Regarded as a fish that can spit out thorns, it was eaten up by the military industry and the strict management of Shiwu weaving in the original historical line, and spit out these "useless thorns" of "benefiting the world", "non-attacking" and "love".

Because Mozi had passed away at that time, the Mo family organization was completely wiped out in Yangcheng due to Wu Qi's dying plan, resulting in three points of the Mo family.

There were no giants, or at that time there were three giants, each accusing the other two of correcting Bemo.

But now, Mo Zhai is still there, the organizational form of the Mo family has been quietly reorganized, and Xiong Dang's idea of spitting out thorns means that it is impossible to succeed from the moment it is born.

Because the King of Chu invited the Mo family to send someone to talk with him about this matter, he had to get the permission of the Mo family's high-level discussion, and what should be said and what should not be said need to be clearly explained in advance.

And as the king of Chu named to go this time, Xiongdang, the king of Chu, who had a year to live at most, did not have the idea of letting the Mo family approach.

Everyone gathered together, Mozi did not know that the king of Chu was about to die in a political murder, and Mozi supported the invitation of the king of Chu.

He often lobbied various countries back then, and even directly recommended his disciples to become officials with his own face, which of Chuqi and other big countries has not been there?

It's just that it was difficult for the monarchs of the major powers to accept Mozi's theory that everyone is equal, virtuous and virtuous, and loves non-aggression.

Mozi's mind is firm, and although he agrees with some of the appropriate practices, he still has a trace of illusion about sayings such as "the king of Chu has a thin waist" and "the king of Yue is still a warrior".

Moreover, at the beginning, the Mo family and the king of Chu swore an oath and agreed to kill the soldiers, and this year to promote the balance of terror between Jin and Chu, Mozi hoped to take this opportunity to discuss many details with the king of Chu.

The Chu people's siege of Shangqiu failed this time, and it was not strategically successful. After this battle, all the countries sandwiched between Jin and Chu understood that the Chu people were not so powerful, and at least if the Mo family helped defend the city, it would be impossible for the Chu people to break the city in a hurry.

But again, this time the Chu people did not fail too much, and they didn't even need strategic contraction: after this battle, the life of the Three Jin Dynasty was not easy, and those small states sandwiched between Jin and Chu thought that they could borrow the power of the Mo people to defend the city, and no one wanted to be a vassal state.

Mozi thinks that this time the army will be able to take advantage of the opportunity of the Mo family to move the world and gunpowder into the city defense technique, which can be facilitated.

After facilitating, Mozi believed that as long as the "economy", "Tianzhi", and "Shangxian" were done well, and the twenty years of development would definitely make the kings of various countries discover that they could accumulate more wealth without fighting.

Therefore, Mozi expects that the state of Chu can carry out some reforms to promote people's livelihood and benefit the world.

However, because of the emergence of suitability, because of the independent development of this place in Peixian, and because of the internal reorganization of the Mo family, the Mo family cannot rely on one country this time, but will choose to continue to maintain its independence.

There is too much reasoning, and many people within the Mohists agree with the view that independence can ensure that the Mohist doctrine can be adopted and can restrain the world.

Mozi was also inclined to this, because the prince said that after the queen of Yue, the king of Yue was willing to use the fief of 500 li to seal Mozi as a doctor, but Mozi found that the king of Yue was warlike and could not use his ideas, so he refused.

Now Mozi still has no fief, even if Pei County has a semi-independent status, it is just that the people of Pei County happened to choose the Mo family to govern, not that the Song Duke divided Pei County to the Mo family.

So he first said to everyone: "Back then, the king of Yue was disturbed by the warship of the public defeat class hook, and Huaisi was repeatedly defeated by the Chu people in the first battle, so he wanted to invite me into Vietnam. ”

"Speaking of which, this carpentry and defense machinery is also a means of my Mo family, he can use it, but I still refuse."

"This time, it's the same. The King of Chu hopes to be able to use the technical machinery of my Mo family, but he absolutely refuses to use our non-attack and love theory. ”

"Shi Zeng said, buy and return the pearls. I'm afraid that this is exactly what it means, throwing our pearls and jades out, but only using the box of beauty, which is unacceptable to us. ”

Buying and returning pearls is an idiom used by Han Feizi to poison the Mo family, and it is suitable to be used in advance, which is very suitable, and has long become a commonly used vocabulary within the Mo family.

With "love", "non-attack", "equality", and "sage" as the jewels, and technology, machinery, crops and so on as the pillars.

This is the foundation that has been set within the Mo family, so the crux of the problem is that no matter how beautiful the wooden box is, it is also for selling beads, and if the beads are discarded, then the wooden box is meaningless.

Shi Wenyan got up and said, "I agree with what Mr. said. It's just that the king of Chu invited me today, and I will still try my best to promote the morality of the Mo family. ”

Mozi nodded and said, "Yes." Whether or not to preach is our business. Whether you use it or not, that is the choice of the King of Chu. How likely do you think it is that the King of Chu can use the morality of our Mo family this time? ”

Shi shook his head and said, "Not at all." If the king of Chu wants to change, he always needs some wise men. The Mo family is virtuous, but we killed the two ministers of Chu's Great Sima and the Carbuncle Jue in a battle, involving the Xiang, Jing, Qu and other clans, and the King of Chu did not dare to use us. ”

"If he uses us, the nobles will certainly oppose it. He has not captured Shangqiu City now, how can he centralize power with one person after he returns? In my opinion, the rebellion of the Chu people and the Xiao Wall is not far away. ”

Mozi laughed, knowing that the moon was in the tent of the king of Chu, and buried an extremely sharp wedge between the royal power and the nobles, this wooden wedge will inevitably be more acute with the defeat of the Chu people in the siege of Shangqiu, with the death of the two ministers of Chu Sima and the carbuncle, and with the retreat of the Chu people.

