If a master is famous, this name is the truth.

Different people should talk about different principles. If it is the Spring and Autumn Period, you can talk about the superiority and inferiority of the Zhou rituals; if it is the Warring States Period, you can talk about interests directly.

Only in the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, at the beginning of the Warring States Period, the principles of the world were not yet clear, and the principles of the Mohist school were to benefit the world. So Zhao Zhiai used this reason to ask for help from the Mohist school.

Forty elite chariots may determine the outcome of a battle, and hundreds of elite defenders can also determine the offense and defense of the city. In the matter of defending the city, the Mo family is qualified to ask the Chu people for request.

Zhao Zhiai knew the content of Luyang Gong's credibility and heard Luyang Gong say the reason why Mozi stopped him from attacking Zheng. He also thought that the Mo family was still a giant, and he could make a decision.

But Mozi knew that now the Giant's words could only convince everyone to agree. Even if his prestige was expressed, everyone would still agree, but the rules and procedures would still go.

Now the King of Chu is in danger, and the State of Chu is thousands of miles away, but the King of Chu is the King of Chu, and the State of Chu is the State of Chu, which is not the same thing.

Thinking of what you were talking to everyone in the Daze in the afternoon, Mo Zi said, "What you said makes sense in this matter. The letters from Duke of Luyang also make sense. This time, it was the incident initiated by the Zheng people and Wei Han, which caused the Central Plains to fall into war."

"If the Chu people could defend without attacking and agree to this matter, the Mo family could also provide some equipment to defend the city."

Zhao Zhiai understood the crisis of the Chu people at this time, but it was impossible to just defend but not attack. As long as you seize the opportunity, you still have to fight back. If you don’t fight back, the Zheng people will never be at peace.

Before coming, the King of Chu had agreed on a solution.

Lu Pass defended the front line, and Yangchengjun was responsible for the war situation in the Central Plains. Once an opportunity arises, he immediately counterattacks Zheng State and let Zheng State withdraw from the alliance with Wei and Han, forcing the Zheng people to let the prince leave, so as to reach peace with the Zheng people first.

Is this considered an offensive?

It's hard to say.

It’s not that Zhao Zhiai didn’t want to lie, but that lying to the Mo family was meaningless and would cause disgust. He was silent for a long time and said, “This time the king sent me here, just to ask the Mo family to sell some equipment to defend the city. These equipment to defend the city cannot be used to attack. The matter of defense does not violate the morality of the Mo family, and the subsequent matters have nothing to do with the Mo family.”

"We will definitely abide by the three-year agreement of the former kings. In the attack within three years, the Chu people were not the first to raise troops. We really cannot agree not to punish and fight back."

"If you talk about it, the Mohists attacked through the formation in Shangqiu and joined the camps, isn't this also an attack?"

"Although the Zheng people are weak, they are not the reason why the Zheng people can attack Chu State, and Chu State cannot retaliate. The reason for the Mo family is not like this, right?"

Mozi pretended to be contemplative, but in fact the Mo family had decided to take advantage of the crisis of Chu to find a way to infiltrate Chu.

He seemed to have been convinced by Zhao Zhiai's reason, so he waved his hand and said, "Shi, you will talk to Chu about the current forms of these cities and guarding the city, and some of them are inconvenient..."

In recent years, Shi has learned a lot of languages, especially after the Battle of Shangqiu, he followed Gong Zaoye to learn a lot of Chu dialect and elegant voice, and came forward to salute Zhaozhiai.

Zhao Zhiai felt aroused, knowing that Shi's specialness in the Mo family was closely related to the city-guarding equipment the Chu people wanted this time, so he also urgently replied to the gift.

He said with a look: "The Mo family's equipment to defend the city is not used by the Mo family itself. In order to stop the war, small countries in the Central Plains all need it, so the Mo family disciples alone cannot create so many."

"Now that businessmen contribute capital, Mohist masters contribute skills, craftsmen contribute efforts, and small countries benefit. This is a benefit to many people."

"If it were in the past, it would be beneficial to the world, and the Mo family would not die, let alone gold and jade... But now these weapons that guard the city are not the Mo family's own, and those merchants and craftsmen are not the Mo people..."

The clouds and mountains and mists he said, but Zhao Zhiai immediately understood what Shi meant.

money!

trade!

It turned out that the Mo family defended the city for free, and Zheng Song and Lu had benefited, and never asked for gold and jade at all.

This time, I have to make a transaction, and what I said makes sense: these things are not from the Mo family, and those merchants and craftsmen cannot be required to have the Mo people's desire to benefit the world.

Zhao Zhi'e's originally hanging heart was instantly let go.

He was never afraid of the Mo family asking for money and transactions, but the Mo family believed that this was an unjust war and the dog bites the dog, so they did not help each other.

Now it seems that he has convinced Mo Zi, and the letter from Duke of Luyang also touched the old love. It’s just a transaction, so that’s easy to say.

But Zhao Zhiai was also a little inconvenient.

After the last battle of Shangqiu, the treasury consumed a lot of food. Needless to mention the rewards and comforts after returning, the etiquette of the new king ascended the throne, and the rewards of the new king to stabilize the hearts of the people, all made the treasury of the Chu State empty.

Even if you still have extra money, you still have to consider the long-term war in the future and prepare for the situation.

The biggest reward at this time was the fiefdom, but the Mo family was unlikely to accept it. Besides, the previous kings were captured by the Mo people, which was a great humiliation. If they were given fiefdom to Mo Di, it would inevitably lead to some nobles taking the opportunity to attack.

I don’t know who supported the King of Chu in Chu and who supported the escaped prince, but I remember that the "most destruction of Chu cities" caused by this turmoil in Chu.

