The Great Wall of Qi starts from the Yellow Sea in the east, passes through the foot of Mount Tai along the high and low mountains, and finally connects to the Ji River flowing into the sea. This is the defense of Qi State in the south. The Great Wall is not built because the Qi army is not good at fighting, but because Qi State is only two thousand miles away, and the defense is too small and not forging defense in the south. Once the enemy enters the hinterland of Qi, the consequences will be uncontrollable.

However, after the five countries attacked Qi, the Qi army, which was completely broken, no longer had the courage of its predecessors. They could only defend the Great Wall in the south and the Qi River in the west. Once the enemy followed the old road of Yan people and attacked Qi from the north, they could only surrender.

The Chu army was powerful and fought against the Qin army three times, which was awesome. Now the Chu people are determined to attack Qi, and a large number of Qi soldiers were transferred to the north of Muling Pass. The Qi army in and outside the city had a total of 200,000. They are also worried that the Chu army will use their boat troops to bypass Muling Pass, north of Langya Port, and Anling on both sides of Qingdao Bay. However, Jiegen at the bottom of Qingdao Bay and Jimo have many equipment to prevent the Chu army from attacking Qi from the sea.

Goujian moved the capital to Langya, with 300 spear ships and 8,000 dead soldiers, which made the people of Qi fear Yue like a tiger, even if they died, they wanted to live. The Chu State warships were nearly a thousand, and the Chu soldiers all took one as ten, which was even more tiger than Yue Tiger. Thinking of the fact that he was facing such an army, even the Queen of Qi, who was responsible for provoking the battle between Qi and Chu, was a little scared.

If Muling Pass is not defended and 200,000 Chu troops are allowed to enter Qi, then he, the prime minister, will be at his best. He has so much gold hidden in his mansion, but once he loses his position, he may be killed by thieves like Zi Ji, the loser of Wei. Thinking of this, a small meeting was held in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the focus of the meeting was on military affairs.

"Why is the general afraid of Chu in the 500,000 soldiers of Qi?" The big dustpan shook, disagreed with the attitude of General Tian Luo.

"How many soldiers in Qi's country can fight?" Tian Luo, who was wearing huge armor, looked at the big dustpan angrily. Of course, he knew how the war was caused. Originally, the Chu people just retired, and the two countries still abide by the oath of the original. Now it's better to attack Qi. "Jimo, the soldiers of Gaotang have not fought for many years, and most of the wooden stilt armor and armor in the warehouse have been defeated. Last year, the price of millet rose sharply, and the common people could not eat enough food, and there were many people eating wild taro. How could such soldiers fight with the Chu people?"

"Last year, there was a severe drought in the world, and the price of corn was naturally high." Hou Sheng, who had the power to take over, had his own fans. A minister wearing a small dustpan quickly helped Hou Sheng. "I heard that the common people fought cocks and dogs and enjoyed fighting, so they naturally had no money to buy millet..."

"The highest price of millet is as high as 150 qian. Who can eat such corn?!" Everyone knows why millet is so expensive. Tian Luo is a general after all, and what he hates the most is to talk lies with his eyes open.

"The general asked me to tell you how many soldiers I can fight, why should I talk too much about the price of millet?" Hou Sheng pursed his lips innocently, "Then the technique of severity is the foundation of governing the country. The price of millet is high, and if this year is a good harvest, it will not be too late to decline."

"You!" Thinking of those soldiers who eat wild taro and bean leaf soup, Tian Luo was like a punch and beaten to the victory. But thinking about the reality of Qi, he finally endured it.

In the world, the grain of Qin and Qi were the official governments of the Qin and Qi countries. When the millet and the rice seedlings were green, the government would send people to order millet. At this time, the price of millet was naturally very low. In many cases, only ten cents or ten cents. When the millet was cut, the price of millet rose to forty cents, fifty cents and sixty cents, which vary from place to place. The reason for this is that the government controls logistics and sales channels.

This is the case with food, salt and iron, but it is even more clever. For example, iron ore, "Now, if you send me a sub-public work and make it, you will run away without defending it; if you send people to get sick and resentment from the upper side, you will have soldiers on the border, and you will have old grudges and not fight, and you will be defeated without seeing the benefits of mountain iron."

If the iron mountain is mined by the state, the slaves will often flee. If the people are used, the people will resent. The result of resentment is that the soldiers on the border will stop and not fight. Therefore, the best way is to let the private person operate the profits, and the private person will open the 73rd party with the government. Moreover, the private person is only responsible for production, and the goods will be purchased and sold by the government.

But even so, there will be merchants who will become rich. Can the government make merchants and common people who depend on merchants and work slaves become rich? Of course not. Absolutely not! If these people are really rich, they will have political demands and will overthrow their original rule.

Therefore, it is like planting millet, sowing in spring, growing seedlings in summer, and in autumn, it will be harvested. If not harvesting, after this winter, merchants will become vital. And the so-called harvesting means "regulating the high and low, sharing wealth, and accumulating" means "killing the benefits of the regular merchants to benefit farmers", and "scattering the power of the slight and heavy to disperse it to the time". Specifically, it means manipulating prices and currency prices, using the king's order to seize the wealth of the rich, making them poor again.

