Is this a godsend?

The group of people like Guang Chengzi want to be CEOs and general managers, so they can only go to smaller companies, but not too small, so that they have a platform to perform, and to be a CEO must have enough credit , the biggest contribution is to open up the market or grab the market from established companies. 0.,9:"4!0:7";6?

The Taiyi faction wants to start their own business and be the chairman and boss themselves. Therefore, they must be self-reliant, but they must also cooperate with others. Otherwise, the new small company will really disappear after being crushed. The weak Guangchengzi faction unites and cooperates.

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Burst Archaeologist:

Today, a major discovery was made in Pit E of the Luoyi tomb. The steel sword of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties was relatively well preserved.From the fact that the owner of the tomb buried it in his hand, it can be seen that he cherishes and attaches great importance to this sword.

There are inscriptions on the sword body, which are different from the oracle bone inscriptions found so far. It was once thought to be a Spring and Autumn or Qin sword. However, according to the C-14 test results, it is a steel sword from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties. , it can be considered that the identity of the owner of the tomb is Ziyu in the Shang Dynasty or an aristocrat closely related to Ziyu.

It can be seen that the history of iron and steel smelting in my country's metallurgical history needs to be pushed forward by nearly 1000 years! --"news"

[Tucao: In reality, this kind of shit really happened. The steel swords and large-scale iron workshops used by small military officers in the Spring and Autumn Period ~ Directly rewrite the history of metallurgy—so, even if there are traversers, the results will be The end is probably like this, can’t stay, lost halfway, was discovered by chance, surprised everyone, it’s over, nothing can be affected]

Chapter 36 The Vague King of Shang

It was another day to deal with government affairs. A large number of wooden slips directly overwhelmed people, and they were at a loss. Of course, if you look carefully, you will find that most of the things are actually limited to very simple things, such as a conflict that killed a person. The confrontation at the border requires the king to send someone to stop and arbitrate.

Some slaves ran away and went to other people's homes, and then argued over the slaves. For example, some nobles donated goods and needed to be rewarded, and there were reports from the princes of various places about the spring plowing situation, and some nobles violated the rules and needed to be punished. .

As for matters such as sacrifices, small-scale border conflicts, and military engagements between feudal lords, etc., they are also among them. Of course, compared with the real emperors of later generations, these government affairs are just too much to watch, and most of them can't be spent. Trivia about anything.

In this era, although Zishou has produced the most junior civil servants, the civil servants are limited to assisting with paperwork and running errands, and as for the rest, there is nothing to count on.

As for things like opening up people's wisdom, Zi Shou thought about it, and then went out and walked around to dispel the scene where it was easy to keep himself alive, and Dashang collapsed.

Enlightening people's wisdom is a must in industrial society, because factory production needs to consume a large number of intellectuals, the more intelligent the people, the more conducive to the development of industry and civilization, but it is not necessary for farming society, and ignorance of the people is in line with social needs measures.

The reason is very simple. Leaving aside the schools, books, and where teachers come from to open up the people's wisdom, the problem of graduates alone cannot be solved. What are they studying for?After ten years of cold window, continue digging in the field?

That's why Qin had the act of burning books. This is the reason why one person reads poems and books, but thousands of people destroy their fields.

Due to the backwardness of ancient agricultural production and the low output, even if it is the most basic requirement to prevent everyone from starving to death, more than 80% of the population must be tied up in the fields obediently, and they must be obediently If they are really bound in the fields, they must be unable and unable to imagine higher-level things. Therefore, Shang Yang proposed the Five Arts of Controlling the People.

Therefore, if Zishou wants to open up the wisdom of the people, first of all, he must be given a way to obtain unlimited food, so that 20% of the people can feed 80% of the population. Accommodate the market for consumer goods, thereby expanding the scale of handicraft production and commercial trade, thereby absorbing excess population and intellectuals.

The conclusion is that it is recommended to give him the United States and the Soviet Union as backing. Otherwise, if you do this kind of thing, you don’t even have to count on the death of the second generation. One, therefore, later talents learned the lesson and proposed the Five Arts of Controlling the People.

If the wisdom of the people is not enlightened, there are not enough smart people, and if the civilization can be improved only by the wisdom of the King of Shang or a few people including his descendants, then probably this world may really be "princes and generals have their own characteristics." It’s kind of like”, because the nobles can really drive the entire civilization by themselves, and the future generations can inherit this ability, can’t they?

