Chapter 410
Time is ruthless and heaven and earth glow
Chapter 410 Time is ruthless and heaven and earth are glowing ([-])
The situation in Qi State is different from that of other countries. The Tian family relied on the enfeoffment system to obtain most of the cities in Qi State, so they have power.
But compared to Jiang Qi, Tian's surname is a foreign surname after all, which is usurpation.
In contrast, it is the state of Chu.
The state of Chu has a wide range of monarchs, and the power of appointing monarchs is very great, but the monarchs of Chu State are at least relatives of their own family, and they will not fall into the hands of outsiders.
But are relatives with the same surname really reliable?
Chu State, Yingdu.
The situation of Chu in the past few years can be summed up in a joking statement:
The King of Chu thought that he had a great advantage, so he gave up the Mohist pact and attacked, the King of Chu attacked the State of Zheng, the King of Chu counterattacked the Three Jins, the State of Chu was defeated by Wu Qi...
The current situation in Chu State is very ugly now.
Chu's strategy can be roughly divided into three lines: left, center, and right.
On the right line, compete with Yue State for Huaibei and Sishang, but this is not the main attack direction of Chu State at this time.
Now the Mohists are in Sishang, Huaibei, and they are under a special pact with the Yue State to eliminate soldiers. In addition, the king of Chu there can't command at all, and he is too far away from the political center to develop.
On the middle line, on the old land of Chen State, relying on the two bridgeheads of Daliang and Yuguan, they can attack the Three Jins when they advance, and suppress the State of Zheng and Song when they retreat, forcing them to become allies.
In the first battle of Daliang City, Wu Qi killed four Fengjuns and one Youyin, and broke through Daliang and Yuguan.The prince decided to enter Chen, and he called himself the King of Chu and concurrently served as the Duke of Chen. Most of the people in Chu City defected. The center line has completely lost the ability to attack, and it is also very difficult to defend.
On the left line, with the Nanyang Plain in hand, we can attack Bashu, Luoyang, South Korea... Conversely, Bashu and Sanjin can also attack Nanyang.
After this defeat, Chu State could only give up the center line and the right line, and try its best to maintain the left line.
Fortunately, during the war three years ago, Wei Sixu and Wu Qi withdrew their troops, otherwise the King of Chu would not be able to secure his throne at that time.
Now the Wei State is still recuperating, and the Chu State has suffered even greater losses and is unable to make progress at all.
The feudal monarch, powerful ministers, foreign aggression, younger brother's succession rights... All problems erupted after the military defeat.
It seemed stable before, but it was an illusion under the advantage.
Lord Luyang, Lord Yangcheng, Lord Pingye, Lord Zhaozhiai, and Lord Shaoliang were killed or captured, and many low-ranking nobles of Chu State also died in the First Battle of Daliang.
Wu Qi used the most shameless means. The previous field battle turned into a defeat battle. He allowed the Chu people to flee to Daliang City to hold on. After defeating Ye Gong's reinforcements, he used gunpowder to blow up the city wall and wiped out Chu's strength in Daliang City. .
The defeat of Ye Gong's reinforcements actually meant that King Chu's last viable force outside Fangcheng was lost. At that time, Wu Qi could easily break through the Great Wall and enter Nanyang.
But fortunately, Weiss died, and the young master came to the throne.
But fortunately, that's all there is to it.
For the king of Chu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So many princes died in battle, relatives died, and nobles became extinct.
However, doing so involves many problems.Now there are two kings of Chu, if you dare to move the interests of the nobles, then the nobles can ask the prince to be the king of Chu, why should you support yourself, the king who wants to take power?
The government treasury was empty, the people were angry, and the emperor was crying. Fortunately, the loan agreement signed with the Mohist school back then allowed the king of Chu to breathe.
The Mo family has already started to mine and smelt the iron ore in Nanyang, and every year two-tenths of the dividends will be transported along the river to Yingdu and directly handed over to the King of Chu.
With money in hand, don't panic.
With the help of this money, the families who died in battle were appeased, and a sum of money was borrowed from the Mo family, finally stabilizing the situation.
