Chapter 80: The Big Picture

In this situation, I am very happy, if I can seize the opportunity of this chaos in the world, at least I can buy five years of development time for the Mo family.

In the past few years, the Mo family has done a good job in diplomacy, and they have money in their hands, and even Zhou Tianzi has sent people to have contact with the people of the Mo family and borrow some money to spend to tide over the difficult days.

Now although Zhou Tianzi is a hundred-legged insect that is dead but not stiff, his authority has gradually dissipated.

After the three families were divided into Jin and the Tian family replaced Qi, Zhou Tianzi's prestige was declining, and when this Zhou Tianzi died, Qi had a conflict with the Zhou Dynasty because of condolences, and the Tian family could already directly scold the members of the Zhou royal family "Your mother and maid".

However, now occasionally, the Mo family will also give Zhou Tianzi some loans in the name of Jinxing Qianzhuang through the merchants in Luoyang, so that Zhou Tianzi can maintain it, just to prevent Zhou Tianzi from taking the opportunity to make trouble: when it is unfavorable to the princes, no one listens to Zhou Tianzi's words, and he is afraid that Zhou Tianzi will resist the banner of etiquette and rules to suppress the increasingly radical Mo family.

Zhou Tianzi waited for death, no one raised the banner, mainly now there are not many princes who are qualified to raise the banner of etiquette and rules, and it is difficult to take the lead without the Son of Heaven. In the end, Sanjin and Tian couldn't slap themselves in the face.

Under the strife of the nations, it provided a great opportunity for the next development of the Mo family.

Shi feels that he has seized this opportunity, and expanded it, as long as there are no problems, not too radical and too early to break with the world, this great change in the world will come soon.

With this happy mood to participate in the synonym meeting, everyone seemed to be in a good mood, and when Yu Huali saw Shi coming in, he took a letter and handed it to Shi's hand, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Look at the letter from the people of Chu State, it is somewhat interesting." ”

Shi took the letter and glanced at it, and laughed himself.

Now that Wei is the overlord of the Central Plains, the last thing the Mo family wants to encounter in Sishang is Wei interference.

In order to guard against the interference of Wei during this opportunity period, the Mo family added trouble to Wei from four directions.

The struggle for the succession of Zhao, the battle for the unification of Chu and Chen Cai, contact with the Zhongshan Fuguo group, and the sending of Wu Qi to Qin.

The state of Chu resolved the matter of Wang Ziding's division into Chen that year, which was one of the main directions that made the Wei state vulnerable to enemies on all sides this time.

The Chu people are the ones who have dealt with the Mo family the most, before Wei and Chu fought for hegemony over the Mo family, jumped left and right, captured the king of Chu, and helped the Chu state to defend Luyang, and finally helped the king of Chu to reform and train a new army to take Dongting Cangwu.

This kind of interaction can be seen from the letters from the Chu State to the Mo family.

It is said that the prince must be the younger brother of the king of Chu, which is also the internal affairs of the Chu state, and the righteousness exalted by the king of Chu should be "one Chu without two kings".

However, in the letter from Chu State to the Mo family, he did not mention this kind of righteousness, but told the "injustice" of the prince according to the "righteousness" of the Mo family.

At least in terms of written diplomacy, the king of Chu had to admit the righteousness of the Mo family, but could not cite the righteousness of the past, although this point was only lip service, but it was also commendable.

This time, in order to quell the rebellion in Chen Cai and other places, and by the way, to clean up some nobles who defected to Wei because of the law change, it can be regarded as taking advantage of the general trend of the world.

Zheng Guo's side is in turmoil, and he rebels three times a day in Huangcheng, and he betrays Han today and tomorrow, and Chu Guo is instigating behind his back, so that South Korea's energy is on Zheng Guo's side.

Chen Di concentrated a new army on the king of Chu, and there was no problem in winning, but the premise was that Wei could not interfere, and he had to fight quickly and solve Wang Ziding before Wei reacted.

