Although the backbone of the reformist faction of the King of Chu was the scholar class, the Grand Sima was not from a scholar, but a great nobleman. Otherwise, he would not have been able to hold the position of Grand Sima.

However, Sima Chu was promoted by the King of Chu in one generation, and it was not in line with those traditional clans. She still supported the changes of the State of Chu and the King of Chu’s policies, and was considered the King of Chu’s humerus.

The scholar class in Chu State was the same as elsewhere in the world, but there were actually two types of scholars.

One is a feudal taxi with a fiefdom or a salary that can be paid enough to replace the economic attributes of farming; the other is a feudal taxi like today.

For example, Shi, who is from his background, has nothing to do with the identity of a scholar, but since he joined the Mo family, he has become a disciple of Mozi, so he is a scholar in a broad sense.

For example, Su Qin, who was a poor sister-in-law when she was young, looked cold and looked back, wearing the seal of the Seven Kingdoms, sighed that if he had 200 acres of land and a cow, how could he achieve what he is today?

The power of the Chu sect class has risen for a long time, but it has been difficult to compete with the real nobles. Wu Qi's tragic death in history also confirms this.

The changes in the Chu State since its crushing defeat in Yuguan, Daliang, have depended on the Mo family's strength. Many Mo people accepted the orders of the organization and became officials in the Chu State, acting as grassroots officials and serving as instructors of the King of Chu's new army.

This is actually a transaction.

The Mo family helped the King of Chu to train the new army, and served as officials on some lands that the King of Chu could directly control and implemented some reform policies; the King of Chu acquiesced the Mo family to spread morality in the State of Chu and granted the Mo family tax exemption for some industrial and commercial products.

The Mohist school did not appear suddenly. The spread of the hundreds of theories was originally a tradition in the Xia and other countries. Before the various moral principles of the Mohist school of "extreme harm to the world", no prince did not realize the terribleness of the spread of this theory, so it was not prohibited.

Another thing is that even if it is prohibited, it cannot be controlled. Not to mention anything else, the State of Chu could not even centralize power and control the Lingyin. But it was a dream to think that the State of Chu could strictly control the spread and association of various morals at the grassroots level and strictly prohibit inheritance.

Until now, the Mo family on Si Shang has exposed their fangs, and the blood stains on them are not hidden at all, and the ruling class of Chu has also begun to panic.

The Mohist infiltration of Chu State was spared no effort.

It is close to Si Shang and Huai River, where material temptations and disaster relief are taken on the responsibilities of the second government.

Staying away from Sishui, but economically developed Nanyang area, digging iron ore, developing industry and commerce, spreading doctrines, and listeners are in a way.

Cangwu Dongting, close to the South China Sea, has endless trade exchanges, border cooperation, and canal construction.

Various Mo people from Chu were sent to their hometowns to engage in activities. Qu Jiangzi, who made great achievements in Gao Liu, directly transferred back to Chu to preside over some of the work of Mo people in Chu, so that some villages and communities had already had scenes similar to those of Deng Xi in Zheng back then: if there were problems and conflicts, they would not look for the local government, but they would not find the local government in the local grassroots organizations... Of course, there is no local government as to the degree of centralization of Chu.

What's more, in Yanying, it was claimed that the Mo family had an order, and seven or eight out of ten people in the market followed their orders.

The King of Chu's reform became a little fast and a little ruthless, which actually exceeded the normal reform speed of Chu State. Because the Mo family gave the King of Chu a lot of loans, this intensified the conflict between the King of Chu and the nobles, and the King of Chu did not dare to provoke the Mo family very much.

This is not just that it is easy to rely on money and not pay back if you provoke it, but to provoke the Mo family to cut off the subsequent loan. Once the capital chain is broken, the excessively large stalls that were previously built under the loan support will be backfired.

In recent years, we have finally achieved the results of the reform. We have started to gain more or less surplus, and our back is a little harder.

However, the Mohist school did not have unrealistic fantasies about the King of Chu or even any prince from beginning to end. It was only for the sake of more benefit, and it was also for the development and progress of the entire society to be based on the riots of industrialists and merchants.