The nobles of Yingdu launched a rebellion, relying on the weapons and loans provided by the Mohist family, sold part of the benefits to the citizens of Yingdu, and suppressed the rebellion, but the king of Chu finally regretted it.
The so-called regret is always accompanied by an overestimation of one's own prospects.
Compared with the current situation in Chu State, the King of Chu really regrets that he did not abide by the agreement with the Mohists to eliminate soldiers. Otherwise, the Mohists helped guard Daliang and Yuguan, how could the current situation arise?
I thought the Mohist's pact to eliminate soldiers was a bondage, but now it seems that it is clearly a shield, but there is no medicine for regret in the world.
Qin Guo was forced by Wu Qi to the point where he couldn't even pass Luoshui. After five years of recuperation, he was beaten back to his original form in the first battle of Wang Zhizhan.
South Korea is now fawning over Wei Guo, with the fat of Zheng Guo, they are busy eating this fat, the contradiction between Han and Wei has become invisible, and South Korea has the meaning of serving Wei as the main.
Zhao Guo did not participate in the affairs of the Central Plains at all, but the relationship between the three Jins was there. Although each had their own ghosts, it was impossible for Zhao Guo to attack Wei Guo.
The Mo family was in Sishang, and Meng Zhuze met the alliance, and even the Chu State did not invite them. The definition of the battle between Wei and Chu was "dog eats the dog", accusing Wei and Chu of violating the righteousness of the world, but turned around and signed a contract with Wei. The covenant was signed to maintain the situation in Sishang.
Qi State did not dare to attack San Jin, and took Lu State to try San Jin's attitude. Before San Jin made a statement, the Mo family rushed forward and beat Qi State hard, maintaining the border of Lu State, and retreated leisurely , Qi Guo did not dare to provoke San Jin.
Wei Guo's hegemony has been achieved, and the last round of Jin-Chu hegemony has actually come to an end at this time.
The king of Chu had nothing to do, and the domestic political situation was chaotic. His younger brother shouted at Chen Yaoqi, and the condition he gave was that if he became the king, he would definitely ensure that the interests of the nobles would not be shaken at all.If too many nobles had not been killed in the battle of Daliang, this hatred could also be attributed to Wang Ziding, and Chu State would have changed its master long ago.
It is also relying on a part of the Mo family’s mining income to be directly transported to the treasury of the king of Chu, the large amount of loans provided by the Mo family, and the hearts of the people who bought the ironware and so on. Finally, the king of Chu can still control the situation in Ying capital.
If the country is weak, we expect the people to be strong.
When the people are strong, all kinds of dissatisfaction will be awakened.
This is like a glass of poisoned wine, but the king of Chu had to drink it.If you don't drink, your seat as the king of Chu will not be stable, and you will not be a martyr for the ritual system of "the distinction between noble and humble".
What's more, the money borrowed from the Mo family... is too much. According to the current situation, if there are no reforms, they will not be able to pay it back at all.What should I do if I can't afford it?The Mo family said that whoever can afford it is the king of Chu, and the Mo family does not recognize those who cannot afford it.Because of this money, the Mohist family only made a guarantee and borrowed it from "Sishang Wanmin". If it is not repaid, the Mohist family's "collection of public will" governance method is likely to be a war to force the repayment of the money.
What will happen if the Mohists don't admit it?The consequences of this are disastrous. In a word, it is impossible to renege on the debt. The King of Chu would rather face the rebellion of the prince, and he does not want the Mohists to unite with other countries in the name of debt collection to support a King of Chu who can repay the debt.
In this situation, the King of Chu finally remembered the goodness of the covenant to eliminate soldiers, and also remembered the secret talks between the Mohist envoy Chu and himself.
"The Mo family helps to organize and train the new army, and it is in the hands of the king."
"To control Yingdu and Yanying, don't be the king, but be the strongest lord of the Chu Kingdom, so that you are qualified to be the king and centralize power."
"Reform the system, honor the talents, and privately grant property."
"Migrate the lord to a place where the border is vast and sparsely populated."
"Make a decree and announce it to the public."
