Zhao Wuxi and Nan Zi were both in their thirties, and the strong love-hate entanglement in their youth was slowly washed away by time. Although the holy witch in her shawl robe was half-exposed during the affair, it was still very exciting. But after the passion, there is more only political mutual needs.

However, with the death of Song Gongjiu and the demise of Huangyuan and Sima Ziniu, this political mutual need has also loosened. Nanzi's enemies in Song country were swept away, which made her have an illusion that Song Guo has entered an era dominated by her since then, and she is even gearing up to follow the example of Fu Hao and make a big fight. .

But here in Zhao Wuxi, this plan has failed.

Although Zhao Wuxi is a later generation, he is not a feminist. He respected Nanzi personally, but politically, he let Nanzi's desire for power hit the high southern wall - in the Central Plains dominated by Zhao, the heroine's approach to the court and the supremacy of theocracy were just expedient. plan, not the true future of the Song Kingdom!

Facing Nanzi's questioning, Zhao Wuxi bluntly said: "When Zishang becomes an adult, the widow will of course make him the ruler of the whole territory of Song Dynasty, but now there are many nobles and people in the East who do not obey the way of heaven and you, what should you do? Do?"

"Kill!" Nanzi gritted her teeth. She always thought that those who tried to harm her and her son did not kill many people, such as drowning, killing, car splitting, beheading, burning at the stake. In short, she would rather kill ten thousand by mistake and not let them go one hundred!

This is the reason why Zhao Wuxi did not feel relieved to hand over the entire Song Kingdom to this woman. She was so eager to protect her that she could easily fall into paranoia and madness. Hundreds of thousands of people in the eastern Song Kingdom could not be killed. If Zhao Wuxi did not protect her I'm afraid that even Le's family will be poisoned sooner or later.

Therefore, it is better to move the Le family to Pengcheng, and let Leyou and Nanzi rule each side.

"The widow decided to make the state of Song into two counties, one is Pengcheng County and the other is Suiyang County, with Mangdang Mountain as the boundary, you and your son Shang govern Shangqiu in Suiyang, and Le's govern Pengcheng.

Nanzi naturally has an opinion on this division. She thinks that Zhao Wuxi is biased, disregarding herself and her son, and preferring to outsiders, but Zhao Wuxi has made up her mind, and it won't work if she does whatever she can.

In the end, Nanzi could only accept this reality. She used to be an adventurous person, but after having a son, she was much more cautious. She would rather accept Song, whose rule has shrunk by half, than break with Zhao Wuxi. After all, in this relationship, the powerful Zhao Wuxi is undoubtedly the leader. Even though Nanzi is reluctant to admit it, she is still a vine wrapped around a big tree. If the tree falls down, she doesn't know that she can hold on How long does it not wither.

"The wish of the king is also the wish of the concubine..."

Nanzi was very sad, crying so much that the pear blossoms were raining. She was wearing thin clothes and cried again to Zhao Wuxi under the couch, but Zhao Wuxi was unmoved, so Nanzi could only bow again and go away.

But Nanzi still had a trace of unwillingness in her heart. Before she left, she said resentfully: "People say that if father and son are united, their family will prosper, but Junhou would rather give outsiders than parents and children. In the future, the sons of Le's family will refuse to accept Zhao and collude with enemy countries. Rebellion, after more than a year of fierce battles, the hard work of the princes and princes will be in vain..."

Wearing dark clothes and staring at Nanzi's distant palace lantern, Zhao Wuxi sighed.

"Nanzi, I'm more worried than Leyou, it's you, the Tiandao sect that was released from the cage by me..."

Ran Qiu was right about one thing, the fuse of this civil war in Song Dynasty was largely due to Nanzi's growing desire for power and the growing Tiandaoism.

Although all of this was the seed that Zhao Wuxi planted in order to control the Song Kingdom, but now that the matter has developed, he, like Ran Qiu, also believes that it is time to put a shackle on Tiandao and Nanzi.

For this shackle, he chose his wife, the Le family.

This kind of division and rule, firstly, do not let the Le family fall into the ocean of Tiandao believers, secondly, it can maintain the balance of power between Song Guoqing and theocracy, and thirdly, it is also a strengthening of Zhao Heng, who is opposed to the prince.

And fourth, divide the Song state so that it is not too powerful and out of the control of the Zhao state.

This check and balance is not secure, but it is the most feasible stopgap at the moment.

But Zhao Wuxi also knew that Nanzi's delicate flowers contained sharp thorns, and beneath her gorgeous appearance was a poisonous sac sealed with blood. Although she succumbed to Zhao Wuxi's order, she was mostly dissatisfied.

In this regard, although Zhao Wuxi was a little disappointed, what surprised him was that he didn't have too many waves in his heart.

Just like Nanzi no longer attached to Zhao Wuxi after clearing his political enemies, after he really extended his tentacles into the Song Kingdom, Zhao Wuxi no longer needed Nanzi so much, and the only thing left to maintain the relationship between the two was Under their babbling offspring "Zizhang".

"I only hope that she can maintain her consistent intelligence and understand her own situation. Don't take favor as a favoritism, turn dissatisfaction into rebellion, and force me to kill my mother and protect my children..."

Every kitten grows up and looks harmless at first, small and quiet, licking the milk in a platter. But once the claws grow, the cat will scratch people, and sometimes even scratch the cat owner's hand.

