Spring and Autumn I Am King

After the two settled on the general direction of the future, they also discussed many details in a low voice.

When Zhang Mengtan came to Song Kingdom this time, he also brought a slip of paper written by Zhao Yang for Wu Xie. There were not many words on it, but it was nothing more than a description of the domestic situation and everything was fine at home. There were also a few summer clothes that Ji Ying had brought with him. Zhao Wuxi was surprised to find the shoes made by Wei. Come to think of it, she was taken by Ji Ying to the lower palace as a personal maid. He breathed a sigh of relief.

The most important piece of information is that Zhao Yang revealed that in April, he, who had just been promoted to the Central Military Commissioner, would lead the army to attack Zheng with the new ruling Zhisong and the general Zhong Xingyin, but because the Zheng army was not easy to deal with, So not in depth.

And in May, Sanqing will lead his army east to attack Weiguo and punish them for breaking the covenant. The Wei army's combat effectiveness was low, so Zhang Mengtan thought that Sanqing would pick up soft persimmons and fight them all the way to Puyang City, forcing Wei Guo to rebel against Qi and serve Jin again.

Wu Xie nodded and said, "Since that's the case, let's make some preparations first. We will go to Weiguo in May, and maybe we can meet my father."

Zhang Mengtan also proposed a strategy of "taking advantage of the situation".

"Zitai, we can also take advantage of the offensive of the three ministers of the Jin State to invade and defend, and make some plans for the next step to enter Lu smoothly..."

After listening to him finish talking in detail, Zhao 5▼ Wu Xie's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help applauding, secretly thinking that he really did not choose the wrong person, Zhang Mengtan, a talent for the country and the world!

However, Zhang Meng was still a little immature when it came to "seeking the world's talents". He asked hesitantly: "Zigong is from the Wei country. I don't know if he would have an idea for this?"

Zhang Mengtan could see it, and he was still among the people who were still following Zhao Wuxi. The two people with the highest status, one is his "confidant". Delineate the overall situation and provide strategies; the second is Zigong's "brachial". He earns money for Zhao Wuxi to earn enough food for his soldiers, and sometimes he is a guest lobbyist.

For this, Zhao Wuxi was not very worried. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the scholar-officials who helped the enemy country to attack the mother country went to sea, and only a lot of "Chu traitors" used by Chu Caijin could be found, and no one was condemned. On the contrary, he blamed the state of Chu for not cherishing talents.

Just like when Cao Gui was debating the war, his villager said: "What if the meat eaters seek it?" It means. Let the nobles care about such things as patriotism. What does it have to do with our people?

The Spring and Autumn Period was a patriarchal society, and the political power itself was an extension of family power, so there was respect for relatives. The public family was born with nobles, and they could hold power when they were adults.

so. Grassroots patriots like Xiangao and Cao Gui were very few in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the attitude of most Chinese people towards the state was a bit like the contract spirit of Western Europe in later generations:

A wise king loves his people like a son. The cover is like the sky, and the content is like the earth; then the people who serve their monarchs should love them like their parents. Respect to the gods of the sun and the moon. The monarch is for the herdsmen of heaven, if the monarch makes the people's livelihood difficult. The people are desperate, so what else does the monarch do? Let's expel him immediately and get a new one.

This passage is from the mouth of Shi Kuang. Whether the people love their country in the Spring and Autumn Period depends on whether the monarch is worth serving or not, and now the mediocre monarchs of most states are obviously not worth it.

The Duanmu family had already lost their position in Wei State, and Lu Mi, who had not been guarded by the Marquis of Wei for several generations, if Wei Hou was more sensible and better for the people of the country, that Zigong might have done something unfavorable to Wei State when the Zhao Wuxi Group did something bad. Guilt too. But because of some special hobbies, this "virtuous as lustful" monarch has only a mediocre reputation among the people.

The relationship between Zhao Wuxi and Zigong is now a bit delicate, like a collaborator, but also like a lord and retainer in a relationship between upper and lower levels, although Zigong has not yet pledged allegiance. In fact, Zhao Wuxi felt that Zigong's sense of belonging to the state of Lu was even stronger than that of the state of Wei.

Besides, he didn't intend for Zigong to personally participate in that strategy.

Wu Xie said: "Zigong is running a business for me in the state of Cao. I originally planned to build a wine shop in the capital city of the Central Plains, as a base for the business and an intelligence network. Song people are simple and honest, although they have savings, they don't know how to splurge. , so if this wine shop opened in Taoyi, it would definitely be more lively."

Taoyi is the capital of Cao Kingdom and the trade center in the north.

Therefore, in order to make more profits, Zhao Wuxi must reach out and compete with the powerful Zheng and Qi merchants to gain a foothold.

However, according to the news from Zigong, his business there seems to be not very smooth, and Zhao Wuxi also has some headaches.

