warring states careerist

chapter 123
When there was chaos outside Peiguo Township, most of the Mozhe people above the rank and file gathered in a courtyard surrounded by mud walls.

According to the rules, one has to come here every three days to listen to the general situation of the world, so that the Mohists can understand the situation of the world.

Those who listened below were not only middle-level Mohists, but also people from Qiwuhai and Juzi.

What to talk about has not yet been decided, and it may not be the same person who will talk about it. Today is just the right time to talk about it.

On the wooden board behind him is a simple topographical map of mountains and rivers.

Funiu Mountain, which is thousands of miles away from here, is marked by dense triangles, so that everyone can clearly see the importance of Funiu Mountain, a mountain range located in the interior of Chu State.

On the valley gap plain on both sides of Funiu Mountain, on the left side are Han Dynasty of the Three Jin Dynasties and Luoyi of Zhou Dynasty to the north; on the right side is the State of Zheng.

To the south, there are several important counties of Chu State, guarding the capital of Chu.

On the right side of Funiu Mountain, and then to the lower right are the two mountain ranges of Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain.

To the north of Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain are the Chen and Cai captured by the Chu State, and the Huaihe Plain, and then to the east is the area north of the Huai River that has been contested with Wu and Yue for nearly a hundred years.

The original vague geographical concept is clearly explained by such a map, and most Mohists have already seen the flavor of it, and listened quietly to the previous explanation.

This time, it was not decided by Shi Shi himself, but after Qi Wuhai discussed with Ju Zi, Shi asked Shi to make mental preparations for the Mohist in advance, so that he was ready to do that big event in the same way.

Holding a wooden stick, he pointed to the plain area north of Funiu Mountain, pointed to Luoyi and said: "In the past, the Emperor Zhou had fourteen divisions in his hands. Zong Liu Division, Cheng Zhou Division Eight, plus the directly-administered Huben Then they formed an army, the Sixth Army of the Son of Heaven, and if the power of the Son of Heaven persists, there will be a total of thirty divisions. In addition to the status of the ruler of the world, the people of Chu originally called themselves barbarians, which is inevitable."

Shi pointed the wooden stick in his hand in the direction of Nanyang in later generations, and said: "The power of the Empress Dowager was weak, and Chu destroyed Lu, Shen, Xi and other countries. If you want to go north to the Central Plains, there are only two directions.”

"Go north from Luguan on the left wing of Funiu Mountain, threatening Yique, Luoyi, and Zhou Tianzi; go northward from the right wing of Funiu Mountain to threaten Zheng State, ensuring that Zheng State is swinging between Jin and Chu, and can attack Jin State at any time."

"Luguan, Shen, Lu, Xi, Ye and other places are the front lines for the Chu people to compete for hegemony with the countries in the Central Plains. The Jin people must pass through here when they go south. As long as the Chu people hold on, they can not only go north, but also continue to threaten the east. To the north of the Huai River, look for an opportunity to capture Chen Cai."

"Later, because of Xia Ji's incident, the Chu people finally opened up the situation in the north of the Huai River. After decades of destruction of Chen and Cai, the situation in the north of the Huai River was opened. Chu Gongzi Qiji became Chen Gong and Cai Gong. Then It was King Ping who was later subjugated by Wu Zixu and Sun Wuzi."

When he said this, many people below laughed coquettishly.

It’s not the general trends that Xiaoshi talked about, but the Xia Ji mentioned by Xiaoshi just now. I can’t help but think of the woman named Helen in the far west in the “Shan Hai Jing” who fought the siege for ten years in the legend. the land of Troy.

These Mohists are different, and it is better to spread as many things as possible in the form of jokes, stories or jokes. At this time, there is no one else in the world who can make this kind of association except Mohism.

The vision needs to be broadened in order to do those broad things.

When I talked about Troy, the land in the far west with all the Mohists before, some Mohist who are proficient in history laughed and said: "If we talk about such women, there are also in the Central Plains, and I am afraid that they are even more powerful than this Helen. The daughter of Zheng Mugong in the past Xia Ji married seven times, died three husbands, one gentleman and one son, and lost one country, two ministers and eight clans."

Qu Jiang, an aristocrat from Chu among the Mohists, found out about this incident, which was an eye-opener. It turned out that there were such women in Kyushu more than a hundred years ago.

Xia Ji slept with her half-brother before she got married, and she gave birth to a child in July when she was pregnant in Chen Guo. Later, when she was a widow, she and Chen Guoguo plus two ministers often fought four people in bed. This is the life of a nobleman. .

