Chapter 84 Drag into the water
The two sides have different bottom lines and different information they have, and the winner and defeat in negotiations has been decided actively and passively.
Le Yang thought Shi was just simply asking about the foreign policy of Zhongshan after the restoration of the country. He was caught in it by Zhao and seriously threatened Zhao's eastern front, which was something that Zhao could not tolerate.
Wei State first carried out reforms, and famous generals and ministers such as Li Kui and Wu Qi were able to stab the eastern front of Zhao State to occupy Zhongshan. Zhongshan was impossible for Zhao State to give up. When Wei State was strong, it might be able to bear it. Once Wei State declined, Zhao State turned against each other, Zhongshan would be the forbidden body of Zhao State.
Only Yan State can interfere with Zhongshan, but as the information reflected in the idiom allusion of "speaklessness", Zhongshan State believes that Yan State is a weak chicken and can attack itself, and its strength is equivalent to Zhao State's attack on Zhongshan.
Le Yang also had a certain understanding of this. After hearing the question, he said, "If Zhao Yiqiang bullies the weak, since I am a minister in Zhongshan, I will not be able to attack Zhao without leading troops."
"If we can restore the country, Zhongshan has the danger of Taihang, we can build the Great Wall to protect the people of Zhao."
Shi shook his head and said, "Some people say that virtue is not danger. If the people can benefit, they can fight for their own gain."
"For today, for the sake of self-interest, princes and nobles fight for land and fight for war, kill people to fill the wilderness; fight for cities and fight for war, kill people to fill the city. This is the so-called "superior land and eat human flesh" and the crime is not to be tolerated."
"If Zhongshan restores the country, it will only benefit the princes and nobles of Zhongshan, which may not necessarily benefit the people of the world. The Mohist family cannot help."
"It's just that you say three to get one profit, which is better than before. Zhongshan is close to Zhao, and although there is a weak Yan next to it, if Zhongshan does not attack, Zhongshan can attack weak Yan, and strong Zhao can attack Zhongshan."
Le Chi stood up and bowed, "Sir, I'm afraid you're wrong. If Zhongshan does not attack Yan, will Zhao State definitely not attack Zhongshan? If I don't kill people, will others not kill me?"
Shi smiled and said, "Those who kill people die, and those who hurt people are punished. This is the method of the Mo family. If you can kill people, can't you punish the monarch who launched an unjust war? The Mo family has a sword that is not an attack."
This time and then, the time when the Mohist school talks about non-aggression is not the time to reason in front of the king twenty years ago.
Taking advantage of the dispute between the princes, you will be unrighteous. Although the current route of the Mo family is not just to be a sword that restrains the countries, they are still a little confident to say these words to Le Chi at this time.
When Le Chi heard this, he realized that the Mo family was no longer the simple academic organization, but a force with tens of thousands of righteous teachers and the most powerful artillery powder.
Since Shi said this, Le Chi muttered in his heart.
Zhongshan is not yet restored, and it is far from time to say "I will not abide by the non-attacking" and its strength is not allowed. At this time, we can only rely on the "non-attacking" to request assistance from the Mo family.
Besides, even if the country is restored, Zhao is eyeing it covetously. Among the Three Jins, Wei and Zhao are the strongest. Zhao's military strength, population and cities are far better than Zhongshan. Zhongshan is also between Zhao and Yan, with the danger of Taihang and the vast plains.
The people of Zhao are also known to everyone in the world. The affairs of the country back then are vivid in their minds, and that country was still Zhao Jun’s brother-in-law.
After thinking, Le Chi said, "I would like to ask Mr. Yu, if we restore the country, what should we do to protect the weakness of Zhongshan from being overwhelmed by strong power?"
Shi smiled and said, "There are three strategies for the top, middle and lower. The best strategy is to implement benevolent government."
Le Chi was stunned and said strangely: "Confucian scholars speak and act like benevolent, and Confucian and Mohism are mortal enemies. Does the Mohism also believe that as long as they practice benevolent politics, the people can bear wood to defeat the enemy's soldiers?"
Shi asked back, "Can the people who can hold weapons under benevolent governments be able to defeat soldiers who hold the same weapons in the enemy country who cannot do benevolent governments? The Mohist school has an experiment saying that the same variables must be compared. The Mohist school has never said that as long as they practice benevolent government, they can make the plaques and the armor and the sharp weapons."
"Besides, the so-called benevolence of the Mohist school is different from the benevolence of Confucian scholars. The benevolence of loving oneself is the rule of law to love oneself. How can everyone fail to fight to the death in order to safeguard their own interests?"
Le Chi suddenly thought of the three books he had given him before. It seemed that the two books he had not chosen were the best choice.
But this best strategy is absolutely unusable, otherwise why would the nobles restore the country? To restore the country and seek profit for the people is not something that the nobles can do.
So he said again: "The best strategy cannot be done."
Shi was not sarcastic, but said calmly: "What about Zhongshou? It is to change some systems and promote agricultural tools and hundreds of labor to solve the three problems of the people."
"To the outside world, we promote non-attacking and promise the whole world: Zhongshan does not attack. Zhao does not attack Zhongshan, Zhongshan does not attack Zhao; Zhongshan does not attack Yan, Yan does not attack Zhongshan; Zhongshan does not attack Yan and Zhao attacks Zhongshan, then the Mohist school will naturally fulfill the meaning of non-attacking."
