Chapter 246: My measure is beyond your imagination
Zhiyao formulated an eastward strategy for the Zhi family. Prioritizing the weakening of Qi was purely a matter of historical opportunity.
Because the Zhi family was destined to expand eastward, countries in the east would become targets, including Lu.
Yang Hu has a lot of grievances and disputes with the State of Lu. One day, the Zhi family will expand to be adjacent to the State of Lu? At that time, it can be that Yang Hu is targeting the State of Lu out of personal grudges. What does it have to do with the Zhi family?
Of course, what Zhiyao did this time was kill two birds with one stone.
Yang Hu, who once served as the "hidden prime minister" of the State of Lu, was truly capable of governing, and his ability to command troops was not lacking.
Zhi Yao's absorption of Yang Hu would make the Zhao family lose one talent and give the Zhi family one more talent, thus serving as a warning to Zhao Guanhe.
As long as the Zhi family is willing to support Yang Hu against Lu? Yang Hu will be willing to wait and make concessions elsewhere for revenge.
As for Yang Hu’s history of seizing power? It depends on who is on top of him!
"Yang Hu once humiliated Master Kong." Tai Hu reminded Zhiyao afterwards.
It was the death of Confucius's mother. During the mourning period, Yang Hu came to mourn. Yang Hu told Confucius that the Ji family hosted a banquet for the scholars and asked Confucius to go to the banquet. But after Confucius went, Yang Hu stopped Confucius and said
"The Ji family only entertains famous people, but they don't dare to entertain you." Confucius had no choice but to go back.
Zhiyao had heard of this, but so what.
Zhishi is not a vassal of Confucius. Even if there are many disciples of Confucius working for Zhishi, they can still interfere with what Zhishi wants to do?
As the subordinates of the Zhi family, those disciples should take into account the interests of the Zhi family and not be accommodated by the Zhi family.
Of course, since the Zhi family's fiefdom is so big and there are so many things going on, Zhiyao will make relevant arrangements to try to prevent Yang Hu from having too many opportunities to come into contact with Confucius' disciples.
What if Confucius's group of disciples caused trouble because Yang Hu served the Zhi family? Even if this is an era where "lord" and "teacher" coexist, Zhi Yao will completely clean up the Zhi family.
What is the coexistence of monarch and teacher? To put it bluntly, it is similar to the "double monarch" system. So the last time the disciples learned that Confucius was in trouble, they immediately went to rescue him. Since there was no trouble on the Zhi family's side, there was simply no way to stop it. It was not Zhiyao's connivance.
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Later, Zhiyao arrived at "Handan" with a group of people, including Yang Hu.
After arriving in "Handan", Zhiyao gave many instructions to Yang Hu, the most important of which was about the construction of the city of "Huoren".
This "Huoren" was named after Chi Di, and the Zhi family did not change the name unless necessary. It is located southeast of Juzhu Mountain and Xiawu Mountain. Guozhu Mountain is the territory of Loufan, and Xiawu Mountain is the territory of Daiguo.
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In fact, Juzhu Mountain and Xiawu Mountain are two very famous places, and they have always been places that military strategists must guard. After the decline of the Zhuxia civilization, it has always been an important military town to resist the southward movement of nomadic groups, even in the Ming Dynasty.
It is one of the "nine sides", so you can see its weight.
Zhiyao did not know the importance of Juzhu Mountain and Xiawu Mountain in advance. He only understood the importance after looking at the terrain during his last expedition to Zhongshan Kingdom.
"The two mountains are both plains, which shows the importance of the two mountains..." Zhiyao spoke very slowly, describing the military value of the place one by one.
Yang Hu listened and understood. He had thought that it would not be reused before, but after listening to it, he immediately understood that it was a key point for the Zhi family to continue to expand northward.
"My family needs horses, good horses. Buying or plundering them is within the tiger's control," Zhiyao said.
Lou Fan sent troops to help the Zhongshan Kingdom. Regardless of whether Lou Fan sent people to "Xintian" to apologize and make compensation afterwards, there is no doubt that Lou Fan was the enemy of the Jin Kingdom.
The Jin State can accept the apology from other countries and accept the compensation it deserves. Whether it will fight later is another matter.
Given the Jin people's tendency to retaliate, there may be no movement for a while, and then they will find new reasons to start things off after the limelight has passed.
So why apologize and compensate the Jin State after offending it? Countries or tribes without an apology and compensation will be destroyed anyway. With an apology and compensation, at most they will receive a lesson or a few lessons. At least Guo Zuo can be saved!
"Horses?" Yang Hu was a little confused.
Zhiyao said: "Guanhu made a mistake by riding a horse alone. Yao has an idea and needs a good horse to test it."
Yang Hu thought to himself: "If I don't know that Zhao is also trying to find the correct way to use the horse alone, am I completely unable to understand what the prince wants to do?"
To be honest, Yang Hu doesn't really care who he works for. If he wants to be valued and gain power, it would be better if he could return to the Lu Kingdom for revenge.
Then, Yang Hu did not use his own "secrets" when working for other families, and when he came to the Zhi family, he would not tell the Zhao family's secrets.
It's not that Yang Hu has such moral integrity, it's actually the moral concepts that all nobles of this era have been cultivated since childhood, and then there are other deterrents.
If they can become nobles in this era, even if they are pretending, they will definitely pretend for a lifetime, otherwise they are destined to be abandoned by mainstream society. Once they are not accepted by mainstream society, they will be like fish out of water, and they will be dead even if they are alive. Maybe
It's better to be dead than alive, at least he won't continue to implicate the clan.
