warring states careerist

Chapter 273 Prince Ben Zheng Mi Bingyao (End)
In today's world, only Wei and Chu are qualified to dominate.

The people of Chu constantly want to open up the situation in the Central Plains. Even if they cannot fully attack the Central Court, it has always been an established policy to keep Song, Zheng and other countries close to Chu.

It's not that Weiss didn't know that the opinions of Wu Qi and others were correct, but he still wavered in the face of the huge temptation.

Except for Chu, none of the countries seems to be Wei's opponent now, and the only obstacle to Wei's hegemony is Chu.

The remnants of the Spring and Autumn Period and the joy of being a Marquis just now made Weiss' thinking tend to dominate.

The state of Qi has been defeated, the three Jins are in harmony, the state of Yan is weak, Qin has lost Xihe, and the only one that has not been formally defeated by the state of Wei so far is the people of Chu.

Qin Huali and other Mohists came here, supported by the performance of Mohism in Shangqiu, and with the opinions of Wu Qi and other officials as the mainstay. Weiss' opinions were originally inclined to eliminate soldiers.

Whether to eliminate soldiers or not determines the direction of Wei's expansion.

Is it to digest Zhongshan and continue to oppress Qin?

Or start to attack the Central Plains, pointing the sword at the beam?

Wei Si was originally a virtuous person, Tian Zifang, Duan Ganmu and others were friends with Qin Huali, the Mohists sent Qin Huali to come, Wei Si knew that this person was talented at first sight.

After talking for several days, Weiss felt that what Qin Huali said was quite reasonable.

The Mohists are utilitarian, and they never shy away from it, so they talked a lot about the benefits of Wei Guo's participation in the elimination army.

It's just that, in the eyes of the monarch, the ultimate thing is to look at the interests.

It is really a rare opportunity for Wei Guo that the prince will go to Zheng, because Qin Guo at this time is a weak chicken in the eyes of Wei Guo.

Chu State was the only obstacle to Wei State's hegemony. From the late Spring and Autumn Period to the beginning of the Warring States Period, the main theme of world disputes has always been Jin Chu's struggle for hegemony.

All countries are still at the beginning of the reform, and there are still many people in all countries who maintain the thinking of the Spring and Autumn Period. The people of Chu are now out of gold and jade, but because of their previous strength, no country thinks that Chu has been corrupted to the point of loss. The ability to contend for hegemony.

Wang Ziding gave enough generous conditions, and many nobles in Chu State also supported Wang Ziding.

This internal instability will continue to intensify as the external situation changes.

Weiss knew that the state of Chu was still stable, and there was no such thing as Qi's grandson standing on Linqiu.

It's just because the power of the King of Chu seems to be enough to suppress those nobles. If the three Jins join forces, even if they defeat the Chu people in a decisive battle, the nobles in Chu who are ready to move will immediately refuse to recognize the status of the King of Chu at this time. .

If the state of Chu can be weakened, it means that the obstacles to Wei's hegemony will be completely cleared away, because the rest of the countries have no power to stop Wei's hegemony, at least for now.

It's not that Weiss is not tempted by the Mohist's proposals, especially after the proposals to strengthen the centralization of power, promote talents, and harvest ironware.

Originally, Qin Huali was good at debating, and the Mohist's debating skills were at their peak at this time, adding a lot of new and effective knowledge appropriately, and it was easier to persuade the king.

Mozi's original theory of frugal development and population doubling is already attractive enough.

But this is rough.

The various technological changes brought about by adaptation are the "tactics" under this kind of roughness, and the cooperation is extremely close.

20 years of peace, in exchange for the doubling of civilian use and the abundance of national use.Originally, it was only a rough plan, but when the various technological changes brought about by the appropriateness became popular, this rough plan became a perfect plan.

Xihe Shou Wuqi's plan for Wei State's strategy for the next 20 years is also in line with the various changes proposed by Mohism.

