The blood of the perfect world spreads all over the sky

Chapter 229 Yan Lingji’s Confusion

Yan Lingji blinked her beautiful eyes. She had forgotten when she had said this to Shi Lei. After hesitating for a while, she explained: "Because Tianze is the prince of Baiyue, helping him restore the country can keep the people away." suffering."

"Oh?...So your purpose is to let the people of Baiyue live a happy and healthy life." Shi Lei asked.

Yan Lingji thought for a while and nodded seriously: "Yes."

Because of the war, her family died in a fire when she was a child. Since then, she is not only not afraid of flames, but also likes them, controls them, and turns the powerful power of flames into her own strength.

Use the powerful flame to open up a paradise for the people of Baiyue.

Shi Lei looked at the blue sky and white clouds in the distance and said calmly: "No, you are wrong. Tianze's restoration will not only not bring stability to Baiyue, but will instead be the beginning of turmoil. The people of Baiyue will live even more miserably."

"Even if Tianze gets the support of South Korea and successfully restores the country, Chu State will not agree and will definitely send a large army to attack Baiyue."

"With the strength of Baiyue Land, it is impossible to defeat the powerful Chu State."

In the current situation, the relatively powerful countries include Qi, Zhao, Chu, and Qin. Among them, Qin is the first, and Qi, Zhao, and Chu are similar. In the original work, when Qin destroyed Chu, Chu was able to resist 600,000 Qin troops. One year, the strength cannot be underestimated.

As for Baiyue, the State of Chu implemented the chieftain system for Baiyue in later generations, allowing the land of Baiyue to be autonomous in the form of tribes. Now the land of Baiyue is still fighting tribal wars, and Baiyue's own people fight against their own people. It has become a dog-brained country, and its food production is insufficient and its military equipment is backward. Even if it reluctantly establishes a country, without going through several years of integration, Baiyue will not be able to defeat the current South Korea.

Compared with Baiyue, Chu State was a giant. It only had a partial army of 100,000 people and could defeat Baiyue.

Yan Lingji has seen the strength of various countries, and she knows that what Shi Lei said is right, but she still gritted her teeth and said: "Then we must restore the country first, and we cannot give up on restoring the country just because there is little hope. Maybe after the restoration, Chu will not attack Baiyue!"

"For example, there are changes in the king of Chu, or oppression by Qin..."

She looked at Shi Lei expectantly and said, "Or maybe Qi will invade Chu."

Shi Lei was a little stunned and said helplessly: "Have you forgotten that the border between Qi State and Chu State was originally the land of Baiyue. After Baiyue was restored, Qi State and Chu State no longer bordered."

Yan Lingji stamped her feet and said angrily: "Can't you help Baiyue?"

She didn't believe that Shi Lei couldn't understand what she meant. She told Shi Lei so much because she wanted Qi Guo to help.

Shi Lei stretched out his hand and touched Yan Lingji's head. Yan Lingji took a step back, then moved forward, and took the initiative to put her head under Shi Lei's hand. She also stroked it in Shi Lei's hand like a kitten.

Shi Lei showed a doting smile, but did not agree to Yan Lingji's request.

"You are a little too naive about this matter. I am the king of Qi. My first priority is the interests of Qi. I will not go to war with Chu because of Baiyue."

"Any other king would not have issued such an order."

Yan Lingji froze, feeling slightly angry, "Why are you touching my head if you don't want to?"

She wanted to get angry, but then she thought that Shi Lei was the only king who was willing to listen to her about this matter. If she tried harder, maybe Shi Lei would agree.

"Isn't it good to support Baiyue and use Baiyue to consume Chu's power?"

There are people in Baiyue. As long as the food, grass and weapons are in place, Baiyue will be able to fight Chu.

Shi Lei looked at Yan Lingji speechlessly: "Why do you always think about fighting?"

"People will die in war. Do you want the people of Baiyue to suffer heavy casualties?"

"If the country is not strong, Baiyue will never be stable. Only by defeating the Chu Kingdom can the people of Baiyue live a comfortable life." Yan Lingji's beautiful eyes flashed. After defeating the Chu Kingdom, she may still need to fight together. country……

"Pfft, you actually still understand this?" Shi Lei sneered.

"But do you know that after such a war, there won't be many of you Baiyue people left."

"Forget it, let's get back to the topic. You just want the people of Baiyue to live a stable life, right?"

"Yes." Yan Lingji answered simply.

Shi Lei nodded and said his strategy: "This is very simple. As long as you send an army to quell the war between the Baiyue tribes, and then lead the people of Baiyue to reclaim fertile fields, farm and raise silkworms, the people of Baiyue will be able to survive." Live a happy and stable life.”

"This army can be the Restoration Army of Baiyue, the Qi Army, or the Chu Army."

"It is not difficult to put down war, but governance is difficult."

