The monarchs of the Central Plains countries were shocked by the Shangqiu incident and decided to stop the war, but the leader of this incident was not illusory about the war.

The so-called balance between war is either because both countries cannot hold on and fight, or it is a temporary peace under the balance of power.

Nowadays, it can only be the balance of the latter, and this balance will soon be broken by the political murder of the King of Chu and the crisis of the inheritance rights of Chu.

The Three Jin Dynasty can now stop fighting with Chu, and the Mo family can make a mess of shit, and it can also promote the terrifying balance of peace in the Central Plains.

However, once the Chu State encounters a crisis of inheritance rights, this balance of power will be broken instantly. Wei and Han will never give up this opportunity and may immediately tear up the covenant: because Zheng, a country that is pro-Chu and hated Han at this time, will give up its previous grievances due to the Chu inheritance rights issue and rebel against Jin.

Everything he did now could only speed up the death of the King of Chu, because the wedge he buried between the nobles and the royal power, coupled with the secret business with the King of Chu, caused many rumors among the people of Chu: the King of Chu wanted to reform.

Reform was the death talisman of the King of Chu. The Mohist theory that wealth originated from labor and nobles were all worms, which accelerated the intensification of contradictions.

Shi was full of confidence in everything that followed, so he had no confidence in this war meeting.

However, Mo Zi is old, and he needs to give Mo Zi a hope that he can see when he is old, and also hopes that Mo Zi's last fantasy will be shattered: peace maintained by relying on moral and balanced policies and an elite organization as a messenger will never last long.

This was cruel to Mo Zi because it was the complete bankruptcy of persuading the king to non-aggressive ideas that he pursued throughout his life.

But this is very important to the Mohist school, because this will make the young Mohist give up their fantasies and make the worst plans and preparations.

All this would not be said, but the Mo family was having fun, telling the possibility of success in this war.

If the King of Chu does not die, it seems that there may be a balance of twenty years. Whoever completes the reforms and agricultural system first in Jin and Chu will annex the other side, twenty years are enough.

At this time, not only the Mo family members were laughing, but the entire Shangqiu City was also immersed in excitement.

After that day, the Song-Chu alliance was reached, and the Chu people officially withdrew their troops, and they swear to the Song people: The Song State has since maintained an absolutely neutral position, and rejected any requests from Jin and Chu to borrow troops, and to force tribute.

If the Three Jins made unreasonable demands against the Song people, the Chu people would send troops and would never allow the Three Jins to be involved in the Song territory.

This seemed to be a unilateral alliance against the Chu people, but in fact the moment the alliance was reached meant that the Jin people who did not participate in the alliance outside Shangqiu City had joined the alliance: the Three Jins would never allow the Chu people to occupy the State of Song.

The people of Shangqiu were excited. Although the Chu people had not yet withdrawn their troops, they were just around the corner.

The Chu people had already announced their withdrawal of the Chu army during the alliance, and the Chu people, whose main job was a farmer, were very excited about such news. They didn't want to fight anymore. They wanted to go home to plant their own land, thinking that they could catch up with the autumn harvest when they went back.

As Xuanyi’s Ministry promoted, they were siegeing the city here, and no one took care of the old and young family, and the king of Chu and nobles in their family would not help reclaim the land. Even if they captured Shangqiu, they would not be their turn to reward.

Since the King of Chu announced his withdrawal of his troops, even if he had not retreated for the time being, he would have to fire the arrow on the string and it would be impossible for him to break his promise.

The Mo family took the opportunity to talk to the people in the Chu army about the transformation of planting technology and told them many hopes that seemed to be within reach.

The county soldiers mobilized this time were mainly Chen and Yangxia counties, and also belonged to the Huai and Si river basins. The new farming technology is exactly the same as the land and seasons of Song land.

Since the Song people in Shangqiu knew that the Chu people were about to withdraw their troops, they were also happy about their future beautiful life.

It seems that more than ten years of peace are coming, and it seems that those long-awaited lives are coming soon.

Before all this is realized, the first thing to wait for is the food in Pei County.

The people of Shangqiu have owed many favors to the people of Peixian in the past few months.

In exchange, a brand new rumor began to spread in Shangqiu City. From the craftsmen to the farmers who planted for a living, they all heard the rumor in celebration and agreed with it.

The rumors are generally like this.

Since the people of Pei County captured the King of Chu and rescued the siege of Shangqiu, it seems that Pei County's military obligations are already better than many nobles.

At least, during this battle in Shangqiu, many nobles did not contribute at all, nor did they mobilize their private soldiers to participate in the war.

It is said that if you have merits, you must always repay Pei County’s contributions.

Furthermore, this time, Shangqiu was short of food, and Pei County was willing to provide part of the food in Shangqiu with low interest. The basis for the people of Pei County to pay for this food is the change in Pei County.

