I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 563 Sure enough, there is movement!
Clan society only trains outsiders. No matter what the reason is, the patriarch will definitely be cast aside by the clan, and outsiders will laugh at the patriarch for being out of his mind.

In their view, a family's blood is thicker than water, and only their own people will be reliable when something happens, and outsiders can't be reliable at all.

To some extent, this statement is true, but it is not absolute.

However, having a blood relationship is indeed far more reliable than outsiders, otherwise there would be no sayings such as "brothers who fight tigers, father and son soldiers", "brothers work together to cut gold".

Zong Zhou appeared to be very united at the beginning, but after several generations, the blood relationship between the princes became far away, and then it became the situation of constant attacking each other later.

People only saw the various states of Zong and Zhou fighting against each other, but did not see their solidarity and mutual assistance at the beginning of the enfeoffment, or they were deliberately ignored.

The reason why the enfeoffment of Zong Zhou is more reliable than that of the Western Han Dynasty is that the environment of the princes of Zong Zhou is extremely harsh. If they are not united, they will be eaten by a group of aliens; The fire and water were incompatible, except for the alien threats at that time, it was because the territories controlled by the various princes were too large and the strength at hand was relatively strong.

When a group is facing a great threat, if they have a blood relationship with each other, they will definitely stick together. It seems that the threat between relatives is the greatest. Where can blood relationship be managed, let alone hatred in the first place? .

For example, when Emperor Han Jing faced the Seven Kings Rebellion, Wu Wang Liu Bi started the Seven Kings Rebellion on the grounds that Emperor Han Jing smashed his son to death with a chessboard.

In fact, the fundamental reason is that after Liu Ying died, the clan and the nobles were in conflict over who should be elected as the new emperor, which made Liu Bi unwilling to be reconciled to the emperor's throne falling to Liu Heng's side, and let Liu Qi be the emperor again. It is normal operation to collude with other princes to launch a rebellion because of the reason why his son was smashed to death by Liu Qiqi chessboard.

The Rebellion of the Eight Kings that occurred in the Western Jin Dynasty was also caused by the competition for the supreme throne. In the final analysis, the princes and kings who were enfeoffed were too strong, and the strength of the center was not overwhelming. Instead, the center had an overwhelming advantage. I dare not have the idea that "the emperor will take turns to come to my house next year".

Cheng Shuo was one of the few people who clearly knew from Zhiyao that he would not entrust too much territory to the clan. At first, he didn't have any objections, but he accepted the reasons given by Zhiyao.

As a half-feudal and half-county system in the Western Han Dynasty, most of the princes with different surnames were in the beginning. Liu Bang dragged his old body to cut off those former comrades one by one. Then it was agreed in the "White Horse League" that no one with the Liu surname could be crowned king. The most different surnames are the Marquis Kingdoms, and each Marquis Kingdom is not big.

The marquis states of the Western Han Dynasty disappeared one by one during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. During this period, they experienced bloody storms no less than the war with the Huns, but they were usually solved by "cruel officials" and no large-scale rebellion broke out.

What Zhiyao told Cheng Shuo was very simple, the times have completely changed.

According to Zong Zhou's enfeoffment model, the prince is a hundred miles away, the uncle is seventy miles, and the son is fifty miles.

Zhixuwu and Cheng Xiao are the only ones who have the title of marquis in the Zhi family. There are a lot of marquises with other surnames. There are only four clan members including Cheng Shuo on the earl side, but there are nearly 20 people with foreign surnames. The rest are also viscounts and barons. Most of them have foreign surnames.

So, they worked so hard to conquer the world, just to make those foreign surnames rich and honorable?
In addition, it's not that Zhiyao can't arbitrarily confer titles on the clan members. The problem is not only that the virtues are not worthy, but the enjoyment will not last long. Too much wealth will also make clan members die without a place to bury them.

Doing so is more likely to cause dissatisfaction among the outsiders, and the people of the clan are unable to hold on to the country. The country will eventually fall apart, and then someone will find a chance to overthrow the rule of the Zhi family. Only a few kittens will be left behind the Zhi family. The incognito linger on, and even the whole family is buried.

Cheng Shuo himself couldn't agree to the fact that enfeoffment would make foreigners take advantage of it.

In fact, the foreign surnames of the original country did not take advantage of them. They also made great contributions to the expansion of the original country. It is very realistic that the Zhi clan will regard themselves as a nation, and take it for granted that the original country is their original country, and outsiders are just a group of people. It's just a long-term job.

