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- Good news keeps coming, and the Qin army's land acquisition is extremely smooth. It can be said that wherever the Qin army reaches, it will be Qin's land.
Up to now, except for Jiangdong, which is too far away, the rest of the Chu State has become the territory of the Qin State.
On this day, Qin Yiren was doing official business, and Zheng Guo arrived. When Qin Yiren got the news, he immediately ordered Zheng Guo to come and meet him.
Zheng Guo came quickly with a young man. With a smile on his face, he greeted Qin Yiren and said, "I have seen your Majesty."
"No need." Qin Yiren waved his hand and looked at the young man. He saw that this young man was about twenty years old, but he was very capable, very tall, and his eyes were very bright and full of wisdom.
"This person is not an idle person." Qin Yiren thought to himself.
"Shi Lu, please meet your Majesty soon." Zheng Guochong said to the young man, and then to Qin Yiren: "Your Majesty, this is Shi Lu, my student, who is quite talented in water control."
"Shi Lu?" Qin Yiren's mouth opened wide, and he was so surprised that his chin almost hit the short case.
Qin Yiren summoned Zheng Guo this time because he had a very important water conservancy project to be built, and this water conservancy project was related to Shi Lu. Unexpectedly, Zheng Guo brought Shi Lu.
"It's good now. With Shi Lu here, the water conservancy will be completed." Immediately afterwards, Qin Yiren was very happy.
The water conservancy project that Qin Yiren wants to build was historically Shi Lu's masterpiece. Seeing Shi Lu now, Qin Yiren can't help but be full of confidence.
"Shi Lu has met your Majesty." Shi Lu rushed to greet Qin Yiren.
"No need. Come and sit down." Qin Yiren asked the master and apprentice to sit down.
"Your Majesty has summoned his ministers to control the water in Chu Land?" Zheng Guo looked at Qin Yiren, his eyes sparkling, and he was very excited: "Although I am not from Chu, I know the water conservancy of Chu Land very well. If you want to control the water, I have something to do."
As expected of a famous water engineer, Qin Yiren was very excited when he mentioned water control. Qin Yiren smiled and said: "Zheng Guo, don't worry. There are many rivers and lakes in Chu, and there is a lot of water to control. You have plenty of water control. However, this time I I have called you here not to manage the water in the Chu land, but because I have assigned you an extremely important matter. Do you dare to take it?"
"Your Majesty, please give me your instructions." Zheng Guo said hurriedly.
With a move of Qin Yi's hand, Meng Zhao and his men came forward carrying a huge map and spread it on the ground.
Zheng Guo took a look and saw that this was a very detailed map of the junction of Baiyue and the Central Plains. He was very puzzled and asked: "Your Majesty, this is"
"To be honest, sir, I want to conquer the land of Baiyue." Qin Yiren stood up and came to the front of the map and said.
"Meet Baiyue?" Zheng Guo and Shi Lu exclaimed, greatly surprised.
"Great! Great!" Immediately afterwards, the master and the disciple were very excited.
The land of Baiyue has been conducting trade with the Central Plains for a long time, and the people of the Central Plains are no strangers to Baiyue. Moreover, Baiyue still belongs to the Chu State in theory. Although the Chu State does not effectively control it, it does belong to the Chu State after all.
Who wouldn¡¯t be excited when they first heard that Qin Yiren wanted to conquer the land of Baiyue?
"The State of Chu has owned the land of Baiyue for hundreds of years, but the State of Chu cannot really own the land of Baiyue. It cannot borrow the power of Baiyue, otherwise, the State of Chu will be stronger." Qin Yiren raised his eyebrows. ¡¤Dao: "I want to unite the world. If I can't pacify the land of Baiyue, how can I unite the world?"
Historically, Qin Shi Huang¡¯s unification of the world was not just about wiping out the six kingdoms and unifying the Central Plains, but also included the land of Baiyue. It was Qin Shihuang's order that 500,000 Qin troops crossed the Five Ridges and pacified the land of Baiyue. This gave rise to the current territory of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Vietnam and part of Zhejiang.
If the land of South China cannot be brought back into the territory, Qin Yiren's great cause of unification will not be perfect, and Qin Yiren will certainly not give up.
"The king is wise." Zheng Guo and Shi Lu were sincerely convinced.
"If it were another person, it would probably be because the land of Baiyue was a barbarian land, so they would ignore it, but Qin Yiren wanted to pacify the land of Baiyue. Everyone must be convinced by this ambition.
"However, the land of Baiyue is different from the Central Plains. A large army needs a lot of food and grass. The five ridges are dangerous and difficult. If you want to transport food through the five ridges, it is not enough for the army. Therefore, I am thinking about connecting the Xiang River and the Li River. It would be much more convenient to build a river and transport grain and grass by water." Qin Yiren pointed at the map.
The man-made canals of the Xiang River and the Li River are called "Ling Canal". It was the most important strategic channel connecting the Central Plains to Lingnan in ancient China. It can be said that without the Ling Canal, the Central Plains dynasty would not be able to control the Lingnan land effectively enough, or even The land in Lingnan may no longer belong to China.
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After Qin Shihuang wiped out all the countries and unified the Central Plains, he was determined to pacify the land of Baiyue. Tu Sui led an army of 500,000 people from Changsha, crossed the Five Ridges, and pacified the land of Baiyue. At first, the Qin army's progress was very smooth, and they soon reached Guilin. After arriving in Guilin, the Qin army's offensive was frustrated and could no longer attack.
It¡¯s not that the Qin Army¡¯s combat power is not strong enough, but because there is a problem with the Qin Army¡¯s logistics. The transportation of grain and grass via the land route and the Wuling Mountains is far from enough for the Qin Army. The Qin Army is fighting almost hungry, so how can it have combat effectiveness.
