Nasu Baiju, originally proposed by Yidun. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was the period when the industrial and commercial food officials came to an end, the commerce of Zheng State of Qi became increasingly prosperous, the city trade increased day by day, and the Zhao State also encouraged the development of industry and commerce.

Although these people were rich, their social status was not high, because of the restrictions on land sales and annexation in the "Tian Law", they could not buy a large amount of land and become large landlords. They were desperate to gain a foothold in the emerging state of Zhao, and the merchant-turned-Pingjun official Yi Dun represented the interests of these people.

Yi Dun believes that before the Zhao family was implementing the policy that merchants could be exempted from forced labor by paying more corn and silk, and now that the Zhao State was established, facing a shortage of food and money in the treasury, it was better to go further and implement Nasu Baijue, so that the merchants could deliver money and grain to the country in exchange for the title.

Many courtiers were moved by this, and many gentlemen scoffed at it, and Zhao Wuxian repeatedly vetoed this suggestion. Although he also knew that the policy of Nasu Baijue was implemented in the Qin and Han dynasties, in order to solve the financial crisis, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also adopted measures of "recruiting people to buy and recover" and "entering sheep for lang", and increased the storage of national grain depots.

But in the long run, this is still an act of killing chickens and taking eggs, Nasu Baijue is actually a disguised traitor, and the corruption of the Qin and Han military meritorious lords originated here! After that, it intensified, and when it came to the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was out of control, not only the military merits have been completely a formality, but even the three dukes can be sold at a clear price.

Therefore, Zhao Wuxian decided not to open this evil example, and could not let the newly promulgated military merit knighthood become a cabbage that could be purchased with money and grain.

He resolutely declared: "Fame is only taken immediately!" Only the name and the instrument, not the Jia people! ”

For a time, no one mentioned the story of Nasu Baiju, and the generals who had been knighted in the war were also relieved, if those treacherous merchants in their eyes could join them with some money and food, then the weight of this meritorious lord would be greatly reduced.

When he said this, Zhao Wuxian planned to wait until the autumn was high and the horses were fattened and the grain was piled up before going out to Sishang, and he asked Hejian, Weiguo, Shangqiu, Lu and other places to remain on the defensive, and only sent a small number of troops to cross the border to harass the enemy's spring ploughing.

At the end of March, news came from the east: the Langya Water Division was defeated by the Qi Wu Zhou Division, and for a time, the Manchu Dynasty was shaken......

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"Since Jun Shang took charge of the Zhao clan, there has never been such a big defeat in ten years!"

On the Hanyuan Hall of Weiyang Palace, the courtiers had a lot of discussions early in the morning, and all the topics were focused on the Battle of Langya. Indeed, in the process of the establishment of the Zhao State, although the Zhao army did not fight all the time, it basically won the big battles, and occasionally there were small defeats, such as Tian Ben's attack on Qin and the repulsion, which did not hinder the overall situation.

However, this time it was different, a few years ago, Zhao Wuxian overrode public opinion, and used the Langya salt tax to build the Langya Sailor with a lot of money, and he had a huge building ship that seemed invincible at sea, and he personally named it "Xuanniao". However, Xu Cheng, who had high hopes, was defeated at home, and the ship lost most of it, so he could only retreat to the port and shrink back to the country.

Fortunately, the Xuanniao was not sunk, otherwise there would inevitably be people in China who thought that "this battle is ominous" and dissuaded Zhao Wuxian from going to war with Wu Qi.

"Xu Cheng mourned the teacher, this is the shame of Zhao State!"

On the whole, the main battle faction is still the majority in the DPRK and China, but the courtiers and generals of Zhao State, who are accustomed to winning a hundred battles, could not accept this defeat for a while, and proposed to severely punish Xu Cheng.

Langya Shuishi can be said to be established by Zhao Wuxian, and now Zhao Guoguo was defeated in the first battle, which is really a bit of a loss of face, but as a prince, even if he is wrong, he can't easily admit it, not to mention that Zhao Wuxian thinks that his precautions are correct, but because of various factors such as execution and timing, which led to failure.

In his self-report, Xu Cheng admitted that it was his rash attack that led to being attacked by Qi Wu Zhoushi, and he was destined to take the blame this time. But it is not easy to fight two water powers with a new sailor, and it is not easy to retreat in defeat, he is guilty, but the crime is not to death, Zhao Wuxian doesn't want to be Cao Mengde who found that there was no one available for the sailor after killing Cai Mao......

