In the busy, time flies the fastest, just when the clearing is over and the foundation of the new city is in the ascendant, the Lantern Festival has arrived.

The Lantern Festival is a traditional festival in China, and during the time of the Han Emperor, the official department had officially designated the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as the Lantern Festival. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Son of Heaven would worship the 'Taiyi God' on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Festival is a festival;

Master, this is Wang Yu, the most important of the heroes, not only did the three-way princes who were invited arrive in time, but the Central Plains heroes also sent their henchmen to participate in this grand event.

It seems to have been affected by the grand atmosphere, and on this day, the heavenly lord also came to make beauty, and sprinkled the bright spring light on both sides of the river.

Since three days ago, the ferries on the ferry port have been busy, shuttling back and forth, sending groups of distinguished guests and their chariots and horses from the south bank to the north bank, and leading them to the camp in the north of Gaotang City.

The staff of the General's Mansion were all very busy, and the ministers of Jizhou had a place to use and took on the reception work. Chinese people pay attention to etiquette, but Qingzhou attaches great importance to practical results, but those who integrate into this system do not pay much attention to the cumbersome ceremony, but pay more attention to efficiency.

The military parade held by Wang Yu is actually quite contrary to the atmosphere inside Qingzhou, after all, Qingzhou at the moment, more energy is focused on production recovery, Tian Feng and Mi Zhu are eager to break a money in half, how can there be spare money to engage in this show.

It was only in consideration of the multiple meanings of this grand event, such as blessings, condolences, yaowu, and alliances, that there was no objection within the shogunate.

However, Qingzhou's frugality - or the style of slamming the door - is still reflected in many details.

The lantern is hanging, but it is far from being a lantern, at most it is just a scene;

There were a lot of people who received it, but the specifications were far from grand, and none of the Qingzhou important ministers such as Tian Feng, Jia Xu, and Guoyuan came forward. Among those who are active in the reception ranks, the highest status is Kong Rong, who is in charge of diplomacy, and those who run under his orders are Xin Ping and Chen Lin.

The hospitality is somewhat simple, in addition to the various horse meat dishes made from local materials, there are also some delicacies from the mountains and seas.

Gongsun Chan waited in the plains for more than 20 days and was very bored, so he took his guards around and made some gains. After reading the hospitality menu drawn up by Wang Yu, he was taken aback and hurriedly provided these prey, so as not to make the scale of the hospitality too shabby. The seafood is the fish and shrimp caught by the Qingzhou sailors in the sea, which is not very fresh. It's better than nothing.

Gongsun Zhan slandered a lot about this, and complained to his face that the things that Wang Yu entertained the envoys of the princes were not much better than what the soldiers usually ate, and the wealth of Qingzhou was too shabby.

And Wang Yu retorted eloquently, with the same clothes as the son. Eating with the son is the standard for the general, and he eats the same as the soldiers, what is there to be ashamed of? As for the messengers of the princes. They came in response to the call, each with a purpose, but no one came to eat and drink, but was afraid of the Qingzhou soldiers. Had to come. In that case, why spend so many weeks?

Gongsun Chan listened. Silent for a long time, and then sighed, feeling that he had wasted half his life, after all, he still fell into the cliché, and Peng Ju always remembered the score of the general, which is the real posture of a famous general.

Of course, Wang Yu wants to be humble, he is actually too lazy to be open, and he is distressed about spending money.

Spending money on the army can improve morale, enhance cohesion, and enhance loyalty, which is of great help to the improvement of combat effectiveness, and also helps to enhance the status of soldiers in Qingzhou's social system. What is the use of spending it on princes and envoys? Can you win over a few high-ranking people?

No matter how grand the reception is, there will be no less calculations in private, and you have to turn your face when you should turn your face, so what's the use of spending a lot of money to entertain them? If it's useless, why spend money?

His style is so simple and direct, but after this word spread, it changed its taste.

The concept of the Chinese people is very simple, if a person is recognized as a good person, then everything he does is a good thing; If he is recognized as a wise and profound person, then his words and deeds must have a deep meaning; If this person is considered to be both a good man and a wise man, then he can enjoy the treatment of a saint – as can be seen in the later generations of Confucius and Mencius.

Now Wang Yu's prestige in Qingzhou is almost the same as that of a saint, and once his words and deeds are heard, they will be magnified to the extreme.

This reply between him and Gongsun Chan caused a lot of shock in the army. I heard that there is such a deep meaning behind the shabby hospitality specifications, and the soldiers are all inexplicably moved, and even the two allies are also praised, which can be regarded as an unexpected gain.

