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Two hundred and fifty fifth chapter new strategy (seven)

When it comes to economic issues, it will inevitably cause many speculations. Some people stood up and asked, "What if Tian Shan made money from the nobles? In that case, the farmers, industry and commerce may not be able to see through it. Instead, they think Tian Shan might be a wise monarch."

Several people nodded and said solemnly: "What you said is a big problem."

"By the will of heaven, it is said that labor is a means of creating wealth."

"Where does the nobles get wealth from crops or woven or spinning? The kings seize wealth from the nobles and finally seized them, aren't they still from the common peasants, industry and commerce?"

"Now there is a piece of land. The king asked the nobles to collect land taxes. So who did the nobles take the money from? The nobles originally asked the common people to collect twenty coins, but now the king wants ten coins. Do you think the nobles should ask the common people to collect twenty coins and give ten coins to the king? Or directly ask the common people to collect thirty coins and give ten coins to the king and leave twenty coins himself? Maybe even ask the common people to collect forty coins?"

The person who spoke has always known that Shi attaches great importance to some principled issues, knows that he has said something wrong, and knows that he has not considered this, so he hurriedly admits his mistake.

Since Mozi died, he began to sort out the Mohist remarks and formed a system, the most important volume for the world is "Rich Country" or "Rich Country", because for the "righteousness" of the world, this article is a manifesto to declare war on the nobles, and a manifesto to prove that the nobles are worms and are a reasonable manifesto to overthrow them without any effort by the farmers, industry and commerce.

Since wealth comes from the common people, industry and commerce rather than the nobles themselves, then taking money from the nobles is equivalent to taking money from the common people, industry and commerce.

Where do nobles get wealth if they don’t work? Since they want to get wealth, they always have to get it from some places, rather than transforming it out of thin air.

If there were no Mohist schools in Si Shang, the nobles would actually live a good life, and the people would always think it was natural.

But now the Mohist family has done so many things and so much publicity, which has given the people a comparison.

Shi has been saying that when the darkness shines out, it is the time when people are most willing to pursue light. On the contrary, under the boundless dark night, people often take it as accustomed to the darkest midnight.

Qi State is too close to Si Shang. The nearby Si Shang Mo family can cut off any reform path of Qi State and force any idea of ​​the Tian family of Qi State to enrich the country and strengthen the army to the contrary.

Gao Sunzi was actually impressed by most of his heart, but he was still worried, so he said: "You can't rely on the stupidity of the enemy. Qi State became rich by the profit of fish and salt. There were also schools in Qi State named Guanzi, and they also participated in our debates with Yang Zhu, Lie Yuko and others. Qi State is not without wise."

When he said this, Shi Renxiu couldn't help but say: "The Guanzi School is mostly talented, but they cannot be suitable for this era, nor for the current Qi State."

"For example, a piece of gold, you can't say that it's not very good, but now you are in the desert, which one would you choose? Can you say that gold is like wheat cake if you choose wheat cake?"

"The essence of Guanzi School lies in the mountains and seas of officials."

"This sounds good, but there is a problem."

"The Guanshanhai can enrich the treasury, but the premise is that the Guanshanhai can live in the official position. This is why I said that we should withdraw our troops from Qi, but we have to sign a peace agreement."

"The premise of Guanshanhai and "Extravagance" is that Qi State is closed. Only Guanshanhai can sell the iron tools of Qi State, only Guanshanhai can sell the salt of Qi State, only Guanshanhai can sell the nobles and wealthy families of Qi State cannot buy goods from other places, unemployed refugees of Qi State cannot go to other places to make a living, Qi State can control any industrial and commercial mines operated outside Guanshanhai."

The Mohist school particularly attached great importance to "inference" because Mozi believed that "if words are enough to continue to practice, they should be kept alive; if they are not enough to hold, they should not be kept alive. If they are not enough to hold and they should be kept alive, they should be kept alive."

In other words, if you can do any idea, you can promote it. If you can't do it but promote it, that is nonsense. This is used to criticize Confucian scholars, because Mozi thinks that Confucian scholars sounds good, but they are not practical and operational, and it is impossible to do it, so no matter how reasonable it sounds, it is nonsense.

