Guitian, who has been heading south to Daishan without stopping, is actually still a little confused now. He concludes that the Marquis of Qi was indeed defeated in Yangguan, but it is hard to say what the internal situation is and whether it is really just a military issue.
People who didn't come to Qi State thought that Qi State was rich, profound, and powerful. After spending a year and a half in Qi State, I realized that it was a country with many mountains.
The five-capital system has advantages, but also disadvantages.
The advantage is of course that the overall strength is very strong. In terms of economic strength, it is probably the best in the world. The accumulated pig iron, salt, cloth, wood, stone, armor, boats, chariots, and livestock were used to rob countless people in the Wu Kingdom.
Before the great powers, he was the de facto number one.
However, the disadvantages are also obvious. The ability to transform strength is extremely poor, far inferior to that of Jin.
An important reason for Jin's long-term hegemony is that the power it unleashed was the best in the world.
In the past dozen or so generations, every time Qi collided with a major power, it never won well and was at a long-term disadvantage.
There were several conflicts between Qi, Chu, Qi, Wu, and Qi and Jin. The king of Qi could only mobilize the five divisions and brigades stationed in the city. The troops in the other cities were very troublesome and unsatisfactory to use.
In addition, there was a serious political vendetta when the king succeeded to the throne, and a very large political family was formed.
The Qiancheng Yi Gao family, no matter how loyal and patriotic they are, has grown to such an extent that they can single-handedly conquer the five tribes. Can this allow the monarch to safely hand over the northern territory of the country to their management?
So who is the king and who are the subjects?
After arriving in Qi, and having in-depth exchanges and observations, Guitian, a wandering sergeant from Chen, realized that Qi was a country that was always on the eve of Jin's dominance.
If the monarch continues to delegate power, the powerful families in the five capitals may begin to carve up the country of Qi, and maybe several powerful families will split directly.
But if the monarch takes back power, the wealthy families of the five capitals will start playing tricks again. After all, they will not be willing to let go of the power and wealth they have obtained.
This delicate balance caused the Qi State to fall into a strange circle in the construction of the system. The kings of the Qi State in the past dynasties did not have a good solution and kept going around in circles.
To transform from a prince to a king, a prince of Qi needs the support of a political giant like the Gao family in Qiancheng. After ascending to the throne, he needs several years of dormancy and several years of explosiveness. After more than ten years,
All ambitions have been completely wiped out.
When a king reaches the age of forty, he is almost waiting for death.
Therefore, what monarchs in the past dynasties need is an opportunity, an opportunity that can change this political ecology.
When Guitian received the letter of appointment, he made a bold guess. Would the Marquis of Qi have any other ideas when using an outsider like him to attack a very important pass like Yangguan?
To outsiders, it seemed that the Marquis of Qi was incompetent and furious, but Guita didn't think so at all.
There is no way, his experiences in the past few years are really...hard to describe in one word.
He couldn't help but think too much.
"If the gentleman is hesitant, why not ask the lady to ask the princess?"
Seeing the boss's appointment of Qihou, Guitian's customers thought too much, so they persuaded the boss that instead of thinking about it here, they should ask the boss's wife to ask the old girl who was interested in Qihou.
"Well...that's it!"
Thinking about it, I have all kinds of random thoughts here, and I may not know what Qi Hou is planning and arranging.
Guitian, who didn't want to work hard at first, got married to a rich woman from Anyi. Life finally got better and life gradually became more enjoyable.
In addition, the rich woman in Anyi was not a small person, she was the daughter of Gonglou. After the fall of Sui State, the State of Qi entrusted some local people to jointly manage it.
Now the Gonglou family is a local family in Qi State.
It's just that compared to the wealthy families in Wudu, it's a bit unspectacular, but when Mr. Gong Lou spoke, someone finally listened.
In addition, the rich woman of the Gonglou family is very good at life and spends money readily. She has a fatal attraction for the men, women and children of Lao Jiang's family.
If I don’t like your people, how can I not like your money?
And Guitian, who can take good care of the rich woman, will naturally be looked at twice.
