Pengcheng.

The messenger of the king of Chu was like an ant on a hot pot, restless.

Ever since their premises had been under scrutiny, he had heard a lot of news.

There is a newspaper in Pengcheng, and since he is the envoy to Sishang, he naturally recognizes the words of Sishang.

The affairs of the Song Kingdom have become the headlines in the past few days, and the envoy of the King of Chu urgently needs to know what Sishang wants to do.

Is it to find an excuse to occupy the Song Kingdom? Or is it really that the imperial father's family was ready to strike first, but they were preempted by the Mo family?

The most important thing is that the matter of the Song Kingdom has come out, what is Sishang going to do?

Before coming, the program of negotiation given to him by the king of Chu had already been clearly stated.

What kind of republic and feudalism, what people are gods or monarchs, that doesn't matter.

As long as the Mo family is willing to divide the Song State into three or four, then the Imperial Father's family and even the Song Duke will be harmful to the world, and the Chu State is willing to send troops and is willing to carve up the Song State together with Sishang, Wei, and Korea.

This is rough, but there are certainly some details to be debated.

The wishful thinking of the king of Chu was to let Sishang be sandwiched between Wei and Chu, so that Wei and Sishang would face each other directly except in the enclave of Xiaqiu.

Wei and Han did not divide their families, and when the time came, Wei and Han would occupy the northern part of the Song Kingdom; The state of Chu occupied the southwestern part of the Song state; Sishang occupies the central part of the Song Kingdom.

This involves the ownership of some cities, whether they belong to Sishang or Wei Chuhan, which will affect the future situation.

The king of Chu didn't want to fight, this was because he really didn't want to fight, because he understood that the fire in Sishang could not be extinguished, and he wanted to rely on a war to defeat Sishang, unless all countries were united, according to the long-term covenant of ten or even twenty years, and continuously filled Sishang with 100,000 people and countless grains and grass every year, it would be possible to uproot Sishang, change people's seeds, and change people's hearts.

Otherwise, one or two wins are meaningless.

That being the case, the king of Chu felt that striking iron still needed its own hardness, and the world of chaos and great contention was inevitable, so at this time, don't be the first bird, first appease the internal contradictions, solve the internal centralization and reform, and then consider fighting for hegemony in the world.

In the fight, the aristocracy will inevitably have power, and the results of the previous reform will be in vain.

The envoy of the King of Chu, as the confidant of the King of Chu, is also on the side of the faction of the Fa-changer, that is, on the side of the crown prince Zang, because he is not from a big noble, nor is he a major sect of those major clans, although he is also a Jing family, but he is a side branch.

According to the plan of the king of Chu, use the appeasement policy to deal with Sishang, that is, to put out the fire with salary, and the fire will not be extinguished if the salary is not exhausted, and it will burn more and more.

However, if the wood is moist at the beginning, it can indeed suppress the fire, and you only need to prepare enough water before the fire burns more vigorously.

At the very least, there are more places where this fire can burn, and if you prepare enough water, if Wei is burned, you can choose whether to put out the fire or go to Wei to grab water.

The envoy of the King of Chu was actually full of surprise at the Mo family's action.

Not long ago, the people of the Mo family just went to the Chu State, and talked in detail about the trade between the Mo family and the Chu State, the people from Sishang entering and leaving the Chu State, drawing a map of Kyushu with the geography of mountains and rivers, and so on, and they couldn't see the meaning of fighting at all.

Especially if the Mo family really wants to fight, they will definitely be prepared early, such as some economic controls, such as ordering the reduction of the number of acres planted early, such as early conscription, and so on.

It can be said that a few days ago, Sishang really didn't mean to fight at all, and the wind and waves were calm, which couldn't deceive people.

The envoy of the king of Chu was also more convinced in his heart that this was an accident, or that it was really the imperial father's family who were preparing to make a move, and as a result, the Mo family intercepted the news and directly supported the Dai family's army.

