Chapter 340: A Peaceful Mountain
"No need, let's hurry up!" Zhang Liang said, "Please contact the kings of Baiyue immediately, and ask them to send envoys to the Qin army's tent to discuss important matters." ”
"We are fighting against Baiyue, is this appropriate?" Zhao Tuo felt strange and raised a different opinion.
"Do as I say, I will take full responsibility!" Zhang Liang raised the edict given to him by Yang Fusu.
Zhao Tuo stopped talking and ordered directly, but he made a conclusion to Zhang Liang in his heart, this is a bureaucrat who has no actual combat experience and can only slap his beard. I don't know how he used to deceive the emperor's edict and come here to show off his might, but his method obviously won't work.
What does it mean to summon envoys to discuss matters, and if they can discuss, will they still fight here for life and death?"
After fighting for so many years, he has never been able to get Baiyue, just relying on him Zhang Liang, a weak scholar, Zhao Tuo can only hehe.
His current mentality is to let Zhang Liang make trouble, but when the time comes, it will be his Zhang Liang's business to complete the task, and it has nothing to do with him Zhao Tuo.
At this time, the so-called Baiyue actually has many branches, including Wuyue, Yangyue, Donou, Minyue, Nanyue, Xiou, Luoyue and many other Yue branches.
Among them, it was not all the Baiyue forces that were fighting against the Qin State, but one of them called Nanyue, which was equivalent to most of Guangdong and part of Guangxi in later generations.
The nearby cities of Nanyue did not have a war with Daqin, and were certainly not friendly.
A few Baiyue envoys came very quickly.
Zhao Tuo introduced Zhang Liang to the envoys and explained that Zhang Liang was the emperor's messenger.
Several Baiyue's envoys couldn't help but take a few more glances at Zhang Liang, who was as handsome as a beauty.
I didn't expect such a handsome little student to be the envoy of Emperor Daqin.
He doesn't look like a high-ranking official, let alone a soldier, why would Emperor Daqin send such a person here to deal with such an important matter.
Zhang Liang didn't talk nonsense with them, and went straight to the point.
"Ladies and gentlemen, there is a big event to announce today!"
"I don't know if the angels have anything important to announce?" Baiyue's envoys were very nervous, not knowing what Zhang Liang was going to announce? Could it be that Daqin had sent troops again to ask them to surrender? Or was there other news that was unfavorable to Baiyue?
"His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin is generous and benevolent, and in order to prevent the two countries from fighting again, resulting in the tragedy of the separation of wives and families, and the destruction of families, he has decided to terminate the war against Baiyue from now on. ”
"What?" Zhao Tuo's whole body was about to jump.
He has worked hard here for many years, just to one day crack Baiyue, and when the class teacher returns to the dynasty, he can get a bigger reward, if he doesn't fight like this, what will he do?
"Is it true?" the three Baiyue envoys were surprised and delighted.
They were shocked that they didn't expect such a turn, originally thought that since Daqin had used 500,000 troops, it would be to defeat Baiyue no matter what, who knew that the policy change would be so fast? I heard that the emperor of Daqin had changed, did the little emperor not want to fight Baiyue?
The good news is that they can finally end the war too.
In fact, in this war, if you want to talk about losses, it must be that the Baiyue side is greater.
Although they dragged the Great Qin's Southern Army into the quagmire of war, they were facing the most powerful army of the day after all, so their own losses were definitely much greater than those of Great Qin, even more than ten to one.
That is to say, if Great Qin dies one soldier, they will die ten, after all, their combat power cannot be compared with the Great Qin army that has no opponents in the entire world. It is more dependent on geographical advantages and large numbers of people to barely resist, simply put, it is to use human lives to pile up.
In the same way, their medical and health conditions are very rudimentary, and the long-term war has caused them to suffer from poverty and disease, and the death of hunger and disease caused by the long-term war is very huge.
And Baiyue is not as good as the Central Plains, the productivity here is still very low, at this time most of them are still in the late stage of primitive society, mostly using slash-and-burn farming, even iron tools are not popular, and some places are even using stone tools.
Such low productivity, coupled with years of war, has brought their economy to a near collapse.
If Great Qin could really give up the war, they would be happy to see the result.
"General Zhao Tuo, don't be impatient, I'm here to represent the emperor, what I say is what the emperor said!"
Zhang Liang looked at Zhao Tuo very calmly, as well as the three messengers.
Zhao Tuo didn't squeak again, after all, the laws of Great Qin are strict, and if a general dares to disobey the emperor's orders, he will be directly punished as treason.
And the first emperor is still very jealous of the general, although he favors the Wang family and the Meng family, but even a general like Wang Jian and Meng Tian, who is deeply valued by Qin Shi Huang, has not been able to put in the position of captain, but has been empty, you know how taboo the emperor is against powerful generals.
