"The matter of the fief, the lord no longer thinks about it?"

Cai Ze no longer remembered how many times he had come to admonish Chang'anjun, and from his point of view, it was really unwise to choose the fief in Qi County!

He persuaded bitterly: "The lord is the son of Zhao State, and he has great ambitions, maybe he doesn't care about this city and a city, and he doesn't care about eating ten thousand stones a year. Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info but as a feudal monarch, a good fief can be like a tiger with wings. In the past, Meng Weijun and his son were based on the Qi country with Xue Di, and they could enter the main court, and they could close the city to defend themselves, because of the proper management, Xue Cheng once reached a population of 60,000 households, almost comparable to Linzi, and Xue Gong was also like a prince of a small country, and the king of Qi and Wei fought against each other. On the contrary, a poor fiefdom will become a drag ......"

"Sir, do you think Qi County is very bad?"

Mingyue was holding a map of Taiyuan County from the storage room to watch, and said with a smile: "Mr. just came back a few days ago, and I was also busy with various affairs, so I couldn't talk deeply with Mr. Today, I talked freely with Mr. Why does Mr. think that Qidi is not the best choice." ”

Cai Ze seized the opportunity to speak, of course, he would not let it go, and immediately straightened up on the seat and said: "First, Qi County is too far away from Handan!" “

He has done some homework, and it is reasonable and well-founded at the moment: "The minister has asked people, and also checked the map, Qi County is located in the hinterland of Taiyuan County, separated from Handan Taihang Mountain, Taihang even Jizhou, where thousands of miles, starting from Huai and ending with Yan, the spine of the world, the mountains are high and deep, and its east-west traffic is only through the small mountains and mountains. ”

"From Handan to Qi County, there are nothing more than two roads, one is to take Wu'an Fukou, pass through Zhao Han Shangdang, and pass through Qi County. This road is 700 miles away, and even if it is traveled day and night, the shortest time is half a month. The other is to go north to Zhongshan, take the Jingcheng Road, pass through Yuci, and arrive at Qi County, which is farther, more than 1,000 miles, and it takes more than 20 days to reach Qi County......"

Cai Ze lowered his voice and hinted, "Doesn't the Lord have great ambitions? Are you willing to be in that remote place, away from the Handan court? Once something happens in Handan, how can you return in time? ”

Mingyue said with a smile: "Although Meng Weijun is the Duke of Xue, he often travels in Linzi, Xuecheng, and abroad, and I am the same, and I will never go back, not to mention that Mr. has not heard such a sentence?" “

He also lowered his voice and said: "Shen Sheng is in danger inside, and he is safe outside!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Cai Ze was suddenly awe-struck.

Shen Sheng and Chong'er were both sons of Jin Xiangong, Shen Sheng was established as the crown prince and placed in the national capital, and Chong'er was sealed in the border town. After Jin Xiangong favored Li Ji and wanted to abolish Chang Liyu, Shen Sheng was in the fierce national capital, but he died, and Chong'er was lucky to avoid the center of the contradiction because he was outside, and avoided the disaster, and finally was able to return to the Jin Kingdom, become the Duke of Jin Wen, and create a hegemony.

Although this is slightly different from the delicate situation within the current Zhao State, it can also be used as a reference.

Mingyue sighed: "In the current situation, even if I don't leave in Handan, it will not help the overall situation. The name of the monarch and the ministers has long been decided, and the ministers are also content with the status quo, I will not get real power in Handan, and acting rashly will only trap myself in an unjust situation and attract the condemnation of the country. Rather than this, it is better to learn from Feng Chen's cunning rabbit three holes and set up one or two retreats outside...... Qi County is far away from Handan, but it has its advantages, the palace Longtai can not cross the Taihang Mountain, stretch out to Zhaoyu Qili, I can accumulate in the water and soil on that side, raise soldiers, until the day of full wings. ”

He began to tell Cai Ze about the reason why he chose Qi County: "I have always heard that Qi Di was established as early as the Jin Kingdom, and this place is Hedong in the south, leading to the Qin State, surpassing Shangdang in the southeast, reaching Pingyang, and Jinyang and Yanmen Kongdao in the north, which are the Qu of Sida. Although the population of Qi County is not as much as Jinyang, it is also one of the largest counties in Taiyuan County, Zhaoyu Qi Daze is vast, there are fish and shrimp benefits, the surrounding mines are all over, spinning and weaving cloth are all over the farmhouse, brewing wine and mixing vinegar, boiling salt and refining nitrate, making koji and making sauce, weaving mats and making grass, there is no shortage of everything. Whether it's farming, trading or workshops, it's easy to do. “

Cai Ze hurriedly said: "This is the second point that the minister wants to say, the prosperity of Qi County, that was before." “

He said pessimistically: "The minister has checked the Taiyuan County over the years brought back by the lord from the storage room, and in the past ten years, Qi County has changed hands several times between Qin and Zhao, the city walls are dilapidated, thieves are rampant, and this place is difficult to govern!" What's more, near Qi County, once a war breaks out between Qin and Zhao, it will be affected! “

It turned out that since the twenty-first year of Qin Wangji (286 BC), after the Qin State seized Anyi and established Hedong County, Qi County, which is adjacent to Hedong, began to be threatened by the Qin army, and the two countries fought several times for this city.

