The laws of Qin also have detailed regulations on funerals. No extravagance or waste is allowed, let alone wasting time. Cry when you need to cry, bury when you are done crying, and then go to farm after burying to shine for the Qin State. Of course, Lord Wu'an is honored as a lord.
He certainly couldn't just cry a few times and just bury it, but the main problem was that no one came to mourn him. Lord Wu An's only son Bai Zhong was unwilling to come back even after hearing the news of his father's death.
Hundreds of years from now, his unfilial behavior could cost him his official position or even his life. Even in the Qin State, which governs the country according to law, filial piety is very important. If a father sues an official and says that his son is unfilial,
, the government could help him execute his son. Fortunately, Wu Anjun would not jump up to sue his son. No one reported him, and Bai Zhong did not punch his father's body, so naturally he would not be held accountable.
In the end, Ying Yiren seized this good opportunity and personally presided over the funeral of Lord Wu An. This made Young Master Yiren favored by many Qin people. No matter what the people of the other six countries thought, the Qin people still respected him very much.
When my general and hero heard that Bai Qi was seriously ill, the people of Qin State were very worried about him. People often blessed him and exorcised ghosts for him, while Ying Yiren served Lord Wu An and even mourned him.
His actions earned him respect.
Bai Qi may have seen what Young Master Yiren was thinking, so he didn't let him leave. King Qin probably also saw what he was thinking, so he didn't intervene and just let Yiren handle these things. Mr. Wu An
News of his death soon spread in the Qin State. Many of the officials in the Qin State obtained their official positions through the military merit system, and these people had followed Bai Qi in battles.
The Qin State fell into an inexplicable desolate atmosphere for a while. Some Qin people even secretly built a temple for Lord Wu An to worship him. Of course, this was illegal in the Qin State, and it was quickly demolished. From the bottom of the common people
When they arrived at the palace, this sad mood completely enveloped the Qin State. Even the King of Qin was in a very bad mood these past few days. He rarely drank alcohol, and he never got drunk. On this day, he got very drunk.
, talking to himself.
Fan Ju also came to attend Wu Anjun's funeral.
His relationship with Lord Wu An was very bad. Perhaps it was because Lord Wu An was the only minister in the palace who could change his own decisions, or perhaps because Lord Wu An had no respect for him, or perhaps because he was afraid of him.
In short, no matter how bad the previous relationship was, on this day, this relationship ended. Fan Ju stood in front of Wu Anjun's spiritual throne, but he was not as happy as he imagined.
He had always wanted to kill Lord Wu An, but he did not wait for this opportunity. The proud Lord Wu An had countless loopholes that could be exploited by him. However, as long as he could still obey King Qin's orders and continue fighting, then
King Qin could tolerate his arrogance and let go of his suspicion of him. At this moment, looking at the skinny old man with his eyes tightly closed, Fan Ju suddenly felt inexplicably uncomfortable in his heart.
His biggest rival in Qin State left like this.
He bowed to Bai Qi respectfully.
Different from the country, when the Six Nations heard the news, they were ecstatic and overjoyed! Bai Qi died? Great!
Since Bai Qi became the commander-in-chief of the Qin army, the Qin people have never lost, no matter who they are fighting, no matter how many people they are fighting... When Bai Qi killed batch after batch of soldiers, when he broke through a
He killed one general after another in the city, and the princes would be frightened awake by him in their dreams. Bai Qi completely became their nightmare. The despair when facing Bai Qi was something that others could not
Understood.
Invulnerable, there is no way to defeat, no weakness, only the victorious war machine can be thought of. It seems that there is no human weakness at all. Even when facing death, he is so calm, without fear, without despair, and without guilt or regret.
, even when he stopped breathing, he could still calmly say that he was going to die, but he regretted not being able to meet Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo is the one who can understand that fear best: Bai Qi has been victorious for forty years, and he has killed more soldiers in these years than the total population of Zhao... Even if Zhao Kuo finally
He had defeated Bai Qi, and he was also prepared to die. In that battle, if it weren't for Lian Po, Wei Wuji, and the soldiers of Zhao State who fought with their lives, I'm afraid the entire army would have been destroyed by Bai Qi.
....
Bai Qi doesn't like to enjoy. He has received so many rewards, but he has never enjoyed these conveniences. He has never enjoyed the benefits of being promoted to a noble title. He still eats rough food and often stays in the military camp.
Practice, others fight to improve their title, he fights just because he likes war, he enjoys war.
