In the original version of history, Zhiyao was a well-run man and was extremely brave and good at fighting. However, he was too arrogant and domineering, so it was not unjust to end up with his head cut off and made into a drinking vessel.
A person's personality can almost determine his or her life, and even one's fate can be predicted in advance.
People who are prone to wandering will definitely find it difficult to get off the ground. A sudden rise is almost destined to lead to misery.
"They don't want a fiefdom, they don't make a request, what do they want to do?" Zhiyao chatted for a while, but still had no idea.
There are obstacles in knowledge, and in fact, there are also obstacles in human thinking.
In Zhiyao's view, the Zhi family currently does not have the strength to conquer the world. If they use the strength of a family to deal with the alliance between the Wei family and the Han family, they will suffer a lot of losses even if they win in the end. Not to mention that once the Wei family and the Han family form an alliance and start a war with the Zhi family,
External countries will also be waiting for the opportunity.
This is actually a common problem with rabbits. The thought in their mind is that all enemies are against us. Before the fight begins, we must be mentally prepared for the worst outcome. From the very beginning, the thought in our mind is to fight against the whole world.
If you are determined to challenge the whole world by yourself from the beginning, you will definitely feel that no matter how much preparation you make, it will not be enough. Therefore, even though you are already very strong, you will still have the illusion that you are weak, but you don't know how weak others are.
fear.
In fact, the Wei family and the Han family are really afraid of the Zhi family, especially since the Zhi family has almost eliminated Qi, and recently forced the Zhao family to flee again.
This kind of Zhishi is so powerful that it makes people have trouble breathing when getting along with them. However, both Zhishen and Zhiyao show a humility of "I am weak", which makes people wonder if Zhishi is holding back something bad.
In fact, Zhiyao is really holding back his bad intentions. The more humble he is, the more difficult it is for others to guess what his intentions are and to get along with him since they have never seen such a strong person.
According to the current social rules, the strong have the right to distribute everything, and the weak must know how to behave, that is, pay tribute when it is due, and they will definitely get beaten if they pretend to be stupid.
The Han family was obviously helpless with the alliance between Qin and Bai Zhai. They were not only afraid of the Zhi family's attack, but also wondered whether they could get the Zhi family's help for westward expansion.
The key point is that even if the Zhi family is still on the sidelines, the Han family should make good friends with the Zhi family.
The Wei family is less afraid of the Zhi family than the Han family. The problem is that the results of the southward march for three consecutive years are not great. They think that they should correct their posture, but the Zhi family does not propose to contribute and pretends to be dumbfounded.
Another fact is that the "Yin" land and the "Lv" land have been completely surrounded by the Zhi family. The last time the Wei family took the "Wen" land with the support of the Zhi family, the return was insufficient. It happened that the Zhi family had solved the problem of expelling the Zhao family.
When you enter the state of being at the peak of your power, you should express yourself.
Rising to the top? Yes, that's right, in Zhiyao's mind, Zhishi has only achieved small results, and is still a little far away from achieving the ultimate goal. However, in the eyes of outsiders, it seems that the power of the rising sun is rising.
Zhi Yao's thoughts and actions actually made the Zhi clan members and retainers confused. They wondered if the Zhi clan was really weak? Otherwise, why would Zhi Yao still look like he would be in danger at any time and drive his clan members away?
He had to fight with his retainers day and night.
Taking large-scale development as an example, it is actually not enough to do it once in a generation. After a large-scale development, it will enter a settling period, and it will not carry out large-scale construction again in its lifetime. However, Zhiyao has opened two large-scale projects in less than ten years.
project.
Fortunately, it was still the late Spring and Autumn Period, and there was no talk of resting with the people, including the dependent families and the common people who were accustomed to obeying orders. Otherwise, the label of going militarily and wasting money on the people would have been put on Zhiyao's head.
No, the label of resorting to militarism and wasting money and people will be put on the heads of quite a few princes, and then they ignore the infrequent launch of wars and various projects, whether the country can continue to survive or grow, and whether the productivity has been improved.
You can't just look at one side of things. Comments based on one's own position are inherently unfair.
In fact, the word "militancy" itself is disgraceful. It is nothing more than envy, jealousy, and hatred when others are eating with their mouths full and you are getting nothing.
If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not attack the Xiongnu, then the Huns would not attack the Han Empire?
The Han army's repeated expeditions were not without success. They eliminated enemies outside the country, brought back a large number of livestock, and also collected a lot of food materials that were not available before. Those wastes who did not receive the benefits and had no power to restrain the chickens were just slandering them.
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In the later dynasties, in order to suppress the military attaches, the literati were very afraid that once the country entered a state of war, the chances of the military attachés to perform meritorious service would increase. They repeatedly talked about militarism and ignored the weak national defense, just because they did not want the military attaches to overwhelm the literati.
In which era were there the most calls for militarism? Beidaizang, Nanzhai, and Da Meng after Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty. So, do you understand anything?
As for wasting people and wasting money? In many cases, it’s not that someone is willing to do that, but more that if you don’t do that, you will fall behind the enemy, and ultimately the country will not be able to survive and the soul will be ruined.
Projects aimed at enjoyment waste people and money. How can construction with positive meaning be defined simply by waste of people and money?
