Chapter Forty-Eight
Among them, Song Yu is the oldest, and has gone through the two dynasties of King Xiang and King Lie, although the new clan is headed by Qu Jingzhao, but the spiritual leader is still the old minister of the three dynasties. Sixty and obedient, seventy and do what you want without exceeding the rules. At the age of fifty, I was still a little unwilling to see the destiny of heaven, but I was obedient at sixty. As for a seventy-year-old man like Song Yu, it is not a question of obedience or disobedience, but a question of whether he becomes a fine or not.
Xiong Jing only felt the Mandate of Heaven at this time, and Song Yu knew that the Mandate of Heaven was in Qin not long after the Battle of Changping ended more than thirty years ago. Of course, it was not that he had a glimpse of the Mandate of Heaven when he was not yet confused, but that his parents had a glimpse of the Mandate of Heaven. That's the difference between having a father and not having a father. The first king fell too early, and his uncle wanted to seize the throne, and Xiong Jing had no chance to accept the inheritance of his father's teachings. All clans have fathers, and the experience of their fathers has been passed down from generation to generation, and when they are young, their children and grandchildren may despise and disbelieve, and when they are old, they will take it as a guideline.
After the Changping War, the Mandate of Heaven was already in Qin, how about the restoration of the countries? What about the new deal? If the state of Chu could not become another state of Qin, there would be no way to compete with the state of Qin for the Mandate of Heaven. Can the state of Chu become another state of Qin? Of course not! Not to mention that the Qin State will not sit idly by, and those princes and county Yin in the Chu State will not sit idly by. As a result, the new king ascended the throne and could only follow the trend.
Unexpectedly, after some tossing, the state of Chu turned out to be strong. This was something that surprised Song Yu, who saw a new force change everything and make the flagging state of Chu strong again. It wasn't until the Chu army invaded Guanzhong that he began to really care about the new policies of the Chu State, and only then did he care very much about the candidates for the queen of Chu, and only then did he think about the future world.
It's a pity that in the battle of Daze, there is no need to think about this.
Destiny cannot be violated. The world has been eroded so far, only Dongdi and Wuyue can be used for Chu politics, and the rest are not for Qin politics and half of Qin politics. Although Badi and Qiang can also be used for Chu government, they are not connected to Chu and are easily broken by the Qin people. What is the war fought? Isn't it Ding Zhuang of Dongdi and Wuyue who fought the war? These Ding Zhuang are gone, and the state of Chu is about to die.
Since the king said that Dongzhou is so good, and the world can't be done, why not move the whole country to Dongzhou? Moving to Dongzhou, not only to avoid the Qin people, but also to extend the Guozuo Society, what's not bad? When the Chu people were not Chu people, the clansmen also migrated everywhere, and after becoming Chu people, they also moved east to the east more than 50 years ago. If you could move before, why can't you move now?
After Song Yu finished speaking, he looked at everyone, Zhao Huang was still displeased, Lan Hao was silent, and he stopped talking when he wanted to speak, only Zi Mo said: "The king will not allow it." ”
"If the king doesn't allow it......," Song Yu said with a smile. Why bother to set up a palace in the south of the city. ”
"This?" Zi Mo was a little surprised, and the rest of the people were also surprised. "The king set up a palace in the south of the city, so that he would marry his wife at sunrise."
"If I can die in the Qin State and in one day, the king will naturally marry Mi Xuan, but if the Chu State dies, why can't Mi Xuan avoid the East China Sea, and he will return to the Chu State in the name of the only son of the king, Shengzi, and then return to the Chu State?" Song Yu still laughed, laughing at everyone who couldn't see through it. "Don't forget, Mi Xuan has already taken charge of the seal of the mansion, and he patrols it from time to time. The strength of my Chu country is all in the construction of the house, and Mi Xuan knows how strong the Chu country is. ”
"......" Song Yu didn't mention the seal of the mansion, but when he mentioned it, everyone's eyes turned sharply, and they tried their best to think about it.
