Although the morality of the Mo family on the surface still has to be abided by, in fact, there is a lot of room for maneuver inside.

In the past, the state of Chu was casual, and there were some words.

"I'm a barbarian. Now the princes are all rebelling against each other, or killing each other. I have a good idea, and I want to observe the politics of China. ”

In the final analysis, in the end, it is still relying on the modest "disadvantages" as the confidence. The Mohists do not dare to say that they can observe China's politics now, but they still have the ability to mingle in the disputes of various countries.

If it was only to provide equipment to defend the city, the Mo family itself would not suffer from the accusations of the Sanjin side, and no one would take the opportunity to attack the Mo family's non-offensive ideas and other ideas.

The key to the instructions brought by Hu Feizi is how to make the princes look sideways again in the battle of Luyang and Luguan without deviating from the morality of the Mo family itself.

At least let the Mo family say "I have a bad armor and want to stop the war of the princes".

This point is suitable for the consistent performance of the Mohists, and they are indeed the most suitable people: the so-called unity of words and deeds, what to do can always tell the truth that is in line with the morality of the Mohists, and can convince others.

Moreover, when Mozi traveled to Luyang, many of Mozi's descendants were familiar with Luyang. Among the selected Seven Enlightenment Harms, they all have some friendship with Lu Yanggong, and this kind of thing is best to be suitable for Meng Sheng, two alternate Seven Enlightenment Harms and those who have no friendship with Lu Yanggong in the past.

Now that we have met, it is appropriate to go to Luyang with the ink who came here. Yingcheng is only a few days away from Luyang, and there are many discussions along the way.

When he arrived at Luyang, the anxious Luyang Gong greeted him personally.

Although he is young, Lu Yanggong does not dare to despise it, he has become famous in recent years, and now it is the time to need help.

First, He Shi and the others recalled the incident of Mozi's visit to Luyang back then, and then asked about the recent situation of Gongzaoye and others.

Duke Lu Yang knew that the Mo family would provide some weapons this time, and he had only heard about the last battle of Shangqiu, and he had never seen gunpowder in person.

Anyone who heard that there was always an exaggeration, although there was no such thing as erosion for tens of miles, but the situation that night still caused a lot of shock among the nobles of Chu State.

Seeing that the Mo family had transported the weapons on the carriage, Lu Yanggong wanted to take a look first, but Shi did not agree, but asked first: "In the past, Cao Di asked Yu Luhou why he fought?" Today, Jin Zheng is about to send troops, and I also want to ask you, why are you fighting? ”

When Lu Yanggong heard this, he sighed and said: "If you look at the people's will, the people's fighting spirit is insufficient. ”

Shi said directly: "If you are not at peace with the country, you can't go out into the army." The Mo family defends the city, and the people need to defend it, and the giant once said that if he wants to defend a city, either the people are willing to defend and repay the kindness, or the ancestral tombs are all outside the city and the enemy army burns and digs the ancestral tombs. ”

"If Master Zheng of Jin doesn't dig up the ancestral grave to provoke public anger, and you yourself think that the people's fighting spirit is insufficient, I'm just afraid that this battle will not be easy to fight. Even though the Mo family provided the equipment to defend the city, it also needed people to use it, how do you think it can make the people attached? ”

Lu Yanggong shook his head, and analyzed the current situation again.

If this battle cannot be won, the worst-case scenario is that the Jin and Zheng coalition forces will break through the defense line of the Great Wall, and the prince will enter Chu. In this way, Duke Lu Yang, who firmly stood on the side of the king of Chu, was bound to be implicated, and it was possible to recover the fief.

Even if it doesn't enter Chu, but the geographical location of Luyang is very important, and occupying Luyang can launch an attack on the Great Wall defense line at any time, so it is possible that the Jin people will occupy Luyang, and the consequences will be the same.

Therefore, it is appropriate to tell Lu Yang Gong that this battle can only be won but not defeated, no matter whether it is a big defeat or a small defeat, and in the end, Lu Yang Gong's entire family will be implicated.

Lu Yanggong also understands that this is his foundation, and the appropriate analysis is the Tao, so he can't believe it.

Dealing with the Wei, Han and Zheng coalition forces, Lu Yanggong is not so confident, although he has courage, but no matter how brave a person is, he cannot decide the outcome of a battle.

So he said: "So this time, I also asked the Mo family to help defend the city." Back then, you giants lobbied me not to allow me to attack Zheng Guo, saying that I have no right to interfere in other people's internal affairs. Nowadays......"

Shi nodded and said, "That's the case, if it weren't for that, the Mo family wouldn't have sent me here." It's just that in the end, there will be a decisive battle with the Jin Division, and the public will has no fighting spirit, so how can they fight? ”

Lu Yang Gong was still struggling with this problem, although he knew that it made sense, but he could only say: "The truth of the Mo family, I have heard you giants talk about it." Benevolence and clarity, politics and people, but this kind of thing takes a long time, and it is not something that can be done in one time. ”

"Now even if the widow knows that he is wrong, how can he reverse it?"

He was right when he said this, back then, the national strength of Chu was thriving, and it had always been an offensive to the outside world, and countries did not dare to move lightly.

