Chapter 390: When is it time to turn a family into a country?
Now it seems that no country can launch a large-scale military operation against the Zhi family to annex Qi?
What the wise old man needs to be prepared for is the “just in case” possibility!
In history, many founders or promising leaders often left the capital for inspections. Maybe it was not because they liked wandering around, but simply for the purpose of intimidating them.
Take Zhiyao's inspection of Qi after the occupation as an example. He always has a "division" of troops around him, and he can easily suppress dissatisfaction wherever he goes, not to mention the deterrent effect brought by his status.
Doing this can intimidate Xiaoxiao to the greatest extent, so that people who originally wanted to do something will just run away and have no courage to launch subversive actions. At the same time, the foundation they have worked hard to manage will be destroyed to the greatest extent.
In fact, because Zhiyao will go there to inspect, not only the accompanying team will clean up the place in advance, but the people in charge of the place will also be more careful to distinguish between good and evil. Under the combined attack of the two, unless the people behind the scenes are strong enough, they will face a terrible situation
Either flee or perish.
After learning that Zhiyao was patrolling Qi, the first thought that came to the minds of all the countries was probably: "The Zhi family has already become extremely defensive, and they must not move lightly unless they are completely sure!"
For example, Wu State may have another level of calculation, and may think: "Is it possible to trap Zhiyao somewhere in Qi, or kill him?"
If possible, Wu State would definitely take action, causing Zhiyao to want to learn from Ying Zheng, Liu Che, and Qianlong's practices, and ended up with the tragic end of Yang Guang.
"Fu Chai is Yang Guang, how could I be!" Zhiyao came to the border with Ju and Lu.
This place was called Jiaozhou Bay in later generations, and it is currently a seemingly deserted place.
In terms of scenery, there is really nothing praiseworthy. There are countless similar environments nowadays.
Zhiyao looked at the other side, which was once called "the ends of the earth" or "the end of the world", and was officially named Langya.
Of course, no matter what the names are, such as "End of the World" or "End of the World", they are actually the limits of vision during the Warring States Period or the Qin Empire.
Later people traveled farther and farther, and their knowledge became wider and wider. For a long time, modern Hainan was regarded as the real "end of the sky and the corner of the sea". However, it was another kind of limitation and knowledge.
The resulting thinking is narrow-minded.
Believe it or not, in the future, people will have thoughts like "It's as big as a broken ball, I want to walk around" and "Our journey is across the stars and the sea", or even "This universe can no longer trap me, I want to travel across the multiverse."
"Wait for some ideological innovation?
"Immigration is needed here to set up a shipyard," Zhiyao said.
Walking around the coast, you can see many natural deep water areas near the coast, which are undoubtedly suitable for use as natural harbors.
A normal coast should be a continental shelf that slowly slopes from the land to the open sea. Under the conditions of this coast, ships cannot get too close to the shore at all. It is not unusual to stop a few hundred meters away. They rely on small boats to transport people ashore.
and supplies.
A beach where ships can dock directly? It was considered a rare natural harbor until it was artificially dug into a deep harbor. If you find one, you will make money. If you don't make good use of it, you will either be a fool or a bad person.
Sima Ranju has a big head.
Logically speaking, everything east of Weishui is considered the territory of Chen State, right?
Even if the Zhi family opens their mouth, they will tell the Chen family to get out. Unless the Zhi family can win over the Ju State, or simply destroy the Ju State and then annex it, otherwise the place will become a battlefield with the Wu army for a long time.
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In addition, even if the Zhi family wins or destroys Ju, have they forgotten that Wu can fight across the sea?
Therefore, setting up a shipbuilding base in this natural bay is destined to attract the attention of the Wu Kingdom. As long as the monarchs and ministers of the Wu Kingdom have some brains, they will not fail to take action!
There is a high probability that in the future, there will be not only land battles between Zhishi and Wu, but also naval battles.
"'Shuzhou' is good land and there is no chance of being attacked. Once the ship is ready, it can go out to sea from the river..." Sima Ranju stopped mid-sentence, feeling that he had misunderstood Zhiyao's intention, or that he did not understand it thoroughly.
Lao Zhijia is currently studying ships for navigation in "Shuzhou". Seeing that the Chen family of Gui has already migrated across the sea, and the fact that the Wu Kingdom has repeatedly launched cross-sea attacks, judging from the situation, it will definitely be very difficult.
Ships of this type are quickly prototyped and then built in large quantities.
Why is it like that? All because the Zhi family has the need for coastal defense. Not only must they monitor or threaten the Chen family at all times, but they must also be prepared for Wu's attack from the sea.
Without a coastal defense force, the Zhi family will suffer a lot in the future. This is an inevitable fact!
