When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 487: The well is cut off and the city is restored to Xing

"Hey yo yo——"

The sun came out and Tongxian County became busy again.

There are hundreds of people here sealing the earth to build an altar.

The Xin clan's acceptance of the canonization of the South is about to begin.

As the foreman, Zisong sighed while looking at the busy work below.

Following Ying Qi, who was serving him, he looked at Wei Shanzhou from time to time.

Wei Shanzhou shook his head slightly, indicating that he should be quiet.

After waiting for about ten minutes, I heard the twentieth sigh again, and finally couldn't help but said: "Prince Song, actually I can't blame you. With the Xin family's business alliance, even Dongmian didn't reveal much. He didn't It's impossible for us to know what's going on in the west."

"Indeed." Zisong also nodded like this, but he was actually more concerned about Xin Qu's last words.

"What qualifications do you have to show off your ridiculous identity in front of me?"

This sentence is contemptuous, disdainful, and not concealed at all.

It directly broke the filter of Zisong's life for many years.

In front of the real powerful faction, his identity is just a joke from beginning to end.

Especially after He Danjia, the entire royal family was in civil strife, the public clan was in civil strife, and the princes were fighting.

The so-called grand occasion of eight hundred princes paying tribute has completely disappeared.

From then on, Shang's prosperity seemed to be short-lived.

In the past, although those noble families would look down on him, most of them would not be as direct as Xin Qu.

If you think about it carefully, those noble clans no longer look down on them. The cause and effect of hundreds of years of marriage and alliance are still there. There is still a blood relationship between the families, and the influence of the Shang clan has not been completely eliminated.

But the Xin family is different.

This was established by Xin Qu.

The Xin family in Kuzhai is the real body of the Youxin family. Even Xin Bing has no way to influence the current Youxin family. It can be seen that Xin Qu is the uncrowned king.

And Xinqu is very ambitious.

Zixun also knew that Xinqu was ambitious and wanted to take advantage of the decline of the royal family to expand his influence into the south.

The Xin family needs a status that matches their own strength, and they need to let the south know that there is such a existence in Youzhou.

But it is true that as Xinqu said, their royal family is weakened and they must have foreign aid.

Therefore, the appearance of Xin Qu and the cooperation between them are natural, with each other relying on each other and being wary of each other.

Now, Xinqu made it clear that his son Song was not worthy of another investment from Xinqu.

In other words, he became a fellow sufferer like Zihe.

Of course, after Zisong thought about it for a while, he still thought that Xinqu was just trying to intimidate him.

The rules of succession of the royal family cannot be changed easily by anyone.

Even if Zixun controlled the royal family, he would not dare to directly put himself in power.

Therefore, the next king can only be him.

Unless he's dead.

But if something happens to him before he takes over, it will be difficult for Zi Lian to secure his position.

In the final analysis, Xin's bet on him is dispensable.

However, Shanxi’s problem should indeed be taken seriously.

Once Shanxi becomes too powerful, the Hebei princes will be even more threatened.

He has to plan carefully and let the tribesmen near Hebei become his assistants.

"Clan leader! Clan leader!"

Xin Qu was passing by, and a postman jumped off his horse and handed Xin Qu a volume of documents.

Xin Qu opened it and looked at it, his expression was strange.

It says: Jingfang attacked Bi, captured the city and renamed it Xing, and paid tribute to shelter 6,000 people. The king stayed and sheltered the people, moved to Sanhe, and changed the name to Bi.

What this means is that Jingfang attacked the sanctuary under the banner of regaining the old land. After success, he changed his name to Xingyi, and then gave the 6,000 people in the sanctuary to the Shang king as tribute.

Then Shang Wanghe moved these 6,000 people to the vicinity of Dingtao. Dingtao, which was also called Sanhe at this time, was renamed Bi as the new capital and handed over to the people in the Bi area to live.

"what's going on?"

Xin Bing, who was following Xin Qu, asked curiously.

"Does Jing Fang know?"

"Jingfang?"

"The sanctuary was taken away. Now the sanctuary has been renamed Xingyi."

"What?" Raise an eyebrow.

"Yes, it is the Ren family whose surname is Feng." Xin Bing thought for a moment and said, "When the old witch passed by the Ren family before, he negotiated with them. I heard their tribesmen boast that their Ren family can measure wind and rain, and can talk. He also said that one day he must return to the south and his hometown of Dongyi.

