The time entered the thirty-first year of King Qingji of Wu, that is, in 483 BC, at the end of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. Sun Wu led his troops to attack Taoqiu, where the combined forces of Qi, Song and Lu were located, and were defeated, beheading 40,000 people and capturing more than 30,000 people.

Under Qingji's order, Wu Zixu followed and led an army of 100,000 to the east first, and after crossing the river, he quickly captured Diqiu, Lanyuan, Chengpu, Tieqiu and other cities.

Qingji and Sun Wu then joined forces in Diqiu. The army of Wu launched a full-scale attack on Qi State, but it basically did not commit any offense against Song and Lu, but only sent troops to garrison their borders to prevent Song and Lu from sending troops to support Qi.

"The land of the old guard can be the thirty-sixth county of my Great Wu - East County." Qingji glanced at Yang Hu beside him, and said: "Yang Hu, you are temporarily acting as the county guard of Dongjun, governing the emperor's hill, responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and straw here, and cooperating with the center, selecting officials to take office immediately." ”

"No." Yang Hu agreed. However, Yang Hu still frowned, and said hesitantly: "King, in the past, Ji Zi said: There are many gentlemen in the land, and there is no trouble in the country. ”

"Weidi is also a lot of talent. At present, the transfer of officials from the mainland may not be in place for a while. ”

"The minister thinks that in order to make Dongjun quickly stable and the people's will return to Wu, the king can consider appointing the people of the old guard as local officials as appropriate to cooperate with the management of government affairs."

"Good." Qing Ji said: "The matter of selecting and assigning officials is entrusted to you with full responsibility." Yang Hu, the widow doesn't care about the process, as long as the result. ”

"Minister, obey the king's orders!" The speed of expansion of the Wu State is too fast, and the talents needed are unknown.

It is true that Wu has a relatively complete education system, and the Jixia School Palace and the official schools in various places have cultivated a large number of talents.

However, these talents are not necessarily the right people to govern. In addition, as a county magistrate, a county magistrate, and a chief bookkeeper, you may need a certain amount of political experience, and no matter how bad it is, you must be familiar with the local customs and political outlook.

For example, the nobles who defended the country had extremely high ideology and morality, and were not easy to betray. Qingji can trust them for the time being.

At this time, Fan Lijin, who was standing on the side, said: "The king, the minister thinks that in order to collect the land of the old guard, that is, the heart of Li Shu of Dongjun, the king can set up Weijun Kuai as a marquis and give him food to show the kindness of the king." "Isn't there no extinction of the country?

This is an old tradition of the Chinese nations throughout the ages. Furthermore, when He Lu assassinated the king's bureaucrats and usurped the throne, Qingji had to flee to Weiguo, and it was Wei Linggong who took in Qingji, so that he could recruit troops and horses in Weidi, gather troops, and then successfully attack Wu...... For Qingji, Wei Guo has great kindness.

Now, in terms of reasonableness, Qingji should not be

"ungrateful". Of course, after so many years, Qingji also repaid the kindness of the country. However, the friendship between Wu Guo and Wei Guo is untidy and chaotic.

"Where is Wei Jun?"

"Returning to the king, since the fall of the Wei Kingdom, Kuai Yu has been moved to Linzi by the Qi people to settle down. However, the minister heard that Kuai Yu's younger brother, Wei Linggong's young son Ying, fled to Kong Yuan's house and went incognito, so he escaped. Qingji glanced at Fan Li and asked, "Fan Li, are you letting the widow set up Gongzi Ying as the Marquis of Wei?" Is there something wrong with the name? "According to legal principles, the eldest son of Wei Linggong is Kuai Shen, and Kuai Shen has also become the monarch of Wei Guo, and now that Wei Guo has fallen, Qing Ji should set up Kuai Shen as Wei Hou to follow Wei's temple sacrifice.

"The king, this person has a bad character, and he has raised troops to resist the state of Wu, so he is not suitable for the marquis, and the king should consider appointing others as the marquis of the guard, so as to make it popular with the people."

