Chapter 21
When Zhao Xu, Zhang Yongde, and Zhao Kuangyin came to the dormitory where Chai Rong was, Chai Rong had not rested and was still looking at the map.
At the same time, he coughed from time to time, it seems that Chai Rong was already sick, but he didn't have a seizure, this time he was poisoned, although it didn't kill him, but it may have planted the root of the disease.
He didn't expect that Zhao Xu and the others would come out so quickly, he asked all the people to go out, and the eunuch was only Zhang Dejun.
When Zhao Xu showed this primitive password one by one in front of the four of them, there were many questions about Chai Rong's whereabouts.
For example, to find out whether Chai Rong is personally recruited, and the last thing about Chai Rong's food and clothing is to wait for an opportunity to poison Chai Rong.
This is not counted, the words of Wang Zhaoyuan's secret order of Houshu actually appeared in it, Wang Zhaoyuan is also a person, and the favorite of Mengchang of Houshu, this is very clear.
At this time, the hidden spy is too much, and he also signs his name?
Chai Rong was furious and decided to cut down Houshu, but he was not hot-headed, he knew that this matter had to be discussed in the long run.
Zhao Xu and they were busy for half the night, and this time they could finally go back to rest, and the next day Chai Rong ordered all the ministers to write a piece about unifying the world.
All the ministers hurried back to their homes after the morning court to write their opinions.
During this period, the rich son who was locked up in the front of the palace was also taken back by their father, and of course several of these people were bitterly reversing their previous mistakes.
Even the gentlemanly Tao Bing would die and become a high-ranking official, and since then he has worked diligently for the Great Song Dynasty and become a Qing official.
Han Wei hated Zhao Xu even more, so much so that he and his father were later killed by Wang Yansheng.
One after another, ministers expressed their views on the unification of the world, but everyone had their own set of views.
Before Chai Rong had time to sort out these things, there was another big shock in the imperial court - Prime Minister Feng Dao died of illness.
Feng Dao is the only "elder of the Ten Dynasties" in history.
After the Yan Emperor Liu Shouguang, the Later Tang Dynasty Zhuangzong Li Cunxuan, the Later Tang Mingzong Li Siyuan, the Later Tang Min Emperor Li Conghou, the Later Tang Emperor Li Congke, the Later Jin Dynasty Gaozu Shi Jingjiao, the Later Jin Emperor Shi Chonggui, the Liao Taizong Yelu Deguang, the Later Han Gaozu Liu Zhiyuan, the Later Zhou Taizu Guo Wei, a total of four dynasties and ten emperors.
Basically, every dynasty is reused, and it is a veritable "officialdom tumbler, protégés and former officials all over the world, and the prestige is extremely high."
However, he changed masters many times, and his death was quite controversial, and from the perspective of traditional Chinese Confucian morality, Feng Dao should be despised by people.
But in a specific historical environment, whether it is an emperor or a general, or a pawn of a peddler, how can their personal fate transcend the constraints imposed on their bodies by that environment?
It is true that their personal character also played a decisive role in this, but the evaluation of them by later generations and history books puts morality above historical reality.
How to look at history and how to look at these people in history who were indeed alive is really a question, but we can't judge it according to our own wishes
His death Chai Rong was also very sad and angry, ordered a thick burial, nicknamed Wenyi, and because he was a native of Jingcheng, Yingzhou (now northeast of Jiaohe, Hebei), he was posthumously named King Ying.
His eldest son Feng Ping Enyin is not from the living room of Liupin, and he is worthy of Feng Dao, who is a famous job-hopping prime minister.
He ordered Li Gu, who was then the Zhongshu Shilang and Ping Zhangshi, to be crowned as the right servant and the scholar of the Jixian Palace, replacing Feng Dao's position.
This time something was delayed for many days, and Chai Rong began to deal with government affairs. He found a man named Wang Pu who had offered a proposal that piqued his interest......
At that time, the king of Bibu Langzhong, Pu Jin, offered a policy article, known as Pingbian Ce, and he believed in the policy theory:
"The Central Plains Imperial Court lost the land of Wu, Shu, Youzhou, and the state, all due to the loss of the way to govern the country.
Nowadays, it is necessary to first investigate the root causes of the loss of land, and then we can know how to collect the lost land.
At that time, when the land was lost, it was all the mediocre monarchs who were in power, resulting in political chaos, the army was arrogant and did not obey the rule of law, and the people were increasingly impoverished.
The traitors and the chaotic party are hot in the court, the strong generals are rampant and domineering outside, and the small forces are not suppressed, and they have grown from small to large, accumulating small things.
The great power is not suppressed, resulting in the inability to govern, which leads to their chaos and usurpation of the world, and the people of the world are detached from morality, and they are unwilling to serve the country, so that Wu and Shu independently established the country, and Youzhou and the state are separated. ”
When I saw this, I thought it was true, how did the Taizu of my Great Zhou establish the Great Zhou, isn't it, relying on force? It seems that it is necessary to limit the power of the warriors.
Wang Pu's strategy goes on to write:
Therefore, the strategy of pacifying the world is to oppose the Tang and Jin dynasties, and to do it first, we must recruit talents, strike traitors, and clean up politics.
It is necessary to appoint people with outstanding talents, and to give favors and credibility to unite people's hearts. Depose those villains who can only sneak around and be afraid of horses, this is the pro-virtuous and far-reaching.
