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Chapter 132: Be cruel to yourself to live

Chapter 132: The imperial edict was cruel to himself. Zizhan was silent. Zichan looked at everyone's eyes on him. He cleared his throat and said nothing: Then let's rest on Jin. Don't we need to breathe? After all, Chu is a barbarian in the south. They are unreasonable and unreasonable. They ask for us endlessly, and they never care about our feelings.

After all, Jin State is a Central Plains country and belongs to the Chinese civilization. They follow rules when doing things. In the world, we are afraid that we will not follow rules. We defect to Jin State and live under the rules of China. No matter how bad the life is, we can live a good life.

Moreover, in the long run, the monarch and ministers of Jin will be harmonious, and many capable ministers will emerge, such as Zhao Wuzi, who will eventually become the ruler of Jin. This man is only in his twenties now, but his military talent and ability to govern the country are obvious to all. Therefore, before Zhao Wuzi's death, I could not see any signs of decline in Jin.

At the same time, in the south of Chu, Wu was harassing him constantly. I heard that the king of Wu had hoped that Zhao Wu would go to their country to take charge of the rule, but was rejected by the monarch of Jin. However, from this perspective, we can see how eager Wu was to learn from Jin. Wu was already fierce. How could he learn the military organizational capabilities of Jin? Under the continuous attack of Wu, it is hard to say whether Chu could hold on.

By comparison, Jin State has always been in a strong position for several years, while Chu State is becoming increasingly declining. It is not obvious who should we surrender to.

Zizhan reluctantly said: But Jin also has the enemy of Qin and Qi.

Zichan replied: This time, the Qin people cooperated with Chu to send troops. A sect leader was killed and a sect leader was captured. The entire army only fled back 300 people. I think Qin was taught this, and I am afraid that it will be safe for another 20 to 30 years. As for Qi, the monarch of Qi was determined to seek death. He was not enough to defeat the situation. How could he have the courage to challenge Jin? At most, he was troubled behind his back.

Zikong made a decision: Then Jin State, and decided: We will surrender to Jin State, but how should we surrender to Jin State?

Zizhan was also asking the same question: We have offended Jin State thoroughly. This time I went to Jin Camp. Zhao Wuzi looked extremely contemptuous on his face and never cared about our surrender. I was afraid that even if we went to Xintian City, no matter how humble the attitude was, the Jin people would not treat us as a dish at all.

Several adults were like a boy asking for advice, how funny the scene was. After the humble questioning of the two masters, Zichan replied childishly: I have a way, but this way is a little bit miserable to Zheng State because it is almost self-harm.

Zizhan was displeased: You little brat say it quickly if you have something to say. Even if you are a little bit miserable to Zheng State, how miserable can it be? Can you treat us worse than the Chu people?

Zichan replied: It’s not that bad.

Zikong immediately interrupted: What a miserable thing? It's just a blessing, tell me quickly.

Zichan replied: The current situation is that Chu is weaker than Jin, but Jin does not take us seriously. Their determination to surrender is far less than that of Chu, so it is difficult for us to stabilize our position. Judging from the previous battle situation, if Jin is really anxious, the people of Chu will definitely avoid it. Therefore, the key at present is: how can we let the people of Jin die and fight for our strength with Chu?

If the Jin people are determined to fight hard and are ready to fight for our position, then the Chu State will definitely not dare to fight against each other, and all the problems of our Zheng State will be solved. Therefore, we can only think of a way to let the Jin people cherish our support. Only then can we firmly rely on the Jin State camp.

Zi Zhan immediately understood and slapped the table and shouted: It is impossible to directly challenge Jin and Chu with our national strength, but we can still bully it when facing a second-rate country like Song.

The Song State has a good relationship with Jin State, and it only looks at the besiege of Song State. Even if the Jin people borrowed the power of the vassal state and Rong Qiu people, they would not hesitate to transfer Zhao Wu from the western front, who had just ended the battle. They would also go south to rescue Song State. It can be imagined that if Song State was attacked, the Jin people would never give up.

