The people who came to attack Zhuangzi claimed to be under orders from Yin Zhaowu.
Zhao family? That is the direct descendant of the current Chu family.
Mo Zhai was rather skeptical as to whether it came from the Zhao family.
After all, the current state of Chu needs to unite to resist foreign enemies, but the local princes are running rampant. The public does not want to aggravate the conflict and can only give in to the local princes step by step, so that the public will act more cautiously.
The Duke's attack on the manor of the local lord was very likely to trigger another round of civil strife in Chu State, but King Ning of Chu did not understand.
"Do you have a token?" Mo Zhai asked the man who was obviously the leader.
The man replied: "This matter should not be publicized. Why do you carry the token with you?"
The truth is this, but Mo Zhai has eyes that can see, and his brain can also distinguish the weapons, armor and some tools of the attackers that have the shadow of the original country.
How should I put it? There are always new things appearing in the original country. Usually they are put into use by the military first, and then slowly spread to the people.
The principle of giving priority to the military is shared. Many technologies will not be made public at all due to confidentiality needs. Technologies that can be passed on to the civilian population are generally backward.
We are still in the feudal era, and there are no things with high technological content. However, some technologies that may be easily stolen by other countries after being passed down to the people will not be spread to the people.
The leader of the attackers saw Mo Zhai's suspicion and said: "Dachu is weaker than Yuan, so why don't we catch up quickly? We are people with a wide range of left and right, so we should give priority to the results."
Mo Zhai glanced around and found that if the attacker wanted to do something, Mo Zhai would not be able to resist at all.
Furthermore, Mo Zhai already knew that the Xiang family would not introduce Chu Wang Ning at all, and was not even willing to invite more nobles to participate. He wanted to have the Xiang family and the Liang family exclusively enjoy the accumulated achievements of the Mo family.
In this case, Mo will not break away from Xiang's control at all, and he will become Xiang's forbidden wife one day, until one day Xiang thinks he has mastered the desired technology, and quietly disposes of Mo.
Don't think that this kind of thing won't happen. It should be said that it happens all the time in every era, and the means to ensure that secrets are not leaked will be bloody.
Mo Zhai could only ask his clansmen to pack their things, while quietly giving instructions: "The hidden equipment must not be destroyed."
The group that came to attack packed up the equipment they could take away, and destroyed the equipment they couldn't take away.
Mo Zhai couldn't figure out which side the intruders belonged to, but he knew that Xiang would definitely clean up Zhuangzi and leave something behind that would be beneficial and harmless to Mo.
The intruders prepared some carriages to take away some of Mo's equipment.
That kind of preparation made Mo Zhai even more confused, thinking: "Is it the Chu State that has been infiltrated into a sieve by the Yuan State, so many people can be hidden near the capital, and there are so many carriages, or are they?
Are you really from the Duke of Chu?"
Mo Zhai, who had sufficient authority in the Song Dynasty for a short period of time, had witnessed the Yuan Kingdom secretly infiltrating other countries.
In the original "Battle of Shangqiu", the original army seemed to have a good grasp of the city's defense facilities and knew many things happening in the city.
What does this mean? It only means that Yuan Guo has already laid out its plans, arranged manpower and bought some people at the same time.
Mo Zhai could even guess that among the nobles who came to defect to Chu this time, there must be fake people from the original country.
If he could meet Chu Wangning, Mo Zhai would tell his guess.
It is very simple to investigate the nobles of Song who came to Chu to seek refuge. Since they are nobles, they will have chances to come into contact with each other. A certain noble that no one knows must be a fake.
Mo Zhai planned to use this as a basis for promotion, gain the trust of Chu Wang Ning, and then show off Mo's abilities, so that he could obtain the resources he wanted in a very short time, and actually do what he wanted to do.
"We have been walking for two hours and there is no sign that the convoy has stopped?" Mo Zhai became more and more suspicious that the attacker was from the Yuan Kingdom. He was not ordered by Yin Zhaowu, the order of the Chu Kingdom, let alone Zuo Guang, the Chu Kingdom's "left and right"
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The carriage has a carriage, which is completely enclosed, and the outside scenery cannot be seen.
Mo Zhai used how much time he had traveled to judge, and he also felt the bumpiness of the frame to guess the speed and road conditions.
If you use a horse-drawn carriage to travel, it is normal to cover a distance of more than ten miles in two hours.
Zhuangzi is not even ten miles away from "Ying". During this period, you can still feel the carriage going uphill and downhill. It must be a mountain road?
It wasn't until the car door was opened that Mo Zhai realized that he and others were being taken to a valley.
Inside is a seemingly large camp with many buildings and many people wearing Chu army uniforms.
