A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 67 Huai and Wu, Guan Zhong Xiang Qi
The Huai army took advantage of the darkness to attack Meili, and Wang Sheng moved all the villagers out of the city and registered them.These people had undergone certain military training, were of good physical fitness, and were familiar with the land of Wu. Wang Sheng selected [-] of them to form an army.It is planned to move him and his family to Handi.

All the remaining folks moved to Huaibei, and then tens of thousands of Huai people migrated from Huainan to farm here.

Wu State was hundreds of miles away, and Huai State annexed it in this battle, directly expanding the country's territory by more than one-third.It just takes a lot of time to digest it.

Wang Sheng did not kill Marquis Wu, but brought the previous Marquis of Wu here. At the beginning, Wang Sheng wiped out [-] elites of the Wu Kingdom in the first battle, captured Marquis Wu and many nobles, and wanted him to persuade them to surrender, but the people in Meili directly Announced that Marquis Wu had died in battle, and then supported his son as Marquis Wu.

The two were Marquis Wu before and after, and meeting each other was a joyful expression of 'father's kindness and son's filial piety'. In the end, Marquis Wu was abolished by Wang Sheng and moved to Huai'an, where [-] households in Shiyi were sealed off to worship the ancestral temple.

After the state of Wu was destroyed, all the nobles in this city were deposed or beheaded, and then all moved to Huainan.These people have no land, no aristocratic status, if they can't display their talents and learning as soon as possible, and get an official position, they will soon disappear from everyone.

After sorting it out, all the nobles in the Wu Kingdom were removed, and those who dared to resist were killed directly.Until winter came, Wang Sheng finally sorted out the whole country of Wu.

At the same time, tens of thousands of households from the Huai country migrated. Most of these Huai country people were family members of soldiers who had made meritorious service in this battle. Wang Sheng directly rewarded these soldiers with a hundred acres of land.Then send a large army to garrison in Wu to prevent rebellion or other countries from attacking.

Wu has a population of about one million. After the Huai Kingdom annexed Wu, the population is about three to four million.In terms of population alone, only Jin and Chu can compare with Huai.

Even though Qi is a big country in the east, the population plus the savages in the wilderness is estimated to be more than 200 million.Due to its early development, Luoyi has a population of one million, but unfortunately, Zhou Tianzi can't control it.

After the land of Wu settled down, Wang Sheng commanded the army to return.

And just when Huai State annexed Wu State, Zijue also woke up from a deep sleep, and then saw that the luck black bird of Huai State had strengthened a lot, and the black spot on the Xuan bird body also became black. doubled than before.

Then Zijue checked the development over the past few decades, not long after Wang Linxie passed away, Zijue fell into a deep sleep.Unexpectedly, after three generations, his descendant would complete the feat of annexing Wu.

It's just that such a big move also made Bang Zhou's fate much bigger.

This time Zijue woke up from a deep sleep. One was that Huai State annexed Wu State, and the other was that something happened in Qi State, and son Xiaobai appeared on the stage.

As the beginning of hegemony politics, the occurrence of this major historical event had a great impact on Huai country.Zijue took a look at the fortunes he had collected over the years, and then chose to draw a lottery.

Wang Sheng used the power of the intelligence network to plunge Qi into civil strife. Duke Xiang of Qi was killed, and Gongsun Wuzhi became king on his own.But although this Gongsun Wuzhi has established himself as a king, he doesn't know how to win people's hearts, and instead starts to act recklessly.

Although Gongsun Wuzhi killed Qi Xianggong, his level of governance is not as good as Qi Xianggong.After ascension to the throne, he will not be called consecutively soon, and Guan Zhifu values ​​it.It directly opened the mode of extravagance and lust.But as a regicide and usurper, how could he convince those high officials?

Coupled with his reckless behavior, he insulted those high officials at least, and whipped them at worst, which has already annoyed many people.Finally, the patience of the Qing doctors reached the limit, and the doctor Yonglin took advantage of his hunting and beheaded him.

