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He is about forty years old, with a sallow complexion and no beard. He is dressed like a retainer and has a long sword tied around his waist. His aura is connected to the sky and the earth, making him look like an outsider.
Meng Qi asked confusedly, "What's important about this brother?"
The man with a yellow face and no beard laughed and said: "I am Zhao Bai, a guest of Bole Jun's Mansion."
He made his identity clear in two simple sentences, and then handed over his hands and said: I was on duty outside the hall just now. I heard Mr. Wang's talk and felt the same way, so I came here to pay a visit.
Brother Zhao came from Hanwei. Zhao Heng, who was next to Meng Qi, interrupted and asked.
Qi Zhengyan is not a person who is good at words, and Jiang Zhiwei and Ruan Yushu don't like to argue, so they had agreed long ago that Meng Qi and Zhao Heng would take the lead when it came to matters that required talking.
Zhao Bai nodded and sighed: "I am a commoner in Qin. I got what I am today through a chance encounter. Unfortunately, the hierarchy in Qin is strict and the nobles are corrupt. There is no hope for advancement. Later I heard about Bole Junguang." All guests are treated equally regardless of their status. They have come all the way to the Han Dynasty, so they feel the same way about Mr. Su's theory of admiring the virtuous.
The king chooses his ministers, and the ministers choose the king. It is worthy of it. Meng Qi nodded slightly in the era when etiquette was broken down, but this was good for the preaching of himself and others. At least the idea of valuing the virtuous had already sprouted in the hearts of many knowledgeable princes and nobles. .
After a few words of greeting, Zhao Bai said enthusiastically: I have many friends with similar experiences. I would like to invite you to visit me and give me some advice.
He displayed a thirst for insight and perspective.
This was beyond Meng Qi's expectation. When he was in Lord Bole's mansion, he only said a few words in vain, talking about the importance of evil and meritocracy nowadays. Why are you being treated like a sage and a great talent before you even have time to sell the core doctrine
Seeing their silence and hesitation, Zhao Bai said anxiously: "The world has been suffering for a long time. The people cannot live and the scholars cannot live. Although we can see this, we are like blind people on the road, unable to see the way forward. It is difficult to survive alone. Today, Mr. I am greatly inspired by this discussion. I heard that my husband still had unfinished ideas, so I had 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 Lord Bole recruits followers regardless of status and is famous far and wide, he is not a monarch after all and may change at any time. This makes Zhao Bai There is always a feeling of unease. He has no confidence in the future and is very pessimistic about the world's situation.
They tried many times to change this situation, but due to lack of knowledge, they could only sell the nobles with their martial arts skills. After their efforts failed time and time again, and they became frustrated and decadent, a little spark of dawn could make them hold on tightly, so even if Meng Qi only talked a few empty words about promoting the virtuous and saving money and burial. He seemed to be inspired and hurriedly came to ask for advice.
Meng Qi exchanged glances with Jiang Zhiwei and others, and they could vaguely understand the situation and current mentality of Zhao Bai and others. So Wei Weizhi nodded and deliberately gave it a try to learn more about the reality, just like how he lobbied Lord Bole just now, so as to accumulate experience and prepare for formally lobbying the princes of small countries in the future.
From the beginning, the three-month deadline allowed them to target small countries that were relatively remote and unable to attack the outside world.
Anyway, we have a secret treasure, and we are afraid that you may have a trap. Meng Qi secretly said to Zhao Bai: Brother Zhao, please.
With Zhao Bai's current strength, even without using the secret treasure, Meng Qi believes that he and Jiang Zhiwei can beat him. His companions cannot be all on location, otherwise they would already be a decisive force in Bolejun's sect.
Zhao Bai showed joy on his face and hurriedly led the way. He got off the high rammed earth platform, turned around several alleys, and turned into a big house.
He asked Meng Qi and others to wait outside the hall for a while, and then went in to gather his companions. After a while, he changed into a broad robe, walked out of the hall, and said with cupped hands: "Gentlemen, please, we are all waiting for you."
Meng Qi's expression remained unchanged as he walked slowly in. The hall was covered with straw mats, and there were twenty or thirty people kneeling on both sides. Except for Zhao Bai, there were two people whose auras were outside. One was wearing a cold black robe, with long knees. He has a sword, a short beard under his chin, a sad face, and old clothes.
When they saw Meng Qi and others coming in, they all bowed in a respectful manner.
