Gongshu Zhu's words are reasonable.

Wei Ji knew it was reasonable, but hesitated.

Gongshu Zhuo asked for three bows, and Wei Ji hesitated and said, "If I discuss peace with the Mo family, I may be ridiculed by the world. During the time of Wenhou, he would take Xihe west, Zhongshan north, subjugate Han Wei inside, capturing Qi Wu from east, and Daliang from south... At that time, everyone in the world thought that Wei Ba, and could win the battle on the five fronts, and everyone in the world would accept it."

"Now... if I discuss peace with the Mo family, I am afraid... I am afraid that the world will think that Wei is weak."

"The world thinks that Wei is weak, Qin must plan Xihe, Zhao must seek to establish himself, Chu must seize Yuguan, Wei and Zheng must swing north and south."

"This matter still needs to be discussed."

The stall was too big when Wenhou was released, and Wei Ji did not have such ability to continue to maintain a full-scale attack. Gongshuzhu's strategic contraction strategy was not wrong.

However, once a great power that once gained hegemony chooses strategic contraction, it will suffer a huge backlash. The countries that were previously suppressed and seized will also see its weakness and pounce on it and take a bite.

Now Wei has not become weaker, but the rest of the countries have become more or less stronger, centralized and changed, which has gradually reduced the advantages of Wei.

Wei Ji was not wrong in thinking. He now negotiated peace with the Mo family, which was equivalent to a declaration from the world that Wei State could no longer support the strength of a hegemony and could only maintain the power of a regional power.

This is not just a matter of face, but involves the foreign policy of various countries towards Wei. Allies who are suppressed when they are strong will turn against it as they weaken. This has happened too many times in two hundred years.

Gongshuzhuo used a story circulated from the Mo family and advised: "Your Majesty, the minister has just used a tiger, and people have a similar meaning. Please allow the minister to use a tiger again."

"Say, the tiger asks all beasts to eat it, and gets the fox. The fox said, "I dare not eat me! The Emperor of Heaven asked me to grow hundreds of beasts. Now I eat me, which is against the will of the Emperor of Heaven. I think I am not convinced, so I will go first, and I will follow me, and see the beasts see me and dare not leave?" The tiger agreed, so he went with it. The beasts saw it all. The tiger did not know that the beasts were afraid of themselves and left, and thought it was afraid of the fox."

After telling this story, he looked at Wei Ji very calmly and asked, "Your Majesty thinks that what the countries in the world are afraid of is Yu Ze of Wenhou? Or are you afraid of you?"

With Wei Ji's pride, if we compare others with other people, Wei Ji might have to refute a few more words.

But Gongshu Zhuo was talking about Wenhou, who was determined to surpass him, but he had not surpassed him yet. After surpassing him, he would read the tribute in the ancestral temple to announce the matter as soon as possible. He could not be furious, so he had to say, "When my father was, Wei Zhiqiang was far superior to this time."

Gongshuzhu sighed and said, "Your Majesty, what all beasts fear is not the tiger, but the tiger's minions and muscles and bones."

"Now in the three battles, Wei is no longer a tiger. This cannot be hidden from the princes of the world. It is like after the fox pretends to be a tiger, the fox himself forgets that the beasts are afraid of the tiger. After leaving the tiger, he still sways to show off his power in front of the hungry wolf. This is unwise."

"Now, Wei is no longer a tiger but a fox. When he is resting, he will suppress Han and Zhao, then settle down Zhongshan, stop fighting Chenpai, sharpen his minions and bones, and then win the world when the tiger is as strong as it is."

"If we continue to fight with the Mo family now, Chengyang will not be able to defend 50,000 troops. What will happen if the 50,000 military soldiers enter Chengyang and the Qin people advance eastward? Chengyang is the most important, but not as good as Xihe. This is something that we must consider."

"Wu Qi was a greedy person and lustful person, and had ambitions, but Sima Rangju couldn't get to the point of using troops. He had been guarding Xihe for many years, with Xihe passes, rivers, cities, and generals all in his heart, and he had to be on guard. If the Lord fought with the Mo family in Chengyang and Wu Qi fought with Luo River and took Xihe River to the Luo River, who could guard it?"

Wei Ji shook his head and said, "What the Prime Minister said is right, but there is one thing I haven't thought clearly. In the Kuiqiu alliance, the Chu people did not dare to fight and reconcile; in the Jiantu alliance, the Chu people did not dare to fight and reconcile. Therefore, Qi Huan and Jin Wen dominated."

"Isn't this the right to discuss peace with the Mo family now equivalent to the recognized overlord position of the Mo family? The Mo family sent troops and raised righteousness as a banner. Although their righteousness is not the righteousness of the world, they can ultimately claim the great righteousness. In this way, peace is equivalent to acknowledging the Mo family as the dominant of Si Shang and Henan."

Gongshu Zhuo said, "Your worries are not unreasonable, but you forgot to consider one thing."

"In the past, Kuiqiu dreamed of peace, the Chu people also admitted that they violated the etiquette and admitted that they deserved the sin because they did not have the tribute to the buds of the wine."

"In the past, Zheng State had Zhu Zhiwu retreated with one word, but in the end, Zheng State still made Prince Lan, who fled to Jin State, the prince to show that it was wrong to be close to Chu State."

"If Qi Huan defeated the Chu people back then, but the Chu people refused to admit that they had never given the tribute to the tribute, then could Qi Huan be called the overlord?"

"If Jin Wen defeated Chu in the battle of Chengpu in the past, and Jin Wen went to the emperor without offering prisoners, even if he captured Zheng, Xu, and Wei, could he be called overlord?"

