As in the past, even if Zhishen had his own ideas on such a major matter, he would still implement the plan given by Zhiyao.
This means that although Zhishen has his own ideas, it is actually almost the same as having no ideas at all. It is not a contradiction, he has some ideas, but they do not constitute a plan and cannot be beneficial to the development of Zhishen. The ideas are just ideas.
Zhiyao is different. He has ideas and can come up with plans. No one can tell whether it will be good or bad in the long-term future, but the short-term benefits can be seen.
Under this reality, Zhishi’s strategy for the next few years has been confirmed.
It has long been an established strategy that the Zhi family will take advantage of Qi's weakness to expand eastward. This time, it is a short-term goal to take advantage of Wu to attack Qi and add insult to injury.
"How will I deal with myself if I occupy half of Qi?" Zhishen asked.
This will be a big event, and even lead to a life-and-death national war with Qi.
In fact, the "Tan" land of Qi State was not developed very carefully, and the number of cities was only a handful.
The more important thing is that once the "Tan" land is invaded by the Zhi family, including the upper reaches of Jishui River and the southwest of Qi near Mount Tai, it will become an enclave. Even if the Zhi family does not take it, Weiguo and Lu will lose it.
Can the country still watch?
Zhishen knew that Zhiyao wanted to seize the "Tan" land from Qi State and would attack the southwest of Qi State. However, it was not clear for the time being whether Zhiyao would involve Wei State and Lu State.
Zhiyao said: "Maybe the Lu State will send troops to defend the country."
Having fun alone is not as good as having fun together, right?
The Zhi family can also consolidate the subordinate relationship with the Wei State on behalf of the Jin State, which also consumes the little remaining strength of the Wei State.
Weiguo will definitely send troops after being invited by the Zhi family, but it cannot digest the territory in a short time, especially if it has not had time to digest it, and it will become the food of the Zhi family.
Zhiyao will one day annex Weiguo. Judging from Weiguo's current strength and the Zhi family's strength and size, it will not take too long to actually take action. Wei family will lose Guozuo.
It will be Lu's turn soon.
So, the situation will be that regardless of the relationship between the Lu State and the Zhi family, one day the Zhi family's fiefdom expands to border the Lu State, the Lu State will either surrender to the Zhi family, or it will enter a state of caution or hostility.
When the time comes, Zhiyao will naturally not watch Lu State digest the cities and population it has seized from Qi State, but will decide whether to attack Lu State immediately or use other means to blackmail based on the actual situation.
After listening to Zhiyao's story, Zhishen was so shocked that he was completely speechless.
So cruel!
First he set his sights on half of the Qi state, then he sought to annex the Wei state, and he also set his sights on the Lu state. It was really cruel.
Zhi Yao knew very well what Zhishen was thinking at this moment and said: "The strife in the country will make all the families join forces to attack me. This is the only way my family wants to be strong."
In fact, Zhishen, who has a gentle personality, still knows that the Jin Kingdom cannot be peaceful. Because their generation has just experienced a great chaos, they may be able to maintain small troubles for ten or twenty years, but there will definitely be great chaos in the future. This also belongs to the Jin Dynasty
This is a curse that cannot be shaken off.
Zhishen was speechless for a long time.
Zhi Yao looked at the absent-minded Zhishen and said, "Even if you don't want to be with Yao, how can his family break up?"
Zhishen said in a daze: "As Yao said, the Zhao family is plotting against me this time."
Zhiyao simply gave strong medicine and said: "Now my family is the only strong one, and the other families have not yet recovered. One day, the Wei family and the Han family will bring the annexed people back to their hearts, the Zhao family will succeed in running Jinyang, and the Hu family will stand on its heels."
Stable, the Zhong family's fighting strength is still as good as before, and they will definitely form an alliance to attack me."
This is exactly what Zhishen is worried about.
Zhiyao added: "If I frequently seize the land of many families, not only will people in the world regard me as cruel, but I will also lose the support of the people at home."
This "people" are not Li Shu, but Chinese people, and they are also common people with surnames.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, even in the Warring States Period, do you know what class someone has a surname and a family name? Given the social environment at that time, one either had a fief or had the power of public opinion!
It seems that the "Zhiyao" in the original history repeatedly seized cities from other Qingfang families, right? It not only caused panic within the Jin Kingdom, but also the Qingqi family and the surviving small and medium-sized families hated "Zhiyao" to the core, and the rest had long since Countries that deeply hated "Zhiyao" also wished that "Zhiyao" died unexpectedly.
Everyone is looking forward to "Zhiyao" dying a good death. It must be impossible to get a good death. After death, his head will be turned into a wine glass. It is really miserable!
Seeing that Zhishen was still in despair, Zhi Yao sighed first, and then said: "My lord, please think about Zhao Dun's Zhao family, but Qi's Que family."
Both of these families had the title of minister of the Jin Dynasty, and their families were unparalleled in strength for a while, but they perished when one family was the only one, and they were still attacked by groups.
Zhishen opened his mouth, wanting to say that it was because Zhao Dun and San Que were too arrogant and domineering that they ended up like that.
Another point is that there are so many arrogant and domineering people who hold the position of minister of the Jin Dynasty. Even if they are not destroyed in the current generation, their families will later be settled by the later generations.
