Before the Xia Dynasty, there was still a clan society on the land of China, and the practice was still the abandonment of the land farming system, slash-and-burn farming, and the agricultural tools were mainly stone tools.

In the Xia, Shang and Western Zhou dynasties, with the development of civilization and the progress of technology, bronze farming tools appeared. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the appearance of the iron plough showed a major progress in the history of agricultural development.

The so-called king takes the people as the sky, and the people take food as the sky. If you want the country to be strong, you must have more people. If you want to feed more people, you have to have more food. Grain comes from farmland, and the amount of farmland must be large enough or the output is large enough, otherwise, there will be no way to talk about rejuvenating the country and strengthening the army.

The plains are much easier to cultivate than the mountains, which is why China's civilization first appeared in the Yellow River Valley, and during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, countries such as Qi, Wei, and Qin were the first to rise. Even the mountainous countries of Zhao and Chu relied on the vast plains under their rule when they rose, and for Zhao they were the land of Handan and Julu, and for Chu they were the land of Huaisi.

King Han knew that technology was important, and if there was no superb technology, South Korea would not be able to produce sharp weapons such as trebuchets and crossbows, and it would not be possible to easily survive until the moment of counterattack when the Five Kingdoms attacked Korea. Rewarding farming, greatly improving the treatment of craftsmen, and placing businessmen on an equal footing with farmers, craftsmen, and scholars have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people after more than ten years of popularization.

In the early years, Nanyang County gathered local craftsmen to develop the straight plow, which greatly improved the efficiency of cultivation in the plains. In that year, the county guard of Nanyang County was excellent, and his rank was promoted to 2,000 stones, and he was promoted to Dasi Nong. Many craftsmen have obtained knighthoods and are the envy of others.

In the original history, it was not until the Han Dynasty that the straight plough appeared. But the wisdom of working people should never be underestimated, and some technological advances need to be accumulated over time. Some technological advances lack a good guidance. A superior reward system is enough to make countless craftsmen and ordinary people tempted, become nobles, obtain knighthoods, and become close at hand, and it is not surprising that the appearance of the straight plough was a hundred years earlier.

No one thought of it. After organizing the people to build the Zhengguo Canal, Wei Zhe, the assassin of Liangzhou, presented another generous gift, that is, the Quyuan plow. When ploughing the land, the turning is not flexible enough, the soil is laborious, and the efficiency is not very high, so it is acceptable to be used in the plain areas in the north. But if it is used in the wet tide land in the south, it is somewhat insufficient.

From the straight wheel plough to the curved wheel plow, it seems that the straight wheel and long wheel are changed to the curved wheel and short wheel, and the plow plate that can be rotated freely is installed at the head of the wheel, but the progress of technology is often in these small details. After such changes. It not only makes the plow frame smaller and lighter, but also easy to turn and turn, and the operation is flexible, saving manpower and livestock. Even small patches of flatland, fragmented in the southern mountains can be cultivated with curved ploughs.

South Korea just won Jingzhou, Jingzhou's subordinate Nanjun, Dongting County is more plain, densely populated is still better, Jiujiang County, Wu County, Cangwu County, Qianzhong County can really be called vast and sparsely populated. The key to restricting the development of these four counties is that the land is barren and difficult to cultivate. It really can't feed that many people.

With Quyuan Plough, South Korea will be able to vigorously develop Jingzhou, and it is not a fantasy that Jingzhou will become a land of fish and rice within 20 years. Of course, if you want Jingzhou to truly become comparable to Silizhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, Liangzhou, and Yuzhou, it takes not the efforts of a generation. But Quyuan plough has always given South Korea hope.

After demonstrating the convenience of the curved plow. Even the most demanding imperial historian Fan Sui had to admit that Qu Yuan plough alone outperformed the significance of Zheng Guoqu.

Zheng Guoqu just made Fufeng County a rich place, which is actually the icing on the cake for the entire Guanzhong. However, Quyuan plough can make the land of Jiujiang County, Wu County, Cangwu County, and Qianzhong County become the land of fish and rice. In terms of region, the six Fufeng counties can be compared to Jiujiang, Wujun, Cangwu, and Qianzhong. Think about it, if Jingzhou can be developed. It can feed more than 800,000 households. Not to mention that Korea still has a great chance of destroying the Chu State. To the south of Huaishui, there is enough land for Quyuan plough to show its talents.