Again, I can look down on you, Chen Guoshang Shitian, who is just a freeloader, but I can't look down on the money behind you, Chen Guoshang Shitian.
Besides, no one thinks Guida is here to make a living, because his resume is quite brilliant.
After going through the Battle of Biyang, the current king of Hanzi Kingdom, the former King of Wu, appointed the strong man Li Jie, and sent the princess as a gift, twice.
For this reason, people within Qi State also felt that this handsome boy from Chen State must have come to Qi State to change his mood.
If he ran away after doing something bad, then Chen Guo and Han Guo should not be wanted twice.
If there is no fatwa in the world, it means everything is peaceful.
Therefore, in Guitian's small circle in Qi State, the upper-class bosses may not take him seriously, but among the middle and lower nobles, many people plan to resell some supplies from Chen and Han through him.
If you have connections, you have the opportunity to turn connections into money.
Then Guitian sent someone back to Linzi. His wife, a wealthy woman from Anyi, was accompanying the princess to choose clothes. They were all made of good materials.
Since the rich woman of Anyi married him, she has also changed from the rich woman of Anyi to the rich woman of Jishui.
No way, Guida's identity can still bring a lot of conveniences.
None of the "Peach Blossom Fairies" said anything bad about him, and they were also curious as to why Sergeant Tian left Chen State for Qi State. So when Gui Tian occasionally helped his current wife with some re-export trade, all the "Peach Blossom Fairies" asked his subordinates to
Make it slightly easier.
A little less than ten thousand pieces of eight thousand pieces of white sand and linen cloth are worth what the rich woman of Anyi worked hard for two years in Anyi.
Probably when Guitian passed the Daishan Mountain Road and was about to approach Wenshui, his wife, Gong Lou, sent someone to chase him and told him about Qi Hou's plan for this alliance. In addition to seeking hegemony, he also wanted to cleanse the five capitals.
It means wealthy.
Except for the Gao family in Qiancheng Yi who cannot be touched, the rest must be dealt with.
This information was very important. Gui Tian made a bold judgment that attacking Lu was a meat grinder. Qi planned to kill people, but it was up to them to decide who would die.
Obviously, the troops directly under the monarch cannot die randomly, so the only way is to let the children of the wealthy families in the five capitals go to Yangguan to knock on the pass and die.
Guida, who felt that he had captured the essence, suddenly changed his mind and thought, if he was serious about doing something, then who would he do it for?
Is it for the Marquis of Qi or the wealthy families of the Five Capitals?
This is a multiple-choice question, so you have to take a gamble.
"I am a gentleman of the Chen Kingdom, and I must serve my duty with loyalty!"
A thought flashed across Gui Tian's mind. This time, he would just make a knife for the Marquis of Qi.
Everyone is betting, why not bet bigger?
Guitian decided to torture all the wealthy people in the five capitals to death in the sunshine. He would not stop until they were beaten. Even if the wealthy families in the five capitals came to obstruct him, unless the Marquis of Qi relented, he would be tortured to death.
If his guess was correct, in order to quell the anger of the five capitals, someone had to take the blame. This blame must be taken by whoever was in charge of the war.
But since it is gambling, there must be other places to gamble.
What Gui Tian is betting now is that this old guy, Marquis Qi, will not live long.
He had no hope of the Qi army's combat effectiveness, but he had infinitely improved the Han army's combat effectiveness!
With an army of 230,000 on the side, Guitian didn't believe it. If the Han Dynasty made a slight move, could the Qi Kingdom resist?
How long has the state of Lu blocked the state of Qi here?
Spring is almost over, and there are several spring peaches. In a few days, it will be summer, and by that time, there will be no fun!
If you cannot defeat the Han army in a field battle, you will die.
The Han army would never let Qi go in a field battle, and the Chinese army might collapse. And given the age of Qi Hou, who was seventy or eighty years old, this kind of violent mood swings, coupled with the bumps in the escape.
Guitian wants to make a bigger bet. The old Marquis of Qi will die abroad if he can't say this battle!
Thinking of this, Guitian immediately sent his confidants back to Linzi and informed the rich woman of Anyi to immediately find a young master to build a good relationship!