warring states careerist

Chapter 653 New Strategy ([-])

For this reason, Gao Sunzi said: "Current events are changing, the situation is changing, your thoughts seem to be seeking swords in a hurry."

"If we seize Wenshui and Surabaya, we will gain 30 people. Qi has been defeated, Wei, Han and Zhao are in conflict, and the people of Chu are weak. Within a few years, they will not dare to be enemies with us."

"A few years later, the people will cross the Yellow River and go straight to the Central Plains, swallowing Wei and Han, and the emperor has nothing to do. The Central Plains is set, and the four realms will be conquered, and great things will be accomplished. At that time, with the large population and fertile land of the Central Plains, the Conquer Qin, Yan, and Chu, follow the example of King Wu's defeat of Zhou in the past, the world will be settled in one battle, and the world will be peaceful in 20 years."

"In this way, the decisive battle for the great cause of the world will be possible in just ten years."

"Wei and Chu are different. The Wei people have already centralized power. Once the capital is destroyed, there will be no one to resist in the Wei realm. The Chu people are very heavy, different from Wei and Han. After breaking the Chu capital, they still have to face those Chu people. If the situation in the Central Plains is steady and steady, things will surely come true.”

This sounds good, too.

As long as they can get all the land, the Mohists will continue to grow, but rely on a quick victory to shake up the Central Plains, and then rely on the Central Plains' manpower and material resources to slowly benefit the whole world.

In particular, the Mohists won both battles in the first battle, and the public supported and did not oppose it. This situation gave many people confidence: Since we are so good at fighting, why should we take it easy?Why can't we change our strategy, flatten the Central Plains in one fell swoop, and fight decisively in the field. As long as Chu and Qin can react and kill Wei's main force in the field, this matter will be more likely.

Of course, it does not mean the present, but the situation in five or ten years.At that time, Qi State will be weakened, with less land and more nobles. At that time, it will inevitably oppress the people deeply, and Qi State can ignore it; , then it is difficult for the entire Wei and Han to have large-scale resistance.

Seeing that quite a few people supported this, Shi Shi took advantage of Grandson Gao's words about "seeking the sword in a boat" and said: "Although your idea is not asking for a sword in a boat, it's a bit of a wait-and-see."

"It is true that you can wait for the rabbit by keeping the tree, but that requires a chance. What if you don't have this chance?"

Shi Xin said, you are opportunistic, but he kept it in his mouth and asked, "This strategy is prone to problems."

"To put it simply, if we don't immediately defeat the main field forces of Wei and Han and cause the princes of other countries to interfere, then we will be in danger. The people of Qi are going west, the people of Chu are going north, and Wei and Han are dragging us. Your lords, our cause is at stake."

"Indeed, your idea sounds like it has a chance, but it doesn't take into account the contradictions in reality."

Shi looked at Grandson Gao, and said solemnly: "You said that the situation is changing, but aren't you also using the current situation to consider what will happen in five or ten years? Don't you think about it?"

"When we occupy the whole land, it must be the panic of the three Jins and the panic of the Chu people. At that time, the contradictions within the three Jins will be given over to the contradictions between the three Jins and us. Will the Zhao people see us occupying the whole land and continue to fight?" Fight Wei Han to death?"

"Seeing our ambition, the Chu people will definitely clear up our power in Chu State in advance, and even promote the plan of other countries to occupy Sishang Huaibei together."

"You can't use the current situation to infer the future situation."

The two people talked to each other on the sidelines and waited for the rabbit, waiting for the sword. In fact, if they were familiar with Shi, Gao Sunzi thought that Shi was right-leaning opportunism, and Shi thought Gao Sunzi was left-leaning opportunism.

Gao Sunzi believes that Shi has overestimated the strength of the enemy, and may even be creating opportunities and time for countries to strengthen their strength.

Shi Shi thinks that Gao Sunzi underestimated the strength of the enemy, which may even cause the situation of the entire Mohist school to become extremely difficult.

It was also a season of great victory, which made the Mohists look down on the princes of all countries, thinking that since they can win two battles and destroy Qi in one fell swoop, then Wei, Han, Zhao, and Chu are in great chaos now, so it is better to enrich their strength and directly conquer them in a few years. The fertile soil of the Central Plains.

Shi stared at Sunzi Gao, and then looked at the crowd and said: "Comrades, this time we can defeat the Qi State. Apart from the strength of the volunteers, what is the most important factor? It is the conflict between the princes."

"Wei, Han, Zhao, Chu, Zhongshan, and Zheng are all fighting fiercely, with no intention or strength. But if we occupy Qi and don't return it, it will unite the princes again."

"In the past 20 years, we have dismantled the Three Jins, forced Wei and Chu, conspired against Wu and Yue, and helped the Western Qin Dynasty, all in order to let the princes eat their dogs so that Sishang can develop."

"The current situation in Sishang is due to the fact that the princes have their own ghosts and have hatred against each other. Once the princes are alert to us and fight against us, our situation will be ugly."

"Not to mention anything else, the entire industry and commerce in Sishang is about to have a major event. The industry and commerce in Sishang is absolutely surplus to Sishang. Sishang can't consume so much cloth, iron, and ceramics. When the princes are not in chaos, we will It's going to be a mess first."

"So we must first ensure that when a war really starts in the future, we will not be chaotic, at least not injured, so that we can plan bigger things."

"Naturally, we want to benefit the world, from Kunlun to Donghai, from Sushen to Fulou. That's why we have to work together for the same goal."

"Not just us, but the whole Sishang."

"The taxation, industry and commerce, public opinion, and public opinion in Sishang all need to be adjusted to make preparations for that event. But now, it's not the time."

