This practice is essentially the same as the military merit system of the Shang Dynasty Reform, but the Shang Dynasty Reform Law is more perfect.

The advantages are obvious, and the soldiers are fighting to the death. The disadvantage is also obvious, when you don't have land, the country starts to decline or even collapse.

After the Qin State changed the law from Shang Ying, it has been taking the road of expansion, and the territory is getting bigger and bigger, so there has always been enough land to cash in to the soldiers.

However, Wei itself has a small territory and a large population, and there is not so much land to divide, and it has been expanding in the early days, and the disadvantages have not yet appeared, and when the territory begins to shrink, the disadvantages are immediately exposed.

The land that was allocated before could not be recovered, and there was no new land to divide, and it was not like Qin Chu and Zhao Yan who could reclaim wasteland.

This is also why the Wei State was able to afford 50,000 Wei warriors back then, but later only lost a few battles, and did not lose much territory, and the scale of Wei warriors shrank significantly.

It is inevitable that Wei will send 40,000 households to Wei to weaken its strength, but to a certain extent, it can also free up more land to recruit Wei Wushu, but it will have a very bad impact on its reputation.

After King Wei agreed, Fan Zuo had no choice but to retreat, and as for the specific details, he left them for later discussion.

Zhao Kuo and the King of Wei came to the city, the King of Wei set up a banquet to entertain, all the etiquette was fixed, you must kneel and sit, your buttocks should be attached to your heels, and your body should be upright and not bent. There are people waiting next to him, and there are rules for stopping even a few quick shots. Then it's about complimenting each other and other things that aren't nutritious.

Benches and chairs have long been brought to Wei by merchants, but Wei and Zhou are very close, and Zi Xia of the Xihe School was born in Confucianism, and the entire Wei State was deeply influenced by Zhou Li, and it is far less open than Zhao State.

If Zhao Kuo is the king of Wei, he will definitely be sprayed by the ministers every day.

Those merchants who went to Wei to sell benches and chairs thought they had found a business opportunity, but not only did they not get rich, but most of them went bankrupt.

As for the Qianshou at the bottom, they don't care if they are polite or not, and they also like the bench, but they don't have money!

Zhao Kuo didn't like this form very much, and after a while, he felt uncomfortable and his legs were numb. It's just that when I saw that everyone was kneeling, I was embarrassed to let Ben move the bench.

In addition to Zhao Kuo and a group of civil and military personnel, the king of Wei also ordered the reception of Zhao soldiers, of course, only one meal. It's not that Wei is reluctant, it's that he really can't afford it.

I don't know why, Zhao Kuo always felt that Long Yangjun next to King Wei was more beautiful than before, it was like a hibiscus out of clear water, and his skin was more delicate than that of a woman.

Seeing that Zhao Kuo was looking at him, Long Yangjun smiled charmingly, raised a glass to Zhao Kuo, and then drank it all.

"He's a man, he's a man." Zhao Kuo thought silently in his heart, forcibly turned his head and stopped looking at Long Yangjun, shook his head, and wanted to throw Long Yangjun's figure out of his mind.

"Why did King Zhao shake his head, could it be that the food was not to taste, or the dancing girl was not good enough?" King Wei said with a smile.

"No, the widow is just worried about the Wei State and the Qin State." Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "The north and west of the Qin State are both deserts, and the south is blocked by mountains. The East is my Sanjin. Therefore, even if this defeat is made, it will still gather strength to make a comeback. That Bai Qi is brave and good at fighting, and it is difficult for any country of my Han Zhao Wei to resist. ”

Hearing Zhao Kuo mention Bai Qi, King Wei sighed, waved his hand to let the dancer retreat, and said: "That Bai Qi is not only good at fighting, but also fierce and brutal, and the people of my Wei State can be said to hate him to the core, but unfortunately the widow is incompetent and cannot avenge the people." The widow is ashamed of the Wei State. ”

Although the king of Wei reacted slowly, he now realized that Hedong was a hot potato for Wei, and as long as he occupied Hedong, he would face a threat from Qin at any time.

