Chapter 471
The stars hold the moon
Chapter 471 The stars hold the moon
The resentment that the nobles have imposed on the people over the years due to the comparison of being too close to Sishang, with the public opinion propaganda launched by the Mohists, has gradually swept away the haze in the capital of Feiguo, revealing a scene that looks like the sun is about to rise. , The hope that the night dissipates.
Since it is a rare one that did not use benefit analysis to discuss the possibility and impossibility of this change; nor did it explain how harsh the Mohist's proposal of "benefiting the people" is to the nobles, it is absolutely impossible to accept it, Xu Ruo The propaganda of the others in Feiguo's capital became unified into one caliber.
A conclusion that "under rational analysis, changes are inevitable", but the basis of this rationality is a kind of historical idealistic speculation. This strange combination has become a lot of hope brought by Feiren in the capital. .
In the gathering place, the Mohists guided the mood of the people, and instead of singing some obvious "anti" songs such as "Shuo Shu" and "Land of Paradise", they sang some "Songs of the Five Sons" which is quite improved.
It is precisely "the emperor has taught, the people can be close, but not down. The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid. The country is peaceful. I look at the world's fools and foolish women. One can win, one person loses three, and there is no complaint. To the people of Linzhao, how can you be disrespectful to the one who rides the six horses like a rotten rope and is the leader of the people?"
This is a song to exhort the monarch. It was not tampered with or made by the Mohists, but originated from "Xia Shu".
It is said that in the past, Taikang's corpse was used to destroy Jude with Yiyu, and the people of Li and Xianer were wandering around endlessly, and they were on the surface of Youluo.There was a poor Houyi who was far away from the river because of the people's indifference. The five brothers of Jue used his mother to live in Luozhi.The five sons were salty and resentful, and they sang about Dayu's precepts.
What Mohists value is the eight words "the people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the country is peaceful".
And Xu Ruo and others are preaching that "a king is a boat; a common man is water. Water carries a boat, and water capsizes a boat."
This sentence should have been said by Xunzi, who was born decades later, but since Shi Shi had already plagiarized the Encouragement of Learning, this sentence naturally surpassed it.
Regardless of whether it is "Song of the Five Sons" or Junzhou Minshui, from the "rational" inference, the monarch should implement good governance and benevolent governance to prevent being overthrown by the people.
But throughout the ages, monarchs have rarely practiced benevolent and good governance. Such things as being overthrown by the people often occurred as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, and such things as killing or forcing the monarch to leave the country were not uncommon.
The root cause is the lack of an analysis of "interests", which Mohists are good at, but this time they deliberately avoided this issue, and used these terms to make rational inferences.
So the people heard that the monarch will change no matter how you look at it, and there is no possibility of not changing.After all, you are the water, and the monarch is the boat. If the boat does not want to capsize, you should keep the water stable.
As long as it is not a fool, it is said that such a choice will be made.
The question is why is a boat a boat?Who is sitting on the boat?What kind of water does a person in a boat need?
These root problems have been ignored by public opinion for the time being, creating a false impression: people on the boat should of course benefit from the water.
Under the overwhelming publicity, this event that has not yet happened seems to have been predetermined in advance.
In the eyes of the people in the capital, once Meng Sheng came, after persuasion, the monarch would definitely reform. This is already a matter of rationality and cannot be changed.
Meng Sheng still has about half a month to arrive, so the current hard life only needs to endure another half a month.
The people all thought that when Meng Sheng arrived, they would be able to live the same life as Si Shang.
The Mohists did not say whether the reform would be successful, but they have been explaining the benefits of the various provisions of the reform to the people.
As a result, it seems that the haze of the past has been driven away, revealing a clear sky, and the people are eagerly looking forward to it, just like the rain after a long drought.
…………
On the road outside the capital, Meng Sheng and other Mohist high-level envoys were slowly moving towards Fei.
In the car, Meng Sheng was recalling the various arrangements made at the previous Mohist high-level meeting.