Zhishen thought to himself: "I definitely haven't done anything arrogant and domineering, and Yao doesn't seem to be an arrogant and domineering person. But... the Zhi family is really too powerful, and will continue to be strong, and other families will be afraid, I am afraid that if we unite, a civil war will break out."
That is an obvious thing, and there is no need to wait for them to join forces. The slightest sign is forcing the Chi clan to strike first.
Finally, Zhishen said with great exhaustion: "Yao, if you want to make your country strong, you must not ignore the foundation. There is a lot of useless land in my house, so we must not let it go to waste."
Of course Zhiyao understands this truth, but with the population of the Zhi family, if the plan is proper, it is best for development and military expansion to go hand in hand.
When Zhishen saw Zhiyao agreeing, he was really relieved.
"I hope that in my lifetime, I won't see civil strife sweeping across the Jin Kingdom again." Zhishen thought while coughing.
Seeing that her old father was so tired and coughing repeatedly, Zhiyao planned to cook rock sugar snow pears by herself.
Rock sugar snow pear is the name. Pear is a fruit that is native to Zhuxia. If there is no sugar, it can be replaced by other sweet things.
"It seems that father is too kind..." Zhiyao was very troubled while he was busy.
There is no doubt that the largest family in the Jin Kingdom's fiefdoms is undoubtedly the Zhi family, but many fiefdoms have not been developed.
The piece of land that originally belonged to Changdi will be mainly used for grazing in Zhiyao's plan. Considering the local terrain and environment, it is very difficult to carry out farming. Grazing will destroy the environment first, and then seek reclamation if it is suitable. The right choice.
The last time Zhishen went there for an inspection, he saw mostly wetlands and swamps everywhere.
Hebei is actually covered with wetlands and swamps? Because of the climate, it was indeed such an environment in 483 BC.
The Zhi family first grazed cattle there, and then gradually artificially renovated some local rivers and lakes, and even cut down trees on a large scale. Don't worry too much, it can always change the local environment in a few decades.
Needless to say, there is no need to talk about destroying nature.
In the current era, everything is pristine. When it is time to protect the environment, it is just past the critical point. It is another matter that nature is disturbing people's living space.
"It's not Brazil. It's facing deception from all over the world. If I had the ability, I would plow down all the forests to the east of Ye!" Zhiyao has already arrived in Ye.
Setting a fire to burn something like this? Unless it's a particularly hot climate, it's a bit difficult to start a fire and spread it.
In fact, it is not suitable to use fire for reclamation. The fear of spreading the fire is one, and the waste of wood raw materials is two. The most terrible thing is that it is more difficult to clean up after burning!
Zhi's first five-year plan was completed a year ago, and subsequent land reclamation was continued to increase arable farmland.
Every year some land is reclaimed, and the farmland that can grow food is increased every year. The local population is also expanding rapidly.
Because too much manpower and material resources of the Zhi family have been invested here, the whole family's attention will naturally be focused on it, and some core clan members will stay for a long time. It is not based on administrative orders, but the center of gravity has actually moved eastward.
"My family may need to build another city." Expo Road followed Zhiyao recently.
Zhiyao also noticed this!
The newly built "Ye" is a functional city and is not suitable as a permanent residence.
The original "Handan" was too small, and it was still the home base of Handan Zhao. The people of Handan Zhao were not all dead, they just lost their original power and became one of the many small families of the Zhi family.
It is very uncertain whether Handan Zhao will recover "Handan" after it was lost. As long as they have done enough meritorious service for the Zhi family and then request the return of "Handan", Zhiyao does not mind rewarding the city in order to reward their contribution.
To Handan Zhao.
That's because the benefits created by Handan Zhao for the Zhi family are higher than the value of "Handan". Those who have meritorious service will be rewarded. Coupled with a kind of sentiment, it will make the old Zhi family appear very humane.
Of course, what happens to Handan Zhao after they take back "Handan" still depends on themselves.
After all, with rewards comes punishments.
Furthermore, from ancient times to the present, no family can be rich forever.
"If we want to build a city, where is the right place to build it?" Zhiyao was a little moved.
This is purely due to the wisdom of the old wisdom that the center of gravity has shifted eastward and people must adapt to development.
Zhiyao ordered people to bring the mountain and river map, and then called Zhi Xuwu, Sima Ranju, Zilu, and Zigong. A group of people gathered around the mountain and river map to discuss.
Among them, Sima Ranju only came back from Cui after learning that Zhiyao had come to "Ye". He had already reported some important matters about Qi State and was waiting for Zhiyao to make a decision.
"You cannot build on the south bank of the river." Sima Ranju first mentioned this point.
Zhi Xuwu nodded in approval and then said: "Don't stay too far away from 'Ye'."
The Zhi family established the city of "Ye", and it only took a year. After various workshops began to operate, many people had to pay attention to the military equipment and agricultural tools produced every month.
Knowing the special characteristics of "Ye" city, who can despise it? If you are clear-headed, you should understand that when a new political center is created, it must not be too far away from "Ye" city to avoid being unable to control it, and at the same time, it can also ensure the safety of "Ye" city
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The political center? That must be where the core members and presidents stay. Relevant government orders are issued from here, and there must be corresponding military deployments.
Then, in addition to not being too far away from the city of "Ye", we must also consider the location of the newly reclaimed farmland. The reason is that the population there is concentrated and it is extremely convenient to gather troops.
The most critical question now is, where to choose to build the city, and when to start the project?
