Chapter 4 Expansion of the Naval Division
With the support of Prime Minister Zhang Ping and Imperial Historian Fan Sui, the matter of moving the capital to Luoyang was decided. Three days later, King Han ordered 200,000 young men to be conscripted to Luoyang to serve in labor.
The reason why there was an extra 100,000 was because King Han wanted to finish his work in one battle. The new Luoyang City has expanded a lot on the basis of the original site, and its north and south are 15 miles long, and the east and west are 12 miles long, and the project can be described as huge. If the first 100,000 laborers are estimated, it may take a year of work. After all, in addition to building city walls, it is also necessary to dig moats. Moreover, not only that, the passes around Luoyang that are hundreds or even two hundred miles need to be repaired one by one this winter, among them, as the most important are the Xuanyuan Pass in the south and the Bishui Pass in the east.
In order to speed up the progress of the project, King Han also ordered Chen Sui, the Shaofu who was in charge of the reconstruction of Luoyang, to recruit local people to help build the city, but King Han also repeatedly emphasized that the people should not be forcibly recruited. After all, the recruitment of 200,000 young and strong laborers is a great burden for any country, even if it is a slack at the moment. This does not include additional hiring of local people. One is the obligation of the people to the country, and the other is the rights of the people themselves, and the difference between paid and unpaid is related to the will of the people and benevolence!
After the decision to move the capital to Luoyang, the mention of building a boat division was mentioned again. In the battle of capturing Daliang, it was precisely because the Yingchuan Boat Division successfully crossed the Huben battalion to the other side of Suishui that South Korea occupied the initiative in the campaign. A few years ago, Bai Qi led the Qin army to sail through the defense line set by the Chu army, and then flooded Yingdu, which made all countries clearly see the key role of a boat division that can fight well at a special moment.
It's a pity that the northerners are good at horses, the southerners are good at boats, and the cost of raising a boatman is definitely not expensive. Like Yan and Zhao, there are only a handful of big rivers in the territory, so they are naturally unwilling to invest in the boat. The Qin State originally had one of the best boat divisions. It's a pity that with the defeat of the Qin State and the retreat of Guanzhong, the boat division has disappeared. Although there are large rivers crisscrossing the territory of Qi State, because it is located downstream, there is no formed boat division. Only the state of Chu, after the Qin army conquered Yingdu, ate a trench and grew wise. There is a small boat division remaining.
Whether it is in the consideration of the State of Qi and Zhao or the worry of protecting Luoyang, if Luoyang wants to be truly impregnable, it is imperative to establish a strong boat division. South Korea already had experience in this area, and the establishment of the Nanyang Boat Division was originally to seek to seize Hanzhong and deter the Chu State, and the Nanyang Boat Division finally fulfilled this duty well. South Korea's second boat division, the River Boat Division, is still a little smaller, which will become more prominent after the capital is moved to Luoyang. That's why the minister mentioned expanding the scale of the river boat division. And because the northerners are not good at boats, it is imperative to recruit soldiers from Nanyang, Runan, Hanzhong, Bashu and Dangjun!
This qiē is determined by the geographical location of Luoyang! If you look carefully on the map, you will find the subtlety of Luoyang's location. Luoyang is the place where Luoshui and Yishui converge, and the two rivers converge here. It stretches for dozens of miles to the east and flows into the river (Yellow River). Less than ten miles downstream of the river, there is another tributary, the Bianshui, and the Bianshui flows through Xinzheng, and is connected with Yingshui and Rushui. A dozen miles further downstream, the tributaries of the river are even more numerous. The four big rivers of Danshui, Suishui, Lishui and Divide go all the way to the northwest after the intersection of the beams, and at the north house, Jishui and Pushui are also added. Six rivers are combined into one, and they lead directly to the river (the Yellow River). A few miles downstream is Danshui (Danshui in Shangdang County. At this time, there are many place names with duplicate names, and there are also many rivers with duplicate names), where little water flows into the river.
Therefore, Luoshui and Yishui in Sanchuan County, Bishui and Yingshui in Yingchuan County, Rushui and Gap in Runan County, and Jishui in Dongjun. Danshui, Suishui, and Lishui in Dangjun, and Danshui and Shaoshui in Shangdang County, these rivers crisscross and can be connected to each other. From Luoyang, you can take a boat to the six counties of Dangjun, Dongjun, Yingchuan, Sanchuan, Runan, and Shangdang. This also means that the always powerful boatman can be in danger in the six counties. Timely reinforcements!
What makes South Korea pay more attention is that the Jishui flows through Dongjun and reaches Linzi. Pushui flows through Tao County and reaches the land of Gulu. Therefore, if Korea builds a strong boat division on the river, it can not only rely on the river to defend against Zhao and Qin, but also to plan the Huaisi land of Qi. This is the most tempting of Korean monarchs!
With so many benefits, King Han naturally refused to let go. Therefore, in the late autumn of 268 BC, the second decree of the king of Han was issued, recruiting the children of good families who are good at swimming and familiar with water to join the army, and at the same time, rewarding the skilled craftsmen who are good at building ships in the world to build warships for Korea!
In the blink of an eye, winter came, and Linzi, the country of Qi, also drifted the first snow since the beginning of winter.
