Spring and Autumn I Am King

Confucius and his party have been staying in Zhuanyu since they set off from Qufu in March. Confucius paid homage to Dongmeng Mountain, searched for sages in the countryside, and searched for lost traces of etiquette, but found nothing. [..] When he was disappointed and wanted to continue the journey, the torrential rain at the turn of spring and summer trapped them in this city of the barbarians. The incident where the shogun's emissary dropped the city wall.

In fact, it wasn't really Confucius and his disciples doing something wrong, but Zhuan Yuren's temperament.

Zhuanyu is located near Mengshan Mountain, only thirty or forty miles away from Feiyi. It is a medium-sized city with a radius of three miles.

The aborigines here were originally named after Feng Taihao, and they were the Fang Kingdom established by the Dongyi people at the time of death. When King Cheng of Zhou settled down the world, in line with the principle of survival and extinction, he made the prince of Zhuanyu a viscount, and he did not ask for tribute.

At the time of Duke Xi of Lu, Zhuan Yu became a vassal of Lu, and Zhuan Yu lived in name only and became a minister of Lu, inferior to Sanhuan. However, this town should not be underestimated. They have always used the barbarian rituals and kept the barbarians who are profane. There are hundreds of soldiers and nearly a thousand disciples. Therefore, the Ji family has repeatedly tried to take this town as their own over the years, but they have not been able to. succeed.

During the civil strife last year, the Zhuanyu people stayed in the city, so they were not affected. After the situation stabilized this year, considering that it was too close to Feiyi and its location was critical, Zhao Wuxi wanted to put it under the rule of Feixian. He sent someone to ask Zhuanyu to give up the city and armour, ready to meet the county officials and village officials, but the rebellious Zhuanyu people threw them off the city wall and broke a leg!

They will send the envoy back to Qufu, and send someone to request that Zhuan Yu remain in a semi-independent state, and at least be treated like the doctors in the East.

But Zhao Wuxi had only one answer. He sent a division of soldiers, with Ran Qiu as the leader, and the doctors in the East had to contribute. Zhuan Yu was surrounded by seven thousand troops. Looking at the darkness outside the city. There were more soldiers than the population in the city, and the people of Zhuanyu were afraid.

They found Confucius and others who were trapped in the city, and asked him to go out of the city to help Zhuan Yu speak.

Confucius did not refuse.

He said to several disciples who came to dissuade him: "I live in Zhuanyu, and Zhuanyu is always polite to me. Now that Zhuanyu is in trouble, I can't refuse..."

He paused for a while and then said: "What's more, the matter of the general asking Ran Qiu to attack Zhuanyu is wrong. According to the "Yi", if you see a good one, you will move. , but it is related to the life and death of thousands of Li Shu in the city, and the gentleman should do his part, I must not ignore it, you, you follow me out of the city, I will ask to retreat!"

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"Reporting to the master, the sappers are ready to approach and rush the car, and the long ladder has also been built. You can besiege this town at any time!"

Ran Qiu, who was wearing armor, nodded. Engineers, this is Zhao Wuxi's new addition to the baggage soldiers. Each division must be equipped with a soldier recruited from the craftsmen to undertake camping, crossing rivers, building bridges, building cities, setting up barriers and carrying out civil engineering operations, which is much more efficient than temporary preparation before siege.

Ran Qiu is now a commander with bows and arrows, axes, and flags. After the Jiagu meeting, his loyalty was paid off. Ran Qiuxian's promise to become a master and a teacher won the trust of Zhao Wuxi, and he has now become an important official of the Zhao family. This is not the first time he has fought a siege battle. In the previous chaos, he had not less attacked the small towns controlled by the Ji clan, the Shusun clan and the doctors of the East Land.

Looking at Zhuanyu City, whose outer walls were several meters high, Ran Qiu found that this city, which had been independent for hundreds of years by the Yi people with the surname Feng, was indeed easy to defend and difficult to attack. Fortifications such as parapets, turrets, hanging gates, urns, single-storey towers and suspension bridges are all available.