Luyang is the front of the Great Wall defense line, unless Jin and Chu want to destroy the country and fight a decisive battle to involve here, otherwise the general battle for hegemony will occur between Song and Zheng.

In this case, Lu Yanggong has no motivation for political change at all, Mozi said a lot back then, even if Lu Yanggong thinks it makes sense, he can't do it, and he has no motivation to do it, at most, he didn't attack the weak and chaotic Zheng Guo externally.

Now that the war is imminent, seeing that Shi is still saying something like "if you don't make peace with the country, you can't become an army", I can't help but feel angry, and I feel that I can't do "peace with the country" at this time, so there is no point in talking about it again.

Seeing that Lu Yanggong was a little impatient, he was not impatient, but said: "I have a strategy, but I can survive the present and make the people willing to fight." It's just that it can only last for a while, which can be regarded as a way to treat headaches and headaches. As for the follow-up, that's another story. ”

When Lu Yanggong heard this, he was overjoyed, and said in his heart that what I wanted was to survive the present, and as for the future...... More on that later.

After hurriedly asking for advice, Shi said: "Many of the Mo family's morals are to benefit the people, I'm afraid you won't do it." However, there are also schemes that can be used to give favors to the people, to use favors as goods, and let the people repay them with blood and battles. It's up to you to pay for it. ”

"I suppose you must lend money, right?"

It's a no-brainer.

The mode of coexistence of fiefdom and county euphemism ensured that Lu Yanggong was not only the local administrator, but also the richest local family, and those farmers who were not tied to his fiefdom would definitely need to borrow money from him to live when they couldn't survive.

As an old aristocrat, Lu Yanggong would definitely not invest in any industry and commerce, or without the technical support of the Mo family, large-scale industry and commerce had not developed, and the best way to appreciate the value of money was to lend.

The feudal lords of all countries lent money, and the target of the loan was not the serfs in their own fiefdoms, but the farmers outside the fiefs.

At this time, there was no Feng Tanmeng to try something, Lu Yanggong didn't understand what he meant, but he still replied: "Yes." Earn interest every year to earn money. ”

Shi Dao: "In this case, you can use these interest to give favor to the people and let them fight for you." This is a short-term solution. The people have benefited, and it can be regarded as the rhetoric of our Mohists benefiting the people. ”

When Lu Yanggong heard this, his heart was immediately dissatisfied, and he shook his head and said: "Loan repayment, this is the truth between heaven and earth." ”

Shi nodded and said, "This is indeed the truth between heaven and earth. But you fought and were able to seal Luyang, while the people fought and got nothing, which is not what they think. If they can't profit, why should they fight with you? ”

"You give up the interest and sell it to the people as a favor. The people can't pay it back, so they can only pay it with blood, and won't it be your wealth that will be preserved in the end? ”

"If you lend money a year, the interest is not more than 100,000. The 100,000 yuan city is kind to the people, which can ensure that the people have the heart to fight this time. ”

Shi stretched out his little finger and signaled that this was the interest of 100,000 yuan.

He clenched his whole hand into a fist and said, "This is your fiefdom, and it is the sacrificial family temple that was sealed back then. ”

"If you had to choose, would you cut off your little finger and leave your fist? Or would you rather just cut your fist off? ”

"Here's what I can think of for you. If you don't think you can listen to this, please ask for another wisdom, we have already sent these weapons as a deal, and the follow-up will be sent slowly, but there will be no more words. ”

Another sentence asked Gao Ming, and suddenly made Lu Yanggong speechless.

He knew that this time the Jin-Zheng coalition army was likely to attack Luyang, and if he didn't attack, he would lose a lot of money if he did what he said.

It is not a question of whether to lose money or not, but because the people have a feudal obligation, and it is a natural obligation to follow him to fight, but now he thinks that this obligation is unreasonable, and even needs to be traded with kindness, which makes Lu Yanggong feel a little uncomfortable.

Zhao opened the military duke's abuse, which is equivalent to priing open a hole in the Zhou ceremony first: feudal obligations are not natural, if they are natural, then only need to educate the people, and there is no need to talk about the benefits of the war.

But after these years of development, the people have gradually awakened that no one wants to fight without interests.

This is a clash of ideas, not just a question of whether or not to give up the money.

However, now Lu Yanggong can't ask Gao Ming, because before he says this, he has already made it very clear.

Once the Jin-Zheng coalition army wins, no matter whether it is a big victory or a small victory, the life of Luyang Gong will not be easy, and the fief will either be occupied by Wei Han or taken back by the prince...... When the time comes, Lu Yang Gong will not even have the strength to resist, the domestic nobles will bite, and Wei Han in the north will threaten the same.

Counting on the rescue of the Fengjun County Gong elsewhere, there is basically no hope. Some of them supported the prince's decision, and the other part was not easy to mobilize at all, and it was impossible for the king of Chu to go out in person, because Yingdu was unstable and needed troops to maintain military superiority to suppress the nobles who might rebel.

Shi looked at Lu Yanggong with a hesitant face, and his words were a little ridiculous, and said: "If you are strict in governing the government on weekdays and have rewards and punishments, why should I give you such a plan?" In the battle of Shangqiu, you know that in the end, the Mo family formed an alliance, but you should not forget that something happened in Shangqiu City. ”