Chapter 550: Or is it a chance to completely solve the Zhao family's dynasties?
One of Zhiyao's more urgent wishes now is for the new generation to quickly emerge as a representative figure.
Among the people of their generation, the youngest one is Zhiyao himself, the rest are over sixty, among whom Sun Wu is eighty-nine years old.
In original history, Sun Wu died in 470 BC.
In this version of history, Sun Wu still seems to be in high spirits, and there is no sign of being different from the world at all.
The older generation has gone through too much, and although they have enough experience, they have lost that hard-working spirit. They can do a good job of maintaining success, but they inevitably lack the motivation to develop.
At present, what interests the older generation is nothing more than unfinished business. Once the Chu State is destroyed, it will be equivalent to completing the goal of life.
Zhiyao knew very well that the unification of the Xia Dynasties did not mean that they could forge swords into plow horses and set them free in the Nanshan Mountains. People who had done this before were caught by foreigners and ran all over the mountains and fields, and they finally escaped with their lives.
"Without Chu, there are still southern tribal alliances such as Minyue, Baipu, Xiou, etc. In the north there are Loufan, Linhu, Yiqu..., and in the northeast there is Donghu."
People's perception of the threats facing Zhuxia is actually a bit one-sided. In most people's minds, the threats to Zhuxia come from the north, but that's not really the case.
In the pre-Qin period, it was mainly the powerful state of Chu that crushed the southern tribes to the ground, making the southern tribes look weak.
After the unification of Qin, more than 500,000 troops were dispatched to conquer Lingnan. For the first time, they suffered a huge loss. More than half of the soldiers on the expedition suffered casualties, and even the generals were assassinated to death. Can we say that the south is easy to fight?
Later, the Qin State launched a second expedition against Lingnan, sending more than 500,000 troops, bringing the total number of troops to the three areas of Lingnan to 1.1 million.
This was much more troops than the Qin State used in the north. Until the Qin State was destroyed, Lingnan was only nominally part of the Qin Empire's territory and was unable to implement effective rule.
The Qin State only used 800,000 troops to attack the Chu State, 300,000 troops to defeat the Xiongnu, but it invested 1.1 million troops to attack Lingnan. The question is, is the south easy to fight?
To be honest, the south is difficult to fight because of the dense mountains, forests and water systems. Furthermore, the tribes in the south will not fight a decisive battle with the Qin army. What they do is sneak attack, sneak attack, and then sneak attack. When encountering this kind of fighting mode, it will indeed be possible.
The Central Plains army was very unaccustomed to it.
Zhiyao's plan was to immediately launch a war against Minyue, Baipu, Xiou, Yangyue, Yangyu, Fulou, Huandou and Luoyue after destroying Chu.
Of course, we are not declaring war on all countries or forces at once, and there is no such thing as a declaration of war. The front line is constantly advancing to the south and southwest, and we will fight whoever we encounter.
The troops that Zhiyao went into battle would learn from the Qin Empire, that is, only three of the ten soldiers were from the original army, and the remaining seven were selected from prisoners of war, slaves, and Chu, Wu, and Yue.
Of the 1.1 million men Qin used to attack Mitsukoshi, more than 80% came from the Six Kingdoms. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why the battle was so difficult?
Zhiyao probably knew the starting point of the First Emperor's actions, so how could he not learn from it?
To put it bluntly, those people did not obey the rule, and they were thrown into a completely unfamiliar and hostile place. If they wanted to survive, they could only follow the team.
Of course, it is not ruled out that some people will cooperate with local people, but they will only be a minority.
What Zhiyao cannot do is to be too rough, lest instead of resolving internal conflicts, they will intensify and expand them.
Zhiyao had already thought about what to do by then. He would promote some local people to become officials and let these officials come forward for selection. From time to time, he would sneak out some officials with ulterior motives and kill them to let Li Shu vent his anger.
This was the correct way for the feudal dynasty to treat officials. Some emperors got so good at it that they even slapped the title of "Shiquan Old Man" on their heads.
Perhaps Zhiyao was a little unaccustomed to staying in the capital for a long time. After appointing Zhikai as the supervisor, he started a new round of inspection missions.
This time, the area Zhiyao is going to is Qin.
The king of a country cannot be careless when he goes on tour. Moreover, the original country is currently extremely powerful. The number of people accompanying him reaches 50,000, of which 37,500 are soldiers, which is the number of a full army.
Because Zhiyao is on patrol, there will be troops gathered along the way. They will not go on patrol with him, but will only ensure the local security situation.
At the same time, it is also because the Zhiyao Society is passing through a certain place, and the local officials have to quickly sort out the area under their control. In the process of checking for hidden dangers, the surrounding bandits will be wiped out as much as possible, and the criminals will be dealt with more harshly.
