Is this a godsend?

Confucius said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the rites collapsed and the music was broken. In fact, in Zishou’s view, the rites and music were broken in the Xia Dynasty. Even this kind of thing may not have existed at all, and the world of great disputes is not what Ying Si said. It was from the Warring States period, in fact, it is now.

Because if you don't fight, you have to die, literally, the whole family dies. On the contrary, during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, because it was not really a world of great struggle, there were some cases where you could survive without fighting, so it appeared as a "big struggle". In this era, if you don't fight, you die. There are no exceptions. Therefore, when everyone is fighting, there is no sense of "a world of great contention".

It's as if your breathing is automatic when you are not aware of it, and it will not become manual until you are aware of its existence.

However, Zishou didn't kill the whole family of those old officials, and even let their legitimate sons inherit the family business except those who were killed. Do you think this hatred of killing the father will attract hatred?Of course not.

First, as long as the eldest son of these people does not die, these people have no chance to inherit; If the hatred is irreconcilable, then there are those bastards.

They have seen that in those families where all the sons-in-law are dead, Zishou simply distributes the family property to the sons-in-law, instead of the brother-in-law and the brother-in-law, and distributes it to the brothers of the parents. "Change" guys, Zishou believes that they will never have a "strong" day.

If it wasn't for the fact that those upstart families had a lot of mess, if Zishou gave some benefits to those brothers, and with these good uncles watching, these young sons who escaped punishment could live to grow up, that would be true. It was a miracle.

This is also the reason why he decided to still choose the eldest son to inherit instead of selecting talents to inherit, because if he chooses the eldest son to inherit, even if the eldest son cannot accommodate others, the brothers can at least live to grow up. Can a son survive to adulthood?

Of course, this kind of preferential treatment is for these old officials who are not easy to act rashly. For those relatives Fang and Dongyi, they have no good temper. In short, transferring the fiefdom to the upstarts who went to war can be considered to appease these upstarts and strengthen their determination to stand.

"It's not easy to deal with." Listening to the report of his subordinates, Lu Shang felt a toothache in his head, and the road to Xiqi was far away. When the news came, it meant that King Shang had completely quelled the turmoil, and he might not be able to point out the army to quell the matter. They all returned in triumph.

The reason why the quality of ancient military divisions is so important is because the speed of information transmission is too slow, and you must anticipate things first, otherwise, it will be too late when you get the news and then hold a meeting to make a decision.As for the assassination of such an emergency, no matter how good a military division is, it is impossible to plan in advance.

"Your Majesty, please take a look, if I, Xiqi, also send assassins, at this time, Young Master Kao will lead the army on the road, and the princes along the way will be unstoppable!"

Because Zishou couldn't kill Kao, so he killed Ji Fa and Ji Chang, and made Ji Kao inherit the family business. Even if Xiqi resisted, it wouldn't be serious. Power, that is too wasteful.

At that time, the problem of Xiqi's civil strife will be Ji Kao's problem. Shang Wang only needs to properly support one of them and play with the balance hand, so that Xiqi can be overwhelmed by himself and use the land for his own use.

"The Grand Duke is a great talent, what a blessing!" Ji Chang was also blissful, but fortunately he was not stupid, "The Grand Duke sees that the King of Shang has suffered..."

"There is no chance. This gentleman seems to be crazy in his actions, but in fact he does not leak water. It is like this gift. Everyone praises his virtue, the sons and daughters of the left and right praise his virtue, and the younger generation praises his kindness. There is no one else, Gailer!" Lu Shang He said coldly, "However, the king of Shang accepted the one who made the most profit. He seemed to be making a profit, but in fact, everyone who made a profit and a loss praised it. He thought it was a great profit, why?"

"This..." This is a bit of a challenge to King Wen's education and thinking concepts. I can't understand why King Shang benefits the most, and this benefit is separated from the family's interests, but everyone in the family feels that they have got it On the contrary, he is praising Shang Wang Rende.

This is completely inconsistent with his theory and social concepts. Of course, if he knows a guy named Xunzi and a guy named Han Fei, he will understand why.