Sima Ranju's mind was a little wandering, and he thought: "After annexing the Chen State, we must attack the Wu State from the sea as soon as possible. In this way, we can show that the Zhi family has the strength to fight across the sea, so that the Wu State will not dare to surrender easily."
Fighting across the sea.”
What is this called? If you can do it, I can do it, and if you can do it, I can do it, thus forming a mutual deterrence.
By the way, how did Zhiyao patrol the territory of Chen State?
It's not Zhiyao's temporary rise, it's purely a display of attitude.
It probably means: What's yours is mine, and what's mine will be mine sooner or later.
Chen Junqi was very sensible. He knew that Zhiyao was crossing the border with his army, but at first he pretended that he didn't know anything. He waited until Zhiyao returned with his army before sending someone to greet him.
Zhiyao did not come forward to socialize.
The person responsible for contacting Tian Ni was Sima Ranju.
The Chen family is very busy now. In the past, the fleet went to sea every day when the weather allowed, and repeatedly moved people and transported materials to the Korean Peninsula. Later, the work was interrupted by Wu's maritime attack. Recently, they won the naval battle before resuming the war.
Transfer of people and materials.
Someone once asked Zhiyao, for example, why he didn't stop her when she knew what Gui, surnamed Chen, was doing.
At that time, Zhiyao just gave an unintelligible expression and did not say anything.
"The Tian family..., no, it's the Chen family. How much they can transport out, 100,000 people will be enough to overcome the sky. 100,000 people may be able to push across the Korean peninsula. It's a dream to counterattack the Central Plains!" Zhiyao thought so.
of.
To be honest again, Zhiyao still hopes that the Chen family can establish a foothold in the Korean Peninsula and then wipe out all the ancestors of Nanbang or enslave them.
Today, the Gui surnamed Chen family is running the Korean peninsula well, building up the area and transforming it into a prosperous country.
One day, a cross-sea fleet or a large army will come from the land and crush the Chen family's small court in a peaceful corner, and let this land become a part of "since ancient times".
Because some of us have lived here, the land is of course ours. Is this right?
Of course, that means "we" must be strong enough, otherwise it will be a situation like "Egyptians' Egypt is just called Egypt".
"The Chen family is only managing a corner of Laishan, and the rest of the country is left to its own devices. I merged with Qi State, and many people came to invest in the state of Chen, but the Chen family did nothing."
Even though the Lai Kingdom was destroyed in 568 BC, the Qi Kingdom had not cared about Donglai that much for a long time, resulting in the locals not having much sense of belonging to the Qi Kingdom.
The Donglai people don't even have a sense of belonging to the Qi State that has ruled this land for more than a hundred years. How can they be loyal to the Chen family?
For the families here in Dongnai, it almost doesn't matter who controls the power, as long as they don't disturb them and live their own lives.
So, the local nobles in Donglai have already judged something from what the Chen family has done, and they know very well that the Zhi family will take over at any time. Visiting Zhiyao is a show of goodwill, and the second is to express that they will pay taxes. The rest
Don't bother them.
Zhiyao learned about the wishes expressed by the Donglai nobles from Sima Ranju, and she managed to hold back the curse of "mental illness".
What do those guys think? They want to engage in that kind of "state within a state" operation.
Even a "state within a state" is not of that kind. The taxes that should be paid must be paid, and the taxes that should be paid cannot be less.
Sima Ranju said: "This has always been the case, and Qi has nothing to do."
The Qi State is the Qi State. They have been suppressed and threatened by the Jin State, and they dare not use strong methods to deal with the Donglai nobles, fearing that the Jin State will take advantage of them if they break into chaos.
It may be that, several generations of Qi monarchs failed to solve the problem, causing the nobles on the Donglai side to become a historical problem.
The Zhi family is not the Lu family, and Zhi Yao will not be the king of Qi State. Those people in Donglai want to refuse to accept the tax, which can only be said to be a waste of money.
The first contact made Zhiyao have a bad feeling about the nobles of Donglai, so there was no need to do anything.
Of course, because Zhiyao has a bad feeling for the nobles of Donglai, the future nobles of Donglai will definitely feel guilty.
It is conceivable that the Donglai nobles who are targeted in the future will think that the Zhi family is too much, why are they unwilling to accept any small request. The reason? The kind of treatment they received from the Jiang family and the Lu family, and later the Gui family and the Chen family did not care
Don't ask, just take it as a matter of course.
After several months of inspections, it was found that Zhiyao was not completely safe, and there had been more than thirty assassination attempts.
However, Zhiyao was not even "surprised". The planners led their men into the ground without taking any real action.
Until winter was approaching, Zhiyao set off from "Linzi", first went to "Puyang" to report the process and results of the inspection to Zhishen, and then returned to "Xintian".