Behind his mission to Feiguo, it is not just a single activity, but the full cooperation of the forces of the Mohists in all parts of the world, trying to prevent all countries from interfering in unity.
In order to achieve this, the forces of the Mohists in all countries in the world have received different orders, and they used their powerful organizational skills to instigate this matter within the scope of the world.
Soon after Hu Feizi went north to Zhao State, another Mohist team set off for Handan, where they were going to make preparations to guard Handan for Wei, Han and Qi to interfere with the succession of Zhao State.
This is not for Gong Zizhang, but to drag Wei Hanqi into a war of civil strife in the Three Jin Dynasties, so that Wei Hanqi has no intention of interfering in Sishang affairs. This is exactly a replica of the strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao.
There are mountains and rivers inside and outside the Jin Dynasty. If Zhao Guo opposes Wei, Wei will face enemies from all sides.
Even though Sishang was rich and prosperous, the Wei people had long been envious, but the Three Jins were uneven, and Zhao's land was on fire, and Sishang was as stable as Mount Tai.
In order to cooperate with the chaos of Zhao's succession, the Xuanyi Department of the Mohist School was fully activated to promote Wu Qi's entry into Qin and the transformation of the Qin people, etc., all of which created a silent pressure on Wei.
Not to mention that the communication between the monarchs of various countries is not smooth at this time, and the Mohists counted their intentions without thinking, so it is considered to be effective communication, and the countries are intriguing...
Even if Qin Guo wrote a blood letter saying that Wu Qi entered Qin and Qin's reforms had no delusions about Xihe, would Wei Hou believe it?
Even if Qin State made an oath to the Tianmeng that it would not interfere in the civil war between Wei and Zhao, and would not form an alliance with the Zhao State with the same surname, would Wei Guoxin believe it?
Wei Guo couldn't believe it, and he didn't dare to believe it. If Zhao Guo's affairs were not resolved, the people of Wei would be worried about the fire behind them. This is something Weihou dare not bet on.
The Xuanyi Department of the Mohist School thoroughly analyzed the seriousness of this matter, and Wei Guo couldn't help but consider whether Zhao Guo's policy after changing the monarch would be beneficial to him.
In addition to taking advantage of the internal contradictions of the Three Jins, Chu, the most powerful enemy outside the Three Jins, the Mohists also began to go all out to cooperate with the various changes of the Mohists in Sishang this time.
More than ten years ago, after the first battle at Daliang Yuguan, the state of Chu split, the prince settled in Chen, and he called himself King of Chu, and the state of Chu split.
Because Chen, Xiang and other places are adjacent to the State of Song, it was originally appropriate to use the gap between Daliang Yuguan to deceive the King of Chu and make the relationship between Chu State and the Mohist closer: Chu State needs the former Mohists Chen, Xiang and other places, especially Daliang Yuguan. This is especially true when Chu's internal strife and foreign troubles continue after the loss of Guan.
The Jinyue Alliance has existed for decades, and the Mohists took advantage of the domestic and foreign troubles in Chu and the splitting of Chen and Chu to defeat the Yue State, which also allowed the Chu State to focus more on internal reforms and the direction of Nanyang and Zheng States.
It is a loss of life, but it is not a blessing. The contraction of Chu State on the Eastern Front has brought about the power to occasionally interfere in Zheng State's internal affairs in the direction of Nanyang and Zheng State.
After the First Battle of Lushui, the King of Chu sent envoys to Sishang to ask the Mohist School to help Chu reform. Unlike before, the Mohist School took the initiative to seek changes in the Chu State. It's going on in an extremely violent way.
Cutting the monarch and creating conflicts seems to be beneficial to the centralization of Chu State, but in fact it is beneficial to Chu State's internal strife.
The Mohists helped the king of Chu carry out reforms in the state of Chu, and some of the Chu ministers had already been forced to defect. However, the new army in Yanying and Yingdu had been established, and the power of the king of Chu was increasing day by day, and he was able to hold down those nobles.
