warring states careerist

Chapter 264
After the emperor's father Yueling paid homage, he said in his heart that I was not asking about the pre-established law, but what the conditions of your Mohist school are.

Mozi was waiting for this question from the emperor's father Yueling, so he said, "Shi, you know this, so please tell him the result you deduced by using the method of knowing."

Shi took the order, and asked someone to bring a simple map, and told the emperor Yueling the grandiose reason that Pengcheng was the capital of both sides, and that he was on guard.

Pengcheng has not developed at this time, and the situation is complicated. The fiefdom of the imperial father's family is not in Pengcheng, and the influence cannot be penetrated.

However, there are many fiefdoms of the Great Yin Liuqing near Pengcheng, and this matter can be said to hit it off.

Anyway, it was Duke Song's interests that were harmed. The emperor's father Yueling was very happy, and even hoped that there would be conflicts between the Mohists and Dayin and other nobles who had fiefs near Pengcheng.

This matter is beneficial to both parties, but it is very detrimental to Duke Song, Dayin and other six ministers. The emperor's father Yueling thought about it for a while and praised: "That's the truth. If you don't tell me, I can't do it." know."

"It's just running the two capitals, which involves a wide range of things. It can't be done without a hero. Wei has Wu Qi, and Xihe ruled. Now Song has few talents. If Yin is in power for Song, he can only do this. Leave it to you."

"After all, the Mohist practiced righteousness in Peiyi for three years, and Peiyi will be governed. There will be plenty of food, double the civilian use, and there will be volunteers trained to form alliances."

Mozi was noncommittal on the surface, but he was sorting out the various situations in the past three years in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more surprised he became.

Three years ago, the Mohists used Jiahe in exchange for the righteousness in Peiyi, which was proposed by Shi Shi. At that time, it seemed that only in the matter of doing righteousness in Peiyi, cooperating with the Sichenghuang clan was the best choice.

However, in the ensuing siege of Shangqiu, it was feared that Dayin and others would launch a coup, which was also closely related to the alliance between the Sicheng Emperor and the Three Jins caused by the three pairs of Jiahe.

Without this matter, I am afraid Dayin and the others would not have taken the risk.And because of this incident, Dayin and the others had no choice but to coup d'état, otherwise they would be squeezed out by the Sichenghuang family after the Sanjin forces stepped in.

Originally, Sichenghuang's family was able to use the siege to gain the greatest reputation, and thus their power greatly increased, completely surpassing the rest of the nobles.

But Keshi kept talking about leading snakes out of their holes, which led Dayin and others to launch a coup during the siege of the Chu people, which led to the Sichenghuang clan having to turn to the Mo family for help during the siege.

Later, he used gunpowder and other strange skills to raid the camp of the king of Chu and succeeded in one fell swoop. At the same time, he reconciled the coup, which led to the stability of the noble forces in Shangqiu City.

Both Dayin and Sicheng did not lose too much strength, and neither was expelled because of failure. Instead, they had to join the quagmire of the Consulting Yuan.

Now talking about the Pengcheng matter, Sichenghuang's family has no interests in Pengcheng, they will definitely agree, anyway, it is benefiting themselves at the expense of others.

All of these are linked together, and if any one is not expected, the result will be very different.

Whether it was the success of the coup, the balance of power was broken, the Chu people broke the city, or the three Jins came to help, if anything was not expected, there would be no situation today.

Mozi glanced quietly at the smiling Shi, and thought, "Could it be that he was thinking about these things three years ago? If it's just a coincidence, it's too difficult. If it's not a coincidence, this person's grasp of the general trend of the world, the disciple's There's no one like it."

Thinking about it again, I'm afraid that three years ago, I didn't think about the situation today, and what I thought about at that time was only governing Peiyi.

Is it following the trend?Or to create momentum?

Mozi didn't dare to make a judgment, he was silent for a moment, thinking of what Shichang said, he smiled and shook his head as if he suddenly understood.

It didn't matter that he shook his head, but he shocked the emperor's father Yueling enough, thinking that Mo Zi had other ideas.

Just as he was about to ask, he heard Mozi say, "Although the disciples of the Mohists are not from the Song Dynasty, the defense of the city is never just a matter of defending the city. It is necessary to treat the people well, develop economically, and forge weapons."

"Song Ruo, so, managing Erdu can be regarded as defending the city. The Mo family can accept such a request."

"After the operation, return it to Song Gong and build the ancestral temple, so that the Song State can have no worries from north to south."

The emperor's father Yueling nodded in agreement, but sighed in his heart: back then, your Mo family also said that Peiyi was doing justice, and that it would be returned to Song Gong in the future.But now, even if it is handed over, the whole Peiyi has been blackened by you, so what's the use of handing it back?
Fortunately, Pengcheng is not the fiefdom of his family, nor is it the key interests of the family, so it can be sold naturally.

The emperor's father, Yueling, was secretly vigilant, but he just warned himself that if the Mo family wanted to practice righteousness in their fiefdom in the future, it would be absolutely impossible.

Yesterday, Peiyi was acquired, today Pengcheng is dyed, and where will it be dyed black in the future?
While being alert, he knew that he was asking Mohism at this time, so he asked: "Can the principles you have said be communicated to the people?"

Mozi nodded and said, "Of course we can inform the people. It's just that the people need to elect the Ling Yin of the Advisory Council, and Ling Yin must be thought of before the people can be counted as sages."

The emperor's father Yueling smiled and said: "Then, if you learn before the people and understand thoroughly, can you also be counted as a sage?"

Mozi also laughed and said, "Although the heavenly ghost imparts wisdom to people, it is like a treasure house with a lock. You can't get wisdom unless you learn it. What is the difference between what you learn and what you think about yourself?"

