warring states careerist

Chapter 437 Purpose
Although the laughter was bright, there was a trace of unwillingness to lose after all.

Exploring the principles of heaven and earth is not what everyone pursues.What's more, even if you know something is right, such as those princes and princes, when Zhongni Mozi lobbied the countries, and the kings praised them as good, how many people really did it?
After laughing, the two got up to pay the bill, and then strolled casually in the already prosperous Handan city, which was developed day by day by virtue of the communication between Niushoushui and the Yellow River, and the trade of iron smelting, wool spinning and animal husbandry.

As I said in the wine shop before, there is really an atmosphere in Handan City that "gongwenxiu is not as good as leaning on the door to sell laughter". Zhaodi is close to Hu, close to Yidi Zhongshan, and the women are so bold, wearing long sleeves and dancing. .

There are many beauties in the land of Zhao. During the Warring States period, there was often a woman from Zhao, Zheng Ji, who used to describe her, playing the qin, tugging her long sleeves, tiptoeing with sharp eyes, provocative eyes, traveling thousands of miles, regardless of age.It is also said that Zhao Nu played drums and zithers and played on tiptoe to flatter riches and riches.

In particular, Handan and other places have beautiful dance steps, and foreigners are often attracted to learn, regardless of gender.Nowadays, there are a lot of people leaning on the door to sell their laughter, and some singing and dancing halls have appeared, and there are many beautiful girls doing "tip-to-dance" dances.

屣, which means a small shoe without a heel;

The so-called tiptoe is to wear heelless dancing shoes, and use ballet-like movements to stand on tiptoe and rotate and stretch. Therefore, many teenagers come to Handan to learn dance steps so that they can't walk normally.

Women are alluring and expensive, while men are seeking profit. In the market, there are endless talks, and the sound of gold, silver and copper is endless.

The two turned around in a big circle, shaking their heads secretly, the short man said: "With such an atmosphere, wouldn't the Zhao Kingdom be doomed? With such an atmosphere, it is impossible to fight wars. I am afraid that the Zhao clan will not survive in troubled times."

"When the people are rich, their wisdom will open up. If you talk about it, your mind will be confused. If you ask for money, you will have no fighting spirit. In the future, how can the people of the Zhao clan persuade Zhao people to fight to the death as the king?"

The tall man said humanely: "It is for this reason that we cannot encourage this kind of atmosphere in the Qin land. The practice of traveling and giving lectures must be banned, and rural schools must not be opened to disturb the hearts of the people. To prevent the people from changing jobs, Farming and fighting is a career. Otherwise, like the scenery of Handan, the land of Qin may not be able to achieve great success."

"The land on Sishang is probably not as prosperous as Handan now. However, there is the Xuanyi Department there, there is a saying of gathering righteousness, and there is the idea of ​​​​the people of the world, and they can fight because they know why. After all, Handan has It belongs to the prince, so the state of Zhao belongs to the prince after all, once the wisdom of the people is enlightened, who is willing to fight to the death for the prince?"

The two sighed with emotion at the prosperity they saw in their eyes, but what they thought about was the war that would lead to chaos in the world, and a kind of lament at the end of the king.

Not long after, he turned to a courtyard and a tower in Handan City, and was immediately greeted by servants.

The two had joined Sheng Chuo in pursuit of wealth and fame as early as 20 years ago. A few years ago, Nie Zheng stabbed to death the Qin Jun who had just come of age to sacrifice to He Bo. The young master Lian, Sheng Chuo and others escaped Wei Hou's surveillance and returned to Qin to take the throne. These people who bet on Gongzilian early on are now the sharp swords in Gongzilian's hands to strengthen the country, centralize power, and fight against the nobles.

They came to Handan, of course, not just to meet Gu Jiu.

The more than 30 rebels who followed Sheng Chuo at the beginning called each other brothers, and there was another brother of them in the courtyard of this manor.

The two entered the room, and the other asked the servant to leave, unfolded a secret letter, and said, "It's just in time for you two to come back. The news came from Wei Guo that Wu Qi was indeed excluded. Even the soldiers of Xihe are no longer under Wu Qi's control."

"Sheng Chuo means that before leaving Wei to return to Qin, he had already talked with Wu Qi. Although there was no communication after that, what he said back then was enough to touch Wu Qi. Now the people of Chu borrow the power of the Mohist, and Wu Qi runs Since Chu can’t, both Han Qi and Zhao are afraid to accept Wu Qi in the Central Plains, this time we must take this opportunity to find a way to let Wu Qi enter Qin as soon as possible to avoid the eyes and ears of the Wei people.”

The tall man said humanely: "There are not many princes in the world who dare to use Wu Qi. It is good that you have such ambitions. Your and my strengths lie in governing, establishing laws, defending cities, and taxation. If it is about attacking everything, it is not as good as Wu Qi." Too many."

"Since your majesty has ambitions, you need to use less of the art of defending the city, and good generals who can fight bravely are just right to be reused."

As for Wu Qi's entry into the Qin Dynasty, Sheng Chuo started planning ten years ago, and now he finally has the opportunity.Sheng Chuo and the others are not afraid of Wu Qi's separation of powers. Now Qin is undergoing reforms. After moving the capital, they have avoided the old aristocratic Yongcheng and moved the capital to a place with clear divisions. Qin Jun set up county reforms, and the three counties under the direct control will be reformed first, and the old nobles elsewhere will not be touched for the time being. However, the officials in these three counties are disciples of more than [-] people including Sheng Chuo. They control the grassroots bureaucrats after the reform of Qin State, so even if Wu Qi goes, they will not be assigned their power.

