Gongshuzhu’s suggestions sound more beneficial, but Gongshuzhu also understands that it is really difficult to change his thinking if Wei Dou changes his ideas.

Just as Gongshuzhu thought, Wei Ji was proud of himself. He went to war at the age of fifteen. He was not defeated before he encountered Niu Lan, Luyang, and rushed to the Marquis of Han and Zhao, and had no choice but to withdraw his troops.

What he inherited was the peak of the sky at that time, Zhao State surrendered, Han State respected, Chu State lost Daliang, Prince Dings split, Qi State Tian Clan, and Qi State's internal chaos, the most like the overlord Wei State in the world.

He was loved by his father since childhood. As a clan, no one could compete for the position of heirs. He had never experienced the cruel internal struggles of the nobles, nor did he experience the cruel internal struggles of their fathers and grandfathers when they were nobles in Jin State.

A person like Wei Ji was born in the wrong era. He should have been the prince, king, and real aristocrat in the Spring and Autumn Period, but he inherited the Wei Kingdom under the tide of the times that went from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period and the more chaotic earth-shaking waves.

Tian Zifang warned Wei Ji that the era of aristocratic people was over. If you don’t grasp the power of those lowly scholars, the Wei Kingdom would decline in this great struggle. But did Wei Ji listen to it?

If we cannot change our thoughts, we cannot allow the State of Wei to stand in this great struggle.

Gongshuzhu hopes that Wei Ji can put down the pride of the true nobles, learn to endure patience, and learn to endure temporary failures to achieve future victory.

Pride has become a weakness of Wei Ji.

For Gongshuzhu, the comprehensive strategic contraction is to consider the future of Wei from the perspective of the prime minister.

From Wei Ji's perspective, this is not the case.

When he succeeded to the throne, what was Wei like?

He is now strategically shrinking, how do people in the world evaluate it?

Everyone can compare and everyone can say that during the time of Wenhou, Wei State was the dominant, Zhao and Han surrendered, Chu people were defeated, and the world was invincible.

In less than twenty years, Wei State even gave up the legal principles of Zhongshan, and did not interfere with the symbol of the hegemony of the Wei State. How much pressure would Wei Ding bear?

Gongshu Zhu looked at Wei Ji.

Wei Dr. thought for a long time and sighed, "Do you just ignore the affairs of Song State?"

Gongshu Zhuo said: "Go to join forces, Jie Mo, don't send troops. Protest with your mouth and don't move your hands. Join Chu and Han, and take the opportunity to swallow Zheng."

"We must make an act of interfering in the State of Song, so that the Chu people can focus all their energy on the State of Song, and the Si energy on the State of Song."

"But we signed a secret agreement with the Koreans to divide the land of Zheng and take advantage of the opportunity of the alliance to blitz the Zheng State."

"Before Chu and Si Shang had no time to react, they annexed Zheng State, creating a certain fact."

To summarize the logic of Gongshuzu's strategy, it is actually very interesting.

That is, we oppose the Mohist intervention in the State of Song, so we, Wei and Han, divided the State of Zheng together.

The opportunity chosen by Gongshuzhu is also extremely beneficial, because Zheng State not only involves Wei and Han, but also Chu State.

Yuguan, an important border in the north of Chu, is less than thirty or fifty miles away from the Huayang of Zheng, and is regarded as the flank of Yuguan. This is also the reason why Chu does not allow Wei and Han to dominate Zheng State.

Yuguan is an important way out for Chu to face the Central Plains, especially under the premise that Song State continues to be neutral, it is impossible to regain Daliang without Yuguan, and Chu State cannot gain a foothold in the Central Plains if it cannot be regained Daliang.

Now that the Song State coup is in progress, the three sides of Wei, Chu and Han must react. This time, Si Shang attracted the attention of the princes in the world.

As soon as the Qi-Mo War ended five years ago, Si Shang had become a force that the princes should not be underestimated. With the spread of radical public opinion in Si Shang, it became a place that the princes had to be wary of.

Gongshuzhu means that when using Wei, Chu and Han diplomacy to discuss the affairs of Song State, he quickly blitzed Zheng State with Han, and divided Zheng State's territory, making Chu State powerless even if he wanted to interfere.

