Chapter 149: This alone is to fight for the benefits of the people
That was the first time that Zhao Wuxie was played by Zhiyao on a formal occasion after he became the eldest son of the Zhao family. However, it seemed that Zhao Wuxie messed up.
There are rumors that Zhao Wushe was reprimanded by Zhao Yang after he returned. As for what he was reprimanded, outsiders don’t know.
All in all, in the past, Zhiyao's superb shooting skills were only known to a small group of people. After a hunt, it first caused a sensation in "Xintian". As time goes by and people move around, it will surely spread to other countries.
Zhishen, who had been ill for nearly two months, had envoys from Chu and Zheng come over, as well as representatives from the Fan family. It would be inappropriate to continue to be ill. It could even be said that he continued to be ill under such circumstances.
, it is very likely that you will lose the authority that belongs to "Qing".
Therefore, Zhishen recovered from his illness when he received the envoys from Chu and Zheng and were on their way to "Xintian", instead of waiting for the envoys from the two countries to arrive at "Xintian".
Everyone who should understand why Zhishen is sick understands it, but those who don't understand it are those who don't understand it because of the limitations of their social status, which prevents them from reaching a high level in the social circle.
During this period, Zhao Yang mocked Zhishen in a very ungraceful manner, but after that he didn't say anything more.
Zhao Yang just wanted to express a similar attitude: "Getting sick when something happens is not a good way to deal with it. It will appear irresponsible and miss important national events."
It seems like the same thing? When you want to talk about something, you get sick if you don’t want to talk about it. If everyone does this, a lot of things won’t have to be done.
Zhishen himself tends to be weak in character, and he just accepted Zhao Yang's ridicule. As for what Zhao Yang wanted to achieve, it was based on the premise that Zhishen could not accept it, and he would never agree just because he was embarrassed.
Therefore, Zhao Yang had no choice but to agree to Zhishen's plan, which was to demarcate the war zone in terms of how to attack the Fan family and which family would be responsible for which area.
"The meaning of 'Yuanrong' is that if we move south again, we will need to send troops." Of course Zhishen did not agree, and he did not refuse at the same time.
The season has passed for spring sowing. Any major actions that follow will not have much impact on agriculture. If we want to send out troops, it is time to issue a recruitment order.
This time the Chu State's envoys arrived. They came to talk about the fact that Chu State had defeated the Man clan and would occupy the territory belonging to the Man clan. They hoped that the Jin State would not over-understand and cause any unpleasantness.
In the past, the Man clan belonged to one of the buffer zones between the Jin and Chu states. Both countries had the strength to destroy the Man clan in one fell swoop but did not do so. However, now the Chu state has broken that tacit understanding.
Zhao Yang did not dwell too much on whether the Man clan was destroyed. He congratulated the Chu State for destroying the Man clan, and then made a claim for sovereignty over the Man clan's territory.
Zhiyao was surprised when she learned what Zhao Yang had done!
Do you know what Zhao Yang said? He said that a certain piece of land belonging to the Man clan has belonged to the Jin State since ancient times, and relevant proof can definitely be found there, such as traces of the Jin people’s life, leftover pottery, bronzes, etc.
That's "since ancient times"! What a lofty statement, especially since Jin State has strength and ability. It explains that it was just a way of shelving disputes before. "I didn't want to before, but now I need it" can be used to define it.
Of course, we don't talk about "since ancient times" when it comes to territory. If this method works, can many descendants of foreign races who were wiped out by Zhu Xia also use this method to ask for their homeland from other countries? The disputes over the lords will be
It's time to go to sea.
Zhiyao said: "Chu State didn't reject it outright?"
Yes, as the envoy of Chu State, Gongzi Lu did not refuse at the first time, and even showed a negotiable attitude.
Zhishen said: "Zilu mentioned the covenant many times."
What covenant? In fact, it was the "Annihilation Alliance" that took place fifty or sixty years ago. The covenant signed was "The slaves of Jin and Chu will meet each other." It means "The servants of Jin will pay tribute to Chu, and Chu will pay tribute to Chu."
The slave states must pay tribute to the state of Jin."
In a fundamental sense, that covenant is more like a piece of waste paper. It is purely to find a reason for the two countries not to have a war every year. It is regarded as a temporary truce. The war can be restarted at any time in the future. The first party to provoke the war
It's not considered a breach of alliance.
Zhao Wu was very lucky that Jin and Chu did not provoke a super war again after the "Annihilation Alliance". The definition of Jin was that Zhao Wu led some younger brothers to win the hegemony.
Later, the Chu State was severely beaten by the Wu State, which made the Chu State unable to go northward. To a certain extent, the self-bragging of the Jin State was realized.
Zhiyao thought for a moment and said: "In this way, the Chu State does not want to go to war with me, but only secretly helps the Fan family and the Zheng State."
Zhishen nodded and said: "'Yuan Rong' is also the conclusion."
They all understand that it will be difficult for Chu State to go north until it solves the threat from Wu State.
Chu State secretly aided the Fan family and Zheng State? Even if Jin State saw it, they should have pretended not to know. This is because Jin State was also unable to go south and could only pretend to be deaf and dumb.
Of course, Zhao Yang hoped that Zhi's move south, even just to show his face, would be helpful for Jin to deal with Chu, lest Chu decide that Jin's internal conflicts are extremely serious and intervene more vigorously in Jin's civil strife.
