After annexing Han State, Huai State needed to spend a lot of time digesting the results of the war. After the land disposal is completed, the next thing Wang Lin values most is the mine.
In recent decades, frictions between countries have increased. Weapons have always been a top priority, and the Huai Kingdom naturally cannot fall behind. After moving the craftsmen from the Han Kingdom to Huai'an, Wang Lin ordered people to form a craftsmanship department to take charge of all craftsmen.
The top craftsmen from Huai and Han were gathered in the Craftsmanship Department, and with copper mines in hand, Huai's armaments began to gradually increase.
After integrating the mines and craftsmen, Huaiguo's smelting level has been greatly improved. The most obvious thing is that bronze plows began to appear in large numbers in the Huai Kingdom.
In the past, Huai State was short of copper. The copper bought from Han State could only be used to cast weapons and bronze ritual vessels. It was rarely used in other places. Most of Huai State's plows were made of wood, stone, or bone.
After the innovation of tools, the agriculture of Huai State was completely ahead of other countries.
In addition to farm tools, Wang Lin also ordered craftsmen to make weapons and ritual vessels. Due to the lack of copper mines in Huai State, the level of weapons can only be considered average among other countries. With the addition of Han State, Huai State's weapons rapidly improved.
Ritual vessels are important in any period, representing the face of a country. There have never been many ritual vessels in the Huai Kingdom. Now that there are copper mines, various ritual vessels must be recast to demonstrate the national power of the Huai Kingdom.
Han's sword-making was famous among the Zhou states. After arriving in Huai, these craftsmen from Han were willing to forge a sharp sword for Wang Lin after being rewarded by Wang Lin.
Wang Lin was very happy, so he ordered people to cooperate with them and let them forge sharp swords.
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Just when Huai State was annexing Han State and reforming agriculture, the center of Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Ji Lie of Zhou Dynasty, was also determined to reform.
After winning the war against Quanrong, Ji Lie's prestige greatly increased. After using the strength of his mother's clan to subdue the nobles of Wang Jinei, the Emperor of Zhou reformed taxation and obtained taxes from the nobles of Wang Jin.
Next, agriculture was reformed, improved varieties were implemented, and the farming system was implemented, which increased Wang Ji's grain production. Originally, it was a good thing to have a good food harvest, but in order to maintain the emperor's six armies, Ji Lie levied public taxes on Wang Ji, which also caused the people to remain poor.
The harvested grain was not their own, which also made the people very dissatisfied with Ji Lie.
After more than a hundred years of development, Wang Ji has a large population. As the population increases, various troubles also increase. Gone are the days of the Chengkang rule, when the punishments were wrong for more than forty years without being used. During Ji Lie's period, various disputes arose, but there was no punishment for them.
So Ji Lie ordered people to compile a punishment book, but the punishment written by Ji Lie was extremely severe. Perhaps Ji Lie believed that as long as the punishment stipulated in the criminal book was severe enough, no one would dare to violate it.
His idea is very beautiful, but the consequences of using it to legislate are very serious, so it often happens that it is just a trivial matter, but it is easy to chop off the feet, cut off the nose, etc.
It's like life is already very difficult, but there are harsh punishments to suppress the people, and even a few complaints can be killed.
Those people who publicly discussed Ji Lie's mistakes were directly found and killed. Such strict laws make people dare not speak out. As a result, fewer and fewer people talked, and finally no one dared to speak.
As Ji Lie's minister, Duke Zhao Mu advised him: "This only blocks the people's words and does not solve any problems."
"This approach is like a big gun controlling the water, blocking the river and preventing the water from flowing through. The more water accumulates, the more dangerous the river will be. The more water accumulates, the more water will accumulate, and one day it will burst. When the water bursts, there will be floods everywhere. It’s a flood.”
"To govern a country, we must let the people speak, because only when the people speak can officials, nobles, and people be able to submit poems about the pros and cons of national affairs, music officials to present music about the people's sentiments, and historians to present the gains and losses of previous generations. Historical records allow hundreds of officials to give advice, and the people of the country can bring their opinions to the ears of the Emperor.
Know the pros and cons that arise when governing a country and find ways to correct them. Good deeds should be promoted and evil deeds should be prevented. Only in this way can the kingdom be strong and the state be strong.
But now that you have blocked their mouths, the emperor can only hear words of approval, which will only make Wang Ji worse and worse. How many people will be willing to follow you then? "
Ji Lie refused to listen, and the people dared not speak out from then on.
The pros and cons of Ji Lie's reforms are not evaluated, but in a short period of time, Wang Ji gained a lot of wealth and the emperor's strength was improved. Since King Xiang, the authority of the Emperor of Zhou has gradually declined. After Wang Ji's strength improved, Ji Lie began to fight abroad again.
The princes and states have risen and fallen, and the Yi and Di have gradually become stronger and stronger after these years of development. Judging from the fact that the Dog Rong dared to invade the Zhou Dynasty, we can see that the Rong and Di are already so prosperous everywhere.
The disputes between Qi State, Ji State and Lu State gave Dongyi a chance to breathe, and it has gradually grown. This time, the Laiyi Kingdom gathered a large number of Dongyi tribes and launched a war while the king of Qi was killed.
Qi State did not dare to be careless and also went out to fight against Lai Yi. However, although the Laiyi people were numerous and powerful, they had different orders. Each tribe had its own ideas. Although they were numerous and powerful, they could not win.
Jin and Wei also had a large number of Di people moving from the north to the south. Fortunately, Jin was strong and could cope with it, but Wei could not. Although the Kingdom of Wei is also a marquis state, the Marquis of Wei is greedy for pleasure and the national strength is not strong.
The Rong Di in the west had just been defeated by Ji Lie and had already retreated, but the Yi people from the southern states began to attack aggressively. The first ones to bear the brunt were the Song and Chen states.
Zhou Laiguo even invited Xu Guo to send troops together.
Zhou Lai and the Xu State army attacked the Song State, and the Song State was defeated. Finally, reinforcements from Chen and Cai arrived, and then Zhou Lai and the Xu State army were blocked.
They only blocked Zhou Lai and Xu State, but they were unable to fight back. Even Zhou Lai and Xu State's army once approached Wang Ji. Faced with this situation, Ji Lie immediately ordered Guohou to lead his army to attack.
After the reconstruction of the Sixth Army of the Emperor, their strength has recovered a lot. Although it is not as strong as the strongest period, it is still stronger than the average princes. The Marquis of Guo led his army southward to join Chen, Cai, Song and other countries, and then attacked Zhou and Xu with a large army.
The Zhou and Xu coalition forces were outnumbered and defeated in several battles, and finally the army returned home. Many of the armies of Zhoulaiguo and Xuguo were tribal armies, which would falter after they were unable to obtain rich loot or suffered too many casualties. Zhou Lai and Xu Guo had no choice but to retreat.
Although Bangzhou won the victory, Chen, Song and other countries suffered heavy losses and were unable to pursue. Guohou had no choice but to lead his army back. Although they defeated Zhou Lai and Xu State this time, they did not get enough spoils, and Bangzhou's finances became not optimistic.
After Ji Lie won many victories, his true nature began to be gradually exposed. He liked a luxurious life, and Huaiguo's fine wine, food and silk were indispensable. This also led to Wang Ji's financial shortage and could only continue to exploit his subjects.
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Duke Mu of Zhao asked King Li: "Ask easy questions and solve difficult problems. What's the solution?"
King Li said: "Kill anyone who asks about Yi!" ——"Funny Records·Zhou Ji"
