warring states careerist

Chapter 639

If it is said that he can fight back to defeat the Mohists in such a situation, Tian He has no confidence in his heart.

But if it is to clean up his nephew, he is full of confidence.

After thinking about it, he thought to himself: Wu'er is now in Yishui, it is difficult to mobilize the Mohist army to pursue him, if he returns, great things will be settled.

Since this is the case, it should be Tian Yan who is so impatient, and today's summons also proved this point.

If he directly cleans up Tian Shan, the nobles will not look good on the face, and the people left behind by his brother will definitely object, especially under the premise of Tian Wu's repeated defeats.

If it is a coup behind closed doors, he is really not afraid of anyone.

However, it was reported that Tian Yan was in close contact with the Mo family, so it was not as simple as closing the door to see who could kill who with his brothers and nephews.

Suddenly, a group of cronies said: "Your Majesty, control people first, and then control others. Why don't you summon soldiers and kill him in the name of son Yan's illicit communication with the Mohists."

Tian He shook his head, and smiled confidently: "It's good to strike first, and then to attack others, but you can't understand it. If you call him today, he will be prepared if he is not sick. Now that you are prepared, the soldier I'm afraid it will be impossible."

"Besides, the hearts of the people in the city are fluctuating. If I say that he has liaison with the Mohists, the people may not be resentful. At that time, he will take this opportunity to follow the example of Song Zhihua's father-in-chief, which is not good."

A group of cronies naturally knew about Father Hua’s affairs, and because they coveted Kong Fujia’s wife’s beauty, they used words like “Kong Fujia launched a war abroad and caused the people to suffer. Inciting the hearts of the people, the coup was successful.

Now that there is a precedent, all the cronies will stop talking.

The political structure under the feudal system is completely different from the civil imperial power system of later generations. The nobles have their own fiefdoms, which is hindered by etiquette and law, listening to the monarch and seeking common interests. It is not possible to kill whoever they want.

It is difficult for the princes to strike first, but there are many cases of being chopped into meat sauce by the nobles. Taking history as a mirror, how can Tian He not guard against it?

As far as the hearts of the people in the city are concerned, it would be fine if the soldiers succeed in attacking. If not, Tian Yan will use this excuse to incite the people to have another debate.

When I drove Jiang Qi away back then, I used similar means, and also relied on the support of the people of Linzi.

After a moment of silence, Yiqin said: "Your Majesty, if Young Master Wu can return, Young Master Shan must be impatient. If he is impatient, then he will have the reputation of being rebellious, wanting to kill the king, and killing relatives. Although the hearts of the people in Linzi are not stable, But after all, I still agree with the righteousness of filial piety and brotherhood, and the Mohist saying of no king and no father has not been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is still a low morality in the world... What the people are bewitched is only the theory of non-offensive and happy land."

Tian He smiled and said nothing, "That's exactly the truth. Although the morality of the Mohist school can confuse people's hearts, how can such things as brothers' filial piety be so easy to change customs?"

He agrees with the words of preemptive strikes, but he does not agree with superficial preemptive strikes.

Another confidant groped for a long time, and then said: "Your Majesty, you can let people guard the palace first, and gather the private soldiers in the city to assemble, but don't do it first."

"Send someone to ask about the condition of the young master, and say that he wants to visit the young master. Not only do you want to visit, but you also need to take the private soldiers to visit."

"If he is impatient, he will strike first. If he strikes, it will be a rebellion, and he will kill the king."

"Your Majesty, as long as you keep the palace well, the generals will wait and see, and since Young Master Wu is about to return, everyone will definitely not support Young Master Yan."

"He has the reputation of killing the king and relatives, and most of the people in Linzi will not respond. But the king needs to go ahead and say that you are ready to make peace with the Mohists, so that the people will have hope. At that time, even if the son Shan makes trouble, he will How do you tell the people?"

Tian He nodded, thinking that this is the key point.

As long as Wu'er can return, under the control he is the master father, Tian Shan is killed in the name of rebellion, and Wu'er is the lord, then his family can continue.

So up to now, it doesn't matter whether to negotiate peace with the Mohists or not.

The important thing is to let the people have hope and think that they also want to negotiate peace with the Mohists.

This is the greatest expectation of the people. As long as this expectation is shouted out first, what else can Tian Yan shout?
Shouting the slogan of the Mohists?The pillars of the Mohist family are the self-cultivating farmers and subordinate farmers and businessmen, who can claim to benefit the world, but the pillars behind Tian Shan are the nobles, who dare to say that the nobles will chop him to death first.

Shout for peace?However, he had already yelled out first, and walked the way Tian Shan wanted to go, leaving Tian Shan with nowhere to go.

Since he first said that he wanted to make peace, Tian Shan seemed to have nothing to shout...

Just when Tian He was about to discuss the plan again, a trusted aide came running out of breath and told, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty! There are rumors everywhere in the city... Someone from the Mo family spread the news, saying that if you don't kill Tian Wu, you won't make peace. Tian Wu first Death can make peace..."

With just one sentence, Tian He suddenly froze there, and his heart ached again.

With trembling lips, he asked, "This... this... Who said this? Is it the prince? Or..."

The confidant didn't dare to look directly at him, and said in a low voice, "It was said by someone from the Mo family. This man hid in Linzi, but he came to Linzi with Hu Feizi back then. Everyone in Linzi knows that he is a Mohist, so there is no way he could be wrong."

Tian He said angrily: "Grab him! Grab him!"

