Chapter 163: Preparations for the Conquest of the Shang Kingdom (3)
Ji Fa and Taigong Wang, Zhou Gong, and Xin Jia talked with Shen Huan and drank happily, and finally Xin Jia spoke, and Ji Fa realized that the main event might be coming.
"After waiting for so long, maybe just a few minutes is the most important thing." Ji Fa lifted his spirits.
Then Xin Jia said sadly: "I think I'm also lonely and helpless, it's really pitiful when I was in Shangguo, everyone laughed at me, but I was very stupid and naΓ―ve at the beginning, I never gave up, and I wrote and admonished me over and over again, thinking that I could rely on my sincerity to let the king feel my sincerity, so as to take a look at my hard work, and be able to understand, but who would have thought... Ay... β
Ji Fa, Taigong Wang, and Zhou Gong suddenly sighed in silence for a while, deliberately not daring to say anything, for fear of making Xin Jia even more sad, so Xin Jia began to cry as he spoke.
The three of them nodded to each other, so Zhou said openly: "Brother Xinjia, Brother Xinjia is not sad, isn't it time to meet a master like the king, just time to express his heart." β
Ji Fa thought to himself: "Xinjia is benevolent and righteous, at this time, he still refuses to say it, but I still want to hear it and see what disadvantages he has mentioned to the king of Xu." β
"Brother Xinjia, just open your mouth, I'm afraid the king won't talk about you in this life and this life, it's better to say it, the king is so open-minded, maybe when he encounters a suitable advice, he will listen to it directly, and you can be regarded as a great merit to help all the people." Taigongwang persuaded on the side.
Soon Xin Jia drank a lot of wine and sighed helplessly, Ji Fa felt that Xin Jia wanted to speak, but he was worried about something, so Ji Fa felt that it was time, it was time for him to speak, so he pretended to speak deeply.
"Xinjia~ You have worked hard, and you have been wronged before, this is not the lonely king who will make amends to you for the king of Xu. Come here and apologize for your rudeness. So Ji Fa stood up and raised his glass and drank a drink.
"Oops... Weichen is willing to accompany the king to drink. Then Xin Jia also drank the wine in the cup.
Taigong Wang and Zhou Gong smiled, they knew that Xin Jia's heart knot was untied, from this moment on, Xin Jia could be regarded as really joining the camp of Zhou Guo, and they were very happy to welcome him to join, so that the team of Zhou Guo has increased again, and Zhou Guo began to appear a scene of talent influx, this is just the beginning, and there will be many people to come.
"Hey, since the king wants to hear it, Weichen will also say it." Xin Jia said with a sigh.
Instantly came to the spirit, only to hear Xin Jia began to say tactfully, perhaps for the convenience of Ji Fa to listen, Xin Jia classified more than 70 admonitions and began to speak.
First of all, the military aspect of the Shang State, Xin Jia believes that although the military aspect is strong now, there are many internal shortcomings of the Shang State, but it is too serious to rely on slave soldiers, even to the point of bias, and the number of slave soldiers is greater than that of regular merchant soldiers, although the overall Shang army is still very numerous, and very strong.
"But in fact, the disadvantages are already obvious, first of all, this kind of system, will not be stable at all, just strong on the surface, if there is nothing to do, it can be considered okay, once there is a war, the military spirit will soon be disintegrated, and it is very unstable, and from another aspect, the slave soldiers have paid too much, but so much pay, and have not been rewarded enough, which makes them always dissatisfied."
Xin Jia continued: "For example, for example, the slave soldiers of the Shang State can only receive fifty sword coins per month, while the regular Shang soldiers can receive one hundred and fifty sword coins per month, which is three times the difference, and in fact, they are all the same exercises, but the dirty work is done by the slave soldiers of the Shang State, and the treatment they get is too different. β
"And this is not the most terrible, the most terrible is the Shang soldiers, the current drill is obviously not high, long-term do not fight, resulting in waste drills, not conducive to working together, how many years ago, many soldiers don't even know how to ride horses, and every day only know to cause trouble and have fun, for the practice of martial arts, not at all, how can it be done like this, the soldiers are not familiar with the military vehicles at all, how can this be done in the long run? I am afraid that the Shang Kingdom will not have a defense army at that time. β
Tai Gongwang and Zhou Gong had solemn expressions, they were thinking very seriously, probably as a kind of vigilance, and Ji Fa was overjoyed in his heart, he didn't expect that the inside of the Shang army had become like this, it was really gratifying, Ji Fa didn't feel anything bad at all.
"Hehehe, the darker and more vulnerable the army of the Shang Kingdom is, the more convenient it is to attack them, and the less problematic it is." Ji Fa thought happily in his heart.
Different from the thinking of this era, although Taigongwang and Zhou Gong's old ministers, even if their wisdom is so profound, but for the royal power, there is a sense of awe in their hearts, although the king is not their king, hearing the depravity of the Shang army, they, the courtiers of the Zhou State, saw this scene, they couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, and they couldn't help but feel a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.
