This old story originated from Mozi many years ago.

At that time, Duke Yang was about to attack Zheng State, so he asked Mo Zi's opinion, which was the time when Gong Zaoye and Duke Luyang won the battle and became famous all over the world.

At that time, the King of Lu Yang Wen was about to attack Zheng. When Zi Mozi heard this, he stopped him and said to Yang Wenjun, "Now, the capital of Lu attacks the small capital, and everyone attacks the small capital, kills the people, and takes cattle, horse, dog, pig, cloth, silk, rice, millet, and goods and wealth, so what if?" Lu Yang Wenjun said, "In the four kings of Lu, all are my ministers. Now, the capital of Lu attacks the small capital, and everyone attacks the small capital, and seizes the small capital, and I will punish him heavily." Zi Mozi said, "The heaven has both the world, and it is like the king of the four kings. Now, the generals are to attack Zheng, and the heaven will punish him.

"Who is it that I am attacking Zheng? I will follow the will of heaven. Zheng people killed his father for three generations, and Tian Jia punished him for three years. I will help Tian kill him for three years." Zi Mozi said, "The Zheng people killed his father for three generations, and Tian Jia punished him for three years. If Tian Jia punished him for three years, and Tian Jia punished him for three years. Now, we will raise troops to attack Zheng, saying that I am attacking Zheng, and Tian Jia punished him for the ambition of heaven. It is like someone who is here, and his son is strong and uncompetent, so his father beat him for the ambition of him. His father next door raised a tree and attacked him, saying: I am attacking him for the ambition of his father. Isn't that contrary!"

These words were just righteousness, and at that time, many disciples who were good at defending the city gathered near Zheng State. That was the pros and cons, which eventually led to the miscarriage of the Duke of Luyang's plan to attack Zheng.

The reason why the Si Shang public opinion turned and misinterpreted this passage four or five years ago is because it changed from "non-attack" to "no attack is beneficial for the whole world."

The meaning of the words of Mozi and Duke of Luyang was actually very simple. Duke of Luyang said that Zheng State was guilty and I was going to interfere with Zheng State. Mozi said that this was like someone else's son was not studying hard. His father beat him with a stick, and you also beat him with a stick, saying that I was obeying his father's meaning. Isn't this nonsense?

In other words, if the Mohist thoughts were not corrected, it would be possible that a Heze version of Westphalian system would be created when the Heze alliance was held four years ago. All countries, regardless of their size, must not interfere in other countries' internal affairs.

When Mozi's words were put on the earth thousands of years later, the truth was still said: I have something to do at home, so no one needs to take care of others.

The problem is that when Si Shang became strong, he began to correct the Mohist thoughts, because what Si Shang Mohist is doing now is that other people's children are not good at doing well, and they take a stick to hit them, and then they also talk about this being a will of heaven, which is a truth that is generally applicable to the world.

If you are poor, you will not interfere in internal affairs; if you are prosperous, you will obey the will of heaven to punish unrighteousness.

When you mention this story, you will inevitably need to find another explanation.

At this time, the monarch and ministers of Zheng State talked about this sentence with the Mohist envoy in public, but in fact, it sounded a bit embarrassing to the Mohist envoy...

For example, in small countries such as Ji, Xue, and Fei, the Mohist family not only "followed the will of heaven", but also directly changed the systems of various small countries.

The internal struggle of the Mohist school has ended, and the appropriate revisionists have gained the upper hand. There has been a revised explanation for Mozi's theory, just like right and wrong attack. No attack can only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. The world is determined to be one and there is no attack. No attack is the most reliable way to solve non-attack...

Of course, the Mohist school also has its own explanations about this conversation.

Zheng Guo knew the meaning of the Mo family coming to Zheng Guo at this time, so he obviously wanted to use Zheng Guo to divert South Korea's attention.

The Mo family also knew that when they came to Zheng State at this time, the monarchs and ministers of Zheng State were easily able to think of the Mo family’s intentions.

But this is not important. What is important is that Zheng State wants to be used by itself, and the Mohist school can use it.

Whether Zheng State is guilty does not depend on Zheng, but on Han.