Let's attack the state of Song. If the people of Jin do not respect our own self-selling, we will frequently attack the state of Song. This will make the people of Song uneasy. In this way, the people of Jin will be impatient and will be reluctant to let our betrayal. In this way, they will pay attention to us.

Attacking Song State will definitely anger Jin State. The people of Jin State have a strong desire to retaliate. The people of Zheng State will inevitably be retaliated violently. This is what Zichan said about self-harm selling himself and seeking resignation.

Zi Kong decided: It is better to have short pain than long pain. We must make a choice and choose to play a game firmly towards the Jin and Chu camp. Otherwise, not only will the country be peaceful, but it seems that it is not far from destruction. Let's keep it confidential when discussing today. Let's mobilize the army to attack the Song State.

The State of Song is the closest ally of Jin, so the troops of the princes will definitely come to rescue the State of Song, and then we will immediately obey and form an alliance with it; then the Chu army will definitely come to attack again, and we will submit to the State of Chu again. In this way, the people of Jin will definitely be angry at our repeated recurrence and will attack again immediately,

The people of Jin have Hulao City and can come frequently, but the people of Chu must not send troops frequently. In this way, we will eventually establish a strong relationship with Jin.

As soon as this self-harm strategy was released, the doctor of Zheng State was cheering and thunderous. He praised him and said: From now on, our Zheng State will finally be safe.

So Zheng State began to manufacture motorcycles on the border of Song State

At this time, Zhao Wu led his army to leave Hulao City. The Jin army returned to China.

This year, the crisis and embarrassment faced by Jin State was a century-old experience, but the final result was very satisfactory. Even Zami, a guy who has always disliked Zhao Wu, also joked with Wei Xiu on the military chariot: I heard that there is a saying in the middle of the country: If you have meat to eat when fighting with Zhao Wuzi, you can think that the food in Wuzi's army is good, so the soldiers are spread like this. Now I know what meat is, ah.

The world has always been unfair, and the distribution of spoils is also the same. In this battle, Zhao Wu presided over the attack. Afterwards, he took away 20% of the prisoners as agreed, and the final family of various families were also involved in the war. As well as the tribes affiliated to the Jin State, the proportion of these 20% was still high. Qin Xi presided over the distribution of spoils, and he took away half of the spoils, Zhao Wu took away 20%, leaving less than 30% of the spoils. Shared by Wei and Shishi.

This distribution plan was fair in the eyes of Wei and Shishi, because among these two families, Shishi was still good. The Wei family came to the front line with an empty shell. The main force of Wei stayed in the Fourth Kingdom, and Sichuan ordered the new army to participate in the battle on the Western Front. Therefore, Wei Xiu's mid-year-old farmer used hundreds of entourages and thousands of auxiliary soldiers.

Wei Xiu was very satisfied with the use of such participating troops, which could be divided into 10% of the spoils.

Shi Jing was also very satisfied. Since his defeat, the domestic reputation for him fell sharply. In that defeat, the top warriors of the Shi family suffered heavy losses. Then Fan Zi moved out of his ancestor's spiritual position and divided some of his strength. Therefore, the Shi family only had an empty shell on the battlefield. Now he has not won a single arrow. He shared more than 10% of the spoils, of course, he is very famous for this result.

Wei Xiu replied to Shifang in an old tone: This may be because Wu Zi was hiding when he was young. He always had a natural intuition that could keenly reveal the gaps between the enemy. The so-called good at assaulting Wu Zi said that this originated from the instinct of hiding in childhood, and was later slightly strengthened, and that's all.

Zhao's strength is weak. He is used to using the smallest force to achieve his goal. Wu Zi has already trained his intuition to exercise his energy. Once he goes to the battlefield, he is always looking for the gaps in the enemy, looking for the weaknesses of the enemy, and then using the least force to drill through the gaps. Therefore, his soldiers always have the most casualties and gain the most. Of course, the last feature is likely to come from the home of Marshal Zhiying.

