Chapter 21: Having a child should be like Zhishi Yao
That is the "power of following the dragon" and "the simplicity in the emperor's heart"!
If nothing else, it is better to get close to the master during his struggle than to follow the master after he has already established his achievements.
Being able to let people know who you are is definitely more advantageous than having no impression at all, and it will be more beautiful if you can be taken seriously.
There are always masters, but not everyone has the opportunity to follow him early. Those who are aware of the future direction of the old Zhi family look at Zhiyao very eagerly, all because of their status, fiefdom, servants, wealth...
…The future will be controlled by Zhiyao’s power of reward and punishment.
Having glimpsed possible shortcuts, the living no longer cared about the dead. They only thought about how they could gain appreciation from Zhiyao.
Zhiyao noticed the eagerness with which they looked at her, and thought to herself: "There is no other sweetness than power."
To put it bluntly, someone always needs to be a foil to show the difference. The gap in status means that people with lower status obey, flatter and envy, so as to show the use of the high status of the high status person.
Within half a month, "Huang Father" Zhiyao raided only seven families, most of them were retainers, and a few vassal nobles. Without exception, their heads were killed, the clansmen were made slaves, and all property was confiscated.
If it hadn't been for the late Spring and Autumn Period, that is, the era when rituals and music were broken down, even the sect leader could not kill the nobles who were attached to him at will. Only the monarch had such power, and even the monarch could not do anything extreme such as confiscating property.
The problem is that times have changed, and many things that could not be done before have now become a matter of course.
There were seven people who confiscated their homes alone, and even more people were fired from their positions, and were subsequently replaced one by one by Zhiyao's team.
It was not that there was no resistance during the process. For many families that committed crimes, after the death of the master, the heirs would lead the tribesmen and subjects to resist.
After all, this is an era where the master is in charge of everything, which means that one person determines the fate of most people.
The current era is also one in which ministers are ministers and not ministers to the king. The king can command his own ministers, but he cannot jump over the hierarchy to command the ministers' ministers.
The vassal nobles of the Zhi family also have their own vassals, "scholars", "disciples" and subjects. The "scholars", "disciples" and subjects belonging to each noble family only recognize their own masters, and they do not accept those from more senior officials.
Orders and instructions from superiors.
In the face of absolute force, any resistance is a desperate struggle, which increases the number of bloodshed and creates more slaves.
After Zhiyao finished cleaning up "Huang's father", it spread to the surrounding areas. They ransacked homes and killed people all winter long.
Because the speed of information transmission is very slow, it will most likely take several months to spread what happened ten miles away. There are many Zhi family retainers and vassal nobles. They don't know that the old Zhi family is already cleaning up and stay at home.
I was left alone.
Also doing the same thing were Zhishen and some reliable members of the Zhi clan. Those eliminated were not necessarily guilty of crimes, many of them just didn't take their master's family seriously.
Of course, disrespecting the master's family is a sin in itself, and you deserve to be dealt with.
There will definitely be people who have been wronged in this wave of purges, but they are the few who have been sacrificed in the "big picture".
Because there was a lot of movement within the Zhi family to clean up, especially a rebellion. Although the rebellion was suppressed, the news would naturally spread.
What the Lao Zhi family was doing was widely circulated, and contributed a new idiom to Zhu Xia called "taking into account the overall situation". With what the Lao Zhi family was doing as the background, the background allusion of "taking into account the overall situation" was produced. (Original idiom
From "The Strange Current Situation Witnessed in Twenty Years" in the Qing Dynasty)
First of all, each family understands that the Zhi family needs to stabilize their internal affairs, and they all believe that the Zhi family really knows how to choose the right time.
Judging from the situation, it is indeed the most appropriate time for Lao Zhijia to do this. Otherwise, if it were done at any other time, there would definitely be outside intervention.
Now, the Zhao family, the Han family and the Wei family have formed an alliance to go to war with the Fan family, the Zhongxing family and some small and medium-sized families. They certainly cannot take the risk of becoming enemies of the Zhi family and interfering with the Zhi family's internal affairs.
Until the spring season comes, Zhishi dare not say that the long-standing shortcomings have been cleared up, but the situation is definitely better than before.
What concerned the Jin State and some people from other countries who were interested in observing was that Zhi Yao of the Zhi family entered their field of vision and inquired about some of the things Zhiyao had done. Just the decisiveness shown by Zhi Yao was enough to make them pay attention.
Many families use Zhiyao to educate their heirs, thus turning Zhiyao into "other people's children" and using it to teach their own children, making Zhiyao hated by countless children.
A year later, Zhiyao turned ten.
After the spring season came, Zhao's private army began to gather from all over the place near "Handan".
Last year, at the beginning of the year, which is traditionally considered to be around October, Zhao Ji, the son of Zhao Wu, held high the banner of revenge in "Handan" and formally declared war on the Zhao family.
What's more interesting is that Zhao Ji said he wanted to retaliate against the Zhao family, but Handan Zhao showed a posture of sticking to "Handan" and did not send out any soldiers to attack the Zhao family's fiefdom.
What’s even more interesting is that the Fan family and the Zhonghang family have already assembled their armies, but they have not set off to the vicinity of "Handan". The Fan family has stationed their army in "Sui", while the Zhonghang family has stationed their army in "Hu".
"mouth".
The "Sui" land is in the middle and upper reaches of the Fen River, very close to the Wei family's "Lv" land. Taking the "Lv" land can directly threaten the Zhao family's "Zhao" city.
And "Hukou" is on the west side of the Taihang Mountains, about two hundred miles away from "Handan". Going west, you can directly attack the Han family's fiefdom and threaten "Xintian".
When Zhao's army approached "Handan", Zhao Yang was not in the army personally. He stayed in "Xintian" and repeatedly asked to see the king and lobbied for immunity.
What kind of crime are you exempt from? It’s the one that “the person responsible for the crime dies”.
What is the responsibility? He gathered private troops without permission and went to attack "Handan".
It is most likely that the location where Fan and Zhongxing's armies were stationed made Wei and Han very afraid, and Wei and Han also joined the queue to persuade the monarch.
"Aren't you afraid that your old age will be unknown if you make such repeated leaps?" Zhiyao had just received news from 'Xintian', saying that the monarch had defined the response of Handan Zhao Juqi and the Fan family and Zhonghang family as rebellion.
In fact, the monarch completely stopped acting, indicating that he wanted to fight each other to death among the various high-ranking families, and even urged the fight to start as soon as possible.
After the monarch completely tore off the disguise, he ordered Zhishuo, Wei Chi and Han Buxin to help Zhao Yang. At the same time, he also ordered the other nobles in the country to assemble their troops, as if they were going to kill the Fan family, Zhonghang family and Handan Zhao and other associates at once.
posture.
What can the nobles who fully understand what is going on do?
Shi Jishe and Zhong Xingyin, who were defined as rebellious, directly cursed the monarch.
Due to the relationship between their superiors and subordinates, the rest of the people could only obey orders and gather somewhere. Zhizhu was the only one who was sick... maybe she was really sick. Anyway, Zhizhu was not participating in the civil war for the time being.
For the Zhao family, it was an arrow on the string that had to be fired. When the troops arrived at the "Handan" city, they immediately launched an siege...
