The Mohists did mobilize a large number of civilians to build roads, but this was to create labor positions and give the farmers who were liberated from the land something to do.
It is now the time of spring plowing, which is supposed to be the busy farming season. However, after agricultural machinery has replaced human power and even animal power, the scene of thousands of couples working hard has never been seen again.
Even though these agricultural machinery can only be rented from production cooperatives, every household has completed plowing and sowing in a short period of time. Many people have even contracted a large amount of land, and one household has completed the work of dozens of families. Farming.
This resulted in many people who had nothing to do and were eager to have a channel to obtain wealth through labor, so there were many projects in the Mohist territory. It was completely different from what the soul masters had guessed. This was not to impose corvee services, but to It's a hot-demand position that you may not even be able to grab.
Just because there are many coveted products in Mo Zhe's shop, not to mention food and cloth, the most coveted product is actually sugar. People living in a material-rich modern society have a hard time understanding the ancients' obsession with sugar. , in that era, it was not uncommon to wage wars over sugar.
The simple villagers believed that the Mohists were good people, because the Mohists brought magical machinery, brought sugar, and drove away the noble masters who once oppressed them. The Mohists would tell stories on the threshing floor every day to everyone who had worked together for a day.
Sometimes they are myths, such as Foolish Old Man who moved mountains and Dayu who controlled floods, and sometimes there are twists and turns and bizarre stories, such as the war between three countries, or the story of one hundred and eight bandits who went up the mountain to Zhao'an.
Some people like to listen to stories, and some people like to hear the truth behind the story. Old Jack is the latter. He has listened to the superior principles of soul masters all his life. He was even proud that there was a soul saint in his village. But those principles, He didn't like it.
Today, the Mohist finally finished telling the story of one hundred and eight bandits, but everyone was not as happy as before, because these kind and righteous bandits all ended up miserable.
"Tell me, why do these bandits have such a tragic fate?" Lan Nuo wanted to see what ordinary people think.
"It's all because of the Dog Court. Heroes shouldn't trust the Dog Court!" Someone immediately shouted, and many people agreed.
Lan Nuo smiled and shook his head when he heard this: "Then everyone thinks that there should be no court and no emperor? Is that true?"
"Yes! We were bullied by these dog officials and emperors before! We shouldn't have these people in charge of us!" Some young people started to boo.
"But Mr. Mo is also managing everyone! Otherwise, why don't we rob the supply and marketing cooperative and divide all the rice, flour, grain and oil inside?" Lan Nuo asked with a smile.
The young man who had just made a fuss suddenly choked up, and after a long time he said with a pinched neck: "Mo Zhen... Mo Zhen is different, you don't have an emperor."
"No, it's actually the same." Old Jack suddenly stood up holding his own carrot: "What the Mohists did is what the government should have done for us.
The taxes we pay and the corvees we serve should themselves become the city that protects us and the army's rescue in disasters, rather than become the palaces where dignitaries play or the delicacies on the dining table. "
"That's very well said, so why should the emperor and the nobles give you the palace and the delicious food that they can enjoy?" The smile on Lan Nuo's face became even stronger. Someone hit the point, but he didn't point it out.
"Because we paid taxes! We paid so much, shouldn't they protect us?" After Old Jack said this, he felt a little far-fetched.
"But they have powerful force! They said that the whole world is not the royal land. I planted my land and paid me taxes. Isn't it natural? Even if you think this is wrong, how can you resist?" Lannuo Station He stood up and came to Old Jack, staring into his eyes: "If the Mohists use guns and cannons to force you to do labor service, what can you do to resist?"
Old Jack's back felt cold when he was asked, as if the good life these days could disappear at any time.
"Have you discovered? This world is not a world of truth, because truth is determined by people themselves. The powerful king said that the whole world is not the king's land, and made everyone recognize this relationship, then in his land Farming and paying taxes is a matter of course, but why does the land in this world belong to him? Why is he more powerful than us? "
Lan Nuo patted Old Jack on the shoulder: "Let me put it another way, if no one provided food for the emperor's army, no one made weapons for them, and no one built cities for them, would they still be so powerful? Still Will there be so many powerful people loyal to him?”
"It's impossible without force, but it's also meaningless to rely on force alone. The universal love that the Mohists have always talked about comes from this. A strong warrior needs enough food to replenish his physical strength, exercise, a warm shelter, and restore his energy. Arm yourself with sharp weapons and strong armor.
And these are things he cannot get by himself. The same farmer needs the protection of warriors and the cloth and tools of craftsmen, and the same goes for craftsmen.
But the integration of these people requires some people to calculate, distribute everyone's work, and organize everyone together. Each of us seems to be doing his own thing, but in fact we are all helping others. This is The reason why we need mutual love! These people who have provided help for our survival are certainly worthy of our love. So if there are some people who do not work or organize and contact everyone, but are only responsible for enjoying themselves, are such people worthy of our love?
so! When we meet these people who are not worthy of love, we must understand that they are our enemies, and we actually have power in our hands. As long as we organize ourselves, we can also cultivate our own warriors. , as long as we are fairer than our enemies, our soldiers will have higher fighting will, more sophisticated weapons and armor, and more abundant logistical support.
Mohist is just your guide. If one day we are gone or we change, you must learn how to judge friends and enemies, and understand that unity is strength. "
The Lannos talked a lot, including why we should make laws, what kind of laws are fair, why we should abide by the laws as people under management, what kind of laws should not be abided by, how to organize people, and what the military should do How to build, and whether to resist or conserve strength in the face of powerful enemies, Lan Nuo didn't know how much these people could understand, but he still tried his best to teach them these, because one day the Mo family would leave, and they would Become the master of this land.
What Lan Nuo didn't realize is that with the spread of the concept of universal love, bits and pieces of belief are converging towards a concept. Now it is just a concept and does not even have an entity in the material world, but in Grows rapidly over time.
[To be continued]
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