warring states careerist

Chapter 331 Breaking the city with surgery without blood ([-])

He has not clearly chanted the slogan of stabilizing the world, abolishing the division of feudal lords, and making the world one. He has gained the benefit that the princes of the world will not unanimously oppose him, and he has to bear the helplessness of using different rhetoric to move the people in Pei County before sending troops.

Before completely breaking with the old era, we still need to abide by the following rules and regulations of the world at this time in some things.After all, Pei County was still under the Song State at this time, and the Mohists also used the legal principle of "gathering the public will and self-government" in order to prevent the princes of the world from being strangled together.

On the surface, it has never been said that it is necessary to "break the old world rules and build a paradise based on Peixian County".

There is no doubt that the volunteers and the army are firmly in the hands of the Mohists.The Mohists benefit the world, but they cannot require everyone in Pei County to benefit the world.

In mid-March, representatives of the Mohists or non-Mohists selected by several townships in Peixian County gathered in Peixian County. By.

After Kit finished the requested speech, Shi also made a speech as a Mohist.

"Yue, a warlike country in the world. In 20 years, the states of Zong, Teng, and Tan were destroyed, and ten thousand people were captured as slaves. In the first battle with Qi, [-] households of Qi State were enslaved, and the Marquis of Qi served as the king of Yue, and the alliance was formed."

"Now King Yi of Yue is also a warlike king. Teng is within a few hundred miles of Pei County. If one day the Yue people become stronger, they will definitely occupy Surabaya and plunder the slaves."

"Furthermore, the Yue State enshrines the emperor and the masses, which is quite inconsistent with the system of Pei County. The people of Pei County do not want to go back to the era when there was still a monarch."

"As far as the Mohists are concerned, the young master recognizes the morality of the Mohist school. In the future, the restoration of the country will also benefit the people of the land, and it will be considered as a benefit to the world. This battle is going to be fought by the Mohist school."

"For the people of Pei County, this battle was fought for their own benefit. In the army, it is said that if you must die, you will live, and if you are lucky, you will die. The same is true when looking at the world. If we want the world to be free from competition, we must fight. Otherwise, one day in the future, a warlike and unrighteous country like Yue will annex the land and become stronger and more popular, so will Pei County be spared?"

"Today, only Pengcheng and Pei practice the rules of Pei County. Compared with the world, they are like millets in the ocean and hairs of nine oxen. Therefore, the rules of Pei County and Pengcheng are obscene in the world, and only we are guarding them. If Teng restores the country, Then Teng Kingdom will also implement such rules, and they will guard everything like us, so it will be less likely to be occupied by warlike and unjust kings."

...He explained from the perspective of long-term interests that the attack on Tengdi is also beneficial to the people of Peixian County, so as to make a logical self-consistency.

Most of these people who represent the public opinion of tens of thousands of households in Pei County are Mohists, and they have already completed the "synonym" of this matter internally. The remaining half are ignorant and just think that what Mohism said should That's right, the rest of those who listened to this also agreed.

Mohism is non-aggressive, but it is not opposed to war. Mozi once made a metaphor.

"While attacking an unrighteous country by setting up an army, encouraging the masses to fight, and not encouraging the crowd to fight alone, what merits are there?"

Mozi not only agrees with the attack on an unjust country, but also always thinks that he should be the kind of person who "drums the people to fight" Teams and four-horse chariots, not pawns.

Under the words, these people who represented the "public will" of Pei County all passed the resolution of the volunteers to send troops to Teng, relieve the ten thousand people in Teng, and attack the unrighteous Vietnam.

This matter involves the taxation, fiscal expenditure and budget of Peixian County and other issues.Part of the military expenses of the Peixian Volunteer Army comes from the taxes of Peixian County, and the other part is actually subsidized by the Mohists, relying on handicrafts and commerce to suck blood from various countries to support such an army.

Before it was clearly stated that it was necessary to eliminate the old and establish the new and become the enemy of the princes of the world, the treasury of Peixian County belonged to Peixian County, and the property of the Mohist family belonged to the Mohist family. The two seemed vague and inseparable, but in fact there was still a clear boundary .

Everyone decided to agree to send troops, and the Mohist in Peixian County, who was similar to the name "Yizai", immediately came up with a set of logistics plans, which had been formulated long ago, and as long as everyone approved, they would be implemented immediately.

In the plan, the affairs of the army have nothing to do with the Peixian government, and the logistics, food, and laborers who go out with the army need to be clearly defined and sufficient.

The army dispatched 5000 people this time, and some of them were left in Pei County to continue training new soldiers who had just served in winter and maintain the stability of Pei County.

Behind these 5000 people, 7000 people must be mobilized to transport food, grass, tools, and iron grains for the development of production in the Teng country. city ​​defense.

More than a month later, the wheat harvest will happen, during which everyone will not be delayed to come back to harvest the wheat, and a certain amount of money will be returned every day when they go out to fight. This is a new rule that has never existed before, and it is also the rule that Pei County can win the hearts of the people.

The logistics mobilization of 7000 people with the army was distributed according to the number of household registrations in each township, and it was required to be assembled in Pei County within seven days.

Seven days later, it was far better than at this time when the grassroots control and organizational power of the princes were fully demonstrated. Seven thousand civilians, five hundred ox carts or horse carts, and thousands of unicycle ink carts accumulated over the years , Gathered outside Pei County.

