warring states careerist

Chapter 496

The bottom lines of the two sides are different, the information they have is different, and the winner or loser in the negotiation has already been decided.

Le Yang thought that Shi was simply asking about Zhongshan's foreign policy after the restoration of the country, but Zhao Guo was caught in it and seriously threatened Zhao's eastern front, which Zhao Guo could not tolerate.

The State of Wei went ahead with reforms, and Li Kui, Wu Qi and other famous generals and ministers were able to take a stab at Zhao State's eastern front and occupy Zhongshan. It was impossible for Zhao State to give up Zhongshan.When the state of Wei was strong, it might be able to bear it. Once the state of Wei declined and the state of Zhao turned its face, Zhongshan would be under the control of the state of Zhao.

The only one who can interfere in Zhongshan is the Yan State, but just like the information reflected in the idiom "no words to answer", Zhongshan State thinks that Yan State is a weak chicken and can attack it by itself, and its strength is equivalent to Zhao State's attack Zhongshan.

Le Yang also had a certain understanding of this, and when asked by Shi, he said: "If Zhao Yiqiang bullies the weak, since I am a minister of Zhongshan, I cannot attack Zhao without leading troops."

"If the country can be restored, Zhongshan is in danger of the Taihang, and the Great Wall can be built to keep Zhao people away."

Shi shook his head and said: "Some people say that virtue is not in danger. If the people can benefit, they can fight for their own benefit."

"In today's world, princes and aristocrats seek self-interest, fighting for land and killing people to fill the wild; fighting for cities to fight and killing people to fill the city. This so-called cannibalism of the land is a crime that cannot be tolerated."

"If Zhongshan restores the country, it will only benefit the princes and nobles of Zhongshan, but it may not benefit the people of the world. The Mohists really cannot help."

"It's just that since you said three things and one benefit, it's better than before. Zhongshan is close to Zhao, and although there are weak swallows next to it, if Zhongshan doesn't have to attack, Zhongshan can attack weak Yan, and strong Zhao can attack Zhongshan."

Le Chi got up and said: "Sir, I'm afraid I'm wrong. If Zhongshan doesn't attack Yan, will Zhao Guo not attack Zhongshan? If I don't kill people, others won't kill me?"

Shi smiled and said: "The murderer will die, and the wounder will be punished. This is the law of the Mohist school. You can kill the murderer, but can't you punish the monarch who launched an unjust war? The Mohist school has an agreement that the world is not a sword of attack."

This moment and that moment, when the Mohists talk about Feigong now, it is no longer the time to reason in front of the monarch 20 years ago.

Taking advantage of the disputes among the princes, saying that you are unrighteous, you are unrighteous. Although the current line of the Mohist school is not just satisfied with being a sword that restrains the kingdoms, it still has some confidence to say these things to Le Chi at this time.

When Le Chi heard this, he realized that the Mohist School was no longer that simple academic organization, but a force with tens of thousands of righteous teachers and the most prosperous artillery and gunpowder in the world.

After saying this, Le Chi murmured to himself.

Now Zhongshan has not yet restored the country, and it is far from the time when you can shout "I will not abide by Feigong", and the strength does not allow it. At this time, you can only rely on "Feigong" to ask for help from the Mohists.

What's more, even if the country is restored, the state of Zhao is watching. Among the three Jins, Wei and Zhao are the strongest. Zhao's military force, population and cities are far greater than Zhongshan.

Zhao people's obsession with the land is well known throughout the world.The events of the Dynasty in those days are vivid in my mind, but that Dynasty was still Zhao Jun's brother-in-law.

After thinking about it, Le Chi said: "Mr. Yu, if we restore the country, what should we do to protect the weak of Zhongshan from bullying?"

Shi smiled and said: "There are three strategies: top, middle and bottom. The best strategy is to practice benevolence."

Yue Chi was stunned, and wondered: "Confucians talk a lot about benevolent government, and Confucianism and Mohism are mortal enemies. Do the Mohists also think that as long as they practice benevolent government, the people will be able to defeat the soldiers of the enemy country by holding logs?"

Shifan asked: "Can the people holding weapons under a benevolent government be able to defeat the soldiers holding the same weapons in an enemy country that is not benevolent?" Carrying out a benevolent government will make it possible to control the stiles, to destroy the strong armor and to benefit the soldiers."

"Besides, the so-called benevolence of the Mohists is different from the benevolence of the Confucian scholars. The benevolence of self-love, the people's law is regarded as the benefit of self-love, and everyone wants to protect their own interests. How can we not fight to the death?"

Le Chi immediately thought of the three books that Shi Shi gave him before, and it seemed that the two books he didn't choose were the best policy.

But this is the best policy, and it must not be used, otherwise, why would the nobles want to restore the country?Restoring the country to seek benefits for the people is not something that nobles can do.

So he bowed again: "The best policy can't be done."

Shi is not sarcastic, but just said indifferently: "Then the middle strategy is to change some systems and promote agricultural tools and labor to solve the three problems of the people."

"To the outside world, publicize non-attack, and promise the world: Zhongshan is not to attack. Zhao does not attack Zhongshan, Zhongshan does not attack Zhao; Non-aggression."

Needless to say, the bad policy, the music pool already has a heart.