After these things were corrected, the Mohists attached great importance to logical reasoning, and history itself was logically found. This is the historical view established by the Mohists, which led to a more mysterious "history" and "politics" that can sometimes be reasoned and know the future macro direction.

The current situation in the world after the end of the Qi-Mo War requires a reasoning and a reasoning, so that the next step of the Mohist school can be determined.

Shi's previous inferences were all saying that Qi could not be strong, and this was to convince Gao Sun to support his seemingly more moderate, somewhat surrenderist withdrawal practices, and appease the radical young people in Si Shang.

The question raised by that person now wants to continue to get involved in Qi State, so he followed the man's words: "Does Qi State have a future depend on what Qi State is?"

"If Qi State is the private property of Tian's family, then I'll say that Qi State has no future, or Tian's family has no future."

"But Qi State is not alone, one person has only one idea, but Qi State is composed of thousands of Qi people. If the people who are sovereign in Qi State, your question is whether the people of Qi State have a future?"

"Of course there is, why not? After they awakened, they overthrew the nobles, Hetian clan, and everyone under the Emperor of Heaven was equal, and developed production, and how could there be no future?"

"So far, we are all against the Tian family and the nobles, but not against the people of Qi. This must be clearly distinguished. In some public occasions in the future, we must also pay attention to this."

"The future policy will be known and inferred by Tian's in the future. But no matter what he does, as long as we can seize the points when signing the peace agreement, then the Qi State of Tian and the nobles will not have a chance to turn around."

"Now that I have finished speaking, who has different opinions on the general idea of ​​Qi?"

After saying that, Shi looked at Gao Sunzi first. Gao Sunzi nodded in silence and said, "I have no objection."

Gao Sunzi was still immersed in the debate just now, thinking about the various inferences about Qi State. At least there is no flaw yet, and the few things he was worried about seemed to have been solved.

To benefit the world, the world will be broad, there must be a sequence. Gao Sunzi is worried about whether the people of the Wenshui River, which had already obtained the benefits of the Mo family, would the Qi people of the Ji River suffer a second time after the Mo family withdrawn from Qi, and whether the Tian family and the nobles would make Qi a powerful enemy in the north of Si Shang because the Mo family helped them clear up some internal conflicts.

At least now, it sounds comfortable and has already expressed its opinion.

Since he said that he could not ignore the people of Wenshui and Jishui, he had morally consistent with the Mo family's righteousness, he did not have any essential differences with Gao Sunzi.

Since he analyzed that although the internal contradictions of the Tian family in Qi State were cleared, new contradictions arose, Gao Sunzi's concerns about the prosperity of Qi State in the north did not exist. In his judgment of the situation, Gao Sunzi has formed a kind of trust and habit of appropriateness, which has been developed in the turmoil of twenty years, rather than because of some kind of private trust.

The meaning of "Sui" is to analyze the various possibilities of Qi's country becoming stronger, and to rule out the possibility that Tian Shan becomes a "Mozhe", the other possibilities of becoming stronger can only be added to the peace agreement, even if it is completely locked and responds to changes in the same way, it is not impossible.

The only difference between the two is to go north and win quickly, and have an opportunity to pacify the Central Plains and then seek the four sides?

We should continue to continue the original strategy of the Mohist school, first south and then north, maintain Huaibei, Si Shang, which can cultivate cavalry and guide the Central Plains, first solve the problems in the south.

The appropriate method is more gentle, and in the current situation, Gao Sunzi is sure that he can only oppose it but cannot get widespread support.

Shi first stated at the beginning that he would not attack the country but benefit the world, which made Gao Sunzi not completely opposed Shi.

Gao Sunzi also understood the current internal situation of the Mo family, and also understood Mozi's evaluation of him and why he could not be a Mo family master. After expressing his attitude, he also turned to support him.

After the tone was set, a general plan of alignment and settlement based on this tone was born in a discussion.

After deducting those already set contents, the only variable is that the Mohist family wants to obtain Jucheng.

Because of the background of the migration of Yue State to the south, it was a foregone conclusion that Langya belonged to the Mo family. Jucheng, as the eastern end of the Great Wall of Qi State, was a nail that might threaten the Mo family's side, must be pulled out.

Jucheng is close to Langya and is not in the west of various countries. After obtaining it, countries will neither be overly stimulated nor will they have to be prepared for Wei, Han and Qi at any time.

