Since this matter started because of Chu, let Chu solve it itself.

If the Chu nobles had not sent out signals to join forces with Wei and Han to interfere in Song, and given the current Wei State ten courages, they would not dare to have Qin behind them and Chu on the flanks to send an alliance to interfere with Song State, and it would be even more impossible to give Han a chance to swallow Zheng.

The King of Chu is now in Chendi, which is suitable for a meeting between the two sides to discuss some issues clearly.

The negotiation table cannot solve all the problems, but some corners can be repaired in comparison with their strength.

Shi only knew that the Wei and Han allied forces were attacking Zheng State, but he did not know that Xu Ruo and others could think of mobilizing the people to accumulate the new wall behind the old city wall. Therefore, his judgment on the fall of Xinzheng was only within half a month.

Before he came to Shangqiu, the senior leaders of the Mo family had reached an unanimous opinion. Now several veteran Mo people are temporarily responsible for their daily work. Unless there is an extreme situation, he does not have to ask for a meeting of Qi Wuhao immediately.

Just a few days after the Wei and Han Allied Forces sent troops to Zheng State, when the siege of Xinzheng began, the unofficial envoy of Chu State immediately asked for a visit.

Whether the countries in Shangqiu's coup is recognized by the various countries is still uncertain, so the Chu envoy in Shangqiu can only be an unofficial identity.

Shangqiu is busy holding various ceremonies and formulating the Magna Constitution, which is busy and full of fresh atmosphere.

When the Chu envoy asked for a visit, he had just finished meeting with leaders from various schools in the Song Dynasty.

These two things about Zheng State and Song State are actually fundamentally the same thing. The Zheng State incident is a derivative of the Song State coup.

When the Chu envoy came to see Shi, he was actually a little embarrassed.

Many nobles from Chu State here detained and monitored the Mo people who were active in the Chu State; they went north to participate in an alliance against the Mo family, and then hoped to use the power of the Mo family to check and balance Wei and Han in the south. Any gentleman who wanted some face would be embarrassed.

It doesn't matter. He took the initiative to avoid this topic and did not embarrass the envoys of Chu.

But the envoy of Chu State wanted to make the alliance of Chu a more reasonable first, and then argued: "This time my king went north, and he also wanted to stop the war and peacefully. The Si army was a powerful weapon, and Shi Zi was a disciple of Mo Di, so he naturally maintained the ambition of not attacking, which is known to everyone in the world."

"It is only after Confucius passed away, Confucianism was divided into six and each had a different meaning. My king trusted his son because he was afraid that a hundred years later, the Mohist school would not talk about the people who did not attack and benefit the people, and that disasters in the world would arise."

"In the past, Mozi once said that the city walls strengthened the trust of the people, so the enemy country would not dare to attack easily. Shizi also said that if the rituals and music were broken, they would need to be consistent in their strength."

"So, the Chu people are just preparing to build cities and fortresses in the Central Plains to stop the war and peacefully attack in the future. Even if you are a hundred years later, the Mo family may have forgotten the meaning of attacking, and they dare not attack boldly. This is the same as the principle of restraining troops from the League of Nations that you proposed; it is the same as the principle of Zhou Gong's rituals to enable the three armies of the great country and the small country and the emperor of the capital to protect the world from chaos."

Shi laughed in his heart, thinking that this was obviously an anti-Mo alliance, but because the Mo family is becoming more and more powerful in public opinion, he dare not directly call him anti-Mo. After all, the Mo family has gradually become the upper class of morality among the people.

So a seemingly defensive treaty was created to hide the facts of anti-Mor.

There are naturally ways to deal with this method. I thought to myself that I didn’t want to mention this matter, but you insisted on mentioning it, but I can’t blame me.

He smiled faintly and asked, "If Wei, Chu and Han really stopped the war for the Central Plains, and Si Shang is also in the Central Plains, why don't we invite the Mo family in this alliance?"

"Since it is to stop the war, then our Mo family must support this alliance. We will immediately send people to participate in the alliance and work together to make the alliance..."

This is the easiest way to deal with public opinion.

Since you say that this is a defensive peace treaty and does not oppose Moh, then the Mohists should take the initiative to participate. Do you dare to ask for it?

If you dare not ask for it, then why did you get a alliance will be obvious. Of course, the people in the world will understand your hypocrisy.

The Chu envoy was beaten back with a blow. After a while, he said: "This time Wei Han attacked Zheng, I am afraid that it is also related to the Mo family's attack on Song. The Mo family still has to be responsible for the suffering of the Zheng people."

"In the past, my Duke of Luyang of Chu wanted to attack Zheng, and he was punished by Zheng for many crimes. Mozi said that even if countries make mistakes, they would not be able to teach other countries a lesson. This is like someone else's son made a mistake. If you beat him, you say that this is adhering to his father's idea. This is ridiculous."

"Isn't the matter in Song State the same? It was the Mo family who first violated their morality, which made Wei Han attack Zheng..."

