It took two years to immigrate to Gusu City. After all, in the eyes of many people, moving to Gusu was equivalent to exile.
Wang Jin came into power four years ago. Under the guidance of Sun Shuao, he did a pretty good job, not outstanding, but he was more than enough to be a conservative king.
The Huai Kingdom's office attaches great importance to Gusu City. After all, if this land is utilized well, it will be a logistics base for the Huai Kingdom. After large-scale construction of water conservancy facilities, a large number of people can live here in Gusu City. In one sentence, it is the foundation of Wanghe.
In order to control this land in the public office, Wang Jin appointed Gusu Yin as the official. Each Gusu Yin's term is five years. After five years, he will be transferred no matter what.
Although there are black bird patterns in the Gongshi clan and there are ancestors here, basically there will be no such situation as Qu Wo Dai Yi, but a reasonable system is also necessary.
Wang Jin moved a group of wealthy families to Gusu. There were many reasons for this. In addition to enriching the city of Gusu, the other part was also because many of the noble families had grown too big and occupied the living space of the common people.
Wang Jin forcibly moved these people away, split up these noble families, and in this way forcibly split the big families into small households. Coupled with the laws that Sun Shuao had agreed upon before, he quickly controlled the growth of the Huaiguo Qingshi family.
At the same time, after moving these aristocratic families to Gusu City, it also provided more people with room for advancement. It also allows Wang Jin to place his confidants. It can be regarded as killing multiple birds with one stone.
As the builder of Gusu City, Xu Yong became the first commander of Gusu City. In fact, since the Huai State vigorously developed water conservancy, the food supply in Wudi has continued to grow.
After the construction of all water conservancy facilities was completed, the grain production around the Taihu Plain increased by 30% in the second year. After more advanced farming technology is used here, it will increase to 50% in the future.
There are millions of acres of fertile farmland in the entire Taihu Plain. If there is a good harvest, it will be enough to feed the entire Huai Kingdom for a year. With the Huaihe Plain and the Taihu Plain, the Huaiguo's grain output has left other countries in the Zhou Dynasty far behind.
After completing the construction of Gusu City, Wang Jin stopped the labor recruitment. Ten years of continuous labor conscription has placed a heavy burden on the people of Huai State. Since Zijue, the Huai State has believed in the bottom line that the people's power cannot be exhausted.
Therefore, the Huai State has always been very cautious in collecting and issuing labor force. Unlike other countries, the labor force collection and distribution of labor force in the Huai State requires the preparation of dry food tools. Some money, but of course it's not a lot of money. .
The labor service in the Huai State was carried out on a rotating basis. After participating in the labor service once, the labor service would not be required again the next year.
In the eyes of other vassal states, Huai State's levy of forced labor is a fool's act. How good is it for free?
In fact, the free ones are the most expensive.
All gifts given by fate have already been marked with a secret price.
Just like other countries, the standard of wealth is to fill the warehouse with grain and grass, and accumulate tens of millions of money, which is rotten and cannot be corrected.
However, there are clear records in the Huaiguo official collection that this behavior is wasteful. After all, money is only money when you spend it. If you put it in a warehouse, it is just a pile of junk.
Let money circulate and goods circulate. This is the role of money.
Wang Jin lives with the people and no longer imposes large-scale labor levies. But it does not mean that Huaiguo has stopped. Wang Jin sent a large number of spies into Chu and Chao.
Chao State is a Fang State with a long history, which can be traced back to the Xia Dynasty. When Bang Zhou divided the world, he was also entrusted with a viscounty country.
Later, the State of Chu rose, and Chao State became a vassal state of Chu State. The support of Chu State to Yue State was through Chao State, and the two attacks of Chu State on Huai State were through Chao State.
Huai State was very dissatisfied with Chao State, and at the same time it was preparing to deal with Chao State in order to cut off Chu State's channel to support Yue State.
The Chao Kingdom was not a powerful country, so the Huai Kingdom sent secret guards into it to collect intelligence about the Chao Kingdom.
On the other side, Huai State has also been staring at Chu State. Chu State has been developing in these years since it was defeated by Huai State again.
After ten years of recuperation, the strength of Chu State can be said to have reached a higher level.
Xiong Yun, the Marquis of Chu, was also a rare wise king. He used various methods to suppress the nobles and nobles in Chu State, strengthened the power of the Marquis of Chu, and allowed the people to recuperate and recuperate while doing little corvee and low taxes.
If Huai State attacks Chao State, Chu State will definitely send troops. Chao State is related to the connection between Chu State and Yue State, and is also a vassal state of Chu State. If it is annexed by the Huai State, it will be a big blow to the prestige of the Chu State.
At the same time, it will also break the situation of Chu and Yue attacking Huai. Without the support of Chu, Yue will not be able to hold on for long.
If the Huai State wants to deal with the Yue State, in addition to the hot, humid environment and smog-stricken land of the Yue State, it needs the support of the Chu State.
During the ten years that the Huai Kingdom was recuperating, the overlord of the Central Plains was still the Jin Kingdom. Although Jin Hou Chong'er was defeated once in the Huai Kingdom, he was unstoppable in other places.
It's just that the Marquis of Jin suffered a lot when he was young. He lived in exile for 19 years. After he ascended the throne, he died in the ninth year.
That is, in the fourth year after Wang Yue passed away, Jin Hou Chong'er also passed away.
After Jin Hou Chong'er passed away, his son Jin Xianggong came to the throne. This Duke Xianggang of Jin was also a wise king, but it was a pity that he died faster than his father. He passed away after serving as Marquis of Jin for seven years.
The two consecutive Jin Marquises did not reign for long, which resulted in the Jin Kingdom's Six Ministers becoming bigger. The Jin officials were naturally loyal to Chong'er during the Chong'er period, but their descendants may not necessarily be loyal to Chong'er's descendants.
Especially after the death of Chong'er's son, Duke Xiang, the six ministers of Jin began a series of power struggles in order to fight for power. Even the princes of the Jin Kingdom died because of the struggles of these officials.
It has to be said that Duke Wen of Jin never dreamed that the Six Ministers system he designed in order to curb the Dukes of Jin, not even fifty years had passed, but the power of the Six Ministers had begun to backfire on the Marquis of Jin.
Seeing that Jin State was once again in chaos, Wang Jin did not need to send secret guards to Jin State to provoke. At this time, Jin State was not only busy fighting for power at home, but also fighting with Qin abroad. The Jin State has no time to quarrel with the Huai State now.
As for the State of Qi, since Duke Huan of Qi, it seems that the destiny of the State of Qi has been taken away. The five sons are fighting together, and the national strength of the State of Qi has been declining.
Seeing that Jin and Qi had no time to intervene in other matters, Wang Jin began to prepare for war against Chao and Chu.
Without the help of Qi and Jin, even if Chu is now strong, Huai can defeat it.