Of course, only low-ranking officers and ordinary non-commissioned officers are concerned about this, and at the moment, the top brass in the army are talking about another topic.

"The benefit of the participants is the way of the king, Zilong, madman, don't you think that the lord's words sound shallow, but when you think deeply, you are unpredictable?"

Tai Shici, Zhao Yun and Qin Feng waited at the north gate of the camp together, with bright clothes and armor, shining under the reflection of the rising sun, and beside him were two rows of solemn soldiers, a team of three hundred people, dozens of steps away.

At this moment, the No. 1 warrior in Qingzhou was tilting his head sideways to do deep thought, letting the bright spring light sprinkle on his face, reflecting his very manly face more clearly.

"What's so unfathomable about this, what is the purpose of the war? Isn't it just for profit? If there are benefits to participating in the war, then who doesn't want to fight? ”

Qin Feng pursed his lips, pointed to the north and laughed loudly: "Look at those Hu people outside the Saiwai, isn't that what is going on?" If you enter the border pass, you can grab it casually, take it casually, grab a harvest, and you can afford to put sheep outside the plug for half a year. This is to make the participants profitable. ”

"yes." Tai Shici's eyes lit up, he clapped his hands, and praised: "Crazy, are you also very smart, Shang Jun's book says that when you hear the war, you will be happy, isn't that what is going on?" Wasn't that how Qiang Qin swept back then? Oh, that's not right, if this trick is good, why did the Qin State die later? ”

"Then who knows." Qin Feng scratched his head, he had been in the army since he was a child, and he had fought on the grassland for twenty years, so he was very familiar with the Hu people, and he had never heard of Shang Junshu or anything.

"Violent Qin ......" Zhao Yun just listened at first, and he didn't answer when the two asked him, until both of them were scratching their heads, and he said: "I shouldn't have been able to implement this strategy to the end." In other words, the views of Shang Jun and the lord are only superficially similar, but they are actually different. ”

"What's the difference?" Tai Shi Ci asked.

As early as the beginning of the implementation of the new policy in Qingzhou, Wang Yu put forward a number of concepts such as 'Tuntian, Shangwu, and Yangshi', and in the process of governance, there were many reform strategies such as curbing Haoqiang. However, these concepts and policies are not innovations, they can only be said to copy the good laws of their predecessors to restore production and people's livelihood in Qingzhou.

In the discussion a few days ago, Wang Yu put forward a core idea. It is said that the content of Qingzhou's new policy is all around this core and paves the way for the ultimate goal, which is worth paying attention to.

Just as Shang Ying established in the Qin period, "if the world is not governed together, the country will be lawless". In the early Han Dynasty, the 'rule by inaction' and the 'centralization' from the time of Emperor Wu had only the core concept to govern in the vein.

Therefore, as soon as the news spread, both Wu and Qingzhou high-level leaders were discussing this topic. Guessing the future of Qingzhou, what direction should it be.

Tai Shici, who was the most anxious, even went to Wang Yu to inquire in person, but unfortunately, Wang Yu, who has always been straightforward. This time, it played with mystery, and no matter who asked, they were all laughing and silent.

As time went by, the topic became more and more fascinating.

"The meritorious system of the Qin team is very perfect. Therefore, on the battlefield, he has always been able to use his life. Fight bravely. But the logistics related to the war are separated, and the lord once said that the craftsmen of the Qin State are a very magical group of people, and the bows and crossbows and arrows they make have almost reached the level of standardization......"

Qin Feng blinked, interjected and asked, "Standardization?" What is that? ”

"It's just ......" Zhao Yun also scratched his head a little, these new terms of the lord are very easy to use when used, but they are very troublesome to explain: "It is that the things made by different craftsmen are almost the same, the processes used are similar, and even the time consumed is about the same, so it can be called standardization." ”

"Doesn't that sound like much......" Tai Shici and the two looked at each other, both at a loss: "Is this any good?" ”

"Of course it's good." Zhao Yun patiently explained to these two colleagues who were very curious, but never understood the details: "What comes out of this way can be used uniformly, the pressure on logistics will be reduced, and it is often more efficient to repeat the work of the same process, and there are ......."

Zhao Yun is much more studious than these two guys, and his memory is good, and he retold what he heard from Wang Yu and his own understanding, which made Tai Shi Ci and the others stunned.

"The craftsmen of the Qin State were very productive and worked hard, but they could not get any benefit from the war, they could only be treated as slaves, and they worked hard just to survive. What is the difference between such a person and a person who has been captured and forced to go to war? ”

"In addition, Qin's logistical supply is also very problematic, in addition to the food to the enemy, before the expedition, the soldiers have to prepare their own food and weapons. Although they had titles and lands for their exploits, the pressure of the war was still very high. If the battle is fought quickly, it is fine, but if the battlefield drags on for months, or even years, the morale and fighting spirit of the Qin army will drop rapidly. ”

"Which army is not like this?" Tai Shi Ci has a different opinion again.

