After Spring and Autumn

Chapter 443
Then the news of Mengdi's wedding came out, and after receiving the news, all the vassal states sent people to congratulate them one after another.

After hearing the news, Zhao Yang, who was seriously ill, thought twice about sending envoys to Huai City. Now Han has captured most of the territory of Wu State, and occupied the original territory of Lu State. The land area is larger than that of Jin State. big.

It has become a powerful country that cannot be ignored, and there is a monarch like Meng Di. It is already difficult to govern. Zhao Yang is also a person who refuses to admit defeat, he said to Yin Duo who will be sent to the Han Dynasty.

"Last time, my husband advised me to wait two or three years to attack Han with the power of the whole country. At that time, I misjudged the situation, so that I failed in the end. This time, sir, I can go to Han to take a look at the situation of Han. how."

"It's better to take targeted measures after returning. Judging from the current situation, if the country of Han is allowed to rise successfully, then our Jin country is very likely to completely lose its overlord status from now on."

Yin Duo nodded after listening, with a solemn look on his face, and said after saluting.

"Please rest assured, my lord. After I go to the Han Kingdom this time, I will definitely investigate carefully and strive for something. After this new defeat, our Jin Kingdom may take longer to recover its strength. This may not be a good thing."

"As the saying goes, its prosperity is booming, and its death is sudden. The rapid rise of the Han Kingdom does not rely on the King of Han alone, but the result of the concerted efforts of countless officials."

"If there is external force added, the whole country of Han will be united. If there is no external force, internal struggle for power in Han will inevitably become the norm. Every vassal state has gradually stabilized in this way."

"The king of Han is ambitious, so he cannot bear such a constraint. If we only need to add fuel to the flames, then Han may gradually decline due to internal strife, just like Qi's hegemony and Wu's hegemony, a flash in the pan."

"Sometimes it is a good choice to show weakness to the enemy. However, the new law of the Han State also has its merits. At least it should give those slaves the opportunity to become civilians, which can also motivate them to serve the Jin State."

"Besides, my country of Jin still has the land in the northeast, as well as Loufan and Beirong. If we take advantage of this period of time to calm them down, we will be able to let the Zhao family get more land and war horses. As long as we work hard for a few years. "

"Then the lord will have hundreds of thousands of cavalry in his hands. At that time, the Han State will definitely be stronger than it is now. Then our Jin State can rely on natural dangers to form an alliance with the Qin State and jointly deal with the Han State."

"In this way, our Jin country has no worries, we only need to attack with all our strength, and slowly consume the national power of the Han country, just like the Jin and Chu struggles for hegemony, defeating each other through internal friction, this is the best strategy."

After Zhao Yang heard these words, he bypassed the case, bowed and bowed, with a look of emotion on his face.

"Yin Zi, this is the words of the old man seeking the country. This time, I will definitely adopt your suggestion. I will not be arrogant or rash, and slowly consume the strength of the Han country through dignified battles. If I can't do it, then I will leave it to you." My son will do it."

"If he can't do it, he will continue to pass it down. Our Jin Kingdom has been passed down for more than two hundred years and has a profound heritage, while the Han Kingdom has only just been established, and the country has been wronged. One day, our Jin Kingdom will still regain its dominance. .”

As a political veteran, Zhao Yang is now very seasoned, so he naturally knows that as long as the Han Kingdom does not move forward, it will immediately fall into a power struggle.

It is reasonable for other vassal states to gradually stabilize after more than 200 years. If Meng Di wants to break the rules now, he will definitely have to pay a heavy price, especially those nobles under him who have no fiefs.

That also means that these nobles have no self-protection power, whether they live or die, they only rely on two things. The first is whether their own merits are large enough and whether they have enough influence in the Han Dynasty.

The second point is to rely on the personal relationship with Mengdi. The better the relationship is, the safer it will be. In this way, once a flatterer comes to power, the good situation of the Han Kingdom will be ruined.

To put it bluntly, there are no rules, so what Yin Duo said also means that he has a sharp vision and a very long-term plan.

Now that the strategy to deal with the Han Dynasty has been decided, Zhao Yang's condition is getting better day by day, and then Yin Duo takes gifts and goes to the Han Dynasty.

All of a sudden, Huaicheng became a place of wind and cloud, and at this time, Meng Di took advantage of Sun Wu's time in Huaicheng to finally come up with the first law of the Han Dynasty, the Hanfajing.

Although it is not complete, it has made simple regulations in all aspects. Because it has just been implemented, the content is not very detailed. Meng Di removed some too cruel criminal laws.

He felt that everything should be done slowly, and after seeing the effect, he decided to add more, so as not to act too hastily.

After the news came out, the world was shaken. In the eyes of those who are interested, such a practice is like a rebellious existence, especially the Confucian students. They gathered in the Huaicheng Academy to discuss the matter day and night, and most of them were against it.

One of the young students just quietly listened to the arguments of these people, and began to study the pros and cons of the Han Fa Jing word by word, sometimes with a look of sudden enlightenment on his face, and sometimes puzzled.

The name of this student was Li Kui, and he also heard about the Huaicheng Academy in the Han Dynasty, so he came all the way to study. He didn't expect that the treatment here was so good, and he only needed to pass a simple examination to confirm the identity of the scholar.

Then you can get free meals in the academy, and you can also get some extra subsidies during the holidays, and then you can do some simple things to get free accommodation.

It was impossible to encounter such a thing in other vassal states, so Li Kui stayed directly for a year and a half, and completely experienced the battle of Han State against Wu State and the coalition forces of Jin State this time.

Although they did not experience it personally, the people of the Han Kingdom had no doubts that Mengdi could win, and when they heard that the official uniform recruited soldiers or bought grain, every household gave generously, and was even willing to sell it to him at a very low price. government.

This also opened Li Kui's eyes, allowing him to see what it means to know etiquette in a warehouse, and then he fully understood the title system of the Han Dynasty. This kind of incentive method is also ingenious, and Li Kui seems to have found his own Direction in life.

(End of this chapter)