Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

When Mo Jun walked into the military tent, he saw a group of generals arguing fiercely with saliva flying everywhere, and a trace of surprise suddenly appeared on his face.

"What's going on here?"

"You're here just in time. Come and help me with my advice. In your opinion, how should we make a decision in this battle?"

Seeing Mr. Mo arrive, Wang Jian, who was frowning because of the endless debate among the generals in the tent, suddenly brightened up. He called Mr. Mo over directly and told Mr. Mo everything about the "war exemption letter" sent by Li Mu. .

After Wang Jian finished speaking, the other generals also focused their attention on Lord Mo.

In order to face the allied forces of Zhao and Wei next, many generals in the army have been debating whether Qin should avoid fighting or seize the opportunity.

Many generals are divided into two factions, and no one can convince the other.

At this time, Mr. Mo's decision will play a crucial role. The reason is that firstly, he is an outsider, and secondly, his status is extremely high, and he naturally has a strong voice.

do not forget.

Although Mr. Mo is like an invisible person in the military these days, he has basically not participated in any major strategic decisions.

But that is only because he is self-aware and knows that professional matters should be left to professionals. He is consciously unwilling to participate, not because he has no right to participate.

Mr. Mo is now a royal official, a royal official, and has been promoted to a noble lord.

This time, he replaced King Yingzheng of Qin in his own expedition, so he naturally had the power to supervise the army.

If he is determined to take power, the power he now has in the military is no less than that of the coach Wang Jian.

Of course.

The greater the ability, the greater the power.

With great power comes great responsibility.

Mr. Mo now has such great power in the army. If the army wins a battle, he will naturally get a share of the credit. But also if the army is defeated, he will inevitably bear the corresponding consequences.

To put it bluntly, Wang Jian seems to have given him the right to make a decision, but in fact, there are still many people in this account who are looking at him with the intention of making him take the blame. !

This is not because the generals in these military tents have any grudge against Lord Mo. It can only be said to be human nature.

After all, the more people who take off their water, the smaller the punishment will be distributed to everyone if something happens. After all, the law does not punish the public!

This is also a kind of wisdom for surviving in the court.

Civil servants have their own way of survival as civil servants, and military generals have their own way of survival as military generals.

There is basically no possibility of changing this unspoken rule in the officialdom in a short period of time, and Mr. Mo has no intention of changing this unspoken rule.

Mr. Mo is a human being, not a god.

Although the outside world is now spreading rumors that Mr. Mo is called a "saint", Mr. Mo himself knows very well that he is not a true saint.

From the beginning to the end, Mr. Mo was just a common man.

He likes to have fun, so now there are many good things in [Mo Mansion] for Mr. Mo to eat, drink and have fun.

He occasionally has a little ideal.

Therefore, on the premise of ensuring his own interests and safety, Mr. Mo created items such as [Improved Rice Seeds], [Cement], and [Qu Yuan Plow]...

He couldn't see the suffering in the world, so he thought that he could at least use these things to keep the people of Qin fed and clothed so that they would not starve or freeze.

He was also dissatisfied with those high-ranking officials and nobles who always liked to offend him when they had nothing to do, so he built more than a hundred academies in Hanzhong, and created a "blank paper" to recruit hundreds of disciples as academy teachers.

The purpose is to break the aristocratic class's monopoly on knowledge, allow more low-level civilians to have a chance to leap over the dragon's gate, and also provide a huge threat to the nobles who are unhappy with Mo Jun.

But beyond that.

In fact, Mr. Mo didn't do anything that really went against the rules of this era.

Ideas like 'everyone is equal', 'university under heaven', 'democracy and freedom'... Mr. Mo never thought of raising them from the beginning.

Because he knows very well that there is no possibility of realizing these ideas today. Even if there is a chance to realize them, it will take a lifetime of efforts by Mr. Mo. For Mr. Mo, it is completely thankless.

"In my humble opinion, we should not fight this battle." Mo Jun said.

"Oh why?"

Wang Jian's eyes moved.

The other generals in the camp also had their eyes lit up. Although they looked at Mr. Mo with admiration as usual, they now had a bit more recognition.

Is Mr. Mo's choice important?

important.

But it's not that important.

