Gongshu Zhuo knew the current situation of Wei State better than Wei Ding. As a prime minister, he could open a government and had his own talent system. After discussion with them, the conclusion was that Wei State now must now have strategic contraction to survive in this chaotic world.

The stalls that Wei State had opened before were too big, interfering everywhere from south to north, and were strong for a while, but they also left a heavy burden.

In Gongshuzhu's view, Zhongshan was lost, Chu State took back Chen Caiyu Pass, and Si Shang rose. This is what Si Shang said, Qin Weng lost his horse and knew how good or bad luck would be.

Some people say: Misfortune is where good fortune depends, and good fortune is where bad fortune lies.

Now Wei can put down the heavy burden, put down the heavy burden of the hegemony shell, focus on the inside and give up those indifferent faces.

It is impossible for Zhongshan Kingdom to be recaptured, and its strength is not allowed. It is impossible for Qin and Si to have such an opportunity to use troops under the attack between east and west.

Giving the pass map album of Zhongshan to Zhao can ease the tension with Zhao, causing trouble to the east, and lure Zhao into destroying Zhongshan.

As long as Zhao strives toward Zhongshan, then on the southern front, we must reach a friendly alliance with Wei. Otherwise, it is impossible that we will not dare to use our army to attack Zhongshan.

Zhao State must make a choice.

Go south?

Or eastward?

If the monarch of Zhao is not stupid, it is impossible for him to go south and east. As long as he advances east, he will definitely join forces with Wei.

Similarly, if Zhongshan was obtained by Zhao, then Zhao would have room for expansion that was consistent with Wei and Han.

Yan and Qi are now considered big powers, and they cannot be completely confronted by one country, and they need allies even more.

The original alliance between the Three Jins originated from the strength of Chu State, and now there is another Si Shang outside of Chu State, which is a common threat.

If the three Jin dynasties can be reached and the unanimous development to the west and east, the contradictions between the three Jin dynasties can be eased a lot.

The three Jin dynasties were inconsistent with each other and had no way to survive.

If internal struggle continues, then the ones who benefit will inevitably be Chu, Qin, and Si Shang.

Since Zhongshan Kingdom cannot be taken back, it is better to use Zhongshan to consume Zhao's power, alleviate the relationship between Wei and Zhao, and reorganize the Three Jin Alliance.

In fact, in Gongshuzhu's view, giving up Zhongshan in terms of legal principles is only part of the strategic contraction, and the rest of the direction also needs to continue to strategic contraction to rest.

Wei Ji was not a fool either. He could understand what Gongshu Zhu meant. After thinking about it, he even understood the deeper content and asked: "The Xiangbang meant that he wanted to borrow Zhao to control Han?"

Unless the situation of one big and two small, the alliance of the Three Jins can only be two-system one. Wei and Han have been working together because of Chu and excluded Zhao.

Now Gongshuzhu means changing the diplomatic ideas of Wei State.

Gongshu Zhuo smiled and said, "Your wise and you have this intention. If the Wei and Zhao are in alliance, the Han people will follow you. If Zhao gets Zhongshan, then Qi and Yan are all in the reach of the Three Jin soldiers."

"Besides, Si Shang is arrogant and does unrighteous things, and will cause great trouble in the future. If we can reconstruct the Three Jins today, we can suppress the Eastern countries and threaten the Qin people not to advance eastward."

"Whether the land of the inside and outside the mountains and rivers is not able to dominate the world without the joint efforts of the Three Jins."

Some words that Gongshu Zhu didn't want to say were too clearly and clearly.

The Heze Alliance four years ago declared the bankruptcy of the four-sided attack strategy in the era of Wenhou of Wei, declared the fall of the hegemony of Wei, and also declared that if Wei did not change its diplomatic thinking as soon as possible, a great disaster would be imminent.

The war of interfering with the inheritance rights of Chu State failed, and the agent Wang Ziding was killed.

