I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 309 The first person to play with history

It would be a lie to say that Zhishi's two legions suffered no losses in the water attack.

Compared with the complete annihilation of Zhao's army guarding "Jinyang", the Zhi family who took the initiative to launch a water attack would not suffer much losses. It was just that some soldiers who had not had time to retreat were swept away, and some accidents occurred later. In terms of damage, there are about a few hundred people.

At the same time, the Zhi family launched a water attack on "Jinyang", and the damage during the attack on "Jinyang" was not much, and the total number of all kinds of people did not exceed 2000.

It can be said that the Zhi clan captured "Jinyang" and played a very beautiful battle loss ratio, but only using natural disaster-level attacks, it will be impossible to use it for a while after taking "Jinyang".

The farmland that the Zhao family had previously reclaimed in "Jinyang" was completely abandoned after the flood swept through.If you want to reuse those farmlands, you not only have to wait for the water to subside, but also clean up all kinds of debris after the water subsides. It will take more than a year.

Another point is that the water attack caused the "Jinyang" city to be soaked for a month or two. Whether the city wall should be torn down and rebuilt needs to be strictly verified. Anyway, all the buildings in the city must be torn down and rebuilt.Otherwise, those buildings that have been soaked in water for a month or two are actually a great safety hazard.

So, the water attack reduced the battle damage of the Zhi family, but caused a lot of follow-up troubles.

It's just that it takes more than 20 years for a person to grow up to adulthood, and when he dies, he is completely gone. Compared with the follow-up troubles caused by the water attack, it goes without saying that human life is definitely more important.

Zhiyao is not so sure about the other families. Do they know that the Zhi family has wiped out the power of the Zhao family in "Jinyang", and it is not easy for them to conduct any temptations, lest it will backfire.

If there is no accident, in addition to continuing to expand eastward, the Zhi family will also use troops to the north in order to solve the remnants of the Zhao family in Zadai.

The battle of "Zhao" land, which had been fought for nearly two years, came to an end. As the winning side, the Wei family lost almost one "division" of troops. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a heavy loss.

To this day, the Zhi family still has not announced the results of the "Battle of Jinyang", mainly because Zhi Yao wanted to see if anyone would take the opportunity to steal a hand from the Zhi family during the time when the Zhi family used a lot of troops against "Jinyang".

Abroad, it seems that the state of Wu will not go north until the canal is completed. The state of Song expressed a friendly attitude towards the state of Jin. The state of Qi simply borrowed troops from the Zhi family.These are the trends that Zhishi has mastered.

So, is there anything Zhishi overlooked?

Zhiyao thought, unless Chu State confronts Jin State again, and then pulls Qin State back, otherwise who can pose a threat to Jin State.

Somewhat abruptly, Yu Rang came to report that Han Geng had already arrived in "Ye" city and was coming to meet Zhiyao soon.

This surprised Zhiyao.

First Wei Ju came to visit, and then Han Geng came over suddenly. Could it be that something important happened that Zhi Shi didn't know about?
As if everything had come together, Zilu, Zigong and other disciples of Confucius came to see him sadly.

"I ask the eldest son to allow me to return to Lu."

Zhiyao showed a look of astonishment.

Later, Zigong explained that their eldest brother Yan Hui died of illness.

Was Yan Hui the first disciple of Confucius?It's a bit difficult to explain clearly.

However, it is a fact that Confucius admired Yan Hui the most.

Zhiyao searched for talents. Confucius brought many disciples to Zhiyao twice as guests. Zilu and others were hired by Zhiyao and later included in the system. Many disciples of Confucius were treated politely but were not hired or absorbed.

On several occasions, Confucius even complained privately that the Zhi family did not understand the real great talents, why even a moral person like Yan Hui did not respect the virtuous and corporal to hire or recruit, and stared fixedly at Jae Yu who lacked morals and A man with a sharp tongue.

What Zhishi wants is someone who can do things. Some of the things he does are not only immoral, but also appear to be morally corrupt. Is there something wrong with hiring someone with a mental cleanliness to stare at him?

"Ziyuan died of illness?" Of course Zhiyao knew Yan Hui, showing regret.

It's really a pity to say sorry.

Zhishi may not pursue moral perfection, but he still respects people with high morals.

Zhiyao said again: "If that's the case, everyone will go back. Yao also sent her husband and colleagues to mourn."

This is how the Zhi family can show respect to people with high morals, otherwise the passing of a down-and-out nobleman would really not be the turn of the noble family of Jin to express their condolences.

Just the fact that Zhishi is willing to send retainers to mourn is enough to surprise the dignitaries of all countries, and at the same time, it will definitely make Yan Hui's name known to all countries.

To a certain extent, Zhi Shi sent people to attend the funeral of Confucius' disciples, which was still making Confucius famous.

It's just that, Zhiyao purely because Yan Hui has so many senior brothers working for Zhishi, and giving super-standard courtesy to buy the hearts of these people, really has no more meaning.

Zilu and the others showed gratitude, and thanked Zhiyao one after another.

Wei Ju, who was present together, stared at Zhiyao with a strange expression on his face, not knowing which game he was playing.

This is because Wei Ju didn't know the extent of the group of Confucius' disciples, and at the same time underestimated the role of Confucius' disciples in Zhishi.

