Chapter 25 Purpose
Although the laughter is bright, it still feels a little unwilling to be lost.
Exploring the principles of heaven and earth is not something that everyone pursues. Moreover, even if you know that something is right, such as those princes and princes, when Zhongni and Mozi lobbyed the country and the king praised good, how many people really did it?
After laughing, the two got up to pay the bill and wandered casually in Handan City, which was already prosperous and increasingly prosperous, using the benefits of communicating with the Yellow River, and iron smelting and wool and animal husbandry transactions.
As mentioned in the tavern before, Handan City is now really full of a trend of "it is better to lean on the door to laugh than to embroider. Zhao is close to Hu and the barbarians Zhongshan. Women are also very heroic and dance with long sleeves.
There are many beautiful women in Zhao. During the Warring States Period, there was often a Zhao girl named Zheng Ji. She described it as a saying, "Playing a piano, singing a long sleeve, stooping a wizard, stooping a wizard, and striking a wizard, and traveling thousands of miles, regardless of age or young. It is also said that Zhao girl plays drums and sings on tiptoes to charm wealth.
Especially in Handan and other places, the dance steps are beautiful, and they often attract outsiders to learn, regardless of gender. Nowadays, there are many people who are leaning on the door to sell laughter, and some singing and dancing venues appear, and most beautiful girls do the "tip-tip-like" dance.
Wan means that the small footsteps have no followers; tiptoes means that the light steps.
The so-called tiptoe means wearing heelless dancing shoes, standing on tiptoe and stretching with ballet-like movements, so that many young people come to Handan to learn dance steps so that they cannot walk normally.
Women are charming and noble, men seek profit, and they talk a lot in the market, and the sound of gold, silver and copper is endless.
The two of them turned around and shook their heads secretly. The short man said, "Will the Zhao State be finished in such a trend? Such a trend cannot be fought, but I am afraid that the Zhao clan will not survive in the chaotic times."
"If the people are rich, they will be wise. If they are broad-minded, they will be confused. If they seek wealth, they will have no desire to fight. In the future, the people of the Zhao clan will be able to persuade the people of Zhao to fight to the death for the king and the marquis?"
The tall man said, "It is precisely this principle that we cannot promote such a trend in Qin. The style of studying and teaching must be banned. The village school should not be opened to disrupt the hearts of the people. The people cannot change their careers and farming and fighting as their careers. Otherwise, like the scenery of Handan, Qin will probably be difficult to achieve great things."
"I am afraid that the land on Si Shang is no longer as prosperous as Handan. However, there is the Xuanyi tribe there, the theory of gathering all righteousness, and the idea of the world of the world. We can fight because we know why we fight. After all, there are kings and marquis in Handan, and Zhao State is kings and marquis after all. Once the people are enlightened, who will fight to the death for the kings and marquis?"
The two of them sighed at the prosperity they saw, but they thought about the chaotic wars of the world and a sigh of lament for the end of the king.
Soon, I moved to a courtyard tower in Handan City, and a servant immediately greeted me.
These two men had been seeking wealth and fame with Shengchuo twenty years ago. A few years ago, Nie Zheng stabbed Qin Jun who had just become an adult to worship Hebo. Prince Lian, Shengchuo and others broke free from the surveillance of the Marquis of Wei and returned to Qin to ascend the throne. These figures who bet on Gongzilian early are now the swords used by Gongzilian to strengthen the country, centralize power, and fight against the nobles.
Of course, they came to Handan not just to see the old.
More than 30 rebels who followed Shengchuo called each other brothers, and there was another of their brothers in the courtyard of this manor.
The two entered the room, and the other asked the servant to leave, opened a secret letter and said, "You two are back. News from the State of Wei that Wu Qi was indeed excluded. The Marquis of Wei distrust Wu Qi very much and valued Gongshuzhuo. Even the soldiers of Xihe were no longer under the jurisdiction of Wu Qi."
"Shengchuo means that he had already talked with Wu Qi before leaving Wei and returning to Qin. Although there was no communication afterwards, those words back then were enough to touch Wu Qi. Now the Chu people borrowed the power of ink, and Wu Qi was no longer able to flee to Chu. Han, Qi and Zhao both dared not accept Wu Qi in the Central Plains. This time, we should take this opportunity to find a way to get Wu Qi into Qin as soon as possible and avoid the eyes and ears of the Wei people."
The tall man said, "There are not many lords in the world who dare to use Wu Qi. It is good for the emperor to have such ambition. Our strengths lie in governing politics, establishing laws, defending cities, and taxes. If you and I have everything to do, there are not as many as Wu Qi."
"Since the emperor has ambition, he will use less skills to defend the city. The good generals who can advance to fight are just right."
Shengchuo began planning for the entry of Wu Qi into Qin ten years ago, and now he finally waited for the opportunity. Shengchuo and others were not afraid of Wu Qi's separation of power. Now Qin is changing. After moving the capital, they avoided the Yongcheng, which was the clear place of Jingwei. Qin Jun set up a county to reform and directly under the jurisdiction of the three counties to carry out the reforms. The officials of these three counties were all disciples of more than 30 people, including Shengchuo. They controlled the grassroots bureaucrats after the reform of the Qin State, so even if Wu Qi went there, they would not be assigned their authority.
The shorter man said, "In this way, you and I will be in charge of the administration, and Wu Qi will lead the army. A big thing will be accomplished. But a person like Wu Qi is afraid that even if Wei Hou doesn't use it, he will not let him go easily. He is afraid that he will be unable to kill him with the bad reputation of being a rabbit and a dog like Goujian..."
