Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 969

When Qingji led his army to Linzi City, the monarchs and ministers of Qi State held a grand surrender ceremony.

Lu Ren held a piece of jade in his mouth, was shirtless, and was wearing plain clothes.

And the ministers following behind were also dressed in plain clothes, as if they were attending a funeral together.

The Zhou Dynasty governed the world with "rituals and music", and Zhou rituals were divided into five rituals, namely auspicious rituals, fierce rituals, guest rituals, military rituals, and commendatory rituals.

Obviously, the subjugation of the country must belong to the category of fierce rituals.

Lu Ren not only wanted to hold the bi, but also led the sheep.

If you are not respectful, you dare not show yourselves.

People can only reveal themselves when they are respectful, even if they are sweating from farm work, they cannot reveal themselves at will.

But sheep are more docile and can be slaughtered by others at any time. The monarch compares himself to a little lamb that has always been harmless to humans and animals and allows the other party to slaughter him.

Jade bi is not an ordinary thing, but it is the jade bi that the king uses to worship the sky every time he sacrifices.

To put it bluntly, it is a very important "sacrifice vessel" for the vassal states. Giving such an important thing to the other party is like handing over your own protector to the other party.

At the same time, jade bi is a symbol of the country.

At this moment, with jade in his mouth, Lu Ren expressed that he would hand over everything about him, including the country, wealth, and people.

When a person dies, according to etiquette, something must be stuffed in his mouth, either gold, silver, jade, or some rice grain food...

This shows that Lu Ren has "dead", or that Qi has perished.

Scholars and officials can't be idle either, they want to "decline" and "public opinion".

"Shouyu" means wearing filial piety clothes, with white linen belts tied around the head and waist.

"Yugu" is pulling the coffin.

Its meaning is self-evident: our monarch is "dead" at this moment, and whether you Wu Jun kills or stays is entirely up to you voluntarily.

Of course, in order to show his generosity and benevolence, Qingji could not do such a thing.

Qingji immediately stepped forward to untie Lu Ren, and burned the coffin pulled out by the monarchs and ministers of Qi, while Yubi stayed behind.

"Lu Ren, from now on, you are the Marquis of Qi in my Great Wu. The widow gave you the food town of [-] households in Linzi, which will not be replaced by hereditary."

Qingji patted Lu Ren on the shoulder with a pleasant face, and said with a smile: "In the future, when you settle in Xianyang, the widow will give you a first-class mansion in Xianyang, and I will give you 1000 acres of fertile land, [-] taels of gold, and [-] taels of silk and satin." horses, five thousand stones of corn."

"Thank you king!"

Only then did Lu Ren heave a sigh of relief, and hurriedly expressed her gratitude to Qingji.

Among the subjugated kings who were treated kindly by Qingji, Lu Ren was undoubtedly treated the best.

Because the territory of Qi State is indeed large enough.

It is worth celebrating and avoiding treating Lu Ren so kindly.

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After Qi State declared its fall, Song State and Lu State also knew that they could not resist the invasion of Wu State's army.

In addition, these two countries are not good at war, but a country of etiquette. Seeing that Qing Ji treated Lu Ren so kindly, they all came down with courtesy.

Qingji then canonized Song Prince Luan as "Marquis of Song", and concubine Luan, the king of Lu, will give them the title of "Marquis of Lu" and give each of them a thousand households in the original capital. It is also a reward for hundreds of thousands of strong people.

However, it is inevitable that they and their families, as well as a group of clan children, must settle down in Xianyang.

With the fall of the three kingdoms of Qi, Song, and Lu, the remaining three northern kingdoms, Yan, Dai, and Zhongshan, are still lingering.

Qingji sent envoys long ago, asking the three northern countries to surrender with courtesy.

However, there was no news, or they were severely rejected.

For a while, Qingji couldn't easily go to war and destroy the three northern countries, so he could only endure it for a while, and waited to send troops again next year.

When Qingji returned to Xianyang, it was already the eleventh month of the lunar calendar in 483 BC.

According to the usual practice, Qingji held a grand court meeting in the Chongzheng Hall, and all ministers with a rank of more than six hundred shi in the court must be present to participate.

"The land of the old guard, set up Dongjun."

"The land of Gulu is located in Taishan County."

"The land of the old Song Dynasty is located in Donghai County."

"The land of Qi was divided into two, and Bohai County and Langya County were set up."

"In addition, the original Shang County was divided into two, and Beidi County was set up separately."

Originally, Shangjun was the largest county in the state of Wu, but the city was relatively small and the people's hearts had not yet been attached, so the state of Wu has been sparing no effort to develop it.

Such a large Shangjun is not in the actual interests of Wu.

Nor is it necessarily easy to manage.

Therefore, considering the actual requirements, Qingji decided to divide half of Shang County and set up another Beidi County.

What they did was just to unify the governance and divide the power of the original Shangjun.

After the addition of Beidi County, Dong County, Donghai County, Taishan County, Bohai County, and Langya County, the Wu State at this time already had a total of 41 counties.

They are: Wu County, Kuaiji County, Jiujiang County, Sishui County, Minzhong County, Lujiang County, Cangwu County, Nanhai County, Xiang County, Guilin County, Nan County, Nanyang County, Yuzhang County, Qianzhong County, Dian County , Jiaozhi County, Hanzhong County, Hengshan County, Wuling County, Sanchuan County, Huaishui County, Ba County, Shu County, Chang'an County, Shang County, Longxi County, Hedong County, Yingchuan County, Shangdang County, Jibei County, Qinghe County , Hengshan County, Taiyuan County, Hanoi County, Wei County, Beidi County, Dong County, Donghai County, Taishan County, Bohai County, and Langya County.

In terms of population, Qing Ji conservatively estimated that the total population of Wu at this time exceeded the 3000 million mark.

However, Yan, Dai, and Zhongshan, which have not yet been destroyed by Wu, may not have a combined population of more than 300 million. It is just that the military strength of the three northern countries is relatively strong (militarism), that's all.

It may be more difficult for Qingji to destroy the three northern countries.

Why?

Because there are all elite teachers from Yan, Dai, and Zhongshan, it is not easy to provoke them.

Dai State was established by Zhao Wuxie on the basis of Zhao State, with Dai Land as the foundation.

However, in the past two years, Zhao Wuxie has been devoting himself to expanding the frontiers and territories, driving away the Donghu people, annexing Loufan, Xiongnu and other tribes, and setting up Dai Commandery, Yanmen County and Yunzhong County.

As a rising star, Dai's military strength is not weaker than that of Yan and Zhongshan.

Needless to say, the Zhongshan Kingdom has the smallest territory among the three northern kingdoms, but its military strength is at its peak, unruly, and it fights very bravely.

Even Wu Junrui's one-on-one fight with the Zhongshan warriors didn't take much advantage.

As an ancient vassal state, Yan State has existed for the longest time, and its comprehensive national strength is the strongest among the three northern countries, but its military strength is relatively weak.

The persimmons have to be picked softly, and the state of Wu will fight frequently. If the war of unification continues, the next country to be wiped out, if nothing else, will be the state of Yan.

However, Dai and Zhongshan may not stand idly by.

In view of this, Qingji did not take advantage of the momentum of annexing the three eastern countries, and sent troops northward in one go.

(End of this chapter)