Seeing that someone even proposed that Xu Cheng should be killed to set an example, he said a little unhappily: "Even if Xu Cheng is killed now, Langya's defeat cannot be changed, what matters is how Zhao Guodang responds." What's more, Xu Cheng retreated to the lonely city of Langya, with no help left and right, even if the widow wanted to kill him, he had to lift the enemy encirclement first. ”

The current situation is that the Langya Boat Division has returned to the port, relying on trebuchets and other shore defense equipment to prevent enemy ships from landing. Langya was well defended, and the ships of Qi and Wu were also damaged in the naval battle, and there were not too many soldiers on board, so after signing a "Sea Alliance", they did not attack Langya, but landed on the rest of the coast of Ju, with the intention of cooperating with the Donglai Qi army and counterattacking Ju!

After the defeat of Langya, the state of Ju was already a mess: Ju Zixi, who had always been dissatisfied with the puppet of the Zhao family, tried to raise troops in Jucheng to meet the Qi and Wu armies with the support of some doctors, but was defeated and expelled by the rest of the doctors supported by Zhao and united the three families of Guo, Gao and Yan stationed in Ju, Juzi fled to the north of Ju to join the Qi army, openly broke with Zhao, and called on the people of Ju to expel the invaders and restore the rule of their own office.

By the time the news came, the state of Ju had been divided into two parts like the state of Song: the mountainous hills centered on Jucheng in the west were under the control of the three families of Guo, Gao, and Yan, while the coastal areas in the east were occupied by Qi and Wu, and only the lonely city of Langya was still in the hands of Xu Cheng, but it was also surrounded and crumbling.

On the Hanyuan Palace, a huge map of the princes was unfolded, and the servant Zixia pointed to the east and said to the ministers: "The situation in the Ju country is actually equal, and the three armies of the country, Gao, and Yan have as many as 15,000 people, and they have been stationed in the Ju country in the past to threaten the eastern part of the Qi country. Qi, Wu and Ju Zi will not have more than 20,000 soldiers in Ju...... It's just that Langya City is surrounded from both sides by sea and land, and it is precarious. ”

So the next topic focused on "whether to let Lu send troops to save Langya".

In the midst of the different opinions, Sima You, who has always been in charge of the war in the East, said: "The minister is against sending heavy troops to save Ju!" ”

This resounded, and Zhao Wuxian bowed his head: "Da Sima said let's talk about it." ”

The crowd was silent and listened attentively.

There is only one "Yuan Rong" in Zhao State, that is, Yongzhen Sanchuan, Han Hu who enjoys Shiqing Shilu, Dong Anyu and Post Wu Zhengzhi are ranked "Zhigui", and they have a township that can be passed down from generation to generation. As a great horse, he is in charge of the country's soldiers and horses, and his son Youcheng is also an official doctor, and he has a bright future as a county Sima. If you don't count the Han family, the Post family, like the Dong family, has become the first batch of nobles of the Zhao State. But the heights are unbearable, and you have to work hard to prove that you are worthy of this position.

So he said eloquently: "The king originally wanted to go south to start a war after the autumn harvest, but Qi and Wu have already taken the lead in starting a war, similar to the Lianheng last year last year, this battle will also stretch for hundreds of miles, so that all the eastern princes are involved." However, in the minister's view, Ju, the disease of scabies; Qi, elbows and armpits also; Wu, Fang is a big trouble! ”

"What Da Sima said is very true!" Zhao Wuxian slapped his palms and praised, and his analysis could be described as seeing blood for a while, he also thought so, treating the disease, of course, from the most serious treatment.

The turmoil in the Ju State was due to the defeat of the Langya Water Division, and the second was because the Qi State instigated Juzi to rebel against the Zhao State. The State of Qi was surrounded by the State of Zhao and its vassals, and it was powerless to confront Zhao Wuxian at all, which made Chen Heng have illusions, in the final analysis, it was Wu Wangfu who tried to go north to fight for hegemony.

The battle of Zhao and Wu is the key factor in this war, and the rest, whether it is a naval battle or Juqi, is just a foil for this confrontation. The snake can't do without a head, and if you hit the snake's head, the snake will be finished.

"Let Donglu transport grain into Ju to help the country, Gao, and Yan stabilize the situation. In addition, the combined forces of Hejian, Weiguo, and Lu coerced the Qi realm, so that the Qi people could not go south. The widow will personally lead the troops to the Song Kingdom, go to Sishang, and fight against the husband, shoot the horse first, capture the thief and capture the king first, as long as the Wu State is defeated, the rebellion of the Ju State will naturally subside, and the Qi State has also become a dry bone in the grave, and there is no waiting for the day! ”

PS: Chapter 2 at night

(To be continued.) )