I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 182 A Split State of Qi is a Good State of Qi

The state of Qi is still absolutely powerful with the public clan, and it is difficult for the rest of the nobles with foreign surnames to grow stronger under the prosperity of the public clan.

The Tian family has been in Qi State for more than 150 years. Perhaps it is because of their well-managed relationship. Although the fiefdom is limited, the money seems to be abundant.

In Tian Qi's generation, he used to have the authority to manage the national treasury. At that time, he played the trick of "big fights out of small fights" very well, but he used state-owned assets.

In other words, Tian Qi bought people's hearts at the beginning not by spending his own property, but by using the public treasury!
What is "big fights out, small fights in"?Every vassal state actually has a loan system. If you want to borrow money, you must be a "scholar" or above. Li Shu has no qualifications for borrowing at all.

Therefore, at the beginning, the Tian family tried to buy people's hearts, and what they bought were nobles, not ordinary people.This point must be made clear, and it cannot be mistaken.

After all, during the Spring and Autumn Period and even the Warring States Period, ordinary Li Shu had a very pure character of hard work and hard work.It doesn't matter whether they are not awakened or unable to resist the nobles, fundamentally, they need to understand the social environment at that time.

Take the Zhi family as an example, when they are full and have nothing to do, they will not deliberately torment the subjects under their rule. Even after expanding the territory, they still rely on Li Shu to work, and they will not treat them harshly without preferential treatment.

In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, there were lands that had not been developed, and only nobles had the financial resources and appeal to take the lead in developing them.

It is equivalent to saying that the nobles lead Li Shu to expand the living space, and usually provide food, drink, clothing, and housing.

Why are Chen Sheng and Wu Guang at the end of Qin Dynasty famous?Just because they were the ones who led Li Shu to fight, and achieved certain results.

Then we have to ask that there was no such thing in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. How could it happen in the Qin Empire?One of the reasons is that the Qin Empire abolished the aristocratic status of the original six countries. The Li Shu of the Six Kingdoms had no nobles who directly governed them, and became a government that directly bears all social burdens. ,Living.

No matter what, without the direct affiliation inherited from ancient times, Li Shu of the Six Kingdoms felt unaccustomed to it. The society was in a stage of transformation, and some sharp things would be magnified infinitely, and a new chapter of history would definitely begin.

Zhiyao knew very well that the Nong Tian family would change history, so she resolutely decided to do it!
"I have set the strategic goal of eastward expansion for the family, so I don't care about the Tian family!" Zhiyao thought so.

Therefore, the Zhi family needs to see a Qi state that continues to be in chaos after the chaos, and the Tian family mainly wants to let the Qi state know that there is such a person who is stirring up the situation and attracting more careerists in the Qi state.

Of course, Tian Qi can serve as a pioneer of ambitious people in Qi State, and can also teach ambitious people in other princes and states.

In this way, everyone knows Tian's ways, and after a little research, they will know how to realize their ambitions, and the progress bar of ritual collapse and happiness will definitely be accelerated.

Tian Shu stood there for a long time with a stiff face, and when he came back to his senses, he found that Zhiyao had already left.

That sentence "whatever I want, what does it have to do with you?" is simply domineering, but it is not entirely pretending to be coercive when it comes out of Zhiyao's mouth, it is a big truth that may be realized at any time.

Zhi's army is still marching, looking at the direction, it is going straight to the city of "Cui".

Tian Shu is not a drunkard, he has very solid military skills. After visual inspection, he found that the number of troops from the Zhi clan is a bit small. It is not clear whether this army from the Zhi clan is just a forward, or all of them.

He prefers to see that the Zhi family's troops are just forwards. The reason is that the Zhi family is the noble family of the Jin state, and the Jin state's noble family will not only send out a "division" of troops to do things.

What happened to that "Cui"?It is the "capital" of the Cui family in the state of Qi.

This Cui family is not Cui Zhu's.After Cui Zhu put on the cuckold, he killed the king, and then Qingfeng took the opportunity to attack and destroy the Cui family. Cui Zhu's only young son fled to the state of Lu, so Cui Zhu's family was expelled from Qi state.

Tian Shu followed behind and came to "Cui", and saw that the Zhi family was already making relevant preparations for the siege.

The new Cui family found out that there was an army coming, so the first thing they did was not to prepare to defend the city. The Patriarch went out of the city to meet Zhiyao and asked Zhi why he wanted to attack Cui's family.

It happened that Tian Shu came over.

Cui Jian, the head of the Cui family, pointed to Tian Shu and said, "The eldest son is here to cut the fields, and the Tian family is here."

well! ?

This is the age when we thought we were still in the war of gentlemen.

Putting on a posture of "I'm not guilty", hoping to prevent Zhi Shi from attacking the city in this way.

Tian Shu, who was identified, didn't hate Cui Jian at all, but simply felt sorry for Cui Shi.

Zhi Shi came to Qi to do things, doesn't he need a foothold?It just so happened that the Cui clan's city was on the edge, so the Zhi clan's marching route seemed very important.

Once the Zhi family takes control of the "Cui" place, it is equivalent to controlling a strategic point on the north bank of Jishui. Whether it is the follow-up troops of the Zhi family or as a direction for retreating later, Zhi Yao will definitely implement the occupation. Why bother Cui Jian? Get that pose.