After enfeoffment, Zhiyao will enfeoff a large number of Zhi clan members in Chu, Wu, and Yue. Most of the clans will not get more than ten miles (500 meters) in circumference, such as Cheng Xiao, Zhi Xuwu For the three of them, Cheng Shuo and Cheng Shuo, the first two fiefs will have a circumference of fifty miles, and the latter will have a circumference of thirty miles.

I don't know if Zhiyao is in the psychology of making up for it, planning to seal the "Ying" of Chu State to Cheng Xiao, and the price is that the Cheng family will return to Cheng Shuo's own management.

Cheng Shuo's fiefdom in the future will be on the side of Wu's old capital "Wu", which is very close to Dajiang.

Because of the relationship he already knew, Cheng Shuo naturally began to pay attention to Dajiang, and he also heard some things about Dajiang from Zhiyao, so it was hard not to pay attention.

It is precisely because of the existence of Dajiang that Zhiyao needs to entrust so many people in Chu, Wu and Yue. The most likely result of giving different surnames as fiefs is that they continue to grow bigger, and even become Chu, Wu or Yue people. The new leader of the Communist Party of China, a wave of rebellion arose decades later.

That point is not Zhiyao's wild imagination. The Qin Empire in the original history was faced with such a situation. The appointed officials became the umbrella of the old aristocratic forces. Until the Western Han Dynasty, there were still rebellions in Chu, Wu and Yue. central atmosphere.

Therefore, it is not that the people in Vietnam are more moderate. The southerners became more and more moderate after the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The country's territory is the largest den of rebels.

After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, people in the old lands of Chu, Wu, and Yue no longer wanted to rebel, but as various life became better, the local area was always against the center, such as dishonesty in paying taxes, or Song Dynasty During the Ming Dynasty, they smuggled with northern nomadic forces and acted as leading parties.

Of course, this is just a probability, not an absolute.

At present, because of the continuous rebellion in Wudi, the high-level officials of the original country have a mentality, and they believe that it is extremely difficult to rule the south.

As a result, Cheng Shuo believed that Zhiyao's choice of enfeoffment in the south was a kind of reliance on the tribe, and he ordered that he be optimistic about the south for the family, and not allow the rebel forces to become bigger and stronger even if they killed all the blood.

"Dayuan has a mature shipbuilding industry system, and the ships produced are far better than those of Chu, Wu, and Yue. Unless there is a major change, it is impossible to make the danger of Dajiang appear."

"Your Majesty has set up a permanent fleet in 'Han', and will also set up permanent fleets in places like 'Que' and 'Ying' in the future. Obviously, he wants to fully control it."

"Dayuan's national status is not lost, and there will definitely be some changes over time, but at least it can guarantee that there will be no worries for a hundred years. For 100 years, after about three generations, the local people should regard themselves as a native of the original country. right?"

Cheng Shuo had actually thought about what would happen to his descendants, and he knew very well that one day they would be in opposition to the Central Committee. It's just that the current generation only cares about themselves and the next generation, and the third generation's descendants really can't control it.

While they were stationed in "Han", the shogunate was established.

Cheng Shuo sent people to summon the "shuai" of each "division" and asked them to go to "Zhu Fang" on the opposite bank of the general in "Han" to perform their duties.

Prior to this, Zhiyao did not appoint a general on the Wu side. The original army used the "division" as the largest unit, and each divided the war zone, and the "handsome" performed his duties.

Because Yuanguo no longer has the relationship between generals and military assistants, Zhiyao basically appointed someone as the main general temporarily, and gradually the position of "general" appeared.

Using the understanding of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a general is someone who is in charge of an army as a "general", and there are so-called generals, otherwise they were called generals before.

The evolution of history is like this. Only after the unification of the Qin Dynasty did there have professional generals. The "generals" in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods were not generals who commanded troops. They were sent by the overlord to a vassal state to serve as "supervisors" The presence.

The representative is Mi Zixia, who is the person sent by the Jin State to the Wei State for supervision, also known as the general.

It was not until the Western Han Dynasty that the title general existed, and it was also a position of temporary leader. It was not that whoever was appointed as a general would always hold that position.General Zhonglang is the commander-in-chief of the standing army, and the captain of the local army is the commander-in-chief of the army.And this Zhonglang will have the same responsibilities as during the Qin Empire, and he will be under the direct command of the emperor, so he will be regarded as the head of the emperor's bodyguard.