This time, the Chu State and the Mo family were not broken, but it was almost the same. The Chu State's Grand Marshal knew very well that this time he participated in the alliance, and the next step was to give out some Mozhe gifts from the public activities of the Chu State.

The King of Chu had already felt the threat from the Mo family, but the King of Chu was still stuck in the idea that it was a newly rising prince on Si.

Because before this, there was never a certain organization or school able to revolt across hundreds of miles at the same time.

To do this in history, we have to wait until "the sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand", and the thirty-six parties are rioting at the same time in an organized manner.

Since there is no such history at this time, it is really difficult to face it without such experience.

If you want to regard the Mo family as the princes of Si, then the Grand Sima of Chu went to Wei and Han to participate in the alliance this time, and the strategy of organizing defense was actually correct.

The Chu State is so big and Yingdu is so far away. The Chu State never considered that the Mo family would have the ambition to destroy Chu in one fell swoop. This is really a bit beyond the Chu State's perception.

There are only three directions to the threat to Chu State from the outside.

The line in Nanyang, Luyang; the line in Song State of Daliang and Yuguan; the line in Dabie Mountains of Huai River.

There is no need to talk about the former, it is where the Three Jin and Chu fight all day long.

The front line of the Song State of Daliang Yuguan is the main battlefield for the battle for hegemony between Jin and Chu.

The Huai River and Dabie Mountains were the lessons of Wu's capture of Yingdu back then.

But in fact, in the view of the Chu State, the route of the Huai River Dabie Mountains in the Battle of Wu and Chu cannot be replicated, especially the current Mohist school in Si Shang cannot be replicated.

Because of the Xia Ji incident, Shen Gong Wu Chen betrayed Chu and taught Wu's chariot war. Wu was actually a foreign aid trained by Jin to restrain Chu.

The background is that Jin and Chu compete for hegemony. The Wu Kingdom, which originally had a feint attack, made a big news and became the main attack.

Secondly, the Wu Kingdom was the descendant of Taibo. Zhu Ji of Jianghan was destroyed by Chu Kingdom and he laughed at himself as a barbarian all day long. How could Taibo say that King Wen’s elders were the name of revenge for Zhu Ji of Jianghan? Many vassal states of Chu Kingdom and the destroyed Zhu Ji of Zhu Ji still supported him.

Third, when Wu participated in the battle for hegemony, Yue took the opportunity to attack and destroy Wu, and all countries must learn this lesson.

Now Si Shang occupies Huaibei and has a lot of power in Huainan, but Yue State has not been destroyed; Qi State is still there; the essence of the land is in the southwest of Qi and Lu, Wei and Han prohibited the veins of Wei and Han. In the eyes of Chu State, Si Shang does not have the ability to replicate the strategy of Wu Zixu's Huaihe Dabie Mountains back then.

Therefore, without considering internal contradictions, the Chu State now faces only two threats, namely the Song Zhongyuan and Nanyang Lushan.

Since we must be on guard against Si Shang, we will not be considering the line in Nanyang, Lushan.

Therefore, the biggest threat to Chu State on Si is the front line of the Song State.

Chen Cai's army once served as the chief reserve team and firefighter of Chu State, and played a unique role in many battles, but the Prince Ding secession actually destroyed Chen Cai's army of Chu State.

Chen Cai's army was the main force in the front line of the Jin and Chu battle for the dominance of the Song Kingdom. More than ten years have passed since the Prince Ding split, and it has only been four or five years since the pacification of Chen and Cai. Pacification of Chen and Cai is also considered a turning point in the relationship between Mo and Chu: when Chen and Cai have been given, then the Mo family is a threat and no longer a helper.

The King of Chu used the Prince Ding incident to purge the Chen Cai area on a large scale, which was a good thing for the people, but it was a disaster for the local nobles, making the Chen Cai area part of the direct power of the King of Chu.

The reconstruction of Chen Cai's army and the resolution to belong to the King of Chu rather than the Duke of the County gave Chu a field group in the Chen Cai area.

Going north can participate in the battle for hegemony between Jin and Chu, and you can also guard against the future invasion of the Mohist Si Shang.

The King of Chu hopes that through this incident in the Song Kingdom, Wei Han can recognize the threat from Si Shang and reach an anti-Mo and anti-Mo alliance in the Central Plains.