It has been many years since the last time the Mo family had a secret meeting with the king of Chu. These reform measures will obviously cause a shock to the political situation of the Chu state.
After the secret business that year, Han Zhao died and Zheng was in civil turmoil. The king of Chu saw hope. With the advantage, he would not use the radical changes of the Mohists that might "hurt the muscles and bones".
Now after several battles, Yingshui in Huaibei has been lost, all the fertile land in the Central Plains has been lost, the country is chaotic, and public opinion is boiling.
He is both the king of Chu and Xiong Yi.
As the king of Chu, he needs to reform and revitalize Chu.
As Xiong Yi, he needs to reform, to suppress his brother who established a country in the east, and prevent himself from taking the throne.
Reform needs talents.
The reform needs the help of external forces to suppress the domestic nobles.
Reform requires borrowing.
Mohism can provide everything needed for reform.
If you want someone, you need money.
Now some people of the Mohist boil salt in Bashu and travel down the great river, and the salt in many cities of Chu State is monopolized by the Mohist.The rest of the salt cookers in Bashu couldn't make a profit at all, because in the loan agreement that year, the Mohist family had a tax exemption certificate and did not need to pay taxes, while the rest of the other families had to pay taxes.
The iron smelting workshop in Wancheng, Nanyang has gathered tens of thousands of people. Every day, a large amount of ironware is continuously poured down the Han River. Some self-cultivating farmers near Yingdu have already benefited, but they need to repay the loan for several years to be able to do so. Pay off the money for the ironware.
In Echeng under Yunmeng, Mr. E and Mo Di had an old relationship, and a series of purely technical changes carried out there opened up a grain production area. The grain there was continuously purchased by the Mohists and transported to the downstream. Yuedi Lingyang, supplying the Mohist copper mine there.And things that come from Yue, containing sugar, ironware, wine, cotton cloth, spicy spices for dehumidification, ceramics, glass, etc., have become hot-selling commodities sought after by nobles and emperors.
The king of Chu had heard about the changes in Edi.Mr. E took back all the fiefdoms on his Lutian, and no longer implemented the public land system. Instead, he used the farmers on the Lutian as serfs, letting them cultivate his Lutian, and all the proceeds belonged to him.
In addition, each serf allocated a small piece of land to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes to subsidize his family, and a certain commission was paid to the farmers who worked on Lutian every year, so as to maintain a state of starvation.
Because...it's profitable.In particular, the Mo family opened mines in Lingyang, Yuedi, and needed a lot of food urgently, and the goods of the Mo family also made Ejun need more money in exchange.Grain is no longer what E Jun needs. It is what E Jun needs when food is commercialized and turned into money.
In the past few years, although the King of Chu has reneged on the pact with the Mo family, it is not that the Mo family has never cooperated with the King of Chu.Because the Mohist's cargo ships were crisscrossed, there were many lords who were greedy for the profits and taxes, and they collected them. The Mohist showed the tax-free festival, but still collected taxes, so they sued the King of Chu.
The king of Chu used this as an excuse, and the Mohists provided artillery and engineering support, and took back the fief of the king, and the king of Chu was overjoyed.
The huge Chu State is actually not a vast country, but a collection of small feudal monarchs and feudal states.The area that the king of Chu can control is actually very small, only a few hundred miles, and there are a bunch of special lutians where the king is an official in the center.
Under such circumstances, the Mohist’s business policy is like a fish in water: because of the guarantee of force, the Mohist’s goods can be guaranteed tax-free, and the Mohist’s goods are exactly what each lord needs-luxury goods, condiments, arms, farm tools, and armor ,cotton……
The Mohist School is no longer what it was ten years ago. The King of Chu wants to change now, and the first thing he thinks of is to use the power of the Mohist School.
However, he violated the covenant of eliminating soldiers before, and now he asks the Mo family for the turmoil. Will the Mo family agree?
The King of Chu wondered if the Mohists would angrily reprimand: You are an unjust king. When you were strong, you dismissed our conditions and had no intention of benefiting the world. Now that your position is unstable and the country is in turmoil, you think of us?