After the Eastern Han Dynasty, the titled general entered the permanent official position of the court, and the subsequent dynasties followed the practice of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Cheng Shuo was waiting for the "handsome" of each "division" to arrive at "Zhu Fang", but the fleet from "Langya" arrived first.

The fleet coming from "Langya" is very large in scale, and the berths at the exit of "Han" simply cannot accommodate it. As a result, the waters on both sides of the river near the mouth of the river are full of all kinds of ships.

When the spies of Chu State saw such a large-scale Yuan State Navy fleet, they were immediately frightened and dumbfounded. Afterwards, they had an urgent discussion and tried every means to send the news to the "Ying" capital.

Arriving with the fleet, there is also a legion of troops. They are recruited from Qidi, and they will exist as a garrison in the future, not to directly participate in the offensive against Yuedi.

One day, Cheng Shuo came to "Zhu Fang", met the "handsome" who came, and showed the documents and tiger charms given by Zhiyao.

This set of procedures is to confirm that those "handsome" and the troops under their command are included in the shogunate system. After that, Cheng Shuo not only controls their future, but also has the right to life and death.

Because of the existence of official documents and tiger charms, naturally no one has any opinion on being included in the command of the shogunate.

They quickly entered their roles and reported to Cheng Shuo the various recent situations. Those who needed to replenish the supply of troops immediately spoke up, and those who were short of military supplies immediately urged them.

Some people really hope to be a junior in a certain position in the shogunate team, even if it is just a small official who handles documents, once this battle is won, it will be regarded as a rare qualification for the junior.

To put it bluntly, who wouldn't do that to create gilded opportunities for juniors, seniors with abilities and connections?
Cheng Shuo couldn't agree to all of them, and at the same time he couldn't refuse all of them. He could only come up with a set of assessment rules and accept a group of really capable juniors.

Cheng Shuo, who became a shogunate general for the first time, was so busy that he couldn't do it on his own without the help of his accompanying staff.

After a group of juniors were enriched into the shogunate, the staff who had dealt with trivial matters were liberated and participated in the deployment of military affairs.

It took nearly half a month for Cheng Shuo to handle a series of things properly and initially form an effective command system for the shogunate to command the various ministries in various regions.

While Cheng Shuo was busy building the shogunate system, Chu State was not just wasting time. After they learned that there was a huge fleet entering the river from the sea, they immediately started recruiting ships.

The state of Chu didn't want to take the initiative to fight with the navy of the original state. It was to prevent the original army from going up the river and attacking the cities or villages of the state of Chu along the river. .

Although "Han" is far away from "Ying", and not every part of the river along the way can allow large ships to pass, but the king and ministers of Chu State are terrified that Yuan State will not play cards according to common sense, so how could they not feel nervous?
The kings and ministers of the state of Chu also thought of one point. For example, the water army of the former state of Wu used to sail along the coast to arrive at a certain coast of Yuedi for landing.

Under that kind of worry, Chu Wangning mobilized troops from other regions to gather in Yuedi, and they even thought of setting up beacon towers to call the police.

Beacon Tower?This is a facility that appeared hundreds of years ago. Most of them are in the direction of the nomadic group. When they sensed that the nomadic forces were invading southward, they lit the beacon to send a warning to the rear.

At that time, the beacon fire did not emit smoke, it was just a raging fire that was ignited, so it was necessary to build a beacon tower on a high mountain, and usually send people to pay attention to whether the beacon fire was lit at any time.

This time, the king and ministers of Chu State wanted to use smoke to issue an alarm. The reason was that there were too many mountainous areas in Yuedi, and the beacon fire would be blocked.

The news that the Chu State was recruiting ships was soon reported by the spies of the Yuan State in Chu to the shogunate. After learning about this, Cheng Shuo specially called Zhiying and asked, "Among the fleet, is it suitable for confrontation with the great river?" How many warships are there?"

The sharp-bottomed boat, the bigger the boat, the deeper the draft, and it can still enter the sea, but it is definitely impossible to go deep into the river.

Zhiying didn't hesitate too much, and replied: "About nearly two thousand? Most of them are 'wing' boats."

Cheng Shuo hesitated when he got the answer.

Yuan Country really has no experience in fighting inland rivers. On the contrary, the Chu State Navy has been fighting with the Wu State Navy since the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period. There are only [-] large and small ships, and there is no experience at all. Cheng Shuo doubts that they will not be able to fight. Fight to win.

As for saying that the sea breaks through, are you afraid of inland rivers?It’s okay to listen to it, it’s really not the same thing!

(End of this chapter)