Master Kong Zhongni

Chapter 80 The Greedy Six Ministers

When Zigong saw this blueprint, he suddenly regained his energy: "Before you told me that there was a way to help me pave the way to the Jin Kingdom, did you mean this blueprint?"

A professional businessman like Zigong knows where the smell is when he smells it.

The stench of copper.

Countries may not use paper, but such agricultural tools as the Quyuan plow, which greatly improves the efficiency of reclamation and cultivation, will not be rejected by all countries.

After a little mental calculation, Zigong knew that the benefits were meager.

Excitedly, he punched Jai Yu directly, almost blowing Jai Yu's back.

"Why didn't you bring out this kind of good thing earlier? If I had brought it out sooner, I could have the artisans start producing it before we set off for Jin, and we could start selling it when we return to Lu!"

After hearing this, Zai Yu snatched the blueprint back.

"Who told you that this thing was sold to you?"

Zi Gong was furious immediately when he heard this: "This thing is not for sale, are you going to let the family have cubs?"

"Humph!"

Zai Yu snorted softly, rolled up the drawing and put it back in his sleeve.

"Have you forgotten what we came to Jin for? We came to Jin to pave the way for future industries!
If you don't bring something of sufficient weight to present treasures, with the greed of the six ministers of Jin, they will allow us Lu merchants to engage in 'legitimate competition' in Jin?
Zi Gong, don't forget what happened in Cai Guo two years ago!There is a fine tradition in Jin State for Liu Qing to ask for bribes! "

After thinking about it for a while, Zigong knew what Zaiyu was talking about.

As the saying goes, when big countries compete for power, it is the small countries around them that suffer the most.

Elephants trampling ants to death often happens in later generations.

But moving the timeline forward by more than 2000 years is actually the same reason.

The struggle between Jin and Chu for hegemony has lasted for hundreds of years. During these hundreds of years, the Jin army and the Chu army rarely fought on their own territory.

If they don't fight on their own territory, where will they fight?

Fighting on the land of Zheng, Song and other countries, anyway, it is not their own territory, and it doesn't feel bad to ruin it casually.

When Jin and Chu are busy, they fight once every three years, and when they are free, they fight three times a year.

Zheng Guo, who was caught in the middle, was almost driven into a mental illness by the two big powers.

Today I just welcomed the Jin division into the city, but the next day I had to pull up the banner and change it to welcome the return of the Chu army king division.

In order to survive in the cracks, Zheng Guo even performed a fairy-level operation in which he surrendered to both Jin and Chu at the same time.

But it’s okay to fight on the territory of other countries. Whoever wins the battle between Jin and Chu will have to collect protection fees from these small countries.

Of course, the term protection fee may not be very civilized.

A more civilized way of saying it is to recognize the other party's hegemony and pay tribute on time in exchange for the protection of a big country.

But it is enough to pay tribute and go to the two countries to worship on time.

The tribute that can be paid is in the pockets of the monarchs of the two countries, and the officials with real power below are not full yet.

The power of the state of Jin is completely in the hands of Liu Qing, and the domestic situation can be said to be full of reforms, and Sima Yi is everywhere.

Cao Wei raised a Sima Yi and killed himself.

The state of Jin raised a full six.

Fan family, Zhongxing family, Zhi family, Han family, Zhao family, Wei family, any one of the six ministers taken alone is a powerful party with a thousand chariots.

As for the state of Chu, if you say it is civilized, it is called a confederal system of government, and if it is ugly, it means that there are many mountains in the country.

The king of Chu is the biggest hill, while the officials of the state of Chu are small hills.

But no matter whether it is the Six Ministers of the Jin State or the small hills of the Chu State, if anyone does not serve them well, he will have to accept the iron fist sanctions from the overlord.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, while preparing tributes, a small country has to prepare some 'small gifts' for the officials of the big country, and keep in touch with them from time to time.

But the doctors are also divided into those who want to show face and those who are completely shameless.

If you want to save face, I will take less gifts, and I will tell you a few words: "It's too polite, the two countries are brothers, and you can help you with this matter even if you don't give gifts. But it seems that you are so kind." , I'll accept the gift, but don't do it next time!"

But the shameless ones are not so particular.

If you bring some souvenirs over there, he will not only look down on you, but might even yell at you: "Use this to test our doctor Qing? Which doctor Qing can't stand such a test?"

Two years ago, Caihou was already on the verge of getting angry because he was repeatedly asked for bribes by the officials of Chu State.

It's just that because I am too close to Chu State, I have been holding back the evil fire so that it is not easy to flare up.

But suddenly, like a spring breeze overnight, Wu Jun attacked Chu and opened the tomb.

Cai Hou was overjoyed after hearing the news, and immediately began to write letters to the state of Jin.

——Chu Ruo, Master Wang is here quickly.

The reaction of Jin State was also very quick. They immediately dispatched Marshal Fan Yang and Shangqing Zhong Xingyin to command the army to conquer Chu State, vowing to punish the barbarians and bring glory to all Xia.

And also agreed with neighboring countries to hold an alliance in Zhaoling to discuss major plans together.

Cai Hou rushed to join the meeting with enthusiasm, but as soon as he arrived, Zhong Xingyin, Shangqing of Jin State, started traditional performing arts and asked Cai Hou for bribes in private.

Cai Hou was naturally furious, and he immediately said: When the Jin people did not come, I was asked for bribes every day by Chu, but now that you Jin people have come, I still have to be asked for bribes every day, so you came for nothing?

Bank of China failed to ask for bribes, although he still had a smile on his face, he turned around at night and went to Marshal Fan Yang to sue Caihou: Caihou said that we came from the state of Jin in vain.

Fan Yang thought about it again, and it seemed that there was really no benefit in crusade against Chu State. To win a half-crippled Chu State was not a great military achievement, and it would be even more embarrassing to lose.

Moreover, he and Zhong Xingyin led the troops outside, and the other four ministers of the Jin Kingdom would not stay there obediently. If they were stabbed in the back, it would be more harm than good.

So Fan Yang took the Jin army back and forth from where to where.

Under the command of Fan Yang and Zhong Xingyin, tens of thousands of Jin troops ran from Xinjiang, the capital of Jin, to Zhaoling, and from Zhaoling back to Xinjiang.

Other than that, nothing was done.

Therefore, if dealing with the extremely greedy Six Ministers of the Jin State, if you do not have enough benefits, then you are not looking for them to eliminate the disaster, but asking them to cancel your account!

Originally, Zigong thought that it would be a loss to hand over Quyuanli's manufacturing technology, but after thinking about Caihou's experience, he worried that a Quyuanli would not be enough.

"My son, are you sure that you only need one copy of Quyuanli to convince Liu Qing?"

Zaiyu shook his head and said, "All persuasion? I'm not that optimistic. As long as we can persuade one, then our business routes in Jin will be guaranteed in the future.

Moreover, the situation of the six ministers is different, the personalities of those in charge are different, and the emphasis on farming is also different.

The same Qu Yuanli, placed in front of different people, will only find different effects.For example, when you see Quyuanli, the first thing you think of is that you can make a lot of money, but I am different. "

Zigong frowned, "Then what did you see?"

Zai Yu said with a smile: "I see the possibility of persuading Liu Qing to implement benevolent government within the fief."

　I don't care about voting tonight, I only think about you.

　　——Excerpt from "Zaiyu's Diary"

　　
　
(End of this chapter)