I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Of course, Zhiyao didn't want to drive Zhikai away, but Zhikai's life has been very smooth for more than 20 years.

Some young people don't like the phrase "if you can't cut a jade, you can't make a weapon", thinking that the elders are simply looking for trouble, and deliberately create some difficulties to make things difficult for the younger generation.

However, it is not good for people to live too smoothly, especially some people who are destined to bear heavy responsibilities.Once they live too smoothly, it is difficult to bear the sudden setbacks, but there is no second chance, and not only themselves are crippled all of a sudden, but those who are dragged down are so innocent.

"The prince has arrived at the city of Ba. Zhiyao really didn't know that this "Ba" city was modern Chongqing.

Someone will report to Zhiyao what happened to Zhikai and what he is doing.

At the same time, Zhiyao and Zhikai also maintained a correspondence exchange.

Zhiyao knew in advance that the road to Ba would be difficult, and she was fully prepared for Zhikai to stay there for two or three years.

As for the Zhikai meeting, will something happen?No one dares to guarantee 100%, what can be done is to prevent accidents caused by human negligence as much as possible.

Others can travel outside of summer, but Zhikai is strictly limited to summer.This is a protective measure.

Fenying learned that Zhiyao had been away from meetings for more than two years, and did not choose to quarrel with Zhiyao, but often cried secretly alone.

Mothers are like this. When their daughters are around, they may find it annoying. Once they haven't seen their children for a long time, they will be rare and emotional.

"The prince has gained a lot from this trip. As a heir, he should have such hard work." Fen Ying didn't know if he was comforting himself.

Nothing is done, nothing can be changed, making trouble will only be annoying, and she will not behave like a queen.

Of course, as long as Zhiyao doesn't get close to the other princes and give them false hopes, there are simply too many things that Fenying can endure.

If Zhiyao suddenly paid attention to a certain prince, even the younger brother of Zhikai's mother, let's see if Fenying will make trouble.

As the king of a country, Zhiyao needs to take care of too many things. First of all, to ensure the stability and sustainable development of the country, and then the relatives. Among the relatives, Zhiyao is the most open. a familiar stranger.

This is true, especially Zhiyao has so many children and grandchildren, many children not only failed to remember their names, but also failed to remember a single face, let alone the grandchildren inside and outside.

"Let's go." Zhiyao said and stood up.

Today is another day when the former royal family went out to hunt in the city, and the nobles and officials in the capital also participated in the hunt.

In other eras, sacrificial activities were held every year, with hunting as an important program, and it was unavoidable to be criticized by scholars.

The crisp autumn weather is very suitable for going out, and the hunting ground is on the north bank of Pushui, south of "Zhongjing".

Also today, ordinary people will go out hunting together with their wives and children.

Therefore, hunting around August [-] every year has become a kind of festival in the original country.

The fact that the Mid-Autumn Festival was messed up like this was not caused by Zhiyao on purpose, it can only be said to be an accident.

Then again, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the unification of the Qin Dynasty, and the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties, there was no Mid-Autumn Festival until the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and it was not recognized as a festival until the early Tang Dynasty. …

There was no custom of eating mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival in the Tang and Song dynasties. It did not appear until the end of the Yuan Dynasty, and the cause was that the rebels used the notes hidden in the cakes to convey information. Then there were coins or red dates hidden in the mooncakes, etc., eating to the custom of representing good luck.

In the original country, people hunt during the day, and stay in the wild at night, sitting around the campfire to roast the prey that has been hunted and processed, and live the days of barbecue under the moonlight in advance.

Zhiyao remembers the names of some younger generations every year because they performed well in hunting.

Siege hunting is not pure hunting. Siege hunting pays attention to division of labor and cooperation, which involves management and team member deployment.

Only a well-coordinated team can achieve more results in this kind of activity, and everyone who has a team can see

their abilities.

Being able to perform well in siege and hunting, at least commanding a team of troops to fight is not a big problem, and a low-level or middle-level officer can also be qualified.

"I am very pleased that you have taught your children well." Zhiyao is not pretending to be forceful, but is really happy for the performance of some juniors.

As a father, having an heir to be looked at by the king must be both gratifying and hopeful for the future.

It's just that the prince is not around. In previous years, he could still praise the prince for making Zhiyao feel happy. Last year and this year, no ministers praised the rest of Zhiyao's heirs.This is the truth they should understand, and they don't want to ask for trouble at all.

