Chapter 680: The Great Contest Renewed (4K)(1/2)
Lu Wu stayed in "Xinzheng" for eight days, mainly talking to Zichan about some topics about "law".
In general, Zichan had to reform the law to make Zheng State stronger. Most of the "laws" formulated were used to restrict and exploit nobles, while a small number of "laws" opened up a channel for progress for the muddy class.
In any country, ordinary people must account for the majority. Once ordinary people, as the majority, burst out with some enthusiasm, they can make the country prosper and also put the country into a deep abyss.
The exchange between Lu Wu and Zichan came to a conclusion that if Zichan really wants to succeed in Zheng State's reform, it is hard to say that the long-term future will be too long. Zheng State will inevitably have a strong national strength increase in a short period of time.
"What Hou asked to bring the land to Jin, but the land still belonged to him." Shi Yi said this with a look of Hou Jin being a fool.
Hou Jin was just dissatisfied with the advancement of Zheng State and was closed down. Recently, Zichan reforms repeatedly damaged the interests of the aristocratic class of Zheng State. As the "owners" of the Duke of Zheng State, they could only be better if the country is good, and the Dukes are willing to endure temporary losses.
Those nobles in Zheng State who were not members of the public clan, and their country became stronger, of course they could benefit, and their mentality was different from those of the public clan’s enthronement.
To put it bluntly, Zheng State is a state of Zheng State of the Duke, and it is not their turn to be the nobles of other surnames to control the right to speak in Zheng State.
Another point is that Zheng State is like many vassal states governed by the princes. The ceiling of foreign surnames is too low, and the various exploitation they suffer in daily life is very serious. If you have no ability to resist, you can only endure it silently. If you have another way out, who doesn’t know how to vote with your feet?
Shi Yi said: "I heard that Zheng Zheng was doing the law, and the public tribes had loopholes, and the suffering was only due to the other surnames."
The word is "to make a move", not "change".
Speaking of formulating laws, Lao Fan’s family is professional.
Many laws of Jin were from Fan, and were recognized and enforced at the national level, but they were only at the national level and could not control the nobles with their own fiefdoms.
In this era when "the ministers are not the ministers of the king", there are "country among the kings" of all sizes. Every noble with a fiefdom has the right to choose which law to enforce on his territory, and outsiders cannot and have no reason to interfere.
The so-called "national level" can be understood as the king of a country has the power to instruct and restrain the nobles in the established framework, that is, the taxes, taxes and etiquette of the nobles. Once the nobles fulfill their "obligations" and "responsibilities", the king of a country has no right to interfere in what the nobles want to play in their own territory.
Similarly, once the nobles themselves have "feudals", their "subjects" will have their own "little kingdom". They will also be unable and unable to impose interference after the "subjects" complete their tasks.
Under this kind of "parental law", what is played is a "mastiff doll" game, one layer of management and another to maintain the operation and coordination of the entire country.
So there is nothing wrong with playing. Who makes communication difficult and road traffic worrying?
There are systems that conform to the contemporary era at any time. If the conditions are not mature, you have to play too advanced games. The biggest possibility is to toss yourself to death.
Lu Wu did not play too many "advanced" things, and the system implemented by Yin's internal system is also a gradual way of cycling.
It is impossible to ask the person in charge of each fiefdom to report the next second if something happens to the accident, right? It is completely impossible!
They have returned to "Xintian" and each rested for half a month before returning to work.
The Fan family now dominates the south, and Lu Wu also gave them the diplomatic power of Zheng, Song and Wu, which is equivalent to having an overwhelming voice in southern affairs.
Shi Yi was naturally satisfied with Lu Wu's "gift" and could not be satisfied anymore. Fan also wanted to play with Zheng like the Yin clan defeating Qin and annexing Bai Zhai. The Hu clan might add Cao clan to achieve the goal of dominance.
The Hou family of Zheng State was still Lu Wu who contacted Fan family by linking with each other. The price offered by Hou Jin was obviously a bit high.
The Hou family is not the leader of the five clans who have different intentions towards Zheng State. As the real boss, it is actually the Wei family.
There was a man named Weizhi in this Wei family who served as Sima (not in charge of military affairs, but he was considered a law enforcement officer). He raised many objections during Zi Si's administration, but he could only repeatedly object to no avail.
The other three clans are the Si clan, the Du clan, and the Zishi clan. Just by looking at the "clan", you can understand their origins. Take "Zishi clan" as an example, it is actually the teacher of a certain king or crown prince.
This "Zi Shi family" is a member of the Duke of Zheng. His bloodline is farther and he has also declined.
Why is Weishi obviously a real boss, but instead makes Hou Jin so active? I have heard of it
Is the title of "the person behind the scenes"? Wei Shi obviously wants to play this role.
Lu Wu listened to Shi Yi telling the situation in Zheng State with a very interesting mentality, and there was no internal turmoil.
In fact, it should be that of the nations with public politics. The internal conflicts between them are not smaller than those of Jin. It is just that the contradictions between the nations are lost to Jin.
The nobles in Jin State suppressed the princes.
The vassal states were all the princes and the nobles of the non-public tribes.
Seriously speaking, the situation in Jin State is just a mistake in the current era. However, Jin State not only has no signs of hegemony that is about to decline, but has become more and more prosperous, giving many people an illusion.
What is the illusion? The public tribes of various countries think they are wrong, while the aristocrats of non-public tribes believe that the public tribe's enthronement has become corrupt and has reached the stage of "changing a new world".
