Xiong Dun released the captured nobles, and together with the rout army that had fled back earlier, he recruited a group of minor nobles from among Wang Ji.

The establishment of the Sixth Army in Luoyi was quickly restored, and the Marquis of Qi, as the commander of Xia, was training this rebuilt army, hoping to restore its combat effectiveness as soon as possible and make up for the hidden danger of the lack of combat strength in the Wangji area.

Almost everyone was happy, the negative effects of this defeat were gradually disappearing, but Luo Su smelled danger from it.

In a special period that is not wartime, tens of thousands of troops can be conscripted.

This did not mean that the economy was good, but it meant that there was an increase in the number of nobles who did not have a fief, and they hoped to be able to obtain land by serving the Son of Heaven.

There were a large number of nobles in Bangzhou who had feudal states, but there were also many nobles who did not divide the feuds, but stayed in Wangji and developed their own clans.

They served the Son of Heaven as officials within Wangji, and the Son of Heaven gave them the land of Wangji, and the output of the land was used as a stipend to feed their clans.

Unlike the land that was given to the princes, the ownership of these lands remained in the hands of the Son of Heaven and could not be bought or sold, but only as output.

Countless small nobles made a living from it, and even Luosu had a piece of mining in Wangji.

If many people lose their mining in an instant, the entire Wangji will explode in an instant.

There were very few freemen in this era, and there was no such conscription in any vassal state, and all of them were served by these lowest-level minor nobles and countrymen.

Guarantee their interests, so that the Son of Heaven can sit on the throne in peace.

This was also a landslide on the way back to Luoyi, and after the news of the defeat was transmitted back to Wangji, Luosu immediately expressed his appeasement to Wangji's little nobles.

All the fiefs will not be recovered, and even let their clans send people to continue to serve the Son of Heaven, which is to ensure the loyalty and confidence of the vassals to the Son of Heaven.

In order to thoroughly understand the basic situation of Wangji today, Luo Su asked Chen Hou for the distribution of Wangji's land, population, and clan.

This is the latest statistical result obtained by recruiting new troops, and Chen Hou is a mediocre person, and he is not capable of analyzing the information behind these data.

But Luo Su could, looking at the list, he felt his hands tremble.

The situation was even more serious than he imagined, and it was only seventy years since King Kang moved east to Luoyi, and the land in Wangji had already been divided into four layers.

According to the patriarchal system, the large clans are divided into small clans, and the small clans are divided into small clans, and the number of such clans will grow exponentially.

If no new land could be obtained, there would be a fierce conflict between the small nobles who did not have a fief and the large nobility who had a large fief.

When the time comes, the entire Wangji will definitely fall into the haze of political struggle, and even those military aristocrats will directly use their knives.

"No wonder the ancestors said that the patriarchal system, the feudal system, and the Xia monarch and the people are a trinity, and without any link, the destiny of the Zhou people will gradually collapse."

Luo Su took a deep breath, "This kind of thing that continues to be divided among Wang Ji must not continue, and these clans that have been entrenched in Wang Ji for many years must also be cleaned up." ”

Luo Su knew after a little thought that the resistance to this matter must be very great, and if you want to use the example of later generations, it is probably equivalent to driving a middle-class who settled in Beijing out of Beijing to the frontier.

Such a thorny problem, even the ancestors and other celestial beings, there is no thorough solution, can only choose to wantonly divide the seal, can be delayed, but now the situation is different, the seal is not to say that the seal can be sealed, he is also a little at a loss for a while.

Suddenly, the guards outside said that there was a letter from Ho Kyo, and Luo Su put down the bamboo slips in his hand and asked the guards to bring people in.

I saw Taibao, Xia Commander Qi Hou and a small nobleman in leather armor hurriedly walked in, Qi Hou said a little anxiously as soon as he saw Luo Su: "Taishi, there is an urgent military situation from Haojing. ”

Qi Hou is the chief of Xia, who controls the military situation of Bang Zhou, and all the news about the military, in addition to being sent to Luosu, must be sent to the Xia official office at the same time.

As soon as he received the information from the messenger, he immediately put down what he was doing and rushed to Luosu.

Luo Su hurriedly unfolded the letter handed by the messenger, and the Marquis of Qi said directly while waiting for Luo Su to see it: "The princes who are divided into the west of Haojing have jointly sent a letter saying that the news of King Li's defeat has reached the Xirong tribe, and the Xirong tribe believes that the myth of the undefeated Bangzhou army has ended.

They gathered dozens of tribes, formed a coalition army, and suddenly attacked the western vassal states, and the princes were unprepared, so they were defeated, and by the time of the letter, more than a dozen vassal states had been breached.

