Qin Official

"The county governor wants to let the Mohists take the lead in setting up an engineering school and teach the craftsmen the skills and knowledge in the Mohist Scriptures?"

Cheng Shang was full of doubts. After thinking for a long time, he shook his head and said, "I'm afraid the Mohists in Xianyang will not agree."

In the past three months, Cheng Shang, the ink master who taught Guanzhong officials how to operate printing equipment, had already traveled to Xianyang. When he returned to Jimo, he heard that the governor of Heifu had written to Qin Shihuang, asking him to set up a "worker-peasant school" in Xianyang, which would be run by farmers. He was engaged in agricultural education, and Mohist was engaged in craftsman education. He immediately came to see him in a hurry.

It happened that Hei Fu had finished entertaining his father-in-law Ye Teng and was having a night drink with his friend Zhang Cang. This was the scene where Cheng Shangyan said that the knowledge of a Mohist should not be taught easily...

Cheng Shang had a reason. Mohism was well-organized and the leader was known as the "giant". It was more of a military organization than a school. His disciples must also have the following points in order to be recognized as Mohists: not afraid of hardships and dangers, working tirelessly, not talking empty words, daring to go through fire and water, and most importantly, having the ideals of Mohists!

"Love is universal, don't attack, respect the virtuous and the same!"

In short, we must be able to swear to the ghosts, gods and will in front of the great masters and fight for the Mohist cause of universal love and great unity throughout our lives.

It is precisely because of the strict selection that the early Mohists were able to go through fire and water for their ideals without hesitation, leaving behind many evocative stories. In the eyes of the Mohists, those people were all "revolutionary martyrs."

In short, if you want to join the Mohist family these days, there will be countless tests waiting for you, which is much more difficult than joining the party in later generations...

Therefore, although there are many people who are small craftsmen among Mohists, not all craftsmen can become Mohists!

In the past two hundred years, the Mohist family, which had gone through several brutal splits, was most afraid of being mixed in with people like Sheng Chuo and Cao Gongzi from Mozi's time who "double their righteousness and gain their country's wealth".

Therefore, Qin Mo recruits personnel and adheres to the principle of "preferring to be lacking rather than excessive." In recent decades, like the little craftsmen they represent, they have established a master-disciple inheritance: each person only accepts two disciples, and they kowtow before entering, and they are not allowed to betray the master. Abandon the Mohist family.

Accustomed to one-to-one teaching, Heifu suddenly said that he wanted them to open a large class and teach others the knowledge that Mohist had carefully passed down. Cheng Shang couldn't accept it for a while.

"Aren't the ink masters willing to teach water grinding, printing, etc. to ordinary craftsmen? Aren't the ink masters also willing to teach the words of universal love and non-aggression to everyone they meet?"

Heifu expressed his disbelief. In his opinion, the Mohist school should be a practical school, so why is it so difficult for them to take the lead in "engineering".

Cheng Shang explained: "The techniques of water milling and printing were made by craftsmen invited by the county governor. The Mohists only improved them. They are not Mohist's things. Why should the Mohists hide their secrets? As for universal love and non-aggression, that is the Nei Jing, which is the same as the Nei Jing. The Apocrypha is different.”

Cheng Shang then told Heifu about the levels of Mohist knowledge, such as Jianai, Fei Gong, Tianzhi, Minggui, etc., which are called the "Nei Jing". They are what Mohists preach to people repeatedly and are their main doctrines. , Mohists will not hide their secrets, just because they are afraid that people will not listen.

However, chapters such as "Bei City Gate" and "Bei Gaolin" are regarded as foreign scriptures, and scholars keep it secret because they involve military offense and defense. A black technological device can change the situation of the war. The Mo family controlled them to stop the war, but if they fell into the hands of people like Gongshuban, wouldn't they become murderous weapons!

In the same way, the "Jingshuo" related to optics, mechanics, levers, etc. are also hidden deeply, because this is what Mozi studied hard in the second half of his life. The great masters of the past dynasties felt that Mozi's great knowledge was hidden in it. Just like the dragon-slaying skill, it cannot be easily shown to others.

Only outsiders, like Heifu and Fusu who are considered "friends of the Mohist", can borrow it.

In short, although Mo Zhe has been helpful to Heifu's career in the past ten years, his help is actually very limited. Basically, it was Hei Fu who took the lead in making something to show that it would be beneficial to the world, so the Mo family readily helped.

But they only help with technology, not theory.

Cheng Shang felt that Qin Mo had to call all the members together to discuss the matter carefully.

Cheng Shang's attitude suddenly made Heifu angry and thought to himself: "No wonder Mozi's knowledge is leading the world, but the circle of Mohists is getting smaller and smaller. In the end, Confucianism, which is also famous for its knowledge, becomes more and more prosperous, but Mohists eventually become extinct." If you die, all your knowledge will be lost.”

