Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 493, Gongyang Order Returns to the Central Plains

After Xianyang learned that Li Muma had stepped on the royal court and eliminated the last resistance of the Xiongnu, the grassland war that lasted for three months finally came to an end.

Ying Zheng commended Li Mu in public in the court hall. After arranging the return of various army troops to the court, Ying Zheng summoned the three ministers and nine ministers for a small meeting.

Looking at everyone gathered, Ying Zheng said

"I have summoned you this time for one thing. The Huns have surrendered, and the Hu people also took the initiative to surrender after learning that the Huns had surrendered. But the grassland is not the Central Plains. The Huns and Hu people are mostly nomadic tribes, and the region There are few adults, so we cannot build cities and rule the people as we do in the Central Plains. The purpose of calling you here is to discuss how to manage the grassland."

Han Fei thought about it and stepped forward and said

"In the past, after the Qin State attacked and destroyed the Yiqu State, it adopted a gentle policy, intermarried with it, gradually built cities, and encouraged the coexistence of farming and nomadic life between the Qin State and the Yiqu State. It could not only effectively rule the Yiqu people, but also It will arouse opposition from the Yiqu people. I feel that this method can become the basis for our rule over the grassland."

"I have discussed it with Tonggu. The method of Yiqu State is not suitable on the grassland. Although the original Yiqu State was also based on nomadic life, it had trade and marriage with Qin for a long time, and the land it occupied Most of the land is fertile farmland, so we can surrender the Yiqu Kingdom as soon as possible. The grassland is purely nomadic, and the land is barren and not suitable for farming." Ying Zheng shook his head and said.

"Although they are different, they do have reference value. Can we use the Heyangli tribe and the Abatu tribe as a reference to build cities to control strategic areas, and at the same time support the tribes close to us and let them manage the grasslands on our behalf. When the time is right, we will take back power and build cities to control the grassland," Zhang Cang said.

"There are some possibilities, but there are not many people we can trust on the grassland." Ying Zheng shook his head and said.

Hearing Ying Zheng's words, Han Fei's heart trembled. He naturally knew who the untrustworthy person Ying Zheng was referring to was. Among the people within the Xiongnu who could help Qin rule the grasslands, apart from the Tuba tribe under Gongyang Ling, there was only one Weizhuang left. But Wei Zhuang was forced to leave the grassland in the first place, and his hatred for Qin was not ordinary.

Wei Zhuang was also a proud man, so Han Fei didn't have much confidence in asking him to help Qin manage the grassland. If only one puppet is supported to govern the grassland, the puppet will inevitably grow bigger in the end, and the puppets must check and balance each other.

Although He Yangli and Abatu are now second to none in the Youxian King's tribe, some tribes in the Youxian King's tribe that were tired of them were also secretly supported by the Qin State, and controlled these tribes through infiltration. Then compete with the two. This is why He Yangli and Abatu must express their loyalty to Ying Zheng. If they don't express their loyalty, Ying Zheng can replace them at any time.

The three gongs and nine ministers began to discuss other methods, or suggested that the tribe could act as a puppet.

Looking at the three princes and nine ministers arguing below, Ying Zheng missed Ziyou very much at this moment. After learning that Li Muma had trampled on the Xiongnu royal court, Ziyou set off for Daijun, and Ziyou's purpose was Gongyang Ling. Gongyang Ling worked diligently for the Huns in the Central Plains for decades. It can be said that the reason why Qin was able to defeat the Huns so quickly and easily was all because of Gongyang Ling's contribution.

Now that Gongyang Ling had retired, Ziyou took all the leaders of the Confucian factions to greet this great Confucian of the Gongyang family.

Daijun, Yanmen Pass.

Ziyou and countless people from various sects of Baijia were waiting silently under the battle city for Li Mu, who was about to regroup, and Gongyang Ling, who had returned from the Huns.

Hundreds of schools and sects stand in different positions.

The Confucians headed by Ziyou stood in the middle. The Confucian team was filled with countless great Confucians, including Fu Nian, Yan Lu, Shen Shiyu and so on. On either side of Confucianism are Taoism and Mohism.

The Taoist family is headed by Xiaomeng, while the Mohist family is headed by Jing Ke. All the six major leaders of the Mohist family have arrived. Shangui and Hebo from the Yin Yang family, Gongsun Linglong from the famous family, etc.

"Brother Ziyou, what arrangements are Confucianists going to make after Mr. Gong Yangling comes back?" Jing Ke ran to Ziyou out of boredom and started talking nonsense.

"I don't know. The Gongyang family has prepared all the rituals. Gongyang Ru has regarded Mr. Gong Yangling as the fourth member of the Gongyang Confucian temple besides Confucius, the founder of Gong Yang Ru and me. I'm here." Ziyou said.

