Although the Mohist schools themselves have to abide by the morals of the Mohist schools on the surface, there is actually a lot of room for operation within.

When Chu State attacked Sui in the past, he had some words.

"I am a barbarian. Now all the princes are rebeling and invading each other, or killing each other. I have bad armor and want to observe China's policies."

After all, in the end, it depends on the humble "bad armor" as its confidence. The Mohist school now dare not say that it can observe China's politics, but it still has the ability to get involved in disputes between countries.

If the Mo family was only provided with the city defense equipment, the Mo family would not be criticized by the Three Jins, nor would anyone take the opportunity to criticize the Mo family's non-aggression and other ideas and deeds.

The key to the instructions brought by Hu Feizi is how to make the princes look at each other again in the battle of Luyang and Lu Pass without deviating from the Mohist morality.

At least we must make the Mohist school say, "I have bad intentions and want to stop the battle between the princes."

This is indeed the most suitable person in terms of the Mohist tradition: the so-called unity of words and deeds, and everything you do can always tell the truth that conforms to the morality of the Mohist school and convince others.

Furthermore, when Mozi visited Luyang, many of Mozi's direct disciples were familiar with Luyang Duke. Among the selected Qi Wulai, they all had some friendship with Luyang Duke. The best thing is to come forward with the two alternate Qi Wulai, Meng Sheng, who had no friendship with Luyang Duke in the past.

Now that we have met, we can go to Luyang with Mozhe who came here. Yingcheng is only a few days away from Luyang, so we will discuss it along the way.

When he arrived in Luyang, the anxious Duke of Luyang personally greeted him.

Although Shi was young, Duke Yang did not dare to underestimate him. He became famous in recent years and now he is in need of help.

First, He Shi and others recalled the incident of Mo Zi’s visit to Luyang, and then asked Gong Zaoye and others about their recent situation.

Duke Yang knew that this time the Mo family would provide some weapons. He only heard of the last battle in Shangqiu that he had never seen gunpowder in person.

Whenever I heard that there are always exaggerations. Although there is no such thing as decay for dozens of miles, the situation that night still caused a lot of shock among the nobles of Chu.

Seeing the Mo family transporting weapons from the carriage, Duke Yang of Lu wanted to take a look first, but Shi did not agree. Instead, he asked first: "In the past, Cao Gui asked the Marquis of Lu when he was long spoon. Today, Jin and Zheng were about to send troops. I also want to ask you, why do you fight?"

When Duke Yang heard this, he sighed and said, "If it is based on the people's hearts, the people will not be able to fight."

Shi said directly: "If you don't have a good relationship with the country, you can't go out. The Mo family defended the city and needed the people to defend. The giant once said that if you want to defend a city, either the people are willing to defend and repay kindness, or the ancestral tombs are all outside the city and the enemy burned and dug the ancestral tombs."

"If the Jin-Zheng Shi Zheng did not dig the ancestral grave to arouse public anger, you think the people are not willing to fight. I am just afraid that this battle is not easy to fight. Even though the Mohist family provided the city-guarding equipment, it also needed people to use it. How do you think we can make the people dependent on it?"

Duke Yang shook his head, and Shi analyzed the current situation again.

If this battle cannot be won, the worst case is that the Jin-Zheng coalition forces break through the Great Wall defense line and the prince settles into Chu. In this way, Duke Yang, who is firmly standing on the side of King Xiong of Chu, will inevitably be implicated, and it is possible to reclaim the fief.

Even if you don’t enter Chu, the geographical location of Luyang is very important. If you occupy Luyang, you can attack the Great Wall defense line at any time. Therefore, the Jin people may occupy Luyang, and the consequences will still be the same.

So Shi told Duke Luyang that this battle can only be won but not defeated. Whether it is a big defeat or a small defeat, the entire family of Duke Luyang will be implicated in the end.

Duke Yang of Lu also understood that this was his foundation, and he had no choice but to believe it.

Duke of Luyang was not so confident in dealing with the Wei, Han and Zheng coalition forces. Although he had courage, no matter how brave a person was, he could not decide the outcome of a battle.

So he said, "So this time I would like to ask the Mo family to help defend the city. When you giant lobbyed me, you would not allow me to attack Zheng State, saying that they were all ministers of heaven and that I had no right to interfere in other people's internal affairs. Now..."

Shi nodded and said, "That's right. If it weren't for this, the Mo family wouldn't have sent me here. However, in the end, they still have to fight against the Jin army. If the public opinion has no desire to fight, how can they fight?"

Duke Yang of Luyang was still struggling with this issue. Although he knew it was reasonable, he could only say: "I have heard from your masters about the principles of the Mo family. Being kind and being pure and politically beneficial to the people is just that such things take a long time and cannot be done in one go."

"Now even if I know I am wrong, how can I turn it around?"