The war of interference in Zhao's inheritance power failed, and Gongzi Chao committed suicide.

The Chinese people who interfered with the Si Shangfeidi failed and became famous for their alliance during the war.

The policy of weakening Qin failed, and Qin took advantage of the chaos of the First Central Plains War to start the change.

The Wei State could no longer stand the tossing and failure on all sides.

If all these battles were won, the overlord of the Warring States Period would be Wei, but he was defeated. Gongshuzhu, as the prime minister, could only take the blame for the continuation of the Wenhou era and find a way out.

The previous strategy relied on momentum, and the alliance formed by the Three Jins was formed by force, and once Wei lost its power, the backlash from various countries would be extremely serious.

After thinking about it, Wei Ji asked again: "So, what should we do to Zheng State?"

Gongshuzhu asked back, "Your Majesty thinks that the Koreans can be dissuaded from their hearts to swallow Zheng?"

Wei Dou shook his head, thinking that this was naturally impossible to be dissuaded, and South Korea also had a legitimate excuse.

When Han Hou killed Zheng Bo in the army, Zheng State then besieged Han and happened to catch up with Han Hou's death. Both sides had blood feud, so it was reasonable for South Korea to start a war against Zheng.

Of course, the reason is just to borrow the bones of predecessors, but in fact it is for the benefit of South Korea now.

When Gongshu Zhuo saw Wei Ji approving his judgment on the situation in Han and Zheng, he waved his hand and slashed downwards, saying, "Since the Koreans are inevitable to swallow Zheng, then... why don't you divide Zheng with the Koreans?"

The word "dividing" has long existed. The melons that are divided are not Hu watermelon, but local melons. There was a saying in the Warring States National Policy that the world will divide them because of the anger of Qin and take advantage of Zhao's weakness.

If the existence of Zheng State was in the Spring and Autumn Period, it could indeed serve as a buffer between Han and Wei. Because of the political system at that time, even if the Zheng State was annexed, the monarch would not get much benefit. At most, it would be more loyal to the feudal lords.

But Gongshuzhu believes that after the reforms of Li Ku and Wenhou, the new political system of Wei State could directly govern more land.

The royal power directly governed more land, which means that the power of Wei State is stronger and stronger. This Zheng State, which could be independent in the Spring and Autumn Period and independently buffered the remaining annexed, is now more beneficial to Wei State.

Gongshuzhu understood Wei Ji's character, and also understood that Wei Ji had not kept up with this era at all.

From the words that Tian Zifang warned Wei Ji that year, we can see that Wei Ji's mind still survived in the Spring and Autumn Period, especially afterwards, forcing Wu Qi to death, forced Le Yang to death, appointed Tian Wen as prime minister, and valued nobles but neglected scholars, all these actions made Gongshu Zhuo feel uneasy.

The annexation of Zheng State was the most beneficial practice for Wei State in the new era and under the centralized system after the reform.

Instead of letting South Korea swallow it up by itself, it is better to divide it up with South Korea, which can not only reach a short-term Wei-Han alliance, expand its strength, but also suppress South Korea's development in the long run.

At the same time, the western and southern borders of Zheng State are close to Chu State, which can bind more South Korea to the chariots on the anti-Chu and Si.

It’s not that Wei State has eaten the land of Zheng State. Half of the land lost in Zheng State in the past twenty years is in the hands of Wei State, and South Korea has the other half.

The policy of the Wenhou period was to maintain the Wei Dynasty. Zheng planned the hegemony of Si Shang and abandoned the strategy of first west and then east.

But the current situation is very different from that of Wenhou.

Wei Ji frowned and said, "Xingbang said before that if the Han people are strong, they will be a great disaster in the future and will not obey Wei Zun. This... is the division between Han and Zheng, is it afraid that raising a tiger a disaster?"

Gongshuzhuo solemnly said: " Raising a tiger is a disaster, and it will be a disaster many years later."

"Your Majesty, what do you think if we divide Zheng with the Koreans?"

