Chapter 10: Suggestions (II)

"Today, when it comes to national strength, there is no one who is on the right side of South Korea, although the minister is dull, but he also has the courage to offer a strategy, hoping to help the king sweep the world as soon as possible, and encompass the United States!" Bai Qi said.

King Han nodded solemnly and said, "Please speak!" ”

Bai returned the salute and said eloquently: "There are only three counties left in Qin and Qi, and the people are few and the land is barren, so there is nothing to worry about!" Yan and Yue are located in remote areas, and the Yue State is subject to Chu, and the Yan State is subject to Zhao. Although its land is wide, but the people's livelihood is withering, the people are in difficulty, and they can win for a while, but the follow-up is weak, and they are also unbearable to the enemy of South Korea! From the perspective of the ministers, among the countries in the world, the only ones who can cause trouble for the king are Zhao and Chu. Zhao Guozhi, there are Lian Po and Zhao Hao leading the troops outside, and Zhao Sheng and Lin Xiangru inside give advice, and it is not easy to win. The people of Chu, although the monarchs and ministers are separated from morality, but the people are not afraid of death, their country is three thousand miles in circumference, it is easy to defeat Chu, but it is difficult to destroy Chu! ”

Therefore, in the opinion of the minister, the best policy is to support the Yue State to compete with Chu, so that the Chu State cannot contain Korea, and then unite Qin and Qi to pass through the Zhao State. Zhao Guoqiang is strong, but he can't stand the attack from three sides, and within three years, Zhao will inevitably be defeated. Since then, the state of Zhao has declined, and the state of Chu will also be difficult to support alone. At that time, Korea divided Qin, Qi, Yan, Chu, and Zhao, and the countries could not echo each other, so they could only cede land to the king and claim to be vassals. or recuperate for several years, and a million armies come out together; Or steadily and steadily, sweeping the countries one by one, how to unify the world, all in the king's thoughts! ”

King Han was noncommittal, and just asked softly: "What if the Yan State helps the Zhao State, or if the Qin and Qi countries take advantage of the situation to become bigger?" ”

It is in King Han's plan to unite Qin and Qi to pass through Zhao, but the biggest problem with this plan is whether Qin and Qi will take advantage of the situation to become bigger! If there is one less strong rival of Zhao State, but the Qin and Qi countries are restored, the gains outweigh the losses!

Bai Qi said with a firm face: "Qin and Qi have no more than 200,000 troops, and the two countries can only get one county at most through Zhao. With the tenacity of Zhao Jun, the price of obtaining this county will be very expensive! Fa Zhao, the main force is still our South Korea! Therefore, Qin and Qi want to take advantage of this to become bigger, which is just a beautiful idea! ”

"As for Yan Guo helping Zhao Guo, the minister thought that there was such a possibility. Merely. Yan Guo is afraid that he will not dare to confront South Korea, but will plot against Qi Guo. Isn't it in line with the king's intention to let the Qi State consume the living power of the Yan Kingdom? Bai Qi said softly.

King Han shook his head with a smile and said, "If you kill the soldiers today, where is the war!" Let's take care of the future later! ”

Obviously, King Han approved of Bai Qi's idea, but if he killed the army today, South Korea would be the leader of the alliance. They will not take the initiative to provoke a war on their own. The only people who broke the alliance were the nations of the world that were afraid of Korea's might.

Wang Jian took advantage of the situation and said: "The minister thinks that although the army is defeated today, South Korea, as the leader of the alliance, should not start a war, but it can do things that weaken other countries!" ”

King Han became interested and asked, "Will Ji be released?" ”

Wang Jian said: "A plan to divide the world! Such as Qin and Qi, after this defeat, the court will inevitably be divided into two factions. One faction is afraid of South Korea's might and advocates getting close to South Korea. The other faction advocates joining forces with other countries to confront South Korea. Why didn't the king send people to support the faction close to Korea and suppress the other. In this way, Qin and Qi can be used by the king! For example, Yan and Zhao, the monarch and the minister are unwilling to submit to Korea, and the king can send people to divide them. The ministers of Zhao were divided into two factions. One faction is from a family of children, the other is from a commoner, the two factions have been not in harmony for a long time, but there are wise men like Lin Xiangru and Pingyuan Jun to suppress it, and the monarch and the minister can be united. If these two are not there, there will inevitably be another dispute! The same is true of the ministers of Yan State, one faction is Yan Country's own people, and the other faction is people from abroad, Yan State Prime Minister is highly respected, and there is no dissatisfaction, but Jiang Qu is old, once he dies, the competition for the position of prime minister will inevitably cause a storm. Chu and Yue are not worth a fortune, the two countries are eager for quick success, the king only needs to be treated favorably, without adding swords and soldiers, there will be no war in the south! ”

