I Honor

: Meeting of Suffering

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Without turning their heads, Meng Qi and the others automatically recognized the appearance of the person who came.

He was about forty, with a yellow face and beardless, dressed as a doorman, with a long sword tied around his waist, and his breath was connected with the sky and the earth, as if he was an outsider.

“Brother, what’s the matter?” Meng Qi asked puzzled.

The sallow-faced and beardless man chuckled and said, “I’m Zhao Bai, a visitor to Bole Jun’s residence.”

He clarified his identity with a few simple sentences, then cupped his hands and said: “Just now, I was on duty outside the hall. I heard the master’s high-level speeches, and I felt the same way, so I came here to pay a visit.”

“Brother Zhao is from Hanwei,” Zhao Heng, who was next to Meng Qi, interjected.

Qi Zhengyan was not good at words, while Jiang Zhiwei and Ruan Yushu didn’t like to debate, so they had already discussed it before, and Meng Qi and Zhao Heng would take the lead when they needed to talk.

Zhao Bai nodded and sighed: “I am a commoner in the Qin land. I have come across it by chance. With today’s cultivation, it is a pity that the Qin state is strict and the nobles are corrupt. There is no hope for improvement. I heard that Mr. Bole Accepting a wide range of diners, regardless of their status, and treating them equally, this is why they came all the way to Han, so I feel empathy for Mr. Su’s theory of praising the virtuous.”

The king chooses the ministers, and the ministers choose the king. It is indeed an era when the rites are broken and music is broken. Meng Qi nodded slightly, but this is good for himself and others to preach. At least the saying of “respecting the virtuous” has long been in the hearts of many knowledgeable princes and nobles. bud.

After exchanging pleasantries with several people, Zhao Bai said enthusiastically: “I still have many friends with similar experiences. I would like to invite you to come to my humble house and give me your advice.”

He displayed a hunger for insight and perspective.

This was beyond Meng Qi’s expectations. When he was in Mr. Bole’s mansion, he only spoke a few words in the middle of nowhere, explaining the importance of today’s long-standing evils and meritocracy. It’s too late to sell the core theory, why is it treated as a sage?

Seeing them silent and hesitant, Zhao Bai said eagerly: “The world has accumulated evils for a long time. The people can’t live, and the scholars can’t live. Although we can see this, but like a blind person in the way, he can’t see the way forward. It’s hard to be alone. Mr. Today The theory has greatly inspired me. And I heard that the master still has something to say, so I have the audacity to ask for advice.”

For the class he represents, this is indeed an era of confusion and confusion. It is inevitable to sigh. Although Mr. Bole recruits followers regardless of their status and has a reputation far and wide, he is not a monarch after all, and changes may occur at any time. This makes Zhao Bai There is always a sense of unreliability. They have no confidence in the future and are very pessimistic about the world.

They have repeatedly tried to change this situation, but due to their knowledge, they can only sell the nobles well with martial arts. After repeated failures and depression, they could hold on to it with a little spark, so even if Meng Qi only talked a few words about honoring the virtuous, frugality and festival burial. Let him seem to be inspired, and come to ask for advice.

Meng Qi, Jiang Zhiwei and the others exchanged glances, and they could vaguely understand the situation and current state of mind of Zhao Bai and the others. So weibuchi nodded, deliberately tried it out, and learned more about the reality, just like lobbying Mr. Bole just now, to accumulate experience and prepare for formally lobbying the princes of small countries in the future.

From the very beginning, the three-month deadline allowed them to target small countries that were relatively remote and unable to attack the outside world

Anyway, we are carrying secret treasures, and we are afraid that you will be caught in a trap. Meng Qi said secretly, and said to Zhao Bai: “Brother Zhao, please.”

With Zhao Bai’s current strength, even without the secret treasure, Meng Qi believed that he and Jiang Zhiwei could beat him up, and his companions couldn’t be all on location, otherwise he would have been an important force in Mr. Bole’s family.

Zhao Bai showed joy on his face, hurriedly led the way, got off the rammed-earth platform, turned around a few alleys, and turned into a big house.

He asked Meng Qi and others to wait outside the hall for a while, and went in to gather his companions. After a while, he changed into a toga, walked out of the hall, cupped his hands and said, “Gentlemen, everyone is waiting for you.”

Meng Qi’s face remained unchanged, and he walked in slowly. The hall was covered with straw mats, and there were twenty or thirty people sitting kneeling on either side. Excluding Zhao Bai, there were two people who had an outside scene. One was dressed in a black robe with long knees Jian, with a short beard under one jaw, a sad face, and old clothes.

