warring states careerist

Chapter 854 The Enemy Is Inside the Xiao Wall
This is the case in troubled times. Fortunately, there is no foreign enemy of sufficient size in the chaotic and conflicted Zhuxia.

The reform of the stirrup and infantry military system, as well as the innovation of new crop agricultural technology, made the Zhuxias connected to a certain extent, and the war between the kingdoms was no longer a matter between the two countries.

The survival of a small country cannot be controlled by itself, or even by a country that is the main attack.

In the city of Xinzheng, No. 20 was besieged for seven days.

Wei Han once again increased his troops and mobilized more artillery, so that the speed of repairing the city wall by the soldiers and civilians in the city could not keep up with the speed of destruction.

But the city is still insisting, and the people are looking forward to a hope, a hope that if Wei Han is driven away, the monarch and nobles can fulfill the contract and have their own new life.

In the northwest of Xinzheng City.

This is the palace area of ​​the state of Zheng, and also the location of the palace city area. The nobles live in the northwest of the city, and there is an inner city wall between the common people and the nobles.

Only the north side of Xinzheng's city wall has the structure of running walls and horse faces, because it is expensive to build this kind of structure, especially the defense system formed with gunpowder, and the north side faces Miyagi directly, so it is heavily protected.

Qinshui and Weishui form an intersection similar to "Y". The three sides of Zheng State are all built on Weishui and Weishui, which is much easier to defend.

This time, the main attack direction of the Wei and Han coalition forces was the northeast corner, but the northwest side was not attacked so violently.

At the city gate on the west side, several yawning soldiers finally looked forward to someone who would replace them. After verification, a group of elite warriors took over the defense near the city gate.

This is not the main attack direction of the Wei and Han coalition forces, but there are still many Wei and Han soldiers stationed outside.

Outside is the burial area, the burial area of ​​the nobles. The Wei and Han coalition forces were not the Yan army who captured Linzi City decades later, and no one came forward with "smart ideas" such as "digging the ancestral graves in the city to intimidate the city to surrender".

This is not because the Wei and Han coalition forces are of higher quality, but because there are still some Liumu nobles who fled after the Xinzheng coup in the coalition forces, and those burial areas are also their ancestral graves.

On the city wall, Zheng Shibing, who had switched defenses, was waiting for an opportunity.

They are Zheng Jun's confidantes and Zheng Jun's vassals, and this is also the capital that Zheng Junyi has been able to compete with Si's over the years.

Zheng Jun's private elite did not fully participate in the previous few defensive counterattacks, but the private soldiers of those nobles suffered a lot.

Most of the city gates on this side are already Zheng Jun's confidantes, not necessarily the soldiers, but most of the officers are.

Outside the palace, Zheng Junyi looked at the ancestral temple not far from the south side of the palace, and the reason he found in his heart to open the city to welcome Wei Han seemed more reasonable.

Zheng Guo's initial fiefdom was not here. In Qin, Zheng Guocai moved to the Central Plains after Fenghuo played with the princes, and finally chose the most favorable real Central Plains, and he used to dominate it.

With everything going on, Zheng Junyi knew that the ancestral temple of Xinzheng might have to move out again, and Wei Han had promised to confer him a city to continue Zheng's sacrifice.

Che Ruan, Ma Xiaoxiao, and Zheng Junyi brought their own elite forces, and under the pretext of patrolling the city defense, they approached the west gate where their own forces had been deployed.

The confidant in charge of contacting Wei Han whispered: "Your Majesty, can we start?"

Zheng Junyi looked outside worriedly, wondering if Wei Han was ready to respond, and whether Wei Han believed his words or not.

I was afraid that if Wei Han felt that there was a fraud here, and he leaked it again, it would be bad.It would be fine if he could escape out of the city, but in case of failure, if the escape out of the city did not go smoothly, he would be smashed to pieces by the extremely angry people and nobles.

But Zheng Junyi had no choice. It was reported that the Chu State had sent troops, and the Mohists had also sent troops.

And the most popular people in the city today, apart from those Mohists, are those who are facing the threat of death from the Siziyang Remnant Party.

They understood that all they could rely on was the people in the city, and that Wei Han would not accept their surrender.

Because... one of the reasons Wei Han sent troops was to kill the king.

The reason for killing the king determines that those who killed Zheng Yugong, expelled the other Liumu, and killed Dazai Xin in the coup d'état had only a dead end.

If not, it would be the biggest joke that Wei Han, who pretended to kill the regicide and show the way of heaven, accepted the surrender of the remaining party of Si Ziyang.

What's more, after the three-point division of Zheng Guo, Wei and Han each got a part of the land. The legal principle of this part of the land is that the fugitive nobles of Zheng Guo brought their fiefs to Wei Han.

Just like the coup of Qi State back then, Gongsun would stand in Linqiu, and the fiefdom of Linqiu belonged to Gongsun's family, so the final treaty after the three Jins conquered Qi stipulated that "Qi State shall not attack Linqiu", not Qi State Do not fight Wei Han again.

The current situation is the same. If Wei Han accepted the surrender of Si Ziyang's remaining party, then the part of Zheng State's land obtained according to this legal principle is likely to rebel.

