warring states careerist

Chapter 923 Six Wins and Six Defeats
According to the inference of Sishang Mohist's art of explaining knowledge, it should be like this, and it should be like this.

However, reality is always stranger than rational inference.

In fact, the Mohist guessed that the reason why the Qi State was waiting for the alliance of princes from all over the world to send troops and did not do it for a long time was far from the truth.

The real situation is that there is still no unified idea within Qi State, and each holds his own.

Some nobles think that the Mo family is not easy to fight, and once the war starts, who will sell the grain and cotton in their manor?If you fight for a long time, you will have to pay a lot of money to support the monarch, and then you will not be able to get what they want.

Sishang is indeed rich, but as far as the farmers on Sishang are concerned, even if they are free serfs for these nobles, they don't like it, because those farmers are so infamous that they are too easy to rise up.

Fighting Sishang not only has no real benefits for the various noble families, but on the contrary, it may have to pay a lot of money. It is better not to fight first, but to take the opportunity to expand in other directions, and then wait until the Mo family really expands northward to form a real threat. Time, then contact the princes.

After all, the Mohists just won Jianghan and Nanyang, and the war against Vietnam is not over yet, so it is better to induce the Mohism to annex Yue, so that the Mohism will not be able to use force again in a short time.

There are also quite a few Tians who hold this opinion. After analyzing the current situation, they think that even if they go to war with the Mohists, they will not gain enough benefits.

Now Wei Jian is seriously ill, Xihe pawns are destroyed, and the state of Wei is already vulnerable.

Zhao Guozheng was at war with Zhongshan, but he was unable to interfere in the Central Plains.

It is better to take this opportunity to contact Qin, Han, and Zhao, and take advantage of the fact that the Mo family's conquest in Chu has not yet ended, and the Yue State still has a war to carve up Wei State, and Qi State will monopolize the defending land.

One thing is that there are still some princes in Chu who are still resisting, and now it seems that they are immortal, and it is impossible to surrender.

The second is that the state of Yue is still undecided. If the four families of Qin, Han, Zhao, and Qi carve up the states of Wei and Wei, the Mo family will not have the energy to interfere. Instead, they will definitely choose to attack the state of Yue first to pacify the state of Chu, and then discuss .

There are quite a few nobles who hold this opinion. Apart from their ability to get enough family benefits, there is another key point.

The Yue State's boat division was completely wiped out, and the Junzi Army was completely wiped out in the first battle of Sishang in Lu Zhan, and it has not been slowed down since then. In fact, the Yue State has no strength to go north.

But even though they don't have the power to go north, but the Mohists treat the nobles of Chu State so mercilessly, presumably the monarchs and ministers of Yue State will definitely fight to the end.

According to their understanding, it is extremely difficult to destroy a country like Chu State and Yue State, so if the princes turn against Mohist all over the world, Yue State will not be able to provide much help; Years can't get away.

Experience comes from history, never from a vacuum.

Judging from the experience of the nobles of the Qi State, although the Mohist family had the move to open rice paddies and destroy well fields in the southwestern area of ​​Qi, it was only a corner of the land after all.

Chu State is five thousand miles away, and there are many feudal monarchs. It may not be able to solve it in a short period of time. Coupled with the huge burden of Yue State, it is impossible to get out in the short term.

In contrast, the Central Plains.

In the battle of Yinyang, the state of Wei was exhausted; in the battle of Yin and Jin, the elite of Wei State was lost.

The Wei State is the de facto suzerain of the Wei State, and the Wei State can continue to this day because it is under the control of the Wei State.

The relationship between South Korea and the State of Wei, since the Zheng State was divided up after the Yinyang War, has actually been in harmony.

Zhao Guo is now sending troops to Xihe out of the Three-Jin Alliance, but in fact Wei Guo is so weak now, it may not be in the mood to carve up Wei Guo directly.

Even if the Mo family has the heart of swallowing the world and sweeping the world, it will take time after all.It’s not that the Mo family has not yet aligned, Han, Zhao, and Qin declared war. They just used the secret letter of the king of Chu, who did not know the truth and falsehood, as a reason to annex the state of Chu. During this period, all countries can seize the time to expand their strength, and wait until the Mo family really goes north. Only then will it become clear, and all countries will be able to work together.

Qi Hou Yan is not a great talent, if it wasn't for the Mohist's intrusion in the past, he would have been killed by his cousin's coup d'état not long after he became Qi Hou in history.

We must know that in history, it was not a civil war of succession between the princes, but Prince Shan was killed by his cousin after he formally succeeded to the throne. As you can imagine.

He also somewhat felt that what these nobles said made sense.

However, some nobles expressed their opposition, thinking that now is the weakest time for the Sishang Mo family, and if they do not take this opportunity to completely destroy Sishang, they will suffer in the future.

Because now the Mohists have to divide part of their troops in Jianghan, control Huainan, and control Sishang and East China Sea. In fact, the battle line has been stretched very long.

It seems that the Mohist army is powerful, but it is not invincible.

The attitude of the Mo family to deal with the nobles and princes of the Chu state this time has completely chilled the hearts of the nobles and gentlemen in the world. This is a firm determination to express that everyone in the world really needs to be equal in the future, and all the primitive accumulation of thousands of years of ancestors must be wiped out from the beginning. At first, this was absolutely unacceptable to nobles.

