Chapter 97: The First Biography of the Son of Heaven's Parade
Shi is a consistent person.
Half a year ago, he mentioned the idea of spreading the meaning of the Memorialists in the big city and the Giant Monastery. At that time, the time was not ripe.
There is no money, no chance, no entry point, no grass and silk, and the ink master has not tried to spread the meaning in literature.
Now I mention this matter again, but avoid mentioning the responsibilities of the secretary in organization and management.
It seems that it is just a simple mention of taking this opportunity to spread the meaning of ink, and before other people can learn to use paper, they will become a worldly teaching.
He not only made "Encouraging Learning" and stated that this article was not written by himself, so what he wanted was not reputation.
If you use a great article that can be used to make a "bait" for all the time, everyone knows that the things he wants to catch must be extremely heavy.
Outside, the Mo is a whole, so it needs to spread its reputation; inside, the Mo is a different individual, so it needs to find ways to obtain more permissions.
After considering the right proposal, Mozi believed that this matter was not a trivial matter, but that it was necessary for all the people in the scene to make a decision.
Who will be responsible for this matter must be decided at that time.
Shi has no objection to this.
Since Mozi attaches importance to it, it means that Mozi understands the importance of this matter, and it also means that this matter will involve the distribution of rights and responsibilities within the Moji.
And it is a very important distribution of rights and responsibilities.
Who will control the external publicity and allow a wider range of people to contact the Mo people?
Who will master the meaning of supplementing the ink and completing written inheritance?
Who is qualified to know about those who hide the hidden things that are not known to outsiders? Who will record their list?
These are all things to consider.
Mozi asked Shi to prepare some "new, weird, and attractive" stories or rumors, or a heroic article like "Encouraging Learning". Once a decision is made at that time, it can be implemented immediately.
He himself also needs to spend half a month to modify the second half of "Encouragement of Learning", which can at least be read up and down, so that no one can laugh after reading it and say that this is obviously not something that one person did.
All the affairs of the Mozhe were left to the Chicken Waiji, and there was still some time before the sunflower blossomed, so there was no hurry.
I received a hundred pieces of paper and kept it in the house, thinking about what to write.
He knew a lot of Xiongwen, but he could not copy much at this time.
In the pre-Qin articles, Zhuangzi was too carefree and could not even copy a piece of "Encouragement of Learning", let alone Zhuangzi's imaginations all flew out of the sky.
Articles from the Han and Jin dynasties were too flashy and full of flowers, but they were exactly the articles that the pre-Qin philosophers were not favored.
He remembered too much of the poems that followed, but copying them at this time was useless.
There is no need to copy the articles of Mohist school at all. It is not that they are not good, but that they sound completely like science textbooks: they are all defined in a row, or they are essay-style arguments.
This thing is absolutely impossible to attract a large number of people. The first half of the article "Encouraging Learning" can cause a sensation in the market, and the leverage principle and specular reflection law of "Mo Jing, Jing Shuo" will definitely make most people drowsy.
Holding a brush and a charcoal pen, I sighed at the words of these sharp pens of the pre-Qin philosophers. After thinking about it for two days, I finally thought of two articles that can be used to "tamper with".
After being overjoyed, he divided the paper into two halves and picked up the pen to write down the title of the first article.
"Biography of Emperor Mu"
His understanding of "The Legend of Emperor Mu" is limited to the three things: the Eight Horses of the Emperor, the Queen Mother of the West, and the Love between Sheng Ji.
But at this time, "The Legend of Emperor Mu" was not in shape. This story will not be completed until the mid-Warring States Period and the rise of the Jixia Academy.
So he can make a fool of himself, and these two things are exactly what he is good at.
I wrote some of them every day and read them to the ink masters. In a few days, the ink masters were addicted to it.
They have never seen the orthodox "Biography of Emperor Mu" in the Bamboo Book Annals, but the story of Emperor Mu's cried in the east and the west, and cried in Shengji has been circulated.
So the version of Emperor Mu's Journey to the West that they heard was as follows:
But Zaofu drove to the extreme west country, whose country was named Egypt.
The state-owned river flows from south to north and floods every year, with mud spreading the ground. There are fertile soil on both sides of the river. The seeds are scattered and three stones are harvested per mu.
The Egyptian Kingdom watches the sky with the stars. When the well stays in the sky, the river will flood. Therefore, the well stays in the sky with the well, and the calendar is not the same as the Central Plains.
There were thousands of carriages in the country, and there were many people who were good at shooting. The king was called "Pharaoh", which means the grandson of Xihe and the son of the sun. The Pharaoh was in charge of military sacrifices and did not obsess others.
The Pharaoh learned about Fuxi and Nuwa, and his brother and sister intermarried and did not match his other surnames. Therefore, many descendants were young and looked strange.
Whenever Pharaoh dies, he uses bricks and stones as his tomb, which is a hundred feet high and looks like gold. He uses secret medicine to apply it to his body, so that it will not rot for thousands of years and hide it in the tomb.
There is a strange beast in the country, with cats and human faces. It is rumored that this strange beast is delicious. Before eating people, ask other people's questions first, and if they can't answer it, they will be eaten. Then one person solved the puzzle, and the strange beast turned into a stone carving and crouched in front of the tomb.
However, Emperor Mu came to this country and saw that the place was rich and the culture was not the same as that of the Central Plains, so he greatly appreciated it. He was the emperor in the Central Plains, but this place did not belong to the Jiuzhou. The Egyptian State was determined to make things difficult for him, so he asked Emperor Mu on two questions.
One: Who has four legs when he was young, two legs after he grew up, and three legs after he got old?
Second: What is long in the morning, short in noon, and long in the evening?
Emperor Mu immediately replied that one is a human being and the other is a shadow.
