warring states careerist

Chapter 529
Gong Zhonglian has seen the general trend of the times.

He did not regard the civil strife in Qin and the chaos in Chu at this time as the same internal strife as before.

He also regards the son's rebellion in Zhao State as the clarion call for Zhao State's reform.

The times have changed.

It turns out that the era when those princes fought for power and power with their own soldiers and fiefdoms has passed, and the rise of the civilian class with the help of iron and gunpowder has changed all this.

The original coups were under the premise that the system remained unchanged, and some people went up.

And now, hidden behind the coup and rebellion, is the age of Tao Tao.

Zhao Hou may not care about the suffering of the people, but he needs to use the power of the people.

In the face of Wei Guo's interference and Gong Zichao's rebellion, he felt that Gong Zhonglian's words made sense.

The rift between Zhao and Wei is probably irreparable.

Wars broke out everywhere, war books flew around, Zhao Hou had made up his mind, and there was no way out.

The battle of Zhao Wei, from Gangping to Zhongshan, from Queyu to Handan, was going on across thousands of miles of Zhao land.

a long distance away.

Surabaya Basin.

The war thousands of miles away does not seem to directly affect this place, but in fact it has a huge impact.

Feiguo and Wucheng.

It has been more than a hundred years since Lu Xianggong built a city here in the 19th year of Duke Xiang of Lu.

This city was once deeply influenced by Confucian culture. Zeng Zi, who was entrusted by Confucius to think of his solitary son, was born, and Tantai Mieming, who lost his son by judging people by their appearance...

It used to be an important border city in the south of Lu State to defend Yue, Chu, and Wu, but now it has become an important place to defend the northern border of Lu State after Fei State became self-reliant.

In the Battle of Lushui more than ten years ago, the Mohists briefly occupied this place, and with their siege techniques far ahead of the times, the Yue Kingdom had lingering fears about the possibility of the Mohists directly attacking their hearts, which eventually led to the decisive battle of Lushui.

During that battle, for the sake of his family's reputation and continuation, Wucheng Yizai committed suicide to escape the order of King Yi of Yue to collect the grain distributed by the Mohists to the people.

After the great war, the grain purchased by Mo with banknotes was quickly repaid by merchants in Lu State, and all the banknotes were recovered.

That was a starting point. Since then, the activities of the Mohists in Wucheng have increased day by day. With the establishment of the Sishang Non-offensive League, Ni, Zou and other countries have made friends with the Mohists to protect themselves from non-aggression. A glimpse of the "teacher of benevolence and righteousness" in Wucheng. Mohists often came here to give lectures in Wucheng.

But today, there is no such atmosphere, and the whole city is shrouded in a kind of gloom.

In the street market, more than a dozen people were tied up with ropes, and more than half of them had scars on their bodies. Several private soldiers of the nobles were escorting them with sharp knives.

In the market, several carriages were ready, and ropes were tied to the back of the carriages.

Apparently, there will be a public execution here today, and it will be a major "scene" that will tear apart the city.

These dozens of people were beaten by soldiers with weapons, moving their hands and feet bound by heavy chains, and looked up from time to time to see the cracked chariots prepared for them in the distance.

Among the dozen or so people tied up with ropes and strung together in a string, there was a child who had just grown up and looked only fifteen or sixteen years old.

The young man hadn't tied his hair yet, and the messy hair was hanging down, condensed into strands by the blood on his face.

His legs were trembling constantly, his scarred and immature face was tense, and the corners of his mouth were curled up, as if he was about to cry.

The horses that were about to split them neighed in the distance. The young man's feet went limp and he fell to the ground, followed by a violent cry.

The young man who fell on the ground wanted to stand up, but he couldn't stand up, his legs kept shaking, and the soldier next to him picked up the wooden pole of his spear and slapped him hard.

Behind the young man, a bound middle-aged man stopped in front of the soldier, blocked the young man's blow, bent down and stretched out his hand towards the young man, trying to pull him up.

