warring states careerist

Chapter 834 Betrayal

It's not that Zheng Junyi doesn't understand which of them can be used.

Now that the Wei and Han coalition forces are besieging the city, the people who can be used are either feelings or interests.

Those with feelings are those low-ranking scholars and down-and-out nobles. They have a certain amount of property under the enfeoffment system, so they have a certain sense of family and country under the enfeoffment system, and they are also instilled with ideas such as loyalty. The mainstay, but the number is too small.

The beneficiaries are those of Si Ziyang's remnant party, that is, those who now control the government.After the coup that year, Si Ziyang was killed, and the rest of the party and clan turned back and killed the king. Now they control the state affairs of Zheng Guo.Now the other six families in Qimu are all on Wei Han's side. As long as they attack, the remaining members of Si Ziyang's party will definitely be exterminated. These people will fight to the end for their own interests.

It's just... It's really not enough to rely on these two kinds of people, the number is too small.

Distracted.

Defending the city is different from fighting in the field.

Even the defense of the city before the advent of gunpowder was different from field warfare.

What is needed for field battles are three to five hundred off-the-job training scholars, with thirty to fifty thousand apprentices, to fight hard and win decisively in front of the battle.

What is needed to defend the city is tens of thousands of people working together to fight to the end on the city wall.

This is also the reason why he is full of expectations for the Mohists.

When Xu Ruo and other three Mohist representatives came to see Zheng Jun, Zheng Junyi greeted him without even tidying up his clothes.

"Are you finally going to help the widow defend the city?"

The leader of the Mohist said: "We don't want to help you defend the city, but to defend the city so that the princes of the world will not easily launch unjust wars."

Zheng Junyi knew that the Mohists always spoke morally, so he didn't feel disobedient in his heart, and said repeatedly: "Exactly, exactly, it is for the purpose of preventing the princes of the world from easily launching unjust wars."

Xu Ruo said: "The other day we asked you why we fought like Cao GUI said. It's still the same today."

"As the king of a small country, you need to understand that you have to rely on scholars and bureaucrats to defend the city, or rely on the power of farmers, businessmen, and businessmen to defend the city. Everyone seeks profit, and if there is no profit, they will not fight. The common people have no home and no country, why should they defend?"

Zheng Junyi is already at the end of his rope. Zheng Guo says it is not big, but it is not small. At least it can win and lose against South Korea. Although it is a weak country, it is not willing to lose its ancestral temple.

Xu Ruo's words were very blunt, and the implication was that Zheng Junyi was not even as good as Luhou in the Battle of Long Spoon, and there was no reason for the people in the city to fight to the death.

But up to now, although these words are not pleasant to listen to, and there is no such blunt and subtle criticism in the manner of respect and etiquette, he can only accompany him: "It's like this, it's like this!"

Xu Ruo gave a rough overview of how the Wei and Han coalition forces used artillery to attack the city, and then talked about the key issues.

Zheng Junyi can only keep saying that he has not considered the interests of the people before, and he must change this today.

Like the other two Mohists present, Xu Ruo didn't believe Zheng Junyi's words at all.

In terms of age, Xu Ruo is not much younger than Shi. Historically, he had put forward his own opinions on the matter of Meng Sheng and the Mohist elite fighting to the death in Yangcheng. In the end, he chose to die first to maintain the righteousness of the Mohist school. He belongs to Meng Sheng of the next generation.

But Shi was still young when he joined the Mohist school, and Meng Sheng and others had already become famous at that time. The Mohisthism that Xu Ruo came into contact with was the Mohisth who had experienced the bleak end of the third military elimination meeting, and finally chose to occupy the Sishang armed separatist regime as the sword of the world .

Shi's extreme distrust of nobles and shameless criticism of nobles made Xu Ruo's generation of Mohists completely lose their illusions about princes and nobles: it's not that there is no Mohist like this, but there are Mohists with such fantasies. Failure in internal struggles has been sidelined.

What he has been in contact with has always been the theory of power checks and balances: such as Mozi's Thirteen Swords in order to prevent the application of knowledge from harming the world, such as Sishang righteous teacher in order to keep the Song State from attacking at the beginning.

Those beginnings created the current Mohism.

The checks and balances of power, the support of violence, the distrust of the vows of princes and nobles, and the belief that only the force of the people can make those rules that are beneficial to the world be implemented.

This time they came to find Zheng Jun not out of fantasies about princes and nobles, but because they needed Zheng Jun to make an opening.

Mohism's propaganda methods, organizational skills, seditiousness... Xu Ruo is aware of these.

As long as Mr. Zheng gave the Mo family a chance to be justified, as long as they made a small opening, the Mo family would be able to accomplish some great things in the country of Zheng by relying on their organizational strength.

And this opening requires Zheng Jun to first agree with some of the rhetoric of the Mohists, and to give a space where the people can believe and imagine.

So Xu Ruo said: "The matter of defending the city needs to win the trust of the people, so that it is possible for the people to believe more, and even believe in the reason they are defending."

"Now Wei Han's artillery is bombarding the city wall. We have already talked about how to defend it. Now, please take out the gold, silver, jade and copper from the treasury and your private treasury. When demolishing the houses of the people and building a new inner city, Direct compensation to the people."