"There are relatively vast mountainous areas around 'Ying' only in the east. Is this the mountainous area?" Mo Zhai identified the direction. There were no landmark coordinates, so it was really difficult to identify it.
However, the mountainous area to the east is only about ten miles away from "Ying". It makes no sense that the Chu State doesn't know that there is a camp in a certain valley, right? If the Chu State doesn't know about a camp so close to the capital, then why should the Chu State not know about it?
perished.
At this time, Mo Zhai believed that the group of people who attacked Zhuangzi were the armed forces of the Chu State, but he was still quite confused about their affiliation.
Chu State has not had a "left and right" organizational structure for a very long time. As a result, Chu State does not have large-scale elite troops. When fighting with other countries, it lacks an elite to carry the flag and cannot effectively serve as a benchmark to inspire the morale of other friendly forces.
Later, Mo Zhai met a man who called himself Qu Shuo, who introduced himself as the Sanlu doctor of Chu State.
Doctor Sanlu? No matter how ignorant Mo Zhai is, he still knows what he does.
The so-called "Sanlu Dafu" is the Zongzheng of the Chu State. His main scope of duties is to preside over the ancestral temple sacrifices, and is also responsible for the management of the Qu family, the Jing family and the Zhao family.
Don't look at those powers that seem to be inconsequential. Among them, presiding over the ancestral temple sacrifices is extremely important, not to mention having the right to educate the children of three powerful clans.
With those two powers, the Sanlu officials of Chu State can usually intimidate the monarch. Otherwise, if they just make some trouble during the ancestral temple sacrifice, it will be enough for the monarch, and the influence will be great enough to force him to abdicate.
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Since the Sanlu doctor has such a deterrent effect on the monarch, it means that the new king needs the approval of the Sanlv doctor before he succeeds to the throne, otherwise he will not be able to pass the test of worshiping the ancestral temple before taking the throne.
"Is it true that your country's commander Yin sent someone to rescue him?" Mo Zhai asked.
It's not that Mo Zhai is too suspicious and ill, it's mainly that he was frightened by being deceived by the Xiang family. Secondly, he suspected that the Duke of Chu didn't know the importance of the Mo family at all, and took the risk of increasing conflicts with the local princes and used force to remove Mo Zhai.
rescued.
Qu Shuo really knew what Mr. Mo was capable of, so he smiled and said, "Exactly."
They knew that the Mo family still needed to start with the Xiang family who came to seek refuge with Chu State.
This Xiang family comes from the Song Dynasty. They are a family that has served as Zuoshi for generations in the Song Dynasty and is equivalent to the commander-in-chief of the national armed forces.
Others may not know what Mo did in the Song Dynasty. What goals Mo wanted to achieve could not bypass Xiang. Xiang also learned from the city defense equipment that Mo Zhai deployed in "Shangqiu" that Mo was good at making equipment.
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Due to the useless connections of most of the nobles who came to defect from the Song Dynasty, the Xiang family was implicated and did not gain the desired status in the Chu Kingdom.
In order to gain attention, Xiang Yu rarely met Chu Wang Ning and emphasized the importance of the Mo family.
King Ning of Chu heard about the Mo family's ability, and sent people to check if there was any Mo family among the many families who came to seek refuge. After checking, it was found that there was indeed a Mo family, and he was taken away by Xiang Wu.
Next, the Duke of Chu did not need to bother to investigate at all. They only needed to find out where the Xiang family was around the capital. After a little more research, they could easily find the place where the Xiang family was used to imprison the Mo family.
Zhaowu, who was responsible for this task, did not ask the Xiang family for the Mo family at all. He knew very well that once he mentioned it, he would only ask the Xiang family to transfer the Mo family. He quickly mobilized "left and right Guang" to launch a surprise attack on Zhuangzi who was imprisoning the Mo family.
As for whether this will cause local princes to confront the public clan again? The current strength of the Xiang family is relatively average, and is not even as strong as the hardcore ally Liang family. The Xiang family and the Liang family are not enough to serve as the main force for local princes to fight against the public clan.
, it is just a quarrel at most, and the possibility of triggering another civil war is not high.
The Xiang family originally wanted to eat alone, but later they just took the Liang family to play together. If they were smart enough, most of them would try to get some compensation from the public family, otherwise they could only pretend that nothing happened.
Once the Xiang family makes a big fuss? Don't think that the feudal lords from all over the country are unified. Although they are all local lords, they also have conflicts with each other. They just form cooperation under the need to work together to fight against the public clan.
"Your country has learned a lot from the original country. Can you allow Zhai to take a look first?" Mo Zhai made a request.
Qu Shuo smiled and replied: "There is no hurry, let's settle the clan first."
The Chu State had only heard that the Mo family was very powerful in making instruments, and they paid a certain amount of attention to it. However, because "Shangqiu" had not been defended by the instruments made by the Mo family, no matter how much attention it paid, it would be limited.
