When there was a commotion outside Peiguo Township, most of the people above the Shiwu Chiefs inside the Moshi were gathered in a courtyard surrounded by mud walls.

According to the rules, I have to come here every three days to listen to the general trend of the world, so that the Moshi can have an understanding of the situation in the world.

The people listening to the lecture below are not only the middle-level ink masters, but also the people within the Seven Enlightenment Harms and the Giant Sons.

What exactly will be said has not been decided, and it may not be the same person, but today it is the turn of the right person to speak.

On the wooden board behind him, a simple topographical map of the landscape was drawn.

Funiu Mountain, a mountain range thousands of miles away from here, is marked by dense triangles, so that everyone can clearly see the importance of Funiu Mountain, a mountain range located in the interior of the Chu State.

The valley gap plain on both sides of Funiu Mountain, the left side to the north is the Sanjin Han and Zhou Zhiluoyi; On the right is Zheng Guo.

To the south, there are several important counties of the Chu State, guarding the Chu capital.

On the right side of Funiu Mountain, and then to the lower right are Tongbai Mountain and Dabie Mountain.

To the north of Tongbai Mountain and Dabie is the Chen and Cai captured by the Chu State, as well as the Huaihe Plain, and then to the east is the area north of the Huaishui that has been contested with Wu Yue for nearly a hundred years.

The originally vague concept of geography was explained very clearly by such a map, and most of the ink artists had already seen the flavor of it, and quietly listened to what Shi was talking about in front of him.

This time, it was not Shi Shi's own decision, but after Qi Wu's harm and the giant Zi discussed, let Shi make psychological preparations for the ink man in advance, and be ready to do that big thing synonymously.

Shi took a wooden stick, pointed to the plain area north of Funiu Mountain, pointed to Luoyi and said: "In the past, Zhou Tianzi had fourteen divisions in his hands. The sixth division of the sect, the eighth division of the Chengzhou, plus the tiger ben directly under the central government. Later, it became an army, the six armies of the Son of Heaven, if the momentum of the Son of Heaven is not weakened, a total of thirty divisions. Coupled with the status of the co-ruler of the world, the Chu people originally called themselves barbarians, and their compulsion can be known. ”

Shi pointed the wooden stick in his hand in the direction of Nanyang in later generations, and said: "The power of the day after tomorrow is weak, and Chu will destroy Lu, Shen, Xi and other countries, but at that time, the Chu people have not yet obtained the north of Huaishui, and Chen Cai is also a country of thousands of times, so if you want to go north to the Central Plains, there are only two directions." ”

"Along the left flank of Funiu Mountain, Luguan went north, threatening Yique, Luoyi and Zhou Tianzi; From the right flank of Funiu Mountain, he went north to threaten Zheng Guo, ensuring that Zheng Guo swayed between Jin and Chu and could attack Jin at any time. ”

"Luguan, Shen, Lü, Xi, Ye and other places are the front line of the Chu people and the Central Plains countries to compete for hegemony. When the Jin people go south, they must pass through this place. As long as the Chu people hold on, they can not only go north, but also continue to threaten the north of Huaishui to the east, looking for opportunities to take Chen Cai. ”

Later, because of the Xia Ji incident, the Chu people finally opened up the situation in the north of Huaishui, and destroyed Chen Cai in the following decades, opening up the situation north of Huaishui. The prince of Li Chu abandoned his illness and became Chen Gong and Cai Gong. It was the king of Ping who was later killed by Wu Zixu and Sun Wuzi. ”

When he said this, many people below already burst into laughter.

It's not the general trends that Xiao Shi talked about, but the Xia Ji that Xiao Shi just mentioned, and I can't help but think of the woman named Helen in the extreme west in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" that I heard before, and the Trojan land that was said to have fought a siege for ten years.

These ink artists are different, and it is appropriate to pass on many things they know as much as possible in the form of jokes or stories or jokes, and at this time, there is no one else in the world who can make this association.

You need to have a broad vision in order to do those open things.

When I talked to the ink scholars about Troy in the far west, there was a Mo scholar who was proficient in historical books and said with a smile: "If you talk about such a woman, there are also in the Central Plains, but I am afraid that it is even more powerful than this Helen." In the past, Xia Ji, the daughter of Zheng Mugong, married seven times before and after, died three husbands, one monarch and one son, and died in one country, two secretaries and eight clans. ”

The Chu nobleman Qu Jiang among the ink scholars knew about this, which was an eye-opener, it turned out that there was such a woman in Kyushu more than a hundred years ago.