He said to Zhang Mengtan: "Whether we go to Wei or Lu, we must first pass through Cao and go there to help Zigong solve his troubles."

Unconsciously, the sky gradually darkened, and that night, Zhao Wuxi and Zhang Meng came to Le's mansion in Shangqiu City.

...

The Le family came from Le Fushu, the son of Duke Dai of Song. After more than two hundred years of inheritance, three branches have been developed. The third branch is Kou Lewan, a big secretary in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, named Siko Leshi.

After the continuation of ten generations, the blood relationship of each family has long been thin as water. Now Le Daxin and Le Mi have disagreements on politics, and they are still a bit stiff.

The mansion of the Sicheng Le family is very simple, adhering to the tradition of "not being greedy" since Sicheng Zihan. After entering the door, there are manuscripts and Mo Jing everywhere, and Le Qi's funeral is not over yet.

It stands to reason that before Zhao Wuxi officially married Le Lingzi, he didn't even need to observe filial piety, but he still insisted on serving the three-month period of filial piety.

In this way, coupled with Wu Xie's struggle to be exiled from the country, and the act of taking Le Qi home, he won the name of filial piety in Shangqiu.

Of course, Wu Xie's heart will stop here, because he has big ambitions, and no matter what, he can't wait for three years in sackcloth and filial piety.

Today, Le Min and Le Lingzi are still serving their father's filial piety, so Wu Xie usually eats very blandly, and try not to participate in large-scale feasts.

"Zhang Zi, because of this, I can only take care of you in the wine shop today, please forgive me. I will live here tonight, and I will go to the manor outside Shangqiu with me in a few days. Watch the training of my minions. How's it going."

Zhao Guangde also accompanied Wu Xie to Shangqiu until February. At Zhao Luo's urging, he returned to Wenxian County with ten chariots. However, he just left the two hundred Wen soldiers who were already skilled in the crossbow to Zhao Wuxi, plus more than one hundred Cheng soldiers. This is all the armament in Zhao Wuxi's hands.

It is impossible for these people to complete the Sai Le family's mansion, so Zhao Wuxi asked Zigong to buy a manor a few kilometers away from Shangqiu, so that the soldiers could live and train.

The Battle of Jijin had spread all over the Song Kingdom, and the Song people were surprised, but they did not dare to underestimate the army of Zhao Wuxi's soldiers. They were equivalent to enhancing the power of the Sichengle clan.

After Zhang Mengtan was settled, Zhao Wuxi was about to go to the Leqi Lingtang for a routine worship, but he met his brother-in-law, Ziming, beside the garden.

Ziming was in his twenties and had a faint vertical beard under his chin. Under the palace lantern, his appearance seemed a bit wretched, without the grace and righteousness of Le Qi. He was wearing filial piety clothes sewn from linen and plain ink, but he was doing something polite: he was teasing with a beautiful concubine, and while he was going up and down, the sound of ** reached Wu Xie's ears.

Seeing this, Zhao Wuxi sighed in his heart, this is not the first time.

His eldest brother-in-law's name is Mi, and his word is Ziming. Mixed means toilet and pigsty, so the name does not correspond to the meaning of the word at all. Maybe Le Qi can suddenly turn corruption into Qingming after holding his crown and bestowing the word?

Le Mi's name is like a person rather than a character. He is greedy and can't help being lonely. He doesn't look like a gentleman in charge of housekeeping. Instead, he looks like an unreliable slut. According to the etiquette system, prostitution cannot be declared during mourning, which should be seen by the masters of ceremonies in Song Dynasty. Must point to his nose and curse.

Zhao Wuxi was a little worried about the future of the Le family after he left Song.

But okay. This eldest brother-in-law is not stupid to the end, at least he knows to go around Song Gong. He is the most favored person besides Xiang Yu (tui). Moreover, he has a very good relationship with Kou Huang, the chief minister, and Ling.

Wu Xie originally planned to be out of sight and out of mind, so he simply walked around, but after thinking about it, he approached and coughed lightly.

"Zi Ming, so you are here."

Le Mi looked around in a panic, and saw Wu Xie with a guilty face, then he became serious, waved his concubine away, and put on a smiley face to say hello to Wu Xie.

"Zitai, can the friends of Jin be welcomed back? Can they be settled?"

"I'm worried about Ziming." Zhao Wuxi's expression remained the same, but he sneered secretly in his heart. The change in Le Mix's attitude in the past few months has taught him what it means to be courteous in the past.

Le Mixed originally had no good words for Zhao Wuxi, and even thought that he brought three hundred people to eat idle meals. It was not until the various rumors of the Battle of Jijin reached Shangqiu that his complexion became better. From then on, he regarded Wu Xie as a help. He even arrogantly asked him, since he was proficient in military affairs, would he like to be the Sima of the Le family?

