Chapter 77: The Smelting of Bones, Zhu Rongxue (4)
When everyone saw that they were talking, they thought that if it was this person, there would be a solution.
But Mo Chengzi was worried that he would not understand the situation here, and the method of villages and communities near Shangqiu might not be useful here, so he reminded him: "This place is not as good as Shangqiu. In the past, it was Xu Yi and Huai Yi. When King Xu Yan rebelled against Zhou and shocked the world. Later, Sun Wuzi destroyed Xu, and Xu Yi mostly moved to Pengcheng, or went north along the Si River. The Yin people lived in mixed places, which was not comparable to Shangqiu."
"There are large marshes in the east and west of Pei, and there are many hidden people who have died, evading taxes and harsh policies, and they often use witches as their trust. Zhu Huai clan once made a great blessing to the emperor, and the art of sacrifice in Huaiyi is also outstanding..."
Mo Chengzi was worried that he could use the means of directly using Shangqiu in villages and communities. There were many clans here, which could easily cause a rebound from local nobles.
After many wars, the population composition and customs here have become extremely complex.
During the reign of King Mu of Zhou, they attacked and plundered slaves; during the struggle for hegemony between Jin and Chu, they destroyed the country and moved residents; when Wu Zixu and Wu Zi destroyed Xu, the Xu people moved north to Song; when Yue destroyed Teng Kingdom, some of the Teng people moved west; in order to escape the harsh government, a large number of savages fled to Peize...
The local area was originally the intersection of the Shang civilization and the Dongyi civilization. After so many wars in which the people moved to the town, it was completely different from those in Shangqiu.
But Mo Zi believed that Shi was not the kind of person who didn't understand the situation and said, "Let's talk about it. Let's talk about the general principles first, and then talk about the detailed aspects. If the general principles are not possible, there is no need to talk about the later ones."
Shi asked, "What witches can be trusted by the Giant? "
The Mohist school also worships ghosts and gods. This is the limitation of the Mohist school, and this point must be clearly asked.
Mo Zi shook his head and said, "The sacrifice that uses living people as sacrifices and accumulates money cannot be blessed by ghosts and gods. How is this a sacrifice? What kind of ghosts and gods like this?"
Shi smiled and said, "Since this is the case, then the disciples have a way. What we want to deal with seems to be the old witches who make money. In fact, we are trying to make the farmers, industry and commerce here believe us but not them. In other words, our purpose is to make everyone here believe us, and those old witches are just people who hinder the people here believe us."
"Only by letting the locals believe in us can we get rid of the old witches in the village and finally solve the evil sacrifice wind here."
"But they are deeply rooted here. If we kill them directly, they will arouse resentment from everyone. If we expose them, everyone will think that we are slandering and accusing them."
"The current sons of the people will believe the words of Wu Zhu, just as the Mozhe believes in the words of the giant. But there is only one giant, but what about Wu Zhu?"
After thinking about it for a while, Mo Zi felt that it was indeed the case.
Since we want to practice righteousness, the greatest righteousness is to make more people believe in the righteousness of the Mo, and the premise is trust.
It is suitable for seeds in small villages. Medicine is believed, but it cannot be used directly here. You must first believe it before you can use these methods to deepen your belief.
As for the people who believe in Wu Zhu here, Mo Zi has also heard of it.
Recalling the rebellion of Mo by Shengchuo and others before, many Mo people questioned his righteousness and other matters, they laughed and said with a self-deprecating smile: "I'm afraid it's even more powerful than some Mo people who believe in the words of the giant. I am a giant, and more than 30 other people like Shengchuo rebelled against Mo. But the people here believe in the wind of Wu Zhu, but never doubt it. It is said that they even took pride in sacrifices to their children many years ago."
Shi said aloud and suddenly asked, "If Wu Zhu himself said that they were lying people and did not worship ghosts and gods like this, just to make money... Then is it more useful than us to warn everyone?"
Mo Chengzi shook his head and said, "You think it's great, but it's hard to do it. It's like a hunter who hopes that the tiger will die and then peel it."
The Mozhe also felt that this idea was really bad. How could those Wu Zhu take the initiative to admit it without using violent means? But if violence is used, those Kunmen will definitely think it is a threat, and it will be difficult for the Mozhe to gain a foothold here in the future.
Will Wu Zhu admit that he is fake?
Will Wu Zhu admit that he cannot communicate with ghosts and gods?
What is the difference between thinking this way and hoping that everyone in the world can be polite without seeking profit? It’s just a delusion.
Only after hearing what Shi said, Mo Zi seemed to understand something and asked, "What are you doing?"
Shi laughed and said, "Of course those witches will not admit that they cannot communicate with ghosts and gods, but what if I become witches? I become the only witches and tell everyone that they are all fake. Then when everyone believes it, I, the only witches and witches, will I tell everyone that I am also fake. Witches and witches are all fake. Isn't that enough?"
Mo Zi vaguely guessed something and asked quickly: "You continue to say that this method may be feasible."
"I guess the giant still remembers the fact that I led ants to teach the heavenly aspirations in the village community? If I didn't say it, would the people in the village community think that this was a trace of ghosts and gods?"