The princes fled with the members of the Gong clan and the defeated army and the countrymen to Hokyo Wanggi and temporarily lived in the city of Wanggi.

Now the princes of Zhenxi, Cheng Hou, Mao Hou, Tai Hou, and Bi Hou are leading their troops to resist to prevent the dog Rong from directly breaking into Wangji and destroying the temples of our ancestors.

It is said that they have contacted Bao Hou, who has always befriended the large tribe of the Dog Rong, hoping to get the Dog Rong to retreat. ”

Luo Su had also finished reading the information sent at this time, he really didn't know much about military affairs, but he was very good at maintaining the balance of power, but now most of Bang Zhou's diplomacy was personally formulated by him.

He felt very strange about what was happening in the west, and said to himself: "How could Inurong suddenly attack on a large scale? The two sides often have friction, but with the Qiang as allies, is it crazy for the Dog Rong to start a large-scale war with our Bangzhou? ”

Qiang and Jiang have the same origin, and the Qiang people have always been the most important allies of Bang Zhou in the west of Haojing, and they are also important helpers to resist the dog Rong, how could such a balanced distribution of forces be suddenly broken?

As for the myth that the Bang Zhou army is undefeated, just listen to it, since the capital was moved to Luoyi, with the help of the Qiang people, Bang Zhou has focused on the development of the central and eastern regions, and the power projection on the side of Haojing has not been enough.

Ordered the guards to take the messenger down to rest, and there were no outsiders present, so the two sat cross-legged at will, thinking about the strange news from the pickaxe capital, Luo Su shook the bamboo slip in his hand, frowned, and said: "Uncle, no matter how you look at this matter, it reveals a strangeness.

As the western princes said, the strength of the dog has grown extremely rapidly in recent years, but it will not suddenly grow to the point where the alliance of the nations cannot be stopped.

There is no such thing as a peerless god general like Xiong Dun among the dogs, who can win more with less, and defeat the western princes and Qiang tribes at the same time.

Does Lone still have to pull the newly rebuilt army in Luoyi over to quell the chaos?

It's a ridiculous thing. ”

Qi Hou was a long-time battle-hardened person, and he felt that this news was even more strange.

I've been thinking about it along the way, and I'm puzzled.

But hearing what Luo Su said, it seemed that a spiritual light suddenly shot into his mind, "Leading the army to Hojing and re-arranging a huge military force in Hojing, could it be that the western princes themselves created this matter?" ”

Luo Su heard the murmuring voice of the Marquis of Qi, and he immediately remembered that the two had said before that the princes of the west often exaggerated the threat of the dog Rong to Hojing, and tried their best to make the Son of Heaven move west.

The main purpose was to hope that the Son of Heaven would regain his strength in Hokyo in order to restore his former central political position.

It is very likely that the princes in the west took advantage of this defeat of the Son of Heaven to gain self-respect, wanting to see if they could get the Son of Heaven to Hojing.

Luo Su knew about the demands of the western princes, but he would not allow this to happen, and the Son of Heaven would always stay in the Central Plains for at least thirty years.

"Uncle, your guess is still very likely, otherwise you can't explain this matter."

Luo Su said with some anger: "I hope this is just a guess between the two of us, if the western princes deliberately connive at the dogs to make trouble, it is really their hearts can be punished, and those who shake the society should die."

But if it is really them, making such a move is a dangerous political signal.

It seems that Ho-kyung's decline has reached a point where they can't tolerate it.

Regardless of the hearts and minds of Hokyo, I am afraid that even more dangerous turmoil than this is not far away.

Ensuring the stability of the western region is the top priority, and Hojing is the important place where the Heavenly Mandate of Bang Zhou rises, and there must be no mistakes.

At that time, King Su once said to King Kang that he would implement the two-capital system, and in the long and narrow land between Hojing and Luoyi, a large number of vassal states surnamed Ji were divided, and this piece of land was completely king.

Then communicate with the two capitals, and Bang Zhou's destiny will become long, but in the end it will not be implemented.

Now it seems that it is time to relaunch the program.

With the development of the eastern part of the country, Nakyi has prospered to the extreme, and the reconstruction of Hokyung now can also lay a solid foundation for the future to pass through the western region. ”

The Marquis of Qi belonged to one of the leaders of the eastern princes, and naturally opposed the westward migration of the Son of Heaven.

But after all, Qi was an ally of Bang Zhou, so he didn't say much, just frowned and said: "Over the years, the feudal princes have gradually become customized.

Previously, the three sons of the first king were marquis, and it can be said that it is a noble bloodline, plus the grace of the Son of Heaven who ascended the throne, what reason should the other princes surnamed Ji use?