Now although the emperor has changed from Lao Dou to his son, Zhao Tuo is not a roundworm in Fusu's stomach, who knows if Fusu will be very wary of generals like Qin Shi Huang.
If Fusu is the same as his old bean, then what Zhao Tuo is saying about opposition here now is to put himself on the rope that hangs himself.
Especially if he doesn't know the details of this called Zhang Liang, in case he goes back to figure out right and wrong......
Therefore, Zhao Tuo immediately fell silent and never said a word again.
"So it's true!" the three messengers were very excited.
"This matter is absolutely true," Zhang Liang replied with a smile, "Zhao Tuo listens to the order!"
Zhao Tuo had no choice but to kneel down to accept the order.
"Emperor Daqin Fusu Order: On the day Zhang Liang arrived in Baiyue, Zhao Tuo immediately stopped attacking Baiyue and Mingjin withdrew his troops. In the future, non-Baiyue active attacks must not take the initiative to attack Baiyue. ”
"The minister accepts the order!" Zhao Tuo pinched his nose and could only accept it first.
Zhang Liang smiled at the three envoys again: "Now you believe it! The previous ones were all misunderstandings, and the people of Great Qin and Baiyue were suffering, but now that the new emperor has ascended the throne, he has decided to form a brotherly alliance with Baiyue with generosity!"
"Brotherly Alliance!" The three Baiyue envoys glanced at each other, they didn't expect the Qin State to play so big.
"It is the alliance of brothers, and His Majesty the Emperor of Great Qin is ready to seal the princes and kings, and the tribal kings of Baiyue, as long as they sign a contract with Great Qin, they can be crowned kings!"
"Feng Wang!" The three messengers seemed to listen to the book of heaven, and Daqin not only stopped attacking us, but also gave us the title of king?
You must know that the princes and kings were divided into feudal systems in the Zhou Dynasty, and after the Great Qin eliminated the Six Kingdoms and established a unified dynasty, they began to implement the county system, how could they do it again this time?
Although they are only tribes, their thirst for power is no less than that of the Central Plains.
If their tribe can become the vassal kings of the Great Qin, then they will have the right to rule of law and rule in the internal right, and the combat power, money, land, etc. will be concentrated in their own hands.
"Not only that," said Zhang Liang, "the Great Qin Emperor promised that not only would the eldest son of the princes and kings inherit the throne, but also the other sons of the princes and kings would also receive rewards, become dukes and marquises, and so on, have their own territories, and be able to collect taxes and decide on defense within the territory." ”
"The princes and kings, you can still inherit, and the duke and the marquis, great!" the three messengers jumped up excitedly.
This kind of feudal system is too beneficial to them, not only can the throne be inherited, but also the sons of the princes and kings can become the lords of a land, and if there are more lords like this, isn't the strength of the tribe stronger?
It's just that the three envoys are not fools, Daqin is obviously not idle and has nothing to do, playing with the king of Feng, there must be their purpose, it is better to ask clearly.
"May I ask if Daqin loves us so much, what help do you want us to provide?"
"The Emperor of the Great Qin Kingdom hopes to be able to trade with Baiyue. 12345
In fact, Qin Shi Huang's conquest of Baiyue was not only for the territory of the territory, but also for an important matter, that is, Baiyue's overseas trade.
Many of the luxuries that Great Qin lacked, such as ivory, agate, citrine, etc., were obtained from maritime trade.
Therefore, the First Emperor wanted to be able to control this trade route and serve himself.
Before, the way he took it was war, but now Fusu is a peaceful deal.
"Deal, I don't know what Daqin wants to trade with us?"
These envoys all knew, what was the purpose of Great Qin's war?
They just didn't understand what Great Qin could trade with them?
"Of course there are a lot of things, there are some things in Daqin that you have never even heard of!" Zhang Liang took out a basket of potatoes and sweet potatoes.
"The golden one is called potato, the red one is called sweet potato, these are two very good food crops, they have a high yield, and they are resistant to storage, they can be stored for a whole year, and they can also be ground into various foods, the key is that their yield per mu is very high, and a normal acre of land can produce 5,000 catties!"
"How much, five thousand catties!" The three messengers were completely stupid, and even Zhao Tuo looked incredible.
If there are such crops, then the problem of food and clothing in Baiyue can be solved.
The three messengers were a little moved, and hurriedly grabbed a few and put them in their pockets.
"And this!" Zhang Liang pulled out another stack of papers.
"What is this?" the three messengers looked at Wang Yin very cautiously.
"This thing is called paper, and it is used to replace bamboo scripts. Zhang Liang explained.
