A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 147 Fan Li Envoy Qi
After Wu Zixu was named Huai'an Order, he finally gained the right to participate in national decision-making.After returning to Huai'an, Wu Zixu wrote "National Policy" and told Wang Qi his views on the future development of Huai State.

Wu Zixu's point of view is consistent with Sun Wu's point of view. Huai country can no longer develop north or south, and its long and narrow land is not conducive to ruling, so it should develop westward.

Although Wu Zixu had elements of revenge in it, Wang Qi has to say that the "National Policy" written by Wu Zixu is indeed very good.Wang Qi couldn't help but be moved when he saw it.

"Wu Qing, although this strategy is good, it is not a good opportunity to attack Chu at this time!" Wang Qi said.

"Your Majesty, Xiongju in the state of Chu slaughtered the clan. There are many dissatisfied people in the state of Chu. At this time, when they attack Chu, I would like to go to the state of Chu to persuade them to defect." Wu Zixu said.

Wang Qi shook his head and said, "I believe in Wu Qing's judgment, and I also believe that if the Huai country attacks Chu, someone will respond, but do they respond to Huai country because they want to support Huai country?"

"No, they just lost their interests, and they want to use the power of the Huai country to regain it. How can a group of insects at both ends rely on them to accomplish anything?"

Wu Zixu was silent for a moment, then cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me, but I am not worried anymore."

Wang Qi smiled and said, "Although it is not the best time to attack Chu, some preparations still need to be made."

"When the first emperor built a city in the west of Wudi and south of the great river, he named it Jinling. If he wanted to attack Chu, he could hoard food, grass and equipment here. You can go to Jinling to build a city and hoard supplies. When the time comes, the army will come You can send your troops to the west to attack Chu."

"Wu Qing is willing to go?"

Wu Zixu immediately said: "Your Majesty, I am willing to go."

Immediately, Wang Qi ordered Wu Zixu to also take over Jinling.This assignment is not a good thing, there are many things to do, it is very hard, and it is impossible to be competent if you are not capable enough. Wang Qi was very happy to hear that Wu Zixu was willing.

Chu State is so strong that it cannot be annexed in a day. Wang Qi has already prepared for a long-term battle. At the same time, in order to guard against Qi State in the north, Wang Qi intends to find something for Qi State to do.

After Cui Zhu killed the king, Prince Chujiu of the State of Qi came to the throne.However, the political situation in Qi State was not stable. After Cui Zhu killed the king, he monopolized the power, which made other princes and officials in Qi State very dissatisfied.

So the princes and nobles of Qi joined forces to attack and kill the Cui family, and the Cui family was wiped out.

Originally, the matter was almost over here, but the hidden guards of Huai country suddenly discovered something interesting.

Another Shangqing in Qi State, the Tian family is actually buying people's hearts.

Several other officials of the public clan are dividing up Cui's land, power, gold, silver and jewelry, but Tian's is actually winning people's hearts.

The Tian family gathered a large number of refugees caused by this civil strife, and distributed them food and land, and these people followed the Tian family to their fiefs one after another.

A large number of people entered the Tian clan's fiefdom, which made the Tian clan, which was originally not very powerful, soar in strength.

Land, money, and rights are indeed important, but all of these require population transformation. Without population, all this is empty talk.

The Tian family saw it very clearly, and directly used the method of buying people's hearts to remove the population here.Therefore, although several other officials of the public clan obtained land, gold, silver and jewelry, their strength did not increase much.

Moreover, the expansion of the territory of these princes and officials will also attract the attention of Marquis Qi.

Everyone didn't care about Tian's way of buying people's hearts, and many people even praised Tian's benevolence.But in Wang Qi's view, this is a big conspiracy.

Zijue was heartbroken for the sake of his son, and recorded in detail all kinds of things that seemed loyal but were actually treacherous.A very important step in this is to buy people's hearts.

Sure enough, it didn't take long before Tian became a doctor and collected taxes for the country.This field beggar doctor can be described as a good strategy.

Taxes have always been collected by big buckets, and grain is released by small buckets for people to borrow.Then taxpayers profit from it.

The farm beggar didn't do that. He used small dou to collect taxes and food from the people, used big dou to lend money to the people, and used small dou to calculate when the people returned.

With this entry and exit, the people paid a lot less taxes, and it was even worse to borrow food. Not only did they have no interest, but even the principal was returned at a discount.

Just imagine, someone lends you 100 million yuan, and then you don't want to pay interest, and you only need to pay back 80 yuan when you repay the loan.Such a person, people still don't worship him as an ancestor.

By doing so, Tian Qi can be said to have gained a very high reputation.

Originally, this had nothing to do with the Huai Kingdom, but this Duke of Qi was not very peaceful. Ever since Qi came to the throne, he had been trying to restore the hegemony of Duke Huan of Qi, which was completely different from the absurdities of the previous Marquis of Qi.

This Marquis of Qi worked hard and was very diligent in governing, and the strength of Qi State began to recover. If it continues to develop like this, it is not impossible for Qi State to restore Duke Huan's hegemony.

Huai State was about to attack Chu State, but at this time, it didn't want to confront Qi State, which would involve energy, so Wang Qi planned to do something.He intends to provoke a fight between the Marquis of Qi and the nobles and nobles of Qi.

Wang Qi sent someone to invite Zuo Chancellor Fan Li.Fan Li was born in the male family, after Duke Zhao of Huaiwu. When Duke Wu Zhao annexed Wu, he left his concubine son in Wu to assist Huai in governing Wu.

Fan Li was the patriarch of this generation. He was sent to the palace when he was young, and grew up with the children of the government. He soon showed his extraordinary talents. Later, when Wang Qi came to the throne, he was appointed as the left minister.

"Fan Qing, there is one thing that requires you to do it yourself!" Seeing Fan Li approaching, Wang Qi said with a smile.

"I don't know what's the matter with your lord?" Fan Li asked.

Then Wang Qi recounted the matter, and then said: "I need an eloquent person to go to Qi State to provoke the relationship between Qi State's official family and the princes. Fan Qing is willing to go?"

Fan Li immediately cupped his hands and said, "Leave this matter to the minister!"

Fan Li became an official in the state of Qi.

Qi Hou was very happy with Fan Li's arrival.Fan Li's banner here is that Huai State wants to reconcile with Qi State.

The strength of the Huai country is well known throughout the world.If it can be reconciled with Huai State, the pressure on Qi State will be relieved a lot.Moreover, Fan Li inherited the handsome appearance of the Wang family.

No matter in any era, having a handsome appearance is a natural advantage.

Fan Li was warmly received in the State of Qi. At the banquet, Fan Li quickly discovered his target, Tian Qi. Those eyes were very bright.

And at the banquet, almost everyone would praise Tian Qi for his benevolence, and Fan Li couldn't help but look at him a few more times in this situation.He thought to himself: "If this person is not a sage, he must be a treacherous and evil person!"

(End of this chapter)