The Mo family didn't believe in the king of Chu, and they also understood that the king of Chu was only using a knife to kill people, using the knife of the Mo family to kill those nobles who were divided into powers.
But in the same way, the Mo family is also secretly cheating the king of Chu. Now the conflict between the kingship of Chu and the nobles has reached its limit, and it is far from the time to let go of the grind and kill the donkey. Moreover, once the king of Chu dies, a civil strife in the state of Chu has come to an end. Inevitable, it's just a weird balance right now.
The Mo family is using the power of the nobles to prevent the King of Chu from expulsing the Mo family too early.
In the same way, some policies of the Mohists in the state of Chu, such as reforms and training of the new army, also brought certain benefits to the King of Chu.
With the help of the transportation of the Yangtze River, as well as the policy of "entrusting the prince and grandson to the third generation and receiving the title and salary" and "strengthening the land of the frontier", Chu State now has Dongting and Cangwu.
The farthest border gate of Chu State has reached the later Guangdong, and a series of colonial cities such as "Limensai" and "Linwu City" have been established. The explanation of "All Under Heaven", with the help of the motivation of merchants to trade in Baiyue for profit, and the advantages of generational differences in weapon technology and culture, Linwu City and Limensai became the important cities of Chu State in the south.
The activities of the Mohists in Yue State, using cooperation with merchants to dump textiles and ironware, plant sugar cane, and sell southern spices, etc., have also established a colonial city along the coastline at the mouth of the Pearl River, and used waterways to communicate with Chu State. The connection established by Li Mensai.
Hundreds of adventurers can establish a stronghold at the mouth of the river, relying on star forts and cannons to block the attack of Baiyue primitive tribes, and at the same time start trading, start to open up the south, and use tropical spices to start profiting, attracting There are more businessmen and adventurers who want to make a fortune and leave the army.
Under such circumstances, the business tax that the King of Chu receives every year is also a considerable amount of income, and he is more supportive of the policy of expanding the frontier fortress. Some weak nobles who are on the edge of the patriarchal system are also willing to take the initiative to seek real benefits in the frontier fortress .
And now, the king of Chu is finally going to attack Chen.
The affairs of Chen, Xiang and other places are not only Chu's internal affairs, but actually a continuation of Jin-Chu's struggle for hegemony.
Without Wei Han's support, Wang Ziding couldn't support it at all.The existence of Wang Ziding is due to Wei Guo's overbearing aggressiveness over the past ten years and Wu Qi's big victory at Daliang Yuguan.
Now, the Mohists have told the King of Chu about the possible chaos of the Three Jin Dynasties, and also supported the King of Chu's annexation and unification of Chen and Xiang.
Both sides have their own purposes.
The king of Chu really wanted to take back those defected cities of Chu, kill his younger brother or make him surrender, so as to completely get rid of the biggest quagmire of Chu during the decades of Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony, so as to increase his prestige and continue to reform.
Appropriate... is to hope that Chu State will take action against Chen and Xiang, which will trigger a new round of dispute between Wei and Chu, and make Wei State even more powerless to get involved in Sishang.If you want to get your hands on Sishang, Wei State needs to be in control and become a vassal, Chen Xiang needs to be in the hands of Wang Ziding and Wei as a junior, and a stable internal environment of the Three Jins is needed, and Qin State is temporarily unable to compete for Xihe, Qi State and Wei State After forming an alliance, the Qi State was unable to cross the Lu State and seek the Sishang situation after the Mohist intervention.
And Shi, is to disintegrate this situation from all directions, so that every direction of Wei State is facing threats.
The Battle of Cutting and the Battle of Lushui made Qi unable to go south to get Si, and the conflict between Wei and Qi was reduced, but they used pressure from the direction of Qi in exchange for pressure from Qin, Chu, and Zhao to put pressure on Wei. have to earn.
Now, the king of Chu is ready to send troops to take Chen; the civil strife in Handan Zhongmou is imminent; What shocking news will come out of the Sishang synonymous meeting.
