I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 486 This... is too surprising!
As the most powerful country in Zhuxia, it is really inappropriate to still use the old "Puyang" for the capital. What Zhiyao wants more now is to build the capital.

As for whether to name it "Chang'an" or something else, it really doesn't matter.

"When will the canal be completed?"

"Back to your majesty, the work will be completed in one more year."

"By then, can I add [-] hectares of fertile land?"

"Back to your majesty, it should be between [-] hectares."

"Yuan" and "Wen", which were originally the two major granaries of the Jin State, only add up to [-] hectares of fertile land. It doesn't seem like a big granary. In fact, it is similar to the amount of farmland obtained by the Qin State after the Zhengguo Canal was built. .

Later, "Yuan" land became a part of Wei State, and "Wen" became a part of South Korea, which supported the military needs of Wei State and South Korea.

The Zhi family did not develop in the east of "Handan" before the Jin Dynasty. It took about four years to acquire more than 3 hectares of farmland. The amount of farmland under his control will reach about 13 hectares.

Although the amount of farmland of 13 hectares does not seem to be very good, it depends on the era in which there are no natural and man-made disasters. With an output of 65 kilograms per mu (taken from the output of Qin State), the annual output is enough for the consumption of 50 million troops up.

Of course, things don’t count that way. The food produced is not only used by the army, but also used to maintain the people’s livelihood. It is an extremely special situation that all the food is used by the military.

Zhiyao asked when the new water conservancy project will be completed. After the completion of the water conservancy project, let the labor force rest for about half a year, and then transfer to the new capital area to start the next project.

Looking at the site selection of the original capital city, it is very appropriate to name it "Zhongjing".

The reason why Zhiyao chose that place as the address of the capital is very realistic. At present, the main enemies of the original country are all in the south. Isn't it appropriate to choose the capital in an area where there is a bridge connecting the north and the south of the river?
As Tian Bushi's husband, he has been with Zhiyao for a long time, how could he not notice Zhiyao's psychological fluctuations, and said: "Last year's battle last year, about 14 enemy soldiers were captured, or they can be driven first to build capital?"

The 14 generals Chu Jun, Zheng Jun, and Song Jun were all included.

On the contrary, the original army did not have much fierce battles with the Vietnamese army, and the number of captured personnel between them was relatively small.

Originally, there were more than 14 prisoners, but there would be no shortage of wounded soldiers captured on the battlefield.

When it comes to treating wounded soldiers, the rest of the countries will basically not treat them, and the original country is based on the idea of ​​saving a labor force.

Although the original congress would treat wounded soldiers, it is still difficult to fight the fire if the injuries are too serious. For some troublesome symptoms, medical resources must be used on the wounded soldiers of one's own side.

Therefore, nearly 17 captives were captured back and forth, leaving 14 captives who could be used as labor force.

Zhiyao thought for a while, but shook her head and rejected her husband's suggestion.

Acting according to the plan in the original country has become a mainstream, and having a plan means discussing the plan in advance.

Yuan country's future strategic goals have been determined. In terms of major military operations, Qin or Yan will be selected to attack and destroy them. In terms of civil affairs, the planned water conservancy facilities will be completely completed.

Whoever can be destroyed within a year will be the next target of the original country's annexation. Judging by the current situation, the Qin Congress is undoubtedly the most suitable target.

Yan Country is located in the northeast of Yuan Country. Because the Central Plains has lost contact with Yan Country for a hundred years, few people understand Yan Country's mountains, rivers, geography and climate.

Yuan Guo wanted to attack Yan State, so how could he not send agents to investigate?It is only one aspect to figure out the geography and climate of the mountains and rivers. What needs to be done is to find out who the current enemy of Yan State is and what is the situation of Yan State's court.

There are too many things that are difficult to explore and understand in a short period of time, but it is not difficult to figure out the fact that the terrain of Yan Kingdom is flat but colder.

Some of the news that Yuan Guo inquired showed that Yan Guo, Tu He, and Dong Hu were sworn enemies, and Dong Hu was the greatest threat to Yan State.

However, in recent years, the Yan Kingdom has not fought against anyone, and while its strength is intact, it has to be said that it has a certain advantage in climate.

It's just that the strength of Yan State is intact, and Yan State is not interested in participating in the affairs of Zhuxia Land at all. Yuan Country should not give priority to Yan State as the target of annexation by force.

Qin State is different.

Among the people who occupy high positions in the temple in Yuan Kingdom, nine out of ten people were born in Jindi.

In addition to Chu State, Jin State's mortal enemy is Qin State.

The sense of hatred is second to none, and what is more realistic is that Qin State and Yiqu are in a war, which is really suitable for Yuan State to take advantage of it in the past.

The season of spring and flowers is coming.

Last year, Zhiyao informed the envoys of Chu, Yue, and Song to invite "Xiangwang" and sent envoys to "Yingdu", "Huaiji" and "Shangqiu".