He is right to say this. The Chu State's national strength was booming back then and it was always an offensive to the outside world, and countries did not dare to act lightly.

As the front line of the Great Wall defense, Luyang will only be involved unless Jin and Chu want to defeat the decisive battle of destroying the country. Otherwise, ordinary battles for hegemony will occur between Song and Zheng.

Under such circumstances, Duke Yang had no motivation for political change at all. Mozi said a lot back then. Even if Duke Yang felt that it made sense, he could not do it, nor did he have the motivation to do it. At most, he did not attack the weak and chaotic Zheng State from the outside.

Now that the war is approaching, I can't help but feel angry when I see Shi saying something like "If you don't have a good relationship with Yu Country, you can't form an army." I feel that I can't do it at this time, so it's meaningless to talk about it again.

When the Duke of Luyang was a little impatient and not impatient, he said, "I have a plan to hold on to the past and present so that the people are willing to fight. It can only last for a period of time, which is a way to treat the headache and the feet. As for the follow-up, it will be different."

When Duke Yang heard this, he was overjoyed and said that what I want is to hold on to the past and present, as for the future... I will talk about it in the future.

After asking for advice, he said: "Many morals of the Mohist school are to benefit the people, and I'm afraid you won't do it. However, there are also some strategies that can bring kindness to the people, and use kindness as goods, so that the people can repay it with blood and battle. This depends on whether you are willing to pay."

"I think you must lend money, right?"

This is a question that needs no consideration.

The coexistence of fiefs and counties ensured that Duke Yang was not only a local manager, but also the richest tribe in the local area. Those farmers who were not bound to his fiefdom would definitely need to borrow money from him when they could not survive.

As an old aristocrat, Luyang Gong definitely would not invest in industry and commerce, or without the technical support of the Mohist school, large-scale industry and commerce have not developed. The best way to appreciate money is to lend.

The vassals of all countries all lend money, and the goal of lending is not the serfs on their own fiefdoms, but the farmers outside the fiefdoms.

There was no Feng Ximeng in this situation. Duke Yang of Lu didn't understand the meaning, but he still replied: "Yes, you can get interest every year to make money."

"So, you can use these interest to benefit the people and let them fight for you. This is a short-term method. The people have gained benefits, which is also a saying that our Mohist family benefits the people."

When Duke Yang heard this, he was dissatisfied and shook his head and said, "Borrowing loans is the truth between heaven and earth."

Shi nodded and said, "This is indeed the truth between heaven and earth. But when you fight, you can confer Luyang, but the people get nothing in the fight. This is not what they think. Since they cannot benefit, why should they follow you to fight?"

"You give up these interest and sell them to the people as kindness. The people cannot repay them, so they can only repay them with blood. Will you still be your wealth preserved later?"

"A year of lending, the interest rate will be only 100,000 yuan. A hundred thousand yuan is favored by the people, which can ensure that the people have the will to fight this time."

Shi stretched out his little finger and indicated that this was the interest of 100,000 yuan.

He clenched his whole hand into a fist and said, "This is your fiefdom, the sacrificial temple that was granted back then."

"If you had to choose, would you choose to cut off your little finger and leave your fist? Or would you like to cut off your fist directly?"

"This is the solution I can think of for you. If you feel that this cannot be obeyed, please ask Gao Ming. We have already sent these weapons as transactions, and the subsequent ones will be delivered slowly, but we will not say a word again."

A sentence asked Gao Ming to leave Luyang Duke speechless.

He knew that this time the Jin-Zheng coalition was likely to attack Luyang. If he didn't attack and did what he said, he would lose a lot of money.

It is not about whether to pay or not, but about whether the people are responsible for following him to fight for battles due to feudal obligations. Now, they think that this obligation is unreasonable and even need to be traded with kindness, which makes the Duke of Luyang feel a little uncomfortable.

The State of Zhao opened the beginning of the military duke, which was equivalent to prying a hole in the Zhou rituals first: feudal obligations are not natural, if they are natural, then they only need to educate the people, and there is no need to talk about the benefits gained from the war.

But after years of development, the people have gradually awakened and no one wants to fight without benefits.

This is a confrontation of ideas, not just a matter of whether to give up on this money.

However, now the Duke of Luyang cannot ask Gao Ming for another person, because before he said this, he had already made it clear.

Once the Jin-Zheng coalition forces are victorious, no matter whether they are big or small, Duke Luyang will not have a good life. The fiefdom will either be occupied by Wei Han or taken back by the prince... When the time comes, Duke Luyang will not even have the power to resist. Domestic nobles will bite them, and Wei Han in the north will also threaten them.

Relying on the rescue of Fengjun County Duke elsewhere, there is basically no hope. Some of them support the prince's decision, and the other part is not easy to mobilize. The King of Chu could not go to the expedition in person, because Ying was unstable and the troops needed to maintain military advantages to suppress the nobles who might rebel.
Chapter completed!