(End of this chapter)
The resentment that the nobles have imposed on the people over the years due to the comparison of being too close to Sishang, with the public opinion propaganda launched by the Mohists, has gradually swept away the haze in the capital of Feiguo, revealing a scene that looks like the sun is about to rise. , The hope that the night dissipates.
Since it is a rare one that did not use benefit analysis to discuss the possibility and impossibility of this change; nor did it explain how harsh the Mohist's proposal of "benefiting the people" is to the nobles, it is absolutely impossible to accept it, Xu Ruo The propaganda of the others in Feiguo's capital became unified into one caliber.
A conclusion that "under rational analysis, changes are inevitable", but the basis of this rationality is a kind of historical idealistic speculation. This strange combination has become a lot of hope brought by Feiren in the capital. .
In the gathering place, the Mohists guided the mood of the people, and instead of singing some obvious "anti" songs such as "Shuo Shu" and "Land of Paradise", they sang some "Songs of the Five Sons" which is quite improved.
It is precisely "the emperor has taught, the people can be close, but not down. The people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid. The country is peaceful. I look at the world's fools and foolish women. One can win, one person loses three, and there is no complaint. To the people of Linzhao, how can you be disrespectful to the one who rides the six horses like a rotten rope and is the leader of the people?"
This is a song to exhort the monarch. It was not tampered with or made by the Mohists, but originated from "Xia Shu".
It is said that in the past, Taikang's corpse was used to destroy Jude with Yiyu, and the people of Li and Xianer were wandering around endlessly, and they were on the surface of Youluo.There was a poor Houyi who was far away from the river because of the people's indifference. The five brothers of Jue used his mother to live in Luozhi.The five sons were salty and resentful, and they sang about Dayu's precepts.
What Mohists value is the eight words "the people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the country is peaceful".
And Xu Ruo and others are preaching that "a king is a boat; a common man is water. Water carries a boat, and water capsizes a boat."
This sentence should have been said by Xunzi, who was born decades later, but since Shi Shi had already plagiarized the Encouragement of Learning, this sentence naturally surpassed it.
Regardless of whether it is "Song of the Five Sons" or Junzhou Minshui, from the "rational" inference, the monarch should implement good governance and benevolent governance to prevent being overthrown by the people.
But throughout the ages, monarchs have rarely practiced benevolent and good governance. Such things as being overthrown by the people often occurred as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, and such things as killing or forcing the monarch to leave the country were not uncommon.
The root cause is the lack of an analysis of "interests", which Mohists are good at, but this time they deliberately avoided this issue, and used these terms to make rational inferences.
So the people heard that the monarch will change no matter how you look at it, and there is no possibility of not changing.After all, you are the water, and the monarch is the boat. If the boat does not want to capsize, you should keep the water stable.
As long as it is not a fool, it is said that such a choice will be made.
The question is why is a boat a boat?Who is sitting on the boat?What kind of water does a person in a boat need?
These root problems have been ignored by public opinion for the time being, creating a false impression: people on the boat should of course benefit from the water.
Under the overwhelming publicity, this event that has not yet happened seems to have been predetermined in advance.
In the eyes of the people in the capital, once Meng Sheng came, after persuasion, the monarch would definitely reform. This is already a matter of rationality and cannot be changed.
Meng Sheng still has about half a month to arrive, so the current hard life only needs to endure another half a month.
The people all thought that when Meng Sheng arrived, they would be able to live the same life as Si Shang.
The Mohists did not say whether the reform would be successful, but they have been explaining the benefits of the various provisions of the reform to the people.
As a result, it seems that the haze of the past has been driven away, revealing a clear sky, and the people are eagerly looking forward to it, just like the rain after a long drought.
…………
On the road outside the capital, Meng Sheng and other Mohist high-level envoys were slowly moving towards Fei.
In the car, Meng Sheng was recalling the various arrangements made at the previous Mohist high-level meeting.
Behind his mission to Feiguo, it is not just a single activity, but the full cooperation of the forces of the Mohists in all parts of the world, trying to prevent all countries from interfering in unity.
