The vast flow of people kept running towards the front.
There are many people with families and families, but there are so many people, but there is no buzzing. A slightly strange silence spreads among them, and silence is the majority.
Zeguo Jiangshan entered the war map, how could the people live in peace and happiness in Qiaosu?
When a war breaks out, regardless of victory or defeat, it is always the people who suffer and suffer.
The lights of swords and shadows affect their lives all the time, and the homes they depend on for a living cannot rest. No matter how beautiful the sea is, it has nothing to do with a drop of water or a bit of sand in it.
Every unknown soldier who dies on the battlefield represents the grief of a family.
This is part of war.
Fortunately, there are people in this world who can see this.
Mo Qiudu was walking at the back of the crowd, with several Mo people following him.
Yangzhou fell, and Mo Qiu chose to lead his people to retreat to Yuzhou.
Yuzhou has many plains and is more difficult to defend than Yangzhou, but this is also a last resort.
When it's time to retreat, retreating first can preserve some of the people and avoid directly destroying the family's wealth.
Logically speaking, if we continue to hold on in Yangzhou, we might not be able to hold on for a few more months.
But what happens next?
Can't we wait until the spring comes and the flowers bloom to introduce the flames of war into Yuzhou?
It would be better to take advantage of the fact that the autumn harvest has just passed and the midwinter has not yet arrived, and lead the people to retreat to Yuzhou, where they can still farm in the coming year.
"We must seize the time to properly resettle the people before the cold winter comes. With the food from the autumn harvest, there will be no problem until next year. We must get them all settled before the cold winter."
Mo Qiu said to the several inkers beside him.
In this era, food is a big problem, but winter is also a huge problem.
In the twelfth lunar month of winter, murder is invisible.
In some poor families, each person may only have one cotton-padded coat. In the cold winter, the whole family can only lie in bed and endure the cold. Whoever wants to go out wears a cotton-padded coat.
And the poorer ones are probably gone, they all froze to death.
"Don't worry, boss, the news that we are coming has been spread. The people of the imperial court have just defeated the White Lotus Sect and are in urgent need of self-cultivation. When they heard the news that we are coming, they retreated first. Yuzhou is very big, and the White Lotus Sect is fighting with the temple. In recent years, the Baili White Land has become quite common, but it can be used to house the people."
Immediately a calligrapher took over.
"Um."
Mo Qiu nodded, but his dark face was not very happy.
The situation is bad and getting worse.
Further back from Yuzhou is the imperial capital.
Of course, Mo Qiu had no feelings for the Dayue royal family, otherwise he would not have killed Emperor Zongming in the first place.
The problem is that once the Dayue royal family is destroyed, it will clearly tell the world that Dayue has perished.
The country is subjugated.
What the subjugation of the country represents is the order that can barely be maintained without any restrictions.
Everything before has been abolished, and there are no more shackles on the body - this is true for everyone. No one can represent the majesty of a country to punish others.
Public order and good customs will become a fantasy, and fists will become the only truth. After all, the country is destroyed, who should we listen to? Why should I listen to you?
It is never a good thing to destroy a country before the new country has occupied most of the country and won the hearts and minds of the people.
The Imperial Family of Dayue is not important at all. What is important is that after the news of the country's subjugation spreads, how many people will take the opportunity to make trouble, become kings and hegemons, and dream of their own spring and autumn dreams?
The country that was once barely a fist was about to fall apart and even fight each other, getting into a life-or-death situation just to get to the Dragon Pavilion.
The foreign enemies have not been eliminated. Killing the Otsuki royal family at this time is not a good choice. It is not that the royal family does not deserve to die, but it is that we cannot abolish Otsuki in one step so quickly. For more than two hundred years, the people who have stayed in the countryside have prestige, or fear of national law.
What really worried Mo Qiu was not the few ambitious people, but the tragic situation after the order completely collapsed.
This was the fundamental reason why he killed Emperor Zongming but did not continue to directly kill the Dayue royal family.
Surrounded by external enemies, internal conflicts are rising everywhere, and the world has no master, and order has returned to zero, it will probably be an even more miserable situation.
Many things cannot be done just for temporary pleasure, and the consequences must be carefully considered.
But soon there will be no choice. He has always seen these problems very clearly.
"Giant."