Thinking about it this way made me a little shy.But in front of political interests, shyness and face are the least important things.
(End of this chapter)
The situation in Qi State is different from that of other countries. The Tian family relied on the enfeoffment system to obtain most of the cities in Qi State, so they have power.
But compared to Jiang Qi, Tian's surname is a foreign surname after all, which is usurpation.
In contrast, it is the state of Chu.
The state of Chu has a wide range of monarchs, and the power of appointing monarchs is very great, but the monarchs of Chu State are at least relatives of their own family, and they will not fall into the hands of outsiders.
But are relatives with the same surname really reliable?
Chu State, Yingdu.
The situation of Chu in the past few years can be summed up in a joking statement:
The King of Chu thought that he had a great advantage, so he gave up the Mohist pact and attacked, the King of Chu attacked the State of Zheng, the King of Chu counterattacked the Three Jins, the State of Chu was defeated by Wu Qi...
The current situation in Chu State is very ugly now.
Chu's strategy can be roughly divided into three lines: left, center, and right.
On the right line, compete with Yue State for Huaibei and Sishang, but this is not the main attack direction of Chu State at this time.
Now the Mohists are in Sishang, Huaibei, and they are under a special pact with the Yue State to eliminate soldiers. In addition, the king of Chu there can't command at all, and he is too far away from the political center to develop.
On the middle line, on the old land of Chen State, relying on the two bridgeheads of Daliang and Yuguan, they can attack the Three Jins when they advance, and suppress the State of Zheng and Song when they retreat, forcing them to become allies.
In the first battle of Daliang City, Wu Qi killed four Fengjuns and one Youyin, and broke through Daliang and Yuguan.The prince decided to enter Chen, and he called himself the King of Chu and concurrently served as the Duke of Chen. Most of the people in Chu City defected. The center line has completely lost the ability to attack, and it is also very difficult to defend.
On the left line, with the Nanyang Plain in hand, we can attack Bashu, Luoyang, South Korea... Conversely, Bashu and Sanjin can also attack Nanyang.
After this defeat, Chu State could only give up the center line and the right line, and try its best to maintain the left line.
Fortunately, during the war three years ago, Wei Sixu and Wu Qi withdrew their troops, otherwise the King of Chu would not be able to secure his throne at that time.
Now the Wei State is still recuperating, and the Chu State has suffered even greater losses and is unable to make progress at all.
The feudal monarch, powerful ministers, foreign aggression, younger brother's succession rights... All problems erupted after the military defeat.
It seemed stable before, but it was an illusion under the advantage.
Lord Luyang, Lord Yangcheng, Lord Pingye, Lord Zhaozhiai, and Lord Shaoliang were killed or captured, and many low-ranking nobles of Chu State also died in the First Battle of Daliang.
Wu Qi used the most shameless means. The previous field battle turned into a defeat battle. He allowed the Chu people to flee to Daliang City to hold on. After defeating Ye Gong's reinforcements, he used gunpowder to blow up the city wall and wiped out Chu's strength in Daliang City. .
The defeat of Ye Gong's reinforcements actually meant that King Chu's last viable force outside Fangcheng was lost. At that time, Wu Qi could easily break through the Great Wall and enter Nanyang.
But fortunately, Weiss died, and the young master came to the throne.
But fortunately, that's all there is to it.
For the king of Chu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So many princes died in battle, relatives died, and nobles became extinct.
However, doing so involves many problems.Now there are two kings of Chu, if you dare to move the interests of the nobles, then the nobles can ask the prince to be the king of Chu, why should you support yourself, the king who wants to take power?
The government treasury was empty, the people were angry, and the emperor was crying. Fortunately, the loan agreement signed with the Mohist school back then allowed the king of Chu to breathe.
The Mo family has already started to mine and smelt the iron ore in Nanyang, and every year two-tenths of the dividends will be transported along the river to Yingdu and directly handed over to the King of Chu.
With money in hand, don't panic.
With the help of this money, the families who died in battle were appeased, and a sum of money was borrowed from the Mo family, finally stabilizing the situation.