As for whether the imperial father Yue Ling made the first move, and whether the imperial father's family was right or wrong, it doesn't matter, only the needs of various countries.

If he needs him, then he is right; If he needs to be wrong, then he is wrong.

There is righteousness in Si, each country has the interests of each country, and the world has the courtesy of the world, and even the standards of right and wrong are fundamentally different, so how can it be possible to judge right and wrong?

Now that the important thing is that something has happened, what is the Mo family going to do? What are you going to do?

Before coming, Xiong Su told the messenger about his concerns.

The Chu State doesn't want to fight, and the Mo family doesn't want to fight, but whether to fight or not is not necessarily something that both sides can control.

If there is really a big war, if the Mo family annexes the Song State for various reasons, the king of Chu will have to fight even if he doesn't want to.

In the reform of the Chu State itself, many people objected to it, saying that this was "a conspiracy against morality, good use of weapons, retrograde the mandate of heaven, and change the ancestral system".

The aristocrats' huge opposition to the change of the law, the king of Chu actually couldn't suppress it at all, otherwise the change of the state of Chu would not be so slow.

Dozens of hereditary feudal lords with military power, how can it be so easy to move them?

If the Mo family really sent troops to the Song State, even if the King of Chu didn't want to fight, the nobles of the Chu State would definitely take the opportunity to make trouble.

When the time comes, a righteous "regardless of the system of the world, respect and humility and disorder of the world" will be buckled on the head of the king of Chu, and dozens of feudal monarchs justifiably hope to send troops, what can the king of Chu do?

At that time, it is likely that it will not be able to be suppressed.

That is, fortunately, the division of the prince more than ten years ago made the old aristocratic forces in Chen Cai and other places swept away, and the power consolidated by the king of Chu in the Chen Cai area, and the border with the Song State basically will not appear in the scene of the feudal monarch lightly provoking the border and going to war privately.

Otherwise, the feudal monarch is very far away from the Chu capital, and he also has a certain amount of power to deal with it on the spot, including the right to start a war, once he takes the initiative to intervene in the chaos of the Song State, the king of Chu can only be helpless.

Now that Sishang has begun a general mobilization, in terms of organizational strength and mobilization efficiency, Sishang is several times faster than other countries.

As long as Si Shang was determined to intervene in the Song State, even if the Chu State participated in the war, it would not be ready until at least a year later.

Because it is not as simple as sending troops, it is necessary to compromise with the nobles first, distribute the benefits first, and bridge the contradictions between the previous royal power and the feudal monarch, and then there are logistics, diplomacy, and alliances.

The princes of various countries are now worried that "friendly armies do not move like mountains, and friendly armies benefit from fishermen".

If Chu started a war with Sishang alone, Wei would definitely wave its flag and shout, on the one hand, it would disintegrate the relationship between Sishang and Chu, and on the other hand, strengthen Chu's confidence in going to war, but as for whether to send troops and how many troops...... That's the unknown.

Wei State had a history of betraying the alliance five years ago, and all countries did not trust Wei too much, and they had interfered in the civil war of Zhao's succession, and interfered in the dispute between Xiong Su and Xiong Ding's inheritance in Chu. But for Wei State, it was really both vigilant and distrustful.

Sending troops in a hurry, not to mention that if you can't fight, Wei Han will not send troops, and Chu will never send troops.

Because of the rise of Sishang, the status of the Song State has changed greatly.

Twenty years ago, the Song State was a country that the Jin and Chu struggled for hegemony, and as long as the Song State was in turmoil, whether it was the Chu State or the Wei State, they would send troops as soon as possible.

Because the opponent must be the other party.

Originally, it was a grudge between the two, but now it is a three-party feud, the Song State is in turmoil, and the Chu State has another choice.

The strategic contraction in the direction of the Central Plains, the intensification of the construction of the Dongting area, and the strengthening of the Nanyang defense line are the strategies of the Chu State.