The appointment of the virtuous and the land reform broke the backbone of the nobles of the Zhongshan Kingdom, making the Zhongshan Kingdom the land of Wei from then on.

In Xihe reform, the government recognizes private ownership of land, and even provides iron tools to speed up reclamation, so that Qin people will forget their identity as Qin people within a few years.

Accumulate strength, let Chu State continue to bring endless pressure to South Korea, force South Korea to pro-Wei, so as to maintain a deterrent to Zhao people.

Maintain the independence of Zheng State, so as to instigate the conflict between Zheng and Han, ensure that Zheng and Han are always in a state of hostility, and at the same time prevent the people of Zheng from being destroyed by Han: Even if the Mohists do not promote the elimination of soldiers, Wei Guo will try its best to do so The mediator maintains the independence of Zheng State, so as to prevent South Korea from becoming bigger and take the lead in expanding in the Central Plains.

In Wu Qi's last letter, this was the general conception of the Wei state.

And the basis of everything is the doubling of the number of soldiers brought about by the farming revolution and the popularization of iron.

Wu Qi told Marquis Wei in his letter that the Mohists defeated Chu with hundreds of elite soldiers under the city of Shangqiu. Even if the soldiers could not have the elite power of the Mohist, they could still have the good fighters of the volunteers from Peixian County.

In the military revolution system of the world, the peasant and soldier chariots are outdated, and the era of infantry has come, and the military pawns can adapt to the technological changes of the Mohists.

As long as the State of Wei can continue to recuperate, the reform will be successful within 20 years, and after 20 years the alliance to eliminate soldiers will end, and the world will be unstoppable.

All of this makes sense to Weiss.

However...it will take 20 years.

He is already seventy, and he is not like Lao Peng, so he cannot live another 20 years, Weiss knows this.

Several generations of ancestors have gone through many hardships, and finally became a Marquis.

And he hopes to be able to be Qi Huan and Jin Wen once in his lifetime!
What's more, if the Chu people are defeated, there will be no one in the world who can stop the Wei state. At that time, there will be plenty of time to change, and what I will leave to my son will be a better surrounding environment.

The envoy sent by Wang Ziding has already informed Weiss of Wang Ziding's cards.

Xiong Ding promised that as long as the San Jin and Zheng worked together to defeat the Chu people once, then many places in Chu would recognize him as the legal heir.

As long as the Wei people send troops to defeat the Chu king at this time, they can respond to the prince's call for succession.

This is the trump card set by the prince, but it is also the crisis of Chu State.

What Weiss needs is the civil strife of the Chu people.

What is the military strength of Chu State?Weiss has not been at war for decades, and Weiss can't make an accurate judgment. However, the fact that the Mo family in Shangqiu city went through the formation and captured the King of Chu made Weiss feel a little contempt after all.

If the three Jins work together to enter the prince, the three Jins can be defeated, but the Chu people cannot be defeated. As long as they lose once, the Chu country will be divided into two.

Chu is weaker than the Gong clan, which is the consensus of the whole world.

All the feudal monarchs and county officials have the ability to abolish the established monarch and seize power in a coup.

Weiss firmly believed in what the prince said.

Even if the Three Jins fail several times, as long as they win once, Chu State will be in danger.

The dream and ambition of being able to be Qi Huan and Jin Wen during his lifetime impacted Weiss' judgment.

When people are old, they will have obsessions.

So Weiss rejected Qin Huali's request for an interview today, but instead summoned Li Kui and others to discuss the matter of becoming a prince.

After analyzing all kinds of things, the old Li Kui said: "Wu Qi's book a few months ago is contrary to what your majesty is discussing today."

Young Master Chi Duo listened to the rumors about Wu Qi in Anyi, and there was a gap in whether to send troops to rescue Song, so he snorted: "A month ago, the King of Chu was still there, but now he is not."