"What, can you use it to write?" the three messengers were immediately drawn in.
Zhang Liang told them about some of the characteristics of the paper, and asked them to advertise by the way.
The three messengers passed the paper to and fro, and they couldn't put it down, and none of them would let go.
They could see at a glance the power of the paper.
You must know that although Baiyue is an uncivilized land, it does not mean that they do not have capable people, like these envoys are all outstanding people.
They all have a certain culture, have also read books, and even have gone to the Central Plains to learn the culture of the Central Plains.
It's a pity that it is not easy to get the culture of the Central Plains back, if you use an ox cart to pull it, I don't know if you have to pull it to the Year of the Monkey.
If there is such a thing in front of you, it will be very convenient, the Central Plains culture can be continuously introduced into Baiyue, for the people of Baiyue to open up the wisdom of the people, in order to improve the overall level of Baiyue.
"This is a fetish!" the South Vietnamese envoy touched the paper, excited.
Having said that, it was logical to sign the contract, and the three envoys each brought back to the tribe a letter of detailed repair.
Sure enough, the reward of the Tui En Decree was something that most people were willing to see, and the heads of the three tribes had no extra opinions and directly agreed to sign it.
After the leaders of the three tribes came to sign, the other tribes in the land of Baiyue also heard the news.
So they applied to the Great Qin court one after another, asking for the same contract as Nanyue.
Of course, Zhang Liang will not refuse, and whoever comes will sign a contract with them.
So in the land of Baiyue, there were more than a dozen princes and kings at once.
"You don't conform to His Majesty the Emperor's mind by doing this, Your Majesty will not pay attention to you!" Zhao Tuo finally put forward his opinion.
Zhang Liang was not angry, but said with a smile: "Your Majesty will definitely agree, you will definitely agree, I believe that Your Majesty the Emperor will definitely see through the mystery." ”
Zhao Tuo's face is a little dark, this good slap in the face is too direct, why don't you say it directly, I don't understand the mystery.
In the Great Qin Qilin Palace.
"What do you think of Zhang Liang's measure?" Fusu asked the civil and military officials.
The civil and military officials immediately used their brains and began to comprehend the mystery.
Is it just a truce? Apparently not.
Or is it trade?
Is it a separation? Could it be that we want to engage in the old system?
Everyone thought about it for a long time, but they didn't understand what was going on.
Fusu secretly asked Wang Yin through the Heavens chat group, what kind of strategy is Zhang Liang?
"What, isn't this the Tui En Order?" Wang Yin immediately understood.
It was originally a strategy produced during the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty in order to deal with the expansion of the power of the kings. Its effect was very good, after the princes and kings used this edict, their strength began to disperse, and it became more and more scattered, and finally there was no way to resist the central government of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Wu's goal was achieved.
"The first step of the so-called Tui En Decree is to allow those tribal leaders to have the title of king, but this is just a false title, in fact, they are originally kings, even if we don't crown them, they are still kings, and the kings are just to win their hearts.
The second is to let them divide the fief to many sons, and allow the sons to collect taxes and levy troops in the fief, and can do everything that the princes and kings can do. In this way, the back covers of the princes and kings will inevitably be divided, so their strength will become more and more scattered, and it will become more and more difficult to be unified, and there will be internal conflicts due to the uneven distribution of spoils.
The third step, because of the separation, the kingdom is divided into principalities, and the principalities are divided into marquis, and the territory of the princes and kings is getting smaller and smaller, and the strength is naturally getting weaker and weaker. In the future, Daqin casually found an excuse to subdue them one by one, and by that time, they had been so divided that they didn't even have the strength to resist. ”
Fusu said it again according to Wang Yin's analysis.
"Your Majesty is wise!"
"Your Majesty Shenwu!"
"Your Majesty, I can't wait!"
The crowd immediately began to pat the horse, half of it was for flattery, and half of it was really really admiring that Fu Su was able to understand the true meaning of this edict in such a short time.
Fusu borrowed Wang Yin's knowledge to pretend to be a wave, and the feeling of pretending to beep made him feel comfortable.
"Then will anyone see the true meaning of Daqin's Tui En Order?" someone asked.
"Impossible, just a group of savage people, who has the talent of His Majesty the Emperor to deduce?"
"That's right, and I also think that even if someone really sees it, it depends on whether the old prince is willing to listen, and even if he is willing to listen, whether his sons can refuse such a temptation?"
"It seems that Zhang Liang has taken everything into account, what a genius!"
"The city lord is indeed the city lord, and the two people recommended to the Lian have the ability to go through heaven and earth, and with these two people, Daqin's foundation is stable!" Fu Su thought, "Han Xin and Zhang Liang must be rewarded heavily!"