What Gongyang Ling did to the Xiongnu can be said to be what every Gongyang Confucian dreamed of. Bearing a blood feud, he endured the humiliation for revenge and went undercover among the Huns, slowly plotting to calm the anger in Gong Yangling's heart at the cost of the country's subjugation. Not only that, in the process of revenge, Gongyang Ling carried out royal teachings, civilized the Xiongnu, spread Confucianism, and expanded the territory. Each of these things poked the climax in the hearts of every Confucian disciple.

Looking at the Confucian team, Jing Ke smacked his lips and said

"You Confucians are really lucky. Monsters like you appear one after another."

Among the Confucians, there are three outstanding figures of the younger generation: Fu Nian, Zi You and Yan Lu. Six outstanding figures are Han Fei, Li Si, Zhang Cang, Mao Heng, Fu Qiu Bo and Lu Jia. Although Han Fei and Li Si were honored by the Legalists, after the emergence of the Confucian-Legalist faction within Confucianism, Han Fei and Li Si were reclassified into Confucianism.

Although the reputations of Mao Heng, Fu Qiubo and Lu Jia are not as great as those of Han Fei, Li Si and Zhang Cang, they are still well-known both in the world and in the court. The "Mao Poems" compiled by Mao Heng has been widely spread, and Fu Qiubo has been widely spread. Qiu Bo inherited Xunzi's characteristic of accepting disciples. Now Fu Qiu Bo has so many disciples that he can form his own sect. Moreover, Fu Qiu Bo does not relax about these disciples just because of the large number of them. Instead, he has strict requirements for everyone. , so the world praises Fuqiu Bo as the wise man of the world. As for Lu Jia, the main figures in Qin's expansion of the Western Regions are Lu Jia and Gongsun Bai.

According to the information Jing Ke received, Lu Jia and Gongsun Bai took their caravan to the Western Regions and took control of a small country in the Western Regions. Although Jing Ke did not know how the two got there, the Mohist intelligence did say so.

"The Mo family is not bad either." Ziyou glanced at Gongsun Liji's slightly growing belly and said, "How many months have it been?"

"I just showed my pregnancy, a little over three months ago." Jing Ke winked at Ziyou and said.

Ziyou took a deep look at Gongsun Liji. Ziyou knew very well that the child in Gongsun Liji's belly was the destined son of this world, Jing Tianming. It's just that because of his various interferences, Tianming is no longer Ying Zheng's adopted son, the young master of Qin, but the real young master of the Mo family.

"I've been married for such a long time, but I haven't seen any movement from your wives." Jing Ke asked curiously.

"You got married much earlier than I did. Aren't you just having children now?" Ziyou rolled his eyes angrily.

Jing Ke scratched his head, looked up, and found a black bird flag in front of him, and immediately said excitedly

"coming!"

Jing Ke's voice attracted the people who were wandering away from the sky, and they all straightened their clothes and looked forward. As the Black Bird Flag gradually approached, the mighty Qin army appeared in everyone's sight.

In the middle of the army, a chariot and a carriage were walking side by side. Gongyang Ling was lying in the carriage. Through the opened curtain, he saw the top of Yanmen Pass. Suddenly, Gongyang Ling's heart rose. His eyes began to turn red with a feeling of homesickness. This is not the first time Gongyang Ling has come to Yanmen Pass. Before he came to Yanmen Pass, he accompanied Touman to invade south. This time he came to Yanmen Pass to go home.

As the carriage stopped, Wei Zhuang and Li Mu opened the curtains and said to Gongyang Ling

"Old sir, the gate of Yanmen has arrived, and everyone is waiting for you!"

"it is good."

Gongyang Ling stood up and slowly stepped out of the carriage with the support of Wei Zhuang and Li Mu. Looking at Yanmen Pass in front of him and the people from hundreds of families standing under Yanmen Pass, Gongyang Ling couldn't help but speed up his pace a lot, and tears filled his eyes. It flowed down uncontrollably.

"Go home! Go home!" Gongyang Ling said tremblingly.

Wei Zhuang and Li Mu remained silent. They were the two people who could best understand the difficulty of Gongyang Order. Wei Zhuang knew firsthand what life was like in the Huns. And Li Mu, because he had been dealing with the Huns all year round, naturally knew what the life of the Central Plains people was like among the Huns.

Gongyang Ling walked up to Ziyou and others.

"Thank you sir!" Ziyou said as he led hundreds of people from the family to salute Gongyang Ling.

Seeing so many people from hundreds of families saluting him, Gongyang Ling let go of Wei Zhuang and Li Mu's support and returned the salute to everyone.

"Please come and pick me up."

"The old man has made great contributions to the Central Plains. We are just here to pick him up. What's the hard work?" Fu Nian said.