It is necessary to actively reward those who work hard, and at the same time severely punish those who commit adultery and criminals, so that the rewards and punishments are clearly distinguished, so that the subjects of the whole country can be united. ”
Chai Rong applauded while watching, and when he was excited, he clapped his hands happily. He went on and on:
"Advocate the economy and accumulation of national wealth, so that the service of forced labor can be reasonably beneficial to the people. When the treasury is sufficient, the materials are abundant, and the top and bottom work together to serve the country, then calm the Quartet.
If the people of the enemy see that our country is clean and harmonious, that the upper and lower levels are harmonious, that the country is strong and prosperous, that the soldiers are strong and strong, and that the soldiers are of one heart, they will surely yearn for it.
Then the other party's situation will change in our favor:
Those who know will be our internal response, and those who are familiar with the terrain will be our guides. At this time, the will of the people of the other side is the same as ours, that is, it conforms to the will of Heaven, and if it conforms to the will of Heaven, then nothing will become reads;
The strategy of attacking unification should start from where it is easyNow it seems that Wu is the weakest, and it should start with Wu first.
The country of Wu has a large territory, east to the sea, south to the river, and the border with us is also very long, two thousand miles. Let's harass its weakly defended areas first.
If they hold on to the east, then we will harass his west, and if we reinforce the west, we will harass his east, and as they move eastward and westward, we will find out the reality of their borders and the strength of their forces.
Then concentrate your forces to attack its weakness, and you will be invincible and sweep away the enemy army, but don't be too aggressive.
At this time, it is only necessary to harass with light troops, the enemy has always been cowardly, knowing that our army is conscripted, it will inevitably respond to the battle with heavy troops, and so on several times.
The other party will inevitably be exhausted by the people and the country, even if we do not send heavy troops, then we will be able to reap the benefits, he will be exhausted and I will benefit, and soon the territory of Jiangbei will be owned by me.
After getting Jiangbei. They can also use their people to enrich our army and strengthen our strength, and it will not be difficult for Jiangnan to be pacified.
With this kind of use of soldiers, the strength is small but the harvest is large, and the Gui in the south of Wu Land is as wide as the bag of my Great Zhou.
At that time, we can try to recruit Shu land, if they don't surrender, they will march on all sides, and the heavenly soldiers will sweep Shu land.
Once pacified, Youzhou will return to the wind, but Bingzhou is a place occupied by the desperate Kou, and it cannot be appeased with a letter of grace, and must be attacked with heavy troops.
But now is not enough to threaten the border, you can take it last, wait for the favorable moment, and the war can be successful.
Now our army is strong, the materials are full and complete, the ministers are united and know the law, the generals obey the orders and work hard, and when the crops are harvested again, they can use troops to pacify the border.
After the summer and autumn of this year, you can store military rations and materials in the border area first, and prepare for the great cause, so that the ministers are just a life, not enough to talk about national affairs, if there is anything inappropriate, please forgive your Majesty."
When Chai Rong asked the ministers to write a policy theory, he already had the ambition of unifying the world in his heart, and he had already carried out a series of reforms, which had achieved initial results.
The country began to become stronger, and the general situation at that time was also favorable to reunification, and the people longed for reunification, and from then on they would never be devastated by war.
However, many ministers under Chai Rong like to be content with the status quo and do not support Chai Rong's great cause of reunification.
Wang Pu's article does not have many words, but the words speak to Chai Rong's heart, and there are only four people who he admires this time: Yang Zhaojian, Dou Yi, Tao Gu and Wang Pu, and Wang Pu's strategy is the most in line with his heart.
In order to further understand Wang Pu's thoughts, Chai Rong summoned Wang Pu into the palace several times to talk, and Wang Pu, who is known as a master of governing the country, responded to Chai Rong very satisfied.
To sum up, Wang Pu's "Pingbian Strategy" is the following steps:
It was proposed to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty first, obtain the Southern Tang Jiangbei, and then further control the southern countries. In the future, we will take Houshu and Youzhou, and finally solve such a clear strategic idea of the Khitan border troubles.
At the same time, he proposed that those who win the hearts of the people must win the hearts and minds of the people in the world.
For weak conquests, it is a bit like guerrilla warfare, but it is indeed clearly conceived and the strategic intent is clear at a glance.
Historically, most of these policies have been adopted by Chai Rong, and a series of wars of unification and annexation have been successfully launched.
It can be said that in the Later Zhou Dynasty, during the Chai Rong period, a series of unified annexation wars were launched, most of which had the figure of "Pingbian Ce".
Later, when Chai Rong personally conquered the state of Wu, he let Wang Pu serve as a privy envoy to preside over military and political affairs, and Wang Pu became an important minister of the state.
In history, it was this Wang Pu who made a flat policy and made steady progress, but in fact, he catered to Chai Rong's ambitions at that time.
Zhao Xu was also impressed by this person. No wonder this person would become the minister appointed by Chai Rong to assist Chai Zongxun at that time, and it seems that he was not a mediocre minister.
The old generation of courtiers is old and dead, Chai Rong has also begun to cultivate his cronies, and he not only needs generals like Zhao Kuangyin and his son.
also needs a civil servant who governs the country, and Wang Pu entered his sight at this time, and it is difficult to think about underdevelopment.
Chai Rong also began his path of reform.......
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