warring states careerist

Chapter 833 Betrayal

This kind of programmatic content is actually very straightforward to many Mohists present.

What did the Chu people do when they attacked Shangqiu 20 years ago?

In addition to defending the city, it also forced a coup and reform in Song State, which benefited the people of Song State. With the help of the opportunity of the people gathering together after defending the city, some moral propaganda was carried out reasonably and legally.

The same is true of Zheng Guo today.

If it is said that as long as it is a war, it is unjust, this is not a reasonable morality for the Mohists who have turned from defense to offense and started to attack from all sides: If one day the Mohists sent troops to Wei and Han and took the initiative to fight, then is it righteous or not? righteous?
When punishing injustice and minor conflicts arise, what should be the priority?

This is a line dispute within the Mohists.

Therefore, this matter must be made clear.

This time Mohist used the slogan of non-attack and elimination of soldiers, but this slogan must clearly explain the rationality behind the revision of Mohism's morality, otherwise it will have an adverse impact on the future situation of the world.

Based on the experience of the Mohists over the years, when are the monarchs of various countries most likely to accept the conditions of the people?When the country is in danger of subjugation.

When the people are strong, the power of the monarchy and the nobility can be easily restricted, especially when the Mohist organization gathers among the people.

Moreover, this incident itself is an unavoidable problem in solving Zheng's plight: Why should Zheng people defend the city?
In the current situation, the monarchs, ministers and nobles are getting richer and the people are getting poorer. It would be a bit whimsical to think of letting the people guard the city when the war comes.

Even during the Battle of Long Spoon 200 years ago, Marquis Lu still knew how much he had done to tell Cao GUI that he had done some personnel work, so the hearts of the people could be used.

Let alone now.

Xu Ruo agreed with the host's statement very much, and followed up: "The giant said that we must use all methods that conform to the old system or that do not conform to the old system to benefit the world and all people."

"In Sishang, we can disregard the old rules and turn the world upside down. In Zhengdi, we can of course benefit the people as much as possible under the premise of complying with the old rules."

"The same is true for non-offensive and defensive cities. If non-offensive is the goal, then no matter how cruel Zheng Jun is, as long as Zheng is a small country, we will help defend the city. This is undoubtedly wrong, and it was also opposed by Zi Mozi back then. Zhu Each of us should be clear about the boundary between unrighteousness and non-aggression, and whether the judgment is in line with morality or not depends on the three expressions of Zi Mozi and whether it can benefit the world."

"Nowadays communication is inconvenient, and orders from superiors have not yet been issued, but the battle situation does not wait for anyone, so I suggest: We should take this opportunity to force Zheng to change and make it beneficial to the people. If not, then we have no obligation to obey."

"If we implement the ban on guarding the city now, the people will resent us instead, thinking that we are helping the evildoers and driving them to death."

"Scholars understand why they guard, because what they guard is their interest, that is, the righteousness generated by interest. It is unreasonable to accuse the people of treason and unrighteousness."

"Besides, it is difficult to defend the city only by relying on the scholar class. The times have changed, and it is no longer the era when more than a hundred scholars and the common people can fight in the field to defend the city."

What Xu Ruo meant was that Sishang could not give orders quickly due to the inconvenient transportation. The incident happened suddenly, which required the Mohists in Zhengdi to exert their subjective initiative and make correct judgments on the basis of righteousness and righteousness. .

Now if Xinzheng does not intervene, it will not be able to defend it at all.

Implementing the ban on defending the city by violent means violates the morality of the Mohists and will cause complaints from the people, and the people themselves have no desire to defend the city.

If you want to intervene, you must take this opportunity to learn from the Shangqiu change 20 years ago and force Zheng Jun to accept some reform conditions that benefit the people. Otherwise, the Mohist school will not be able to abide by it.

After all, the tone of this matter was set from the very beginning: if Zheng Guo does not accept political conditions, then the Mohists will not protect Zheng's independence.

What he said before to build a new defense behind the city wall also requires the Mohists to take over the city's defense in an all-round way, and it can only be carried out under the premise of Zheng Jun's endorsement.

The Mohists defended the city and demolished houses, and they had to ask for a "master certificate", and they would be compensated at the original price after the end of the war.

The overall battle of defending the city requires requisitioning food and mobilizing people's resources. All these can only be carried out after Zheng Jun comes forward to express his approval. Otherwise, it is impossible for the Mohists to demolish houses and build new city defenses.

There are quite a few Mohists in Xinzheng. If the people are organized and proposed programmatic reform conditions to force Zheng Jun to accept it, it is also possible to emulate the state affairs of the Song Dynasty.

The premise is to accept the tiger talisman of defending the city first, and organize the people in a reasonable and legal name. As for what to promote after the organization, it is beyond Zheng Jun's control.

After discussing for a while, everyone voted quickly, and finally agreed with the opinion of the host and Xu Ruo, and elected three people as representatives to enter the palace to negotiate with Zheng Jun, and under the premise that Zheng Jun promised that he would reform afterward, take over Xinzheng defense.

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In the Xinzheng palace, Zheng Junyi was as anxious as ants on a hot pot.

At this time, he really understood the mentality of Hanhou back then. Before the Battle of Daliang City, Zheng Guo abandoned the alliance between Wei, Han and Zheng, and took advantage of the opportunity when Wei and Han sent troops to Luyang to besiege the capital of South Korea, so that Hanhou died that year. , leading to a series of subsequent events.

