warring states careerist

Chapter 908 The Gradual Change of Three Views

Under cruel artificial selection, aristocratic families who are not proficient in internal fighting cannot actually continue to the present.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, there were so many incidents of killing the king, and it has only been a few years since the Tian family took the place of Qi and divided the three families into Jin?Besides, Xiong Liangfu and a group of nobles were originally in power in a coup d'état. Chu's court conspiracy was no less than that of the countries in the Central Plains, and they even played a lot of tricks.

If the King of Chu leaves, he will definitely rely on these Jianghan lords as his basic base—maybe they were opposed to centralization a few months ago, and once they leave the fief in the north, these lords will immediately support the royal power.

After all, in the north, these Jianghan lords have nothing but blood, and they can't do without standing with the king.

The princes in the north of Yanying and Jianghan are not easy to deal with. Their families are deeply rooted there, and they have never been the basis for the rule of the King of Chu. This is why the King of Chu and the nobles of Jianghan chose to stick to Zhu, The reason why E did not immediately choose to flee north.

After escaping, the King of Chu, without the title of the Holy Son of Heaven and the tradition of centralized power, is nothing more than the largest feudal monarch, especially after the coup d'état.

In addition, it may not be possible to retake Jianghan against Mo Mo in a short period of time, so many issues have to be considered.

The centralization reform of the former king of Chu offended too many nobles. Now is not the era of opening up mountains and forests. Who would like to be a king in a place with poor mountains, bad waters and sparsely populated areas?
Now these offended lords support Xiong Liangfu, because Xiong Liangfu promises that after he takes office, he will consider the reform as "conspiracy against morality, good use of weapons, and things against the heavens."

It’s just that it was the King of Chu who carried out the reform. Since he was not going against the law, he couldn’t say that his father was wrong, but once the King of Chu died, it must be the rebellious ministers around the King of Chu who were instigating the king to change the law against the way of heaven.

With a coup d'état for a reason similar to that of Zhu Jun's side, and then invite these nobles who were thrown to the remote areas to come back first, otherwise his seat will not be stable.

Now that the situation in Jianghan is out of control, King Chu also knows that his real base is not the new army of the king's division, but the nobles who have lost Jianghan's fiefdom.

As long as I have an army in my hand, I can gain a foothold in the north, regain enough power from those lords, and gradually centralize power in the name of restoring the country and revenge.

Those Wangshi's new army are basically the beneficiaries of the previous reforms and belong to the farmers who granted the land. These people are unreliable.

One is that they are deeply influenced by the Mohist school, and the other is that after going to the north, people must return home.

On the contrary, the feudal disciples and slaves in the army can be used.

If more minor nobles and descendants of the royal family in the Jianghan area can be allowed to flee together, they can also be absorbed as the main force of the army and seduced by military merit.

In addition, the fugitives will basically lose their own land. After running to the north, they can use this to ask those lords for land and power.

If he can fight back to Jianghan with the help of the princes in the future, then he can be regarded as the master of the revival of the Chu state. After all, after being swept away by the Mohists, it will be easier to centralize power and change when he fights back.

Presumably, the princes will at least choose to join forces to resist the aggressive Mohists who do not leave a retreat for the noble princes.

The king of Chu even felt that the Mo family would force the entire nobles to the opposite side of the Mo family: in the previous battles between Wu Chu, Qi Jin, the nobles would at best change their allegiance.Just like the Gongsunhui of Qi, who defected to Zhao after the rebellion, wouldn't it be the same as continuing to be a doctor in the Three Jin Dynasties and guarding the fief Linqiu?

But the Mohist family actually refused to accept the surrender of the Yue Kingdom, and even said that they would drive all the nobles of the Yue Kingdom to the land where there is no one to divide them into feudal states. Isn't this forcing all the nobles in the world to die?The nobility is valuable because of the untouchables, how can it be expensive without the untouchables?Which nobleman doesn't know this simple Taoist principle?As the ruling class, it is always more sober than the informed class. The ancestors overcame thorns and thorns, not for the future generations to surmount the thorns and re-establish the country.

Although the world is big, there is only one Kyushu. If you rush to other places, there is no one to work, so what's the cost?Could it be that the nobles guarded tens of thousands of hectares of land to grow rice and cut sugarcane by themselves?
Xiong Liangfu still has such an awareness. Although it is inevitable to comfort himself if he wants to run away and think about these problems at this time, there is still some hope in the end.

He also knew the reason why Jianghan lords chose to fight to the death. They said it was for the sake of the state of Chu, but in fact it was for the family fiefdom and interests.If it was really for the sake of the state of Chu, how could he launch this coup together with him?
At this point, after Xiong Liangfu expressed his position, he immediately disintegrated the unanimous attitude of Jianghan lords.

Some people are afraid, some are worried, some want to make a comeback, some think that failure is a foregone conclusion, some want to continue to stick to it, and some think there is still hope.

So the Jianghan nobles who originally hoped that Xiong Liangfu would fight to the death here split up.

Under such circumstances, Xiong Liangfu made a statement, so whoever shouted the most, had the highest title, and had the most power might be left behind.

So who wants to stay behind?Duke Shen had just died. In a shocking battle, dozens of battle casualties were settled in an hour. Under the huge shadow, who would want to stay behind?
Although fleeing to the north may lose a lot, staying here will inevitably lose everything.

It was difficult for everyone to communicate with each other, and it was even more impossible to quickly exchange opinions to reach a consensus. In this case, no one stood up to oppose the escape.

It's fine if you're against it.

If I stand up against it, but others don't, and I will be left behind, wouldn't it be bad?

If everyone stays with one mind and fights against the Mohist elite, although it seems that the chances of winning are slim now, there may still be hope.

