After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 169 Confucian Rule
Sanhuan was relieved when he learned that Yanghu had brought people to Ju, and after some bargaining, the Jisun family was still in charge of the state affairs of Lu, which also prevented Lu from falling into a situation of power struggle.

More importantly, after the covenant between Jin State and Wei State, Sanhuan also felt that Jin State was a little unreliable, so stability is the most important thing at this time, and at this time, another incident happened Speechless things.

Le Qi, a doctor of the Song Dynasty, was finally released after being detained by Fan Yang for a period of time, but he died halfway there. normal choice.

But at this time, Fan Yang didn't know whether it was because he was old-fashioned or because he felt that the state of Jin was in a bad situation, so he even sent someone to snatch Le Qi's body. The relationship between the Song Kingdoms.

Only by taking Le Qi's body back, can he coerce Song State to continue to form an alliance with Jin State. Such an approach is simply unimaginable, and it is extremely despicable. It is not at all like a big country that has dominated for a hundred years.

All of a sudden the news spread to all the vassal states, causing quite a commotion. At this time, Song had no choice but to send an envoy, Le Daxin, to form an alliance with Jin, and at the same time welcome Le Qi's body back to Song.

But at this time, Mengdi was devoting himself to the development of Mengyi regardless of what happened outside. Now that the population is rich, he recruited people to dig deep canals and build dams in some key places.

When the river floods or the rain is abundant, water can be stored, and once there is a drought, the water can be used to irrigate the farmland. This is a very necessary facility.

Not only can it minimize the impact of natural disasters on food production, but you can also raise fish and the like in it, and you can also get a lot of food sources. It is not suitable for farming in places close to mountainous areas, so it can be used for grazing .

Now Mengdi has more than [-] horses in his hands, and the consumption of raising horses is very high. At least until now, when there are no soldiers, all the horses are basically scattered and bred in various places, mainly near Mengshan and Zhongqiu. near the city.

There is no way to do this. If it is concentrated in one place, it may not be long before the local crops will be eaten up by these horses. In this case, it is best to divide the land into regions. Easy to manage.

At the same time, Mengdi also sent a batch of good stallions to Huaicheng. The climate there is suitable, and the water and grass are luxuriant. It is also a good place to raise horses. He hopes to build a horse farm in Huaicheng to prepare for the future. .

And there is a more important thing now, that is to replace farm tools. The farm tools in the hands of ordinary people are still made of stone. Not to mention the low efficiency of farming with these things, and it takes up a lot of manpower.

Therefore, the blacksmith workshop established on Mount Meng received the first order to make iron farm tools. Firstly, it was because these people were not experienced enough and it took a while to become proficient.

Another point is that in addition to making high-quality iron materials, those that are not of good quality can be used to make farm tools.

Originally Mengdi planned to distribute these iron agricultural tools to the people of Mengdi for free, but he was firmly opposed by Ji Ran. His reason was simple, getting something for nothing would make people feel lazy.

These iron farm tools can be used as rewards for those who work hard to cultivate the land. They would rather be slower, but let these people gradually understand the benefits of iron farm tools and make them work harder for it.

Under these measures, the land of Mengyi showed a thriving situation. At this time, Ji Sunsi, who was trying to cheer up, began to reuse Confucius and let him take care of the affairs in the territory.

As a result, the vassal states in the north and south entered a short period of peace.

However, what should come has always come. Fan Yang, the general of the Jin State, has also come to the end of his life. Zhixuan succeeded Fan Yang to rule the Jin State. The ambitious Zhao Yang finally waited for his chance.

In the next year, Yan Ying, a wise man of Qi State, passed away. This made Qi Hou feel that it was an ominous sign, so he worshiped the ancestors in Qi State, and restrained all families so that they could not do whatever they wanted within the territory.

All of a sudden, people with a little foresight saw that the situation was about to change. Song Guo also secretly sent envoys to Qi State at this time, and Confucius of Lu State was appreciated by Jisunsi as Lu Guoda. Sima.

The first thing he did when he took office was to kill Shaozhengmao. Speaking of which, this meant a bit of an academic dispute. Shaozhengmao was like Confucius in the state of Lu, and he also taught apprentices publicly, but the content of the explanation was quite different from Confucius.

The main reason is that Shaozhengmao has a very sharp point of view, pointing out the shortcomings of today's Zhou rituals, and criticizing the reality, and then using this to draw out his own thoughts.

Moreover, this Shaozheng Mao was not just someone, he was also a doctor of the Lu State. Confucius directly announced his five crimes, and then chopped off his head and exposed his body for three days, in order to correct the hearts of the Lu State.

After the news spread to Mengyi, Mengdi also took a deep breath, a dignified doctor of the state of Lu would kill as soon as he said so, there was no one with such ruthlessness, so he said to him.

"It seems that Confucius is going to attack the interior of Lu this time. People like us who are becoming more and more powerful will definitely be targeted. We have to be careful in dealing with it for a while."

But Ji Ran had a serious look on his face, he said in a deep voice.

"Confucius wanted to increase the strength of Marquis Lu. This is a well-known fact in the Lu Kingdom. Jisunsi took a fancy to Confucius' influence, so he wanted to use him to stabilize the Lu State. In this way, he will definitely use various methods This method weakens the strength of all ethnic groups."

Meng Di knew very well in his heart that Ji Ran was euphemistically reminding him to make preparations early, but he was not worried at all. If Confucius really gained a foothold in Lu State, there would be no later traveling around the world.

At present, it seems that Confucius is indeed relatively strong, but as time goes by, according to Confucius's actions, he will definitely conflict with Sanhuan. Since this is the case, what is there to worry about?So Meng Di said.

"Marquis Lu is not an enterprising monarch. Although Ji Sunsi has courage, but it is extremely limited. Once Confucius provokes public anger in the future, it will be time for him to lose power."

(End of this chapter)