In Zhishi's strategic core plan for Zhiyao, the focus of development is around "Handan". Once the development around "Handan" is completed, it will shift to the northeast.
By the way, where is the northeast direction of "Handan"? In modern times, that side is called Hejian, but in the Warring States Period it would be called Rao.
Because there are differences in mountain and landforms in different periods, and considering geopolitical factors, a place that may be extremely important in one era may seem insignificant in the next era.
It's not like Zhiyao never thought about developing to the southwest of "Handan". There would be a Ye city there in the Eastern Han Dynasty. If it were occupied, it would have great strategic value in controlling North China.
What's the problem? Zhishi has already developed the surrounding area of "Handan", so it is really unnecessary and a double waste to go to the southwest of "Handan" to carry out major projects no more than 150 miles away.
Zhishi's second five-year plan chose Hejian, thousands of miles northeast of "Handan". To put it bluntly, it was built to form a dichotomy with "Xianyu". While completing military deployment, it could also develop surrounding areas.
, to make preliminary arrangements for Qi to launch a war of annihilation, and even to become an advance base for the war against Beiyan one day in the future.
Therefore, it is best to keep "Yuan", one of the two major grain-producing areas in Jin State, in your hands, and it would not be a pity to give it to other families.
"My family's land in the west is useless." Zhiyao's words were a bit unpleasant. It depends on the Zhi family's strategic development focus, not that the quality of the fiefdom there is too poor.
Zhishen is waiting for the completion of the first five-year plan around "Handan" before looking at the subsequent benefits. Even if he dotes on Zhiyao and has enough confidence in Zhiyao's vision, he still has some concerns about giving up the western territory.
concern.
It's simply that Zhiyao didn't propose that she even want to give up "Zhi", otherwise Zhishen wouldn't be able to accept it emotionally in the first place, and the rest of the clan would be dumbfounded.
Take this time as an example, the Zhao family can accept being cut apart from the land of "Zhao" and "Jinyang". First, their ancestors were buried in the land of "Zhao", and "Jinyang" is the future development focus of the Zhao family.
As long as "Zhao" land and "Jinyang" still belong to the Zhao family, if they fall this time, they will still have a chance to get up in the future. If they can't even save these two places, don't blame them for their violent death struggle.
Which family wanted to get that piece of land, and whether they got it or not. The issue of fiefdom replacement was thrown out by Zhishen, and everyone was dumbfounded.
"Where each family belongs is not because of the place, but because of who it is next to, right?" Zhishen asked.
Everyone still said nothing.
Everyone is very particular about who they want to be neighbors with, so they are not willing to be neighbors with an aggressive family. Even if there is no big fight, they will feel disgusted if there is too much friction.
Zhishen was not in a hurry, he was very patient and waited for everyone to digest it before deciding whether the fiefdom replacement could proceed.
Previously, the Zhao family's sphere of influence accounted for about 30% of Jin's sphere of influence, second only to the sphere of influence controlled by the Zhi family.
That's 30%. After the change, the structure of Jin will definitely change a lot.
Not only the number of fiefdoms held by each family, but also the division of the Zhao family's population.
Of course, the two places with the largest population of the Zhao family are "Zhao" and "Jinyang". Even "Jinyang" accounts for about 30% of the total population of the Zhao family. If the two places are not lost, about 40% of the population can be saved.
quantity.
How to carve up the Zhao family has not yet become a final decision. It is very likely that the Zhao family will be left with fiefdoms other than "Zhao" and "Jinyang". This is also one of the important factors why the Zhao family finally chose to endure.
Without killing them all at once, and without exploiting most of them, leaving an opportunity for a comeback, it would be difficult for anyone to make up their mind to overturn the situation.
It seems to be a favorable thing for the Zhao family to retain at least 40% or more of the population. If they do not cultivate a large amount of farmland in a short period of time, they may be very successful in the future, at least in terms of food.
It's a certain thing.
The rainy season has passed.
Then, God was enough to give him face. The weather was fine in the next month, and the Jin army, which had been on an expedition for about a year, was able to return home after the arrival of new troops.
Those who have fulfilled their quota can leave, but the leaders of each family still need to stay.
Anyone can leave if they want. It's just that the dispute over how to divide the meat is still in the stage. If you leave, it means giving up the right to fight.
Therefore, even if we know that there is little hope, or that we are completely unqualified to fight, in order to have the greatest control over the changes in the situation, it would be foolish for us to leave.
After a month of sunny weather, it is raining again.
"With so much rainfall here, water for farming is really guaranteed, right?" Zhiyao thought to herself.
That is, regardless of what the nearby landforms are like today. There are large tracts of wetlands, and many places are even densely covered with swamps.
Therefore, it’s really not that Zhongshan, which knows how to farm, doesn’t develop it. Their manpower and technology are limited and they really can’t carry out big projects!
After more than a hundred years, the rainfall decreased significantly. During the Warring States Period, the Zhao State developed this area and relied on the food from this area for emergency relief many times. Later, the Western Han and Eastern Han Dynasties benefited from the foundation of Zhao State's development.
By supplying food to other areas, at least the local areas can be self-sufficient.
The Warring States, Western Han and Eastern Han Dynasties had their own situations, such as population size, etc.
We are currently in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and the population is much smaller than that of the Warring States Period, and it cannot be compared with the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty.
"Since ancient times, Hebei seems to have always been at a certain level. What's the reason?" Zhiyao felt that she needed to find out.
In the current era, if the Zhi family can develop Hebei, it will at least be a great benefit to agriculture. The terrible thing is that it is really difficult.
