warring states careerist

Chapter 667 Go to righteousness, go to your own righteousness

"Common peasants, businessmen, each have their own righteousness. Righteousness means profit. It's just that the righteousness of farmers only cares about farmers, and the righteousness of merchants only cares about business, but there can't be only one kind of common peasants, businessmen and merchants in the world."

"The common people, peasants, businessmen, and businessmen all share some righteousness, which can be compromised with each other. Only the righteousness of princes, dukes and nobles is different from that of sluts, and cannot be reconciled."

In Handan City, Hu Feizi was bowing his head and writing some words. These words were not written for Sishang, but for the Mohists in Handan and the upcoming Gaoliu. He will preside over the meeting of the Mohists north of the Yellow River.

He and Qu Jiangzi, the person in charge of Gaoliu's Mohist voluntary division, have known each other for a long time. When Qu Jiangzi wanted to compete with him, Hu Feizi used the five brave words to make Qu Jiang give up the chivalrous spirit of killing and revenge in the past, and join the Mohist school. The courage of a gentleman.

The two have not seen each other for many years, thinking that the siege of Handan will be lifted soon, and the two will meet again, after all, they still have some expectations in their hearts.

The two can be regarded as the relationship between a master and a disciple, and the feeling of longing is not insignificant.

But compared to the content of the speeches that the Mohists have to prepare for the layout of the entire north, compared to the hundreds of comrades who have the same heart and mind and benefit the world to devote themselves to this huge cause, it is always at the back.

The door was pushed open, and Hu Feizi stopped writing. After several liaison officers from outside the city entered the city first, Hu Feizi motioned them to sit down first.

After tidying up, he asked first: "The withdrawal of Ximen Leopard's troops is a foregone conclusion. After General Qu enters the city, he still needs to see Ximen Leopard's movements. If he doesn't retreat but waits nearby, I'm afraid the battle will still be over." The fight must continue. Zhao Chao will not give up so easily, if Wei and Zhao want to eliminate the soldiers, we have to come forward to preside over them, but mediation is not just relying on words and reason."

The contact envoy nodded and said: "That's right, but Ximen Leopard is also powerless when we join forces."

Hu Feizi knew some things, and knew that the elimination of soldiers between Wei and Zhao was already a certainty, but because of this, he had to be prepared to fight.

Sishang will put pressure on Wei State, and Chu State will also ask Wei State to return Daliang and Yuguan to force Wei State to focus on the southern line. When necessary, the Mohists may use Chu State to carry out arms trade to put pressure on Wei State.

Now that the siege of Zhongmu has not yet been lifted, a decisive battle can only take place unless the Wei army joins forces to come to Handan, but the Mo family does not need a decisive battle, because Handan cannot be lost for Zhao Gongzizhang, but it may not be impossible for the Mo family .

Even if Wei and Zhao reconciled, the young master had to defeat them quickly and not give them a chance to surrender, otherwise the nobles' fiefs and the peasants, slaves and servants in the fiefs would not be able to be redistributed.

The layout of the Mohists in the entire north of the Yellow River should be based on Gaoliu, Yunzhong, and Jiuyuan. Hu Feizi came to preside over the entire Zhao area this time, and it was precisely to do this well.

It must be difficult to complete it only by him, and Sishang will definitely continue to send people to enrich the north.

Once the goal is achieved, it will be difficult for General Qu to preside over such a big situation. For the time being, Hu Feizi doesn't know who Sishang will send to preside over it, but there are some sayings that Meng Sheng may be sent here. This is a suitable candidate and enough Weight, of course, Hu Feizi himself may stay and partner with Meng Sheng.

After talking about the military affairs with those few people, Hu Feizi said again: "Tell General Qu that before entering the city, we need to tidy up the military appearance and military discipline. There are not many opportunities left for us. Do more publicity to make the public recognize and believe, and also make some people... think that we can be an option."

What he said was naturally a businessman who was unlikely to be one-hearted with them.

Merchants actually have a lot of choices, and relying on nobles is also an option, but once merchants feel that there is another way to rely on, they will be the first group of people to jump back, because they don’t have much land fixed property, they I prefer some of the Mohist meanings about "people" and "property".

But they are also weak and weak, lacking in strength, they can only choose to attach to one kind of strength, and this kind of strength must make them see enough to attach to.

Of course, this kind of power is not limited to the Mohists. Just as the merchants of Wei State can support the restoration of the Zhongshan Kingdom, if the power on the grassland is strong enough, they will also choose to attach to them, as long as they can get enough benefits.

As for organizing the people, the most suitable time for the Mohist propaganda is the stage of defending the city. At that time, the external contact is cut off, and the Mohist can justifiably organize people together, and the propaganda effect is excellent.

Now that the siege of the city is over, and the power of Gongzizhang is still the rightful owner of Handan, the entire propaganda and development strategy of the Mohist family will change.

In fact, it was an exchange. The Mohists gave up their anti-noble propaganda in Handan, and obtained Gaoliu Yunzhong Jiuyuan. This was the bottom line of the negotiation with Gongzizhang.

In the future, the development of the Mohists in Handan should be based on the chamber of commerce, rather than adopting the method of propagandizing the public, and should focus on the overall situation.

The envoys who first entered the city didn't think about it. One of them said: "When entering the city, the army will prepare its power. First, let the people see it, and second, frighten those businessmen who are willing to smuggle all kinds of goods for profit."

