Chapter 80 The Big Picture
Shi is very happy with such a situation. If he can seize this opportunity of chaos in the world, he can at least buy the Mohist school five years of development.
In recent years, the Mohist family has done a good job in diplomacy and has money in hand. Even the Zhou emperor sent people to contact the Mohist people and borrowed some money to spend through difficult days.
Although the Zhou emperor is considered to be a centipede who dies without being stiff, his authority has gradually dissipated.
The three families divided Jin. After the Tian family replaced Qi, the prestige of the Zhou emperor was declining. When the Zhou emperor passed away, the Qi State had conflicts with the Zhou Dynasty due to the mourning matter, and the Tian family could have directly scolded the Zhou royal family members "Your mother is a maid."
However, now occasionally, the Mohist family will give Zhou emperor some loans to the emperor in the name of the Jinxing Money House through merchants in Luoyang, so that the emperor can maintain it, just to prevent the Emperor of Zhou from taking the opportunity to cause trouble: when it is unfavorable to the princes, no one will listen to Zhou Tian's words, for fear that the Emperor of Zhou would resist the banner of etiquette and rules to suppress the increasingly radical Mohist family.
When the Emperor of Zhou was busy waiting to die, no one raised the banner. The main reason is that there are not many princes who are qualified to raise the banner of rituals and rules, and it is difficult to have no emperor to take the lead. In short, the Three Jins and the Tian family cannot slap themselves in the face.
Under the disputes between the nations, it provided great opportunities for the Mohist school's next development.
Shi felt that he had seized this opportunity and expanded it. As long as there was no problem, he would be too radical and break with the world too early, and this huge change in the world would come soon.
He went to the synonym with such a happy mood, and everyone looked in a good mood. When Qin Huali saw Shi coming in, he handed it to Shi with a letter, with a smile on his lips and said, "Look at the letter from the Chu people, it's interesting."
Shi took the letter and glanced at it, and laughed out loud.
Now Wei is the overlord of the Central Plains, and the situation that the Mohist family most reluctant to encounter in their activities in Si is the interference of Wei.
In order to guard against the interference of Wei State during this opportunity period, the Mo family added trouble to Wei State from four directions.
In the dispute over the inheritance rights of Zhao State, the battle between Chu State and Chen and Cai State unification, they contacted the Zhongshan State Restoration Group and sent Wu Qi to Qin.
The solution to the problem of Prince Ding's split into Chen was a major direction that made Wei attacked from all sides this time.
The Chu people had the most dealings with the Mo family. Before, Wei and Chu fought over the Mo family and rebelled left and right, captured the King of Chu, helped Chu defend Luyang, and finally helped the King of Chu change and train the new army to capture Dongting Cangwu.
This kind of dealing can be seen from the letters from Chu State to the Mo family.
In theory, the prince must be the younger brother of the King of Chu, which is also considered the internal affairs of the State of Chu. The righteousness that the King of Chu should be "one Chu has no two kings".
However, in the letters from Chu State to the Mo family, it did not mention this kind of righteousness, but instead told the prince's "unrighteousness" based on the "righteousness" of the Mo family.
At least in written diplomacy, the King of Chu had to admit the Mo family's righteousness, but could not mention the past righteousness. Although this was just a lip service, it was also valuable.
This time, in order to quell the rebellion in Chen and Cai, the Chu State also cleared out some nobles who defected to Wei due to the reform, which could be regarded as taking advantage of the general trend of the world.
Zheng State was in a very turbulent situation. Fushu City rebelled three times a day, and today he was close to Chu and rebelled against Han tomorrow. Chu State was instigating behind his back, so that South Korea could focus all its energy on Zheng State.
Chen concentrated the new army on the King of Chu. There was no problem in wanting to win, but the premise was that Wei could not interfere and had to fight quickly and resolve the prince before Wei could react.
