Fei Zhong laughed secretly in his heart. On the surface, he paused in his steps and raised his voice. His tone was full of doubts: "Little Marquis of Donglu? Are slaves making trouble? Where do these words come from?"
"Brother Fei came from the capital, so naturally he has never seen such a 'wonderful sight'!"
Song Bao's voice was full of resentment and sarcasm, "Today's slaves are incredible. They all want to get rid of their slave status, don't work hard, and have meaningless delusions. Aren't they just influenced by the young Marquis of Donglu..."
The young Marquis of Donglu is Jiang Wenhuan, the son of Dongbo Marquis, and the younger brother of the current Queen Jiang.
He studied in Chaoyang Mountain for two years and was one of the first batch of military strategists. After returning to Donglu, he proposed a method of military training and wanted to select slaves to train and demonstrate what he had learned.
But compared to the young and passionate Jiang Wenhuan, Jiang Huanchu acted prudently, knowing that this kind of restructuring was no better than other reforms. If he was not careful, it would cause class turmoil, so he refused deep in his heart, just not to hurt his son.
I am very enthusiastic and did not reject it face to face...
Until Dongyi was destroyed.
The appearance of the God of War Xingtian was an accident, not to mention being taken away by Kong Xuan. What really shocked and even horrified Jiang Huanchu was that the combat effectiveness of the Dashang army commanded by Huang Feihu had nearly doubled compared to before!
Regardless of whether it was a head-on confrontation or a side detour, Dongyi, who was good at bows, arrows, and witchcraft, could not withstand the power of the king's master. He was crushed to death without any chance.
From that moment on, Jiang Huanchu knew that nothing could be done.
The relationship between the great merchants and the eight hundred princes was one of dominance and antagonism.
The four major princes guard the four directions. Once the center is weak and the four directions are strong, the final result will inevitably be that the following will attack the top.
In the same way, once the central power is strong and dominates the four sides, if it is replaced by a conservative king, the status quo may still be maintained. However, this military strategy is exactly what King Zhou taught. If Dongyi has been destroyed, can Donglu be far behind?
When the sharp sword hung above his head, Jiang Huanchu had no choice but to support Jiang Wenhuan's army restructuring method, train slaves, and become a standing army.
Donglu has had good weather over the years and its national strength is strong. Compared with Dashang who has been at war for many years, it has more capital to train its troops. Jiang Wenhuan is also a general, training his troops day and night, and his military strength is getting stronger day by day.
As a result, the number of slaves joining the army continued to increase.
Ten thousand slaves!
Twenty thousand slaves!
Thirty thousand slaves!
In the end, 50,000 slaves formed a standing army of 50,000 to guard all parties in Donglu.
Nowadays, the productivity is not developed in future generations. With the land area of Donglu, it is already an extremely luxurious thing to have a standing army of 50,000.
The army was established, but new problems arose.
There are no more enemies.
Originally, Donglu's enemy was Dongyi. At that time, Jiang Huanchu planned to support the bandits and try to avoid war. Now they want to start a war, but Dongyi has been destroyed.
Without Dongyi, Donglu's army became a pure guard and intimidation, letting the merchants know that they could not be bullied, and maintaining Dongbohou's power to control the two hundred princes in the east.
It looks good, but in reality there are many hidden dangers.
Whenever an external offensive is launched, a major effect is to redirect internal conflicts to the outside.
And once there are no external enemies, the outbreak of internal conflicts becomes unavoidable.
Fifty thousand slaves formed an army and practiced day and night in Donglu. Their momentum was like a rainbow, which really shocked everyone. However, the nobles and slave owners in the country also became wary.
Where there is oppression, there will naturally be resistance. During the six hundred years of the Shang Dynasty, slaves took up arms and rose up to resist. The aforementioned Valkyrie Goddess Fuhao used iron and blood to suppress slave uprisings.
Compared with those days when they picked up farm tools and rebelled completely unorganized and undisciplined, the threat of today's slaves has been multiplied several times after training. What if they rebel again?
Of course, both Jiang Huanchu and Jiang Wenhuan were aware of this. The slaves they selected were all submissive and absolutely loyal. Any untamed seedlings would be eliminated immediately. At the same time, they promised to burn the elixir book and get rid of the slave status as long as they made military exploits.
Their rewards and punishments were measured, their methods were clever, and they had complete control of the 50,000-strong army. It was indeed impossible for them to shoot themselves in the foot, but once they opened their mouth, they set a very "bad" example.
Slaves from the surrounding vassal states saw that Dong Lu had joined the regular army and had the hope of regaining their freedom. The brave ones defected one after another, and the timid ones also had desire in their hearts.
This kind of spiritual transmission is the most fatal to slave owners.
The noisy dispute happening outside the shop at this moment originated from this.
"You cheap slaves, how dare you look directly at me? You are looking for death! You are looking for death!"
A reason that sounded funny at first made a slave owner raise his whip and beat him with a ferocious expression.
The onlookers pointed and looked at the slave. They didn't have much sympathy, but were very shocked.
These slaves were insensitive in the past. When they were whipped, their skinny and scarred bodies curled up and endured blindly. If they fell down, they would never be able to get up again. But this time, they raised their heads slightly, until
Looking at the slave master's whip, the faint light in his eyes made the onlookers feel palpitations.
A single spark starts a prairie fire.
"There's going to be chaos!"
When Fei Zhong saw it, he sighed, "If things continue like this, whose world is it?"
During the period of Wang Anshi's political reform in later generations, a veteran of the Three Dynasties once rebuked Song Shenzong, "You rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, not with the common people."
Now, in the same way, although some people sympathized with the suffering of the slaves, the princes all believed that the emperors of the Great Shang ruled the world with the people, not with the slaves.
Dongbohou Jiang Huanchu's move made Donglu prosperous, but harmed other vassal states.
"What you said is absolutely true!"
Song Bao greatly agreed after hearing this, and said bitterly, "However, there are more and more people who are ignorant. Xiqi is now also establishing enlightenment teaching. In addition to civilians, he actually allows slaves to attend. This trend has become more popular. Compared with Donglu's
The situation is even more uncontrollable!”
"That's not something we can worry about!"
Fei Zhong shook his head and said, "Fortunately, Bei Bohou is still sensible."
This is what they are talking about. You must know that Beibohou Chonghou Hu is the most "domineering" among the four princes. He imposes arbitrary taxes and oppresses the common people. In the fish and meat village, Emperor Yi's transfer orders are often delayed, and every time his troops are
The food and fodder all arrive last.
However, being able to become one of the four great princes is not a simple role. The more Chonghou Hu is like this, the less Emperor Yi is afraid of him, and the more he is wary of Ji Fa, who treats the world like a saint all day long.
This is the same as self-destruction.
Song Bao heard this, but he hesitated to speak. Finally, he let Fei Zhong go and agreed on a time to see each other again.
After such exchanges, one month later, when the situation in Dongping City became increasingly complicated, Song Bao finally extended an invitation to Fei Zhong.
"Brother Fei is willing to join Beiyuan as a minister?" .