Several generations of monarchs of the Jin State have been trying to strengthen the strength of the princes, defending the monarchy while suppressing the "Qing".

It's just that if the clan was originally strong, it would have been weakened, and those "qing" could still allow the clan to become strong again?

To put it apart, most of the land in the Jin Kingdom was under the name of the "feudal lords" and became their fiefdoms.

If the clan wants to become strong again, it must have enough land under its name.

So where does the land come from?

Qing and the doctor are certainly not happy to give up their land, they want more more.

The monarch wants to strengthen the princes, but he can't get the extra land, so there are not many ways left.

Getting rid of the secretary and the doctor is one of the solutions.

Reaching out is also one of the ways.

Several monarchs have been trying to weaken the "Qing", but their achievements have been quite limited.

When Jin Jinggong came to power, he once added more "qing" positions, hoping to trigger internal competition between "qing" and find an opportunity to complete the goal of weakening "qing" and "doctor".

At one time, there were twelve "secretaries" in the Jin Kingdom, and it did successfully trigger a conflict between "secretaries".

Jin Jinggong destroyed the Zhao clan of the first clan and the three kings, but found that he wanted to dismember the land that originally belonged to the Zhao clan and reward it to the Gong clan, but met with strong resistance.

Jin Jinggong, the only monarch of several generations who has achieved major success, why did he overturn his righteous governance achievements before the time being?

Isn't it that after dismembering the Zhao family, it is those "Qing" and "doctors" who get the most benefits, and the real benefits of the clan are limited!

Again, Jin Jinggong needs to dig a pit.

He didn't believe it, the Zhao family was besieged, and he wouldn't hold grudges, and one day he would definitely go to find the rest of the "Qing" unhappy.

As for the Zhao family settling accounts with the monarch or the prince?

The clan may be unlucky, but it will not be destroyed.

A certain monarch was assassinated again? The next monarch will still be surnamed Ji.

It's just that Jin Jinggong never expected that if he dug this pit, it would not only make the nobles fall into it, right?

Lu Wu guessed correctly.

The princes who rushed to the battlefield really wanted to take credit, but they were resisted by the joint efforts of all the nobles.

The fighting ended three days later.

In the end, of course, the Bai Zhai coalition army was defeated and thousands of people fled, and the rest of them either died, or all the baggage became the spoils of the Jin army.

There is no doubt that the Jin State has achieved a great victory, compared with the elimination of 60,000 or 70,000 enemy troops, the cost of more than 10,000 casualties is not great, of which only more than 1,300 people were killed and disabled in battle.

"Captives and goods for the king?" When Lu Wu got this notice, he pressed the rejection in his heart and said, "That's all the same? ”

Wei Rui said: "The king is personally recruited, and he acts like this. ”

What's going on?

In other words, these nobles need to take out all their gains and give them all to the monarch in the name of contribution.

It was the first time Lu Wu had encountered this kind of thing, and he didn't know what the charter was.

On the premise that everyone does this, he just doesn't want to, and he can only do it.

Wei Rui is counting prisoners and goods, and will make detailed statistics.

Lu Wu saw Wei Rui's actions and asked, "What?" ”

Wei Rui explained.

The nobles said that the captives were sacrificed to the king, but it was not true that all of them were given to the king.

Of course, some of the withholdings will be withheld, and the others will be given back in the name of rewards.

Hearing that this was such a process, Lu Wu thought that it was part of the "ceremony" again.

The statistical contribution was Qi Xi, who saw Lu Wu again and behaved more enthusiastically.

Lu Wu saw that Qi Xi had recorded in detail the list of contributions from each nobleman, and his heart stabilized.

"I haven't seen it for many years, but Wuzi is already a great general." The 'Xiao General' that Qi Xi talked about is not a position, but praises the bravery. He did not hide his friendliness towards Lu Wu, and said: "If you have free time, Wu will come to look for me." ”

Lu Wu pondered that his contact with Qi Xi was only once, or a few short conversations, not even a formal acquaintance, and he was surprised why Qi Xi was so enthusiastic.

Of course, Qi Xi wouldn't talk to Lu Wu for too long, and he also needed to record the list of the contributions of the rest of the nobles.

A war has just been fought.

Although he is still on the battlefield, he is busy with the soldiers who are responsible for going out to clean up the remnants of the enemy.

Soldiers and auxiliaries who have no specific tasks need to stay in the camp, bask in the sun every day, and catch lice on their bodies.

The aristocracy was busy moving around with each other.

Lu Wu's longest escape is Cheng Slip.

Han Jue, one of the old fathers-in-law, only went there when he had official business, and he went less than Zhigang.

It's not about avoiding suspicion.

Just because Han Ju doesn't like his relatives to bother with inexplicable reasons, even if he wants benefits, he will definitely not show favoritism.

Zhi Gang is a boss and elder who likes others to visit the door, but Lu Wu really doesn't want to go over if he has nothing to do, so as not to be robbed again.

And the "Chinese army" has not come back yet, and of course Lu Wu has no way to go to the Wei family.

They retreated to camp around the "Jiaogang" and did not disband or return to the division, mainly waiting for the "Chinese army" to return.

Lu Wu heard some gossip from Han Qi's side.

It is rumored that the monarch has a lot of opinions about the "Chinese army" not coming to "save the driver".