Wei Xiu's last sentence was a joke. Zaping caught such an opportunity to belittle Zhao Wu and never let him go. He laughed and replied: Of course, it was the family style of the marshal. When Zhao Wuzi was crowned, he came to the capital. At that time, he was as reserved as a child, and was cautious and afraid of making people unhappy. I remember that Wei and Fan forced him to give him a big gift that day, and were forced to hand over the hundreds of instruments.

But since marrying Zhijiaojiao, Wu Zi has become more and more stingy and likes robbery more and more, and looks more and more like Zhijiaojiao. What is this not the family style of a marshal?

Shi Jing was more cautious than Zhao Wu. He was a little uncomfortable when talking about the marshal openly. He reminded: Everyone, because of Zhao Wuzi's robbery this time, the various soldiers were filled with things and teams, so we should not blame Wuzi once.

Lai Xi smiled and agreed: That's right, we are also the helpers of Wu Zi's robbery this time, how can we criticize Wu Zi's behavior?

Stopped, Zaping joked again: Xinjun Zuo, you have followed Wu Zi and fought side by side for many years. Has Wei's losses been alleviated?

Wei Xiu smiled calmly: Yes, in recent years, we have always gained more than we pay. The Wei family's territory has been expanding constantly due to the rewards of the king. But you should also know what kind of person Zhao Wuzi is. With him, there is no enough money to spend.

For example, in the past few years, we opened the city with Zhao, and we saw that there was a profit, and we wanted to build Wuwei City. Wu Zi came this time and told me that Wuwei City was too lonely and prominently highlighting the Wei territory too far, so it was easy for people to go around and attack the Jin territory. In order to completely block the Wei territory, he planned to build a level in Wuwei City and name it Hangu Pass

I also have another idea. In order to prevent the Qin people from taking a detour to attack my territory, I plan to build a long city wall. All possible marching routes are blocked. Wu Zi also admired this idea and named it the Wei Great Wall. When I see this name, it is so majestic.

However, in order to build such a Great Wall, we may have to use the family’s accumulation for more than a hundred years. In the future, we may not be able to draw more troops.

Zaxi was silent for a moment. Answer: After we defeat the Chu people, we must conquer the Qin people. Only by conquering the Qin people once and for all can we get rid of the current predicament.

Stopped, Zami turned to Shijing: The battle between you and the Qin people suffered serious losses. Can this harvest alleviate Shi's predicament?

Shi Jing shook his head gently: My Shi Fang is unfilial, and I have lost all the strength accumulated by the family over the past century. Although I have gained this time, I hope that every time I gain will be the same in the future, I will have another three or five similar wars. I guess Shi's power will be restored.

It will take three or five more times, Ji Ping said carelessly: No problem, this war will be very long, we have opportunities, oh, in the future, we need to try our best to act side by side with Zhao Wuzi.

The other generals of Jin State marched while walking leisurely. In the rear army, Zhao Wu, the latter of the old palace, also led the Xu team and the adults to suppress their positions and slowly retreat.

The people of Zheng are old friends. They are in Zheng, a country that is shocked every day. The heavy taxes are suppressed, and most of the people are willing to leave Zheng. The nobles, the nobles in the Zhao Wu captive team, are willing to surrender. In order to show, they have helped Zhao Wu manage the captive team of Zheng.

Fortunately, most of the prisoners of Zheng State knew the Zhao family's prisoner policy. They could not even be happy if they could survive in such a strong country, so how could they think of running away?

So, the relaxed army of the palace was completely relaxed. Because their chariots were filled with spoils, they simply jumped to the ground and continued on their way with their legs.

At this time, the main force of the rear army was the people of Xu, and they did not have the strict discipline of the people of Jin. So Ran, the entire army was slightly messy. The only thing worthy of praise was that they were still wearing armor and weapons in their hands.

Of course, the armor is on my body because the warm clothing that Zhao puts on is really irreplaceable.