"I heard that picking weeds in spring and picking berries in summer, the seasons change, and what you do in spring is wrong in summer. Isn't it the same reason?"

Li Kui glanced at Young Master Ji, and did not refute, but said, "It's not right or wrong."

"The king of Chu is newly established, and the prince will leave. The situation is bound to be unstable. At this time, the countries will definitely be heavily bribed as backup."

"The Qi people are newly defeated, and the Kuang Tian family is fighting internally, so there is nothing to worry about. Qin is the one to worry about."

"The people of Qin will surely come to the aid of Chu and want to seize Xihe. The people of Chu will also send Feng Junliang to the north to guard Fangcheng Daliang."

"Since this is the case, Wu Qi's plan of strengthening the Xihe River to encroach on the land of Qin and break through the pass cannot be used."

"If you enter Wang Ziding, Xihe can only defend but not attack. If you can enter in one battle, it's okay."

"If you can't win in one battle, you will have to call Wu Qi as a general to defeat the Chu people."

Speaking of this, Li Kui knew that what he said was not very pleasant, so he could only add: "My son is the eldest son, so you can't take risks easily, that's why I said that I want to call Wu Qi as a general."

Young Master Ji was a little dissatisfied at first, but as far as he was proud, if Li Kui didn't add the latter sentence, he would really feel insulted in his heart.

Li Kui's meaning was very clear.

Weiss also understands.

If the first battle can be won, it will naturally be of great benefit to Wei Guo.

However, there is still Lord Yangcheng in Daliangyuguan of Chu State; there is still Lord Luyang in Lushan Luguan.

Both of these two are good at fighting, and Fangcheng is strong and the Great Wall is winding. If they can't win quickly, Wei's entire strategy will have to be re-arranged.

Li Kui, as the framer of the reform of the Wei State, knows how well all the techniques of the Mohist School adapt to the new law. He also understands that if the Central Plains can be peacefully developed to eliminate soldiers, the Wei State only needs to digest Zhongshan and Xihe, and there will be no one in the world to compete with Wei. of.

But if you can't win quickly and return to the look of the century-old hegemony between Jin and Chu, the strategic center must be transferred from Xihe and Zhongshan to the Central Plains generation.

Xihe, which was originally a strategic salient, had to change from offense to defense, and even needed to mobilize Xihe soldiers to go south to the Central Plains.

Both strategies seem to be correct, the Qin land is bitter and cold, and the Central Plains is rich and prosperous.But the people of Qin were brave and always threatened behind Wei's attack on the Central Plains.

It would be impossible for Qin to not send troops this time.

Li Kui understood Wu Qi's ability in his heart, and the so-called Sima Rangju couldn't match it.

If Wu Qi can be transferred as the general appointed by the prince, and Xihe military pawns can be transferred, this will surely happen.But if Wu Qi is transferred away, it is still unknown whether Xihe can hold back the Qin people's counterattack while taking this opportunity.

Xihe can't be lost, this point is clear to everyone present.

If Wu Qi didn't transfer away, then he would have to send someone else for the matter of going south to Wang Ziding, which increased the variables: the other person was not Wu Qi.

After Li Kui finished speaking, he said after a long time: "Since the king intends to enter the prince's residence, I thought it would be possible to send the young master to attack Xihe, and call Wu Qi to enter the prince's residence."

"If he is handsome, he will not be able to defeat the Chu people. If the Chu people are defeated, many cities will be destroyed, so respond to the prince's order."

"In this way, these matters can be resolved as soon as possible."

"If the people of Chu can be defeated within two years, then Wu Qi's plan can still be used, and we can still defeat the Mohists."

"After all, the matter of entering the prince's order is not an unjust war. The Mo family will not interfere, let alone help the Chu people to defend the city."

"Within two years, as long as Luguan and Fangcheng are defeated, Prince Ding will be able to enter Ying. At that time, Chu State will not be able to go north for 30 years, just like the chaos after the death of the king!"