Since this is the case, why doesn’t Pei County pay the taxes it had paid each year, and then recognize the legitimacy of Song Duke, and at the same time swear: If the State of Song suffers an unjust war, it will send troops to rescue immediately, and there is no other way.

As such rumors spread more and more widely, the selection of the common people's house of Peixian Xunzhengyuan had already begun.

Before defending the city, the Mo family had already checked the grain reserves and the number of land in the city, and in order to defend the city, the people in Shangqiu City were divided into groups.

Although it is not as good as Linzi, which has rumored that there are 70,000 households, there are still nearly 40,000 households within 30 miles of Shangqiu City, including the city, including the city's peasants, industry and commerce, and down-and-out nobles.

These people not only live in the city, but also some live near the city and form villages.

After excluding some people who were enfeoffed by the nobles, there were still more than 30,000 households. Most of the neighborhoods of Shangqiu City were small nobles' fiefs, and the fiefs of the great nobles were not in Shangqiu, but in other places.

Shangqiu is not the richest city in the Song Dynasty, Taoyi is, but Shangqiu, as the capital of Song, is still a powerful city in the world.

Because these more than 30,000 households had been organized in the battle to defend the city, they elected candidates to enter the common people's court based on the number of people and the number of people.

The clan politics and military democracy in the Spring and Autumn Period still remained remnants, and the people still had the power to control the capital. Every coup before the Song Dynasty also needed to get the support of the people first.

Whether it is Gongzi Bao's invitation to win people's hearts or Gongzi De, who had joined forces with Liuqing to force his brothers away in the past few decades, getting the public's non-opposition is the first and most important step.

The large number of local people in Pei County’s complaints about the changes in Pei County over the past three years have also touched the hearts of many Shangqiu people.

It is easier for farmers to communicate with each other, especially those who were almost in the same situation three years ago. This kind of exchange of the same feelings is sometimes more fascinating than the propaganda of the Xuanyi Ministry.

What is the real reason for the development of Pei County is not important, and no one will look at it in detail.

What’s important is that Pei County is indeed better than Shangqiu at this time.

As long as you live well, everything is reasonable and everything is better.

As for whether it is caused by composting iron tools in oxen plowing or by the political system in Pei County? This is a profound topic and cannot be explained clearly in just a few words.

So everything in Pei County is good, and it is better than Shangqiu, and it happened to be the means of the Xuanyi tribe of the Mohist family.

How much change can these ox plowing, iron tools, and compost bring?

The exchanges between the Shangqiu people and the Peixian people brings so much surprise.

The Yishi of Peixian who came here have all seen the Mohist experimental fields with their own eyes, and have witnessed a model created by using all kinds of water, fertilizer and good varieties.

The wheat with a yield of hundreds of kilograms acres is widely fertilized after planting, and sweet potatoes with amazing yields. The corn with fragrant fragrance and amazing individuality after blooming, even in the experimental fields, still makes Peixian people full of hope.

This kind of hope is made with understandable prophecies and gestures, which brings hope and envy to the Shangqiu people, and also casts a layer of hope for many systems in Peixian.

The people of Shangqiu also wanted to live such a life, especially the long-singed prophecy of the Prophecy of the Paradise had already spread throughout Shangqiu, so the people of Shangqiu began to discuss what kind of changes needed for their own hopes.

Demolition of public land and private land, and levying public land into private land tax has become a topic of constant discussion among Shangqiu people every day.

For a fixed amount, the monarch is not allowed to increase taxes privately. The tax increase must be approved by the Inquiry Yuan, which has also become the bottom line for the people of Shangqiu.

Because the Xuanyi Ministry has been promoting one thing: if the tax amount is not set, the monarch will feel that the food that could not starve to death before is enough, and all the remaining ones can be paid.

The right to increase taxes must be in the hands of the Inquiry Yuan, which is also a means of hiding evil intentions.

The right to increase tax will inevitably touch the contradiction, and it may temporarily ease the contradiction, but as time goes by, the power to temporarily ease the contradiction becomes a power accepted by the people of Shangqiu, and it will become interesting.

For example: Why are the fiefs of the nobles not taxed? Why are the taxes in the Song State provided by the people? Or when one day the war is no longer the protagonist of the nobles' chariots, whether the nobles' military obligations can still be subject to taxes will be questioned.

When the people who have accumulated wealth and become rich after several years begin to ask why, the conflict between the nobles and the common people will also break out: the nobles are definitely unwilling to collect taxes on their fiefdoms, and the king is of course willing, so they can unite the people to suppress the nobles.

The power of the people cannot be borrowed at will. Once the borrowing is done, the consequences will often exceed expectations and exceed control, but this is a truth that the monarchs and nobles do not know yet.

Of course, this time, in addition to some people controlled by the Mohist family, there are also some local clans or very famous old men.
Chapter completed!