"Okay." Qingji doesn't care, who is the marquis. After all, this is just a name, and it is impossible for anyone to threaten the security of the state of Wu by anyone who is a guard marquis.

Qingji looked around again, looking at the gushing water, and couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"The name of this emperor hill has committed a taboo, and it must be changed......"

"From now on, Diqiu will be renamed 'Puyang'."

"No!"

The word "emperor" cannot be used casually. In the past, people didn't pay attention, but Qingji can't tolerate it.

In ancient times, the area of Puyang spanned Yan and Hebei Prefectures, and was the junction zone of the activities of the Huaxia Group headed by the Yellow Emperor and the Dongyi Group headed by Shaohao.

The great battle between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou took place here, and it is said that the head of Chiyou was buried near Puyang. The eldest son of the Yellow Emperor, Xuanhuan Qingyang, was in Dunqiu, and the second son Changyi built Changyi City; The Yellow Emperor historian Cangjie began to write a deed to knot the rope on behalf of him, which was respected

"Word-making saints" are probably all in the Puyang area. The Central Plains region was governed by the Yellow Emperor after the Yellow Emperor, and the capital was Emperor Qiu, known in history

"The Ruins of the T颛顼". After the prime minister ascended the throne, the capital of the emperor's hill, to the emperor when the capital was moved to the original. During this century, Puyang has always been the center of Xia culture, not only developed agriculture, but also in the leading position in pottery and copper smelting technology...... During the Yin Shang period, the sub-surname group with Qi as the ancestor was active in the area of present-day eastern Henan, northern Henan and southern Hebei, and its influence developed to the coast of the East China Sea.

Tang Shi conquered Kunwu, Wei, Gu and other states, and later destroyed Xia Jianshang. After King Wu conquered and the Great Zhou became the suzerainty of the new federal kingdom, the area around Diqiu was called the Eastern Kingdom and was the fief of Uncle Guan.

In the fourth year of King Cheng of Zhou, Zhou Gongdan went eastward, quelled the rebellion of Wu Geng and the three eunuchs, sealed Uncle Kang between the river and Qi, established the defense of the country, and the area around Diqiu was controlled by it.

At that time, the economy and culture of the area around Diqiu were rapidly developed and the strength was relatively strong. During the reign of King Li of Zhou, Duke Wei Wu led troops into the dynasty to quell the rebellion and stabilize the political situation.

In the past, the Di people scattered in the north of Qi and Wei invaded the country and occupied the capital of Wei. So Wei Chenggong moved the capital to Diqiu, and Diqiu became the political, economic, and cultural center of the country, which has been more than 100 years so far.

At that time, the Yellow River was diverted to flow through Puyang, bringing water conservancy benefits to the area. People use orange trees to irrigate their fields, and the level of agricultural production has been greatly improved.

The development of agriculture led to the progress of handicrafts such as textiles, leather, bamboo and wood, smelting and casting, and promoted the prosperity of commerce, and a number of towns and cities emerged.

For example, Qiyi, which is adjacent to the Yellow River, has convenient water and land transportation and a very prosperous economy. Half of the fourteen meetings of the princes who came to defend the country were held in Qi.

People in

A poem created by "Kugma Pushang".

"Wei Zheng Xinsheng" is popular in China. At the same time, Diqiu is located in the hinterland of the Yellow River and the Central Plains, and has always been a place for soldiers.

For the place of Puyang, how can Qingji not pay attention to it?

"The waters of the great rivers are constantly overflowing. After the end of the war, immediately send people to Puyang to deal with the floods, and build dams and canals to divert the water of the big river to irrigate the fields and benefit the people. ”

"No!" It is necessary for Kyungji to think about such a thing. Under the rule of the Wei Guo, the Wei people did not have such a strong national strength to dig canals and irrigate the fields, or the nobles of the Wei Guo did not have such thoughts.

However, in order to benefit the people and win the hearts and minds of the people in the place where he was defended, Qingji was able to invest manpower, material and financial resources to build bridges and pave roads, build river embankments, and dig canals.