In order to achieve this, the forces of the Mohists in all countries in the world have received different orders, and they used their powerful organizational skills to instigate this matter within the scope of the world.
Soon after Hu Feizi went north to Zhao State, another Mohist team set off for Handan, where they were going to make preparations to guard Handan for Wei, Han and Qi to interfere with the succession of Zhao State.
This is not for Gong Zizhang, but to drag Wei Hanqi into a war of civil strife in the Three Jin Dynasties, so that Wei Hanqi has no intention of interfering in Sishang affairs. This is exactly a replica of the strategy of besieging Wei and saving Zhao.
There are mountains and rivers inside and outside the Jin Dynasty. If Zhao Guo opposes Wei, Wei will face enemies from all sides.
Even though Sishang was rich and prosperous, the Wei people had long been envious, but the Three Jins were uneven, and Zhao's land was on fire, and Sishang was as stable as Mount Tai.
In order to cooperate with the chaos of Zhao's succession, the Xuanyi Department of the Mohist School was fully activated to promote Wu Qi's entry into Qin and the transformation of the Qin people, etc., all of which created a silent pressure on Wei.
Not to mention that the communication between the monarchs of various countries is not smooth at this time, and the Mohists counted their intentions without thinking, so it is considered to be effective communication, and the countries are intriguing...
Even if Qin Guo wrote a blood letter saying that Wu Qi entered Qin and Qin's reforms had no delusions about Xihe, would Wei Hou believe it?
Even if Qin State made an oath to the Tianmeng that it would not interfere in the civil war between Wei and Zhao, and would not form an alliance with the Zhao State with the same surname, would Wei Guoxin believe it?
Wei Guo couldn't believe it, and he didn't dare to believe it. If Zhao Guo's affairs were not resolved, the people of Wei would be worried about the fire behind them. This is something Weihou dare not bet on.
The Xuanyi Department of the Mohist School thoroughly analyzed the seriousness of this matter, and Wei Guo couldn't help but consider whether Zhao Guo's policy after changing the monarch would be beneficial to him.
In addition to taking advantage of the internal contradictions of the Three Jins, Chu, the most powerful enemy outside the Three Jins, the Mohists also began to go all out to cooperate with the various changes of the Mohists in Sishang this time.
More than ten years ago, after the first battle at Daliang Yuguan, the state of Chu split, the prince settled in Chen, and he called himself King of Chu, and the state of Chu split.
Because Chen, Xiang and other places are adjacent to the State of Song, it was originally appropriate to use the gap between Daliang Yuguan to deceive the King of Chu and make the relationship between Chu State and the Mohist closer: Chu State needs the former Mohists Chen, Xiang and other places, especially Daliang Yuguan. This is especially true when Chu's internal strife and foreign troubles continue after the loss of Guan.
The Jinyue Alliance has existed for decades, and the Mohists took advantage of the domestic and foreign troubles in Chu and the splitting of Chen and Chu to defeat the Yue State, which also allowed the Chu State to focus more on internal reforms and the direction of Nanyang and Zheng States.
It is a loss of life, but it is not a blessing. The contraction of Chu State on the Eastern Front has brought about the power to occasionally interfere in Zheng State's internal affairs in the direction of Nanyang and Zheng State.
After the First Battle of Lushui, the King of Chu sent envoys to Sishang to ask the Mohist School to help Chu reform. Unlike before, the Mohist School took the initiative to seek changes in the Chu State. It's going on in an extremely violent way.
Cutting the monarch and creating conflicts seems to be beneficial to the centralization of Chu State, but in fact it is beneficial to Chu State's internal strife.
The Mohists helped the king of Chu carry out reforms in the state of Chu, and some of the Chu ministers had already been forced to defect. However, the new army in Yanying and Yingdu had been established, and the power of the king of Chu was increasing day by day, and he was able to hold down those nobles.