"Because everyone is private and not a public ear, the so-called, the public family is the elder, and the public world is the king." The public here can be said to be just or fair. If brothers and sisters are treated equally, then they can naturally become parents, and if they treat all people in the world equally, without partiality, then they can become kings.

"However, everyone is private and not public. The king of Shang will suffer, harm his public and enrich his private interests. Who would not like those who gain self-interest! Who would be sad to harm the public if they are not public?" Lu Shang also looked at the report and thought. It took a few days and nights to figure it out. If this was the opportunity that Shang Wang Shou had carefully planned and finally found, it would be fine to execute it. If it was really a temporary idea, this person would be terrible.

He looks crazy, but he knows people's hearts like the palm of his hand. As long as such an opponent is alive, Lu Shang thinks that no one else will have a chance. The only chance is to see if his son is wise or not.

"What's the difference between the king and the hundred sons?" Lu Shang frowned and looked at Ji Chang. He suddenly realized that although King Shang didn't bother Xi Qi, this question was still a stab at Xi Qi. sharp edge.

Jichang has a hundred sons, which means that it is almost impossible to treat everyone equally, so what if King Shang uses this plan to deal with Xiqi?Those hundred sons are happy because they gain self-interest, and sad because they hurt public interest?The answer to this question is very depressing.

Ji Chang didn't answer, and Lu Shang didn't say much, but the moment their eyes met, they got the answer.

"The only good thing is that King Shang's actions are really unwise, so we are prepared, but how to break this?"

Both of them fell into silence. They saw it clearly and took precautions, but how to solve it?Concubine as one?That's impossible!

Treat everyone equally, the crux of this matter is not Ji Chang, but the heir. Ji Kao is tolerant, because he is the irrefutable eldest son, he can give certain preferential treatment and attitude, and to be honest, Ji Kao It's okay, at least Jichang's backyard hasn't caught fire because of his character.

But what about Ji Fa?He doesn't necessarily have this kind of tolerance, let alone, how can he leave such a loophole for other people after he has done the act of seizing the heir, he must reiterate the difference between the son and the son, further oppress the other sons, and then On the basis that public interests have nothing to do with themselves, while private interests are related to future survival, it is clear at a glance whether they are sad for public interests or happy for selfish interests.

"This is the method of attacking the heart, the best strategy in the art of war, and there is no way to deal with it." Lu Shang finally shook his head, saying that there is basically no solution to this problem, because it is something that directly points to the dark side of people's hearts.

The only way is to thoroughly educate people's hearts, making everyone put public interests first, what a joke, no one has been able to do this for thousands of years, okay?

Of course, the next best thing is to let the son-in-law be lenient, win over the son-in-law, and leave a way for the son-in-law, then it will not be so easy for the king of Shang to separate. After all, not everyone is an animal of interest, and the blood relationship itself is also the same. a relationship of interest.

This will greatly increase the cost of using this set of alienation techniques for the King of Shang. At the same time, it will also increase the price of betrayal and prevent people from rebelling.

However, bastards are also human beings, and they also have desires. If they are given benefits, they may be threatened by letting them see the opportunity. Therefore, the only feasible emergency solution on a small scale is: "Induce them for profit, cage them for affection, Suppress it with strength, obey it with energy..."

Lu Shang proposed the first method, but this means that the heir must be able to suppress the concubine brothers in the four aspects of "benefit, affection, power and ability".

Seduce with benefits, win over with affection, suppress with strength, and subdue with ability, so that the concubine brothers will become their own help, not the enemy's help, and the king of Shang's method will be useless.

In other words, if it is possible to make a big cake and ensure that everyone can get a piece, then it is not appropriate for King Shang to use a part of the stock cake as a temptation.

"The King of Shang's profit can only cover the whole, but I can do it!" This is the second method proposed by Lu Shang. The King of Shang's profit can only be divided equally, and it is impossible for him to know who the bastard is. Those who have a good impression of him, which one is not, so it is impossible to make a key acquisition. Simply put, the cake can only be divided equally.