Let's put it this way, many of Confucius' disciples worked for Zhishi. Most of them may not have military talent. They just help Zhishi educate hundreds of thousands of literate people every year. It really cannot be measured simply by how much wealth they create.

That's teaching people to read, and it's just teaching people to read. It doesn't teach deeper knowledge, and at the same time, it doesn't carry out any ideological education.

Those who have been enlightened, they will be arranged to work under other teachers, or to carry out further studies, or go to various cities and towns as soap or officials. Being able to write is a skill that must be mastered as an administrator.

Wei Ju waited for Zilu, Zigong and others to leave, and said: "I heard that Master Kong re-annotated "Spring and Autumn". How can he be so virtuous? How dare he do this?"

Do you know what "Spring and Autumn" is?It may be a book in the future, but it is currently the national history of Lu.

Can you understand what national history is?It's history books!

History books are to record the big and small events that have happened in the past. What does it mean to revise and revise? It is necessary to create history artificially, right?

If history can be revised, what kind of justice is there, and can it be believed?

Zhiyao knew what Wei Ju meant, and directly regarded Confucius as a scoundrel who deviated from the orthodoxy, was extremely shameless, and didn't care about the criticism of the world at all.

So think it's true.

After all, at best it sounds like a "heavy note", at a more transparent level it means revising history, and at worst it means falsifying history.

Wei Ju was able to know that Confucius was focusing on "Spring and Autumn", because a historian came to Confucius' door to conduct a theory, and a fierce conflict broke out between the two sides.

However, Confucius and his disciples had the ability to "convince people with virtue", and the historian was defeated after a conflict.

Historians who cannot be beaten in terms of force value, they began to call friends and friends. What is more terrible is that there are only a few families of historians in each country, and the total number will never exceed twenty. It is really impossible to beat Confucius and others. disciple.

The feudal lords were more of a joke to Confucius' re-annotation of "Spring and Autumn", and the court of the state of Lu had no objection, so they didn't bother to intervene.

After all, the "Spring and Autumn" revised by Confucius is the history book of Lu State. It is not wrong to record the major events of other countries in it. The princes also have their own history books. Could it be that the revision of "Spring and Autumn" can overturn the entire history of Zhuxia? ?
How could they think of one thing, for example, only the book "Spring and Autumn" will be passed down in the future, and the rest of the history books will either be lost or burned!

Therefore, if future generations want to know what happened in the Spring and Autumn Period or earlier, they really can only look at it from "Spring and Autumn", which really makes what happened in the Spring and Autumn Period or earlier become a family opinion.

Confucius at least made revisions based on "Spring and Autumn", but there was a person who was an inventor of history and wrote a book like "Zuo Zhuan".

Zhiyao was one of those people who didn't have the time to take care of that kind of shit.

Wouldn't it be better to have that kind of energy to invest in building the family, or planning a war, rather than interfering in that shit?

Furthermore, when it comes to a battle involving a historian and a kind of disciple of Confucius, whoever wins will not make the intervener feel better.

Zhiyao thought of something, told Taihu, and said: "Xunlu Kingdom asks for the original "Spring and Autumn Annals."

If we get the original version of "Spring and Autumn" and get the printed version, we can print as many copies as we need.

Although Zhiyao did this not to ensure that the history will not be tampered with, the main reason is to use it as a basis for sending troops when he conquers Lu in the future. The key is to really ensure the "authentic flavor" of history.

Wei Ju really wanted to ask Zhiyao what he wanted Lu's national history for, and after thinking for a while, he immediately stared at Zhiyao with inexplicable eyes.

Asking for a country's history books, no matter from which direction you look at it, the motive is not pure. It can be seen as a way to strengthen the power of that country, and it can also be regarded as a kind of spying.

From Wei Ju's point of view, Zhishi's eastward expansion is a very clear strategic direction, and Zhishi must be eyeing Lu.

Regarding this point, Wei Ju has mixed feelings. He is happy that the Zhi family seems to have no signs of attacking the Wei family, and worried that the Zhi family's efforts to move eastward will make Jin weaker in dealing with other directions.

It happened to be Han Geng's arrival.

Wei Ju was the first to say: "Qin's changes are becoming more and more frequent, and there is a desire to ally with Chu again."

Han Geng echoed, "Geng came here for this purpose. Also, I heard that Qin sent Bai Zhai, and he may have the intention of forming an alliance with the Di people again."

Does that need to be said?It must be that Qin State solved Rongdi's threat to some extent. Looking eastward, they found that the Central Plains had turned into a mess. They felt that they could do it again.

The Wei family and the Han family were afraid of the state of Qin, not because of how powerful the state of Qin was, but simply because the people of Qin did not have any faith, and were extremely barbaric and cruel.

Although it was said that the State of Jin was the first to sneak attack and ambush the Qin army, the more terrible thing is that the State of Qin later fought undeclared wars against the State of Jin more than once. Every time the Wei family was injured, and even the Han family suffered a few times. The army was afraid of burning, killing and looting all the way.

Zhiyao is a little familiar with this scene?He recalled the history books, and he remembered what the price of Qin's contact with Chu was for Jin, and he understood why Wei Ju and Han Geng were so nervous.

(End of this chapter)