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Chapter 248 The King of Jing and Song Dynasties is Heartbroken ([-])
These cumbersome etiquettes are exactly what the Mohists oppose.

However, the Mohists still do not have the ability to make their rules the rules of the world, and they can only adopt the previous rules within the scope acceptable to the nobles and princes of both sides.

It's just that this rule is no longer the rule when Zhou Tianzi had power.

Since Zhou Tianzi first broke the rules and made the third Jin the Marquis, some rules don't have to be so rigid. Although they can't be completely destroyed, they can still be played around the edges.

Before the ceremony collapsed, there were a lot of rules for court appointments, which were to ensure the distinction between princes and sons under the emperor system.

Now that the Song and Chu alliances are made as two equal states, it is impossible to fully abide by these rules.

Just like being a school referee at a township school in Peixian County, the real court appointment also requires you to be a deputy envoy, and the number of deputy envoys depends on the rank of the title.

The duke, including the three dukes in Gyeonggi, must have seven referrals, while the viscount and baron can only have three referrals.

If the existing rules are completely followed, Chu people are just viscounts, which is unacceptable to Chu people.

Now that it violates the Zhou rituals, and there are no fourteen divisions of the emperor of Zhou to attack, and it is necessary to abide by it on a human level, this kind of borderline thing can be done without any scruple.

The state of Song is the Duke of Sanke. Since they want to hire each other, the Chu people should naturally send seven envoys to use this as the basis for equal negotiations between the two parties to show their equal status.

In terms of national strength, the people of Chu have become kings, but the Song State recognized the Zhou Tianzi system instead of the Chu State system of the Xiaoxi Zhou Dynasty, so both parties could only accept the appointment of dukes.

It has not been a day or two since the king of Chu became king, but Song State did not have the courage. If Song Gong dared to become king, he would inevitably find another excuse for Sanjin to attack Song State.

Since all of this was just a formality, the King of Chu found seven doctors to come forward and went to Shangqiu with gifts from the military camp.

Ordinarily, the etiquette of the two parties should be that after Chu sent Qijie, Song Gong would send soldiers to the border to greet them, but when they approached the capital, they would be greeted by doctors, and Song Gong would greet them in person at the gate of the palace.

After being greeted in the palace, Qijie should be taken to the ancestral temple and talk to Qijie in the ancestral temple.

Moreover, the words of seven people can only be finished by seven people, not by one person. Song Gong must listen carefully, face north, and express his gratitude to the other monarch after listening.

Afterwards, to entertain them, Song Gong needs to personally toast the sweet wine to Qijie, and then Qijie will return the gift, and then return Yuzhang to Qijie when Qijie leaves.

It took two days for this set of etiquette to come down, and it was finally decided that an alliance would be held outside the Tongmen of the Song Dynasty, and the two sides would withdraw their troops.

The Mohist family automatically became a neutral third party at the end of the city defense battle, so the security work should also be prepared by the Mohist people.

Whether it is the Song guards or the Chu guards, neither side can rest assured that the faith of the Mo family is just right to do this.

Furthermore, it is impossible to release the King of Chu directly at this time, and everyone in the Mo family is not so stupid, and this reason can be regarded as an excuse that everyone can accept.

After everything was ready, Gongzaoye conveyed the conditions of the alliance to King Chu.

During the entire process of the oath, the Mohists were responsible for all the security work, neither side could bring close attendants, and except for their own sabers, they were not allowed to wear armor, they had to wear fancy clothes.

The King of Chu also understands the current situation. The Mohists have already retreated a few steps, allowing some of the King Chu's close servants, cooks and cooks to approach and serve, but it is absolutely impossible to retreat before the alliance is formed.

Now that the Mohists have become a third party other than Song and Chu, the King of Chu had no choice but to accept these proposals. After asking about the bottom line of the alliance, Gong Zaoye also said something.

The first few items are all acceptable, but the later thing about Peixian's vassal to Song and Peixian's goods passing through Song and Chu aroused the interest of the King of Chu.

Xiong Dang then asked: "Who made those things that flashed like thunder during the night attack yesterday?"

Gong Zaoye immediately recounted the legend about Dayu's flood control of the Tushan girl and the roaring Tianzhi of Tushan. The king of Chu was skeptical and said with emotion: "As you said, this is the will of heaven, but this will always needs someone to master it. .”

After asking, he couldn't help but think of the rumors of the Mohist school, and also thought of the matter of iron oxen plowing, harvesting and harvesting, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that this thing is also the will of heaven that your Mohist's master first mastered?"

The Mohists didn't plan to use gunpowder to play tricks, but Gong Zaoye said bluntly, "It's him."

Hearing this, the king of Chu sighed, thinking of the map of mountains and rivers he saw that day, and of those artifacts that could change the power and internal affairs of various countries, he praised: "This man's talent is unpredictable. Zhong Ni."

Gong Zaoye's face twitched slightly. Confucianism and ink are mortal enemies, but Mo Zhai also respects Zhongni very much, so he couldn't say anything, so he said after a while: "You are a prince and have a lot of land, but you can't gather talents from all over the world. Have you thought about why this is?"