However, as a legitimate son, he knows which brother in the family is close and which is greedy. He can divide the cake in a more focused manner, so that he can ensure that the key people get a bigger cake than the king of Shang. Naturally, this kind of temptation from the king of Shang is Not much appeal.

As for those who were not allocated, the marginal people who naturally did not have family resources, even if they were allocated the benefits of the King of Shang, it was just a function of waving the flag, and some even couldn't do it.

What is the status of the property of the concubine in this era? Generally speaking, there is only one bite to eat, and he has to go to the fields to work for his elder brother. I really think it is a later dynasty. Do something?

"Hey, that's the only way to go. I hope there won't be such a fool among my hundred sons." Ji Chang sighed. Fortunately, he was not involved in the assassination incident this time, otherwise it would be too difficult.

However, among his sons, of course there is no idiot who would assassinate the king. They don't have the courage to assassinate the king of Shang, but they have the courage to pretend to assassinate the king of Shang to cause trouble for their brothers.

In order to prevent the fake from becoming real, Ji Fa prepared pills and informants. He would not even let the pills enter the court of King Shang, and it would not be so easy to get in without internal response.

When Boyi Kao made alchemy and was preparing to pay tribute, he would inform him, so that the pill was not sent to the court, but Boyi Kao was blamed. When the whole family is neat and tidy, there is no such thing as family business.

To use this set of inheritance to inherit the family business needs to meet many harsh conditions, for example, your father intends to become a virtuous person, and your eldest brother will become a block in the way.

Secondly, your eldest brother is on the territory of King Shang and can be killed at any time.

Again, this matter cannot be involved in oneself, and there must be enough resources to carry it out.

In the end, you can neither really kill the king of Shang, nor really let him find out that you are going to assassinate him, no matter it is true or false-in other words, you have to ensure that you will have a family business to inherit or Can live to inherit the family business, instead of making wedding dresses for others.

As for the kind of people who are stupid and sad because they don't understand anything, they are probably the king of Huainan and his father. In the fief eight hundred miles away, they said they would rebel, and then they were taken to Chang'an in the second month , laugh~.

As for the fact that Boyi did not test the elixir?That's fine, he took the pill himself and died, that's his problem, and in the future when he hunts down merchants, he can also send troops in the name of the king of Shang poisoning his elder brother, because Bo Yikao is actually a group of concubine brothers. The reputation inside is not bad, and other bastards will share the same hatred.

What if you really poison King Shang to death?Isn't that better?

It's like who doesn't know that Cheng Zhou is a traitor. Cheng Zhou's affairs are completely different from other nobles' affairs. Others call it assassination. It's like a rebel - I have written the word rebellion on my face, and you still ask me if I am afraid that the king of Shang will find out and kill the eldest son, and then let the bastard benefit?

If he, the King of Shang, had the ability to exterminate Cheng Zhou from the country now, with the current situation that Xiqi is full of rebels, the army would have already blocked the door. Do you still need to think of so many dirty ideas?

At that time, in a big battle, even if the merchant army conquered Tongguan, they would not be able to spare Qishan City. It was a real mountain city and not so easy to fight.

When Cheng Zhou strengthened his walls and cleared the wilderness, and directly let the barbarians in or joined forces with the barbarians, his big business would be even bigger. Anyway, Cheng Zhou was originally a barbarian a few generations ago.

What's more, you big businessman, you used to be a barbarian from Dongyi, but these days, you are talking as if someone's ancestor was not a barbarian, and the Jiang family is also a barbarian from the Jiuli tribe.

The real Yellow Emperor ethnicity, how can I find it? If I have to say it, it seems that whoever does not have the blood of the Yellow Emperor now, it is nothing more than distance.

Mo Du, "Kao, what have you been doing lately?" Zi Shou likes to call Bo Yi Kao over when he has nothing to do, on the one hand to see what he is doing, and on the other hand to show others.

You see, I don't even treat the eldest son of a person like Ji Chang who is close to writing traitors on his face. As long as you don't rebel, what's there to be afraid of sending protons?

"The minister summoned the alchemist to refine the elixir and present it to the king."

"I have a heart, but, look, these pills are useless to me." In fact, I didn't take any of them, but Zishou might as well pretend to be like this, and see what else Bo Yikao can do.