Of course Han Houxuan was not killed by the Zheng people, but the tension and uneasiness brought about by the siege may also have some reasons.

Zheng Junyi never expected that Wei Guo would carve up Zheng Guo with South Korea.

Zheng Guo and South Korea do have a blood feud, but Zheng Guo has always held Wei Guo's thigh, using the conflict between Wei and Han to survive in the cracks.

For Wei Guo, Zheng Guo did not hesitate to go to war with Chu back then, the prince decided to flee, and Zheng Guo publicly expressed his acceptance.

Zheng Guo is the rope that Wei Guo affects South Korea, Zheng Jun understands this, but it is precisely because of this that Zheng Guo's independence should be guaranteed.

After Si Ziyang's change, Wei State took the opportunity to annex a lot of Zheng State's land, and Zheng Junyi could only express his approval.

Because of the three divisions of Zheng Guo, the remaining party of Siziyang among the seven mus killed the king and supported Zheng Junyi's supremacy.

The foundation of Si Ziyang's ascendancy was revanchism. When Han Zi killed Zheng Jun, Si Ziyang stood out against the background of this revanchism. Since then, he has been pursuing the policy of never forbearing to start a war with Korea.

In fact, the smart people in Zheng State at that time understood that even though Wei and Han belonged to the Three-Jin Alliance, Wei Guo was happy to see Zheng Guo attacking South Korea, but he was too embarrassed to say so.

Wei Guo is very happy that Si Ziyang came to power with the help of revanchist blood feud.

Obviously mediating, secretly supporting Zheng Guo a lot, and using it to contain South Korea.At that time, the Three-Jin Alliance had not yet disintegrated, and Wei Guo was embarrassed, let alone supporting Zheng Guo to weaken South Korea. This required Zheng Guo's smart people to make correct decisions.

Si Ziyang was killed, Dazai Xin's group was killed again, and the other six mus fled the capital and returned to their fiefdoms. They either voted for Han or Wei. Vote Chu.

However, Sishang rose, and Chu State trained a new army to win Dongting Cangwu and quell the chaos of Prince Chen Caiding. Wei State urgently needed South Korea as an ally, which made Zheng State's previous strategy of hoping that Wei State would protect Zheng's independence completely failed.

At the moment of failure, the Mo family came forward and expressed their willingness to help Zheng Guo. This is really a pillow for sleepy.

It is impossible to completely fall to the Mohists, so the negotiations between the Zheng State and the Mohists at the very beginning were based on the principle that Mo Zi stopped Lu Yanggong from attacking the Song Dynasty: the son is unworthy, so there is no need for neighbors to fight.

What Zheng Junyi considered, or the reason why the Mohists moved Zheng Junyi, was "to wait for the situation to change".

Xinzheng cannot be defended by Zheng Guo alone, but there are not only South Korea and Zheng Guo in the world, so as long as Xinzheng can stick to Xinzheng for a period of time, there may be interference from various countries. Zheng.

It can only be said that Zheng Jun has never learned the theory of contradiction, and cannot clearly see the situation at this time.

Originally Wei State had hegemony, but this hegemony needed the support of South Korea, so Wei State was willing to mediate the conflict between Zheng and Han, so as to maintain his control over Zheng and Han.

With the Central Plains War a few years ago, Wei State lost its hegemony and turned to strategic contraction. Sishang rose and Chu State recovered. Under this major premise, it is logical for Wei Guo to abandon Zheng Guo.

Zheng Jun never expected that Wei and Han would join forces to carve up Zheng Guo, and now that the sound of artillery was five miles away, he was completely panicked.

There is nothing reasonable about the three crimes that Wei Guo accused Zheng Guo of, and there is no reason to add crimes.

What makes Zheng Jun at a loss is that Zheng Guo originally hoped that Wei Guo would adjust, but now Wei Guo is unreliable.

Wanting the Mo family to help defend the city, the Mo family proposed the non-aggressive alliance and Zheng Guo was also very happy, thinking it was a life-saving straw, but the Mo family directly stated that political reform is necessary to join the non-aggressive alliance, otherwise it would be unnecessary.

The incident happened suddenly, the Mohists in Xinzheng have not yet accepted the Huangfu to defend the city, and the people in the city don't want to fight at all.

The secret work in the city and the people of Liumu back then also preached: give up the defense of the city, and the fiefs and private fields of scholars and low-ranking nobles will not be moved.

Moreover, Zheng Junyi was originally a regicide, and there were a lot of publicity that Wei Han came to avenge Duke Su, especially some of the fugitive Liumu and the losers of political struggles this time, dressed in sackcloth and filial piety, the three armies were naked, outside the city Shouting that this is not an invasion of the state of Zheng, but revenge for the king, clearing out the kingslayers, and distracting the hearts of the people in the city.

Common people who have nothing to do with revenge don't want to fight.

Meat eaters, taxis and above can fight or not.

There are even some people who are extremely confused: giving up defending the city is for disloyalty; but after the death of Si Ziyang, the remaining party of Si Ziyang did kill the king and let Zheng Junyi take the throne. It seems that the city is also a rebellious courtier and a thief.

In fact, according to the Mohist saying that righteousness is profit, the most lethal thing is actually the phrase "the fiefdom does not move".

(End of this chapter)