If the King of Chu could die early, this time the Mo family could provide large-scale assistance to the State of Chu, which intensified the conflict between the King of Chu and the nobles.
If the King of Chu could still live for ten, twenty, and thirty years, then he could not help the King of Chu too much. Otherwise, the King of Chu would hold up the power and deal with the nobles, and turn around and come to deal with the Mo family. This is obvious.
Shi knew that Wu Qi's counterattack plan for death by King Chu died of illness in history may have changed, but at least the King of Chu is unlikely to die within five years, so he needs to wait a little longer.
At least... we must wait until the news of the King of Chu is about to get sick or not before we can consider our actions in Chu.
Since both Jin Huali and Shi decided to send some troops, everyone agreed that even if the general direction was determined, how to fight the specific details and how much effort it would be done, it would be improved in the future.
Since Qin Huali talked about the Chu State first, it can be seen that Chu State is considered the most important force to restrain Wei State.
Gong Zaoye also thought this way, and said, "Now the matter of Fei State, it can be confirmed that Chu will not send troops to interfere, or even make any inappropriate remarks. At least it will not be like this before Chen and Cai pacified."
Shi nodded and said, "This is taking advantage of the situation. When Wu Qi broke Daliang and borrowed our gunpowder to break the city, it directly led to the prince's entry into Chen. The situation he laid out back then can now borrow it."
"Hundreds of engineers and artillery soldiers are exchanged for absolute non-interference from Chu. These hundreds of people are equivalent to the power of five divisions. Otherwise, the prince would not have entered Chen and did not plan ten years ago. Today, he would prepare five divisions to guard against Chu."
Gong Zaoye nodded in admiration. The plan he started to make more than ten years ago has only been effective now.
More than ten years ago, the Qin State was blocked from going south to Hanzhong in Bashu. More than ten years ago, the activities in Wu territory now forced the King of Yue to leave Huaibei and retreat to Jiangnan as soon as possible. The drawings of Daliang City were secretly given to Wu Qi, and the Chen-Cai land caused by the rebellion against Chu State was even more serious than the historical situation of rebellion against Chu State. Now we can take advantage of the opportunity to gain an ally.
In admiration, Gong Zaoye said: "Now, the Chu people will not interfere. The Qin people have something to ask for us. Now we have to look at the Three Jins and Qi. Zhao Hou is dead, and Zhao State will be in chaos. I am afraid that Chu State will attack too quickly. Wu Qi's entry into Qin and other matters will lead to Wei Dao not interfering in Zhao State's choice to reconcile and continue to maintain the Three Jins alliance."
Shi shook his head and said, "There is no such possibility. Wei State wants to reconcile, does Zhao State want to? If you want to reconcile and continue to maintain the alliance between the Three Jins, Wei State needs to make an attitude, at least expand in the Central Plains, and you cannot be guarded against Zhao State, so that Zhao State can rest assured."
"The State of Zhao has an enclave in Dunqiu. It is next to the State of Wei Puyang. It is located in the east of Qi and in the Central Plains. Wei wants to maintain the alliance between the Three Jins. However, it is possible to allow Zhao to expand in the Central Plains. Brothers settle accounts clearly and the expansion of the Central Plains is equally divided. How is this possible?"
"Does Wei State allow Zhao to interfere in the Central Plains? If not, why should Wei and Chu fight? Zhao send troops? Help Wei fight for a long time and kick Zhao away when you divide the interests. Chu and Wei State can't fight around Wei State, right? So, there is no way to get along with Wei State."
"Wu Qi entered Qin, Chu attacked Chen... You think that Wei attacks would put aside the contradictions between the Three Jins and maintain hegemony. But the problem is that Zhao State is difficult to gain a foothold in the Central Plains. The best choice for Wei State is... interfering in Zhao's internal affairs and supporting the pro-Wei regime to ensure that the north is safe and sound, so that the power can be mobilized to fight against Chu State and Qin State."
Chapter completed!