"Didn't I say that with three times the profit, merchants don't care about Xia Yidi. Five times the profit is enough for them to risk being ripped apart."

"In Gaoliu's place, every year, some people sneak into the grassland with ironware, swords and the like. It's really difficult to manage."

Hu Feizi smiled, waved his hands and said, "It's not a problem. There must be people who seek profit like this. People die for profit, birds are caught for food, and fish are caught for bait. It's natural."

"However, it's useless even if we bring some iron weapons and swords. If we fight on foot, we need to form an formation. How can the barbarians form an formation? If they don't form an formation, even if they have iron swords and bronze knives, they can't beat us."

"Hu people ride sheep since they were young, and grow up riding horses. They only have discipline and military formations, but they don't. Five thousand knights in formation can always defeat ten thousand Hu riders. Even these Hu people have iron swords and stirrups."

"Hu people need to plunder to get money. If they can't plunder, they will soon be unable to survive. Besides, how can they have gold and copper coins if they don't plunder? It is really difficult to transport some iron tools into the Hu land, but when they come back When driving the horses, it is easy to guard against."

"At that time, there will be border forts in Gaoliu, Yunzhong and other places. 500 people stationed will be enough to support the siege of tens of thousands of Hu people. How can they attack the city? If they can't take it down, they won't be able to grab gold, silver, copper coins, pearls and jade. They won't be able to grab these things. , you can only exchange horses, cattle and sheep, horses, cattle and sheep...haha, how many merchants can bring them back?"

"So, the key is whether we can fight. If we can't keep Gaoliu Yunzhong, and the barbarians come and go freely to plunder food, gold, silver, pearls and jade, then naturally there will be merchants to buy and sell. If we keep it, there will be no big merchants to do that. , if you are caught transporting horses and you are going to be executed, and the distance is so far, how can you not be caught?"

After a rough analysis, these people also feel that this is indeed the case, and it will eventually be resolved on the battlefield.

Hu Feizi asked again: "You are in Gaoliu, a border fort. How many people are there?"

The envoy said: "It's hard to say, usually one or two companies are stationed, and there are more than a thousand households reclaiming wasteland living around the border fort."

When talking about Gaoliu, the envoy couldn't help showing some pride on his face, and said: "Even if there are only two companies in the frontier fort, plus the farmers on the side of the fort, it will be difficult for thousands of Hu people to take down. Don't talk about their methods of attacking the city." Compared with us, even the countries in the Central Plains are far behind."

Hu Feizi nodded and said: "Duke Zhou used similar means to divide up the feudal system. The princes and uncles all built cities according to the rules, the people of the country were soldiers, and the savages paid taxes. What did they rely on?"

He clenched his fists and said, "Relying on the formation of the Chinese people to attack, relying on the bronze sword, spear and spear chariot, more than a thousand people from the country can defeat more than ten thousand savages. It is appropriate to say that this is called armed colonization, and what we use in the South China Sea is similar. The method cannot be used on the grassland, but it can be used in arable places."

"Gao Liu's problem here, in the final analysis, still has to consider profit."

"Common farmers, businessmen, and businessmen each have their own righteousness and their own interests. The customs of the Hu people are completely different from ours. They also have their own righteousness, but their righteousness...in our eyes, it is somewhat unrighteous."

"Zimozi said that it's just a custom, just like Yiqu people who burned their bodies for burial."

"I said that there are still many favorable factors in customs. If you solve the problem of interests, you can change the customs more easily. You must be good at finding the hidden things behind the customs."

"The Hu land is bitterly cold, and there is no food stock. A heavy snowfall or a plague will make the Hu people unable to eat. Now that the industry and commerce in Zhuxia have developed, salt, tea, iron, silk, and cloth, where can the Hu people get easily except by robbing?"

"So, if you want to solve the matter in the North... either you need to get rid of all the barbarians, or you have to solve the foundation of their righteousness."

"Appropriate means that where it is possible to cultivate, it is armed and colonized, and those barbarians are allowed to cultivate it. Where it cannot be cultivated, it is strictly guarded and divided. From time to time, go out and fight. The big ones beat the small ones, and the small ones are supported."

Seeing those envoys nodding, Hu Feizi added: "Look, the principles of Confucianism and Yang Zhu's principles can be spread in the Central Plains countries to become famous. But Hu people are also human beings, why can't they accept the principles of Confucianism? What? Why did Dongyi of Qi accept Zhou Gong's gift?"

"The righteousness of the Mohists is the righteousness of common peasants and businessmen. It does not distinguish between Zhao people, Qi people, and Chu people, but only common peasants and businessmen. It is the same with the Hu people. Where they can farm, let them become common peasants and businessmen, and then they can Accept our righteousness. Otherwise, our righteousness is empty talk, and the grassland tribes will not accept or recognize it."

"You must remember that the basis of righteousness is profit. It is not right for you to talk about looting with a group of people who would not be able to live without looting, and it will hardly work."

This is a complete system, and it cannot be finished in a while. Hu Feizi just tries to see if these people can understand it, so that he can explain it clearly when he enters the city to preside over the meeting of Zhao Guomo.

This is the keynote of the Mohism in the northern part of the Zhao Kingdom, and it is also the general idea set by Sishang. It is a guiding opinion, and any means of adapting measures to local conditions must revolve around this keynote.

(End of this chapter)