He didn't know that, in Shi's view, there would be a battle between Zhao and Zhongshan in the future, but it would never be possible within ten years.So he said that the Mo family actually sent a bad check, but it sounded extremely good.

As for ten years later, the situation in the world will definitely change greatly. At that time, the Mohists may become enemies with the princes of the world, so why should they care about a Zhao country.

This decade is what the Mohists need.

However, due to the intensification of conflicts between the new and old nobles within the Zhao State due to the appropriate advance layout, this time the dispute between the sons of the Zhao State will be wider than in history, and the Zhao State will also need to recuperate within the next ten years.

Sometimes this kind of war is not a bad thing for the king of a country.The aristocrats are rotten, and it is no longer possible to eliminate them by themselves. With a war of internal and external collusion, maybe they can be reborn from the ashes and gouged out the rotten flesh, just like the rebirth of the Yan Kingdom in history.

In the past ten years, many countries have already felt the turmoil, and they will be busy seizing the last chance.From Shi's point of view, the maximum of ten years is the last time for the Mohism to develop silently.

Therefore, the promise that will be fulfilled after ten years can be agreed.

However, Le Chi knew that the Mohists wanted to keep their promises about matters related to "righteousness", and they said nothing.

Since the Mohists promised that as long as Zhongshan is non-aggressive, the Mohists will come forward to support anyone who goes to attack Zhongshan, unless Zhongshan itself violates the covenant.

Yue Chi hurriedly thanked him and said: "The Mohists keep their promises, and they can't do what they say. The king will definitely agree to it if he wants to. As long as Zhongshan restores the country, he will implement the benevolent government of taking one of the three and recognize the righteousness of non-aggression."

"It's just that if you want to restore the country, you still need some preparations. The king sent me here because he heard about the change of the king of Chu and the restoration of the king of Yue. The Mohists provided loans and paid them off in installments."

"It is the king's intention that if the Mohists are willing to provide a certain amount of loans and weapons, the Zhongshan Kingdom is willing to sell the salt monopoly strategy, and use this as the payment to pay off the Mohist's loan in installments. The interest is calculated at an annual interest rate of [-]."

This is the method originally implemented by the Mohists in Yue and Chu, and the effect is remarkable. When the monarch needs a lot of money and cannot raise it for a while, the first thing he thinks of is to see if he can get it from the Mohism.

This kind of mortgage repayment, with political strings attached, is all the rage these days, but the orchestra is wrong again.

The Mo family is located in Sishang, adjacent to Chu and Yue, and the political conditions imposed can be transformed into power and profits, but Zhongshan is too far away, it is the forbidden area of ​​the Three Jins, and it is between Qi, Yan, and Zhao, and the additional political conditions there Conditions are meaningless.

The Mo family has no interest in Zhongshan Kingdom for the time being, they are separated by thousands of miles, at most they just use it, not to mention coveting it.

However, Shi also had other considerations, so he first showed some hesitation on his face and said: "It's just that the Mo family doesn't have enough money now..."

When Orchestra heard it, he couldn't help feeling nervous.

Keshi changed his voice and said: "However, the Mohists have exchanges with the world's rich merchants in Sishang and Taoqiu. There is also a gold shop, with the participation of the world's rich merchants."

"Since it is said that all the people in the world are for profit, and the world is for profit, and the merchants seek profit, the Mohist family can come forward to help take the lead and raise funds. Whatever Zhongshan Kingdom offers to repay, the Mohist family is just a middleman, and the specifics still have to be distributed. In the hands of those merchants, to make the gold bank profitable."

This is a new type of model that does not belong to this era, but Le Chi has read a lot of books over the years and understands its meaning somewhat.

Nowadays, many wealthy merchants in the world are in contact with the Mohists. Many operational "companies" led by the Mohists have the share capital of the wealthy merchants. The gold banks used to raise funds also have many wealthy merchants participating, and they pay a lot of dividends every year.

This is a typical Mohist way of eating meat and rich merchants drinking soup. It is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood as well as war, smelting and other profiteering industries. It is impossible for the Mohist to let go.

However, projects such as armed colonization, opening up the south, and building cargo ships are very open, allowing the intervention of external capital, and the Mohist money alone is not enough to make a huge scale.

In terms of capital, the Mohists are considered to be the largest capitalists in the world today, and the rest of the rich merchants are no more than that, relying on survival.

Just as when we talked about the Saibei Grassland at the beginning, the essential problem to be solved was what happened to Zhuxia. In places such as the Pearl River in the south that gradually developed due to the sugar industry and colonized with arms, as long as the matter of the Central Plains is resolved, there will be no problems there. The same can be attributed to the territory, so the Mo family over there allows businessmen to invest.

Caravans, cargo ships, cities, and land are all things that are profitable, and these profiteering things have attracted more wealthy merchants from all over the world to approach them, and use their money to invest in the development of the south, big businessmen who earn more than [-] yuan a year Very much.

Even if these big merchants wanted to get their hands on the Sishang land, they would not be able to. First, the management was strict, second, the population was still insufficient, and third, the system and policies could not allow them to make unlimited profits.

The Zhongshan country is still profitable, and the deeper the capital is involved, the easier it will be to accept some things when it changes in the future.

Franchised monopoly is the most popular way for capital to gather profits.

Since the overthrow of the aristocratic feudal system is the top priority, the class of big merchants is also a class that needs to win and cooperate.

(End of this chapter)