Chapter 515 System
Jincheng.
"Has the Queen Mother Huayang passed away?"
In the exquisite but not grand palace, Zhao Shuang learned the news from Guanzhong and looked out the window.
In a few years, after a series of additions, this city has become one of the largest cities in the western border of Qin State.
The commercial roads that extend from the Western Regions in the west to Guanzhong in the east will pass through here for rest and replenishment. Therefore, merchants can be seen traveling with horses and camels all year round, even in the middle of winter.
Due to the Xiongnu's retreat to the north and the Yuezhi's recuperation, this trade route did not encounter strong military pressure. Scattered bandits and horse bandits also gradually moved away from the trade routes or disappeared along with a series of army settlements and cavalry patrols.
The buildings outside the palace city are lined up in rows, with tall buildings rising and falling, but inside the palace, it remains the same, without much change.
Mo Ya stood behind Zhao Shuang and continued.
"In addition, Lord Changping was removed from the post of Prime Minister of the Right, Wei Zhuang was promoted to Prime Minister of the Right, and Wang Wan was promoted to Prime Minister of the Left."
Wei Zhuang is a technical talent, good at construction, and relatively pragmatic. Wang Wan, on the other hand, has outstanding talents and has also served as a county guard. He is an all-rounder with excellent military skills and outstanding literary talents.
And they are more or less connected to the family.
With the death of Queen Mother Huayang, the power of the Chu clan was completely marginalized in the Qin State. Prince Fusu is young and will obviously not be able to establish much influence within the next ten years.
The Chu clan headed by Lord Changping and Lord Changwen lost the two powerful forces in the army and harem as their backing, and they also had no support in the court.
Today, the civil servants and generals of the Qin State are the best in the world. There are many talented people in the DPRK, and there are many star-studded military generals. As for the Chu family, not a single shadow could be seen.
Zhao Shuang smiled and waved lightly.
"The influence of the foreign relatives is gradually marginalized, and the Qin State is no longer the Qin State of the past."
"What about Lord Hanyang?"
Youyou said something, and a figure came from outside. The soldier at the door seemed to have no intention of stopping him and let him in.
"Brother Zuo Che?"
Zhao Shuang turned around and smiled lightly.
Li Zuoche walked in and never regarded himself as an outsider.
"You asked me to come and take a look, and I'm here too. This place is indeed prosperous, but compared with Guanzhong and the world, it's just a drop in the ocean."
"The world?"
Zhao Shuang didn't care, but heard Li Zuoche continue talking.
"The royal power, the Chu clan, and the aristocratic clan, the three forces have restrained each other in the Qin Kingdom after Lu Buwei was expelled. Now that the power of the Chu clan has been defeated, what should you, the leader of the clan, do?"
Politics pays attention to balance. Once the three-legged pattern becomes imbalanced, the remaining two will inevitably overturn.
As for the King of Qin, he now controls both the inside and outside and is supported by hundreds of thousands of troops. Compared to a few years ago, Zhao Shuang has no chance of winning now.
"Brother Zuo Che is worrying too much. I have already said that I am a loyal minister."
"So you deliberately came to this northwest land to guard the border and colonize the land just to show your loyalty?"
South Korea is dead. The next one is either Zhao or Wei.
In the battle to attack South Korea, the quality displayed by the Qin army shocked the world. More importantly, it shows the national power and military power of Qin.
The military system of the Qin army was mostly influenced by Legalism. The so-called gathering and dispersing quicksand, the Qin State relies on the streamlined weapons production system and granary system. After a certain period of training, it can easily gather the soldiers from various counties and counties into a powerful tiger and wolf army in a short period of time.
Such a system cannot be achieved by the six countries in Shandong. The advantage of such a military system is that even after one or several major defeats, the Qin army can regain its strength in a very short period of time.
The battle to attack Korea demonstrated this. South Korea, once famous for its powerful crossbows, was defeated by the Qin army's crossbows, which is extremely ironic.
More importantly, just as Legalism advocated in politics, the establishment of counties and counties was abolished. The military system of the Qin army also limited the private military power of the prince to a certain extent.
Gathering soldiers from various counties and counties, training them, and gathering them into large armies to weaken the feudal monarchy system militarily were all based on the ideas of Legalism.
And it was not only the princes of the six kingdoms who suffered the greatest impact, but also the Qin State.
However, the feudal lords of the Six Kingdoms faced the risk of losing their land, titles and money. As for the feudal lords of Qin, they were faced with the gradual depreciation of land, titles and money.
The military merit and title system is the foundation of the Qin army. Failure to win the battle, or being unable to fight the battle, will have a great impact on the monarch.
This means that the feudal lord does not have the financial resources and manpower, and there is no need to maintain a larger scale of private soldiers.
In this world-devouring feast, everyone can participate, once the Qin army's military merits expand to a high level. Then after the original lord lost his military advantage, he would also gradually lose his economic advantage.
Gathering and scattering the quicksand, without losing any soldiers, weakening the power of the prince, and then swallowing up the world, this is what the Legalists are doing.
Han Fei and Li Si are all like this.
Li Zuoche looked at Zhao Shuang and continued.
"So you're hiding in the northwest?"
All the feudal lords of Qin faced the risk of property devaluation, but Zhao Shuang was an exception. In the past 20 to 30 years of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Shuang was the only prince who grew against the trend.
Not only did Zhao Shuang's fiefdom not shrink, but it continued to expand. More importantly, through the wars between the Yuezhi and the Xiongnu, Zhao Shuang raised the titles of his private soldiers to a very high level, which allowed him to legally avoid various restrictions set by the Legalists while maintaining his own title. In your system.
In today's Qin State, Zhao Shuang can be said to be outstanding. Many feudal lords wanted to send their children to Zhao Shuang for training.
"They were all taught by a teacher. Wouldn't I be unclear about Legalist methods?"
The people who are most familiar with Legalism are also the ones who are best able to exploit Legalism’s loopholes.
Zhao Shuang didn't care much, but Li Zuoche was puzzled.
"The war of Qin to dominate the world is naturally a nightmare for the nobles of the six countries, but for the people of Qin, it is a gluttonous feast. Once it is over, there may not be this opportunity again. You really don't want to Do you want anything?"
"Of course I have to take it!" Zhao Shuang was very sure, "It's just that Brother Zuo Che thinks, what is the most precious thing in this war?"
Li Zuoche's expression changed, and he finally understood why Zhao Shuang asked him to come.
"As long as my grandfather is here, the Qin army cannot enter Handan."
"If this is really the case, why was Bai Qi sentenced to death in Du You, and why did Lian Po die in depression in Chu State? Since ancient times, those who have conquered the world through military power have not always succeeded in retreating if they met the Ming Dynasty, let alone when they encountered Foolish king?"
Li Zuoche remained silent and asked a question.
"how about you?"
"It's just a trivial achievement, nothing worth mentioning." Zhao Shuang showed a cunning look on his face, and then became serious again, "I can save the tens of thousands of Zhao State's border troops."