For a politician like Zhao Wuxi who is climbing to the top of the food chain, he must not be lenient, because in the competition for power, there is only one rule: if you are not a hunter, you will be a prey!

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During his stay in Shangqiu, Zhao Wuxi formally intervened in the affairs of the Song state, imitating the Zhao state system and dividing the Song state in the "first year of Zishang" into two counties, one for Suiyang and the other for Pengcheng, Nanzi as a great witch He was in power in the dynasty and ruled Suiyang before Zishang came of age; Leyou, as the only minister of the Song state, moved the entire Le clan to the east and ruled Pengcheng as the "Dasicheng", rivaling Nanzi.

If nothing else, before the son-shang became an adult, the country of Song would have been in peace for more than ten years...

At the same time, Zhao Wuxi also made follow-up arrangements for the newly captured Xu Huaisi high-level land.

Three orders were issued quickly.

"Xu and Zhongwu are in ruins, waiting to be rebuilt. The widow will choose Xu people to rule Xu soil, and Zhongwu people to rule Zhongwu. Until the reconstruction of Xu and Zhongwu's regime, they will send troops to station!"

"In this southern expedition, the soldiers and soldiers of the army were awarded titles for their merits, and they were all granted land and farm houses in Xuhuai!"

"The state of Tan is just like its old system. The state of Pi helps Wu as a sinner, and it is stubbornly resisting. The few people will abolish its society and grain, and the state of Zhao will set up Pi County in Pi land."

On the one hand, Zhao Wuxi said that he would not enslave the local people like Wu State, but would let the local regime in the past "restore the state", but who will be the monarch after the restoration of the state, but it is unclear.

On the other hand, Zhao Wushi announced to the soldiers of the State of Zhao that the land and houses granted by the military meritorious grants would be preferentially arranged in the land of Xuhuai, this newly conquered land, and encouraged the newly created military meritorious landowners to move there, and would also be in the Song Dynasty. , Xu between to underground Pi for his own.

He also left a whole army of soldiers in Xu Huai, Xu, Zhongwu, Pi, Zhongli, Shandao, and Cai Guo each stationed 2,000 people to defend Wu and Chu.

These three somewhat contradictory orders made some people puzzled. Only Zhao Wuxi and a few staff knew that this was still an expedient measure to bring the distant enclave under the rule.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. The bigger the country, the greater the administrative cost. In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, when the literacy rate was not high and the number of scholars was insufficient, the Fangguo and the enfeoffment system were the only methods, because with the increase of the distance between the territory and the capital, The governance efficiency of the frontier will also be greatly weakened - just imagine, when it takes half a year for information from a place to be transmitted to the capital, and another half a year for instructions from the capital to be transmitted to the place, when the messenger from the heaven arrives, the local The rebellion, famine, and foreign aggression in China have long since changed, and the local doctors and officials are no different from the local kings. Therefore, the Zhou Dynasty carried out divisions in the far-flung areas, allowing them to practice self-governance to shield Zhou. This choice is inevitable in the patriarchal system. , but also the helplessness of time constraints.

However, in the history known to Zhao Wuxi, the Qin Dynasty chose a completely different approach: Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of the Qin Dynasty, pacified the six kingdoms, and one had the world. Heeding Li Si's words, because of the rivalry between princes and princes in the past, China was uneasy, so the feudal feudalism was eliminated and the prefectures and counties were established.

To be honest, in Zhao Wuxi's view, although Qin Shihuang's actions were highly praised by later generations, in fact, they were still a bit ahead of their time. Although straight roads were built and many canals and ditches were opened on the basis of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the vast territory and distant border counties brought not only the surrender of all people, but also endless border troubles and complicated local affairs. Qin Shi Huang also had to patrol several times to gain a sense of presence in the center. In order to maintain his rule over the empire, he sent countless garrison troops to the border, whether it was the development of Henan or the conquest and garrison of Baiyue. All of them greatly increased the administrative cost of the empire, so that the prisoners were everywhere, and the guards were running around all year round. Although the frontier was developed well in the end, the nobles of the six countries in the inner county were revived and eager to move.

Finally ~lightnovelpub.net~ When the first emperor died, the garrison shouted, and Hangu lifted it; when the people of Chu burned the torch, pitiful scorched earth.

Zhao Wuxi's era was neither embarrassing nor embarrassing. It was between Zhou and Qin. Facing the lessons of the past and future trends, he could choose the good ones and follow them, and choose the bad ones and change them. Daxing County in the country's homeland, but there are many vassals in the surrounding area.

For the Wei Kingdom of Lu Kingdom, because of the construction of the canal, the Zhao Kingdom can still control it a little tighter. But for Xu Huaishang, it was too far away from the homeland of Zhao State. He had no basis for rule before, and rashly turned it into a county. I was afraid that it would trigger a counterattack from the local forces and increase the administrative cost of Zhao State. It is better to garrison the garrison first, give the local forces a promise of autonomy, and then slowly plan for it.

After dealing with the affairs in the southeast such as Song, Xu, and Sishang, in late October, Zhao Wuxi let the Lu army return to Lu.

In the Qunshu area south of Xuhuai, a pair of eyes closely watched Zhao Wuxi's every move. When the main force of Zhao's army finally retreated to the north, Wang Sunsheng, who had just been named "Chaoyi Doctor", believed that Chu The country's opportunity has come!

ps: The previous setting is wrong, Wang Sunsheng should not have sealed Duke Bai at this time. Happy New Year everyone (To be continued.)