"Your Majesty is in good health. These elixirs are just icing on the cake. If you take too much, they will be poisonous. However, most of the women in the harem are weak, so it will be beneficial to nourish them."

"Oh?" Zishou narrowed his eyes. One of the biggest side effects of medicine pills is extinct heirs. Is this guy planning to attack his offspring?After all, after all these years, no heirs have been born, and the only twin is still dead, so it's strange not to think about his own heirs.

"Jiang's body is still healthy, Kao, who do you think is better for this precious medicine?"

"Yushu is weak and can be taken. Empress Jiang is weak and cannot be replenished."

"Oh, it makes sense." Zi Shou nodded, it seems that this guy really didn't want to poison, or maybe he was simply being too cautious and cautious, and he still had to guard against it.

After all, Yushu never thought of letting her have a child, but Jiang will be almost 21 years old this year, and it would be very appropriate to have a child. [16+4, when Zishou crossed over, Jiang was about 16 years old, reigned for 4 years, and now is Emperor Xin 8 sacrificial]

Of course, this is a matter of his own harem, which also shows that Bo Yikao really doesn't understand the situation in the harem. He doesn't know that Jiang's recuperation is preparing for pregnancy.

"Your sister heard that she has passed Tongguan?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will arrive at Lutai Garden soon." Empress Jiang is not dead, so this is just a concubine. The courtesy of repairing Lutai Garden is courtesy, but etiquette is etiquette. She cannot enter with the etiquette of a queen. Let alone a formal wedding.

Although there is no such thing as the so-called queen who was carried in eight palanquins from the main gate of the palace, the truth is the same, it's just a side room, and then again, she herself is just a concubine.

In the family, the purpose is for marriage or even as a dowry gift for the married daughter of the prostitute. The status is not much higher than that of the servant girl. This is already the best ending. In the family, many sisters are still very envious.

The same concubine, one is married alone, and the other is a gift, the treatment is different, not to mention, when I heard that King Shang specially built a high platform in Mengjin to welcome them, even the first daughters and sisters were so envious that their faces smelled like lemons.

However, there is no way, the main room generally does not consider the appearance, but only considers the right family, while the concubine in the concubine only looks at the appearance and nothing else.

As a result, when facing Shang Wang, a guy who clearly stated that "the widow is lustful", even if Ji Chang wanted to marry a concubine daughter, he couldn't find a suitable one, let alone he didn't even want to marry a concubine daughter, let alone a concubine daughter.

[PS]

Dictionary burst:

Matching pair:

Zhou Bogong's daughter entered the court, and the king of Shang was very pleased. He ordered the gate of the palace wall on the west side of Lutai to be raised to match that of Zhou Que, and said: This gate is quite the same; he also ordered the buildings and city gates to face west, and said, "This gate right ear."

A well-matched pair can refer to the love between husband and wife, or the conflict between the family backgrounds of the two parties.The latter interpretation was expanded from the analysis of this matter by later generations, and the original intention was only for the love between husband and wife.

Later generations said: Heightening the palace wall and door on the west side was said to be the work of Zhou's daughter who was homesick, but in fact it was to prevent Cheng Zhou's prying eyes.It also made the gates of the city face each other, saying that Zhou's daughter could look at her own house, which is actually convenient for the army to enter and exit.It is true to love and love, but it is also true to be on guard against Zhou, and Zhou's female servants are like serving the emperor's father, loyal and unwavering, and they can also refer to married women like splashing water. 【It's the matter of Lu Shang and his wife that it's hard to get over the water】

Chapter 54 Covering Fu Gantang

At the end of the eighth year of Emperor Xin, Zhou's daughter entered Lutai Garden.About 1/3 of the Lutai project has been carried out, that is, the part used for living has been completed, and the part used for resettlement has not been completed. small town.

Since the building area has been planned in advance, it looks completely different from the structure of Modu, and it has a taste of the Tang Dynasty where "a big city is like a chessboard, and a small town is like a field".

As a civil dog, Zishou finally experienced the happiness of Party A after traveling through time. He can fully display his talents on this white paper without the housing management bureau and fire department to guide him.