However, there is no wisdom of the people at all, and it is impossible to obtain enough bureaucrats to manage the growing land, so Brother Zheng came up with a countermeasure - the school system, which is separated by student registration and civilian registration, so as to ensure that there will be a steady stream of bureaucrats The reserve team can also control the number of intellectuals needed by the country so that there will not be too many, and prevent a large number of farmers from doing their jobs properly, leading to famine.

However, the schools in the Qin Dynasty were completely public-funded schools, and everything from food to school supplies was paid for by the public, and the requirement for enrolling in the school was that your family members had titles.There are two sources of titles. The first is military merit, including assisting in the arrest of criminals, and you can get it for righteous deeds; knighthood.

Then Confucian scholars were murdered, because Confucianism especially likes to do one thing, which is to open private schools, saying that there is no distinction between teaching, but from the situation of later generations, the rise of private schools has completely cut off the promotion channels for ordinary people.

In the past, it was possible to obtain student status by joining the army and fighting, paying taxes, and obeying the law. The government collapsed.

Because under the school system, once you make a mistake as an official, you will win the title, which means that as long as you make a mistake once, your descendants will be able to bid farewell to the bureaucratic group within two or three generations, and even your other relatives will also be unlucky , Therefore, there is no real temptation, Qin officials were indeed quite honest and capable in the early days.

However, with the collapse of the school system, officials could not be replenished in time, and a large number of bureaucrats and noble descendants from the original six countries who had been educated privately were used. Before Qin and Huhai succeeded to the throne, the administration of officials completely collapsed.

[When the school system was not blown up in the early Qin Dynasty, it was so fucking advanced, and there was also the "trial system", that is, students would regularly organize internships in various government departments, and the results of the internship assessment would be used as your graduation assignment Important certificates, and if you fail more than two times, your school status will be gone, go back to farming. 】

And Zishou can't even afford the Qin official's school system now. To train a student, it costs about a piece of armor. With the current economic situation in Modu, he can't afford it at all, let alone teachers. arrive.

We can only rely on these old aristocrats and priestly classes. Although Zhong has cultivated some Chinese and small nobles as civil servants, they are basically at the level of running errands. Of course, to a certain extent, the speed and efficiency of government communication in the country have been strengthened. , but it does not help the problem that Zishou's rule is still extensive and the quality of government affairs cannot be improved.

"It's a chicken-and-egg problem... To engage in civil servant politics, some civil servants and some people must be enlightened. To enlighten the people, there must be enough teachers and resources; however, to have teachers and resources, there must first be enough The civil service and government structure, damn chicken! Sure enough, some things can't be done in one generation."

Brother Zheng was able to do it because he ate up the family property saved by the Mingjun of the Six Dynasties of the Great Qin Dynasty. He built the original school shelf one by one, and then plundered the talents and resources of the six countries to complete it. Bian... The family fortunes of the previous three generations of Shang kings are gone, and his own savings speed is not as fast as that of spending money, so he has to go to robbery to make a living.

Wanting to build this kind of professional official team, Zi Shou thought about it, and felt that it is better not to be too hasty, and now that this shelf can still run, so don't mess with him, anyway, his rule in this era can be called intensive cultivation—— —At least Zhou Bo was not so diligent in water conservancy, infrastructure, cultivation of new crops, and reform of agriculture.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, a convoy has come from Chu, and they say they are here to pay tribute."

"Yu Fang?" Zishou scratched his head, didn't Yu Fang pay tribute before?And their disaster is so serious, and they still have money to pay tribute, does that mean that I was wrong before?

"No, it's a barbarian from Huaiyi"

"Oh, why did Siyi come to pay tribute?" Zishou was puzzled by this question. If Siyi was so obedient, would it be necessary for Dashang to go to the car once every three days?

"Could it be that you want to be included? But..." But he didn't have enough nobles in his hands, and if he increased the land, he couldn't separate enough Chinese and businessmen to immigrate there, and there weren't enough capable or combative ones. The nobles used it to divide the land.

Now try to manage the territory in your own hands, use trade and various means to control the growth direction of the surrounding industrial chain, and then let others develop it, and then grab it when your own side is capable of being ruled, which is the first decision made by Zishou The basic national policy of the five-year plan.

As for those sites that are not easy to grab, or have already been developed, they will be weakened through plans such as military friction at both ends, water storage and release upstream, hoarding, and man-made famines, so that they cannot continue to develop.

However, suddenly a guy listed as "fattening period" instead of "slaughtering period" came to pay tribute, which completely disrupted Zishou's plan. If it was really attached, it meant that Zishou quickly It would be troublesome to adjust the strategic direction and use the people who encroached on Dongyi to deal with Huaiyi.

