The strongest Marquis in history

Mi Huang smiled slightly and said: "Your Highness, it is no problem to go to war. First, Qi's own business is quite prosperous now. The entire taxation system has also entered a virtuous cycle. There is plenty of money and food in the treasury. I went to Kuaiji County and brought back several million taels of silver. This sum of money is another sum of money. I declare that there is no problem with the Ministry of Household Affairs."

Wang Qi got the guarantee from the three people, and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, let's prepare for a battle. Now we are starting to make arrangements to prepare for the war next year. On horseback, after the Huns pay tribute this year, our army can equip more cavalry. Our overall We can make a huge leap forward in terms of strength. For us, starting the war in the coming year will not be too difficult."

Zhu Shan said: "What Your Highness said is true."

Wang Qi changed the subject and said again: "Secondly, this king is going to publish a newspaper now."

Zhu Shan said: "Your Highness, what is a newspaper?"

Wang Qi said: "The so-called newspaper is a popular mansion newspaper. It is not a rare thing. However, mansion newspapers are sent to officials at all levels, and the content of mansion newspapers is limited."

"Now the newspaper that the king wants to start is called Qi Guo Daily."

"The content of the newspaper, on the one hand, is the imperial court's major policies and foreign strategies, on the other hand, the imperial court has dealt with or promoted officials, and other aspects can be published in the newspaper."

"Newspapers must be sent to the entire territory of Qi with the help of the current post road."

"Let everyone in the world know the situation in Qi."

Wang Qi said in a deep voice: "Of course, the publishing of newspapers has printing technology before, and books can be printed on a large scale. Therefore, newspapers are also printed on a large scale and distributed to all parts of the country. Let people in the world know the policy of Qi State Policy, so that people in the local area will not be blind and unaware of the imperial court's strategy."

As for the printing technique, Wang Qi had brought it up a long time ago, and it was already used in the academy.

So it is not difficult to print newspapers.

Zhu Shanchang thought for a while, and said: "Your Highness, the appearance of newspapers is time-consuming and labor-intensive. But the effect of newspapers is excellent. Many people in the world do not know the imperial court's policies, and many people have never gone out in their entire lives."

"When they see corruption among local officials, they think that the same is true in the court, and that officials protect each other. In fact, this is because they don't know the policy of the court and don't understand the situation."

"If all counties, counties, and even local villages are made aware of the imperial court's strategies and major policies, then the imperial court's control over the local area will be extremely helpful."

Zhu Shan said long and hard: "My minister, I strongly support it."

Wang Qi smiled and said: "The reason why the newspaper is established is to have this effect. Newspapers, making money is secondary. The most important thing is to let the people of Qi know the policies of the imperial court and know that the imperial court is helping them .”

Zhuge Feng rolled his eyes and said, "Your Highness, I actually have an idea."

Wang Qi said, "What do you think?"

Zhuge Feng said: "The idea of ​​this minister is that the imperial court established the Qi Guo Daily, and the local newspapers can also be allowed to run newspapers. Local newspapers mainly introduce local executive policies and local governance policies. According to this strategy It is only at the local level that the common people understand the government's governance, and it is more direct."

Speaking of this, Zhuge Feng was a little excited, and said: "Of course, this matter also needs to be supervised. The local counties must censor the local newspapers, and there must be no conflicts with the state of Qi, and no conflicts with the policies of the state of Qi. "

Zhu Shanchang's eyes lit up, and he said approvingly: "Your Highness, I agree with you."

Mi Huang said: "The humble position also seconded."

Wang Qi smiled and said: "The strategy mentioned by my brother is indeed very useful. The reason for running a newspaper is not to make money or anything. It is to enhance the credibility of the government and make more people trust the court and the government. Local newspapers set up , It is indeed beneficial to the court. This matter can be pushed forward."

After a pause, Wang Qi said: "To run a newspaper, various ministries need to coordinate and arrange. Especially for local governments, follow-up needs to be arranged by various ministries. After discussing this matter, you can slowly arrange it."