Ji Fa is different, the aspect that is beneficial to himself, then take the initiative to absorb it, and the unfavorable side to himself, then try to avoid it, so that he can make his life better and better, there may be some selfishness, but people do not destroy for themselves, this is also the case in the Zhou State, even when the saint educates the evildoers, he also knows the useless truth of compassion.
Immediately after the cultural aspect of the Shang Kingdom, Xinjia criticized more voices.
"Although the king of the dynasty is early, but every day will let Daji accompany him, sometimes intimate, it is really unsightly, and it is not in line with etiquette, but how many times I have been admonished on this article, the king of Zhou did not listen, and I dare not say more in desperation, because once I say more, I will be retaliated by Daji." Xin Jia said bitterly.
Ji Fa can feel the pain that Xin Jia didn't say, and he can also understand his difficulties, if he says it, he will be hurt, and if he doesn't say it, he will not be able to get over it in his conscience, so this is a dilemma, since ancient times, loyal ministers have been difficult to be.
However, Ji Fa changed his mind, this may be a good thing, that is because for Zhou Guo, it may be a good thing, otherwise the people should be miserable again.
"There are two sides to everything, and you can't just look at one of them, because that would be biased. Maybe the bad side here will be very good in another way. Ji Fa felt that it should be viewed dialectically in this way.
Immediately after Xinjia continued: "The king has always believed in the culture of their nation, and has always treated the culture of the races in it, which is very unfriendly, and the policies adopted by the king of the people are all high-pressure policies, and the typical ones who want to bully them and do not obey the king will be frantically retaliated by the king of the state, and finally use the army of the Shang state, and then attack these tribes, resulting in the people of these tribes, in desperation, they can only succumb to the pressure of the king of the people, but they have always been dissatisfied in their hearts. β
"At that time, Weichen put forward some suggestions, if the king can listen to one, it will not cause today's situation, Dongyi people are entrenched in the east, waiting for the opportunity to be enterprising in the Central Plains, which has become a big trouble for the Shang country." Singar voiced his concerns.
Unexpectedly, after Weichen said this, the king was very angry, he said that with his prestige, it was easy to subdue the Dongyi people and other foreign races, if they did not obey, let them perish, and then put... I drove Weichen out.,Hey... It's a shame to say. Xin Jia said embarrassedly.
"Hmph, when the courtier's heartfelt advice, he doesn't care about himself at all, why is he angry, it's really intolerable." Taigongwang opened his mouth for Xin Jiaming.
"That's it, Brother Xinjia, you've suffered." Zhou Gong comforted him bitterly.
Xin Jia smiled bitterly, and then complained: "Except for his own people, the king of Xuan has an incomprehensible attitude towards any tribe, and all of them despise them, thinking that they are all lowly people, so he has always been cruel to slaves, especially slaves from other tribes, giving the most despicable food in the world, living in the dirtiest places in the world, and the officials with whips every day viciously reprimanded them. β
"As for the slaves, the attitude of the king to them is even worse, they are only regarded as working animals, and they may not even be as good as animals, and some people sleep with animals at night."
Slaves who resisted the slightest were put to death, and then forced to endure these pains and tortures in order to survive were severely punished. They feel that life is not easy all the time, how can people be like animals?
The hearts of these slaves are all accumulating anger, just waiting for an opportunity, which may be vented at any time, and then before venting, they have been withheld, just waiting for the opportunity, it will explode in an instant, before I don't know how many slaves, silently endure the pain.
After Tai Gongwang and Zhou Gong heard this, they sighed and felt that the people of Shang were living in dire straits.
Xin Jia also attacked the criminal law of the Shang State.
"The criminal law of the cannon branding, the people of the world are afraid, and they have ridiculed the king, but he turned a blind eye to these, not only that, but also carried out this torture over and over again, although most of the people who sentenced these punishments were guilty, but it was inevitable that some people were very wronged, not to mention that it was originally very unkind, but in the end, I am glad that your father is king." After Xin Jia said this, he bowed deeply to Ji Fa.
Ji Fa understood what he said very much, don't look at bowing to himself, in fact, he respected his father, that is, Ji Fa's father, the heroic soul of King Wen of Zhou.
"I think back then, my father, King Wen of Zhou, donated the area west of Luoshui, a radius of thousands of miles of land, and asked King Zhou to abolish torture such as cannon branding, what kind of benevolence and righteousness, do not want fame and fortune, so I also accepted the admiration of the world, which King Wen of Zhou did very well, ran well, played a very good card, and to this day, the people of the whole world still read the good of King Wen of Zhou."
Ji Fa thought to himself: "In fact, the punishment of cannon branding, in the end, only killed two people, and they were all ministers of the Shang State, such as Mei Bo and Zhao Rong, all because they collided with the King of Zhou, and insulted him for being mediocre, and finally fell into this end, although it was a confrontation with the King of Zhou, but it fell to this ending, it inevitably brought out the mediocrity of the King of Zhou, and also made these two people suffer painful and severe sanctions, it is really not cost-effective, in fact, there are many ways to learn a lesson from these two people, and you can also if you don't want to see them, There is no need to put these two people to death, if they are really executed, they can also be executed in secret, and they can't say it openly. β
Ji Fa thought to himself: "Now it seems that this King of Xuan is actually an iron man." β