Chapter 342 Tian Yuan forces and corners (2)
One day in July.
It was raining, and it was not heavy, but it could not start work, so specific matters were allocated.
In the morning, I had already finished teaching the children who followed him. These children who followed him had basically learned the level of the first grade of junior high school, and some subjects may be slightly higher.
In the afternoon, I was in the house and several Mo people were chatting there, so I followed Qu Jiang to learn to play Go.
At this time, there was already Go, called Yi, and the rules were similar. The difference was that at this time there were seventeen paths, rather than nineteen paths of the cycle.
Various rules are basically the same as those in later generations, and they are also considered to be a few entertainments at this time.
Luhua and others were knocking on the sunflower seeds, watching Shi and Qu Jiang play chess, or listening to the sound of rain outside the house.
Someone was reading a book on the side, and Teng Houjite also turned around, said hello to everyone, and asked everyone about his 600-acre land rent and planting.
At least in this room, there is really no difference between high and low.
While chatting, there was a sound of footsteps outside. Several people walked in with straw raincoats. The guards outside did not stop him. They were obviously their own people.
Shi was holding a chess piece made from Tenghou's palace and thinking about where to go. Without looking up, he heard someone say, "Teng Guoxiangbang, you are so excited to take a break here. Peixian is going to be very busy..."
It was the voice of Shi Jiatong, who was in charge of Mohist family's property. When he came to his senses, Que stood up to say hello. Then he found that Shi Jiatong had a grandson behind him.
Gao Sunzi was one of the seven enlightened ones. Shi knew that something was going on, but seeing that everyone was smiling, I finally felt at ease.
Luhua hurriedly said, "I'll go make some food, drink the batter with chili, and warm it up."
She left in a hurry, and Wu Ma Bo and others also symbolically met with Teng Hou Jite. Teng Hou knew that there was something to talk about in the Mo family, so he said goodbye and left.
Several people sat at the table, and the ones in the house were of sufficient level, either they were guards sent by the Mohist family and did not need to avoid others.
"What happened?"
Gao Sunzi said, "You can see the news you have received for yourself."
After saying that, he grinded a bamboo tube out of his arms and handed it to Shi, and then said, "This time, the city Jiatong came here to count the consumption of materials and escort iron tools; I also came here for routine inspection, but I will temporarily republicize the administration with you for the next year, which is the rule of the Mohist family."
Shi nodded to express his understanding. When Meng Sheng left, he must have a level enough to be with him. His prime minister is just a name, and it is useless. His real identity is still the Mohist candidate.
I opened the bamboo tube and looked at it. I almost showed joy on my face, but I finally managed to hold it back.
Among the bamboo tube's letters, all the information collected by the Mohist family in the Central Plains was sorted out.
Not long ago, the State of Chu officially announced that because the Three Jins did not join the Covenant of Suppressing the War, the State of Chu announced its withdrawal and no longer abides by the Covenant of Suppressing the War formulated with the Mo family.
The three-year period has arrived, and the State of Chu accused the Three Jins of not stopping the war for the sake of the world, which led to its withdrawal.
The Three Jins also accused Chu of being the country that was unwilling to stop the war, and reiterated that he did not recognize the legitimacy of King Xiong of Chu.
It can be seen that whether it is the Three Jins or the Chu State, at least respects the Mo family on the surface. Shangqiu and Niu Lanyi fought against Jin and Chu were not ready to oppose the Mo family openly, for fear of forcing the Mo family to a hostile side, and the situation of the Mo family had already opened.
Otherwise, if the principle of stopping the world and benefiting the world would not have been too terrifying and transcending the times, no one would have cared about it, and would have just taken it as a nonsense.
At the same time, the Mo family came forward and fulfilled their promises with the Zheng people, persuaded the King of Chu to release the captured 40,000 Zheng troops, and at the same time released the leading Seven Mu nobles.
In fact, the State of Chu wanted to release these people at all, but the Mo family still took a formality. The Zheng people praised the Mo family's righteous deeds and were very proud of the behavior of avoiding war under Niu Lanyi.
However, Dazai Xin of Zheng State and Duke Zheng had also reached a secret agreement with the State of Chu. After the 40,000 people were released, a coup occurred in the capital of Zheng State.
The ruling Siziyang of Zheng State was killed by an assassin. Forty thousand released prisoners of Zheng State shouted the slogan "Refusing to start a war with Chu", and attacked Li Siziyang's mansion. After being incited by the nobles, the Siziyang clan was destroyed.
This incident was actually not simply caused by the war against Chu, but the people of Zheng were no longer satisfied with Si Ziyang's ruling policy.
Si Ziyang's rule was too strict, which had the meaning of the Qin Dynasty's law for decades. For example, if a craftsman who made bows and arrows did not pay the military tribute to the military, he would be punished by corporal punishment.
In fact, the assassin who assassinated Si Ziyang used the name "I am a craftsman and cannot complete the work. Anyway, I will die, so it is better to kill Si Ziyang."
Of course, this assassin was sent by Dazai Xin and Zheng Gong, but it is enough to show the rigorousness of Si Ziyang's rule.
He learned the rigorousness of the childbirth in the past, but did not learn the slackness of the childbirth in the past. Zheng State has a developed economy and a rural education organization, which can easily arouse the dissatisfaction of citizens.
After Zheng Gong and Dazai Xin came forward to appease the people, they signed an alliance with Chu, recognized the legitimate status of the King of Chu, and guaranteed that the prince would not be allowed to enter Zheng again.