First, the popularization of new agricultural tools and the emergence of gunpowder weapons made the benefits of a war in the Central Plains far worse than the development of Cangwu, Dongting and other areas.

And it can also alleviate domestic contradictions and strengthen centralization, the king of Chu is not wrong to think, iron still needs its own hardness, if Chu can succeed in centralizing power, then it will have more choices; If you don't wait for the centralization of power, you will first put all the national fortunes on the general righteousness of "anti-Moxi" and martyr for the old era, that is not a choice for a hero.

The envoy of the king of Chu muttered a lot of things in his heart, especially on the first day when the news of the Song State Incident came, he wanted to meet the high-level officials of Sishang, but he was refused, and he thought a lot in his heart.

What does Sishang want to do?

Is Sishang really going to eat Song Guo himself?

All of this can finally have an answer today, and the envoy of the King of Chu is finally relieved in his heart.

Because this time it was a special diplomatic event, it did not follow many of the new rules set by the Heze Huimeng back then, but met directly with Shishi.

After the guest sat down, the envoy of the king of Chu did not express any opinion on the affairs of the Song state.

Because he couldn't publish it, he couldn't express any opinion until he wasn't sure what the King of Chu would do.

said that the Mo family did the right thing, so what if the King of Chu wants to fight?

said that the Mo family was angry with the people, so what if the king of Chu wanted to make peace?

But he couldn't help but talk about the affairs of the Song Kingdom, so the envoy said, "The Mo family talks more about the benefits, the affairs of the Song Kingdom, the pros and cons of Chu?" ”

Since we talk about interests, there is no right or wrong.

Shi didn't beat around the bush, and said directly, "Song Di affairs, what do you have to do with Chu?" I don't know when the Song State was a vassal of Chu like Zeng, Sui, Cai and other states. ”

The messenger stood up and said, "That's true." Jin and Chu fought each other for a hundred years, and fought several battles around Shangqiu, with countless casualties. In the battle of Jinyang in the past, he knew that his lips were dead and his teeth were cold; Now that Song and Chu are neighbors, if the Song land is lost, there is no danger to defend to the south to Huaishui and Tongbai, if it is not about the pros and cons of Chu? ”

"If there is a fire in the neighbor's house, but I don't rescue it, but only say that it is the neighbor's business and has nothing to do with me, is it wise?"

"The Mo family's mobilization this time intends to swallow the Song Dynasty? Want to save Song? Want to save Song? Do you want to benefit the world? I am the king's envoy, how can I not know? ”

"The Emperor of the Song Dynasty harmed the people, the people were complaining, and the people of the Song Kingdom rioted. In the past, there were riots in the Zhou calendar, and there was even more chaos in Xia Wei, which shows that the people of the Song Dynasty have been suffering from the emperor's father for a long time. ”

"The Mo family still said that the Song people should choose the affairs of the Song Dynasty, and all countries have no right to interfere."

"If the countries intervene, then Sishang must fulfill the non-offensive pact of that year. Zi Mozi has always kept his promises, and he is light on promises and light on Taiyue, all of which are the righteousness of my Mo family. ”

"The general mobilization of Sishang is neither to swallow the Song Dynasty, nor to save the Song Dynasty, nor to save the Song Dynasty, but to keep promises, and when the Song State needs us to fulfill the covenant, we will fulfill the covenant."

Therefore, this matter is not what Sishang wants to do, but what Chu, Wei, Han, and Qi want to do. If they sent troops to invade the Song Dynasty, how could Sishang ignore it? ”

"If you don't care, who else in the world believes in the words of the Mohists? Believe in the righteousness of the Mohists? Zi Mozi has been committed to righteousness and promise for decades, but he has been betrayed and ridiculed, and tens of thousands of children of the Mo family, who can afford it? ”

"I can't carry it, and neither can any other ink writer."