Chapter 164: Preparations for the Conquest of the Merchant Kingdom (4)

After listening to Xin Jia's opinions, Ji Fa felt that there were some aspects that were feasible, so he immediately discussed them with Zhou Gong, Taigong, Xin Jia and others, and then selected a part of Xin Jia's seventy-two words to the king of Zhou, combined with the actual national conditions of Zhou, and began to implement them.

First of all, on the military side, Ji Fa found some useful strategies from Xinjia's advice.

"To improve the treatment of slaves in the Zhou State, first of all, from the military spending, increase the military salary of each slave soldier, at present, the treasury of the Zhou State does not have so many knife coins, and you can't make more knife coins without authorization, which will lead to inflation, so you can only increase the treatment of slave soldiers by a small margin, although you can only increase a few knife coins, but there is no way, it is some of my mind."

"Next, we must strengthen the training of soldiers, especially for the training of Zhou soldiers, they should be trained more strictly and better."

Then in the army of the Zhou State, a strict order was issued, that is, slave soldiers, it was not allowed to bully and insult slave soldiers, and violators were punished according to the crime of treason, which was treason, the highest criminal law in the army, and if it was violated, it would be directly beheaded.

The reason why such a strict law was enacted was to improve the treatment of slave soldiers, after all, it was to protect the family and defend the country. Therefore, only to find a way to improve their social status, even if there is no way to abolish slavery now, then we must find a way from another aspect, try to implement it from humanitarianism, after all, it is a soldier of the Zhou State, although for various reasons, finally became a slave, but in the final analysis, it still belongs to the people living in the Zhou State, so it is still necessary to practice benevolence and righteousness.

Ji Fa thought to himself: "Originally, this group of slave soldiers was oppressed by multiple times, and it was not easy to live, so if you can help a little more, you can help a little more, just for the use of my Zhou country, if you can enhance the military strength of my Zhou country, then the rest can be satisfied." ”

"I just feel that the treasury is not enough, hey, now I feel how important money and food are, and how easy it is, there is really no way to do anything without money and food, and I will spend money more frugally in the future." It's a pity that the money is not enough, so when you swallow the money and food, think of more ways. ”

"Let's do this for the time being, and it may increase in the future, but it's not possible now, so let's wait for the treasury to be a little more sufficient." Ji Fa thought helplessly.

"That's all the Lone King can do for the time being." Ji Fa opened his mouth and said to Xin Jia.

Immediately after that, from Xinjia's advice, Ji Fa borrowed some of his cultural advices. The previous increase in the treatment of slave soldiers in the army was regarded as one, and then it was also regarded as some cultural strategy.

"Immediately after the people of the Zhou State, in the future, they should give priority to appeasement, of course, for other tribesmen who do not surrender and dare to offend, they must immediately give the most severe counterattack, and hit them hard, so that they can achieve a stable and stable development environment, of course, after defeating, if they are willing to surrender, then they will all be subdued, and if they are unwilling, they will be fought again immediately, until they are convinced."

This is Ji Fa's strategy, because he understands too well those people of different races, and the thoughts in their hearts are typical of bullying the weak and fearing the hard. If you are tough, others will not dare to bully, if you are weak, you will be invaded by foreign races, which is no wonder to others, only to blame you for not being strong enough, and if you are backward, you will be beaten. Don't complain about others, the purpose of other vassal states is for the interests of their own vassal states, so they don't care what you do, no matter what your development interests are for.

"This is also why we must firmly implement this policy, if we don't implement this policy, the military will not be strong, and if the military is strong, there will be enough force to deter the surrounding vassal states, and if the other vassal states are enough to deter, they will not dare to despise the Zhou State, and if they dare not despise it, they will not think about bullying the Zhou State, so as to achieve the purpose of deterring foreign races." Ji Fa thought to himself.

Immediately after Ji Fa determined this principle, those who did not accept the foreign race should be beaten, and they would be beaten until they were served, and the soldiers of the foreign race should not be treated preferentially, and those who did not surrender before the war would be beheaded after the war, and those who surrendered before the war would receive preferential treatment and be all registered, and if they betrayed and rebelled, they would be executed immediately.

"If the first time is fine, the second time, then it will not be changed repeatedly, of course, for foreign generals, it can be relaxed to three times, after all, meritocracy is the move, and this should also be done."

"In order to be different from the king of Zhou, that is, to take the initiative to announce this regulation, read it out to all the foreign races near the Zhou State, and promised that those who surrender now can get the treatment recognized by the Zhou State, such as the treatment of the vassal states, as long as they pay tribute to the Zhou State every year, they can obtain this right."

"In this way, some aliens who want status will take the initiative to come, and this can be satisfied, and after being satisfied, they will not come to cause trouble, as long as they are really convinced, then it's okay."

Ji Fa then thought to himself: "There are also some people in their own foreign races, the resources are not rich enough, my Zhou State can send people to help develop resources, or we can trade with them, they want to protect the trade mission, and then they can exchange what they have, so that their needs can be met." ”

Later, Ji Fa borrowed from Xinjia's strategy for dealing with foreign tribes, and finally improved it in detail, and then basically Zhou Gong wrote, and Taigong Wang suggested on the side, and gave some ideas and revisions. Ji Fa took the idea, and Xin Jia was talking about the advice he wanted to say before.