Xia Jishu's son Xia Zhengshu hosted Chen Linggong for a banquet. During the dinner, Chen Ling publicly joked that Xia Zhengshu looked like Xingyi's father who shared the bed with him, and Xingyi's father also said in front of Xia Zhengshu that Xia Zhengshu actually looked more like the monarch...

These words were said in front of Xia Zhengshu, for fear that Xia Zhengshu would not know that the three people at the banquet were his wild fathers, so he would kill the king in a rage and shoot Chen Linggong.

Taking this opportunity, the people of Chu finally seized the righteous excuse of maintaining the rituals of Zhou, and got involved in the state of Chen, making preparations for infiltrating the state of Chen and destroying Chen.

Xia Ji was plundered to Chu, and at the age of 40, she still lured Chu's loyal minister Shen Gong and Qu Wuchen to give up Chu's fief and all status and her family to defect.

The family that stayed in Chu State was destroyed. In order to retaliate against Chu State, Qu Wuchen went to Wu State to teach Wu people how to deal with Chu people's tactics, because the Qu family was originally the Mo Ao family that Chu was in charge of fighting.This incident also made the barbarian Wu state military civilized, learned to fight chariots and deal with chariot warfare, and laid the foundation for the future Chu to be destroyed by the Wu people.

These stories are always easier to be remembered than those boring general trends in the world. It is also convenient for them to know that the outside world and the world of Kyushu are not much different in essence, and there are too many similarities. Thinking about them It is also easier to accept the content in "Shan Hai Jing".

After everyone laughed, they said conveniently: "Since we talked about Xia Ji and Shen Gong's witch ministers, we have to talk about the county magistrates of Chu. Shen Gong's defection, Bai Gong's rebellion, Ye Gong's restoration of the country... all these things What are they relying on?"

"This power can destroy the country, subjugate the country, restore the country, and cause chaos... Then can it be used to do justice? Can it be used to restrain the unjust war in the world?"

The Mohists who listened to the lecture stopped laughing, and used this to talk about the county government system in Chu State, relying on the local big clans and village elders to form county autonomous groups; etc.

Explain all this clearly from the material level, pointing to the Luguan, Shen, Xi and other tunnels that are not only the front line of the Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony, but also the bridgeheads of the Chu people's attack on Huaibei: "It is because of the county system of the Chu State. Destroy the national county, but the local People wanted to resist again, so they only levied taxes on these counties, no taxes, and no nobles confiscated their land.”

"It was said that Zhou Tianzi first had fourteen divisions and then thirty divisions. How many divisions did the Chu people have? Ruye, Chen, Cai, Butang, Xu, Fanyang... Each of these places has an army of one thousand , Calculated according to one army and five divisions, the Chu people can mobilize up to forty to fifty divisions now."

"Based on forty divisions, the strength of these troops has far surpassed that of the emperor in his heyday. However, when Chu people fight for hegemony, they often don't have such a large number of troops."

"If you want to destroy Chu, you have to consider the military tributes of these counties; but if the Chu people attack, the military tributes of each county cannot be taken into account. It is difficult to destroy Chu, and it is also difficult for the Chu tyrants."

"Originally, because of the special position of Shen Xi's division, they would always be dispatched every time they competed with Jin for hegemony. They would be sharpened and become elites, and they would often participate in unjust battles."

"However, as the Chu people destroyed Chen and Cai, and the Gongshuban improved their warships to make hooks and refused to gain a foothold in the Huai River, the Chu people's strategy moved eastward, and these divisions could only be used as defensive backups, and it was difficult to attack. But if the Jin people attacked Chu, Shen Xi The division will still mobilize the defense."

"Local self-government, the king ordered the county government, no royal tax, and only dispatched the army as a military tax when it was recruited. Back then, the son made great achievements in the Song Dynasty, and asked the king of Chu to make Shen and Xi counties his fiefdoms. Shengong objected, one of the reasons It’s just that there is only endowment here, not nobles confiscating land, so we can mobilize military forces that can compete with the Jin people.”

"In the battle of Chengpu, Ziyu led Shenxi's army and was defeated by the Jin people. The king of Chu told Ziyu to go back to see Shenxi's elders without face, and forced Ziyu to commit suicide. It can be seen that the land of Shenxi was just achieved by the king of Chu. Contract: We only pay for the army, we don’t confiscate the land as aristocrats, the local big clans have become powerful, and the king of Chu has to consider their opinions, otherwise why would Ziyu commit suicide?”

