In the past, Zhiyao hoped that the Fan family could hold back the Zhao family and stagnate the development of the Zhao family. This is still the case now.
It’s just right? The current situation is not static. It should be said that it is changing all the time. After Zhiyao discovered the general trend, what he did was to obtain more benefits in a timely manner, including material and reputation.
Shi Xie once mentioned a concept, saying that if there were no external countries that could threaten the Jin State, the Jin State would inevitably fall into civil strife and be unable to extricate itself.
The background at that time was that the Jin Kingdom had just won the key battle of "The Battle of Yanling". It was rumored that Shi Xie was in panic all day long after returning to the country and passed away not long after.
What happened next in the Jin Kingdom confirmed Shi Xie's worries. Luan Shu set up a trap to destroy Sanque. At the same time, the Luan family finally withdrew from the stage of power in the Jin Kingdom because of their involvement in regicide.
From a national perspective, the successive demise of the Que and Luan families undoubtedly weakened the national strength of the Jin State. Later, the Jin State resumed its tug-of-war with the Chu State, and was even forced to give up its allies one after another. In fact, it was self-inflicted. The result of weakening.
This time, Jin's Qing family showed unity, but will they really be united?
The Zhao family's troops went south first, and a month later the armies of the Zhi family, Wei family, Han family, Hu family and other small and medium-sized nobles also went south one after another.
The troops dispatched by each family were not consistent. The Zhi family and the Han family only dispatched two "brigades" symbolically, while the Wei family and the Hu family dispatched one "division".
Don't think that the small number of troops of the Qing family participating in the war has no great effect. The fact that several Qing families are willing to side with the Zhao family and attack the Fan family is actually the greatest help to the Zhao family.
"Everyone sent people one after another to report that they would like to return to my family." Wei Ju would not look down on those who wanted to leave the Fan family.
Those who want to break away from the Fan clan may be members of the Fan clan, or they may be vassals with different surnames that were previously attached to the Fan clan. Their home base is now controlled by the Wei clan.
The Qingwei family stood by the Zhao family, which not only represented the absolute power of the Jin State in supporting the Zhao family, but also announced in disguise that the Fan family should disappear.
The effect is that the Zhao family's morale is greatly boosted, but the Fan family will be in panic all the time. The direct result has already been seen, isn't it?
Zhiyao looked back from a distance and said: "Should Shijishe stick to 'Wen', or retreat to Zheng or Chu?"
The news from the front has not come back yet.
The current situation is completely unfavorable to the Fan family. They are about to fall apart internally. Externally, the Zheng State has not expressed its position. The Chu State, which has come and gone, has expressed its attitude very clearly.
Wei Ju thought for a while and said: "Maybe we will fight against the trapped beast?"
Zhiyao shook his head secretly and thought: "If Zhongxing Yin had not given up, Shijishe would have chosen to resist to the end. With the example of Zhongxing Yin going to Qi to develop, and my family's guarantee that the Zhongxing family will be restored, and Zhao Yang Already acquiescing to the existence of Fan Gaoyi, Shijishe will choose to live and wait for the day when the Fan clan is restored."
In fact, it would be a good thing for the Fan family if Shiji was shot to death. If he were alive, Zhao Yang would continue to be wary of Fan Gaoyi, making it more difficult for the Fan family to re-establish themselves in the Jin Kingdom.
However, not everyone can accept death calmly, especially with Shijishe's past performance, it is almost certain that he will choose to endure humiliation and survive.
Wei Ju didn't know what he thought of, so he overturned his previous remarks and said instead: "Shiji She may be fleeing. Zheng Guo dare not take him in, but Chu is willing to accept it?"
Historically, Shi Jishe fled to Qi State with Zhongxing Yin, and soon disappeared.
Now this historical version has changed a lot due to Zhiyao's intervention. For example, Zhongxingyin and Shijishe parted ways early.
In this way, even if Shijishe is desperate, he will still want to retain his last dignity and will not go to Qi State with Zhong Xingyin.
As Wei Ju said, the State of Zheng was unable to withstand the strength of the State of Jin on its own, and they did not dare to take in the desperate Shi Jishe, but the State of Chu might be a little anxious to see through it.
No matter how embarrassed he is, Shi Jishe is still the head of the Fan family after all, and he was once the top political figure of the Jin State. When Shi Jishe goes to the Chu State, he will not only bring political prestige to the Chu State, but also bring many people who are unknown to the Chu State.
knowledge, and in addition, Chu State can understand Jin State better.
When they arrived at "Yuan", news came back from the front that Zhao Yang personally led an army to conquer the city of "Wen".
Maybe it can't be called conquered? Anyway, "Wen"'s resistance was very weak, and it was more like being taken over by the Zhao family.
At the same time, there was news that Shijishe set himself on fire.
Because the body was burnt, no one could confirm whether Shijishe was really dead.
Anyway, Zhiyao firmly believes that he will get news about Shijishe from Chu State soon.
This time, the Zhao family can be considered to have won the "warm". However, they were not happy at all, and even felt a little empty, lonely, and cold.
It is not that the Zhao family relied on its own strength to win the "Wen" area. It can be regarded as breaking Fan's determination to resist from a political level. For this reason alone, the Zhao family cannot be looked down upon by others.
Sure enough, in the subsequent public opinion, everyone believed that the loss of "Wen" was only a matter of time, and no one felt that Zhao had saved his reputation.