It is common to reward concubines with gold and jade brocade silk, and it is indeed a big violation to reward the seal of the house. In that place where there was a rumbling sound and black smoke all day long, what could a woman inspect. If it weren't for accompanying the king, the courtiers and doctors were reluctant to go. Every time I go, I have to take a bath, and the water that comes down is gray and black.
"Counting the sea boats built this year, there are only 200 sea boats, how many are 200 sea boats manned?" Lan Hao said that it was not that he didn't know how to be flexible, but that he felt that it was not feasible to avoid overseas.
"The old man once said that the accumulation of big chapters can only build 170 sea boats, and there will be nothing after the completion of the construction." Zimo mentioned the incident of the winter before last, and the meeting had asked the government to build a sea boat quickly.
"This is a matter of the previous year, last year and this year's big expedition, now it is enough to build hundreds of sea boats. It's just ...... "Lan Hao is Zhu Ao, he was on duty last year, and he is quite clear about government affairs."
"How?" Except for Zhao Xiao, who still didn't speak, everyone else looked at him.
"The wood hasn't dried." Lan Lu said. "Before the timber dries, the boat can only be used for a few years, and after a few years it will be broken."
"How many years?" Song Yu's heart immediately relaxed. "It's enough to use a year, why years. Lan Ao thinks that if the sea boat is built quickly, how many can be built by the end of next year? ”
"Dafang can build thousands of ships a year, and sea boats can build hundreds of ships a year. However, even if there are 1,000 sea boats, they do not carry more than 300,000 people. Lan Hao still shook his head, he counted it as a sea boat with 300 people. And not too far, when it came to the Red Ocean, there were only 150 people in a boat. ”
"Definitely. Shangjia trafficked Indian female slaves, it is reported that for a long time, a boat can hold five ......" Zimo knocked on the Chu paper fan and talked about Shangjia's trafficking of Indian female slaves. Seeing that everyone was glaring at him, he couldn't help but say after he stopped talking, "But there are many deaths." ”
"300,000 is enough!" Song Yu didn't seem to hear Zimo's words. "The palace, the princes, the doctors, the honorable men, the craftsmen, and the witches are no more than 300,000 people. This year, the sea boat will be built quickly, and it will be avoided in Dongzhou next year. ”
The matter had already been decided by Song Yu, he looked at everyone, and added, "This matter must be decided by the right dynasty." ”
When he finished speaking, Song Yi hurriedly broke in, he did not avoid everyone present, and said, "Father, the king has news again." ”
"What's the news?" The king's previous message only talked about divination, but he didn't expect that there would be news after this news.
Song Yi only knew that there was news, but he didn't know the content of the news, and his father's topic could not be answered. Song Yu had no choice but to ask again: "Who is it for?" ”
"Xunyu ......," Song Yi thought for a while before answering. Gong Yin Dao, Gong Yijian and others all have news, the Queen Mother, Mi Xuan also have news, and the rest seem to be given to the Great Sima Mansion......"
At sunset, the pigeon people of Yingshi almost emptied the pigeon cage, and the people who gave the letter were far from the people Song Yi said. Before he finished speaking, the voice of the interrogator came from outside the Taimiao: "Dare to ask where the Taifu is......"
There are messages for Song Yu, there are messages for Zhao Huang and Lan Luxury, and there are messages for Qu Sui, only Zimo, Zhen Yin, has no news. He could only pout and wait for everyone to finish the discussion.
"Father......" Song Yi is a junior, he looked at the pigeon news in his father's hand, but the words on it were very small, he couldn't see clearly.
"The king ordered me to control public opinion. If Daze is defeated, the newspaper will not mention this matter or mention it, so as not to disturb people's hearts. He also said that the Qin people are not afraid of five-oared and big wings, and I already have large winged gunboats, so this situation should be reported to the people as soon as possible to calm the hearts of the people. "Song Yu held his message like a banner of victory." He also ordered me to collect and copy the classics of all countries in the world, so that he would not be burned by the Qin people in the future. ”
"The king ordered me to ......," Zhao Huang paused, and finally Lan Hao said: "Order me to lobby the clans and build more sea boats immediately." He also ordered me to count the number of students in the Yi School House in Guozhong County as soon as possible. ”
The king asked, "Qu Sui spoke last." "Ask the ministers and ancestors, the gods and gods, the land of Sheji, and the treasures of the palace, what else should not be abandoned?"
