Chapter 263 Status Quo of the Six Nations
The incident of Ma Fujun leaving Zhao and going to Qin caused a huge sensation in all the countries.
Needless to mention the State of Zhao, the world was full of sorrow and the whole country was depressed. Even though King Zhao issued a series of systems of tax reduction and light service, it could not allow the people to emerge from this low atmosphere. At this time, the new prime minister Pang Gong played a huge role. He borrowed the content of the "Ma Uniform Book" and began to reform the law, from the salary of officials, the election of officials, the establishment of school departments, and the implementation of the household registration system that imitated the Qin State.
The false prime minister Li Mu assisted him with all his efforts. The two of them formulated reform strategies based on the Mafu Book, started with household registration, investigated the situation of the people of Zhao State, and established a school room to cultivate talents. They selected talented people from the school room to serve as officials, exempted the taxes of the school disciples, and thoroughly implemented Dong Chengzi's new law. Through political changes, the national strength of Zhao State was increased.
Lian Po served as Si Kou, which was probably the most wise thing that King Zhao did. Lian Po was different from Dong Chengzi. He was upright and irritable. If he found someone who violated the law, he would directly take his soldiers to arrest and kill the rebels. He even led his soldiers to attack the courtyard of the resisters and execute all his disciples. In this way, the people in Zhao State were frightened and no one dared to anger Lian Po again.
However, Lian Po also offended many people. Gongzi Yan's companion Guo Kai went out at night because of violating the curfew. Because of his bad attitude, he insulted the soldiers who detained him. Lian Po was criticized for thirty years. Gongzi Yan asked King Zhao to complain to King Zhao? King Zhao repeatedly persuaded him? Lian Po did not forgive him.
When Jiang Qu returned to Yan State and told the King of Yan that Ma Fujun was forced to leave Zhao State? King of Yan was actually very happy? He said to Jiang Qu: "The reason why I want to negotiate peace with Zhao State is just because I am afraid of Ma Fujun? Now that Ma Fujun is not in Zhao State, how can I not think about revenge with Zhao State?"
Jiang Qu heard it? He persuaded: "King? I heard it: It is an unlucky thing for a gentleman to make an alliance with others and then send someone to attack him. As a king, you cannot be without faith? Otherwise, the wise men of the world would not come to serve you. What's more? Yan State's national strength is not strong, there is not enough food, no weapons to equip soldiers, and no allies to help us. How can you think of revenge against Zhao State?"
When the King of Yan heard about it, hesitated and called JuXiang to ask him about the attack on Zhao State.
Ju Xing said to the King of Yan seriously: "If you want to attack Zhao, will I lead the army in person? Go to attack Yan and defeat Zhao with all your might? I am willing to die on the battlefield for you? But now is not a good time to send troops. Zhao State is powerful? There is an elite army of 300,000, and people like Lian Po and Li Mu to command them. I am afraid that Yan State is not an opponent of Zhao State."
Hearing that the two ministers he trusted most said so, the King of Yan didn't say much.
Jiang Qu said again: "I heard that Du, who made the fire kang, was killed by Chang'an Jun for no reason. Ma Fujun, who promoted the fire kang to Yan State, was also murdered by King Zhao. After leaving Zhao State, he can tell the people about this."
The King of Yan agreed to him.
After Jiangqu got the opportunity to live in peace with Zhao State, the King of Yan also handed over the state affairs to Jiangqu. Jiangqu focused on stabilizing Xinde land, and formulated policies to migrate people, promote Yan language, encourage intermarriage, promote farming technology, and prevent officials from discriminating against the Hu people in Liaodong. During the Lifu period, Yan State continued to expand and gained various places in Liaodong. But the problem is that most of the people living here were Hu people. They did not have a sense of identity with Yan State, did not understand the words of Yan State, and did not know how to farm.
Jiangqu wanted to transform them into Yan people and make them truly part of Yan State.
Similarly, after hearing about this, the people of Qi were quite angry. The Jixia Academy suddenly became irritable. The scholars of various major universities began to write academic articles such as "The Book of Ma Fujun Leaves Zhao", "The Unconscious King", and "The King and Minister", and scolded the King of Zhao who was thousands of miles away. Although there was academic dispute between these people and Zhao Kuo, they still fully supported Ma Fujun on this issue.
Probably, because everyone is the same type of people.
