Xiong Sui understood that all this could not be accomplished in a hurry. Fortunately, he was still young and had a lot of opportunities and time.

All of this requires the word "slow". The plan that the Mohist school wants to penetrate cannot be impatient, and can only aim for ten or even twenty years.

If nothing unexpected happens, I know that the man in front of me still has eighteen or nineteen years to live. After his death, his son has just become an adult. The last two sons are the transfer of power between brothers and brothers.

In history, Wu rose too late, and it was only late that it was only after three or five years of reform that the government was destroyed. In the end, the nobles launched a large-scale counterattack. The Chu State could not even defeat the Shu State. In the end, it built a fortress in Yiling and lost Luyang to the north, completely losing the opportunity to centralize power and develop and fight for the world.

The more conflicts there are, the more serious the problems, the more easily the Mohist school can survive in the contradiction between the monarchy and the nobles.

Meng Sheng, who was standing beside him, peeked at the King of Chu's expression and admired the plan even more.

Today, it seemed that it was extremely easy to touch the King of Chu. In fact, after listening to the analysis before coming, Meng Sheng understood that all this had been prepared for five years.

The Mo family has done too many major events that shocked the world in the past five years, and the King of Chu has even remembered the Mo family, an organized and capable group that interferes in various internal affairs.

With reputation and facts as a support, we were able to talk about the King of Chu today.

As for the talents who recommend county magistrates, there is no need to worry for the time being. This will happen one or two years later.

In terms of origin, a suitable origin is still a bit cheaper after all.

However, there are many nobles with slightly higher origins within the Mo family. As county magistrates, their power is still at the top of the Mo family, and the nobles of the Chu State may not be unacceptable.

After hearing everything he planned, the King of Chu said sadly: "The words outside the gold and jade are talking about the State of Chu. This time the Mo family entered Chu to help me and benefit the world, and told me this truth, which made me clear and clear. Can you stay in Yingdu?"

Shi shook his head and said, "As soon as this matter is finished, we will go to Luyang. If all the conditions of the king can be agreed, the Mo family's city guarding equipment can be almost transported. Duke Luyang and the giants have old age, so I think that when I come there, I can quickly strengthen the defense in the Luguan area."

"If the king wants to change, he must first distinguish between rewards and punishments. The Mo family is now unsuccessful in Chu. If he gets the position of county magistrate, he will be dissatisfied. This time, Zheng and Han want to enter the prince's decree, he will definitely attack Lu Pass. Although the Mo family does not fight back, they can still defend the city. This is the opportunity for the king to take this change."

The King of Chu nodded, and also understood that the situation was not clear.

Shi knew better that the field capabilities of Chu State were far different from those of Wei State after a slight change. It was still possible to draw seventy or eighty years ago, but now it is basically more defeated and won less.

The Mohist family had the idea of ​​the Mohist family, and they had the idea of ​​the right kind. Under all seemingly explanatory rules and insurmountable principles, the State of Chu could only keep defending, and had no ability to fight back without field battles. If the people in Zheng were not war-weary and surrendered directly, they would be afraid that the battle to fight back and punish Zheng would fail.

The more miserable the defeat, the weaker the power of the nobles, the more urgent the King of Chu was to change. This was forced, and compared with the promise of the King of Chu, Shi believed in the helplessness under the situation.

The King of Chu asked again: "In this way, then the repayment conditions for the Mo family's loan this time can be agreed upon."

"The Mo family can mine and smelte; I will collect eleven of the income from all the income. This is the principal."

"Mo family goods are exempt from taxes in Chu, this is interest."

"Luyang defense and Yanying built a city, these are the remarks that the Mo family could use to make contributions in Chu and be appointed as the county magistrate."

Shi nodded and said, "Some can be said explicitly, some cannot be said explicitly, some can be urgent, and some must be slow. If possible, then we will swear to prepare the contract as soon as possible, and time will not wait for anyone. After spring plowing, the Wei people will definitely send troops. At most half a year, there will be a battle in Luguan, and we must also do it as soon as possible."

He did not mention the purpose of the Mo family, and his words were full of urgent needs of the King of Chu. He thought about the King of Chu, but the King of Chu no longer hesitated. After thinking about it, he agreed.

Three days later, all the ministers of Chu State arrived, and King Xiong of Chu suspected that he had signed a contract with the Mo family.

The Mohist family's loans were paid for by the city-guarding equipment, and the King of Chu also used the mining rights and tax exemption rights as repayment measures.

The Chu nobles did not know about the content of the conversation in the other secret rooms.

The Mo family was decisive and decisive in their work. After the purpose of this was achieved, they immediately bid farewell to King Chu with Meng Sheng and others, headed north along the road to Lu Pass.

Before coming here from Pei County, after discussion, it was confirmed that the King of Chu would agree, so the weapons had been prepared in advance in Pei County and were transported to the Luyang area. The number was not large in the early stage.

Another group of Mo people who followed Shi to Yingdu stayed behind. In addition to leaving Yingdu, they went to Ba State to meet Zaomei Qisui and others who had been away from Pei County for three years.

I didn't walk fast this way, and I gradually figured out some of the current situation and situation in Chu State.

From Yingdu to Luguan, Nanyang Basin and the Yingchuan area of ​​Luyang, there were 17 vassals who were granted the title.

