Chapter 19: The Chaotic War (I)
Ji Kang, accompanied by Wu Anjun Anyuan and others, inspected several counties in Wuyang County in the next few days.
At the beginning of the founding of the Yan State, the fiefdom was the richest place in North China, located in the north of the North China Plain.
Originally, the capital of the Yan Kingdom was the current Zhongdu Liangxiang City (now Fangshan District, Beijing). After the founding of the Yan Kingdom, it began to build the surrounding cities, and some important cities such as Wuyang, Wusui, and Fangcheng were completed during this period.
In the city of Yidu, there is still a complete royal palace. Ji Kang's great-grandfather, King Yan Zhao, built the "Golden Terrace" in Yidu, recruited talents from all over the world, and began to expand the Yan Kingdom.
Since the beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the world has been in turmoil.
The situation of the Yan State was very difficult, the north faced the invasion of the northern Shanrong, Guzhu, Lingzhi, Donghu, Xiongnu and other nomadic peoples, and the west faced the threat of Bai Di's eastward migration.
In order to eliminate these hidden dangers, Yan also decided to start expanding northward.
In order to control the Beiyishui area, as well as the important strategic artery "Puyincheng (Taihang artery from Yixian County, Hebei Province to Dai County, Shanxi)". The Yan State upgraded Wuyangyi, that is, Yicheng, to the "lower capital" as the strategic support for the southern Yan army.
At this point, the "three capitals" of Yan State, that is, Jicheng in the upper capital, Liangxiangyi in the middle capital, and Wuyangyi in the lower capital, were officially formed.
In order to defend the southern border of Yan State, Yan State started from Yicheng, the lower capital, from west to east, along the Yishui River, through Wusui (now Suicheng Town, Xushui County, Hebei), Fangcheng (now Gu'an County, Hebei) and other places, and built a defense line to protect its rear from attack, which is the "Yannan Great Wall" built by Yan State in Wuyang County at this time.
Ji Kang stood on top of the Great Wall of Yidu, looking at the South Great Wall that stretched with no end in sight, and his heart was heroic.
In Ji Kang's previous life, because of historical reasons, Yan Guo's sense of existence was extremely low. This southern Great Wall has long been submerged in the years of history, and there are few accounts, leaving only ruins and broken walls for future generations.
But now this Great Wall is at his feet, and the walls are mostly made of rammed earth with a rammed earth layer of about 25 centimeters; The width of the wall base can reach about 20 meters.
Ji Kang now knows that the Southern Great Wall was built earlier than the Northern Great Wall, and then continued to extend to the east and west, stretching for thousands of miles, with a majestic momentum.
Ji Kang raised his right arm, pointed to the Great Wall, and said to Lu Zhonglian and the others behind him with emotion: "The first king of my Yan Kingdom led the people of my Yan Kingdom, and the roads were ragged and the thorns and thorns were cut through to have the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains of my Yan Kingdom today." ”
"King Zhaoxian once told us and other descendants that the Great Wall is only the starting point of my Yan Kingdom, not the end of my Yan Kingdom. I, and the younger generations, can't live up to the expectations of the previous kings and predecessors of my Yan Kingdom! ”
Lu Zhonglian, Han Fei, An Yuan, Tian Guang and others led the "promise" in unison.