All the people of the Mohist have heard about the village community for countless times.
Everyone has learned a lot from the affairs of villages and communities. Organization, conduct righteousness, trust, gain trust, disposal, reward and punishment. A small village is like a shrinking world.
In an instant, Mozi understood the meaning of "Fu".
Memo Chengzi, Qin Huali and others seemed to understand, and only those ink people sitting around the ground had not fully understood it.
Instead, he used it to become the only witch Zhu first, declare that the rest of the witch Zhu are heresy, and then destroy himself!
Mo people have their own skills to worship. Although they are not as good as Confucian scholars, they are better because they are simple but do not cost the people's wealth, and can pray for ghosts and gods. Mo people still have the saying of "welcoming the enemy's temple" to guard the city. I think the methods of doing altar sacrifices are no worse than those witches.
He is also conscious that his methods can definitely be stronger and more shocking than those wus Zhu's ghost tricks.
So he said in detail: "I usurped the name of the witch prayer with the heavenly ambition I know. During the May 5th sacrifice, my methods were better than those witch prayers, which made everyone see at a glance. If those witch prayers cannot do them but can do them, then in the eyes of those gangsters, who is the witch prayer who can truly communicate with ghosts and gods?"
"Since they believe, I will use some more means. When the next sacrifice is made, I will make all my own means and those Wu Zhu's methods public, gathering ten thousand people, and telling them in front of ten thousand people that these are all false. Wu Zhu himself said that he is false, which is the easiest thing for people to believe!"
After he said this, everyone understood.
Compared with the fact that hiring ants in the village community, it seems that we have to turn it around here. We should not tell everyone that this is just the root of the heavenly aspiration, but first convince everyone. Then when everyone is most convinced, we will expose everything, instead of exposing it up and arousing everyone’s dissatisfaction.
Although the Mo people didn't have long contact with Shi, they knew that he was well aware of the ambition and the root of things, which was praised by Mo Zi.
Moreover, he has a reputation among the many ink masters who keep their promises, value promises, and value righteousness. Anything that cannot be done is impossible to say.
Since he said it, he would definitely do it. Just like those wheat flour, millstones, black jade, etc., if outsiders hear it, they would think it is nonsense, but he could do it as soon as he said it, without any vain.
Mozi stumbled it and found that among the Mo people, there are indeed people who are proficient in how to sacrifice. They want to do things that look very well and look ritual, and they are not inferior to others.
The most difficult thing is the means that people believe in all of a sudden. It is definitely not possible to rely solely on means such as attracting ants.
Mo Zi felt that he had a lot of things, but it was a bit difficult to achieve the effect that shocked thousands of people, so he asked, "What can you do?"
I thought about the simple objects and some useful materials that I could collect at this time, and said loudly: "Disciple can do the following methods."
"The clear water burns when it encounters fire. In the past, Zhurong fought against Gonggong, and water and fire were incompatible, but I could make the clear water burn continuously. So who can get closer to the Vulcan God than those Wu Zhu?"
"The firewood in your hand is not needed, and there is no need to drill wood. The fire can rise with your fingers. Nowadays, who can make fire without using Jiansui, drill wood, turtle and other means? Since I can, am I not the one who can communicate with Zhurong the best?"
"I have Zhurong's blood, so I am not afraid of the fire and cooking oil. The oil boils, and I can go in with my hands and feet as if I bathe, without pain. If Wu Zhu thinks that he also has this blood, he can try it. If he doesn't die, that's fine."
"I can dig the thunder of heaven and earth. If I click a finger, I can make a sound like thunder and shake the whole world. If it is at night, there will be purple lightning and lightning, wandering like a snake."
"I can ask the ghosts and gods to appear on the white cloth and disappear after a moment, and the shadows are slim, just like ghosts. If Wu Zhu can't even do this, who would believe that they can communicate with the gods?"
In addition to these, Shi also said a lot of methods that made everyone present dumbfounded.
If many people hadn't believed in the right way, they would have thought they were crazy. How could ordinary people do these methods?
But because of my understanding, I believe he is not crazy. These things that sound impossible can be done, otherwise I would not have said that.
At the end of his speech, he laughed wildly: "In order to make the common people believe that they can communicate with ghosts and gods, those witches will definitely have means, and everyone will definitely believe it. We will give the other person the way we do it!"
"When everyone believes, we will take the next step by using Wu Zhu's means."
"Let those who do not believe still do not believe but hate us; those who make them believe still believe but love us. Fight against hate with love until it is difficult for those who hate us to accomplish things. I will attract everyone to be present in the name of a high sacrifice and tell them these deceptive methods!"
He smiled quite confidently, so he was quite arrogant.
The reason for self-confidence is that he believes that he has gone closer to science and engages in feudal superstitious scams, which no one can match at this time.
Among the dross of the Mozhe himself, there are also sacrificial rituals, which are integrated together, so that those who do not believe that he is the one who can truly communicate with ghosts and gods are not allowed.
This arrogant laughter made Gong Zaoye shout, "Good words to do what he means to do! This is a great good deed! But how long does it take for these methods you want to do? Now it is not far from May."
Chapter completed!