I have to say that Xin Jia's advice did provide a lot of inspiration for Ji Fa, while seeing the shortcomings of Shang Guo, Ji Fa also saw some shortcomings of Zhou Guo, so make up for each other, you can solve these problems, even if you can't solve them, you can delay and alleviate these problems.

"Hey, hey, will it be like this in the future, prolonging the national glory of my Zhou Kingdom? In that case, it would be a windfall. Ji Fa couldn't help but have some reverie.

But that's all for the future, and it doesn't have much to do with me, so let's not think about it for now, and get the things in front of me first.

Then Ji Fa immediately ordered Zhou Gong and Taigong Wang to draft it, and the order was distributed to all the foreign races outside Zhou on the same day, and soon they all received this order.

Coupled with the previous policy, all of them were quickly sent to the alien tribes, and for a while, all the people of the alien races knew the news.

In this way, it can be over for the time being, Xin Jia was dumbfounded, such a decisive and capable Ji Fa is simply different from the king of Zhou, one is in the sky and the other is on the ground, even if the king is a good idea, he has to think about it for a long time, and after a long time, he will forget it.

Slowly, the best time to implement the royal decree was missed, and there was no change in the reality, so that the disadvantages were not solved, and they always existed, and there was no effect in the slightest, and there was nothing good about this.

"King Zhou is not only famous, but also has real talent and hard work, otherwise, there would not be such an order to prohibit, and if there is an order, it can be achieved immediately, it is really a generation of Ming Jun." Xin Jia admired it very much.

Xin Jia opened his mouth and said: "The king, you are decisive and capable, you are incomparable to the king, you are fast, the king is not as hesitant as you, you adopt good words, the king does not listen to you at all, completely inferior to you, the king is stubborn and self-serving, can not trust people, you are not suspicious, the king is not as good as you, the king is addicted to wine, you are upright, and the king is vulnerable." ”

Hearing Xin Jia's high evaluation of himself, Ji Fa had no choice but to humbly express his gratitude on the surface, and he didn't say anything on the surface, nor did he have arrogant words and deeds, but just humbly accepted some suggestions and admonitions, so Xin Jia felt even more that Ji Fa was really wise and far-reaching, not a gimmick, and he really had real skills.

Ji Fa smiled bitterly and thought: "I don't want to be strong either, I don't want to be strong like this, if according to my temperament, I will only lose the country, there is no way, this is the general trend of history, I can only strengthen the country, this is also an accident, an unexpected thing." ”

Eventually, in terms of criminal law, some optimized royal decrees were established, thanks to the inspiration of Xinjia.

"That is the concept of courtesy, prudence, and commutation, and the overall implementation is this six-character policy."

This point of the ritual is very clear, that is, to act in accordance with the etiquette, and the person who has the etiquette will not be a barbarian, and the etiquette of this point is the same ritual as the development of the witchcraft school, and the ritual promoted by Ji Fa is the same ceremony, and it is not a "li" word.

In fact, etiquette also has the effect of educating and educating people's hearts, and with the support and help of etiquette, the role of the criminal law is not so obvious, and it can also make up for the disadvantages caused by the abuse of the criminal law.

In fact, the purpose of the criminal law itself is also to educate people, but it is far more direct than etiquette, of course, it has enough effect on dealing with some people, otherwise it will not be passed on for so long, and all dynasties will be enthusiastic to implement it.

"The criminal law for the education of some wicked people, far faster than etiquette, but also more direct, and can make some wicked people surrender, but if all the criminal law is used, that will not work, this is because some wicked people are stubborn, do not eat this set at all, the more you give him hard, the more he will give you the hard, if you give him soft, he will give you back the soft, so we should not abandon one, but choose the other, the correct way is to use both, both are used and both are implemented." Ji Fa thought to himself.

"In fact, these two things coexist with each other, without one of them, the other will be exclusively bigger, so that there is no way, in the long run, the drawbacks will slowly appear, so it is not good."

So the two restrain each other, the two develop together, and after the development, and each other restricts each other, so it is even better, forming a kind of balance of power, under the balance of power, the two eliminate the other, and lead the style for hundreds of years, so it is not good.

Ji Fa thought to himself: "In this way, you can give full play to the role of criminal law and etiquette, if the score says that the prisoner has repented and the crime he has committed is very small, then after the education, there will be nothing to release directly, and if the crime is extremely heinous, it must be educated, such as using the criminal law to punish this person." ”

In this way, the criminal law actually played a role in edification, and then Ji Fa reduced the criminal law a little, and deleted some unreasonable criminal laws, and added the criminal law of etiquette education, in this way, it can be better, the criminal law and etiquette have played their biggest role, this is the best thing.

Then Zhou Gong and Taigong Wang were busy, Xin Jia drank more wine, and Ji Fa ordered someone to support Xin Jia and send him to the new house arranged for him.