warring states careerist

Chapter 765
The written covenant is a joke.

Since the beginning of the signing of the covenant, it was torn up for the future.

In the world of disputes and great conflicts, some countries can be natural allies without a covenant, and even if some countries have signed a covenant, it may be just to cover their true purpose.

Qin Jun is a smart man. Although Sheng Chuo betrayed the Mohist school, he has talent, and Wu Qi is a figure who can be a general or a prime minister.

Shi is very relieved about Qin's possible reaction.

It’s like five years ago when the succession war of Zhao State was catching up with Sishang’s crossing Lu without fighting. Qin Jun immediately asked Wu Qi to go around the Weishui River, forcing Xihe pawns who had planned to quickly transfer to Zhao State to divide Zhao State into Zhao and Dai to quickly return to defense. His attitude immediately changed and he rejected Wei's peace talks.

The same is true now.

A written covenant doesn't matter.

If Wei State is defeated, Qin State will definitely press into Xihe even if there is no covenant; if Wei State wins and has the possibility of regaining hegemony, Qin State will never look foolishly at the prosperity of Wei State.

Qin Guo's mind was too cunning, and he obviously wanted to make a big news that the Lianheng Alliance forced the Central Plains to fight.

The cats of his Ying family are in Qinchuan, [-] miles away, and the Hanzhong defense line has the Mo family in Nanzheng to help him guard it. Once the horizontal axis that runs through Kyushu is established, if you want to fight Qin, you can only go to the West River and cross the Weishui and Beiluoshui.

On the other hand, Sishang's side is surrounded by Qi, Yue, Wei, Chu, Han, and Wei countries. Once the Lianheng alliance is established, [-]% of the pressure of the alliance will be shared by our side.

Qin Guo has a good plan, but Sishang is not stupid, anyway, it is intrigue, you want to use my power, I want to use your power.

Four years ago when the Heze League met, Qin State used gunpowder to make Sishang and Qin State have formed an alliance, which made Wei State dare not fight with Qin State at all, and also gave Qin State enough time to work under the premise of less external pressure The transformation is completed.

Shi felt that it was time for the old Qin people to pay off their debts.

The envoy of the State of Qin wanted to continue talking about the State of Song, but Shi Shi kept silent, instead trying to change the topic to the development of the Western Regions.

For example, the mountains and rivers that Suo Lucan knew when he came back, for example, how many Western Region language disciples Qin Guo trained in Sishang Xiangxu University, how much to cooperate with, and so on.

The messenger did not say that these contents cannot be discussed, but these contents are not suitable for discussion now.

However, Shi is the host and he is the guest, so we really can't avoid this topic, so we can only continue talking.

They talked all the way to the evening, but they didn't want to let it go, and they asked someone to prepare dinner. Some high-ranking officials of the Mo family talked with the Qin envoy about the Western Regions. Suo Lucan even came forward and said that he hoped to go to the Far West again in his lifetime. , or start the second trip to the extreme west and so on.

The envoys were not allowed to leave until the lights were turned on at night. When they left, they passed by the envoy's house of the Chu State with great fanfare, and by the way, let the secret works of various countries hidden on Sishang be seen clearly.

When Shi and the envoy of the Qin State were talking about some interesting things about the Western Regions issue, in the printing office of the Xuanyi Department, several typesetting craftsmen were selecting the printed characters made of clay.

The smell of melting pine resin as a binder is very fragrant, and the smell of those inks with some viscous agents is also pleasant, but if you smell too much, it is a bit disgusting.

The banquet for the envoys of the State of Qin has not yet ended, but the headlines of tomorrow's newspaper have already begun to be printed, and they have a great relationship with the State of Qin.

The comment is suitable for writing, and the person in charge of publishing is correcting it, while reading: "It's like Xia Jie must have walked south, and Shang Tang must have walked south, but it can't be because both of them are facing south. Let’s say that Xia Jie and Shang Tang are the same. For example, Dayu also ate, and Shang Zhou also ate, but it cannot be said that Dayu and Shang Zhou are the same.”

"If the people of the Song Dynasty choose that the Wei, Chu, and Han clans do not recognize it and send troops to interfere, and the Mohists fight against the Wei state, it is because the Mohist family is fulfilling the covenant of the year and abiding by their own righteousness."

"If Qin takes the opportunity to fight against Wei and seize Xihe, it cannot be said that Qin and Sishang have reached an alliance. If the way is different, they will not conspire; if righteousness is different, there will be no alliance. Qin fought against Wei, and Sishang also fought against Wei. It's like Dayu also ate, and Shang Zhou also ate, you can't think that Dayu and Shang Zhou are the same..."

After reading the eloquent articles, the craftsmen also selected those words and put them into a wooden frame that will be used for printing later. After checking the typesetting, it will be published tomorrow.

Shi Shi didn't tell a single lie, because he was giving lectures, not talking about specific things.

He used the "Ji Shi" hypothesis in the Mohist debate, and under the premise of this hypothesis, what he said was impeccable.

Indeed, if Sishang and Wei went to war because of the Song State, and if Qin State sent troops to attack Xihe, the meaning of the two sending troops would be different.

But the problem lies in the word "jishi".

