Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 894

After the Mengjin meeting, Qingji did not return to Xianyang, the western capital, but led a temporary patrol team to patrol the land of the city that he had just acquired.

There are a total of 51 cities ceded to Wu by Han and Wei this time.

It is true that the territory is criss-crossed, but it belongs to the territory of Wu State after all.

After signing the documents for ceding the land of the cities, Wu Jun took over 51 cities in Hedong, Yingchuan, and Shangdang.

Zheng Guo, who used to be the "spring and autumn tyrant", had its cities and lands basically occupied by Wu Guo.

The year before last, the coalition forces of Han, Zhao, and Wei Jin destroyed Zheng and divided up the land of Zheng.

Since the state of Zhao is not bordered by Zhengdi, the two countries, Han and Wei, decided to "translocate" after some discussions, which led to a rapid increase in the national power of the state of Zhao.

Right now, although Zhao State suffered a disastrous defeat in the Battle of Li, its main force is still there, its national strength has not declined much, and it can still pose a certain threat to Wu State.

Qingji originally planned to send troops to attack Zhao.

It's just that occupying so many places in the Central Plains requires a lot of troops to garrison. In addition, the two countries of Korea and Wei may not be able to tolerate Qing Ji's attack on Zhao and destroying Zhao.

What if the two countries of Korea and Wei rebelled against the water and suddenly rebelled, cutting off the retreat of the Wu army?
In order to avoid this from happening, Qingji believes that it is still necessary to destroy the two countries of Han and Wei first, and then destroy Zhao.

At this time, Qingji's patrol team arrived in Yecheng.

The name "Ye" originated from the place where Daye, the son of Nvxiu's granddaughter Zhuanxu, the grandson of the Yellow Emperor, first lived.

In Tang Yao, Yu Shun and Xia, it belonged to Jizhou, Shang belonged to famous ministers in Ji, Western Zhou belonged to Wei, and Spring and Autumn belonged to Jin.

Duke Huan of Qi began to build Yecheng. After the six families were divided into Jin Dynasty, Yecheng was assigned to Wei State and became an important town.

This place in Yecheng can be said to be a battleground for military strategists.

To the north are the states of Wei and Zhao, not far from Daliang and Handan; to the east is the state of Wei, and the state of Wu can use Yecheng as a springboard to threaten the three states of Wei, Zhao, and Wei.

Fan Li, who was following Qingji by the Zhangshui River, seemed to be aware of this problem, so he said to Qingji, "Your Majesty, I think you can set up a county or a county."

"Yecheng has now become a battleground for military strategists from the four kingdoms of Wu, Wei, Zhao, and Wei."

"Geographical location is very important. Moreover, I have just observed that this place is surrounded by mountains and rivers, the land is fertile, and there are business travels all year round. Before that, it could produce a lot of taxes for Jin and Wei every year."

"This place, like Anyi and Daliang, is one of the three capitals of the Wei State. It is said that when Wei Jun moved his capital, he also considered setting the capital in Yecheng."

"It's just that because Ye City is located in the east, I'm afraid that it will be invaded by the enemy country all the year round, so Wei Jun just gave up."

Is the capital Yecheng?
It is understandable that Wei people had this idea before.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao to occupy Yecheng and build the capital of Yecheng. Since then, Yecheng has become the capital of Cao Wei, Later Zhao, Ran Wei, Qian Yan, Eastern Wei, and Northern Qi. "Reputation.

"Your Majesty, I think that if you set up a county in the Central Plains, you can use Yecheng as the county government, and garrison heavy troops, and choose a general with both civil and military skills to guard it."

"Furthermore, Your Majesty should vigorously develop the city of Ye, so that the hearts of the people can be subdued, and further consolidate the foundation of Wu Kingdom in the Central Plains."

"good."

Qingji's thoughts coincided with Fan Li's.

After all, conquering the world is difficult, and governing the world is even more difficult.

If the state of Wu wants to gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains, so that it will not be blocked by the Kwantung princes again, it is necessary to consider preemptive strikes.

Qingji and his party took a military chariot and patrolled the fields.

I saw that a lot of cultivated land has been abandoned, and many weeds have grown.

The cultivated land has become the raw land, why is it here?

