Chapter 306: The National War Has Not Started, Diplomatic Relations First
Zhiyao knows all too well the importance of speaking truthfully.
To put it bluntly, when it comes to people, you have to pay attention to one's heart. If you have persuasive reasons, you will feel more confident when you do it yourself, and others will not be able to find a foothold if they want to object.
Take the fact that Zhiyao needs historians to record that Qi invited the Zhi family to send troops. When the Zhi family's troops appear on the land of Qi, they will no longer be invaders, but will become guest troops responding to the invitation of Prince Ren.
In this way, the nobles of Qi who are loyal to Prince Ren cannot attack Zhi's army, and attacking the nobles of Zhi's army will become a rebellion of Qi.
Not only that, Zhi's army will then ask the local Qi nobles to provide food and grass. Based on the fact that Zhi's army was invited by Prince Ren, they would not act like a master if they didn't provide it, and they would be resentful if they provided it.
"This matter is as if the Yuan family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty invited Dong Zhuo to become the Qinwang of Luoyang." Zhiyao thought to herself.
They are all on Qingjun's side, and they can't see the situation clearly either.
Or maybe the Yuan family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty believed too much in their own prestige and believed that Dong Zhuo, as his disciple, would obey the Yuan family's arrangements.
So much so that the Yuan family originally intended to allow Xiliang warriors to enter the court, and then abandon their plan to bring trouble to the court, completely paralyzing the central power of the Eastern Han Dynasty?
The Yuan family, a family of four generations and three princes, once the country collapses, they will be able to compete in the world!
Zhiyao can actually understand the thinking of some people in the Qi State. They just think that as long as the Tian family can be eliminated, it is nothing more than letting the Zhi family take advantage temporarily. Sooner or later, they can get it back. If the Tian family controls Chao Gang, the public family will lose power.
, making Qi a country no different from Jin.
What is the situation in the Jin Kingdom? The monarch has become the poster child, the public clan has weakened in an all-round way, and it has become the official position of the family that has the final say.
We can't blame the Dukes of Qi for being short-sighted. The knowledge in their minds is just like that. The methods they can use are definitely based on their own knowledge and come up with the final solution.
What's "it's better to treat foreign invaders than domestic slaves" and the like? Foreign invaders can't kill you, but domestic slaves can! So, it's not that some people are stupid, on the contrary, they see things very clearly.
Zhiyao found Zaiyu and asked, "Are you sure that Qi's request for help from Wu will be fruitless?"
Zaiyu still didn't know that Zhi had agreed to Qi's request for help, so he replied: "Wu State devoted all its efforts to digging canals and building cities along the way, but it was unable to go north for a short time."
That was because Fu Chai was determined and full of energy to go north, but after learning the lesson from the last time, he had to build passages to maintain food routes and quickly mobilize troops first.
Having learned from the last defeat of the Wu army at the hands of the Jin army, they should not be too casual if they want to go north again, or they will never go north, and once they go north, they will use all their strength. The premise of using all their strength is that all kinds of soft and hard facilities must be taken care of first.
That's it.
Zhiyao asked: "When do you think Wu will go north again?"
This question made Zaiyu very embarrassed. He was not Fu Chai, nor was he a minister of the State of Wu, so he could not do what the State of Wu wanted.
"In terms of progress, Wu State may be able to dig the canal within four years, and the cities along the way may take three years to build?" Zaiyu did not give a direct answer, but only made some guesses based on facts.
This is awesome enough.
It’s not that Zaiyu is awesome, it’s just that Wu Guozhen has no shortage of talents in water conservancy projects, especially the one who doesn’t care about the people’s power at all.
A big project, like digging a canal, can't be done without using enough manpower. When more manpower is used, a good management system must be in place, and the corresponding food consumption must also keep up.
In terms of the limitations of the times, even if we are well prepared, there will still be a lot of casualties when a major project is actually started. Not to mention the huge investment of manpower and material resources, the labor force still engaged in production will be reduced.
