Chapter 308: The first person to play with history
It would be a lie to say that Zhishi's two legions suffered no losses at all in the water attack.
Compared with the Zhao family's army guarding "Jinyang" that was completely annihilated, the Zhi family who took the initiative to launch the water attack would not suffer much losses. It was just that some soldiers who had not had time to retreat were swept away, and some accidents occurred later and setbacks occurred.
Damn, the number is probably around a few hundred people.
At the same time, the Zhi family launched a water attack on "Jinyang". During the attack on "Jinyang", the losses were not much, and the total number of people in the attack did not exceed 2,000.
It can be said that the Zhishi captured "Jinyang" and achieved a very good battle loss ratio. However, they only used natural disaster level attacks. After capturing "Jinyang", they would not be able to use it for a while.
The farmland that Zhao previously cultivated in "Jinyang" was completely destroyed after the flood. If you want to reuse those farmlands, you not only have to wait for the water to recede, but also have to clean up all kinds of debris after the water recedes. It is time-consuming.
It needs to be more than a year.
Another point is that the flood attack caused the city of "Jinyang" to be soaked for a month or two. Whether the city wall should be knocked down and rebuilt requires strict verification. Anyway, all the buildings in the city must be knocked down and rebuilt. Otherwise, they will be soaked in water.
Construction that lasts only one or two months actually poses a huge safety hazard.
Therefore, the water attack allowed Zhishi to reduce the battle losses, but it caused a lot of subsequent troubles.
However, it takes more than twenty years for a person to grow up from birth to adulthood. When a person dies, he is completely gone. Compared with the subsequent trouble caused by the water attack, it goes without saying that human life is definitely more important.
Zhiyao is not so sure about the other families. Do they know that the Zhi family has eliminated the Zhao family's power in "Jinyang"? It is difficult for him to conduct any tests, lest it end up being counterproductive.
If nothing unexpected happens, in addition to continuing to expand eastward, the Zhi family will also use troops to the north in order to deal with the remnants of the Zhao family in Zaidai.
The battle of "Zhao" that had been fought for nearly two years came to an end. As the victorious side, the Wei family lost almost one "division" of troops. It looked like it had suffered heavy losses no matter how you looked at it.
To this day, the Zhi family has not announced the results of the "Battle of Jinyang" to the outside world. The main reason is that Zhi Yao wanted to see if anyone would take the opportunity to steal from the Zhi family during the period when the Zhi family was using large amounts of troops against "Jinyang".
Abroad, it seems that the Wu State will not go north until the canal is completed, the Song State expressed a friendly attitude towards the Jin State, the Qi State simply borrowed troops from the Zhi family, and the Lu State pretended to be an ostrich hoping that no one would see it. These are
The trends controlled by Zhishi.
So, is there anything that Zhishi ignores?
Zhiyao pondered, unless the Chu State faced the Jin State again and then pulled the Qin State over, who else could pose a threat to the Jin State.
What was a bit unexpected was that Yurang came over to report that Han Geng had arrived in "Ye" city and would come to meet Zhiyao soon.
This surprised Zhiyao.
First, Wei Ju came to visit, and then Han Geng came suddenly. Could it be that something big happened that Zhishi didn't know about?
As if everything had happened together, Zilu, Zigong and other Confucius disciples came to see him with sad faces.
"Please allow me to return to Lu, my eldest son."
Zhiyao looked stunned.
Later, Zigong explained that their senior brother Yan Hui died of illness.
Was Yan Hui the first disciple that Confucius accepted? It’s a little hard to say clearly.
However, it is a fact that Confucius admired Yan Hui the most.
Zhiyao searched for talents, and Confucius brought many disciples to Zhishi twice as guests. Zilu and others were hired by Zhiyao, and later they were included in the system. However, many of Confucius's disciples were treated politely without being hired or absorbed.
There were several times when Confucius even complained privately that Zhi didn't understand real talents. Why didn't even a moral person like Yan Hui refuse to hire or recruit Xian Corporal?
A sharp-tongued person.
Zhishi wants people who can do things. Some of the things they do themselves are not only immoral, but on the contrary appear to be morally corrupt. Is there something wrong with hiring someone with a mysophobia to keep an eye on them?
"Zi Yuan died of illness?" Zhiyao, of course, knew Yan Hui, and showed a look of regret.
When I say I'm sorry, I mean I'm really sorry.
Chishi may not pursue flawless morality, but still respect people with high moral standards.
Zhiyao added: "In this way, you will all return. Yao also sent his husband and colleagues to mourn him."
This is the respect that the Zhi family can give to people with high moral standards. Otherwise, when a down-and-out nobleman passes away, it would not be the turn of the Jin Dynasty's high-ranking family to express condolences.
Just the fact that the Zhi family was willing to send retainers to express condolences was enough to surprise the powerful people in various countries, and at the same time, it would definitely make Yan Hui's name reach all countries.
To a certain extent, by sending people to attend the funerals of Confucius' disciples, Zhi was still promoting Confucius' reputation.
It's just that Zhiyao purely saw that Yan Hui had so many senior brothers serving the Zhi family, and gave him extraordinary courtesy to win over these people's hearts. It really didn't have any more meaning.
Zilu and others showed gratitude and thanked Zhiyao one after another.
Wei Ju, who was also present, stared at Zhiyao with a strange expression on his face, not knowing which one he was playing.
