Chapter 115 The Luo family is not king
Mo Di knelt in the storage room, suddenly laughed, and said to Luo Huaichen: "The thought of Mohism is going to flourish."
Luo Huaichen smiled and said: "Yes, sir, this is why I asked you to bring the Mohist family to Luo State. This is the Mohist family's paradise.
Your thoughts are so magnificent, and the people of the world are so poor, everyone is looking forward to your appearance. "
Mo Di added: "Lou Hou said that Mohists will sacrifice themselves. Even if Mohist thought flourishes, it cannot avoid the fate of extinction."
Luo Huaichen still smiled and said: "Yes and no, the greatness of universal love cannot be achieved now. Perhaps the complete Mohist school will disappear, but the spirit, classics, and culture of the Mohist school will be passed down forever.
Mohist technology will transform the world, and Mohist thought will make people smarter and allow the great wisdom to continue. This is one of the meanings of Luo's existence.
Until the sun and the moon collapse and time ends.
One day, the idea of universal love will return to the world, and universal peace will surely come. "
In the brief conversation between Luo Chang and Mozi, it seemed that Luo Chang was just persuading Mozi, and then Mozi strengthened his will.
But just like the dialogue between Lao Tzu and Confucius, and the dialogue between Luo Ci and Confucius in the past, Confucianism began to flourish from then on.
Mozi understood that Luo Chang had clearly told him that Luo was very fond of Mohist thought and was ready to spread it throughout the world.
Even if the monarchs of various countries do not accept it for the time being, Luo State will always support the existence of Mohists, just like the many Confucian scholars in the academy.
While Mozi stayed in the treasury to perfect his theories, the Mohists soon discovered that the development of Mohist thought was much faster than they had imagined.
The Mohist doctrine places great emphasis on logical reasoning. The only two articles with extremely weak logical reasoning are Tian Zhi and Ming Gui, but these two articles were automatically brought into Su Wang in Luo State.
The Confucian and Mohist schools soon began a "friendly" exchange, with three debates a day, and then some contradictions in Mohist theory were pointed out.
For example, it emphasizes people’s subjective initiative, but then says that everything about people is determined by heaven and that people have no power to choose.
The royal family of Luo State paid great attention to Mohism, but their focus was not on its political ideas. These were the things that the royal family had the least of.
In particular, the Mohist political thought of universal love and non-aggression, which was idealized to the extreme, was admired by the royal family of Luo State, but not approved of.
"The greatest treasure of the Mohist school is the way of dialectical thinking and the advantages of craftsmanship, especially the advantages of craftsmanship. If the Luo family can continue to study it, they can continue to create new weapons.
The reason why the Xia people defeated the barbarians was not only because they were more united, but also because they had a more advanced civilization.
When bronze ware first appeared, the barbarians could still fight against the Chinese, but as the bronze smelting technology became more mature, the barbarians became increasingly vulnerable.
This is the role of weapons. If the Luo family can always keep their weapons advanced, they can always lead the Chinese people forward and protect the survival of the family."
In the Luo State Academy, Confucian students no longer debated with Mohists. Instead, Taoist scholars took their place, because as the Confucian and Mohist schools argued, they discovered that the conflict between the two sides was not fundamental.
However, there is a fundamental conflict between the theories of Taoism and Mohism. Most of the theories of Mohism are based on the principle that Heaven is universal love, and the entire Mohist theoretical system is derived from this.
But Taoism simply says, "Heaven and Earth are not benevolent!"
It directly destroyed the foundation of Mohist theory, and all subsequent inferences became castles in the air.
Yang Sheng then asked Mozi about this. Mozi was reading the old and new editions of the Tao Te Ching in the storage room. He laughed and said, "You are in Luo State, but you have forgotten King Su. The Mohist debate is really useless."
Yang Sheng said confidently: "I used to preach in the academy that the Su Wang is like the sky. Does that mean the Su Wang is also unkind?
For 800 years, the monarchs of Luo State respected the way of the Su King and were all benevolent, which led to the prosperity of Luo State. Among all the people of other countries, only Luo State can be said to live and work in peace and contentment.
If King Su was unkind, and the ruler of Luo State sat back and watched his people perish, and watched the Zhou State fall, would the current situation still be possible?"
The Taoist disciples said four more words, "Luo family is not king!"
"Mr. Yang Sheng, the Mohist theory seems to put the Su Wang and Heaven on the same level, but please also know that the king is the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven, not the Son of the Su Wang. The Su Wang is supreme and holy, but his love is limited.
Not to mention the monarchs of various countries, even the emperor of Bang Zhou was not willing to pay attention to him after the royal family moved eastward. As long as he did not collude with the four barbarians, King Su only spread his glory in Luo State.
Do you want to use the benevolence of the King Su to check those monarchs who do not love all equally?
I'm afraid King Su is not willing to do so."
"boom!"
Throughout the entire academy, whether they were Confucian scholars or Mohists, they were all stunned by these four simple words, followed by countless shouts and questions.
The Luo family is not king!
This is the Taoist scholars' response to the Mohists: The Su Wang is like Heaven, but the Su Wang is not Heaven.
Even if it is true as praised in the poem that the spirit of King Su is really in heaven, King Su is benevolent, and rewards the good and punishes the evil, but King Su's descendants will not be kings.
Will King Su always interfere in human affairs?
For eight hundred years, King Su has protected the destiny of Zhou, but this protection has become weaker and weaker as time goes by.
Who could forget the great war among the various states of Xia and the defeat of Zhou Luo?
It is a consensus among people all over the world that the Mandate of Zhou is crumbling, but no one knows where the Mandate of Heaven will fall.
But not in Luo Country!
Taoists believe that they are simply stating a truth, but this self-evident truth has always been ignored.
But it was an immense shock to the Mohists, because they suddenly discovered that as long as Luo became king, the Mohist ideal could be realized.
But the Luo family is not king.
King Wu once wanted to pass the throne to King Su, but King Su said that he had no mandate from heaven and could not be king. All the kings of Luo State were loyal to the king regardless of the royal family, and people all over the world believed that this was loyalty.
However, Luo Guo did not think that this was simply loyalty. King Wu received the mandate from heaven, and King Su took over the mandate from King Wu, so he would protect the Zhou Dynasty.
Before Yang Sheng could say anything, a Mohist said, "Could it be that King Su doesn't love the people of Zhu Xia?
If the King of Su does not pay attention to the human world, who will make the monarch cautious? "
The Confucian scholars came to their senses and thought to themselves, "These Taoists usually look quiet, but when they strike, they are very aggressive. They usually mock the Confucianists for their benevolence, but now they are giving Mohists a direct blow."
But of course this opportunity to kick someone when he is down cannot be missed, "Of course I will use courtesy, the Su King has left the world with enough wisdom to prosper for thousands of years.
The King of Su hopes that people can constantly strive for self-improvement, rather than praying to him for everything. A tyrannical monarch will drive him away, and a treacherous minister will kill him. "
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Any stable regime is composed of many political logics that conform to the current era. If there are too many illogical aspects of a regime, it will present a turbulent political situation. After the end of the pre-Qin era, "Luo's family is not king" became a basic political logic. During the thousands of years of ancient and medieval times, when people doubted that Luo's family was not king, politics always gradually became chaotic. ——"A Study on the Logic of Political Operations"
I haven't eaten yet, so please read this first. After dinner, I will stay up late and write more. I don't know what will happen tomorrow.
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