Some are controlled by Wei Han, and some are still in the hands of the fugitive nobles of Zheng State. In contrast, once the city is broken, the remaining party of Siziyang will only have a dead end.

It was precisely because of this threat of death that the rest of the Siziyang party immediately beheaded the nobles who raised objections after listening to the opinions of the Mohists.

Then they wantonly "bought" the people, not only took out more money to reward those who defended the city and made meritorious deeds, but also made bold words that they would truly love the people and grant fiefdoms to the people...

I don't know if it's true or not, but for now, Zheng Junyi understands that his position as a puppet may soon be over.

The state of Qi made a good start with the Tian family replacing Qi, and the nobles of various countries naturally have learned and learned: In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were also regicides, but the regicides were basically killed by the alliance of all countries. , not only did the countries not crusade, but Wei Guo came forward and Zhou Tianzi wanted the title for the Tian family, so what is there to be afraid of the nobles?

If Mrs. Tian did it, Mrs. Si can't do it?

Furthermore, Si Ziyang was indeed anti-Chu back then, and even led to the collective passive confrontation of Zheng Guoren before the battle, and they all ran to the city to wait for surrender before the war started.

But then the Battle of Daliang City of Chu State suffered a crushing defeat, and a lot of rulers and even central ministers died. Chu State chose to retreat and lick its wounds.

After Zheng Guo's coup, the remaining Liumu, who were originally pro-Chu faction, went out of the capital. At that time, it was impossible to seek refuge in the weak and wounded Chu State, but they could only seek refuge in Wei Han.

And when Liu Mu was close to Chu, it was only to fight against Si Ziyang.Si Ziyang was trying to find a chance for Zheng Guo to rise. He is not a pro-Jin faction. You must know that the legitimacy of his coming to power stems from the fact that he has always advocated "revengeism" to start a war against South Korea. Find a way to revival.

Now if people from Chu enter the city, the rest of Siziyang's party will definitely take refuge in people from Chu, Zheng Junyi knows this.

After taking refuge in the Chu people, Siziyang's remaining party became more powerful and the voice of the people was louder, so it is not difficult to replace it.

If it was the Mohists who led the aid to Zheng, that would be even more so.

It's not like Zheng Junyi didn't feel guilty, especially when he faced the ancestral temple just now, he couldn't help but think in his heart whether he was sorry for his ancestors by doing so.

But after thinking about it, I feel that I have come to this point today because the Mo family and Si Ziyang's remaining party forced me to do so.

If the Mohists didn't hype up those strange morals on Sishang, such as equality, rights, etc., why should he worry about the people's future rebellion?

If the rest of Si Ziyang's party didn't invite people to buy people's hearts and wanted to collude with Chu State, and made him a puppet when he committed chaos back then, why should he worry about Tian's replacing Qi in Zheng State in the future?
The more he thought about it, the more Zheng Junyi felt that what he did was right, what he did was righteous, what he did was forced and helpless, and what he did was frank.

Finally, after thinking about his helplessness in doing so, Zheng Junyi came to the top of the city, and delivered his speech in a place where most of his confidantes were.

The content of the speech is nothing more than a few words.

It was nothing more than the coup d'état of Si Ziyang Yu's party back then, and he was pushed to be the king out of desperation. He wanted to learn from the prince Lu during the Baigong Sheng Rebellion of Chu State that he would rather die than follow, and sacrifice his life for righteousness.

But I thought of Mozi's words. Mozi said that what the prince Lu did was not benevolent and righteous. If he has the ability, he will help the people;

So he endured it for 20 years, just to wait for this day to kill the real rebellious officials and thieves Si Ziyang Yudang.

After being impassioned, these great righteousness alone are definitely not enough to convince everyone, so he talked about more specific interests.

Everyone didn't know his plan, except some confidantes.

There are also some "gentlemen" who really think that Wei Han came to crusade because of Zheng Guo's regicide, so they believe that once the princes rise up and kill Si Ziyang's remaining party, then Wei Han will withdraw and continue to retain Zheng Guo The presence.

With this foundation, Zheng Junyi said that for those who have made great achievements, they can be promoted to be a doctor, a corporal can be promoted to a sergeant, a sergeant can be promoted to a sergeant, and ordinary people can be promoted to a scholar.

After these words, his confidants cheered thunderously, but some peasants and soldiers who had been promoted by the Mohist were puzzled.

According to their thinking, every time a scholar is promoted, someone has to work for this scholar.

Nobles are nobles, landowners are landowners, it's not the same thing.The nobility of the nobility stems from the feudal obligations and labor rent of the people who own the land. Those who manage the land and become rich are called nouveau riche and are not worthy of the nobility. Even Shina is the lowest-level nobility, who has the jurisdiction over the land and the control of the common people. of.

That being the case, since the land has already been distributed to the people, how can there be any scholars and officials?Besides, even if there is land, who will work on the land?
As soon as the bold one questioned, he was beheaded by Zheng Junyi's confidants and those nobles who had long been dissatisfied with the Mohist propaganda policy, and was convicted of disturbing the morale of the army.

The soldiers are the main force here, and they all belong to Zheng Jun, so they lit the flames and smoke rose, opened the city gate, and set up formations under the city to prevent the people in the city from discovering the situation and counterattacking.

(End of this chapter)