National defense construction and infrastructure construction have never been a waste of people and money. Of course, it is necessary to determine whether we have the ability to start the project based on the actual situation.
If you have the ability to destroy the enemy and then take possession of everything the enemy has, if you don't do it, you will suffer the consequences. If you fail to do so, you will suffer the consequences.
Frequently starting projects means wasting people and wasting money? The infrastructure fanatic cast a look of disdain and contempt.
Because Zhiyao didn't understand the intentions of the Wei family and the Han family for a while, she definitely couldn't reply to Wei Ju and Han Geng's proposal to donate the fiefdom.
Zhiyao's hesitation was noticed by Wei Ju and Han Geng.
"Yao Guo is a true gentleman?" Han Geng asked the driver to drive close to Wei Ju's vehicle on his way back to the city.
Wei Ju glanced at Zhiyao in front of him and said with a wry smile: "Or?"
In fact, Wei Ju probably understood Zhi Yao's confusion. While he found it funny, he began to wonder if he had thought too badly of Zhi Yao.
However, whoever is stronger is justified, and whoever is stronger should collect contributions. Similar rules have been popular in the land of Zhuxia for two to three hundred years. The strong can grow stronger, but the weak cannot act stupid.
Wei Ju said: "Ju wants to ask Yao to invite Chu to the north for an alliance."
Originally, this matter did not have to go through the Zhi family. The Wei family could also invite Chu to come to the north for an alliance. The problem was that the Wei family wanted to contribute to the Zhi family, but it seemed that it would not be accepted.
Giving gifts is not an isolated case.
There are many examples of people who give gifts and become enemies.
Wei Ju knew that he still had to show his desire for Zhishi and then make relevant practical requests, so as not to send gifts to Zhiyao and cause random thoughts, which would lead to an uncontrollable situation in the future.
Han Geng's expression gradually became strange, and he thought to himself: "If I don't provoke Zhishi, it seems that Zhiyao has never taken the initiative to trouble anyone? Naturally, Zhiyao is a modest gentleman, so I can't help but express it. Maybe it's time to say so.
Through the Zhi family and with the help of the Fox family, we went to the west together."
In the past, Han family had tried to win over Hu family through Zhi family, but that time Zhi family let Hu family choose by herself. Hu family said that she wanted to farm happily and didn't want to do anything extra.
At that time, the Zhi family clearly respected the Hu family who wanted to farm. Not only did they not instruct the Hu family to cooperate with the Han family in the Western Expedition, they also did not recruit the Hu family when they went to conquer Dai Kingdom.
Looking at it this way, although the Zhi family is powerful, they look very gentle. Even if it is just pretending, the Zhi family has indeed respected the wishes of other families. No one can slander the Zhi family with empty teeth until the disguise is broken.
wind.
After returning home, Zhiyao first found Zhishen and chatted for a while.
"Why did you give me the city?" Zhishen was a little dumbfounded, wondering how Zhiyao could even ignore this basic common sense.
Contribution, consider yourself weak, give benefits to the strong, in exchange for living in peace, and lend a helping hand when you encounter trouble.
According to the rules, receiving benefits does indeed mean that we should contribute. This is reflected in the fact that the Jin State has received benefits from other countries. It usually serves as the backer of other countries and deters groups that do something with other countries. If any country has civil strife or encounters invasion by foreign enemies, Jin will
The country cannot just watch this.
After listening to Zhishen's words, Zhiyao showed a dumbfounded expression.
In fact, Zhiyao's thinking is a bit biased, or it is an overcorrection of what "Zhiyao" did in the original history, so much so that he ignores the rules of the game that should also collect contributions internally.
Speaking of which, Zhiyao has always blackmailed other countries, and when he goes too far, he doesn't want to get it for free. It's not because his thinking is biased.
Zhishen was still smiling before, but his smile became stiffer and stiffer later, and asked: "Yao regards the Wei family and the Han family as enemies?"
Although Zhishen never really fully understood Zhiyao, there were quite a few things he could understand.
In Zhishen's view, it was entirely because Zhiyao regarded the Wei family and the Han family as objects of elimination that she showed her desireless side.
This can be exemplified by the Zhao family. Not only did Zhiyao not want to get anything from the Zhao family at the beginning, she didn't even want to get more than the normal dowry. Afterwards, the part of the Zhao family that belonged to the Zhi family was simply not too much.
That was not the first time Zhishen asked Zhiyao related questions, but Zhiyao had never given a positive answer.
Ever since Zhi Yao slightly revealed his target to Zhishen one time, causing Zhishen's expression to become confused, Zhi Yao adopted a strategy of only doing things but not telling them.
Zhishen saw that Zhiyao only smiled and said nothing again, so he simply drove Zhiyao to see his children.
Lao Zhi's family has a few more cubs, and the happiest one is Zhishen.
This family has been sparsely populated since Xun Feng's generation, and the direct line passed down the line for three consecutive generations. It was not until Zhisong that they had two direct heirs. Zhishen followed Zhisong and also had two direct sons. Zhi Yao has now equaled the number.
Jisong and Jishen.
On the third day that followed, Wei Ju and Han Geng came to visit together.
This time, the Wei family and the Han family put forward their own requests, which surprised Zhiyao, who had corrected his thinking.
It was clearly a contribution from the weak to the strong, but why did it suddenly turn into a transaction of equal status?