Why do some founding kings always like to patrol? Seeing with your own eyes the country you have built is only one of the purposes. In fact, it is to put a tight spell on officials in various places and encourage them to work hard.
How could local officials not become frightened when they knew that the big boss would come to inspect their areas? They definitely want to let the big boss see their good side, and they will definitely eliminate hidden dangers with great care.
For the other officials who are not within the inspection scope of Big Boss, they don't know if Big Boss will suddenly change his schedule and come under his administration. They always need to make up for the situation, right?
Looking through the history books, we can see a phenomenon. Once the kings of the feudal dynasty like to go out on inspection tours, their administration will usually be clearer.
Of course, there are also more negative examples. Local officials use the pretext of the king's inspection to risk their lives and find various reasons to harm the people. This kind of thing is that the king himself has no point in his heart. He clearly has insufficient control and no deterrence, but he still...
Repeatedly messing around.
When Zhiyao passed through some counties in Shanxi, he would be greeted spontaneously wherever he went, and he would rarely have to eat and drink with the elderly in the cities or villages.
This kind of eating and drinking is not that simple. It is called "feast" in the official name of Zhu Xia custom. It is not loved and not famous enough. It is not helpful to engage in such a scene. On the contrary, it will become a joke.
The people of Jin certainly have reasons to love Zhiyao. They naturally worship a leader who can win every battle, especially when this leader fulfills the promises he once made.
After the equalization of land was carried out in the Song Dynasty, the second implementation area was the counties in the Jin Dynasty.
The reason Zhiyao used was to give preferential treatment to the elders in his hometown, and he actually gave preferential treatment. The land they received was more than twice that of other areas, and they could even get five times more land if they were willing to move to other places.
This is Zhiyao trying to drive nails everywhere.
After all, people in the Jin region love the Zhi family more, so they are naturally their base and can play a supervisory role in various places.
Giving more benefits to the base is the most correct approach. This kind of preferential treatment can make the base happy and feel honored, and other groups will also take it for granted.
It’s really a matter of course!
If you don't treat the people closest to you favorably, most people will think that someone is ruthless. If you don't treat your own people favorably, how can you expect to be kind to others.
On top of the "feast", some older people often ask when Zhiyao will destroy Chu.
The Jin State and the Chu State once fought a hundred-year war. Even though there was a period of peace for more than forty years, the two sides still did not let the hostility fade away. Even though the Chu State was severely beaten by the Wu State, the Jin State still did not relax its control of the Chu State.
alert.
Many people in Jin thought it was normal to destroy countries like Wei and Zheng. Indeed, it was relatively normal. In the past, Jin just didn't want to destroy it, so it wasn't impossible.
Only when Qi and Qin are destroyed will the people of Jin be excited, because these two countries are not easy to destroy.
If the Chu State could be destroyed? Even though the name of the country was changed to the original state, the people still had the same bloodline. Eliminating the enemy that had been there for more than two hundred years would definitely send the people of Jin into a state of revelry.
This situation has occurred in all dynasties. For example, when the Western Han Dynasty destroyed countries such as South Vietnam, everyone took it for granted. When they heard that the Xiongnu were divided by the attack, even though the Xiongnu was not destroyed, one of the groups that could fight surrendered.
I will still feel very happy.
When the patrol team entered Hexi, Zhiyao immediately felt a sense of vicissitudes of life rushing towards her.
At present, Hexi is still full of greenery, not like a high loess slope. The sense of vicissitudes comes from the fact that the wind blowing in the face is different from that in Hedong. Furthermore, it seems too infrequently visited.
Before the Qin State was destroyed, their settlements were concentrated near the "Yong" capital where the Wei River and the Lishui River converged. The other place was the "Ji" area, the birthplace of the Qin State. There were really not many people in other areas.
When Zhiyao came to Qin this time, he could see the cities and villages around Luoshui. They were still the result of the efforts of the Zhi family, the Wei family, and the Han family, but most of them were taken advantage of by the Zhongxing family.
BOC Yin welcomed Zhiyao's arrival in "Jingyang" with great ceremony.
This elder of Zhiyao is also very old.
Precisely because of his age, otherwise Zhong Xingyin would have to go more than ten miles out of the city to greet him, instead of greeting him at the city gate.
"Your Majesty, there have been many changes in Yi Canal recently." Zhong Xingyin did not enter the city gate, but first told Zhi Yao a piece of news.
Yiqu does not have much space in the history books of the Xia Dynasty, but they are a foreign force that has been in love and killing with Qin for nearly three hundred years.