The parapet can conceal the movement of the defenders. The turrets were built at the corners of the city to defend against possible attacks from both sides. The hanging gate is hung in the middle of the city gate d. When the enemy army breaks the gate and falls down, it can be divided into two parts and broken. Wengcheng is half a small city outside the main city gate. The wall is the same height as the main city, and the gates of the Wengcheng are set aside, so that the defenders of the main city can also kill the attacking enemy troops, and once the enemy forces break through the gate and enter the Wengcheng, they will fall into a condescending attack from all sides...

Plus hundreds of archers, more than a thousand young and strong defense. Even if there are six or seven thousand people, it is difficult to conquer.

However, after Zhao Wuxi raided the arsenal of the state of Lu, and made full use of the two or three thousand craftsmen in Qufu, a large number of siege equipment was also equipped in the army. Approaching the car, rushing the car, anger, repairing the turret, etc., if used properly, it is enough to make the defender shrouded in the threat of heavy equipment.

The arrow house suspended from the car can reach more than three feet into the air, and it can attack the city from a commanding height. The rushing car mounted a bundle of large wood on the frame and rammed the city gate specifically. The top of the anger is covered with raw cowhide, which can be pushed to the moat or even the foot of the city for landfill or excavation operations. The repair turret is similar to the anger, but its duty is to cover the troops approaching the castle.

Naturally, Ran Qiu would not foolishly use simple crowd tactics to fill the ravines, special operations in anger, crossbow suppression with arrows, repairing turrets for cover, rushing vehicles to attack the enemy’s weak spots, single-handed hooking ropes to climb the city, and then Coupled with that newly made weapon, it is enough to break through this city!

No matter how well-built it is, it is nothing but a rammed-earth city, so why can't it be conquered? Before Ran Qiu left, he had issued a military order. Before the rainy season, he would definitely present Zhuan Yu!

Now the small towns and villages around Zhuanyu have been controlled, and there is only one lonely city left, but Ran Qiu still has an insurmountable gully in his heart, which makes him a little jealous.

He ordered the supervisors and Jin military officials sent by Zhao Wuxi: "First encircle the three missing one, and prepare to send people into the city for peace talks."

Ran Qiu still remembered that before he left, Gong Xichi pulled him again, stared at him and said, "Ziyou, no matter what, keep the master safe!"

Therefore, before the fight, let’s pretend to negotiate and get the Master and the brothers out of the city. Ran Qiu has never been pedantic. He has always been an extremely flexible person. Otherwise, he would not have abandoned Confucianism and served Zhao Wuxi.

But before Ran Qiu sent someone into the city, Confucius came out by himself.

...

Ran Qiu hadn't seen the Master for a long time. The last time Confucius left Qufu, he was defending the Qi people on the northern front line, so he couldn't participate in the farewell, but both Ran Qiu and Confucius knew that if he was given a choice at that time, Ran Qiu would still do it. choose to stay...

His current status has already surpassed the ideal "sixty or seventy, such as fifty or sixty" ruler of a city, and things like power and wealth are not just let go.

However, in Ran Qiu's heart, he still felt ashamed and fearful of the Master, especially when he was in front of the whole army. When sitting in the carriage and criticizing Ran Qiu.

"Qiu, this is your fault." Kongqiu's eyes did not hide his disappointment. Ran Qiu was his most talented student, whether it was military or political. It can be done properly, unfortunately...

I do not know its kindness!

"In the past, Zhou Tianzi asked Zhuan Yu to preside over the sacrifices of the lord of Dongmeng, and he was named a viscount. Now he is within the territory of the state of Lu, and he is the minister of the monarch. Even if there is some misunderstanding, it can be solved by sending another messenger. Why cut it?"

Ran Qiu said calmly: "It's the general who wants to attack, I'm just following orders..."

However, Confucius interrupted him rudely: "Please, you are wrong, I have heard a sentence, do your best to take on the duties, if you really can't do well, you will resign. If the lord makes a mistake and does not correct it, he will bury it. Danger doesn't try to persuade him, so why are you using assistants? You and Zigong should try their best to stop Zhao Qing."