The Gong family also needs Xiang Shi to come and recognize him, so as not to cause any trouble and make a joke when the country is in dire straits.
In addition, Mo needs to show his value first. Only when he has enough value can the public pay more attention to it. The resources invested are also related to the value Mo shows.
In this way, the Mo clan settled down in the valley first.
Two days later, Xiang Yu came to the valley and met Mo Zhai. The two had just met before and had no special friendship.
Xiang Yu seemed to be very enthusiastic. After chatting for a while, he said bluntly: "The mother country has been destroyed. If you come to Chu State, you may be able to restore the country. If you want to restore the country, you still need your full support."
Restore the country? Although Mo Zhai is a royal family of the Song Dynasty, to be honest, the blood relationship is quite distant. After all, I don’t think the Song Dynasty can be restored to the country.
Guo Zuo of the Song State surrendered after the new king ascended the throne. The new king became the earl of the original country, which was equivalent to abandoning all the people of the Song State.
The nobles of the Yuan Kingdom may gnashed their teeth in hatred for the Yuan Kingdom's aggressive land equalization in the Song Dynasty, but more people were extremely grateful to the Yuan Kingdom.
The new king of the Song Dynasty lost the most basic people's support by doing this, and the original crown prince was a princess of the Song Dynasty. It was really difficult to re-establish the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, even if the Yuan State suffered a disastrous defeat in the confrontation with the Chu State and the Chu State supported the Song State's restoration, the Song State would not be the Song State of the past. It would definitely become like the Cai State, which would soon be annexed by the Chu State.
Mo Zhai understood those truths and could only look at the impassioned Xiang Yu with a dull expression, unable to give any false hope.
After confirming to Yu that this Mo family was that Mo family, he quickly asked Qu Shuo to take him away.
Two days later, another team came to the valley.
"Is Zhu Xia the leader of the Mo family?" Zhao Wu looked like he was smiling kindly.
According to the custom of Chu State, Zhaowu had another nickname called Zigao, which was the same as the nickname of some famous people.
In fact, Mo Zhai had enough idle time. He patiently chatted with Zhao Wu for a few words and said bluntly: "The Mo family came to Chu because they were unbeaten in the fight against the Gongshu family in Shangqiu. They wanted to win in Chu."
The country proves the family's ability. If the Chu State is willing to help me, I will stay in the Chu State, otherwise..."
Technical people are usually like that. They know exactly what they should do and don't allow their time to be wasted.
Zhaowu really didn't expect Mo Zhai to be like this. He was stunned for a moment, laughed a few times when he came back to his senses, and then said: "I think it was the Mo family who helped me Da Chu."
Come again.
There was no end to the pleasantries.
The efficiency of doing serious things is so low.
No wonder the life of Chu State is getting worse day by day.
Mo Zhai was a man who traveled to many countries, and the one that left the most profound impression was Yuan Kingdom.
A long time ago, other countries ridiculed the original people for always coming and going in a hurry, but little did they know that most of the original people who seemed to be in a hurry had very clear goals.
Mo Zhai had personally seen the efficiency of the Yuan Kingdom in digging canals. With the same manpower and material support, other countries might have taken a year to do it, but the Yuan Kingdom only needed three months to complete it.
With Zhiwei's observation, he can understand why the original country is becoming more and more powerful. Instead of taking a step forward, many countries are even retreating.
To be honest, Mo Zhai believed that even if the Chu State could unite sincerely, the most it could do would be to prevent the Yuan State from destroying the Chu State, and it would be impossible to counterattack into the Yuan State with the current situation.
If civil strife broke out in the Yuan Kingdom within twenty years or even longer, the Chu State might still be able to catch up with the Yuan Kingdom.
The Chu State must also understand that it must hold on until the original king Yao dies, and wait for the new king of the original state to ascend the throne to see if there will be a new turn for the better.
Mr. Mo came to Chu State to prove himself and had no intention of taking root in Chu State.
Once the Mo family proves themselves, what will they do? They must detach a branch and go to the original country. Presumably, with their performance in the Chu country, they can be easily accepted by the original country.
Mo Zhai actually has this kind of mentality? First of all, he is the head of the Mo family, and secondly, he is a person who is interested in related technologies. He must first ensure the continuity of the family.
This is true for everyone, there are no exceptions.
People who don't have that kind of awareness can't actually become the head of a family. Once they take the position, they will be overthrown very quickly.
Of course, all this needs to be established after Mo Shi really shows his value, and the better he performs, whether in Chu State or in the original country, he can get the treatment he wants.
"How much time is left for the Mo family?" Mo Zhai has been unable to know the movements of the original country recently and cannot make relevant judgments.