"It's different." Zhao Yun Zhengrong said: "It is said in the historical books that the Qin army is as fierce as a tiger and a wolf in the battle array, and it is often seen that the soldiers are holding prisoners under their ribs and hanging their heads on their waists, and they are still bravely rushing forward, so the six countries cannot be their sharpness. However, once the relationship lasted for a long time, the morale of the Qin army declined, and it was always faster than that of other armies. The most typical example is the hundreds of thousands of Qin troops who marched south to Baiyue......"

The Qin army's southern expedition is a historical mystery, and the records in the historical records are very vague, and it is impossible to determine neither its exact number nor the achievements of this army. The only thing that can be confirmed is that this army will never return, even at the moment when the Central Plains is full of smoke and the empire is in turmoil, this southern army has not gone north with a single soldier.

There are many examples of the Qin army's inability to fight for a long time, and Zhao Yun deliberately took this as an example, of course, not to cause controversy, but he figured out the true intention of the national policy that Wang Yu said, and came to the conclusion that his lord intended to imitate the Qin state, and after discovering the shortcomings of the Qin government, he planned to improve and implement it.

He believes that after the unification of the Central Plains, his lord is likely to launch a war in the south and in the north.

In the end, Zhao Yun concluded: "Therefore, the benefit of the participants is worthy of a wide range of participants, not only the soldiers of the army, but also the craftsmen, merchants, officials, and even farmers in the rear, as long as they have contributed to the war, they can get rich rewards." ”

“…… What it was like to be a sight, I can't imagine. Tai Shici thought about it seriously, but couldn't think of how this social system would work: "Zilong, do you know? ”

"I can't think of any precedent that I can refer to." Zhao Yun shrugged, thought about it, and added: "Maybe the lord hasn't fully thought it out, otherwise it wouldn't be just blowing the wind, but he wouldn't be willing to tell the details." ”

"Possibly." Tai Shi Ci nodded, with a hint of longing in his eyes: "This method sounds pretty good, if you fight, there will be benefits, everyone will be beneficial, won't you always be able to expand your territory?" This battle can be fought. You say, "How did this head grow?" How can you always come up with these unbelievable and yet amazing solutions? ”

Of course, no one answered him to such a question as "......", and everyone was silent for a while, until there was a sound of carriages and horses coming from the north, and the three generals suddenly woke up and looked into the distance.

"Coming?" The residual snow on the official road has not disappeared, and there are a few points of green under the white, but what Tai Shici said is coming, but it is not the footsteps of spring. He and Zhao Yun didn't run out to chat about nothing, but to greet the great Sima of the dynasty, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu!

"It should be." Qin Feng has been outside the plug for a long time, his eyesight is very good, and he can see the black line in the sky from a distance.

Tai Shici's curiosity rose again, and while squinting at it, he asked, "The pomp and circumstance of his coming should be very big, right?" I heard that the first emperor was optimistic about performing martial arts in peace, and built a twelve-fold canopy on the altar of the general, with a height of ten zhang and a small altar with a nine-fold canopy, and the scene was very remarkable. ”

The corners of Qin Feng's mouth twitched, and there was a bit of mockery in his smile: "Then you are going to be disappointed, Liu Yu is not the first emperor, and his good reputation does not come out of thin air." ”

"Won't it?" Tai Shici was a little incredulous: "He arrived in Guangchuan five days ago, and he waited until today to show up, isn't it to put on a show and show off his pomp?" ”

Qin Feng shook his head, with an inexplicable taste in his tone: "In short, you will know it by reading it yourself." ”

Seeing his expression, Tai Shici didn't ask any more questions, and waited intently.

After a few more moments, Liu Yu and his party finally approached. Before seeing Liu Yu's team clearly, the first thing that came was a squeaky sound, and before Tai Shici expressed his surprise, he saw that in the middle of the winding team, it was an ox cart that was staggering!

That's right, it's a cart pulled by an old cow.

"That's ......" Taken aback, Tai Shici's reaction was a beat slower, and it was Zhao Yun, who had always been very calm, who exclaimed first.

"What?"

Zhao Yun looked surprised, his eyes were extremely solemn, he pointed to the front of the team, and hesitated: "Big brother, Brother Qin, you see, the military general who walked in the front seems to be Lu Yi!" ”

"What!"