With all the will, the Mohist family has no king and no father is already a grievance, this time the princes can get rid of the Mohist family together.

And above the court, someone constructively put forward the theory of six wins and six losses.

The so-called Mohist had six defeats, and the princes had six victories. Although Mo was strong, he was powerless.

The Mohists were frugal and abolished etiquette, and the princes were respectful and orderly, this way is better than one.

The Mohist movement is rebellious, there is no king and no father, and the princes can be ordered by the emperor to fight against them. This righteousness wins both.

The Mohist government was lenient, and the people sought profit, so they were not deterred;

The Mohist respects the virtuous and ruthless, and it is difficult to have cronies when employing people. Blood relatives are not used for talents, and no looting and adultery are allowed in the restrained army. The soldiers have no fighting spirit; ; This degree is better than four.

Mohist burials are not filial, only rebirth and not death, saying that ghosts are valued but less sacrifices, saying that they must be in harmony with heaven but no sacrifices, ghosts, gods and emperors really hate it; princes burials and filial piety, regard death as life, spring and autumn, four seasons, sacrifices, The ghosts, gods and gods are really sheltered; this sacrifice is better than the five.

The Mohists do not hear about relatives, but only talk about virtuousness, so that the achievements of the father's generation cannot be passed on to the children; the princes respect and love each other, and protect each other, so that the achievements of the father's generation can be passed on to the children, and the noble will always be noble and the humble will always be humble; Six also.

This is not unreasonable, especially in the old era when "the noble is always noble and the humble is always humble, and the merits of the father's generation are passed on to the family" is the mainstream thinking.

The Mohists abolished etiquette, which is radical; the princes are now also emphasizing etiquette, which is conservative; conservatism can defeat radicalism.

The Mohists are rebels, and they do not have the title bestowed by the emperor of Zhou, which is immoral; although the princes' methods are not clean, they are officially entrusted by the emperor.Fighting rebels with orthodoxy is also a condition for victory.

The Mohists advocated equality, but the army also practiced equality in personality between people, and even allowed the people to discuss politics, so that there was no order at all, and there might be internal problems if there was a fight; the princes were different from each other. A doctor is nobler than a sergeant, and a monarch is stronger than a doctor.This order of respect and inferiority is the root of King Wu's defeat of Zhou and his ability to rule the world, so the Mohists will surely lose.

The Mohist school is ruthless and fatherless, loves everyone, restricts military discipline and forbids killing at will, and forbidding to humiliate and humiliate the people at will. Such soldiers must have no fighting spirit, and they cannot rob food, money, and women. How can soldiers use their lives?On the other hand, the army of the princes does not have such military discipline. When there is a shortage of food, they can directly rob the enemy because of the food. , then the soldiers must fight the enemy bravely.So the Mohists have no chance of winning.

The Mohist’s thin burial, the innermost part calls people to be gods and mainly respects ghosts and gods to go to heaven, but in fact it just says that there are few sacrifices; while the sacrifices of the princes throughout the year are very important ceremonies, and they are all used in different months according to the etiquette. offerings.Ghosts and gods going to heaven must hate the hypocritical Mohists and protect the princes who really respect heaven, which is also the reason why Mohism failed.

The Mohists stress equality of opportunity, and will not always be noble or humble, which prevents officers from passing on their merits to their children, so why are they willing to fight to the death?On the other hand, on the side of the princes, the nobles made meritorious deeds and could be allocated fiefdoms, population, wealth, slaves, etc., all of which could be passed on to future generations.So how can the Mohists defeat the princes who are willing to fight for future generations?

These six victories and six defeats are really some so-called dialectical truths, and this is actually the contradiction between the Mohist school and the old system.

Which side is more reasonable?

The fight has come to an end, and we can only use the most authoritative method to force some people to accept the principles of others by violence.

The Mohists believed that the reason that these princes must win is not right at all, so it has to be overthrown and a new reason should be established.

The princes and nobles think that the principles they believe are eternal, so if they conform to these principles, they will naturally win.

When the nobles heard the words of six victories and six defeats, they also felt that it made sense.

I thought to myself, what am I waiting to fight for?Isn't it to be able to have the wealth of fief slaves?Isn't it for the prosperity of the family, so that all this can be passed on to future generations?
The Mohists do not allow military officers to own fiefdoms, including those large-scale workshops that make money every day, and they are not hereditary, so why do the Mohist people work so hard?Even if there are some people with bad brains who believe in the nonsense of benefiting the world and dying without hesitation, they are still a minority. How can they defeat the coalition of princes?
The defeat of the Chu State was due to the treacherous scheme of the Mohists. They attacked the Yue State first, which made the Chu State unprepared. By going up the river, the Chu State was caught off guard.

Besides, if there were no traitors and sycophants in Zhucheng who captured Zhucheng, it would be hard to say whether Chu would win or lose.

And how can a state of Chu be able to catch up with the joint efforts of the princes?
Even if the Mo family is able to fight now, it is only because of their continuous victories. Once they fail once, or once Sishang is invaded, then the Mo family is likely to start fighting internally, and some people may feel that it is better to join the princes in the future. It can also be a general and doctor.

So the Sishang Mohism seems to be powerful, but in fact it may not be invincible.

Qi Hou Shan's ears were also soft, and when he heard the words of six victories and six defeats, he suddenly felt that it made sense.

(End of this chapter)