Chapter 94: Competing to share food, with Xi Shi and Zheng Dan
Zhiyao has been paying attention to controlling the relationship with Zhao Bolu recently, not to appear overly enthusiastic and at the same time maintaining their friendship. What worries her is that her actions have caused Zhao Bolu to be knocked out of the position of the heir apparent.
Is it just that? There is one thing that gives Zhiyao a headache. It is because Zhao Bolu's relationship is too mediocre. Even without the interference of external factors, it seems that it will be difficult for Zhao Bolu to secure the throne of the prince in the Zhao family.
Zhiyao's excessive interference will make the Zhao family think that Zhao Bolu is being manipulated. If a family doesn't want to be manipulated because of the head of the family, it certainly cannot choose that person to inherit.
On the premise that he does not interfere, Zhao Bolu will not be able to perform well, and one day he will be usurped by one of Zhao Yang's more outstanding heirs as the crown prince.
How can this be done?
Zhao Bolu at least did a lot of work during this expedition and made great contributions to the Jin State and the Zhao family. If he doesn't make any big mistakes again, will he be kicked off by Zhao Yang?
That is something extremely difficult to say.
Zhao Yang is the head of the Zhao family. How to handle the internal affairs of the Zhao family can form a unified opinion within the family. Other families have no way to interfere. It depends on the method of interference.
The army that went on the expedition returned to the Jin Kingdom and came to "Xintian" to hold a ceremony of walking through the "Thorn Gate".
What is the "Gate of Thorns"? It is a wooden gate built with thorns and firewood. Its function is similar to the modern Arc de Triomphe. After the soldiers on the expedition pass through the Gate of Thorns, they are automatically released from the responsibility of serving. In other words, passing through the Gate of Thorns
The soldiers of Thorny Gate are no longer under the command of their generals, and they can go home.
In any case, the Jin Kingdom achieved victory in the expedition, and it was a great victory that has been rare in recent decades.
Linzi, the capital of the Qi State, fell for a time, and the country's ritual vessels were plundered by the Jin army.
The Jin army captured "Puyang", the capital of the Wei State, and forced the Wei State to sign an alliance under the city.
At the same time, the anti-Jin alliance collapsed under a series of attacks by the Jin army, and the Jin state proved that it was still strong with its demonstrated military strength.
"The next day is to clean up the cities of the Fan clan and the Zhonghang clan. There have been a lot of disputes among the 'lords' about this recently." Zhishuo has been very busy recently. He goes to the palace for a long time every day and doesn't come home until late at night several times.
When he came back, Zhishen and Zhiyao were making soup, and all the core clan members and retainers of the Zhi clan were waiting.
There was nothing that could be done about it. After a series of external victories, internal troubles just began again and again.
Everyone wants to eat more meat from the fallen Fan family and Zhonghang family, which will inevitably lead to an overlapping of interests and demands, making competition inevitable.
"The Wei family wants to take over 70% of Fan's southern cities; the Zhao family wants to take Fan's northern cities, and Zhongxing's cities; the Han family is weak and doesn't dare to say anything." Zhi Shuang looked very tired.
It is obvious that the Zhao family wants to manage the north. Most of their cities are concentrated there. If they get the cities of the Fan family and Zhonghang family, they can be connected together.
The Wei family is a bit confusing. Their cities are already very scattered. If they try to acquire the cities in the southern border, they will end up with cities in every region. The usual transfer of resources will be troublesome, and something will happen.
How to quickly gather troops?
As for the Han family? Among the original six families with high positions, the Han family originally had the smallest number of cities. Their performance in this civil war was so bad that they didn't even get the chance to go to other countries. The family's strength was weaker than the other three.
If the Zhao family does not support the Qing family, they will definitely not dare to ask for more meat.
The core tribesmen and retainers of the Zhi clan had known in advance that Zhisong wanted to fully take over the city of the Zhongxing clan, and of course they were supportive of this.
The Zhongxing family and the Zhi family were originally from the Xun family. The Zhi family would not encounter much resistance when they took over the Zhongxing family's city, and could complete the digestion in a very short period of time. It was far more difficult than the Zhao, Wei and Han families.
After encountering resistance and taking more time to digest, Zhishi is really much better.
At the same time, at Zhiyao's suggestion, the Zhi family took a fancy to the Fan family's city near Mount Huotai.
Under this kind of demand, once the Zhi family's plan is realized, most of the cities in the central and eastern part of Jin will belong to the Zhi family.
At one point, Zhishuo, Zhao Yang, Wei Chi and Han Buxin, including the rest of the middle-level nobles, actually didn't mind the cities under their names being scattered.
It's hard to say whether he didn't realize the disadvantages of having the fiefdoms spread out too much, or it didn't matter at all, or he didn't have a choice at all.
In the past, most of the best fiefdoms in the Jin Kingdom were held by the Fan family? So, when the Wei family set their sights on Fan's cities, did they only look at the quality of the fiefdoms and not where they were located?
"Ancestor, no one is competing with the Wei family?" Zhiyao felt very strange.
The "Wen" land in Fan's hands is a treasure land, one of the few high-yield fiefdoms in Jin.
Zhizong said funnyly: "How can such a beautiful thing be possible?"
With the urinary temperament of the Jin family, everyone would want to eat the most fertile piece of fiefdom, and if they can't get it, they will use it as a political bargaining chip. How can they give up the right to fight so easily?
What Zhizong just said about which family wants to gain what is not proposed by those families themselves, but purely based on his own recent observations.