An ink man ran over quickly, holding a dry apple that had lost a lot of water in his hand.
"A fruit farmer asked me to give this to you."
The younger ink artist held up a dry apple and came closer and said.
"Don't take things from the people."
Mo Qiu glanced at it and shook his head slightly, "A needle and a thread are hard-earned, but a half-wisp of constant thought is hard to come by. You can't take this thing back, don't take it back."
"The fruit farmer said that if you hadn't brought people to help defend the city, all the harvests would have been lost. I wanted to thank you in person, but you were too busy to cause trouble. The best fruits that were originally hidden were all dried up. "
The young Mo Zhe licked the corner of his mouth and said, "I didn't want to accept it, but he insisted that I bring it to you. If you don't accept it, he will definitely not eat it."
Mo Qiu thought for a while, then took the red apple with a dry skin that looked like wrinkles from the disciple's hand. He stretched out a hand and searched around his body for a few times, and finally found a few copper plates.
"I accepted the things, but these few copper coins have to be sent to others. To be clear, Mohists have rules of Mohism, and even great men should abide by them. I already know his intentions, and I have If you don't refuse, don't give in," Mo Qiu said.
The younger Mo Zhe was stunned for a moment, took the copper plate from his hand, and ran away as fast as he could.
It didn't take too long for the ink artist to return.
"Big man, he accepted it."
"Ah That's good."
At this time, Mo Qiu looked at the red apple in his big hand, which was missing a lot of water and was about the size of a baby's fist. He opened his mouth and took a bite, and then handed it to the Mozi beside him, "Here, have a taste." Bar."
The other inks didn't refuse, and after taking a bite, they handed it to the next person. When the apple was handed to the younger ink again, he didn't open his mouth to bite it.
"What's wrong?"
Mo Qiu asked.
"Juzi. I don't understand something."
He looked at the apple in his hand and scratched his head, "We defended the city for them and saved countless people. It is not too much to say that thousands of families will be Buddhas. Why are you not willing to accept even one apple they gave you? Instead, we have to spend our own money? We don’t rob or rob, isn’t that what we should do?”
"What you said is wrong."
Mo Qiu immediately shook his head and said: "We are not defending the city for them. Don't put yourself in the position of saving anyone. We are not gods and Buddhas, immortals, or puppets. We don't need to be worshiped by the people, let alone receive incense. Mohists act only for the sake of worldly morality, which are the ten righteousnesses of Mohism.
Those who follow the ten righteousnesses should be in harmony with them; those who violate the ten righteousnesses should oppose them. Among the ten righteousnesses, is there ever a saying that one should take things from others without giving them money? And where does it come from? "
"this"
The young Mohist lowered his head, not knowing how to answer.
Mo Qiu smiled.
More than six years have passed, and the Mohists who followed him into the army to kill Liu Xuanqi, the commander-in-chief of Daqing, have become very few.
But the number of Mohists has not decreased much.
There are still a steady stream of people joining again, but compared to the previous teachings by words and deeds, it is always inconvenient to guide the disciples while guarding the city.
Now that I have a rare moment of free time, I might as well talk about it.
"The world is made up of one individual, and countless individuals come together to form a collective. Within the collective, the division of labor is different because of the different things that individuals are good at, but in the final analysis, it is nothing more than an individual. No matter where you are No matter where you are, no matter what position you are in, one person is neither noble nor inferior to the other. You should not treat those who are temporarily unable to make changes as inferiors in a condescending manner. That would violate Mo the original intention of the author.”
Mo Qiu said: "You and I should keep this in mind and remind ourselves at all times. If one day, anyone thinks that everything supported by others is taken for granted, then the world will collapse again."
"Then, as you said, isn't the emperor no different from ordinary people?" The young Mohist asked in surprise.
"What's the difference?"
Mo Qiu asked: "Is it possible that the emperor doesn't have two ears, two eyes, one nose, and one mouth?"
"Can"
The young man frowned, feeling that this was very problematic, but he didn't know how to refute it.
"Are you trying to say that the emperor's dignity can determine the life and death of tens of thousands of people with a single word, and can make hundreds of people enjoy glory and wealth with a single thought? How can it be the same as the hardworking old farmers among the people?"
Mo Qiu saw his doubts and spoke out for him.
"That's right!"
