The Huai army took advantage of the darkness to attack Meili. Wang Sheng moved all the people out of the city and registered them. These people had undergone certain military training, had good physical fitness, and were familiar with the land of Wu. Wang Sheng selected 20,000 strong men from them to form an army. It is planned to move him and his family members to Handi.
All the remaining people moved to Huaibei, and then tens of thousands of Huai people moved from Huainan to farm here.
Wu State was hundreds of miles away, and Huai State annexed it in this battle, directly expanding its territory by more than one-third. It just takes a lot of time to digest it.
Wang Sheng did not kill the Marquis of Wu, but instead brought the previous Marquis of Wu over. When Wang Sheng destroyed 80,000 elite soldiers of the Wu Kingdom in one battle, and captured the Marquis of Wu and many officials, he wanted them to persuade them to surrender. As a result, those in Meili directly He announced that Wu Hou had died in battle, and then made his son Wu Hou.
The two were the front and rear Wu Hous. When they met, they could be described as "a kind father and a filial son" which made people happy to see each other. In the end, Wu Hou was deposed by Wang Sheng and moved to Huai'an. Three hundred households were granted food and allowed to worship in the ancestral temple.
After the Wu Kingdom was destroyed, all the officials in the city were deposed or beheaded, and then they all moved to Huainan. These people have no land and nobility status. If they cannot use their talents and knowledge as soon as possible and get an official position, they will soon disappear from everyone.
After some sorting, all the nobles in the Wu Kingdom were moved away, and those who dared to resist were killed directly. Until winter came, Wang Sheng finally sorted out the whole country of Wu.
At the same time, tens of thousands of Huai people migrated. Most of these Huai people were the families of soldiers who had made meritorious service in this battle. Wang Sheng directly rewarded these soldiers with a hundred acres of land. Then a large army was stationed in Wu to prevent rebellion or attacks by other countries.
The population of Wu was about one million. After Huai State annexed Wu State, the population was about three to four million. In terms of population alone, only Jin and Chu can compare with Huai.
Even though Qi is a big country in the east, its population including the savages in the wilderness is estimated to be only more than two million. Because Luoyi was developed early, it had a population of one million. Unfortunately, Emperor Zhou was unable to control it.
After Wu Di settled down, Wang Sheng led the army back.
Just when the Huai Kingdom annexed the Wu Kingdom, Zijue also woke up from his deep sleep. Then he saw that the luck black bird of the Huai Kingdom had become much stronger, and the dark spots on the black bird's body had also disappeared. It has doubled than before.
Next, Zi Jue checked the development over the past few decades. Not long after Wang Lin passed away, Zi Jue fell into a deep sleep. Unexpectedly, three generations later, his descendants would actually accomplish the feat of annexing the Kingdom of Wu.
It's just that such a big move also caused the backlash of Bang Zhou's destiny to be much greater.
This time Zijue woke up from his deep sleep. One was that Huai State annexed Wu State, and the other was that something happened in Qi State, and Prince Xiaobai appeared on the scene.
As the beginning of hegemonic politics, the occurrence of this major historical event had a great impact on the Huai State. Zijue looked at the fortune he had collected over the years, and then chose to draw a lottery.
Wang Sheng used the power of the intelligence network to plunge Qi into civil strife. Duke Xiang of Qi was killed and Gongsun Wuwu established himself as king. However, although Gongsun Wuwu established himself as king, he did not know how to win over people's hearts, and instead began to act recklessly.
Although Gongsun Wuwu killed Qi Xianggong, his level of governance was not as good as Qi Xianggong. After he ascended the throne, he soon stopped using the title of "unknown", no matter how important his father was. Directly started the arrogant and lewd mode. But as a regicide and usurper, how could he convince those officials?
Coupled with his wanton behavior, he insulted and flogged those officials at the slightest level, which had already annoyed many people. Finally, the patience of the officials reached its limit, and the official Yonglin killed him while he was out hunting.
Because the princes of Qi State have been killing each other since Duke Ai of Qi, the princes of Qi State are very vigilant. If there is any trouble, they will immediately run away to other countries for refuge.