Therefore, the king of Chu wanted to ask the Mo family to ask the prince to be "unjust" according to the definition of the Mo family, instead of using the injustice of the prince to encroach on the rebellion to invite the Mo family to send troops - after all, Mozi ridiculed the behavior of the prince of Chu who would rather die than be a puppet from Bai Gong in the rebellion of Bai Gongsheng, and the Mo family can no matter what kind of etiquette, you will go if you can.

The king of Chu did not hope that the Mo family would send too many people, but hoped that the Mo family could provide sappers who could dig the tunnel walls and some professional artillery help.

And the back of the letter is also very interesting. The king of Chu said that after he pacified Chen Cai, he must change the system there to benefit the people.

This actually sounds like a deal: the Mo family is a treasure for the benefit of the world, so the king of Chu borrowed troops and gave the reward to benefit the people.

But it can't be said so ugly, after all, Chen Cai is the land of Chu, and he, the king of Chu, can't trade with the Mo family like he uses the profits of his own people, after all, it's too ugly.

As for the cost of sending troops, the king of Chu would also exchange copper, gold, and a few small cities near Xiapi and Yue.

No one has an eye before and after, and the king of Chu can't judge how long the hegemony of Wei can last, even if Wu Qi is gone, he is the foundation child of Wei. Xihe was in hand, Shangjun was developed, the Central Plains took the Great Liang, the Qi State respected Wei, and supported the puppet regime of Wang Ziding.

The pressure on the state of Chu is still very great, once the situation in the Central Plains cannot be opened, then the state of Chu will lose the opportunity to have the initiative on the eastern front: the area around Nanyang will become the main battlefield, if the direction of Chen Cai cannot attack and support, once the Great Wall is breached, the state of Chu will have no danger to defend.

And if Chen Cai, Yuguan and other places are in hand, the Nanyang Code Yuguan Attack, and the Yuguan Code Nanyang Attack, the situation will look much better.

Therefore, the king of Chu urgently needed to quickly solve the matter set by the prince, and did not want to delay and cause Wei to send troops to intervene, which required the support of the Mo family's engineers and artillery.

In terms of the ability to defend and siege cities in the world, after all, the Mo family's side is still second to none.

After reading the content, Fowl Slippery asked, "Sui, what do you think?" ”

Shi calculated how long the king of Chu would live, shook his head and smiled: "The princes and nobles are unreliable, and they can't be trusted." The events of that year, before the desperate situation of the King of Chu, he repented of the covenant to kill the soldiers, and later Wu Qi broke through the Great Liang City, and then rushed to ask us. ”

"What the king of Chu is saying now is 'deep understanding of righteousness', once the power is stable and the country is pacified, he will change hands and deal with us."

"But in the final analysis, if we talk about righteousness, the rapid destruction of the city can also make the people suffer less from the soldiers, and our own righteous teachers must benefit the world first, and pay attention to all the righteousness of the Mo family. And the righteous teachers of Fei, Xue and other countries are now only talking about non-aggression after all. So it's not impossible for our people to go. ”

Bird Slippery nodded, "That's exactly what I thought. It is the cunning rabbit that cooks the dead lackey, and the tall bird hides the good bow. If the king of Chu is becoming more powerful, he will also think about expelling the ink people. After all, the Mo people in the Chu State only know that there are giants, but they don't know that there is a King of Chu, and even if the rules of the Mo family are greater, they are greater than the national laws of the Chu State. ”

The Mo family has been planning in the Chu State for many years, starting from starting iron smelting in Nanyang, helping the King of Chu to carry out reforms, providing loans, etc., the Mo family has penetrated deeply in the Chu State over the years, but it still needs an opportunity to do big things.

There is a unanimous view of this opportunity among the high-level leaders of the Mo family, that is...... The death of the king of Chu.

If the king of Chu can die early, this time the Mo family can come to the aid of the state of Chu on a large scale, intensifying the contradiction between the king of Chu and the nobles.

If the King of Chu can live for ten years, twenty years, Chinese New Year's Eve, then he can't help the King of Chu too much, otherwise the King of Chu will hold on to the power and clean up the nobles, and turn around to deal with the Mo family, which is all obvious.