Changing the established national policy, even in this era, can cause people to be in a hurry, but the scope of military omens is changed, just to communicate with the princes who have notified in advance when the war will gather this year, tell them that the plan is cancelled, and compensation must be made. Enough trouble.

"No, I just came to pay tribute, to show my obedience, and to ask the king to reward some tools and craftsmen."

"Sure." The development of the Huainan area requires useful tools and craftsmen. As for the possible improvement of their military strength, Zishou is not worried. Doubling the combat power of the five scumbags is nothing but the ten scumbags of the war. However, the miasma and swamps in Huainan were much worse than those of the Shang army, and the Shang army had no intention of rushing into such a ghostly place to fight.

For pure defense, Huaiyi can't organize much offensive manpower at all, unless they are unified into a powerful country no less than Shang and Zhou, that kind of thing can't be done within one or two generations.

"Will your majesty allow them to have an audience?"

"Sure." So, not long after, a group of savages in simple clothes flooded into the palace. Although they tried their best to restrain and calm their movements, they were still overwhelmed by the gorgeous purple palace walls and the convex non-slip patterns. (mainly from the metal brick mold made by King Shang) the floor, and the gorgeous furs of exotic animals laid on the ground are shocking.

In contrast, the most luxurious palace they have ever seen in Chudi is simply a simple straw hut. In this era, this kind of engineering ability means strength-how many slaves and craftsmen are needed to build such a palace? what.

A lot of slaves and craftsmen means good equipment, and good equipment in this era is fucking random killing, not to mention now, even in the Han Dynasty, the main reason why one Han became the five Hu is because of the higher level of civilization, relying on the advantage of equipment to make chaos kill.

"Oh, what kind of tribute did you send? How much is it?" The king of Shang choked up all the lines and praises that the envoy hadn't spoken yet. What is this?Shang Wang?How can you be more barbarian than a fucking barbarian.

Just ask what the gift is, is it good, is it too much, when did the Central Plains people become so impolite?What about your etiquette?What about your training?What about your morals?How can he be as virtuous as the barbarian king of Wuyue land!

This made it impossible for the envoys who made up for the etiquette of the Central Plains and the needs of the audience before departure. On the contrary, those ordinary follower barbarians didn't think there was anything wrong.

"If the gift is not good, the widow will get mad." Zishou leaned on the big fox and uttered King Qin's voice. "Honorable Son of Heaven, it really makes people..."

"A widow is sincere and has no virtue, so stop talking nonsense and just say whether there is any."

"..." The messenger was silent for a few seconds, remembering his mission, and stopped continuing on this embarrassing topic.The other person said directly, "I am honest and immoral." What else can you say about him?He is no longer unreasonable or polite, and even more immoral. Do you still want to talk about martial arts with the other party?Have you talked about it?

"There are" rice, fruits, fish and shrimp produced in Chu, but relatively speaking, there is a lack of salt and metal ores. In addition to these, there are also various products such as herbs and pearls, and the gift list prepared by Taiyi for Zishou is also quite rich. , the purpose of which is to exchange merchants' bronze wares and the latest steel wares.

Compared with bronze wares, Zishou is more willing to give them iron wares and steel weapons. Firstly, iron wares are rare in quantity and high in value. Arming one or two powerful warriors is meaningless on the battlefield. Secondly, iron wares are very difficult in the humid and warm south. easy to rust.

This means that Chudi will continuously exchange silt, rice, fish and shrimp for iron tools, use them to log and open mountains, and drain water from swamps to turn them into farmland. Of course, it increases the development potential and future of Chudi to a certain extent. National strength, but it is the same as Zishou's project, they have to live until the day they return to their capital, otherwise they will make wedding clothes for others.

This matter requires a very ingenious operation. If it is too early, you will take over a mess that is not up to the top. If it is too late, the other party will benefit from it and the national power will increase greatly. Row.

"Although your tributes... are messy and the quantity is not very large, but you are kind-hearted. The tools you want are accurate. For craftsmen, it depends on your sincerity."

"Your servant will send a letter back!" Seeing the steel ax and agricultural tools, the messenger was completely unable to walk, if a little gift can be exchanged for it...

"Yeah..." Zi Shou looked at these tributes pretending to be picky, "There are furs and so on, you can also get more, you are so warm, you don't need so many furs to escape the cold."

"Yes, Your Majesty's High Advice." The envoy looked like a nod, after all, the king of Shang gave too much.