King Han stroked his palms and laughed, and replied: "What a divisive plan!" If there is endless internal turmoil in various countries, there is no need to worry about the widow! ”

Wang Jian and Bai Qi, one is talking about South Korea's strategy when it fights the army, and the other is talking about the strategy when the war in the world breaks out again, which complement each other. In fact, King Han had also discussed with Zhang Ping, Fan Sui and others before this, referring to the strategy of the Qin State, and in order to avoid the death of the second emperor after the domination of the world, benevolent government was necessary. This is also why Korea, after the destruction of the Wei State, gave the Wei State a city to reserve sacrifices. The enemy is always better in the open than in the dark, if the country is simply destroyed, the prince of Wei who is in exile may pull the tiger skin and rebel when the world is chaotic! Now, the orthodox King of Wei and the Prince of Wei are in Luoyang, even if his children and grandchildren are not good and the world is in chaos, a righteous name can also make his descendants go around.

South Korea is already the leader of the world, treacherous, attacking other countries, it is unjust, not to mention that although the country is warlike and will perish, if the people under its rule do not have a sense of belonging to South Korea, other countries will attack, and it is very likely that the surrender of the city will happen! Therefore, before the betrayal of the alliance by the princes, South Korea can only focus on the matter of gathering the people's hearts and strengthening local rule!

But this does not mean that South Korea will let other countries develop with peace of mind, whether it is Qin or Qi, in fact, they all have the power to fight! Qin lost by luck, Qi by hesitation, Chu by arrogance, and Zhao by caution. All countries in the world did not expect that South Korea was actually bluffing, if Zhao Guo was decisive and attacked the Shangdang with Qin, where would South Korea still have the heart to continue to attack Guanzhong. If the state of Chu gives up Huaisi, collects troops in Yingdu, and after the siege is lifted, it will attack Nanyang with all its might, and it will definitely not be South Korea that will have the last laugh.

South Korea is well aware that although on the surface, South Korea is unrivaled and has become a behemoth, but in fact, South Korea can now be called a foreign power. The area of 20 counties is so vast that even if Korea has a million-strong army, scattered out, each county is only 50,000. It should be noted that at this time, the Warring States pursued the principle that all the people were soldiers, and if it were not for wartime, the soldiers were all farming at home, and the regular troops were actually limited! Therefore, for most counties, having an army of more than 5,000 is already heavily guarded!

In this regard, South Korea is actually ahead of other countries, with at least 200 soldiers guarding each county, and at least 1,000 county seats! Moreover, South Korea has established a standing army of more than 100,000 people, which is at least an officer who has been in the army for two years or more.

Behind this is the heavy financial pressure of South Korea, after all, according to the new law, soldiers will receive a lot of money, whether they are disabled or killed in battle! As for the standing soldiers, the pay is higher! In order to feed this army, almost all the profits generated by the production of paper in South Korea were used to supplement military spending! Moreover, whether it is out of the need to win over the nobility of the newly occupied lands, maintain their rule, or to subsidize military spending, the new law in Korea has undergone some new changes in the past two years.

Among them, the most important change is that the newly incorporated local wealthy families can pay a large sum of money in exchange for the government to recognize the land in their name, of course, not permanently, but for twenty years! For local wealthy families who do not have titles, the land accumulated by their ancestors can be kept without being repossessed by the government, which is already a great harvest, even if the price is slightly higher, it is acceptable.

Moreover, the children of local wealthy families who have an innocent family background and fully support the local government can also be recommended by local officials and become the envy of everyone, which can be regarded as a shortcut to entering the office. With fame, you can get a title, and you must know that the title is linked to the land you own, and the local wealthy families see the possibility of completely preserving the ancestral inheritance, and they will not resist the new law!

With the rapid expansion of South Korea's territory, it changed the new law in a timely manner, suppressing the dissatisfaction from the local wealthy to the lowest point! More importantly, it did not infringe on the interests of the people. In this era, land is not the most scarce resource, and the local wealthy families hoard land, which is more about the unique feelings of the Chinese people for the land! (To be continued......)