In the midst of the busyness, time passed quickly. Just when the clearance was over and the foundation stone of the new city was just beginning, the Lantern Festival arrived.
The Lantern Festival is a traditional Chinese festival. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, the official government designated the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the emperor would worship the "Taiyi God" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Festival is a festive season;
Master, this is Wang Yu, who plays an important role among the heroes. Not only did the three princes he invited arrive in time, but the heroes of the Central Plains also sent their confidants to participate in this grand event.
As if affected by the grand atmosphere, on this day, God also came to beautify the scene and spread the bright spring light all over both sides of the river.
Since three days ago, the ferries at the ferry have been busy, shuttling back and forth, transporting batches of distinguished guests and their carriages and horses from the south bank to the north bank, leading them to the camp in the north of Gaotang City.
The staff of the General's Mansion were all very busy, but the surrendered ministers in Jizhou had a place to use their talents and took over the reception work. The Chinese people pay attention to etiquette, but Qingzhou pays attention to practical results, but everyone who integrates into this system will
There is less emphasis on red tape and more emphasis on efficiency.
The military parade held by Wang Yu is actually quite contrary to the internal atmosphere in Qingzhou. After all, Qingzhou currently focuses more on production recovery. Tian Feng and Mi Zhu wish they could break a piece of money in half and use it.
I don't have the spare money to spend on this show.
Only considering the multiple meanings of this grand event, such as celebrating victory, comforting souls, showing off military skills, and gathering alliances, there was no objection within the shogunate.
However, Qingzhou's frugality or stinginess is still reflected in many details.
The lanterns were hung up, but they were far from being decorated with lanterns and festoons. At most, they were just for the occasion;
There were quite a few people receiving the reception, but the standards were far from grand. None of the important officials in Qingzhou, such as Tian Feng, Jia Xu, and Guoyuan, showed up, but were active in the reception. The one with the highest status was Kong Rong, who was in charge of diplomacy.
Those who ran around under the orders were Xin Ping and Chen Lin.
The reception is somewhat simple. In addition to various horse meat dishes made from local materials, there are also some delicacies from the mountains and seas.
Gongsun Zan waited in the plain for more than 20 days. He was bored, so he took his bodyguards to hunt around. They gained a lot. After seeing the entertainment menu prepared by Wang Yu, he was shocked and quickly provided these prey to avoid the scale of the entertainment.
It's too shabby. The seafood is fish and shrimp caught in the sea by the Qingzhou Navy. It's not very fresh, but it's better than nothing.
Gongsun Zan was quite slanderous about this, and complained to his face that the food Wang Yu entertained the princes' envoys was not much better than what the soldiers usually ate, and it was too shabby considering the wealth of Qingzhou.
Wang Yu retorted plausibly, saying that wearing the same clothes and eating the same food as his disciples is the standard for a general. He eats the same food as the soldiers, what is there to be ashamed of? As for the envoys from the princes, they came in response to the call.
Everyone has their own purpose, but no one comes here to eat and drink. They are frightened by Qingzhou's military power and have to come. In this case, why bother spending so much time?
After hearing this, Gongsun Zan was silent for a long time, and then he sighed, lamenting that he had wasted half his life and had fallen into the cliché after all. Peng Ju's wise brother always kept in mind the duty of a general, and that was the true form of a famous general.
Of course Wang Yu had to be humble. In fact, he was just too lazy to do anything and felt bad about spending money.
Spending money on the army can improve morale, enhance cohesion, and enhance loyalty, which is of great help to improve combat effectiveness. It also helps to enhance the status of soldiers in Qingzhou's social system. What is the use of spending money on envoys from princes?
Can you recruit a few experts to come over?
No matter how grand the reception is, there will always be private calculations, and you will have to fall out when it's time to fall out. In this case, what's the use of spending a lot of money to entertain them? If it's useless, why spend the money?
His style was so simple and direct, but after his words spread, it changed.
The Chinese people have a very simple concept. If a person is recognized as a good person, then everything he does is a good thing; if he is recognized as a wise person, then his words and deeds must have profound meaning; if this person is recognized as a wise person, then his words and deeds must have profound meaning;
If he is considered to be both a good person and a wise man, then he can enjoy the treatment of a saint. For details, please refer to Confucius and Mencius in later generations.
Now Wang Yu's prestige in Qingzhou is almost that of a saint. Once his words and deeds are spread, they will be magnified to the extreme.
This exchange between him and Gongsun Zan caused quite a shock in the army. Hearing that there was such a profound meaning behind the shabby hospitality standards, the soldiers were all moved and even the two allies praised each other, which was unexpected.