"We in Qi are very good at clearing wasteland and farming."

Qi State has already used tractors. The tractors use a horizontal-bar engine. This engine has a simple structure, is strong and durable, and has strong torque, making it very suitable for agriculture.

The tractors will drive over, cut down the trees and loosen the soil, and soon a large new field will be cultivated.

The existence of tractors makes it not so difficult to build water conservancy projects.

Yan Lingji looked up at Shi Lei and asked, "Are you referring to the machine beast that emits gray smoke?"

"Why did the Mo family's machine beast appear in Qi State? The Mo family surrendered to Qi State?"

Although she couldn't leave the city, she had seen it from a distance in the city gate tower. The machine beasts were either used to pull heavy objects or plow the fields instead of oxen and horses, emitting gray smoke.

Shi Lei shook his head and said: "Someone from the Mo family came to surrender, but I refused."

"They were very aggressive. They wanted to study our machine beasts as soon as they came. After I refused, they even stole the machine beasts and dismantled them themselves."

Yan Lingji asked in surprise: "The Mo family shouldn't be like this, right?"

Shi Lei sneered and said, "That's even if you haven't been rejected. After being rejected, people from the Mo family will also steal. Have not many of the Gongsun family's instruments been stolen?"

"What's even more unpleasant is that they also call it for the peace of the world."

"For the sake of world peace, can you steal my things?"

"It doesn't make sense. Even if they want to save the world, stealing without permission is stealing. No matter what his motives are, it is wrong."

The Mohist school was a very embarrassing school during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was about universal love but non-aggression. No one proposed such a concept in such a developed society in later generations.

In fact, later generations still implement the strategy of internal king and external hegemony. Domestic kings are kings. This 'king' refers to a group of people, the entire country's management, and Tao refers to fairness, harmony, friendship, etc.; external hegemons use tyrannical military strength to intimidate In the world, I will hit anyone who hits me.

Universal love without aggression is a fantasy for every modern person.

He respects people with lofty ideals, but that doesn't mean he approves of such people.

Even he doesn't like the Mohist family. Qi State is following the unification route. Since the Mohist family can't achieve universal love and non-aggression, it's better not to provoke them. Therefore Mohism is the only theory rejected by Enlightenment Primary School.

The Mohist tycoon Six Finger Black Man requested to meet many times, but he always refused.

Yan Lingji was stunned for a moment and murmured to herself: "If it is really for the sake of the world, there seems to be no problem in borrowing it!"

There were also Mohists who worked hard for the peace of Baiyue, but after the fall of Yue, Gou Jian's descendants started to stand on their own, forming a small version of the Spring and Autumn Period. .

Although the Mo family failed to succeed, she still respected the Mo family as one of the few people who worked hard for the peace of the people of Baiyue.

"Haha, you can respect their ideals, but you can't indulge their bad deeds. For example, the land of Baiyue is full of poisonous insects. One day, the poisonous insects in the land of Baiyue ran out of Baiyue and harmed the world. The Mohist family decided to kill Baiyue for the sake of the people of the world. The land is set on fire and the mountains are set on fire, do you agree?”

Yan Lingji turned pale and said firmly: "No, absolutely not."

"That's enough." Shi Lei patted Yan Lingji on the shoulder and said, "I'm not talking about the Mohist family. I mean to let the people of Baiyue live a stable and peaceful life. It doesn't necessarily need to restore the country, it only needs a strong country. To govern.”

"While Chu State has no desire to govern, our Qi State is very happy to govern the land of Baiyue, so what do you think?"

Yan Lingji was startled and her eyes dodged. She just didn't want to answer this question, so she turned around to talk about the machine beast. Unexpectedly, Shi Lei asked again.

She felt that what Shi Lei said made sense, but it felt bad to let outsiders rule Baiyue.

She is a little confused...

Shi Lei stroked Yan Lingji's head, ran his fingertips through the soft hair, and comforted: "Go back and think about it. Come to me when you understand."

It is impossible for Baiyue to be restored to its kingdom. The State of Chu will not agree, and the State of Qi will not agree. Yan Lingji has asked the wrong person.

However, he could make the people of Baiyue live a happy and healthy life, as long as he killed all the nobles in Baiyue.

If there is a tribe that wants to maintain the clan, then the entire clan will be slaughtered.

He possesses the essence of life and has a very long lifespan. He can suppress the entire world for at least a hundred years. After surviving the death of the older generation, how many people in the new generation still remember the hatred of the Tu clan?

In the same way, if there are moths in the court, he will kill them directly.

Zhu Yuanzhang killed so many people without causing the empire to collapse, so he had no problem.

Yan Lingji looked up at the sky. She was confused now, but she understood one thing. In her heart, she wanted people from Baiyue to govern the people of Baiyue, not the country of Qi.

