Chapter 302: Accumulate food, train troops diligently, and then?
When you reach a certain status, you cannot just say certain things.
Zhiyao has no idea of exterminating the Han family at the moment. She talks so much just to make Han Geng lose his mind so that he can say other things.
At present, the one in Jin who can compete with the Zhi family is the Wei family. Although the Wei family loses to the Zhi family in terms of size, the Zhi family also has its own weaknesses.
For example, in terms of military combat effectiveness, Zhiyao has a new army, and the Wei family also has its own elite heavy infantry. In terms of the quality of other soldiers, the quality of the Wei family's soldiers is much better than that of the Zhi family.
This is not to belittle oneself. Even if Zhiyao has been building a new army for seven or eight years, he should not be able to take care of other aspects, and it will still be difficult to take care of everything for a while.
The Wei family is different. They have been trying to carry out military reforms since the Wei Shu era. After decades of persistence, they must have a stronger foundation than other families. For example, the Wei family's soldiers are usually stronger than other families.
Of course, physical fitness is one thing, but mental outlook may be another.
There is no shortage of examples in history of the weak defeating the strong. Spiritual beliefs and pursuits can often offset the differences in physical fitness and weapons and equipment.
Zhi Yao has a very real idea. The further time goes by, the more obvious the Zhi family's advantage will be. If we really want to fight a large-scale civil war with the Zhi family as the protagonist, the longer it is delayed, the more beneficial it will be to the Zhi family.
The fact is that Zhishi is vigorously developing the east of "Handan" and has been expanding externally. It is a fact that it is getting stronger every year, not to mention that it is changing with each passing day.
The Wei family definitely discovered Zhi family's strategy and immediately imitated it. It is understandable that Zhi Yao would be afraid of this point alone.
"If we attack the Han family now, the Wei family will benefit the most." Zhiyao knew this very well.
Looking at the areas where the Han family's fiefdoms are distributed, you can basically know who will benefit the most if the Han family is destroyed.
Wei Ju tested the Zhi family several times to see if they had any intention of attacking the Han family. The test itself showed their attitude and showed that they also had thoughts about the Han family.
Therefore, the Wei family acted as the vanguard to destroy the Zhao family this time. Firstly, they wanted to steal meat, and secondly, they showed an attitude of following the Zhi family, so that they could then unite with the Zhi family to attack the Han family, and even attack the Han family.
The Han family put the blame on Zhi family.
That is to say, Zhiyao will use his brain more. Regardless of whether his guess is correct or not, he should always be on guard.
The most important thing is that Zhiyao firmly believes that if you follow the path you have planned and develop in accordance with the established strategic direction, you must not be led by others!
Han Geng left in despair.
Today, Zhiyao said those words and frightened Han Geng.
Han Geng needed some time to calm down and think about why Zhiyao said those words in person.
As long as Han Geng can think clearly and appreciate the fact that the alliance between the Zhi family and the Wei family is fragile.
The frightened Han Geng would inevitably ask around, review a series of events that had happened recently, and finally get the answer that the Wei family was targeting the Han family.
"The Zhi family will not take the initiative to terminate the alliance with the Wei family, but they can secretly form an alliance with the Han family." This was the idea Zhi Yao came up with.
Do you know? For the same behavior, those who are weak are called weaklings, while those who are strong are those who are wise.
At the back, the envoys from the countries that are closer will arrive first, while those that are further away will take some time.
In view of the fact that the "Battle of Ai Ling" was the defeat of the Wu army, even though many countries were still enemies of the Jin State, the Jin State had regained its momentum as the overlord of the Central Plains. Some princes still wanted to send envoys here despite their displeasure.
Attended the funeral of Jin Dinggong.
Before holding the funeral of Jin Dinggong, the new king's accession to the throne will be arranged first.
In recent days, Zhishen has frequently traveled between the palace and various families in order to arrange all the details for the new king's accession to the throne.
Of course, there have been cases of assassination, so it is necessary to have more people accompanying Jishen to protect him, as he will always be turned upside down wherever he goes.
Zhiyao also achieves the effect of "cleaning the streets" when going out.
To put it bluntly, your life is your own. If you do something arrogant and domineering for safety reasons, there are precedents of assassination, so who can say anything? Even showing anger will be regarded as malicious, and your death will be in vain.
Two months later, the latest envoy to arrive in Qi State arrived.
The envoys of Qi State brought their own bad news. After all, Qi Jun Yangsheng passed away, and his successor was Young Master Ren.
The Qi envoy did not introduce how Qi Jun Yangsheng died and by whose hands he died.
The son Ren who will succeed is the son of the late Qi Jun Yangsheng, and he is not the eldest son.
After learning about the operations of Qi State, those who were interested immediately understood that the powerful ministers of Qi State did not even pretend, disrupted the established procedures of succession, and resorted to public elections, laying the groundwork for disaster for the country and the people.
Foreshadowing.
"It must be Tian's doing, but there is no proof." Sima Rangju said.
Sima Ranju came to "Xintian" five days ago and reported to Zhiyao early the news of Qi Jun Yangsheng's death. The Zhi family's military operations in Qi State also stopped.
It was true that Zhiyao gave the command of the conquest of Qi to Sima Ranju, but he would conceal some things.
For example, Tian Qi's regicide was delayed for a year. Recently, rumors were spread about Zhi's detailed work in Qi State, as well as some of Zhong Xing Yin's role.
