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Chapter 98: Next Step (Part 1) (Revised)

Judging from the information collected from all aspects, Wei Han’s intention can be easily judged. After all, this matter was a proper idea of ​​“stricken disasters in the west”, and it was itself prepared to sacrifice Zheng State in exchange for the intensification of the conflict between Wei, Han and Chu.

If Wei Han really wants to start a war, he will not avoid the gaze of the gaze of the fine work if he wants to start a war.

Even if the slogans are shouted loudly, it is impossible for the soldiers to fight to the death without retreating when they are shouted by Wei Han.

Before the troops were moved, food and grass would go first. If we really wanted to go to war with Si Shang, both sides of Wei, Han and Chu would have to dispatch 50,000 elite troops to provide logistics supplies and civil servants to recruit. This could not be hidden by slogans.

The State of Zheng will be over sooner or later, and even if it does not perish now, it will not last for ten years.

Regarding the meeting and negotiation of Wei, Han and Chu, what I am concerned about is the future direction of Wei, Chu and Han.

The main reason is that the Wei State chose to shrink strategically, and the Chu State also chose to shrink strategically, so that the conflict between the two sides could be eased, which would be somewhat detrimental to Si Shang.

I was waiting for the next opportunity for the world to change. According to his opinion, this opportunity may be within five years.

One is the reform stall left by the death of the King of Chu and the crazy opposition of domestic nobles.

The other is that the Qin and Wei war started.

Qin Jun is already forty-four or fifty years old this year. Even if he lives to fifty or sixty years old, Qin Jun knows that he knows it.

Wu Qi is over 60 years old this year, Shengchuo is about the same age, and those confidants who followed him to escape were about the same age.

After all, he was less than ten years old when he was exiled. The people who followed him at that time were in their prime and are now old.

Up to now, Qin Jun must consider the possibility of the death of the people and the reality that the unparalleled people gathered around him will be in the near future.

A person like Wu Qi is a rare talent. It is common for him to be in the ordinary. What is even more terrifying is that he can lead the reform, which is really rare.

For the future, Qin Jun must take advantage of the opportunity that these talents are here in recent years to find a way to regain Xihe, otherwise the stall left for his son would be much ugly.

Moreover, the most important thing is... how great a merit would it be to regain Xihe?

Things like the great achievements that shocked the Lord would not happen to Wu Qishengchuo and others, not because of their noble character, but because of their age, they were destined to not survive Qin Jun.

The king is not confused, and the minister is destined to heaven. If nothing unexpected happens, when Qin Jun's son ascended the throne, these great heroes will die, which will save a lot of trouble for the heroes.

If Wu Qi and others were now forty and Qin Jun was already sixty, it would be another scene.

If the lord has a young master and his ministers are strong, that is not a good thing. If the lord has a young master, if the strong ministers are destroyed, the overall situation will be settled, so it will be much easier.

The war between Qin and Wei has begun in recent years, and it seems inevitable in the eyes of the situation, because all the soft persimmons nearby have been pinched away.

Originally, it was to seize Nanzheng in history, but in history, Nanzheng was a soft persimmon, but now it is occupied by the Mo family, not a soft persimmon.

Considering the strategy of getting along with each other in the distance, Qin State would definitely choose Xihe to take action, which was the first step for Qin State to have the ability to win the Central Plains.

The Xihe River is in danger, and only by seizing the Xihe River is the Qinchuan protected. Otherwise, there would be only one Wei River left to defend now, and if it were to enter the Guanzhong Plain, the Qin State's reform would not be so easy, and there would be no shortage of external resistance and internal collusion with foreigners.

As expected, the Qin monarch and ministers were looking forward to the central plains turmoil around Song State.

It’s a pity that now it seems that the Qin monarch and ministers are going to disappoint them.

At the beginning, Si Shang showed his enemy as weak and clearly stated that he did not want to fight, which made Qin very encouraged and expressed that he would send troops to support Si Shang to strengthen his confidence in Si Shang's war.

But in fact, Si Shang didn't want to fight, but he was not afraid of fighting, but he just didn't want to attack for the moment and had no ability to take the initiative to attack.

Now Wei Han is thinking about Zheng State, and Qin State must also want to stir up the situation in this matter, but now he doesn't know how Qin State will deal with this matter.

Since this is the case, the matter in the Song State is easy to solve.

Now if Wei, Chu and Han send troops, they will define the incident in Song State as "people's riot", and Si Shang is defined as "revolutionary reform", and fighting is inevitable.

But if we do not send troops, we will definitely shyly acknowledge the rationality of the coup in Song State and admit that the new Inquiry Yuan Dayin was normal, so the excuse that we must use at that time is "the Mohist school threatens peace in the world."

In this way, both sides have a step to go, and even if the matter of Song State can be resolved diplomatically, it will officially recognize the status of Song State as a neutral country.

After all, Wei Han couldn't say some words: Emperor Zhou is still there, and the Marquis of Jin is still there. I know a little bit about what my family has done. Some slogans are too loud and can easily slap themselves in the face, which will make the country embarrassed.

Therefore, I hope that Wei Han would attack Zheng quickly. In order to force Wei Han to take action quickly, he had already transported some weapons and gunpowder with great fanfare.

Now, we can send envoys to Zheng State again, and declare to the outside world that we want to negotiate with Zheng State and to attract Zheng State to enter the non-aggressive alliance. As for the negotiation process, we must delay it if possible.