For many generals in the camp now, what choice Mo Jun makes this time is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Mo Jun must make a choice.

The 'war exemption letter' sent by Li Mu seems to be an initiative to put Zhao State into a disadvantageous position, but in fact if it is not handled well, it will also not be a good thing for many generals of Qin State.

Li Mu sent this "war exemption letter". It seems that in the next war, the Qin army will gain a good reputation if it does not fight, and it will gain good results if it does.

But conversely, in the next battle, Qin will lose a good reputation if it fights, and if it doesn't fight, it will lose a good fighter opportunity.

This is a double-edged sword.

If the generals headed by Wang Jian mishandled the situation a little bit, they could easily get themselves into a quagmire and get themselves into dirty water.

Do you really think that the generals in the camp who were arguing for so long were discussing the war?

No.

What they were arguing about was human nature.

As for Mr. Mo, he could not have participated in this debate, because as the military supervisor who replaced Ying Zheng as the "imperial commander", Mr. Mo could get away with just one sentence: "I am not good at military affairs." And out.

No matter what surprises happened to the decisions made by Wang Jian and others afterwards, they had nothing to do with him.

But this way.

Mr. Mo will also be completely excluded from this group of generals.

Everyone is not a fool.

Not only do you want to stay out of it, but you also want to share the results, and you also want to have a good relationship with everyone.

Even if it's pie in the sky, it doesn't fall like this.

People who can't even share the difficulties will naturally not be trusted by others, so Lord Mo took the initiative to step into the current quagmire.

This can be regarded as a certificate of surrender handed over by Mr. Mo.

Previously in Hanzhong, Wang Jian and Meng Ao had introduced a group of people in the military generals circle to Mo Jun in [Feixue Pavilion]. At that time, they were not only to meet each other, but also to let Mo Jun develop into the military generals circle.

Due to various reasons in the past, Mr. Mo has now almost isolated himself from the circle of civil servants of the Qin Dynasty.

If Lord Mo were to be ostracized by the general circle of the Qin Dynasty next, although Lord Mo would not be unable to survive in the court, in this case, he would completely become a lonely minister.

If he had no choice, Mr. Mo wouldn't mind being a 'big devil' who was the enemy of the world.

But since he has a choice, why does he have to live so "hard"?

"Generals, why do you think the king wants to attack Zhao and Wei?" Faced with Wang Jian's inquiry, Mr. Mo did not respond directly, but asked a question instead.

"Your Majesty has great ambitions. This attack on Zhao and Wei is naturally to sweep away the wasteland, unify the Liuhe, and establish an unprecedented foundation for all generations."

A general whom Mr. Mo had never met before hesitated for a moment and then replied.

His answer was actually a bit reserved. Although his words were full of courage, he actually did not express Ying Zheng's specific thoughts at all.

In fact, all the generals in the army now know that the war started by Ying Zheng this time is just the beginning for the three kingdoms of Han, Zhao and Wei. Ying Zheng's real goal is to destroy the six countries and establish a unified dynasty.

It's just that before this, no one has ever proposed the concept of 'great unification'. At the same time, if this arrogant idea spreads, it will inevitably make the other three kingdoms of Yan, Qi, and Chu fearful.

Therefore, although many people have already speculated on Yingzheng's current concept of "unifying the six countries", it has not been officially recognized by the Qin government so far.

And since what others said was so reserved, Mr. Mo naturally followed his words.

"What the general said is true. Our purpose in starting the war is to help the king establish an eternal foundation. In other words, our real goal in this war is not to destroy the enemy's army, but to conquer the enemy's country."

"As the saying goes, 'Attack the city first, attack the heart first.' Now that our army has gained an advantage on the battlefield, we should think more about what happens after defeating the enemy."

"Furthermore, war must be justified. If we attack Zhao's army while Zhao is resisting foreign enemies in northern Xinjiang, even if we win the battle, the reputation of the Qin warriors will be damaged. In this way, even if we can capture Zhao country, then when facing other enemies, this matter will definitely become an indelible stain on the battlefield for our Great Qin warriors."

These words were spoken by Mr. Mo from his heart.

If we look at it from the perspective of later generations, in fact, today among the seven Central Plains countries, including the Xiongnu in the north, it can be said that they are all civil wars between the descendants of Yan and Huang.

