Seeing Ji Hou suddenly leave drunkenly, Shang Rong knew that his goal had been achieved, and immediately started drinking and chatting with the nobles around him.
Knowing that Qi State was preparing to use force, Ji State would definitely ask Lu State and the emperor for help.
At the same time, Qi State.
Shang Hong just walked out of the mansion of Qi Gongzi Jing. As a businessman who deals in bulk goods, Shang Hong is also a guest of Qi Gongzi Jing.
Gongzi Jingnai is the brother of the current Qi Marquis. He has a distinguished status and prominent power in Qi State. Shang Hong naturally wants to have a good relationship with Gongzi Jing when conducting trade. Shang Hong often sold goods to Wang Ji and the State of Jin, so he knew something about Wang Ji.
He came here today to accidentally reveal a piece of news to Gong Zijing. Emperor Ji Lie was very dissatisfied with the Marquis of Qi.
In fact, many people knew this news. After all, the emperor once issued an edict to reprimand the Marquis of Qi, but this time the emperor actually wanted to depose the Marquis of Qi.
After learning the news, a flame suddenly rose in the heart of Young Master Jing, who had no chance of becoming the Marquis of Qi, and something called ambition quietly grew in his heart.
The human heart cannot withstand temptation. When the seeds of desire are sown, it will grow rapidly in just a short time. Gong Zijing fell into deep thought after Shang Hong left.
Gongzi Jing knew very well what the position of Marquis of Qi meant. Originally, this position had nothing to do with him. He could only be a young master of Qi State, but now the opportunity came.
Originally, he could tolerate being a young master of Qi State, and thought it would be good to live a life without worries about food and clothing. But after knowing that he could sit on the position of Marquis of Qi, how could Mr. Jing continue to be a young master honestly? There is no going back.
When she learned that she had a chance to sit in that position, Gong Zijing made her choice the next day.
After everyone makes their choice, it is inevitable that things will happen.
After Ji Guo learned that Qi State was preparing to launch a war, he immediately asked Lu State for help, and Ji Hou personally went to Wang Ji to advise the emperor.
Wang Lin didn't interfere too much in the whole thing. He just pushed it at the critical moment, and then the whole thing was like a stone on the mountain. If you just move a small piece, the huge stone will roll unstoppably. Falling.
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The Marquis of Qi prepared an army and wanted to conquer the Kingdom of Ji, but just when he was about to take action, the emperor ordered the Marquis of Qi to enter the royal territory. Originally Qi Houchen was unwilling to go, but the ministers of Qi State persuaded Qi Hou to go.
The Marquis of Qi led his attendants to Wang Ji. After arriving at Wang Ji, the Marquis of Qi discovered that Ji Hou was already in Wang Ji. At this time, he still didn't understand. This was Ji Hou's speech in front of the emperor, and the emperor issued an edict. He was summoned for the purpose of asking for guilt.
The Marquis of Qi was furious, but it was too late.
In the third year of the king's reign, during the Zhou Dynasty when the marquis of Ji was in disgrace, the emperor Lie cooked Duke Ai and appointed his younger brother Jing as Duke Hu of Qi.
The Emperor of Zhou cooked and killed Duke Ai of Qi. This incident spread rapidly throughout the country like a strong wind. For a time, the princes were shocked. The consequences of what Ji Lie did were too serious. This was a direct interference in the succession rights of the princes, which had already touched the sensitive nerves of the princes.
The Zhou Dynasty was already in decline, and the princes of Qi were killed. As a result, a large number of princes with foreign surnames stopped paying tribute to the court.
The Marquis of Qi was killed by the emperor because of what Ji Hou said. This incident led to a deeper conflict between Qi and Ji, and the alliance of the Shandong states was completely broken.
The Huai State does not need to worry about the pressure from the Shandong countries and can go south with all its strength.
The country of Han is located on the north bank of the Yangtze River. This country is not very powerful. It is the Dongyi tribe that migrated from the Yin and Shang Dynasties. However, although the country of Han is not strong, it is good at casting weapons. Silkworm farming is also popular here.
Han State is located on the bank of the Yangtze River. There are copper mines in the country. Huai State purchases copper, tin and other metals and a large number of weapons and weapons from Han State every year. The forging weapons of Han State were sharp, and the weapons of Huai State were sharp in warfare. Bang Zhou had a say in this.
Han's weapons were valuable, so many people mined them. From the late period of King Wen, Huai State had abundant food, so it began to exchange grain, cattle, sheep and livestock with Han State for weapons, bronze and other metals.
It is not a good idea to directly attack Han State. Although Han State is small, its people are brave. Although direct conquest can win, the casualties will not be low. Moreover, if the people of Han State are unwilling to surrender and flee to Wuyue and Jingchu, these people There will definitely be many craftsmen who are proficient in making swords. If they escape to Wuyue and Jingchu, they will increase the enemy's strength.
Wang Lin was preparing to launch a trade war against Han. This strategy was mentioned in the book "Tao Lue" written by his ancestor King Wen. Zijue compiled a large number of books at that time, among which "Tao Lue", "Tiangong", "King Dao", etc. were mostly compiled by summarizing and compiling the knowledge he recorded in previous lives.
At the same time, all the family heads of the past dynasties would record their experiences in governing. Some of these less important books were placed in the academy for people to read, while other important books were kept in the palace.
After deciding to use a trade war, Wang Lin ordered Shang Rong to reduce the price of grain shipped to Han by half. This price was already a slightly loss-making price. Then he increased the purchase price of copper, tin, and weapons, and at the same time sent people to Han. The country purchased cloth and silkworm cocoons at high prices.
The people of Han felt that growing food was not profitable and would result in losses, but that growing jute, mulberry trees, and forging weapons and bronze could make a fortune. Influence Han State in a subtle way.
Everyone is profit-seeking. When you see someone making money growing jute, forging weapons, and bronze, but losing money growing food, the result is self-evident. They know what to do without you forcing them.
After Wang Lin asked the caravan to do this, after the autumn harvest, a large amount of low-priced grain was transported to Han State. The price of grain in Han State was extremely low, and it was almost impossible to make ends meet, while the prices of bronze, weapons, jute, silkworm cocoons, and cloth soared.
When the people of Han State saw the extremely low price of food, they began to plant jute, forge weapons, or raise silkworms. There were only a few people growing food.
Shang Rong even specially gave Han nobles various kinds of fine wines, delicacies and other luxurious things to enjoy, making them increasingly addicted to them. People have a comparison mentality, and these extravagant enjoyments quickly became popular among the nobles.
It is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality. How could aristocrats who were accustomed to extravagance be willing to return to their former frugal life? And it is expensive, so you need to spend a lot of money to buy it.
However, the price of food in the country is extremely low, and bronze, jute, cocoons, and cloth are expensive. Relying on growing food simply cannot meet their needs, so naturally a large number of nobles will plant jute, dig mines, and forge bronze.
Both nobles and ordinary people have made money by doing this, which will naturally encourage more people to do it. On the other hand, although the Huai State suffered losses by selling grain at low prices and buying weapons and bronze at high prices, it quickly made money back by selling luxury goods such as fine wine and delicious food.
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The War of Huai-Han was an extremely classic trade war. The Huai State pushed the Han State into the abyss with food, cloth, metals, and all kinds of fine wine and luxury goods, and then easily defeated the Han State. This war that happened three thousand years ago tells us the horror of trade wars. ——"The Art of War"
