Isn't it a good strategy to take the initiative and use the most advantageous timing and force to extinguish a potential threat from a military point of view?

A strategy that seems necessary to be implemented has not been vigorously implemented for too many reasons, and the cause of one is that the First Emperor kept fainting, so that he lost his operator, and things got worse from what they are now.

If the First Emperor did not use a large number of "elixirs" and had a strong enough body to control the Qin State, relying on the prestige and ability of the First Emperor, even if there were many problems within the Qin State, whether the Six Kingdoms could resurrect or not would be mentioned for the time being, it would be absolutely impossible for Lu Zhe to implement autonomy.

After all, Lu Zhe's volunteering (ambition) at the beginning of his rise was not so big, and he continued to ask for help from the Xianyang Center within half a year. At that time, if the First Emperor had enough energy to casually send a large army south, as long as the general who led the Qin army to the south did not waste materials, then Lü Zhe would be promoted at most, and there would not be even Lü Zhe himself who would lose control and become independent under the will of many followers of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms.

There are always so many accidents, the first emperor is constantly fainting and difficult to govern, the Qin state has become extremely dull without the helm, and there are some differences that are not humane to outsiders are also the main reasons for the current situation.

Or is it because of the relationship between centralization and separation......

In a centralized country, only the king is responsible, and the courtiers or citizens other than the king are the objects of "represented", they are not even their own lives, and they may be "represented" at any time and then die for the royal family, the country, and some other inexplicable reasons. Will slaves do their best for their slave owners? That's not because there is a problem with values, it's definitely a slave whose brain is broken. So even if you find something wrong and want to remedy it, you don't have that obligation.

In a state of separation, in an environment where they can make their own decisions, the lords of each country will do their best to ensure the stability of the country in order to ensure their own interests, even if the king is unable to govern...... In other words, even if it can't be done at the national level, its own fiefdom will always try its best to maintain stability.

What is the simplest example? In the later period of the Spring and Autumn Jin Kingdom, they were all bastard monarchs, but because of the efforts of various great lords. The Jin State was still able to maintain its hegemony, until the lord class of the Jin State made trouble to the point where it could not be reconciled, and the monarch of the Jin State was really too much, so the "three families divided into Jin" happened.

To put it bluntly, there are responsibilities and obligations, the responsibilities and obligations of the king, the responsibilities and obligations of the vassals, and the responsibilities and obligations of the small people, because the cycle of responsibilities and obligations can always maintain the established operation, and no one wants uncontrollable changes, if it can maintain the operation. Even the collapse of a country will not happen in a short period of time.

Some people will say that the lord under the feudal system is too strong, resulting in the "three families being divided", in other words, is it the waste material of the monarch of the Jin State that was divided? If the monarch of the Jin State is not absurd to a certain extent, will the "three families divide into Jin"?

The reason is the same, the country under the centralized system, without the lord class, is it for thousands of generations? Just look at the history of China, there has been no thousand-year-old empire since the Zhou Dynasty, and every three or four hundred years there is a "cycle of five virtues".

And it seems that the West, which has always adopted the system of separation, has many thousand-year-old kingdoms. They also do not have the "five virtues cycle", and there is no reason why "the world is big, and it must be together for a long time, and it must be divided for a long time".

Of course. The times are progressing and changing, and no system can be applied to all times, and no system is absolutely correct. If there was such a system, Lu Zhe would not have made a centralization and division of power like he is now. A mixture of four dislike comes out.

The First Emperor couldn't manage the government, and the situation turned into a terrible one, and Fusu was doing his best to maintain it. For this "eldest son" who has been the prince for less than three years, it is not easy to do anything.

This time, the decision to exchange the southwest of Qin for peace will naturally not be as simple as Fusu said.

The so-called not simple does not only refer to a certain aspect, negotiation requires a process, and detailed negotiations are also required in the process.

First of all, it is not glorious to look at the territory without a war, fortunately, the Qin State is a practical national atmosphere, and a little brain knows that once the war with the Han State starts, the Ba County, Shu Army, and Hanzhong County of the Qin State will not be able to be saved. Since it is destined to be unkept, it has become the key to exchange it for some practical benefits.

The so-called "a little brain" here has nothing to do with the head of the Qian, it refers to the nobles and officials, no matter what kind of administrative system, the head of the Qianshou has never had the right to decide on major national affairs, even if it is the so-called "cooking".

Negotiations are bound to take place, and Qin is also prepared for many things, including the best alliance that can be formed, and the delay as much as possible if it is not an alliance, and the worst-case war outcome is also enough psychological preparation.

The Qin State under the rule of Fusu was preparing, but the Triple Alliance of Qi, Yan, and Zhao was a little confused and at a loss.

"Lu Zhe, the king of the Han Kingdom, will wage war against the nations for a few merchants who have been attacked by the rebellious army? This must be a joke! As soon as Qi Wang Tian Dan got the report, he blurted out such a sentence.

God, there is definitely a precedent for waging war against a certain country for the royal family, nobles, and officials, but since ancient times, there is absolutely no war for the head of the Qian, let alone for a group of businessmen who must be rejected by the rulers?