If they accept the governance of Qi State, will the people of Baiyue still be the people of Baiyue?

The current system of Chu State is that the people of Baiyue govern the people of Baiyue. If the people of Qi State govern the people of Baiyue, then it will be more appropriate to change the people of Baiyue to Qi people!

But what Shi Lei said makes sense and is more realistic. It is difficult for Tianze to regain the country, but it is easier for Qi to occupy the land of Baiyue.

The Baiyue Land was not a key area of ​​the Chu State at all. Apart from leaving a symbolic frontier army, it paid no attention to the chaos in the Baiyue Land.

The Chu army only collected taxes on time. No matter how badly the Baiyue tribe was beaten, they had to pay taxes.

It's not so much a frontier army as it is a tax-collecting army.

The most elite troops of Chu State are placed on the border of Qin State and near the capital of Chu State. If Qi State takes action, it can really succeed.

Do we really want Qi to govern Baiyue?

Yan Lingji walked back while thinking...

Shi Lei looked at Yan Lingji's back and shook his head. The land of Baiyue is the hometown of Wu and Yue. It is a grain-producing area. This is the main reason why Wu and Yue have successively dominated the country. You must eat first before you have enough energy to use weapons.

It's just that although Wu Yue's land is good, it will anger Chu State. Even if he agrees to Yan Lingji, he will not take action in the near future.

But sooner or later he will take action.

The system of the Chu State was a scaled-down version of the Zhou Dynasty, except that the King of Chu had a higher say. The territory and population of the Chu State's nobles were not enough to stand on their own. In addition, Qin State was a powerful enemy, and all the feudal lords united with Chu State. Next to Wang, hug each other for warmth.

As for the land of Wuyue, due to various reasons, there were not many lords. The King of Chu was not a fool. He deliberately suppressed the strength of the lords and reduced the number of lords in the land of Wuyue. Also, because the distance was too far, he did not seal the clans. past.

In fact, the Chu State tried to use clans to control various places, but after the clans became far away, the clans also became a member of the lord.

Regarding the land of Wuyue, the king of Chu at that time simply implemented the policy of restraining the emperor and did not grant a monarch. He would rather die there than have a powerful monarch in the land of Wuyue.

There can be two Spring and Autumn Overlords in the land of Wu and Yue. What if the local feudal lord imitates the Tian family and comes to replace Chu?

The State of Chu implemented a policy of restraint on the land of Wu and Yue, which shows that this place is easy to conquer, but the difficulty is how to defend it.

Perhaps using Hongze Lake as the boundary is a good idea.

It was not that he wanted to provoke the Chu State, but after Ying Zheng's death, Lu Buwei was also old. The Qin State had been at a low point for more than ten years, and its oppression of other countries had weakened. Three years ago, the Chu State moved its capital to Shouchun.

The pressure from the Qin State was reduced. He was worried that the Chu State would develop the land of Wuyue. The capital of the country was far away before. Now Shouchun is more than 400 kilometers away from the land of Wuyue. It was not close in the Warring States Period. However, relying on the advantages of the water system, the land of Wuyue The control is also very strong.

Qi needs twenty years to increase its population to 10 million before it can begin a real unification war.

During this period, the external strategy was mainly to weaken the country.

The state of Qin killed Ying Zheng, and the state of Chu was next.

In 238 BC, the State of Qin had the largest land area and the largest population, with a population of tens of millions, followed by the State of Chu, with a population of million.

With such a population, if Chu is allowed to wait for twenty years to reorganize its army and develop the land of Wu and Yue, the potential for it to explode is huge.

It was impossible for Shi Lei to allow the Chu State to develop with peace of mind, let alone to let the Chu State manage the land of Wu and Yue.

Of course, the State of Chu is different from the State of Yan. The State of Yan has a population of 1.5 million. He has delayed it for three months and is already half-dead. After the Shanhaiguan is built, he releases 50,000 new troops and 50,000 standing troops, plus ten That's enough for the people who moved to the fields.

As for the land of Wuyue, it was in trouble. According to the balance of strength, he needed to send 200,000 troops to defend the land of Wuyue.

It's just that there are too many 200,000 troops. This won't work. Shi Lei thought about it and put his idea on the warship.

The land of Wuyue has a well-developed water system. It may be possible to build a naval force based on the water system. With the water force, combined with 100,000 regular troops, and then moving 400,000 people to farm fields, we can gain a firm foothold.

Thinking of this, Shi Lei couldn't help but curl up his lips. It reminded him of the Qin Dynasty's Southern Expedition Army, which was also called an army of 500,000 people. In fact, most of the 500,000 people were surrendered soldiers of the Six Kingdoms. The so-called expedition was actually the same as the army. almost.

The task of these 500,000 people is to settle in Dongou, Minyue, Nanyue, Xiou and other places, and at the same time bring the local areas under the rule of the Qin Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)