When the monarchs of the Central Plains countries were shocked by the matter of Shangqiu and decided to make a decision for the covenant of the soldiers, the driving force behind this matter was suitable, but they had no illusions about this army.

The so-called balance between the two countries is either unable to hold on internally, or it is a temporary tranquility under the balance of power.

Now, it can only be the balance of the latter, and this balance will soon be broken by the political murder of the king of Chu and the crisis of the inheritance of the Chu state.

The Three Jin Dynasty can now fight with Chu Yibing, and the Mo family can be a-stirring stick from it, and they can also promote the peace of the Central Plains' terrifying balance.

However, once there is a crisis of inheritance in Chu, this balance of power will be broken in an instant, and Wei Han will never give up this opportunity, and it is likely to tear up the alliance immediately: because Zheng Guo, a country that is pro-Chu and hateful to Han at this time, will give up his old grudge because of the issue of Chu's inheritance and oppose the water and Jin.

Everything he has done now can only hasten the death of the king of Chu, because the wedge he had buried between the nobles and the royal power, coupled with the secret discussion between him and the king of Chu, created many rumors among the Chu people: The king of Chu wants to change the law.

Changing the law is the life-saving talisman of the king of Chu. The Mo family's theory that wealth comes from labor, and the aristocracy is silverfish, has accelerated the intensification of contradictions.

Shi is full of confidence in everything after that, so he has no confidence in this military meeting.

It's just that Mozi is old, and he needs to give Mozi a hope that he can see in his old age, and he also hopes that Mozi's last bit of illusion will be shattered: the peace maintained by relying on moral and balanced policies and an elite organization as a-stirring stick cannot last long.

This was cruel to Mozi, because it was the complete bankruptcy of the concept of persuading the king to be non-offensive that he had pursued all his life.

But this is very important to the Mohists, because it will make the young Mohists give up their illusions and prepare for the worst.

All this will not be spoken, but in the joy of everyone in the Mo family, they will tell the possibility of success this time.

If the king of Chu does not die, it seems that there may really be a balance of twenty years, and whoever completes the reform of the law and the agricultural system first in Jin and Chu will annex the other party, and twenty years is enough.

At this time, in Shangqiu, not only the Mo family was laughing, but the entire Shangqiu City was also immersed in excitement.

After that day, the Song-Chu alliance was reached, and the Chu people officially withdrew their troops, and swore an oath with the Song people: the Song state would maintain an absolutely neutral status from then on, and refuse any requests from the Jin and Chu to borrow roads, borrow troops, and force tribute.

If the Three Jin Dynasty made unreasonable demands on the Song people, the Chu people would send troops and would never allow the Three Jin Dynasty to get involved in the Song land.

This seems to be a unilateral alliance with the Chu people, but in fact, the moment this alliance was reached, it also meant that the Jin people who did not participate in the Shangqiu Outside the City Alliance had also joined the alliance: the Three Jin would never allow the Chu people to occupy the Song State.

The people of Shangqiu rejoiced, and although the Chu people had not withdrawn for the time being, they were just around the corner.

The Chu people had already announced the withdrawal of the Chu army at the time of the alliance, and the Chu people, who were farmers in charge, were also excited about such news, and they didn't want to fight, they wanted to go home and plant their own land, thinking that they could go back to catch the autumn harvest.

As propagandized by the Xuanyi Department, they are attacking the city here, and there is no one to take care of the old and young in the family, and the king and nobles of Chu will not help to reclaim the land at home, and even if they capture Shangqiu, it will not be their turn.

Since the king of Chu announced the withdrawal of his troops, even if he did not retreat for the time being, he had to send an arrow on the string, and it was impossible to break his promise.

The people of the Mo family took the opportunity to talk to the people of the Chu army about the changes in planting technology, and told them many hopes that seemed to be within reach.

The county soldiers mobilized this time were mainly Chen and Yangxia counties, which also belonged to the Huaisi River Valley, and the new cultivation techniques were not much different from those of the Song Dynasty.

Since the Shangqiu Song people knew that the Chu people were about to retire, they were also happy in their hearts for a better life in the future.

It seems that more than ten years of peace are about to be ushered in, and it seems that those long-awaited lives are coming.

And before all this is realized, the first thing to wait for is the grain of Pei County.

In the past few months, the people of Shangqiu have owed a lot of favors to the people of Pei County.

In exchange, a new rumor began to spread throughout Shangqiu City, and everyone from the artisans' guild to the farmers who planted for a living heard the rumor and took it seriously.

The rumors are basically like this.

Now that the Peixian people have captured the king of Chu and relieved the siege of Shangqiu, it seems that Peixian's military obligations have been better than many nobles.

At least, in this siege of Shangqiu, many nobles did not contribute at all, nor did they mobilize their own private soldiers to participate in the battle.

It is said that meritorious service is rewarded, and Pei County must always be rewarded for his merits.

Moreover, this time Shangqiu was short of grain, and Pei County was willing to supply Shangqiu with a part of the grain at low interest, and the basis for the people of Pei County to be able to pay for this grain was the reform of Pei County.

