Chapter 165: Preparations for the Conquest of the Shang Kingdom (5)
Soon the second phase of the effect appeared, the first was the military aspect, first of all, the military aspect, since the treatment of the slave soldiers of the Zhou State was improved, the obvious effect was achieved.
When the slave soldiers of the Zhou State heard the news, they were moved by pain and tears, and immediately swore to support the Zhou soldiers and work hard to defend the territory of the Zhou State.
Then these slave soldiers were grateful to Ji Fa and were very willing to obey the management, and for a while the commanders sighed that it was too easy to manage than before. Then the change of the slave soldiers was successfully completed, because many slaves here fled from the Shang country, so they were called Yin Min, and the identity of the slaves, simply called the Yin Sixth Army, such a title is simple and easy to remember, and it has been recognized by these slave soldiers.
"We have to give them some hope, otherwise what motivation can they have to be willing to serve and die for the Zhou State?" Ji Fa thought in his heart.
So the military order on the promotion of slave soldiers, soon issued in the past, from the military order, as long as the slave soldiers have a certain military exploits, then offset with military merits, you can obtain the identity of regular soldiers, from then on is a soldier of the Zhou State, if the future to return to the hometown, you can restore the identity of the people, the promulgation of this order, is the focus of the direct detonation of the heart of slavery, instantly slave soldiers sang and danced, singing praises of the virtuous Ji Fa.
"In the end, people still need some hope, only to meet these hopes, can live well, although this hope for some people, can never be realized, but as long as you have pursued hope, always know that this hope is true, and someone can complete this hope, as long as you can see it will be happy, and will be working hard for this hope."
Then the Yin Sixth Army quickly expanded to the Yin Eighth Army, and even some of the slave soldiers who used to be in the six cities of Xiqi, heard about the establishment of this corps, and joined it, Ji Fa simply called it directly according to the Yin Eighth Army, so the Yin Sixth Army and the Wang Sixth Army were established in this way, and they were quickly integrated, and they were formed according to the system, and then they began to train, and began all kinds of exercises, including individual soldier drills, collective drills, large-scale drills, and small-scale drills. And so it all came together.
"Soldiers are well trained, brave but not practiced, with one as one, practice and practice, with one as ten." Ji Fa exclaimed.
Then there is the cultural effect of the advice of the Singar advice. That is, the culture and customs of each tribe, and they all respect each other, and then this response was agreed by the other surrounding vassal states, and they all expressed their willingness to obey Ji Fa's orders, and the various tribes and races lived in harmony, and kept peace and did not provoke outsiders.
"Well, yes, yes, the country of Ji, the country of Shu, the country of Pingshan, etc., these would have responded, which was what I expected, but what I didn't expect was that the other vassal states also obeyed my orders, which was overjoyed, but in this way, it greatly enhanced the influence of my Zhou country, and in this way, the status of my Zhou country has improved again." He thought to himself.
Ji Fa has never forgotten that Zhou is only a small state in Xiqi, and the land area is not large, if you don't work hard to become stronger, it will be replaced by a new country, Ji Fa doesn't want Zhou to be replaced, so you can only try to become stronger, so as to annex other countries and replace other countries.
"Hey, hey, the envoys of these vassal states, after hearing that the ritual culture of our Zhou State has developed extensively, they are all interested, and ask to send some people who are proficient in etiquette to their countries to promote and develop the ritual culture, this is a good opportunity."
Ji Fa's eyes lit up, and soon he issued a royal decree that those who were willing to go to other vassal states to spread the culture of etiquette would be paid by the Zhou State, responsible for the safety and protection of the exchanges, and ensure their personal safety.
What made Ji Fa happiest was that after Ji Fa's royal decree was issued, many people from the witchcraft sect were eager to try and join in one after another, and then soon, there were a group of witchcraft people who were enthusiastic about the development of Zhou culture, registered and began to sign up, and then began to gather together and began to march towards these vassal states.
"In this way, the ritual culture of my Zhou State will be based on the Zhou State and gradually spread to other tribes, so that it will begin to be influenced by the Zhou ritual culture, so that this is not cultural soft power, so there is an advantage, that is, in the future, no matter what decree is implemented, it is easy to get the recognition of other tribes around it, so that communication and peace will be easier to implement."
Ji Fa thought about it in his heart: "There is a deep meaning, if everyone's culture is gradually unified, the final culture and land will also tend to be unified, now think about it, after defeating the Shang State, it is not the end of the task, and the tribes and races of the Dongyi people, as well as so many vassal states, if they are left alone, there will be a big mess in the future." ”
Subsequently, in the treatment of the orders of the alien tribes, the effect received was that soon some timid aliens, regardless of thirty-seven twenty-one, came directly to the Zhou State, Ji Fa Daxi met with the monarchs of these tribes respectively according to the etiquette, and then appeased them, and then followed the Zhou State to mix, all under the protection of the Zhou State, there will be no other problems.
