The center of the Chu State is Jianghan, where there are rivers and mountains and forests.

Different from the land of Qilu where winter wheat begins to turn golden, the color of Jianghan is green: the undulating mountains and rivers are green, the depressions on both sides of the Han River are full of rice fields with green seedlings, and there are large areas of lotus and water chestnut in the lake and pond. The lotus picker swam around in a small boat, plucked out the lotus root and water chestnut, and paid tribute to the royal nobles who lived on the high platform by the lake.

This high platform was built during the time of King Chu Ling, and it is the remnant of the era of the palace, thin waist and Wuyin, where you can overlook the entire East Lake in the suburbs. On the stage, Ji Mi, the most beautiful eldest princess of Chu State, was wearing a silk gauze robe, she took the water chestnut offered by the maid, gently peeled it off with her own hands, and placed it on the sacrificial table with green smoke.

It is now the fifteenth day after the spring equinox, and it is the time to sacrifice relatives and friends during the Qingming Festival.

Ji Mi knelt on the pu mat, her thin waist set off her figure more exquisitely, she closed her eyes and read softly: "The food is not clear, the female is more happy." "Shijiang", "Cailing", and "Yanghe". Soul Return! No east, no west, no south, no north......"

Six years ago, she was only a fourteen-year-old girl, but now she is married to a woman, but the fear on the way to escape is still haunting her dreams, she escaped by luck under the protection of Brother Wang, but the female companions who stayed in Yingdu are said to have ended extremely miserable, Wu Guoren, what a group of beasts......

At that moment, the sound of soft footsteps behind her, as well as the man's voice, interrupted her worship.

"The old Ling Yin Quzhi of the Chu State also likes to eat water chestnuts, and before he died, he also instructed his descendants to sacrifice water chestnuts, but this is not in line with etiquette, so his son Qu Jian did not comply. Oxen are used for the sacrifice of the king, and sheep are used for the sacrifice of the doctor. Piglets and dogs were used for priests, and grilled fish for ordinary people. The dried fruits and meat sauce contained in the bamboo bamboo ware can be used by everyone from the monarch to the common people. But! The only thing that cannot be left unattended is the offering of precious and rare things, and the display of a wide variety of foods, water chestnut is one of them. Ling Yin Shang can't violate Chu State's "Chicken Classics" because of his hobbies, let alone the daughter of a doctor? Kill me. Remove the water chestnut and replace it with a sacrifice suitable for her grade. ”

Ji Mi turned around, but it was her brother, the king of the Chu State, he was only twenty-four this year, wearing the Chu people's iconic Xuanduan high crown, a pair of wide sleeves danced when he walked, and the long sword "Mo Ye" with a length of three and a half feet at his waist almost fell to the ground.

The wrath of the king of Chu ambushed 100,000 corpses. Bleeding and drifting, but Ji Mi was not afraid, she said coquettishly with a little grievance: "Brother Wang...... Is the festival over? I'm just doing a private sacrifice. ”

Xiong Zhen, the king of Chu, was very serious, and he didn't seem to have come out of the atmosphere of the national sacrifice, he said: "Otherwise, the sacrifice is not a trivial matter, and the state of Chu has the shame of being broken because of arrogance and lack of order." Now I want to launch a new deal to revive the state of Chu. Everything must be strict, and as a member of the royal family, you must not take the lead in violating it! ”

Since encountering the shame of breaking the capital and running away, Brother Wang has changed a lot, become mature, and become serious. It also became unapproachable. Only then did Ji Mi restrain her coquettishness, and promised softly, asking people to remove the water chestnut, ending this private sacrifice, but still pouting. Angrily looking at the scenery in the lake, ignoring his brother.

The king of Chu probably felt that Fang Cai was too serious about his sister, and asked lightly: "You moved to Shenxian County after you got married, and you only came to the capital last month, can you get used to the climate and diet here?" ”

"It's all on the banks of Jianghan, and there's not much difference......"

