In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States without women

The wind blows the wheat waves, autumn is approaching, and it is the season of harvesting grains. At this time, no matter which vassal state it is, it is praying for a big harvest, because in this era, the quality of the harvest at this time often determines the winter including the following. Whether the people and even the whole country can survive the next harvest season in one year.

Walking through a yellow field, looking at the farmland full of busy farmers, he inhaled slightly. The aroma of rice and wheat at the tip of his nose pleased his sense of smell from the bottom of his heart. His expression was somewhat relieved, and he said: "This year It's going to be a good year."

Young Master Qi followed Furen, with a relaxed expression on his face, he said: "Yes, there have been many great harvests in the past few years, and the number of business travelers who have entered my country of Yan has increased day by day. It is getting richer day by day, even if there is a war next year, it will be enough to support it."

Convincing people smiled and said: "There will be no war next year. Donghu has a vast territory. If we swallow this area, it will be enough for us to digest it for several years."

Young Master Qi nodded and said: "The territory of Donghu is indeed vast and sparsely populated, and it is extremely fertile. I heard that the black soil there sprinkles wheat grains, and without much cultivation, the yield can be doubled compared to other places. In the past, in the hands of these barbarians, What a waste."

Furen nodded and said: "The land belonging to Donghu is very rich, but it's no wonder that group of barbarians don't know how to cultivate it. That area has been quite barren since ancient times. The trees are too lush and the winter is too cold. The Hu people even have few bones. Farming with stone and wood, how can we do nothing to barren mountains and old forests."

Young Master Qi laughed and said: "What can Hu people do, what can we Yan people do? Haha, the fire kang in my country of Yan makes my Yan people not afraid of severe cold, and the steel farm tools of my country of Yan make my farmers not afraid of barren mountains and old forests .”

Convincing people heard what Young Master Qi said, so he also laughed, and said: "Ah Yu is going to inspect the old Donghu land this time, just to plan the land that has already been swallowed, and see if it is possible to emigrate and station troops. Reclaim those wastelands as soon as possible, no, I have to stay and watch the house after he leaves, so there will be no battles next year."

Hearing this, Young Master Qi restrained his smile a little, and said with an unnatural expression: "Guo Chu came out to look at the territory of Donghu... Does this mean that he will immigrate and set up troops in the near future? Isn't this too fast? , I... heard some rumors."

Convincing people with a little surprise, said: "What rumor?"

Young Master Qi looked at the convincing people, hesitated for a while, and finally spoke, saying: "I mentioned this matter to Guo Chu half a month ago, this... our country has recruited too many barbarians, although thanks to the reformed military uniforms , there are many Hu people who surrendered without a fight, but the treatment of these Hu people is not too good. Although they are not defeated and captured, they cannot be treated as slaves, but now they are like this, delicious and delicious It would be too cheap to hire them as tenants, among other things, when we first moved to the country, these barbarian people made trouble at the border areas, and now they are treated like this, and many old Yan people are not convinced."

Hearing what Young Master Qi said, Fu Ren's expression gradually became serious.

Young Master Qi also felt a little guilty. Before Xia Yu left the City of Endless, he had mentioned this matter, but at that time Xia Yu was worried about the development and cultivation of the Donghu territory, and asked him to return before making a decision. However, Xia Yu had not yet returned. However, Young Master Qi directly pointed out that the internal affairs that Xia Yu was supposed to be in charge of had been brought up here before Xia Yu responded. There was a suspicion of suing behind the scenes, and Young Master Qi felt that he seemed a bit unkind in his heart. , but on the other hand, some recent situations in the city made Young Master Qi very worried.

You must know that Furen has been in the army for the past few years, and there are wars almost every year, so that Furen spends most of the year not in the City of Endless, and he doesn't know many details of the internal affairs very well, but Young Master Qi has been in charge of the government treasury and assisted Xia Yu in governing the government in the past few years. Although he does not say that he knows everything about the Yan State, it is not too far behind. Feeling a little uneasy, he said: "For the past month or so, it's the autumn harvest time. Some Donghu people and Laoyan people have disputes over the matter of fighting for farm tools."

