After several Qi Hous acted recklessly, killed each other in the royal family, and King Xiang repeatedly used troops, the entire Qi State had to reform, especially the financial problems of the Qi State. Becoming unable to make ends meet.
The Marquis of Qi asked Guan Zhong how to reform. Guan Zhong said: Make the country rich and the army strong.
How to make a country rich?
Zhong said: The sage governs officials but not the people.
"There are three confusions. One is that virtue is not worthy of its position, the second is that merit is not worthy of its salary, and the third is that ability is not worthy of its official position."
Once these three situations occur, the country will be in turmoil. If people with no virtues occupy high positions, people with no merits enjoy titles and salaries, and incompetent people serve as officials, the world will definitely be in chaos.
Guan Zhong integrated the chaotic administrative system of Qi State and divided the country into "three states and five states". Sanqiguo refers to the division of the capital into twenty-one townships, which are then managed by three officials.
"Wu Qibi" means that the countryside outside the capital is divided into five vassals, and five officials are set up to take charge of them. The subordinates include counties, townships, soldiers, and yi, and they set up county commanders, township commanders, soldier commanders, and soldier commanders respectively. Siguan management.
At the same time, the "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce" were allowed to do their own business, and the backward system of tribes was completely cleaned up. The clear administrative system made Qi's management more effective and refined, and maintained social stability.
Guan Zhong's reform of the system was comprehensive, and he also carried out drastic reforms in the military and economy. Combining the military recruitment of soldiers with administration and stipulating the number of recruitments for each township, soldier, and city, Qi State could increase the number of manpower it could mobilize.
Economically, we promoted enriching the people, levied taxes according to the quality of the land, and recovered the miscellaneous currency and minted it uniformly. Next, Guan Zhong compiled the laws of Qi according to the laws of Huai.
A series of reforms can be described as a powerful medicine for Qi State. So many reforms have offended the interests of many people in Qi. However, after receiving the support of Qi Hou, these reforms were implemented bit by bit.
The reforms of Qi State had just begun and did not attract the attention of other vassal states, but these reforms were quickly noticed by Huai State.
Because the reforms of Qi State were 70% similar to those of Huai State, Wang Sheng knew that Qi State was about to rise after seeing the regulations of these reforms.
The monarchs and ministers of Qi State all have a desire for reform, which cannot be stopped. Unless he launches a war against Qi now, defeats the state of Qi, and replaces the Marquis of Qi. But he can't guarantee that the reform will not be carried out if the Marquis of Qi is replaced?
Qi is different from Wu in that it is an important state in Zhou Dynasty. Huai's attack on Qi will probably lead to siege from surrounding countries. More importantly, Huai State had just annexed Wu State and needed time to absorb Wu State's population and land.
It would take at least more than ten years for Huai State to annex Wu State, a big fat piece of meat, to be completely digested. During this period, Wang Sheng did not want to start a war.
Since the reform, Huai Kingdom's academy has begun to recruit a large number of Chinese people, and the proportion of Chinese people is higher than that of nobles and ministers. These Chinese people will be supported by the Huai Kingdom's official office. They will be appointed after they have completed their studies and passed the assessment.
After Wang Sheng annexed Wu State, he recruited a large number of grassroots officials to serve in Wu State, preparing to spend ten years to firmly control Wu State.
At the same time, in order to guard against the Chu State, Wang Sheng built a city on the edge of the Yangtze River in Wudi. There are mountains and rivers to the east of this place, the Yangtze River waterway to the west and north, and winding rivers to the south. It can be said that it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. And because it is close to the Chu State, whether the Chu State army comes down by boat or by land, this is the only way to go.
Wang Sheng built a city here, called Jinling City, and stationed three thousand troops. After Jinling, he built beacons along the river to prevent sneak attacks by the Chu navy. At the same time, he built a city on the other side of Yangzhou to guard the river, called Zhenjiang, and also stationed three thousand troops.
Yangzhou and Zhenjiang lie to the south and north, guarding the Yangtze River waterway. As long as this place is not breached, Wu will have no worries.
Chu State is located in the upper reaches of Wudi. It has great advantages for Wu. The navy can divide Wu and Huainan into two by flowing down the river.
In order to defend against the Chu State, Wang Sheng expanded the naval army and hoarded troops to Zhenjiang. Chu State was defeated twice and suffered heavy losses, so it did not dare to continue fighting against Huai State. Qi State was also undergoing reforms. After there was no external interference, Huai State also began to quickly absorb Wu State.
A large number of grassroots officials were sent to Wudi, and these grassroots officials brought more advanced farming technology. By teaching farming techniques, the people of Wu no longer resisted the Huai State, and at the same time, the original complicated taxation system of the Wu State was reformed.
Let the people have a sense of belonging to the Huai State. Although this subtle change is slow, the effect is very good. Wang Sheng divided Wu into twelve counties and sixty townships, and asked the disciples of the Academy to manage them. At the same time, in order to prevent anyone in Wu from disobeying Wang Hua, Wang Sheng assigned a large number of meritorious soldiers to each township.
Each soldier had at least a hundred acres of land. At the same time, most of them served as commanders of soldiers in various places, maintaining local security and helping tax collectors collect taxes. During wartime, they will help recruit civilian soldiers.
The Huai State implemented a conscription system, a semi-recruitment system and a peasant-soldier system. The conscription system was for soldiers who were completely off-the-job. This part of the soldiers were the elite of the elite, such as the Tengjia soldiers and the Yulin army (the Xiaoguo army was changed to the Yulin army). Most of them have fathers and sons in the military, and their families are rewarded with land, so their cohesion is extremely high.
There are five of these professional soldiers in a corps, and the second corps is Shi, the chief is one person, the five Shi is the tun, the tun chief is one, the second tun is one hundred, the one hundred generals are one, the five hundred men, the five hundred masters are one person, and the five hundred commanders are one. For a thousand people, there is one captain. In wartime, a combat unit consists of thousands of people. This organization allows soldiers to fight flexibly under command, such as arm driving.
And even if they are defeated, they can quickly reorganize their military formation. But the price was extremely high. Even with the wealth of Huai State, it could only support more than 15,000 people.
The remaining semi-recruited soldiers are semi-off-the-job soldiers, who are trained for ten days a month, and are also distributed with weapons, armor, bows and crossbows. They are also rewarded with land. Peasants and soldiers are all soldiers. They only train in their free time. They usually work on farming and only train for one month. Two or three days.
Most of the soldiers here in Wu State are semi-conscript soldiers and peasant soldiers. Only those who perform well or make great contributions can be promoted. Of course, most of the peasant soldiers were auxiliary soldiers because of their low combat effectiveness. In this era, most of the armies of the princes were peasant soldiers, and only the elite were semi-recruited soldiers.
According to actual historical development, the system of recruiting soldiers would not be implemented until Wei Wuzu during the Warring States Period. The emergence of the Huai Kingdom made the recruitment system hundreds of years earlier.
The state of Wu has a population of one million. As long as this restructuring is completed, the entire land of Wu can be controlled by the state of Huai. At that time, Wu State alone will be able to form tens of thousands of elites.
It is precisely with the completely out-of-work Tengjia Army and the cooperation with other soldiers of the Huai State that the Huai State army can be invincible. The Huai Kingdom's cross-era military system was also created by Zijue based on the military soldiers of the previous life of Wei.