The nobles of Yingdu launched a rebellion, relying on the weapons and loans provided by the Mohist family, sold part of the benefits to the citizens of Yingdu, and suppressed the rebellion, but the king of Chu finally regretted it.
The so-called regret is always accompanied by an overestimation of one's own prospects.
Compared with the current situation in Chu State, the King of Chu really regrets that he did not abide by the agreement with the Mohists to eliminate soldiers. Otherwise, the Mohists helped guard Daliang and Yuguan, how could the current situation arise?
I thought the Mohist's pact to eliminate soldiers was a bondage, but now it seems that it is clearly a shield, but there is no medicine for regret in the world.
Qin Guo was forced by Wu Qi to the point where he couldn't even pass Luoshui. After five years of recuperation, he was beaten back to his original form in the first battle of Wang Zhizhan.
South Korea is now fawning over Wei Guo, with the fat of Zheng Guo, they are busy eating this fat, the contradiction between Han and Wei has become invisible, and South Korea has the meaning of serving Wei as the main.
Zhao Guo did not participate in the affairs of the Central Plains at all, but the relationship between the three Jins was there. Although each had their own ghosts, it was impossible for Zhao Guo to attack Wei Guo.
The Mo family was in Sishang, and Meng Zhuze met the alliance, and even the Chu State did not invite them. The definition of the battle between Wei and Chu was "dog eats the dog", accusing Wei and Chu of violating the righteousness of the world, but turned around and signed a contract with Wei. The covenant was signed to maintain the situation in Sishang.
Qi State did not dare to attack San Jin, and took Lu State to try San Jin's attitude. Before San Jin made a statement, the Mo family rushed forward and beat Qi State hard, maintaining the border of Lu State, and retreated leisurely , Qi Guo did not dare to provoke San Jin.
Wei Guo's hegemony has been achieved, and the last round of Jin-Chu hegemony has actually come to an end at this time.
The king of Chu had nothing to do, and the domestic political situation was chaotic. His younger brother shouted at Chen Yaoqi, and the condition he gave was that if he became the king, he would definitely ensure that the interests of the nobles would not be shaken at all.If too many nobles had not been killed in the battle of Daliang, this hatred could also be attributed to Wang Ziding, and Chu State would have changed its master long ago.
It is also relying on a part of the Mo family’s mining income to be directly transported to the treasury of the king of Chu, the large amount of loans provided by the Mo family, and the hearts of the people who bought the ironware and so on. Finally, the king of Chu can still control the situation in Ying capital.
If the country is weak, we expect the people to be strong.
When the people are strong, all kinds of dissatisfaction will be awakened.
This is like a glass of poisoned wine, but the king of Chu had to drink it.If you don't drink, your seat as the king of Chu will not be stable, and you will not be a martyr for the ritual system of "the distinction between noble and humble".
What's more, the money borrowed from the Mo family... is too much. According to the current situation, if there are no reforms, they will not be able to pay it back at all.What should I do if I can't afford it?The Mo family said that whoever can afford it is the king of Chu, and the Mo family does not recognize those who cannot afford it.Because of this money, the Mohist family only made a guarantee and borrowed it from "Sishang Wanmin". If it is not repaid, the Mohist family's "collection of public will" governance method is likely to be a war to force the repayment of the money.
What will happen if the Mohists don't admit it?The consequences of this are disastrous. In a word, it is impossible to renege on the debt. The King of Chu would rather face the rebellion of the prince, and he does not want the Mohists to unite with other countries in the name of debt collection to support a King of Chu who can repay the debt.
In this situation, the King of Chu finally remembered the goodness of the covenant to eliminate soldiers, and also remembered the secret talks between the Mohist envoy Chu and himself.
"The Mo family helps to organize and train the new army, and it is in the hands of the king."
"To control Yingdu and Yanying, don't be the king, but be the strongest lord of the Chu Kingdom, so that you are qualified to be the king and centralize power."
"Reform the system, honor the talents, and privately grant property."
"Migrate the lord to a place where the border is vast and sparsely populated."
"Make a decree and announce it to the public."
It has been many years since the last time the Mo family had a secret meeting with the king of Chu. These reform measures will obviously cause a shock to the political situation of the Chu state.