Moreover, Jucheng is in hand, which is equivalent to the situation like Feidi again. The Mohist family can choose to defend Sishui and launch an attack on Linzi in Jucheng. Even if Qi and Wei form an alliance, they can still resolve Qi first and be invincible.

In this way, the country of Yue moved south, so that most of the northern Jiangsu Plain was under the control of the Mo family. Jucheng and Langya were the northern gates of the northern Jiangsu Plain. As long as an army was stationed there, retreating could rely on the blockage of the Yimeng Mountain to defend the essence of the land; attacking could cut off the Jiaodong Peninsula from the eastern line and threaten Jimo with the help of Xi Liuzhou Army.

The strategic situation of the entire Mohist school has been greatly improved.

In the northwest, Yutai, later generations, Peifeng followed Weishan Lake that had not yet appeared at this time and went south to Xuzhou and Suzhou.

Ju County, later generations in the northeast, bordered by Yimeng Mountain and Linyi, occupied most of the granaries of the northern Jiangsu plain along the East China Sea, heading south to Yancheng, controlling part of the Hangou Canal. At this time, it also had enough power, named Guangling, Yangzhou and Haiyang.

The western part was influenced by the Mohist school and had always balanced the aristocratic power as a strategic buffer and could interfere with the contradictions between Wei and Chu at any time.

The south is the Yue Kingdom, which has completely declined and cannot be more powerful. The time is right and you can rush straight to Yangzhou along the canal built by Wu and Yue to fight for hegemony.

In the north, the State of Qi was weakened by the Battle of Qi and Mo. Especially after giving up the southwest Qi and gaining Jucheng, Qi completely lost the courage to form alliances with other countries to fight against the Mo family: Apart from the instability of internal affairs, after the Mo family obtained Jucheng, they finally had two strategic directions of alignment. Going north in southwestern Shandong or taking the back roads in Jucheng Jimo made Qi dare not form alliances with other countries: if you dare to form an alliance, the first one to be beaten must be Qi.

The Yue State moved south to preserve its strength. The stability was incited by the Mo family. After the agricultural reform, the nobles of Wu State, who gradually became stronger, had just completely quelled the Prince Ding Rebellion that lasted for nearly twenty years, forcing the Yue State to establish good relations with the Mo family in order to mediate the possible attacks of the Chu State.

The Wei State and the Mo family had a peace talk, but the Mo family did not take Chengyang, which allowed Wei State to always threaten Lu, Song State and Qi State, especially the extremely wealthy southwestern Shandong region and Taoyi at this time.

But Tao Yi will now affect his whole body: if Wei does not form an alliance with Qi, then there is only one way to attack the Mo family, that is, to go south by Heshui, or to drag Song into the war against Song at all costs. And if you form an alliance with Qi, Qi will never agree.

In fact, he gave up the southwest of Qi and was instigating the conflict between Qi and Wei: if the Mo family occupied the southwest of Qi, then the Mo family would be located between Qi and Wei. But now he left Chengyang to Wei, and did not take any land in the southwest of Qi, leaving behind a weak Qi and a Qin State that was eyeing the Xihe River. This would cause the relationship between Qi and Wei to drop sharply. The Mo family could stand in the middle, maintain a stable balance, and even deterrent.

The Chu State in the southwest direction was extremely vast, with a sparse population and numerous lords. The King of Chu used this victory and wanted to centralize power, so it was basically impossible for him to launch a war against the Mo family.

As a buffer state for the Jin and Chu battle for hegemony, the Song State was actually facing a three-party balance, which made the Chu State even more afraid to move: the Mo family and the Song State had an alliance, and the Song State had to send troops when the Song State was attacked. Both Wei and the Chu State were between this. They used to only consider the attitude of the other party, but now they had to consider the attitude of the third party, and they would be extremely afraid of the Mo family and the other party.

Therefore, a stable balance after a war will be realized in the next few years. All countries are licking their wounds and can only watch the Mohist family expanding in northern Jiangsu but can do nothing.

The Mohist school of Si Shang has survived the most dangerous time. The comprehensive turning point in the strategic situation has enabled us to completely abandon the slogan of "non-attack" and to shout slogans that are even more scary but helpless.
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