Lu Zhonglian, an old gentleman in his early sixties, stepped forward and said to Ji Kang: "Prince, if you are in a world of great contention today, there are many princes, the strong can rise to the top as soon as they rush, and the weak will become a fish in the pond when they retreat." ”
"Prince, for my Yan Kingdom, the past few years are very precious and especially important. Not only kings should strengthen themselves, but also ministers should plan. The prince must also understand the truth of this. ”
"Today, Qin and Zhao are strong, after the battle between Changping and Handan, the vitality of Qin is greatly damaged, and Zhao is even more dying; The top and bottom of the Qi country are nepotistic, fond of pleasure, and have no enterprising heart. ”
Speaking of this, Lu Zhonglian looked at Han Fei, and then continued to say to Ji Kang: "Han and Wei are afraid of Qin like a tiger, but they just linger and do nothing; The Southern Chu State, although it has a territory of thousands of miles, cannot be united up and down. ”
"My Yan country now has 16 counties and more than 200 counties. The territory is thousands of miles, the people are tens of millions, the regular army is 400,000, and the armoured army is more than a million. And the prince, you are thirsty for talent, and you are humble and rich in money to recruit talents; He also paid tribute to the martyrs, comforted the orphans, and shared weal and woe with his subordinates. ”
"The old minister is not talented, but it can be said that my Yan Kingdom has also risen. The crown prince wants to seize the great opportunity that God has given me in the past few years. As long as this year's recuperation, military training and drills. In the coming year, we can raise troops to sweep through the Central Plains and complete the great cause of unifying the world. ”
After everyone heard Lu Zhonglian's words, their faces were flushed and their faces were full of excitement. Yes! Under the leadership of the crown prince, my Yan Kingdom is finally going to start competing for the Central Plains and unifying the world, can you not be excited?
Only Han Fei sighed softly.
Ji Kang didn't speak, just grabbed the wall tiles of the Southern Great Wall tightly with both hands. Looking back at everyone's expressions, I already knew it in my heart.
Ji Kang turned around and said to Han Fei sincerely: "Mr. Han, you are the leader of the young generation in today's world. I know about Korean feelings. But once the husband comes to life, he walks between heaven and earth, and he takes it as a career, so he will not lose this life. ”
"I promise you here, if you really wait for the time when Yan and South Korea are fighting each other. In my husband's face, the Korean royal family can be relocated to Liaodi, and they can be kept safe and treated kindly. Therefore, please rest assured. ”
Ji Kang's words can be described as full of sincerity, and everyone looked at Han Fei.
After listening to Ji Kang's words, Han Fei not only fell into deep thought.
I have to say that in the three years that Han Fei has been in Yanguo, Ji Kang's attitude towards himself has moved Han Fei very much. Throughout Chinese history, Ji Kang treated people with sincerity, and the Three Emperors and Five Emperors were nothing more than that.
If Yan can really unify the world in the future, this will be a model for himself to go down in history.
Everyone now knows that Yan Wang Ji Ming is not in good health, and this state affairs of Yan Kingdom are already in charge of the crown prince Ji Kang. Looking at what he did in Yan Kingdom, it was very proper, and there was nothing lacking.
Therefore, Ji Kang's foundation in the Yan Kingdom is getting deeper and deeper, and many famous ministers and generals are around him, and he has the posture of the world's heroes. If you follow behind this person, you will indeed be able to make contributions in the future and realize your ambitions.
Han Fei was in South Korea, and he was tabooed by his brother Han Wangran, not only did he not reuse himself, but he was suppressed everywhere.
What Han Fei didn't know was that in the history of Ji Kang's previous life, Han Fei had a bad fate. Han Wangran not only did not reuse his younger brother Han Fei, but willed that his son could not reuse Han Fei for the rest of his life.
Because Han Fei is the elder brother of Han Wangran's father, Han Wangran, and the son of Gongzi Lie.
In the twelfth year of King Han Xiang (300 B.C.), the crown prince of Korea died of illness. In order to vacate the position of the crown prince, the two brothers Gongzi and Gongzi Lie launched a fierce competition.
Han Fei's father-in-law, the name of the lice, was unlucky, and his luck was not much better, he was a hostage in Chu at the time, and his personal freedom was not free, and the distance was far away, so it was difficult to control the situation between the DPRK and China.
In this way, Gongzi, who was originally ranked after Gongzi lice in the order of succession of the Korean crown prince, stayed in Korea at that time, took advantage of the right time and place, and schemed, and finally won the victory in this political struggle and was made the crown prince.
King Han Xiang died, and the son was blamed for the king of Han Xiang. King Han reigned for twenty-three years, died, and his son Han Ran was established.