After the secret business that year, Han Zhao died and Zheng was in civil turmoil. The king of Chu saw hope. With the advantage, he would not use the radical changes of the Mohists that might "hurt the muscles and bones".
Now after several battles, Yingshui in Huaibei has been lost, all the fertile land in the Central Plains has been lost, the country is chaotic, and public opinion is boiling.
He is both the king of Chu and Xiong Yi.
As the king of Chu, he needs to reform and revitalize Chu.
As Xiong Yi, he needs to reform, to suppress his brother who established a country in the east, and prevent himself from taking the throne.
Reform needs talents.
The reform needs the help of external forces to suppress the domestic nobles.
Reform requires borrowing.
Mohism can provide everything needed for reform.
If you want someone, you need money.
Now some people of the Mohist boil salt in Bashu and travel down the great river, and the salt in many cities of Chu State is monopolized by the Mohist.The rest of the salt cookers in Bashu couldn't make a profit at all, because in the loan agreement that year, the Mohist family had a tax exemption certificate and did not need to pay taxes, while the rest of the other families had to pay taxes.
The iron smelting workshop in Wancheng, Nanyang has gathered tens of thousands of people. Every day, a large amount of ironware is continuously poured down the Han River. Some self-cultivating farmers near Yingdu have already benefited, but they need to repay the loan for several years to be able to do so. Pay off the money for the ironware.
In Echeng under Yunmeng, Mr. E and Mo Di had an old relationship, and a series of purely technical changes carried out there opened up a grain production area. The grain there was continuously purchased by the Mohists and transported to the downstream. Yuedi Lingyang, supplying the Mohist copper mine there.And things that come from Yue, containing sugar, ironware, wine, cotton cloth, spicy spices for dehumidification, ceramics, glass, etc., have become hot-selling commodities sought after by nobles and emperors.
The king of Chu had heard about the changes in Edi.Mr. E took back all the fiefdoms on his Lutian, and no longer implemented the public land system. Instead, he used the farmers on the Lutian as serfs, letting them cultivate his Lutian, and all the proceeds belonged to him.
In addition, each serf allocated a small piece of land to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes to subsidize his family, and a certain commission was paid to the farmers who worked on Lutian every year, so as to maintain a state of starvation.
Because...it's profitable.In particular, the Mo family opened mines in Lingyang, Yuedi, and needed a lot of food urgently, and the goods of the Mo family also made Ejun need more money in exchange.Grain is no longer what E Jun needs. It is what E Jun needs when food is commercialized and turned into money.
In the past few years, although the King of Chu has reneged on the pact with the Mo family, it is not that the Mo family has never cooperated with the King of Chu.Because the Mohist's cargo ships were crisscrossed, there were many lords who were greedy for the profits and taxes, and they collected them. The Mohist showed the tax-free festival, but still collected taxes, so they sued the King of Chu.
The king of Chu used this as an excuse, and the Mohists provided artillery and engineering support, and took back the fief of the king, and the king of Chu was overjoyed.
The huge Chu State is actually not a vast country, but a collection of small feudal monarchs and feudal states.The area that the king of Chu can control is actually very small, only a few hundred miles, and there are a bunch of special lutians where the king is an official in the center.
Under such circumstances, the Mohist’s business policy is like a fish in water: because of the guarantee of force, the Mohist’s goods can be guaranteed tax-free, and the Mohist’s goods are exactly what each lord needs-luxury goods, condiments, arms, farm tools, and armor ,cotton……
The Mohist School is no longer what it was ten years ago. The King of Chu wants to change now, and the first thing he thinks of is to use the power of the Mohist School.
However, he violated the covenant of eliminating soldiers before, and now he asks the Mo family for the turmoil. Will the Mo family agree?
The King of Chu wondered if the Mohists would angrily reprimand: You are an unjust king. When you were strong, you dismissed our conditions and had no intention of benefiting the world. Now that your position is unstable and the country is in turmoil, you think of us?
Thinking about it this way made me a little shy.But in front of political interests, shyness and face are the least important things.
(End of this chapter)