That being the case, why didn't Pei County pay the taxes paid before every year, and then recognize the legitimacy of the Song Duke, and at the same time swore that if the Song State was attacked by an unjust war, it would immediately send troops to rescue.

When such rumors spread more and more, the selection of the Pei County Consultation Yuan and the People's House had also begun.

Before defending the city, the Mo family had already counted the grain reserves and the number of fields of each family in the city, and in order to defend the city, the people of Shangqiu City were organized into Shiwu.

Although it is not as good as Linzi, which is rumored to have 70,000 households, there are still nearly 40,000 households within 30 miles of Shangqiu City, including the number of farmers, industrialists and nobles.

These people not only live in the city, but some of them live in the vicinity of the city and form village communities.

After removing some of the people in the noble fiefs, there are still more than 30,000 households, and most of the small aristocratic fiefs around Shangqiu City are some small aristocratic fiefs, and the big aristocratic fiefs are not in Shangqiu, but in the rest of the places.

Shangqiu is not the richest city in the Song Kingdom, Taoyi is, but Shangqiu, as the capital of the Song Dynasty, is still regarded as a heroic city in the world.

These more than 30,000 households had already been organized in the previous battle to defend the city, so they recommended candidates to enter the common people's house according to the number of people and the establishment of the Shiwu.

There are still remnants of clan politics and military democracy in the Spring and Autumn period, and the people still have the power to control the national capital, and every coup d'état before the Song state needs to be supported by the people first.

Whether it is Gongzi Bao's invitation to buy people's hearts, or Gongzide's union with Liuqing in the previous decades to force his brother away, getting the people's non-opposition is the first and most important step.

A large number of locals in Pei County described the changes in Pei County in the past three years, which also touched the hearts of many Shangqiu people.

It is easier for farmers to communicate with each other, especially farmers who were almost in the same situation three years ago, and this kind of exchange of the same feelings is sometimes more demagogic than the propaganda of the Xuanyi Department.

It doesn't matter what the real reason for the development of Pei County is, no one will delve into it.

The important thing is that Pei County is indeed better than Shangqiu at this time,

As long as life is good, then everything is reasonable, and everything is a reason for being better.

As for whether it was brought by cattle ploughing iron compost? Or is it brought about by the political system of Pei County? This is a profound topic, and it is not something that can be explained clearly in a few words.

So everything in Peixian is good, and it is the reason why it is stronger than Shangqiu, and it happens to be the means of the Xuanyi Department of the Mo family.

How much change can cattle farming, ironwork, and compost make?

The exchange between the people of Shangqiu and Peixian also brought a lot of surprise.

The volunteers of Pei County who came here have all seen the experimental fields of the Mo family with their own eyes, and they have also witnessed a model built by applying all the means of water, fertilizer and improved seeds.

The yield of hundreds of catties of wheat per mu, the sweet potato potatoes that are widely fertilized after planting to achieve an amazing yield, and the corn that is fragrant and amazing after flowering, even if it is only in the experimental field, still makes the people of Peixian full of hope.

This kind of hope is made with intelligible prophecies and gestures, which not only brings hope and envy to the people of Shangqiu, but also casts a layer of hope on many systems in Peixian.

The people of Shangqiu also wanted to live such a life, especially the long-sung poems of the Paradise had already spread all over Shangqiu, so the people of Shangqiu began to discuss what kind of changes were needed for their own hopes.

Demolishing public land and merging private land and apportioning public land into private land tax has become a topic of discussion among the people of Shangqiu every day.

Fixed amount, the monarch is not allowed to raise taxes privately, and tax increases must be approved by the Inquiry Yuan, which has also become the bottom line of the people of Shangqiu.

Because the Xuanyi Department has been preaching one thing: if the tax amount is not set, then the monarch will feel that the food that could not starve to death before is enough, and the rest can be paid.

The power to raise taxes must be in the hands of the Inquiry Yuan, which is also a suitable means of harboring evil intentions.

The right to raise taxes will inevitably touch the contradictions, and may ease the contradictions for the time being, but as time goes by, the power that seems to alleviate the contradictions for the time being becomes a power that is accepted by the people of Shangqiu, and it becomes interesting.

For example: why are the fiefs of the nobility not taxed? Why did the Song State have to provide all the taxes by the people? Or when the day comes when the war is no longer dominated by the noble chariots, whether the military obligations of the nobles can still be taxed will be questioned.

When the people, who had accumulated wealth over the years, began to ask why, the contradiction between the nobility and the common people would erupt: the nobles were certainly unwilling to collect taxes in their fiefdoms, and the monarch was certainly willing, so he united with the people to suppress the nobles.

The power of the people is not something that can be borrowed at will, and once borrowed, the consequences are often beyond expectation and control, but this is a truth that the monarchs and nobles do not yet know.

Of course, in addition to some people controlled by the Mo family, there are also some local clans or very famous old men who are elected to the members of the common people's house this time.

But even those people who are beyond the control of the Mo family have to accept the various conditions of the people, otherwise the people will easily make a decision when choosing between interests and peace and fame.

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