Several diversion canals about one foot deep and half a foot wide lead from Lutai Garden to the pier to enter the water. The city is planned into a square structure of large and small squares. Then walls can be built around these canals to divide the large The large and small squares were cut into individual districts again.

Mulberry trees were transplanted along the wall, and turrets were erected at four corners. The large community was divided into four smaller residential areas by a cross street, while the small community was divided into two halves by a side street, serving as a small commercial street. The business is not well developed, but Zishou still set aside these areas.

Between the small commercial street and the surrounding large residential area, it is planned to build a wooden span bridge, cross the square wall, and cross the relatively narrow branch road, and this kind of bridge will also be used in the aristocratic areas in the center and north of the city. Between high platforms.

In order to prevent insects and ants from eating, a large number of Compositae flowers and plants will be transplanted in clay pots on both sides of the wooden bridge to repel mosquitoes and insects. However, as a fortress city, the planning of Zishou is different from that of Luodu in the future. It is a workshop area, the west is the military barracks, and the south is the residential area and storage area.

The south is facing the water, as a storage area and bordering the workshop area, it is easier to get water to put out fires. Although it is not easy to repair gutters, the use of open ditches and a large number of latrines can ensure that feces and other filth are guided to the downstream of the water intake point to avoid pollution of water diversion system.

Several large water trucks are being assembled, and will become the city's water supply system in the future, providing water sources for various areas. As a pure palace and military town, the planning of Mengjin Lutai City is not large, which also reduces the amount of engineering to the point where it can be tolerated.

It can be regarded as a preview for the future Luodu construction project. At the same time, it also allows Zishou to estimate the construction capacity and manpower engineering needs of this era, so as to arrange the construction plan and progress of Luodu.

The architectural structure of Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty has a great advantage, that is, it is more like a super fortress than the capital. Lu Shang, who followed Zhou Nu to secretly investigate this point, was terrified.

Others only feel that the Hongqiao is flying across the Lutai Garden, and the sangbai is forming a forest. It is autumn and winter months, and the city is full of chrysanthemums. Small bronze bells are hung on the four corners of the scattered turrets on the high ground, making crisp sounds in the wind.

If it wasn't for most of the place being an open space, piled with wood, earth bricks and coils of rope, it would almost make people feel that there is no difference between Xiqi's palace and the cramped house of a small nobleman.

"This is the Great City Merchant!" The entourage exclaimed in amazement, a city was built so beautifully for the palace and the side rooms, and I don't know how much people's effort will be spent. That's why Lu Shang secretly mixed in it. It is necessary to judge how much energy Dayi merchants have left after building such a project, whether to attack or defend, and formulate a plan.

With the speed of information in this era, it would be too troublesome to send people back and forth, and his subordinates might not have the vision, so Lu Shang had to judge by himself, but he didn't know how much labor the merchant had spent. With their eyesight, their expenses are absolutely worth it—what kind of fucking sinister city is this?

The mulberry and cypress are not planted outside the square wall, but inside the water wall. The height of the mulberry and cypress is quite high. It is definitely over, but it also means that the distance of your attack sputtering is also limited.

It is completely acceptable to pay the sacrifice of the unlucky people living against the wall to avoid more areas being destroyed, not to mention, who can climb a mulberry tree these days? Climbing a few people, holding a bow and arrow, can block half The street, together with those turrets, especially the double-storey turrets near the aristocratic area and the palace area, are extremely dangerous for the attacking side.

People in this year have encountered Tang Chang'an's city planning and design that specializes in street fighting before they encounter the need for street fighting. A large number of diversion canals and drainage canals mean that fire attack is not easy to use, and the Yellow River is next to it. , The difficulty of cutting the river is too high, especially the upstream is still the fucking Hukou and Xiaolangdi, can this be cut by the engineering capabilities of the fucking Shang Dynasty?

There are mulberry trees inside. For the residents, they can maintain a certain amount of food supply and production capacity during the siege of the city, not to mention that Zishou is also planning to transplant peach trees and elm trees. Nothing else. The elm trees are used to obtain wood nearby. The pear tree is purely for the beauty of the pear blossoms.