"Speaking of which, are you a man or a woman?" Zi Shou looked at this emissary with a pretty baby face, and his voice was a clear and clear child's voice without a voice changer, so it was difficult to distinguish between men and women.

"The subject is a man."

"Oh~" Zishou nodded. Although he has a wide range of hobbies, he is not interested in cute boys for the time being. He is not a priest, and he prefers cute girls. Monster girls are even better. Wouldn't that be more exciting?

"Also, the bird you sent the message is not bad, leave me a few pairs, and you can leave with the reward."

"My lord, this..."

"Huh?" Zi Shou looked at him with a smile, and shook his big sand bowl fist, ready to persuade (fist) the envoy to be more aware of current affairs.

"Okay." This kind of bird named Yellow Bird seems to be able to send messages just like pigeons, and the speed is very fast. It should be some kind of small animal. It took a few days to run.

In the land of Chu, the yellow bird landed in Taiyi's palm, and an expensive white silk was tied around his leg, on which was written the result of this mission.

"Well, Lingzhu did a good job, but it's a pity, the king of Shang probably went crazy again, hey~" If it wasn't forced by the situation, no one would want to be an ally with a guy who goes crazy from time to time, "But, it's just some If you can get these excellent tools and weapons with your own possessions..."

Taiyi frowned, it seemed to be a good deal, but this kind of bargain deal cannot be summed up in a single word by King Shang going mad, in other words, there must be something in it that he didn't see clearly.

However, the transaction still needs to be done, because for Chudi, development is an urgent matter. After King Shang has completely pacified the East and West, Chudi will definitely not be able to escape. If it is not developed in time, To increase national strength, not to mention becoming an independent country and regime, it would be nice not to be crippled by big commercial vehicles.

That king of Shang would do everything, except for things related to people. Even Tai Yi didn't think he had the ability to fight against this unknown life form, because the opponent's lower limit was unfathomable.

He was even worried that the Lingzhu he sent as an envoy would be brought into the harem by the King of Shang because of its beauty, or if Chu Di would simply ask Chu Di to contribute the beauties of other people, then he would be in trouble .

It’s wrong not to give it, and it’s wrong to give it. If you give it, the strangers in Chudi are probably rushing to go to the business through this channel, just like modern Eastern European and American women are rushing to go to Western Europe and the United States. Who the hell wants to stay here Three of the four seasons are miasma filled, swamps, and poisonous insects everywhere!

Taiyi's premonition unfortunately came true, because the second yellow bird brought a request from the King of Shang, besides asking for more tribute, he also asked for a beautiful woman from another person, and also specified the species and requirements, which made Taiyi B almost couldn't hold back and yelled in the temple.

And the report is Artemisia annua, or Artemisia annua, which has no obvious use, or stinky Artemisia, which is a plant from the real estate of Chu. You use the plants from the real estate of Chu to reward, and you also ask here to pay tribute to strange people and beauties and to capture strange animals. , can you show some face? !

However, after seeing what Lingzhu said, after Zishou killed a Xiangliu by himself before, Taiyi calmed down instantly. Although the large merchant army could not come to Chu to fight, but this person is "being a man" This point is very "fuzzy". When you bring five or six hundred people to hunt, it is no problem to come to Huaiyi and Yufang for a walk.

"Okay!" Taiyi gritted his teeth and nodded, he had no choice but to bow his head under the eaves, but he also strengthened his idea of ​​joining forces with Guangchengzi to fight against business.

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Unbroken history:

Artemisia annua:

Hard work, cool, non-toxic, cold, first seen in the Zhou Dynasty medical official slips, said to be discovered by the sage kings of the Shang Dynasty, later generations thought it was absurd, because it mostly grew in the south, not the traditional ruling area of ​​the Shang Dynasty, theoretically, It is unlikely that the virtuous kings of the Shang Dynasty came into contact with this plant.

It is recorded that taking two pieces of wormwood, soaking them in water and twisting the juice, can clear away heat and relieve malaria. Before the excavation of the medical official slips of the Zhou Dynasty, it was generally believed that it was used in the Qin Dynasty to attack Lingnan to deal with the plague.

Judging from the effect of recovery, although it is not ideal, it can effectively prevent and control less severe malaria to a certain extent.

Chapter 37 About to be overwhelmed by the tide of sorrow

Xiqi, with the steel sword in front of him, Ji Chang could only say that if the envoy was asked to wait for two more days, Zhou's daughter would definitely get married, but it would take a while. As for the dowry and return gifts, the King of Shang would definitely be satisfied.