"Some people treasure their salaries, some jewels and jade, but there are also people who treasure the world and do righteousness. You can gather those who treasure gold and jade, but you can gather those who treasure the world and do righteousness. .”

"Everyone loves gold and jade, and those who benefit the world are mostly talented people. This is something you can't do."

The King of Chu smiled and said nothing, knowing that Mohist people always like to reason with the kings and nobles. He thinks these reasons are very reasonable, but he has no way to do so.

The situation of completing the alliance can only be completed tomorrow. The king of Chu knows that he has lost today, so he no longer thinks about what if, but can only use this cornerstone to think about the future.

After listening to Gong Zaoye's explanation, the King of Chu asked again: "Is the general trend of the world that you know are all appropriate? I hope to meet such a talented person."

Gong Zaoye only thought that the king of Chu took a fancy to the secrets of Tianzhi that Shi Shi had mastered, and said with a smile: "The Mo family has its own rules, what can be said can be said, and what can't be said can't be said."

"For the right person, the heart of benefiting the world cannot be shaken. If you don't seek self-interest, the treasures you own are dung in his eyes. And when it comes to benefiting the world, you are not as good as Mr."

"Furthermore, if someone from the Mohist family breaks the rules, there is a way to punish them. My Mohistry can advance you five steps, so shouldn't blood be splashed on Shi Shi?"

"Please stop thinking like that."

The king of Chu laughed and said, "Your things that benefit the world will naturally be passed on to the world. I am also within the Kyushu. Why should I be in a hurry?"

"I have already formed an alliance with you giants. After the truce, the alliance under the city of Shangqiu, the three-year agreement can be kept. How could I have such thoughts?"

"Mo Di lobbied Chu, Qi, Song and Yue countries back then, and said that my Chu palace is so thin. Isn't this the right time for me to benefit the world? You send someone to convey it yourself. Since your Mo family has rules, see and See, how can you decide?"

Even though he was within five steps of Gongzaoye, King Chu still maintained his final pride, but Gongzaoye did not get angry, nodded and said: "That's the reason, I will send someone back to report to the giant immediately."

After all, a few people were selected and sent back to Shangqiu to report what the king of Chu wanted to talk to Shi.

The King of Chu heaved a long sigh in his heart when he saw those Mohists leaving.

He had wanted to discuss some things in secret with the Mohists before, but because some of the Mohist ideas were too appalling, he had repeatedly publicized some statements that were not good for the nobles.

In the tent of the King of Chu a few months ago, Shi again wantonly provoked the relationship between the King of Chu and the nobles, and even said that the nobles should hurry up and conspire, and don't give the King of Chu a chance to strengthen the centralization of power.

At that time, they were in a state of hostility, but the King of Chu was not resentful, but rather curious about the people of the Mohist family, and he also highly appreciated the clear and logical way to provoke conflicts.

When things such as ironware, cattle plowing, world maps, and sky-climbing lamps were displayed later, the King of Chu was even more eager for these skills mastered by the Mohists.

After the sound of gunpowder explosion last night came to his ears, and when the volunteer from Pei County rushed within five steps of him with his spear, he was even more yearning for the talents of the Mohists.

Before, he had no chance to discuss anything with the Mo family in secret.

Because people like the Mo family are like a very tempting fruit: it attracts people's hearts, but they know that it is poisonous.

Especially after instigating the conflict between the nobility and the royal power in the tent a month ago, this fruit is even more difficult to swallow.

It sounds like everything makes sense. The King of Chu also understands the conflict between himself and the nobles, and hopes to strengthen the royal power.

This is temptation.

However, if you meet Mohist in front of the nobles and talk in the secret room, it is equivalent to telling the nobles that I am going to deal with you, and the conflict between us has been made public...

This is poison.

Now that the king of Chu was captured, he knew that the matter was irreversible, so he just took advantage of this opportunity to accomplish something that he wanted to do but had no chance to do before.

Moreover, at this moment, he is not afraid that the Mo family will assassinate him: if he wants to kill, he can do it now, so why bother?

In addition, the secret meeting at this time, the nobles can't know, can minimize their suspicion.

It is not necessary to get useful information from Shi, the king of Chu just felt that even if he could get some analysis on the general trend of the world, it would not be in vain.

It would be the best if he could persuade the Mo family to enter Chu and find a way to help him strengthen the centralization of power and clean up the lordship.

In Yueqian's tent, when they were instigating, the Mohists gave several ways for the reform of the Chu State, which made the nobles extremely panic, but also made the King of Chu think so.

Those words that were suitable to be relayed in the king's tent at the beginning were originally the content of Wu Qi's reform more than ten years later. Wang was very moved.

If it wasn't for the fact that it was obvious at that time that he was instigating the contradiction between the nobles' title to the king and the kingship, the King of Chu might have wanted to stay for a secret talk and ask about the affairs of the world.

Today I finally have an opportunity, how can I miss it?
The King of Chu thought to himself, the Mo family is like a fish.

There is fish meat, fish belly, and of course fish bones.

I am so talented, why can't I eat the fish meat and spit out the fish bones?
(End of this chapter)