"As ordered!"

Zhu Shanchang, Zhuge Feng and Mi Huang all answered.

At this moment, the door of the room was knocked softly, and Li Wuji hurried in, stood still and said, "Your Highness, just received the latest news that Army Division Zhou landed from the Haixi Ferry in Zhang'an County, headed north to Linzi and returned. It is said that the Wa Kingdom became a vassal in this campaign, and the Crown Prince Uesugi Xingxiu of the Wa Kingdom came in person. In addition, the Wa Kingdom compensated 50 taels of silver, and they are on the way back under escort."

Wang Qi said with a smile: "Finally back, the military commander has gained a lot of benefits from this encounter. Wa country's surrender means that for the time being, there will be no wars, and we can calmly deal with Cao Xuan."

Zhu Shanchang said: "Although 50 taels of silver is not much, at least it shows that the Wa Kingdom is afraid. The Wa Kingdom dispatched Uesugi Xingxiu to this battle, so we can take this opportunity to frighten him."

Zhuge Feng said: "I agree with Zhu Shangshu's suggestion. In this battle, let's beat each other hard."

Wang Qi said: "We'll discuss this matter after Army Division Zhou returns."

"I obey my orders!"

Zhuge Feng and others responded.

Everyone reported the things that needed to be played, and then they left to get busy with the things in hand.After all, the newspaper arranged by Wang Qi, as well as the first battle in the spring of next year, are not trivial matters and require a lot of scheduling.

Wang Qi stayed in the palace, waiting quietly.

Time passed, and half a month passed in a blink of an eye. After entering late October, the weather turned colder, and Wang Qi's clothes did not increase. After all, his own strength had already reached the peak of the Grandmaster Realm, even a half-step Grandmaster. The impact is not too great.

On this day, when Wang Qi was reviewing the government affairs, Li Wuji entered and said, "Your Highness, Army Master Zhou has returned in triumph. According to the news that is coming back, Army Army Master Zhou is less than ten miles away from the capital of Linzi."

Wang Qi ordered: "You go and make some arrangements, let people prepare the king's car, let Xia Houhu lead people to wait at the gate of the city, and invite the military adviser to drive into the city in the king's car. In addition, there is a lot of publicity in the city, and the Japanese kingdom will come to the city. Proclaim yourself a minister, and pay a tribute of 50 taels of silver."

"Yes!"

Li Wuji turned around and retreated to make arrangements to welcome Zhou Zishan.

There was also a look of anticipation on Wang Qi's face.

Finally home.

Chapter 724 A grand welcome

In the city of Linzi, when the people heard that Zhou Zishan was sent as an envoy to the Wa Kingdom and made the Wa Kingdom a minister, they all cheered and were very proud, and they were even more honored, because they were from the Qi Kingdom.

Now that it is the slack season, the people in the city are not busy, so many people began to gather at the gate of the city, wanting to see the grand occasion of Zhou Zishan's return.Furthermore, the Japanese people are all here, and they still want to be courtiers to the King of Qi. Many good people also want to come and see what the Japanese people look like.

Many people gathered at the gate of the city and waited.

While the common people were looking forward to it, it didn't take long, and a group of people on the official road rushed over without haste.

This team is Zhou Zishan and his party.

Originally, when Zhou Zishan was on an envoy, there were not many people accompanying him, but after Zhou Zishan landed at Haixi Ferry, he was surrounded by army guards, plus Uesugi Xingxiu and his party, as well as the people who transported 50 taels of silver. Quite huge.

Zhou Zishan's face was serious, and he rode his horse on the road.

The closer he was to the gate of the city, the more people there were, and he was a little surprised.

What are these people doing?

Did you welcome it?

It's not a big deal for him to return now, there's nothing worth welcoming.But when Zhou Zishan was about to arrive, the people suddenly shouted, shouting the words of Qi Guowansheng.

These words echoed among the people.