Although Si Ziyang was exterminated, his gangsters conspired to act in Zheng, and the conflict between Dazai Xin and Zheng Duke began to intensify because Si Ziyang's death.
The Qi Mu Si family originally had a large number of fiefs, and Si Ziyang came to power because of the number of fiefs that he could suppress the other seven Mus. Moreover, the reason for his coming to power was because of Han Wuzi's hatred for killing Zheng Gong.
He did nothing wrong in strategy. If everything goes well, Zheng State acquires the territory of Chu and relies on Wei State to sign a contract against South Korea, it is really possible to rise.
But he overestimated his strength and misjudged the people's dissatisfaction with Chengdu, and ended up being destroyed by a family.
Zheng Gong and Dazai Xin were completely unwilling to worry about the possible chaos in Zheng State. Although Si Ziyang died, his gangs still had many followers. The entire Zheng State was sandwiched between Jin and Chu, and the nobles wanted to fight the team. At this time, killing Si Ziyang, Zheng State had the risk of being divided into three.
All the nobles or Ziyang's followers were contacting the Mo family in a crazily, hoping to buy firearms to defend the city. Several parties were ready for breaking and splitting, and they were looking for a backer.
Siziyang's party secretly found Wei, hoping that Wei would come forward to question Siziyang's killing and promise that their faction would stand on the side of the Three Jins.
Subsequently, the Wei State sent troops and showed its power through Zheng State's land to intimidate Zheng State. It did not allow Zheng State to make peace with Chu State unilaterally, or at least it did not allow Zheng State to form an alliance with Chu State.
The Wei State sent 50,000 troops to Yangwu, stationed in the fiefdom of the Siziyang party members. Zheng State was not allowed to interfere with the fiefdom of the Siziyang party members, and at the same time launched a counterattack against the Chu State.
In order to gain the support of Chu, Dazai Xin and Zheng Duke ceded Linyi and returned the Yuguan of Chu. At the same time, they moved 3,000 households to the Chu State and sent farmers to help Chu State build Wuyang City. However, they did not form an alliance with Chu State, but fulfilled their responsibilities in the form of a truce treaty and did not dare to anger the Three Jins head-on.
After resting in Yangwu, the Wei army immediately went south, crossed the Pu River, and besieged Changling and Jin of Chu.
It was captured in one month, and the entire army of Changling of Chu was wiped out, and Changling Jun was captured.
At this point, 50,000 Wei troops were stationed in Changling, which was only a river away from the border of Chu, Daliang City, Dalian City. As long as Daliang City was broken, the gate of Chu State in the Central Plains would open, and Chu State was very panicked.
On the one hand, we continued to strengthen the defense of Daliang City, and on the other hand, we sent Pingyejun and 40,000 troops to attack Gaocheng, which was stationed in Wei, as revenge for the destruction of the Changling army.
Although the State of Chu finally captured Gaocheng, it suffered heavy losses.
This battle exposed the weakness of Chu, but it seemed that it could fight Wei, but in fact it had been wedged into Chongyi at the doorstep.
At the same time, the situation within the San Jin Dynasty has been basically stable.
After Zhao Ji's death, a series of coups occurred in Zhao. Because Zhao Ji's son was still young, Zhao Ji's younger brother eventually won and took office.
This was a compromise. Zhao Ji's younger brother did not change the era, such as Zhou Gong's routine of assisting Cheng Wang, but it also laid the foreshadowing of Zhao's domestic chaos.
Zhao Ji's son was alive, and Zhao Ji's younger brother also had a son. The foreshadowing of Zhao's domestic chaos was laid at this time. Weiss came forward and began to secretly win over Zhao Ji's younger brother.
He hoped to maintain the Three Jin Alliance. If Zhao Ji's younger brother wanted to consolidate his rule and pave the way for his son, he could only agree to Weis's conditions. After the two sides met, they said that they would continue to abide by the Three Jin Alliance. However, some of the nobles in Zhao were very dissatisfied with the Three Jin Alliance, because Zhao Ji's son was still young and could only endure it for the time being.
After Weis met with Zhao State, news came from Qin State that Qin State hoped to rest and rest, hoped to truce, and would not use troops to Hexi again.
After the two sides were settled, the Wei State defeated Changling and Jin, and captured Changlingjun, while also showing the combat effectiveness of Wei State, and the troops headed straight to the Central Plains of Chu.
As the situation changed drastically, South Korea, which was originally planning to wait and see, quickly made a choice.
Weiss supported Han Qian's son ascended the throne. In order to stabilize the nobles in the country, Han Qi appointed his uncle Xiale as prime minister.
At the same time, a coup occurred in Zheng State. South Korea's expansion direction was no longer the Zheng State, which was in power, and could compete with South Korea's victory or defeat, but a Zheng State that was constantly changing and was about to split.
So Han Cai immediately sent people to express his willingness to support the alliance of the Three Jins. After Wei captured the Changling of Chu, he reached a secret agreement with Wei: Once the mourning period ended, he would immediately send troops to defeat Chu. Han wanted the territory of Chu, but he hoped that Wei would not oppose Han's capture of Zheng.
What Weis needed was the alliance of Zhao State on the surface, and he did not expect Zhao State to send troops at all. He placed his hopes on the civil strife of the next generation of Zhao State, so he fought with South Korea: he acquiesced to South Korea to capture part of Zheng State's cities, but opposed South Korea's full annexation of Zheng State. If Chu State was defeated, South Korea would not be involved in the land under Daliang City and must belong to Wei State.
The two countries will work together to join Prince Ding, striving to let Prince Ding split Chu, establish himself as King of Chu, and completely weaken Chu.
Chapter completed!