Even though it has been more than a year since Zhikai left Yuanguo to go to Baguo, and Zhiyao never showed the idea of ​​being a prince, as a minister, if he praises a certain heir of the king, he will hate the queen once, and he will hate the queen again. Let the king think that he is the dog leg of a certain prince, even if he looks up to a certain prince, who is stupid to do such a thing?

"Your Majesty, destroying Chu in the future may enable the younger generation to perform well." Zhi Xuwu said with a smile.

Zhiyao also laughed at this.

In their generation, the youngest are in their 40s, and the oldest are in their 80s and [-]s. No matter how great their abilities are, how many years they can display them.

"The old man's heirs are not successful. I just hope that I will not cause trouble in the future, and I will be blessed." Sun Wu's teeth have almost fallen out, and he has to work hard to hear clearly.

Everyone was becoming more and more speechless towards Sun Wu, but they could only laugh apologetically, or simply act as if they didn't hear what they were saying clearly.

Zhiyao looked at Sun Wu and thought: "In the past, Sun Wu worked for Fu Chai, so he was too worried about raising his own offspring. Except for Sun Chi who was defeated and died early, Sun Wu's second son, Sun Ming, and third son, Sun Di, are really incomparable. mediocre."

This is because Sun Wu knows that he has made a lot of contributions, and he doesn't want any of his heirs to perform too well, for fear of causing trouble to the family.

It is Sun Wu's turn to serve Zhiyao, and it is already very difficult to save Sun Chi and Sun Die, so I can only teach my grandchildren with all my heart.

Therefore, what Sun Wu said just now meant the same thing. I hope that Zhiyao will not give Sun Chi or Sun Di any important tasks, and imply that grandchildren can be reused.

Zhuxia has had the custom of respecting the elderly since ancient times, but it is not like the Western Han Dynasty that officially granted some privileges to those who lived to a certain age with official authority.

As for the privileges given to the old man in the Western Han Dynasty?It was when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty reflected on his old age, realized the problems brought about by the war, and first gave privileges to some veterans. Later, the Han Ting Center continued, and gradually allowed the elderly to have privileges. …

The customs of the Han Dynasty were continued in the following Xia dynasties. If foreign races ruled the Central Plains, only one Manchu Qing continued to implement them, and the rest of the foreign regimes did not adopt them.

On the side of the foreign race, they pursue the survival of the fittest. Due to the harsh living environment, it is difficult for the elderly to be cared for. When they reach a certain age, they will go to the wild to fend for themselves.

It is rare for monarchs and ministers to have the opportunity to get along in a relaxed manner, and some people want to take advantage of this atmosphere to make some demands.

Zhiyao is not a mean and ungrateful person, and she is not guilty of treating heroes, but she is also wary of certain phenomena.

More and more people raised their appeals, and seeing Zhiyao frowning slowly, the wise man began to change the topic.

"My lord, in three years or five years, start the battle to destroy Chu?" Sima Rangju glanced at some people warningly, and asked Zhiyao with a smile.

If it was on a formal occasion, Sima Rangju would not ask at all, and it would be difficult for Zhiyao to give an answer.

This year is the second year since Yuan State annexed Song State, and it is also the first year of preparing for the final battle of unification.

More than a year has passed, and no major incidents have occurred in Yuanguo.

At this stage, there are still frequent wars, mainly concentrated in the southeast. The original army suppressed those who refused to accept it, and continued to fight with the Chu army.

Yuan State and Chu State have entered into a state of war, while other regions maintain a situation where you will not offend me and I will not offend you.

In the autumn of last year, the East Hu Kou border in the northeast was met with a powerful counterattack by the former border army, and the Dong Hu left nearly a thousand corpses

Body, ran into the mountains and disappeared again.

Yuan Guo doesn't care about Donghu now, as long as Donghu is blocked outside the country, there is no major military countermeasure for the time being.

In view of the fact that the Yuan Kingdom will definitely invade Donghu in the future, the frontier army is mainly exploring the terrain at this stage, and then finds the habitat of Donghu to prepare for the future march.

At the same time, Yuan State's frontier army at Xiawu Mountain reported that Dai was almost deserted. Zhiyao ordered the frontier army to move to Dai, build relevant garrison sites, and occupy Dai.

Since the Dai land is empty, it can only be said that the Zhao family's Dai country has all moved to the Dahe Jiuqu area.

Zhiyao may not know everything about what happened in the Zhao Dynasty, but the general trend can still be grasped.

At this stage, Zhao Wuji wants to form a deep alliance with Yiqu, and at the same time, he is trying to win over Bai Zhai, and wants to form an alliance to deal with Lou Fan.

