Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 34
"Could it be that your majesty speculates that this may be the reason why nobles and gentry from all over the country deliberately concealed their population and did not report it?"

Sun Wu expressed the conjecture in his heart.

Qingji nodded and said: "There are also such reasons. Humans have selfishness, it is impossible to be as pure and selfless as Jizi!"

"Because of the war, the fleeing of Li Shu, and the hiding of the population by the scholar-bureaucrats in various places, these are all the reasons for the slow growth of my Wu household registration."

"The state of Wu wants to dominate the world, and it cannot be done without manpower!"

"Population is the foundation of a country. Weapons, food, taxes, land, etc. are all produced by people."

"That's why, I think that abolishing slavery and taking in the exiled savages to become common people is the most important thing for my Great Wu right now!"

"hiss!"

Sun Wu couldn't help taking a deep breath, and said: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, I am afraid that there will be treacherous people in the court, and the officials and officials will try their best to stop it. Then how can Your Majesty deal with himself?"

"If you want to carry out the New Deal, you need to have the courage of a strong man to cut off your wrists! If you dare to do it, can you do it?"

Qingji glanced at Sun Wu.

The latter straightened his face immediately, bowed and said: "I should swear to follow the king to the death, and I will do my best, and I will die!"

"However, I secretly believe that the abolition of slavery and the admission of savages, the king must not act too hastily."

"The widow knows."

Qing Ji nodded slightly, and said: "This matter, we should plan it slowly! However, it is imperative for the widow to carry out the new policy in Wu State."

"Master, I can trust you. As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his weapon!"

"What is the most important weapon of the country? It is also a weapon!"

"The chariots and soldiers of my country of Wu are not inferior to other countries in the world in any way. However, I want to form an elite army that is far superior to other countries, victorious in every battle, and invincible!"

"An elite teacher?"

Sun Wu was rather curious.

The so-called elite teachers are elite soldiers!
But now all countries in the world do not have the concept of "special forces".

Most of their elite soldiers are only gathered together during wartime, and they are soldiers with strong individual combat capabilities!
However, such elite soldiers are just called elite soldiers and powerful troops, but in Qing Ji's view, they are far from being called elite soldiers.

The rudiment of the special forces, the rudiment of what can be called an elite division, was still in the Warring States Period when wars were more frequent.

Qin State has iron eagle soldiers, Qi has martial arts soldiers, Wei has military soldiers, Chu has talented soldiers, Han has strong soldiers... Seven heroes of the Warring States Period, each country has its own strongest army!
"That's right. For this elite army, I only need [-] people. You can select the strongest from the tens of thousands of soldiers in Wu Kingdom to join this army."

Qingji said seriously: "This army, the name of the widow is 'Trapped in the Camp', its soldiers are equipped with refined armor, ordinary sword blades cannot be pierced, ordinary spears cannot be pierced, orders are prohibited, equipped with strong bows and crossbows, everyone dare Fight, fight to the death!"

The idea of ​​this trapping camp was exactly Qingji's inspiration from the special forces "trapping camp" at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

It is said that there are only more than [-] people in the trapped camp, all of them are brave and good at fighting, and their equipment is well prepared. Every attack is invincible!
Qing Ji hopes that Sun Wu, known as the Sage of Soldiers, can create the special forces he dreamed of.

"Break into battle, fall into battle. Your Majesty, in this way, the entrapment camp formed by His Majesty's ministers should be pawns equipped with heavy armor, all pawns charged into the battle?"

Sun Wu asked tentatively.

"good."

The fallen camp in history is indeed the hoplites!
As everyone knows, Qingji's idea now makes Sun Wu feel very troubled.

Gein, in the current war, the main force is still the chariot soldiers. Letting a group of elite infantry, even those in heavy armor, rush forward is undoubtedly asking for death!

However, this is Qingji's royal order, how dare Sun Wu disobey it?

"Your Majesty formed a camp to fight against Chu and Vietnam?"

This is the only explanation Sun Tzu can come up with.

Because of the lack of war horses in the south, Wu, Chu, and Yue are all southern countries, and there are far more infantry than chariot soldiers, and sometimes the real main combat force is infantry, not chariots!

However, Qingji just smiled lightly and said: "If it is possible, I hope that falling into the camp can become an elite teacher who will move the world and make all the countries fear!"

"promise!"

Sun Wu immediately agreed.

"Your Majesty, I have something to say. I don't know if I should say it or not?"

"But it doesn't matter."

"Your Majesty wants to carry out the new policy of the Wu Kingdom, and it cannot be done without the help of many capable people and sages. I am sorry to say that there are many ministers and officials in the Wu government and the people, and there is a shortage of talents. I am afraid that the new policy will be difficult to implement!"

Loyalty is harsh!
Sun Wu's words resonated with Qing Ji.

Wu State is located in a remote place, and unlike Chu State and other countries in the Central Plains, there are a large number of talented people.

Under such circumstances, Qing Ji wanted to carry out reforms in the Wu State and implement the New Deal, not to mention the many obstacles, and there were not many talents available under his command!
It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice!
This point can be seen from the lack of candidates for envoys sent to other countries before the celebration of the Jiji.

"Master, this is exactly what I worry about in my heart."

Qingji shook his head and said, "There are very few talented people in Wu. However, Wu doesn't have any, but other countries do!"

"That's why, I want to issue a decree of seeking talents to recruit talents from all over the world to Wu."

"My widow, I want to build a golden platform in Gusu Mountain, so that all people with lofty ideals in the world can show their ambitions in our country of Wu!"

Seeking merit orders?
Golden platform?
Sun Wu had never heard of such things, but he knew in his heart that this was Qingji's method to recruit talents.

The New Deal implemented by Qing Ji in the State of Wu is definitely no less than the reform of Guan Zhong in the State of Qi in the past!

……

Just when Qingji was ambitious and was preparing to seek the order of talents, the mission led by Xia Dafu Bo Tong had already sailed eastward by boat, diverted to the south, and entered the country of Yue.

Along the way, it was very hard for Bo Tong and the others!

Gein, the southern part of Wu State, was still divided by the rebellious Helu, and it was impassable.

Even if Bo Tong dared to cross these areas, he was afraid of being caught by Helu's soldiers, and he would never return!

Therefore, in this case, Bo Tong had to take a risky ferry and head south, entering Kuaiji to make the trip.

Kuaiji is the capital of the Yue Kingdom. The scale of the city is much smaller than that of Wudu, and the degree of prosperity is even more incomparable!

If Kuaiji City were placed in the countries of the Central Plains, it might not even be considered a high-class city.

Rao is so, there are quite a lot of people living here!

Bo Tong envoy Yue thought that he could meet the King of Yue immediately, but he didn't expect that he couldn't even see the King of Yue Yunchang for two days in a row, so he was turned away!
This made Bo Tong wonder in his heart.

(End of this chapter)