First of all, in the twenty-fifth year of Qin Wangji (282 BC), the Qin general Bai Qi personally led the troops and captured Zishi and Qi counties in the Fenshui Basin, but because they were too far deep, the Qin army could not hold them, so they gave up Qi County east of Fenshui and focused on Zishi.

In the thirty-seventh year of the reign of Qin Wangji (270 BC), Qin conquered Lin Di, Lishi, and Qi again. Zhao sent Gongzi Yu to Qin as a hostage, and asked to sacrifice Jiao, Li, Niuhu and other cities to Qin in exchange for Lin Di, Lishi, and Qi. After Qin returned Lin Land, Lishi, and Qi Land to Zhao, Zhao betrayed Qin and refused to give Qin a city. King Ji of Qin was furious and sent people to Zhao to ask for the cession of land, and King Huiwen of Zhao excused himself with various excuses, so there was the famous Battle of Yan and He. After that war, Zhao Guo managed to keep Lin Di, Lishi, Qi, and also the gateway to Taiyuan County.

But when King Zhao Huiwen died last year, the Qin army came to attack again, capturing Lin, Lishi, and Wucheng, a total of three border cities east of Fenshui. Now Qi County has become a border land again, and in the middle of the Qin State, there is only a small Zhongdu Yi, and the Qin State chicken dog smells of each other......

So in Cai Ze's opinion, how can this kind of place where the Qin army arrives overnight be used as a fief for accumulating strength?

"Mr. doesn't go out, but he knows things thousands of miles away, just admire, but it's ......"

Mingyue shook her head and said, "The danger that Mr. thinks is exactly the opportunity in my eyes. ”

He stood up and said, "It is precisely because of the proximity to the Qin State that we have the opportunity to produce spirits locally and sell them to Hedong County nearby. It is precisely because of the border with Qin and Han that there are many boundaries that the three kingdoms cannot control, that it is convenient for me to recruit exiles, hide dead soldiers, and cultivate arms. When he starts a war with Qin and Zhao, the closer I am to the front line, the more opportunities I have to participate, and Mr. also asserted to me that there will be a battle in Qin and Zhao, and the soldiers of the whole country will be bloody in the front, how can I hide behind Taihang Mountain? How can such a person be favored by the people? It's for the sake of the future that I'm going to run ahead early......"

This is a different way of thinking, what Cai Ze hopes for is a safe, rich city located in the rear, and slowly engage in a conspiracy coup. But Mingyue is worried about more things, he knows very well that there are many things that he doesn't do now, and history can't be changed.

So what he longs for is a bridgehead close to the axis of the wheel of history - Changping!

To the west of Qi County is the east of the Qinguo River, to the south is the Korean Shangdang, and two hundred miles away is Changping!

It was tighter and tighter enough to get closer to that.

If you want to change the direction of the historical torrent, you can't just Lin Yuan Xianyu, you have to get close and get closer, and then throw the kneaded soil in your hand into it......

"The reason why Dayu was able to replace Yu Shun as the co-ruler of the world was not because he was noble, nor because he married Shun's daughter. It is because he is diligent and diligent, calloused and calloused, living outside for thirteen years, not daring to enter the house, and finally overcoming the flood and making great contributions to the people of the world, so that he can be supported by all countries and become the Son of Heaven at the Tushan Conference...... Can you understand my painstaking intentions and intentions? “

"I understand." Cai Ze was a little shocked for a while, Chang Anjun actually thought about it so far-reachingly, and even thought of how to fight for his fame and fortune in the future Qin-Zhao conflict?

Of course, this is also what Cai Ze is worried about, no matter how little Qi County operates, it is still just a drop in Taicang between the two behemoths of Qin and Zhao, what if it is swept into the whirlpool and there is no scum left?

"The minister dares to ask the lord, if Qin Zhao rises up again, and Wu Anjun attacks Taiyuan with 100,000 troops and besieges Qi County, what should I do then?"

Mingyue was silent, in that case, there would be no way to survive in this small fiefdom of his.

But he has made up his mind!

Mingyue said to Cai Ze sincerely: "Don't hide it, sir, I'm betting!" ”

What to bet on?

"I'm betting that the direction of Qin's attack in the next few years will be the Korean Shangdang, not Zhao Guotaiyuan!"

Cai Ze looked at Chang Anjun in surprise, not knowing why he, who had always been steady, was so crazy and desperate to make this bet: "What if the prince loses the bet?" ”

"I'm not going to lose." Mingyue smiled confidently, but in the end, she was a little unsure, and said, "If you lose......"

Mingyue seemed to see the scene after the fiasco of Changping again and again in his dream, but this time, he did not tremble, did not be afraid, but laughed with relief: "If I lose the bet, then Chang'anjun will become a crushed grass mustard under the rolling wheels, and when the time comes, it makes no difference whether my fiefdom is on the front line or in the rear!" “

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PS: Qin attacked Zhao, Lin, Lishi, and Qiba. Zhao took Gongzi Yu as the hostage to Qin, and invited Neijiao, Li, and the city of Niuhu to Yi Lin, Lishi, and Qi to Zhao. - "Warring States Policy. Zhao Cesan》

Chapter 3 at 1 point.