Chapter 131: Sowing Discord
After some deliberation, the Huaiguo Office made a decision. Prepare to use the divisive strategy to drive a wedge between Wu Qi and the crown prince of Wei.
Since you are invulnerable, let your own people force you away. It's just that this kind of strategy needs to be subtle for a long time, and being too impatient will only lead to flaws and self-defeating.
After formulating the plan, the Huaiguo spy began to implement it, and at the same time, Wang Pu also began to gather the children of the public office to add political lessons to them.
The textbook is also very simple, it is adapted from the history books of various countries, and there are also the experiences written by the monarchs of Huai State over the past dynasties. In the past, the protection of the children of the public office was so good that the children of the public office of this generation have not grown up, and after Wang Pu found out about this problem, he immediately invited some elders from the school palace to let them teach.
There are also many virtuous people in the previous generation of the office, and with these people who teach by word and deed, the children of the office will soon become familiar with the politics of various countries.
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After Wei Hou and Han Zhao violently beat up the three kingdoms of Qi, Chu and Qin, they did not continue the war, but began to manage the land of the West River. After Wei obtained the land of the West River, Qin was greatly threatened and could only build fortifications along Luoshui.
After a series of defeats, the Qin State was temporarily unable to launch an attack, so it could only recuperate first, and then fight for the land of the West River after the national strength recovered.
For a time, it was rare to settle down between the Qin and Wei states.
After seeing that Wei quickly became strong with the help of a large number of virtuous people, Wei Hou wanted more virtuous people to serve Wei, so after consulting with the minister of state and others, he invited the great Confucian Zixia to give a lecture, and personally worshipped Zixia as a teacher and invited him to give a lecture in Xihe.
Wei Hou's operation directly raised Zixia to an extremely high position, and he had great respect for Zixia. Although the Huai State gave these scholars preferential treatment, there was never a Huai Guild that crowned a great Confucian as the king's teacher. This style immediately gained the favor of a large number of Confucian disciples.
Even in the school palace, many scholars went to the Wei State, and the Wei State became the center of Zhuxia cultural inheritance for a time. Zixia went to Hexi to give lectures, which made the border vassal states of Qin, Chu, and Zhao have a very high cultural yearning for Wei.
Even the Land of the West River has become a cultural center.
Wei Hou's operation made Wang Pu also can't help but sigh, if Wei Hou inherited all the land of the Jin State, I am afraid that Qin and Chu would really be in danger of extinction.
Zixia's Confucianism was originally taught to be applied to the world, and it was cultivated to govern the local talents, and the Marquis of Wei also asked not to use the status of high or low as the standard for receiving students, even if it was a poor slave, as long as they had the heart to learn, they could also come to learn.
Since the founding of the country, the Qin people have been called barbarians by the Central Plains countries, and they are very yearning for the Central Plains culture. The state of Chu is also called barbarian, and the state of Zhao is located on the border, which is also not much better, and these countries are very admirable for culture. This also caused scholars from several countries to yearn for Hexi, and Wei invisibly became the country they ideal for.
Wei Hou's operation directly copied Huaiguo's policy. Because Wei Hou personally went down to worship Zixia as a teacher, the status of the Xihe Academy Palace was greatly improved. actually has a little ability to compete with the Huaiguo Academy.
Seeing Wei Hou behaving like this, Wang Pu also couldn't sit still, if Wei continued to develop, Wei was likely to become the next Jin State.
Therefore, Wang Pu began to let Huaiguo's secret agents implement the plan. Because the Marquis of Wei did not look at his background and appointed virtuous people, he made the Wei State strong and politically clear, and it was basically impossible to make small moves in him, but his crown prince was much worse.
Although Prince Strike is also good, especially his tactical talent is higher than his father's, but he does not have the long-term vision of Wei Hou, and Prince Strike attaches more importance to his background.
If you check it with the system, you will find that the prince's martial strategy is as high as 91, but the power plot is only 63 just passed, and the internal affairs are only 70, and the employment is even worse.
If the prince who is seriously biased is qualified as a general on the battlefield on one side, but he is not at all good on the ruling side. It is short-sighted, and can only seek a moment, but not enough for a lifetime.
The spies sent by Wang Pu to Wei were handed over by various means
Good nobles of the Wei State. Although most of these nobles had lost their rights, these nobles were friendly with the crown prince.
Through these people, the secret agents of Huai State can quietly influence the prince of Wei State.
Once, the prince held a banquet in the palace and invited his good friends to come. During the banquet, everyone drank heartily, and the guest next to him inadvertently said, Wu Junshou used soldiers like gods, the last battle of the West River, 50,000 defeated the Qin army of 200,000, and Wei was the first.
And the prince was a little angry after hearing it, when the battle of Xihe was the battle, he personally led the army to break through the Qin army's Xihe defense line and cut off the logistics of the Qin army, so when the Qin army and Wu Qi fought, the army's heart was in turmoil, and the whole line collapsed.
He always thought that he was the first hero of the Xihe Campaign, and when Wei Hou saw his son make great contributions, he was very happy, so he wanted to give him the first credit, and when he discussed with the Minister of State Zhai Huang, he said his thoughts.
Zhai Huang knew that the prince had made great contributions, but the main merit of this battle was Wu Qi, after all, it was Wu Qi who showed weakness, induced the Qin army to attack, and resisted the main force of the Qin army, and then broke the Qin army of 200,000 in a battle.
Although the prince has made great contributions, it is still inferior to Wu Qi. If the crown prince is the first meritorious, it is unfair to other soldiers.
Zhai Huang immediately said, "Your Majesty, the crown prince is the future monarch, and the ministers have never heard of the monarch and the courtiers competing for credit. The merit is given by the king to his courtiers, but there is no such thing as a king robbing his courtiers of their merits."
"Your Majesty is a wise and loving monarch, and he will not make such a mistake."
After hearing this, Wei Hou felt that it made sense, and immediately lowered the credit of the prince's attack to third.
After learning that his credit had dropped from first to third, Prince Hit was very unhappy. felt that Wu Qi had robbed him of his credit, so he was very disgusted with Wu Qi.
"Nonsense, if it weren't for the prince's wisdom and martial arts, he made a decisive attack, broke through the Qin defense line, and cut off the logistics, how could the Qin army be defeated, this is the prince who saved Wu Qi!"
"It's just that the king wants to commend these officials from civilian backgrounds, and he deliberately gave Wu Qi the first credit to appease people's hearts."
The prince was shocked by what he said, and everyone complimented him, as if the Battle of the West River was really his victory.
"It's a pity that in the Wei Kingdom now, the people only know Wu Qi, but not the prince." The man next to him shook his head and sighed.
"It's okay, Wu Qi also works for the country, and he doesn't care about these false names." The prince laughed a little reluctantly.