It was a bit messy at first, but such shouts gradually gathered together.

The voice became more and more orderly, and went straight into the sky.

Uesugi Hoshihide is in his early twenties, although he is not tall, he is quite handsome.When he saw the scene of the people around him, he felt a little horrified, the appearance of the Great Qi Kingdom was very good.

Especially after landing at the Haixi Ferry, along the way, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and lived a prosperous life.Now that he arrived at King Qi's capital, Uesugi Xingxiu was even more shocked when he saw the demeanor of the people.

Qi State is worthy of being a kingdom of heaven, and the people of the kingdom of heaven have a completely different spirit.

On the other hand, in Japan, the people are even more numb.

Uesugi Xingxiu took another look at Zhou Zishan. He has been learning Dazhou's Mandarin recently. If he can understand a sentence or two, it will be easier, so he has been studying.

Along the way, Uesugi Xingxiu also came into contact with Zhou Zishan. Through the conversation with Zhou Zishan, he found that Zhou Zishan was extremely wise, astronomy, geography, political strategy, and marching strategy. characters.

Zhou Zishan glanced at Uesugi Xingxiu, with a faint smile on his lips.

Along the way, Zhou Zishan basically figured out the situation of Uesugi Xingxiu with the help of Uesugi Xingxiu's accusation, and also through Uesugi Xingxiu, he learned clearly about the situation of Wa Kingdom.

This helps Zhou Zishan to judge the strategy against Wa.

Zhou Zishan didn't care about Uesugi Xingxiu's thoughts, he rode his horse and continued to move forward, the distance was further shortened, but he saw a group of soldiers at the gate of the city ahead, especially Xia Houhu.

Beside Xia Houhu, there is a carriage, which is pulled by five horses.

In the etiquette of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the emperor drives six, the princes drive five, and the emperor's carriage is drawn by six horses.The carriages in which the princes ride are drawn by five horses.As Wang Qi is the king of Qi, if he goes out officially, he will be drawn by five horses.

The chariot in front of him was drawn by five horses, each of which was snorting, standing bored.

There was no one in the carriage.

When Zhou Zishan approached, Xiahou Huce stepped forward, got off his horse, and said: "Military division, please change to a carriage and enter the city."

Zhou Zishan hurriedly said: "How can this be done, this is His Highness's car."

Riding in Wang Qi's carriage is too ostentatious.

Zhou Zishan did not dare to overstep.

Xia Houhu smiled innocently and said: "Military Master, how dare I let you ride with you. This is the order of the king. Please ask the military master to drive into the city in the king's car. I will drive for the military master myself."

After Zhou Zishan heard this, he got off his horse and drove towards Wang Qi's carriage, and slowly boarded the carriage and knelt down.

Xia Houhu jumped up, stood on the shaft of the chariot, shook the reins, and began to drive on the road.

A group of people went straight into the city.

This scene fell in the eyes of countless people, and the people cheered even more.

Uesugi Hoshihide also entered the city together, and beside him was someone who was familiar with Oshu's official dialect. This person was named Akabane Tsunaaki, who was a confidant of Emperor Shotoku of the Japanese country, and had also studied in Oshu.

In addition, he is also the teacher of Uesugi Xingxiu, responsible for teaching Uesugi Xingxiu.Today's Uesugi Hoshihide is quite wise, and there is a big reason for it, which is the influence of Akabane Tsunaaki.

It was the influence of Akabane Tsunaaki that made Uesugi Hoshihide feel a little more in awe of Da Zhou.

After all, if you understand it, you will be afraid.

Uesugi Xingxiu was sitting in the carriage. He didn't understand it just now, so he looked at Akabane Tsunaaki and asked, "Teacher, just now a general invited Mr. Zhou. I didn't understand what happened. It seems that It's amazing."

Akabane Tsunade was in his early forties, very elegant, and said solemnly: "Prince, what happened just now is that King Qi arranged for his exclusive car to meet Mr. Zhou. Have you noticed that King Qi's car is five horse-drawn horses?" Now, this is only for King Qi to ride."