After inviting Meng Qi and others to sit down, Zhao Bai repeated what he had said before to stir up the topic. At the end, he said: We all agree with what Mr. Sir said about respecting the worthy, but countries can ignore the status of nobles and respect the talents of their monarchs. Or there are very few nobles. Firstly, the hierarchy is strict and people cannot look down. Secondly, it costs a lot to remove people from the common people. They often teach thousands of people but get nothing. Sir, can you teach me
Earlier, Meng Qi was interrupted by Lord Bole just as he was talking about economical burials, so Zhao Bai was eager to hear the rest.
Meng Qi pondered for a while and said: The nobles spent a lot of time on burials and built palaces, spending so much that they could educate thousands of people. In addition, in order to seek a way to live forever after death, the tombs were built just like before, with extravagance and waste. Displaying treasures is even more important than palaces, but through the ages, there have been many people who have been able to come back from the dead and become immortals. If they can control these two aspects, why worry about not having money to teach others
He considered that there were no nobles here, so he did not change the idea of burying people in a ceremonial manner for the time being.
At this time, the man with a short beard raised his hands and said: Mr. Su, ghosts and gods are not nonsense. The princes and nobles of various countries are descendants of immortals or gods. After death, they can reach the sky, making it difficult for them to be buried.
This is the difference between the world of gods and the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in his previous life! Meng Qi's mind turned and he spoke slowly: Throughout the ages, who has been able to become an immortal or a god? Those who have been taught to practice hard and transcend the world, except for the benefit of revitalizing the world. When the world was in harm's way, he made great contributions and was praised and conferred by immortals, saints, ghosts and gods. In the past, King Wu conquered Zhou, and he became a group of gods. They are the ancestors of many princes and nobles today.
In particular, it can be seen that if one adheres to the will of heaven and is supervised by ghosts and gods, if he wants to go to heaven after death, become a god or immortal, and live forever in the world, what he builds is not an ancient tomb, but merit, and he follows the will of heaven.
The princes and nobles attach great importance to tombs, do not care about the people, and do not have the virtue of living in heaven. They seek to live forever after death, which is no less than wanting to go south but driving north instead.
Similar arguments had never appeared before. Zhao Bai and others looked at each other in shock, feeling shocked and thought-provoking at the same time. It seems that this is the right way and the principle of heaven and earth
Otherwise, if you are not diligent in your cultivation and do evil things, as long as you can build a luxurious ancient tomb, you can become a god and live forever after your 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 make tomorrow's will. The man with a short beard under his chin murmured to himself in respect to ghosts and gods, while the others all showed thoughtful expressions.
Meng Qi breathed out and saw Jiang Zhiwei giving him a thumbs up and Ruan Yushu and others nodding in recognition of his on-the-spot performance.
So far. His Mohist theory was more in line with the world where ghosts and gods existed, but what Meng Qi didn't know was that his origins were getting closer to the views of the medieval weapon saints, rather than a simple and concise explanation.
Without waiting for them to ask again, Meng Qi continued: Secondly, the cost of upgrading ordinary people is actually not huge.
Er, Zhao Bai looked at Meng Qi in surprise.
If the teaching of skills can be opened up, there is no need for natural resources and treasures below the exterior scene. As long as the population is sufficient, the food harvest is abundant, and there is no lack of planting of medicinal herbs. That is to say, if the country and fiefdom are prosperous, the cost of selecting and teaching ordinary people will not be too much. Meng Qi completely regards this as a drill. And it is impossible for only one person in ten thousand to succeed in passing the initial assessment to select those who teach the technique.
The completely unheard term of selecting and teaching open skills was refreshing to Zhao Bai and others. I felt like a new door had opened in front of me.
In an era when low-level talents were mainly based on recommendation and inspection, assessment and selection simply went against common sense. The black-robed swordsman thought silently, in the south, in the Kingdom of Wu. It seems something similar happened
At this moment, the man with a short beard said seriously: The fight between princes is the source of chaos and darkness in the world, and what they fight for is nothing more than dominance, fiefdom and population. According to what Mr. Wang said, wouldn’t it be more of a dispute
He is a little worried about the country and the people.
Meng Qi's back was full of excitement as he came to the main topic: stop the weapons and soldiers, encourage farmers and mulberry trees, do not engage in unjust wars, so that the people will not die unexpectedly, why worry about the country not being prosperous, why need to plunder other countries
His tone became sad: In today's world, it is clear that the quarrels between the princes are the source of trouble, but in reality they only know how to love themselves and do not know how to love all. They have no compassion and kindness. They use their own interests to harm the interests of others. Countries do not love each other. , then there will be continuous disputes, the strong will bully the weak, cities will be destroyed, villages will be destroyed, corpses will be laid thousands of miles away, and bones will be scattered all over the fields. If people do not love each other, then the noble will bully the lowly, the ignorant will be raped, and the people will be expropriated, and the people will not be able to survive.