Especially Confucians, they gave great praise to Ma Fujun's filial behavior. What a great filial piety that is for his mother to leave the king who serves him. In the books compiled by Confucians, the story turned into Ma Fujun's leaving the wise king who valued him and leaving his homeland in order to save his mother. After all scholars in Qi State were discussing this matter, the King of Qi also learned about it.
The Queen's health is already very bad because she has to deal with national affairs every day. When the King of Qi is dealing with major matters, he is always very hesitant. He calls his mother to help him deal with it. Sometimes, he just handed over the matter to his mother and went out to play. The Queen is not young, and under such high-intensity work every day, his health is getting worse day by day.
"Jian... I can't always be with you and help you. You have to learn to deal with these things yourself." The queen said to the King Qi, a little tired.
King Qi sat beside her. He lowered his head aggrievedly and said, "I understand...Mother...But, I really don't know what to do about these things. I will never disturb you again."
The queen sighed helplessly and said, "Ma Fujun is the great sage in the world. Of course, you have to scold King Zhao in front of the ministers... and expressed your welcome to come to Qi... In this way, the people in the world can see the difference between you and King Zhao..."
"Okay, I will do this. Mother, is there anything else to do?"
The queen looked at the distance with sadness and said without saying anything. She said with some concern: "If one day I am gone...what do you do?"
"That person is no longer alive."
"nonsense!"
The queen's eyes gradually became sharper, and she said to King Qi seriously: "I heard that there are three fiefs that can serve as monarchs, and 100,000 people can pay tribute to the emperor. Nowadays, the territory of Qi is vast, with hundreds of cities, and many people, and millions of people serve you. Qi has 5,000 chariots, each of which is elite! At this time, you can plan for the world!"
"Keep friendly relations with Chu, curb the war of Qin, alliance with Zhao to annex Yan, alliance with Chu to annex Wei, and then merge the three Jins! The world is three parts, and Qi will occupy its richest area."
"Now is a world that is different from the usual ones. All those who are unwilling to fight will die in the hands of others... Qi has been raising energy and not participating in the war of the princes over the years. This is to retain enough strength. I probably can't see the day when the Qi army attacked the princes... Jian, you want to inherit your father's ambitions. Qin and Zhao all want to realize a king's world. Why can't Qi do it?"
The King of Qi said to the Queen seriously: "I understand."
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The King of Wei executed Zi Nan Gongqi and served as his son-in-law as the new Wei Jun. Wei State became a vassal of Wei State. The King of Wei sent officials to help them govern the country, and sent soldiers to protect their security, completely undermining the new Wei Jun. The King of Wei's behavior was condemned in all countries, especially King Zhao. King Zhao had just followed the persuasion of Wei State and gave up attacking Wei State. As a result, in a blink of an eye, Wei State swallowed Wei State directly.
This made King Zhao very angry, but now Zhao is still busy dealing with domestic affairs, so King Zhao can only swallow this anger for the time being.
However, the actions of the King of Wei did not bring the results he expected. The Wei people were very angry and were particularly hostile to the Wei Kingdom, which murdered their king. Therefore, the Wei people's rangers assassinated the officials sent by the Wei Kingdom, and the people refused to obey their arrangements. The Wei people quickly joined the battle to suppress the Wei people. The Wei people kept defecting and burned the food and grass of the Wei soldiers. The Wei soldiers dared not travel alone.
In Wei, there are actually many people who oppose the King of Wei, and Pingyuan Jun is one of them. Pingyuan Jun feels that Wei should find a way to resist Qin instead of annexing the small countries around. These small countries cannot bring too much benefits to Wei, and may even cause trouble and cause trouble. However, the King of Wei did not obey. His relationship with Pingyuan Jun had become very bad in the last battle to attack Qin.
After the King of Wei did not obey Ping Yuanjun's advice and directly asked Mao Sui to withdraw his troops and no longer obey Wei Wuji's orders, Ping Yuanjun was furious and walked directly into the palace and asked to resign from the position. The King of Wei faced his brother-in-law, but did not allow him to resign, but he did not see him again. The King of Wei was also very angry. Since Zhao Sheng arrived at the State of Wei, he supported Zhao Sheng with all his strength and did not hesitate to take all his wealth.
But what did Zhao Sheng bring to Wei?
When Wei faced Qin, he was still defeated.
