warring states careerist

Chapter 641

After fighting fiercely for a day and a night, the leader of the Mo family hidden in the city was anxious.

The coup d'état was disorderly, and several dangerous places were not captured quickly. As the most advantageous artillery in the city, no one took the initiative to fight for it. It still relied on a group of soldiers as the leader and the people as disciples. The level is really low.

The leaders of the Mohists in the city couldn't stand it any longer. They led people early in the morning and organized two spontaneous "juyi" campaigns, breaking through several key points.

They also asked the artillery, which was basically secretly controlled by the Mohists, to come forward immediately to support the attack on the palace. Some Mohists also mixed into the crowd and became part of the leaders, secretly cooperating with Tian Shan's coup according to the Mohist internal orders.

Now that the west gate has finally been occupied, the palace walls where Tian He lives can be completely exposed to the cannon, and this is the overall situation.

Tian He is now trapped in the palace. Although there are many soldiers, there are no artillery. Although the city wall is high, but because it is adjacent to the south wall of the main city, the southwest gate can be used as a commanding height to bombard the palace wall with artillery.

The Mohist mingled with the crowd, organized the people to pile up buildings to get close to the palace walls, and called on the soldiers in the palace and the soldiers guarding the city to surrender.

The west gate and south gate of the main city near the palace have been occupied, the failure of the palace is a foregone conclusion, but Tian He does not want to give up, he still wants to continue to support.

He felt that as long as he lasted for a few more days and Tian Wu returned with his troops, everything would be unknown.

But outside the palace, Tian Yan received a piece of news that he didn't know good or bad.

Several nobles who fled back from Yishui brought news from Yishui.

Gong Ziwu suddenly fled and disappeared.

Without a commander, the Eight Thousand Qi Army was unable to break through the steadfast defense of the First Brigade of the Volunteer Division. After fighting hard for half a day, they collapsed and fled in all directions.

Tian Yan, who felt that he had a winning ticket, naturally would not know that Tian Wu was planning to flee North Korea incognito, but felt that this was really strange, and felt that the Mohist's fighting power was too strong for him to resist.

You Shi asked the counselor, "He is missing. What do you mean? Did he abscond and return to Linzi first, waiting for the opportunity?"

The counselors couldn't figure this out, and they didn't know that Tian Wu's psychological defense was defeated by an accidental decisive attack, and he fell into panic completely, and gave up his dream of becoming a marquis.

After a while, a counselor laughed and said, "This is a good thing. My son, the big thing is settled."

Tian Yan was puzzled and asked, "He's whereabouts unknown, so how can we say that the event is settled?"

The counselor said: "Young Master Wu's whereabouts are nothing more than three."

"One, flee to Linzi, or hide in the palace. However, now that the overall situation in Linzi has been settled, once the palace is broken, can Gong Ziwu still survive?"

"Secondly, sneak back to the fief and raise troops to cause chaos. However, the Mohist army is out, and the young master succeeds to the throne and negotiates peace with the Mohist. He will surely use troops to suppress the rebellion. The Mohist in Linzi City can still be defeated, how about those small cities?"

"The third is to flee the country. However, Wei and Han are powerless, and if the Mo family punishes him for injustice, how would the Marquis of Wei dare to take him in? If he dares to take him in, the Mo family will join forces with Chu, Zhao, and Zhongshan to attack Wei. How would the Marquis of Wei dare?"

"The King of Chu and Wei fought together, and Wei and the Mohists made peace in secret. If the King of Chu took him in, Wei Guo would use this to invite the Mohists to join the alliance, and the people of Chu would not dare to stay."

"As for Zhao, the defense of Handan City depends on the strength of the Mohists, and Young Master Zhang will definitely not want to stay."

"Dead in Yan, the small country of Yan is also afraid of Zhao and Zhongshan in the west, and Qi in the south. Since the son is the Marquis of Qi, how dare the Marquis of Yan take him in?"

"As for the Song Dynasty, the Mohists are very powerful, not to mention. It is difficult for Zheng people to protect themselves, and they dare not stay. They may perish in Qin, but in Qin, Qin is in Xirong, thousands of miles away, even if they take them in, they will not have the power to win .”

"That's why I said, the big thing is settled."

Tian Yan listened to this analysis, nodded in agreement, but said: "But if he hides in the market, he will wait for the future to follow the story of Duke Yi..."

There are too many coup samples in Qi State, so there is also a lot of experience to learn from. Tian Shan's worries are not unreasonable.

Back then, Mr. Yi endured for many years and waited a full 30 years for his elder brother to die. Then he suddenly attacked at his elder brother's funeral and killed his nephew.

Under the aristocratic politics, the bloodline itself has a certain appeal. After all, Tian Wu has a strong claim and inheritance rights. If he really tortured himself to death, he suddenly showed up at the funeral, and secretly made friends with those nobles who were originally his faction. Also have to guard against.

The counselor laughed loudly when he heard the words: "Young Master Miao Yi, if Young Master Wu hides in the market, then he is already dead. How can a dead person seize the throne again?"

Tian Shan gritted his teeth and said, "Qi is thousands of miles away, with a hundred and twenty cities. If he hides, where can I find him? If I can't find him, how can I kill him?"

The counselor smiled and said, "My lord, the Mohist said that unless he is killed, there will be no peace talks. He also said that Tian Wu will be tried, so that there will be no massacres in the Kyushu, and the massacres are wrong..."

