Whether it is respecting ghosts and gods or loving people, what the envoy said now can make the capital of Zheng State persist in the siege of South Korea for more than half a year, etc., etc., are internal problems.

If internal problems are not solved, it is impossible to resist external invasion.

The messenger came with a purpose, but he did not know the true purpose, or the real purpose of the entire Mohist decision-making circle.

The real purpose of the Mohist decision-making circle is actually very simple: let Zheng State consolidate its army, build city walls, and let South Korea make a judgment: the later it annexes Zheng State, the more problems may arise.

It will be sooner or later that Zheng State will perish. Even if it does not perish in Wei and Han, it will be perished in Si.

The Mohist decision-making circle hoped that the demise of Zheng would be ahead of schedule. This time, the envoys sent to Zheng State with great fanfare, preparing to provide loans and weapons to Zheng State, help train new troops, build city walls, etc., all of which were forcing South Korea to take action quickly.

If Zheng State is not prepared, it may take seven or eight years to destroy the country.

But this time the Mohist family was unveiling to help Zheng State prepare for city defense, and the country might be destroyed in a few months.

South Korea does not want Zheng State to gradually possess the same force as Sishang, nor does it want Zheng State to transform the capital into a new, gunpowder era fortress.

This is obvious.

Wei will not allow South Korea to swallow Zheng. The only possibility that South Korea will swallow Zheng is to quickly blitzkrieg. Once the country is besieged and unable to fall, Wei will inevitably mediate.

This is what the envoy said to the monarch and ministers of Zheng State. This is the core meaning of diplomatic mediation to preserve weak countries.

The monarch and ministers of Zheng also agreed with this statement, and have always adhered to the current situation of relying on Wei to ensure that South Korea can only eat and not swallow it.

But I never thought that behind such facts, there was a deeper plan. Si Shang really contained evil intentions and led to the west.

There are two issues involved.

One of them is the Mo family's unparalleled city defense ability that has always been the world's unparalleled city defense ability. Back then, it relied on this unparalleled city defense ability to prevent Chu from attacking Song, Chu and Zheng, and Qi from attacking Lu.

The second is the level of Si Shang's training of the new army. Si Shang's righteous army fought against Nanjishui and the world moved. Then the Chu State quelled the rebellion of Prince Chen Cai.

These two issues are something that South Korea must consider, and it is also the direct reason why Zheng Guo believes that this is a life-saving straw.

Regarding the relationship between Wei and Han, the Mo family's envoy did not say a word, and the overall idea of ​​being able to defend the capital and maintain the Wei State mediation was also correct.

Although the monarch and ministers of Zheng State hope to strengthen their military strength, make South Korea unable to invade and defend their territory.

However, this is the idea of ​​Zheng Guo’s ruler and ministers, and they did not look at the problem from the perspective of South Korea.

Those in the authorities are confused, while those onlookers are clear.

For Zheng State, Si Shang is a real bystander and can think about the real situation beyond the perspective of the parties involved.

From the perspective of South Korea, this is very subtle.

Because South Korea also thinks the same way, it's okay if it doesn't provide assistance. If it is aid, the best choice South Korea has to make is to break the Wei capital before Zheng State can defend the capital.

Si Shang has a strong ability to defend the city, Si Shang is the most experienced in the city defense system in the gunpowder era, Si Shang helps other countries to train new troops... All kinds of factors are imposed on Zheng State, and what South Korea needs to consider is... If Zheng State truly completes the military reform in three to five years, will South Korea still be able to annex Zheng State? Will South Korea's confidant areas be threatened by Zheng State?

Twenty years ago, Zheng State defeated South Korea several times in a row with the power of a small country, and even directly besieged the capital of South Korea during the period when the Wei-Han-Zheng alliance entered the prince's decree. South Korea was always full of vigilance about Zheng State.

Once the military strength of Zheng State is enough to defend itself and support the intervention of various countries, then South Korea will never be able to defeat Zheng State unless both Wei and Chu lose their hegemony and completely decline - the issue of swallowing Zheng at that time will be the battle between Han and Wei and Han and Chu.

Considering this coup in Song State from South Korea's perspective does not have no impact on South Korea at all.

In addition to the spread of moral and equal thoughts that must be curbed, the threat of Si Shang's growing strength also makes it very likely that South Korea will send troops to Wei.

This time, the Song State coup also brought a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to South Korea.

That is when the Wei, Chu and Han alliance came together, South Korea directly annexed Zheng State, forcing Wei State to need South Korea's support to recognize the fait accompli of South Korea's annexation of Zheng State.

Otherwise, the main force would interfere with the Song State and fight against the most tenacious force today for a long time, and allow Zheng State to change its military reforms, fearing that South Korea would lose Zheng State forever.

Moreover, if Wei, Chu and Han work together to interfere in the Song State, the result will inevitably be that Song will survive and Mo will be opposed. This is an ideological war. South Korea may have made efforts but will not benefit, and instead suffer heavy losses.

For South Korea, the State of Song is far from close to it. It is even more important to the State of Zheng, which has been planning for thirty or forty years.

The Mohist decision-making level wanted to pretend to arm Zheng State and force South Korea to quickly annex Zheng State.

However, the monarch and ministers of Zheng State could not know the hidden thoughts of the Mo family. In their opinion, Si Shang might have their own purpose, which is to assist Zheng State in fighting against South Korea, but they did not expect that in the eyes of those people in Si Shang, whether Zheng State exists or not can involve South Korea.

