I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 436 What Should I Do With the Lu Kingdom?
Do you want to attack Yan country?I will definitely do it, but I need to send someone to figure out the geography of the mountains and rivers first.

There is a map where it can be found that the original country has been double-teamed. It is not such an exaggeration to say that there are leaks everywhere.

Facing Qin State, Yuan State built a line of defense in Jingshui.The local "Hou Li", "Jingyang", and "Ma Tunnel" can form a corner by itself. It is difficult for Qin to pose a threat to this line of defense without dispatching a force of [-] to [-].

Does the State of Qin have an army of 10?With the current population, [-] people can be drawn into the war, and the quality of the army and weapons and equipment will be very bad. Although the Qin people are barbaric, they are not yet the tiger and wolf army that can fight well.

That is to say, it is difficult for Qin to retake the front line of Jingshui, and the original country can increase its troops at any time.

In fact, the defense line in the west of the original country is best set up in the densely forested Hexi, but it has already expanded to the Jingshui line, which can threaten the hinterland of the Qin country. How can there be any reason to retreat?

To the south of the original country, the primary enemy that needs to be faced is the Chu country, and the Zheng country cannot be ignored.

Now that Bai Gongsheng is dead, Chu State Ling Yin replaced Gongsun Ning.

This Gongsun Ning has always been good to Zheng Guo, not to say that he will unconditionally lean towards Zheng Guo, it should be said that he is very clear about the role Zheng Guo can play in the confrontation with the Central Plains, and he will be more willing to pay a price to win over Zheng Guo.

"Considering that I won this time, even if it will make the princes more jealous, at least it will scare Zheng Guo from falling to Chu immediately within three to five years?" Zhiyao hoped that Chu State could use force to persecute Zheng State, but Chu State Monarchs and ministers shouldn't be so stupid?

According to Zhiyao's estimate, the Yue Kingdom also needs time to digest the fruits of defeating the Wu Kingdom. It is conservatively estimated that it will take at least two years.

The southeast side was very evil in the Spring and Autumn Period. For example, the country of Wu expanded rapidly and could quickly use the local population and resources. What is puzzling is that in order to be able to use about [-]% of the manpower and resources, the other [-]% was given up.

To put it simply, the utilization efficiency of manpower and resources under Wu State's rule is very low, but it still shows the situation of being able to dominate, which is really a bit amazing.

However, both Jin and Chu fell into decline at that time, which seemed to explain how Wu was qualified to fight for hegemony.

Zhiyao found Fan Li and asked, "As you see, what should Yue do in the future?"

Fan Li was a guest official of the original country.

Guest?To put it bluntly, it is a guest with a certain right to make suggestions, not a serious official position.

With the current aristocratic morals, Fan Li would not reveal the secrets of the Yue Kingdom at will. For some speculative topics, he would list out some feasible solutions based on his own knowledge.

To a certain extent, as a guest minister, giving advice is actually leaking the truth, using rhetoric and pretending attitude, it is actually an act of trying to cover up.

Fan Li said: "Alliance with Chu State, and common Anti-country."

This is because Fan Li has realized the strength of the Yuan country, and has brought a strong sense of autonomy.

The Yuan Country is so powerful, it’s fine if the princes haven’t come to their senses, but if they know the strength of the Yuan Country, they still don’t unite and consume each other’s strength, so why don’t they wait to come to the Yuan Country to send troops to destroy the country?

Of course, do you think that this is the era when future generations can find detailed country distribution maps by checking in bookstores or the Internet?Nowadays, many countries do not necessarily have maps, and maps may not be accurate. If they want to know how big the original country is, they basically rely on guesswork.

Maps are now a strategic item, and if you are not a core executive, don't even want to see the national territory map.

In this way, let alone foreigners, it is a normal situation that most people in the country do not know how wide the country is.

"Chu and Yue don't necessarily know how extensive their superiors rule their subordinates, and it is obvious that they are defeated after repeated battles," Fan Li said.

That's right, Zhiyao has been spying on Chu State very carefully, and she also doesn't know how big the territory of Chu State is. If you want to have a vague impression, you need someone to visit the country for many years.

The original country had just been established less than a year ago, and the expansion speed of the Zhi clan was too rapid before, and the territory distribution map of the country was not drawn. It would be a ghost for other countries to know how big the original country is.

Then, there are only two ways for the princes to know the original country. The first way is to count how many countries the Zhi family has annexed, and estimate the territory of the original country based on past cognition; the second is The most direct way is to use the record of the original country to estimate.It should be said that this way of distinguishing is more useful, and it is far more reasonable than guessing strength from the size of the territory.

After all, some countries look big but are weak, and some countries are small but strong.

The older the age, the wider the territory and the stronger it is, which is naturally a truth.What is involved is living space and resource occupancy rate. A small country doesn’t even have many places to grow food, and it can’t support too many people. How can it become strong? (unless blessed)
Since Zhiyao started to lead the army to fight, there were not many small or partial defeats, but he won many major battles.

Fan Li added: "In the battle to establish a nation, the original soldiers wore armor."

Zhiyao felt that she was blinded, and there was a speculation that the princes would unite. She just knew that the Yuan country was too strong, and she couldn't tell which aspect it was mainly reflected in.

