Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

The next day, Qingji issued an edict to reorganize the army originally stationed in Ying and prepare to transfer it back to Jinling.

Prince Heng, who was originally based in the old land of Chu, will also return to Jinling after his tour.

This is the inevitable result.

There are two reasons.

First, the Chu State has been destroyed for a long time, and the rebellions in Nanjun and Nanyang Commanderies have eased, and there is no need to garrison so many troops to prepare for unexpected events.

Second, Prince Heng has been in charge of the old Chu land for a long time, supporting his own soldiers, which made Qingji feel threatened to a certain extent.

Not to mention anything else, the 3000-strong Chiyan Army actually only obeyed Prince Heng's military order, not Qingji's king's order.

If Prince Heng wants to raise troops to rebel in the future, wouldn't it trigger an unprecedented civil strife in Wu?

Prince Heng has both civil and military skills, and is very capable, but Qingji can't rest assured.

After all, being born in an emperor's family, who can guarantee that Prince Heng will openly raise an army one day to usurp the throne by killing the king and father for the sake of the throne?

After finishing the trip to Yingdu, Qingji's patrol team headed west again and came to Hanzhong County for inspection.

Generally speaking, Hanzhong County in Wu State is the land of Shang Yu.

As the northwest frontier of Wu State, Hanzhong County borders Ba State and Qin State, so its geographical location is very important.

Not only is it an important geographical location in the military, but it is also an important traffic route on the Silk Road, which can be called the "throat of Wu and Qin".

However, this time, Qingji did not stop after inspecting Wuguan on Shaoxi Mountain. Instead, he went to Yongdi and climbed Fangcheng Mountain to overlook the mountains, rivers and swamps there.

And Qingji's eyes were always facing west, and his eyes were filled with a kind of light called "ambition"...

The land under Qingji's feet was once the land of mediocrity.

Yongguo, once a Fangguo in the Shang Dynasty, later followed King Wu of Zhou to defeat Zhou and existed as the "Eight Kingdoms of Shepherd's Oath".

Although he was born as a barbarian, thanks to the fact that Yongguo had contributed a lot in the Battle of Muye, after King Wu succeeded in overthrowing Zhou Dynasty and establishing the Zhou Dynasty, Yongguo was made an earl.

Although Yongguo lives in a remote corner, it is rich in products. The most typical one is "salt".

As early as the Xia and Shang Dynasties, mediocre people developed salt springs to boil salt.

However, Yong State is next to Chu State. If Chu State wants to expand its territory and develop into the Central Plains, it must eliminate Yong State as a roadblock.

Therefore, as soon as the Chu people got the opportunity, they immediately launched a war, and the Yong country was defeated and lost a large area of ​​territory.

At the time of King Zhuang of Chu, mediocre people led a group of barbarians to rebel against Chu, and finally suffered a catastrophe...

Qingji naturally didn't care about the already destroyed Yongguo.

What he really cares about is Bashu to the west of Yongdi!

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Night falls.

In the lobby of Yongcheng, it was still brightly lit.

Standing guards in strong and sharp clothes stood around the lobby, guarding every five steps and every ten steps.

Without the permission of Jiji, no one else is allowed to take a step closer.

At this time, in the lobby, Qingji was sitting high on the steps.

The people sitting in the lower seat are only Sun Wu, the great Sima Wu Zixu, Fan Li, the official censor, and Qingji's four sons, Gong Zihong, Gong Zixi, Gong Zifan, and Prince Heng.

Beside Qingji, there was still standing bowed by CRRC Fu Lingjiao.

After receiving Qing Ji's instruction, Jiao Hua came to the banquet with a roll of sheepskin map in her arms, and spread the huge map on the floor.

The mountains, rivers, rivers, cities and fortresses of the Chinese kingdoms are all marked on it, which is particularly eye-catching.

So much so that those Zhongshan, Ba, and Shu countries that live in a corner have...

"Second and three sons, our country of Wu has already achieved hegemony. The emperor is the uncle, and the world is humbled. However, why do I stop here? Why does the country of Wu stop here?"

Qingji waved his hand and said: "The emperor's hegemony is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. My ambition, my long-cherished wish, is to confuse the territory and make the big country borderless!"

"Everyone, born in sorrow, die in peace. The same is true for people, and the same is true for countries!"

"My widow, the purpose of my whole life is to unify the world and unite the nations. In the whole world, there is only one voice. That is the voice of my widow, the voice of Wu!"

Qingji's ambition is completely obvious.

Even if Qing Ji didn't mention it, the officials of Wu State and even the princes of other countries could guess it.

What a shocking long-cherished wish!
"The widow wants to clarify Huanyu, Baoju Yunei, why do you teach me?"

As soon as the words fell, everyone fell into deep thought.

After a long time, Young Master Hong got up first and said: "Father, my son thinks that with the current national strength of our Wu Kingdom, there is no rival in the world."

"The population of Wu is more than one-third of that of the northern countries."

"The territory of the State of Wu is wider than that of the northern states."

"Wu's army is stronger than those of the northern countries."

"Wu's wealth is the best in the world!"

After a pause, Young Master Hong changed the subject again, and said: "However, although my country of Wu has a large population, a large territory, a strong army, and rich financial resources, there are still shortcomings."

"My father spent 20 years destroying Yue, swallowing Chu, merging south of Lingnan, annexing southwest, seizing Huaisi, and occupying three rivers. The hearts of the people have not yet returned to Wu, and the people who can do anything are not enough, and they are even exhausted."

"That's why, my son believes that what our country of Wu should do now is to restore the people's livelihood, win people's hearts, make things better for the people, and unite the people, and then we can conquer the Central Plains in the north and unify the world in one fell swoop!"

Qing Ji squinted his eyes and asked, "Wu Hong, how long will it take according to what you said?"

"At least ... 20 years, maybe even 30 years."

As he spoke, Young Master Hong couldn't help lowering his head with a guilty conscience.

In fact, Gong Zihong is still conservatively estimating this.

Born in a world of great strife, killings are constant, every time the state of Wu destroys a country or occupies a place, in fact, killings are unavoidable.

This is inevitable.

However, where there is oppression, there is resistance.

Every time Wu State destroyed a country and occupied a place, it would implement a policy of assimilation to benefit the people.

However, this is still far from enough.

The most typical ones are the feud between Wu and Chu, and the feud between Wu and Yue.

The hatred gap between the two countries is difficult to eliminate for a while.

It will take several generations, hundreds of years to eliminate it.

The hatred between each other can only be resolved with the passage of time.

However, Qingji couldn't wait any longer.

How many 20 years and 30 years can life have?
Whether Qingji can live to that time is still unknown.

Furthermore, with only 30 to [-] years, Qingji didn't think that the Li and Shu of Wu would be able to work as one, regardless of each other.

Not to mention, not long ago, the survivors of Chu Chu had a bloody battle with Rong Di in Sanchuan County, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.

Qing Ji had to admit that Gong Zihong's proposition was relatively safe, but it was too conservative.