The envoy of the State of Qin had indeed talked with Shi all afternoon and even into the evening, but the problem was that the two sides had been talking about the Western Regions for the rest of the time except for a few words related to the State of Song.

The newspaper article did not say that the people of Qin had reached some covenant with Sishang, and it must not be said that the Mohists were lying.

The content of the article is not even part of the truth, because the whole article is full of hypotheses, and none of it is true.

Moreover, this article had already been written long before the Qin envoy met Shi.

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Early in the morning of the second day, the envoy of the State of Qin read the headlines in Sishang's official newspaper and remained silent.

Last night, all the secret agents from various countries staring at him in Sishang saw him enter the core area of ​​Sishang with their own eyes, and they all knew that they had talked with Shi for a whole afternoon.

Now even if there is a fine work of Wei State in front of him, he swears to God that in addition to talking about interesting things in the Western Regions yesterday, he talked about the Sphinx in the Kingdom of the Queen Mother of the West in the far west at night. , I didn’t talk about anything else... I’m afraid that Wei Guoxiozuo would not believe it.

Besides, even if you believe it, it's useless.

Will Marquis Wei believe it?

Even if Qin Jun wrote a personal letter now, telling Wei Jian that you are confident and bold to fight in the Song Dynasty, if I take advantage of the danger to seek Xihe, I am the grandson, will Wei Jian believe it?

The newspaper not only wrote about those envoys, but also wrote about a series of issues such as the geographical form of Xihe's mountains and rivers, and the importance of Xihe, and analyzed the reforms of the Qin State.

Of course, I use a critical style to criticize. A change that does not leave Qin in every sentence will not make the world great, but a change that does not leave Qin in every sentence can make the people fight and die for self-interest. The Qin army, which was weak in the past, was different.

When the Qin envoy was silent, someone came in from outside. It was a Mohist who gave him something.

The Mohist was just an emissary, holding a piece of paper in his hand and said: "This is the formula for gunpowder. Now I heard that Qin State is building Wei River irrigation and needs gunpowder. This is something that is beneficial to the people. Of course, the Mohists must support it. "

"Now that the war is about to break out, it will be inconvenient to transfer gunpowder to Qin."

"In the past, the giants made gunpowder for the benefit of the world."

"However, Zi Mozi said that it is like a sword, which can save people and kill people. The kings of the world are many unrighteous. Gunpowder is like a sword. It should not fall into the hands of unrighteous kings."

"That's why the giant has been hiding the formula of gunpowder, in case the unjust king takes it and uses it for unjust battles."

"Therefore, Sishang, the formula of gunpowder, has never been disclosed."

"Nowadays the world is in war again, and many people either realize it by themselves or research it, and know the formula of gunpowder, but the ratio may not be correct."

"But the wrong ratio can kill people, but it is not good when the ratio is not right, digging canals and exploding rocks to open mountains, so I heard that Qin State is going to repair the Wei River for irrigation, and I am worried that the transfer will not be easy, so I took out the gunpowder formula. I hope that the people of Qin will benefit."

"In the past, when the great shaman of Tushan enlightened, he realized the will of heaven, and obtained gunpowder, and helped Tushan girl to offer it to Dayu, so that the rivers and rivers in the world could be governed, and the people would no longer be troubled by fish and turtles. The gunpowder is originally Things that benefit the people, if we want to control the water today, we still have to follow the ambition of Yu the Great..."

The last story about Tushan Nujiao, Da Wu, and Dayu was fabricated by the Mohists long ago, and it has been circulated for more than ten years, so that the whole world thinks that this is the correct version of Tushan Nujiao, Dayu, and The "historical facts" of why Dayu's son was named Qi.

This is a story that was made up after the appearance of gunpowder.

The envoy of the State of Qin couldn't help laughing when he saw the carefully sealed letter of faith with a wax seal.

Xindao, these people on Sishang are some wonderful people, very interesting.

The whole world knew about the gunpowder formula of the Qin State Council, and after verification according to Sishang's "experiment first" method and guidelines, it was confirmed that it was the correct formula, and there was absolutely no mistake.

If this gunpowder formula was produced five years ago, it would have been worth several cities, but now it is worthless to Qin.

Sishang knew that the people of Qin State knew it, and Qin State also knew that Sishang knew that Sishang did not give Qin State the formula. After thinking about the newspaper he read today, the envoy of Qin State immediately understood Sishang's meaning.

Four years ago, the gunpowder debt was repaid by Ying today.

Four years ago, because of the gunpowder matter, Wei Guo did not dare to rub against Qin, so that there was no external interference for Qin's reform.

Now you Qin people should pay off your debts, so Sishang took out the gunpowder formula today because he knew that the gunpowder formula is worthless to Qin now, but the story behind the gunpowder formula is worth the entire Qin country's smooth reform. Priceless for external interference.

This worthless thing used to be priceless, but it doesn’t matter whether it’s worth it now, it’s just a way to tell Ying Shichao, I’ll spray mine, what should you do, do what you think is best for Qin Just do it.

As for the covenant, let's forget it, if we both make the most favorable choice for each other, it will be more effective than the covenant, and today's matter should be regarded as repaying the debt of gunpowder back then.

There was no alliance back then, and there is still no alliance today.

(End of this chapter)