"Among these timid alien tribes, some of them have a clear understanding of the strength of their tribe, and they know that their tribe has few soldiers, so they want to ask for protection, and the other is intimidated by the national authority of the Zhou State, and they came directly to defect, they have thought about using their own country's troops, and there is no way to be the enemy of the Zhou State, so they have to come to call the ministers and pay tribute, and this has become this situation."
Ji Fa doesn't care what they are for, those who come to pay tribute, as long as they are weak tribes, willing to submit and submit, willing to obey the orders of the Zhou State every year, all those who come will not refuse, if there is money for nothing, if there is an offering, then it is really a fool, don't care about other things, pursue practical interests, it will be much better.
"As long as the Zhou Kingdom is really strong, even if they do something wrong, these aliens will only bear it first, and then correct it, otherwise, where will they talk nonsense, they will call directly." Ji Fa was convinced in his heart.
"With resources and good use of them, these soldiers will always be able to keep their training unslackened, and then they will maintain strong combat effectiveness."
Ji Fa quickly thought of another question, and began the second stage of escalation, that is, about the military royal order, he thought about the generals who led the troops to fight in this era, so it is completely impossible to have no powerful generals, but in a short period of time, where can I find so many generals to lead the Yin Eighth Army and the Sixth Division of Wang?
"I'm afraid it's better to simply rely on collecting famous generals, in that case, the number is not enough at all, there will be some soldiers without generals, in that case, it is not good, the dragons must have a leader, in order to be able to play the greatest role, if the soldiers are water, then the generals are the soul of it, without the soul of the generals, then these soldiers, even if they are retrained, they are only stragglers after all, and there is no one's training and command, it is really not good." Ji Fa was thinking about things in his heart.
After thinking about it, Ji Fa thought of a better way, that is, to select a large number of generals with superb military force and ability to convince everyone in the army, first of all, he was absolutely loyal to the Zhou State, and his family lived in the Zhou State, so that he could serve as the general of the Zhou army.
"And these generals must have a period of training in the army, or have been in the army for a certain number of years, before they are qualified to hold military power." The reason why Ji Fa thinks like this is because considering the problem of obedience, if a general is not sincere to the Zhou State, no matter how high the ability is, he will not be of the slightest help to the Zhou State, on the contrary, he will be loyal to the Zhou State, even if the force is a little worse, in the end, the ministers can accept it, and the king can also accept it, otherwise it will be a death sentence.
In the end, in terms of criminal law, the most beneficial is the prisoners who have been imprisoned, after hearing Ji Fa's virtuous kindness, some prisoners directly became painful, thanks to Ji Fa's kindness, it is really a mountain of kindness, immediately some people swore that they would never commit crimes again, and they immediately learned well, and since then they have washed their hands and changed their minds, and the jailer who took care of them for a while exclaimed: "The education of the criminal law is so strong, I really didn't expect it before, it's really good." ”
Some of these prison guards watched these prisoners and often went in and out of these cells, so from the perspective of their hearts, they also hoped that this group of prisoners could leave this place, go out to live a good life, and never come back here, but what they didn't expect was that this kind of extravagant hope and prayer in the past really became a reality, and they couldn't believe it for a while.
"That's fine, hurry up and accept the punishment of the law, and then change your mind, be a good person, and after you go out in the future, you can cultivate the fields and weave cloth with peace of mind. Don't do those dangerous things anymore, or you'll never have peace. The jailers said sincerely.
In fact, in the army, in this aspect of criminal law, it has also achieved very good results, and after the slave soldiers knew about the reward, they practiced more diligently, just waiting for the day when they could go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and reimburse Ji Fa's benevolence.
Since the law was enacted, there has been no more such insults and insults in the army, and slavery has occurred among the soldiers, and no one has spoken of it again. The slave soldiers, seeing that no one treated them badly anymore, and that they were more fair and just in their dealings, stood up from the bottom of their hearts, and then they became no longer inferior and withdrawn, and became bold and began to make friends with many regular soldiers.
After becoming friends, the slave soldiers found that not all the regular soldiers discriminated against them, and there were not so many soldiers who looked down on them, only a small number, just like among the slave soldiers, there were people who looked down on the regular soldiers, but there were only so many bad people.
"I didn't expect them to think like this, we used to blame them wrongly, and from today on, they are our friends."
As a result, there was such a harmonious side in the Wang Sixth Division and Yin Eighth Team of the Zhou State, which was really fascinating.
"The effect of the law is so good, very good, the best result of the law, I am afraid that this is the current situation, not only can punish the evil and promote the good, but also play a role in educating people, so that people can change their evil and return to the right." Ji Fa also sighed at this result after seeing the effect of the law.