While discussing the matter of dividing Zheng State, Gongshuzhuo and Han Xiang also discussed the matter of Si Shang and Song State.

Gongshuzhuo was full of vigilance against Si Shang, but he understood that Wei was powerless now, so Wei urgently needed allies to fight Si Shang on the eastern front.

The situation during the time of Wenhou has been ruined now, and Qin began to reform. Due to the issue of Xihe's ownership, the relationship between Wei and Qin is no longer possible, unless Wei hand over Xihe.

On the eastern front, Wei State wanted to reconcile with Chu State and bring Chu State into the front line of the fight against the Mo family.

Gongshuzhu also knew that once Wei and Han divided the Zheng State, the relationship between Chu and Wei would once again drop to freezing point, and the distrust between each other and a century of hatred would be even more impossible to dissolve.

However, if Zheng State does not give it to South Korea, there will always be a grudge in the relationship between Wei and Han. South Korea cannot give it to Zheng State, and its external strategy can only be to do work but not work.

Gongshu Zhuo had no choice. If South Korea had all won Zheng, it would be even more difficult to curb. The situation of one and two strong people within the Three Jins has been broken. Zhao State continued Gong Zhonglian's reforms. If South Korea obtained all the territory of Zheng, the diplomatic situation of Wei State would be even more ugly.

Fortunately, when the Heze Alliance was held four years ago, Chu State had to return to Yu Pass, which made Song State and Si Shang naturally develop conflicts once Song State were controlled by the Mo family.

The policy of strategic contraction was decided by Gongshuzhu, and Wei Dou accepted it after he figured out the situation. Gongshuzhu hoped to use the Zheng State incident to establish a more threatening common enemy: the Mohist school of Sishang.

This allowed the Wei-Han relationship to continue to maintain a real alliance.

The wishful thinking of South Korea was to change the land, using Huangchi, Yongqiu, Xiangling and other cities close to Song State to exchange for the land of Wei State that the soon-to-be-divided.

In this case, it is equivalent to some broken enclaves in South Korea being connected together, and at the same time, the cities on the front line against the Mo family were replaced by the cities on the Zheng State, allowing the Wei State to resist on the front line.

This wishful thinking is that Han Hou and the Prime Minister Han knew that Wei State could not accept it, but he could use this as a bargaining chip to gain greater benefits in the division of Zheng State.

The purpose of Gongshu Zhuo's eyes on South Korea at first sight is obvious: South Korea has to retreat from Huang Chi and other places, and Wei State will face two problems.

One is that South Korea has left the front line of fighting against Si Shang.

The second is that if Chu and Wei war started, Han would be more likely to threaten Wei.

Because with the current national strength of Chu, there is no way to go to war on two fronts. Either go north on the Lushan line in Nanyang or go north on the Daliang line in Yuguan.

Although South Korea was the first to be in the direction of Lushan, it directly threatened Yiluo, which could directly reach the Zhou emperor, and even cut Wei into two sections.

If Chu took the road north of Mount Lu, Wei must rescue him. Without Han requesting Wei, Wei would send troops.

But if South Korea gave up Huangchi Yongqiu, then if Chu State goes north on the Yuguan Daliang line, South Korea can remain neutral and threaten Wei State with a neutral attitude to gain more benefits.

Similarly, Chu State also had reason to make peace with South Korea alone, so South Korea could eat two families and watch the tiger fight.

Since it is obvious that Wei State cannot accept it, it is just to start the price on the ground and pay it back on the spot.

Gongshuzhu is actually irritated about the negotiations in South Korea. He is at this point and is still intriguing for small profits, without considering Si Shang's threat at all.

Si Shang is separated from Qin from the east and west, Wei and Han are sandwiched between them, and Chu is in the south. Even though it is extremely dangerous, the Three Jins are still fighting in the internal strife. How can Gongshu Zhu not be irritable?

However, at this time, there was no talent who could sign and make a joint contribution to the six countries. Gongshuzhu, as the prime minister of Wei, could not gain the trust of various countries.