Qingji was a little puzzled.

Yecheng was indeed a land of heavy investment in the Wei State before, but the commercial tax accounted for a very high proportion, and the land rent tax was dwarfed by comparison.

Some farmers even sat in the shade and chatted and gossiped.

When Qingji came over, the farmers hurriedly knelt down and paid respects to Qingji.

"Meet the king! The king is forever!"

They used to be Wei people.

However, Yecheng had already become the territory of Wu State, so they could only change Qingji's name and salute him.

In every household, basically a man died on the battlefield, especially under the hands of Wu Jun.

This made the old farmers feel very complicated when facing the anniversary.

Hate?

There are some.

However, they did not dare to expose it, nor did they dare to be disrespectful to Qingji.

It was an honor for them to see the true face of King Wu.

"Second and third sons don't need to be too polite, just sit down."

Qing Ji sat down on the wooden plinth in a very approachable manner, and didn't even need the guard next to him to come forward to wipe it.

This made the old farmers present feel good about Qingji.

"Second and third sons, I just came to Yecheng, but I don't know why the business and tourism industry is so developed here, why can't farming be done?"

"Could it be that before Wei Jun's violent expropriation made Ye people suffer from hard labor and military service, so that there were no young and middle-aged laborers in the countryside?"

"This……"

The farmers present couldn't help but look at each other, not knowing how to answer Qingji's question.

It is conceivable that too many young men in Wei State died on the battlefield.

However, Wei Junxuan has indeed never done anything that is disrespectful to the power of the people and extortionate.

However, the countryside in Yecheng is indeed sparsely populated, the fields are barren and desolate, and it is deserted.

Qingji has inspected many old places of Han and Wei, but found no such situation.

At this time, a middle-aged man with dark and yellow skin and a strong figure gritted his teeth, and bravely said: "Your Majesty, to be honest, there are indeed reasons for the lack of people in this field."

"Because in the past ten years, many farmers have fled one after another, so that no one is farming the fields, and they are barren."

"What is the reason?"

"We, the people of Ye County, suffer from marrying a wife for the God of the River, so we are poor."

The middle-aged man sighed and said: "The three elders and Ting Yu of Ye County collect taxes from Li Shu, especially the farmers every year, and search for money. The copper coins collected are in the millions."

"They only used 30 to [-] yuan to marry He Bo, and they shared the rest with Zhu Wu and took it home."

"When it came time to marry He Bo, the witches went to inspect and saw a beautiful woman from a small family, so they said, 'This woman is suitable for He Bo's daughter-in-law', so they gave a dowry to marry her."

"Wash her and wash her hair, make a new silk floral dress, let her live alone and fast, and make her a house by the river for her leisurely living and fasting, and hang red and bright red silk curtains for her. This woman Just live in the silk tent, and I will prepare wine and meat for her later."

"In this way, for more than ten days in a row, the second and third sons decorated and decorated the bed pillow mat like marrying a daughter, let the woman sit on it, and then floated it into the river."

"It was floating on the water at first, but it sank after drifting for dozens of miles."

"Those families with beautiful women are worried that the great witch Zhu will marry them for He Bo, so most of them take their daughters and run away far away."

"For this reason too, the countryside has long been emptier and poorer."

"There is a saying in the countryside now that 'if He Bo is not married, the flood will flood and all the common people will be drowned'."

"..."

Isn't this feudal superstition?

Qingji was speechless.

However, this kind of behavior that harms Li Shu's interests and carelessly ignores human life is deeply abhorred by Qing Ji.

"Fan Li."

"Chen is here!"

"When you go to the city, ask the elders, Wu Zhu, and the folks from Ye County to organize the marriage of the God of the River. It's because of my interest. I want to take a look. Make sure they make a big deal of it without delay."

Qingji said meaningfully: "Tomorrow, the widow will witness the river god marrying his bride."

"promise!"

Fan Li thought for a while, then agreed.

"Your Majesty..."

Su Wei, Wu Ming, Wu Liang, Sun Di and other generals beside him, hadn't figured out what was going on and didn't understand Qing Ji's deep meaning. He wanted to dissuade them, but Qing Ji waved his hand and interrupted their conversation.

(End of this chapter)