One thing I have to say is that Zhiyao's matter is very dishonest, not for any other reason, but because Chu Junzhong was a prisoner in the Yuan country, but the Yuan country invited Chu to "Chuqiu" to hold an alliance, or A union of mutual recognition of kingship.

Under the premise that Chu Junzhong of the Chu State was a captive and could not redeem Chu Junzhong, it was impossible for them to refuse that form of alliance. The only option left was to establish a new king to join the alliance.

What's the meaning?It means that Zhiyao is forcing Chu State to respond quickly.

At that time, Zhiyao will bring Chu Junzhong to "Chuqiu" to participate in the alliance, and then let Chu Junzhong face the new king of Chu.

In this way, unless Chu Junzhong himself abandons the throne, it will be very fun next time.

No matter what Chu State does, countries that have malicious intentions towards Chu State, including Yuan State, will benefit.

If the monarchs and ministers of Yue and Song were not clear-headed, Yuan would be able to do more!
In the middle of spring, Yue and Song successively expressed their willingness to join the alliance in "Chuqiu".

Chu State, who has not responded for a long time, is obviously "stuck".

Ziqi who has been staying in "Puyang" is very busy. All his efforts are to redeem Chu Junzhong, but often there is no result. It is even difficult to see Zhiyao, let alone see Chu Junzhong.

Yuan Guo didn't categorically refuse to release him to Chu Junzhong, he just found various reasons to delay it.

Under such circumstances, Chu State absolutely understood what Yuan State wanted to do, and most of Ziqi's countless efforts were to make Chu Junzhong choose to commit suicide for the sake of Chu State.

It's a pity that Chu Junzhong was not imprisoned anywhere else. He was placed in the palace city of "Puyang". The treatment was not bad, but he was under comprehensive surveillance, and there was not much freedom left.

One day, Chu Junzhong was notified that he was about to leave for "Chuqiu" to join the alliance.

Chu Junzhong, who became a captive, didn't know much. Even if he learned that he was going to "Chuqiu" to hold a meeting, he still didn't know what kind of meeting it was.

In the cognition of Chu Junzhong, what can be imagined is that Yuan Guo used himself to blackmail Chu State, forcing Chu State to cede land and compensate money and population.This set of Chu State played very well, and many vassal states were weakened by Chu State in this way, until they were easily defeated by the Chu army.

Although Zhiyao arranged Chu Junzhong to live in the palace, the two had only met twice from the beginning to the end.

Before leaving, Chu Junzhong saw Zhiyao for the third time, and asked impatiently, "When will I return to the country?"

Zhiyao replied: "I'm afraid it will be difficult to return to the country."

One sentence made Chu Junzhong stunned, and he asked after a while: "Yuan Jun wants to kill the widow?"

"No." Zhiyao denied it first, and then continued: "In a few months, the temple of Chu State sent seven waves of assassins to kill you; now, Chu Xinjun Yan has ascended the throne."

This news made Chu Junzhong dull.

The main reason is that Chu Junzhong's news is too closed, and he has no idea what happened in just a few months.

"Yan? Who is it???" It's not that Chu Junzhong didn't know someone named Yan, but he couldn't be sure if it was the person he thought.

Zhiyao said: "The grandson of Duke Ping (king) of Chu, the second son of Prince Jiandi."

Xiong Zhong thought in his mind: "It really is him!"

In that case, the new king of Chu would be Bai Gongsheng's younger brother Xiong Yan.

"How could it be him!?" Xiong Zhong couldn't understand at all.

Yuan Guo can understand why Chu State chose Xiong Yan as the throne. Firstly, Prince Jian is full of tragedy. In some respects, Prince Jian is also to blame. If there are other factors, it can only be said that Zhaogu chose Xiong Yan. Only Yan could be accepted by Feng Jun, and at the same time Xiong Yan's ascension to the throne was so unfair.

Among the choices full of contradictions, the most important thing is that the lord of Chu can accept that Xiong Yan's accession to the throne is not justifiable, and it is very easy to find faults, so it is convenient to play a transitional role.

To put it bluntly, it would be easier for Zhaogu to take the lead or welcome Xiongzhong back.

Zhiyao looked at Xiongzhong whose expression changed again and again, and said honestly: "The chaos in Chu State is far beyond my estimation."

Really!

Yuan Guo thought that Zhao Gu would take over directly, but he didn't expect such a person to take over.

A series of events in the Chu State showed one thing. The non-public princes repeatedly lost their troops, and the political situation within the Chu State was still extremely chaotic.

"Since that's the case, why did Mr. Yuan bring the widows to the alliance?" Xiong Zhong's mind was a little messed up now.

As for whether to bring Xiong Zhong to the "Chuqiu" alliance, the high-level officials of Yuanguo had re-discussed, and the result was to bring Xiong Zhong, and decide whether to do something or not according to the actual situation.