Convincing people heard Young Master Qi say this, his brows slowly frowned, and said: "Are there many disputes? Is it just because of fighting for farm tools?"

Young Master Qi sighed and said: "The scramble for agricultural tools is still a superficial phenomenon. In the past few years, our country of Yan has been fighting every year, and some of them have also awarded military titles and agricultural titles. There are many households where the elderly in our country of Yan have won titles, but there are also many who don't. Those who have won titles, many of these untitled titles are also tenants of the territory directly under the monarch. Originally, life has become better and better in the past few years. Even if they have no titles and no private land, these tenants are not dissatisfied. Since the implementation of the system, these tenants have left a lot of food. I heard from many old Yan people that the government will send a son to join the army when training new troops, and then the sons in the family will work hard on the land until the family has enough money. Now, I will find a way to buy land, or buy a shop in the city, and the Yan brocade woven in the seller will make life easier. Everyone has more and more hope, but since these Donghu people came, it has not been peaceful. "

Furen frowned and asked, "Why is it not peaceful?"

Young Master Qi said with some distress: "People in Donghu all speak nonsense, and we Yan people can't understand it at all, and it's hard to communicate with them, so we usually have clear boundaries. The customs of these Hu people are too different for us Yan people. It's different, this... To give an example, Lao Yan has a family, because his father died because of illness, and he needs a sum of money for funeral. Promised to give a large sum of money to the youngest son of this old Yan family to be the head of the family. The youngest son agreed in order not to be burdened by debts for the family. As a result, the youngest son ran back to his home crying and complained that he wanted to go home. .”

Convincing people asked: "Why? What happened later?"

Speaking of this, the young master paused for a moment, with a somewhat awkward expression, and said: "This... Hu people's customs are very different from ours. This Donghu tribe has a tradition of brothers sharing the same family regardless of family. The youngest son who didn't belong to Shihu felt ashamed and couldn't stand it anymore, so he filed a complaint with the local county judge and asked the county judge to judge the divorce. Filial piety is unique, and his love is pitiful, so he was sentenced to divorce, but the Hu people stopped doing it. He felt that the county judge was partial, and the youngest son’s family made enough money by selling pots and iron and wanted to return it to the Hu family, but Hu People don't want money, they just want people. Now, many Yan people in the surrounding neighborhood can't stand it anymore, and things are getting worse. The Yan people and Hu people in that workshop often fight with each other. The county judge often takes people to suppress them. Sometimes I have to work as a county lieutenant."

Finally, Young Master Qi sighed, and said: "Similar things happen one after another, especially in the recent autumn harvest. Your Majesty knows that the National Palace of Industry and Agriculture has developed steel agricultural tools, which are many times stronger than stone and wood in the past. The national government has decrees. Those who can't afford steel farm tools can rent them from the local county government. In recent years, it has been fine. Although there have been many disputes among the Yan people, they are all courteous to each other. In the old days, everyone first helped those who received the farm tools, and then helped those who came behind, and when this barbarian came, it was a mess, and there were always conflicts, everyone refused to give in to each other, and there were fights from time to time."

Hearing this, Fu Ren couldn't help asking: "Did Ayu not deal with this matter?"

Young Master Qi smiled bitterly and said: "Guo Chu has revised the law and retrained the county judges involved in this matter, but I guess Guo Chu is a little helpless about this matter. The purpose of stationing soldiers is to stagger the Hu people and Yan people, but I think that doing so will cause too much trouble. I moved the Donghu people back to their former territories, fearing that they would rebel, and moved the Yan people there, leaving so many Hu people in our Yan people. It is difficult to feel at ease in the hinterland of the country. Hey, in the final analysis, it is because of the small population of our Yan people. If there were not too many deaths and injuries on the way to move the country, why would we have laid down a large area of ​​land, but had problems when we swallowed it? of."

Talking to this point, convincing people to look at this piece of golden farmland, seems to have lost the good mood just now, and directly waved his sleeves: "Go back to the city."