"Are you afraid? Don't be afraid, death is very fast..."

The middle-aged man just wanted to comfort the trembling child in front of him, but the young man cried even louder after hearing these reassuring words, and there was actually a bit of grievance in his cry.

"I...I'm not afraid...but I don't know why my legs are shaking all the time! I want to be a warrior, I don't want to be a coward in front of so many people, but my legs are always shaking, so I cry .I'm not afraid……"

The young man seemed to want to prove something. He rejected the middle-aged man's hand that wanted to pull him up, and slammed his hands on his uncontrollable and trembling legs.

Probably, the impact was very painful and the legs were numb, so it wouldn't shake, right?

Probably to prove that he was really not afraid, but that his legs were shaking uncontrollably, the young man cried with grievance: "When we went to burn the granary a few days ago, we were surrounded by soldiers. Then At that time, they yelled and knelt down to avoid death, there were many people, but I also fought with you to the end! I am not a coward!"

The middle-aged man nodded quickly, he was about to die, so don't die with some regrets.

So he said to the young man, "I saw it that day, there are no cowards among us."

A month ago, the negotiations between the government of the capital city of Fei Kingdom and the enfeoffed nobles outside the capital city of Fei Kingdom completely broke down. The nobles refused to take an oath to recognize the decree of the capital city. The nobles who stayed in the capital city created chaos and wanted to escape. The people of the capital were captured.

After the trial, all the nobles trapped in the capital who caused chaos, set fire to and murdered the capital and tried to escape in the chaos were all executed, and their land was declared nationalized, and the farmers on their land were granted land according to their population.

Subsequently, an army composed of farmers and craftsmen was formed, and it was announced that those nobles who did not go to the capital to pledge to abide by the new law were all deprived of their fiefdoms.

Soon afterwards, the sons of the Duke of Fei outside the capital who had the right to inherit were killed, and then the nobles announced that they would seek refuge with Qi and Wei and no longer belong to Fei, so they did not obey the laws of Fei, and the laws of Fei Can't control them.

The heirs and families of the nobles who were killed rose up one after another, wanting to besiege the capital on the grounds of personal enmity, but the people in the capital immediately organized a counterattack and defeated some of the private soldiers of the nobles.

A large number of nobles retreated to Wucheng, hoping to use this city to wait for reinforcements from Qi and Wei.

After Wucheng was captured by the Mohists more than ten years ago, the local people often listened to the Mohist lectures, and many of them supported the revolution that broke out in Feiguo.

Both have support out of their own interests.

There are also some small nobles and scholars who support it out of romantic feelings and compassion.

And, some people who firmly believe that the will of Mohism can use reason to explain everything in the universe, and purely theoretically recognize the domestic changes in Feiguo.

The private soldiers and family members of the nobles gathered in Wucheng. On the one hand, they believed that Wucheng had always been the front line of the Fei country against the Lu country before it was captured by the Mohists on the eve of the First Battle of Lushui more than ten years ago, and the city was strong; Here is also backed by the State of Lu, and you can flee if you fail.

After those nobles escaped and were killed in the capital city, the two sides have become red-eyed, and each of them bears the other's blood feud.

Although many nobles were killed in the capital city, the victorious places outside the capital also deprived the nobles of their fiefdoms, and the nobles also began to slaughter those Mohists who had activities in their own fiefs and "relying on the power of the Mohism". A peasant who has failed to fulfill his feudal obligations for the first time and is at risk of rebellion.

The blood was flowing, and the head was surging.

A large number of nobles from the Fei Kingdom gathered in Wucheng, waiting for the arrival of the Qi Guowei Intervention Army. A large amount of food was collected here to force the people to continue to fortify the city.

Under such circumstances, some people in the city who supported Fei's capital decree spontaneously gathered to prepare to burn the granary of these nobles, making it difficult for them to defend.