After contemplating, Wei Dou said, "It is not possible. The Chu people did not admit the mistake of refusing Gong Baomao. Even if Qi Huan's army defeated the world, they would not be overlords. If Jin Wen did not offer captives to the emperor, even if Jin Wen conquered Zheng Xu, he would not be called overlords."

Gongshuzhu asked again: "With the righteousness of the Mo family, can the emperor praise the Mo family?"

Wei Dao shook his head.

Gongshuzhu asked again: "With the Mo family's righteousness, can the princes in the world obey and believe it?"

Wei Ji shook his head again.

Gongshuzhuo said again: "If the emperor said that the Wei people fought a lot, you are kind and cannot bear to discuss peace when fighting against the white bone soldiers; instead of admitting that the Mo family's righteousness is right, and admitting that the Mo family's attack on Qi this time is in line with the great righteousness. Then, can the Mo family be called the overlord?"

"The Mo family can be strong, but not overbearing. The difference between strong and overbearing is the king, and the emperor cannot ignore it."

"With the strong, the city guards the people, the people fight, defend and attack, and win in battle, this is a strong one. However, all the princes have to share resentment and never forget their enemies. The strong ones should not be long-term. The Mo family's righteousness and virtue are not in line with the world. Even if they are strong, they cannot last long. They must arouse the resentment and anger of the princes."

"A powerful Mo family is the reason why Wei State can dominate. Just like the barbarians and Chu back then, if there were no barbarians and barbarians, how could Qi Huan dominate the king and expel the barbarians?"

"As long as the emperor does not admit that the Mohist war is in line with justice, you say that you chose to negotiate peace because of benevolence, then the Mohist family cannot dominate, and the Wei State can still be the overlord of the Central Plains in the future."

"Only...well, Qi may accuse the king of the king of breach of trust. But the king of the king of thought, does Qi dare to take revenge?"

When he heard this, Wei Di, who had been disturbed by his suppressed emotions, laughed and said, "Revenge? The Mo family rose on Si Shang. Today, the Qi State will not fight again for ten years, and the southwest of Qi will be unstable for twenty years. In this situation, Qi State will not talk about revenge, but I am afraid that even if I choose to negotiate peace, Qi State will still demand my own people."

"The opinions of Qi State do not need to be considered."

The opinions of a strong country need to be considered. A weak country has no diplomacy, and the opinions of a weak country are even worse than those of a weak country.

The State of Qi began a civil war twenty years ago. The Three Jins attacked Qi. The main force of Qi was destroyed. Thirty thousand was slaughtered into Jingguan. Gongsun Hui and Xiang Ziniu Rebellion had just quelled, and it was the Tian family who served as Qi. The Tian family had only been in power for a few years and attacked Lu and wanted to win the best battle. The most important battle was lost to 30,000. Now it has lost another 60,000. It is still unknown whether the Linzi Legion can still exist.

Qi seems to be a big country, but Wei Ji understood that Qi would not have any influence within ten years.

Moreover, the most important thing is that the Mo family said the "unrighteous order" that never ended. Tian He would not hand over his son to the Mo family for trial and executed him. The Mo family would never break his promises, given their promises and organizational credit. There is no unsolved knot between the Mo family and Qi, but the Hotan He family already had unsolved knots.

If there is a family, it would be equivalent to the outbreak of the third civil war in 20 years with Qi State, and the external weakening may be smaller, but the chaos of civil war and internal struggle ultimately brought about a weak Qi State that could not express its opinions.

Wei Ji said that Qi's opinions do not need to be considered, so they really do not need to be considered.

Gongshu Zhuo also smiled and said, "So, what else can you hesitate about peace talks? With the credit of the Mohist family and their propaganda of benefiting the world, conquering unjustly, and not attacking and stopping wars, as long as the peace talks are successful, the 20,000 soldiers in Chengyang can be transferred to the south of Daliang or north of the Yellow River, and the Mohist family will never seize it."

"Etiquette collapses and music is broken, and the princes in the world are intrigues and deceits, and they are not trustworthy. Only the Mohist family has their righteousness as a shackle, but they are the most trustworthy, so the emperor can rest assured."

Wei Ji nodded, and his heart became happier.

If Gongshuzhuo's plan is based on Gongshuzhuo's plan, it is not just a problem of 20,000 new forces, but the situation on the entire southern line will change: originally in a state of war with the Mo family, Chengyang needed 20,000 troops, and Daliang did not dare to move lightly, for fear that when he went deep into Chendi and fought with Chu State, the Mo family suddenly attacked the west and cut off the Wei army's retreat.

The State of Wei chose to confront Chu State south of Daliang instead of taking the initiative to attack. Even the Prince of Chu decided to hold back his troops many times, which was precisely because of this consideration.

The original idea of ​​Wei Ding was to lure Qi and the Mo family to fight, waving flags and shouting behind the scenes to increase confidence in Qi. When the Qi army was dispatched, they would meet with the Han and Wei coalition forces in Chengyang to capture Feidi, and take this opportunity to discuss peace with the Mo family as a victorious attitude, and then choose to attack the Chu army.

Although he did not follow his original plan, the army's strategy of confronting Chu south of Daliang did not move, but the Mo family's victory was a little quick, which caught Wei Dao off guard.

Gongshu Zhuo's plan for Wei Ji solved the situation of Chu State on the southern front and also solved the problem that Wei Ji was worried that the Mo family would dominate his face and damaged his face. Wei Ji's heart knot could be solved.
Chapter completed!