"That is an extension of what I said before. There is no fundamental difference between people. Everyone brings their own rights and power together and condenses them into one, which is a country. Everyone has It is a part of the country. And the emperor is nothing more than the person who temporarily guides this power.
But you must understand that this power does not belong to the emperor, but to thousands of people all over the world. Only if they are willing can the emperor exercise this right - the so-called popular support. What is in the interest of the vast majority of people in the world is public order and good customs. If someone exercises this right wantonly, they will be despised by millions of people, and the country will be destroyed.
We, the Mohists, say that we should bring benefits to the world and eliminate harms to the world. You must figure out what is beneficial and what is harmful. Choose the greater benefit, and choose the smaller harm. No matter how small the harm is, we should not do it, no matter how small the benefit is, we should strive for it, because we ourselves are part of the world, and our changes will bring about new changes. "
Mo Qiu said very seriously.
These words seem a bit profound, but they are not difficult to understand.
The young Mohist thought for a while and suddenly realized: "It's so, so it's so!"
Only then did he understand what it means to bring benefit to the world and eliminate harm to the world.
Behind this slogan lies the basic principles that the ink writers have always followed.
Mo Qiu nodded and continued: "Many people call Mo a knight, but I actually don't agree with this title. What is a knight? What does a knight do? What should he do? How?
A chivalrous person is someone who goes beyond the law to uphold public order and good customs.
It is also commonly known as those who uphold justice, clear away grievances, obey the people's wishes but are lawless, which is really not what I like. "
"ah?"
Speaking of this, the young Mohist's eyes couldn't help but become a little weird. Is there anyone in this world who can be more "lawless" than the giant?
There is no law in any country that says citizens can kill the emperor in public!
As a regicide, isn't it the biggest step beyond the law and a challenge to authority? It seems reasonable to be called a knight!
"Mohists and chivalrous people are not the same. Mohists take the ten righteousnesses of Mohism as their foundation. Those who follow the ten righteousnesses should comply with them; those who violate the ten righteousnesses should oppose them. The chivalrous people are different. They act chivalrously and righteously based on public order and good customs. Do you know what the specific differences are?" Mo Qiu asked.
"ah?"
The young Mohist scratched his head and scratched his head, feeling as if he was suddenly being checked by the teacher in a private school - the key was that he couldn't answer the question yet.
Mo Qiu did not embarrass him and said very seriously and firmly: "Because public order and good customs will change, but the ten principles of Mohism will not."
As soon as this statement came out, all the Mohists looked sideways.
I can feel the giant's unparalleled belief and determination to move forward.
"What was public order and good customs in the era when people drank hair and drank blood? Even now, places with different customs can be seen everywhere. Public order and good customs that are extremely prosperous in one place may appear to be rebellious in another place.
In this case, how can public order and good customs be used as a ruler to measure the world?
If you draw a knife with this ruler, how can the knife be so sharp and unstoppable? "
Mo Qiu thought of what Gu Dan had said to him in the Gu family courtyard.
A scholar has a ruler, a warrior has a sword.
The ruler should have a measure, and the sword should have a sheath.
The ten righteousnesses of the Mohist family are the ruler, sword, scale and sheath he prepared for the world.
Doesn't he know that the difficulty of achieving universal love and non-aggression is basically a point of no return with no end in sight?
No, Mo Qiu saw it more clearly than anyone else.
It is precisely because the words of universal love and non-attack are out of reach, but point directly to the ultimate, that it is necessary to use them as a yardstick to measure morality in the world.
This ruler is enough to measure eternity!
Public order and good customs can be changed, and laws and morals can also change with the passage of time, but the ten righteousnesses of Mohism cannot.
Whether it's a big moon or a big sun, thousands of years later, in a brand new country, when future generations see the Mohist ten righteousnesses again, they can still use these ten righteousnesses to make a sword!
I don’t seek the ease of one life, I strive for the heart of all generations.
His country is not a big moon, let alone an emperor, but thousands of people living and living under the same sky.
"That's it, that's it!"
The young Mohist clasped his hands and laughed, feeling that a lot of doubts in his heart had been cleared away, and many of the previously ignorant thoughts became clearer.
The great man does not belong to the Mohist, but to the world.
Who in the world can match this kind of ambition? !
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