Seeing Meng Qi and others coming in, they bowed their hands and saluted respectfully.

After introducing Meng Qi and the others to their seats, Zhao Bai repeated what he had said before to raise the topic, and finally said: “We all agree with what you said about appreciating the virtuous, but countries can value talents regardless of their status. There are very few monarchs or nobles. First, the ranks are strict, and they don’t look down on them. Second, it is very expensive to remove them from the common people. They often teach thousands of people without gaining anything. Sir, can you teach me?”Earlier, Meng Qi was interrupted by Mr. Bole when he was talking about festival burials, so Zhao Bai was eager to hear the following.

Meng Qi pondered for a while and said: “For one thing, the nobles spent a lot of money on burials, building palaces and towers, and the expenditure was huge enough to teach thousands of people. Moreover, in order to survive after death, the tomb was built just like the one in front of him. It was extravagant and wasteful.” , displaying hidden treasures is even worse than a palace platform, but throughout the ages, how many people can be resurrected from the dead, become immortals and gods, if they can control these two aspects, why worry about having no money to teach people?”

He considered that there were no nobles here, so he did not change the theory of festival burial for the time being.

At this time, the man with the short beard cupped his hands and said, “Mr. Su, ghosts and gods are not nonsense. The princes and nobles of various countries are either descendants of immortals or descendants of gods. ”

This is the difference between the World of Conferred Gods and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in his previous life! Meng Qi’s thoughts turned, and he slowly said, “Throughout the ages, anyone who could become an immortal or a god was taught, practiced hard, transcended the mundane, or benefited the world. He made great achievements in eradicating the evils of the world, and was rewarded by immortals, sages, ghosts and gods. In the past, when King Wu defeated Zhou, he made a group of gods, and he is the ancestor of many princes and nobles today.”

“Especially, it can be seen that if you want to go to heaven after death, become a god and immortal, and live forever in the world, you should not build ancient tombs, but merits and virtues, which is to follow the will of heaven.”

“The princes and aristocrats value burials, they don’t care about the people, and they don’t have the virtue of going to heaven to live well. Seeking to survive after death here is no less than trying to go south, but the car is going north.”

Such a theory had never appeared before, and Zhao Bai and others looked at each other in dismay when they heard it, both shocked and thought-provoking. It seems that this is the right way, the principle of heaven and earth

Otherwise, if you don’t practice hard and do evil, as long as you can build a luxurious ancient tomb, you will become a god after death

Just thinking about it does not conform to the ancient theory of good and evil

“Promote the benefits of the world, eliminate the harm of the world, and respect the ghosts and gods tomorrow,” the man with the short beard under his chin muttered to himself, and the rest of the people all showed expressions of deep thought.

Meng Qi exhaled, and saw Jiang Zhiwei giving him a thumbs up and Ruan Yushu and others nodding in recognition of his impromptu performance.

So far. “His” Mohist theory is more in line with the world where ghosts and gods exist, but what Meng Qi doesn’t know is that his meaning of origin is getting closer and closer to the point of view of the ancient artifacts, rather than a simple and concise explanation.

Without waiting for them to ask any further questions, Meng Qi continued: “The second thing is that the cost to ordinary people is actually not huge.”

“Uh…” Zhao Bai looked at Meng Qi in surprise.

“If the teaching of exercises can be opened up, there is no need for natural resources and earthly treasures below the exterior. As long as the population is sufficient, the food harvest is abundant, and there is no lack of planting of herbs. That is to say, the country and fiefdom are prosperous, and the cost of selecting and teaching ordinary people will not be too much.” Meng Qi completely This time, it’s a drill, “It’s impossible for only one person out of ten thousand to be able to pass the first examination and select someone who can pass on the exercises.”

The completely unheard-of vocabulary of “selecting and opening up the teaching of exercises” made Zhao Bai and others feel refreshed. I felt like a new door opened before me.

In an era when low-level talents are mainly recommended and inspected, assessment and selection are simply against common sense. The black-robed swordsman thought silently, in the south, in the country of Wu. It seems like something like this is happening

At this moment, the man with a short beard under his chin said solemnly: “The rivalry among princes is the source of chaos and darkness in the world, and what they are fighting for is hegemony, fiefdoms and population. According to what Mr. said, the disputes are even worse.”

He is a little worried about the country and the people.

The topic came to Meng Qi’s back straight: “Stop the swords, persuade farmers and mulberry farmers, don’t engage in unjust wars, so that the people will not die, why worry about the country’s prosperity, why do you need to plunder other countries?”