Ji Qi saw that there was a hint of concern under his brother's cold face, so he lost his temper, and asked worriedly: "Brother Wang, six years ago, the Wu army broke through Yingdu, four years ago, the prince of Wu sent to attack Chu, and defeated the Zhou division of Chu, captured Pan Zichen, Xiao Weizi and seven doctors, and even the soldiers of the uncle and brother period were defeated in Fanyang. Although Brother Wang moved the capital to the north, if the Wu army came again, could it hold it? Will the capital be moved? ”

"Moving the capital? Where else can I move to, is it to move to Wan and Ye outside Fangcheng, or to Jingshan, where our Chu ancestors have lived for generations? Back to the days when the road was blue and the mountains and forests were enlightened? ”

Ji Mi was silent, the king of Chu held his sword, stood on the high platform and pointed around: "Three hundred years ago, this plain was still completely covered by mountains, forests, lakes and marshes, and only sporadic Pu and Yue people fished and hunted by the water. ”

Later, the Chu people came out of the Jing Mountains and conquered the tribes here. On the top of the highest hill, I built the first rough town with wood and mud, and then moved the population from the north to the original place and named it Xiaxiang. ”

"Originally, this was just an ordinary small county, and it was regarded as the northern fortress of Yingdu, because whether it was Qin, Jin, or Qi, the powerful countries were all in the north. However, what we didn't expect was that the sworn enemies of the Chu State were actually from the east, from the Huai River and the Great River, upstream from the Wu people! ”

Ji Mi had no choice but to comfort him bluntly: "Yingdu has fallen, you should blame the adultererous appearance, not Brother Wang......"

"It's not just that the son often brings disaster to the country, but also because I was too loose and ignorant when I was young, but I am, do you know that every Qingming sacrifice to the soul of the dead is my most difficult time. I hurriedly fled from Zhanghuatai and threw my mother to the Wu people, almost being insulted...... When I left Yingdu, the Chu people helped the old and the young to accompany me, but I abandoned them in order to escape quickly, and they were still hunted down by the Wu army as slaves, or died in the ravines and rivers, these are my sins! ”

The king of Chu fell into deep self-blame, and it was not until Ji Mi gently stroked his hand that he held his sister and said to her: "But we will not run away again, after moving the capital to the lower town, I will appoint the middle brother and son Xi as Ling Yin, and the uncle and brother as Sima, so that they can reform the national politics, and now there is some improvement." You can rest assured, the people of Wu will be blocked from the east of Dabie and Xiaobie, and from Jianghan! The Chu people will regain the bravery and will of their ancestors and reproduce and recover in this land. ”

Ji Mi knew that what her brother said was right, and now as far as she could see, the former small counties had become prosperous capitals, with checkpoints, barns, brick arsenals, wooden houses, and shops and markets, one after another.

More than 10 wharves line the banks of the Han River, and countless ships are moored in the harbor. Fishing boats and river rafts were in constant circulation, merchant ships unloaded goods from all over the Chu state, and Chu's new boat divisions patrolled the river, centipede-like oars gently lapping the water.

Beyond them, surrounded by solid walls of high walls.

This is the new Chu State that Brother Wang bravely went down to govern after knowing his shame!

But I heard the sound of "Zheng", and the sword named "Mo Xie" was unsheathed. The ripple-like lines reflect the sunlight and give it a dazzling look. The King of Chu held it and swung it violently, splitting a wooden railing in half.

He looked at Jiang Han and swore: "Give me ten years, I will definitely be able to revive the Chu State, and I will not only destroy the rebellious vassals and defeat the Wu people." Restore the old territory, but also pick up the ambition of the ancestor King Zhuang again, and win the Central Plains! Otherwise, it's so wooden! ”

Ji Mi is fascinated, this is her brother, who is sensitive and soft in his heart, but he will always play the strong King of Chu in front of him!

