These cumbersome etiquettes are exactly what the Mohists oppose.

However, the Mo family does not have the ability to make their rules the rules of the world, and they can only adopt the previous rules within the scope that can be accepted by the nobles and princes on both sides.

It's just that this rule is no longer the rule when Zhou Tianzi had power.

Since Zhou Tianzi first broke the rules and made Sanjin the marquis, then some rules don't have to be so rigid, although they can't be completely destroyed, but it's still okay to play the edge ball.

Before the collapse of etiquette, there were many rules for the court's appointment ceremony, which was to ensure the difference between princes and men under the Son of Heaven system.

Now that Song and Chu have formed an alliance, they are swearing as two equal states, and it is impossible to fully abide by these rules.

If it is suitable to be a school agent in Peixian Township School, the real court's appointment gift also needs to be introduced as a deputy envoy, and the number of deputy envoys depends on the level of the title.

Dukes, including the three dukes in Gyeonggi, must have seven, while viscounts and barons can only have three.

If the rules that existed before were completely followed, the Chu people were only viscounts, which was unacceptable to the Chu people.

Now that Zhou etiquette is violated, there is no fourteen divisions of Zhou Tianzi to attack, and the situation must be abided by, and this kind of side-kicking thing can be done unscrupulously.

The Song State was the Duke of Sanke, and since he wanted to make peace with each other, the Chu people should naturally send seven envoys to come, as a basis for reciprocal negotiations between the two sides, to show the equal status of both sides.

In terms of national strength, the Chu people have already claimed the king, but the Song State recognized the Zhou Tianzi system instead of the Chu system of Xiaoxi Zhou, so both sides could only accept the appointment of a duke.

It has not been a day or two since the king of Chu was called king, but the Song State did not have the courage, if the Song Duke dared to claim the king, he would inevitably find another excuse for the Sanjin to attack the Song State.

Since all this is a formality, the king of Chu looked for seven doctors to come forward and go to Shangqiu with gifts from the military camp.

It is said that the etiquette of the two sides should be that after the state of Chu sent Qijie, the Duke of Song wanted to send a soldier to the border to greet him, but after approaching the capital, he was greeted by a doctor, and the Duke of Song personally greeted him at the gate of the palace.

After being greeted in the palace room, he should stay in the temple and talk to him in the temple.

Moreover, the words of seven people can only be finished by seven people, not by one person, Song Gong must listen attentively, facing north, and after listening, he must first express his gratitude to the other monarch.

After that, it was to entertain them, and Song Gong needed to personally toast the sweet wine to Qijie, and then return the gift by Qijie, and then return the jade to Qijie when Qijie left.

This set of etiquette took two days, and the final decision was also to hold an alliance outside the Tongmen of the Song Kingdom, and the two sides fought against each other.

The Mo family automatically became a neutral third party at the moment of the end of the city defense battle, so the guard work should also be prepared by the Mo family.

Whether it is the Song guards or the Chu guards, neither side can rest assured that the Mo family's Xinyi is just right to do this.

Moreover, it is impossible to release the King of Chu directly at this time, and the people of the Mo family are not stupid to this extent, and this reason can be regarded as an excuse acceptable to everyone.

After everything was ready, Gongzaoye conveyed the conditions for the alliance to the king of Chu.

During the entire oath process, the Mo family was responsible for all the security work, and neither side could bring close attendants, except for their own swords, they could not wear armor, and they must wear gorgeous clothes.

The King of Chu also understood the current situation, and the people of the Mo family had already taken a few steps back, allowing some of the King of Chu's close servants to serve closely, but it was absolutely impossible to retreat before forming an alliance.

Now that the Mo family has become a third party other than Song and Chu, the king of Chu has no choice but to accept these proposals, and after asking the bottom line of the alliance, Gongzaoye also said something.

The first few articles were all acceptable, and the later about the passage of goods from Pei County to Song and Pei County through Song and Chu aroused the interest of the King of Chu.

Xiong immediately asked, "When the night struck yesterday, who made your thunderous things?" ”

Gongzaoye immediately told the legend of Dayu's control of the water and the mountain girl, and the roar of the Tu Mountain, the king of Chu was suspicious, and said with emotion: "As you said, this is the will of heaven, but this will always need someone to master." ”

After asking, he couldn't help but think of the rumors of the Mo family, and thought of the matter of the iron cattle cultivating the crops and harvesting the three crops, and couldn't help asking: "Could it be that this thing is also the Tianzhi that your Mo family mastered first?" ”

The Mo family was not going to use gunpowder to pretend to be a ghost, but Gong Zaoye said bluntly: "It's him." ”

When the king of Chu heard this, he sighed, thinking of the mountains and rivers he saw that day, and the artifacts that could change the internal affairs of various countries, and praised: "This person's talent is unpredictable. Mo Zhai is powerful and can gather talents from all over the world, no less than Zhongni back then. ”

Gongzaoye's face twitched slightly, Ru Mo was a mortal enemy, but Mo Zhai also had great respect for Zhong Ni, and he couldn't say anything, so he said after a while: "You are a prince, you have thousands of miles of land, but you can't gather the world's talents, haven't you thought about what this is?" ”

"Some people take Yulu as a treasure, some people take pearls and jade as a treasure, but there are also people who take the benefit of the world as a treasure. You can gather those who treasure the wealth of money, but you can gather those who are precious to the benefit of the world and do righteousness. ”

"Everyone loves gold and jade, and those who are beneficial to the world are mostly talented people, which you can't do."