After listening to Shi Yi's story, Lu Wu asked, "What do you want?"
Shi Yi didn't even hesitate and said directly: "You can't let Zichan achieve success."
No surprises.
From the perspective of the country, Zheng State's reform and strengthening is beneficial to Jin State, but in the long run it is harmful to Jin State.
At this stage, Jin State can use Zheng State in the game of the Chu State's hegemony, which is the so-called advantage.
Jin cannot always be entangled with Chu. Whether Jin wins or loses in the battle for hegemony, or even an unbeaten situation, he will no longer continue to compete for hegemony. Having a powerful Zheng State is not a good thing when it is temporary.
Therefore, after thinking about it in the long run, becoming stronger in Zheng is obviously harmful to Jin.
But the Fan family didn't think so far. They had already developed ambitions for Zheng State, so how could they tolerate Zheng State's attempt to be strong!
Shi Yi felt that he could generally understand Lu Wu's governance policy and said, "Zheng should not be strong, nor should he be too weak. Can I expel him to fight with Chu?"
Lu Wu added: "Song and Chu are enemies of the world. I am unwilling to accept the defeat of Wu."
Is Zheng weak? That's relative to Jin and Chu.
If Wei State, Cao State, and other third-rate countries face Zheng State, they will suddenly appear to be very powerful.
If you are strong or weak, you should list all the objects of the fight, otherwise simply talking about strength and weakness is just a few nonsense.
Zheng and Song are recognized as second-rate powers.
Wu State is a bit difficult to evaluate strength from the perspective of national strength, and we need to see how good they are to play.
The two second-rate powers of Song and Zheng are paired with a Wu State that is unruly. With the overlord of the Central Plains eyeing them, how can they fight against Chu State?
Of course, Shi Yi thought about it that way, that is, let Zheng, Song and Wu cooperate to build Chu together.
Once you have an idea, how to operate it tests IQ and even concerns your communication skills.
Now that there is no master, why don’t you actually contribute? You simply rely on a mouth to “remotely control” others, without a complete set of theoretical structures to support it, it is simply too difficult to draw your own methods from the blank space!
Fan plays "law". It is their job to let them develop one set of legal frameworks after another. If they make the law shape and use it themselves, they may not be able to enforce it 100%, let alone play in a completely unfamiliar field.
When Lu Wu heard Shi Yi asking for help, how could he make Zheng State, Song State and Wu State obedient, he said in surprise: "You are the assistant of the Central Army and the power of Bo State, what is the difficulty?"
If you have that ability, you will be able to operate so that everyone thinks it is necessary and willing to give.
If you don’t know how to play it, do you still know how to play it with your might?
Let Lu Wu create a strategy for playing and then tell the steps to play. Is it Fan or Yin? What should I do if the benefits that can be harvested are generated?
Fan definitely didn't want Yin to get help from him in the south. He wanted to get Yin's help for no reason, so he was a little overthinking.
It is no different from the principles of dealing with ordinary people. The interaction between nobles is not the same as that. Only when there are coming and going can friendship last for a long time.
Lu Wu sent Shi Yi away, looked at Shi Yi's back and thought, "If Fan can't play, it will not be a bad thing for me to fall into the quagmire."
This has nothing to do with Lu Wu's mental darkness. If the Yin family was trapped in the quagmire, the other Qing family would have the same mentality.
After all, the Qing family in Jin State is both a cooperative and competitive relationship, and they are really not very simple friends in relationships.
Time passes as everyone has something to do.
Another year of autumn and winter is coming, and spring is coming.
Lu Wu has always been unable to figure out how many years he lived in BC, and later he stopped thinking about it.
During this period, the war between Chu and Wu continued.
The Song State sent news to Jin State, and the rumors were scattered and attacked the settlements of the Wu people on a large scale. The two sides did not reduce their bloodshed because of the third "Wuhu Battle". On the contrary, they shed more bloodshed.
This time, the Chu army performed more brutal than ever before, but because of the cruelty of the Chu army, the Wu people's resistance was more resolute.
Both sides were fighting each other in the forest, on the mountains, on the rivers, on the muddy farmlands, and fighting each other everywhere. In general, the Chu army suffered far fewer casualties than those of the Wu people.
Later, the Wu people stopped fighting head-on with the Chu army, and carried out various scattered destruction and assassination, including poisoning water sources, premeditated and planned attacks on the lonely Chu army, or setting fires while the night was shining.
"This kind of war is something I have never seen." Shi Yi was shocked.
Except for Lu Wu, the others were also surprised.
That is a completely different style from the war they understand. It is too bloody and cruel, and then it will be a mess.
Wu asked the Bank of China: "Zheng, Song is sitting on the tragic situation of Wu?"
The Chu State's use of troops to Wu State did not decrease. On the contrary, the more it invested, the more it was, and it was a bit of a ruthless effort to completely erase Wu State from the map.
Shi Yi said, "Zheng and Song were both frightened by Chu and dared not move rashly."
Why did they get together? Isn’t it just that Wu Kingdom is not allowed to disappear from the map now!
Without Wu, the country has been causing trouble for Chu, should we expect Zheng or Song to play unruly like Wu?
Lu Wu looked at Shi Yi in disappointment, which made Shi Yi very ashamed, and said, "For the sake of the present, I need to send troops south."
Go to Damn.
I don't use it.
The old Fan family seems to be incompetent.
If you can't sit idly by and watch the fall of Wu, Jin will go to the country no matter how unhappy it is.
They have been reborn for two years, and it is rare in this kind of great struggle.
To be continued...