The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

And it's a relatively well-known one.

His invention had a great influence on later generations.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there were only two particularly famous inventors. In addition to the invention of Zhuge Liannu and Zhuge Liang who invented the wooden ox and liuma, that is, Zhongma Jun, who should belong to the state of Wei.

In history, Ma Jun was not only an inventor who was good at transforming other utensils, but also liked to improve weapons. After the Zhuge Liannu was invented, after Ma Jun's improvement, the number of shots was increased several times again. It was so powerful that it was simply a weapon. An ancient version of the Maxim machine gun.

Ma Jun in history, in addition to improving the Zhuge Liannu, he also improved the catapult, so that the current catapult can fire continuously.

Greatly increases the function of the catapult, and it has a great effect if it is used in siege warfare.

Liu Zheng wanted to send people to find this inventor named Ma Jun before, but Liu Zheng didn't know what age Ma Jun was from, he only knew that he was from the Three Kingdoms period.

Moreover, there is no Ma surname around here, and most of the people with the surname Ma are in Fufeng Ma's house.

Speaking of which, the brothers Ma Jun and Ma Chao belonged to the Fufeng Ma family, but they should be distant relatives, not cousins.

Brother Ma Chao is still being imprisoned in Jianye by Liu Zheng.

Now Ma Jun's appearance has given Liu Zheng a great surprise.

It is really hard to find a place to break through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

Speaking of Liu Zheng, he wanted to hold this artisan recruiting conference for the purpose of recruiting one or two relatively powerful inventors.

Unexpectedly, Ma Jun could really be recruited.

"Mr. Ma Jun! You have great talent!"

"The improvement of this loom can greatly increase the efficiency of our weaving. It is a great honor to have a talent like Mr. Ma Jun join us!"

"Mr. Yuan Tan, starting today, a craftsman's workshop will be established to accommodate craftsmen. Mr. Ma Jun will be the chief officer, responsible for making military weapons and improving common people's utensils. The salary is the same as that of Jiuqing."

Who is Ma Jun, Liu Zheng is very clear, since Ma Jun can travel all the way from Fufeng to Jianye.

Liu Zheng naturally wouldn't let him run away.

It must be to keep Ma Jun and firmly control Ma Jun under his own hands.

When Ma Jun heard that Liu Zheng valued him so much, he was also pleasantly surprised at the moment, and actually opened his mouth to say a few more words to Liu Zheng.

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty, yes...I like craftsmen so much, but...do you know that in...in this Han Empire, there are...there are many craftsmen like me...me?"

Ma Jun's words stunned Liu Zheng, but he didn't understand what Ma Jun meant.

"There are many craftsmen like you?"

Liu Zheng asked Ma Jun suspiciously.

"Well, there are many more."

This time Ma Jun didn't stutter and finished speaking in one breath.

"Is this true?"

Liu Zheng looked like he couldn't believe it, which made Ma Jun know that he should persuade Liu Zheng.

Immediately, Ma Jun changed his mind.

"Your Majesty, but... have you heard of the Mohist school?"

"The Mo family?"

According to Ma Jun's words, Liu Zheng thought about it all at once.

For some people nowadays, the Mohists may not know very clearly, but for modern people like Liu Zheng, they do understand somewhat.

After all, in the nine-year compulsory education, it will be mentioned more or less.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a major stage called contention among a hundred schools of thought.

This contention of a hundred schools of thought refers to the emergence of different schools of thought among the intellectuals in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods and the competition among schools of thought among families.

In the history of China, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were the most brilliant and star-studded eras of thought and culture.During this period, a hundred schools of thought challenged each other and contended with each other, an unprecedented academic situation took place, which occupied an important position in the history of Chinese thought development.

According to the records of "Hanshu·Yiwenzhi", there are a total of 189 names and 4324 works.

Subsequent books such as "Sui Shu·Jing Ji Zhi" and "Siku Quanshu Zongmu" recorded that there are actually thousands of "Hundred Schools of Philosophy".

However, there are no more than twelve schools that are widely spread, influential, and famous.In summary, only 12 schools have been developed into schools, commonly known as the Three Teachings and Nine Streams.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the achievements of various schools of thought and academics complemented each other with the ancient Greek civilization of the same period; the three major philosophical systems represented by Confucius, Laozi, and Mozi.