Prince Jian was the son of King Ping of Chu, but the successor to the throne was King Xiong Zhen of Chu Zhao, the youngest among the sons, which shows that something happened during the period of King Ping of Chu.

And the influence of Prince Jian’s line has long been lost in Zheng State, even if Bai Gongsheng later served as the Lingyin of Chu State, Bai Gongsheng only served for three to five years, so it would be difficult to manage any power.

This Prince Jian was forced to flee to the State of Zheng, but later he wanted to use the State of Jin to seize the State of Zheng. He was killed by the State of Zheng when he was exposed. Most of the retainers who followed him died in the State of Zheng. Bai Gongsheng led some people to escape first. After going to the state of Wu, he was welcomed back to the state of Chu.

How about Bai Gongsheng's achievements?It is probably because the nobles who were not from the public clan were recruited, so that these people transformed from ordinary nobles into lords with great local real power.

Knowing the above-mentioned situations, one can immediately understand Bai Gongsheng's operations after he took office as Ling Yin of Chu State, otherwise, what Bai Gongsheng did before seems to be too inexplicable.

Of course, Bai Gongsheng probably didn't expect that the situation in the world would change so much in just a few years, and the vision of a series of operations and deployments was only limited to the interior of Chu.

In the words of hindsight, Bai Gongsheng's operation of trying to win over the nobles to help him avenge Zheng Guo has obviously greatly harmed Chu State, and the one that benefits now is Yuan State.

On the way to "Chuqiu", Zhiyao began to invite Xiong Zhong to eat together very frequently. After contacting him many times, the main reason was to understand Xiong Zhong's mentality, and then to instill some ideas.

When the time was right, Zhiyao asked again in a meeting: "If you can get back, how will you do it?"

But Xiong Zhong gave an off-topic answer, saying, "Zheng Guo is dead."

Everyone is not a fool, there is no need to gossip, no matter why Yuan Guo is willing to let go, there must be a conspiracy in it, and it is definitely malicious to Chu State.

Xiong Zhong still doesn't know the situation of Chu State, such as how much territory has been lost, and the changes in the domestic political structure. The only thing he is sure of is that the original state has the intention of destroying Chu State.

"So, living in the original country for life?" Zhiyao asked.

Xiong Zhong smiled and shook his head again, but he didn't say a word.

Recently, Xiong Zhong has been thinking about a question, whether he should commit suicide or not.

If it is for the good of Chu, Xiong Zhong's death will not cause any trouble to Chu, and it can also ease the internal conflicts of Chu.

Everyone has an instinct, that is, to live.

The difference between people is that in times of need, some people can choose to die calmly.

They walked for half a month, and when they arrived at "Chuqiu", the king and ministers of the Song Dynasty were already waiting.

After another month, the monarch and ministers of the Yue Kingdom arrived first, and the monarch and ministers of the Chu Kingdom arrived last.

This time, Zhiyao brought a legion to "Chuqiu", but three legions were prepared in the rear, two of which were stationed in the northern guard area hundreds of miles away from "Chuqiu", and the other A legion was stationed in the land of Zheng near Song.

The Song State was on the mainland, and their choice was to send out all three armies, and at the same time gather [-] troops to stand by in several places in the south of "Chuqiu".

Goujian brought [-] troops, and about [-] troops entered the "Chuqiu" boundary, and the rest were stationed along the west side of "Chuqiu".

Eighty thousand troops came from the state of Chu, [-] of them directly entered the border of "Chuqiu", and the remaining [-] were stationed near the capital of Song state "Shangqiu".

Looking at the troops used by the participants, it all shows that there is no mutual trust at all, and they are almost mentally prepared to fight at any time.

The land is the territory of the Song State, and it is the Yuan State who invites the alliance, and the alliance platform should be built by the Yuan State.

When everyone arrives at the place, they will inevitably need to eat and drink, but it is definitely not at the other party's camp. They all choose a place that everyone can accept, and each of them will do a good job of security.

When it was Yuan Guo's turn to make arrangements, Xiong Zhong asked Zhiyao to show up, saying that he wanted to say something to Zhao Gu.

Zhiyao originally wanted to use Xiong Zhong to do something in Chu, but after a while Xiong Zhong became more and more willing to cooperate, so she agreed after hesitation.

After entering the arena, they waited for Xiong Zhong to appear, and the atmosphere suddenly became cold.

Xiong Zhong stepped into the tent, and walked straight to Chu Junyan's position as soon as he appeared. The speed of his steps seemed unkind.

Next, the aggressive Xiong Zhong picked up the knife that was placed on the table for cutting flesh, and shouted: "The original country is a great harm, Zhiyao has the ambition of 'one world', and the kings have no cohesion." Carrying the sincerity of the original, the widow is only one step ahead!"

Everyone thought that Xiong Zhong wanted to kill Chu Junyan, but after realizing it, Xiong Zhong committed suicide and fell into a pool of blood.

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