Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 119
Today, Qingji's prestige in Wu Kingdom is so high that few people dare to blatantly disobey his will.

Qingji was able to carry out the Shang Yang Reform in the history of Wu Guo vigorously and resolutely, making Wu Guo strong and prosperous quickly!
However, Qingji did not do that, and the reform measures did not completely follow Shang Yang's reform.

Why?

Because Qingji is very clear that the later reform of Qin State and Shang Yang was advanced to a certain extent and achieved success, but it is not applicable to Wu State today.

Shang Yang's reform is like a dose of strong medicine, which can revitalize the precarious and almost afflicted state of Qin, and quickly become stronger.

There is no doubt about that.

However, the current state of Wu is still a rising country with a strong military!
Like a young man full of vigor, taking a dose of strong medicine at this time will only backfire.

Therefore, Qingji dared to confirm that Shang Yang's reform in history did not apply to Wu.

The good policies of governing the country, such as the establishment of households for the people, the monopoly of salt and iron, and the encouragement of births, which he promoted, generally did not adopt the techniques of Legalism, but belonged to the category of Taoist governance by doing nothing.

The technique of Huang Lao is more applicable to Wu at this time, but it is only a transitional period!

If the state of Wu continues to grow in the future and its national strength reaches a bottleneck, the second round of reforms is imperative.

"Your Majesty, according to the views of my ministers and concubines, if the officials want to resist the new law, they will most likely start from multiple sources."

"The county system, flat purchase law, national grain storage system, and salt and iron monopoly policy implemented in the new law are not conducive to the old family, and they will definitely be strongly criticized by them, so as to force the king to abolish the new law or revise the new law!"

Ji Kou frowned and said softly.

"Queen, your thoughts coincide with those of the widow."

Qingji laughed lightly, and said, "The world is bustling with each other for profit! How can I not know what the old family and merchants did in the past?"

"Of course, the widow will not give them another chance. They must either comply with the implementation of the new law, or become a stepping stone for the new law!"

Qing Ji's determination is very firm, beyond doubt!
Anyone who dares to stop him from carrying out the new law to enrich the country and strengthen the people is his enemy and must be wiped out, all wiped out!
At this moment, Ji Kou looked at Qing Ji with a resolute expression in front of him, and secretly praised him in his heart, but he had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, please restrain yourself."

"Even if the old family has all kinds of faults, they are the pillars of the country, the foundation of the Wu Kingdom. Your Majesty must not destroy the pillars because of a momentary anger, and let the Wu Kingdom regenerate into chaos."

"The widow knows."

Qingji just laughed it off!
What Ji Kou said was not without reason.

The old family is just too selfish, not without the spirit of disloyalty and patriotism!

If Qingji does not harm the interests of the old family, they will definitely be able to devote their allegiance to Qingji.

However, Qingji is still not satisfied with this!

Compared with outsiders, Qing Ji, as the king of Wu, should indeed trust and value the local old family more.

It's just that, compared to a talented outsider (Ke Qing) and a mediocre, almost vegetarian old family, what choice can Qing Ji make as a superior?

If Qingji just wanted to be a king of Wu and maintain the status quo, he could have ruled from the bottom of his hand and slowly accumulated national power like the kings of Wu in the past.

However, Qingji is not reconciled to doing nothing for the rest of his life, just to be an ordinary and promising king!

Qingji's ambition is to make the state of Wu stronger and dominate the world, just like Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Wen of Jin, and King Zhuang of Chu!
He was not willing to be mediocre, and he was not willing to let the state of Wu keep shrinking in this corner of the southeast.

Therefore, appointing talents to use talents, reforming laws and reforms have become things that Qingji must do!

Qingji knew very well in his heart that the aristocratic class in Wu State needed some fresh blood in order to take on a new look.

As the saying goes, it is difficult to conquer the country, but it is even more difficult to defend the country!
It was not easy for the kings of Zhongxing in the past dynasties.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the ministers and officials entrusted by the king were indeed able to do their best to govern the country and stabilize the people, and took it as their mission to make the country rich and the army strong.

But often in the middle and late stages, because of the Shilu Shiqing system, the public ministers and officials who have obtained hereditary power often rely on the shadow of their ancestors to suck the blood of the country like vampires, while they themselves are corpses and do nothing. !

This point makes Qingji hate it.

It is true that their ancestors have contributed to the state of Wu, but their power has been hereditary for so many generations, and the kindness returned by the kings of the state of Wu is enough!
……

The sun is rising.

In a quiet and peaceful mountain village, a group of people of all kinds drove ox carts or horse-drawn carts straight into the entrance of the village.

The leader was a rich middle-aged man in luxurious clothes.

Before the middle-aged man could speak, the man next to him started yelling loudly!

"Buy a lot of rice! Buy rice! Whether it is new rice or old rice, my master will buy it for ten knives and one stone!"

A group of people yelled for a while, and after a while, many villagers came to hear the news, and rushed over to join in the fun.

An old man with gray temples asked puzzledly: "Really? Ten knives and one stone of rice is really rare!"

"In the past, not to mention the years of good harvest, even in the years of famine, Mi Gui rarely sold for ten knives!"

"That's right! Normally, a stone of grain and rice can only be sold for six or seven knives. The market is like this. If you buy it at such a high price, are you afraid of losing money?"

Strange!

The onlookers, Li Shu, thought it was the sun coming out from the west!
As the saying goes, merchants are interested in profit, and there is no business without fraud.

How could they do such a loss-making business?
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Therefore, even though the villagers are relatively simple, they have already realized that there is something tricky in this matter!
The leading businessman chuckled and said, "How can I lie to you? The grain and rice are said to be ten knives and one stone, but it is ten knives and one stone! You are not deceived!"

The businessman waved his hand, and asked his attendants to carry out a box. When he opened it, he saw that it was indeed all strung together, piles of knives and coins!
At this moment, the surrounding villagers could not help but believe it.

Instigated by the businessman and his followers, the villagers immediately ran back home, carried out the surplus grain stored earlier, and exchanged property with the businessman.

Not long after, the merchant's ox carts and carriages were full of rice bags, and the boxes that originally contained a large amount of knives and coins gradually became empty.

Things like this happened in all villages, large and small, in the state of Wu.

Even though the villagers know that these merchants have bad intentions, under the temptation of money, they try their best to take out the surplus food at home in exchange for property!
The villagers know that the government is implementing the flat purchase law and establishing a national grain storage system, and will soon purchase a large amount of surplus grain from their homes.

However, Guofu bought it at a low price, which pales in comparison to the high prices offered by merchants.

(End of this chapter)