The Chu State had the Chen Cai Army, the Wei State had the Daliang Army, the South Korea State had the Huang Chi Army, and the Wei State, which was a vassal state, had a certain strength. In addition, the conflict between the Mo family and the Qi State of Yue State, formed an iron curtain as much as possible to lock the Mo family on Si.

The basis of this anti-Mo Alliance was that the Wei, Chu and Han countries reached unanimous interests in the Central Plains and established common enemies.

Qi and Yue countries cannot participate in this alliance openly, but they do not need to participate. They only need to have the ability to restrain some of the troops in Si Shang.

Because the Mohist school was extremely arrogant towards the weak Qi Yue, Qi State would be beaten as long as it participated in non-aligned activities, and Yue State really did not have the ability to take the initiative to attack.

As for field intervention in the State of Song, it is impossible. It is not just an internal political issue. From a military perspective, the Grand Sima Shan of Chu believes that it is also difficult to do.

The Chen Cai army was newly built, and there were only 30,000 field troops. The climate of Si Shang was already established, and he was good at surrounding and maneuvering. In this era after the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chen Cai army was no longer enough to take the lead. It was easy to destroy the entire army when it was actively advanced. It was easy to be stolen by the Mo family by the Mo family. The whole country fought with the support and continued reform results would be destroyed.

Besides, the joint operations of the Three Kingdoms, a century of hatred, each has its own thoughts, and it is really unrealistic to work together.

Since this is the case, it is better to form Central Plains defense with Chen Cai's army, Daliang Legion and Huang Chi Legion as the main force, build cities and towns, and reach an unanimous war zone alliance against Mohism, and lock in the development of the Mohist family in the direction of the Central Plains.

The Mohist siege of the city in Dangshan ended completely. In order to spread the "rational spirit", various experiences of the Battle of Dangshan were passed on to the world, allowing the Grand Sima of Chu to see something that others might not be able to see.

The battle of Dangshan was simple and beautiful, with a strong city being captured in half a month, but the premise was at least five times the infantry, twice the artillery, and a great number of engineers. This was not the case if there was a foreign aid that needed to reserve aid troops.

In other words, three times the strength of the troops is not enough to attack the city.

Then, if Yongqiu, Daliang, Yangxia, and Xiangling built a solid city and castle, Chen Cai's army, Daliang Legion, and Huangchi Legion had a total of about 100,000 defenses here, it was equivalent to the Mohist school that would lose the best mobility, go around and mobilize.

For example, Yangxia, the main force is behind, and more than 10,000 people remain. If the Mo family wants to attack, they have to concentrate almost all the main force. During this period, as long as the alliance can be ensured to work and the main force of the Three Kingdoms field battles gathered in the Central Plains region sending troops, the Mo family's situation will be very dangerous.

If you do not attack, but continue to go straight to the rear and look for a decisive battle, the Mo family will need to leave at least ten thousand troops to siege the city to prevent the troops in the city from cutting off the supply line.

In that case, it is equivalent to the Mohist school losing the ability to mobilize the outer line of the rear, and tens of thousands of people have to divide their troops to siege the city. How can they threaten the rescue of all countries?

Gunpowder, geometry, Dangshan siege... The emergence of these things has actually changed the tactics of the world, forcing countries to change their tactics and military systems, and changed the previous war mode where the two armies fought in one day and saw victory or defeat.

The way of building fortresses, defending new cities, defending borders, garrisoning troops from a hundred miles back, and defending the tired enemy in the field has quietly affected the thinking of various countries on the artistic transformation of war.

What Chu Sima thought was that he believed that the wise men of Wei and Han could think clearly.

The foundation of the Central Plains Defense Alliance is a threat to the rise of Si Shang, but in addition to this foundation, Zheng State is also an unavoidable problem.

Zheng and Song, the two buffer countries that Jin and Chu competed for hegemony, have now been lost, but fortunately they have not been left in the hands of the Jin people.

Then, the defense alliance between Chu, Wei and Han in the Central Plains must ensure the independence of Zheng State and remain a buffer state, and all countries must not interfere or invade.
Chapter completed!