Before King Xiang was killed this time, there was an undercurrent in Qi. King Xiang was cruel and the government of Qi was unstable. Therefore, several brothers of Duke Xian of Qi escaped secretly. Prince Jiu fled to the State of Lu, while Prince Xiaobai fled to the State of Ju.
Sure enough, not long after they fled, Prince Wu killed Duke Xiang of Qi, and within a few months, Prince Wu was killed again. At this time, the state of Qi had no king, only the young master Jiu and the young master Xiaobai were outside, so the Qing officials of the state of Qi invited the two young masters to return to the country and take the throne.
Young Master Xiaobai and Young Master Jiu set off from Ju and Lu respectively to return to Qi. Young Master Jiu was worried that Young Master Xiaobai would return first, so he sent Guan Zhong and his men to block the road from Ju to Qi and assassinate Young Master Xiaobai. He himself was escorted by the army of Lu State and headed for Qi State.
Guan Zhong led his soldiers to intercept Young Master Xiaobai and shot an arrow. Young Master Xiaobai fell to the ground on his back. Guan Zhong thought that Young Master Xiaobai was dead, so he sent someone to report the victory. Young Master Xiaobai deceived Guan Zhong by pretending to die, then hid in his car and drove day and night to Linzi, State of Qi.
But Gongzi Jiu swaggered towards Qi State, and it took him six days to reach the border of Qi State. On the other hand, the young master Xiaobai had already traveled back day and night, and with the support of the officials, he ascended the throne and became the Marquis of Qi.
After becoming the Marquis of Qi, the first thing Xiaobai did was to gather an army to attack the State of Lu. The State of Lu was also unwilling to succeed in establishing Prince Jiu as Marquis of Qi, so the two sides fought at Qian Shi.
The national power of Qi was already stronger than that of Lu, and this battle took place within the territory of Qi, so Qi had the advantage. However, Lu had escorted Prince Jiu to the throne, but he did not expect that there would be a war, so the number of people was not large. One is going down, the other is going up, let alone Qi's opponent.
In a great battle, the Lu army was defeated and Qi was victorious. So the Marquis of Qi, with the power of victory, informed the Marquis of Lu, asking him to kill the young master Jiu and all his gang members, otherwise he would continue to attack the Lu State. Bao Shuya, who was protecting the young master Xiaobai when he returned home, quickly dissuaded him and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to In military warfare, I can do my job well, but if I want to prosper the country of Qi and be powerful in the world, I must Guan Zhong, so please forgive him."
The Marquis of Qi asked: "Why did you not want to be the prime minister when you saved the orphan in danger, but recommended Guan Zhong, who had wanted to kill the orphan, to be the prime minister?"
Bao Shuya said: "I have known Guan Zhong since childhood. He is extremely talented. If your Majesty can ignore the past grievances and appoint Guan Zhong as prime minister, Guan Zhong will definitely serve you to the death, and Qi will be prosperous!"
"In addition, the name of your generosity will be spread to all countries. When the time comes, talented people from all over the world will surely rush to join us."
The Marquis of Qi immediately agreed, and then deceived the Marquis of Lu into sending Guan Zhong back to Qi for questioning.
Lu was no match for him, so he agreed to kill Prince Jiu and sent Guan Zhong back.
Guan Zhong thought he would definitely die this time, but when he arrived in Qi, he saw his good friend Bao Shuya. Bao Shuya immediately told Guan Zhong that he had recommended Guan Zhong to the Marquis of Qi. Because he was worried that the Marquis of Lu would not let him go, he used the excuse of taking him back home and killing him.
After the Marquis of Qi met Guan Zhong, he asked him some questions about governing the country, and Guan Zhong answered them all. The Marquis of Qi was overjoyed, so he worshiped Guan Zhong as his prime minister and Bao Shuya as his great admonition.
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When Duke Huan came to the throne, he wanted to worship Shu Ya as his prime minister, but Shu Ya refused and recommended Guan Zhong, saying: "This king's assistant has talents that can be used to achieve hegemony." ——"Historical Records Qi Family"