There are pear trees (Gantang), peach trees, naizi, and mulberry trees. In the palace garden, there are also apricot trees. The small gardens along the canal along the street are planted with pea flowers and morning glory. Are they beautiful?That is quite beautiful.

Especially during the flowering period, the city is full of pink and white in spring, sweet tangerine (Du pear) and peach blossoms are swaying, jujube flowers are in full bloom in summer, sweet-scented osmanthus is fragrant in autumn, and plum blossoms are dotted in winter.

And the ones selected by the son are all the varieties that can be eaten as a result. Although the purpose is to have fruits to eat in four seasons, but for Lu Shang, this means that if the city is besieged, there will be additional food sources inside, which will be very, very difficult to deal with.

Not to mention, in Linhe, without a navy, it is difficult to stop people in the city from fishing for a living, and even saw the small fish ponds in the city and the ornamental fish ponds in the palace garden planned by Zishou near the water pier. At that moment, Lu Shang's entire face turned black.

He mentally simulated the scene of the siege of the city, let alone repairing only a small part of the outer wall, how many troops will be needed to take it down, that is, to break through the city and come in. First, he will encounter square walls and turrets that are shorter than the city walls, Blocking soldiers with square walls and mulberry wood as barriers.

And when people dispersed in the city, they would be blocked by bows and arrows on the Hongqiao crossing the street. Even if they entered one square city, they would have to attack the second one.

Moreover, the bridge will definitely not be as unobstructed as it is now. It only needs to erect a few planks, or block a chariot directly at the bridge head, enough for a team to bleed all the blood, and it may not be possible to fight in.

Then when he was considering whether to use his life to consume the defenders' arrows a little bit, he saw the forest of Tuomu in the palace garden, so, look at the stoves in Dongfang, and look at the one who was transplanted The tall Tuomu knew that this idea was too unreliable.

Tuo wood is a standard arrow wood, which means that the defenders can build and fight at the same time. It must be consumed until the opponent does not have a piece of wood or a little bronze. The opponent may not have enough arrows to use. Even so, standing on the Hongqiao and throwing The stone is also very powerful - this means that the siege and storm will require an extremely heavy price.

Needless to say, the siege of the city, if you cut down the business to only this isolated city, they might be able to consume your own food and retreat. These years, you always bring your own dry food when you fight. It's gone, and the hearts of the people are gone. Don't even think about organizing a battle of this scale.

In other words, if you fail to encircle the first time, you will not be able to fight the second time within three to five years. As for the storm, just look at these sinister designs and you will know how painful the casualties will be.

The scattered shooting platforms on the high ground and the rapid communication alarm system composed of small bronze bells make it impossible for people to bypass or not fight, because the defenders can use this method to tell other areas condescendingly where the Zhou army is, and by the way Constantly splashing arrow rain.

[If you want to experience it, you can try the scene where Hammer three hits the highest-level main city of Cathay, and the opponent has 40 soldiers. There is no magic and artillery, and the infantry pushes it. Five times the strength can hit you.]

If it wasn't for the fact that the overall scale of Lutai City was too small, resulting in a lack of depth, Lu Shang would have suggested that in the future, this kind of fortified city should be developed to dedicate the city instead of attacking it by force. This thing is not easy to set fire to!

However, to be honest, when Zishou was designing, he really didn't think too much about it. He completely followed the most feasible architectural styles of the Tang and Song dynasties in classical urban architecture, and because of technical problems, he couldn't Copying all, only some achievements in planning can be copied, and then beautified with modern landscaping ideas.

As for the transplanting of so many Gantangs, it is simply because the flowers of this plant are particularly beautiful, and Gantang is a pear tree, so it can also be called a pear garden, especially at the end of the flowering period, when the fluttering pink and white petals are scattered, Alternating with pink peach blossoms, the ground can be covered with a thick layer of oval petals.

Zishou simulated this scene of flowers and rain in his mind, and then decided to start transplanting. The manpower and material resources consumed for this were not even lower than the consumption of the palace garden.