Compared with Quyuan Li, whether it is Qingzhou's "Qi Min Yaoshu" (a comprehensive agricultural work, the "Qi Min" in the title of the book refers to the common people, and the "key technique" refers to the method of making a living, the author is Jia Siqian of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which is relatively narrow here, only recording the various experiences of the people of Qi on cultivating crops), or Yizhou's cultivation experience of double cropping rice in a year seems to have lost its color.

Liangzhou presented such a generous gift, and King Han was naturally overjoyed. With the completion of the construction of the Zheng Guoqu Canal and the invention of the Quyuan plow, Wei Zhe, the assassin of Liangzhou, also became the most decorated governor of the prefecture and county in 261 BC.

According to the new law's system of one small test every two years and one major examination every four years, Wei Zhe, who has been in power in Liangzhou for four years, has already met the conditions for promotion. Whether it is to raise the salary or the title, it is a reasonable thing.

As for what position to be promoted, most of the ministers also have conjectures. According to the actions of King Han's capable people, Wei Zhe will most likely become the assassin of Jingzhou. First of all, Jingzhou is a newly occupied land in South Korea, and the situation is complicated, and the people's customs are not as strong as Liangzhou. Wei Zhe, who quickly stabilized Liangzhou, had proven himself capable of dealing with such a complicated situation. Secondly, the Quyuan plough was invented by Wei Zhe commanding the craftsmen, taking Jingzhou as a pilot to vigorously promote the Quyuan plow, and Wei Zhe is also the most suitable candidate. If Wei Zhe can make Jingzhou look new within a few years, he must be able to be promoted to the high position of Jiuqing in the next step.

Of course, it is not ruled out that King Han will transfer Wei Zheping to Silizhou as the assassin, and Han Ying, the former assassin of Silizhou, will go to Liangzhou to take up his post. After all, Wei Zhe did not have the experience of governing around the capital, and it was also a good choice to gild and become Jiuqing in Sili Prefecture. Moreover, because he governed the capital, the assassin history of Sili Prefecture was obviously half a level higher than that of the other eight states, and it was also the easiest assassin history to promote.

The last possibility is that King Han directly promoted Wei Zhe to the high position of Jiuqing, and the position of Tai Lieutenant is currently vacant, and the most promising ones to succeed Storm Kite as Tai Lieutenant are Wei Wei Li Mu and Lang Zhongling Meng Fu. No matter which of them became Tai Lieutenant, Wei Zhe would be able to fill the void they left behind.

In terms of ability, Wei Zhe is also not lacking. Wei Zhe knew the army and made good use of it, and when he was in Hedong, although he fell behind in the confrontation with Bai Qi, it was also because of the carelessness of the violent kite that the Han army lost the opportunity. Subject to the Qin army. In the end, he gave up Hedong, which was instructed by King Han. If Wei Zhe is given enough soldiers and horses, even if he can't recover the entire Hedong, and occupy half of the Hedong east of Anyi to hold the Qin army, Wei Zhe can still do it.

Ping's transfer to the critical place of Jingzhou as a thorn history, into the Si Lizhou gilding to do the thorn history, and become a guard lieutenant or Lang Zhongling, this is the next step for Wei Zhe that the ministers envisioned. But the ministers never thought about it. King Han will use Wei Zhe so much, and promote Wei Zhe to the position of Tai Lieutenant all at once!!

Yes, Wei Zhe became one of the three princes of South Korea, and the second captain of South Korea was not the most vocal guard lieutenant Li Mu and Lang Zhongling Mengfu among the ministers, but Wei Zhe, the former low-key Liangzhou assassin Shi Wei Zhe!!

For more than three months, Li Mu and Meng Fu have changed from their original eagerness to indifference, whether King Han appoints himself or the other party as a captain, it is reasonable. Even if you lose the election, you are a little disappointed at most. But he will still cooperate with the other party conscientiously and assist King Han. But unexpectedly, King Han actually chose Liangzhou to assassinate Shi Wei Zhe, who the ministers had not considered at all!!

It is true that Wei Zhe has made great contributions, but the problem is that Wei Zhe was only a Liangzhou assassin before, and Yu Lu was only two thousand stones. At the beginning, King Han ordered the establishment of prefectures above the county level to govern them, and the original intention was to use the history of the assassin as a span for the promotion of the county guard to the central government. In the center. first became Jiuqing, and then became the third prince of a very human minister. It is the consensus of all. Although King Han has never said that the position of the third prince cannot be inherited by Jiuqing, it is the private consensus of all ministers.