He gave everything but did not get any gains. The King of Wei thought so, so his attitude towards Pingyuan Jun gradually became cold. Pingyuan Jun hid in his mansion and no longer dealt with state affairs. When he learned that the King of Wei wanted to annex the Wei Kingdom, Zhao Sheng had looked for the King of Wei and told him: This matter is not good for Wei Kingdom, only bad, please don’t act like this.
The King of Wei was also a little hesitant. At this moment, Duan Ganzi, who served as the censor, told the King of Wei: This sentence is very similar to Xinlingjun's persuasion to King Zhao.
The King of Wei was furious and believed that Zhao Sheng said this because he took care of Zhao State and stopped listening to him and insisted on swallowing the guards.
When Long Yangjun came to Zhao Sheng's mansion, Zhao Sheng lay on the bed and stood up with difficulty. Zhao Sheng was no longer young and his health gradually became a little unwell. The news of Pingyang Jun's death and the news of Ma Fujun leaving Zhao made Zhao Sheng worried. His relationship with Chang'an Jun was bad, but his relationship with Pingyang Jun was very good. It was because of his brother who took care of him since childhood. The brother died like this, which made Pingyuan Jun extremely painful.
The news that Ma Fujun went to Qin made Zhao Sheng a little desperate.
He knew the ability of Ma Fujun, and he also knew the ability of Qin King... The King of Qin got Ma Fujun, which was the most terrifying thing for the six countries. However, the six countries seemed to have not realized this, but Zhao Sheng already understood that Ma Fujun could definitely play a role comparable to Shang Yang in Qin. Shang Yang made Qin suppress the six countries for more than 100 years. If another one came, what should the six countries do?
Long Yangjun often came to visit Zhao Sheng. He felt very uncomfortable when he saw Zhao Sheng getting weaker day by day. He knew Zhao Sheng's ability. After Zhao Sheng arrived in Wei, he rectified the administration of officials and encouraged agriculture and sericulture. The national strength of Wei was indeed rising continuously. Unfortunately, the King of Wei was an impatient person. Long Yangjun was probably the person who was most familiar with the King of Wei. He knew the strength of the King of Wei. The strength of the King of Wei was that he could spend all his thoughts to do something.
His weakness is that he is too anxious and needs to see the results immediately, otherwise he will not be able to persevere.
Zhao Sheng looked at the distance weakly, "There is no choice, there is no choice, I... want to go home."
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The State of Chu was much more pitiful. The State of Chu had moved its capital to Shouchun before and vigorously built Shouchun, preparing to set up a line of defense around it to resist Qin. When Chunshen Jun made all preparations, he suddenly heard that Ma Fujun had joined Qin. At this moment, Chunshen Jun looked frightened. He immediately suggested that Shouchun was still too close to Qin and there was no favorable terrain to defend. Please move the capital again as soon as possible.
The King of Chu did not hesitate and immediately moved the capital to Juyang (now Taihe, Anhui), in a place far away from Qin. From King of Chu to Chunshen, he scolded King Zhao every day, and his hatred for King Zhao was almost as good as his anger towards King Qin.
At the same time, Chunshen Jun realized the huge danger and hurriedly began the reform in the Chu State: banning aristocratic officials from all over the country, building school rooms, and establishing a detailed local system like the Qin State. In the county, township pavilions, the King of Chu personally sent officials to serve. Unfortunately, his reform was as soon as he was about to be implemented, and there were still many nobles in the Chu State, and they still had their own army.
Fortunately, he had fought with Qin and quelled the rebellion, which reduced the aristocratic power in Chu to the lowest level. The King of Chu immediately ordered Jingyang to help Chunshenjun and complete the reform, so those nobles who did not agree to the reform were all killed by Jingyang. Chunshenjun was able to complete his policies, but Chunshenjun's behavior made the nobles hate him very much, because the King of Chu was still there, and their anger towards Chunshenjun could only be temporarily suppressed.
However, various rumors about Chunshenjun were spreading throughout the Chu State, saying that the prince of the King of Chu was Chunshenjun who had an illegitimate son, and Chunshenjun wanted to achieve the idea of usurping the throne through his son.
Chunshen Jun ignored these rumors, and the King of Chu did not care.
But some people care a lot.
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As for South Korea... the King of Han sent an envoy to Qin and wanted to invite Ma Fujun to come to South Korea to serve as prime minister.
Unfortunately, Han is an affiliate of Qin. Without the orders of the King of Qin, the King of Han cannot send envoys to Qin.
Therefore, the envoy was driven away by a pavilion chief in Qin State.
Chapter completed!