"My idea is still the same sentence. Weaken Qi State, but keep Qi State intact, and don't over-irritate the princes of the world. Give up Qilu Southwest, don't touch the powder keg, and leave it to Zhao, Han, Wei, and Qi to fight. "

Grandson Gao has always recognized the appropriate judgment for the situation, and Shi had already argued with him several times in private in Tengdi.

The two of them have been arguing endlessly since Mozi was alive. At that time, the two of them could argue with red faces, and it is still the same now.

Some things can be discussed in private, but some things cannot be discussed in private.

Especially now that the entire Sishang policy has to be adjusted, it is appropriate to win over the self-suffering part of Gao Sunzi's faction, and this part of the people will become the main force in the future.

It was precisely because of this that Shicai could not back down or choose to talk to Grandson Gao in private, and if he wanted to talk, he had to talk openly in front of everyone.

Gao Sunzi has no selfish intentions, and he understands it very well, but he is too straightforward and too compassionate for the difficulties of the common people in the world.

If he hadn't been upright, he wouldn't have reported Sheng Chuo's various performances of following Xiangzi Niu Gonglu, who had no grievances and no enmity, nor would Mozi think that he was the best candidate to supervise the radicals, and Mozi would not think that Gao grandson You can't become a giant because Gao Sunzi will definitely have problems if he becomes a giant.

Right after he became a giant, he said that the method of "non-aggression" is not applicable to the new situation. This is to reach a consensus with Gao Sunzi and others, to win over those who are self-sufficient and think that the sooner they benefit the world, the sooner they kill the aristocrats and the sooner the world will be ruled. people support.

Similarly, just as soon as Gao Sunzi reached a consensus, there was a disagreement. It was precisely to make Gao Sunzi support his decision, and to overwhelm Gao Sunzi in front of everyone, so that after Gao Sunzi's idea was completely refuted, everyone voted for it. In order to achieve an unchangeable outline.

Take this legal, reasonable and most authoritative voting result according to the rules as the insurmountable bottom line for suppressing the over-excited young people who suffer from self-sufficiency: It is okay to form factions and have different ideas, but you cannot directly confront giants, The collective resolution of the public and the committee members.

Moreover, although Gao Sunzi is radical, he is very observant of organizational discipline and attaches the most importance to rules. As long as a resolution is reached, with Gao Sunzi's level of discipline, with him around for a day, those who are self-sufficient will be safe for a day.

What meets the needs is just to set the cornerstone wind direction, stabilize the situation, and solve the current matter first.

The current matter is how to retreat from Qi State in the joy of victory without causing many young people to be unwilling.This requires tall grandchildren.

Grandson Gao is getting old, and he probably won't be able to last for a few years.

In the past few years, Gao Sunzi's prestige can be used. As long as the seemingly weak move of withdrawing troops after a big victory and maintaining the integrity of Qi is resolved, it can support the self-suffering and extreme faction to suppress those Sishang Liguo There is no need to worry about some overly radical behaviors caused by young people without faction leaders.

After the situation is closed, Sishang should also be ready for war. At that time, he will naturally receive the strong support of the self-suffering faction who has lost the most prestigious faction leader-he will be the most anxious at that time. The one who launched the war against injustice.

Now, the two of them were red-faced again, arguing about morality just like when Mozi was still there, and even criticized each other's two very serious evaluations of "waiting for the rabbit" and "seeking the sword".

Grandson Gao was silent for a long time, and asked in a loud voice: "You said that you want to weaken the Qi State. But you can withdraw all the troops, keep the Qi State basically intact, and help the Qi State's Wenshui and land reform, and clean up the nobles. How can this be considered a weakening? I On the contrary, I feel that this will make Qi stronger and more difficult to deal with."

"The dispute between the two factions of the Tian family in the Qi State has been completely resolved. We have cleared up the nobles who are at the tail of the Qi State. This makes it possible for the Qi State to be completely enriched by a rich country and a strong army and centralized power by the king."

Originally, the original intention of the Mohists was to take this opportunity to weaken the power of Tian Wu and Tian He, making the contradiction between Tian He and Tian Wu more acute: if Tian He was weakened, then Tian Shan would consider cleaning up Tian Wu and Tian Shan. And for the sake of his son, he had to prepare to clean up Tian Shan.

But Tian Wu brought up the massacre in Wucheng, the entire Sishang was holding a communist meeting, and the slogan of the Mohists had always been to punish injustice, which led to the Mohism having to sign an order to punish injustice.

This was an accident, and in the situation at that time, whoever disagreed with the order of punishing injustice would be blamed.This matter is impossible to convince, it is impossible to make sense, and even if it is not signed, it will cause some really reliable young people to be disappointed.

After the people's power to participate in politics is stimulated, there will inevitably be a certain backlash. This is a good thing that proves that the people have awakened. In the long run, the people in Sishang have gradually developed their wisdom and accepted the new standards of right and wrong, and they will remain invincible; but in the short term, For the complicated situation of the Warring States Period, it is difficult to plan for a while.

An accident in the Wucheng massacre directly caused the situation in Qi State to be completely different from what the Mohist had planned before.Tian Yan completely overthrew Tian He, Tian Wu was gone, and the civil strife in the Tian family that lasted for 20 years came to an end.

It seems that Qi really has the possibility of becoming rich and powerful, strengthening the centralization of power and becoming powerful.At least, what Grandson Gao said caused many people present to think and nod.

But Shi, when everyone nodded in thought, said with a reassuring laugh: "Qi is not Sishang, and Qi will not be strong. I mean, keep Qi basically intact, but I didn't say anything about the treaty." Not to sign. Not only will the Qi State not become stronger, but it will become weaker and weaker day by day, and even the people will be filled with resentment and awakening."

(End of this chapter)