When Li Shimin spoke of the latter part, his face was full of regret.

This regret is not pretended.

He had read books about the Gongshu family of the Warring States Period. They were particularly good at building weapons and military equipment and were experts in siege. When Li Shimin was fighting in his early years and encountered a city that was difficult to capture, he once sighed that if the Gongshu family of the Warring States Period were still alive, they would definitely invite them out of retirement with high positions and noble titles.

"Of course they don't dare to come out." A voice suddenly appeared.

Everyone turned around and saw another old man, also dressed in cloth, with two men following behind him. The old man was thin, but his eyes were extremely sharp, staring at Gongshu Xing closely.

Extraordinary bearing.

Even though Li Shimin and the others looked over, he was not panicked at all, but just said slowly: "Gongshu's inheritance is all in war. However, success and failure are both due to war. The wars in the world must end. Once the wars end, it will be the end of Gongshu. With such a fate, how dare he come out into the world?"

After hearing these words, Gongshu Xing's face suddenly turned ugly.

Because these words hit Gongshujia's sore spot.

They are good at equipment, but they are good at war machinery.

From small portable hidden weapons to crossbows and then to siege equipment, once the world is in chaos and wars break out frequently, that is often the time when Gongshu Jia is most prominent.

However, this kind of prominence is difficult to sustain and may even bring crisis.

Once the war is over and the world is at peace, Gongshu will be suspected by those in power.

This is also why Gongshujia has not appeared since the Warring States Period and the Spring and Autumn Period.

They even changed their names and hid in the market.

But when this pain point was pointed out to him in person, even Gongshu Xing felt a little annoyed.

He clasped his hands and said, "May I ask your name, old man?"

"Okay, okay." The skinny old man stroked his beard and said, "My last name is Mo Hui."

Just one sentence made Gongshu Xing's face change slightly.

Li Shimin and others were even more shocked.

Mo, this is not a simple surname.

Li Shimin asked quickly: "Are you the descendant of Mohism?"

"That's right." Mo Hui admitted it directly without hesitation.

"He is indeed a descendant of Mohism." Li Shimin sighed, "Shimin once read history books, which said that Mohism's doctrine of universal love and non-aggression, frugality and the elimination of evil spirits was a prominent school of thought in the world. I only lamented its decline. I never thought that I would be able to see it today."

During the Warring States Period and the Spring and Autumn Period, Mohism was also a famous school of thought.

It’s a pity that during the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Han abolished all schools of thought and only respected Confucianism.

It gradually weakened until it disappeared.

But unexpectedly, when the immortals came to the world, the traditions of these once disappeared schools still appeared one by one.

"Your Majesty, your words are very serious." Mo Hui bowed and said calmly, "Although both Mohist and Gongshu are famous for their art of making instruments, Gongshu values ​​instruments more than principles, and has no morals. He is just an opportunist who caters to others' preferences."

"you!"

Gongshu Xing's face turned red.

During the Warring States Period, the Mohists and the Gongshuists did not get along because of their different ideologies.

This is written in the book.

One is proficient in military equipment, and any action he takes will inevitably mean war. The other, although also proficient in military equipment, advocates non-aggression and opposes war. The hatred between the two is not only the hatred of their ancestors, but also the opposition of ideas.

Gongshu Xing calmed himself down and said, "You say that I, Gongshu, am opportunistic, but haven't you heard that you, Mohist, are not against aggression? How ridiculous! Since ancient times, all the heroes have conquered the world on horseback. Fighting is human nature. Your Mohist words are superficial but without substance. How naive and ridiculous! Isn't this the reason why your Mohist school is declining?"

What Gongshu Xing said at this time was indeed the shortcomings of Mohism.

——out of touch with reality.

Universal love and non-aggression are too idealistic, and emphasize complete, equal and indifferent love, but in reality it is simply impossible to achieve and is not in the interests of the ruling class. This is the fundamental reason why Mohism went from being a prominent school to a decline.

In modern terms, it is unrealistic idealism.

That's exactly why.

The Mohist school has only now declined to the point where only these people are left.

However, facing Gongshu Xing's attack, Mo Hui just chuckled twice, even raised his voice, and said calmly: "My Mohist teachings are indeed difficult to achieve compared to thousands of years ago, but now is different from the past. Today's world is the era when my Mohist teachings are prominent."

This one sentence immediately caused quite a stir.

Especially those Confucian scholars.

For thousands of years, Confucianism has dominated the world, but judging from what Mohist replied, it seems that Mohism is reappearing and is thinking of competing with Confucianism for the status of a school of thought.

Even Gongshu Xing had an expression of astonishment.

Because this sentence is not only directed at them, but also declares war on all other doctrines.

Is this Mohist not knowing whether to live or die? However, Li Shimin's eyes flickered slightly.

So he asked, "Mr. Mo, can you elaborate?"

"Since Your Majesty has asked, of course it is possible."

When Mo Hui faced Li Shimin, he saluted but his expression remained calm. He looked around. Although he was thin, he had an inexplicable confidence. He said slowly:

"I said that things are different now because today, there are true immortals descending into the world, and there are also evil spirits showing up."

Just one sentence made many Confucian scholars twitch their lips.

Confucianism does not attach importance to ghosts and gods, advocating "respect ghosts and gods but keep them at a distance", but Mohism believes in ghosts and gods, especially ghosts, and advocates "clarifying ghosts". They believe that people have souls after death, so killing innocent people is ominous, and use this to warn the king not to kill the lives of his subjects because of some anger . This is indeed in line with the world under the current situation.

After all, there are ghosts and gods.

In fact, they are now in the immortal's palace.

Li Shimin's expression indeed became more solemn.

But Mo Hui's words were not finished yet.

He continued, "I heard that the Immortal Lord has issued an order prohibiting the army from attacking."

This sentence made Gongshu Xing's eyes twitch slightly again.

The immortal did have such a ban, and the news that the border army returned without a fight had also reached Chang'an.

This is in line with the Mohist doctrine of "non-aggression".

Mo Hui extended his hand again, signaling the carpenters, farmers and others who were still somewhat terrified, and said: "Look, everyone, the talents selected by the fairy do not care about their backgrounds, but only their ability. And my Mohist school also originated from the common people. It is said that even if the people are humble, they should not be despised. This is the principle of my Mohist school that values ​​the virtuous."

The Mohist school originated from the common people and indeed had this basic idea of ​​"respecting the virtuous".

It was proposed that although the people are of low status, they should not be despised, treated poorly, or treated with indifference.

And now.

The others looked around and saw that many of the "despised people" in their eyes were now also selected by the fairies as talents and were sitting on the same fairy table with them.

(End of this chapter)