Zheng did not get close to the Mo family back then, but Wei Han also divided the country and experienced half of its territory in just twenty years. The king and ministers of Zheng had already thought it through.

However, the words that Chu stopped attacking Zheng were actually a little embarrassed to say when he said this.

After a little embarrassed, the envoy of the Mo family hurriedly said, "At that time, the King of Wen of Luyang was just for personal gain, and could not truly obey the people's will as the Lord of God and resolve the people's three troubles. Therefore, Zheng was governed by Ji Zheng and was governed by Chu Mi, so it was unrighteous that he fought for personal gain, so he stopped him by Zi Mozi."

The corrective explanation within the Mohist school is to strictly distinguish the differences between the Zheng people and the Zheng Gong tribe, and to use this as a logical and reasonable explanation for the future determination of one's own world.

The king and ministers of Zheng did not care about these things. They raised this matter mainly to trigger this issue of Si Shang's aid to Zheng. After hearing what the Mo family envoy said, a Ziyang remnant said: "Double years have passed, the world is still the same. Most of the kings of great powers do unrighteousness for their own interests. There are too few people who can truly fight for justice like Si Shang."

"Now South Korea is determined to annex Song State, all for the personal interests of Han Zong. Although Zheng State is small, it has also participated in the Heze Alliance in the past and signed its own name on the law of the wars of the Xia Dynasty."

"The king and minister of Zheng know that they cannot know the will of heaven, nor can they resolve the three troubles of the people. However, when South Korea enters Zheng, it cannot resolve the people's upside down. Instead, it causes the people to suffer from war."

"Han has Yangdi, carrying Shu, and stationed troops in Yingshui, which is only a hundred miles away from Zheng. If Han wants to do so, it will take a few days to arrive. The people of Zheng all hate Han and ask the Mo family to give a way to protect Zheng because of the suffering of war in the people."

Zheng State is really in crisis now. It is not that if he does not participate in the Song State affairs at this time and deliberately keeps a distance from the Mo family, South Korea will give up his ambition to annex Zheng State.

If you want to inflict a crime, will you be instructed?

If Wei and Han jointly interfere in Song, Wei will inevitably use Zheng's land to repay Han again, because Wei was no longer the Wei State when Wenhou was the Wenhou. The north lost Zhongshan, the Xihe River was in danger, the Zhao people turned against each other, and Chu captured Yu Pass was the time when allies were most needed.

The king and minister of Zheng State thought clearly, and the previous twenty years of experience also told them exactly whether they were guilty of a small country that could not appeal.

Originally, Zheng State was full of expectations for the Heze Alliance four years ago. He hoped that the Mohists would continue to uphold the ambition of non-aggression, replace the collapsed Zhou Li system international law with new international law, and maintain peace among countries with the military power of Si Shang.

However, what the Heze Alliance brought to Zheng State four years ago was despair. The Mo family never mentioned the equality of all countries, but vigorously advocated that the world was determined to be one and irreversible, and was a means to truly solve the symptom and root cause of war.

This time, the Mo family envoy came to Zheng State, which allowed the king and ministers of Zheng State to see a turning point.

The envoy of the Mo family thought for a while and said, "In the past, Qi attacked Lu, and the Duke of Lu asked about his policies to withdraw from Zi Mozi. Zi Mozi said three things needed to be done well."

"Earlier, in the battle between Qi and Lu, Cao Gui discussed the battle. I believe you also know what you asked before the war?"

The king and minister of Zheng naturally knew these two things.

In fact, these two things are not the same, but they are analyzed based on specific circumstances.

There are three questions about what Cao Gui discussed.

If you dare not be dedicated to your food and clothing, you must divide the people. You replied: "Small favors have not been spread, and the people will not follow you." The Duke said: If you sacrifice jade and silk, you must not be trusted. You must be trusted. The Duke said: If you have not been trusted, you will not be lucky. The Duke said: Even if you cannot observe the prison of small and big, you must be based on your emotions. You replied: "The loyalty is a part of you, and you can fight one after another. If you fight, please follow."

There are also three questions about what Mozi discussed.