The most powerful Yiqu once reached the capital of the Qin State. At that time, the Qin State was able to withstand the combined efforts of five or six countries. It can be seen that the strength of Yiqu, which is less mentioned in the history books, was not so unbearable.
If research can reveal one thing, Yiqu actually developed earlier than the Yuezhi, Donghu, and Xiongnu. They were also the first force to bring the dividends of the nomadic system into play.
What bonus? It was to utilize horses to the limit, organize a sufficient number of cavalry, and then fight against civilizations like Zhuxia that relied on infantry, and achieved victory again and again.
It was no coincidence that Yiqu had reached the vicinity of Qin's capital. They defeated Qin's intercepting troops one after another, captured many Qin cities, and marched over in an upright manner.
At that time, the Qin State had completed the reform and defeated the Wei State to seize the land west of Hexi. It was not the weak Qin State before.
The Qin State's new army defeated Yiqu on the outskirts of the capital, which was another brilliant achievement after defeating the Wei army in Hexi.
Subsequently, Yiqu continued to threaten the Qin State for nearly a hundred years. Later, the mother of King Qin Huiwen used a honey trap to trick King Yiqu into "Xianyang" and kill him. Taking advantage of the fact that Yiqu was leaderless, he sent troops and spent nearly 100 years.
It took ten years to destroy Yiqu.
How critical was the state of Qin at that time? It was so critical that even the Queen Mother Xuan of Qin had to sacrifice her life, and even deceived King Yiqu into making him the king of Qin. Whether King Yiqu could believe those words was enough to prove that the state of Qin was really very dangerous.
, Otherwise, how could a king who could lead his tribe to push Qin to that point believe that kind of nonsense?
There is nothing that Zhiyao dislikes about Yiqu.
Before the Yuan State's annihilation war against the Qin State, wasn't it because Yiqu fought several battles with the Qin State that the Yuan State could easily destroy the Qin State?
After the original army destroyed the Qin State, they fought several battles with Yiqu, but they did not allow Yiqu to reduce their combat power on a large scale, and allowed Yiqu's army to return to its home base.
In the following years, the Yuan army and Yiqu fought many times. No matter whether the Yuan army took the initiative or Yiqu came to invade, no major battle occurred.
Didn't happen? This alone made Zhiyao extremely wary of Yiqu.
The difficulty for the farming tribes against the nomadic tribes is that they are difficult to annihilate. The Yiqu people understand the strategic thinking of not fighting if they cannot defeat them. Isn't that enough to make Zhiyao wary?
Fortunately, Yiqu was extremely wary of the Yuan Kingdom. After realizing that he could not take advantage, he no longer gathered large-scale provocations. Otherwise, just making a gesture of marching would tie down the Yuan Kingdom's considerable military strength.
Zhiyao waited until he entered the city to clean up his dust before summoning Zhong Xingyin to learn more about the situation.
"Previously, Zhao Wushe formed an alliance with Yiqu, and the Zhao family became enemies with Yiqu when they monopolized the land of Jiuqu..."
Many of the things Zhong Xingyin said were known to Zhiyao in advance, which is a bit like talking nonsense.
However, Zhiyao knows what it means to carry forward the past and link up the future. One must first talk about the cause, so that the future can be explained more clearly, and people will not be confused by just mentioning the result.
To sum up, Yiqu felt that he was deceived by Zhao Daiguo, so he sent troops and supplies to attack the building together, but all the benefits were taken by Zhao Daiguo, and the two sides turned against each other.
Yiqu endured it for several years because he was worried about the invasion of the Yuan Kingdom. Until the Yuan Kingdom continued to use troops against other countries, and recently put forward a posture of having a life-and-death battle with the Chu Kingdom, Yiqu thought it was an opportunity to ask the Zhao family to settle accounts on behalf of the country.
arrive.
"Zhao Wuxie is indeed that kind of person." Zhiyao only commented after hearing this.
In the original history, Zhiyao was repeatedly plotted against by Zhao Wuji.
In this version of history, although Zhiyao never found a chance to kill Zhao Guanjie, internal disputes evolved into competition between countries.
Zhiyao also knew the priorities clearly, so he did not keep an eye on Zhao Wuxie. If he had the opportunity to deal with Zhao Wuxie, he would not delay other more important strategic goals, and he would definitely not want to give up.
Zhong Xingyin said: "The land of Jiuqu is a treasure land, which can be used for farming and grazing. If the Zhao family stays here for a long time, it will definitely be a trouble for Dayuan's confidants."
The Xiongnu truly rose to prominence after they seized the land of the Nine Bends of the Great River from the Yueshi, and then entered a period of extreme strength.
Zhiyao asked: "Uncle's intention is that Chengyi Canal will use troops against the Zhao family, and I will be the oriole?"