Think Cui Jian is happy?They are just a family with weak strength. If they resist, they will be paid for nothing. If they don't resist, they may preserve their strength.

What if Zhi's siege could be stopped with just one mouth?It's because Cui Shi was saved from disaster!

"That's the case? The Cui family can open the city." Zhiyao said.

Cui Jian hesitated for a moment, and replied with a low sigh: "No."

what does it mean?

In fact, the city was captured by the Zhi clan, and Cui clan died, or was plundered, and everything would be borne; if they took the initiative to let the Zhi clan enter the city, the Zhi clan would no longer use unnecessary force to control the city. During this period, Cui's cooperation can also benefit.

So, is it Cui's surrender?Arguably, not quite.Whether they can continue to stay in Qi State in the future depends on whether Zhi Shi will endorse it.

Control a city without losing a single soldier?Of course Zhiyao will restrain the army from killing and looting.

The Cui family provided a certain amount of food and grass to the Zhi family according to the ancient rules, which can be regarded as a kind of buying peace.

Zhiyao, who successfully captured a stronghold, did not immediately lead his army across Jishui, but asked Gongshuquan to build a pontoon bridge, and then sent a "brigade" to station on the south bank of Jishui.

Their appearance here is a signal to give Qi State time to react, and then see how the various forces in Qi State will react.

Last year, Qi State was severely beaten by Wu State, and they were still in civil strife, so it can be said that they were in a weak moment.

Half a month after Zhi's troops stopped in "Cui", Tian Qi, who had been staying at home, became active again.

Tian Qi did not send out a statement denouncing the Zhi family. On the contrary, it was a misunderstanding before repeatedly declaring his position. The son of the Qi country and various forces narrated the action of sending Tian Shu to Zhi Yao to plead guilty.

During this period of time, a very strange thing happened in the state of Qi. Bao Mu invited the left and right ministers of the state of Qi to a banquet, then killed them, and began to attack other nobles.

Who is this Bao Mu?He is a descendant of Bao Shuya, and he worked hand in hand with Tian Qi before.

Why did it suddenly explode this time? I heard that the left minister and the right minister were going to attack, so they acted first out of fear.

"It must be Tian Qi who gave Zigao and Ziguo the handle." Sima Rangju's face was full of anger.

Zhiyao didn't have any special feelings. If I had to say it, I felt that the nobles of Qi State played dirtier than the nobles of Jin State.

Before Zhao Yang killed Zhao Wu, it was already very bad.

Now that Bao Mu invites people to a banquet and then kills people, he has opened up a new way of socializing.Nothing but negatives.

If you do that, the left and right ministers of Qi will be finished, and the people who maintain Qi's dignity will disappear immediately.

The many sons of Qi State are in a state of hostility again, if it is impossible to decide a final winner, maybe the Qi State will maintain a separate regime from each other, and even eventually split!

Zhiyao spied on the situation of Qi State, and immediately decided to stay on the north bank of Jishui without moving, so as not to stimulate Qi State to unite.

"It's best to let the Qi State continue to be separated!" Zhiyao thought.

Afterwards, Qi State seemed to have forgotten that Zhi's army was stationed in "Cui", and there was no force to send envoys, and they were busy attacking and killing each other, which made Zhi's people listen to Qi's surprise every day.

One day Zhiyao approached Sima Rangju and asked, "Are there any descendants in Lai?"

Sima Rangju's face immediately changed!

Those who can write military books still write the kind of military books that focus on the strategic point of view. Sima Rangju can guess what Zhiyao wants to do when he hears it.

What else could it be doing!Zhiyao must be looking for Lai Jun's descendants to help him seek restoration of the country.

Sima Rangju calmed down and said, "Mr. Lai has no direct descendants."

Really?

If it is a lie, Zhiyao will definitely be able to find out later, but it will take a certain amount of time.

Waiting for Zhiyao to find Laijun's direct descendants one day, how will Sima Rangju deal with herself?

Zhi Yao stared at Sima Rangju for a while, then said with a smile, "That's it, that's all."

Given the environment in which the princes attacked each other without end, Mr. Lai must have descendants of his own descendants, but they will disappear in a short time.The rest of the descendants?If it is not a descendant, it is not qualified to inherit the state by etiquette.

Sima Rangju changed the subject and asked, "Why is your son stationed here?"

Can Zhiyao say that she just wants to watch the various forces in Qi country fighting?
"My son came here with the way to bring order out of chaos, so we can't do nothing." Sima Rangju said.

Zhiyao said: "If there is no son coming, what can Yao do?"

This is also a strange thing.

Obviously such a thick thigh is there, but there is really no son of the state of Qi to contact Zhiyao.

In fact, it is also understandable that internal fighting between princes is one thing, and collusion with external forces will become another situation.

With the examples of Fan and Zhongxing in the front, even if Master Qi is in a daze, there will be someone with a clear mind to advise him. If he doesn’t want to become a sinner of Qi, who has the guts to hand over a "ticket" to Zhi?
Zhiyao is not in a hurry, really, not at all.

It is the Qi State that is fighting now. They wouldn't naively think that Zhiyao wouldn't interfere if they don't give the "ticket", right?

(End of this chapter)