This is because Wei Ju did not know the extent of the unity of Confucius' disciples, and also underestimated the role played by Confucius' disciples in the Zhi family.
Let's put it this way, many of Confucius' disciples worked for Zhishi, and most of them probably had no military talent. They just helped Zhishi educate hundreds or thousands of literate people every year. It really cannot be measured simply by how much wealth they created.
It only teaches people how to read, and it only teaches people how to read. It does not teach people any deeper knowledge, and it also does not provide any ideological education.
Those who are enlightened will be arranged to study under other teachers, or to conduct further studies, or to work as officials or officials in various cities. Being able to write is a skill that administrators must master.
Wei Ju waited for Zilu, Zigong and others to leave, saying: "I heard that my master Kong Zhongzhong commented on the Spring and Autumn Annals. How could he be so virtuous and capable? How dare he do this?"
Do you know what "Spring and Autumn" is? It may be a book in the future, but currently it is the national history of the state of Lu.
Do you understand what national history is? It is a history book!
History books record the major and minor events that have happened in the past. What does revision mean? History needs to be created artificially, right?
If history can be modified, what justice can there be, and can it be trusted?
Zhiyao knew what Wei Ju meant and directly regarded Confucius as a deviant, extremely shameless scoundrel who didn't care about the criticism of the world at all.
So I think it is indeed correct.
After all, at best, it is "reinforcing", to put it more transparently, it is revising history, and at worst, it is tampering with history.
Wei Ju was able to know that Confucius was paying more attention to the Spring and Autumn Annals. In fact, a historian came to Confucius' door to discuss the matter, and a fierce conflict broke out between the two sides.
However, Confucius and his disciples had the ability to "convince others with virtue", and the historian was defeated after a conflict.
The historians who could not be beaten in terms of force value began to call their friends. What is more terrible is that there are only a few historian families in each country. The total number will never exceed twenty. In fact, they cannot defeat Confucius and others.
disciple.
The princes regarded Confucius's emphasis on "Spring and Autumn" as a joke. The Lu court had no objection, so they didn't bother to get involved.
After all, the "Spring and Autumn" revised by Confucius is the history book of the Lu State. It records the major events of various countries. The princes also have their own history books. Can the revision of the "Spring and Autumn" subvert the entire history of the Xia Dynasty?
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How could they have imagined that in the future, only the Spring and Autumn Annals would be passed down, while the rest of the history books would be either lost or burned!
Therefore, if future generations want to understand what happened in the Spring and Autumn Period or earlier, they really can only look at it from the "Spring and Autumn Period". What happened in the Spring and Autumn Period or earlier periods has truly become a family story.
Confucius at least revised it based on the "Spring and Autumn", but there was a person who was an inventor of history and wrote a book like "Zuo Zhuan".
Zhiyao is one of those people who has no time to care about such nonsense.
Wouldn't it be better to have that kind of energy and put it into building up the family or planning for the war, rather than interfering in such nonsense?
Furthermore, if it involves a battle between a historian and a kind of disciple of Confucius, whoever wins will not make the intervener feel better.
Zhiyao thought of something and ordered Taihu, "Xunlu wants to ask for the original version of "Spring and Autumn"."
Get the original copy of "Spring and Autumn" and start printing it. You can print as many copies as you need.
Although Zhiyao did this not to ensure that history would not be tampered with, he mainly wanted to use it as a basis for sending troops when he conquered Lu in the future. The key is that he really ensured the "original flavor" of history.
Wei Ju really wanted to ask Zhiyao why he asked for the national history of Lu. After thinking about it for a moment, he immediately stared at Zhiyao with incomprehensible eyes.
No matter which direction you look at it, the motivation for asking for a country's history books is not simple. It can be regarded as a way to build up the power of that country, or it can also be regarded as a kind of spying.
From Wei Ju's point of view, the eastward expansion of the Zhi family is a very clear strategic direction. It must be that the Zhi family is eyeing the state of Lu.
Regarding this point, Wei Ju had mixed emotions. He was happy that the Zhi family seemed to show no signs of taking action against the Wei family, but he was worried that the Zhi family's efforts to advance eastward would make Jin less able to deal with other directions.
It happened to be Han Geng's arrival.
Wei Ju was the first to say: "The changes in Qin are becoming more frequent, and there is an intention to allege with Chu again."
Han Geng echoed: "This is why Geng came here. In addition, I heard that the Qin envoy sent Bai Zhai, and he may have the intention of forming an alliance with the Di people again."
Is there any need to say that? The Qin State must have solved the threat of Rong and Di to some extent. Looking eastward, they found that the Central Plains was in a mess. They felt that they were doing well again.
The Wei family and the Han family were afraid of the Qin State, not because the Qin State was so powerful, but simply because the Qin people had no faith and were extremely barbaric, cruel and easy to kill.
Although it was the State of Jin that made the first sneak attack and ambushed the Qin army, what was more terrible was that the State of Qin later launched undeclared wars against the State of Jin more than once. The Wei family was injured every time, and the Han family also suffered several disasters, but they still attacked Qin.
The army was burning, killing and looting all the way.
This scene seemed a bit familiar to Zhiyao. He recalled the history books and remembered the cost to Jin of the contact between Qin and Chu. He understood why Wei Ju and Han Geng were so nervous.