But in the end, some people rebelled, the matter was leaked, and the plot of more than 70 people was invited into the urn by the soldiers of the nobles. Dozens were killed, and the rest were all arrested and sentenced to the punishment of being torn apart.

The young man who felt ashamed, who was clearly not afraid of death, but whose legs were shaking uncontrollably, who looked like he was dying of fear, and who was crying out of grievance finally stood up with his own strength.

He wiped the tear stains on his face with the back of his muddy hand, and asked the middle-aged man who was about to pull him just now with his immature voice, which had just changed his voice, and said, "You said...the people here , will you remember everything we have done? Will you think that we are warriors with the courage of gentlemen?"

In their own textbooks, the Mohists falsified the story of Ximen Bao’s governance of Ye, and used the sentence “If it is beneficial to all people, how could it be famous in front of and behind it” as the ending, which raised the lofty image of Ximen Bao in the moral system of Mohism.

Righteousness is very important, just like Nie Zheng, who finally chose to help Gongzi Lian instead of helping Han Yanzhongzi. After all, it was because of the words of his old friend Gong Zaoye that he subtly chose righteousness when he committed suicide for righteousness, which was different from his previous Conceived meanings are different.

But the name is also very important, not everyone doesn't care about the name before and after.

Especially the people and scholars of Wucheng who formed spontaneously, they think that what they want to do is, after all, passed down through the ages, it is for the bravery of a gentleman, and they will die without complaint.

After all, no one wants to do a lot for the people, but when he dies, he is called a good life by the people. He thinks that if he is innocent, why should he be killed?
In that case, there will always be unwillingness and resentment in my heart.

It's not that they don't believe in those "righteousness", but they don't believe that the people have such "righteousness". If the righteousness of Mohism is the lowest in the world, and the righteousness of being loyal to the emperor and not causing chaos is the highest in the world, then they are a group of rebels , criminals, criminals, rioters...

The young man took a look and saw the silent people. No one said anything, and no one expressed emotion or cried for them. There was only endless silence.

Therefore, he is afraid, he resents, he hates, and he is also worried.

Worrying about their dead bodies being trampled on by the people, mentioning their names in the future will be cast aside by all the people just like Shang Zhou and Elai.

The middle-aged man understood the worries of the young people, and sighed, "The people will remember us. We are doing the government that benefits the people, and for the benefit of all the people of the country. We don't hesitate to die. This is a gentleman." The bravery. A warrior must always be praised and remembered by others.”

"It's like Nie Zheng who assassinated Qin in order to prevent people from being sacrificed and live sacrifices. Since he is in line with righteousness, how can the people forget such a warrior?"

The middle-aged man paused, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said, "Besides, didn't you say that? The so-called revolution of the Tang-Wu Revolution is to impose the will of some people on others. This is righteousness. The revolution is successful, our righteousness is the righteousness accepted by the world, and our death is the death of a gentleman who died for the benefit of all people. Why are you afraid that others will not remember us? Why worry that others will think that we are sinners who deserve what we deserve. Woolen cloth?"

As if he couldn't feel the wooden pole being whipped behind him, he laughed and said, "Don't forget that ten days ago, Qin Huali, the Mohist tycoon, announced that he recognized the new king of Fei Kingdom, recognized the new laws of Fei Kingdom, and praised Fei Kingdom Fa benefited all the people, recognized son Luan as Lord Fei, and warned the princes not to interfere in the affairs of Fei, otherwise the Mohists will fulfill the non-aggression agreement!"

"These people who are going to execute us are because they are afraid. They can't resist the rebels in the capital. Even if Qi Wei interferes, the Mohists will do what they say and do what they say. If they say they want to fulfill the non-aggression alliance, they will definitely do it!"

"At that time, all the five hundred miles of the country of Fei will follow our righteousness, and our righteousness will become the righteousness of the upper class of the five hundred miles of the country of Fei! How can we be forgotten?"

(End of this chapter)