Ran You defended: "The general did not do anything wrong. Zhuanyu is a strong city where the Yi people live, and it is very close to Feiyi. If you don't capture it now, it will definitely become a worry for your descendants in the future."

Confucius shook his head and said, "Please, gentlemen hate the practice of not admitting one's own actions, but looking for reasons to justify it. I have heard that those who have a state and a family do not suffer from widowhood but unevenness, and do not suffer from Poor and uneasy. If people from afar refuse to obey, you can use benevolence, righteousness, propriety, and music to attract them; To attract them, but instead plan to use force in the country. This is a big mistake! I am afraid that Zhao Qing's worries are not in Zhuanyu, but in Jin and Qi outside the borders of the state!"

Ran Qiu was silent for a moment, then he said slowly: "Thank you Master for teaching, I have benefited a lot today, but there is one sentence Master said wrong, not worrying about the few but not evenly. It is wrong to not worry about poverty but worry about anxiety. , at least, it is no longer suitable for the current state of Lu!"

"What does this mean?" Kongqiu frowned, which was very different from his theory.

Ran Qiu remembered the things that Zhao Wuxi had instilled in him and refreshed his ideas, and he mustered up the courage to say: "The general is in power, and the tax rate of the five counties of Xilu is adjusted to the fifteenth tax, and the counties of Lu County, Liang Fu, The tax rate of Fei was adjusted to ten tax and one tax, which was better than the two tax one and five tax one tax of Lu Jun and Sanhuan earlier. Although it has benefited the people, the government treasury has collected much less taxes, and he has repeatedly stopped the renovation of the General's Mansion.

"Fortunately, Zichi has popularized the Daitian method, and farm implements made of bad gold have been used by farmers one after another. In addition, Zigong sold porcelain, paper, umbrellas, Lu Zhe and other items abroad to earn a lot of money and silk. Wealth has increased. But it is impossible to make nearly a million Lu people equally wealthy. Some people are rich, and others are naturally poor."

"Since most Lu people work hard to cultivate and weave, they can't get rid of poverty in the short term, that is, they can only follow the practices of Bo Qin and Xi Gong to conquer the land of Jiuyi and find wealth for the Lu people here!"

What Ran Qiu said is justified and well-founded~www.readwn.com~ At that time, when Lu Hou Boqin lived in Qufu, Xu and Yi were flourishing together, and the eastern suburbs were not open, so he wrote the "Oath of Fees" to attack them and open Haidai. The same was true in the time of Duke Xi, as stated in "Lu Song", to protect the east, Lu Bang is constant; If it hadn't conquered the East, how could the State of Lu be able to support the three armies, and how could it be able to rejuvenate the glory of Duke Zhou and Bo Qin?

"This! Ridiculous!" Confucius was angry. This was a way of seeking utilitarianism and forgetting benevolence and righteousness. It seemed that after he left, Zhao Wuxi became more and more like an arrogant ****.

But Ran Qiu went on talking on his own. Zhao Wuxi showed them a possibility of making Lu Guo light and weak, but it could continue to grow stronger, making Ran Qiu, who was originally "not aware of its kindness", stunned. heart.

"Master, think about it, Zhuan Yuzi has accumulated wealth for more than ten lifetimes, which is just enough for Lu to alleviate the shortage of money and silk, and Zhuan Yu, thousands of barbarians who use barbarian rituals, can also be conscripted for labor and force. Tian, ​​contribute to the prosperity of most people in the state of Lu! Rong, Di, and wolves are not to be hated; Zhu Xia are intimate and must not be abandoned. The general decided to follow Guan Zi, and he has now been honored as 'the Great General of Conquering the Barbarians', and proposed 'respecting the king and repressing the barbarians'. ' slogan, isn't this what you admire most about Guan Zi, Master?"

ps: The second chapter is at night (to be continued.)

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