There is no reason to divide the feuds, not to mention the princes with different surnames, even if there will be problems within the royal family, since ancient times, the hearts of the people do not suffer from poverty and unevenness, and we must act cautiously. ”

Luo Su naturally knew this, and suddenly he seemed to remember something, turned around and picked up the clan population in Wangji again, and couldn't help but smile on his face, and said with some joy: "The name of the division has been found, the key is how to get these people out." ”

Qi Hou took the bamboo slip from Luo Su's hand and looked at it, and immediately understood what Luo Su meant, and asked, "Are you going to seal these princesses out of Wang Ji?" If these were the people, there would indeed be a lot less resistance. ”

Finding solutions to the two problems at the same time, Luo Su said with a somewhat relaxed expression: "These ministers in Wangji are all nobles who have stayed in Wangji since the time of King Kang.

Although they do not have a country as a backing like us princes, they are intertwined and have a large population in Wangji, and it is very beneficial for Bangzhou to transfer them out.

These people have served the Son of Heaven for many years, and they have done enough credit to gag the mouths of some princes, and many of them are nominally the princes of the Son of Heaven, and their status is noble enough.

When the ancestor formulated the patriarchal law, he said that the three princes of the Son of Heaven were regarded as princes, the secretary of the Son of Heaven was regarded as the uncle, and the doctor of the Son of Heaven was regarded as the son.

According to this system, we divided the nobles with large clans, the nobles who lost power but occupied a large number of fiefs, and the petty nobles who could not get the fiefs.

It can not only solve the land problem in Wangji, but also solve the problem between the two capitals. ”

The Marquis of Qi was quick to point out a problem with this approach: "Can the great nobles agree to let them migrate out of Wangji?"

Especially in those generations of ministers' families, even you couldn't degrade Yuki and the others from King Li's side at the beginning.

If it weren't for King Li's defeat this time, I'm afraid they would still be safely staying by King Li's side.

The land that was divided into Wangji was not hereditary, but everyone knew that it was actually hereditary.

I have even heard that the Wanggi government office is already trying to make the nobles trade the land in the mining at a reasonable price.

If you exchange the land outside of Ki for the land in their hands, they will definitely oppose it.

Wanggi is their territory after all, unless we bring in our troops, but you know, we can't do that. ”

Luo Su smiled slightly: "Uncle, what you are worried about, my nephew has naturally considered it."

Speaking of which, although Luoguo is a foreign country, but since the ancestor King Su, the successive Luohou have basically served in Wangji, but the temple is not here, but it can be regarded as the princess of Wangji.

According to my understanding, the internal affairs of the princes of Wangji are not monolithic, and some of the princes' families are gradually marginalized among Wangji and want to be released.

If it was a hundred years ago, Wangji would naturally be the most prosperous and fertile place today, and no one would want to leave here.

But after so many years, with the progress of Xia Jun and the people, many princes are no longer so hard, and the princess of Wang Ji is blushing.

As for those ministers who are unwilling to be released, according to the patriarchal law and the feudal system, the secretaries, doctors, and scholars have to seal the land layer by layer.

The big sect does not give land to the small sect, which is not in line with the Zhou etiquette.

I am the great Zongzheng of the clan surnamed Ji, for this kind of clan that does not follow the patriarchal etiquette system, it is normal to uphold justice for those small clans in Jinai, right?

As long as I stabilize those military nobles, I will first divide the small sects that cannot get the mining estates and weaken the strength of the large sects.

If you don't know each other yet, ask me if the blade is sharp. ”

Hearing what Luo Su said, Qi Hou felt that it was appropriate, so he said with a smile: "Since you have a good plan in your belly, I won't ask much, but how to deal with this matter in the pickaxe capital now?" ”

Whether it is the relocation of the Minister of Wangji or the revitalization of Hojing, it is a protracted national policy, and now in front of the two of them is the chaos in the west.

Retracting his divergent thoughts, I don't know the specific situation of this matter in the west, and in fact, there is no other way.

He could only send someone over for a trip, and said, "This matter still has to bother my uncle to go west."

With the strength of the first army, I will let the Regency Council issue an order to entrust the military affairs of the entire western region to you, uncle, and you can act with full authority.

After arriving, the main thing is to pacify, for those defeated princes, if there are too many of them, find the most excessive treatment, and let the rest go first, check it out.

As for the Qiang tribe, my uncle knows better than me, so it's good to decide for myself, and this time I have to take a good look at what the situation is in the west. ”

When Qi Hou came, he expected that he was most likely going to the west, so he directly agreed: "Leave this matter to me, and I will send a messenger back when I make new discoveries." ”