The matters of Zheng State must be resolved. If they are not resolved well, the relationship between Wei and Han will be very awkward. Moreover, the Si Shang began to infiltrate Zheng State, which also made Wei State extremely uneasy.

Wei Ji felt that this matter was a bit unrighteous. It was actually very bad to consider it from the perspective of a real aristocrat. Zheng State is not guilty and pays tribute every year. It is not too unrighteous to attack this, after all, it is just a matter of Si Shang.

But taking advantage of the alliance to blitz into Zheng State, it would be a bit too unjust.

But every word of Gongshuzhu is all about the country, so why doesn’t Wei Ji understand the weakness of Wei at this time?

After he considered it, he said, "In this way, once the Koreans come, they need to have a secret talk with the Koreans. With the intention of the prime minister, then they should also shout loudly against Si Shang's intervention in the Song State?"

Gongshu Zhuo said: "If this is not the case, one cannot win over the nobles' hearts, and the other hand, it is not easy for the Chu people, Si Shang, to interfere in the affairs of Zheng."

"With 30,000 troops and 30,000 Koreans, Zheng will be destroyed within half a month, and it will consume very little money and food."

"If Zheng falls, then two parts of the land will be divided and hundreds of thousands of people will be won."

"In the south, you can reach Yingshui River, surround the Fenxing Xing of Chu from the side and back, cut off Yu Pass, and go directly to Anling, Deng, Shangcai and other places."

"Second, because the threat from Si Shang is even greater, the State of Chu cannot go to war with us, so as not to enjoy the benefits of the fisherman in Si Shang."

"Three things are necessary to guard against us and Si Shang. We must station large troops in Yuguan, Shangcai and other places, which will exhaust the Chu people's national strength."

"Four rules can make Zhao worry, believing that Wei and Han have formed an alliance and take the initiative to contact us, so that we can grasp the initiative in diplomacy."

Of course, another reason is that once the land of Zheng State is obtained, the nobles of Zheng State can be discarded. Part of the land can be directly under the rule of the royal power, and the other part can also be used as the fiefdom of Gongshuzhu.

Gongshu Zhuo knew the depth and knew that the Wuzhu system in Xihe was the foundation of the Wei Kingdom. Therefore, even if he wanted a fiefdom, he could not get his fiefdom from places where Xihe had been renovated. In that kind of place, he would not know the importance of it.

His power and power originated from the prosperity of Wei State, and he was quite clear about this.

In addition, Gongshuzu has another meaning.

The current situation in Wei State is actually very unfavorable, and it is divided into Hexi and Hedong.

Gongshuzhu hopes that the Xihe area can resist the Qin State, which is gradually beginning to reform and become powerful, and it is impossible for the Central Plains to continue to maintain hegemony.

If you want to use the power of Hedong to maintain the interests of Wei, you must need allies.

To win over allies, we must give up some unnecessary burdens.

Including Zhongshan, which has been lost, only legal principles, and Zheng State, who wanted to restrain Han and Chu in the era of overlords, can all be exchanged for interests.

Put down your figure and recognize yourself. This is what Gongshu Zhuo always wanted to tell Wei Ji.

He and Wei Dou squeezed out Wu Qi. In order to prove that Wu Qi would rebel sooner or later in Wei State, he forced Le Yang to death, but he was not a person who only knew internal struggle but did not know how to plot against the country.

After dividing Zheng State with South Korea, the only vassal state of Wei State was Wei State, which can be continued to win over.

Moreover, when the Heze Alliance was held, the Mo family actually had evil intentions. Zhao State itself had two cities in the northern part of the Wei State, which was Dunqiu, where Cao Cao was the commander of the later generations.

If the Mo family really had the idea of ​​resolute war in the world, Dunqiu had just equalized several enclaves where Zhao State entered the Central Plains, they could have advocated changing their enclaves with Wei State.

It is not that the Mohist military force could have been forced to accept it at that time, but that the Mohist military did not mention it at all in the Heze Alliance.