But it is a good thing to be able to control it. At least the plains of Zhongshan Kingdom and the plains controlled by Zhishi themselves are part of the North China Plain. Not only do they have many development values, but the surrounding natural resources are also extremely rich. The plain terrain is suitable for large-scale projects.
A city with a huge population is a prerequisite.
The principle is not too complicated. The open terrain means that transportation lines are easy to open, and the grain production can get rid of transportation from other places to the greatest extent.
"Choosing the capital city and then relying on external transportation for everything is a complete act of suicide!" Zhiyao remembered that there seemed to be quite a lot of places like this that forced the central government to do something like this in history?
Of course, Zhiyao does not intend to use the invisible Hejian as the future capital, but only from an economic point of view.
A capital city or something? Zhiyao is still looking for it. He may grab a ready-made one, but the greater possibility is to build a new city by himself.
The Zhi family has obtained the scope of the original Zhongshan Kingdom in terms of territory distribution. As a price, the number of troops participating in subsequent military operations has been increased to an "army", which has reduced the number of troops used by other families.
How the Zhongshan Kingdom was dealt with had nothing to do with the killing of the Zhao family. After all this, the Wei family got the "warm" pair, while the "original" land fell into the hands of the Zhi family.
Wei Chi was very excited when he accomplished something, and he even expressed his gratitude during a chat with Zhishen.
Little did they know that Zhiyao had already planned how to deal with the "original". He would use it for a few years to make up for the Zhi family's food shortage, and finally exchange it with a Qing family who was willing to pay the price.
It's done, right?
What it represents is that each family has basically reached a consensus on fiefdom replacement and is willing to carry out fiefdom replacement in the future. Formal discussions will take place after the heads of each family return to the "new field".
Recently, Zhishen and Han Buxin have been chatting the most, intending to exchange the Zhi family's fiefdom in the west for the Han family's fiefdom in the central part.
This matter is beneficial to both the Zhi family and the Han family. If the Zhi family gets the fief in the middle of the Han family, it can be connected with those in the east. If the Han family gets the Zhi family's fief in the west, it can be directly connected with their ancestral land. .
Because it is beneficial to both families, the preliminary intention has been reached, and the only thing missing is the final confirmation.
Among all the developments, the one who was most anxious but unable to intervene was undoubtedly Jin Junwu.
As a king of a country, if his IQ is not negative, how can he allow his subjects to privately change their fiefdoms, especially since the public clan not only did not gain much benefit when the Zhao family was mutilated, but the fiefdoms that originally belonged to the public clan were also divided.
I heard, just heard, that Jin Junwu was incompetent and furious, and then simply fell ill.
Zhong Quan and Hu You unanimously proposed that they first escort the sick monarch back to "Xintian".
In the end, Hu You was able to go back, but Zhong Quan was left behind.
We are not stupid. The Duke of Jin only has the Zhong family in his name. We will not deliberately target him. If we want to lead the army back when everyone has led the army to go to war, we want to eat the peach!
Of course, the other Qing families are not afraid that Zhong Quan will lead his troops back to cause trouble, so as to avoid possible troubles.
Hu Youneng had another reason to lead his army back. There was something strange happening on Bai Zhai's side. The Jin State needed to be on guard against a recurrence of the situation more than a hundred years ago, in which Bai Zhai got involved with the Qin State and once again launched an undeclared attack on the Jin State. war.
Winter has passed, and the spring season of the new year has arrived. The armed forces of various families who stayed on the borders of Zhongshan Kingdom left the camp according to the military orders they received and went to various places to perform their tasks.
Due to the change of seasons, Zhiyao also received information from Sima Ranju, but a lot of this information was outdated.
All information that cannot be responded to in a timely manner can be regarded as outdated. At most, it is just an understanding of what happened.
"The Lu army recaptured 'Ai Ling'. Young Master Yangsheng defeated Young Master Shou, Young Master Ju, and Young Master Qian. Most of the Qi land has been returned to Young Master Yangsheng." Zhi Yao felt that this Young Master Yangsheng had something, and what was even more surprising was that Tian Qi actually It's almost clear.
Yes, Young Master Yangsheng achieved those successes with the help of Tian Qi, and Tian spent most of his family wealth to help Young Master Yangsheng.
Because Young Master Yangsheng's strength has surged, and Tian Qi has contributed too much, all it takes for Young Master Yangsheng to become Qi Jun is to clear Tian's name!
What's more funny is that Tian Qi had a falling out with his close comrade Bao Mu, forcing the powerful young master Yangsheng to press the pause button to continue the campaign, but failed to take advantage of the strong morale to defeat the current Qi Juntu.
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"The Lu State is fully satisfied with regaining its lost territory. Is it possible that the young master they support, Yang Sheng, can seize the throne?" Zhiyao really couldn't understand many of the practices of the Lu State's monarchs and ministers.
The State of Qi and the State of Lu are feuding, and it is understandable that the monarchs and ministers of the State of Lu previously supported the young master Yangsheng, which only aggravated the civil strife in the State of Qi.
Now Young Master Yangsheng is the strongest, and the State of Lu still maintains a lot of support, as if to help Young Master Yangsheng win the throne, so that the civil strife in Qi State can be ended.
Not to mention that the State of Lu is very particular about its rulers and ministers, supporting the rebellion of the young master Yangsheng is already too much. Isn’t it a good thing for the State of Lu that Qi State has been in war?
"Does the State of Lu extravagantly hope that after Yang Sheng comes to power, he can cut off the flesh of the State of Lu, or does he think that he can maintain long-term friendship?" Zhiyao felt that there was something wrong with the minds of the monarchs and ministers of the State of Lu.