Furthermore, although Si Shang has risen rapidly in recent years, the princes of the world will not forget the Wei Kingdom that fought against the Central Plains from all sides.

Especially Gongshu Zhuo understood that once the Zheng State was divided by the reason for the anti-Mo Alliance, the reputation of Wei State would be completely bankrupt.

In history, the landmark event of the Warring States Period, which had no so-called aristocratic spirit in the Spring and Autumn Period, was that South Korea took advantage of the opportunity of Wei and Chu to join the war and allies to occupy Zheng State and force Wei State to admit it. This kind of intrigue State had no faith and righteousness to Qin State seized King Huai of Chu to the peak, which caused the countries to completely abandon the "international law" of the Zhou Li era and completely became a dark forest.

Nowadays, this kind of intrigue situation is much earlier. Five years ago, Wei State cheated Qi State and made peace with the Mo family alone, which was considered a breach of the precept, but it was not too serious.

But this time... Gongshu Zhuo knew that it was unlikely that the word trust would exist among the princes.

Now, Gongshuzhuo understands, Han Xiang understands, Wei Ji understands, Han You understands, and even the King of Chu understands that Si Shang will be the great enemy of the princes in the world in the future.

But who will be the first to be this? Who will ensure that when they fight with Si Shang and defend the long-term interests of all the princes, those who are defending will not stab themselves in the back?

Even if the State of Chu says, you Wei will fight, and if you Wei has defeated all the last elite field army, I will not take the opportunity to seize a city of Wei... Will the King of Chu believe it himself?

Time and momentum.

If Wei State had the advantages of Wen Hou, the Song State incident was easy to resolve this time: it was clear that Zheng State's independence was guaranteed, oppose South Korea's annexation of Zheng State, shoulder the righteousness of maintaining the world of Zhou Li, and take the lead in attacking Si Shang.

However, the current national power and prestige of Wei cannot be held back, and he dare not take it. He can only choose immediate interests and divide Zheng.

As for the future, it means living one day.

When the two sides talked about Song and Si Shang, they looked sad and worried.

But I was worried, but I didn't talk about any effective solutions.

Wei Han even agreed that he would not choose to send troops, at least not now, especially the oppression of the siege ability displayed on Si Shang after the Dangshan siege.

After all, the division of Zheng State requires interfering with the Song State Alliance as a pretext. Han Xiang said: "As soon as this matter is done, I am afraid that the Chu people will be angry."

"Although the Chu people and the Mo family were not close, they were not hostile. Apart from the Battle of Shangqiu more than 20 years ago, there was no hatred recently."

"I'm just afraid that the Chu people will be angry and join forces with the Mo family to interfere in this matter."

What Han Xiang is worried about is not unreasonable.

The State of Chu sent a ruling and Grand Sima to the alliance to talk about jointly preventing the rise of Si Shang. As we were talking here, Wei Han took action to divide Zheng State, and after that, he would not bring the State of Chu to the alliance. If the State of Chu was not angry, it would be a pity.

Moreover, when Zheng State was divided into north, the rear of Chu State's protruding parts in the direction of the Central Plains was completely cut off. There was originally a buffer country, but now Wei and Han can directly threaten the south of Yuguan. If the gap is broken, Yuguan, which Chu State finally wants to return, will be considered a dead city, and Daliang City will never be able to take it back.

Gongshuzhuo smiled and said, "There is no need to worry about this. The relationship between us and the people of Chu is nothing more than a grudge between the king and the king and the country is competing for power."

"With Si Shang, it is a world-shaking hatred and a fear of turning the world. When Si Shang rises, even if we fight with Chu, Chu will participate in the war against Si Shang."

"So, when dealing with Si Shang, we don't need to consider whether the Chu people trust us."

"The Chu people trusted the Mo family, but the King of Chu was absolutely unacceptable to what the Mo family did. Everyone is equal, respects the virtuous and loves the people, and chooses the virtuous as the princes and emperors... This is to destroy the country and to destroy the ancestral temples. When we fight with the Chu people, it is just a few cities."

