Wang Pu ordered the establishment of thirteen star observatories across the country to observe the movements of stars and the moon. These people will be responsible for future calibration of the calendar.
This is a long-term work. Wang Pu ordered the establishment of eunuchs, including Taishi Ling and Taishi Cheng, and eunuchs and doctors in various places.
The post of Taishi Ling is held by the disciples of the public family, and the post of Taishi Cheng is held by the disciples of the Mohist family. The eunuch was responsible for testing astronomy, preparing calendars, calibrating time, and reporting on agricultural seasons and solar terms every year.
The compilation of the calendar cannot be completed in a day or two. This calendar will be implemented in the Huai Kingdom. As for whether various countries are willing to implement it, Wang Pu is not worried. The current calendar has a very large error in agricultural time. As long as they do not want to miss the agricultural time and cause a poor harvest, they can only use the Huai calendar.
Because Huai State annexed most of Chu State's land, its territory became very vast, and it needed a large number of scholars to help.
During this period of time, the Huai Kingdom needed to compile the "Hundred Schools of Thoughts" and rewrite the calendar. It became very busy for a while and had no time to expand outwards.
Huai State focused on developing its internal affairs and no longer sent troops, which made all the princes in the world heave a sigh of relief. After occupying half of Nanyang, the Three Jin Dynasties also began to digest the fruits they got.
At the same time, because after acquiring the land of Nanyang, the Three Jin Dynasties needed to defend the Huai Kingdom, the alliance of the Three Jin Dynasties that had originally collapsed was maintained. However, although on the surface the three Jins are still in alliance, there are many contradictions inside. It's just that the three Jins temporarily united because of immediate interests.
The Three Jins got benefits, but Qi got nothing. This made Qi very dissatisfied. They also thought that Yan took the opportunity to attack Qi not long ago and occupied several cities, so they immediately decided to attack Yan.
Yan State is located in a bitter cold, has a small population, and has not carried out reforms. However, Qi State has begun to reform and strengthen the country. Yan State is not as good as Qi State, so how can it be Qi State's opponent.
The army of Qi State defeated seven cities in a row, and Yan State lost consecutive battles. Seeing this situation, the Marquis of Yan quickly sent people to ask for help from Zhao State.
Le Zhong, the envoy from the State of Yan, hurried to the State of Zhao to ask for an audience with the Marquis of Zhao.
"Foreign ministers have heard that in the past, when King Assassin attacked the Huai State, the Huai State asked for help from the Xu State, and persuaded the Xu State to send troops to help. Today, the Yan State is attacked by the Qi State, and the Yan State is defeated. If the Yan State is defeated by the Qi State, Occupy it, and then Qi will surround Zhao from the southeast."
"The Qi State is strong and powerful, with the Huai State to the south, the sea to the east, and the Wei State to the west. If the Yan State is annexed, Qi State will have to obtain land from the Zhao State."
"Qi State attacks Zhao State from the northeast and southeast. How can Zhao State stop it?"
"The Kingdom of Yan and the Kingdom of Zhao are closely interdependent. If the Kingdom of Yan perishes, will the Kingdom of Zhao last long?"
Zhao Hou discussed with the ministers and felt that what Le Zhong said was right. If Qi was allowed to annex Yan, then Qi's money and food plus Yan's elite soldiers would make Zhao no match at all.
Immediately Zhao Hou said to Le Zhong: "Your Majesty, the two countries Yan and Zhao are closely related to each other. Guhui will send a large army to save Yan!"
After Le Zhong left, the Marquis of Zhao immediately summoned an army to assist the Yan State. At this time, another minister suggested: "Your Majesty, this time to assist the Yan State, there will be losses. Why not invite Wei and South Korea?" Together?"
Zhaohou immediately sent people to contact Wei and South Korea, and soon the three Jins once again formed a three-jin coalition to attack Qi.
When the Marquis of Qi learned of the attack by the three Jin coalition forces, he quickly recalled his army to confront the three Jins. The two sides fought at Lingqiu, and the Qi army was severely defeated. They had to cede several cities for peace, and the three Jins retreated.
