After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 434 Sending to Huai City
After hearing this, Meng Di smiled lightly, waved his hand, and told the soldiers to untie Fan Chi's rope directly, and then said.

"Since you have such insights, why did the enlightenment of the State of Lu make these people make such a choice? After all, Confucius also came from the State of Lu, and many of his disciples taught students in the State of Lu."

"Theoretically speaking, the enlightenment of Lu State must be quite good, but the result is that these people don't seem to have changed because of this. I also have a saying here, that tells the people not to fear death, but why should they be afraid of death."

"If these people allow them to live a stable life, they also have their own ability to distinguish and know who is good to them and who is not good to them. Although they do not have a long-term vision, they are definitely qualified to live."

"Although the reasons you said sound reasonable, the actual situation is that the nobles of Lu State are constantly oppressing these common people for their own interests, so that they have no recognition of Lu State at all."

"This is the most fundamental reason. Looking back at the people of our Han country, although many of them are still living in poverty, they have a high degree of trust in attention, at least over the years."

"This king has only heard of people fleeing to Han from other vassal states, but never heard of people from Han fleeing to other vassal states. I think this is also the result of enlightenment?"

Fan Chi was a little speechless after hearing this, he naturally knew what Mengdi said was the truth, so he could only sigh helplessly.

"The people in power in the court of Lu State have been in control of the government for a long time, and they have formed inertia. They can't see these people in their eyes. Such a situation is also helpless. Now that I have been defeated and arrested, there is nothing to say. explain."

"The defeated soldier willingly begged for death, and asked the Marquis of Han to fulfill his wish, which can be regarded as fulfilling my loyalty to Lu. It's a pity that from now on, the etiquette of the Spring and Autumn Period will disappear completely, and the disputes will definitely reunite."

But Meng Di shook his head lightly. Naturally, he couldn't kill Fan Chi directly, although he had a reason to do so.

But Fan Chi is a disciple of Confucius, and his personal character is also good, so Meng Di decided to keep him. After so many years, Confucius has taught many disciples, not to mention anything else.

Mengdi will also need a large number of officials to govern the region in the future. Confucianism has a natural advantage in this regard, mainly because their core idea is to maintain the rule of the king. Of course he needs this, so he said.

"Although you Confucians have always been thinking about restoring Zhouli, the actual situation now is that Zhouli has collapsed, and seeking change in case of chaos is the right way. If you can take this opportunity, let the world return to unity."

"In this way, so many ordinary people can live a simple and happy life. Isn't this a kind of benevolence? But you are clinging to everything in the past, and you don't open your eyes at all. Take a look at the world today."

"What the princes you support look like, I think you know better than me in your heart. There are serious internal power struggles among the princes, and the power of the princes is deprived of the power of the ministers to override the monarchy."

"Although on the surface it seems that they abide by Zhou etiquette, in fact, everyone knows what is going on. Your Confucianists are also obsessed with wanting to restore the monarchy, so as to contain those ministers who hold great power."

"But have you ever thought about solving this problem fundamentally? The most important reason why those courtiers dare to act recklessly is because they have considerable strength, such as Tian Chengzi of Qi State."

"It is because he is powerful enough that he can abolish the king. As long as the king does not suit his wishes, he can use various means to remove him and replace him with a more obedient successor to the throne."

"You are also a talented person, and I also admire the reputation of Confucius, so I would like to invite you to Huai City to take a look and see how the people of our Han Kingdom live. Maybe it will touch you .”

After Fan Chi heard this, he remained silent, and Meng Di didn't say much, and waved his hand to let someone take him down.

Then after entering the city, Meng Di followed his agreement to strictly enforce military discipline, and gave all the land of the nobles to the local people, and announced that these slaves could also obtain the land and become ordinary people.

In this way, the common people and slaves in the city gained practical benefits, and they supported the Han army even more. Meng Di promoted some officials from among these people and let them be in charge of the affairs of Tengcheng.

At the same time, some veterans were selected from his own army to serve as generals in the city. As long as the generals were in his hands, there would be no major problems in Tengcheng. Afterwards, Meng Di began to send military marquises to Feiyi. And to find out the news.

At this time, Zhao Yang, who had just entered Feiyi, received an urgent military message from the rear. Qufu had fallen, and Meng Di had quickly leveled many cities in Lu State at an unimaginable speed.

Ji Sunfei and Gongsun Mimou were shocked when they heard the news, and they rushed to see Zhao Yang. Ji Sunfei was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. After entering the room, he saluted in a hurry and spoke.

"Jianzi, now that our army has captured Feiyi, we should bring the army back to Qufu as soon as possible. Mengzi is best at deceiving people. If he is allowed to stay in Qufu and do things, Qufu will change even if he takes it back. .”

After Zhao Yang heard this, he shook his head lightly, and said with a serious look on his face.

"Kangzi, don't be so anxious. Mengzi has already captured Qufu, and he is a man who knows the soldiers. He will definitely expect that we will bring the army back to help. If an ambush is set on the road, then our army will entangle them. fight."

"You should know that Mengzi is the best at this kind of tactic, so we can't mess around at this time, we should plan in detail, not to mention the whereabouts of Sun Wuzi's infantry is unknown, we must at least defeat him first."

"Make sure you don't have to worry about the future, so you can return to help, otherwise, you may fall into the other party's calculations, not only can't save Qufu, but you may suffer a big loss because of it."

Anyway, the capital city of Lu State was lost now, so Gongsun Mimou on the side was not in such a hurry. After hearing these words, he nodded his head in agreement, and then he expressed his opinion.

"What Jian Zi said is very reasonable. We should stay the same and respond to all changes now. It is the best policy to rely on the superior force and step by step."

(End of this chapter)