"Since the Chu people will definitely oppose Mo, why should we be nice to the Chu people?"

Han Xiang praised: "It's all right to resolve my confusion. But the Chu people will definitely be angry in this matter. How can I be prepared for this?"

Gongshuzhuo said again: "What can the Chu people be angry? Chu State reforms and the country is in chaos. If there are no foreign allies, how can it interfere with Zheng State?"

"The only possible foreign aid ally is Si Shang. But we must first join forces with the Chu people and denounce the Mo family's actions."

"This is equivalent to making it impossible for Chu and the Mo family to form an alliance first, and then we will cheat Chu. What can he do? It's impossible that he just scolded the Mo family today and opposed the morality of the Mo family. He turned around tomorrow and went to seek an alliance? Will the Mo family trust Chu? Does the Chu family think the Mo family will agree?"

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The envoy of the King of Chu was not far from Wei. On the way, the Grand Sima of Chu received the news that the siege of Dangshan was over.

The current political structure of Chu State is closely related to the previous twenty years.

More than 20 years ago, the Mohist family first shocked the world, and they killed the Grand Sima of Chu in Shangqiu City.

Later in the Battle of Daliang City, Wu Qizhan killed Chu Youyin and several real power lords.

This provided an opportunity for the reform of Chu State.

The three tribes of Qu, Zhao and Jing firmly controlled the position of Ling Yin. In the eight hundred years of Chu State, only a few people from other surnames were able to get the position of Ling Yin, and Ling Yin could not be replaced.

However, the Grand Sima, who was originally a noble sect of the nobles, was killed and the seat was vacant. The King of Chu could finally arrange some scholars to go in.

Normally, the court of Chu State has unspoken rules. If Ling Yin died of illness or made a mistake due to some reason, the Grand Sima was the first to be replaced.

The current court in Chu State is actually the grand clan led by Ling Yin and opposed reform; the scholar class led by Grand Sima Youyin supports reform.

Both sides have different interests and different foreign policies.

The King of Chu hoped that Chu would not involve the matter of Song and would continue to change; the nobles of the great clans hoped that Chu would go to war against Song in order to increase the power of the powerful nobles.

This time, when we came to the alliance, the King of Chu had a clear idea. Since the Mo family chose to send troops to the State of Song completely rejected the opinion of peacefully dividing the State of Song and implemented mobilization, it really meant to take action.

Then the Chu State would not choose to go to war with the Mo family, and to give up the interests of the Song State, which would make the relationship between the Mo family and Wei and Han even more tense.

If the State of Chu does not send troops, Wei and Han will not send troops. This is obvious.

In fact, this time the King of Chu was sincere. Daliang City could no longer be taken back. Even if it was taken back, it would be equivalent to resisting Wei on the front line of anti-Mo. In addition, Chu had already struggled to return to Yu Pass, so instead of talking nonsense about Daliang, it would be better to take advantage of this alliance to completely abandon Daliang's claim.

In Daliang, Qifeng, Yuguan, Yangxia, Xiangling and other places, the three countries of Wei, Chu and Han built cities, strengthened defenses, and were consistent with the outside world. Don’t conflict with each other in this place.

Once you want to build a city, there will be no conflict. You can't say that I am building a city where I am guarding against the Mo family. You can beat me while I am building a city and let me not be able to cultivate it.

Second, once the city defenses are improved, the Wei, Chu and Han dynasties will have less battles in the direction of the Central Plains due to these cities, and it will be difficult to attack the city, especially the new-style strong cities, so that they can truly be prepared to prevent the Mohist countries from entering the Central Plains.

The third thing is to sign an anti-Mo Alliance as much as possible. Internal fighting is possible, but if the Mo family attacks any of these cities in the direction of the Central Plains, it is best to work together to fight.

The State of Chu has actually abandoned the Central Plains strategy and turned to a temporary strategic contraction, waiting for future reforms to discuss counterattacks.
Chapter completed!