Hundreds of miles away from the Endless City, on the way to the newly planned four counties of Donghu, the sky was getting dark. Xia Yu and his party stopped at the post station. The country with one person under one person and more than ten thousand people in the country is still in a state of panic, and he has been busy for a long time before he can settle the group properly.

In the middle of the night, after He Ze served Xia Yu to wash and wash, Xia Yu sat in front of the table wrapped in a cloak, flipped through the recent secret reports in the city of Endless, and sighed for a long time.

Heze was studying ink for Xia Yu, and seeing that Xia Yu seemed to be having a difficult time calming down, he couldn't help but ask, "Guo Chu is still worrying about the Hu people?"

Xia Yu slowly turned the brush in his hand, and after a long time, he sighed, and said, "If it's just these small things, it's nothing. The common people have to live a life, be it Hu people or Yan people, as long as life is easy every day. Get up, no matter how many disputes there are, they will gradually subside, and what I worry about is no longer these appearances, but in the court."

He Ze asked cautiously, "How many county judges?"

Xia Yu glanced at Heze, smiled and sighed slightly, and said, "Did you see it? Few of the Manchao Gongqing saw it."

He Ze bowed his head and said: "He Ze is stupid, how can he discuss it with the princes of the temple? The reason why He Ze can guess how much is because he serves by Guo Chu's side day and night, and understands Guo Chu's intentions better. He Ze guesses how much. I'm afraid that one of the county judges will make the Guoku feel uneasy."

Xia Yu knocked on the case table, and said: "I ordered all the judges who mixed Hu Yan into several counties to give instructions. In fact, it was to deceive people and prevent the courtiers from noticing the clues. I also hope that some people will be alerted and retreat by themselves. "

Hearing this, He Ze couldn't bear it a bit, and said: "Many of the county judges are also from the army, and they have some ties to General Sun You, which is natural, and General Sun You will not do harm It's a matter of the country and the country."

Xia Yu's expression was slightly cold, and he said: "I hope it won't happen, and I also hope that I am worrying too much. Sun Youqi is too extreme. I have endured it, but he is becoming more and more radical. This person seems to be hanging on my shoulders." A sharp sword above the head makes people sleepless."

He Ze frowned slightly, and said, "Guo Chu's tour this time..."

Xia Yu picked up the secret report on the table and said, "Of course it is for the territory of Donghu. This land will be the foundation for our country of Yan to enter the Central Plains in the future, and it will be our most important granary in the future. If the planning is inappropriate, I don't know if it will be wrong. There are so many things, moreover, if I am in the city, even if some people want to act, they will only hold back. Only when I leave can those who have different intentions show their flaws. If he does not act this time, it will be regarded as me If he has been wronged, he will naturally try his best to deal with it fairly in the future, if he has any actions that endanger the country and society, then don't blame me for not remembering their family's past achievements, so I will be punished."

When He Ze heard this, he hesitated a little, and finally said: "Guo Chu... I don't know if I should say a word or not."

Xia Yu was slightly surprised. Since Heze followed him, he has been very cautious. This time, he hesitated like this, obviously there is something embarrassing to say, so he said: "You have been with me for so long, so you can speak directly if you have anything to say."

Heze immediately knelt down to pay homage to Jishou, and knelt down in the tunnel, saying: "Guozhu is talented and strategic. In the past few years, Heze has witnessed it with his own eyes, and his admiration is overwhelming. Please learn from Guoju. Things in the world are ever-changing, and Guozu is able to predict [-]% of them." Things, but there is still one thing that I am afraid is extremely unpredictable, that is the change of people's hearts. Although Guoyou intends to lead the snake out of the hole this time, if the consequences are not as good as Guoyou guessed, so what should be done? He hesitates for the slightest bit, but there is only one person in this world who the guohou can't deal with strategically, if... General Sun You is your confidant, if the matter involves your lord, He Ze is afraid that the guochu will hurt himself."

In fact, Heze has seen clearly in the past few years that Xia Yu is unparalleled in the world in terms of talent, and has a special understanding of the art of controlling people, but only when he is subdued by the king, he often behaves in a panic. When the two get along, in the eyes of outsiders It seems that they are intimate, but Heze, who has been serving him for many years, has been watching coldly. He only feels that there is always some gap between Xia Yu and Furen, which is difficult for outsiders to explain, and it is this gap that is difficult for outsiders to understand. There was an inexplicable worry about leaving the city of no end this time.

