shang have long been accustomed to this kind of debate and speech, and it is a basic quality to not whisper together.
Gaozi stood up and stood in the car, suddenly feeling excited.
Chapter completed!