From the perspective of the predecessors, the current seven countries of the Central Plains were all under the Zhou royal family five hundred years ago, and the people of the seven countries were one family five hundred years ago.

Therefore, when the seven Central Plains countries go to war, it can only be regarded as a conflict between their own families. For example, when the Qin State destroyed South Korea before, although out of consideration for the interests of each country, the other five countries at that time sent envoys to 'admonish' Qin State. Behavior.

But at that time, the Qin State defeated South Korea in an honest and fair manner on the battlefield. After the victory of the war, it neither massacred the Korean people nor gave enough respect to the members of the Korean royal family.

At least on the surface, there is nothing wrong with Qin's act of destroying South Korea.

But if Qin suddenly attacks Zhao this time while Zhao is defending against foreign enemies, then Qin's reputation will be really bad.

Reputation is such a thing.

Sometimes it is useless, but sometimes it is very important.

If there is no choice, then Mr. Mo will not mind Qin's unscrupulous methods. But now that there are new choices, it is crucial to preserve Qin's reputation.

The content of what Mr. Mo said was not much different from what the generals who had previously opposed the 'taking advantage of people's danger' faction said. However, the weight of the same words spoken by different people was completely different.

It would be a piece of cake for generals like Wang Jian to conquer cities and territories, but if they were asked to manage the people's livelihood in a certain area, they might not do a bad job, but they would definitely not be considered excellent.

But Mo Jun is different.

Many people here have witnessed the current prosperity of Hanzhong. In less than two years, the barren land sandwiched between the mountains in Hanzhong was transformed into what it is today. It's like a 'paradise'-like place.

With such management ability, at least in this current camp, no one is qualified to question Mr. Mo.

So when Lord Mo said that he wanted to consider management after the war, even Wang Jian had to listen to Lord Mo seriously.

"What Mr. Shengping said makes sense. Our Daqin is no longer what it used to be. At that time, there were frequent natural and man-made disasters in the Qin State, and the people were in constant trouble. So in order to survive at that time, we must win the war by any means, so as to steal more Food, so that the people in the country can survive..."

When Wang Jian said this, he paused slightly, as if he was thinking of all the difficulties that Qin had experienced in the past, and he couldn't help showing a trace of emotion in his eyes.

Then the conversation changed and he continued: "But now the people of Qin are living and working in peace and contentment, and the grain production has been increasing continuously. We have become a big country, so naturally we can't do the villainous things like usual."

"Furthermore, our Great Qin is also a neutral citizen like the Zhao State. Now we are taking advantage of the war between our Great Qin and the Zhao State to carry out sneak attacks on the northern border. If we wait until the Zhao State resists the wolf tribe in the north, we will also take advantage of it. The danger of human beings is no different from those of the savage wolves in the north."

"In addition, now our Central Plains people are threatened by the wolf tribe. As one of the Central Plains people, we cannot stand by and watch..."

At this point, Wang Jian's eyes suddenly sharpened, and he suddenly said loudly: "Where is Meng Tian?"

"My subordinate is here."

"I will allocate you 30,000 elite troops and order you to bring enough food and grass and set off for the north today to defend against the wolves in the north. You must not allow the wolves to step into our Central Plains."

"Meng Tian takes the order."

Meng Tian looked serious and said with his hands clasped in fists.

Seeing Wang Jian issuing this order so decisively, Mr. Mo looked at Wang Jian in surprise, as if he did not expect that the other party's decision would be so decisive.

Although Wang Jian had already followed his advice just now, Mo Jun never mentioned that he would send troops to support the Northland in the second half.

Making such a decisive decision, it seemed that Wang Jian had already made a decision in his mind before, and was just waiting for Mo Jun to make his decision.

"As expected of one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, he was really resolute in his actions!"

Thinking of this, Mo Jun felt a little emotional in his heart, but he quickly put his mind back and focused on another thing.

Slowly he said: "Speaking of it, I just happened to bring a batch of new equipment when I came here this time. Unfortunately, the quantity is not large. Since General Meng is about to fight against the wolves on his back, why not take this opportunity to bring this batch of equipment?" The equipment can also be used as a test for me."

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