Harvested.
Of course, only low-level officers and ordinary soldiers were concerned about this. Right now, the top brass in the military were discussing another topic.
"The profit of the participants is the way of the king, Zilong, lunatic, don't you think that my lord's words sound superficial, but when you think deeply about them, they sound unpredictable?"
Taishi Ci, Zhao Yun, and Qin Feng were waiting at the north gate of the camp. Their clothes were bright and shining in the morning sun. Beside them were two rows of standing soldiers. A team of 300 people lined up dozens of steps away.
.
At this moment, the number one warrior in Qingzhou was tilting his head in deep thought, letting the bright spring light shine on his face, making his manly face even more clear-cut.
"What's so mysterious about this? What's the purpose of fighting? Isn't it just to get benefits? If you get benefits if you join the war, then who wouldn't want to fight?"
Qin Feng curled his lips, pointed to the north and sneered loudly: "Look at those barbarians outside the Great Wall, isn't that what it is like? If you break into the border, you can grab and take whatever you want. If you grab the harvest once, you can match it.
After half a year of herding sheep outside the Great Wall, if someone raises their arms and calls out, how can it not be responded to by thousands of people? This will benefit the participants."
"That's right." Taishi Ci's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands, and praised: "Madman, are you also very smart? Shang Jun's book said that you will be happy when you hear the war. Isn't that the case? The Qiang Qin Dynasty in those days was not
Is this the way to sweep across Liuhe? Oh, that’s not right. If this trick worked well, why did Qin fall again later?”
"Who knows?" Qin Feng scratched his head. He had been in the army since he was a child and had fought on the grasslands for twenty years. He was very familiar with the Hu people, but he had never heard of Shang Jun's book.
"Bad Qin..." Zhao Yun just listened at first. The two asked him but did not answer, until both of them were scratching their heads. He finally said: "Maybe he failed to implement this policy to the end, or the views of Lord Shang and his lord
It's just superficially similar, but actually different."
"What's the difference?" Tai Shici asked.
As early as the beginning of the implementation of the Qingzhou New Deal, Wang Yu put forward many concepts such as "farming, promoting martial arts, and raising scholars". In the process of governance, he also included many reform strategies such as restraining powerful people. However, these concepts and policies are nothing.
Innovation can only be said to be copying the good methods of predecessors to restore Qingzhou's production and people's livelihood.
In the debate a few days ago, Wang Yu put forward a core idea, indicating that the content of Qingzhou's New Deal was all centered around this core and paved the way for the ultimate goal. This is worthy of attention.
Just as Shang Yang established in the Qin Dynasty that "there is no way to govern the world, and the country is not following the ancient laws", the "governing by doing nothing" in the early Han Dynasty, and the "centralization of power" from the era of Emperor Wu, only with the core concept can governance be followed.
Therefore, as soon as the news spread, both civil and military leaders in Qingzhou were discussing this topic and speculating on what the future of Qingzhou should be.
Tai Shici, who was the most impatient, even went to Wang Yu to ask questions face to face. Unfortunately, Wang Yu, who had always been straightforward, became mysterious this time. No matter who asked, they all laughed and said nothing.
As time goes by, this topic becomes more and more fascinating.
"The merit system of the Qin State's army is very complete, so on the battlefield, the soldiers have always been able to use their lives and fight bravely. However, the logistics related to the war are separated. My lord once said that the craftsmen of the Qin State are
A very magical group of people, the crossbows and arrows they make are almost standardized..."
Qin Feng blinked and interjected: "Standardization? What is that?"
"It's just..." Zhao Yun also scratched his head. These new terms of the Lord are easy to use, but very troublesome to explain: "It's just that the things made by different craftsmen are similar, and the processes used are similar, and even the time consumed is the same."
If they are all similar, it can be called standardization.”
"It doesn't sound like much..." Taishi Ci and the two looked at each other, confused: "What's the benefit of this?"
"Of course there are benefits." Zhao Yun patiently explained to these two colleagues who were very curious about knowledge but never understood the details: "Things created in this way can be used uniformly, and the logistical pressure will be reduced, and the same thing can be repeated.
Process work is often more efficient, and..."
Zhao Yun was much more eager to learn than these two guys and had a better memory. He recited what he heard from Wang Yu and added his own understanding to it. Tai Shi Ci and the two were stunned for a moment.
"The craftsmen of Qin are very productive and work very hard, but they can't get any benefits from the war. They can only be treated as slaves and work hard just to survive. Such people, like the captured young men, are forced to
What’s the difference between people who go to war?”
