A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 96: Qin and Zhao expanded territory, golden platform, past events

Four hundred and fifty-three years of the Bai Kingdom
The King of Qin was suffering from the inability to go east and the strength of the Qin State could not be improved, so he asked the officials of the Qin State for advice. At this time, Qin General Sima Cuo said: "Since the king cannot go east, why not go south? The three kingdoms of Ju, Ba, and Shu in the south The land is fertile due to constant internal fighting, and the military strength of the Three Kingdoms is simply vulnerable to our Qin State. If we advance southward, it will be easy!"

Zhang Yi objected: "Your Majesty, no, the land of Bashu is dangerous. It is said that it is even more dangerous than the Eight Passes of Taihang. Our Qin army will definitely suffer huge losses when advancing south. It is simply a drag on Qin to waste its limited power on such things." My country is Qin."

Sima Cuo added: "Bashu is indeed dangerous, but they fight among themselves all the year round. If we make good friends with one of them, they will definitely ask for help from us during their fights. In this way, with the help of the local people, we can easily enter the pass." .

After we enter the pass, with the combat effectiveness of our Qin army, can these barbarians be able to turn the world upside down? "

King Qin looked at Zhang Yi and asked, "What does the Prime Minister think?"

Zhang Yi thought: "If it is true as General Sima said, there may be big gains from going south!"

When the King of Qin saw that Zhang Yi no longer objected, he said, "In that case, I have decided to go south!"

Four hundred and fifty-four years of the Bai Kingdom
The State of Ba was at war with Shu and Ju. The State of Ba could not withstand the attacks of the two countries. It happened that the State of Qin extended an olive branch, and the State of Ba took advantage of the situation and asked Qin for help.

King Qin received the letter asking for help and knew that the window to the south was coming, so he sent Zhang Yi and Sima Cuo to rescue Ju and Ba. At this time, Shu and Ju were attacking Ba with all their strength, hoping to destroy Ba at once.

The rear was empty, and it was not expected that the Qin State would take advantage of the void and enter. As a result, the Qin army successfully passed through the natural barriers of Shu and Ju. By the time the two countries found out, the Qin army was already attacking the city.

The two countries quickly returned to their troops, but they were no match for the Qin army. Qin easily destroyed the two countries. The country of Pakistan is rejoicing in the demise of its thousand-year old enemy and is celebrating. The Qin army began to attack the country of Ba. In the eyes of the country of Ba, who were stunned and incomprehensible, the country of Ba became history. Not only that, in this battle, the Qin army also captured King Ba.

After the Qin State destroyed the Three Kingdoms, in order to better develop the three lands of Bashu, Shu and Ju, it was decided to establish three counties in Ba, Shu and Ju, namely Ba, Shu and Hanzhong respectively. The land of the three counties was divided into thirty-one county. And built a city in Jiangzhou.

Four hundred and fifty-sixth year of the Bai Kingdom
The King of Yan wanted to recruit talented people in order to strengthen the Yan State, but the Yan State was remote and few talents would come to the Yan State, so the King of Yan asked his minister Guo Wei.

Guo Wei said his plan: "If you really want to recruit talents, your Majesty, you might as well start with me, so that everyone in the world can see that a person as untalented as me is respected by you, let alone those who are so talented." What about people whose virtues and talents far exceed mine? In this way, talented people at home and abroad will travel thousands of miles to gather in our country."

King Yan followed Guo Wei's idea and built a magnificent palace. An auspicious day was chosen, a grand ceremony was held, and Guo Wei was respectfully invited to live in the new palace.

Not only that, King Yan had to visit him every day like a student asking a teacher. In addition, King Yan also built a high platform on the bank of Yishui River to attract wise men from all over the world. Thousands of taels of gold were placed on the stage. King Yan stipulated that as long as he was a scholar who came to Yan State, King Yan would give part of it as an entrance gift to the wise men.

After doing all this. King Yan asked the Blue Clothes Society to find the caravans of Qi and Bai to continue to promote King Yan's actions. Soon, everyone in the world knew that in order to obtain talented people, King Yan of the Yan State built a "golden platform", and any scholar who went to the Yan State could get gold.

Someone asked, what if I can’t get gold after traveling such a long distance? At this time, someone spoke out about King Yan's attitude towards Guo Wei. We all know that Guo Wei is a man of little fame, but he can still receive such treatment. We do not ask for such a high reward from him. A few pieces of gold are enough. The rest of our lives.

As a result, scholars from all over the world flocked to the Yan Kingdom.

Soon, the talents of Yan State were like a bucket filled with water, and there were so many talents that they were about to overflow. King Yan was a little distressed, and soon, minister Le Yi proposed a reform plan to King Yan. The King of Yan immediately ordered Leyi to be the reformer to carry out all-round reforms to the Yan State as if he were presented with a treasure.

First of all, in response to the serious situation of the Yan State's broken laws and officials' selfish interests, Le Yi taught the King of Yan to formulate laws and strictly enforce the legal system to strengthen the review and assessment of officials; secondly, he determined the employment principle of appointing officials based on their ability and abandoning "kissing". , the tradition of "noble and noble" selection of people, in order to clarify the evil deeds of the old aristocrats who formed cliques and abused their cronies when they were in power, so that the official administration of Yan State became increasingly clear;
Thirdly, it is suggested that the King of Yan should reward those obedient people who abide by the country's laws, including low-status poor and some slaves, in a certain system to stabilize social order.

In the military, Le Yi focused on conducting tactics and discipline training to improve the Yan army's combat effectiveness as soon as possible. The King of Yan also pays attention to hanging people and asking for orphans, to comfort those families who have funeral worries; to those couples who are happy to have children, the King of Yan also sends people to congratulate and show care.

