Qin Dynasty: Your Majesty, I really am a time traveler.

Chapter 351 Did the Mohists defect to the enemy?

Do not doubt how important food was in the Qin state during that era.

Not to mention the Qin state, even some very remote and impoverished countries in later generations.

Getting a full meal there is an impossible task.

In the Qin Dynasty, there were people who could provide you with a full meal.

On a grander scale, it's an immense debt of gratitude that can never be fully repaid.

Go ask Zhu Yuanzhang, compared to the emperor who reigned supreme.

If he could actually get a full meal, would he be willing to rebel?

Who wants to risk their life?

Now, he has won the hearts of all the people of Qin.

Tang Yu and his group were now an insurmountable chasm before Xiang Yu.

He originally thought that even if he couldn't beat Tang Yu, he would still have other opportunities to surpass Tang Yu.

But the more he compared them, the more he realized that he really didn't have any skills that Tang Yu possessed.

That Imperial Advisor Tang Yu was not only taller and more handsome than him, but also bigger and stronger.

At the same time, their proud aristocratic status was completely disregarded.

They wouldn't be willing to accept any of the three official appointments or nine invitations.

With a single call to arms, he could rally 100,000 armored soldiers in Jiangdong.

Tang Yu could easily rally millions of people within the Qin Kingdom with a single call, which is incomparable.

At this moment, Xiang Yu's face was ashen. He looked at Zhang Liang, who was also somewhat dazed, and asked with resentment.

"How should we handle Zhang Liang's matter?"

What he didn't know was that Zhang Liang wasn't actually in a daze; he simply wasn't paying attention.

Anyway, he and Tang Yu are on the same side, as for what Tang Yu is actually doing.

What exactly should be done, and what does it have to do with Zhang Liang?

He was just waiting for Tang Yu to reveal his identity after the final operation was over.

At that time, it will be a way of giving an explanation to the people of the world.

After all, he had already betrayed his former noble status, but he absolutely could not betray the passion in his heart.

Faced with Xiang Yu's doubts, Zhang Liang shook his head bitterly.

He pretended to be helpless, expressing his powerlessness.

At this moment, Xiang Yu gritted his teeth.

"No, I have to find a way to leave. Let's go find Ye Tian."

Watching Xiang Yu leave in a hurry, Zhang Liang opened his mouth, but ultimately kept it closed.

Ye Tian was told to stop joking, as he knew that Tang Yu might still have a relatively neutral attitude towards Xiang Yu.

There wasn't much malice involved, but regarding Ye Tian...

Zhang Liang felt that if Tang Yu showed even the slightest sign of something amiss, Tang Yu would probably just bring down the executioner's blade.

To seek Ye Tian's help in planning something big at this moment would be tantamount to asking a tiger for its skin.

……

"So, I'm your teacher, aren't I? How did I become the leader of the Mohist school?"

Tang Yu looked at the large group of people kneeling on the ground in front of him, and at the Mo family disciples who had asked him to take over the identity of the leader of the Mo family.

He opened his mouth, somewhat speechless. Why do people keep trying to claim an identity for him?

First, Zheng Ge (Zheng Ge) gave himself the title of Imperial Advisor, and then the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

That old Li Si still wants to be the leader of the Legalists.

As for the leader of the peasantry, he is himself now.

If I were to repeat the words of the Mohists, I might actually be able to achieve the feat of collecting all the schools of thought from the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Thinking about it this way, it might actually be quite interesting.

Tang Yu could see the sincerity and passion in the eyes of the group of people in front of him.

He knew that these people weren't lying; they genuinely wanted him to be their teacher.

But even so, it's absolutely impossible to agree to that.

Teacher! What teacher?! This is ridiculous!

I, Tang Yu, will never have three wives or four concubines in my entire life in this Qin Kingdom.

Not only did he refrain from extravagance and debauchery, but he also became a teacher.

So, even after time-traveling, I'm still a teacher. What am I even doing?

Without hesitation, Tang Yu shook his head and said...

“I am the Grand Preceptor of the Qin State, and my ideas do not align with those of your Mohist school.”

"I do not believe in the ideas of universal love and non-aggression that you mentioned before."

