King Qi nodded when he heard this, and then shook his head again.

Seeing this, the prince said suspiciously: "What does my father mean?" ”

King Qi opened his mouth and said: "What my father thinks of is not only these, but more importantly, it is the change of the King of Chu in Jiangdong that has opened up a new way of thinking for my father. At the same time, it also made the father realize that the father was not as far away as the king of Chu. ”

Prince Land: "···"

At this time, the king of Qi said to himself: "More than ten years ago, at the beginning of my father's accession to the throne, when I first saw the king of Chu, I thought that the king of Chu was not Erer, but he relied on his father to defeat my father, and the strength of Chu was stronger than that of Qi, so that he could occupy the position of the leader of the alliance in the gathering of the six countries." Later, the King of Chu in the First Battle of Qin, as well as the changes in the State of Chu after returning to China, all show the ordinary of the King of Chu.

Even after the countries were conquered, his father was oppressed by the ordinary king of Chu for nearly ten years, and his father did not change his opinion. ”

As he spoke, King Qi smiled disdainfully.

Prince Land: "···"

After King Qi smiled, he sighed again: "However, the widow has forgotten that people will not only change, but also grow. Just like the King of Chu, the King of Chu back then was far inferior to his father, but the current King of Chu has far more ways to govern the country than the widow.

If the destruction of Yue only highlights the insidiousness of the King of Chu, then the Six Kingdoms attack Chu shows the tenacity of the King of Chu, and this change of Yue Di is enough to show that the patience and means of the King of Chu are enough to play with the people of the world.

Now compared with the king of Chu, it is not as good as far. ”

Saying that, King Qi said with a heavy face: "Prince, back then, Wei and Qin successively changed the law and rose among the countries. Countries knew that the law of Wei and Qin could restore the country and strengthen the army, and it would be more conducive to fighting with other countries, but why did the countries not follow suit? ”

"This..." The prince thought of all the things in the Qi Kingdom, and had a guess, but when he looked at the King of Qi, he shook his head: "The son is stupid." ”

King Qi sighed: "As Mencius said in the past, it is impossible to coerce Mount Tai to surpass the North Sea. Countries also know the benefits of changing the law, but it's not that they don't want to follow up, but they can't.

Whether it is our Qi country, or Chuyan, Zhao Han and other countries, the power of the princes in the country is too strong, and none of them can adopt the military merit system like the Qin State. ”

As he spoke, King Qi turned his head to the prince and said slowly: "As far as my Qi country is concerned, decades ago, my Tian clan replaced the Lu clan. Although the founding time of our Tian Qi was later than the Wei State Reform, I could have followed the Wei State Reform, but at that time, Qi was worried about domestic and foreign troubles, and the first monarch in order to prevent my Tian Qi from falling into civil strife, in order to firmly control the army of Qi in the hands of the Tian clan, and not allow people with foreign surnames to intervene, so a large number of Tian clan generals were appointed.

Tian Ji, Tian Pan, and Tian Ying are all ministers trusted by the previous king, including the current Zhang Zi, who are also members of my Tian family. ”

Saying that, King Qi said in a complicated tone: "Although many Tian generals have ensured that the army of my Qi State will not fall into the hands of others, it also makes it impossible for my Qi State to implement the military merit system for ordinary soldiers like the Qin State to encourage soldiers to fight. ”

When the prince heard this, he suddenly realized that if the Qi State also implemented the Qin State's military merit system, gave everyone the opportunity to be promoted, and everything spoke according to military merit, then the Tian clan's military control over the Qi State would undoubtedly be greatly weakened.

At this time, King Qi paused, and said with a wry smile: "It's a pity that by now, my Tian clan has been in the country for nearly a hundred years, and the ministers have returned to the hearts of the people, so there is no need to deliberately guard against the subversion of the nobles in the country, as well as the intervention of other countries." However, up to now, nine out of ten generals in the army are from the Tian clan, and it is extremely difficult to give other generals a chance at this time. ”

The prince was silent.

Then, the King of Qi said: "This is the case with my Qi country, and the same is true for other countries, especially the three Jin who have been replaced by my Tian clan, and it is even more so. The Zhao State Office is strong, and there have been many battles for the throne before, and South Korea has not carried out major changes from beginning to end, all because of this.

Although Wei Wenhou is eloquent...

King Qi sighed, and then sneered: "But his son is far inferior to him, although there is Wenhou Zhuyu in front, he still can't help but follow the same path as our Qi, Zhao and Han Kingdoms, wantonly appointing nobles and nobles, and forcing Wu Zi to the Chu State." ”

The crown prince was stunned for a moment, then looked at King Qi and said softly: "But, father, there are still military soldiers in Wei State." The soldiers who granted land tax exemption are still the first-class elite divisions of all countries. ”

King Qi smiled when he heard this: "Although Wei Wushu is strong, but now there are only tens of thousands of people, and in a big war with hundreds of thousands of troops, there is no need to be afraid at all. What's more, the Wei State is deep in the world, a place of death, and this military pawn is not enough for self-preservation. And..."

King Qi remembered that the King of Wei was ashamed and brave and ready to work hard, and couldn't help laughing: "Moreover, since Wei lost Hexi Shangjun, the remaining places in Hedong and Hanoi in Wei, because of the dense population, the country has no extra land to give. Therefore, the situation of 200,000 soldiers sweeping the world has become a swan song.

Therefore, even if the Wei State is strong as a military force, it is powerless, and can only serve as the wings of the three kingdoms of Qin, Qi and Chu. If Wei wants to reproduce the strength of Wei Wenhou back then, unless...

As he spoke, King Qi remembered what the King of Chu had done in Yue recently, and said in an extremely heavy tone: "Unless, the Wei State once again seizes a thousand miles of land from the surrounding countries, and then adopts the strategy of the King of Chu to avoid the nobles in the country, and carry out military merits in the newly acquired land, and train military soldiers on a large scale. ”

When the prince heard this, he was shocked, and his face changed slightly.

At this time, the king of Qi sighed: "The widow said that his father is not as good as the king of Chu, which is exactly like this!"

The state of Chu has been established for seven hundred years, and in such a long time, there have been countless nobles in the public office, and now there has been no non-public order Yin in the state of Chu for nearly two hundred years.

Wu Qi, who was famous at that time, failed to change the law in the state of Chu, and then the king of Chu appointed Qu Yuan to reform, which also failed. However, after the king of Chu was silent for more than ten years, he found another way, avoided the many nobles of the king of Chu, and began to change in Jiangdong. ”

Saying that, King Qi said with a heavy face: "Judging from the current situation in Jiangdong, the major reform of Jiangdong has been accomplished, as long as there is no accident in the five years of the King of Chu, the strength of the Chu State will inevitably increase greatly." What even Wu Qi couldn't do back then, now let the King of Chu do it.

In the past, Su Zi once said that the Qin Emperor and the King of Chu were the Emperor of Qin, and the Emperor of Chu was the King of Chu. In the past, the widows thought that the Qin State was the great enemy of our Qi State, but now it seems that the Chu State is more dangerous than the Qin State. ”

Saying that, King Qi looked at the prince and solemnly admonished: "Prince, the king of Chu in the south is enough for you to study and figure out for a long time, the prince must be careful and vigilant."

Also, if our Qi Kingdom is destroyed again in the future, the crown prince can follow the old story of the King of Chu in Jiangdong, and cannot seal the nobles of the public office to the new land.

Now the strength of my Qi State Office is strong enough. ”