A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 10 Reform
After Zijue married Xu Guo, his national power increased rapidly. As a survivor of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, all countries in Bangzhou and Zhou were very wary of Huaiguo, and Zijue had been strengthening his armaments.

The original army of only a thousand people has expanded to 5000 people. If the Huai country wants a stable environment, it must have a strong army.Fortunately, the Huai country used cattle farming technology and had the benefit of fishing and salt, otherwise it would not be able to support such a high proportion of troops.

When Huai State was developing rapidly, major political changes also took place in Bangzhou. Zhou Chengwang Jiyong was in charge, and Dazai Dan left Haojing for Chengzhou.This political change also dissipated the original rumors about Dazai Dan.

Although Zhou Cheng Wang Jiyong was not as talented as Wu Wang and had no military knowledge, but under the guidance of Dazaidan, Taigongwang and others, his political level was extremely high, and he was a rare Mingjun.

Bang Zhou is in full swing at this time, Zijue has been keeping a low profile, not to stimulate Bang Zhou.After the Huai country died down and began to do business with the surrounding Fang countries, Qi, Lu, Tan, Ju and other Fang countries did not pay attention to the Huai country for the time being.

After these Fang countries suffered a loss, they knew that the Huai country was a hard bone and it was not easy to chew on it, so they began to deal with Dongyi and Huaiyi.Although Dongyi and Huaiyi are also powerful, they are not as powerful as these states, Zhou Fangguo, and the conquest of these states has more victories than defeats.

Huai State began to develop southward after making false claims against the states of Bangzhou.He always remembered that to the south of Huai State, there were also Wu State and Yue State.

Although the Zhou royal family looked down on Wu Guo, they only conferred the title of Viscount Wu, and the relationship was not good.But Zijue didn't dare to bet, if when Huai State and Bang Zhou were fighting, Wu State would attack from behind, it would be fatal.

Therefore, Zijue intends to settle the state of Wu. Of course, another reason is that the state of Wu is located in a remote area and is regarded as a barbarian by Bang Zhou, and the state of Wu does not pay tribute to the royal family of Zhou. Nebang Zhou would not know either.At the same time, the annexation of Wu State will also greatly increase the strength of Huai State.

However, although the state of Wu is a barbarian state in the eyes of Bang Zhou, its strength is not weak, and it is also a large country with a population of 30.Wanting to annex Wu Guofei is a matter of one day and one night.Zijue just set a direction, and this annexation process may take a hundred years or even longer.

At the same time, the Huai State also began to use troops against the Huaiyi and Dongyi tribes who were unwilling to submit.

These Huaiyi and Dongyi tribes naturally do not have an advantage in fighting with the Huai country. After a few blows, they will gradually decline and be annexed by the Huai country.

Because after Zijue eased the relationship with the eastern countries, the Huai country did not go to war with the eastern countries in the following time.Of course, a large part of this is due to the disastrous defeat in the two wars.

Especially for the second time, the sight of the heavenly fire descending into the world has become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Originally, these vassal states wanted to block the reason for the defeat, but after Zijue released those captives, they couldn't hold back anymore.

The Eastern princes dare not gamble on whether there will be another fire from heaven.There are even rumors that Yin Shang's destiny has not been cut off, but has been inherited by Zijue.

Before being sure about these, the Eastern princes dared not do anything.Of course, this deterrence is also decreasing over time, Zijue estimates that it will take more than ten years at most.The new generation will forget about this incident, and the war between Huai country and the Eastern princes will break out again.

After determining the national policy, Huaiguo entered a stage of rapid development.Zijue looked at the changes in Huai Country, feeling like he was playing a strategy game. Those Huaiyi tribes were merged into Huai Country one by one, and the land of Huai Country expanded little by little.And the data on his system interface will also be updated.

At the same time, Zijue also began to use the knowledge of his previous life to climb the technology tree.It's a pity that he was not a science student in his previous life, he understood a lot of things, and he was in a state of half a bottle of water.

He knew that iron was better than bronze, but he didn't know how to make iron, and there were problems with everything else.The only good point is the farming problem.

The main reason is that he was born in a rural area and is fairly familiar with farming.In this era, farming accounted for a very high proportion in a square country, and it can be said to be the cornerstone of the square country.

Chemical fertilizers cannot be produced, but farmyard manure is available. In addition, facilities such as farmland water conservancy are also being built.At the same time, Zijue is also using the knowledge of his previous life to guide and guide the craftsmen in Huai Kingdom to improve their tools a little bit, and to climb the technology tree.Even Zijue ordered that anyone who innovates and improves technology, regardless of origin, whether you are a craftsman, farmer, noble or even a slave, can be rewarded.

Slaves can be pardoned and obtained the status of nationals, nationals can obtain titles and become nobles, and nobles can obtain fiefdoms.In addition to these measures, Zijue also attaches great importance to military merit.At that time, Yu, because he captured Shanhou, made Zijue a nobleman.

There are also a few others who were named nobles because of their military exploits.Huai country's noble titles are based on Yin Shang, and Bang Zhou's titles are divided into five classes, but because Huai country has a small population and less land, Zijue did not enfeoff, but adopted the Shiyi system.

In the future, when the territory of Huai State expands, nobles who have made great achievements can be granted fiefdoms.

Because of the small population, Zijue also changed the human sacrifice system since the Xia Dynasty.In the past, as long as there was a major event in the Shang Dynasty, sacrifices were held, and every sacrifice required the killing of slaves as human sacrifices.There are as few as a few people at a time, and as many as dozens or hundreds.

Originally, the population of Huai Country was small now, and Zijue was eager to rob people, so naturally he would not kill slaves as human sacrifices, but instead used three animals and six animals.Of course, because cattle farming has now been developed, cattle farming has become very important, so it is stipulated that cattle will be used for sacrifices except for the most important sacrifices.

At the same time, Zijue also stipulated that the slaughter of farm cattle is not allowed, and only after the cattle die of old age or disease and confirmed by officials can they be slaughtered and shared.

As for the burial method of using slaves to bury people after death, it was also abolished, and it was changed to be buried with figurines.Fortunately, Zijue defeated Bangzhou in succession, and with the help of heavy rain and sky fire vision, his prestige in Huai Kingdom was like the sky.So these changes can be implemented.

On the other hand, the nobles in Huai country are not very powerful, and there are no wizards, otherwise these people will definitely fight against him.

Yin Shang was originally a society that attached great importance to ghosts and gods, and those who sacrificed to wizards also had great rights.Back then when the Yin and Shang dynasties collapsed, the battle of Muye was defeated, and the Emperor Xinren rebelled against relatives, some of the reasons were because of these wizards and priests.

Emperor Xin and those noble priests competed for power and profit, which made it impossible for Yin Shang to work together.It can only be said that Di Xin's political skills are a bit rough, and he wants to concentrate power, but he is a little eager for quick success.

——When the system of human sacrifice appeared remains to be verified, but it already existed in the prehistoric civilization period, but it was King Jue of Huai who clearly abolished the system of burial first.Huai State was also the first Fang State to abolish the system of sacrificial burial. "Ancient Tomb Styles and the Abolition of Sacrificial Burial System"

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