External expansion is the best means to smooth out internal contradictions, but if it fails, these seemingly smooth but in fact only hidden contradictions will erupt more intensely.

Originally, in this siege war, the propaganda tools of the Mo family slandered the nobles in various ways, and if the Chu nobles could accept the Mo family, it would be a dream. Now there are two more lives in hand, and there is an excuse not to use the Mo family.

Mozi also knew where the judgment came from.

A mediocre king, if he can only keep it, may be able to support it.

However, the king of Chu reigned for just a few years, and he went north to prepare to regain hegemony and attack the Central Plains.

Reform, the king of Chu died.

If there is no reform, the state of Chu will die.

This is something that Shi has already analyzed clearly, because the siege of Shangqiu failed, the prestige of the king of Chu was reduced to the minimum, and he was buried so big in advance by Shi that the nobles could not be satisfied.

The words of the appropriate initial burial are all the content of Wu Qi's changes, and Wu Qi's fate is very clear, and because this fate is appropriate, it must have touched the final bottom line of the nobles: the nobles are not stupid, they know the consequences of Wu Qi lying on the corpse of the king of Chu and shooting arrows by himself, but the matter has already been done so far - if you don't do it, that is, you will slowly wait for death, and the next king of Chu will become more and more centralized because of the inertia of reform, and the life of the nobles will become more and more difficult. It's better to fight to the death: if the nobles don't even know what the consequences of shooting the king's corpse are, they will be nobles for nothing.

The ambition of the king of Chu inevitably brought him death and calamity, just as the ambition of Gongzi Tian of Song led to sieges and coups d'état: ambition needed to be based on strength.

It is suitable to hope that the king of Chu will reform, or the idea of reform, because he is looking forward to Xiong deserving of death.

Xiong Dang did not die, Song still could not live in peace, it was impossible for the nobles of Chu to die in a large number of battles within ten years, and it was impossible for Wei to be strong and lead to a war in the Central Plains.

So he wanted to talk to the king of Chu about some things that the king of Chu would inevitably be moved by when he heard it, but if he did it, he would definitely die.

So he got up and said to Mozi: "Sir, I will talk about the truth, and I won't say what I shouldn't say." There is only one thing, this time the king of Chu will inevitably hope that we will work together to promote the Jin and Chu soldiers. ”

"But Jin and Chu are definitely not between Jin and Chu. We can take advantage of the opportunity to shock the world's rulers and princes to make this meeting more formal. ”

"Jin and Chu compete for hegemony, and small countries pay tribute, which is also unfavorable to the world. If it can be said that the Song, Zheng, and Wei countries should strictly abide by neutrality, and maintain balance with the help of the contradictions between Jin and Chu: with the help of our Mo family, the Chu people will ask for Jin if they break the contract, and the Jin people will ask for Chu if they break the contract...... If this can be done, many things will be easier to say. ”

"At the very least, in exchange for a 20-year truce, we will spread crops, cattle ploughing, improved seeds, textiles, iron tools, etc. to the countries of the Central Plains, so that the people of all countries can live a better life, which is in line with our heart of benefiting the world."

Mozi asked, "You mean, if you can defeat the army and join the alliance, some techniques can be taught to the Chu people?" It's just that some things, after all, are different, just like gunpowder, that is, you can defend the city, but isn't it the same that you can attack the city? ”

Shi smiled: "We can sell to small countries." Make it convenient for them to defend the city. We exchange it for gold, buy cattle and horses, and continue to develop. Crafting iron tools will allow countries to have more surplus food and money to buy. ”

Mozi glanced at Shi and said with a smile: "You are not stupid, wouldn't you have thought that if you sell it to a small country, you can get it like Jin Chu?" If this is the case, what is the difference between it and selling it directly to Jin Chu? ”

Shi Da laughed and said, "Sir is smart, so what I mean is that this thing can be sold completely." ”

He clasped a ring with both hands and said, "If the thing made by the public is made, there may be other means to siege the city." However, sir, don't forget that if you want to blow up the city with gunpowder, you first need to dig tunnels close to the city walls. ”

"You've seen it with your own eyes, if you don't dig a tunnel to bury gunpowder, then the other party won't be able to explode under the city walls."

"So, with gunpowder, their means of attacking the city also need to dig 'crypts'. As long as you can defend the crypt, you can hold the means of gunpowder to blow up the city wall. ”

"And if this thing is just thrown, it is always more beneficial to the defending side. Even if Jin Chu has it, both sides will worry that the other party will defend the city sharply and it will be extremely difficult to attack the city, so it will be easier to maintain balance. ”

"Besides, how this thing is made, no one in the world who knows it will rebel against ink. I said it was made of clay, and who of them could tell? The method of proportioning cannot make too many mistakes, which is by no means something that can be understood in a short time. ”