The short man said humanely: "That's it, you and I wait for others to administer, and Wu Qi leads the army, great things can be accomplished. It's just that for a person like Wu Qi, even if Marquis Wei doesn't use him, he won't let him go easily. That's because he is afraid that he will be burdened by Goujian." The notoriety of being like a rabbit and a dead dog can't kill him..."

"If you want him to secretly leave Wei and enter Qin, it's impossible to go to Hexi. If the Wei people chase after them, Wu Qi will die. At that time, Wei Hou would rather bear the reputation of killing sages than let Wu Qi enter Qin. "

The tall man laughed loudly and said: "This is Marquis Wei. He has the reputation of being a good man but dare not use his talents. Wei Jian's talent is far behind his father Marquis Wen. Now he has Fame, and begged for the position of Marquis for the Tian family, and the Koreans begged him to respect him, I'm afraid he thought he was already Jin Wen Qihuan... Hahahaha, a bastard, it's hard to make a big deal."

The three of them laughed loudly. Before they rebelled against Mo, they often commented on the heroes and lords of the world. How could they have any respect for the king?
After laughing, Chixin said humanely: "Since you can't go to Xihe, you should take advantage of the matter after discussing with the Mo family this time and take him away along another road. It is no longer necessary to persuade him to leave, he must leave Yes, the difficulty in this matter lies in how to return to Qin safely."

"In my opinion, we should take advantage of this time to talk about iron smelting with the Mohists because of the Nanzheng matter, pass through Zhao to Qi, from Qi to Sishang, then enter Chu from Sishang, and enter Qin through Nanyang."

"This matter still requires us to plan carefully. This time, when Solucan comes back, we need to bring back those dead men who did not join the Mohist family. We need to know the customs of the land west of Yiqu. The Central Plains will be in chaos. For the time being, there is no rush in Xihe, and the right way to go west is to use Luowei as the canal.”

Both of them also agreed with this idea. As for Wu Qi's departure from Wei State, all three of them felt that it was inevitable. The difficulty was how to take Wu Qi away safely.

Wu Qi's talent is known all over the world today. Xihe is firmly guarded and the soldiers are strong, and the people of Qin cannot cross Luoshui. In the battle between Daliang and Chu, the four kings of Chu and You Yin died or were captured. Wei Jian could not easily let go of such a character.I would rather not use it than put it in another country.

And the real purpose of their trip to Handan this time is to take advantage of Suo Lucan's return to contact the Mo family and talk about some things.

After Prince Lian returned to Qin Dynasty, he made initial changes. In order to enhance his prestige, he expanded westward, and his position has been stabilized after successive battles and victories.

At this time, they focused on Nanzheng of Shu Kingdom. Qin and Shu had fought many wars because of Nanzheng before, winning and losing each other.

Nanzheng Hanzhong is also a piece of fertile soil.

It's just that the Shu Kingdom has not yet built the Stone Niu Road because of the steep terrain, and it is difficult for the Qin Kingdom to send troops to Hanzhong because it praises the Qinling Valley, so it changed hands many times.

But news came from Shu last year that the king of Shu granted the bamboo strips Qisui as Nanzheng Shou, and the Mohists began to work in Nanzheng.

It is difficult to transport itself with the Qinling Mountains separated, and the rebels also know the ability of the Mohists to govern and change, not to mention the art of defending the city, so Nanzheng seems to be unable to obtain it in a short time.

After discussing and discussing with Qin Jun, an idea was reached: use the small town occupied by some Qin people near Nanzheng in exchange for the iron smelting skills and some technical talents of the Mohist school.

Nanzheng is in the hands of the Mohists. If they rely on developing land and accumulating the strength of the people to organize troops, it is impossible to defend the few towns in the south of the Qinling Mountains.

The Baogu plank road already exists, and it is the one burned by the later emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty. The Qinling Mountains are separated, and it is difficult for Hanzhong to invade Guanzhong. for something beneficial.

After Sheng Chuo and others returned to the Qin Dynasty, the first step of what was planned 20 years ago has been completed. The next step is to work hard to complete the reform and wait for the opportunity.

Horses and people can be plundered westward, and the appearance of iron tools also made it possible for the Yellow River land to develop farming.

If you go east, you can take it easy and rely on the Weishui and Luoshui defense lines to withstand Wei's attack and wait for the Central Plains to change.

As for whether the Central Plains has changed... In Sheng Chuo's view, this is also inevitable.He didn't believe that Shi, who drove him out of the Mohist family, would be so quiet. Now the world basically knows that the giant after Qin Huali is most likely Shi Shi. After that, there will be chaos in the east of Luoshui!
Sheng Chuo knew how great the role of ironware was, and it could be matched with the reforms he carried out in Qin.

Severing ties with other places, government monopoly of ironware, breaking the old feudal aristocratic era, centralizing royal power, organizing households to equalize the people, and rewarding farming and war, this is a major event.

It is appropriate to exchange the population of some cities in the north of Nanzheng and south of the Qinling Mountains in exchange for ironware.Separated by the Qinling Mountains and the Praise Valley, the Qin State also has many rebels who are good at defending the city. Even if the Mo family wants to have any ideas about the Qin State in the future, once the plank road is burned, it will never be possible to fly over.

As for ironware, it is definitely worth exchanging population for the current state of Qin, for the Qin Jun who wants to strengthen the kingship to make changes, and for the rebels such as Sheng Chuo who wants to do something.

In addition, Suo Lucan returned from the extreme west, which made Shengchuo see another way to accumulate wealth: through those Qin people who came back, they knew the customs and customs of the west, the geographical mountains and rivers, monopolized the business going west, and accumulated wealth .

This series of things is the purpose of these people coming to Handan, and they were caught by Sheng Chuo because of the conflict between the sons of Zhao Guo. The Three Jin Alliance collapsed.

(End of this chapter)