Chapter 639: Trends of Various Countries (2)
The ministers of the Qin State are listed as ministers, and none of them are too familiar with Fusu except for Meng Yi, and to be honest, once the son of heaven and a courtier, after the death of the first emperor, the court does not know if there is their prominent position, most of them will basically choose Mingzhe to protect themselves after doing their due diligence for the sake of the family.
The rumored Fusu was a benevolent son, who often hid his face and cried because of the sins of the common people, and also advocated that the Qin State should change the evil law and exercise good governance, so he was not so loved by the first emperor.
A lot of rumors won't be true, it's just a side of propaganda that was "conceived" for some needs, but a lot of it is true, such as Fusu really being kind to Qianshou. But then again, Fusu doesn't seem to have done anything pro-people, at least there is no record of Fusu "going to the countryside to help the poor" in the official history and the wild history.
The so-called benevolence of the ruling class is nothing more than shedding two tears after hearing something, perhaps true or hypocritical, Fusu dared to treat Qianshou well in front of the first emperor who was prone to anger, and he had done what a noble son should do. In the kind of environment of the Qin State, he dared to mention that improving the evil law was actually taking a huge political risk, and as a result, he was really attacked and sent to the northern Xinjiang as a prison army.
As a courtier, they will respect the royal (royal) family, which is out of a kind of protection of the "class", but there are a few strange things, history clearly records that the Xiang family was very sympathetic to Fusu after the army, and raised troops under the slogan of revenge for Fusu. It's inexplicable, it's as full of historical irony as the Tunguska boar skin replacing Ming in the name of avenging Zhu Ming.
Is Fusu a benevolent person? No one knows anything but himself, and sometimes the choices he makes when his identity is different are different. Like what. There was no sure that Fusu would inherit the unification, and he would not propose to use Hanzhong County to appease the Han State in order to gain time, but Fusu, who became the crown prince and clearly would inherit the unification, said it without pressure.
It was not so shameful to cut the soil and seek peace in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In order to survive, even the king eats and urine, which is a common thing, but this kind of thing is generally not opened by courtiers for some reasons.
Feng Quji, Wang Juan, Kui Lin, Meng Yi, Feng Zheng and other ministers did not have a similar posture of jumping up and quoting scriptures to oppose after listening to Fusu, after all, it is not popular to do anything for the time being, even if that thing has to be done, they have to jump out and say something that they don't believe to show how high they are.
The Qin State is an atmosphere that has always been practical, and what they are looking for is whether that thing is useful or not, and if they feel that it is useful, even if it will be spurned or something, they will not hesitate to proceed. The most interesting thing is. The infamy has always been basically borne by the rulers of the Qin State, and it is not easy for the courtiers to be the scapegoat.
Fusu's decision, whether it was useful or not, showed the responsibility of a ruler, and after he finished speaking, he silently looked at the courtiers with a thoughtful face.
Kui Lin is the patriarch of the Shuzhong clan. After he established the Han State, the Qin army withdrew from Hanzhong County, including Hanzhong County, Ba County, and Shu County, and the wealth, grain, and population were gradually transferred to Neishi County and Longxi County, and it was very clear that Qin State was ready to abandon the southwest region.
It was a choice that had to be forced. No one could have imagined that such a huge force would grow and grow in less than five years. And that new force already had an army of 200,000 people adapted to jungle and mountain warfare.
If there is no appearance of Lu Zhe, there is no Han State, even if the south is reowned by the Chu State, the Qin State does not need to make such a choice, after all, the Han State is different from the Chu State, the first difference is that Lu Zhe is a Qin person, and the resistance encountered by Lu Zhe with Qin people as the ruler will not be the same as the treatment of the Chu people when he invades.
In addition, the state of Chu had hundreds of years of friendship with Qi, Yan, Zhao, Wei, and Han. When opposing Qin, no matter what dirt these countries have, they will always become allies. The south is owned by the state of Chu, and the southwest of the state of Qin may be regarded as a poor mountain and bad water. Thinking that there is no value of occupation, more energy will be involved in the Central Plains, even if there is the strength and opportunity to invade, the state of Chu can only follow the direction of attack of the countries from Hangu Pass to Qin.
Lu Zhe is different, in the past five years, whether before or after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Lu Zhe does not seem to have any concept of poor mountains and rivers at all, and Baiyue and other barbarians seem to have some deep hatred, it can be said that almost all of his energy is on dealing with Baiyue and occupying the land in the south that seems worthless to the Central Plains.
It has not been developed, there are not many people, there are forests and poisonous miasma everywhere, no matter how difficult the war is, the price paid is not proportional to the recovery, Lu Zhe eats with relish, can he let go of the developed and populated land of Bashu and Hanzhong?
will not let go, Lu Zhe is even conquering the more distant southern land, how can he let go of the southwest region of the Qin State, so the Qin State has already transferred the wealth, food, and population of that land, and is fully prepared to destroy the plank road to cut off the road.