Therefore, Wu State started the project of digging the canal and building cities along the way. How long did it take for them to rise? Can the national strength sustain it?
Facing Zhiyao's questions, Jaeyu was a little confused.
Some people appear to be very knowledgeable, but no matter how knowledgeable they are, they also have to specialize in a certain profession.
Jaeyu's skill lies in understanding the current situation and being eloquent. He can talk eloquently about many things. As for practical matters, it is a relatively big weakness.
Zhiyao said: "I will go to Yue Kingdom again."
Is this the first time Zhiyao has asked Zaiyu to go to Yue?
To be honest, except for Chu State, other countries in the south are not easy to travel to at all.
Although the Kingdom of Wu seems to be in its prime, there are actually not many cities in the country, let alone relatively large ones. What they have are densely packed villages or cottages in the mountains and forests.
Because of the dense vegetation, mountains, and water, the traffic situation in Wu State is extremely bad. Traveling often requires traveling by land for several days before changing to a boat and taking the waterway. It is such an excruciating torturous journey back and forth.
The situation in the Yue Kingdom was even more complicated than in the Wu Kingdom.
If Wu State has opened up many roads for communication due to its rising relationship, Yue State is even more closed than Wu State. The roads are really bad, and the folk customs also make travelers feel insecure.
Zaiyu was about to respond when he heard Zhiyao speak again.
Zhiyao said: "Yi Guang, if you are pregnant, my son and I will go to Yue this time. I will be accompanied by someone to pick up two of my relatives to come to Jin."
Fortunately, the people accompanying him would pick up Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan's relatives. If Zhiyao had ordered Zaiyu to pick them up, would you believe that Zaiyu would just slap him?
Even then, Jaeyu frowned, looking unhappy.
In the final analysis, a lover is just a lover, even if he looks like a fairy, he is still a lover.
But the sweetheart is still called a good name, that is, he is a servant, which is just one level higher than a slave.
Zhiyao explained: "I must have contact with my young uncle, so it will be more convenient for me."
Jaeyu understood immediately.
The young uncle was Fan Li. He repeatedly searched for beautiful women in the Yue Kingdom, and when he found them, he sent them to the Wu Kingdom to pay tribute to Fu Chai.
It's not that no one in the Wu Kingdom scolded Fan Li, and they scolded him no matter what. The scolding was that Fan Li wanted to use his beauty to seduce Fu Chai, but Fu Chai just had a good look.
This is because Zhishi wants to secretly threaten Fan Li to cooperate with something.
If Fan Li did not submit, the Zhi family would add some chaos to Yue's revenge plan, and it would certainly make Chu feel very uncomfortable.
Things are done in a more obscure way, and people who are completely unaware of it would never expect so much. People who have their own secrets will feel afraid, and some things will be agreed to based on their discretion.
What does the Zhi family need from Fan Li? It has something to do with the Wei family's desire to contact the Chu State, and then it wants to use Fan Li's relationship with Feng Tong to contact Bo Xi for other things.
When an army is going to fight somewhere, it is important to prepare food and grass first.
Sooner or later, war will break out between countries, and it becomes necessary to deploy some measures in advance, right?
Why does Zhishi need Fan Li? Instead of directly contacting Feng Tong and communicating directly with Bo Xi, what is needed is a step-by-step process to reduce the other party's distrust and make money from the complex relationship between them.
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Next, Zhiyao’s communication partner became Xiang Yu.
It was supposed to be the princes of the Song Dynasty who came to the Jin Dynasty as envoys. The problem was that during the eighteen years of Song Junluan's reign, many princes joined forces to rebel, so that the power of the princes within the Song Dynasty was greatly damaged, and even Song Junluan no longer believed in the princes.
Already.
Based on the system of the Song Dynasty, every prince was regarded as a backup for the government. Too many princes and princes rebelled, and the internal structure of the Song Dynasty suddenly faced great changes.