Gongshuzhuo understood at that time that with his long-sleeved dance performance and his grasp of the world situation over the years, it was impossible not to know that enclaves might cause war, which was obviously hiding evil intentions.

If the State of Zhao has Dunqiu, it may go south, invade the Central Plains, and attack the State of Wei.

Zhao and Wei can no longer fight, and if they continue to fight, they will not even have the most basic trust. Gongshu Zhu hopes to use this opportunity to suppress Zhao's idea of ​​going south and lead the disaster to Zhongshan, which has just been restored.

The previous case of Wei State interfering in the civil war of inheritance rights of Zhao State was not big or small, but hatred was actually irreversible.

But if the war between Wei and Zhao broke out because of Zhao's strategy of going south to the Central Plains, then the relationship between Wei and Zhao would be completely destroyed.

The incense of the Three Jins was still there at this time, but the incense was not enough to form an alliance with the Three Jins again. I could only choose the strategy of pulling Han and suppressing Zhao and causing trouble to the east.

Under the threat of Qin, relying solely on the power of the Hedong Central Plains region, a protracted war could no longer be maintained. Wei did not need allies, but only needed to defeat the disobedient ones as allies forever.

The domineering aura that looked down on the world in the Wenhou era has no strength to support it. If we still want to continue to maintain the shell of hegemony, it would be a death sentence.

The affairs of the State of Song sounded extremely terrifying and shook the foundation of the rule. But if we really wanted to fight, what price would the State of Wei pay?

Si Shang has mobilized and public opinion is noisy, claiming to conquer the last Mohist for morality and covenant.

Such words have been said, and tens of thousands of people have begun to mobilize and gather. Gongshu Zhu really doesn't want to start a war with Si Shang at this time.

In such a war, the Wei State may completely decline. Once defeated, the gunpowder of the national riots would immediately burn onto the land of Wei State. He did not dare to take risks, and the Wei State did not have the capital to take risks.

Gongshu Zhu knew that Wei Ding had been shaken now, but it would take time to make a decision and make a change.

After a long silence, Wei Ji smiled bitterly and said, "In this way, I will bear the reputation of being unworthy. The idea of ​​a prime minister is to plan for the country for a long time, but the prosperity of the country's destiny will be with my descendants. What I have to bear is the ridicule of the world."

Gongshu Zhuo said: "I hope the emperor should focus on the country and the temple. In the past, Goujian slept on firewood and tasted gall, and destroyed Wu in one battle, and was also the overlord."

Wei Ji smiled bitterly and said, "The words of the Xiangbang are... are not bad. If Goujian could not destroy Wu back then and he tasted the feces, wouldn't he be ridiculed by the people of the world just to survive?"

Gongshuzhu advised: "Have you ever heard of the ironic story of the Yugong who was the Lie Yukou, the Yugong, moving mountains? His descendants are endless, so why can't the matter be accomplished? Since Wei was Wei, it has only been decades, but can the ancestors who were in Jin for more than a hundred years ago laugh at them for not being princes and despise them?"

"If the king chooses to go to war with Si Shang, the nobles in the world will praise him, saying that the king has benevolence and righteousness and rituals and laws. But the problem is... Wei State will definitely suffer heavy losses, and Qin Zhao will benefit. Will Qin Zhao have the world worship the people of Wei in the future and sacrifice to the king's contribution to eradicating the evil saying of equality of the Mo family?"

"Not only can't, I'm afraid I'll laugh at you, saying that you're spending all your efforts and don't know how to advance or retreat, so that Qin and Zhao will gain the benefits and win the world."

"The king also knows about Duke Xiang of Song, and he is a true gentleman."

"However, are there many people in the world who praise him? Or are there many people who mock him?"

"A gentleman can sacrifice himself to eliminate equality; if a king thinks so, he is afraid that he will not be a hero, but will instead cause others to laugh at him."

"The king must understand that the meaning of a gentleman is to restrain and rule the subordinates, not what the monarch himself wants to abide by. Duke Xiang of Song did not understand this principle, but as a monarch, he had to abide by the morals that the subordinates should have been abide by, and therefore was ridiculed."
Chapter completed!