I hope that the superiors of the king will respect the heavens and the ghosts, and the inferiors will love and benefit the people, make good money, be humble in words, and pay tribute to the neighboring princes, drive the country to serve the whole, and worry that can be saved. If this is not the case, there is nothing to do.

Cao Gui and Mo Zi both faced the State of Lu and the Battle between Qi and Lu, but the three theories of the two talked about different era backgrounds.

At that time, there was no Spring and Autumn Period, and the country and the country were different. The war was mainly about chariots. As long as the Chinese people were willing to fight, they might not be able to win the more with less. Moreover, the gap between Qi and Lu was not too big at that time. Qi was defeated in the Battle of Changshao.

At the time of Mozi, the Spring and Autumn Period was over, and there was no more country and tens of thousands of people surrounded the city.

Mo Zi knew very well that no matter whether it was superior to ghosts and gods or inferior to the people, it was too late, so the suggestion given was to use diplomatic means to use conflicts between various countries to force Qi to withdraw his troops.

In the end, Cao Gui won the Battle of Changshao, and Mozi also mobilized his disciples to lobby various countries to withdraw the troops, and all achieved the desired results.

Nowadays, the matters in Zheng State also require specific analysis of specific situations.

But the Mohist envoy had already said something and asked: "What Zi Mozi said is that the superiors respect the heavens and the subordinates love and benefit the people, which is actually the same thing."

"The Emperor of Heaven gave birth to people, so he hoped that the people would be healthy and prosperous, and the people would be the master of God. God would follow what the people wanted. Therefore, respecting the heavens and ghosts in governing the country is to love and benefit the people."

"But I don't know whether the people in Zheng State have benefited from it? Have they ever received love? If they have benefited from it, they can fight. In the past, there was only Peiyi in Si, a land of hundreds of miles. The people can get benefits from it, and they can defeat Wei and Chu, let alone the country of five hundred miles of Zheng?"

After some words, the king and ministers of Zheng bowed their heads and said nothing.

The Mohist school has been talking about benefiting the people and loving the people, so how can it be considered to be beneficial to the people and loving the people?

What is everything that Zheng State does for the purpose of everything, whether it is the Gong clan, Qi Mu, or the remnants of Siziyang? Isn’t it for its own power and wealth?

Fortunately, Zheng Gongyi said: "I am not not loving the people and benefiting the people. It is just that South Korea besieged Zheng land and has been fighting every day since thirty years ago. If you want to fight, you need to have money, food, and military taxes, and the people will inevitably suffer."

"But if we don't fight, it will encourage the unrighteousness of major countries, so that the big and the small, and the strong will swallow the weak and move to the world. This is a more painful way for the world. How can I encourage the growth of these unrighteous ambitions?"

"Besides, Ziyang was in power in the past, and he had a desire to change, and the Mohist school also praised it. However, when the powerful enemy is around him, how can he dare to change?"

Although these words are scenes, they are not unreasonable.

If the reform is to be carried out, it will inevitably touch the interests of the nobles. Even if the Siziyang party unites the public to defeat the other six Mus, eat meat and drink soup by themselves, it can also make the people die effectively.

However, the ending was that Si Ziyang was killed, Zheng was in chaos, Qi Mu defected and went to Wei Han to be a doctor.

In response to such a scene, the Mohist envoy did not criticize it first in the tone of Xuanyi’s always-official voice, but said: “This is not a non-reasonable statement.”

"It is too late for the people to follow the ghosts and gods to benefit the people at this time, and it is also too late to protect the Zheng country and make Han Zong's ambition to go to war for his own interests unable to succeed. This can only be considered diplomatic matters. The so-called "being rich is a coin, lowly words, and urgently paying tribute to the neighboring princes is this."

"However, South Korea is carrying the millet and Yangdi are close to Zhengdu. Before diplomatic affairs are completed, Zheng State needs to do something. At least it must have the ability to defend the capital. At least it must be able to prepare for the Korean army to besiege the capital for half a year and cannot capture it, so that other countries can support it. Otherwise, if the city is broken for a few days, how can the diplomatic countries have time?"
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