Chapter 181: A divided state of Qi is a good state of Qi
In the Qi State, the public clan is still absolutely powerful, and it is difficult for other nobles with foreign surnames to grow due to the power of the public clan.
The Tian family has been developing in Qi for more than 150 years. Perhaps it is due to their good management. Although the fiefdom is limited, the wealth seems to be abundant.
In Tian Qi's generation, he originally had the authority to manage the national treasury. At that time, he was very good at the trick of "big fights out, small fights in", but he used state-owned assets.
In other words, Tian Qi did not spend his own property to win people's hearts at first, but used the public treasury!
What is the meaning of "big fights come out and small fights come in"? Every vassal state actually has a loan system. If you want to borrow money, you must be a "scholar" or above. Li Shu is not qualified to borrow money at all.
Therefore, when Tian Shi started to win people's hearts, he was buying nobles, not ordinary people. This point must be made clear, and cannot be mistaken.
After all, during the Spring and Autumn Period and even the Warring States Period, ordinary people had a very pure moral character of hard work and no complaints. Whether it is said that they were not awakened or that they were unable to resist the nobles, fundamentally they still need to understand the social environment at that time.
Take the Zhi family as an example. Even if they have nothing to do, they will not deliberately torment the people under their rule. Even when they open up territories, they still rely on the common people to work. If there is no preferential treatment, they will not treat them harshly.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a lot of land that was not developed, and only the nobles had the financial resources and charisma to take the lead in reclaiming it.
In other words, the nobles led the common people to expand their living space and provided them with food, drink, clothing, and shelter.
Why did Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in the late Qin Dynasty become famous? Simply because they were the ones who led the Li Shu people to fight and achieved certain results.
Then we have to ask that there was no such thing in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. How could it happen during the Qin Empire? One of the reasons is that the Qin Empire abolished the aristocratic status of the original six countries.
The government directly bears all social burdens, and unlike the nobles, the government has to bear the food, drink, clothing and housing of the common people.
Regardless of food, the common people of the six countries are not used to it without the direct subordinate relationship inherited from ancient times. The society is in a stage of change. Some sharp things will be infinitely magnified, and a new historical chapter will definitely begin.
Zhiyao knew very well that dealing with the Tian family would change history, but she still decided to do it!
"I have already set the strategic goal of eastward expansion for my family, why should I care about the Tian family?" This is what Zhiyao thinks.
Therefore, the Zhi family needs to see a Qi country that is in chaos and continues to be in chaos. The main purpose of recruiting the Tian family is to let Qi State know that there is such a person who is stirring up the situation and attracting more careerists in Qi State.
Of course, Tian Qi can serve as a pioneer for ambitious people in Qi State, and can also teach ambitious people in other vassal states.
In this way, everyone knows Tian's path, and after a little research, they will know how to realize their ambitions, and the progress bar of the collapse of rituals and happiness will definitely be accelerated.
Tian Shu stood there with a stiff face for a long time. When he came back to his senses, he found that Zhiyao had already left.
That sentence "What do I want to do with you?" is simply domineering and sideways, but when it comes out of Zhiyao's mouth, it is not completely pretentious, it is a kind of truth that can be realized at any time.
Zhi's army is still marching, and looking at the direction, it is heading towards "Cui" city.
Tian Shu is not a drunkard, he has very solid military skills. After visual inspection, he found that the number of troops sent by Zhishi was a bit small. It was unclear whether this Zhishi troops were just the vanguard or all of them.
He prefers to see the Zhi family's troops as the vanguard. The reason is that the Zhi family is a high-ranking family in the Jin State, and the Jin State's high-ranking family will not send out only one "division" of troops to cause trouble.
What is the situation of "Cui"? It is the "capital" of the Cui family in Qi State.
This Cui family is not Cui Zhu's. Cui Zhu put on a cuckold and committed regicide. Then Qingfeng took the opportunity to attack and destroy the Cui family. Cui Zhu only had one young son who fled to the Lu State, and the Cui Zhu family was expelled from the Qi State.
Tian Shu followed suit and came to "Cui"'s side. What he saw was that Zhishi was already making preparations to attack the city.
When the new Cui family found out that a large army was coming, the first thing they did was not prepare to defend the city. The head of the family went out of the city to see Zhi Yao in person and asked why the Zhi family seemed to be attacking the Cui family.
Tian Shu happened to come over.
Cui Jian, the leader of the Cui family, pointed to Tian Shu and said: "The eldest son is here to cut the fields, and the Tian family is here."
well!?
This is because I think we are still in the era of gentlemen’s war.
Putting on a posture of "I am not guilty", I hope to prevent the Zhi family from attacking the city in this way.
Tian Shu, who was identified, did not hate Cui Jian at all, he just felt sorry for Cui.
When Zhi came to Qi to cause trouble, didn't he need a place to stay? Cui's city happened to be on the edge, so Zhi's march route seemed very important.
Once the Zhi family takes control of the place "Cui", it is equivalent to controlling a strategic point on the north bank of Jishui. Whether it is the follow-up troops of the Zhi family, or it is a direction of retreat, Zhi Yao will definitely implement the occupation. Why should Cui Jian
Get into that act.