Yiqu had no interest in going north at all, but coveted Qin land very much. He repeatedly invited the Zhao family to join forces to invade Qin land, but was rejected by Zhao Wuji.

It's not that Zhao Wuji suddenly became very friendly to Yuan Guo, it's just that he knew very well that he couldn't afford to provoke Yuan Guo, and at this stage he didn't want to provoke Yuan's army to attack.

Zhiyao knew what Zhao Wuxie was up to, and it was nothing more than taking advantage of Yuan Guo’s temporary neglect, and Zhao’s Daiguo wanted to increase population and resources by conquering Loufan, and waited for the life and death battle between Yuan State and Chu State, and then found Opportunity to go south.

When will the war between Yuan State and Chu State start?

In Zhiyao's plan, the original country should first consolidate its rule in Yan, Zheng, Song, Lu, and Wu. At least no matter it is occupied, it must be able to obtain output, and more than half of the local people Willing to contribute to the country. …

At this stage, due to Sanhuan's acceptance of the status quo, Ludi is the most stable. Not only can it contribute taxes, but there are no problems with the recruitment of corvees and the source of troops.

Zheng Di’s initial resistance to the Yuan State was similar to that of Wu Di. Later, a large number of conscripted people obtained land under their own names, which became similar to Qi Di’s initial situation. Three years later, more and more people pursued their own land. The constant property of the people, the social environment has become stable, and the sense of war is stronger than that of the people in Qidi.

Then comes the Song land, their king has become the earl of the original country, and the princess is still the princess of the original country. Although there is a phenomenon of rebellion against the rule of the original country, they are generally relatively stable.

There are many situations in Yandi. Until the news spread that the frontier army resisted Donghu outside the country, the local people began to try to accept the rule of Yuanguo.

In general, Zhiyao is very satisfied with the progress of various things, and plans to spend three years to create a stable period.

Within these three years, all the counties and counties need to do is to spend one quarter each year, each county, township, ri, and village carry out on-site military training, and then report the relevant data to the central government.

This is Zhiyao's desire to find out how many troops the country has, and when it is time to formally conquer Chu, how many troops can be used for Chu's war of destroying the country, and how many troops can be deployed in places that need to be stationed for defense .

So, Zhao Wuji wants to take advantage of the war between Yuan State and Chu State to make a comeback?Just thinking about farting.

The territory of Chu State is really too big. It is not enough to dispatch 20 million troops in the war of destroying the country. If you want to fight the war of destroying the country with less than 50 troops, it will be very uncomfortable.

Zhiyao will learn from the lessons of the Qin State in the original history, or keep procrastinating to fight, and mobilize more than 50 troops as soon as they fight, and then use an absolutely domineering posture to beat the Chu people without temper.

In the original history of Qin's war against Chu, 20 troops were mobilized for the first time, and it was the first disastrous defeat after Qin's unification war, which made Xiang Yan famous all at once.

A failure had a great impact on Qin's war to destroy Chu again. It not only made Chu people think that they could defeat Qin again, but also had higher morale after participating in the war and after the war, and they were also very unconvinced when they lost after the war.

Later, the first emperor appointed Wang Jian as a general and used 80 troops, but the state of Chu was destroyed. The problem was that the state of Zuo was destroyed. Ordinary Chu people and nobles did not feel that the Qin army had won so beautifully, and they were always thinking about revenge.

So, Zhiyao knows very well that destroying Chu State is just a matter of time.
This is a goal, not the ultimate goal. If the Chu people are not completely subdued, the Wu land today will be the Chu land in the future, and what happened in the original history will repeat itself in the Yuan country.

Is it three years later, or five years later, will the battle to destroy Chu start again?

Zhiyao's goal has always been very clear. If there is a chance, it will be within three years. If there is no chance, it will try to annex Ba and Shu first. Five years is completely affordable.

The original country focused on the Ba and Shu countries, not because of how rich the products and population of the two countries were, but purely because of their strategic value.

After occupying Bashu, the Yuan Kingdom launched a war of annihilation against the Chu Kingdom. It can completely take advantage of the river flowing downstream. At that time, troops will be sent from Chen and Wu, and a trident offensive will take shape.

Mastering the upper reaches of the great river is not only the advantage of being able to dispatch troops quickly and guarantee the logistics line during the war, it can also play a lot of value in the future when it comes to ruling Chu.

"I remember that the big river also needs to be rebuilt before it can be used for water transportation?" Zhiyao didn't remember it too clearly.