Chapter 74: The Stubborn Zhou Family
"Master, the emperor's envoy wants to see you!" However, on this day, the alarm bells at the Mohist headquarters rang.
Nine alarm bells ring.
"All disciples of the main academy, stop all activities and return to the main academy!"
"All disciples of the main academy, those who are in seclusion, come out immediately!"
"All disciples of the headquarters, stop all tasks!"
"All disciples of the main academy, stop all training!"
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On this day, the Mohist headquarters became bustling, and it was the first time that Jin Yao knew how many disciples and leaders the Mohist had.
There are a total of 13,000 disciples in the main academy and 14 commanders, including one grand commander from each of the seven countries, two from the Zhou Dynasty, one each from Zhongshan and Wei, plus the newly promoted Master Xu, Lan and Gu.
"What happened?" Jin Yao also came to the Mohist Central Square and looked at Master Ban, Madam Xu and other familiar commanders around him with confusion.
However, Master Ban and others all had solemn expressions , and everyone in the entire command office had a serious look on their faces.
"The world is about to change!" Mrs. Xu said in a low voice, looking at two old people Jin Yao had never seen before.
"Who are they?" Jin Yao asked in an unconsciously lowered voice.
"The two commanders sent by the Mohist School to Luoyi of the Zhou Dynasty!" Mrs. Xu introduced.
"The Emperor of Zhou is respected by all the people in the world, so my Mohist school has also sent two leaders to protect the safety of the Emperor of Zhou!" Seeing Jin Yao's confusion , Master Ban explained.
"So, the nine alarm bells are related to the Zhou Dynasty?" Jin Yao roughly guessed it.
"Do you know about the Zhou Dynasty?" Master Ban was thinking about how to explain the essence of the matter to Jin Yao, so he first needed to understand how much Jin Yao knew about the Zhou Dynasty.
Jin Yao shook his head. At that time, the Zhou Dynasty had little presence. All they knew was that it was sandwiched between the four countries of Qin, Wei, Han and Zhao. It was terribly weak, while the surrounding countries were terribly powerful.
"Zhou Dynasty...how to say it?" Master Ban hesitated for a moment, then drew three circles on Jin Yao's hand, one inside the other.
"The outermost one is the Eastern Zhou Kingdom, the middle one is the Western Zhou Kingdom, and the innermost one is the Zhou emperor. Therefore, in addition to the Zhou emperor, the Zhou royal family also has Duke Wen of Eastern Zhou and Duke Wu of Western Zhou." Master Ban continued.
Jin Yao was dumbfounded. What was the Zhou Dynasty trying to do? They were already extremely weak, yet they wanted to split up!
However, if you don't seek death, you won't die. The Zhou Dynasty's next move made Jin Yao even more dumbfounded.
"Many years ago, Emperor Yan of Zhou (King Nan of Zhou) believed the lies of King Wan of Chu (King Kaolie of Chu) and conspired with the princes to attack Qin. He borrowed huge sums of money to expand the army and got 5,000 soldiers. As a result, Chu withdrew its troops ahead of schedule. King Ji of Qin was furious and sent troops to Luoyi and occupied the royal capital. The princes even demanded debts from the Emperor of Zhou, so Emperor Yan of Zhou had to hide on a high platform. This is the origin of the heavy debt!" Master Ban seemed to be telling someone else's story.
"Then, Emperor Yan of Zhou had to go to Xianyang in person and kneel before King Ji of Qin. Then he was stripped naked by King Ji of Qin, tied to a pillar and paraded through the streets for public display." Master Ban sighed a little. If an emperor had fallen to such a state, the Zhou Dynasty would have perished long ago.
"So exciting!" Jin Yao had not paid attention to this period of history. All he remembered was that King Zhuang of Qin and Lu Buwei destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and then moved Prince Zhou to Yangren to continue the worship. However, he did not expect King Zhao of Qin to be so tough and the Emperor of Zhou to be so miserable.
However, Jin Yao also understood one thing: in times of crisis, you can trust Chu, and when it is safe, stay away from Chu!