Do you think Cui Jian is happy? They are just a weak family. If they resist, it will be in vain. If they don’t resist, they may still be able to preserve their strength.
If only one mouth could stop the Zhi family from attacking the city? The Cui family would have been saved!
"That's the case? Can the Cui family open the city?" Zhiyao said.
Cui Jian hesitated for a moment, then sighed and replied: "No."
What do you mean?
In fact, the city was captured by the Zhi family, and the Cui family had to bear the consequences if someone died or something was plundered. If they had taken the initiative to let the Zhi family enter the city, the Zhi family would no longer use unnecessary force to control the city.
During this period, Cui's cooperation can also benefit.
So, is it considered that the Cui family has surrendered? It can be said that it is, but not entirely. Whether they can continue to stay in Qi will depend on whether the Zhi family will endorse it.
Controlling a city without losing a single soldier? Of course Zhiyao would restrain the army from killing and looting.
Cui Shi provided a certain amount of food and grass to Zhi Shi according to ancient rules, which can be regarded as a kind of buying peace.
Zhiyao, who successfully captured a stronghold, did not lead his army across Jishui immediately. He only asked Gongshuquan to build a pontoon bridge and then sent a "brigade" to station on the south bank of Jishui.
Their appearance here is a signal, giving Qi State time to react, and then see how the various forces in Qi State will react.
Last year, Qi State was severely beaten by Wu State. They have been in civil strife and can be said to be in a weak moment.
Half a month after Zhi's troops stationed in "Cui", Tian Qi, who had been staying at home, became active again.
Tian Qi did not issue a denouncement of the Zhi family. On the contrary, he repeatedly stated that it was all a misunderstanding before. He told the princes of Qi State and various forces about the action of sending Tian Shu to ask Zhiyao to plead guilty.
During this period, a very strange thing happened in Qi State. Bao Mu invited the left and right prime ministers of Qi to have a banquet, and then killed them both, and began to attack other nobles.
Who is this Bao Mu? He is a descendant of Bao Shuya, and he used to be in cahoots with Tian Qi.
Why was there a sudden outburst this time? I heard that the Prime Minister of the Left and the Prime Minister of the Right were about to take action, and out of fear, they took action first.
"It must be Tian Qi who provides the clue to Zi Gao and Zi Guo." Sima Rangju looked angry.
Zhiyao didn't have any special feeling. If he had to say it, he felt that the nobles of Qi State played more dirty with each other than the nobles of Jin State.
Zhao Yang's killing of Zhao Wu was already very bad.
Now that Bao Mu invites people to a banquet and kills people again, he has opened up a new way of socializing. It's just a negative one.
If you do this, the left and right prime ministers of Qi will be finished, and the people who maintain the dignity of Qi will disappear immediately.
The many princes of the Qi State are in a state of hostility and cannot decide a final winner. Maybe the Qi State will continue to separate themselves from each other and even end up splitting!
Zhiyao spied on the situation of Qi State and immediately decided to stay on the north bank of Jishui to avoid irritating Qi State to unite.
"It's best to let Qi continue to be divided!" Zhiyao thought to himself.
Next, Qi seemed to have forgotten that Zhi's army was stationed in "Cui". No force sent envoys. They were busy attacking each other, but the Zhi's people could listen to Qi's strange stories every day.
One day Zhiyao came to Sima Ranju and asked, "Does Lai have any descendants alive?"
Sima Ranju's expression changed immediately!
People who can write military books should still write military books with a strategic perspective as the core. Sima Ranju could guess what Zhiyao wanted to do as soon as he heard it.
What else could it be for? Zhiyao must be trying to find Lai Jun’s descendants and help them regain their country.
Sima Ranju calmed down and said: "Laijun has no direct descendants alive."
Really?
If it is a lie, Zhiyao will definitely be able to find out later, but it will take a certain amount of time.
Waiting for Zhiyao to find a direct descendant of Lai Jun one day, how will Sima Rangju deal with it?
Zhiyao looked at Sima Ranju intently for a while, then said with a smile: "That's it."
Given the environment at that time when the feudal lords were constantly fighting each other, Lai Jun must have had direct descendants still alive, but they would disappear soon. The rest of the descendants? If they were not direct descendants, they would not be qualified to inherit the country based on etiquette and law.
Sima Ranju changed the topic and asked: "Why is the Crown Prince stationed here?"
Can Zhiyao say that she just wants to watch the various forces in Qi State fight?
"The Crown Prince is here to bring order to the chaos, so he must take action." Sima Rangju said.
Zhiyao said: "If no young master comes here, what can Yao do?"
This is also strange.
There was obviously such a thick thigh right there, but no one from Qi State contacted Zhiyao.
In fact, it is understandable that internal fighting among young masters is one thing, but colluding with external forces will become another situation.
With the examples of the Fan family and the Zhonghang family in front of us, even if the Qi family is confused, there will definitely be someone with a clear mind to advise him. If he doesn't want to become a sinner of the Qi state, who has the courage to hand a "ticket" to the Zhi family?
Zhiyao is not in a hurry, really, not at all.
The Qi State is currently at war. They wouldn't be so naive as to think that Zhiyao wouldn't interfere if they don't give them "tickets", right?