By the way, although their surname is Feng, some of them have the surname Si on their maternal line.

The Xiahou clan and the Ren clan had close exchanges with each other, so they were not very friendly towards the Shang clan.

After Jing Fang was forced into exile last time, Ren had been friends with him, and the two parties were an alliance in a sense.

The sanctuary was taken away and Xingyi was restored. It seemed that the Shang royal family could no longer control the situation in the south. "

The geographical location of Xingtai is very important.

If it is lost over there, something big will happen.

"I think exactly the opposite." Xinqu sighed, "Zixun and the others started to take action."

"what?"

"Well, that's right." Xinqu raised his head and saw the lost Zisong not far away, "Zixun began to think of ways to connect the forces of his brothers.

Xingyi is very important, but Sanctuary is not weak either.

Didn't you say before that when Zixun and others retreated, they arranged a large amount of food in Northern Mongolia (Yin)?

Northern Mongolia is two hundred and sixty miles south of Xingdi.

Then five hundred miles east of Northern Mongolia is Xindi, where you are going next.

In other words, the three places of Xin, Yin, and Xing alone are a triangle, just stuck on the river.

After the fulcrum north of the river is established.

The new refuge is located in Juye Zedong, and the Zilian people are still in Gaoxin (Shangqiu), plus the Lu family in Yanshang, Linzi, and Mengshan.

The southern and eastern defense lines were jammed.

Now that the refugees have moved to the edge of Juye Ze, they are competing for territory with the local princes, and the two sides will inevitably conflict.

It was difficult for the refugees to return north, so they had to rely on the Shang royal family.

Then the defense on the east side of Juye will be solved by the shelter people, and then Zixun will not have to worry about the civil servants looking for foreign aid.

Because if foreign aid wants to go south, they must either go to Huayi, or go to Longfang's territory in Shufang, or they can only divert from Mingtiao, go to Juyeze, and go straight to Amishang.

If you want to capture the city, you have to face attacks from two forces at the same time.

One is the city itself, and the other is Zilian hiding in Gaoxin.

When you attack Biyi, Zi Lian will go upstream and attack the grain road behind you.

If you attack Zi Lian first, Bi Yi can also cut off your grain.

And even if you are lucky enough to capture Gaoxin, Amshang can still quickly move west along the river to support the refuge.

Zixun is building his defense line and has no intention of taking action immediately.

Of course, what I didn't expect the most was that he actually cooperated with Jing Fang.

Come to think of it, this is one of the few chips Zixun has in Hebei. "

"I think it has been re-negotiated." After listening to the analysis, Xin Bing raised his eyebrows and said, "The situation in the south may be much simpler than you think.

A group of disobedient tributary states were beaten back and forth by a group of princes. The princes also attacked each other, and the royal family had no way to contain them.

There are many nomadic farming clans like Jingfang in the east of Jizhou.

They are also experienced in battlefield battles. Except for the fact that their weapons are not sharp enough, they are not inferior to other tribes. "

Yes, otherwise it would have been destroyed long ago.

Xinqu nodded: "Since the south has started to play its cards, I can't be idle here. After that, I will arrange a batch of copper coins for you to go south. When they get there, half of them will be used for promotion, so that all the forces in the south can Can accept copper coin transactions.

If it’s not enough, send someone to me to pick it up. "

"Yes, you can, but aren't you afraid that you won't be able to supply the west?" Xin Binghu asked.

"Don't worry." Xin Qu showed a meaningful smile, "If copper starts to be traded as a general equivalent, someone will see the benefits and start to imitate it.

Once imitation begins, the quality will vary, which will lead to inflation.

When the time comes, I will be able to solve the problem by introducing a new currency. "

"New currency?"

"There are five baht coins for half a tael. A five-baht coin cannot be easily printed. There is a gap in technology and materials." Xin Qu played with the bamboo slips in his hand, and his smile gradually turned cold.

At that time, he exchanged a sum of five baht for a pile of half a liang, and then put it into the market further south, directly destroying the credit of the half a liang.

Five baht can become the smallest standard currency.

The copper, lead, and tin content of the five-baht coin are all very particular, and casting requires the help of steel molds. Otherwise, the made thing will be brittle, thin, and will break when pinched.

To solve the inflation problem, unless they can bear the pain and buy back, is it possible for the nobles to do so?

You know it if you think about it.

(End of this chapter)