The war stopped for a while, in order to increase the persuasiveness of the coalition commander Tian Rong personally rushed back to Linzi, he saw that his king really did not believe it, and said eagerly: "First Ji Bu led the army to Xiangxian, and then the Han army moved north. ”

In other words, Tian Rong thought that protecting the Qianshou (Shangjia) was just an excuse for Lu Zhe, but it was an indisputable fact that the Han State marched into the north.

Tian Dan, the king of Qi, didn't understand, now doesn't seem to be the best time for Han to join the war, and the alliance of Qi, Yan, and Zhao and Qin are far from being exhausted.

Yes, Qin, Qi, Yan, and Zhao will have people who understand even if there are fools, so they don't believe that the Han State under the rule of Lu Zhe is really a lover of peace, and they know very well that the Han State has been waiting for the opportunity to stay still, and when the time comes, the Han army will definitely roar north.

Qi Wang Dan narrowed his eyes and didn't know what he was thinking, so he spoke for a long time: "What is the situation on the Xiongnu side?" ”

This is not something that Tian Rong can answer, so Tian Du, the current minister of Qi, should be on the field.

Tian Du didn't look like a scholar at all, and he was more like a warrior than a scribe, but he was the first person in the Qi country. He first saluted, and then said in a slow tone: "In the spring, they were frequently harassed, and although the Huns annihilated many Qin troops, their operation was also very difficult, especially in terms of grain and weapons. ”

When he learned that Meng Tian was going to disturb the grassland Hu people at a great price, a group of monarchs and ministers of the Qi State once laughed at the fact that the Qin State was really declining, and they even took out the elite single horse and used it indiscriminately regardless of the loss, and they must have been forced to do that. However, when I learned that the Hu allies in the north had suffered heavy losses due to frequent raids and heavy livestock losses, the offensive that should have been in the summer became immortal, so I couldn't be happy.

The alliance between the three kingdoms of Qi, Yan, and Zhao and the Xiongnu is not a big disapproval, but on the whole, it is not so glorious, and it is more clear that it is luring wolves into the room. Yan and Zhao were actually opposed and acquiesced in their attitude towards an alliance with the Xiongnu, and it was only at the strong request of Qi that the Quadripartite Alliance was formed.

Attacking Qin, it is not an exaggeration to use any means, but the Huns, who were expected by the Qi State, did not drink Maluo water (referring to the northeast section of the Xianyang River) as soon as they went south, and approached Zheng Guoqu to threaten Xianyang, but let Meng Yi only use less than 100,000 Qin troops to resist the north of Yinshan, which has to be said to be a great disappointment to the monarchs and ministers of Qi.

What is the purpose of forming an alliance with the Hu people, it is not to let the Hu people threaten Xianyang and force the Central Plains Army that is blocking the road of the coalition army to come back, so that the coalition army can approach Hangu Pass, and it is best to take advantage of Xianyang to enter Qin. The result was good, the useless Hu people were slightly blocked by Meng Yi and retreated back, and the next year they went south again, but they chose Zhao Di as the direction of south.

The burning and looting of the grassland Hu people all the way to the north of Zhao made Zhao Wang Xie feel shameless and indignant, even if there was a greater threat from the Qin State, the Zhao State wanted to break away from the alliance and fight with the damn Hu people. In the end, it was the Qi State that made a lot of compensation, and explained that "the Hu people are plundering, but the Qin State is going to destroy Zhao, and the Zhao State has already been destroyed once", which can stabilize the Zhao State.

Why did the fighting in Dangjun unexpectedly subside on both occasions? The two times were more or less related to the Zhao State, the first time was of course because Wang Ben threatened Handan, and the second time was when the Xiongnu went south from the north of Zhao.

In fact, for the State of Qi, the State of Zhao, which has lost all the northern borders and was overwhelmed by Wang Ben's partial division, is not as useful as the State of Yan, but because of the determination of the alliance, once the State of Zhao breaks away from the alliance, there will be a split, and then the State of Qi also needs the State of Zhao to be a meat shield in front, so that the State of Qi will desperately want to pull the State of Zhao together, otherwise the State of Qi would have kicked the extremely weak State of Zhao away with one kick.

"Will the replenishment of food and weapons guarantee that the defense of the Mengtian (Great Wall) Legion will be torn apart?" Qi Wangdan didn't ask anything else, and asked this topic directly.

Where did Tian Du know, the corners of his mouth twitched, and his brows furrowed: "Your Majesty, we need to support a million army, and at the same time, we are also supporting Yan Zhao, plus the Huns, we are a little overwhelmed." ”

"What words!" Qi Wangdan seemed to be angry, scolded Tian Du for a while, and said with a complaint: "Don't you know that the widow is overwhelmed? But compared to destroying the Qin State in a hurry, it is nothing to be bitter in Qianshou. If you can quickly destroy the Qin State and wait for the meeting with the Huns, there will be cavalry to resist the Han cavalry at that time. ”

Yes, Qi Wangdan's meeting with Shen is really not small. (To be continued......)