Chapter 309: Martial Kingdom
Qin Wu conquered the Song State, with Mozi as a bridge of communication, and for the first time, a large number of former ruling class forces began to declare their allegiance to Qin Wu.
It turned out that these forces, Qin Wu was ready to eradicate, and they needed to consume a lot of energy and troops, but they could also get a lot of resources and money.
But now that he had another choice, Qin Wu hesitated slightly, and while he began to purge the bullies and bad merchants who violated the martial law, he began to choose the surname to accept the allegiance of these small forces.
As a result, Qin Wu spent another ten days in the Song Kingdom, busy directing the army to clear the entrenched original forces, while accepting the allegiance of many minor forces.
Ten days later, all the forces in the Song Kingdom, no matter how big or small, were all purged. Either they were wiped out by the Wu army, or they chose to be loyal to Qin Wu.
Qin Wu selected most of these forces loyal to him into the military army, and at the same time selected some soldiers in the military army who had made meritorious contributions and were unwilling to continue the southern and northern wars, but hoped for stability. Some of them are willing to exchange their exploits for land to become a safe and stable small landlord, and more are willing to become military attaches in various cities and counties of the Song Kingdom, or continue to be soldiers, but their lives have stabilized, and they no longer have to sleep in the open, and they are still on the people.
In particular, Qin Wu cleaned up the original ruling class of the Song State, and a large number of official positions were vacant, and almost all of the people who filled these positions were Qin Wu's people, and only a small number of official positions were given as a reward for purging dissidents, and were rewarded to some local family forces in the Song State.
In just ten days, a new ruling class was established in the land of the Song State. In the past, the military army occupied the city, but because it was going to be transferred soon, there was no official position, but the military department was in charge of all affairs in the city, and simple military rule was implemented.
And now the establishment of many official positions means that Qin Wu finally intends to stop running non-stop and is ready to start building his own country.
On the fifteenth day of the fall of the Song State, everything was ready, and according to the advice of Feng Quji, Mozi and others, Qin Wu sent a large amount of money and goods to the Zhou Dynasty, hoping to replace the Song State and establish a new vassal state.
Five days later, the Zhou Dynasty sent an envoy to Pengcheng, the original Song capital, and read to Qin Wu the holy decree of King Ji Fa of Zhou Wu, saying that the destruction of the Song State and the rise of the Wu State were the result of natural selection and the survival of the fittest.
The establishment of the sudden Wu State and the struggle between the vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty have reached a peak.
"From now on, we finally have a country of our own."
After the envoy of the Zhou Dynasty read out the holy decree, Zhao Ji looked at Qin Wu with excitement and charm.
"From the day I started following the lord, I knew that there would be today, haha, it's still the wine of this country that is delicious!"
Xi Qishu picked up a jar of wine, patted open the mud, and drank it without any image in front of everyone.
"This is just the beginning, I believe that the lord will definitely become a marquis in the future, commanding the princes, respecting the king, and conquering the world!"
Feng Quji, a literati, also had an excited smile on his face that could not be concealed at this time.
Chang is the uncle, Hou Bo, is the chief of the princes, the meaning of the largest of all the princes. The power possessed by the Zhou Dynasty was beyond the boundaries of mortals, so everyone believed that the greatest goal of the Wu Kingdom was to become the most powerful vassal state under the Zhou Dynasty.
"The journey is long, and Yu is willing to be a pioneer."
Xiang Yu, who was carrying a black dragon bow and holding a black gold spear, was burly and imposing, said indifferently.
“……”
The generals of the Wu army made greetings to Qin Wu one by one to express their loyalty, and Qin Wu was also quite excited at this time, and he rewarded everyone.
Due to the initial establishment of the Wu State, and indeed as Xiang Yu said, the journey is long, Qin Wu does not want to give everyone a fairly high-grade official position at the beginning, but hopes that everyone will continue to struggle, continue to kill the enemy and make meritorious contributions, and open up territory for the Wu State.
Therefore, Xiang Yu, the highest-ranking military attaché, was named the five-rank Zhaowu general by Qin Wu, with a headquarters of 3,500 people and 1,000 gold. Feng Quji, the highest-ranking civil official, is General Zhaowen, the same as the fifth grade, with 3,000 people in the headquarters and 1,000 gold. Mo Zhai is the general of Yulin Zhonglang, five products, 3,000 people in the headquarters, and 1,000 gold.
This is a reward for A-level historical talents in the armed army.
The prizes for the B-rank players below them are:
Western begging, rebellious general, five products, headquarters 2000, 500 gold.
Feng Zai, General of the Military Division, Liupin, Headquarters 1500, 500 gold.
Yusuo, General Anguo, six products, 1000,500 gold in the headquarters.
Han E, partial general, seven products, headquarters 500, 200 gold.
Ploughing the pillar, the general, the seven products, the headquarters 100,500 gold.
…… The rest of Korea, the Song Kingdom, and more than a dozen C-level historical generals who were loyal to Qin Wu from other vassal states, Qin Wu were all awarded seven and eight official positions according to the amount of merit, ranging from 150 to 100 gold. The remaining thousands of NPCs who are not famous generals in history, but have the strength of the dark gold rank, Qin Wu also seals the official positions of the eighth and ninth grades according to the amount of merit, ranging from 100-50 gold.
Qin Wu established the country, rewarded the generals, rewarded the army, and invited the vassal states to send representatives to participate in the founding ceremony.
With the holy decree approved by King Ji Fa of Zhou Wu, it is impossible for the vassal states to deny the rise of the Wu Kingdom, and the Yan Kingdom and the Zhongshan Kingdom, which are close to each other, immediately sent the princes and kings to show their attention to Qin Wu, and at the same time also conveyed a signal of hope for cooperation to Qin Wu.
The second wave came with the sons of the surrounding small vassal states such as Lu, Wei, and Zheng, who sent congratulatory gifts to congratulate Qin Wu on the establishment of the country.
The third wave came from a little farther away such as Qin, Chu, Wei, Zhao, and Qi, and these countries also sent important people in their countries to celebrate the founding of Qin Wu with rich gifts.
The third wave of these vassal states came to congratulate each other, and their attitudes towards the newly rising military states were all ambivalent. Before the establishment of the Wu State, Qin Wu led the Wu army to fight in the south and the north, and almost offended all these vassal states, but everyone had to admit the strong strength of the Wu army, and was unwilling to be the enemy of Qin Wu.
It turned out that the state of Chu, which had always been an enemy of Qin Wu, contacted Qin Wu through Xiang Yu this time, hoping to become an alliance with Wu to resist Qin, and at the same time redeem the son Xiong Fang and the general Xiang Yan in the hands of Qin Wu, and hoped that Qin Wu would recognize that Korea belonged to the state of Chu, as a condition of the alliance, the state of Chu could send troops to assist Qin Wu in attacking Qi, and exchange the cities and counties of Qi for the cities and counties of Korea that were originally captured by Qin Wu.
Chu was worried that Qin Wu would establish a state on the land of Song, and after relieving his breath, he would turn the spearhead of the attack to Zheng, so as to achieve the strategic goal of unifying the territory of Song, Zheng, and Han.
(To be continued)