By the Warring States period, a prosperous situation in which a hundred schools of thought contended was formed.However, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the policy of "removing all schools of thought and respecting Confucianism alone" was implemented, so Confucianism represented by Confucius and Mencius became the ideological orthodoxy of the ruling class, ruling Chinese thought and culture until the end of the Han Dynasty.

The first thousand and 180 six chapters of Mohism

And the Mohism that Ma Jun is talking about now is the Mohist school headed by Mozi hundreds of years ago.

Once upon a time, it competed with Confucianism and Taoism.

The founder of Mohism is Mo Zhai, and this school takes "love each other and benefit each other" as the basis of the theory: "Jianglian" treats others as oneself; "Jianai" means loving others as oneself.

"The world loves each other" and the goal of "mutual benefit" can be achieved.Politically, it advocates the virtuous, the same, and non-offensive; economically, it advocates strengthening the basics; ideologically, it advocates respecting heaven and ghosts.At the same time, he also put forward the idea of ​​"unfavorable life", emphasizing that it should be done by one's own strength.

The Mohist school has a strict organization, and most of its members come from the lower classes of society. According to legend, all of them can go through fire and water, and inspire themselves through self-sufficiency.Those who engage in debate are called "Mo Bian"; those who engage in martial arts are called "Mo Xia"; leaders are called "Ji Zi".

Its discipline is strict, and it is said that "the law of Mo Zhai is to kill those who kill and punish those who injure others." After Mo Di died, he split into three factions.By the end of the Warring States period, they merged into two branches: one focused on the study of epistemology, logic, mathematics, optics, mechanics and other disciplines, so-called "post-learning of Mohism", and the other was transformed into a ranger in Qin and Han society.

Mozi's proposition is in direct opposition to Confucianism.Oppose the system of Shiqing Shilu, advocate the promotion of talents, and appoint officials to pay attention to talents, break the old concept of hierarchy, so that "officials are not always expensive, but people are never forever cheap".

Mo Zhai's thought is represented by the book "Mozi", which was compiled by his disciples based on the lecture notes.

He advocated "universal love", eliminating relatives, distinctions between high and low, and loving all people equally.

Mohism represents the wishes of ordinary people.

These are all that Liu Zheng can still remember relying on his own memory, some ideas about the Mohist school.

Of course, the reason why Liu Zheng remembers it so clearly is that besides the credit of the nine-year compulsory education, there is another important reason. There is a particularly famous animation in later generations, which was the masterpiece of animation back then. .

It's called Qin Shimingyue, and it focuses on the Mohist school. Liu Zheng chased it for several years, and he didn't see the finale until he traveled through time.

Thinking about it now, Liu Zheng still has some regrets.

However, it was precisely because of watching this cartoon that Liu Zheng knew the Mo family very well.

After all, Tianming is the Mohist giant later on, and he doesn't know if what is said in the cartoon is true.

"The Mohism you're talking about is the Mohism that was able to compete with Confucianism and Taoism during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period?"

Liu Zheng recovered from his contemplation, looked at Ma Jun, and after being stunned for a moment, he still couldn't help asking.

Liu Zheng was quite surprised that Ma Jun could name the Mohist school.

After all, it has been ten years since he came to the Three Kingdoms period.

In the past ten years, he has been in contact with both Confucianism and Taoism.

But Mohism, which was able to compete with Confucianism and Taoism back then, seems to have disappeared.

Now, suddenly hearing from Ma Jun, Liu Zheng has begun to doubt whether Ma Jun is a member of the Mo family.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I... I am the heir of the Mo family."

Ma Jun was very frank. When Liu Zheng asked, he answered directly and admitted that he was the heir of the Mohist family.

Ma Jun's acknowledgment made Liu Zheng, who was already very curious about the Mohism, even more curious.

Immediately, a hint of surprise appeared, and he asked Ma Jun.

"Sir, are you really a descendant of the Mohist family? Then I have some doubts, and please clarify my doubts, sir."

After all, Liu Zheng asked Ma Jun what he wanted to know the most. Why did Mohism, which was able to compete with Confucianism, disappear in the Han Dynasty?

Speaking of this, Ma Jun, who was still somewhat excited, couldn't help showing a bit of regret on his face.

It seems that it is not too far to say more about the decline of the Mo family, but since Liu Zheng asked, Ma Jun still has to explain to Liu Zheng.

He briefly described to Liu Zheng the reason for the demise of the Mohist school in intermittent, stammering language that was not fluent.

Actually, there are two main reasons for this.

One is internal reasons.