The Mohist school is trustworthy. If you want to choose wise men as the emperor, you really oppose the current feudal system. If you want everyone to be equal, you really value virtuous equality and never break your promise.

Then, as long as this non-aggressive alliance is signed, it means that if Wei Han wants to attack Zheng, he has to consider the attitude of the Mo family.

This is definitely not a sign for the Mo family without attacking the alliance, but Wei Han thought that the Mo family would sign. Although Wei Han felt that the Mo family might not sign, he did not dare to take this risk.

Once the Mohist family made an attitude of ensuring independence from Zheng State, it was actually equivalent to resolving the Wei, Chu and Han alliance. The Chu State would definitely stand on the side of the Mohist family to oppose Wei, Han and Zheng, and Qin State would definitely have actions.

However, Zheng State is too close to Wei and Han, and the capitals of the two countries are only a hundred miles long. The war-weariness in China has reached its peak and even the entire city defects.

So this time, the non-aggression alliance negotiation seemed to be a life-saving straw for Zheng State, but in fact it was a death talisman for the demise of Zheng State.

If Wei Han doesn't take action, he will have to consider what Wei Han wants to do.

Whether the Wei, Han and Chu alliance and the new government of the Song State were recognized and what kind of people the Mohist school sent to watch the ceremony is actually one thing.

He sent people to watch the ceremony, and then secretly negotiated with Chu State to ensure the neutrality of Song State. He made a step back and forth, including the Mo family, were not allowed to station troops in Song State. He verbally brought Chu State to ensure the independence of Zheng State in exchange for the support of Chu State.

Because Zheng State is not the sphere of influence of Si Shang, but the sphere of influence of Chu, privately verbally protecting Zheng State's independence was actually to win over the relationship with Chu, which deteriorated the relationship between Wei, Chu and Han.

There is a reason why the Mohist family is indecent.

Not attacking and assisting the weak is the tradition of the Mozi era.

The higher the level of visiting the Song State, the more the Mohist attitude is: Song State is the sphere of influence of Si Shang. If Chu State chooses to shrink strategically and continue to reform, then admit it; if it does not admit it, then fight quickly.

Similarly, protecting Zheng State in private is also a secret transaction with Chu State in exchange for Chu State's recognition of the new policy of Song State. In fact, the Mohist family would be slow until Zheng State was annexed and could not sign a non-aggressive alliance with Zheng State.

At the same time, those who go to watch the ceremony must have sufficient status to show the attitude of the Mohist family: what the Mohist family wants is that the Song State is neutral, and all countries are not allowed to station troops or cross the border, and the Mohist family will withdraw all troops when the Song State is not threatened.

Is the border so tense that the Mohist family is stationed in Song State to reasonably control Song State? Or is it better to withdraw the army without any reason to completely control Song State?

This is the pros and cons that Chu State has to consider.

All the problems to be faced are because the special political system of the Mohist school is not suitable for one person to be arbitrary.

By the end of September, the overall situation had stabilized, and the Si Shang senior officials had obtained enough intelligence and analysis to determine that Wei and Han could not send troops to the Song State. An enlarged meeting with 16 people participating was held in Pengcheng.

In addition to Juzi and Qiwulai, there are several alternate Wulai, as well as ruling personnel from the military, industry and commerce industries. Because it is not a conventional plenary meeting, Juzi and Qiwulai exercise the power of the plenary meeting. In this enlarged meeting, eight people except Shi and Qiwulai had the right to speak but had no voting rights.

The scale of this expanded meeting is much smaller than many years ago. Many years ago, because of unstable footholds, more people need to be supported by him and determine the route after Mozi and Qinwali's death.

What we want to discuss this time is the handling and disposal of the Song State, the next development direction of the Mohist school, the inferences of the future situation, and the next step in preparing for a total war.

A few days before the meeting, we discussed the issues exposed by the coup in Song State, such as gains and losses, merits and crimes, rewards and punishments.

On the third day, I made a report on the future war situation.

This report also revolves around the Song State.

The State of Song is a protruding part for Si Shang. The two wings of Si Shang are behind, and the eastern plain of Henan is close to the essence of Wei and Han. The protruding belly of Song is an excellent attack bridgehead.

However, tactics must serve strategy. If the policy of first pacifying the Central Plains is adopted, the significance of the bridgehead of the Song State is extremely important.

However, if the strategy of not pacifying the Central Plains first, the bridgehead of the Song State would be better to become a buffer zone. In the future, the city defense line should be built, and the eastern Henan plain should be opened to build backwards and flattened the front line on both wings, so as to prepare for defensive counterattacks.

This is closely related to the geographical environment of Sishang.

In the northeast, the defense line of the Yimeng Mountain Great Wall of Qi was swallowed up by the Mo family. As a support, the defense line of the Yimeng Mountain of Qi was actually in the hands of the Mo family.

In the north, because of the existence of the extremely vast Onozawa at this time and the existence of the buffer country of Lu, the Mohist family built many cities in the north and prepared for defense.

Taking Taoqiu as the center of gravity, along Heshui all the way to Sishui, this is the key defense area that the Mohist school has always been.

In addition, the battle of Qi collapsed the effective rule of Qi in the southwest Qi region five years ago, and the defense of the northern line was very strong.

As the farthest end of the northern defense line in Si Shang, Taoyi is actually still in the northeast of Shangqiu.

This is destined that if we want to manage the State of Song, the strategic purpose must be to attack along the direction of the Central Plains. With the State of Song as a prominent unit, it can threaten the Central Plains of Wei, Chu, Han and Zheng at any time.
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