It’s okay not to mention this, but once Tian Yan mentioned this, he said impatiently: “That’s what he said! If he hides, the Mo family asks me for someone, where can I give it? If not, the Mo family must suspect that I have hidden Tian Wu , I am afraid that the peace agreement will be harsh, and even force me to agree that the Mo family can travel freely in Qi to find Tian Wu..."

The counselor shook his head and said, "My lord, is there any personal enmity between you and the Mo family?"

Tian Yan shook his head and said, "There is no personal enmity. Only righteous grievances."

The counselor said: "Since that's the case, Gong Ziwu is not important to the Mo family, but the person who ordered the massacre of the city is very important to the Mo family. Will the Mo family care whether it is the real Gong Ziwu or the fake Gong Ziwu?"

"What the Mo family cares about is only the son Wu who ordered the massacre of the city, not the son Wu who is your brother."

Just this one sentence finally awakened Tian Yan.

Tian Yanxi said: "You mean... find a person with a similar appearance and give it to the Mo family? Let the Mo family judge him in front of the princes and execute him? Then, anyone who claims to be Gong Ziwu will be killed after being executed. False, not real?"

The counselor nodded and said: "The Mo family deserves this great victory, and none of the feudal lords would dare to beat him up. At that time, Prince Wu will be executed and the world will be informed."

"If Young Master Wu is still around, then he will not dare to come out when he hears the news. The Mohists are most afraid of hiding in the market place. As long as he shows his traces, there are so many knight-errants in the market place, and they want to act like assassins. It's so good Don't they cherish the opportunity to become famous all over the world?"

"In the market, there are many people who want to get famous by stabbing. Regardless of whether it is true or not, as long as someone dares to call himself Gongzi Wu, he will die."

"Young Master Wu didn't dare to show his face in the market, so what will the people of Linzi think if he comes out after decades, when the Young Master is old? Can you be a marquis?"

"That's why I said, the event is settled."

Tian Yan finally understood the truth, and laughed loudly: "That's the truth. Use the Mohist sword to kill Tian Wu, regardless of whether it is true or not, Tian Wu will die."

Another counselor said: "Since this is the case, it is time to spread this news to the palace. Send a eloquent man into the palace to inform the emperor. Since Ziwu is dead, what is the use of him continuing?"

"If you continue to fight, it will be bad for you. The people in the capital are strong. Don't you worry about what happened in Shangqiu 20 years ago? , The covenant of the subjects', constitutional legislation is the power of the monarch, so what?"

"Since Tian Wu is dead, there is no enmity between the young master and the emperor. Instead, we must guard against untouchables and covenant legislation. These days, the people's organization is strong, which is the method of the Mohist. You must guard against it."

As soon as the counselor said "common agreement between monarch and subjects" and the Shangqiu incident 20 years ago, Tian Yan immediately nodded solemnly.

In the battle yesterday, some people were well organized and advanced and retreated according to the law. If the people were really organized by the Mohists and took this opportunity to make a law to rule the monarch, then it would be a big deal.

Now Shangqiu is not like the king, the people are not like the people, and it has the foundation of the aristocratic republic of "three surnames co-government". The last thing I want to see.

He, Tian Yan, made too high a tone. The longer the people were organized, the more accidents would happen. Wasn't the Shangqiu Incident just because the Mohists helped defend the city and the people were organized?
Now that the people are organized again, and they themselves say "Ning the people", it is even worse if the people work together to create something like "covenant" or "co-government".

If it was in the past, naturally there is no need to worry, but the propaganda of the Mohist school has been rampant in the past few years, and rhetoric such as equality, monarchy, and legislation have been circulated in the market all day long, which is a serious problem.

Since it is said that Tian Wu has fled and the defeat is certain, then it is better to negotiate a peace with Tian He quickly, give way, and the meat will still rot in the pot. After all, it is still the Tian clan, and it is better than being restricted by the people.

After a few more days of fighting, the people will be organized more tightly, more unscrupulously, and have more propaganda by those hidden Mohist schools, then something big will happen.

Another counselor added a bit of fire: "Young master, don't talk about Shangqiu, where do you think this battle between Qi and Mo started?"

"It started in the country of Fei. It started with the riots of the people of the country of Fei. A new monarch was elected and the law was established. The Mohists said that this is a righteous cause and must be supported."

"In case...you are powerless in the fight with the king, the snipe and the clam, the Mohists hiding in the market will raise their arms and organize the people who have just attacked the city wall, forcing you to legislate to end power... the army of Qizhishi is winning Yi, when the time comes, he will say that this is in line with the will of heaven and righteousness, and if you disagree, he will send troops to Linzi to help you agree..."

Tian Yan trembled all over, this kind of possibility is not uncommon, especially with the history of Fei Guochang, the Mohists do make sense, but the truth they say is not the same as that of the princes.

If the people in Linzi rioted and demanded a treaty, then the Mohist sending troops would not violate the "non-offensive", but would take the will of heaven "the people are the gods" as the higher criterion.

The counselor next to him said: "Young master, now we must take this opportunity to make peace with the emperor immediately and let him abdicate. Then gather the troops in the hands of the emperor and you, combine them into one, control the situation in Linzi, don't let the Mohist incite the people Riots, let alone an excuse for the Mohists."

(End of this chapter)