When the King of Han learned about Bai Qi's death, he danced happily and even rewarded the ministers in the country. When the King of Wei found out about it, he couldn't believe it. He hurriedly sent people to investigate the matter and prepared an army.
Wanting to take back the city that was occupied by the Qin people not long ago. Only King Zhao was sad after hearing the news. He was very sad that such an outstanding sage died like this, and he could not follow me until his death.
See you before.
King Chu's heart was extremely complicated. He wanted to celebrate this incident, but he felt that he had lost the opportunity for revenge. He had burned King Chu's ancestral tomb in vain. King Chu had never taken revenge on him.
They don't dare to forget that now that Bai Qi has died like this, he will never have the chance to take revenge on Bai Qi.
Zhao Kuo is reading Mohist classics in the courtyard. Probably because he came from the technological age, he has always had an inexplicable affinity for the Mohists, because the Mohists he knew in his previous life were a group of scientists who studied machinery.
There is a different kind of charm in helping the weak and fighting against the strong, but when Zhao Kuo really started to understand the Moh family, he was still shocked.
Mozi had simple materialistic philosophical thoughts. In terms of epistemology and logic, his views were really amazing. When he talked about his thoughts and views, he would use logic to conduct dialectics. This made Zhao
Kuo even took a breath of air-conditioning. Mozi never speculated or talked nonsense. All his views had a set of dialectics that could be justified.
There was a famous proposition in the past that the hare cannot catch up with the tortoise crawling in front of him, because the hare must first reach the starting point of the tortoise, and when he reaches that point, the tortoise has crawled forward a while, but Mozi
This proposition was directly solved: He imagined that there is a line ab, which goes from end a to end b, and reaches half c of the full length. Then it is cut off, and the remaining cb is half of the full length. If half of cb is taken as before, the remainder is
One-fourth of the total length, if taken infinitely many times, it will eventually reach the front end of the line b.
Although Zhao Kuo couldn't understand this thing, it didn't stop him from being surprised.
Mozi said in the Mo Jing that "force is the accelerated motion of objects", he could understand this... He also said: Space is a concept inseparable from time, and light propagates in a straight line. Seeing philosophy, Zhao
Kuo was stunned, what kind of monster is this? It would be wrong to say that Mozi was a scientist who explored nature, because he had more important academic achievements in the humanities.
He proposed three methods of argument, category, and reason in logic, and even solved the proposition that a white horse is not a horse... Although famous scholars did not admit this. Zhao Kuo originally thought that the Mohist's greatest contribution came from the machines they invented.
, but now I know that these academic achievements are the greatest thing about Mohism. Another point is that Mozi’s remarks are completely opposite to Confucianism. No matter what Confucianism says, Mozi will say the opposite.
No wonder Confucianism and Mohism are so tense. Of course, when Mozi was still around, it can be seen from his exchanges with Confucianists that Mozi was bullying children. Through his own logic, he directly translated what the Confucians said.
It's not worth it, but after Mozi's death, Mohism has not developed anything anymore... Confucianism has continued to develop and change, and sages have emerged in large numbers. Confucianists like Xunzi can suppress Mohism alone.
No matter how good the theory is, what can we do if there is no ideal successor?
Just when Zhao Kuo was reading with great interest, Di suddenly broke in. He shouted with a smile: "Mr. Ma Fu! Bai Qi is dead! Bai Qi is dead!" As soon as he opened his mouth, many people inside and outside the courtyard were shocked.
The diners were all very surprised and stood up one after another and looked at Di. Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment and then looked at Di. Di looked very happy. He sat down and said to Zhao Kuo: "Bai Qi is dead.
!”
"I heard that King Qin and Fan Ju teamed up to poison Bai Qi!"
"This is impossible!!", someone shouted loudly, but the person who spoke was his disciple Yang Duanhe. Yang Duanhe was asking Han Fei for advice. Suddenly, when he heard the bad news brought by Di, his eyes turned red. Zhao
Kuo glanced at him and put down the book in his hand. Di was still arguing: "That's how it is. The news I brought is not wrong!" After saying that, he looked at Zhao Kuo and said seriously.
: "I heard that your Majesty is going to take this opportunity to unite with Wei and Chu to attack Qin again..."
Zhao Kuo was speechless. Speaking of which, he really didn't like Bai Qi in his heart. Bai Qi brought him only fear and despair. Zhao Kuo still dare not forget the fear he felt when facing him.
, fighting against him, you have no idea where he will appear from, and when he will attack. He is so elusive, but when he heard the news of his death, Zhao Kuo felt no joy in his heart.