Yang Hu had seen with his own eyes how the Zhao family trained a single horse to do mounted archery. He believed that as long as there were enough soldiers capable of riding and arching, it would definitely bring great changes to the existing battle formation pattern.
"What the prince meant by riding a horse alone is..." Yang Hu became curious.
Zhiyao said: "Zhao's cavalry shoots as I want, and the cavalry that rushes into the formation is also what I want."
Yang Hu's face looked a little unnatural.
Zhiyao said with a smile but not a smile: "Yao's ambition is far from reviving my hegemony, and he has no intention of spying on other families." Gu Li
Is that right? When Yang Hu arrived at the Zhi family, it was later reported that Zhao family was doing something. Zhao family could not help but guess that Yang Hu had leaked the truth. This was the reason why Yang Hu's face looked unnatural.
Zhiyao dared to say those words and would not be afraid of Yang Hu revealing them to the outside world.
In fact, it was Yang Hu who said it, and others must also believe it.
If the world is asked to choose to believe in Yang Hu or Zhiyao, it is not a multiple-choice question at all. Everyone will believe in Zhiyao. The reason is of course that Yang Hu's reputation has long been ruined.
So, low status and negative reputation will face all kinds of difficulties. The higher the status, the worse the reputation. The situation faced is beyond imagination. At least people with low status may still live well, but the reputation of high status people is related to their lives.
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Yang Hu was a little confused, so he asked the question: "The cavalry that rushes into the formation?"
There is no need for Zhiyao to tell Yang Hu too much about this now. She only hopes that Yang Hu can understand the importance of going to "Huo Ren" to host.
Although Yang Hu had a lot of questions in his heart, after listening to Zhiyao's story for a while, he fully understood that the task he had undertaken was very heavy, and his anxious heart finally let go.
During this period of time, Zhiyao received a lot of advice, and without exception they were all directed at Yang Hu.
"My ambition is very comparable to others. Yang Hu can use it to show my desire for talent. How can a talented person refuse to serve me?"
The "I" used by Zhiyao refers to the Zhi family, which means that she has shown a thirsty attitude for talents on behalf of the Zhi family time and time again.
"Handan" and "Ye" developed steadily, with little need for Zhiyao's personal intervention. After a round of inspection, they returned to "Xintian".
Nowadays, Zhao Bolu and Wei Ju among the six "Qings" are not in "Xintian". Zhong Quan and Hu Jiehui often report to Zhishen, while Han Buxin has not appeared in front of Zhishen for a long time.
Zhiyao, who returned to "Xintian" for a few days, also discovered a clue. Han Geng, who used to keep looking for her, seemed to be missing.
Even when Zhiyao goes out to socialize, people of high and low status are far more restrained in getting along with him than before.
"This is why the prince punishes the Zhao family this time."
Do you think Zhiyao just stole Yanghu from Zhao this time? No.
In addition to handing over Yang Hu, the Zhao family was also deprived of the land of "Pingling". The reason Zhi found was that the Zhao family was unable to resist Lou Fan.
In fact, it was a lost Loufan tribe that went south and fought hard to enter the "Pingling" territory before being discovered. The Zhao family defeated them. The problem is that the Loufan tribe could rely on "Pingling" to be discovered.
Zhao's fault.
Everyone knows that Zhishi is completely retaliating against Zhao. No one can say that there is anything wrong with Zhishi's treatment of Zhao. To insist on saying something is just making a fuss out of a molehill.
If there is no Lou Fan to enter the Zhao family's territory, the Zhi family will find other reasons.
From Zhishi's reaction, various families found that Zhishi's style had changed and he was no longer the good old guy he used to be.
On this day, Zhao Bolu returned to "Xintian" from "Jinyang" and sent Gubu Ziqing to pay him a visit first.
Later, Zhishen came to Zhiyao and said, "Ms. Zhao talked about the engagement."
In terms of time, it has been three years since Zhao Yang held his funeral, so it is indeed time for Zhiyao and Fen Ying's wedding to take place.
Zhiyao said with a smile: "In this case, my lord, let the Zhao family attack Loufan and return it to 'Pingling' after the war."
What's going on?
It's nothing more than that the Zhi family is too powerful. If they don't intend to succeed Jin in one fell swoop or split the Jin country, continuing to be a good old man will help them pretend.
The wedding of Zhiyao and Fenying is about to be held. Giving the Zhao family a piece of credit and returning the "Ping Ling" for free can also make the old Zhi family full of humanity.
This matter needs to be told to Zhao Boluming, especially if the rumor is revealed, otherwise the performance will be in vain.
Zhishen didn't understand some of Zhiyao's operations. His real thought was: "If Zhiyao is not my son, and he gets a glimpse of this kind of behavior, he must be killed as soon as possible."
There is nothing I can do, even my own father thinks that he spends too much time and effort and does not look like a good person at all. If he offends him in the slightest, he might be tricked to death one day without knowing it.
Naturally, Zhao Bolu would not mention the marriage until he was present in person.
Zhishen mentioned that he wanted the Zhao family to attack Loufan and return the "Pingling" afterwards, which suddenly moved Zhao Bolu to death.
Zhiyao, who was present in person, saw Zhao Bolu's gratitude that didn't seem to be fake, and thought to herself: "Let Zhao Guanji quietly deal with it after his historical mission is over."
Just because Zhiyao had the intention of succeeding to the Jin Dynasty, it did not mean that all the families needed to be destroyed. They would never be able to destroy them all. Furthermore, he had no intention of completely eliminating the aristocracy as a class.
In fact, the privileged class will always exist, just under other names.
In fact, it’s okay to let those families become members of the new country, right?