Seeing the people kneeling in the hall expressing more or less pity and heaviness at these words, they all seemed to feel it. Meng Qi's heart moved and he said: Have you ever had a similar experience
Although empty talk can give people the feeling of being knowledgeable and thought-provoking, it cannot only rely on this to be deeply rooted in people's hearts.
Meng Qi asked suddenly, and the scene was a bit tense and awkward for a moment, either because he was reminiscing about what he just said, or because he didn't want to speak.
Fortunately, the man with the short beard was very interested in the theory of universal love. He pondered for a moment and said: I am Xia Baisong, who was born in the Tang Dynasty. He was originally a farmer in the field and had parents, brothers and sisters. In that year, the Chu State recruited many people to seize nearby land. Exterior scene, attack on Tang Dynasty, the aftermath of the battle spread, causing buildings to collapse and flames to burn
Speaking of this, his expression gradually became a little sad: Although our family is not rich, we can barely survive and laugh often. But while we were sleeping, the fire spread and lit up the hut. Our parents woke up first, picked us up, and tried to rush out. I tried to get out, but the fire was so strong that it was difficult to succeed. Later, later, my father took off his clothes and wrapped me up. Regardless of himself, he forced me into the sea of fire and threw me into a well. When dawn came, I climbed out with difficulty, only to see four charred bodies. The corpse, the father holding his brother and sister, only ten steps from the well
The atmosphere in the hall became sad, and it seemed that everyone was touched and reminded of their own painful past.
The black-robed swordsman said: I am Wang Qi, a native of the Wu Kingdom. Occasionally, I was valued by a certain noble, and was taught martial arts and became a subordinate. However, his son was violent and insulted my wife and children. I was not angry for a while and killed him. After that, my parents and my wife My son died violently, and I couldn't escape from it. I had to go far away.
He said it simply, trying his best to be calm, but he couldn't hide his depression and hatred.
As they talked, the others slowly relaxed and talked about their own experiences one by one. They couldn't help but cry in the desolation. Although they all have good strength and a certain status now, they basically had their own status at the beginning. Their own sadness and hardship.
In this era of hierarchies, civilians often have to pay a heavy price if they want to stand out.
Hearing their choked voices and their hatred towards the nobles for triggering war for their own selfish interests, Meng Qi couldn't help but look at Jiang Zhiwei and the others, who couldn't hide the surprise on their faces.
The effect of this suffering conference was beyond their expectation.
Meng Qi originally thought that a few of them must have had painful experiences, and sharing their sufferings with each other could strengthen their empathy and enhance their recognition of mutual love, mutual benefit, and non-aggression. However, he did not expect that masters who grew up from civilians would In fact, seventy-eight out of ten people complained. Only a few were ambitious and wanted to take advantage of such troubled times to achieve a career. However, they also had no less jealousy and hatred towards the nobles and princes.
No wonder the Mohist family can become a prominent school and the people of the lower classes like the aristocracy. Meng Qi sighed secretly.
When they finished recounting their sufferings, the eyes of Meng Qi and others were completely different. The person who could immediately tell the problem and come up with a solution seemed to be the hope of this world. He and others saw a solution in their confusion. the way
Although these concepts and ideas are very simple, it is because the predecessors have explored and summarized them, and the newcomers think it is nothing more than this. Just think about it and you will know it, but in the hearts of those who heard it for the first time and feel the same, this is the meaning of small words.
When Meng Qi was about to talk in depth about mutual love, mutual benefit and non-aggression, Bai Song, who had a short beard under his chin, turned over and prostrated, and said loudly:
Your husband is a great talent, he has an insight into world affairs, and he is fully aware of the evils in the world. I am not very talented, but I am willing to follow you to put an end to this chaotic world.
I am not talented, but I am willing to follow Mr. Most of the people in the hall will follow him and prostrate themselves.
The world has been thirsty for Mr. Zhao’s talent for a long time, and Zhao Bai finally spoke out.
This is too simple, isn't it? Meng Qi is a little confused, but he can understand the mentality of Zhao Bai, Wang Qi and others who have been in trouble for a long time and want to escape but can't find a way out. They are currently like addicted people grabbing a branch. , naturally had such a violent reaction.
I think we should accept them and lobby the princes of small countries. The stronger we are, the greater the help we will bring, and the easier it will be to succeed. As long as they can be cowardly and survive for three months, the task will be completed. Zhao Heng transmitted the message.
Meng Qi nodded, this is what he was thinking too
It’s just that we need to preach secretly first and develop into a well-organized group.
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