ps: Correction: The surname Wang in Zhongshan is Ji, not the Yi I thought before. The founding king of Zhongshan, Duke Wen of the State of Zhongshan, claimed to be a descendant of Huangdi, and took the surname Ji of the Zhou Dynasty as his surname, so later generations all took Ji as his surname, and at this time he was the King Ji Shang of the Sixth Generation of Zhongshan.

"What should I do according to your opinion?"

Meng Shi gritted his teeth and said, "According to the encounter of a villain, Zhongshan can be protected, but it is better to surrender to Zhao with the city. I heard that Zhao's father, who is broad-minded and is the dragon among people. If the master surrenders him, he will not have to worry about his own safety. Although he may not be able to be reused, his life can be preserved, and it is least useful to be a rich man."

Sima Xi was slightly surprised and looked at Meng Shi in surprise and said, "You are a member of the Baidi tribe, but you advise me to surrender to Zhao?"

"The villain doesn't know what Bai Di is, but only knows to be loyal to the Lord. If the Lord can stand in Zhongshan, the villain should regard Zhongshan as his country. If he cannot, I will also betray Zhongshan with you!"

Sima Xi was moved, but she didn't know how to say it. So she stopped talking, just looked at Meng Shi's face tightly and asked for a long time, "Meng Shi, do you trust me?"

Meng Shi lowered his head deeply and said humbly, "Master, you gave the villain's life. Don't trust you. Even if you need my life, you can take it at any time."

"Okay, since that's the case, please don't ask me why. I naturally have my plans for doing things. You don't have to worry. That's good?"

Seeing that Sima Xi was so confident, Meng Shi still didn't know what Sima Xi was planning, but in his helplessness he had to nod and agree.

"It's dark, Lord, you should rest early. If you delay tomorrow's morning court, you will be too serious."

"Yeah, okay, then you can step down first."

"promise!"

...

On the morning of the next morning, the civil and military officials of Zhongshan were still pretending to come to the court as usual. An explosive news was confirmed at the court meeting. The previous rumored defeat of the Zhongshan army was really true, and there was a lot of discussion in the court.

However, Sima Xi looked as usual and did not feel panic at all. He had already learned about this news before everyone. Now in Zhongshan, as a prime minister, he is powerful and has been favored by Ji Shang. Anyone who requested the King of Zhongshan would first pass by him before deciding whether to send it to Ji Shang for a review. Even the military situation was not surprising. Last night, he had already received the front-line military newspaper, but suppressed the news for a night, and it was not until the next morning that he reported to the King of Zhongshan.

After learning that Shiyi and Caocheng were surrendered to the Zhao people, Ji Shang was furious and cursed in front of the ministers in the court, ordering the whole country to search the two traitors' tribe members. He then became deeply scared and thought that once the two cities were lost, there would be no danger to defend the south of Zhongshan Kingdom.

Ji Shang looked at the many ministers in the audience with a panic and asked loudly: "Now that the Zhao army is approaching, do you have any good ways to resolve this crisis, but you are not careful. I listen carefully."

"The king does not need to panic." An elderly man with white hair stepped forward, wearing a white Confucian robe that looked particularly eye-catching.

The man was unaware of it and still said confidently, "I dare to guarantee that the Zhao army will return without success in the past."

"Oh?" Ji Shang looked excited and asked quickly, "Why is Doctor Wen so sure?"

Doctor Na Wen laughed and said in front of everyone's eyes, "The Zhao army has two reasons for defeat. First, the Zhao army was named Wuming and attacked Zhongshan. The soldiers in the army must have complained a lot; second, Zhao Yong is a violent and eccentric person, and he actually took off his Chinese clothes and wore simple clothes like those Hu people. This move is undoubtedly a counter-instance. Those who oppose him in Zhao must be like a carp crossing the river. On the contrary, our Zhongshan country respects the way of the previous kings and practices benevolent governance. How can Zhao defeat the benevolent and righteous troops with unkindness? "

As soon as these words were spoken, a small half of the people in the court agreed, and they all said it was very true.