This involves a question of seniority, and it has always been the practice of the Chinese people to talk about seniority, even if an old minister does nothing and has no merit. can also use qualifications to overwhelm all talented young people, and can even rely on their own preferences to suppress the junior who does not suit their own wishes.

When Wei Zhe heard this appointment of King Han, Rao was used to seeing strong winds and waves, and he couldn't help but be terrified. Cheng Cheng said in fear: "Forgive the ministers for being stupid, the ministers are afraid of betraying the king's trust, and they dare not accept this great responsibility!" ”

Wei Zhe knew very well that Wei Wei Li Mu and Lang Zhong Ling Meng Fu were all staring at the position of Tai Lieutenant, and even Han Teng, the general of Zhengdong, Le Cheng, the general of Zhengnan, Bai Qi, and Wang Jian might also have ambitions for this position. If you accept it calmly, you will offend a large number of courtiers. King Han is not rewarding himself, but pushing himself to the forefront and roasting himself on the fire!

King Han ignored the surprise of the ministers, smiled slightly, and said: "Aiqing can make Liangzhou rule in just four years, how can it be the stupidity that Aiqing said?!" If even Aiqing is dull, then we don't have many capable courtiers in Korea! The widow hopes that the ministers will be as dull as Aiqing! ”

Wei Zhe was still embarrassed, in a dilemma. Promise, I am afraid that I will not do well, and I am afraid of offending other ministers. If you don't agree, look at King Han's resolute attitude, if you continue to prevaricate, it will be against the king's order. Wei Zhe found out for the first time, and it was a big mistake to have merit! Perhaps, no, certainly, he should not be so eager to offer the plough. If he hadn't offered the Quyuan plow, King Han would not have been overjoyed, King Han would not have been overjoyed, and he would not have promoted himself to be the captain of Lao Shizi under the great joy. The completion of Zheng Guoqu alone was not enough to give King Han a good reason to promote himself to such a high position. Counting the curved plow, it's very different! What kind of plough do you have nothing to offer?! It's okay now, I stole the limelight from Li Mu and Meng Fu, and entered the eyes of King Han, so it was difficult for me to get out of the way!

But how did Wei Zhe know that the reason why King Han delayed the appointment of the Taiwei was that he saw that the construction of Zheng Guoqu was about to be completed, and when the countries and the ministers belonged to the guards Li Mu and Lang Zhongling, when the ministers in the court were arguing over the choice of the Taiwei, King Han had already given up letting Li Mu and Meng Fu take over as the Taiwei.

On the one hand, King Han felt uncomfortable. Indeed, in terms of prestige and qualifications, Li Mu and Meng Fu are the most suitable candidates. Whether it is Bai Qi or Wang Qian, he has the ability and no qualifications. Whether it is Han Teng or Lecheng, he has qualifications but is incapable. They commanded an army of 100,000 troops, fighting in the south and the north, and fighting in the east and west, but if they were asked to guide the country, it would be a bit unsatisfactory, and at most it was decent. In other words, they excel at tactics, not strategy. The position of Tai Lieutenant is more about commanding the overall situation, rather than leading the elite to rush into battle. From this aspect, Li Mu and Meng Fu, who were the first to follow King Han, had the advantage. And Bai Qi is the intuition tempered by hundreds of battles, Wang Jian was taught by Bai Qi, and there is a friendship between teachers and students, which is not a problem.

Li Mu, Meng Fu, Bai Qi, and Wang Jian said in terms of ability. They are all suitable candidates for the lieutenant. Considering the seniority and the feelings of the ministers, especially considering the pride of the old ministers who have always followed King Han and the pride of the Koreans, Bai Qi and Wang Jian were excluded. Li Mu and Meng Fu became big favorites undeservedly, which was also expected by King Han.

Although I learned from later generations that there are no factions in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, but King Han still wants to see how many factions there are above the court. Therefore, at the beginning, King Han handed over the selection of the Taiwei to the ministers to discuss, especially not letting the ministers express their position immediately, but gave ten days to think, the original intention was to see what hidden dangers were in the court.