The King of Chu smiled and said nothing, knowing that everyone in the Mo family always likes to reason with the kings and nobles, and he thinks these truths are very reasonable, but there is no way to do it.

The situation that the alliance can be completed tomorrow, and the king of Chu knows that he has been defeated today, and he no longer thinks about ifs and other ideas, so he can only use this cornerstone to think about the future.

After listening to Gong Zaoye's reasoning, the king of Chu asked again: "Are all the general trends in the world that you know suitable for narration?" I would like to meet such a talented person. ”

Gongzaoye only took a fancy to the secrets of Tianzhi that Shi mastered, and said with a smile: "The Mo family has its own rules, what can be said can be said, and what can't be said can't be said." ”

"The right person, the heart of the world is unshakable, do not seek personal gain, the treasures you have are dung in his eyes. And when it comes to benefiting the world, you are inferior to Mr. ”

"Furthermore, if someone in the Mo family breaks the rules, they have their own punishment. My Mo family can take five steps into you, so can't you splash blood on Shi's body? ”

"Please don't think about it again."

When the king of Chu heard this, he laughed and said: "Your things that benefit the world will naturally spread to the world, and my Chu is also within Kyushu, so why should I be in a hurry?" ”

"I have formed an alliance with your giants, a truce between the soldiers, and an alliance under Shangqiu City, and the three-year covenant can be kept. How could I have such a mind? ”

"Mo Zhai lobbied the countries of Chu, Qi, Song and Yue back then, and said that my Chu Palace has a thin waist, isn't this just an opportunity for me to benefit the world? You sent someone to convey it, since your Mo family has rules, how can you decide whether you see it or not? ”

Although he was within five steps of Gongzaoye, the king of Chu still maintained his last pride, but Gongzaoye did not get angry, nodded and said: "That's the truth, I will immediately send someone back to tell the giant." ”

After that, a few people were selected and returned to Shangqiu to report back to the king of Chu who wanted to talk to him in person.

When the King of Chu saw those ink men leaving, he sighed in his heart.

He wanted to talk to the Mo family about something before, but because some of the Mo family's ideas were too terrifying, he had repeatedly promoted some unfavorable claims to the nobles.

A few months ago, in the tent of the king of Chu, he wantonly provoked the relationship between the king of Chu and the nobles, and even said that the nobles should hurry up and engage in conspiracy, and not give the king of Chu the opportunity to strengthen the centralization of power.

At that time, it was in a hostile state, but the king of Chu was not resentful, but he was quite curious about the Mo family, and he also greatly appreciated the clear and coherent way of stirring up the contradictions.

Later, after the display of ironware, ox ploughing, the map of the world, and the lamp of ascending to the sky, the king of Chu was even more eager for these skills mastered by the Mo family.

After the sound of gunpowder explosion last night came to his ears, when the Peixian Yishi rushed to within five steps of him with a spear, he was even more full of yearning for the talents of the Mo family.

Before, he didn't have the opportunity to talk to the Mo family about anything.

Because these people of the Mo family are like an extremely tempting fruit: they attract people's hearts, but they know that they are poisonous inside.

Especially after instigating the contradiction between the nobility and the royal power in the tent a month ago, this fruit is even more difficult to swallow.

It sounded like everything made sense, and the king of Chu also understood the contradictions between himself and the nobles, and also hoped to strengthen the royal power.

That's the temptation.

However, if you make an appointment to meet Mo in front of the nobles and talk in the secret room, it is equivalent to telling the nobles that I am going to deal with you, and the contradictions between us have been made public......

This is poison.

Now that the King of Chu has been captured, he knows that the matter is irreparable, so he just takes advantage of this opportunity to complete something that he wanted to do before but did not have the opportunity to do.

Moreover, at this moment, he is not afraid that the Mo family will assassinate him: if he wants to kill, he can do it at this time, so why assassinate?

In addition, the secret meeting at this time, the nobles could not know about it, and their suspicions could be minimized.

There is no need to get useful information from Shi, the king of Chu just feels that even if he can get some analysis of the general trend of the world, it is not in vain.

If it can be said that the Mo family has entered Chu and find a way to help him strengthen the centralization of power and clean up the feudal monarch, it would be the best.

In the tent a month ago, when the Mo family was provoking, they gave several routines for the change of the law of the Chu State, which made the nobles extremely panicked, but also made the King of Chu deeply convinced.

The words that were suitable for people to relay in the account of the king of Chu were originally the content of Wu Qi's change of law more than ten years later, which was most in line with the situation of the Chu State, and was proven to be effective, so as soon as he said it at that time, the king of Chu was moved.

If it weren't for the fact that it was obvious that he was instigating the contradiction between the aristocratic feudal monarch and the royal power, the king of Chu was afraid that he would want to stay at that time to have a secret conversation and ask about the affairs of the world.

Today finally has an opportunity, where can I miss it?

The King of Chu thought to himself, the Mo family is like a fish.

There is the flesh, the belly and, of course, the bones.

Why can't you eat the fish and spit out the fish bones?