The Mo family didn't believe in the king of Chu, and they also understood that the king of Chu was only using a knife to kill people, using the knife of the Mo family to kill those nobles who were divided into powers.
But in the same way, the Mo family is also secretly cheating the king of Chu. Now the conflict between the kingship of Chu and the nobles has reached its limit, and it is far from the time to let go of the grind and kill the donkey. Moreover, once the king of Chu dies, a civil strife in the state of Chu has come to an end. Inevitable, it's just a weird balance right now.
The Mo family is using the power of the nobles to prevent the King of Chu from expulsing the Mo family too early.
In the same way, some policies of the Mohists in the state of Chu, such as reforms and training of the new army, also brought certain benefits to the King of Chu.
With the help of the transportation of the Yangtze River, as well as the policy of "entrusting the prince and grandson to the third generation and receiving the title and salary" and "strengthening the land of the frontier", Chu State now has Dongting and Cangwu.
The farthest border gate of Chu State has reached the later Guangdong, and a series of colonial cities such as "Limensai" and "Linwu City" have been established. The explanation of "All Under Heaven", with the help of the motivation of merchants to trade in Baiyue for profit, and the advantages of generational differences in weapon technology and culture, Linwu City and Limensai became the important cities of Chu State in the south.
The activities of the Mohists in Yue State, using cooperation with merchants to dump textiles and ironware, plant sugar cane, and sell southern spices, etc., have also established a colonial city along the coastline at the mouth of the Pearl River, and used waterways to communicate with Chu State. The connection established by Li Mensai.
Hundreds of adventurers can establish a stronghold at the mouth of the river, relying on star forts and cannons to block the attack of Baiyue primitive tribes, and at the same time start trading, start to open up the south, and use tropical spices to start profiting, attracting There are more businessmen and adventurers who want to make a fortune and leave the army.
Under such circumstances, the business tax that the King of Chu receives every year is also a considerable amount of income, and he is more supportive of the policy of expanding the frontier fortress. Some weak nobles who are on the edge of the patriarchal system are also willing to take the initiative to seek real benefits in the frontier fortress .
And now, the king of Chu is finally going to attack Chen.
The affairs of Chen, Xiang and other places are not only Chu's internal affairs, but actually a continuation of Jin-Chu's struggle for hegemony.
Without Wei Han's support, Wang Ziding couldn't support it at all.The existence of Wang Ziding is due to Wei Guo's overbearing aggressiveness over the past ten years and Wu Qi's big victory at Daliang Yuguan.
Now, the Mohists have told the King of Chu about the possible chaos of the Three Jin Dynasties, and also supported the King of Chu's annexation and unification of Chen and Xiang.
Both sides have their own purposes.
The king of Chu really wanted to take back those defected cities of Chu, kill his younger brother or make him surrender, so as to completely get rid of the biggest quagmire of Chu during the decades of Jin-Chu struggle for hegemony, so as to increase his prestige and continue to reform.
Appropriate... is to hope that Chu State will take action against Chen and Xiang, which will trigger a new round of dispute between Wei and Chu, and make Wei State even more powerless to get involved in Sishang.If you want to get your hands on Sishang, Wei State needs to be in control and become a vassal, Chen Xiang needs to be in the hands of Wang Ziding and Wei as a junior, and a stable internal environment of the Three Jins is needed, and Qin State is temporarily unable to compete for Xihe, Qi State and Wei State After forming an alliance, the Qi State was unable to cross the Lu State and seek the Sishang situation after the Mohist intervention.
And Shi, is to disintegrate this situation from all directions, so that every direction of Wei State is facing threats.
The Battle of Cutting and the Battle of Lushui made Qi unable to go south to get Si, and the conflict between Wei and Qi was reduced, but they used pressure from the direction of Qi in exchange for pressure from Qin, Chu, and Zhao to put pressure on Wei. have to earn.
Now, the king of Chu is ready to send troops to take Chen; the civil strife in Handan Zhongmou is imminent; What shocking news will come out of the Sishang synonymous meeting.
(End of this chapter)