In order to solve the problem of food and grass, Qin Shihuang visited Changsha twice and summoned the generals to discuss, but there was no way.
At the critical moment, a key figure appeared on the stage, this is Shi Lu. Qin Shihuang suggested that an artificial canal be built to connect the Xiangshui River and the Lishui River. Qin Shihuang adopted his suggestion and finally built the Lingqu Canal. After the Qin army's food and grass supplies were resolved, it only took the Qin army half a year to pacify the Lingnan area.
Qin Yiren knew about this. If he couldn't solve the Qin army's food and grass first, it would be impossible to pacify Lingnan, so he summoned Zheng Guo to discuss the matter.
"Your Majesty is very far-sighted, and I admire you very much." Zheng Guo was very happy, but he changed the topic and said: "As far as I know, the Xiang River is higher than the Li River. If the two waters are connected, it will not be navigable. .¡±
The Xiang River is higher than the Li River, with a drop of several hundred meters. It would not be navigable if directly connected.
"You go and survey the terrain first." Qin Yiren glanced at Shi Lu, wondering if Shi Lu could ever come up with such a clever plan as he did in history. Even if Shi Lu can no longer come up with such a clever plan, Qin Yiren knows it and will just come up with it when the time comes.
"Promise!" Zheng Guo and Shi Lu accepted the order, then said goodbye to Qin Yiren and went to survey the terrain.
A few days later, Wei Liao came to join Qin Yiren. Qin Yiren arranged the affairs, led a group of Qin army guards, and returned to Xianyang with Wei Liao.
The world has been settled for the first time, and affairs are piled up. The sooner Qin Yiren returns to Xianyang, the better.
XXOX
"Rumble." Wang Jian led the Qin army to capture the city and the territory, which was extremely smooth. There was no decent resistance along the way. Soon they arrived at the current place of Wuxi and were stopped by the local people.
"For the Qin Army, we discovered a strange thing here." An old man with white beard and hair said to Wang Jian: "Xishan Mountain is rich in tin, which has always been the most profitable business here. However, in the past few days, tin has become more and more It has become less and less, and today there is no tin at all. We were just surprised, and kept digging, and we dug out a stone tablet with words written on it. It was really strange.
"Oh, is there such a thing?" Wang Jian was greatly surprised and said, "Let me have a look."
Immediately, several strong young men came forward carrying a heavy stone tablet. Wang Jian opened his eyes and saw that the stone tablet was stained with a lot of new mud, which had just been unearthed.
The stone tablet reads "If there is tin, there will be chaos, and if there is Wuxi, there will be peace."
"Fathers and fellow villagers: the auspiciousness coming from heaven indicates that the Qin Dynasty will unify the world, and you will have a good life. Well, let's call this place Wuxi from now on." Wang Jian pondered briefly.
"Wuxi? It's suitable for the occasion." All the people of the country greatly agreed.
This is how Wuxi came to be.
Wang Jian said goodbye and led the Qin army to move forward. Someone asked in confusion: "General, is there really such an auspicious thing?"
"Is this important?" Wang Jian asked back.
It doesn¡¯t matter whether there is such an auspicious event. What¡¯s important is that you can use it to make a fuss about it and promote it for Qin.
Soon, the Qin army arrived in Gusu. Gusu was the capital of the Wu State in the late Spring and Autumn Period, and later became the fiefdom of Chun Shenjun. Chun Shenjun governed his palace here, which was extremely luxurious, even more luxurious than the palace of Chu State.
Chun Shenjun led his people to meet each other on the road, hoping to surrender to Qin. Of course, the premise is that the Qin State gives him the Huang family's fiefdom in Jiangdong. Without saying a word, Wang Jian took Lord Chun Shen into custody, and then ordered several people to behead him after he was found guilty.
In this way, Chun Shenjun, one of the "Four Young Masters of the Warring States Period", died.
Once Lord Chun Shen died, there were no ministers of the Chu State who could stir up trouble. It can be said that the Chu State was completely destroyed.
The Kingdom of Chu originated from the land of Jingxiang, with vast territory and abundant resources. It was the largest among the seven war states. It possessed amazing strength. At one time, people in the world were optimistic about it, thinking that the one who would unify China must be the Kingdom of Chu. However, the Chu State quickly declined and lost its qualification to dominate the world.
The State of Chu has a vast territory, rich products, and a large population. Why did it conquer so quickly?Failed? The reason is that the Chu State implements a feudal system. There are five major aristocratic families in the country, as well as a large number of medium-sized aristocratic families and small aristocratic families.
These aristocratic families carved up the Chu State. Although the Chu State was nominally a unified Warring States State, it was actually divided into pieces. The aristocratic families had their own interests and could not work together. This made the Chu State, the most powerful, just a country. It¡¯s just a second-rate Warring States period.
The land and population of Qin State is less than half of Chu State, and it can suppress Chu State for hundreds of years. This shows how serious the division of Chu State is.
Wu Qi¡¯s reform in Chu State ultimately failed because of the opposition of the powerful families. Wu Qi's reforms were mainly focused on the reform of the military system. Before they really touched the core interests of the aristocratic families of Chu State, and before they took action on their fiefdoms, they united and killed Wu Qi.
This shows how powerful the powerful family is.
?? If Chu State does not have such a large family, Wu Qi's reform can succeed, and if there is an ambitious monarch, then Chu State must be the best in the world.
It is a pity that the "Partition and Conquer" ruined the Chu State and eventually destroyed it. - Didn't finish reading? Add this book to your favoritesI'm a member and bookmarked this chapterCopy the address of this book and recommend it to your friends for pointsChapter error? Click here to report
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