What can better reflect the change is that Song Junluan began to pay attention to the Xiang family. This Xiang family is actually a descendant of the Song Dynasty official Xiang Rong. This family produced many generals and made many military exploits for the Song Dynasty.
Of course, the official name of the ruler of the Song Dynasty was "Youshi". In the early days, there was a "Zuoshi" who was in charge of military affairs. Later, the Song Dynasty abolished the official position of "Zuoshi".
The people who now serve as the "right masters" of the Song Dynasty belong to the public family, but their rights have been greatly suppressed. Due to this, the national policy of the Song Dynasty has repeatedly changed. One day it may be on the side of the Jin Kingdom, and tomorrow it will be on the side of the Jin Kingdom.
Wanting to be independent made Zheng Guo focus on the Song Dynasty, whose national policy changed again and again.
Just now, Xiang Yu mentioned that the State of Zheng was disrespectful to the State of Jin, saying that the State of Song intended to attack the State of Zheng on behalf of the State of Jin.
The Song State may have a conflict with the Zheng State. The reason was indeed that the Zheng State did not respect the Jin State, so Song Junluan sent Huang Yuan to lead an army to invade the Zheng State.
However, in the same year, the Song Dynasty conquered and destroyed the Cao Kingdom, and also accomplished the task of annihilating Cao Jun's line of sacrifices.
The State of Cao was very weak. Perhaps the State of Jin did not care much about the State of Cao, but the State of Zheng regarded the State of Cao as one of its tools to contain the State of Song.
This was due to the importance Zheng paid to Cao. As the overlord, Jin seemed indifferent to Cao's demise, but Zheng sent troops to restore Cao's rule.
In that case, although the Zheng State was repeatedly invaded by the Jin State, they had actually been invading the Song State, and something happened during this period.
Xu Xia, the favorite minister of Handa in the Zheng State, asked for a fiefdom, but there was no place that could be granted to him. Xu Xia asked to get it from a foreign country, and Handa agreed and sent troops to surround Yongqiu in Song State.
After that, the conflict between the Zheng State and the Song State became more and more acute. As long as the Jin State did not target the Song State, and the Jin army defeated the Wu army in "Ailing", the Song State was still willing to repair relations with the Jin State, and even continued to
He followed the Jin Kingdom.
Based on this premise, Zhiyao wanted to follow the old example of his ancestor Xun Feng and support the Song State to some extent, firstly so that he could use the Song State when targeting the Zheng State, and secondly, to make relevant preparations for going south to attack the Wu State in the future.
So, it is really necessary to study history, and you can learn from some old examples in history.
Both parties are determined to repair their relationship, and Zhiyao and Xiang Yu must have had a pleasant chat.
"Song State intends to send troops to Zheng State?" Zhiyao asked immediately after hearing Xiang Yu's proposal to form an alliance.
Xiang Yu just said that the situation in the Central Plains can be stabilized only by the Jin State being in charge of the affairs of the Central Plains. The Song State is very happy to contribute to the Jin State's return to hegemony.
If it were other people, they might only have empty talk with Xiang Yu and not be so pragmatic.
Zhiyao is different. He can talk about feelings and reaffirm friendship. He is more likely to talk about things properly when there is something going on and handle it properly as soon as possible.
Xiang Yu didn't expect Zhiyao's style to be so direct. He was stunned for a moment and answered truthfully: "We will send troops next year."
Zhiyao said: "In this case, your envoy will be able to meet the general when he passes through 'Hulao' when he returns home."
The family from Jin State that has been invading Zheng State is the Wei family, but Xiang Yu is a little confused about the situation.
"The Zhi family did not take over the diplomatic relations with the Song Dynasty, but wanted to give the benefits to the Wei family? This is not Jin at all!" Xiang Yu still understood the way the various ministers and families of the Jin State got along, and he felt great in his heart.
Confuse.
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I've been feeling sleepy lately. It takes me four or five hours to type out one chapter, and I'm also drunk.
