After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 324-Ambition
After much consideration, Guo Xia decided to surrender to Mengdi, because he had realized that an era of change seemed to be coming, so he simply took a gamble. As for the result, he had to resign himself to fate.

Meng Di was overjoyed when he got the news, he went out to greet him personally, seeing Guo Xia jumped off the chariot and bowed his head to salute, his grandfather immediately got off the horse, walked to the front with a few steps, helped Guo Xia up, and then spoke.

"Keiko can join our army at this time, it is really the great prosperity of the Han Dynasty, so there is no need to be so polite. The king has already arranged a banquet in Yidu City to clean up the dust for Huizi."

Seeing Mengdi's attitude, Guoxia also heaved a sigh of relief, feeling that there seemed to be nothing wrong with her choice this time, so she entered Yidu City together with Mengdi.

After a banquet, the next step is to talk about specific matters. After Meng Di asked people to retire, only Shi Huang and Yu Rang remained.

At this time, Guo Xia also sat up straight, with a very solemn expression on his face, and spoke slowly.

"To be honest with the Marquis of Han, the dog tried his best to persuade him to surrender to the Han Kingdom, so this old man changed his mind. It's just that I don't agree with some of the current practices of the Han Kingdom, so I want to ask the Marquis of Han face to face. "

And Meng Di smiled, nodded to Guo Yuan next to him, and then said.

"This king has something I would like to ask Huizi about. Now how many princes still abide by the rituals of Zhou that the northern princes insist on?"

After Guoxia heard this, his face changed slightly. In fact, the current situation is that everyone talks about Zhou Li, but in fact, when they act in private, they don't follow it at all. They basically take their own interests as the starting point.

Seeing that the other party was silent, the smile on Meng Di's face became a little weaker, and he said very solemnly.

"Today's vassal states attack each other for self-interest. Even in Jin State today, Zhao Jianzi has already carried out reforms in Jin State in order to restore the strength of Jin State. Huizi thinks why this happened?"

This question is not difficult to answer, Guo Xia pondered for a moment, then he spoke.

"Without him, because the officials of the Jin State are too powerful, Zhao Jianzi wants to take the power back into the hands of the Marquis of Jin through reforms, so that the Jin State can be kept strong, otherwise it will fall into a crisis. In internal friction."

At this time, Meng Di sighed, and then said in a leisurely tone.

"I think that when Emperor Yan and Huang were there, in order to gain a foothold in the Central Plains, they had a series of battles with the Dongyi people. Then there was the Battle of Zhuolu, and then there was the inheritance of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Kingdoms."

"This is also because the population at that time was not large, and most of the areas were in a barren state, and what they were fighting for were some relatively rich places. Therefore, in order to avoid heavy casualties during the war, Zhou Li appeared. .”

"The reason is that in order to maintain a huge empire, the various princes had to make compromises, that is, because after the Zhou royal family moved eastward, they were no longer able to maintain the power of the royal family."

"That's why the spring and autumn struggle for hegemony has emerged, but after so many years of development, the population of each country has reached a considerable number, and there has been a situation where the country of a thousand vehicles can dominate one side, so there have been many overlords."

"To a certain extent, the casualties between each other have been reduced, but it has also allowed the various vassal states to develop vigorously. Take Qi as an example. The earliest feudal state was near Jucheng. After years of fighting Seize the territory of the Dongyi people."

"That's why the territory of the current state of Qi came into existence, and its population has doubled several times in the past few hundred years. Not to mention big countries like Qi and Jin, even some small countries have thousands of chariots. "

"Under such circumstances, it is impossible to continue to use hegemony to maintain the peace of the world, because if countries do not expand abroad, they will not be able to guarantee their own security, let alone settle so many people."

"The original barbaric land is now being contested by people. Under such circumstances, how can Zhou Li not collapse, and many princes and states have even appeared in a situation where high officials are in power. If things go on like this, the world will not Want to keep fighting?"

After hearing these words, Guoxia's eyes lit up. Before that, he didn't think about the problem through this aspect. This was because he had formed a habit for a long time, so he had inertial thinking.

Now that Meng Di said this, he also gradually realized the seriousness of the problem. During the period of helping Gao Zhang govern Qi, he also had a personal experience. Why was the Tian family able to win the hearts of the people through the strategy of fighting big and advancing small?
The most important reason is that the life of the people in Qi is not as easy as before, so when they encounter some difficulties, they can only get help in this way, so they gradually have a good impression of Tian.

So this time Gao Zhang called on the doctors of the Qi State to attack the Tian family together, which was a stupid move, so he was caught off guard.

Under such circumstances, the basic interests of ordinary people cannot be guaranteed. If Qi State can conquer more territories, then this problem can be solved for the time being. This is a very realistic problem. Thinking of this, Guo Xia then said.

"What the Marquis of Han means is that you have a way to solve the current situation? The old man would like to hear more about it. I don't know what kind of clever trick can make the princes of the world bow their heads and obey their ears, and eliminate wars from now on."

At this time, Mengdi laughed, with a domineering expression on his face, and sharp eyes, and said solemnly.

"As long as the vassal states of the world are unified, the problem will naturally be solved smoothly. At that time, as long as we vigorously develop the land and reclaim some unowned land, then a large number of people can be resettled, so that the people can live and work in peace and contentment."

"At the same time, suppress the rights of the nobles so that they cannot wantonly annex the world. In this way, the world can be restored to peace, and the war can be eliminated by doing so. I don't know if Keiko thinks so?"

Guo Xia took a breath when he heard this. He didn't expect Meng Di's appetite to be so big. What Meng Di wanted was not to dominate the world at all, but to destroy the vassal states in the world, so as to establish a complete Empire!

(End of this chapter)