Imperial power in the Central Plains did not reach the countryside, and orders issued by the court could only reach the gentry level at most.
The situation in the grasslands is the same, even more serious than in the Central Plains, because the grasslands are not as good at educating the people as the Central Plains.
Under this situation, as long as they strictly ban the promotion of preferential treatment for herdsmen in the Central Plains, then the grasslands will still have a chance!
As long as they delay for another month, it will rain frequently. They only need to attack on rainy days and retreat on sunny days to ensure that they are safe.
The pressure of a two-front battle is very high. Half of the force has to hold back Zhou State, and half of the force has to contain Chu State. If they only faced one country, their situation on the grassland would be much better.
If it wasn't for my own recklessness, why would it be like this?
Seeing the expression on Wanyan Khan's face, Agula had already guessed Wanyan Khan's thoughts, so he said: "Khan does not need to blame himself, the right or wrong of this matter does not lie with Khan."
Wanyan Khan said: "If I hadn't ordered the reckless attack on the Zhou Kingdom, how could my expression have changed into what it is now?"
Agula sighed and said: "Khan, whether you attack Zhou or not, the Central Plains will send troops to our grassland."
Wanyan Khan looked at Agula and asked: "What is the meaning of this statement?"
Agula said: "There is a saying in the Central Plains: How can we allow others to sleep soundly under the couch? The Central Plains is still divided at this time, but the Khan is wise and powerful and leads my Wanyan tribe to unify the grassland in advance. Even if the Khan does not move,
It is very likely that the Chu State and the Zhou State will form an alliance and jointly attack our grassland while there are still internal worries in our grassland. Khan acted first and gained the upper hand in the fight with the Zhou State. Otherwise, the situation of our grassland will be
More dangerous."
Through this mission, Agula has understood that the Chu State has never thought of forming an alliance with their grassland to carve up the Zhou State. Even if they could turn back time, it would be impossible for them to join forces with the Zhou State to carve up the Chu State.
The emperors of the Central Plains are different from the khan leaders of the grasslands.
Khans and leaders on the grasslands rarely cared about how they would be evaluated in later history books, but the emperors of the Central Plains were different.
Most of the emperors of the Central Plains cared very much about their records in history books and the evaluations of them by later generations. In every dynasty and every generation, there were even ministers who recorded every word and deed of the emperor.
The emperor may not attach importance to wealth, but he will definitely attach importance to fame.
As an emperor, it would be quite embarrassing if he had no achievements during his reign.
And the thing that best demonstrates your achievements is to expand your territory!
As an emperor, wherever his power can spread, it will be clearly written in the history books. These honors will be accompanied by the emperor's name and be praised forever.
Naturally, the emperors of the Chu Kingdom had many achievements in opening up territory. Each emperor would basically conquer one or two cities of Zhou or Zhao, or occupy one or two states.
Especially the virtuous kings of this generation can be said to have gone crazy with killings. When they first ascended the throne, they defeated Zhou and Zhao, conquered two cities of Zhou and captured one state of Zhao.
War is expensive, right?
But the two wars were forced to be fought by him into a war between rich countries, especially Zhao State. It was so generous to pay the money!
The one who was most fascinated by the operation was the Emperor of Zhao.
Originally, he thought that Chu State had always been very poor. After fighting against Zhou State, how could the treasury still have enough money to compete with Zhao State?
So he felt that he could expand the territory, so he sent troops to the Chu State. As a result, the compensation from the Zhou State was sent over, and the Chu State became rich again, so Liuzhou was assigned to the Chu State from then on, including the noble families above Liuzhou.
, returned to Chu State together.
When the peace envoys came to the capital of Chu State and talked for a long time with the then Minister of Honglu Temple, Liuzhou did not want to go back. They had to pay for the military expenses of this time. Not only did they have to pay military expenses, but they also had to pay compensation.
There is no other way, who told you to come and kill someone because you are so mean?
The wise king took over the land of a state with tears in his eyes.
Why did he say he was in tears? Because he laughed so hard that he almost waved a small handkerchief: "Welcome to come again next time!"
The virtuous king already has a thick list of achievements in his life, so he is qualified to throw away the throne casually, and he can also rule the civil servants and generals in the court obediently.
But Zhou Guo couldn't do it. Zhou Guo had lost its city for two consecutive emperors. Although the current Zhou Emperor was very ambitious, no matter how ambitious he was, it was useless without a strong army.
Now that Chu State has added firearms, it is even more impossible for Zhou State to defeat Chu State.
Then Emperor Zhou, who wanted to leave his name in history, had to find someone to bully, and it was most likely the grassland. Although the grassland was very barren for the people, it was a good place for the emperor.
Because strictly speaking, when the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains conquered the territory of the other two countries, it is not called opening up territory, it is called recovering.
Only attacking the grassland is called opening up territory.
Whether they capture it or not is another matter, but capturing it is a meritorious achievement.
Although recovery is also an achievement and is still respected by future generations, it is far inferior to opening up and expanding territory.
Of course, among these emperors, the First Emperor was an exception.
Although it seems that what the First Emperor did was just to recover, he was the first emperor and founded the first unified dynasty.
No matter how vast the territory of future emperors is, as long as they still use the title of emperor, they have to stand before Qin Shihuang.
Agula has been studying the culture of the Central Plains since he was a child, and naturally knows a lot about the rules and customs of the Central Plains, but this time the Central Plains taught him another lesson.
Wanyan Khan said solemnly: "Since the emperors of the Central Plains all want merit, why do you still say that our grassland will fail whether it is to win over Zhou or Chu? Isn't it merit to regain lost territory and destroy the enemy country? Brothers resist the enemy outside the wall.
Insult? Will the emperor really believe this nonsense?"
Agula shook his head and said: "Khan, this sentence does not refer to brothers, but also to internal disputes. That is why the emperor pays special attention to it. Even if the position of Zhou State is replaced by Zhao State, the situation may still be the same.
, it is impossible for the three countries of the Central Plains to cooperate with us in this life, even without this sentence."
Wanyan Khan asked: "Why?"
Agula said, "This is something I only realized after I went to the Central Plains. To the Central Plains, we are aliens and barbarians. They can do business with us, but they will never ally with us to invade any country in the Central Plains."
Once a country does this, from now on, no matter how great the achievements of the emperor, no matter how vast the territory he expands, he will be nailed on the pillar of shame and reviled by future generations, and even..."
Wanyan Khan asked: "Even what?"
Agula said: "Even the entire dynasty will become a joke because of the stupid behavior of this generation of emperors, and will never be able to hold its head high in front of successive dynasties."
Wanyan Khan couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this: "If Chu and Zhou both hold such thoughts, how can our grassland win?"
Agula shook his head and said: "The Central Plains are invincible. Even after the chaos of the Jin Dynasty, they will still stand up again."
Wanyan Khan asked: "Then what should we do?"
Agula said: "Learn him, integrate with him, become him, and finally replace him! This is the only way for our grassland."