Many people who hope that the Jin Kingdom can regain its strength believe that the Zhi family took the initiative to bridge internal differences and finally suppressed the rebellion.
Zhiyao was both happy and worried after hearing those remarks, and quickly took action. Later, the remarks turned to the unity of the ministers and families, and it was hoped that Jin would regain its hegemony.
"Why is the prince like this? It is indeed my family's mediation that led to such a situation." Jaeyu is the person responsible for executing the turn of public opinion.
How should Zhiyao answer?
There is no such thing as the idea that "the trees that are beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind", it is just the need of the situation.
Zhao Yang is definitely extremely angry at the moment, and no one will like him. After all, he is still the "Yuan Rong" in office. Based on the political structure of the Jin Dynasty, if a "Yuan Rong" overturns the table, he can still lead everyone to jump into the pit.
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In general, although we are now in an era where reputation is more important than benefits, we should do less of the things that grab the limelight.
Zhiyao believes that the Zhi family will have to grow insignificantly for at least another ten years, and there is no need to make too much limelight.
Of course, the actual benefits are that the Zhi family must have a good reputation, so roping in the Wei family would be a very good choice.
"What a pity!" Hu You said "Yu" written on his right cheek and "Multiple" written on his left cheek, "I haven't had a chance to fight with him."
After the Fox family returned to the Jin Kingdom, it seemed that they really had no chance to perform? They urgently needed a battle to show their abilities, and they would definitely work hard to win in order to truly establish their status as a Qing family.
Therefore, although the Hu family, which has never shown any strength, is one of the families with the title of minister in the Jin Dynasty, it is difficult for others to take it seriously.
Zhiyao said with a bad taste: "Don't disturb me, Yuan Rong will definitely avenge Zheng Guo's attack."
Zhao Yang, who had captured "Wen", had no intention of calling it quits. On the contrary, Zhao was still preparing for war.
The Jin State may not do anything to the Zheng State, but the Zhao family really wants to attack the Zheng State. The troops of various families stationed in "Wen" must not enter the Zheng State's territory with the Zhao family's troops.
Last time, Zhiyao and Wei Ju had disturbed the northern, eastern and northeastern parts of Zheng. Zheng was very afraid of being robbed of a large number of people again, so it had already started migrating to the northwest.
Judging from Zheng's past experience, it is very likely that Zheng's monarchs and ministers will repeat their old tricks, gather a large army to fight the Jin army for a while, and then give in?
Ms. Zhao wanted to get rid of the evil fire in her heart.
Fox wanted to have room to develop.
It is actually inevitable for them to go south!
"Zhi Yao is so scary! Can everything be predicted in advance?" Hu You later learned that the army was going to continue southward, and thought of Zhi Yao's ridicule to him that day.
Going south, they really went south.
The march route chosen by Zhao Yang was to take the territory of the Zhou royal family, first enter the Dan Kingdom, and then take the "Mengjin" route.
When passing through the territory of the Zhou royal family, Zhao Yang also deliberately sent people to "Luoyi" to invite the Emperor of Zhou to review.
Emperor Zhou was very happy that someone could still think of him, but it was impossible to come in person, and not even one of the ministers was sent.
There are background reasons here. For example, the countries that were supposed to pay tribute to the Zhou royal family turned to pay tribute to the Jin State many years ago. The Jin State did not give gifts to the Emperor of Zhou.
That was equivalent to the Emperor Zhou being pooped and peed on his head by the State of Jin. The lack of reaction meant that the Zhou royal family was really in trouble and had no choice but to pretend to be deaf and dumb.
The Jin State was so shameless that it invited the Emperor of Zhou to review the troops on the expedition? I thought it was a relationship of mutual use a hundred years ago!
Zhiyao was very interested in the "single-horse" troops of the Hu clan, and she did not hide her curiosity along the way. When something happened, she would go to Hu You, and then mix with the Hu clan's troops.
One time, Hu You didn't know what he was thinking, so he explained seriously: "My family has just returned, and it is difficult to fill up the chariot. I have no choice but to ride alone."
He only had an explanation because he was afraid of being looked down upon.
Zhiyao didn't have any contempt at all. On the contrary, she was envious that the Hu family had so many riders. She mainly observed how the Hu family maintained the horses and whether there were any special methods.
After watching for a while, Zhiyao was surprised to find that the Fox family did not breed intensively. The best treatment for the horses was to eat the hay they carried, otherwise they would just eat the grass on the spot.
Horses raised in this way are obviously not suitable as war horses for riding and fighting, okay?
War horses used for mounted combat and other things can be put aside first. If there is no explosive power that can be exerted in a short period of time, forget about everything.
Zhishi is now trying to cultivate war horses, part of which comes from the excellent horses sent by Zhao and Hu, and Zhishi himself has also carefully selected and purchased a batch.
Under Zhiyao's instructions, horses of all qualities were divided into batches, and then carefully fed and cultivated. They not only gnawed grass, but also ate grains, even minced meat, and oil.
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The main reason was that Zhiyao didn't know how to cultivate and maintain war horses, so he tried every operation. After coming up with ideas, he mostly let professionals do it.
What about stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes? Anyway, Zhiyao has no interest in showing them out yet.
"In this battle, my family must take the lead!" Hu You expressed the attitude of the Hu family.
Zhiyao could only express blessings, but she was thinking in her heart: "Old Zhao's family is full of grievances. He came to Zheng State just to find a new stage. The Hu family stood up to compete with the Zhao family, where is their brain?" Provide you with the fastest
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