Chapter 334: Controlling the Mohist School
"Zhou Hou's talent and ambition are as unrestrained as a wild horse."

Sun Shiheng stood up and bowed again.

Zhou Tieyi waved his hand and said with a smile, "When did you Mohists start liking Confucianism's 'common etiquette'?"

Sun Shiheng looked slightly embarrassed.

One of the core points of Mohism's criticism of Confucianism is that Confucianism's "ritual system" divides people into classes, making it impossible for humans to achieve the true state of great love.

But in fact, in so many years of practice, although the Mohists still insisted on criticizing the Confucian ritual system, they themselves had to abide by certain ritual norms.

This is how people live in society: even if their minds have a certain degree of detachment, their bodies are still bound to where they are, and they change either subjectively or passively.

Zhou Tieyi mentioned another thing, "I gave the concept of steam airship to you Mohists for research, but it was not without cost."

"Please speak, Lord Zhou."

"I want you to give your airship technology to Gong Shujia, and let them research steam airships at the same time."

Sun Shiheng's eyes fixed.

If Zhou Tieyi's condition was something else, even a top-three spiritual object, he could agree to it on behalf of Mo Jia first. However, handing over the airship technology to Gongshu Jia, even if only part of it, was not something he could easily agree to.

Zhou Tieyi chuckled and said, "Why? Are you reluctant to part with it? When Gongshu Sheng and I worked together to develop the steam engine and handed it over to you Mohists, I didn't feel reluctant to part with it."

In the best scenario, of course, Gongshujia and Mohist school would work together to research steam airships, which would not only be most efficient but also consume the least resources.

But this is just an ideal situation.

Eight out of ten people are not satisfied with their lives, let alone the entire society.

Given the conflict between the Gongshu School and the Mohist School, Zhou Tieyi believed that if he studied the two schools together, it would only seriously slow down the progress of the entire thing, not speed it up.

Therefore, the best way is to let the two companies share their technologies and conduct separate research. Although this will cause a certain amount of waste of resources, having a control group is also of great value to the reserves and progress of technology in the entire society.

Sun Shiheng quickly thought of a strategy for his response. He thought for a few breaths and replied, "It's not that I don't want to, but this airship technology is the tradition of the contemporary giants. If the giants don't agree, I'm afraid Lord Zhou won't trust me to teach it privately."

At this point, Sun Shiheng spoke fluently and confidently, "However, based on the conditions proposed by Zhou Hou, I am willing to personally introduce Zhou Hou to you. As long as Zhou Hou is willing to go to Mo City, I believe you will certainly welcome him. This place is only an hour away from Mo City if I drive Fei Peng."

The Taihang Mountains run through the three provinces, and the reserves of inkstone contained therein are the largest known in Daxia, so the headquarters of the Mohist and Gongshu schools were built in the three provinces of Taihang, namely the Mohist City of Mohism and the Gongshu school's Machinery City.

What’s interesting is that, I don’t know if it’s a provocation between the ancestors of the Mohist and Gongshu schools in this world, the Mohist City of Mo and the Gongshu school’s Machinery City stand on the hillsides of two mountains respectively, staring at each other and confronting each other.

Zhou Tieyi knocked on the table and thought for a while. He did not doubt what Sun Shiheng said. After all, airship technology was so important. It was also the orthodoxy of the Mohist leader. It would be more reasonable to let the Mohist leader talk about it in person.

He suddenly remembered an interesting story from before and asked, "Is the Mohist master of this generation the one who defeated the flying swordsman of the Gongshu family back then?"

When Zhou Tieyi first entered this world, he encountered the flying sword technique for the first time. At that time, he had many cool fantasies about it. As a result, the fourth prince Li Jing directly told Zhou Tieyi that the flying sword technique originated from the Gongshu family, and that sixty years ago, a fourth-grade Mohist master broke the flying sword formation of thousands of people, so it was wandering in the countryside.

At that time, Zhou Tieyi knew very little about the secrets of cultivation. The more he came into contact with it in recent months, the more information he naturally learned.

For example, the fourth rank of Mohism mentioned by Li Jing, made rapid progress in the next thirty years and achieved the second rank of Mohism, Tianzhi. He then developed airships, connected the world's air routes, and achieved the first rank of Mohism, Jianai.

Sun Shiheng said respectfully, "That's right."

Zhou Tieyi turned to look at Li Jianhu and Mo Tianheng, and said with a smile, "It's really hard to explain the matter of fate. I didn't expect that sixty years later, Gongshu School, Flying Swordsmanship, and Mohist School would be intertwined again with me as the link."

Zhou Tieyi concentrated on thinking for a moment, "Okay, since the fate has been revealed, let's go to Mo City, but not now, let's deal with things here first, then go."

Sun Shiheng's tone was full of joy, "I will report this to the Master later."

Then Sun Shiheng slightly restrained the joy on his face and asked solemnly, "Marquis Zhou said he wanted to find me for two things. I wonder what the second thing is?" Zhou Tieyi raised his hand again, and the cold moonlight leaped out of his palm. The surrounding space was like a stone falling into a calm lake. It changed while making people calm.

"You are probably also curious about what my method is, right?"

Several people nodded slightly solemnly.