From the perspective of later generations, this murderous monster with blood dripping from his body was also a proud and famous general... Many years later, some people will talk about his achievements and say with a smile: This is
My ancestor! So brave!
Zhao Kuo thought for a long time, then shook his head and said, "I understand."
Di was stunned. He thought Zhao Kuo would be very happy. He knew how hostile Ma Fujun was to the Qin general. However, he didn't say anything more. He shrugged and stood up, ready to tell more people.
Telling the good news. Zhao Kuo continued to look at the bamboo slips in his hands. The classics of hundreds of schools of thought had a lot of influence on him, and even a lot of help. He stood up and walked to the school. The disciples hurriedly
Followed behind him.
"I have heard that among the hundreds of schools of thought, each one regards the other as their own enemy. When they meet, they want to draw their swords and kill each other. But this is wrong. Each of the hundreds of schools of thought has its own strengths and complements each other. What I said
The truth is: the thoughts of hundreds of schools of thought can be integrated and integrated. They are not completely opposite or unrelated to each other. The truth I want to say can be so dialectical."
"The doctrines of Mohism and Confucianism are completely opposite. However, they both advocate benevolence and hope that the monarch can implement benevolent government. Although the love that Mohism talks about is love for everyone in the world, and Confucianism's love is viewed according to hierarchy, but for
In terms of the pursuit of benevolent government, they are both consistent. Regarding peace, both sides hope to build a paradise without war. Confucianism requires that the knowledge learned must be beneficial to the country, while Mozi emphasizes that all behaviors must be beneficial to society.
Useful...aren’t the two common?”
"Confucianism does not believe in ghosts and gods. Xunzi believes that people's efforts can change destiny. Does the Mohist view it the same way?"
"Even these two completely opposite doctrines have something in common and can learn from each other... If hundreds of schools of thought can stop their useless debates and their unwarranted hostility, what I mean is useless.
Debate is a more successful debate in which you persuade each other to accept your own doctrine. This is a debate that is completely useless for academics. What I call unwarranted hostility is a malicious attempt to belittle other people's doctrines through fabrication and false accusations.
A way to belittle others and flatter yourself."
"Useful debate is to discover one's own shortcomings during the debate, and it is a process of learning and improvement. This is what I discovered from Zou Zi. In my opinion, no one in the world is good at debate than Zou Zi.
Zi’s, because Zou Zi’s debate was not to prove that he was better than others, but to verify whether he was right and to improve his own theory.”
"The world's theories flourished in the era of Confucius and Mozi, but now they are separated and hostile to each other. Except for figures like Xunzi, Gongsun, and Zouzi, there are no sages who can write books and teach people. Why is this?
What’s the reason? And these sages I’m talking about are very old now... If they don’t improve their own doctrines and don’t face their own shortcomings, they will only let their own doctrines die..."
"I read the Analects of Confucius carefully, and I have a lot of feelings. I admire Confucius as a person, and I also appreciate the ideal society he said. I highly recognize his benevolent government, his strict requirements on himself, and his educational attainments.
Yes, the issues of real politics he mentioned require both the rulers and the ruled to assume obligations. Theoretically speaking, the ruled have the right to resist the rulers who abnormally bear obligations, and I very much agree with this."
"The only thing I don't recognize is the political system of the previous kings that he pursued. I think that every era has a system that suits him..."
"If a Confucian sage comes to discuss this matter with me, I will be very happy, because this is also an opportunity for me to improve my own theory and correct myself."
"Next is the Mo family..."
Zhao Kuo carefully searched out all the current theories, those he had come into contact with, and those he had never come into contact with before. He carefully explained to the students his views on this school of thought, where he agreed with them, and where he did not agree with them.
, Zhao Kuo talked about it in detail, without deliberately belittling or flattering. He even mentioned the declining families and elementary schools like Shi Jia.
And he also talked about various schools of thought in detail, from Confucianism and Mohism to various branches, to Shen Buhai's theory, he mentioned them all.
Sure enough, while he was telling the story, Han Fei was recording it quickly.
Zhao Kuo was a little tired after talking, and then looked at the bamboo slips in Han Fei's hand.
It is such a pity that these excellent schools of thought are dying out like this.
Zhao Kuo originally hated debates, but with Zou Yan, he found that debates in this era were not just for differentiation. He suddenly felt that he might be able to lead the second round of contention among a hundred schools of thought, using what he brought
That knowledge brings something different to all schools of thought.