The princess of Chu State, who had a thin waist and a slender hand, bowed to the ground: "Brother Wang's words, I will definitely be able to do it, Ji Mi is waiting to see the day when you lead Chu State to win the championship again!" ”

……

Since last year's civil unrest in Lu. Although the Marquis of Qi had the intention to "seek justice" for Sanhuan, Zhao Wuxian, the new ruler of the Lu State, deployed heavy troops to defend in the Yangguan and Suju areas, and the Jin people were also constantly stirring up trouble to contain the country, and the Qi State, which was still recovering, could not invest too many troops.

As a result, from beginning to end for more than 100 days, there was no war on the northern front, the Qi people were cautious, and the Lu people did not want to cause a big war. The two sides did not even fight a decent battle. Dragged on until March and April, the spring breeze and rain, the mountain road north and south of Mount Tai became muddy. Qi Hou's anticlimactic Varu operation could only come to an end.

It was also Zhao Wuxian's thunderous means within the Lu State that suppressed all the rebels, so that the Qi people had no chance to take advantage of it.

Now that the Qi people have temporarily stopped, seeing that the farming is over, Zhao Wuxian's shogunate is about to start acting.

In the past few months, the county system has been organizing spring ploughing. The mobilization of county soldiers to defend Qi people has shown its superiority, and after the county system is established, the originally scattered Lu State seems to have cured a rheumatism patient, and has become nimble.

This left those who opposed it speechless, so Lu prepared to set up a second batch of new counties. First of all, Qufu and its surrounding cities were merged into Lu County, which has a population of nearly 100,000 and is the most populous county in Lu State. Yangguan, Longyi, Guiyin, and Boyi in the north form Liangfu County, which is the least populated county with rugged mountains and narrow settlements, with a population of less than 40,000.

Then Feiyi, Dongyang, Wucheng, Zhuan and other places located at the junction of the east and the west will form Fei County, which is the hub of the Zhao shogunate's control of the doctors in the east, and it is also the only way to go south to the small countries such as Yi, Teng, and Xue, and to enter the seashore of Ju in the east, which is the top priority in the strategic layout of Zhao Wuxian!

However, in the process of setting up Fei County, there was a Yi who openly resisted, they refused to hand over the Yi soldiers and power, and threw the bureaucrats off the city wall!

"Disobey the general, armed resistance to the county!"

After getting the news, Zhao Wuxian was not angry, no reform can always be unimpeded, it is good if there is a rebel who jumps out, it is just enough to make an example.

He quickly summoned the shogunate officials to discuss the matter, and now the court of Lu Hou was completely decorated, and the shogunate was the only administrative body that counted its word.

The shogunate followed the retainer system, including the family elder, the family Sima, the family Zhu, the planner, the worker, the horse, the car, the warehouse official, and even the guests and officials.

These people were Jin and Lu people who were personally loyal to Zhao Wuxian, and they were very trusted, and Zhao Wuxian let them know about political affairs and entrust them as confidants. However, they were not official officials of the imperial court, and they were usually just wingmen with little power, but they had the opportunity to be appointed by Zhao Wuxian as county officials, or generals who led the army to the army, called "plus officials", and these bureaucrats could receive corresponding salaries when they were officials, but they could be removed at any time.

At the grassroots level in the counties of Lu State, Shiqing Shilu came to an end.

Through these bureaucrats, Zhao Wuxian's shogunate stole the power of the Qufu court and allowed the state of Lu to proceed in an orderly manner under his will.

Even the Meng family and the Ji family can only lie on their stomachs honestly, if anyone dares to resist the will of the general at this time, there is only one way to die!

What the fate of the departing will be, the officials who entered the shogunate to discuss it already know in their hearts.

Flatten! Fallen!

But Gong Xichi, who was in charge of ceremonies, waited at the door of the general's mansion with some worry, once he was appointed as an official, the bureaucrats had clear powers and powers, and he was not qualified to participate in the military discussion, so he grabbed him when Ran Qiu entered.

Ran Qiu looked at him suspiciously, "Zihua, what's wrong?" ”

Gongxi Chi said anxiously: "Ziyou, do you know that the master is still lingering in the future!" ”

(To be continued.) )

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