Song Gongzitian is a tragic monarch.

His tragedy lies in his ambitions.

Han Fei said: A country with a small country but does not live in a low position, a country with little strength but does not fear strength, a country with rudeness and insults big neighbors, and a country with greed, stubborn and clumsy friends can be destroyed.

The state of Song in Zitian was occupied by all four dead. If there are some small country with large families, low power and heavy ministers, the state of Song is still a miracle in the Warring States Period.

Zigou died on the way to join the Jin people. Zitian relied on the support of Sichenghuang, so he could not understand how important the policy of his father wandering between Jin and Chu when he was old and stupid.

I originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos in Qi to get a piece of the pie and take Guanqiu from Qi people, but I never thought that when the alliance was held again, the Three Jins had already won.

The plan at the beginning of his succession was not realized, not to mention that in the face of the treacherous aristocratic political situation in Shangqiu City, he caught up with the siege of the Chu people. Zitian could not rely on others except those who could rely on Mo.

He had ambitions, so he could not surrender.

The Sicheng Emperor had ambitions, so it was impossible for him to surrender before the reinforcements of the Three Jins arrived.

The two people had the same interests in resisting the State of Chu, but the Mozhe was trying to find ways to weaken Zitian's strength.

Shi was not a pure and good person, so he needed a monarch in the State of Song who had no prestige, military power, wealth, and was bullied by the two nobles all day long.

As for the State of Song, Shi never regarded himself as a Song person.

Long before the Chu people besieged the city, Zitian asked the Emperor of Sicheng to send people to the Three Jins for help, but he did not want to agree to any of the conditions of the Jins: such as garrisoning troops in the Song Dynasty, eating in the Song Dynasty, etc.

He originally wanted to restore the glory of Duke Xiang, but when he really needed to resist Chu, Zitian realized that this was simply a dream, and he could not even assemble a sufficient army.

Rumors, nursery rhymes, etc. in the city are becoming increasingly circulated, and Zitian is also worried. The chaos in the Song Dynasty is a tradition. The so-called Nine-generation rebellion, when sons, fathers and brothers kill each other, I don’t know how many times have happened.

Zitian is not familiar with coups, alliances, and borrowing foreign powers, so he is destined to rely on the Sicheng Emperor now.

At least, it seems that Sicheng Emperor supports his king, and who else knows whether he will decide whether his brother will end up with such a thing.

As for the Mozhe who guarded the city, Zitian was full of trust and felt that a person like Mozhe who did not care about his own life for the benefit of the world was simply tailor-made for the Song Dynasty.

After Mo Zhai asked him to personally reward the taxi who went out of the city to attack at night, Zitian came forward and took out the gold and jade from the office and gave the reward, but he did not reward Gongsun Ze.

Because some of the words Gongsun Ze said during the night attack have become a laughing stock, even Zitian feels that such people should live in the era of Duke Xiang, not now.

In addition, when he captured Ziyu of the Chu Gong clan, Gongsun Ze did not work, so Gongsun Ze was the most neglected among all the scholars.

However, Zitian remembered Gongsun Ze. Thinking of the history that his ancestors had been killed many times because of their humble mouths, he finally resisted not making jokes, but praised the words "I was not born in Duke Xiang". This sentence was obviously a bit sarcastic, but touched Gongsun Ze quite.

A few days later, the Chu people beat drums in the daytime, prepared wood, and built siege tools. It seemed that there were signs of large-scale siege, Zitian found Mozi again and asked how to deal with it.

After Mozi returned, he asked a group of Mo people and said: "The Chu people may not want to attack the city. The King of Chu knew the skills of defending the city. If the Jin people cannot attack the troops, the King of Chu will not be able to go north within a few years. Apart from besieging the city, the Chu people have no other way."

"The Chu people approached the city wall, and they could just use the help of virtuality and reality. The straw man mentioned earlier had already been prepared. He was beating the drum at night, and it seemed that he was about to go out of the city to attack at night. The Chu people had the experience of the last time and would definitely shoot with a crossbow."

Two days later, after the Chu people pretended to challenge the city under the city, they made a stance to attack the city repeatedly, and the city was just a tight defense.

That night, the moon was no longer so bright. So I took some straw men to the city wall, lit some torches, and then let the city drums.

The Chu people approached the city wall, and because they were worried about the last night attack, they raised fire outside the camp and prepared bows and crossbows.

When it was quiet at night, a drum sound suddenly came. The Chu Camp was immediately panicked and saw only the shadows under the city wall, as if there were more than a hundred people.

The night watchman immediately shouted: "The Song people attacked at night!"

The Chu army who were watching the night immediately took alert, and the Chu general passed the order: "The king had an order. If the Song people attacked each other again at night, they should not fight in a strait, and only shoot with bows and crossbows!"

When the order was sent down, he asked someone to light a torch, and he asked someone to beat the drum to transmit the sound. The archers and crossbowmen were shot at the city wall after the military base.

The drums sounded even louder on the top of the city. The Chu people did not know how many arrows they shot, but they did not see the night attackers approaching and shouted, "The Song people retreat!"

At this point, the feather arrow stopped.

General Chu thought to himself that although feather arrows are expensive, it is not unreasonable to curb the night attacks of the Song people.

The production cycle of a bow is about three years, while feather arrows require jujube wood, feathers, fish glue, arrowheads, etc. The production cycle is not short and it is expensive, so it is not easy to make.

Those who draw bows and shoot archers will also have a soft back and a soft back when they release dozens of arrows. However, there are not many midwives who have been practicing since childhood, so they can only be supplemented by crossbows with a closer range.