The defects of Mohism's internal thought itself are manifested in the fact that Mohist theory is not tolerated by the patriarchal social structure that is tied to blood ties.

In the feudal society, the people of China lived in a patriarchal society bound by blood ties, and Mohism advocated equality for everyone.

It takes ordinary people as its vision, and it is an idea promoted from the standpoint of ordinary people.

It is inconsistent with the ruling class of feudal society.

If a person wants to be a loyal believer of Mohism, he must have a strong spirit of sacrifice and dedication, must be able to tolerate hardships in life, must have a heart of universal love for everyone, and cannot talk about personal feelings.

This kind of selflessness, nobleness and purity may have been a good concept in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, but after all, human beings are emotional animals, and it is impossible to truly be selfless.

Therefore, it is impossible for the followers of the Mohist school to be widespread, which is the internal reason for the demise of the Mohist school.

and cannot be accepted by the ruling class.

It is another important external reason for the demise of Mohism.

In the early Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu deposed Confucianism from all schools of thought.

The era of contention among a hundred schools of thought has come to an end.

Because Confucianism is admired by the rulers, it can become more and more powerful, and Taoism, which is parallel to Confucianism, has flourished among the people and deeply influenced the folk culture at the bottom.

And Mohism, which was able to fight against Confucianism and Taoism, gradually began to die out because it was not accepted by the ruling class and could not attract believers among the people.

Some Mohist children are good at engineering, and the skill of making covers by mechanics is reduced to craftsmen.

Another part of the Mohist children like to save the world and save the people, and become rangers.

Let the Mohism, which was gradually declining, completely fall apart.Eventually perish in the long river of history.

Of course, apart from these two reasons, there is another reason why Mohism had to die.

That is, under a unified monarch, a non-governmental organization with strict internal discipline will inevitably make the court extremely wary, although the Mohist family may only have some people who are full of blood and have no political ambitions.

But what the monarch is most afraid of is not greedy villains, but such hot-blooded young people, they are not only easy to be incited, but also have the ability to rebel.

The Mohists were able to flourish during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, but in the unified empire period of the Qin and Han Dynasties, the imperial court would not allow their existence.

Therefore, suppressing them is inevitable.

Hundreds of years have passed since the end of the Han Dynasty, and the influence of Mohism has become negligible.

Although it has not been completely cut off, the Mohist School is not often mentioned, and few people know about it. ??

The first thousand and 180 chapters and seven Mohist giants are actually him

If Ma Jun hadn't mentioned it at this time, Liu Zheng wouldn't even have remembered that Mohism, which was once active hundreds of years ago, was comparable to Confucianism and Taoism.

But even now he knows the existence of the Mo family.

It is absolutely impossible to imagine what the current Mohism has become.

He heard from Ma Jun that the decline of the Mohist School is really on the verge of extinction.

There are no more than a hundred disciples in the sect, and they are all craftsmen who are not good at fighting.

On this point, from what Ma Jun mentioned before, after the Mohism disintegrated and evolved into two factions, he can roughly understand that the faction that Ma Jun belongs to should be the craftsman faction that is good at making inventions, and the other faction. It’s been years since I’ve had any contact with those who follow the path of the knight-errant.

"The reason why the Mohism disappeared in the long river of history is that on the one hand, it was suppressed by the Han emperors of all dynasties, and on the other hand, there was no support from the superiors."

After Liu Zheng figured this out, he couldn't help but say something to Ma Jun.

After Ma Jun saw that Liu Zheng had broken the current situation of the Mohist family in one hit, he was also quite excited.

"Your Majesty, what you said... hits the nail on the head. I... I came here today because I want to take refuge...to take refuge in Your Majesty."

"Only...Only His Majesty cares more about craftsmen, Ma Jun...is willing to follow all the Mohist disciples to join His Majesty!"

Liu Zheng's treatment of craftsmen is unprecedented, and this is not something Liu Zheng has shown recently.

It was because he had given his status a few years ago, and it was precisely because of Liu Zheng's attitude towards craftsmen over the years that Ma Jun, the Mo family, had a glimmer of expectation for Liu Zheng.

After waiting for a long time, when Liu Zheng recruited craftsmen on a large scale this time, Ma Jun finally couldn't hold back his inner anticipation, and decided to bring his improved satin weaving machine to ask Liu Zheng.

Let's see if Liu Zheng is willing to accept their Mohist disciples.

"Would the disciples of the Mohist school be willing to take refuge in me? Is what Mr. Ma Jun said true?"