In Le Mi's view, it is quite common for exiled nobles to be retainers. Bao Guo, a high-ranking official in the state of Qi, was the family slaughterer of Uncle Shi Xiao, a doctor of Lu, when he was young.

But Zhao Wuxi was in a very high mood, how could he be willing to be subordinated to others? Not to mention that he wanted to use Le Mix as the owner of the family, so he politely refused. So Le Mixed's attitude became cold for the second time, and he didn't care about Wu Xie.

Nearly a month later, Zhao Wuxi let Zigong buy the "forgetting to return" wine shop to be built. Wheat flour was produced from Le's lands and manors one after another. Jin's "Zhao porcelain" was also pulled by carts, which were cheaper than pearls and jade.

Seeing Zhao Wu Xie making the gold bucket, Le Mun was jealous again. Like a businessman, he bargained with Wu Xie in order to increase Le's share of providing wheat. He opened his mind again, and proposed that since Wu Xie is good at money, it is better to be a master Chu in charge of the market, concentrate on money production, and make profits for the Le family.

Master Chu was only a sergeant, and Zhao Wuxi couldn't help laughing and laughing, so he declined again. Today, Le Mi has put forward a proposal for the third time.

"Zitai, have you thought through what I said to you the day before? Your filial piety has passed, and it is not long for you to be idle. It's better to send more Zhao Ci to the office, and then let me talk things out for you and let the king go. I will make you a doctor of the Song Dynasty in a town of a thousand families. Once the filial piety period of the spiritual son is over, I will arrange for you to get married and go to the town to live a stable life, how about it?"

Staying in the Song Kingdom as a fief doctor, this was the path that Zhao Wuxi had long denied. The situation in the world is unpredictable. His clan and relatives are all in Jin. Seeing the upheaval is getting closer, how can he spend time here?

His fate should be arranged and fought by himself!

The mere doctor of Song Guo can't keep his ambitions at all!

So Zhao Wuxi bluntly stated the purpose of tonight: "Zi Ming, I plan to leave Song in May."

Le Min frowned: "Li Song? Where are you going?"

Wu Xie said: "I want to go north to Weilu and meet my father, but I don't have enough troops. I'm afraid bandits along the way will harass me."

"So, before I leave, I want to recruit troops in the Le's territory..."

In Le Hao's view, Zhao Wuxi, as the son of an exiled nobleman, is still a scumbag, and his life is over. At most, he can become a middle-level doctor in Song and get a small town, so there is not much value in marriage.

In the past few months, he once wanted to grab the half of the incorruptible jade from Zhao Wuxi's hand, because this item could temporarily mobilize the soldiers of the Le family when the owner of the family was away. He also wanted to go back on the marriage after the funeral, let Zhao Wuxi love him, and then marry Lingzi, a concubine who is well-known in Shangqiu and proficient in medicine, to one of the Xiang brothers, or even a certain son Gongsun.

Because Yin and Shang were different from Zhou people's "same surnames do not marry", intra-ethnic marriages remained, such as the relationship between Emperor Wuding and Fu Hao (zi), which was the relationship between cousins ​​and sisters. The Song Guoqing doctor and even the monarch also practiced the tradition of "marrying within three generations", and relatives of the same surname and family beyond three generations could also marry.

However, after listening to the story of Chen Dingguo, a cleric who had experienced the Battle of Jijin, Le Mixed knew that Zhao Wuxi's men were able to defeat a larger number of Fan Bing. If it annoys him, if nothing else, it is possible to turn Le's world upside down.

Le Mun was immediately discouraged, and later saw that Wu Xie could make a lot of money, and he could have a good relationship with Song Gong and the Xiang brothers, so he put on a flattering face and wanted to share a piece of the pie.

But one yard is one yard, and there is only one thing that Le Min can never sell, and that is the pillar of survival of a noble family, the soldiers.

Therefore, when Zhao Wuxi said that he lacked soldiers, Le Mixed expected that he wanted to borrow soldiers.

He opened his mouth and refused: "Zi Tai should know that ~www.wuxiahere.com~ the soldiers of the Le family are all temporarily recruited Chinese and savages. They work in agriculture for three seasons and perform martial arts for three seasons. They have to repair walls and harvest Shushu beans. They are already very tired. So I can't travel with you. And the soldiers of the Le family have fought with you last year, and they need to rest and defend their clan and fiefs..."

Zhao Wuxi smiled and watched Le Mi's exaggerated performance. He suddenly changed from a debauched and dull nobleman to a good lord who loves the people like a son, always thinking of the people of the country.

He patted Le Mixed's shoulder and said, "Ziming, you heard clearly, I want to recruit troops, not borrow troops!"

Having said that, Le Min also suddenly understood the word Zhao Wuxi said, and his eyes widened.

"Recruiting? What is recruiting?" (To be continued..)

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