warring states careerist

Chapter 492 The Big Picture
I am very happy with this situation. If we can seize the opportunity of this chaos in the world, we can at least buy Mohism another five years of development time.

In the past few years, the Mohist family has done a good job in diplomatic work. They have money in their hands. Even Emperor Zhou sent people to contact the Mohist people, borrowing some money to spend the difficult days.

Although Zhou Tianzi can be regarded as a centipede who is dead but not stiff, his authority has gradually dissipated.

After the three families were divided into Jin and the Tian family replaced Qi, the prestige of the emperor of Zhou decreased day by day. Mama and servants too."

However, now and then the Mohists will occasionally give some loans to Zhou Tianzi in the name of Jinhang Bank through the merchants in Luoyang, so that Zhou Tianzi can maintain it, just to prevent Zhou Tianzi from taking the opportunity to make trouble: when it is not good for the princes, Zhou Tianzi’s words No one listened, because they were afraid that Emperor Zhou would fight against the banner of etiquette and rules to suppress the increasingly radical Mohists.

Zhou Tianzi ate and waited to die, so no one raised the banner. The main reason is that there are not many princes who are qualified to hold the banner of etiquette and law. It is difficult without the emperor to take the lead.After all, Sanjin and Tian couldn't slap themselves in the face.

Under the disputes among the nations, it provided a great opportunity for the next development of Mohism.

Shi felt that he had seized this opportunity and expanded it. As long as there were no problems, and he was not too radical and broke with the world too early, great changes in the world would come soon.

With such a happy mood, I went to the fraternity meeting, and everyone seemed to be in a good mood. When Qin Huali saw Shi came in, he took a letter and handed it to Shi, with a smile on his lips: "Look at the letter from the Chu people. It's interesting."

After receiving the letter, he glanced at it and laughed himself.

Now Wei State is regarded as the overlord of the Central Plains, and the last thing the Mo family wants to encounter in Sishang is Wei State interference.

In order to guard against Wei Guo's interference in this opportunity period, the Mohists added troubles to Wei Guo from four directions.

The dispute over the succession of Zhao State, the unification battle between Chu State and Chen Cai, contact with the Zhongshan Guofu Group, and sending Wu Qi to Qin.

Chu State's resolution of Prince Ding's split into Chen was the main direction for Wei State to be attacked on all sides this time.

The people of Chu had the most dealings with the Mohists. Before Wei Chu fought for hegemony, the Mohists jumped left and right, captured the king of Chu, helped the state of Chu defend Luyang, and finally helped the king of Chu reform and train a new army to take Dongting Cangwu.

This kind of friendship can be seen from the letter from the state of Chu to the Mo family.

Ordinarily, the prince must be the younger brother of the King of Chu, and this can be regarded as the internal affairs of the Chu State. The righteousness held high by the King of Chu should be "one Chu has no two kings".

However, in the letter from the state of Chu to the Mohist school, there was no mention of this kind of righteousness, but according to the "righteousness" of the Mohist school, it told the "unrighteousness" set by the prince.

At least in terms of written diplomacy, the king of Chu had to acknowledge the righteousness of the Mohist school, but could not cite the righteousness of the past. Although this point is only lip service, it is commendable.

This time, in order to quell the rebellion in Chencai and other places, Chu State took advantage of the general trend of the world by cleaning up some nobles who had defected to Wei State because of the reform.

Zheng Guo was in great chaos, and Micheng was rebellious three times a day. One day, Chu would rebel against South Korea tomorrow.

Chen Di gathered a new army to the King of Chu, and there is no problem in wanting to win, but the premise is that the Wei State cannot interfere, and it must be resolved quickly, and Prince Ding must be dealt with before the Wei State reacts.

Therefore, the king of Chu wanted to ask the Mohists to conquer Prince Ding, who was "unjust" according to the righteousness defined by the Mohists, instead of using the injustice of the Prince Ding's arrogance and rebellion to invite the Mohists to send troops. The young master would rather die than follow Bai Gong's behavior of being a puppet, and made a big mockery of it. The Mo family doesn't care about the etiquette of concubines, and you can do it if you can.

The King of Chu didn't want the Mo family to send out too many people, but hoped that the Mo family could provide engineers who could dig the walls of the tunnels and some professional artillery to help.

And the back of the letter is also very interesting.The king of Chu said that after he pacified Chen Cai, he must change the system there to benefit the people.

This actually sounds like a deal: the Mohists regard benefiting the world as their treasure, so the king of Chu borrowed troops, and the reward he gave was to benefit the people.

But it can't be said so badly. After all, Chen Cai's land is the land of Chu State. He, the king of Chu, can't make a deal with the Mohist family with the benefit of his own people. After all, it's too ugly.

As for the cost of sending troops, the king of Chu will also exchange copper, gold, and several small towns near Xiapi and Yue.

No one has a front and back view, the king of Chu can't judge how long Wei's hegemony can last, even if Wu Qi is gone, he is a child of Wei's heritage.With Xihe in hand, Shangjun was developed, the Central Plains took Daliang, Qi Guo respected Wei, and supported the prince to establish this puppet regime.

Chu State is still under great pressure. Once the situation in the Central Plains cannot be opened, then Chu State will lose the opportunity to have the initiative on the Eastern Front: Nanyang area will become the main battlefield. Once the Great Wall is breached, Chu will have no danger to defend.

And if Chencai Yuguan and other places are in hand, Nanyang rules for Yuguan attack, and Yuguan rules for Nanyang attack, the situation will be much better.

Therefore, the king of Chu urgently needed to solve the matter decided by the prince quickly, and did not want to delay Wei Guo to send troops to intervene. This required the support of engineers and artillery from the Mohist school.

In terms of the ability to defend and attack cities in the world, after all, the Mohist side is second to none.