Later, in the Warring States policy, there were also records of Chen and Cai who were obedient to the King of Wei, and in the biography of Wu Qi, there were also records of Wu Qi's entry into Chu to attack Chen and Cai.

The Chen and Cai had long lost their country, and the Chentian clan was in a prosperous state in Qi. It was obvious that this time Chen and Cai supported Prince Ding and the Chu State split.

The final outcome is probably Wu Qi, who asked Chen and Cai to re-named the State of Chu, but from the original county to a status similar to a vassal state, the status of this vassal state is even very special, otherwise he would not have been obedient to King Hui of Wei in the future.

Zhaozhi'e died in the decisive battle of Wuyang several years later. This battle should be Wu Qi's last glory in Wei. A big battle killed two princes, two princes and one prince, and one prince. Therefore, the King of Chu learned from his mistakes and valued Wu Qi so much.

Although the amazing legend created by the Mo family in Shangqiu was not as good as Wu Qi in the Battle of Wuyang several years later, he also killed Sima and the other one. However, at this time, there were mostly personal grudges between the nobles who killed each other, and the king would not refuse to use talents because of such hatred.

Now that the King of Chu sent Zhao Zhiai as an envoy, it can be seen that he attached great importance to the Mo family. The Right Yin was also an important official of Chu. In turn, it also shows that Zhao Zhiai was close to the King of Chu. As for the relationship between them, it is necessary to guess whether it is appropriate. I only know that this person's heart is enough to respect the King of Chu.

He said to Zhao Zhiai again: "This time the Chu people defended it, and I see it, it is dangerous and dangerous."

"If the city of Luguan is lost, the prince will definitely enter Chu. If Daliang of Wuyang is lost, I am afraid that some county magistrates who support Prince Ding will also support Prince Ding. The Central Plains that Chu has gained in a century will be lost to the Three Jins, and it will be difficult to recover in a century."

"There are so many elite people in Jin. The Chu Master Zhuang rarely beats Jin. If you want to defend... these equipment to defend the city must not be missing."

"There is no need to be lost in Fangcheng. There will be few reinforcements in the area of ​​Yuguan Daliang. If it cannot be defended there, it will be difficult to recover."

He seemed to be very analyzing, but in fact this is the normal historical trend. In Wuyang, Wei State officially dominated the country and moved its capital to Daliang, which triggered a siege in the world. It can be seen that the Daliang Yuguan defense line is important to Chu State: Losing it means completely losing the opportunity to attack the Central Plains and go north.

Zhao Zhiai was amazed in his heart. He had long known that the Mohist mastery of the world's general trend was extraordinary. The things contained in the "report" often made him even the King of Chu look surprised.

Now that he heard Shi's words, he sighed even more and said in a deep voice: "That's true. Judging from the principle that the Mohist family benefited the world, if the Chu State was divided into two and the war was frequent, how could the ambitions of the Three Jins be stopped?"

Shi Heran said: "The solidity of a country lies in virtue but not in danger. Three seedlings in the past..."

After he used that sentence, he slowly said: "When the battle of Shangqiu that day, I said that the King of Chu and the nobles were unwise. If I practice politics diligently, use development, change laws and regulations, and then remove the hidden dangers of Chu State I mentioned, how could this happen today?"

On that day, inside the tent outside Shangqiu City, a great voice was made, and the conflict between the king's power and the nobles was made public and told to the King of Chu and the nobles.

Unless Zhao Zhi'e is a true "loyal minister" who ignores the family, it is impossible for him to be alert to these words. Is there an absolutely "loyal minister" under the feudal system?

Seeing Shi said this, Zhao Zhiai said: "God has already given punishment for Shangqiu. Isn't this enough? Even if you want to do this now, can you do external injustice and internal chaos?"

"So even if the king wants to change, he needs to defend the land of Chu first. Besides, the prince said that the assassination of the previous king was related to the Mo family. Is this a person who has the intention of "benefiting the world" and uses the principles of the Mo family?"

He was afraid of being sharp and said something, and hurriedly asked Mo Zi for help, "I heard that in the rebellion of Bai Gongsheng, Wang Zilu refused to ascend the throne, and everyone thought it was benevolence. Only Mr. Mozhai thought that this was still far away from benevolence. If he had talent, benevolence, righteousness and virtue, he should ascend the throne. Where should he care about how the throne came from? Isn't this the reason of the Mo family? Is the Mo family willing a prince who hated the principles of the Mo family to rule over thousands of miles of Chu?"

Mozi didn't say anything when he heard this, but he was secretly happy in his heart, looking at Shi and complimenting in his heart.

The Xuanyi Ministry under his jurisdiction did a good job. While the Mo family and Shangqiu battled the world, various articles of the Xuanyi Ministry were also circulated everywhere.

Only Zhao Zhiai used the principles of the Mohist school to seek Modi, which itself was the victory of the Xuanyi tribe: using my principles to convince me, whether I can convince me or not, it proves that my principles have begun to be accepted, even if they are accepted in performance.

The incident of Bai Gongsheng's rebellion in Prince Lu is a straightforward embodiment of the inheritance of the Mohist kings.

If you can, just go up. Don’t worry about the throne like this. You feel that you are not qualified, so you refuse. This is not benevolence. This is stupid! If you think the king is not qualified enough, then let him get out. If you change it, don’t give in. If you should, go up.

Zhao Zhiai's words were also used by the Mohist utilitarian trend to tell the Mohist: If according to your principles, the prince suspected that some principles of the Mohist sect could even be changed, then you should not consider the issue of inheritance rights, but should directly support the King of Chu and think it is justice.

After all, your Mo family does not maintain the Zhou rituals, and the inheritance right is not related to your position, but only to your ability and virtue. So, the attack of Chu State is inappropriate to your Mo family, which is Zheng Wei and Han!
Chapter completed!