"If you can't even do this, how can you convince the public that you will do something beneficial to the people in the future?"

"What the people want can be discussed through the National People's Congress."

"You have promised what the people want, and whether you can fulfill it in the future, you need to use gold and silver to win the hearts and trust you have lost for a long time."

The capital city is about to be brought down, how can Zheng Junyi still care about his own wealth, and kept saying: "You got what you said! You got what you said!"

He took out the talisman that guarded the city, and worshiped: "Zheng's defense depends on the Mo family. All expenses are from the Mo family. The treasury is open, and the Mo family can take it. As long as it can be guarded and the princes come to help, this is all acceptable. .”

Only some people in the city can be controlled by the Juan Fu guarding the city, such as the private soldiers of the nobles and the private property of the nobles, which are not included.

There is no need for Zheng Jun to say this, several Mohists also understand.

What the Mohists need to do is to obtain the power of the defenders to command the people, so as to organize the people.

As for what to do, it will naturally be up to Zheng Jun.

After the Mohists left, Zheng Jun was relieved, thinking that if he could last for more than a month, the princes and Sishang must make moves, and Wei Han might not be able to break through the city.

Just when he was happy, a close confidant who heard that Zheng Jun promised the Mo family to "win the trust of the people, benefit the people, and make the people fight" rushed over, and after retreating from the crowd, he knelt in front of Zheng Junyi and said: "Your Majesty You are in danger of perishing the ancestral temple of the country, but you still look happy?"

Zheng Junyi thought he was talking about Wei and Han attacking the city, and said with a smile: "Wuyou, the Mo family is good at defending the city. They have already agreed to help defend the city. As long as they can last for a month or two, how can Sishang, Chu and Qin sit idly by?"

The close minister said: "Your Majesty thinks that the worries I mentioned about the death of the Ancestral Temple of Sheji originated from Wei and Han? That's not the case. What I am worried about is the Mo family and the people. This is the real power of the Ancestral Temple of Sheji. The power of the city transfers the power of the people to the Mohists, do you think this ancestral temple can still be preserved?"

Zheng Junyi's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "What do you mean?"

The close minister said: "Your Majesty, if we talk about Zheng, we and other close ministers are different from the Qimu nobles. Our power and power all come from the monarch, so we can fight to the death."

"Ordinarily, noble ministers can surrender. If they surrender to Wei and Han, they will still be officials. Only trusted and close officials like the monarch and me cannot surrender..."

Zheng Junyi wondered: "It's the reason why I handed over the responsibility of guarding the city to the Mohists to win the trust of the people. Noble ministers can surrender, but I can't. Since you agree with this principle, how can you say that I am Is it wrong?"

The confidant and close minister solemnly said: "Mohists in the world, the giants have orders, and no one dares to disobey. But I don't know if the emperor is a Mohist giant? The Mohists are loyal to the people and trust the giants. They defend the city and attack the city because of their morality and the people. But it’s not for you, Your Majesty.”

"Your Majesty, could it be possible that you have forgotten the events of the Song Dynasty? The Mohists helped defend the city in Shangqiu, and what did the Song Dynasty look like in the end? Isn't this the death of the country?"

With those words, Zheng Junyi felt a chill in his heart.

What is Song State like now?He knows it.

The rise of the people, the powerlessness of the nobles, the monarch is just a display of gods, and the root of the rectification comes from the defense of Shangqiu 20 years ago, which allowed the Mohists to organize the people who were originally scattered like sand.

What the minister said is correct, the Mohists are loyal to the people of the world, and the Mohist giants are ordered, but they are not his servants of Lord Zheng.

It just so happened that the morality of the Mohist school allowed the Mozhe to defend the city, not because of the relationship between the monarch and his ministers or because of love for him. Without this morality, what kind of thing could he allow these madmen who shouted to choose the emperor to defend the city?

But the Mohists not only have the righteousness of defending the city, but also the righteousness of the people being gods and masters, loving the non-attacking, emphasizing the virtuous and solving the people's three hardships and equality...

Seeing that Mr. Zheng was hesitant, the near minister said, "Your Majesty, please give me an example."

"If you have a lot of servants and maidservants, working for you will increase your property and storehouses, and attract neighbors to covet you."

"So the neighbors said that you were guilty and wanted to rob your property. But this property is not the property of slaves, so they don't want to fight, thinking who will be slaves, why should they die? And this neighbor is powerful, you I can't beat it again."

"At this time, there was a slave who was so shameless that he took advantage of others' danger and said that this property was earned by them, and they should have a share of it. And taking advantage of the neighbor's covetousness, I told you that as long as you treat the slave as a human being and divide the property To the servants, these servants will naturally fight to the death."

"You can't even beat your neighbors now. If these slaves can beat your neighbors, how can you beat those slaves who can beat them away?"

"Since you can't beat them, in the future those slaves will say that these property should belong to them, so why do you keep it?"

"Of course, your barn has been saved, but this one is still yours?"

"If this continues, it will benefit Zheng's common people, but it will not benefit you."

Zheng Jun took a deep breath and asked in surprise, "How can it be beneficial to me?"

(End of this chapter)