“You should be able to understand this from my actions.”

"Therefore, I am not suitable for the position of leader of the Mohist school."

While earnestly trying to persuade him, Tang Yu even started eating without paying attention.

After all, for him, reputation is something he can easily give up.

But if we can simply give up the identity of the leader of the Mohist school, that would be wonderful.

As Tang Yu finished speaking, the Mo family disciples exchanged glances, a hint of confusion flashing in their eyes.

Yes, as people of Qin, they naturally understood this as well.

Tang Yu previously committed the act of killing 100,000 people in Handan City.

That's 100,000 people! Don't be fooled by how easily it seems when written on paper.

But if it were placed in front of you, it would be an endless, boundless crowd.

But to die at Tang Yu's hands like this seemed completely different from the Mo family's ideals of universal love and non-aggression.

Many Mohist disciples hesitated, but Sun Qiang, as their representative, took the initiative to stand up and speak.

"Grand Preceptor, the Mohist school's principles of universal love and non-aggression will not change."

"But I believe that the Grand Preceptor was absolutely not wrong in this matter; it was the fault of that group of people who plotted a rebellion."

Sun Qiang spoke with a very resolute expression, and the Mohist disciples wore the same expression.

Their momentary confusion has been completely overturned.

Previously, Tang Yu had given them a discourse on the Dao, which completely shattered their resolve to pursue it.

They now understand that, compared to themselves, the Mohists and others were wholeheartedly committed to overthrowing the Qin state through their principles of universal love and non-aggression.

Their overthrow of the Qin state at this time was the real heinous crime they committed.

The Qin state is so stable now, and the people's happy lives are at least due to the existence of the Qin state.

Thus, their own people overthrew the Qin state.

Then the common people would suffer, and they cannot do that for either reason or emotion.

As for the rebels in Handan, even the Mohists, with their deep-seated hatred for the Qin state, could put it aside.

If you can coexist peacefully with the people of Qin, then your family must have suffered some great injustice, and you still insist on overthrowing Qin.

Thinking of this, the Mo family members felt indignant and shouted at Tang Yu.

"Grand Preceptor, this is not your fault, please do not blame yourself."

"Yes, Grand Preceptor, you are still our teacher."

"Please become the leader of the Mohist school and lead us forward."

"Grand Preceptor, there is no one in the world more wise than you."

Watching the Mohists instantly complete their self-strategy, even negating the principles passed down from their ancestors.

Tang Yu frowned speechlessly.

No, buddy, you're from the Mohist school, advocating universal love and non-aggression.

My buddy killed 100,000 people, and you still want him to be the leader of the Mohist school.

If Mozi knew this, would he be so angry that he would come back to life?

Tang Yu really wanted to take this group of filial sons to visit Mozi's grave and ancestral home.

"Let them offer incense to Mozi and tell him what happened," he said with a bitter face.

"But even so, I am not your teacher."

"The only reason I teach you knowledge is because you Mohists are working for my Qin state."

"They're just doing things for me, Tang Yu. Teaching you things is actually to make things easier for themselves."

At this moment, Tang Yu also revealed his true purpose.

To be honest, he had some different thoughts about these Mo family members.

After all, they were physicists version 1.0, which can be considered a benefit to the people.

But that's why he taught them so much.

More importantly, we hope that someone among them can invent more and better things to benefit the people of the world.

That's why he did it; at this moment, he completely exposed his selfish motives.

He was not worried that the Mohist disciples might have different opinions about him.

But what they didn't expect was that after revealing their selfish motives...

These Mohist disciples did not behave as Tang Yu had predicted.

As if she had seen through Tang Yu's true colors, she turned and left, her eyes filled with even more passion.

"Your Excellency, please stop. We know you are tarnishing your reputation."

"You are someone who doesn't care about civic duty or reputation."

"But we know that you are the greatest person in the world, a person who works for the people."

As soon as he finished speaking, the other students chimed in.

"Yes, Grand Preceptor, you've gone to such lengths."

"If it's just to get us to do things for you, why would you do it?"

"You might as well separate us into individuals and let each of us be responsible for a portion of the item making and production."

