warring states careerist

Chapter 726 Fake Carpenter

Under the enfeoffment system, many things cannot be prohibited, even domestic centralization cannot be achieved, how can it be possible to control the entire country from doing business with Sishang?

If you can't even control Feng Jun, how can you control smuggling?
The Mohists have already considered "the wolf's ambition is clearly revealed", but who can organize a coalition army when the countries are divided?
All countries have their own little calculations. Under the deterrence of Sishang's military power, even if they are dissatisfied with Sishang's remarks, there is nothing they can do.

A king has the idea of ​​a king, and a king has the idea of ​​​​a king. The second military elimination meeting a hundred years ago was attended by various doctors and was signed by each doctor. Now there are several monarchs who can do it up and down. Synonymous?

Four years ago in the Heze League, Emperor Zhou sent people to participate. The Mohists directly rejected the canonization of Emperor Zhou, and never mentioned the matter of ending the war and not attacking.

In addition to the arrangement of the land exchange between the three Jin Dynasties and the peace treaty between Wei and Chu, the whole Heze League had the greatest achievement of signing the "Law of War" by the princes of all countries.

Because the Mohists have clearly stated that in a world of great disputes, only one side can stabilize the world, but it is just to settle on one side to benefit the world, which is equivalent to saying that war is inevitable.

Since it is unavoidable and the troubled times of the Warring States Period have come, it is advisable to formulate the rules of war for all countries.

Not courtesy.

but the laws of war.

The Spring and Autumn Period of fighting with etiquette is over.

The Warring States that fight by law has arrived.

Treaties such as prohibiting digging of Yellow River dams, prohibiting irrigation of cities, prohibiting massacres, and prohibiting construction of Beijing temples have all been approved by the monarchs of various countries.

If the monarch does not sign, the Mohists will let the world know, and then make the people dissatisfied.

The situation at that time also forced countries to sign.

In order to obtain Yuguan, the state of Chu needed the help of the Mo family, so it signed the contract first.Qi Guo was beaten half disabled, and even handed over "Gong Zi Wu", and he had to sign.

Zhongshan Guofu was greatly helped by the Mohists, and signed in return; Qin State did not participate in the League of Nations many years ago, but this time it sent an envoy. The news that he already had the gunpowder made Wei Jian convinced that Qin Mo had joined the alliance, and in the end Wei Han and others also signed.

As for compliance, it is difficult to say.If the Mohists win, they will be punished according to this method in the future. A series of people such as "Qi Gong Ziwu" who were executed in public in Heze are examples.

The envoy of Emperor Zhou could only curse, but there was nothing he could do. Not only the Mohists did not respect Emperor Zhou, but all countries did not respect him.So Wei Guo, who was relying on the emperor for his own benefit, showed a little respect on the surface.

The era of chaos has arrived, and even the Mohists have completely stopped talking about non-offensive, but think that the world is set at one, so it is non-offensive?All countries are hurrying to reform, military reform, and prepare for the upcoming war.

Everyone knows that the Heze League four years ago brought not a peaceful peace, but the calm before the storm.

It's just that no one knows how big the Mo family's mind is, and who is going to attack first.

Some people in the caravan knew some clues.

The leader of the caravan with the broken finger was originally an officer of the volunteer army, and he also knew how many people in the caravan in Laiwu this time were not from the caravan. Only the higher-ups could know their purpose.

That night, the caravan camped outside before reaching Linwu.

According to the habit of going deep into remote areas, the convoy was surrounded in a circle, and the caravan followers of retired soldiers armed with muskets were in charge of guarding.

From time to time, people will come forward to rob here, without the control of the grassroots, many village communities will choose to rob and kill businessmen to seize property. They are normal villagers in the daytime, but if they encounter big fat sheep, they will do it.

It has been so since ancient times.

After the deployment was completed, the gentleman took his disciples to look at the stars together, observe the orbit of the moon to take notes, and explain some principles of measuring positions from time to time.

At this time, there is no light pollution, and the largest satellite of Jupiter can be seen with a slightly multiplied telescope, and even some people with excellent eyesight can see it with the naked eye. the only way.

On the edge of the convoy, there were a few serious-looking people who didn't talk much to the caravan people, just a few people gathered together.

These few people are the extra people in the caravan. The leader of the caravan doesn't know the origin of the other party, but the chamber of commerce only said to let these few people follow.

It seems that these people are only 25 or [-] years old, and they are the first batch of children who grew up after the Mo family occupied Sishang. Now many children of this generation are already [-] or [-] years old.

The leader of the caravan was older than them, not from Sishang, but from Luyang to Sishang.Under the policy of compulsory service, almost everyone has the temperament of being a volunteer teacher, and there is nothing to be seen from this point alone.

There are some things that shouldn't be asked, but the leader of the caravan couldn't help his curiosity, so he walked up to those people and said hello.

The few people got up quickly, responded, and sat by the campfire.

"Comrades, what's the matter with you when you come to Wu this time?"

After asking, the obvious leader among these few people shook his head and said: "It's okay, we are all carpenters, isn't there a shipyard downstream of Linwu, and we are here to help."

Linwu's special geographical location, officially the upper reaches of the Xiangshui River, has a lot of wood here. It was said that in order to facilitate the transportation of goods, a shipyard was opened under Linwu.

