Chapter Twenty-Three: The Spark (Subscription Requested!)
"It's just a coincidence!"
Fei Zhong laughed secretly in his heart, his steps paused on the surface, his voice rose in tune, and his tone was full of doubts: "Little Marquis of Donglu? Where did this come from?"
"Brother Fei is from the capital, so naturally he has never seen such a 'strange scene'!"
Song Bao's voice was full of resentment and sarcasm: "The current slaves are amazing, they all want to get rid of slavery, they don't work hard, and they have senseless delusions, aren't they under the influence of the little marquis of Donglu......"
The little marquis of Donglu is Jiang Wenhuan, the son of Dongbohou, and the younger brother of the current queen Jiang.
He had studied art in Chaoyang Mountain for two years, was the first batch of soldiers of the children, after returning to Donglu, put forward the method of military training, and wanted to select slaves to practice, a show what he had learned.
But compared with the young and enthusiastic Jiang Wenhuan, Jiang Huanchu acted steadily, knowing that this kind of restructuring was no better than others, and the slightest carelessness would cause class turmoil, so deep down he refused, just not to discourage his son's enthusiasm, and did not veto it in person......
Until Dongyi was destroyed.
The appearance of the God of War Xingtian was an accident, and it was taken away by Kong Xuan, needless to say, what really shocked and even frightened Jiang Huan Chu was that the combat effectiveness of the Dashang army commanded by Huang Feihu was nearly double that of the past!
Whether it is a head-to-head confrontation or a side detour, Dongyi, who is good at bow and arrow witchcraft, can't resist the might of the king, and is crushed to death by the destruction and decay, without the slightest chance.
From then on, Jiang Huan Chu knew that it would not work if it did not change.
The relationship between the Great Shang and the Eight Hundred Princes was one of opposition in the domination.
The four princes guard the four directions, once the central force is weak and the four sides are strong, the final result will inevitably be the following crimes.
In the same way, once the central government is strong, overwhelms the Quartet, and is replaced by a king who keeps the status quo, maybe the status quo will be maintained, but this way of the military family is exactly what the king of Xuan has passed on, Dongyi has been destroyed, will Donglu be far away?
When the sword hung above his head, Jiang Huan Chu had no choice but to support Jiang Wenhuan's army restructuring method, train slaves, and become a standing army.
Over the years, the wind and rain in Donglu have been smooth, the national strength is rich and strong, compared with the big businessmen who have been fighting for many years, they have more capital to train soldiers, Jiang Wenhuan is also a general, training soldiers and horses day and night, and the military strength is getting stronger and stronger.
As a result, the number of slaves joining the army increased.
Ten thousand slaves!
20,000 slaves!
Thirty thousand slaves!
Eventually, 50,000 slaves formed a standing army of 50,000 to defend all sides in Eastern Lu.
Now is not the future generation of developed productive forces, with the land area of Donglu, it is already an extremely luxurious thing to have a standing army of 50,000.
The army became, but new problems arose.
There are no more enemies.
Originally, Donglu's enemy was Dongyi, at that time, Jiang Huanchu had the intention of raising bandits and self-respect, and tried to avoid war, but now they want to go to war, but Dongyi has been destroyed.
Without Dongyi, the Donglu army became a pure deterrent, letting the Great Shang know that they could not be bullied and maintain the power of the Eastern Bohou to dominate the two hundred princes in the east.
It seems to be good, but there are many hidden dangers.
Whenever an offensive is launched externally, a great effect is precisely to turn internal contradictions to the outside.
And once there is no external enemy, the outbreak of internal contradictions will become unavoidable.
An army of 50,000 slaves practiced day and night in East Rune, and the momentum was like a rainbow, which really shocked the Quartet, but the nobles and slave owners in the country also became worried.
In the six hundred years of the Shang Dynasty, it was not that no slaves took up arms and rose up to resist, and the aforementioned Valkyrie woman was good enough to suppress slave rebellions with iron and blood.
Compared to the completely unorganized and undisciplined resistance of those days, the threat of today's slaves after training has increased several times, and what if they rebel again?
Of course, Jiang Huan Chu Jiang Wenhuan and his son are aware of this, and the slaves selected are all obedient and absolutely loyal, and the slightest untamed seedlings will be eliminated immediately, and at the same time promise to burn the Danshu as long as they make war merits and get rid of slavery.
They rewarded and punished in moderation, and their methods were clever, and they completely controlled the 50,000-strong army in their hands, and it was indeed impossible to lift a stone to shoot themselves in the foot, but as soon as this opening was opened, they set a very "bad" example.
The slaves of the surrounding vassal states, seeing that Donglu had joined the regular army and the hope of restoring their freedom, the bold defected one after another, and the timid hearts also gave birth to longing.
This transmission of spirit is the most lethal for slave owners.
At this moment, outside the shops, the noisy disputes that occurred came from this.
"You cheap slaves, dare to look at me?
A reason that sounds comical at first glance had a slave owner raise his whip and whip it down with a hideous face.
The onlookers pointed and pointed their gaze on the slave, not sympathetic, but shocked.
These slaves used to be insensitive, and when they were whipped, their skinny and scarred bodies curled up and blindly endured, and if they fell, they basically couldn't get up again, but this time, they raised their heads slightly, looking directly at the slave owner's whip, and the faint light in their eyes made the onlookers feel palpitations.
The spark began to burn the prairie fire.
"Chaos is coming!"
Fei Zhong sighed when he saw it: "In the long run, whose world is the world?"
In the later generations when Wang Anshi changed the law, there was an elder of the Three Dynasties who once rebuked Song Shenzong, you rule the world with scholars, not with the people.
Now, in the same way, although some people sympathize with the plight of slaves, the princes all believe that the emperor of the Great Shang ruled the world with the people, not with the slaves.
Jiang Huan Chu, the Marquis of Dongbo, strengthened Donglu with this move, but harmed other vassal states.
"That's true!"
Song Bao listened to it and agreed, and said hatefully: "However, there are more and more people who don't know the reason, Xiqi is now also founding an enlightenment teaching, except for civilians, slaves are allowed to listen, this wind is rising, and the trend of Donglu is even more out of control!"
"That's not something we can worry about!"
Fei Zhong shook his head and said, "Fortunately, Bei Bohou is still sensible. ”
This is also for them to say, you must know that Beibohou Chonghou Hu is the most "domineering" of the four princes, rampant and tyrannical, oppression of civilians, fish and meat township, for the emperor Yi's order is often delayed, every time the soldiers, horses, grain and grass are the last.
However, to be able to become the four princes, there is no simple role, the more Chonghou Hu is like this, the less jealous Di Yi is of him, and he is more wary of Ji Fa, who treats the world with the face of a saint all day long.
This is the same as self-defilement.
Song Bao heard this, but he wanted to say it and stopped, and finally let Fei Zhong leave and agreed on a goodbye time.
After such exchanges, a month later, at a juncture when the situation in Dongping City was becoming more and more complicated, Song Bao finally invited Fei Zhong:
"Brother Fei is willing to enter Beiyuan as a minister?"