The weather is cold and the ground is frozen, and Xu Bing is in high spirits. As a small country and few people, Xu people only knew how to hide from Tibet before. He had never had the experience of marching forward to the Chu people and sweeping across the northern part of Zheng, the second-class power. Now, after the boss has passed these battles, Xu people straightened up and they were shocked to find: It turns out that their combat effectiveness is not weak. It turns out that as long as they organize and follow the orders, victory can belong to them,

Of course, that order came from the people of Jin.

A Xu Bing asked his companion as he walked: How much did you gain this time

Xu Bing next to him tightened his halberd with his elbow and stretched out his hand to think: I have captured five people and handed them over to the Prime Minister according to regulations. When I return to my country, I will give one to our monarch. I have two left, one of them, both of them are strong laborers.

Looking back, the Prime Minister Zhao Wu rewarded me with me for his merits and drew a few acres of land near Jia. I planned to buy a few horses from Zhaocheng. I built a cropland, with 300 acres of land and ten horses. Every year, one warrior, seven servants, slaves, and soldiers served for three to six months according to the Mandarin record standards, so that they would not have to worry about supporting their families.

Xu Bing, who asked just now, was wondering: Why should we draw money near Jia? We are from Xu. Xu Bing, who was inspired by Danzhan, you still know that you are from Xu and are from Jin after the resignation of the Prime Minister. After the Prime Minister resigned, the prince Gongsun of the country would be seen as we were reclaimed. So I must draw the land in Jia. Our country has no obvious national boundary with Jia. We are also veterans who follow the Prime Minister. At that time, if the prince Gongsun is forced, I can't stand it. I might as well seek asylum from Zhao. At that time, I don't even have to move my family, and I am a Zhao person.

Xu Bingyi, nearby: It's right. According to the words of the Prime Minister, it is called advanced experience. We must remember the advanced experience you mentioned today.

Xu Bing was talking, and several cavalrymen walked by, riding on the tip of a horse, pulling two or three horses behind him. Now these war horses are piled up with seizures, and adult cavalry on the horses are shaking loudly, and the horse's hooves splashed the soil and snow on Xu Ren.

Shit, adults are adults, and they don’t talk about politeness at all. I heard that the Jin people are not allowed to cross the army. What’s the matter if they pass by us like this? A Xu native complained.

Hush, whisper, Zhao Dun once married Qiu Nu, and our prime minister Zhao Wu also had Cheng Qiu's bloodline, so these adult cavalry were counted as Zhao Yuanzhi shared by the Jin people and the share of the spoils shared by the Zhao people. How to say, Rong Qiu officially recognized that the prime minister was their Rong tribe leader. I heard that their generals were treated higher than that of the Zhao people's infantry. The generals called them knights, only slightly lower than the chariots.

I heard that the formal knights were still Zhao soldiers, and these adults could only be considered cavalrymen. In the formal cavalry ranks of Zhao soldiers, they could only serve as auxiliary soldiers. Now, the cavalry of the Zhao clan is fighting in succession. So they were unable to go south to participate in the war, and it was the turn of these Rong Qiu people to show off their power.

After saying this, an adult officer passing by raised his whip and replied clearly in Zhao language: Xu, I am a formal martial arts student from the Zhao Family Academy, and a martial arts student from the Zhaocheng Academy. The National Martial Palace also recognizes it. Therefore, I am the authentic military commander of Jin State, what should I do when I meet the military commander? Do you know?

The people of Xu hurriedly saluted and said nothing, although they were not convinced, they must admit that the people of Jin were born superior.

The team was silent for a long time. After a while, the Xu people who had just settled the score whispered: I don’t know if I have reclaimed the land and report it to Zhao immediately, can Zhao treat me as my own person?

No one answered this question, but everyone kept it secretly in their hearts.