Xia Ji slept with her half-brother before getting married, and gave birth to a child when she was pregnant in seven months when Chen Guo, and when she was a widow, she often fought with Chen Guojun and two ministers, which was the life of a nobleman.

Xia Ji's son Xia Zhengshu invited Chen Linggong to a banquet, and during the banquet, Chen Ling publicly joked that Xia Zhengshu looked like Xingyi's father who shared the bed together, and Xingyi's father also said in front of Xia Zhengshu that Xia Zhengshu actually looked more like you, the monarch......

These words were said in front of Xia Zhengshu, for fear that Xia Zhengshu would not know that the three people at the banquet were his wild fathers, so he was furious and killed Chen Linggong.

The Chu people took this opportunity to finally seize the righteous excuse of maintaining and maintaining Zhou rites, and got involved in the Chen State, preparing for the subsequent infiltration of the Chen State until the destruction of Chen.

Xia Ji was plundered to Chu, and at the age of forty, she still lured the loyal minister of Chu, Shen Gongqu Wuchen, to give up the fief and all the status of Chu and his own family to defect.

The family that remained in the Chu State was destroyed, and Qu Wuchen, in order to take revenge on the Chu State, went to the Wu State to teach the Wu people how to deal with the tactics of the Chu people, because the Qu family was originally the Mo Ao family in charge of the Chu campaign. This incident also made the barbarian Wu state militarily civilized, learned chariots and coped with chariot warfare, and laid the foundation for the destruction of Chu by the Wu people in the future.

These stories are always easier to be remembered than those boring general trends in the world, and it is also convenient for them to know that in fact, the outside world and the world of Kyushu are not much different in nature, there are too many similarities, and it is easier for them to accept the content of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".

After everyone laughed, they said appropriately: "Since we talked about Xia Ji and Shen Gong Wuchen, we have to talk about the county magistrates of Chu State." Shen Gong defected, Bai Gong rebelled, and Ye Gong returned to the country...... What do they rely on for all these things? ”

"This force can destroy the country, destroy the country, restore the country, and cause chaos...... Can it be used to do righteousness? Can it be used to restrain the world's unjust war? ”

The ink scholars who listened to the lecture below no longer laughed, and took this opportunity to talk about the county public system of Chu State, relying on the local big clan elders to form a county autonomous group; The balance of power between the Chu people's royal power, feudal monarchs, royal families, local clans, and so on.

Explain all this clearly from the material level, pointing to Luguan, Shen, Xi and other places that are not only the front line of Jin and Chu hegemony, but also the bridgehead of the Chu people's attack on Huaibei: "It is because of the county system of Chu State. The national counties were destroyed, but the locals wanted to rebel, so they only levied taxes on these counties, did not levy taxes, and did not make nobles seal the fields. ”

"It was said before that Zhou Tianzi had 14 divisions and then 30 divisions. How many divisions did the Chu people have? Such as Ye, Chen, Cai, Butang, Xu, Fanyang...... Each of these places has an army of 1,000 times, and according to the calculation of one army and five divisions, the Chu people can now mobilize a maximum of forty to fifty divisions. ”

"Based on forty divisions, these forces have far exceeded the Son of Heaven at his peak. But the Chu people fought for hegemony and attacked, but they often did not have so many troops. ”

"If you want to destroy Chu, the military endowments of these various counties cannot be ignored; But if the Chu people attacked, the military endowment of each county could not be taken into account. It is difficult to destroy Chu, and it is also difficult to destroy Chuba. ”

"Originally, because of the special position of the Shenxi Division, whenever he competed with Jin for hegemony, he always had to be dispatched, sharpened into elites, and participated in unjust battles."

