Chapter 200

The short fight between the Mohists and the Chang Sun family did not cause much waves in Chang'an city. Both sides consciously controlled the impact to the minimum, and even the Mohist magazine did not report at all.

However, it's not that no one knows about it. On the contrary, those who pay close attention to the Mohist school have witnessed the crisp fight with their own eyes.

In particular, the Mexican family promised heavy profits, and the phenomenon of thousands of scenes falling from the heart fell to the ears of people.

"Merton, you have it!" Qin Huaiyu smiled and gave Merton a thumbs up. Even Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin look happy.

As the leader of the dandies of the civil servants in Chang'an City, Chang sun Chong himself did not deal with them. This time, he deliberately embarrassed the Mohists. Unexpectedly, he decided the victory and defeat in one day in Merton's hands.

Merton smiled implicitly. Of course, this kind of thing is not suitable for discussion on this occasion.

"Understand, understand!" the three nodded again and again, but the smile on the corners of their mouths could not be covered up.

"A gentleman is like righteousness, a villain is like profit!"

In the Imperial College, Dr. Guozi shook his head and explained the Analects of Confucius. Liren, citing scriptures, boasted about the gentleman and trampled on the profiteering villains under his feet, as if a gentleman was a person who didn't eat fireworks, and talking about money was a villain in in the eyes of money.

Under the school.

Merton couldn't help but show a sarcastic smile. Confucian knowledge is indeed good, but it often kidnaps people's morality.

Dr. Guozi swept Merton's smile and said angrily, "Confucius said: when three people walk, there must be my teacher. I don't know what the Mohists understand about this."

For a moment, everyone's eyes focused on Merton. Everyone knew the root cause of today's conflict. Dr. Guozi was the most rigid. He was particularly enthusiastic about Merton's means of confusing people with money. Today, he focused on explaining the Analects of Confucius Liren. The biggest purpose was to admonish Merton. Where did he think that Merton was still ungrateful.

Merton had no choice but to get up slowly and thought a little: "I dare to ask you, master. I'm a gentleman in the Tang Dynasty and a villain."

"Well, this..." Dr. Guozi immediately concluded that if he could be rated as a gentleman, there would be few in the world, but there would be a lot of villains. It is estimated that no one would admit it.

"As far as students know, there must be gentlemen and boys, but there are definitely not many, and most of them are ordinary people. Mohist School believes that love and mutual benefit." Daqu "says:" righteousness, benefit; injustice, harm. Therefore, students believe that the benefits of the world can be roughly divided into two kinds, one is just gain and the other is improper gain. "

"Just gain is the benefit of living by relying on one's own labor and input without damaging the interests of others. One mu of land, farmers invest in labor, and landlords invest in land. Whenever there is a good harvest, both sides distribute grain and a commodity according to the agreement, craftsmen pay sweat, businessmen transport to other places, and people gain benefits from paying the price. This is just gain.

Unjust enrichment is to gain benefits at the expense of others and yourself, such as extortion, malicious fraud, corruption and so on. "

Merton's words avoided the dispute between gentlemen and villains, but explained the dispute between benefit and righteousness from the division of interests.

In fact, in the dispute between the Mohist family and the eldest grandson family, in this commercial struggle, each iron firm recovered the cost one by one, and each bastard paid hard work and made profits. It can be said that it was a legitimate profit, and no one suffered any loss. If there was a loss, it was also the Mohist village. However, the Mohist village seemed to suffer a loss, but it got the iron material like the lifeblood, which was no longer subject to restrictions in a short time In people.

"So everyone should pursue interests," Dr. Guozi insidiously induced.

Merton shook his head and said, "students think that as long as they earn from their hard work, even a gentleman doesn't have to avoid talking about profits. The vast majority of people in the world are ordinary people who need to support their families. Everyone wants to eat enough, everyone wants to live in a big house, have a sense of security for the elderly and have a doctor for their diseases. These all need money. If everyone avoids talking about profits, it's unrealistic.

Of course, I believe all the princes and masters of the imperial court are gentlemen. After all, if gentlemen value righteousness over profit, how much salary the imperial court can save every year! "

"Ha ha ha!"

The whole bingshe burst into laughter. You know, in the Han Dynasty, many officials had no rank at all. The size of official positions was divided according to the salary, including 600 stone assassins, 2000 stone prefects and so on.

Although it is not so obvious in the Tang Dynasty, it is obvious that the higher the rank of officials, the richer the salary. According to statistical records in later generations, the salary, salary materials, job field and other rewards of first-class officials in the Tang Dynasty are about one yuan, which is equivalent to the current annual salary of one million, and the ordinary seventh grade officials are also equivalent to the current annual salary of one hundred thousand, but it is extremely rich.

Most of the students are young people. Usually at this age, the most hated thing is not enough talent, but not enough money. Especially in Chang'an City, which is full of flowers, it is spending money like running water.

In particular, Qin Huaiyu and his wife are all laughing, and they have a deep understanding of the distress of lack of money. They are very strict in family education and have very little pocket money every month. In order to make money, they got on Merton's thief ship.

Now, although his assets have soared, it is still a pro jingle, because Merton has never given him red. Fortunately, he has a better reputation. He is a poor rich man.

There is no doubt that Dr. Guozi returned from a disastrous defeat, with a salary in his hand, thinking of promotion and wealth, while talking about valuing profits over righteousness. After all, he is the master of the ivory tower and has not been shameless to that extent.

Soon the dispute over justice and benefit spread throughout the Imperial College.

"Just gain, unjust gain! The Mohist school has a legalist legacy." the doctor of law praised.

The doctor of law is really proficient in law. Merton quotes the legal terms of later generations. The Confucian theory is tall, but it can't defeat the reality, that is, people are not perfect. How many people in the world can really be called gentlemen?

"The desire for profit is blinding and bewitching people!" Liu Yinian, a doctor of calligraphy, sniffed.

He now hates Merton to the bone, and of course he totally denies the theory of Mohism.

The doctor of law laughed and said, "if brother Liu is really a gentleman's style, how would you like to receive the salary for you this month? Just in time, I fell in love with a Mohist four-wheel carriage and was worried about being shy in my bag?"

"You..." Liu Yinian suddenly became angry.

Liu Yinian said no, his body is really honest. The Imperial College has little oil and water, and Chang'an City costs a lot. If his monthly salary is less, his whole family will go to drink the West and north wind.