When he said this, many Mohists had already heard his implication, and Mozi and Qiwuhai, who already knew what Shi was going to say, also appreciated Shi's interpretation.

Shi again took a wooden stick and knocked on the wooden board: "The current general situation can be seen from this picture. The danger of Funiu Mountain, and there are big counties such as Luyang, Shen, Ye, etc., and it is difficult for Jin people to break through. Three Jin The power is so great that if you want to compete with Chu, you can only fight along Zheng Guo and bypass Funiu Mountain to fight for Huaibei. Song and Zheng are the focus of the struggle between Jin and Chu at this time."

"News came from Shangqiu that the Three Jins went to Luoyi to offer captives to the Son of Heaven. The Dukes of Song, Luhou, Zheng Bo, Weihou, and Qihou all made pilgrimages together. The Three Jins took advantage of the prestige of attacking Qi and became overlords again. Once Zheng and Song kissed Jin Therefore, the Huaibei land of the Chu people will be exposed to the soldiers of the Jin people, which is unacceptable to the Chu people."

"Once the people of Chu besiege the Song Dynasty, we Mohists will naturally want to save the weak country and fight against injustice. But after all, we want to do justice to the world. There are not many Mohists, and there will always be no time to go back and forth... Can we Taking advantage of this opportunity, let Peiyi become Shen, Xi, Ye and other counties of the Song Dynasty?"

"Mozhe Xingyi is well known in Song Dynasty. We do not participate in the dispute between Sicheng and the other six ministers. Except for Mozhe, it is impossible for Sicheng and the other six ministers to accept the fiefdom of the other party when Pei is about to be ruled. One too."

"Secondly, if we have taxation rights and empowerment, is it more feasible to only fulfill the obligation of defending with Song Gong? The Song State is weak, so if Cheng Pei's teacher in the future, he will only defend and not attack. , which is in line with the righteousness of the Mohists, and it will allow us to practice righteousness in a more comprehensive way here."

"Thirdly, Peiyi has already made an agreement to exchange the responsibility of righteous war for the right of self-government. They will definitely agree. It is imminent for the Chu people to go north, and the Jin people have exhausted their new battles in Qi. Can not send troops, whether Shangqiu can defend or not depends on the Song people themselves, or we must rely on us Mohist. If in the battle of defending the city, the fathers and elders of Peiyi make great contributions, and use this to ask for self-government and righteous warfare, Song Gong must It can be agreed that Si Cheng and the other six ministers will not object in order to prevent Peiyi from being acquired by the other party, and they can only accept Mo Zhizhi Pei."

"Fourth, our contract with the people of Peiyi is the great rule of Peiyi; our contract with Duke Song in the future is to only defend and not attack, and Song is weak and cannot attack. You have also seen this half a year. If we have the right to govern We can do more things, and we can do better, so this will benefit the world in the future.”

"Dong Song wants to compete with the six ministers of Sicheng, and also hopes to have a force to maintain balance. In the past, Duke Zhao suffered from the oppression of Sicheng, so he asked the people of Chu to help. The current situation is more oppressive than before. Would Song Gong also want to have a force? Power to maintain this balance? At least to prevent powerful officials from acting rashly, and a force is also needed to restrain them. Is the Mohist the best choice? Powerful officials can borrow the power of Chu and Jin, Song Gong cannot, this is the fifth."

When he said this, all the Mohists basically understood what he meant, so he said appropriately: "Therefore, I make a suggestion: after harvesting the Maixia seeds this time, set up a division of righteous warfare in Peiyi. The number does not need to be Many, as long as you make great contributions while defending Shangqiu, Peidi can be compared to the county of Chu. If you want to make a deal with the world, you need to have soldiers in your hands to stop the unjust war."

　Xia Ji is much more legendary than Helen. It can be said that Chen Miezhuo, Tian Daiqi, Wu Kaihua's rise, etc. are all somewhat related to this woman.At that time, there were so many legendary stories, and I don’t know why there weren’t too many movies and TV shows... The term army and division, it seems that there was no army before the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and there was an army after the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.A division has 500 people.The counties in the state of Chu are a bit like a military defense zone system. The king of Chu wants to expand abroad, but in fact he can mobilize not many forces.But if you want to destroy Chu, you need a lot of power.This is one of the reasons why Chu cannot be destroyed without 60. There are soldiers in each county, and they may not be willing to fight, but when it touches the interests of the local people, they will burst into strength.

　　
　
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