The Marquis of Qi originally wanted to teach Yan a lesson, but was beaten by the three Jins again. The Marquis of Qi was very angry, and then asked the officials if there was anything they could do.
Qi Prime Minister Gao Po said: "Your Majesty, do you still remember Zhongshan Kingdom?"
"Zhongshan Kingdom naturally remembers it, but haven't they been destroyed by Wei Kingdom?" Qi Hou said.
Gao Po said: "Your Majesty, I heard that although the Zhongshan Kingdom was destroyed, its people did not surrender. The Lord of Zhongshan has been hiding in the Taihang Mountains. If your Majesty wants to contain the three Jins, you can send someone to contact the Lord of Zhongshan."
Qi Hou was very happy and immediately said: "Good!"
The Marquis of Qi sent envoys to secretly contact the Zhongshan Kingdom. The Zhongshan Kingdom was destroyed for more than twenty years. Since its destruction, the people of the Zhongshan Kingdom have been living in the Taihang Mountains. After learning that Qi was willing to support the Zhongshan Kingdom, the Zhongshan Kingdom was very happy. Happy, he immediately agreed to an alliance with Qi.
So Qi State sent a large amount of food to Zhongshan State, sent people to help Zhongshan State train its army, and even provided weapons to Zhongshan State. Zhongshan Kingdom is located in the land of the Fourth War and is very close to Yi and Di. It is a half-farming and half-grazing country. The people are tough and good at riding and shooting.
When the country was defeated and destroyed, it was because of Wu Qi and Wei Wuzu. Otherwise, if they wanted to defeat the Zhongshan Kingdom, they would have to fight for decades and generations to destroy the Zhongshan Kingdom.
With the support of Qi State, Zhongshan State's strength increased greatly, and it soon began to secretly resist. The Wei State had been waging war all year round and had levied excessive taxes on the Zhongshan State. This time the monarch of the Zhongshan State raised the banner of revenge, and the people immediately swarmed to follow him.
Within a few months, the Zhongshan Kingdom successfully recovered. Moreover, after the restoration of the country, the strength of the Zhongshan Kingdom became even greater. Zhao Hou sent out a large army to destroy it. Instead of winning, he was defeated by the Zhongshan Kingdom several times in a row.
Zhao State saw that Zhongshan State was getting bigger and asked Wei State for help. The Marquis of Wei sent 30,000 troops to assist in the battle. Qi State took this opportunity to suddenly send troops and took the opportunity to take back the cities captured by Zhao and Wei.
Zhongshan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and its people are good at riding and shooting. They come and go like the wind. Especially since the monarch of Zhongshan has been working hard for more than 20 years and is at its peak, the Marquis of Wei is unwilling to fight with Zhongshan. In addition, the ministers have suggested that Zhao If the country intends to go south and interfere in the affairs of the Central Plains, it must be guarded against.
So the Marquis of Wei immediately allowed the rise of Zhongshan State, but Wei State was unwilling to contribute, and because of Qi State's weakness, Zhao State was unable to defeat Zhongshan State. And with the Zhongshan State on its side, the Zhao State is like a thorn in the back, and it is powerless to intervene in the Central Plains.
Although the Central Plains was in chaos, the war was not too fierce. The Marquis of Wei fought for years and the territory expanded rapidly, which completely disrupted the strategy of Marquis Wei Wen. However, the Marquis of Wei did not have a clear strategic goal. After several campaigns, he defeated the surrounding countries. After doing so, although it occupied a large area of land, it also offended other countries.
The territory of Wei State turned out to be a strange shape, wide at the east and west ends and thin in the middle.
Huai State spent a lot of manpower and material resources to start compiling the Great Canon of the Scholars. There are so many sages in the world. If Huai State had not compiled the Great Canon and passed down the wisdom of the various schools of thought, many people would not have come at all.
These people were originally very worried about whether their doctrines and thoughts could be passed on. Now that they have Huai Guo's commitment, they are naturally willing to let their thoughts and doctrines be passed down and their names will go down in history.
Therefore, after some time of compilation, more people came to Huaiguo Academy, and many theories that were originally lost in history also appeared.
(End of chapter)