The confidant hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, Linzi has a population of tens of thousands, the city is nine miles away, and all kinds of people are hiding in the market, how can we catch them?"

All the cronies looked at Tian He, thinking that the words of the Mo family might drive the king to a dead end.

If you don't call for peace first, then the righteousness that the people of Linzi are most looking forward to, peace, will be taken by Prince Shan.

But if you want to occupy this righteousness, you have to kill relatives with righteousness.

If it is true that righteousness destroys relatives, there is no need to occupy the righteousness of peace.

Because he killed Prince Wu, Tian Yan didn't need a coup d'état. He continued to be a good minister, prince, and nephew, and waited for Tian Heyi to die and ascend to power smoothly.

Tian Shan didn't need a coup d'etat, and Tian Wu killed his relatives righteously, so Tian He didn't need to kill Tian Shan, because after killing Tian Shan, the Tian clan would be completely finished.

A close aide secretly said: "The Mo family's methods are really unpredictable. The Mo family doesn't do those conspiracies, but they use one sentence to force the city of Linzi to resort to conspiracy. When the time comes, I'm afraid that the people will say that the Mo family acts upright, but it's not true." The nobles are dirty, the coups are endless..."

Thinking about it again, how could the Mo family win only with this sentence?It would be useless to say this without the two big victories of Nanjishui and Yingyi.

Tian He held his chest and panted for a few times, swallowed hard, and a trusted doctor brought a small piece of expensive medicine that can relieve heartache, and it was contained under the tip of the tongue, and it was relieved.

After breathing out, Tian He said angrily: "Don't the common people react? Don't parents feel sad? The Mo family has no father, so it's possible that the people think that I was right to kill my own son?"

The confidant just shook his head, thinking of the extremely ugly words of the Mo family, looking at Tian He's current appearance, he thought to himself: "Don't say too much, lest your majesty will be pissed off..."

Seeing the confidant shaking his head, Tian He knew that the Mo family must have something to say.

Far away, there was the chaos of the Three Prisons, brothers killing brothers, isn't that passed down through the ages?
To put it more closely, what kind of human relations? The Tian clan's coup d'etat and infighting started 20 years ago. How can the people think that the Tian clan has such a thing?

Besides, the premise of the rabbit's death and the fox's sorrow is that the rabbit and the fox fight against the hunter together to find a sense of identity, so it is sad.

There is not much sense of identity between the people and the Tian family, because Qi is only a geographical concept at this time, not a nation-state concept.My son died on the battlefield for your Tian family, so why can't your son Tian He die for us?
Subtle propaganda and morality, although the words of no father and love are still not acceptable to the public, but the awareness that everyone is equal under the Emperor of Heaven has begun to sprout, so Tian Wu's death is nothing to the public.

Tian He closed his eyes, healed for a long time, and said with a wry smile, "What can I do?"

Not killing Tian Wu means that peace cannot be negotiated, and it is necessary to fight to the end. Those nobles who have lost their fiefs are definitely willing to fight to the death, but those nobles who have not lost their fiefs have other choices.

Up to now, the Mohists have sealed off the road of fighting to the end.

Whether it is Tian He, Tian Yan, or even the rest of the Tian family, whoever dares to fight to the death is the enemy of the nobles who have not lost their fiefs.

And those nobles who want to fight to the death, they have no fiefs, no subordinates, no apprentices, and they are not used properly.

However, due to the fact that Tian Wu must die, Tian He couldn't choose peace and killed his son, so what's the point of fighting between himself and those brothers from the beginning?
Besides Tian Wu, who else has a successful son?

The other sons are young, even if they clean up Tian Shan by themselves, when they die, they will make wedding clothes for others?

Tian He thought hard in his heart, and thought: "The current plan, is it the only way to do it first? What the Mo family said today gave Tian Yan more righteousness."

"He no longer needs to kill the king. He can lead his troops to force the palace and force me to kill Wu'er for the sake of righteousness. He can even not show up and let the nobles under him come forward to force me. When Wu'er dies, even if I don't die, he will not die." It's safe."

"As long as Linzi is in hand, Wu'er will not be able to enter Linzi even if he returns with his troops at that time. The people will be determined, and the Mohists will surely be defeated if they send troops?"

It is a prerequisite for the success of the conspiracy to plan before deciding, and to act first.

A word from the Mo family pushed Tian He, who thought he was sure of victory and was full of confidence, to a dead end, forcing him to use the most inappropriate means he thought.

He couldn't wait any longer.

Tian Wu was in Yishui, which made Tian Shan unable to wait any longer, and completely cut off his desire to be a good prince.

Tian He couldn't wait any longer if he didn't punish Tian Wu, and he completely cut off the righteousness of calling for peace first to force Tian Shan to kill the king.

Tian He hated the case table angrily, and cursed: "The Mo family's thoughts are dirty and treacherous! They only talk about the privacy of the nobles, causing the scandal of the nobles to spread in the market! But what good is his suit? He wants Really for the sake of non-offensive, why is this necessary? If the fight continues, the casualties will be heavy. They keep saying that under the emperor of heaven, no distinction is made between old and young, high and low, and everyone is equal. In the end, Wu'er's life will be fought in Linzi. Do you want to change your life?"

"I don't believe that he didn't know this sentence, that Linzi must have blood, and uncles and nephews must kill each other? Ridiculous! Ridiculous!"

"If he doesn't force my son to die, how can the change of Linzi happen? The blood of Linzi must be remembered on the heads of their Mo family!"

"Send the order! Gather the soldiers!"

(End of this chapter)