There have been no wars in these years. The dividends brought about by the agricultural revolution are the accumulated large amounts of food. With the price falling, it is the best choice for farmers to exchange for ironware, or for the weird paper or cotton cloth of the Mohist hairstyle. Simple tokens.

The registered quantity of grain is loaded on the car, and the deed is received according to the Shiwu system, and the grain to be consumed on the way is calculated.

Under the busy schedule, the righteous teacher has also completed the oath of the Eastern Expedition.

Three hundred cavalry in groups of ten, led by Mo Zhe, set off from near Tengxiang first.They served as scouts in the early stage, and later used the mobility of the horses to control the battlefield and hunt and kill the scouts of the Yue people to ensure the safety of the march along the way.

This road is basically a plain, so there is no need to worry about the Yue people ambush.

Riding a maroon horse, looking at the busy farmers in the outskirts of Peixian County who were receiving military rations and other sundries, he thought that the number of people in this expedition was over ten thousand. Downstream the situation has completely changed.

This is also the first time he himself has actually commanded a battle involving thousands of people. At this time, these thousands of people can be regarded as elites, and they can completely compete with some countries of a thousand times.

While feeling emotional, Meng Sheng arrived on horseback, shook his "pants", and said with a smile: "It is rumored that Hu people are good at riding and shooting, and their clothes are different from those in China. Now that there are stirrups, this rider has learned the clothes of Hu people."

Shi grinned and said: "Momen usually wear short brown, which saves the jade pendant that weighs down their clothes."

Speaking of this, I can't help but think of Hu Fu's riding and shooting decades later. Now the talented and bold King Zhao Wuling is still too early to be born. I'm afraid that as soon as the stirrups come out, all countries may have to change one after another.

Nowadays, the clothes of righteous teachers and Mohist disciples are all made of cotton cloth, and they are mostly cut in a modified short brown shape. Cavalrymen are starting to wear more convenient trousers. Most of the cavalrymen are wearing leather boots. This is what Shi's brother does. Things, as long as you have money, you can buy them, and by the way, it can also drive the development of a wave of handicrafts.

Today's cotton cloth industry in Pei County is developing rapidly. In addition to providing military supplies, clothing and tents, it also sells a large amount of products abroad.

Simple bandaging also requires a lot of cotton cloth and cotton yarn, and simple disinfection requires spirits. This time, we purchased a lot, some of which were provided by the Mohist’s own workshops, and the other part was privately owned by some merchants and handicraftsmen.

In addition to the civilian husbands, there were also doctors who accompanied the army. The famous Qinyue man was also among them, but Lu Hua led the team. This was done deliberately to highlight the status of women.

I don't know much about medical skills, but I know that the main cause of the death of wounded soldiers can reduce a lot of wounded soldiers' deaths as long as they are a little formal and pay attention.

These seemingly meaningless things are of great significance to the Mohists who want to stabilize the world, change customs, and change rules in the future.

This time, the merchants and handicraftsmen in Pei County also gave great support.On the one hand, they have purchased a lot of their goods, on the other hand, they also need a wider territory controlled by the Mohists as a market and raw material origin.

They don't know so much, but they have the most basic class instinct and sense of smell.

Some things, craftsmen and workshop owners have a very keen sense of smell, just like the simplest wine. The consumption of wine in Peixian County is far better than that in other places in Song Dynasty, because the transformation of iron ox farming has been completed here, and there are enough wines. The "goods" that can be exchanged are far from the rest.

For some things, the merchant's sense of smell is also very sensitive. Many goods can be sold out quickly when they are shipped to Peidi, but it may take three to five years elsewhere.They don't know that all this is due to the development of productivity, but they know that the place where the Mohists operate is quite "rich".

Whether it is Shangxian or Feigong, what is opposed is the aristocratic blood system, and all classes under the aristocracy have the same purpose at this time, and it is far from the time to part ways.

Looking at the jubilant, even fanatical, Pei County where the nobility and theocracy have been basically cleaned up in the past few years, I am sure that this war will definitely be won.

Even if they were defeated in Tengdi, the Yue people would not be able to take Pei County. Once the people here stood up, it would be very difficult to make them kneel down again.

So he nodded confidently at Meng Sheng, lightly pinched the horse's belly, and walked away with him.

After the 5000-strong volunteer army has assembled, arrangements have been made in advance for where to rest, where to set up camp, and where to light a fire for cooking. As long as the scouts can control the battlefield, nothing will go wrong.

Two days later, the army went up several tens of miles along Surabaya and then headed east along the road. At this time, there was no Weishan Lake.

The cavalry sent out had completely controlled the battlefield. The Yueren scouts were few in number and did not ride horses. When encountering them, they were often captured. Some scouts had already rode their horses to the vicinity of Tengcheng, and reported that the Yueren closed the gate tightly. Originally, they were only allowed to leave the city in the morning. .

But yesterday morning a few scouts approached the city gate and shouted a few words into the city in Teng Di's language, and the Yue people closed the city gate tightly, not daring to open it again.

I don't even mention that soldiers are expensive and fast. The more people want to rescue, the less the number is, the more people will come to send them. If there are too many people, it is impossible to complete the preparations for the expedition this year.

(End of this chapter)