Shangjun Zuo Haoqi doesn't know why he stiffened up with the monarch, talking about the "Chinese army" is just carrying out the orders issued by the monarch.

However, the monarch said that the "lower army" waved his army to help, which made Han Ju, who was present at the time, very embarrassed.

"Cheng 'handsome', Wu has something to understand." Lu Wu didn't care about Cheng Hua burying his head on the desk, and said to himself: "I'm waiting for help, or is it wrong?" ”

Cheng Hua didn't raise his head and said: "If there is an 'order', it is to act according to the 'order', and it is a fault to return without a call." ”

So it is equivalent to saying that they knew that there was danger here, and they did not get the order to wave their troops to the rescue, and it became a mistake?

Lu Wu thought to himself: "This is Spring and Autumn. In the era of the supremacy of imperial power, it is the greatest right thing to rescue the monarch. The Spring and Autumn Period knew that the monarch was in danger to save him, not only was it not a shameful achievement, but it also became a violation of military orders. ”

Of course, the main reason is that the "Qing" of the Jin State has too much right to speak.

For the rest of the nations, if the king thinks it is right, it is right.

Lu Wu asked puzzledly: "But the 'upper army' thinks that the 'lower army' is suspected of taking merit?" ”

"Definitely." Cheng Hua raised his head and glanced at Lu Wu strangely, and said with a wooden expression: "As far as the Shangjun Zuo Hao Qi is concerned, he does not put the monarch first, but should put state affairs first. ”

Therefore, Han Ju and Zhi Gang...... The nobles who "went to the army" and so on, not only can't complain about Yin Qi, but also think that Yin Qi is right?

Lu Wu thought about it for a while and understood.

These aristocrats value the state, and it is only because of the existence of the state that they can continue to be powerful.

The end of the monarch does not mean the death of the country, and the death of the country is really finished.

Lu Wu has to admit that this kind of thinking is really quite "advanced"!

In this way, after solving Bai Zhai, they were stationed in "Jiaogang" for another month and a half, waiting left and right, which can be regarded as waiting for the "Chinese army" to come back.

Luan Shu was just greeted by the nobles.

The monarch didn't know that Luan Shu returned with the victorious squad of the "Chinese Army", and he didn't even send people to make a show.

Lu Wu was one of the greeters.

In fact, as long as it is not really impossible to leave, the nobles in the army will come to greet Luan Shu.

It's not that Luan Shu himself is awesome, it's just that these nobles need to respect the position of "marshal".

is both a marshal and a ruling party, or a general of the Chinese army, Luan Shu is, to put it bluntly, the spokesperson of all nobles.

His responsibility is to be the leader of the nobles, responsible for preventing the monarch from harming the interests of the nobles, and even creating benefits for the nobles.

In the Jin Kingdom, the "marshal" who could not create benefits for the majority of the nobles was absolutely unable to sit firmly on the throne of the "marshal".

Lu Wu made a visual inspection and found that the "Chinese army" had captured a lot.

There were more than 40,000 captives alone, most of them men, and a few of them women.

The total number of horses, cattle and sheep exceeds 200,000.

There were also nearly five hundred carts of various loot.

Lu Wu couldn't help but drool when he saw it, and couldn't help but say, "How many tribes is this?" ”

Han Qi stood beside Lu Wu and asked, "What are you talking about?" ”

That is, there is no title of "brother" now, otherwise Han Qi would have called Lu Wu "Brother Wu".

Lu Wu casually fooled around, asked the question he wanted to ask, and said, "When the marshal contributes the harvest to the monarch, he wants the class teacher to return?" ”

They have been out for almost three months, and the season has moved from autumn to winter, and the first snow will arrive in a few days.

This time the service was not an "obligation", and the nobles had to bear the consumption of the samurai and their subjects, and the longer the delay, the more their little hearts hurt.

Everyone is looking forward to returning to Xintian as soon as possible, and the compensation that the monarch should do will be issued quickly, and the army will be disbanded, and the spoils of war will be divided.

Luan Shu, who came back, summoned several "secretaries" and nobles with high positions and titles.

Lu Wu's position and title are not enough, so he is naturally not on the list of invitees.

Luan Shu talked to the nobles about something, and then it was issued in the form of an order.

The "Shang Army", which has been stationed in "Jiaogang" for a long time, will go to Xintian and go through the procedures for disbandment.

The "Chinese Army" and the "Lower Army" need to stay where they are, and the "Chinese Army" will be stationed in the military city of "Jiaogang".

That is, the service of the "middle army" and the "lower army" has not yet ended.

After solving the Bai Zhai coalition army, as well as the army of the Qin State, it was inevitable that the two legions would be left, but it caused a burst of discussion.

The nobles can fight, they do not reject war, and even like to fight.

The key problem is that they are now carrying out more obligations than they need to fulfill, because of the accident in the consumption of the family's money!

And the monarch promised to bear the logistics consumption before, not only could he not see the allocated materials, but even how much of the seizures handed in by the nobles would be returned, and it was just that he had not returned the gift for so long, and he couldn't hear any news at all!

Lu Wu knew that he would be stationed in "Jiaogang" this winter, and he was glad that he had brought a sufficient amount of winter clothes, but the grain he brought was slightly insufficient.

Even people like Lu Wu who like to be in case of emergency, the rest of the nobles are definitely in worse condition.

However, the king still clung to the supplies handed over by the nobles, and there was no sign of returning the gifts......