At the end of December of that year, the Jin army arrived at the capital and crossed the Jimen. At the same time, the farmers of Zheng State crossed the border into the territory of Song State, sorted out the ditches in the fiefdom of Xiangrong, the left army of Song State belonging to Xiangrong, and seemed to be preparing to sow seeds. The left army of Xiangrong was furious and organized family armed forces to carry out family revenge. Xiang Rong rushed his troops to invade Zheng State, and searched the farmers of Zheng State in the border area, and returned with great victory.

When the minister of Zheng State received the news, he was overjoyed. Zi Zhan said: If there are reasons for the war, we can now send troops to attack Song. Once we attack Song, the princes will immediately attack our country. When we express our obedience, we will also ask for help from Chu. When the Chu army comes, we will attach ourselves to Chu and double bribe the Jin army to avoid disaster.

Therefore, Zheng State issued a conscript order and mobilized the entire team.

At this time, in Xintian City, Zami Zheng represented the army that was fighting and offered prisoners to the monarch. He was the commander-in-chief of the coalition forces. In addition, the rest of the troops that went to fight were foreigners. The people of Jin were very fond of face and did not want foreigners to appear at the prisoner-in-chief of the prisoner-in-chief, so they sent off the commander-in-chief of the foreign army from afar.

Zhao Wu disbanded the Rong Qiu people near Jimen, and then led the Xu people to the Jia family to set off, crossing the southern part of the Jia family, and after arriving in Handan, he stopped for a while and accepted the report from his retainers.

Wu Qing first came up to report: Lord, we are ready to attack Zhongshan Kingdom. If there is no major war next year, we will make trouble on the border of Zhongshan Kingdom to invade Zhongshan Kingdom. Then we will take revenge from the family. I think with our strength, we can conquer Zhongshan Kingdom in one fell swoop.

It seems that the wisdom of the Zheng people is not only original to Zheng people, but Zhao Wu is also here. He is preparing to adopt the same method as the Zheng people and use border friction to gradually escalate the war.

Tian Su suggested: Zhongshan Country has many mountains and the road conditions are not ideal. In the past, when we conquered the Jia family, we abandoned the chariot and won the victory. This time we should also completely abandon the chariot. Use cavalry to assault and infantry to follow the way to consolidate the results of the war, and quickly take down Zhongshan Country so that the war can end as soon as possible.

As he was speaking, the messenger from the capital handed a report to Zhao Wu, saying that Qi Ce had heard from the capital that the king had accepted Zayu's prisoner and announced the extension of the implementation period of the Patent Law, requiring local lords to always give up some patents and a small number of important mineral patents, and the opening time was also extended to ten years to compensate the citizens' losses.

In addition, considering that there will be a war next year, the monarch will allow the people to be exempted from tax for three years. If there is any change, the tax exemption period will continue to be extended. The lords attending the meeting have agreed to the monarch's proposal. Han Qi asked Qi Ce to inform the lord and asked the lord to make a statement immediately.

Tian Su frowned and replied: Everyone agreed, and we had to agree. However, the tax-free strategy of the monarch is useful for the big lords. It is a disaster for small and medium lords, because the monarch and the big lords can obtain compensation from the tax collection, while those small and medium lords who are not qualified to participate in the tax distribution will be miserable. This means that the merger of our Jin State will become more and more intense in the future. In a few years, there may be no small and medium lords in these areas.

Zhao Wu asked back: Tian Su Erbian pointed out that arsenic leak. As the first minister of the family, you also need to tell us how to deal with it.

Tian Su nodded: I have three strategies. The best strategy is to hide some of the land in Xu State. Anyway, as the Prime Minister of Xu State, he is also qualified to receive a land and salary in Xu State. If this industry cannot be taxed by Jin State, the Lord has the final say on how to collect taxes from Xu State.

Zhao Wu shook his head and rejected: As the Prime Minister of Xu, how many people are watching me? I cannot do such a behavior and be attacked. Besides, Xu is a small country after all, and Sun Lin's father hid his property in Jin State. What's the use of hiding the property in Xu State? Is it the order of Jin State? How dare the king of Xu State not hand over this property, so this is not a good idea.

Then, I still have Zhongshou

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