It's just the exaggerated armor rate of the original army, the princes should feel anxious, should they look at other aspects?
There is such a thing, because the original army deployed a large number of cloth face armors, at first the coalition forces thought that the original army's armor rate was not high, and only after the battle did they know that there were pieces of armor in the cloth.

Zhiyao said: "If a widow exercises diplomatic relations, can it be effective?"

Fan Li thought for a while, and replied: "The king withdraws his troops from Lu, and returns the land of Lu, which may confuse the princes."

In terms of time, many people's brains have not yet turned around, and their behavior is still the same as that of spring and autumn.

That is to say, sweeping the world is not the mainstream, and some elites of the era still pursue the ideal of conquering the princes and becoming the boss of the princes.

To put it bluntly, what they are playing is a kind of hegemony, not unification.

Regarding the theory of "Great Unification", Guan Yiwu was the first to put forward this point of view. Later, Zeng Zi also emphasized it, and later Lu Buwei also mentioned it. The Qin Dynasty recognized it and practiced it.

Therefore, Yuan State's abandonment of annexing Lu State may confuse the princes and improve the world's impression of Yuan State.

Zhiyao said: "The State of Lu...is really hard to be friends with."

Up to now, Zhiyao has not figured out the brain circuit of Lu's monarchs and ministers. He obviously needed protection from Jin before, but he preferred several generations of Lu's monarchs because he loved Jin.

Recently, it has become clear that the Yuan Kingdom is the only one, and it is only right for Lu’s rulers and ministers to be afraid of being annexed, so they approached Wu, Chu, and Yue successively without concealment, and shouted “Yuan, come and beat me!” What's the difference?

In contrast to the state of Lu is the state of Zheng.

Don't Zheng Guojun and his ministers know how big a threat Yuan Guo is to him?They knew the truth of talking less and doing more. While preparing for the battle in silence, they didn't make a clear statement on the other side, and even tried their best to dispel the hostility from the original country.

Fan Li said with a strange expression: "It's easy to destroy Lu, but it's also difficult to rule Lu."

That's true!
Lu people have their own pride, and they can hear much more things than Li people in other countries, and their thoughts have never been so "pure".

Up to now, the Yuan country has not completely occupied the Lu country.

Zhiyao learned from some information feedback that Lu people did not carry out fierce armed resistance in some areas of Lu State that were occupied, but they were too eloquent!
To put it crudely, Lu people don't use force to resist the rule of the Antigen Army, they just "beep" endlessly.

Because of public opinion, the tricks that Yuan Guo used on the Qi people were less effective on the Lu people.The reason is that Lu people feel that accepting official positions and land will be pointed at the backbone and scolded. Due to the face or the relationship between relatives and friends, few people choose to cooperate.

This time, the people of Lu felt that they had once again defeated the people of Qi, which was evidence for the previous belief that the people of Qi were only seeking profit.

"Many Lu people fled under the rule of widows." Zhiyao was referring to the group of people led by Zi Gong. There are many, and there are fewer people left.

When this happens, Zhiyao's heart doesn't fluctuate much.

It is never a fault to love one's mother country, and it is a kind of righteousness to show it with practical actions. No matter how dizzy the monarch is, he will not curse in person, or even give false praise.

Later, Zhiyao convened all the ministers and mentioned the solution to the state of Lu.

Sun Wu spoke first and said: "There are advantages and disadvantages, and the disadvantages outweigh the advantages."

No matter how weak the State of Lu is, their geographical location is too critical for the State of Yuan. Once they give up on annexing the State of Lu, don't expect Lu State to become the loyal younger brother of the State of Yuan from now on.

Zhi Xuwu said: "Since ancient times, Lu people have had difficulties!"

Promise to be someone's younger brother, and it's not fun to find the boss specifically, this is Lu Guo!
Sima Rangju taunted directly, saying: "No one can control the mouth of Lu people."

If anyone had to say who was the most embarrassing at the scene, it must be Fan Li.

Fortunately, Zhiyao didn't sell Fan Li, otherwise Fan Li would be even more embarrassed.

No one mentioned the topic of many Lu people fleeing from the original country. Firstly, it is difficult to criticize, and secondly, they are somewhat used to it.

Of course, the escape of the Lu people had little impact on the Yuan country.

Didn't you mention it earlier?It is normal for Lu people to leave from Zhishi. How could Zhishi not be on guard? Someone will take over seamlessly immediately after someone leaves. This can be regarded as one of their contributions to Zhishi... or Yuanguo.

Opinions were gradually unified, and they believed that as long as the Lu people did not fight with force, they could be cured slowly with just one mouth.

"Do you want to control the will of the cultural people in Ludi? After Confucius, no one seems to have done it." Zhiyao shook her head secretly.

Finally, Sima Rangju said: "You can make the king and ministers of the Lu Kingdom return to the country, and use 'Zouyi' as the city of food. In this way, the people of Lu will gather in 'Zouyi', so that other countries will not be able to get it. I can also short To confuse the princes at this time, and then ease the diplomatic relations, maybe you can get a respite for two or three years?"

Zhiyao agreed, but felt that avoiding the war should not be too obvious, so as not to play a self-defeating side and attract the princes to join forces immediately to fight again.

"Perhaps, I should learn from the people of Lu now and be more aggressive?" Zhiyao was thinking in her heart, but her eyes were on Fan Li, a little uncertain about what Fan Li was.

(End of this chapter)