Just like the Zhi family wanted to acquire the cities in the central and eastern part of the Jin Kingdom, they would not bring it up outright. They were afraid that other families would know what the Zhi family wanted and would insist on it, and then force the Zhi family to deal with other disputes.
make concessions.
"The Wei family and I are compatible. In order to benefit from the Han family, we may discuss something." Zhi Shuang paused tiredly but happily, and continued: "Now, containing the Zhao family is the most important thing."
Not only the old wise men think so, but also the Wei family, who just terminated their alliance with the Zhao family, have such needs.
All in all, some of the things Zhao Yang did were so heart-wrenching that he couldn't stop them. Of course, he had to keep silent and cooperate when it was time to cooperate. If someone could compete with Zhao, how could it be possible that Zhao Yang would give him whatever he wanted instead of asking for it?
Try your best to contain it!
In the original history, Zhao Yang became the "dictator" after Zhisong's death, and he stayed there for seventeen years. The fundamental reason was that Zhishen, the new head of the Zhi family, was too mediocre, and the rest of the family wanted to compete.
In terms of strength, it is not as good as the Zhao family.
In this version of history, the fundamental reason why the Wei family is willing to form an alliance with the Zhi family is that Zhi Yao has shown her excellence early on.
In this way, the mediocrity of the next head of the Zhi family, Zhishen, will no longer be a disadvantage, but will actually make the Wei family feel relaxed.
After the meeting, Zhiyao brought her father Zhishen to find her grandfather Zhisong, and they had a small gathering between the three generations behind closed doors.
"My family must control all the eastern cities." Zhiyao mentioned this point again and again.
Based on the current distribution of cities and towns among the various ministerial families in the Jin State, there is the Zhao family's city in the east, and their sphere of influence is not too small.
The Zhao family's cities in the eastern part of the Jin Kingdom were located in the southeast. Most of them were obtained through repeated entanglements with the Wei Kingdom, slowly eating up the territory of the Wei Kingdom, and then annexing small and medium-sized nobles in their own country.
In fact, Zhiyao wanted to acquire the city in the west of Jin State. It is very realistic that unless the Wei and Han families are destroyed, even if the Zhi family is willing to suffer a loss and negotiates with the Wei and Han families to replace the city,
The chances of both parties agreeing are infinitesimally small.
Since it was impossible to replace the city by peaceful means and it was far from possible to use force to capture it, Zhiyao felt that temporarily developing eastward was a better option.
"When I become a general, Zhao will not be able to be arrogant." Zhizhuo spoke, but he coughed a series of times.
Jishen looked ashamed, but his behavior was a bit inexplicable.
Now the head of the family of Lao Zhi's family is still Zhishen, and it is not Zhishen's turn to perform in various ways. This is reflected in the fact that even if Zhiyao shows outstanding abilities, they can only be used within the family, and he is qualified to represent Zhishen.
The person who will come forward will only be Zhizhu!
In the Jin Kingdom, whoever serves as the "Yuanrong" does not necessarily have the final say. It also depends on whether the family behind the "Yuanrong" is strong enough.
Although the Zhi family has taken advantage of them in recent years, at least the troops they sent out to fight have not been defeated. It is enough that they have not been defeated. Needless to say, Zhi Yao has led the Zhi family's private army to fight several beautiful battles.
The Lao Zhi family has exerted force, and the achievements they have won will force other families to respect it, and Zhi Shuang's right to speak will definitely be more blessed.
Because the achievements were all created by Zhiyao, not to mention the external situation, but the internal love for Zhiyao must be extremely high, and his prestige even exceeds that of Zhishen, the real prince.
Winter is coming.
The four remaining "Qings" of the Jin State repeatedly argued for their own interests. Day after day, they only reached a small consensus. It is not known how long they will continue to argue before the ownership of the city is completely confirmed.
One day, Zhiyao looked at the two women brought by her husband. To be honest, she was shocked at first, and then she felt slightly stunned.
Fu Liao led his team to the south more than a year ago, and the main task he got was to find Fan Li. It seems that Fan Li was not found, but he brought Huansha Nu back, and he brought back two of them.
Which one of them is Xi Tzu? No matter which one is it, the only difference between the two girls is their age, but their appearance is almost the same.
"Gongsun, this is the 'Twin Shu'." Fu Li was showing off his merits.
Two women, one about thirteen or fourteen years old and the other about seventeen or eighteen years old, knelt on the ground after entering the room and then raised their heads to let Zhiyao appreciate their appearance.
What did the husband mean by "double twins"?
In fact, there is a stream called "Xidong" in Yue State. There are quite a few Huansha women who go to Huansha. The two most beautiful women among the many are called "Huansha Shuangshu" by the locals.
The husband pointed to the younger one and introduced: "This woman is Shi Yiguang." Then he pointed to the other one and said, "This woman is Zheng Dan."
What is the fact? Fu Lio went to the local area and asked where there were beauties. He went to a village called "Zhuluo" and found Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan. In the spirit of one beauty, you are looking for it, and finding two beauties is a profit.
Just thinking about it, I bought both beauties at once.
That's right, even if you buy it, you still buy it from the other party's relatives.
Now, Zhiyao is thinking: "I bought Xi Shi, did Gou Jian go blind?"
However, Gou Jian would not catch someone blind. Without Xi Tzu, he would find other beauties to offer to Fu Cha.
At the same time, even if the Yue Kingdom lost the two beauties Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan, Gou Jian could still find other beauties, and he could still achieve his strategic goal of using beauty to seduce Fu Cha.