"Emperor Yan died without appointing a crown prince, then Duke Dong Zhou and Duke Xi Zhou fought for power and each was unwilling to submit to the other. The real Prince Ju was in name only. Last year, Duke Wen of Eastern Zhou was a little stubborn and continued to conspire with the princes to attack Qin. The princes then sold the information to Prince Chu of Qin. Prince Chu of Qin and Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei led a large army to attack the Zhou Dynasty again." Master Ban continued, ignoring Jin Yao's shock.
"This is really stubborn!" Jin Yao sighed.
"Now the Qin army is besieging the Zhou Dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty asked the princes for help. The Zhao State refused to send troops to rescue on the grounds that it was attacking the Yan State. The Han State pretended to be dead. The Wei State did not even meet the envoy of the Zhou emperor. The Chu State followed the past practice and pretended to be dead. Therefore, Duke Wen of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty had to send two commanders back to ask the Mohist School for help, requesting the Mohist School to send troops to rescue and asking the great master to mediate." Master Ban explained the reason why the Mohist School sounded the alarm nine times.
"Master, are you planning to send troops?" Jin Yao was a little panicked. How could he save the Zhou Dynasty, which was seeking its own death?
It really proves the saying that there are some people I want to save but cannot, and there are some people I don’t want to save!
The Zhou Dynasty possessed both. Even if the Mohists came forward, would the Qin State really be willing to give them this face?
"After all, the Zhou Dynasty is the nominal emperor. If the Mohists do not come to the rescue, they will lose their righteousness and go against the Mohist doctrine!" Master Ban sighed.
In fact, the entire Mohist leadership was unwilling to send troops, and even the great leader was unwilling to meet with King Qin's Prince Chu to mediate. However, Duke Wen of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty still had some insight and knew the Mohist weakness. He was afraid that the Mohists would avoid him, so he directly sent the two leaders sent by the Mohist to protect the emperor back to ask for help.
"Where is Ju Zi?" Jin Yao looked towards the center curiously, but did not see Ju Zi, the Six-Fingered Black Knight.
"The giant has also hidden himself!" Master Ban gave an answer that Jin Yao had never thought of.
"Hiding! Hiding? Hiding?!" Jin Yao was dumbfounded. This was still the tough six-fingered black knight he knew.
"Although Ju Zi is chivalrous, chivalry does not mean stupidity. Anyone who gets involved in this kind of thing will die!" said Master Ban.
"So, where are we now ?" Jin Yao was a little confused. Since the Six-Fingered Black Knight had run away, why did he have to gather all the disciples from the headquarters?
"The Mohist doctrine is like this. We have to make a gesture to tell the world that our Mohist sect actually intends to help. However, since the great master is not here, we have no right to mobilize all the Mohist disciples to help!" Mrs. Xu explained.
To put it simply, my Mohist school really wants to go, and all the disciples are enthusiastic about it, but the master is not here, and we have no right to mobilize the disciples to go and help.
The two commanders who returned from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty actually didn't want to come, but there was nothing they could do!
"Since the great master is not here, who is in charge of the Mohist School now?" The envoy of Duke Wen of Eastern Zhou looked at the leaders of the Mohist School sadly, but always held on to a glimmer of hope.
"When the great master is not here, the masters of the three veins have the greatest power!" The second commander of the Zhou Dynasty answered. This is known to the world. When the Mohist school did not have a great master, the masters of the three veins had the greatest power, followed by the major commanders.
The envoy from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty looked directly at Jin Yao. He didn't think about Qin Mo's clan leader. He was definitely not here, and even if he was, he would not care about this matter.
Before coming, he had already heard the good news that the leader of Mo Bian of the Mo family was at the main hospital.
"Me?" Jin Yao was stunned. The Six-Fingered Black Knight ran away and left the mess to himself?
"Don't agree to anything!" Master Ban and Madam Xu reminded them.
"Am I that stupid?" Jin Yao was speechless.
"Please give the order, Chief Bian, and have the Mohist army send troops to provide assistance!" The Eastern Zhou envoy knelt down and made the request. This was indeed a generous gesture.