It is appropriate to know that in history, the death counterattack of the king of Chu who died of illness and Wu Qi's counterattack may change somewhat, but at least the king of Chu is unlikely to die within five years, so it is necessary to wait.

At least...... It is also necessary to wait for the news of the illness of the king of Chu before he can consider his actions in the state of Chu.

Both Fowl Slippery and Shidu decided to send some troops, and everyone agreed, even if the general direction was decided, how to fight and how much effort to fight, that is, to be perfected later.

Since Yu Huali first talked about the affairs of the Chu State, it can be seen that the Chu State side is considered by him to be the most important force to contain the Wei State.

Gong Zaoye also thought so, so he said: "Now that the matter of the Fei State is now, it can be determined that the Chu State will not send troops to interfere, and will not even make any inappropriate remarks. At least not until Chen Cai is calmed down. ”

Shi nodded and said, "This is to take advantage of the situation." Back then, Wu Qi broke the beam and borrowed our gunpowder to break the city, which directly led to the prince being settled in Chen. What was laid down back then can now be borrowed. ”

"With hundreds of sappers and artillery, in exchange for the absolute non-interference of the Chu State, these hundreds of people are equivalent to the strength of five divisions, otherwise the prince will not enter Chen, ten years ago did not plan, today we will prepare five divisions to guard against the Chu State."

Gongzaoye nodded admiringly, the plan that he started more than ten years ago is only showing its effect now.

More than ten years ago, in Bashu, now blocked the Qin State from going south to Hanzhong, and the activities in Wu more than ten years ago now forced the King of Yue to think about leaving Huaibei as soon as possible and retreating to the south of the Yangtze River, and the blueprints for repairing the Great Liang City were secretly given to Wu Qi, resulting in Chen Cai's land being more serious than the rebellion against Chu in history, and now he can take advantage of the situation to gain an ally.

In addition to admiration, Gongzao Ye said: "Now, the Chu people will not interfere, and the Qin people have a request for us, and now it depends on the Sanjin and Qi." The Marquis of Zhao is dead, and the State of Zhao will be in chaos, I am only afraid that the attack of the Chu State will be too urgent, and Wu Qi will enter the Qin Dynasty, etc., which will cause Wei to not interfere with the Zhao State and choose to reconcile, and continue to maintain the Three Jin Alliance. ”

Shi shook his head and said, "There is no such possibility. Wei wants to reconcile, does Zhao want to? If you want to reconcile and continue to maintain the Three Jin Alliance, Wei needs to make a gesture, at least the expansion in the Central Plains, and not be able to guard against Zhao, so that Zhao can rest assured. ”

"Zhao has an enclave in Dunqiu. Next to the Weiguo Puyang. It is bordered by Qi in the east and in the Central Plains. Wei wants to maintain the Three Jin Alliance, yes, but to allow Zhao to expand in the Central Plains, the brothers will settle accounts, and the expansion in the Central Plains will be divided equally between the three families, how is this possible? ”

"Will the Wei State allow the Zhao State to meddle in the Central Plains? If not, why did Wei Chu fight and Zhao sent troops? helped Wei Guo fight for a long time, and kicked Zhao Guo away when he shared interests. When Chu and Wei fight, they can't bypass Wei to fight Zhao, right? Therefore, between Wei and Zhao, there is no harmony. ”

"Wu Qi entered Qin, and Chu attacked Chen...... What you think is that maybe Wei Zhen will let go of the contradictions of the Three Jin Dynasty and maintain hegemony. But the problem is that Zhao has a hard time gaining a foothold in the Central Plains, and the best choice for Wei is...... Only by interfering in Zhao's internal affairs and propping up a pro-Wei regime to ensure peace and security in the north could forces be mobilized against Chu and Qin. ”

"So, if Chu attacks Chen and Wu Qi enters Qin, I don't think it will make the Three Jin Dynasty reconcile, but it will only make Wei Zheng anxious to interfere in Zhao's internal affairs."