His tone became “painful”: “In today’s world, it is obvious that the rivalry between princes is the source of disasters, but the reality is that they only know self-love, don’t know how to love at the same time, have no compassion and kindness, and use their own interests to harm the interests of others. If countries do not love each other, there will be continuous disputes, the strong will bully the weak, cities and villages will be destroyed, corpses will lie for thousands of miles, and bones will fill the fields.

Seeing the people kneeling in the hall showing more or less compassionate and heavy expressions for these words, Meng Qi seemed to feel something, and said in his heart, “Have you ever had a similar experience?”

Although empty talk and vernacular can give people the feeling of being knowledgeable and thought-provoking, but it cannot only rely on it if it is to penetrate the hearts of the people

Meng Qi asked the question suddenly, and the scene was a little awkward for a moment, either he was reminiscing what he had just said, or he was unwilling to speak.

Fortunately, those with short beards were very interested in the theory of “universal love”, and pondered for a while before saying: “Xia Baisong, who was born in the Tang Dynasty, was originally just a farmer in the fields, with parents, brothers and sisters at home. , recruited many locations, attacked the Tang country, the aftermath of the battle spread, let the houses collapse, and let the flames burn.”

Speaking of this, his expression gradually became a little sad: “Although our family is not rich, we can barely survive. We often laugh and laugh, but in our deep sleep, a fire spreads and ignites the hut. Parents are the first to wake up, hug us, and try to I rushed out, but the fire was too big to succeed. Later, later, my father took off his clothes and wrapped me up. Regardless of himself, he forcibly rushed into the sea of ​​fire and threw me into the well. When it was dawn, I climbed out with difficulty and saw only four charred bodies dead body, father hugging his elder brother and sister, only ten steps away from the well”

The atmosphere in the hall became sad, and everyone seemed to be touched, thinking of their own tragic past.

The black-robed swordsman said: “I am Wang Qi from the state of Wu.I taught the exercises and became a subordinate, but his son was tyrannical and abused my wife and children. I didn’t feel angry for a while and killed him. After that, my parents, wife and children died suddenly.

What he said was simple and he tried his best to be plain, but he couldn’t hide his depression and hatred.

As they talked, the others slowly let go of their hearts, talking about their own experiences one by one, and couldn’t help weeping in the desolate place. Don’t look at them all possessing good strength and certain status now. At the beginning, they basically had their own Each sad and difficult.

In this era of high ranks, common people often have to pay a high price if they want to stand out.

Hearing their choked sobs, and hearing their hatred for the nobles for triggering wars because of self-interest, Meng Qi couldn’t help but look at Jiang Zhiwei and the others, and they couldn’t hide their surprise.

The effect of this suffering conference was beyond their expectations

Meng Qi originally thought that some of them must have had painful experiences, and sharing their sufferings with each other could strengthen their empathy and increase their recognition of mutual love, mutual benefit and non-aggression, but he did not expect that the masters who grew up from ordinary people, Seven out of ten complained, only a few were ambitious and wanted to take advantage of such troubled times to achieve a career, but their jealousy and hatred for the nobles and the princes would not be less

It’s no wonder that the Mohist school can become a prominent school, what the people of the people below the nobles want! Meng Qi secretly sighed.

After they finished reporting their hardships, the eyes of Meng Qi and others were completely different. The person who could tell the problem with a burst of blood and propose a solution seemed to be the hope of this world. the way

Don’t look at these concepts. These ideas are very simple, but that’s because the predecessors have explored and summarized them, and the latecomers think that’s not the case. Just think about it and you will know, but in the hearts of those who hear it for the first time and empathize with it, this is a humble statement.

When Meng Qi was about to talk in-depth about “Love and mutual benefit” and “Non-offensive”, Bai Song with a short beard under his chin turned over and bowed down, saying loudly:

“Mr. is a great talent. He has insight into the world and understands the evils of the world. I am not talented. I would like to follow Mr. to end this chaotic world.”

“I am not talented, I would like to follow Mr.” Most people in the hall followed and bowed down.

“The world has been thirsty for Mr. talent for a long time,” Zhao Bai finally said.

This is too simple, isn’t it? Meng Qi was a little dazed, but he could understand the mentality of Zhao Bai, Wang Qi and others who have been in troubled times for a long time and wanted to get rid of it but couldn’t find a way. They are like addicted people grabbing a branch , naturally had such a violent reaction.

“I think we should accept them. When lobbying the princes of a small country, the stronger we are, the more help we can bring, and the easier it is to succeed. As long as they can make false claims and survive for three months, the task will be considered complete,” Zhao Heng said via voice transmission.

Meng Qi nodded, this is also what he thought in his heart

It’s just that we really need to preach in secret first, and develop into a well-organized group

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