This time, Tian Qi really had to take action. If he didn't take action, it would turn into a trick of Zhongxing Yin helping Qi Junyangsheng to convince Zhishi to use external forces to get rid of the national thieves.
The Zhi family's first attack on Qi was in the name of conquering the Tian family, but later it turned out to be a confusing incident.
For the Zhi family, no matter what, it was just an excuse to become famous, but many people in Qi didn't see it that way.
It is a fact that the Tian family wields power, especially in the eyes of the Dukes of Qi, Tian Qi actually obtained the position of Zhengqing with a foreign surname. In the eyes of the Dukes of Qi, Tian Qi is considered a traitor, not to mention that under Tian Qi's rule,
Qi State has repeatedly lost power and humiliated the country.
Let's put it this way, not to mention that the Zhi family repeatedly invaded and occupied the cities of Qi State, but Qi State fought a "Battle of Yiling" with Wu State and was defeated. Should the ruler step down?
The Qi State has no tradition of killing generals when defeated armies are defeated. The country has experienced unfavorable situations time and time again. No matter how you govern, you have to bear the corresponding responsibilities. People with stronger self-esteem should have committed suicide long ago to apologize.
However, Tian Qi not only did not step down, but also took advantage of the country's repeated defeats to eliminate dissidents. What is such a person if not a traitor and a traitor?
Therefore, Tian Qi really should be afraid that Qi Jun Yangsheng will use Zhong Xingyin to establish communication with the Zhi family. Even if it temporarily betrays Qi's interests, there will be no difficulty in getting rid of the Tian family.
The above is not Qi Junyang's own idea, he just wants to truly be in power.
There were those who were thinking of the princes of Qi, and they really contacted the Zhi family.
This time Sima Ranju came to the "Xintian" that he didn't want to enter at all, mainly because the matter was really too big!
By the way, many famous people don't want to come to "Xintian". What do they mean?
Confucius did not think of "Xintian" because he felt that there was no wise man, and he felt that "Xintian" accounted for half of the world's bad things.
What about the rest of them? Some of them have suffered humiliation from many countries due to the factors of "Quwo Daiyi", and the other reason is that "Xintian" has brought humiliation to many countries.
"The Duke of Qi will join me in revolting against rebellion?" Zhiyao looked confused, but she was ecstatic in her heart.
Has state power fallen into the hands of a foreigner? This person is still the rebellious person mentioned by Yan Ying. It is the incompetence of the Qi Dukes that brought the situation to this point. In the early Zheng State, with the support of Zichan, the Dukes were completely eliminated.
A rising aristocrat with a foreign surname.
Sima Ranju said: "The person in charge is Kan Zhi."
Who is this person? Zhiyao really didn't notice it before.
Kan Zhi is from the Kan family with the surname Jiang. It seems to be a branch of the Duke family of Qi. There is no prefix of Gongzi or Gongsun, which means that the blood relationship with the contemporary Qi Jun is a bit distant.
"My eldest son, the envoy from Qi this time is Kan Zhi. I heard that Lord Ren has already appointed Kan Zhi as 'You Qing'." Sima Rangju added.
To use the latter term, he is actually the Right Prime Minister.
This is equivalent to saying that before Prince Ren officially succeeds to the throne, Tian Qi's power will be divided.
There are some things Zhiyao cannot say clearly.
Now is not a good time for the Zhi family to destroy the Qi State. Even if they can destroy it all at once, they will still carry out the kind of slowly encroaching operation.
The reason? Zhi's expansion has been a bit fast in recent years. It has not digested the expansion and produced output. Occupying it is equivalent to a burden.
The most realistic thing is that it is difficult to have an accurate figure for the population of Qi State. How come there are 17.8 million people?
After the Zhi family annexed the Zhongshan Kingdom, the total number of people with various identities was only 1.8 million or 1.9 million people. They had just annexed the Wei Kingdom with a population of 3.4 to 400,000 people, and they had no time to digest it and wanted to annex others.
Is Qi, a country with a population of about 1.8 million, crazy?
"Is Kan Zhi the person who makes things happen?" Zhiyao asked.
Sima Ranju said honestly: "Maybe he has a plan? However, he is a little courageous and it is difficult to achieve anything."
Zhiyao thinks so too.
If this person named Kan Zhi is really awesome, the Tian family will be finished in Tian Qi's generation, and there will be no Tian family to replace him.
Since Sima Ranju was certain that Kan Zhi would not be able to eradicate Tian Qi, or that this generation of Qi Dukes simply could not defeat the Tian family, Zhiyao was immediately given some words to say.
It’s still the same point of view. Before the Zhi family wants to destroy the Qi State, the Qi State must first usurp the country. When the time comes, the Zhi family will destroy the usurper. Not only will their reputation be justified, but the resistance consciousness of the Qi people will not be so good.
powerful.
Sima Ranju is a strategic person, so he doesn't think Zhiyao's plan is insidious. Instead, he thinks that such an operation could not be more wise.
"Today, everyone does not know about my family's capture of 'Jinyang'. 'Jinyang' hangs alone in the north and is cut off by our family along the way. We can do many things on this basis." Zhiyao gave a general direction.
Sima Ranju understood.
It was nothing more than the Zhi family pretending to agree to help Kan Zhihui, and in the process they obtained the sovereignty of "Tan" from Qi State, and even the sovereignty of the upper reaches of Jishui River.
The advantage of the territory is only one of them. The more important thing is to cause civil strife in Qi and to carry out some operations that will make the Tian family unable to advance or retreat.
This challenging task made Sima Ranju very excited!