This is the ruling art of Qi. Because the characteristics of Qi land's "less grains and suitable for mulberry and hemp" are completely different from those of the following countries. In the words of later generations, this seems to be called state capitalism. Although its name contains the four words "capitalism", this "capitalism" is a captive "capitalism". Every time a certain time, this "capitalism" will be slaughtered. If it is not slaughtered and broken, it will become free capitalism. Once it becomes free capitalism, the original ruling class will be overthrown.

Let go - slaughter - let go again - slaughter - let go...

This is a cycle that will never cheat. As long as the rulers do not miss the "farming time", the attack on Qi by the five countries made Qi delay the "farming time". The role of Jixia Academy should not be underestimated. The original memory of common people would not exceed a quarter of an hour. When they were released, they often forgot the previous slaughter. When they were slaughtered, they might not know that they were just animals raised by the government.

Under the reminder of some people, the common people gradually understood the tricks of the government. The so-called Qi army's "one and two hearts, the front is important, the back is negligent" means the difference between the fighting will of the elite soldiers of the government and the common people - since they are just animals raised by the government, they can do their best to fight in war and do their best, and they don't even have a piece of land (Qi's land is the same as Qin and has no self-owned), so there is no need to fight to the death.

As a Qi man, General Tian Luo naturally understood that the problem of Qi was between the terror and the corruption of the powerful and the powerful was deep into the bones. Qi could only fight in small battles, and never fight in large battles. Small battles could produce elite troops, and they could fight. If the whole country was fighting and mobilized those common people who "have a grudge but did not fight", the whole country would collapse. What he most hoped for now was that Qin would not break his promise: when the Chu army attacked Qi in a large scale, 100,000 Qin troops could help him fight against Chu.

In the Linzi City Prime Minister's Mansion, the highest-level combat meeting discussed diplomacy, combat preparations, and discussed reducing the price of millet and benefiting the common people. At the post station outside Linzi City, Chun Yu Yue and others were saying goodbye to Qu Guang Yiyi.

Qi and Chu were in a bad relationship, and now they were facing a war. Although Vulcan tried his best to ease the relationship between the two countries, he had little effect. Today, he was finally going to return to his country after receiving the order from Yingdu.

"I don't know when I will see you again after going away." After a few years of getting along, Chunyu Yue and Quguang had a deep relationship, and they were reluctant to part with each other today.

"The world is about to fall, and even if Chu Qi attacks each other, it won't last long." Quguang was reluctant to leave, but he smiled. "After attacking each other, the king should send me to Qi to meet freely."

"The Qin people's heart is known to everyone. The Three Kingdoms Alliance is a strategy for the survival of the country. How can the king...? Alas!" When talking about the war, Han, who saw him off together, could not help but sigh. Chu is the left arm of Qi, and Zhao is the right arm of Qi. Although this right arm is not very obedient, the left arm is strong and can suppress the right arm. The Three Kingdoms Alliance is to install two arms for Qi, so that they can live in the east, and watch those two arms fight to the death with the Qin people. If you don't do such a good thing, you will marry the Qin people.

"The king was confused by the queen's victory, so he did this move of cutting off his arms." Another gentleman from the school lamented.

"I think all the sects are regretful, but I think I'm happy." A gentleman who doesn't look like a gentleman smiled without worrying. "I saw Chu's discussions on the outside court, and the common people's feelings were in the court. The Chu people attacked me, which is a great benefit."

"Soldiers are evil." Chunyu Yue looked at the gentleman with erect clothes and grass shoes, and understood his meaning in his heart, so he did not directly refute it. "If Qi and Chu fought for three years, what would Song Zi be like?"

Song Zi was the Song Yi, who was different from his ancestor Song Jin. As Qi became increasingly weak, the common people and workers gradually awakened. He vaguely felt that the common people should not be content with the status quo. As for what kind of situation should not be content with the status quo, he did not understand it for the time being. The prosperity of the Jixia Academy has passed away. The hundred schools of thought that the Legal family had become the only one in the Legal family. Those who thought that the theory of the world had no repetitions were surprised to find that the Chu State was stronger.

The country's strength must be based on the doctrine, which is the so-called reform. Although no one in the State of Chu wrote books, no student said that the State of Chu used its own doctrine. Those who were close to Qin praised Qi even more for the cruelty and incorruptible government, the Chu system still attracted the attention of Jixia Academy. Song Yi had personally gone to Yingdu and personally saw the foreign dynasty of Chu.

In Qi, the common people had no power. They lived and worked hard, and most of the wealth they created was robbed by merchants, and the wealth obtained by merchants was seized by the government every once in a while, and most of them were actually taken into the private pockets of the powerful. The common people of the Chu State were different. They chose soldiers who trusted them, and these soldiers spoke to themselves from outside.

If the Chu State destroyed Qi, wouldn’t it be a good thing for the common people of Qi to stand outside and talk to themselves like Chu State? But it is also possible that as Chunyu Yue said: Qi and Chu fought for several years without deciding the outcome, the common people would be in trouble.

The sun was already rising very high, and Vulcan had no intention of witnessing another rebuttal from his gentlemen at the time of separation. He bowed to the gentlemen and said, "After returning to the country, I will definitely meet with the widow and convey the words of the sons."

"I'm sorry, no one." Chunyu Yue took the lead in returning the gift.

"If the King of Chu can defeat the Qi army, I hope Qu Zi will make a statement and ask Qi to do the Chu administration." Song Yi also returned the gift.
Chapter completed!