All four seats were shocked, and they all knew that the legendary cat-body and human-faced beast was edible by countless people with these two questions, but they didn't expect the emperor of the East to answer in an instant.
At this time, the Pharaoh of Egypt was a woman. Seeing that Emperor Mu had a quick thinking and beautiful appearance, she also listened to some interesting stories about Jiuzhou during the meal. The mountains and rivers were magnificent, and her heart was confused.
This country's relatives and nobles are fond of fighting with imperial chariots, and the bets are quite high. Seeing that the female pharaoh seemed to be moved by Emperor Mu, he was dissatisfied, so he went back and negotiated with others in secret.
Its subordinate advice: I can bet on the imperial car tomorrow, and if the emperor of the East loses, his face will be ruined...
The Grand Sima was very happy and prepared overnight. On the second day, he invited the emperor to race in the capital.
Seeing that the customs of this country were different from those of the Jiuzhou, Emperor Mu was inconvenient to refuse, so he took a car and took Zaofu as his commander.
Who is Caifu?
He learned to drive since childhood and was proficient in horse raising. He spent three years in Taoshan, slept in the wind and ditch in the snakes, and finally got two good horses, namely Hualiu and Luer.
Not to mention him, even his nephew, was granted the title of Qin for his contribution to raising horses, let alone with him.
Although he did not know the other party's plan, he would concentrate on his mind once he got in the car.
One is Zaofu's mastery of his skills, and the other is the famous horses in the nine states, such as Chiji, Thieli, Baiyi, and Julun, how can the other party win?
Seeing that he could not win, the Grand Sima of Egypt had a vicious plan and picked up a bow and arrow to shoot Emperor Mu.
Emperor Mu often dabbled in, how could he not know? Seeing the other party pulling a bow, he thought to himself: "If the emperor shoots an arrow, it means declaring war. This country is 40,000 miles away from the Central Plains. Conquest is not easy and cannot be moved lightly."
So I just didn't know how to wait for the arrow to fly, and reached out and twisted the arrow in my hand, and shot it back, hitting the man's bow, making two pieces from the interruption...
Later, the Pharaoh became more and more happy and invited many banquets. His heart was coquettish. Emperor Mu also had no intention of national affairs and had a good heart.
Unexpectedly, King Xu Yan rebelled and the Huaiyi was in chaos. Zaofu advised him and returned to the country.
Before returning to the country, the female pharaoh congratulated him with a poem: "White clouds are in the sky, the mountains are coming out. The road is far away, and the mountains and rivers are among the mountains and rivers. Can the son come back without death?"
How could Emperor Mu not know his thoughts? But when he thought of the state of Xia, he had to return to his poem: "I will return to the East and govern the Xia. All the people will be equal. I will see you. After ten years, I will return to the wild."
The female pharaoh had no choice but to send her to the beach, and she cried and sang, "I am the land of the west, and I live in the wilderness. Tigers and leopards are in groups, and they are in the magpies. My decree will not move. I am the only pharaoh, who is the Shimin, and I will leave my son again. I will play the sacred and drums, and fly in the center. The son of Shimin is only the hope of the heaven. The ten-year agreement will not be forgotten."
Unexpectedly, King Xu Yan rebelled and shocked the East. After three years of Fangping, Jingchu was in chaos. Later, he wrote "Lu Xing" and the world was the most important thing, and he could not fulfill the ten-year agreement. The female pharaoh also never married for life, and he passed on the pharaoh's nephew's...
When this story is finished, the fifteenth day has passed.
This is the story of the fourteenth and fifteenth days. Before that, there were a series of stories about Emperor Mu starting from Zongzhou, passing through quicksand, grassland, the Mesopotamia, etc.
The name of the biography similar to "Zuo Zhuan" is actually like a daily note. If you think about it carefully, it looks like a novel, but it is actually a brief introduction to the geographical and cultural heritage of the Western Regions.
Different people will see different things, and think that the people in the market will like this story of "promoting the power of summer", and then it will be widely circulated. There will always be people who want to see the places depicted in the book with their own eyes.
Although there is no concept of nation at this time, the original concept of "Rong Di jackals should not be disgusted with; the intimacy of the summers should not be abandoned" has existed and has been widely circulated, but the upper class did not abide by it very much. Those who should work with the Quan Rong to bully the Zhou emperor will not think that they are sinners because of this sentence.
The important supporting role in it is Zaofu, who is the origin of the surname Qin and Zhao. I think this story will not arouse the disgust of these countries. It may be possible that it may be spread to the palaces of various countries. A noble prince even shed tears for the affairs of Emperor Mu and the female Pharaoh.
The preciousness of bamboo slips leads to the lack of concepts of novels at this time.
This tampered "Biography of Emperor Mu" is as large as 17 or 8 pages. If it were replaced with bamboo slips, it would cost dozens of kilograms. No one would write the precious text so long that it was just for circulating in the market.
In addition, there are various pictures, such as camels, lions, sphinxes, pyramids, simple maps, etc., which are not very good at paintings, but they are even matched with texts for the first time.
Gong Zaoye was familiar with people in the market. After hearing this story, he praised: "Combined with the article "Encouraging Learning", he divided this article "Biography of Emperor Mu" into more than ten times. I am afraid that tomorrow we will go to Yan and Chu, and the market will discuss these two things. The name of the Mo people will inevitably spread to the world. They may not know the meaning of the Mo people, but if you think you are more curious, there will always be people asking."
Everyone agreed. When they were savoring it, Mozi was thinking about the second "paper book" he wrote. He didn't recognize many words, so he had to rely on Shi to speak them every day.
Regarding the second book, he thought it was more important than the first one, but he didn't know whether it should be read by the ink masters.
Chapter completed!