The King of Yan shared the joys and sorrows and fate of the common people, and won the support of all walks of life in the country for his rule. For a time, the country of Yan was prosperous, and the ambition in King Yan's heart was also revealed.

King Yan wanted to get rid of Qi's control, but Yan's power alone was still too small, so Le Yi proposed the strategy of "working together with the world", and King Yan asked him to elaborate.

Le Yi and Zou Yan analyzed the situation in the world for King Yan: "The three great powers of Qi, Qin, and Zhao are all doing everything possible to expand their sphere of influence. Dingtao of the Song State is the most prosperous commercial metropolis in the Central Plains. Qi, Qin, and Zhao are all Want to get involved. Once Qi destroys Song, it will inevitably intensify the contradiction between Qi, Qin, and Zhao. It will also pose a serious threat to Han, Bai, and Chu, causing uneasiness in these countries."

So King Yan made a strategy to lure Qi to destroy Song and isolate Qi. Waiting for the national strength to increase, and when the time comes, implement this strategy immediately.

The 459th year of the Bai Kingdom
South Korea already knew that Zhang Yi was a spy sent by the Qin State, and the King of Han was also very angry at Zhang Yi's deception, so he responded to the fact that the Qin State did not focus on the east, but was fully developing the Bashu land in the south.

Decided to abandon Qin and re-enter the arms of the Hezong Alliance.

In May, after making an agreement with Bai Guo to accept him, King Han announced his decision to the world.

After hearing this, King Qin was furious and decisively raised troops to attack Han. Soon the Qin army occupied Quwo again. However, he was frightened by the threatening credentials sent by the six countries one after another, and the land of Bashu was not yet completely stable.

So Qin did not continue to march. In the same year, many nomadic tribes in the northern part of Qin formed an alliance and called themselves the Xiongnu tribes.

Four hundred and sixty-one years of the Bai Kingdom

After King Zhao's reforms, the State of Zhao became very powerful, so King Zhao decided to show his fangs to the world.

Soon, the Zhao army was assembled, many of which were light cavalry. However, unlike the Hu people, the Zhao army's cavalry had armor and weapons, and their equipment was much better than that of the Hu people.

This time King Zhao's target was Lin Hu.

Two hundred thousand Zhao Jun cavalry roared north. How could the tribesmen on the grassland face the cavalry like black clouds?

Easily, all the Donghu tribes that stood in front of Zhao Jun were wiped out. Zhao State occupied this place and at the same time declared Zhao State's rule to these nomadic tribes.

After annihilating Donghu, Zhao Jun prepared to annihilate the Loufan tribe. But halfway through, the Zhao army retreated because their monarch, King Zhao, died of illness. The people of Zhao respectfully called him King Zhao Wuling.

Baiguo, Taiyuan, Baifu, Young Lord's Mansion
A young man with a lazy personality but very clean clothes was holding a letter and lying on his side on the bluestone by the lake. His eyes were slightly squinted, and the sun was shining on his delicate face, and everything seemed so natural. And the white mark between the eyebrows looks so magical,

"Brother! Brother!"

An eighteen or nineteen-year-old young man in white clothes called to the lazy young man.

When the lazy young man heard this, he didn't turn sideways, squinted his eyes and said casually: "What's going on!"

When the young man in white saw this, he had no choice but to say: "Brother, there is news from the Kingdom of Zhao! King Zhao is dead!"

After hearing this, the lazy young man trembled, but soon regained his composure and said, "Oh! What happens next?"

The young man in white said: "The person who killed my uncle is dead. Is this how you react?"

The lazy young man stretched, sat up slowly, turned around, sat cross-legged on the bluestone, looked at the young man in white with a smile and said: "Otherwise, what would my reaction be? Angry? Happy? Dancing? Then wouldn't I be? Being possessed by emotions? Then my learning of Taoism will be in vain. It would be strange if the master doesn't beat me to death!"

The young man in white sighed and said, "Brother! You have almost become a person without emotions by studying Taoism!"

This lazy young man is Bai Lang, the surviving son of Gongsun Bo who died in Handan City, and the young man in white is the current Gongsun Baiguang.

After the death of Gongsun Bo, Bai Lang was taken back to the mansion by Prince Zhong. Under the care of Prince Zhong and other relatives, he did not develop a cynical character, but instead received more love.

In the eyes of the Bai family disciples, fighting for the position in the Bai family inheritance system is completely thankless. Not only do they have many things to do, but they also have no freedom.

If you are not a person in the inheritance system, not only can you do whatever you want, but you don't have to undergo high-intensity learning. It’s simply not too fun.

When Bai Lang was eighteen years old, when he and his servant were traveling in the Bai Kingdom, they met an old man. This old man was very special, as if he didn't care about anything, but he also knew everything.

At this time, Bai Zhong thought that Bai Lang's mind had matured, so he told him everything about that year and took him to the Heroes' Soul Temple to see his father's sculpture.

Bai Lang was both proud that his father had been sacrificed by so many people, and felt sad about his father's death. At the same time, he was full of hatred for Zhao Guo.

Under the impact of many emotions, Bai Lang became taciturn and no longer the sunny and cheerful boy before.

Until one time, when he met the strange old man again, Bai Lang told him his confusion, and he couldn't help but laugh. Bai Lang was a little annoyed, thinking that he was making fun of himself.

When he got up and was about to leave, the middle-aged man quickly pressed him down, apologized to him, then sat casually on his seat, then lay down to the side and said, "Let's do this! In order to make amends, let me tell you about the death of my wife." ! How about we exchange this?”

Bai Lang agreed, so he sat upright and listened to him. The old man knew at a glance that he was a disciple of Confucianism, so he didn't care and slowly told his story.

(End of this chapter)