Needless to say, Le Chi already has a heart to belong.
However, he didn't know that in the eyes of the situation, there would be a battle between Zhao and Zhongshan in the future, but it would never be possible within ten years. So he said that the Mohist school actually sent a blank check, but it sounded extremely beautiful.
As for the situation in the world ten years, the situation in the world will inevitably change drastically. At that time, the Mohist family may be enemies of the princes in the world, so why bother to care about the Zhao State?
This decade is what the Mohist school needs.
However, due to the appropriate early layout, the conflict between the new and old nobles in Zhao is becoming increasingly deepened. This time, the dispute between the princes of Zhao will be wider than in history. Zhao State also needs to rest within the past ten years.
Sometimes such wars are not a bad thing for the king of a country. The corruption of aristocrats is no longer possible to eliminate themselves. With a war of collusion between inside and outside, they may be able to be reborn from the fire, just like the road to rebirth in the fire of Yan State in history.
Within these ten years, many countries have almost felt the turbulence and are busy seizing the last opportunity. In a reasonable opinion, this ten years is the last time for the Mohist school to develop silently.
Therefore, the promise that must be fulfilled only ten years later can be agreed.
However, Le Chi knew that the Mohist school wanted to keep its promises about "righteousness".
Since the Mohist family promised that as long as Zhongshan was not attacking, anyone who attacked Zhongshan would come forward to support him unless Zhongshan's country itself violated the alliance.
Le Chi hurriedly thanked: "The Mo family keeps their promises and does not do anything. The king will definitely agree if he thinks. As long as Zhongshan restores the country, he will definitely follow the benevolent government of three to one, and recognize the meaning of not attacking."
"But if you want to restore the country, you still need some preparation. The king sent me here because I heard about the changes in the King of Chu and the restoration of the King of Yue. The Mo family provided loans and paid them in installments."
"The king's intention is that if the Mohist family is willing to provide a certain amount of loans and weapons, Zhongshan is willing to sell salt for a specialty. Using this as a payment, the Mohist family's loan will be paid in installments, and the interest will be calculated based on the annual interest of 11."
This was the method implemented by the Mohist country in Yue and Chu, and the effect was significant. When the monarch needed a lot of money and it was difficult to raise it for a while, the first thing that came to mind was to see if it could be obtained from the Mohist country.
This kind of mortgage repayment and politically-conditioned loans are now popular, but Le Chi is wrong again.
The Mohist family was right on the Si side, adjacent to Chu and Yue. The political conditions imposed could be transformed into power and profits, but the Zhongshan Kingdom was too far away, which was the forbidden ban of the Three Jin Dynasties, and it was also between Qi, Yan and Zhao. The political conditions attached there were meaningless.
The Mohist families have no interest in Zhongshan for the time being. They are thousands of miles apart, and at most they can only use it. There is no coveting.
However, Shi also had a different consideration, so hesitated on his face and said, "But the Mo family is not enough money now..."
When Le Chi heard this, he couldn't help but feel nervous.
Keshi changed his voice and said, "But the Mo family is in Si Shang, Taoqiu has many exchanges with the world's wealthy merchants. There are also gold stores and the participation of the world's wealthy merchants."
"Since it is said that the world is for profit, and the world is for profit, and merchants seek profit, the Mo family can come forward to help and raise funds. What kind of repayment does Zhongshan Kingdom take out? The Mo family is just an intermediary, and it is necessary to allocate it to those merchants to make profits from the financial bank."
This is a new model and does not belong to this era, but Le Chi has read a lot of books over the years and understands the meaning of it.
Nowadays, many wealthy merchants in the world have contact with the Mo family. Many business "companies" led by the Mo family have the capital of the wealthy merchants, and many wealthy merchants participate in the financial bank for raising funds, and they pay a lot of dividends every year.
This is a typical method of eating meat and drinking soup for wealthy merchants. It is related to national economy and people's livelihood, as well as profit-making industries such as war and smelting. It is impossible for the Mohist to let go.
However, projects such as armed colonization, pioneering the south, and creating cargo ships are very open and allow external capital to intervene. The Mohist money alone is not enough to make a huge scale.
In terms of capital, the Mohist school is the largest capitalist today, and the other wealthy merchants are just like this, relying on survival.
Just as when talking about the grassland in the north of the Seitan region, the essential problem solved was the same as Zhuxia. The south, such as the Pearl River, gradually developed due to the sugar production industry. No matter how the armed colonization areas were solved, they could still be relegated to the territory. Therefore, the Mohist family allowed the merchants to invest.
Caravans, cargo ships, cities and land are all profitable things, and these profitable things have attracted more wealthy merchants from all over the world to get close to them. They invest their money in the development of the south, and there are many big merchants who make more than 100,000 profits every year.
Even if these big merchants in the Si Shang land were unable to get involved, they had strict management, secondly, the population was insufficient, and thirdly, the system and policies could not allow them to make profits without any limit. This is the foundation of the Mohist school.
Zhongshan Country is still profitable, and the deeper the capital intervention, the easier it will be to accept something during future changes.
The franchised monopoly monopoly is the most popular way for capital to join forces to make profits.
Chapter completed!