"If you want him to secretly leave Wei and enter Qin, it is probably not OK to go to Hexi. If the Wei people pursued their troops, Wu Qi will die. At that time, the Marquis of Wei would rather bear the reputation of killing wise men than let Wu Qi enter Qin."
The tall man laughed and said, "This is the Marquis of Wei. He is known as a virtuous person but dare not use talent. Wei Ji's talent is far inferior to his father Wen Hou. Now he has a reputation and has been asked for the throne of the Marquis for Tian. The Han people ask him to respect him, but he is afraid that he thinks he is already the Qi Huan of Jin Wen... Hahaha, it is difficult for the concubine's son to accomplish great things."
The three of them laughed. As early as when they had never rebelled against Mo, they often praised the heroes of the world. How could they have any respect for the king?
After laughing, the man who held the letter said, "Since you can't walk on the Xihe River, you must take advantage of the matter after the negotiations with the Mo family and take him along other roads. There is no need to consider advising him to leave. He must leave. The difficulty of this matter lies in how to safely return to Qin."
"In my opinion, I will take advantage of this time when I talked about iron smelting with the Mohists because of the Nanzheng incident. I passed through Qi through Zhao, went from Qi to Si, then went from Si to Chu, and then went through Nanyang to Qin."
"We need to plan carefully this matter. This time, while Soluzan comes back, we still need to bring back the dead soldiers who have not joined the Mo family. The land customs west of Yiqu are all necessary to know. The Central Plains will be in chaos, and the Xihe land is not in a hurry for the time being. It is the right way to go to the west with Luowei as the canal."
Both of them agreed with this idea. Regarding Wu Qi's departure from Wei State, the three of them felt that this was inevitable. The only difficulty was how to take Wu Qi away safely.
As everyone knows today, the guards of Wu Qi are strong in Xihe, and the Qin people cannot cross the Luoshui River. In the battle of Daliang, the four princes of Chu, the Youyin, were either killed or captured. Wei Ji could not let go easily. It would rather not be used than put in another country.
Their real purpose of going to Handan this time was to take advantage of Solu Chan's return to contact the Mohist family and talk about some things.
Since the young master returned to Qin, he has made initial changes. In order to enhance his prestige, he has expanded to the west and won consecutive victories and his status has been solid.
At this time, he focused on the Southern Zheng of Shu. Before, Qin and Shu had won and lost each other because of the outbreak of wars in Nanzheng.
The land of Hanzhong in Nanzheng is also a fertile land.
However, because of the steep terrain of Shu, the Stone Niu Road has not been built, the Qin State sent troops to Hanzhong and it was difficult for it to dispatch large troops because of the Baogu Qinling Mountains, so it changed hands many times.
But last year, news came from Shu that the King of Shu granted the title of the Nanzheng Shou, and the Mo family began to engage in Nanzheng.
It is difficult to separate the Qinling Mountains from the transportation itself. The Mohist rebels also knew about the ability of the Mohist to govern and reform, let alone the art of defending the city, so it seems that Nan Zheng cannot be used in a short time.
After discussing and discussing with Qin Jun, an idea was reached: to exchange the small towns occupied by some Qin people near Nanzheng for the Mohist iron smelting technology and some technical talents.
In the hands of the Mo family, if Nan Zheng relied on developing land and accumulating the strength of the people's organizations, it would be impossible for several towns south of the Qinling Mountains to defend it. That would be nothing to think about, and it would be better to make a transaction earlier.
The Baogu Plank Road already existed, and it was the one burned by Emperor Gaozu of Han in later generations. The Qinling Mountains were separated by, so it was difficult for Hanzhong to attack Guanzhong. Therefore, Qin Jun believed that it would be more advantageous to just guard the plank road to hinder the infiltration of the Mo family and exchange small towns over there.
After Shengchuo and others returned to Qin, the first step had been completed in the matter planned twenty years ago. The next step was to diligently practice politics and complete the reform and wait for the opportunity.
The emergence of horses, populations and iron tools can also give the Yellow River a possibility of farming development.
If you look east, you can do not worry. Rely on the defense line of the Wei River, resist the attack of the Wei State, and wait for changes in the Central Plains.
As for whether there is any change in the Central Plains... In Shengchuo's opinion, this is also an inevitable matter. He didn't believe that the Shi who drove him out of the Mo family would be so quiet. Now the world basically knows that the giants who came after Qin Huali are probably in a good mood. After that, there will be chaos in the east of Luoshui!
Shengchuo knew how huge the role of iron tools was, and he could cooperate with the reforms he carried out in Qin.
Cut off ties with other places, monopolize the iron tools of the government, break the fiefdom era of the old aristocracy, concentrate the royal power, organize households and the people, and reward farming and war, so as to achieve great things.
The population of some cities and towns north of Zheng and south of the Qinling Mountains is suitable for iron tools. It is different from the Qinling Mountains and Baogu, and the Qin State also has many rebels who are good at defending the city. Even if the Mo family wants to have any ideas about Qin in the future, it will never be possible to fly over once the plank road is burned.
As for the current Qin State, for Qin Jun who wants to strengthen the royal power and make changes, and for the rebels such as Shengchuo who want to do something, it is definitely worth exchanging the population.
In addition, Solusan returned from the extreme west, which allowed Shengchuo to see another way to accumulate wealth: through the Qin people who came back, they knew the customs, geography, mountains and rivers in the west, monopolized the business towards the west, and accumulated wealth.
Chapter completed!