Xia Yu was slightly silent, opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say, and said to He Ze after a long time, "Get up first."

He Ze still prostrated himself on the ground, did not get up, but looked up at Xia Yu slightly, and said, "Guo Chu, He Ze only has one question, if you dare to ask Guo Chu, if you can really lure the snake out of the hole this time, and catch the one who disturbed the country and society Chaotic minister, is Guotu sure that the emperor will deal with it? Is Guotu sure that the emperor will stand on Guotu's side?"

Xia Yu was dumbfounded, at a loss, not knowing what to say.

The ruling government of the Jin Kingdom surrounded a huge map, and Zhiyao and Zhao Wuxie were thinking hard about something.

Zhiyao sighed, and said, "It's still too risky to fight Qi."

Zhao Wuxie also frowned. In fact, in many cases, the victory or defeat of the war is not based on the strength of the battlefield. In the temple, Zhao Wuxie knew that the risk Zhiyao said was not just referring to the impact of Jin's defeat on the position of Jin's overlord. However, if the coalition forces of Han and Wei were sent to fight Qi, with the current state of Qi, it may not be possible to win.

If in the past, Jin's ministers fought fiercely, and some families led troops to fight national wars, and then suffered some losses, I am afraid that other families would be happy to see it, but the current situation between Jin and Qi cannot tolerate Jin. For the losers, because of the subtle difference in national power, the princes and small countries who wait and see between Jin and Qi will probably decide who they follow based on the victory or defeat on the battlefield between the two countries.

Therefore, the coalition forces of Han and Wei cannot be dispatched, and if the coalition forces of the Zhi family and the Zhao family are defeated, the two families will suffer too much loss. How will they face the domestic situation of Jin after returning home?

That's why Zhiyao said that the risk is too great.

Zhao Wuxie sighed slightly in his heart, and was also a little sad. Jin State, which dominated the world for a hundred years in the past, is now forced into such a situation by Qi State, who has been oppressing and beating him. Sighing, Zhao Wuxie He said: "Although Tian Shu is a noble and vacant position, if something happens to Qi, Tian Xiang will not let Tian Shu go without him. If there is an attack on Qi, the risk is indeed too great."

Zhiyao walked slowly around the border between Qi and Jin, turned around twice, then tapped Zhongshan, and said, "Don't fight Qi, fight Zhongshan."

Zhao Wuxie looked at Zhongshan State Department, his heart moved, and then he said: "What if Qi State is still the same as when we attacked and defended?"

Zhiyao said: "It's best not to move. If we don't move, we will swallow Zhongshan Kingdom."

Zhao Wuxie thought for a long time, but shook his head and said: "It's hard, Zhongshan Kingdom, I'm afraid it's not so easy to swallow."

Zhiyao said: "It is difficult to swallow a fat man in one mouthful, but it is still possible to swallow some fat. There are many tribes of Di people near Zhongshan Kingdom, and there are also some small vassal states. Zhongshan Kingdom cannot swallow it in one mouthful. The surrounding fat Still can't swallow the meat?"

Hearing this, Zhao Wuxie felt that it was reasonable, so he pointed to the location of Zhongshan Kingdom on the map, and analyzed the surrounding situation with Zhiyao in detail.

The two talked for a long time, until the servant reminded that it was time to eat, Zhiyao naturally kept Zhao Wuxie for dinner, and Zhao Wuxie naturally agreed.

Even if the government’s food is not a large banquet, it will not be too shabby. Naturally, there are wine and meat. Zhao Wuxie talked with Zhiyao for a long time, his mouth was dry, and he was very hungry. When the wine came up, he picked it up It was a burst of drinking, and Zhiyao, who took the first seat, looked at Zhao Wuxie's usual ordinary and rigid face, and was a little flushed by the alcohol because of the binge drinking, and she had a bit of rouge stained cheeks , Suddenly, my heart moved, and I was a little stunned.