Take the old Duke of Luyang with Mozi as an example. At the beginning, because of the Bai Gongsheng Rebellion, the good dragon, Ye Gong, who pacified the Bai Gongsheng Rebellion and asked Sima to give Ziqi the position.

The son of Ziqi, Gongsun Kuan, was granted the title of King Hui.

The original fief was planned to be enfeoffed in Daliang, but Gongsun Kuan said: "Dalian is a northern heavy county, close to the Three Jins. I was worried that my descendants would betray the King of Chu and surrender to the Three Jins, and that I would cut off my sacrifices. It would be better to enfeoff Luyang to me."

So Gongsun Kuan began to enthrone Luyang.

Before the Wuqi reform, the politics of Chu State was turbulent, so the King of Chu had the right to take back the title of vassal, but in fact it was hereditary. Today, Duke of Luyang is a descendant of Gongsun Kuan.

When Mozi saw Gongsun Kuan, Gongsun Kuan once said: "In the four realms of Lu, they are all ministers of my people. Now, the capital of the capital attacks its small capital, and everyone attacks its small family and seizes its goods and wealth, and I will punish it heavily."

Since he called me and the four ministers, he called him the position of the state of Chu before the reform was basically the same as that of the vassal states of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

In addition to some counties, in order to gather power, the King of Chu divided it into fiefs and directly under the jurisdiction of counties, counties like Luyang are all integrated with county officials and county magistrates, and they have the right to start wars while controlling county soldiers and governing themselves.

Therefore, Wu Qi later said that these vassals "forced the superiors and abused the subordinates". Several rebellions in the State of Chu were also caused by the county magistrates and were fair to the county.

For example, Duke of Luyang had his own fiefs and fiefs in Luyang as his salary. These salary was not paid, and they did not have any relationship with local county soldiers. He could rely on his salary to support his private soldiers.

At the same time, he still has the power to govern the vast land outside the fiefs and fiefs, and he governs it as a local official, including the county Sima, etc., and can recruit local county soldiers.

It was just that the local county soldiers' taxes came from Luyang, but they did not come from the fief of Duke Luyang. During the battle, the King of Chu could mobilize some county soldiers, but sometimes they could only be controlled by the Duke himself.

In addition to his fiefdom in Luyang, the first Duke of Luyang also served as the post of Chu Sima for a period of time.

Sima's salary did not originate from the fiefdom of Luyang, but the fiefdom of Luyang was just a different fief than official position.

On the plains near Yingdu, there are many "prefectures" that are one level lower than the county, and they are near the capital. These prefectures are also granted to county officials who serve in the central government as their salary income.

The seventeen vassals near the Nanyang Basin were only part of many vassals of Chu. In the later period, they developed to have the largest vassals with the "Four Fourteen Cities". Wu Qi changed his charity and his political resignation, and eventually the vassals were too great to be lost. This was also feudal enough that it was easy for Chu to destroy the country and restore the country, and became the main force who wanted to reverse history at the end of the Qin Dynasty.

It can be said that the King of Chu actually did not even have absolute control near Yingdu, because some nobles still had "Shizhou" near Yingdu, not to mention Luyang far away in Yingshui.

Later, one of the measures of Wu Qi's reform was to divide the land of the vassal into some "frontier areas" to allow them to expand outward.

This was originally a good move, but it died too early. Those dissatisfied monarchs counterattacked wildly, and even the Xixian County Duke defected to the Wei State.

That is, Wu Qi can fight, and the rest of Fengjun dare not take action when he is alive, otherwise this change would not be able to hold on until Xiong was suspected of death.

The Nanyang Plain and the Jianghan Plain were originally the essence of Chu State, but with the interweaving of the monarchs and fiefs and possessing governance and military power, the ability of Chu State to fight against foreign war can be imagined.

It was not until the end of the Warring States Period that the King of Chu took back the judicial power from some of the weak Fengjun, but that was just a soft persimmon. The truly powerful Fengjun King of Chu still did not dare to move.

Along the way, the productivity level of Chu State was also low enough, and the technology within the ox plowing was not spread to this point, which was completely different from the situation in Pei County, which had already carried out agricultural changes.

The monarch has economic privileges and many powers. The income from fiefs is either to raise private soldiers or to lend money in the county where the fiefs are not their own fiefs, and to continuously obtain income.

The private land system has not yet been launched on a large scale in the Chu State, but some private land has also been found in these areas where the development is better and earlier in the Nanyang Basin.

In terms of military system, the original peasant and soldier system was still adopted. When planting on weekdays, farmers needed to fulfill various feudal obligations, including joining the army, going to war, building palaces, etc.

Especially the farmers on the fief of the king, their status is basically the same as that of serfs. While they have to work for the lord, the lord also has enough control over them and exploits the labor of these farmers.

Among some larger cities, handicraftsmen have developed well, and some leisure classes have gradually emerged. These people are the main audience of the Mohist propaganda direction at this time.

Although productivity is low, fortunately, there is no cold winter in Chu, and the population is not large at this time. In the years of famine, we can always rely on some messy things to overcome it. However, this situation, coupled with the recruitment system of peasant soldiers, this will inevitably lead to the limit of the siege of Chu State for more than half a year. If the war cannot be resolved within one year, the current situation of Chu State will inevitably lead to a large-scale food shortage in a certain county due to forced labor force expeditions.

This is also the reason why the former King of Chu favored the Mohist school. It is not only a centralized rhetoric, but also has the potential for war brought about by the transformation of agricultural technology.
Chapter completed!