Gongyang Ling only smiled and said nothing. He would not take credit for his achievements. His purpose was revenge, not to be a hero of the Central Plains. His purpose was simply revenge.

Then Gongyang Ling entered Yanmen Pass under the welcome of Baijia, but Ziyou did not leave but looked at Wei Zhuang on the side.

"I said at the beginning that you would not be allowed to enter the Central Plains again, but now this sentence is invalid." Ziyou said.

"Are you pitying me?" Wei Zhuang said coldly.

"No, I asked you to leave the Central Plains in the first place because I know that you, like Zhang Liang, will do your best to avenge and restore the country after Korea is destroyed. Compared to Zhang Liang, I am even less willing to let you become my opponent, because you He is more capable and ruthless than Zhang Liang," Ziyou said.

"Can I take these as compliments?" Wei Zhuang sneered, "Aren't you afraid of my revenge now? I am not what I was before. I can summon an army of 100,000 cavalry in my hands at any time."

"If you want revenge, you can come at any time. Even if you want to restore the country in Yingchuan County, the people of Korea will not be willing." Ziyou shook his head and said.

Ziyou only regarded Wei Zhuang's words as Wei Zhuang's harsh words. One hundred thousand cavalry is no threat to the current Qin State. Ziyou knew very well that Wei Zhuang also knew this. Wei Zhuang must have known about Li Mu's bombardment of the Xiongnu army, which caused the Xiongnu army to be completely routed.

Wei Zhuang just remained silent in response to Zi You's words. When he came to the grassland, apart from Gui Guzi's request, he had nothing to do. After I arrived in the grassland, Wei Zhuang followed me back to the Central Plains, and I never stopped collecting information about the Central Plains. He is also very aware of the lives of the people in various parts of the Qin State. Compared with Zhang Liang's unwillingness to give up until the Yellow River, Wei Zhuang has long since given up on the idea of ​​restoring the country.

"I know. If I want to go back to the Central Plains, I can go back by myself. I don't need your permission at all. I can stay in the grassland if I want to. No one can drive me away." After Wei Zhuang said coldly, he moved towards Yanmen Pass. go in the direction.

Looking at Wei Zhuang's leaving figure, Ziyou smiled and said nothing. Although Wei Zhuang spoke harshly, Ziyou already knew his true thoughts. Wei Zhuang wanted to stay in the grassland.

After Baijia picked up Gongyang Ling, they went to the grassland according to the originally agreed method to harvest the luck of the grassland. They were ready to swallow the luck of the grassland completely and let another hero appear in the grassland. Only in this life. Can become part of the Qin State.

Ziyou followed Li Mu's army back to the court. When Ziyou returned to Xianyang, Ying Zheng and many ministers also discussed a way to manage the grassland.

Based on what Zhang Cang proposed, the Xiongnu were divided into five parts, with Tuba, Heyang, Abatu and Weizhuang as the four major tribes. The Qin State occupied the most important strategic location and built With three cities as the center, the four tribes could check and balance each other to rule the grasslands.

The Hu people divided it into three parts: Loufan, Zhanlin and Donghu according to their own divisions, with Linhu as the center. The Linhu royal family and the Donghu royal family respectively retained their own tribal areas, and at the same time they loved you Lou. Fan and Zhan Lin became independent, allowing the four tribes to check and balance each other.

Similarly, let their king go to Xianyang to pay homage, and then be canonized by Ying Zheng. From now on, only the leaders of the eight major tribes who have been canonized by King Qin will be the orthodox tribal leaders and have the power to rule the grassland. Their descendants will also be sent to the Great Qin Academy The palace received education from the Central Plains culture.

Ziyou also thinks that the result negotiated by Ying Zheng and the ministers is excellent. After the army rewards were completed, He Yangli and Abatu also sent back to Xianyang the news that they had captured Yanzhi Mountain and opened the road to the Western Regions.

When Dayuezhi saw that Qin had destroyed the Xiongnu and Hu people, they thought that they could not even defeat the Zuoxian King, let alone Qin, so they surrendered and expressed their willingness to become a vassal state of Qin and pay tribute to Qin. , and at the same time withdraw his troops from all roads in the Western Region to show sincerity.

The Qin State is also happy to see Dayuezhi's behavior of being a talented person who knows the current affairs, which can save the Qin State a lot of troublesome things.

After doing all this, the Qin State began a policy of recuperation. People all over the country began to recuperate and recover, and hundreds of families began to actively prepare to go to the Western Regions.

Under Fusu's governance, the people of the Chu State gradually lost their resistance to the Qin State. In the third year after Fusu became King of Chu, the Chu State formally integrated into the Qin State and became a part of the Qin State. The huge Chu State The country was also divided into seven counties, and Qin realized the true unification of the six countries.

(End of this chapter)