When Han Wangran was dying, he said to his son: "You are the king of Han, and you have everything to use people, but you can't use Han Fei." Han Fei's talent is beyond your control. No, the country is weak. If you use it, you will be afraid that the country will take it away, and it will no longer be owned by you. Remember, remember. ”
In the end, Han Fei was given to King Yingzheng of Qin by South Korea, and was jealous of his senior brother Li Si, was framed tragically, and died unexpectedly.
Now that Han Fei is in Yan State, he has been appointed by Ji Kang as the cabinet guard of the Secretary Pavilion and has been reused. This position is connected to the previous and the next, although the official position is not high, but it is in the center of the court, and it is the only way for the future prime minister.
But more importantly, at this time in Yan Kingdom, Ji Kang has been able to make his own decisions about all aspects of things. You don't have to look at other people's faces, let alone point fingers. On this point, Han Fei was extremely satisfied.
Only such a monarch can give himself a broad stage and realize his political ambitions.
Han Fei has not been in vain in Yan Country in the past few years.
Guanyan has the ambition to annex the world.
Listening to Ji Kang's sincere tone, Han Fei realized that this was the only and last opportunity in his life. If you miss it, there will be no such opportunity in this life, even the royal family of South Korea may die under the sword in the future.
Han Fei stretched out his arms, put his hands together and stretched out to the front, bowed deeply to Ji Kang, and saluted:
"Thank you to the prince, such a generous person of the Korean royal family, Han Fei is grateful. Please rest assured that Han Fei swears here today: Han Fei has promised the prince to be an official in Yan, and he will do his best in the future to assist the prince and even Yan Guo. If he violates today's oath, Han Fei will die. ”
Seeing this, Ji Kang knew that at this moment, Han Fei was sincerely preparing to do things in Yan Kingdom.
stepped forward to help Han Fei and said to Han Fei:
"Mr. Han Fei doesn't have to be like this. I have to be a gentleman, such as Qi Huan, and Jin Wen, and the fox. ”
When everyone around Ji Kang heard this, they all changed color.
This evaluation is too high, Guan Zhong and Hu Yan respectively assisted their own kings to dominate the world, and now Ji Kang actually treats Han Fei, a young Korean son, like this, is it too much?
Only Ji Kang knew that his evaluation of Han Fei was not high at all at this time.
In Ji Kang's previous life, Han Fei's talent was so outstanding. Han Fei is not only a Chinese thinker, philosopher and essayist, but also a representative of the Legalist school. It is also a combination of Shang Ying's "law", Shen Bu's "technique" and cautious "potential".
And the dialectics of Lao Tzu, simple materialism and the law were integrated, leaving a large number of famous sayings for later generations. For more than 2,000 years, its doctrine has been the basis for the application of the Chinese feudal ruling class.
Just when Ji Kang inspected Wuyang County, the Central Plains was already in chaos.
After experiencing the fiasco of the Battle of Handan, Qin Wang Yingji was completely embarrassed and angry. brazenly tore up the contracts signed with the Central Plains countries under the Hangu Pass.
At the end of last year, he ordered Wang Yi and Zhang Tang to lead an army of 200,000 to occupy Hedong County, which had just returned to the hands of Wei. Immediately afterwards, the Qin army took advantage of Korea and occupied Anyang (Ningxin Zhongcheng of Wei) in Wei.
Wei Wangyu had no way to deal with Qin's invasion, and he did not dare to counterattack the Qin army on a large scale, but blamed Korea.
In March, just after the beginning of spring, Wei sent 100,000 troops to attack Korea on the grounds that Korea was passing through Qin.
Han Wangran had no choice, so he sent people to ask for help from the three kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, and Chu.
But at this time, Qin, Zhao, and Chu couldn't take care of South Korea anymore.
Because the war between Qin and Zhao is about to start again.
And the state of Chu is also preparing to send troops to the state of Lu.