Chu.

Three months after the end of the court, under the transfer of Sima Jingque from various counties, Shou Ying once again replenished and replaced part of the army. Then the Zhu State Tang Wu again led an army of 100,000 to train in the south of Shouying and Tuntian.

But what most of the ministers of the court and the central government did not know was that almost all of the more than 5,000 soldiers who had been knighted in the previous battle of Hangu Pass were sent back to their hometowns by Tang Yu.

And these 5,000 people are still on the way back to their hometown, and Qu Yuan has already arranged it properly.

Those who live in the county seat are either arranged to serve as grassroots officials in the local county seat, or delegated to serve in the township attached to the local county seat.

Those who live in the countryside, as long as there is no title in the village, will be appointed by the local county governor as the lizheng of the place of residence, and those who are not qualified will be appointed as the minor officials in the township near the place of residence.

As the 5,000 returned to their hometowns, they were appointed as servants by the local magistrate, and were rewarded with land and other benefits attached to the title.

This immediately caused a great shock in the villages of the counties across the country.

Although many of them were appointed as the queen of the Lizheng, because of the small family power, it was still not a matter of words in the village. However, their righteous positions are real and not half false.

Because the counties levied taxes, levies, and levies, and conscripted labor, they were all looking for the right people, not the most prestigious and well-spoken people in the village.

And the turmoil in the countryside in various parts of the Chu State was not over, just a month after the 5,000 people took office, the Chu State once again issued an edict prohibiting the hiding of people and land, and strictly prohibiting the common people from having several brothers and even fathers and sons marrying one wife because of their poverty.

After the edict was issued, many officials who were favored by the new law, intending to repay the favor to the king of Chu and establish their prestige, immediately began to count the illegal families in their jurisdiction, and then selectively reported the villagers to the county Yin according to the distance between relatives and enemies.

For a time, the grassroots level of Chu became more and more turbulent.

At the same time, all the people of Chu affected by the edict have all realized the importance of the title.

Those who have no lord, even if they are the head of a village, are not insured. Because there is no knighthood, Lizheng may be replaced by someone with a knighthood at any time.

And even Lizheng, who had a knighthood, began to fidget.

Because according to the new law of the Chu State, once the owner of the scholar lord dies, his eldest son will be demoted to one level and then inherit the title.

And most of the Lizheng in various places are Shi Wujue, and if they are demoted by one level, they will become civilians.

In this way, not only will part of the family's land be taken away, but the descendants will not be able to inherit the title of Lizheng.

As a result, in order to consolidate their status and wealth, many Lizheng villagers began to carefully develop new laws, preferably on the basis of the present, and then promoted to one or two levels, no matter how bad they were, they also had to pass on the title on their heads to future generations.

And the villagers who were most affected by the elders of Lizheng Township, when they saw that the elders of Lizheng Township began to study how to be promoted, they also studied the same.

With the passage of time, the turmoil at the grassroots level of Chu gradually subsided, and the villagers in various townships worked harder and harder to cultivate, cultivate, weave, and even give birth.

With the actions of the villagers, the new law has become more and more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

On the other side, the coalition forces led by Qi State once again coordinated their troops after retreating for eight months, and jointly attacked the Song Dynasty.

Song.

The king of Song, who was getting older and older, but still old and strong, was silent for a long time after receiving the news that Qi and other countries were preparing to send troops to attack Song again, and then sighed: "The widow originally thought that the king of Qi just wanted to weaken the Song State and force the Song State to completely surrender to the Qi State. But now, the widow knows that the Qi State intends to destroy my Song Kingdom and cut off my ancestral temple! ”

"King!" Tang Ying, the Song Prime Minister who came to report it, felt a tense heart after hearing King Song's words, and hurriedly comforted: "King, there is no endless road to heaven, and my Song Kingdom has been inherited for more than a thousand years, and it will never perish." ”

At this time, King Song looked at Tang Ying and said: "Xiangguo, at this critical moment of life and death, how can Xiangguo teach widows." ”

"This..." Tang Ying was stunned for a moment, and then arched his hand and said: "Qi Yan Sanjin is menacing, and it is definitely not my Song Kingdom that can resist it, so now my Song Kingdom can only ask for help from other countries." ”

King Song lamented: "Asking for help, who else can the widow ask for help now, since the last battle of Hangu Pass, the Qin State has not been able to retreat, and now there is turmoil within the Chu State, plus the old boy of the King of Chu has been looking at the widow unpleasantly after turning his face with the widow."

In this way, how could Qin and Chu make a move? ”

When Tang Ying heard this, he hurriedly said: "King, no matter what, we have to send people to Qin and Chu to ask for help, otherwise the Song State may really die this time." ”

"Are you really going to die?" King Song shook his head violently, and then a wave of blood instantly gushed out in his heart, and he said with a firm face: "My Song Kingdom is inherited from the Great Shang, and the merits of Shang Tang have been inherited for 1,500 years. ”

Saying that, King Song shouted: "Order, quickly invite the prince and the national captain Zangzi to come and see the widow." ”

Day.

Song Xiang Tang Ying left Shangqiu, all the way to the west, straight to the Qin State, and at the same time, Song Guoguo Captain Zang Zi also left Shangqiu, all the way to the south, looking at the Chu State.

Two days later, Zang Zi arrived in Shouchun and met the king of Chu through the channel of Madame Song.

"Huh?" After Xiong Huai heard Zang Zi's report, he said with a smile: "Thirty cities, as well as the heavy treasures inherited from the Great Shang of the Song Kingdom, the King of Song is really willing to do it!" ”

Zang Zi saw the strange smile on the face of the King of Chu, and asked with great anxiety: "I don't know what the king wants, as long as the king agrees to send troops, then the land and treasures of my Song Kingdom will arrive in Shouchun within five days." ”

When Xiong Huai heard this, he didn't tease Zang Zi, but shook his head directly: "Although this gift is heavy, no one can trust King Song." ”

Zang Zi hurriedly said: "If the king is suspicious, our country can send land and heavy treasures first." ”

Xiong Huai still shook his head: "King Song, this guy, the widow still can't believe it, in case the widow sends someone to attack my Chu State reinforcements from behind after the widow sends troops, it will be dangerous." ”

Saying that, Xiong Huai didn't give Zang Zi a chance to defend himself, so he continued: "Zang Zi, the widow is still the same sentence, as long as the new monarch of the Song State ascends the throne, the army of the widow will cross the Huaishui and go north to save the Song." ”

In the end, Zang Zi came with despair and left with despair.

King Song: "···"

After January.

Qi sent 200,000 troops, Zhao sent 50,000 troops, Wei sent 20,000 troops, Korea sent 20,000 troops, Yan sent 20,000 troops, Lu Wei and other countries sent 50,000 troops, and a total of 350,000 troops from various countries jointly attacked the Song Dynasty.

It was on the way to kill the Song State by the coalition forces of various countries.

Song Xiang Tang Ying also returned from Qin in vain.

In another month, Qi Yan and other allied forces entered the Song State and began to attack the city and pull out the village, advancing all the way to Shangqiu. The Three Jin Coalition Army set out from Wei and advanced all the way south to Shangqiu.

Because the Song State implemented the countermeasures of clearing the wilderness with strong walls, the main force was gathered in Shangqiu.

As a result, the allied forces of various countries pushed all the way and drove straight in, and it only took two months to successfully meet under Shangqiu City.

For a time, inside and outside Shangqiu, war clouds were thick.