"Could it be that Shennong cultivated crops after gaining the will of heaven, and then farmers who learned from Shennong couldn't plant them?"

The emperor's father Yueling understood what Mozi meant, and thanked him: "That's the truth. I will remember what you say."

So far, the exchange of interests between the two parties has been completed.

There was no covenant, no blood oath, only cooperation and tacit understanding afterwards, and a situation that forced the Sichenghuang clan to abide by this exchange of interests.

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On that day, Sichenghuang's clan mobilized several eloquent and eloquent people to publicize their ruling ideas and promises if they were Ling Yin of the Consulting Council in the streets of Shangqiu.

Some promises can be given by Dayin and others.

Some concepts were learned from the Mohist school in person, and then reintroduced to the public.

Therefore, the two matters of Peiyi autonomy and Pengcheng Erdu became the biggest difference between the Sichenghuang clan and Dayin and others.

The people themselves were in debt to the people of Peiyi, so they naturally agreed to the autonomy of Peiyi, and the Sichenghuang clan was on the city wall during the siege, so they got a lot of goodwill.

As for whether the matter of Pengcheng Erdu is really justified, the people find it difficult to decide.

The people of Shangqiu have gone through these things this year, and when they encounter something difficult to decide, they will naturally ask the Xuanyi Department of the Mohist School whether these words make sense.

These words, of course, make sense to the Xuanyi Department, because this is an idea concocted by the Mohists, just to let the Sichenghuang clan say it, forcing the Sichenghuang clan to do this after they become Ling Yin, in exchange for public trust.

The difference between the Xuanyi Department and the Mobian is that the Xuanyi Department mainly deals with the public and speaks the truth, so the public still has to ask the head of the Xuanyi Department about this matter.

The Radical Shi of the Xuanyi Department was the proponent of the Erdu Pengcheng plan.

Therefore, after a few large-scale publicity campaigns, the people suddenly felt that the original Sichenghuang clan serving as the Inquisitor of the Political Yuan seems to be the best choice to exclude everyone from the Mohist family.

The people gathered in the bazaar had already preached the meaning of the second capital Pengcheng many times, trying to use the words that are closest to the interests of the people to tell the story.

As for the ancestral temple and the country, there is no need to publicize it to the public, that is the reason for the nobles to accept it.

Originally, this matter was justified, and the people were at the peak of their trust in the Mohists at this time. If there was any unresolved matter, they would ask the Xuanyi Department. For a while, the public opinion was raging. The voice of Ling Yin of the Political Council was overwhelming.

Naturally, the emperor's father, Yueling, would not be idle either. He learned from his young son Bao, and distributed food and money wantonly to help the poor in Shangqiu City.

The former is to win people's hearts for the coup.

At this time, what the emperor's father Yueling did was more like bribery.

And if he bribed the election again, he still couldn't reach Mo Di's prestige. Fortunately, Mo Di was about to withdraw, so almost the entire Shangqiu knew who the first ruling order of the yet-to-be-established Consulting Council, Yin would be.

Song Gong in the palace had no choice but to accept such a result. Sicheng Huangyue Office had not been in a day or two. Now that the public opinion was raging, all Song Gong could do was to accept this result.

He had no other choice. In that coup, the Mo family only reconciled with the mud, so it was a failed coup, but it was a coup with little loss for the nobles such as Dayin.

So Song Gong could only pinch his nose, endured Sicheng Emperor's ascension to rule, and he couldn't even bridge the conflict with Dayin and others to suppress the emperor's family.

Because of the enmity between the two parties, and because the uncle Cen Xi not only did not die because of the Mo family's peace, but also had the possibility of becoming the Duke of Song, after all, he is also the Duke of Song.

It is also a tradition of businessmen that brothers end up with younger brothers. Even when Zhou Li was the only rule in the world, it was not uncommon for brothers in Song Dynasty to ascend the throne, and the people of Shangqiu recognized this kind of thing.

Therefore, according to the theory of "choosing the emperor", but not being opposed by the Zhou etiquette rules of the world, and at the same time making use of the tradition of the Song people at the same time - Song Gong Ruoxi, the position of Song Gong comes from the public clan and is recognized by the Consulting Yuan. inherit.

This is the bait and condition used by the Mohists to gain the support of the uncles and sons of the public clan for the establishment of the Consulting Yuan. It is so straightforward, but simple and effective.

And in order to prevent the rest of the nobles from being too opposed to the weird existence of the Consulting Yuan, the Mohists also backed down a lot on the rules of the Consulting Yuan, which was not unacceptable to the nobles.

For example, the Court of Gentlemen has the right to veto the proposals of the Court of Common People, which is the bottom line of the nobility and a guarantee that they will not die in the womb.

It's just that the contradiction between the nobleman's court and the common people's court is difficult to reconcile. Over time, the most bizarre situation will inevitably appear:
The Court of Gentlemen used its veto power to veto the proposal of the House of Commons to cancel the veto power of the Court of Gentlemen...

Once this situation occurs, the people of Shangqiu who have studied and grown up for many years will doubt the sanctity of the rules themselves.Is it a new rule?Or is it the result of following the rules because the rules themselves are sacred?
This is not a question that should be considered at this time, and it is not a question that the public should think of first. This should be left to the scholars who were attracted after the emergence of the Advisory Council to demonstrate.

Three days before it was agreed to hold the first meeting of the Advisory Council, all secret, secret, and compromise exchanges had been completed.

When the chaos of the Warring States Period has come and centralization has become the mainstream reform method in various countries, a Song State that seems to be extremely decentralized and restricts monarchy is bound to be an anomaly.

Shi Xin thought that if the Song Dynasty continued like this, it would definitely not survive the end of the Warring States Period.

But, who cares?At least, he doesn't care.

(End of this chapter)