At the top of the city, after the drums of the Chu people stopped, they asked people to pull the straw man up. They saw that the straw man was covered with feather arrows, and everyone on the top of the city kept praising him.

Mozi said: "If you guard the city, you should use bows and crossbows as the first army, and it is not easy to make feather arrows. You, more than a hundred grass marquis, are even more than a hundred craftsmen."

There was no story of the Three Kingdoms at this time, and there was no fierce incident in Zhang Suiyang. Therefore, the method of Cao Hou borrowing arrows was a magical skill, and all the inks were convinced.

Gong Zaoye said in his heart: "Shi can't defend the city, but these clever techniques are endless. When it comes to strange skills, everyone can't get it. If the attack on the Chu army in a few days and nights, he will be the first achievement. After that, when it comes to military affairs, everyone in the Mohist will be convinced."

This was inconvenient to say this at this time, so he took people to check the feather arrows shot by the Chu people and collected them one by one for the purpose of defending the city.

The next morning, Mozi summoned everyone and said, "The Chu people are approaching now, and I am right. I don't think the Chu people want to attack the city, but it's so close that there must be a reason."

"I'm just afraid there will be something wrong in the city. I will cooperate with you inside and outside."

Shi was not worried in his heart, but said, "I am also worried about this. The situation in the city seems calm, but in fact it is undercurrent. The nursery rhymes have arisen again these days, I am afraid that everyone can see these thoughts clearly."

Mozi asked, "What do you think?"

Shi replied: "Sir, snakes have rat nests. Those who are good at catching snakes will not chase the snake into the rat nest, so as not to stretch out their poisonous fangs and bite them. The best way is to lead the snake out of the hole and kill the snake when it just emerges."

Everyone recalled the four words "Turn out the snake from the cave" and knew that things had come to this point and could no longer hide it. They said, "Now, there are three factions in the city who have removed the ink."

"The king's gentleman is Tian, ​​and the Sicheng Emperor's clan is close to Jin, and those who incite nursery rhymes must be close to Chu. These three factions are now unbalanced, and the king has no power, and the Sicheng Emperor and the Qichu faction are incompatible."

"Since we Mo people do not defend Shangqiu to defend Shangqiu, this is an opportunity. Once those who are close to Chu cause trouble, if there are Chu people to help, the Sicheng Emperor will not be able to fight. Song Gongzitian... even if he wants to stop him, he could not stop him. When Sicheng and the Great Yin fought with the army, the king could do nothing except begging the two ministers to stop the army. The situation is not as good as before."

Shi looked around and said, "In this way, we can take this opportunity... to help us in time. Let Duke Song recognize the request of the people of Pei County, follow the affairs of Xiao State and become a vassal instead of a county."

"If the oath is not supervised, it will be difficult to last long. Therefore, we cannot let the emperor of Sicheng win, nor the pro-Chu school win, but we cannot let the king win."

"If the king has no power, we will use his power to form a three-legged tripod. But if we leave the king, we will still have no power, so that we can make the king abide by the oath for a long time."

His remarks that he could not let Sicheng Huangsheng or pro-Chu Sect win make the Mo people feel a different taste. Mo Zi asked with a smile: "Can they be invincible?"

Shi shook his head and said, "It still needs to be discussed in detail, but this principle cannot be changed. Once something really happens, the Mozhe must have his own purpose to know what kind of decision should be made."

The story of Xiao State that Shi told was not the Xiao State before the Spring and Autumn Period, but the vassal state of Song after the Xiao State was destroyed.

It was originally a town, but because Song Gong was a dumbfounded person at that time, he was twisted off his neck, causing a large number of Song Gong clans to flee to Xiaoyi. With the support of Doctor Xiaoyi, he successfully fought back and regained the position of Duke. So Xiaoyi became the Xiao Kingdom, not within the Zhou emperor system, but under the status of a vassal state that belonged to Song.

Nowadays, the Mohist is not the priest of Peiyi, and he is actually unnamed in Peixian County. He cannot be recognized by the now-that-that-that-has not completely collapsed feudal system. Such a name is urgently needed.

This is the same as Mozhe's previous idea, but at the beginning, Mozhe thought it was more ideal: using the Pei County Yishi to help defend the city, so that Song Gong would reward him with a swearing confession.

When we first tried to reorganize the Mohist school, try some rules and regulations, and try to deny the theory of rewards and punishments of ghosts and gods, we have been seeking a way to maintain the oath instead of rewards and punishments of ghosts and gods.

He didn't believe in the words of the nobles at all, even though they still have the aristocratic spirit now.

Therefore, from the beginning, he planned to use the contradiction between the aristocratic division and the monarch being young and powerless, to ensure the transcendent status of the Mohist in the State of Song in the future.

No matter which side of these nobles dominates, it is not a good thing for the Mo people in Pei County.

Song Gongzi Tian was originally a little powerful, so he found a way to weaken him. Now that Song Gong is weak, he will help Song Gong fight against the nobles on both sides. It is best to come up with a three-party treaty: Song Gong lacks the support of Mozhe, and it is difficult to suppress the nobles. Conversely, no matter who has the power of the nobles on both sides, Mozhe will try his best to weaken them.

He did not believe in things like oaths, nor did he believe in rewards and punishments from ghosts and gods. Therefore, the only possibility he believed to maintain the stability of the treaty was that the three forces were balanced with each other, and no one dared to break this balance easily.

And time is beneficial to the ink.
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