At present, the news is spreading everywhere in "Xintian" that the Zhi family destroyed Qi State, and it is also known that a Gongsun named Xia was moved to "Wudi" to continue to worship the Jiang family and Lu family.
Jin Junzhe specially invited Zhiyao to the palace to see him, and wanted to ask what to do with the newly acquired city.
However, Zhiyao just asked Cheng Xiao to decline on his behalf and had no intention of entering the palace.
It's not that Zhiyao is worried about not being able to get safety protection when entering the palace.
The current guard is Cheng Xiao. The palace is full of people from the old Zhi family. It is impossible for Zhiyao to enter the palace alone. Even Zhiyao is always guarded by at least ten soldiers wherever he goes. The problem is that some
There is no need to take risks.
"Your Majesty, you don't know everything, just enjoy yourself in peace." Zhiyao said this to Wei Ju.
After returning to the capital, some social interaction was definitely indispensable. The first guest Zhiyao invited was Wei Ju.
Faced with Zhiyao's disrespect for Jin Junzhe, Wei Ju's expression became numb.
Yes, yes, Jin Junzhe no longer has real power, and it is not because of Jin Junzhe that he became like this. The same situation occurred as early as Jin Dinggong was in office.
But what? Some superficial respect should always be pretended.
It was Zhiyao's turn not to even pretend, which made Wei Ju fully realize that the world had changed.
"The Lu family moved the capital to Wudi, and the entire land belongs to the Zhi family. I just want to congratulate you with this toast." Wei Ju said it was congratulations, but his expression was extremely complicated.
Qi is gone!
No, Qi has become a country with one city.
If there were no major changes, Qi's fate was already doomed, and it would be no different from withdrawing from the stage of history.
Since the Zhi family wants to annex the Qi State, it is impossible to leave the Chen State that occupies Donglai, right?
The Wei family will be slower to obtain information from the east. Once they pay attention to it, they will definitely know the current situation of Chen State.
After receiving a series of intelligence, Wei Ju always felt that the Zhi family and the Chen family were colluding. He was unable to determine when the two families got involved, and concluded that Qi's demise was caused by internal and external collusion.
The only thing Wei Ju didn't understand was what kind of evil was possessed by the Chen family. They seemed to get nothing despite all their efforts, and yet they were willing to move out and leave all the benefits to the Zhi family.
Wei Ju, who had too many questions, wanted to ask, but his reason prevented him from asking. As a result, he kept acting absent-minded when meeting Zhiyao.
"The Lu envoy came and cried out that the Zhi family wanted to destroy the Lu country." Wei Ju came back to his senses and said rather suddenly.
Zhiyao knew this.
First of all, in order to prevent the bandits from returning to Lu, the Zhi family conducted cross-border operations and kidnapped a small number of 50,000 to 60,000 Lu people.
What happened to the 50,000 to 60,000 Lu people? They lost their peaceful living environment because of the raging banditry, and the rulers of Lu State completely ignored them. The Zhi family's acceptance was to give them a chance to survive.
The monarchs and ministers of the Lu State did not think so. They only knew that the Zhi family fought across the border and kidnapped many Lu people, and that the Zhi family's actions in Qi State frightened them. It was of no use and they quickly sent people to "Xintian" to cry, hoping or
Please ask other families with high positions in Jin to intervene or advise the Zhi family not to go too far.
Then, the Zhi family took over "Ai Ling" very easily, and frightened the kings and ministers of the Lu state. This made Sanheng no longer sit back and watch the bandits' troops running around, and sent troops to force the bandits' troops to the area where there were many small countries.
Zhiyao didn't answer Wei Ju's words at all, but thought in her heart: "Let's dance! If you dance happily now, you can make a list later."
Seeing that Zhiyao didn't answer, Wei Ju's face stiffened for a moment, then he quickly put on a smile again and said, "Ju has driven away the messenger from Lu."
Zhiyao still knows about this matter.
It can be regarded that the Wei family and the Zhi family wanted to establish a tacit understanding. The Wei family helped deal with the Zhi family's troubles, and the Zhi family also cooperated with the Wei family against Zheng Guo.
To use a very appropriate word, from the moment the Zhi family and the Wei family established a tacit understanding, they were working in collusion.
Zhiyao's thoughts on how to get along with Wei are relatively straightforward.
Can the Wei family keep up with the Zhi family? The worst thing is that the two families will divide the Jin country together.
If the Wei family is too far behind the Zhi family? It means that the Zhi family has the strength to wipe out the other families with high positions, so why not take it all for themselves?
Wei Ju didn't know why, but when he saw the smile on Zhi Yao's face and then looked at Zhi Yao's eyes, he felt a palpitation in his heart...