Because the Dukes of Qi State have been killing each other since Duke Ai of Qi, the princes of Qi State are very vigilant, and if there is any trouble, they will immediately run to other countries to seek refuge.

Before King Xiang was killed this time, the state of Qi was undercurrents.Young Master Jiu fled to the State of Lu, while Young Master Xiaobai fled to the State of Ju.

Sure enough, not long after they fled, Young Master Wuzhi killed Qi Xianggong, and within a few months, Young Master Wuzhi was killed again.At this time, the state of Qi had no king, only young master Jiu and young master Xiaobai were outside, so the senior officials of Qi invited the two young masters to return to the country to ascend the throne.

Prince Xiaobai and Prince Jiu set off from Ju and Lu respectively to return to Qi. Prince Jiu was worried that Prince Xiaobai would go back first, so he sent Guan Zhong and his men to block the way from Ju to Qi and assassinate Prince Xiaobai. He himself was escorted by the army of Lu State to Qi State.

Guan Zhong led the soldiers to intercept and kill Prince Xiaobai, and an arrow shot out, and Prince Xiaobai fell to the ground on his back. Guan Zhong thought that Prince Xiaobai was dead, so he sent someone to report victory.The son Xiaobai cheated Guan Zhong by feigning death, then hid in the car and rushed to Linzi in Qi State day and night.

However, Young Master Jiu swaggered towards Qi State, and finally arrived at the border of Qi State after walking for six days.On the other side, the son Xiaobai had already rushed back day and night, and with the support of the officials, he ascended the throne and became the Marquis of Qi.

After becoming the Marquis of Qi, the first thing the young master Xiaobai did was to gather an army to attack the State of Lu.The State of Lu was also very reconciled to the failure to support Prince Jiu as the Marquis of Qi, so the two sides fought while they were working.

The national strength of Qi State is stronger than that of Lu State, and this battle took place within the territory of Qi State, Qi State has the upper hand, but Lu State escorted Prince Jiu to ascend the throne, and did not expect a big battle, so the number of people is not large.One ebbs and another, let alone Qi's opponent.

In a great battle, the Lu army was defeated and the Qi State was victorious.So Qihou told Luhou with the prestige of great victory that he wanted him to kill the young master Jiu and all his party members, otherwise he would continue to attack the state of Lu. Bao Shuya, who protected the young master Xiaobai back home, quickly dissuaded him: "My lord, if you want to lead the army In combat, the subordinates can be competent, but if you want to make the Qi country great and shock the world, it must be Guan Zhong, and please forgive him."

Qihou said: "Why do you not want to be the prime minister to save the orphan in distress, but recommend Guan Zhong, who once wanted to kill the orphan?"

Bao Shuya said: "The minister and Guan Zhong have known each other since childhood, and their intelligence is extremely high. If the emperor can ignore the past and appoint Guan Zhong as his prime minister, Guan Zhong will definitely serve him to the death, and the state of Qi will prosper!"

"In addition, the name of the emperor's generosity and benevolence will also be spread to all countries. At that time, talented people from all countries will definitely compete to vote."

Qi Hou immediately agreed, and then deceived Lu Hou to let him send Guan Zhong back to Qi for questioning.

The state of Lu was not an opponent, so he had to agree to kill Prince Jiu, and then sent Guan Zhong back.

Guan Zhong thought he would die this time, but when he arrived in Qi State, he saw his friend Bao Shuya.Bao Shuya immediately told Guan Zhong that he had recommended Guan Zhong to the Marquis of Qi, and because he was worried that the Marquis of Lu would not let him go, he used the excuse of taking him back to the country and killing him.

After seeing Guan Zhong, the Marquis of Qi asked him some questions about governing the country, and Guan Zhong answered them one by one.Qi Hou was overjoyed, so he worshiped Guan Zhong as his chancellor and Bao Shuya as his great remonstrance.

When Duke Huan came to the throne, he wanted to worship Shu Ya as his chancellor, but Shu Ya refused, and recommended Guan Zhong, saying: "This Wang Zuo's talent can be used to become a hegemony." ——"Historical Records Qi Family"

(End of this chapter)