Zhou Tieyi did not keep the secret and answered, "I was in the Netherworld watching the Queen of Heaven and the White Emperor destroy the evil gods in the Great Illusion. The Queen of Heaven, with a great wish, used her body to create the moon. I was touched and my martial arts talent transformed. I gained 72 transformations. This is the first transformation [Transformation into the Moon]."

Seventy-two changes.

The first general change [Transformation into Moon]!
If these words were spoken by someone else, everyone present would be shocked. It was not just that Zhou Tieyi's first transformation was mysterious and indescribable, but more importantly, according to Zhou Tieyi, his martial arts talent had another seventy changes!
What kind of talent is this?
Two or three months ago, everyone still needed to compare Zhou Tieyi's talent with that of Daxia Guanjun Hou, and the general conclusion was that Zhou Tieyi's talent might be slightly higher than that of Guanjun Hou.

And now, even Li Jianhu had to admit that the 'little bit' that Zhou Tieyi's talent was higher than that of the champion was probably not as little as ordinary people understood.

Therefore, several people could not find the correct expressions to express their emotions for the time being.

He felt that the talent and ambition Zhou Tieyi displayed was worthy of his gift, but he also wondered if God loved Zhou Tieyi too much, to the point that when he and others heard about his talent, they couldn't find anyone who could compare to him.

Zhou Tieyi looked at the bright moon in his hand.

There are several reasons why he was willing to reveal the magical power of [Transformation into the Moon] first instead of revealing the artificial ink stone first.

First, although this innate magical power is abnormal, in the eyes of everyone in Daxia, even the Emperor of Daxia, the Queen Mother holds the "original version" and they only hold a copy. And because of the relationship between the Taoist tradition, no matter how powerful this magical power is, it is still subject to the control of the Queen Mother.

Second, this talent cannot be replicated. After all, it is only in the hands of a very small number of people. It has a great effect on specific groups of people such as miners. Unlike artificial inkstone, it will completely change the underlying structure.

Thirdly, the contradiction between himself and the Emperor of Great Xia has become apparent. After investigating the Moshi case to the end, he can only hope for a slightly better ending than Hai Rui. Zhou Tieyi has even prepared to resurrect and escape. This is why he dares to investigate and promote the case in this way.

Fourth, the situation has shown that the Emperor of Great Xia does not want the hearts of the people. Since I want to win the hearts of the people, I must naturally take sufficient actions, even if these actions will anger the Emperor of Great Xia. How can I win the hearts of the people without angering those in power? If I don't act now, when the Emperor of Great Xia has passed the period when his strength is the weakest, it will be too late for me to act.

"My method of [Transforming the Moon] is similar to [Buddha Kingdom in the Palm] but also different. The similarity is that only people with extremely high talents can learn it. It is not something that cannot be learned. But the difference is that even if others cannot learn it for the time being, I can find a way to fix this 'bright moon' in the mine and benefit ordinary miners."

With Zhou Tieyi's reminder, all the smart people present immediately understood what Zhou Tieyi meant by fixing Mingyue in the mine.

That is to be like the Queen of Heaven, cutting off a part of the Kingdom of God, solidifying the rules based on the Kingdom of God, and shining on an area stably for a long time!
But I don’t know if there are any other limitations to Zhou Tieyi’s solidification.

Sun Shiheng thought more. Zhou Tieyi could do this alone, but he still told himself that he might want to use him to pass on more details of his [Transformation to the Moon] method, get more help, and complete the Transformation to the Moon earlier.

Of course, this will definitely be beneficial to the Mohist school with no harm at all.

It is the same whether it is from the perspective of practicing the Mohist concept of loving all people or strengthening the Mohist foundation.

Therefore, this matter will definitely receive strong support from the Mohist school.

Zhou Tieyi continued, "In actual operation, there is a big difference between living people and ghost soldiers, so the moon I transformed into is also different from the moon of the Queen of Heaven. I plan to make the 'moonlight' of the moon I transformed into available and carried by some kind of fixed device, and this device needs to be cheap enough, so I need to discuss this with the Mohists."

In fact, the easiest way to fix the device is to use the method of talismans and cloud talismans. Praying to the "moon" is the most convenient and efficient way.

Zhou Tieyi would certainly take advantage of the excellent technology in this world, but the feudal system of this world also seriously hindered the development of this technology.

Therefore, Zhou Tieyi needs to sell dog meat under the guise of mutton, and needs to cover himself with the skin of Mohist technology. Through the joint efforts of him and the Mohist school, he can realize this plan to conceal the truth from the world. Even if something goes wrong, he and the Mohist school will bear the wrath of the Emperor of Great Xia together.

Anyway, the Mohists are all iron-headed people, so maybe they can buy themselves more room for maneuver.

Even though the Emperor of Great Xia was a saint in the past, because he was not a complete saint, there has always been an unspoken rule in Great Xia, that is, the best people in the world cannot enter Tianjing without an imperial decree.

This is the main reason why all three officials are of the second rank and the first rank is not in Tianjing, because the first rank can already pose a threat to the Emperor of Daxia in an incomplete state, especially if the first rank lives long enough. At such a critical period of succession, when the new Emperor of Daxia has not yet fully grasped the power, the threat will be even greater.

Now that the strength of the Great Xia Emperor has dropped by one rank, it is possible that this iron-headed man of the Mo family will do something as outrageous as robbing the imperial prison!
(End of this chapter)