"If Yuan Rong doesn't want to fight Chu, you may lead your troops there." Zhiyao knew that the situation had changed and the Zhi family could not extirpate themselves from the country.
Zhishen said: "I think so too."
The father and son had the same opinion, and the Zhi family quickly took action, carrying retainers with recruitment orders to various fiefdoms.
During the period of recruiting troops, Zhiyao came to "Handan". He mainly arranged the tasks for the new year, and then inspected the results achieved last year.
At the same time, the new spring season has arrived, which means that the Zhi family will take action against Dongshan Heidi again.
Cheng Shuo is responsible for attacking Heidi in Dongshan. He will lead three "brigades" to continue the expedition to the western part of "Gaiyu" to completely drive away Heidi in Dongshan.
"Your Majesty, the new army will not move this year?" Zilu knew that Zhishi had already begun to assemble troops, but the new army did not receive any instructions.
The current establishment of the Zhishi's new army is divided into two parts. The official establishment number is 3,409 people, and there is also a reserve team of more than 4,000 people used to supplement blood.
By the way, Zhiyao came to "Handan" for inspection, and she also had the task of leading the new army to the war zone.
"How? Are the soldiers happy when they hear the battle?" Zhiyao asked.
Last year, for the attack on Heidi in Dongshan, the rewards for military merit have been distributed. The rewards and punishments have been repeatedly confirmed. Many people who have made meritorious services have received the benefits, and the punishments they deserve have been carried out.
Zhiyao is serious about reform, and will never tolerate the situation of merit without reward, so that many people may have obtained a house and acres of land, or obtained their own slaves, and transformed themselves into a person with permanent property.
of people.
Historically, Zhao Yang faced a dilemma in the "War of Iron" and had no choice but to extend rewards to those below the "disciple" level. Even slaves could regain their freedom and even wealth by killing enemies.
Zhi Yao's career is more like that of Shang Yang, the difference is that it is not done with great fanfare, and the level involved is only within the Zhi family.
Zilu said seriously: "The whole army is willing to die for Zhishi!"
The channel for advancement is there, but many nobles are willing to give rewards based on their mood, and cannot achieve justice in rewards and punishments.
To put it bluntly, if your status is not high enough, even if you have done meritorious service, do you believe that the credit will be transferred to others? And this is still the treatment of the "disciple" and above classes. Previously, no matter the status was low, no matter whether they performed meritorious service or died, they had no merit anyway.
explain.
Therefore, just because Zhiyao extended "reward" to the class below "disciple" and achieved "words must be true and deeds must be resolute", enough class below "disciple" are willing to fight to the death for Zhishi.
Zhiyao first said "Good!" and then asked: "Can the rest of you have anything to say?"
In the past, such treatment was only available to those above "disciple", but their privileges were extended to those below "disciple". It is not surprising that those above "disciple" have complaints.
Zilu said: "There are few complaints."
By the way, in the past, whether "scholars" and "disciples" were rewarded for their meritorious service was actually based on the touch of nobles' lips.
Now that Zhiyao has come up with a clear reward and punishment system, you will be punished for any mistakes you make, and you will be rewarded for your merits. She also strictly abides by the rules she has set for rewards and punishments. Some people will feel that their privileges have been violated.
More people will definitely be happy because rewards and punishments are clear.
It is equivalent to saying that Zhiyao just created the reward and punishment system and implemented it strictly. In fact, Zhiyao is leading all countries at a certain level, let alone the family level.
"Your Excellency and I have discussed that rewards and punishments for the Tongzhi clan will not be exclusive to the New Army from now on," Zhiyao said.
Zilu immediately saluted and shouted: "Congratulations to Zhishi!"
Zhi Yao must have known about the situation on the New Army side before suggesting to Zhishen that it should be implemented in the entire family. There must be good and bad in one thing, which can help the family. The bad part is completely
should be tolerated.
Zhiyao inspected the area and saw that the development plan was being carried out in an orderly manner. He rewarded the leaders of each project and then left "Handan" with the new army and reserve troops.
This time when she came to "Handan", Zhiyao did not go to see Laozi or Confucius. The reason for not meeting was that she did not want to hear their comments on the replacement of Zhao's heir apparent.
I might just sigh a few words about the collapse of etiquette and the ruin of music.
Confucius must have been slandering all kinds of things, and even wanted to let Zhao Yang know about it through Zhiyao's mouth.
As for why Confucius didn't react to Zhi Yao inheriting the Zhi family from a direct descendant? It's not that he cannibalize others and be soft-spoken. Basically, being a direct descendant means he has the right to inherit. Furthermore, Zhi's definition of Zhi Yao's superiority is Cheng Xiao's active humility.
In addition, Confucius himself was the second eldest son, and he also inherited the Kong family's legacy.
Zhiyao led his army along the river and met Zhixuwu at "Zhongmou". The strength of his troops was about three "divisions".
"The Crown Prince is now the second in command of Yang Youji." Zhi Xuwu obviously heard the relevant remarks.
Zhiyao just smiled after hearing this, and would not say that she didn't want to be second, but she would be first if she wanted to.
Zhi Xuwu said again: "Shi Gaoyi has been waiting for the crown prince for a long time."