Sima Xi listened on the side and sneered in her heart, thinking that this was a corrupt scholar who ruined the country. He was about to die, but he still spoke the ways of the previous kings and the sayings of benevolence and righteousness. Duke Xiang of Song was benevolent and righteous, but he was defeated by the unkind and righteous Chu army, and finally died by the people of the world. (Duke Xiang of Song, the king of Song State in the Spring and Autumn Period, wanted to inherit the hegemony of Duke Huan of Qi in his junior high school, and talked about the demeanor of the gentleman in ancient times. In order to uphold the pedantic creed, he was passive in political and military struggles, and abused benevolence and righteousness on the enemy country and even the enemy army, and was even humiliated several times, and finally lost to the Chu army in the Battle of Hongshui)

It has to be said that Zhongshan Kingdom is a strange country. At that time, their ancestors fought over the obstacles and fought with Jin and the Zhao Kingdom after hundreds of years before they found their current foundation. Zhongshan was once destroyed by the Wei general Le Yang, but later, Duke Huan of Zhongshan led the Baidi tribe to defeat the Wei army with his tenacious will and the tenacious spirit of his tribe. He relied on his tenacious will and the tenacious spirit of his tribe, and led the Baidi tribe to defeat the Wei army, regain his hometown and establish his country, and quickly became stronger. His strength made the seven heroes dare not underestimate it.

Duke Huan followed Duke Cheng and Ji Shang, the king of Zhongshan, were unable to be vigilant in times of peace, but they had no ambition to be enterprising. In order to enrich the country and strengthen the army, the countries in the Central Plains all implemented reforms, reformed bad policies, and strengthened the country's strength. However, the Zhongshan Kingdom became conservative and not only did not actively reform, but also kept regressing. It also made people feel incredible that all countries regard the Legalist learning as the art of governing the country, but Zhongshan Kingdom believed in the theory of Confucianism and Mohism, and were obsessed with the theory of benevolence, righteousness and love. The believers of the Confucian and Mohism were flooded in the court and secretly occupied important positions in Zhongshan.

Confucianism and Mohist thought were a good prescription for saving the social and national disasters that were frequent wars and life were tragic. In other words, it was to call on the princes to stop annexation and implement the kingly way and love. Although these two theories have a large number of believers among the people, especially Confucianism, their usability is greatly insufficient. In other words, the classics learned by Confucianism and Mohism are completely idealistic, suitable for the peaceful world to be promoted, and in the increasingly fierce annexation and war between princes, these two idealisms are undoubtedly a fantasy.

This is why Confucius traveled around the countries, and the princes treated him as guests, but no one dared to use him. Mo Di took it as his responsibility to not attack and love both in his life, and had a large number of followers among the people, but the rulers of the countries regarded the Mohist school as a disaster. In the final analysis, these two theories were not suitable for the chaotic times at that time, so there was no market among the countries. On the contrary, the Legalists who took the responsibility of enriching the country and strengthening the army were very popular and sought to be sought after by all countries.

All countries were rewarding farming and fighting, but Zhongshan State had a unique idea of ​​implementing the policy of "respecting Confucianism but looking down on heroes", which led to "warriors being lazy in the formation, farmers being lazy in the fields". The martial spirit in the blood of the Baidi people quickly melted away, and Zhongshan State also had a situation of "weaker than the enemy, and poor in the country" and its strength declined rapidly. By the time Ji Shang's hands, Zhongshan State had no longer the appearance of a powerful country back then, but it continued under the continuous erosion of Zhao State.

Of course, the most important point is that the fundamental reason why Confucianism and Mohist theory were popular in Zhongshan was facilitated by Sima Xi. After gaining Ji Shang's trust, he continued to subtly change Ji Shang's ideas and promoted a large number of flashy and unrealistic Confucian scholars who could only talk big and talk big into the court and take charge of Zhongshan Kingdom.

So although Sima Xi was disdainful, he pretended to be in agreement. "What Doctor Wen said is very true. The king does not need to worry too much. Although the Zhao army is powerful, it cannot last long. Once it lasts, Qi and Wei will send troops to restrain Zhao."

The one Ji Shang trusted most was Sima Xi. When he saw Sima Xi say so, he naturally believed it. Then he cleared his face and said relieved. "I feel relieved, it's really a false alarm. But Ji Xin is really hateful. It's a pity that his whole family has been killed, otherwise I can relieve the hatred in my heart."

Sima smiled and said, "Don't worry, you will have opportunities in the future."

He remembered something again, and said with a deep face and a worried look, "But the king is still not careless. The Zhao army is now in great power, and there are few soldiers in Lingshou City. If the Zhao army forcibly attack Lingshou, we will be difficult. It is better to send a quick horse to the Geguan City in Danqiu Huayang, so that they can quickly return to Lingshou for reinforcements and join forces with our army. In this way, the city with high and deep reliance on Lingshou will definitely be foolproof."

"That's as my dear said, you can make arrangements for it yourself."
Chapter completed!