But it is even more impossible for him to give up Hedong, which was the foundation of the Jin Kingdom back then, the land has been developed for thousands of years, and the fertility is no less than that of the Central Plains, as well as the cornucopia of salt ponds.

After Wei acquired Hedong, the commercial tax had quadrupled. Among them, there are the reasons for the abolition of tariffs between the Three Jin and Jin Dynasty, the significant increase in the circulation of goods, and the large purchase of copper and iron from Wei by Zhao State, as well as the reason for Yanchi.

"The ministers are incompetent, and they can't share the worries of the king." Seeing this, the ministers of the Wei State hurriedly bowed their heads and said.

"This time the Qin State was defeated, I don't know if King Zhao intends to counterattack the Qin State?" Fan Zuo asked suddenly.

King Wei looked at Zhao Kuo with a smile on his face, as if waiting for Zhao Kuo's answer.

Although he didn't understand why Fan Zuo asked this, his long-term experience told him that if he didn't know, he would smile on his face, and Fan Zuo wouldn't trap him anyway.

At first glance, this thing is not a good person. Zhao Kuo glanced at Fan Zuo deeply.

Now there are two possibilities for attacking Qin, one is that the territory has not been defeated, and the other is that some territory has been defeated. Needless to say, the former has two possibilities, the territory that was beaten down belongs to the Wei State, and the Zhao State will not get anything, and will work for the Wei State in vain. The other is that the territory that has been beaten down will be returned to Zhao State, then Zhao State will become a shield for Wei State, and Wei State can shrink back and develop with peace of mind.

"Wei still has the strength to attack?" Zhao Kuo asked rhetorically.

"Although our army suffered a great defeat, the soldiers did not lose too much, as for the grain and grass...... You can eat the enemy. Across the river, there are large areas of farmland, and the autumn harvest is about to begin, so there is no need to worry about food. Fan Zuo arched his hand and said.

After hearing this, Zhao Kuo was a little moved, if Zhao's cavalry could cross the river, the entire farmland north of Weishui in Qin would suffer.

And the Qin State has no way to send troops to stop it? Less giving heads, more affecting grain collection.

It can be said that after this wave of operations, the Qin State will have to tighten its belts for most of the next year, and there will be no extra strength to send troops.

However, after thinking about it again, Zhao Kuo still decided to refuse, although this move could weaken the Qin state, but the beneficiary was the Wei state, not the Zhao state. Zhao only deepened the contradictions with Qin.

And...... He wants to go home, he hasn't seen what his son looks like after being on the expedition for so long!

"I, the soldiers of Zhao State, have been on the expedition for so long, and they all want to go home, and I am afraid that they will not be able to fight again." Zhao Kuo sighed and said apologetically.

Fan Zuo glanced at King Wei, and when he saw that King Wei didn't mean to speak, he sighed in his heart, there were some things that King Wei could only say, and he couldn't say it.

But King Wei obviously didn't know what he needed to say, so Fan Zuo had no choice but to walk behind King Wei and lean over to whisper.

"The widow can promise King Zhao that no matter how much land is killed, all of it will belong to Zhao State, and my Wei State will not take anything." King Wei spoke.

Zhao Kuo didn't speak, but glanced at the generals below.

You have men, and so do I!

"King, our army has fought one after another, and has suffered heavy losses, so we can't continue to fight." Le Yi immediately got up and said.

"Yes, there are a lot of complaints in the army now." Lian Po also got up and said.

"King, I'm afraid the country won't be able to support it if I continue to fight, I heard that the price of grain began to skyrocket a few months ago, and now it has increased several times." Xunzi also spoke.

"Mr. Wei Wanghe also saw it, it's not that this king doesn't agree, it's just that my Zhao Kingdom really can't fight anymore." Zhao Kuo said helplessly.

To be honest, Zhao Kuo is a little moved, if Wei can come up with real benefits, it is not impossible to agree, after all, Qin is the biggest enemy of Zhao State, but Wei State now obviously wants to prostitute Zhao State for nothing, how can he agree.

It was Wei, not Zhao, that really faced the threat of Qin.