Lu Zhe is a strange person, if it were the other countries, they would sell some non-strategic materials under the premise that they were destined to go to war. But what did Lu Zhe do? Not only did the Han Kingdom not ban the sale of grain, but also weapons, leather, and medicinal herbs, didn't he know that these materials would be used in battles with his own army? Surely it was known, but it was still not banned.
All countries, including Qin, did not understand Lu Zhe's thoughts so well, and there was a time when Lu Zhe was just a person who was willing to live in a corner of peace, after all, he could easily annex Wei and Korea, but he did not do that, but provided protection. This also gives people the feeling that Lu Zhe is not a threat, and even a person who can be wooed.
It wasn't until Lu Zhe annexed the state of Chu that all the illusions were shattered, and from that time on, not only the Qin state, but also the other countries finally came to their senses.
Wei and Korea trembled and frightened, Qi State, Yan State, and Zhao State increased their vigilance, and Qin State began to transfer everything that could be taken away from Ba County, Shu County, and Hanzhong County, I don't know how many people were beating their chests and regretting why they didn't die before Lu Zhe developed it, so that the current threat was formed.
There is no regret medicine in the world, and the hatred between Qin and the nations is irreconcilable, they know that there is a threat next to them that is slowly becoming deadly, but it is impossible to achieve reconciliation at all. Then only try your best to win over, knowing that you can only drag on time or win over, so that the matter of marrying the princess one after another will also happen, making Lu Zhe the son-in-law of all the nations......
Funny? No, no, no, it's a normal thing, especially after Xiong Xin loses his country, he can still be a happy man, and his small life is more nourishing than when he was a puppet king, how can the king of the throne find a way back for himself, right? After all, many countries have been wiped out once, and God knows if it is possible for the national honor to continue forever, right?
Of course, who wants to give up when they can struggle? Therefore, the Qin State is still persisting in the face of a sinister environment to the limit, and Qi, Yan, and Zhao are completely desperate to enter the Qin land and join the grassland Hu people.
The situation is not an immutable environment, no one knows what will change in the next moment, there is persistence and hope, but what will happen to Lu Zhe, who they have never understood?
“…… Hanzhong County is already nominally the fief of the Han King, and Hanzhong County alone may not be able to satisfy the Han King's appetite. Kui Lin was older, and his eyes blinked dimly: "When it's time to give up, you should finally give up." ”
It was difficult for an old minister whose foundation was mostly in Shu to say those words, but he revealed a lot of meanings, including the Han State that was supposed to be a feudal state under Qin, and the other was to persuade Su not to have any illusions about being able to keep the southwest region, it was better to use a temporary parting in exchange for trade not to be interrupted, and at the same time destroy the plank road to eliminate the danger of the rear wing of the Qin State. As long as the food channels in the Han State were continuous, the Qin State always had a chance to survive the current difficulties, and this required a lot of courage to make up its mind.
Fusu glanced deeply at the old Longzhong's Kui Lin, he actually didn't quite understand Kui Lin's true thoughts, the Han State and Bashu were the most frequent transactions, as a big clan in Shu, would the Kui clan have no contact with Lu Zhe's side? When the Qin State was so stormy, the various clans of the Qin State were sending their family children to the Han State to open another door, and the Kui family was of course one of them, which made him have to think deeply.
Meng Yi opened his mouth, and after hesitating repeatedly, he said: "The war in the northern Xinjiang is difficult, and the Central Plains Army has completely shrunk into the three rivers. ”
Is it possible? Quite possibly! They discussed it again and again, and it was not difficult to see that Lü Zhe did not want Qin to perish in the middle of the attacks of the Qi, Yan, Zhao and the Hu people of the steppe, which is evident from the fact that the Han and Qin traded much more than the other countries.
For people other than Lu Zhe, they don't understand what national consciousness is, and they don't understand that Lu Zhe has an unconcealable hatred and desire to kill for foreign races from his blood.
Of course, the premature end of the Qin State will not benefit the Han State, which is very obvious. For the ministers of the Han State, the Qin State is the one who attracts Qi, Yan, and Zhao, even if the Han State starts a war against Qi, Yan, and Zhao, the Qin State will use the greatest energy to deal with it if it does not die for a day. For Lu Zhe, he did not want the Xiongnu and other steppe Hu people to inhabit Qin after the fall of Qin, once the Hu people were allowed to gain a firm foothold in Qin and connect with Qi, Yan, and Zhao, it would not be so easy for the Han State to enter the north.
Fusu didn't fully understand Lü Zhe's thoughts, but he couldn't do what he needed to deal with at the actual needs or what the Qin State was currently facing, and it was necessary to try to pay the southwest region in exchange for an alliance with Lü Zhe, even if it was a short-term alliance.
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Changed chapter 638 to some of the numbers about the first soldiers. (To be continued......)