Every year, the local feudal lord has to pay taxes and fees. Lord Linwu also has his own property, and some of his followers are also engaged in business. The Mohist shipbuilding skills are very good. In addition, customs clearance taxes are collected based on the number of ships at this time, so this There are a lot of orders from the shipyards, and they are quite prosperous.

However, the leaders of the Chamber of Commerce did not believe this. These people did not behave like carpenters at all along the way, and they would stop for a while wherever there were mountains, rivers, paths, or places where they could wade.

The leader of the caravan guessed something in his heart, couldn't restrain his curiosity, and sighed seemingly unintentionally: "In the future, once the Lechang Gorge is completed, it will be more convenient to transfer goods. Although Linwu is remote, it is a dangerous place. place."

There is something in his words. Once the Lechang Gorge is completed, it will be convenient to transship the goods, but it will be equally convenient for the transshipment people.

The person on the opposite side didn't reveal the landscape, and said with a smile: "Yes, once it is repaired, it will be able to connect the north and the south, and benefit the world."

After talking for a few more words, he changed the topic to another place, with a very strict tone and no leaks.

The leader of the caravan asked a few more questions, but he didn't satisfy his curiosity, but there was nothing he could do.

The people on the opposite side naturally knew what they were here for. They were all young officers of the General Staff, so of course they had other purposes in following the caravan this time.

Two years ago, with the collapse of Fulou, Yangyu and other states in the South China Sea, and after the Mohists gained a firm foothold in the land reform in the South China Sea, the situation of Chu State has formed a three-sided encirclement.

The location of Linwu is precarious. Later Emperor Shihuang conquered Baiyue, and it was Linwu where he went. As the watershed between the Xiangjiang River system and the Pearl River system, this remote place has extremely high military value.

These people came to Wu for the same purpose as Shu Junzi and others, to observe the terrain.

It's just that Shu Junzi and others are normal surveying and mapping maps, standard city locations and mountains and rivers, and they are observing the local tactical terrain.

It is not necessarily for the purpose of fighting Chu State, the responsibility of the General Staff is to be prepared.

Including observing the thickness of the city wall of Linwu, collecting some hydrological data, examining the support of the people here and so on.

Now the relationship between Chu and Mo is very delicate. With the Chu Wei struggle for hegemony and the rise of Sishang, the originally close relationship between Chu and Mo has become complicated and confusing.

The state of Song has been in great chaos recently, and the contradictions suppressed by the Mohists have begun to brew and explode. The state of Song is the real powder keg of the Central Plains.

Wei and Han went south, the Chu people went north, and the Mohists marched west, all of which needed to revolve around Song.

The accumulated contradictions were intentionally relaxed, and the state of Song was in chaos.

A country in chaos is in danger, just like Zheng Guo back then, it is likely to become fat in the mouth of the princes.

However, everyone in the world knows that whether the Song State can take a bite is not in the Song State, but in the attitudes of the Wei, Chu, Han, and Mo schools. With the Mo family on the side, moving the Song State means going to a full-scale war with the Mo family.

The great war five years ago left a deep impression on all countries. All countries are catching up with reforms, trying to centralize power and reform the military system. The longer the time is delayed, the more favorable it will be; If the Mohists take complete control, the situation in the entire Central Plains will collapse again.

This is always a difficult decision.

It was the first time that the Mo and Chu families had publicly sang against Song's affairs.

Song State is too close to Sishang, and the tossing about national co-government, city autonomy and other things in the past led to internal chaos in Song State. If there were no Mohists on the side, the decentralized Song State would have been destroyed long ago.

This time, another national riot broke out in Song State. The old aristocrats of Song State immediately asked for help from Wei, Chu, Han and other countries.Because the power of the old aristocrats is clearly not strong enough to suppress, the Mohists will of course say so; if the old aristocracy is powerful, the Mohists will naturally say that this is not the internal affairs of the Song Dynasty, but the injustice that harms the world, and everyone will be punished if they get it.

The relationship between Chu and Mo was initially intimate because of the prosperity of Wei and Han and the aggressiveness of Yue. twist.

As a result, it has been very difficult for some Mohist figures who have disclosed their identities to enter Chu State for activities, and they can only rely on caravans as a cover to carry out various activities.

The relationship within the caravan is complicated. Many lords of Chu have shares in it, and they can also benefit a lot every year. It involves the interests of many parties. It is not something that the king of Chu can stop the trade with a single word.

How could these young people fail to hear what the leader of the caravan said about Lechang Gorge before?

Once the Lechang Gorge is completed, the Mohists will have a huge advantage in the event of a war with Chu in the future.

Sending some soldiers from Lingnan, occupying Linwu is equivalent to occupying the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River. From top to bottom, they can go directly to Yunmeng, Dongting.

There are only more than 400 Chu troops stationed near Linwuguan. Linwu City is also an old-style city. From what they have come to observe now, the whole Linwu is like a dustpan. The essence of the area is sunken. After passing Linwuguan and taking Pangyi along the upper reaches of the Xiang River, which is later known as Hengyang, the connection between Chu and the upper reaches of the Xiang River will be severed.

The task of these people is to follow the caravan along the way to inspect the route from Linwu to Pangyi.The so-called carpenter is just a deception.

(End of this chapter)