"Isn't the reason we're taught knowledge precisely because we're afraid we won't accept it?"

The eyes of these Mohist disciples were filled with fanaticism as they looked at Tang Yu as if he were a saint.

Seeing their performance, Tang Yu painfully slapped his face.

When Tang Yu put on the mask of pain, he looked at Sun Qiang's admiring gaze and suddenly realized what was going on.

Oh no, how could I forget? I'm in ancient times.

As the saying goes, "The master leads you through the door, but the practice is up to you," which was a perfectly normal thing in ancient times.

The role of a master is to teach you some basic skills; if you want to learn real skills...

It would be impossible without a huge price to pay or years of accumulation.

There's also a saying: "Teach your apprentice, and you'll starve."

This also represents the ancient master-disciple relationship, which was sometimes even more reliable than that between father and son.

This also means that he will not easily impart a lot of knowledge to you.

Instead, they would use various means to keep it hidden away.

But Tang Yu was not stingy at all; he was very generous.

They taught these Mohists some knowledge that could be considered a world classic and a miracle in this era.

Now he only claims that he is merely using these Mohists, no wonder people don't believe him.

Seeing that Tang Yu did not speak, the group of Mo family disciples felt that their plan had succeeded, and they knelt on the ground together and said to Tang Yu.

"In that case, we request that the Grand Preceptor accept the title of leader of the Mohist school."

After they finished speaking, they handed Tang Yu a jade pendant with the character "墨" (mo) written on it in ancient script.

The character "墨" (Mo) represents the identity of the leader of the Mohist school, who can mobilize all Mohist members throughout the world.

If Tang Yu had obtained this jade pendant earlier, he probably would have been so excited about Ying Zheng that he couldn't sleep for three days.

Because the Mohists had always been a major threat to the Qin state, and they had always wanted to overthrow the Qin state.

But now Tang Yu felt that this jade pendant was a hot potato, and he desperately wanted to get rid of it.

After a moment of silence, Tang Yu accepted the jade pendant.

Looking at the group of Mohist disciples sitting upright, like primary school students listening to a lecture.

Every single person here would be a top-tier figure outside.

But now he was so obedient, he said slowly.

"Ahem, for our first lesson, we'll be discussing some basic classical mechanics."

Following his lesson plan from the previous day, Tang Yu began to explain various aspects of classical mechanics to the Mohist group.

"In fact, the ancient Chinese were very clever. They discovered the lever principle and other things a long time ago."

"But as I said before, the spread of anything is strictly limited."

"People are inherently self-interested, so even though some people noticed it, it didn't spread widely..."

Tang Yu started by explaining the basic principles of leverage.

He talked for three hours before finally stopping.

The Mo family members below the stage were dumbfounded.

They looked at Tang Yu on the stage as if he were an immortal, and they just couldn't understand it.

Why is it that Tang Yu can come up with something different about such common and normal things in life?

But they couldn't detect anything; truly worthy of being called the Imperial Advisor.

As expected of the leader of my Mohist school, this group of Mohists has once again completed their self-transformation.

"Today I've taught you all the most basic lever principles and various moving and fixed pulleys. I wonder how well you've learned them?"

Seeing the group of fanatical Mohist disciples in front of him, Tang Yu was hesitant to stay any longer.

He was terrified that if he stayed any longer, these people would strip him naked and eat him.

The Mohist disciples spoke with burning eyes.

“Your Excellency, we have learned it.”

Good, good, good, they've even started calling him "leader".

Tang Yu's lips twitched.

However, when he turned his gaze to the group of Mohist disciples below...

I know that what these ancient people learned was completely different from what I learned to deal with teachers when I was in school.

If that's the case, isn't that perfect? ​​It'll be just right to bring some cattle and horses to the Qin state.

Tang Yu glanced at the Mo family disciples below and slowly began to speak.

"In that case, starting tomorrow you will go to various places in my Qin state where construction and building are needed."

"Use your knowledge to help those workers do their jobs more easily."

Whether it's appropriate or not, Tang Yu looked at the Mo family members below with a smile, and the Mo family disciples all roared.

"Of course, Your Excellency."