But if some people want to run and some people want to fight, this battle cannot be fought.

It is not that there are no loyal and patriotic people in Chu State, but most of them died in the previous coup. After all, the loyal and patriotic people with long brains now understand that all countries are reforming, and if the situation in Chu State remains unchanged, it will be over.

Most of those who stand on the side of the nobles put the interests of the family first. The propaganda of the Mo family in the past few years has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The traditions and ancestral methods are just a skin to cover up the relationship of interests. , the nobles firmly believe it, so they must shout slogans to prove that they are not.

Everyone was silent, but they had already tacitly agreed to the strategy of retreating.

Although it is better to retreat early, or to say that we either do not fight or leave early, but after all, we are timid and think that it is difficult to hold on.

But retreating is not fleeing, you have to stop the Mo family's pursuers.

Since he gave up the idea of ​​defeating the enemy in the field, the city of Zhu in the rear is the only city in Chu that can block the pursuit of the Mohists.

Of course, it is impossible to keep it, but it should be no problem to delay it for a period of time.

The monarchs and ministers looked at each other, and the king of Chu said: "If the army withdraws, no one will stay behind, and the pursuers will approach, and everyone will be defeated. At that time, there will be no more than one out of ten, and there will be no more battles. What can I do?"

"According to my opinion, the Mo family attacked from the east to the west and entered Jianghan. It is at the end of the storm, and their strength cannot be lost. But if the Mo family has supplemented the food and grass in the city of Zhu, and recruited civilians, I am afraid they can continue to pursue. "

"Zu City is not a big city, nor is it a giant city. Even if Mo Di is resurrected, it may be difficult to defend at this time."

"What can I do?"

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that this is not obvious?
The only thing that can stop the Mohist army from chasing now is a big fire that turns the city of Zhu into ashes and burns the people in the city so that it cannot be used by the Mohists. Taking advantage of the dry winter weather to light a big fire, not only burn the city The mountains and forests near the city of Zhu are going to be burned.

At the end of the rushing wind, strength cannot drift away.

It has to be said that what the King of Chu said is very reasonable. Attacking from east to west is different from attacking from north to south.

Attacking from east to west, rushing all the way from the mouth of the Yangtze River to Echeng, this must be stopped for a while, otherwise there will be problems with logistics and supplies, and it has been fighting for two or three months, so it is said that it needs to be repaired.

This is not a matter of repairing or not chasing, but delaying time to organize the defense north of Yanying. The Mohists chased here and then went deep into Jianghan. If they want to break through some cities north of Yanying, they can only repair it.

But if you can't delay time in Zhu City, the king of Chu and a group of nobles run, and the Mo family chases after you, then you really don't need to fix it, as fast as you run, you can chase as fast as you can.

If you can't stop it a little bit, it's hard to get rid of it.

Zhu City can't be defended, but if it can't be defended, it doesn't mean that it can't stop the Mohists. It can be burned completely, and all the nearby mountains, forests and cultivated land can be set ablaze. Using fire to stop the enemy can buy time.

This was obvious. The King of Chu said that Zhu City could not be defended, and he had to find a way to delay the time. How could everyone fail to hear the subtext?
It can be heard, but no one dares to answer.

Setting fire to the city is a trivial matter.

That is, it is winter now, if the summer flood season comes, it would be a trivial matter to dig up the river embankment and flood the Mohist chasing troops even if they did not hesitate to turn the city of E into a lake.

However, this is not the case anymore.

All the ministers understood that anyone who dared to propose methods such as setting fire to the city or digging and flooding the river would definitely be included in the Mohist's list of punishing injustice.

The matter has come to this point, not to say that everyone really has the heart of benevolence and righteousness to abide by the Heze alliance of the past, but that they dare not disobey.

In the past, all countries obeyed it because they checked and balanced each other. If Wei Guo dared to dig the Yellow River and the Mohists went to war, the surrounding countries would definitely hold high the banner of righteousness and carve up Wei Guo.

Now the Chu state entrusts the monarch to abide by it, because the battle has already been fought to this point, and the future is uncertain, especially when the Mohists have force and violence to maintain those morals, no one wants to get angry.

One reason is that the order to punish unrighteousness is signed, and it is on the list. If the princes send troops to intervene and the tie is tied, the Mohists will say that those who harm the people must be executed. Follow the story of Gong Ziwu, otherwise there will be no peace talks?Who can guarantee that he will not be sold by then?

Another one, Sishang has brought many changes to the world over the years, all kinds of changes, covering almost every group of people in the world.

The same is true for the ancient professions of "Xia Ke" and "Assassin".

In the past, assassins had little righteousness but no great righteousness.

Since Nie Zheng's assassination of Qin Dynasty, and the Mohist publicized the so-called difference between great righteousness and small righteousness, the three views of knights and assassins have gradually undergone many changes.

Although some people continue to serve the emperor as loyal ministers and warriors, there are also some knights who think that they should do justice for the sky and achieve great fame.

Many chivalrous men don't like the extremely strict discipline of the Mohists, so they don't join the Mohism, but if the Mohism really signed the order to punish injustice, there will definitely be righteous assassins who will jump out.

After the assassination, he was always proud of it and claimed to be responsible for it.This kind of thing has happened many times, and it even happened that gunpowder bombs were thrown at the homes of some aristocrats, or the carriage was ambushed halfway, and even the whole family was killed.

Run away if something happens, and you won't be able to catch it if you run far away, and then you will become famous in the market, and everyone in the world will be called a hero.Heroes are called heroes of great righteousness rather than small righteousness.

The Mohists have now basically achieved the "upper class of righteousness", and the 30-year three-view change has been carried out quietly, and a lot has changed up to now. Naturally, there are many street swordsmen who want to be heroes instead of young heroes.

(End of this chapter)