Wei Ji said: "The people of Zhao must think that the Wei-Han blood alliance is closer."

Gongshuzhu asked again: "Three Jins are surrounded by mountains and rivers and the land is intertwined. If the Wei and Han blood alliance are apart, the people of Zhao will feel that they are being excluded and have to worry that Wei and Han will invade Zhao in northern China. They will inevitably seek reconciliation with us."

"At this time, we present the pass map album of Zhongshan to use this as sincerity. The Zhao people were already panicked when they thought we had a good relationship with the Koreans, and the Zhao people were also afraid that they were also worried about the aggressiveness of Si. At this time, the possibility of us regaining the alliance of the Three Jins is much greater."

"The Three Jin Alliance, because of the relationship between Chu and Si Shang, Wei and Han are more likely to become allies. The real key to the Three Jin Alliance is Zhao."

"Our division of Zheng can not only increase national strength, but also make the Zhao people think that the Wei-Han alliance will go further, and that they will also seek reconciliation with us is a strategy of killing two birds with one stone."

"On the other hand, if there is a conflict with South Korea because of Zheng State, Zhao State may turn to form an alliance with South Korea and threaten Wei State."

"Now that Wei and Han are allies, Zhao State dare not go south, and we are worried that we can let go of our grievances in supporting the Prince Chao and take the initiative to repair it with us."

Wei Ji seemed to understand that this was to use the act of dividing Zheng, which made Zhao mistakenly believe that Wei and Han had reached a deeper alliance relationship, which made Zhao nervous about Wei and Han's hostile exclusion.

The way out of Zhao State is not in the Central Plains, but can only go east or north.

Whether to the east or north, Wei and Han are the vests for Zhao's future strategic development. If the diplomatic relations here are not well established, it is impossible to fully complete Zhao's strategy.

Developing south... Only Wei State can take action, but Wei State is the ban on Wei State, and fighting the Wei State is equivalent to declaring war on Wei. Under the background of Wei and Han dividing Zheng State, Zhao State did not dare to make such a decision.

The practice of Wei and Han dividing Zheng prompted Zhao to give up the strategy of going south and advance eastward to seek Zhongshan. This would allow the three Jins to unite and have common interests and common enemies in the four directions of east, west, south and north, making this alliance more stable.

The affairs of the State of Song were originally very important to the State of Wei, especially under the strategy of attacking from all sides in the Wenhou era. It was a must-fight for the State of Wei to seek the advantages of Chu and the hegemony of Si Shang.

However, as Wei State's national strength weakens, the significance of Song State is no longer a core interest. On the contrary, the acceleration of reform and diplomatic alliance with the Three Jins is the top priority.

Wei Ji himself was worried about going to war in Song State.

Especially after Sisaka made a general mobilization, this kind of worry was even greater.

With the determination shown by Si Shang now and the direction of public opinion in Si Shang newspapers, we can confirm that once the war begins in Song State, we will never stop until death.

Even if all countries send troops, the three countries of Wei, Chu and Han will be the main force. South Korea has two other intentions. To maintain balance in this battle, Wei will at least launch a battle with a baggage and a 100,000 civilians. It will last for a long time, and Wei will probably not be able to support it.

On the contrary, Gongshuzhu's strategy was to take this opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity when the princes were staring at Si Shang and Song, and work with South Korea to blitzkrieg to Zheng, with the least losses and the most profits.

The era of hegemony has ended. In the great struggle, Si Shang has been integrated. The princes in the world have only Wei and Zheng left them except for each major country. At this time, the hegemony's strategy of being famous and subjugated by the famous masters is useless.

Because even if you do what the overlord should do, who will admit that you are the overlord?

In the Kuiqiu Alliance, fourteen or five Counts gathered together.

Now, even if there are hegemons, adding those small countries together, it is a big deal to say whether they can make up five of them.

Gongshuzhu means changing his mind, moving from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period, and not thinking about becoming the overlord.
Chapter completed!