When everyone saw Zhao Yong dismounting, they hurried forward to greet him. The attitude shown by these Yanchen survivors at this time can be described as extremely respectful. When facing Zhao Yong, they all performed a great ceremony.
As the most solemn etiquette among the nine worships, the Jishou ceremony is often performed by ministers when they see their king and father. Although there are often foreign ministers acting on the king of other countries, it is even the king of a small country acting on the king of a big country. But most of them are praying for protection and surrender.
Zhao Yong was very satisfied with everyone's attitude. These large clans with deep roots in the Yan State are an important link for Zhao State to implement actual rule over the Yan land.
Although the war with Qi State ahead was not over yet, he had already planned the post-war rule strategy for Yan State.
As the final result of the game between Qi and Zhao, the State of Yan itself occupied a huge proportion in this war. However, the greatest power that Yan State can exert is not now, but after Ji Ping's "lordship".
Similarly, for Zhao State, Yan State is not just used to provoke Qi State. You must know that the hatred of Yan people towards Zhongshan at this time is no less than that of Zhao people.
Winning over these large families of the Yan State who were close to Zhao State and creating public opinion became a crucial step. At the same time, the most fundamental purpose is to pave the way for the subsequent annexation of Yan to Zhao.
As far as Zhao's current national strength is concerned, it has no ability to merge with Yan, at least not yet.
Let’s take a step back and think about it. Even if everything goes well for the Zhao State after this battle, it is not a way to gain long-term rule by intimidating other countries, annexing Zhongshan, and then starting to annex the Yan State by force.
It's not that war cannot be used, but it doesn't need to be used unless necessary.
Qi State is a good example.
In fact, Zhao Yong didn't know very well whether the Qi army committed any atrocities in Yan, and he didn't care at all. All he saw was that none of the other countries wanted to see Qi annex Yan.
In other words, it was not the Yan State that forced the Qi army to evacuate the Yan State, but other countries.
None of the princes want to see one strong power dominate all other countries and disrupt the balance among them. If the united forces are weak and attack the strong one, this balance is maintained; if the united force is strong and the united forces attack the weak group, the balance will be broken. The game of vertical and horizontal combination is never a simple game of strength and weakness. There are too many factors behind it.
This was the case with the Qin State before, and it is the same with the Qi State today. If Zhao State had not fished in troubled waters, I am afraid it would have inevitably made the same mistakes as the two countries.
----Of course, all problems are not problems in the face of truly powerful national power.
Zhao Yong knew the situation a hundred years from now, which would be the world of Qin.
But those are the results of generations of accumulation in Qin. Without the foundation laid by generations of ancestors of Qin, Zhao Zheng's attempt to achieve such a huge foundation in one day would have been nothing more than a whim, even if he was a genius. .
The Zhao State now does not have the national strength of the Qin State at that time. The reality is cruel. When Zhao Yong came to the throne, although the Zhao State was not weak, it was definitely not strong. There were constant internal and external strife among foreign enemies. Hu people came to plunder from time to time. More than half of the treasury was used to build Dad's grave. There is no way, his cheap dad left him such a fortune.
Although it has gone through ten years of advanced reforms, fought dozens of major and small battles, annexed Erhu, merged with Qin County, and Wei Lie Kingdom, Zhongshan can now be destroyed with a snap of a finger. It is not self-effacing to say that Zhao State is no longer afraid of any force. strength.
But...if we really want to unify through force, it is still not feasible.
Moreover, after the Qin State unified China by force, there were too many sequelae, and the second generation perished. In the final analysis, the internal conflicts were still too fierce. The power struggles between the survivors of the Six Kingdoms and the local factions, and the conflicts of interests. All kinds of problems were suppressed by Qin Shihuang alone. After all, human life is limited. It was not resolved at that time, and it exploded after death.
As a result, China ushered in an even more brutal melee.
So Zhao Yong had to learn from experience and find a better method. He believes that from the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties to the present, all dynasties have adopted the enfeoffment system, and that China still has no concept of a unified state, especially for the common people at the bottom. Countries have been divided for too long. They all have their own languages, cultures, and even various local forces. If we simply rely on force to directly clear these obstacles, regardless of whether we can succeed, the cost will be quite huge. This requires a long process of transformation, or an opportunity.
(In fact, until the early Han Dynasty, when Liu Bang was in charge of the world, he still formulated the system of prefectures and counties working together. Guanzhong implemented the prefecture and county system, and Guandong divided the meritorious officials. It was not because he was unwilling to implement the prefecture and county system throughout the country, but he had no choice but to do it. Because he The remnants of the Six Kingdoms at that time only recognized their King Yan, King Qi, and King Zhao. No matter who the actual ruler was, there must be a king on the surface. Later, if it were not for several feudal rebellions and the long At the right time, and with the blessing of destiny, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's grace order will definitely be difficult to implement.) This is based on the premise of picking the peaches of Qin.
Now the national policy of Zhao State is to first control the upper echelons of Yan State, and gradually eliminate the Yan people's estrangement against Zhao through public opinion and the political influence of Yan State itself, so that they can act on their own initiative.
In short, you can’t act too hastily, otherwise even if it is successful, the cost will be too high...
Zhao Yong retracted his thoughts and glanced at the people in front of him. His eyes quickly settled on the mother and son who were still standing.
The prince, who was about the same height as Zhao Yong, lowered his head and did not dare to look directly at him. However, the woman beside him still behaved dignified and generous. Her movements, bending down and bowing were just like before.
In front of foreign ministers, she will always be the graceful and noble Queen Yan. But soon it will be time to be called Queen Mother.
Zhao Yong, who had been concentrating all the time, suddenly discovered that the woman's cheek, which was lightly covered by the sleeves, had a faint tint of color compared to the past.
Perhaps feeling Zhao Yong's gaze, she quickly followed his gaze and looked back. But when he looked at Zhao Yong, he quickly lowered his head. Zhao Yong felt emotions from her eyes, quite complicated emotions.
Zhao Yong once discussed with Boying to let her stay in Zhao country with an excuse. However, after Bo Ying hesitated, he politely refused his offer to stay.
Although he didn't think anything of it at that time, he was never short of women. But people's mentality is so subtle, or maybe it's possessiveness that's at work. When the separation was about to happen, Zhao Yong looked at that face and suddenly felt a little melancholy.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
After that night, he never saw her again. Zhao Yong didn't know how she explained to Ji Ping after she went back... maybe she didn't need to explain. As a widowed lady, it is inevitable that there will be some rumors, but as long as she is not caught, who can say anything and who dares to say anything? Besides, Boying is a very smart woman.
