Since you have received money from others and prevented them from attacking your country, you have to give them an idea. Bayi Chinese ≥=.

With the current strength of the Chu State, it had just fought another battle with the Qi State and won it. And the Wei State was in a slump and had no way to fight for hegemony. If you take advantage of this time to destroy several small vassal states such as Song and Wei, it is entirely possible.

As long as Wei and Qi do not interfere, and then have good relations with Korea or Zhao, so that they do not interfere, they are fully capable of destroying Song and Wei and other small vassal states. The small princes such as the Song State and the Wei State said that it was not big or small, but it was not small. But if there was no helper, they wouldn't be able to defeat Chu at all.

King Chu Wei and his advisers were right, but? This is just superficial and wishful thinking. If the two states of Qi were to be allied with the state of Wei, and then to be allied with the small vassal states such as the Song state and the Wei state, it would be difficult for the state of Chu to destroy the state of Song or the state of Wei or other small vassal states. And! It's not just difficult, it's also in danger of failure.

And also! This is just a matter of the alliance of the two great powers of Qi and Wei, but! If the Qin State is not interesting enough at this time, you are fighting in the Northeast, and people are smashing your nest behind your back, it is not just a matter of losing the land of Shangzhou, but! Facing the danger of annihilation.

In this era of princely hegemony, other vassal states will never allow your country to become strong, and your strength means that he is in danger of destroying the country. Everyone is like this, be nice to you for a while, and unite to attack others. After a while, he turns around and bites you back.

In this era of princes competing for hegemony, the kings of the vassal states have no discipline, only purpose! The purpose is: I am stronger than I am not destroyed, and I can't let others be stronger than me.

Under Zhuangzi's explanation, the two envoys were frightened into a cold sweat.

Zhuangzi is not wrong, if the state of Qi and the state of Wei are allied against the state of Chu, then! The state of Chu would not be able to destroy other minor princes such as the Song state and the Wei state.

Furthermore! The Song State and the Wei State also had a certain amount of troops. If the two countries of Song and Wei concentrated their forces in one place and stalemate with Chu, it would be impossible for Chu to decide if they wanted to fight.

If the Song State and the Patriotic State cannot be taken continuously, the battle situation will become a stalemate, which will be unfavorable to the Chu State. If at this time, the Qi State and the Wei State are allied, or is it! What about Qin's sudden dispatch of troops?

Frightened by the two envoys, Zhuangzi began to give ideas to King Chu Wei.

In fact! Zhuangzi did not scare the two of them and prevent the state of Chu from attacking the state of Song. But! Anything is possible.

It's still the same sentence! Kill 10,000 enemies and lose 3,000 yourself. Although the state of Chu won the battle, it was also exchanged for the lives of the people of the state of Chu. If you fight again, you still have to sacrifice the lives of the people of Chu State.

Just imagine: The state of Chu has been fighting again and again, dying every year, and every family is dead, and the people will inevitably be resentful. Once the army is distracted, the army will lose its combat effectiveness.

So! The state of Chu is currently strong on the surface, but not in reality. Opposite! If there is another war, the people will be resentful.

If such a result is caused! No matter how big the land is, no matter how powerful the land is, the appearance is empty.

So! For the time being, the state of Chu can no longer fight.

"The top priority of Chu now is to stabilize the people's hearts." Zhuangzi began to give ideas to King Chu Wei again.

"Stabilizing the hearts of the people?"

"May it be auspicious!"

Both envoys opened their eyes wide and pricked up their ears.

"Not fighting a war does not mean not training troops, training is for preparing for war, and for always being ready for war......

Zhuangzi said that he would not fight, not to let the state of Chu not train and prepare for war, this point must be made clear. If the envoy's word leaks, King Chu Wei still doesn't say that you mean it?

I'm going to attack your Song Kingdom, you're not happy, and you still don't let me train and prepare for war?

If you don't make it clear, you may be able to give people an understanding!

Then! Zhuangzi said that the taxes of the people in the newly occupied land should be reduced first. They are already your people, you have to treat them as your own people, not like the Wei State back then.

At that time, after conquering others, the Wei State increased the taxes of the people of the occupying country, and did not treat the people who occupied there as its own people. The result is often that the people of the occupied lands are thinking about their former home country. Even! Stand up and resist.

So! Once you have occupied it, you have to appease the people there as if they were people in your own land, and even reduce their taxes. Such! People will voluntarily join your country, reluctant to let you go.

Milk is motherhood, and survival is the eternal and unchanging truth of human beings.

Don't say that they are not patriotic, but! Once upon a time, the mother country did not love its people.

Colonization is a derogatory term that generally refers to the unfair treatment of people who have been colonized.

If someone else occupies it and treats you better than the previous leader, they will not admit that they are colonies. Not only does it not oppose the occupation by others, but it also supports the occupation of others.

Only the foolish occupiers colonize and abuse others.

Don't say they're unpatriotic! Because! Survival is the first place, and survival is the eternal and unchanging last word of human beings.

After talking about the need to pacify and reduce the taxes of the people of the newly occupied land, Zhuangzi began to talk about how to appease the families of the dead and wounded soldiers.

This was a matter of great importance, as important as the pacification and relief of the taxes of the people of the newly occupied lands.

Because! The children raised their sons to go to war, and when they died, their hearts ached. Think about it the other way: What if your son dies in battle? How do you feel?

So! It is necessary to put ourselves in the shoes of the families of the deceased to comfort the families of the dead and wounded.

The current state of Chu! The land area has increased indefinitely, and the population has suddenly increased considerably. On the basis of the original army, if the army is conscripted, the proportion is much smaller. Before! At the height of the war, it was 10 percent conscription. Now, according to the proportion of 5 percent of the total number of soldiers, an infinite number of troops can be recruited.

So! It is necessary to comfort the families of the dead and wounded. Such! No one else is willing to let his son become a soldier. If you have a good policy for the families of soldiers, they still insist that you want to send your son to be a soldier.

In small vassal states, in the event of a major war, the proportion of their conscription is staggering. Fifty percent of the time. Even! Even strong women were pulled to serve as soldiers. Because! There is also a need for women soldiers in the army, and there is a need for women soldiers to cook and manage logistics.

The total population of the small vassal states is small, and no matter how they recruit troops, even if they pull all the numbers out to serve as soldiers, there will only be tens of thousands, tens or two hundred thousand. And the big princes, even if they recruit according to the proportion of men by ten percent, can recruit tens of thousands of troops a year.

Think about it: if tens of thousands of troops are recruited every year, how many soldiers will there be in this country?

In fact! In times when there was no war, the percentage of conscription was very small. And! The soldiers selected are the best and strongest soldiers. And after the defeat, the country generally pulls the army to fill the number of people.

This is the gap between large and small countries.

The two envoys listened with their ears pricked up, and waited until Zhuangzi finished speaking.

Zhuangzi received gifts from others, so he was naturally responsible and patiently explained. In order to let the two envoys remember, don't go back and say that it is missing. At every critical point, he would repeat the explanation until the two envoys thought it was a bit verbose.

After sending the two envoys of Chu away, Zhuangzi suddenly remembered, and couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly.

Maybe? King Chu Wei did not intend to attack the Song Kingdom, but! Under the pretext of attacking the Song Kingdom, he deliberately provoked you and made you fall into the trap. That's the only way! You gave him advice of your own free will.

If that's the case? This King of Chu Wei is not simple!

The top 10 of the creation history collection list, the blind writing of the great god "The New Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty", will be updated on the 2o of this month, so stay tuned!

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