After reading the content, Qin Huali asked, "Shi, what do you think?"

Shi Shi thought about how long the King of Chu could live, shook his head and said with a smile: "The princes and nobles are unreliable, and you can't trust them. What happened back then, before the King of Chu was desperate, he reneged on the agreement to eliminate the soldiers, and then Wu Qi broke it." That's why Daliang City rushed to beg us."

"The king of Chu is now talking about 'understanding the righteousness'. Once the power is stabilized and the country is settled, he will deal with us in another hand."

"However, in general, in terms of righteousness, breaking down the city quickly can also save the people from suffering from war. Our own righteous teachers should put the benefit of the world first, and pay attention to all the righteousness of the Mohist school. Fei, Xue After all, the righteous teachers in other countries only talk about non-offensive. So it’s not impossible for our people to go.”

Qin Huali nodded and said: "That's exactly what I think. It's the cunning rabbit who dies and the dog cooks, and the tall bird who makes a good bow. If the King of Chu becomes more powerful, he will also think about expelling the Mohist. After all, in Chu State Mohists only know that there are giants, but they don’t know that there is a king of Chu, and even if they become officials, Mohism’s rules are greater than Chu’s national laws.”

The Mohists have been planning in the Chu State for many years, starting from the start of iron smelting in Nanyang, helping the King of Chu to carry out reforms, and providing loans. These years, the Mohism has penetrated deeply in the Chu State, but they need a lot of money to make big things happen. opportunity.

This opportunity is considered to be a consensus among the senior Mohists, and that is... the death of the King of Chu.

If the king of Chu can die early, the Mohists can help the state of Chu on a large scale this time, and intensify the conflict between the king of Chu and the nobles.

If the King of Chu can live for another ten, twenty, or thirty years, then he can’t help the King of Chu too much. Otherwise, the King of Chu will seize power and deal with the nobles, and turn around to deal with the Mohists. This is all obvious.

It is appropriate to know that in history, Wu Qi's dying counterattack strategy may have some changes, but at least the King of Chu is unlikely to die within five years, so we need to wait.

At the very least...we have to wait until the king of Chu gets the news of his illness before he can consider his actions in Chu.

Both Qin Huali and Shi decided to send some troops, and everyone agreed that even if the general direction was settled, the specific details of how to fight and how much force should be perfected later.

Since Qin Huali talked about Chu State first, it can be seen that Chu State is considered by him to be the most important force to contain Wei State.

Gong Zaoye also thought the same way, and said, "We can be sure that Chu State will not send troops to interfere with the matter of Fei State, or even make any inappropriate remarks. At least it will not be like this before Chen Caiping settles down."

Shi nodded and said: "This is borrowing the momentum. Back then, Wu Qi used our technique of gunpowder to break the city when he broke the beam, which directly led to the prince's appointment in Chen. The momentum that was laid back then can be borrowed now."

"With hundreds of engineers and artillery, in exchange for Chu's absolute non-interference, these hundreds of people are equivalent to the strength of five divisions, otherwise the prince will not be able to enter Chen. There was no plan ten years ago, and five divisions will be prepared today. Guard against Chu."

Gong Zaoye nodded in admiration. The plan that Shi Shi started more than ten years ago is now showing results.

More than ten years ago in Bashu now blocked the state of Qin from going south to Hanzhong, and the activities in Wu more than ten years ago now forced the King of Yue to think about leaving Huaibei and returning to Jiangnan as soon as possible, and the blueprint for building Daliang City was secretly given to Chen Cai led by Wu Qi The rebellion against Chu State in this land is more serious than in history, and now you can take advantage of the situation to gain an ally.

In admiration, Gong Zaoye said: "Nowadays, the people of Chu will not interfere, and the people of Qin have requests from us. Now it is up to the three Jins to reconcile with Qi. Zhaohou is dead, and the country of Zhao will be in chaos. The haste of the attack, Wu Qi's entry into Qin, etc., caused Wei Jian not to interfere with Zhao Guo's choice of reconciliation and continue to maintain the Sanjin alliance."

Shi shook his head and said: "There is no such possibility. Wei Guo wants to reconcile, does Zhao Guo want to? If he wants to reconcile and continue to maintain the Sanjin Alliance, Wei needs to make a gesture, at least in the expansion of the Central Plains, and cannot guard against Zhao. Only then can Zhao Guo rest assured."

"Zhao State has an enclave in Dunqiu. It is next to Wei State Puyang. It is adjacent to Qi State in the east and is in the Central Plains. Wei State wants to maintain the Sanjin Alliance. It is fine, but Zhao State must be allowed to expand in the Central Plains. The brothers will settle accounts clearly. The expansion in the Central Plains is divided equally among the three, how is this possible?"

"Will the State Council of Wei allow Zhao Guo to intervene in the Central Plains? If not, why did Wei Chu fight and Zhao Guo sent troops? He helped Wei Guo fight for a long time, and kicked Zhao Guo away when he divided the benefits. Chu and Wei fought , you can’t go around Wei Guo to fight Zhao Guo, right? So, there can’t be peace between Wei and Zhao.”

"Wu Qi entered Qin, and Chu attacked Chen... You may think that Wei Jian will put aside the conflicts between the three Jins and maintain hegemony. But the problem is that Zhao has difficulty gaining a foothold in the Central Plains. The best choice for Wei is... to interfere in Zhao's country Government, support the pro-Wei regime, to ensure that the north is safe and sound, and then we can mobilize our forces to fight against Chu and Qin."

"So, if the state of Chu attacked Chen and Wu Qi joined Qin, I don't think the three Jins will be reconciled, but Wei Jian will only be anxious to interfere in Zhao's internal affairs."

(End of this chapter)