"If the emperor of the Great Zhou was riding, he would have to be drawn by six war horses. Ordinary people can't ride in the king of Qi's chariot at will. Therefore, Mr. Zhou politely refused at first, but in the end he couldn't refuse. He could only board the chariot."

"Especially the person driving the car. He was named Xiahouhu, the general of King Qi, according to the people around. Hearing his name, I thought of what Mr. Zhou said. He was the one who knocked down Kazuo Murata with one blow. "

Akabane Tsuna was also emotional.

King Qi is really wise.

He personally arranged a car to meet Zhou Zishan, which shows that it is not easy for King Qi to control his subordinates.

"Fuck!"

Uesugi Hoshihide nodded.

He looked envious, and said with emotion: "Today's Qi State, and even the Great Zhou Dynasty, are all monarchs. King Qi let Mr. Zhou take a car, and Zhou's military divisions all looked grateful. It can be seen that the way of monarchs and ministers is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people."

"This is a model of a great country."

"In our country, all regimes and all armies are under the control of the General Shogunate. The appointment of all local officials is also in the hands of the General Shogunate."

"Although the emperor is said to be supreme, he is like a mascot, aloof and ignoring things. It is really abominable. Especially these scholars who came to Dazhou to study, after returning, they all served Abe Kiyomasa instead of serving the emperor."

With an angry look on his face, Uesugi Xingxiu said: "There are too few people like the teacher who are loyal to the imperial family."

Akabane Tsunade said: "Prince, since ancient times, in order to achieve a great cause, it has always been necessary to go through countless ups and downs. It is impossible to achieve success without going through ups and downs. For example, King Qi, when the Great Zhou was in chaos, Being able to stand out among thousands of people shows how powerful he is. Now, you have to seize this opportunity, watch more and learn more. Only when you return to China can you slowly seize power."

Uesugi Hoshihide nodded, with a resolute expression on his face.

Akabane Tsunaaki saw Uesugi Xingxiu's expression of not being afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, but he sighed in his heart.

The situation of the Japanese royal family is not very good.

It's just that he can't hit Uesugi Hoshihide, so right now he can only give Uesugi Hoshihide more encouragement, hoping that Uesugi Hoshihide's future path will be easier and more bearable.

A group of people entered the city and went to Qi Wangfu.

Zhou Zishan and his party arrived at the south gate of Linzi city, and Qi Wangfu was located in the direction of the north city, and the carriage crossed the south and north cities of Linzi.This passage shows the prosperity of Linzi and the well-being of the people.

The people in the city are very lively with people coming and going, and the market is even more bustling and noisy.Such a situation is incomparable to Japan.After Uesugi Xingxiu saw it, he was even more impressed.

It is worthy of being the Qi State, and it is worthy of being the strongest prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

A group of people arrived at the palace.

Uesugi Xingxiu was a little surprised when he saw Prince Qi's mansion.Because the Prince Qi's Mansion in front of him is neither luxurious nor magnificent at all. At first glance, it looks like an ordinary residence, without a majestic and magnificent city, and it is not so shocking.

It's just that Uesugi Xingxiu was shocked in the blink of an eye, thinking that Wang Qi was really not simple.

Who is Wang Qi?

He is the lord of Qi State and the largest princes and kings in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty.With Wang Qi's status, he lives in such a simple and plain house, which shows that Wang Qi's style is simple.

Just like this, it is worthy of his study, and even more worthy of his admiration.

Xia Houhu reined in the horse, he got out of the carriage first, and said respectfully: "Military Master, Your Highness has been waiting for you for a long time in the palace, please follow me."

"General Xiahou, wait a moment."

After Zhou Zishan got off the carriage, he looked at Uesugi Xingxiu, and said softly: "Crown Prince, wait a moment, I will go to see King Qi first, and King Qi will summon you later."