Xinling Jun Wei Wuji is a little depressed these days, and South Korea is preparing for the boat division and rebuilding Luoyang with great fanfare, and the whole country of Qi is indifferent to this. Although he repeatedly wrote to the king of Qi, asking the king of Qi to order the training of soldiers and the reorganization of the armament, the king of Qi walked away without impatience every time with a few perfunctory words.
After all, the king of Qi is young and playful, and the king of Xinling can still understand it, but after meeting the king several times, he quickly lost his follow-up, and the monarchs and ministers of Qi, including the prime minister Hou Sheng, were courteous and polite to themselves, but behind the politeness was estrangement, and they were not willing to listen to their own advice. In the end, Xin Lingjun realized that maybe the Qi State just wanted to provide for himself and gain a good reputation, and wanted to use his good name to set off the strength of the Qi State, just as the Wei State had raised Meng Weijun in the first place.
But unlike Meng Weijun, his position in the Qi State is awkward. When Meng Weijun was in the Wei State, he was also the prime minister, and he was just a powerless and vain guest secretary. Because the king of Qi was young, the ruling queen naturally did not trust others, but appointed her younger brother Hou Sheng as the prime minister of Qi. Whether it is in terms of ability or reputation, he is far better than the latter victory, so the whole Qi country is very wary of himself! Xin Lingjun clearly knew that in Qi State, he would not be able to get ahead.
After the situation in the world stabilized, Xinlingjun sent his cronies to infiltrate Anling to meet with the king of Wei (although the king of Wei has now been demoted to the marquis of Wei, Xinlingjun has always regarded him as the king of Wei). learned from his cronies that King Wei was also doing very unsatisfactory. It's not that South Korea still sends people to monitor the King of Wei and the King of Wei is not free - in fact, in Anling, the words of the King of Wei are still true, and the Korean army in Anling has long since retreated, but it is unknown how many Korean details are lurking in Anling. In fact, the unsatisfactory life of the King of Wei was more because of this defeat, which suddenly left the Wei State for thousands of miles and only a hundred miles left, and the King of Wei felt shameless. Although at the time of surrender, King Wei thought about learning from Gou and practicing in general, but it was not the same thing when he really did it.
King Wei, who had only 3,000 troops, really despaired in the face of South Korea, which had more than one million troops. Even if he tried his best and expanded the army to 10,000, what if each of these 10,000 soldiers was one to ten, he still couldn't defeat South Korea! Thinking of this, King Wei was a little self-defeating. But the king of Wei forced himself not to be discouraged, and the king of Wei waited patiently, waiting for South Korea to arouse the public indignation of the world, and then called on the world to attack it!
Therefore, during this short meeting, the king of Wei wrote a secret letter to Xinlingjun, instructing Xinlingjun to lobby various countries, preferably to promote the five kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, Qi, Chu, and Yan to invade Korea, so that Wei also had the hope of becoming rich. Xin Lingjun naturally understood the discomfort of King Wei from between the lines, and in fact, Xin Lingjun also looked forward to enriching the country as soon as possible. No matter how beautiful the days under the fence are, this is more of a torture for the soul! Since Qi has no idea of moving troops for the time being, there is no need for Linzi to stay. After receiving the secret letter from the King of Wei, Xinlingjun quickly made up his mind to leave Linzi.
But how to leave Linzi and where to go first after leaving Linzi has become Xinlingjun's new trouble. Especially the latter, Xinlingjun knows, is the most important. The current shape is that the five kingdoms of Qin, Zhao, Qi, Chu, and Yan acquiesced in the annexation of Wei by Korea for their own reasons, and everyone is waiting and watching. The Xinzheng Huimeng has not been over for a long time, and the impact is still there. No one wants to take the risk of the whole world to break this covenant first, even if everyone knows that this covenant is fragile and vulnerable, but no one wants to take the lead.
What Xinlingjun has to do is to convince a country, as long as one country agrees to this matter, then it will be easy to convince other countries. Just like Su Qin is wearing the seal of the six countries, without the support of Yan and Zhao, it will be even more difficult to successfully lobby Han, Wei, Qi, and Chu!
For this question, Xinlingjun tossed and turned, unable to sleep at night. Because Shinling-kun knew that it was an adventure. Although King Han did not ask Qi Guo for himself, he did not cancel his wanted, and the reward of his daughter and the huge profits of the feudal marquis were enough to make everyone in the world tempted. I still have a safety guarantee in Linzi, but when I get out of Linzi City, it is difficult to say! If you go to the wrong country, then everything is over!
After thinking about it for three days, Xinlingjun made a final decision. After making this difficult choice, Shinlingjun first went to visit the prime minister and expressed his hope that he wanted to travel around the world. Unlike other positions, Keqing has a daily annoying political affair. Moreover, one of the responsibilities of the guest secretary is to be in charge of diplomatic affairs. Xin Lingjun thought that this reason was enough for him to leave Linzi. Of course, this is just a test, after all, the one who can really decide whether he can leave Linzi or not is actually the queen in the palace who rarely shows up. (To be continued......)
PS: Will Xinlingjun leave Linzi, and where will he go after leaving? Guess