warring states careerist

Chapter 909
If you do something like set fire to the city, you will face risks.

Many lords thought to themselves, as a lord, you have said everything so clearly, but you stopped abruptly. Didn’t you hope to hear suggestions for burning the city from us?

We do things, and we are also responsible for taking the blame, so what do you want your king to do?

This time, all the nobles were surprisingly unanimous and not silent, but no one answered the words to burn the city.

Everyone thought that burning the city is indeed a good strategy, but even if the city is burned, there must be an order from the king. We just have to carry out the king's order, otherwise don't want us to bear this big crime.

Now that there is paper, it is necessary to ask for a formal royal order and keep it as evidence, so as not to be unclear in the future.

Today you can kill your own brother with us for the sake of the big man, but ghosts and gods don't know if the Mo family can't shake it tomorrow and you will throw us out.

Furthermore, the Mohists always talk about the "law". According to their law, the disaster will not be as bad as the family, and the descendants of one's own family still have a chance to survive.

But chivalrous people use martial arts to break the law, but those knights in the market don't speak the law. If the whole family is killed by then, who can they talk to?

Just as the nobles shied away, a handsome man beside the King of Chu got up and said: "The matter has come to this, and the only way to stop the Mohist army is to set fire to the city of Zhu and burn it to scorched earth."

As soon as he said this, many nobles immediately stood up and said, "This is impossible."

"The people of Zhucheng are all the people of Chu. Burning the city is not benevolent."

"Besides, the weather is dry at this time. Once the fire starts, the city of Zhu will be a thatched hut with railings and it will be difficult to control. There must be a lot of casualties and injuries among innocent people."

"The fire is huge. Although it can indeed stop the Mo family, it is not benevolent."

The beautiful man who proposed to burn the city was one of Xiong Liangfu's boyfriends.

The nobles objected loudly, but the real intention was: "Great, you will bear this responsibility. Hurry up and let the air dry. Once the fire starts, the city of Zhu will be turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the nearby forests will also be burned."

This is the true meaning of the words, and what is heard in the ears is the opposition from unkindness.

The beautiful man shouted: "Great matters don't limit small benevolence. If the Mohist army arrives, it will be a disaster of subjugation, the country will be overthrown, and the ancestral temple will be destroyed. Those who are kings and ministers should take the protection of the ancestral temple and the country as the righteousness, and the rest will be trivial."

"How can a woman's benevolence accomplish anything? A man should make a decisive decision."

"If the city of Zhu is not burned to scorched earth, the Mohists will chase after it in an instant, with plenty of food and grass, and they can mobilize the foolish people to transport, so they can continue to pursue and it will be difficult to get rid of."

"At that time, all the monarchs and ministers of the Chu Kingdom will be destroyed by the brutal Mohists. The monarchs and ministers are all dead, so why restore the country and return to the ancestral temple?"

"It's a pity that the summer flood has not yet arrived. If not, we should dig the river to prevent the Mo family from chasing troops!"

His words expressed the aspirations of the nobles, but the nobles still retorted: "This is inhumane."

Even the King of Chu himself said: "This is inhumane. I am the King of Chu and the people of Chu. How can I burn the city to stop the pursuers?"

The male pet made a big salute to the king of Chu and said: "There is no way to repay the kindness of the king. We can only do our best to protect the community and the ancestral temple, so as to repay the kindness in case of any eventuality."

"Although I can't fight in the field, I can defend the city."

"Your Majesty and the princes and sons should retreat quickly, regroup, and contact the princes. In the past, the Yue people destroyed the country, and Gou Jian tried his courage. He trained three thousand soldiers to avenge his shame in one battle."

"The power of the Mohists today is temporarily unstoppable, but they can practice Goujian's old skills, praise and avoid the edge, and take back the ancestral temple in the future to sacrifice."

After saying that, he grabbed the ground with his head, and his forehead was covered with blood. The king of Chu sighed and hurriedly helped him.

After the handsome man got up, he looked at the nobles, opened his eyes wide and said: "I will die for this matter. If I die, if Chu survives, then I will die for righteousness."

"The world destroys me for being unkind and unrighteous. Even if the Mohists destroy me as a war criminal, I am not afraid of the reputation behind me. Lords and sons, don't forget the shame of today, and assist the king to restore Yingdu and inherit the ancestral temple."

"If there is any violation, the heaven and the earth will kill together!"

A kind of nobleman thought to himself, so that's the case, waiting for us here?
This is obviously the death of the king of Chu who came forward to make a group of nobles swear to assist the king.After all, the city of Zhu must be guarded by someone, and at the end of the defense, a torch must be set to burn the city of Zhu into scorched earth, so that there is a chance to delay the escape of the king of Chu and the nobles.

Naturally, the field battle in Bashui was not possible. After Shen Gong was defeated, the nobles of Chu State understood that everyone might die in the field battle.

After the end of the field battle, ordinary dead soldiers do not have the ability to command tens of thousands of troops.

To defend the city, that is to say, to defend the city, is actually to burn the city to scorched earth.

The Mohists' siege methods are famous all over the world. There is no artillery, no solid new-style city walls, and the defenders have no morale. What the hell?

Since it was the king of Chu who came forward to defend the city and burn it, the nobles always had to express their views. This was actually a deal.

Xiong Liangfu was wrong in his position. Although the nobles did not object, the premise of not objecting was that the nobles got what they wanted and made a reactionary reform.

Now Xiong Liangfu ran from Jianghan to Nanyang with nothing but the name of blood. What if the local nobles don't recognize him when he gets there?What if the local nobles choose someone else as king?What if the local Feng bought these Jianghan princes who lost their fiefs like bereaved dogs?
Although things like oaths are basically useless, basically useless is better than nothing at all, and there is also a problem involving responsibility.