If Zheng State begins military reform, even if South Korea does not accept Zheng and confronts Si Shang in Song State for a long time, then the future will come, Zheng State can back-slay South Korea and besiege the capital of South Korea.

If South Korea chose to swallow Zheng, then South Korea would not be able to spend too much energy on Song State. Although Zheng State had been eroded, the newly annexed land could not be converted into power without five or ten years. In addition, it would be necessary to reserve a large number of troops to involve power, so that even if the Wei, Chu and Han alliance was formed, it would be only Wei, Chu.

However, Wei and Chu distrust each other and fight each other for decades, which can be defeated one by one.

Moreover, the incident of South Korea's revocation of Zheng will inevitably arouse dissatisfaction between Wei and Chu. South Korea will never allow Wei and Chu to divide the territory of Zheng, because this is the hinterland of South Korea and is only a hundred miles away from the capital of South Korea. It is impossible to allow the three countries to work together to divide Zheng.

Once there are ulterior motives within, the changes in the Central Plains situation caused by the Song State coup will become increasingly beneficial to the Si Shang Mohist school.

Whether Si Shang was for his own benefit or had ulterior motives, Zheng State could not reject some of the opinions put forward by the Mohist envoy.

After explaining the way out of Zheng State in the long run, the envoy said to Zheng Junyi: "The master sent me here this time to prevent the people from falling into war."

"Only by fighting can you defend, the Koreans will hesitate and dare not start a war at will."

"If the battle cannot be defended, it is like a three-year-old child walking on the street market with a piece of gold. People with intentions must have malicious intentions. There are many people walking on the street market with gold, but they are much safer and fewer people are stolen. This is exactly what it means."

Zheng Junyi said: "This is what I can do. It is just that the reason why people in the streets cannot be robbed by others is that the law is determined and the robbers are punished."

"If the Heze Alliance in the past could establish the law of going abroad and the country, then that would be great, so that the big and small can stop the strong and the weak."

The messenger from Si nodded and said, "Although my Mo family is considering this for the world, I have this intention, but twenty years ago, the call to stop wars in the Central Plains was betrayed by various countries. I am already disheartened. There are many unrighteous kings in the world and cannot keep their trust."

Zheng Jun complained, but he had no other intentions.

A country like Zheng State that is absolutely incapable of being strong and surrounded by powerful countries is most looking forward to new international law.

There is another reason here.

The international law in the world was once the Zhou rituals. Under the rules of etiquette and law, what is right, what is wrong, how to conquer, how to attack, how to fight, what is in wartime, what is the old and the weak not to pursue, etc., are all considered the scope of international law.

However, the beginning of the destruction of the Zhou Li international law was caused by Zheng State, so Zheng State was most looking forward to the new international law and was embarrassed to talk about the Zhou Li State.

It was Duke Zhuang of Zheng who destroyed the international law part of the Zhou rites first. Duke Zhuang shot the Zhou emperor angrily when he was fighting with the emperor.

Zheng State had a case of Zhengzhou's conspiracy, and the emperor exchanged hostages with the princes. This matter completely destroyed the Zhou Li, which was shrouded over the heads of various countries and maintained relations with various countries.

Zhou Li's international law was partially destroyed, and Zheng State was first harmed. Now he naturally hopes that new international law will emerge. Only when the new international law is recognized by various countries can it be most beneficial to Zheng State and the independence of Zheng State can be guaranteed.

The Si Shang did not want to establish international law, nor would he advocate the call, but only implemented the war laws of the Xia Dynasty, which made all countries begin to expand their troops, prepare for war, and reform. Zheng State had some complaints about this.

Zheng State and Song State are very similar, but they are very different.

The State of Song can join the non-aggressive alliance of Si Shang, and with the support of Si Shang, it will remain neutral with the current fruitful state of Lu.

But Zheng State cannot do it.

Si Shang was too far away and Wei was too close. Zheng did not dare or could not join the non-aggressive alliance led by Si Shang, and could only serve as the surrender of Wei by the way of paying respects to Wei.

However, due to South Korea's relationship, Wei State could not truly guarantee the independence of Zheng State. On the contrary, it would use Zheng State as bait to maintain the Wei-Han alliance and appropriately suppress South Korea.

Si Shang was not the first choice of Zheng, but Zheng asked Wei to come forward, and the official efforts to ensure Zheng's independence did not receive any response. There were only a few ambiguous remarks, so some of the military and economic support from Si Shang were what Zheng State urgently needed now.

In theory, it sounds like Zheng State's approach is actually very stupid. It is surrounded by Wei and Han, but it still grandly receives the messenger of Si Shang, who is opposite Wei and Han. This is unwise.

The so-called strategy of getting along with each other with a large country can only be used by a small country to attack the near and near, is the way to perish itself.

But the problem is that Zheng Guo understands that even if he doesn't make friends with Si Shang, South Korea will beat itself. South Korea will never lack reasons for fighting itself. Moreover, no one obeys Zhou Li anymore. Sometimes there is no reason for fighting wars and annexation. This is the cruelty of a great struggle.

If Wei and Han were a person, Chu or Si Shang existed as a threat, Zheng State could certainly maintain independence as a vassal state as a buffer, but this was not the case. Then this seemingly unwise approach is actually the choice that is most conducive to Zheng.

Looking at the longer term, the situation in Zheng State is a dead end, and it will never be solved from the perspective of Zheng State.

Si Shang just killed this inevitable knot in advance.
Chapter completed!