A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 178 The Black Belly Wang Pu

Chu State and Qi State attacked Wei State, because they were worried that Huai State would take the opportunity to attack, so they did not mobilize the whole country's army to attack Wei State.Therefore, although the battle was defeated, the country still has a large army guarding it.

The world is raging with war, and the princes are constantly attacking.No one thought that a small state of Wei would defeat Qin, defeat Chu, capture Qihou, and dominate the world.

While the Central Plains was raging with war, the Huai Kingdom in the south was relatively peaceful. After Wang Qi moved the capital to Jinling, the treasury was full after decades of development.After seeing the disputes in the Central Plains, Wang Pu began to annex the surrounding small countries.

When Huai State competed with Chu State at the beginning, it did not annex Lu State and Zhoulai to the north of Chao State, and the small states east of Zhong and Cai.Now that the Huai country has digested its land and its national strength is strong, Wang Pu began to annex these small countries.

Among these small countries, the State of Zhou is the largest, but even the State of Zhou has a population of only about 30, how can it compare with the State of Huai.

If the countries in the Central Plains hadn't become chaotic, Huai State might have attracted other countries to intervene when they captured the state, but now the reason why the Central Plains was stirred up by Wei State was already in chaos.

Wang Pu did not hesitate, and immediately ordered Xu Jun to be the Sima of the Left Army, commanding an army of [-] to annex the state.

Wang Pu sent troops on the grounds that Zhou Laiguo did not pay tribute to him, and that the former ruler Huai Wenxiang died and did not come to pay tribute to him. Of course, in order to reflect the benevolence and righteousness of our Huai Kingdom and distinguish it from the barbarians of Chu, Wang Pu gave Zhou Laiguo a chance to make up for it.

When Zhou Laiguo heard that Huai State sent troops, he quickly sent envoys with a large amount of goods to pay tribute to Huai State, and was willing to let the prince come as a hostage.

It's just that Wang Pu wanted to annex the state a long time ago, how could he give them a chance?The so-called opportunity actually never comes from the state.The two months were only used to prepare food and supplies for the army.

Wang Pu directly ordered the hidden guards to take action, find some savages and robbers, and besiege the missions from the state in the wilderness, blocking them to the north of the nest.As long as the state's missions did not appear on the land of Huai State, they did not come.You said you sent envoys?Sorry, I didn't see it, so I just didn't come.

Two months later, the Huai country mission hadn't come yet, so it was justifiable for Huai country to send troops again at this time.Duke Huai personally ordered to give you a chance, but you didn't come. This is not taking Huai country seriously.

All of a sudden, the people in the Huai country were excited, a small state dared to make such a big deal, and where would the face of the Huai country be saved if they were not punished?

Seeing that the army's morale was available, Wang Pu immediately ordered an army of [-] from Huai State to attack the state.

Zhoulai asked Qi and Chu for help, but Qi and Chu were attacking Wei at this time, how could they have time to manage Zhoulai?Zhoulai was isolated and helpless, and the Huai State army had sharp armor, equipped with iron armor and straight iron knives. Zhoulai still used bronze weapons, how could it be stopped?
Although Zhou Laiguo has already made preparations, the military power of Huai State is crushing for Zhou Laiguo, not to mention there are a large number of advanced siege equipment.

The trebuchet made by the craftsman was used to attack the city, and Zhou Laiguo couldn't resist it at all.After capturing a city, Wang Pu sent the Legalist disciples in the academy to take over the city.At the same time, all the noble officials in the city were removed and sent to Kuaiji.

Without the upper-class nobles, the Huai State confiscated a large amount of land and distributed it to the common people, completely abolishing the well field system and slavery in the state.Xu Jun promulgated and implemented a series of policies to benefit the people in the state after the reform of the Huai country, and immediately won the support of the people in the state.

Coupled with the strict military discipline of the Huai Army, anyone who dared to loot the people after breaking the city, burn, kill and rob, and rape women would be beheaded directly.Therefore, after the army of the Huai State entered the state, it was even more popular than the army of the state.

The reality is so magical. The nobles of Zhoulai Kingdom regard the common people as slaves. The so-called well field system has long since collapsed and become the property of the nobles. These common people are just slaves for the nobles to cultivate.

The people have no food and clothing, and work all day long, but there is nothing to eat.After the Huai army conquered the state and stabilized the situation, they opened warehouses to release grain, opened treasuries, and distributed the cloth and salt in them to the people.

At the same time, according to Wang Pu's order, every time a city was conquered, the legalist students began to implement the system of the Huai State here, cleared the land, moved the nobles and nobles, and divided the land equally among the people.

Although a series of operations may seem troublesome, the effect is surprisingly good. The people who had resisted Huaiguo's attack on the state immediately abandoned the state after seeing the system of Huaiguo.

Even before the Huai State army attacked, people continued to come to seek refuge spontaneously, willing to lead the way for the Huai State army, and willing to cooperate with the Huai State army to attack.

Since the Huai State occupied Xu Guochao State, it has not attacked the state for decades. After the state has no foreign aggression, the politics has become more and more corrupt, and the oppression of the lower class people has become more cruel.

After having the previous cities as examples, as soon as the Huai State army arrives, the people from the state will scramble to take refuge and lead the way.The Huai State occupied the entire state with little effort.

Of course, the Huai country's system can spread so quickly in the state, and a large part of this is due to the credit of the Huai country's secret guards.

The news that Huai State attacked Zhoulai State was not hidden. As a Mohist disciple, he also has the idea of ​​both love and non-attack.Many Mohist disciples wrote letters after knowing that Huai State was attacking the state, saying that Huai State's attack on the state was an unjust war, and begged Wang Pu not to attack the state.

Wang Pu kept all these letters, and waited until Huai State captured a city, and then ordered to meet the scholars of the Mohist school.

"Your Majesty, Zhoulai is not guilty. This battle to capture Zhoulai is an unjust war. Please withdraw your army." Qin Huali was not polite at all, and said directly after saluting.

Wang Pu is not angry either. As the third son of the Wang family, Wang Pu has a deep grasp of human nature. If you cut him apart, except for the charm of 95 on the outside, the inside is black.

However, Wang Pu, who is proficient in intrigue and manipulative techniques, has no gloomy personality. If it were another person, he would be a generation of heroes. However, under the influence of Wang's education and Zijue's interference, Wang Pu rarely used intrigue.

After hearing Qin Sliding's words, Wang Pu didn't answer, but waved his hand and asked the eunuch next to him to send a bamboo slip over for him to check.

"Qiu Lili, you Mohist put aside those ideas, his most basic ideal is to let the people live a good life, right, then you can see how the people's life is after Huai State has gone to the state!"

Qin Huali glanced at the bamboo slips quickly, and soon he was stunned, and murmured:
"Impossible, impossible, how could it be like this"

(End of this chapter)