"In addition, the Qin State's logistical supplies were also very problematic. In addition to providing food to the enemy, most of the soldiers had to prepare their own food and weapons and equipment before going on an expedition. Although they had titles and land awarded for their military exploits, the war gave them
The pressure brought by it is still great. If it is a quick battle, it is fine, but if the battlefield lasts for months or even years, the morale and fighting spirit of the Qin army will drop rapidly."
"Which army is not like this?" Tai Shici had a different opinion again.
"It's different." Zhao Yun said solemnly: "Historical records say that the Qin army was as fierce as tigers and wolves in the battle formation. It was often seen that the soldiers were still charging forward bravely with prisoners under their ribs and heads hanging around their waists.
, so the six kingdoms combined cannot be as sharp as they are. However, once the stalemate lasts for a long time, the morale of the Qin army declines faster than other armies. The most typical example is the hundreds of thousands of Qin troops who conquered Baiyue in the south.
Already..."
The Qin Army's southern expedition is a mystery in history. The records in historical books are very vague. It is impossible to determine the exact number of people and the performance of this army. The only thing that can be confirmed is that this army will never come back, even in the Central Plains.
At a time when war was rising and the empire was in turmoil, not a single soldier of this southern expedition marched northward.
There are many examples of the Qin army not being able to fight for a long time. Zhao Yun specifically used this as an example. Of course, it was not to cause controversy, but because he figured out the true intention of Wang Yu's national policy and concluded that his lord intended to imitate Qin.
The conclusion is that after identifying the shortcomings of the country's military administration, we plan to implement improvements.
He believed that after unifying the Central Plains, his lord would probably launch a war to conquer the south and the north.
Finally, Zhao Yun concluded: "So, the benefits for the participants should be a wide range of participants, not only soldiers in the army, craftsmen in the rear, businessmen, officials, and even farmers, as long as they contribute to the war, they can get rich
return."
"...I can't imagine what that scene is." Tai Shici thought about it seriously, but couldn't figure out how this social system would operate: "Zilong, do you know?"
"I can't think of it, and I can't find any precedent that can be used as a reference." Zhao Yun shrugged, thought for a while, and added: "Maybe the master has not fully conceived it, otherwise he wouldn't just blow the wind, but not
I’m willing to tell you the details.”
"It's possible." Taishi Ci nodded, with a hint of longing in his eyes: "This method sounds quite good. If there is a war, it will be beneficial, and everyone will benefit. Wouldn't it be possible to expand the territory all the time?
?This battle has been fought well. Tell me, how does my master's head grow? How come he can always come up with such incredible but magical methods?"
"..." Of course no one answered him this kind of question, and everyone was silent for a while. It was not until the sound of carriages and horses came from the north that the three generals looked up into the distance as if suddenly awakened.
"Coming?" The remaining snow on the official road has not disappeared, and there is a bit of green under the white. But what Taishi Ci said is coming, and it is not the footsteps of spring. He and Zhao Yun did not run out to chat for nothing, but to welcome the coming day.
Da Sima, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu!
"It should be." Qin Feng had been outside the Great Wall for a long time and had very good eyesight. He could see the black line on the horizon from a distance.
Taishi Ci's curiosity aroused again, and he squinted his eyes and asked, "Should he come with a grand ceremony? I heard that the late emperor built a twelve-layer canopy on the Dianjiang Altar in the Pingle Hall.
The small altar is ten feet high and has a nine-layer canopy. The scene is quite remarkable."
Qin Feng raised the corner of his mouth, with a hint of mockery in his smile: "Then you will be disappointed. Liu Yu is not the late emperor, and his good reputation did not come out of thin air."
"No way?" Tai Shici was a little unbelievable: "He arrived in Guangchuan five days ago and waited so long to show up today. Isn't it just to show off?"
Qin Feng shook his head, with an inexplicable tone in his tone: "Anyway, you'll know after you see it yourself."
Seeing his expression, Taishi Ci stopped asking questions and just watched and waited.
After a while, Liu Yu and his party finally approached. Before looking at Liu Yu's team, the first thing that came was a squeaking sound. Before Taishi Ci could express his surprise, he saw the winding team.
In the middle, swaying along, turned out to be an ox cart!
That's right, it's a cart pulled by an old cow.
"That's..." Taken aback by this, Taishi Ci's reaction was a beat slower. The first person to exclaim was Zhao Yun, who had always been very calm.
"What?"
Zhao Yun had a surprised look on his face and serious eyes. He pointed at the front of the team and said hesitantly: "Brother, Brother Qin, look, the general walking at the front seems to be Qu Yi!"