Shi said resolutely: "This is a big mistake. Isn't it heard that the people are the lords of God? God is the Emperor of Heaven. Since the nations exist, they are all ministers of the Emperor of Heaven. Therefore, the Emperor of Heaven is qualified to punish the monarchs of various countries. Since the people are the lords of God, then the people's will is the will of heaven. The people of Song State oppose tyrannical politics, just like the merchants who turned against Muye in the past and cursed the Xia people of Xia Jie."

"Then the matter of Song State was obviously because his son made a mistake. He was the father's lesson. However, his son relied on his youth and strongness to beat his father. The father could not beat him and had to ask his neighbors to help him. How could this be said to be the same as in Zheng State?"

The coup between the two sides is simply a conversation between the two sides. Both sides have opposing definitions of who is the father and who is the son, and it is impossible to argue anything.

The Chu envoy was helpless and thought to himself that he was also stupid. The Mo family was good at eloquence, but he insisted on provoking the Mo family's giants.

I wanted to use this to hit the Mo family so that the Mo family would not stay out of the matter, but I never thought that the Mo family was asked by a powerful man and made it impossible to answer.

He was too lazy to argue with the other party. Such a secret room argument is meaningless. If the Mohist school and Mohist debater are really reasonable, the Xuanyi Department will talk more about the simple and easy-to-understand truths to the public, striving to make the public understand it, which is completely different from the Mohist debater's focus.

The Chu State was not authentic. Now he wanted the Mo family to come out to stand on the stage for the Chu State, and he was also restrained by the Mo family. He also understood the meaning of the King of Chu.

It can be seen that the King of Chu did not want to fight, but pretended to fight, and wanted to use the power of the Mo family to oppress Wei Han. However, the Mo family was not allowed to ignore it for morality.

Even if Wei Han could not let the things that were eaten into his mouth out of a state of Zheng that was still intact, he would probably use deterrence to force Wei Han to give up some land on the right bank of the Bulhui River, thus making part of Zheng, a prominent part that penetrated deep into the heart of Chu, belonging to Chu.

I guess the King of Chu would not be able to say hello to him. He was most likely to use the power of the Mo family to talk to the Mo family to interfere, but the King of Chu went to discuss secretly with Wei Han in private and kill the donkey when the time comes.

Zheng State must be managed by Chu State for its interests, and Zheng State must be managed by the Mohist country for its morality. This is the fundamental reason why both sides can sit down and talk.

Since the other party conceals and does not mention benefits, but insists on morality, it is natural that it is impossible to give the other party good words.

After awkwardly silent with each other, the Chu envoy said, "My king sent me here, and I also wanted to ask about the Mo family's attitude towards Zheng State."

Shi also immediately expressed his opinion: "This matter is about punishing unjust and attacking unjust. Song Jun is not Mo, so he has no obligation to attack unjust. The Mo family naturally has to take care of it, but it is not easy to send troops."

"But the Mohist family cannot ignore it."

The envoy of Chu State also said: "It should be so that we can live up to the Mo family's righteousness to support the weak. Since Shi Zi said this, I know how to reply to the king."

His level is not enough, and it is impossible to talk to Shi about some substantive issues. The main thing is to ask Shi about Shi's attitude to determine the future talks strategy of Chu State.

The words he said with a gun and a stick before were nothing more than trying to incite the Mo family to take care of this matter. He never thought that he would take care of it without saying a word. This made the Chu envoy feel a sense of powerlessness, and instead he was scolded for nothing.

After formally expressing his statement, the Chu envoy did not stay and hurriedly left Shangqiu and went to Chendi to repay him.

A few days later, news came from Xinzheng that the Mozhe in Xinzheng had organized and used the means of opening a new wall in the city to defend.

This is not a pleasure. What is worthy of joy is that the responsible persons there uphold the consistent attitude of "Shi": non-attack is a means rather than an end. They must cooperate with the nobles of weak countries, but will not cooperate without bottom line. Instead, they take advantage of the city to legally organize the people together, and take advantage of the panic of the monarchs of the aristocratic countries to develop and strengthen the strength of the people.

This is also the main line of internal struggles in Si Shang over the years: Take Zheng State defending the city as an example. Is it because of the non-attack and support of the weak, and is the helper of the nobles to defend the city without any bottom line? Or is it necessary to maintain the independent and independent program of the Mohist family, and to mobilize the masses to oppose the old system while defending the city?

Of course, there is actually a third route. The third route is the one who suffers from the extreme. Big countries are bastards, and small countries are also unrighteous. If you want to cooperate with both sides, I will not rely on their contradictions and have to be pure morality and purify the organization.

This is also the reason why I am happy after receiving the resolution of the local organization from Xinzheng. At least in Xinzheng's organization, my own route is implemented, and I can understand it without going off the line on specific issues.

Whether Zheng State can defend it or not, it doesn’t matter. Zheng State’s future plan for Si Shang is a country that can deliberately give up the conflict between Wei, Han and Chu.

Shi was extremely happy about the idea of ​​giving up the outer city and clearing the open spaces and reorganizing effective defenses inside. This is to learn and use self-thinking, and it proves that the thinking of the Si Shang Zhongmo people has entered the gunpowder era - holding gunpowder weapons in their hands but still thinking about problems with the Bronze Age thinking style is not enough progress.
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