The message to each person is individual, and if you piece it together, you can immediately determine the king's intentions. Song Yu's judgment was completely correct, but it was a little different, it was not what he said about the palace, the princes, the doctors, the honorable scholars, the craftsmen, the witches, and the king wanted Zhao Huang and others to immediately count the number of students in the school.
Entering school at the age of eight and graduating at the age of eleven, this is elementary school. There is a middle school above the primary school, but the admission rate is only 1 out of 50, and in addition to the high tuition fees, each student is also required to bring his own war horse, a boy and a slave - the state of Chu not only banned officials, but also prevented the slightest deterioration, and banned the predecessors of officials: scholars who have achieved success in learning but have no way to make a living.
A person who can pay ten gold tuition fees a year doesn't care how his child makes a living after completing his studies, he doesn't have to worry about his livelihood. The kind of family that borrows debts and bankrupts the family to provide for their children's education will think that their children will be officials and prosperous. If this son knows how to repay his kindness, he must repay the old debts and bring up the clan, and he will inevitably use his power for personal gain; If this son does not repay kindness, he is misbehaving and wolf-hearted. In the state of Chu, the family of the common people should not take the road of studying, but should take the road of honorable soldiers to join the army.
There is no distinction between rich and low men and women in primary schools, and those who are not rich in middle schools are not allowed to enter, and those who are not noble in universities are not allowed to enter. Excluding the pitiful middle schools and universities with a small number, there were more than 200,000 students in Chu before the resumption of Ying, and only three years after the resumption of Ying, only a few counties in Jiuying had built school houses, and there were only tens of thousands of students. That's 300,000 people.
The sea boat is limited, how can you pretend to be a nobleman if you pretend to be a student? Song Yu's face changed immediately, and he said unhappily: "How can it be like this!" Only transporting the children of the school, how can the Great Chu Sheji exist? ”
"Gong Yin Dao also has a message, maybe the number of boats built in the palace is not thousands." Zi Mo's heart was also cold. He, Zhen Yin, is becoming less and less important, because the courtiers of the Zheng Dynasty are all Zhen Yin.
"Back then, the king once said that he would not go to Dongzhou, but to the island, and the island is not a year." Qu Sui also said. "This matter needs to be asked by Gong Yin Dao."
The candles in the Ming Hall of the Taimiao were bright, and the people who felt the chill were discussing how to avoid Qin Yuhai; In the north of the city, the fire was also bright, and the drawings of the large wing gunboats that had been tested and built before were all moved. If it weren't for the broken big-winged gunboat far away in Shouying, Gong Yindao would have to board the ship in the middle of the night to have a look.
"The captain, width, and number of oars of the gunboat are all the same as those of the Great Wing Warship," Gong Yijian did not speak, and it was his nephew Gong Yiling who spoke. "There is a fifteen-pound cannon at the head and tail, and within 70 steps, the boat will be broken."
"Then why not make it?" Gong Yin Dao asked urgently.
"First, there was a shortage of gunpowder at that time, and there were no guns in the boat division; The second is that the boatmen and generals all said that I could crash and sink the enemy's boat, so why bother. Gong Soul explained. There was one more thing he didn't say, the big wing gunboats did not rush when they fought, but retreated. It was necessary to deliberately maintain an artillery distance of 70 paces from the enemy's boat, and the Chu army hated this method of combat.
"Quick, fast!" Gong Yin Dao was frightened by the Qin people who also had five-oared wings during the day, and at night the king came to report that he wanted to urgently build a large-wing gunboat, and he came out wearing a coat. "Fifteen catties of cannon is small, and it is necessary to be thirty-two catties!"