"But with the Chu people's destruction of Chen Cai, the improvement of the warship to make hooks and refuse to gain a foothold in Huaishui, and the Chu people's strategy moved eastward, these divisions could only be used as defensive backups and it was difficult to attack. But if the Jin people attack Chu, the army of Shen Xi will still mobilize the garrison. ”

"The local self-government, the king ordered the county duke, did not collect royal taxes, and only sent the army to do military duties when he was called. When the prince re-attacked the Song Dynasty, he asked the king of Chu to take Shen and Xi counties as his fiefdoms, but Shen Gong objected, one of the reasons was that only the land was given and not the nobles were enclosed, so they could mobilize military forces that could compete with the Jin people for hegemony. ”

"In the battle of Chengpu, Ziyu led Shenxi's division to be defeated by the Jin people, and the king of Chu told Ziyu to go back like this without seeing Shenxi's father, and forced Ziyu to commit suicide, it can be seen that the land of Shenxi just reached some kind of wordless contract with the king of Chu: we only send military endowments, not nobles to seal the fields, the local clans have become a force, and the king of Chu has to consider their opinions, otherwise why would Ziyu commit suicide?"

When he said this, many Mozi scholars had already heard his extraneous voice, and Mozi and Qiwu, who already knew what Shi was going to say, also appreciated Shi's interpretation.

Shi knocked on the wooden board with a wooden stick and said, "The current trend can be seen from this picture." The danger of Funiu Mountain, and there are large counties such as Luyang, Shen, and Ye, it is difficult for the Jin people to break through. The Three Jin Dynasty is powerful, and if you want to compete with Chu, you can only fight for Huaibei along Zheng Guo and bypass Funiu Mountain. Song and Zheng were the focus of contention between Jin and Chu at this time. ”

"News came from Shangqiu that the Three Jin Dynasty went to Luoyi to offer prisoners to the Son of Heaven, and Song Gong, Lu Hou, Zheng Bo, Wei Hou, and Qi Hou also made a pilgrimage together. The Three Jin Dynasty borrowed the power of Qi and became the overlord, once Zheng Song was pro-Jin, the land of Huaibei of the Chu people was exposed to the Jin people's soldiers, which was unacceptable to the Chu people. ”

"Once the Chu people besiege the Song Dynasty, we Mo people naturally want to save the weak country and fight against injustice. But after all, we have to do righteousness in the world, and there are not many ink writers, and it is always too late to go back and forth...... Can we take this opportunity to make Peiyi the Shen, Xi, Ye and other counties of the Song Dynasty? ”

"Everyone in the Song Dynasty knows that Sicheng and the rest of the six kings are not involved in the dispute, and the one who is about to rule is not likely to accept the other party's fief as the other party's fief except for the ink one."

"Second, if we have the right to tax and the right to be empowered, wouldn't it be more feasible to only fulfill the obligations between us and the Song Duke that are similar to the duties of the Shen Interest Guard? The Song State is weak, so if the army of Cheng Pei is only defended and not attacked in the future, it is in line with the righteousness of the Mo people who do righteousness and not attack, and it can allow us to do righteousness in more aspects here. ”

"Third, Peiyi has already agreed to the law, let them exchange the responsibility of righteous war for the right of self-government, and they will definitely agree. It is an imminent matter for the Chu people to go north, and the Jin people have exhausted their strength in the new war against Qi, I am afraid that they will not be able to send troops in the short term. If in the battle to defend the city, Peiyi's father and elder made great contributions, and asked for autonomy and righteous warfare, Song Gong would definitely agree, and Sicheng and the rest of the six kings would not oppose it in order for Peiyi not to be obtained by the other party, and they could only accept the Mo Zhipei. ”

"Fourth, the contract between us and the people of Peiyi is the great governance of Peiyi; In the future, we will only defend and not attack, and the Song State is weak and cannot be attacked. You have also seen in the past six months, if we have the power to govern, military endowment, and taxation, we can do more things and do better, so this is conducive to the future benefit of the world. ”

"Duke Song wants to compete with Sicheng Liuqing, and he also hopes that there will be a force to maintain balance. In the past, Zhao Gong suffered from the oppression of Sicheng and asked the Chu people for help, and now the form is more urgent than back then, is Song Gong also willing to have a force to maintain this balance? At least let the ministers not act rashly, and also need a force to restrain them, is it the best choice for the ink master? The ministers can borrow the power of Chu and Jin, but the Duke of Song cannot borrow it, and this is the fifth also. ”

When he said this, all the ink scholars basically heard what he meant, so they said: "Therefore, I propose a proposal: after harvesting wheat and summer seeds this time, the Peiyi Righteous War Division will be established. The number of people does not need to be large, as long as they have to make great contributions when guarding Shangqiu, they can make Peidi like Chu County. If you want to make an appointment with the world, you need to have soldiers in hand to stop the unjust war. ”