"It's the best of both worlds!"

After Li Kui's plan was finished, everyone present nodded.

Duan Ganmu, Tian Zifang and others are also intelligent and cunning people, and they have good friends with Qin Huali, and know many principles and principles of Mohism.

If the prince decides to go to war with Chu, the Mo family really cannot help the Chu people defend the city: if they help the Chu people defend the city, it will be a complete break with the rules of the world.

After all, the dispute over inheritance rights is not unjust.

As long as this problem can be resolved within two years, the strategy of weapons can still be implemented. Anyway, the Mohist said that the alliance to eliminate soldiers is agreed in two years.

The people of Chu were defeated, and the people of Wei had no enemies anymore. They recuperated and made domestic reforms, and slowly planned to pass through Guanzhong.

In this way, Weiss could be the overlord during his lifetime.

After death, Wei State still has enough advantages to maintain hegemony, and even after annexing Guanzhong and making Qin a puppet, it can still set the world as one.

However, these words have already made Young Master Ji feel dissatisfied.

Young Master Chi felt that what Li Kui had agreed upon was actually related to the villain who killed his wife and begged for his general.

Speaking of which, when he attacked Zhongshan, Xihe, and even fought against Qi at Linqiu, he was the commander of Wei Jian.

However, all the officials believed that Wu Qi's talent was far higher than his own.

However, Wu Qi is considered a wanderer, not a nobleman, not to mention his bloodline is not noble enough, and he doesn't have enough fiefdoms. Those rumors circulating in Anyi are not unreasonable.

If it is a public family, it is natural to do everything for the country.

But if you are a wanderer, you can do your best if you can use it today, and you can leave if you don’t need it tomorrow. You can go anywhere in the world.

Young Master Chi thought of what Tian Zifang said about pride when he educated himself back then, and thought: "It's like this, scholars have nothing and can leave at any time, so they can be proud, because they have nothing to lose."

Thinking of this, he got up and said, "Father, you once told me a word, saying that if there is no skin, how will the hair be attached?"

This idiom was originally what Weiss said.

He was walking along the West River, and when he saw someone wearing his fur backwards, he asked why.The man replied that he was afraid of hair loss, so he smoothed his skin instead of smoothing his hair, Weiss felt emotional.

Everyone didn't know what Young Master Ji meant by saying such words suddenly, and all looked sideways.

Young Master Chi Bian said: "If Wei is skin, then the officials of the public clan are hair. If the skin does not exist, the hair will not be able to attach. This is why Mao desperately protects the skin."

"Wu Qi is a man who can guard the Xihe River, but not attack Chu. This man killed his wife to beg the general, and his mother died without keeping his filial piety. This is an unjust act."

"If Wei is the skin, and noble officials of the public clan are the hair, then the tourists are no more than fleas. They hide in the fur. If the fur is gone, these fleas will be able to find the fur tomorrow."

"Mao can fight to the death to protect its skin, but how can fleas?"

After expressing his worries, Young Master Chi said again: "Wu Qi is a general, and if he becomes a prince, even if he succeeds, is Wu Qi still the Wu Qi of Wei?"

"Mr. Ji Chong said that Wu Qi can be a general and a minister, but Sun Wuzi and Sima Rangju can't do it with soldiers. To make government orders, the treasury is rich enough for civilian use."

After finishing his speech, Young Master Chi asked the crowd, "Then, he can train soldiers in Xihe, and Fengfu treasury, can't he not in Chu?"

"The state of Chu is thousands of miles away, and its vastness is far greater than that of the three Jin Dynasties. If the prince decides to invite Wu Qi to be his prime minister, so what?"

"Wu Qi was born in a lowly family with no fiefdom. Such a person is like a flea. If he wins Chu and becomes famous all over the world, what will give him peace of mind?"

"This time, you must use hair, not fleas!"

(End of this chapter)