Chapter 3, Mohist Three Points
When Wen Gaoming saw Xi Xingchen looking at him, he quickly raised his eyebrows at Xi Xingchen, as if saying to Xi Xingchen: "Boy, don't be afraid, I, Old Wen, am on your side."
Xi Xingchen couldn't help but groan secretly when he saw this. It was obvious that Wen Gaoming's clever little move was doing him a disservice.
Sure enough, an old man in his sixties, with six strands of long beard, an upright face, and a wealth of knowledge jumped up from his seat while blowing his beard, pointed at Wen Gaoming and said indignantly: "Wen Gaoming, you... This is blatant protection of the suspect and violates justice."
Before Ximen Zhaixing left, he asked Wen Gaoming to try to delay as much time as possible before he rushed back.
For others, this matter may be a very simple matter, but when it comes to Wen Tianming, it is definitely a test for his limited brain cells.
Therefore, from the moment Xi Xingchen stepped into the Discipline Hall, this tall and powerful man was thinking about how to delay the time. Who would have expected that Xi Xingchen really didn't let him worry about it, and the Discipline Elder immediately admitted it when he asked.
I have seen people seeking death, but I have never seen anyone seeking death like this. Wen Gaoming's cough was probably frightened by Xi Xingchen.
But despite being frightened, he had to do what his senior brother told him to do, and he had to do it beautifully, otherwise his weird-tempered senior brother would have to skin him when he came back.
It is true to say that people with Tao are quick-witted.
When Wen Gaoming saw someone criticizing him, he couldn't help but feel happy: "Among the top ten elders of the Mo family, who knows what I, Old Wen, can't do? I am the first to scold him. Zhou Zhenhai, you didn't turn over the almanac when you went out today, and you took the initiative to hit the knife edge." , then don’t blame me, Old Wen, for being rude.”
So Wen Gaoming arrogantly cursed.
"I'm just annoying you people from Dongmo. They keep chattering all day long, saying that this won't work and that won't work. They talk about a lot of big principles, which seem reasonable, but when you listen carefully, they are all nonsense. , it’s of no use at all.”
As soon as Wen Gaoming finished speaking, Xi Xingchen felt a cold wind blowing out of thin air in the Discipline Hall, and there was a blade wrapped in the wind, which made his skin hurt slightly.
The biggest taboo of scolding people is to sweep them all over. Wen Gaoming was good at scolding the whole Dongmo as soon as he opened his mouth. I really don't know if he wanted to help Xi Xingchen, or because he didn't want Xi Xingchen to die quickly enough?
As a disciple of the great master of the Mohist family, Xi Xingchen knew very well that the seemingly harmonious Mohist family was actually not monolithic, but divided into three branches. As for the reason, we have to start with the first generation of the great master of the Mohist family, Mo Zhai.
Mo Zhai was originally a disciple of Confucianism. He was dissatisfied with Confucianism's focus on maintaining power, suppressing human nature, and many red tapes. He went against the grain and founded the Mohist School.
After Mo Zhai's death, the Mohist family was leaderless. Due to their different understandings of Mozi's thoughts, later generations split into three branches: Southern Mohism, Western Mohism and Eastern Mohism.
Nanmo is mostly a ranger. They have their own theory of justice in their behavior and dealings. The core of it is that they always regard the common people as weak. Whoever invades the common people is unjust. If you are unjust, I will punish you.
In a word, in the eyes of Nan Mo, I am justice. I will protect whoever is weak. No matter you are the King of Heaven, I can do whatever I want.
Among the ten elders of the Mo family, Nan Mo occupies three seats, and Ximen Zhaixing and Wen Tianming are two of them.
Ximo was mostly a craftsman. In today's terms, they were all scientific researchers.
Of course, it would be a big mistake to regard Western-Mexican scientific researchers as weak chickens ready to be slaughtered. You must know that Xi Mo inherited Mozi's thought of "doing good for the world and eliminating harm for the world".
During the Warring States Period, Xi Mo believed that if they wanted to achieve peace in the world, they must eliminate the source of war. Therefore, they adhered to the concept of "ending war with war" and took refuge in Qin, the most powerful country at the time, helping Qin vigorously develop science and technology and unify the world.
Among the three branches of the Mohist family, Xi Mo is the most practical and therefore the strongest. There is one more elder of the Mohist family than the other two branches. Yuan Xingbang, the chief of the Discipline Hall, is from Xi Mo.
East Mo is dominated by debaters. They pay attention to social theoretical research, believe that peace is justice, and hope to use peaceful means to resolve conflicts between vassal states in everything they do. Therefore, East Mo hates West Mo's "war to end war" policy. of.
Similarly, Dongmo does not agree with Nanmo's highly subjective "justice". They believe that Nanmo's behavior is "lynching" and violates the spirit of the rule of law.
People in Dongmo believe that the rule of law is not simply to fight violence with violence, but requires trial procedures.
Xi Xingchen, who was born in a peaceful era, is actually a peaceful idealist like Dong Mo at heart. But now, he has to face the reality: the ten elders in the Discipline Hall who most want to sentence him to death are It's the elders of Dongmo headed by Zhou Zhenhai; the ones who want to show mercy to him the most are the South Mo rangers who act in a willful way; the ambiguous ones are the scientific research work of the group of Ximo who can come up with the strategy of "ending war with war" By.
Xi Xingchen had anticipated this situation. For this reason, he specially formulated a strategic policy to unite with Southern Mexico, win over Western Mexico, and defeat Eastern Mexico.
Fortunately, before Xi Xingchen made a move, Nan Mo and Dong Mo had already started arguing.
"you you……"
Zhou Zhenhai was so angry that he pointed at Wen Gaoming and said the word "you" twice, but couldn't say anything else.
"What are you talking about? Did I say something wrong? You have to take care of me when I cough, but you have to take care of me when I poop and pee? This makes me wonder. Do you people in Dongmo only eat but not poop? ?"
Wen Gaoming's firepower was as fierce as ever, like carrying a crooked machine gun, sweeping away a large area with a "tap-tat-tat" motion, which only made Xi Xingchen's head glow with stars and his eyes turned black.
Xi Xingchen really couldn't understand why Wen Gaoming had to bring the whole Dongmo in to scold Zhou Zhenhai when he scolded him.
You must know that attacking Zhou Zhenhai is just a personal matter. You Wen Gaoming can't stand Zhou Zhenhai and wants to cause trouble. If you scold him in front of him or even jump up and beat him up, it is just a personal matter between the two of you. As long as it doesn't hurt your muscles. Go ahead and do whatever you want. Who doesn't know that Nan Mo is famous for being "reasonable".
But you Wen Gaoming drags the whole Dongmo into it at every turn, and the nature of it completely changes.
It was obviously just an individual incident, but now it immediately escalated into a group incident.
Xi Xingchen felt mixed emotions. What Wen Gaoming did was not to help him, but to use his affairs to cause division.
As expected, the other two elders from Dongmo originally had a sulky look on their faces, but now they finally lost their dignity and stood up from their chairs.
When Wen Gaoming saw this, he naturally couldn't lose his momentum and stood up with a "chun".
Another Nanmo elder was obviously also a good person. Without saying anything, he grabbed a chair and stood behind Wen Gaoming.