If the idea of ​​burning the city and the scorched earth was proposed by the king of Chu himself, then the responsibility for this matter is as follows: the king of Chu wanted to burn the city, but the nobles opposed it, but the king's order was hard to violate, so he burned the city.

Once something goes wrong, once the situation is unfavorable, the nobles can immediately trade Xiong Liangfu out, and they will be righteous and strict. This person is not benevolent, not my lord.

The nobles were certainly afraid that Xiong Liangfu would sell them, but wouldn't Xiong Liangfu be worried that the nobles would sell him?

If the claim of burning the city and the scorched earth was put forward by the dead man of the king of Chu, then the responsibility for this matter is as follows: the dead man was loyal to the country, the king of Chu opposed it, and the nobles opposed it, but this person stayed in the city to buy time for the king and the nobles Flee, and finally burn the city.

The practice of the dead is in line with morality, and it is commendable to die for the king.Then under this kind of praise, burning a city is debatable. At the very least, some people may feel that this person is a righteous man.

Besides, everyone is dead, who will the Mo family arrest?
In fact, burning the city is a technical task, and it is not something that can hinder the pursuit of soldiers with a random fire.

Murder and arson are all technical work.

So this kind of thing can't be carried out by one or two dead soldiers, it needs the cooperation of soldiers, and it is impossible to act secretly.

If this incident was really a spontaneous act of the dead man, then the dead man could not say a word and take over the matter of ending the defense of the city. After the king of Chu and the nobles had left, he would organize the burning of the city.

But in this case, the king of Chu can't tell clearly——Your dead man, can you, Xiong Liangfu, get rid of the relationship?
This is not a moral issue, because the nobles have not felt that Gong Ziwu committed any serious crimes back then, but an issue related to fate, name and family continuity.

The king of Chu didn't want to bear this responsibility, not because he couldn't bear it, but because this matter might lead to him being betrayed and betrayed by the nobles.

Therefore, the king of Chu had to act out this matter, and he couldn't let the dead man do it secretly.

The king of Chu just used a method to tie the responsibility of this matter to all the nobles, and after the binding, the saying of this matter is "the voluntary behavior of the dead guarding the city by themselves".

Now of course the nobles can resolutely oppose it, then the opposing nobles will offend the rest of the nobles.

Now that you have decided to escape, the burning of the city and the scorched earth is what everyone wants, and it is enough to object symbolically. If you actually object, then don't blame everyone for killing you first.

The princes in the north seem to have suffered little loss now. The reason why the Mohist attacked Chu was because the king of Chu had a reactionary coup and implemented unjust policies.

What if the princes in the north choose to make peace with the Mohists?In other words, when the Mo family had to accept peace talks under the oppression of Wei, Han, Qi and other princes, what should all the lords do if they sold the king of Chu?

If the matter of burning the city is involved, this in itself is another direction that can make a big fuss.

It's not that saying it doesn't blame the public, if the Mo family really wins, maybe all the nobles who come today will have a share, and they will all be responsible for this matter.

But for the noble lords, if there is too much involvement, the king of Chu will be safer. If the lords in the north really want to change the king of Chu to make peace with the Mohists, they can’t send all the lords from Jianghan in the past. In that case But there is really no legal basis at all, and the new king may not be able to stand up.

The meaning of King Chu is already very clear.

I send people to burn the city, you don't need to support it, just don't oppose it.

I bought time for you to escape, and let everyone shoulder this responsibility together. Everyone advances and retreats in unison. If there is a peace in the future, none of you will be able to escape, so it is best to keep me and fight with the relatives of the emperor in the north. Dou, don't be bribed and bewitched by them to abolish me as a pawn in the peace talks with the Mohists.

If you don’t agree, then be a truly benevolent person, and stand up and persuade me to kill this person who proposed to burn the city.

If you want to be a truly benevolent person, you have to pay a price, and you can't just shout slogans.

In the current situation, whoever stands up to be a true benevolent and righteous person will be an enemy of all the nobles present.

In the five thousand miles of Chu State, there are many warriors and benevolent people, but at this time, there is no one who meets the definition of courage and benevolence under the changes of the times in the past 30 years.

Sure enough, after a while, a group of nobles talked about a series of important issues such as the country, the ancestral temple, traditions, etiquette, etc., and seemed to have forgotten the matter of setting fire to the city just now.

All the nobles made an oath with one heart and one mind, to assist the King of Chu, and to help the country. If there is any violation, the heaven and the earth will kill together.

Then the King of Chu said to the handsome man, "It is absolutely impossible to burn the city. I entrust you with the responsibility of guarding the city. Are there any objections to this matter?"

All the ministers said that they did not object.

This sentence asks two questions.

Do you object to saying that you will not burn the city?

Do you object to leaving the matter of defending the city to the person who just proposed to burn the city?
Everyone knew in their hearts that burning the city was inevitable, but the King of Chu no longer took responsibility, nor did he himself.

But if the king of Chu takes it, he himself has to bear it—the responsibility that the king of Chu can bear is that he knows that this person has the tendency to burn the city, but he doesn't stop him from changing the general. When the king of Chu advised not to burn the city, he also heard the beautiful man's plan to burn the city. If the king of Chu is responsible, so are the ministers.

Besides, didn't the Mohists want to say that in the matter of laws and regulations, the theory does not care about the heart?If it is the evidence, the king of Chu and the nobles are not guilty of war crimes, the evidence is solid, and they have indeed opposed it.

(End of this chapter)