In just thirteen years, Korea has expanded from the land of Shangdang and Yeongcheon counties to the land of Kyushu. The territory of the thirty-two counties is too fast. The reason why Korea can expand rapidly is because it has followed the path of the Qin State, nourishing the war with war, and stimulating the enterprising spirit of the people with military exploits. But the so-called greed can't chew too much, and behind the prosperity are all kinds of hidden dangers that have not been exposed. With regard to the newly occupied land, South Korea is to win over a group of local wealthy families and suppress a number of local wealthy families. Reuse local scholars. The people always had more trust in the local scholars. The so-called local scholars do not necessarily have to be the scholars of the county, as long as they are the scholars of the county. Once you become a parent, the efficiency of policy implementation is better.

Of course, King Han knows that this phenomenon is easy to breed. If the local scholar becomes the local parent official, it is very easy to collude with the officials and the wealthy family, and the fish and meat are in the township. It's just that. In the final analysis, South Korea is expanding too fast, and although Yingchuan Academy has cultivated a large number of talents, it is still too small compared to the expansion speed of South Korea. Before there were no large reserve officers. King Han can only tolerate the existence of this phenomenon.

However, King Han found that he still underestimated the consequences of his tolerance and compromise. More and more local officials are trying to form cliques for personal gain, and they seem to know that this is now a stopgap measure for South Korea, and perhaps when the people everywhere come to their hearts, they will lose their value and power. Of course, there are also many scholars who feel that this is an opportunity for their own performance. As long as it makes a political record, whether it is necessary to preserve its reputation or to maintain stability, South Korea will not abandon itself.

Although the former is small in number, it is also a large force when united. For these people, if they want to secure their position, they must have someone in the middle. The truth that there are people in the DPRK and China who are good officials is applicable to the whole world. Therefore, the officials in Qingzhou went to find a relationship and befriended Lang Zhongling, who was born in Qi; Officials from Dong County, Dang County, and Hanoi went to find ways to meet the imperial historian Fan Sui; The officials in Xuzhou went to find Huang Bo, a servant from Chu. The officials in Jizhou wanted to befriend Li Mu, the captain of the guard.

Of course, King Han was willing to believe that Meng Fu, Li Mu, Fan Sui, and Huang Bo were loyal to him, and he was also willing to believe that they were just using local officials to stabilize the local situation, but King Han was still uncomfortable in his heart. Especially after Li Mu and Meng Fu received gifts from officials in Jizhou and Qingzhou, they felt even more uncomfortable!

People will always change, but a loyal and unswerving minister of the dead in a historical time and space may be a heinous traitor and thief in another time and space. On the question of the selection of the lieutenant, the reaction of the ministers under him also seems to prove more and more that a party has gradually formed. Although on national affairs, they will still be unanimous to the outside world. But on some big things that don't matter, the differences will grow.

King Han looked at all this coldly, watching countries jump up and down like clowns, trying to deepen the rift between the various factions in the Korean court, divide and divide South Korea, and want to plunge South Korea into internal friction. also looked at Li Mu and Meng Wei sitting and ignoring them, but in fact, they had great expectations for the position of Tai Lieutenant in their hearts.

Li Mu and Meng Fu are both rare good generals, and King Han doesn't want to abandon them because of a reason that has not yet become a fact. After punishing the officials who were ignorant and asked them to appoint the lieutenant as soon as possible, Li Mu and Meng Fu finally came to their senses and drew a clear relationship with the officials of Jizhou and Qingzhou. Zhang Ping, Fan Sui and others also came to their senses. This made King Han feel very comforted.

But comfort doesn't mean that the matter is lightly revealed. Man is always forgetful, and without enough lessons, man will never remember the mistakes he has made.

King Han wants his ministers to know that the only one who can dominate and decide the fate of Korea is himself. The only one who can decide on the candidate for the lieutenant is still himself. The duty of the ministers is to carry out their orders and make suggestions, not to take the stability of the country on the ground at every turn and force themselves to make choices that are in their interests!!

On the other hand, King Han also knew that whether he appointed Li Mu as a lieutenant or Meng Fu as a lieutenant, it would inevitably hurt the heart of another person. The qualifications and merits of the two are almost the same, and it is really difficult to choose. At this time, it is better to choose another person to break the deadlock. Being able to teach Huang Shigong, who is such a talented person as Zhang Liang, Wei Zhe has become a good choice! (To be continued......)

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