Heifu initially thought it was external factors, but when he thought about it carefully, Confucianism taught without distinction, while Mohists were selective in accepting disciples and kept secrets about their own knowledge and teachings, which was also one of the reasons.

"The Mohist who claims to bring benefit to the world every day still pushes back and blocks everything like this, let alone the other craftsmen?"

Heifu's brother-in-law is a craftsman from his hometown, so he understands very well that ancient craftsmen have a characteristic, that is, they treasure their brooms!

Later generations of technicians had schools, books, and masters to guide them when they entered the factory. There were only techniques that they didn't want to learn, and there were no techniques that couldn't be taught. This was not the case in the Qin Dynasty.

Qin's craftsmen hid their unique skills for fear that others would find out about them and ruin their livelihood.

When future generations look at ancient handicrafts, they will always say that they are ingenious, and then this skill was lost... Why was it lost? The main reason is that the craftsmen hid this unique skill, and then the descendants could not learn it or had no time to teach it, and it was lost.

Therefore, it is not surprising that a certain craft suddenly disappears and goes back tens or hundreds of years.

"I said that Mozi once spent three years carefully developing a flying wooden kite and a cart that could carry thirty stone. It was fast and labor-saving. But later it was all lost. I'm afraid he is the descendant of the Mohist family. Scholars, what’s not good about learning is that it’s because you have learned how to cherish the craftsman’s broomstick…”

This is probably due to the limitations of the ancient schools and representative groups. Confucianism has the bad habits of smelly old nine, farmers have the short-sightedness of the small peasant class, and Mohism also has the urinary temperament of small craftsmen.

"No matter who they are, they are not perfect. I have to kick them in the back!"

Heifu had been drunk for a long time. Seeing that Cheng Shang did not understand his painstaking efforts and was hesitant, Hei Fu suddenly became angry. He slapped the table and shouted loudly:

"I said all this, all for the benefit of the Mo family, why don't you understand? My wife, let someone bring the blackboard. I want to teach Cheng Ziyin a lesson today!"

Ye Zijin had already rested. After hearing the noise and the maid's report, he sighed and said to himself: "My beloved has to give lessons again..."

She was seven months pregnant and had a big belly. Even though it was her second child, she still had pregnancy symptoms and had a bad temper. How could she care about these drunkards? Ask the maid to take what Heihu wanted to the guest hall and place it in front of the three of them.

Zhang Cang, who was very drunk and sleeping nearby, was also woken up by Hei Fu's slap on the table. He tilted his head and looked at it for a long time and said, "Isn't this the object he saw at the public school the day before yesterday?"

Yes, this is also something newly made in Jiaodong. Although there is an artifact like paper in the classroom, the teaching efficiency has been greatly improved. However, the Master dictated and the students took notes. However, sometimes, due to accent and other reasons, the disciples did not understand clearly what the Master said. The Master could only write the words on paper for the whole class to circulate, which was time-consuming and laborious.

After Heifu listened to Xiao He's class, he asked the county craftsmen to make blackboard chalk.

Making a blackboard is not difficult. Just let the carpenters dig out a few smooth boards, apply a few layers of black paint on them, and let them dry.

Chalk is a little more complicated. Fortunately, thanks to the alchemists of Jiaodong, they have discovered raw gypsum and regard it as a medicinal material. They love it very much and regard it as a common material for refining pills.

Heifu deceived the magician Fang to go to the salt field to study the method of drying salt. He also recruited a few people to work as servants in the county. He ordered some raw gypsum to be purchased around Jiaodong and heated it to a certain temperature in the cauldron to partially dehydrate it and form a mature form. Gypsum, then add water to plaster of paris and stir it into a paste, pour it into the model and solidify, and you will get chalk...

As the most popular educational tools, blackboards and chalks have occupied the most important position in schools since their invention. Even in the electronic age, they are still in service and are difficult to be eliminated, so they are used in Jiaodong classrooms.

As for why the county governor's mansion has this thing? According to the retainers, Heifu has been obsessed with a new thing called "prenatal education" recently. He always likes to teach Ye Zijin when he has nothing to do. He went to accompany Qin Shihuang on his inspection tour, and he stopped for three months...

At this moment, the big boss Heifu picked up a piece of chalk, knocked on the blackboard and said to Cheng Shang: "Cheng Ziyin, watch it!"

As he said that, he wrote four crooked and ugly characters on the blackboard. Without Xiao He and Chen Ping to write for him, and being drunk, his words were really not eye-catching.

Zhang Cang, however, ignored the sarcasm and tried his best to stare carefully. However, he drank too much and couldn't even tell whether it was four or five characters. He just muttered: "Learn... learn." by……"

Cheng Shang saw clearly that what was written on the blackboard were clearly four official characters!

“Put what you learn into practice!”