"Hey~" Ji Chang felt that in the past two years, his hair had turned gray a lot, and he became more and more powerless when dealing with things, and even had plans to give up. However, it was difficult to decide who would sit in this position. First of all, Those foster sons definitely don't have a share.

The same is true for the concubine, let alone him, the King of Shang also thinks the same way, because if there is no system of heirs, the trouble will be very big, which is far greater than the price of incompetence for the sons.

If it is said that the incompetence of the son-in-law is still rotten in the pot, even if the country name is changed, it will be the same. With other succession systems, it may be a scene like Wuchaohua. When the time comes, no one can bear the responsibility of the barbarians entering China. From now on, the descendants of future generations are afraid that they will scold their mothers if they go to the grave.

If you simply choose the head of the clan, then the youngest son of the descendants will never even think about living to adulthood; if you choose the talent, then the scene of the kings burying their corpses and attacking each other in armor will be in front of them, not to mention, what is talent?How to judge whether a child can inherit the big position is itself difficult.

If concubines are allowed to attack the descendants, then nothing else, the world will be in chaos before people die, because all the princes and nobles are the beneficiaries of the descendants, and they will spontaneously maintain this system. Even if he and Zishou had the same mother, it was only because his mother was not a queen when she gave birth to him, so she couldn't succeed to the throne.

Therefore, the eldest son inheritance system has lasted for thousands of years with little change, because it is not the best system, but it must be the most stable system. Unless the national system of the family is completely changed, this option can only be chosen.

Among Ji Chang's sons, there is no waste that cannot succeed to the throne. Among them, the most ideal child is Ji Fa. He is brave, powerful, wise and decisive. Military talent more than makes up for this minor deficiency.

If you don't consider the physique, you can even think that he is very similar to the current king of Shang. Of course, he doesn't have the unfathomable lower limit and extensive love on the opposite side, but he is not the eldest son. Test... Ji Chang started to have a headache.

Bo Yi Kao is a qualified and conservative monarch, gentle, kind, wise, and talented in government affairs, especially good at rhythm. In this era, music is an important link to communicate with the upper class nobles. A monarch who is proficient in rhythm means that it is easy Have a common topic with other nobles, and can find opportunities to get along and win over.

As long as he is not an idiot, he will generally not blow up the regime. Of course, Bo Yikao is not an idiot, but here is the problem. Although he is not an idiot, he is indeed more conservative than aggressive.

If he wants to represent the merchants, Bo Yi will definitely not be able to take the exam. He cannot bear the pressure of a Shang king. On the contrary, his resolute younger brother Ji Fa is the best heir. However, Ji Chang cannot let Ji Fa succeed him. , because Bo Yikao did not die.

After figuring out the succession of this era and Zhou's legal system, Zishou didn't even mention the plan to let Bo Yikao be detained as a proton, let alone kill him, wishing for a relatively weak and gentle Zhou like Bo Yikao Bo superior.

Because he is in power, as long as he exerts extreme pressure, he will easily succumb, and as long as he takes Zhou's people and nobles as hostages, he will be helpless. Especially Bo Yikao pays more attention to the noble class than Ji Fa, and Ji Fa is somewhat similar. Zishou now pays more attention to the middle and lower classes. Of course, no one cares about the savages and slaves at the bottom.

Therefore, Bo Yikao is easily swayed by the noble class. Of course, the advantage is that he will not be rejected by the noble class. In history, as soon as King Wu died and his bones were not cold, he immediately put on his armor and attacked.

In fact, the Zhou Dynasty almost died in the second generation. Every dynasty has this kind of time, it's just a matter of luck.In fact, the most troublesome thing in every dynasty is not the faint king, but the fact that the wise king is not the wise king.

The six generations of virtuous kings like Qin are really a rare group. They are all mediocre kings, and the transition will be very ordinary and smooth. The same is true for all virtuous kings.

Especially when the two generations of the founding of the country succeeded, the founding king often had outstanding talents, but even if the descendants had talents, most of them could not match them. If you don't go there, you will have to subjugate the country. There were countless such things in the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

[If you think about it carefully, it seems to be true. The chaos of Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and the Lu family; the princes of Zhou Wu just died; Rebellion; Jingnan in the Ming Dynasty, all happened in the 1~2 generations after the founding of the country]

It can even be said that the more macho men there were at that time, the more they gathered together, the greater the probability of accidents when the descendants inherited it. Therefore, Ji Chang's stronger will against business also came from this, because Zi Shou was too strong, and the macho men under him More and more, it means that his descendants must cut off some of the old officials left by these fathers.

Otherwise, it will be unstoppable at all, and I am afraid that it will be a puppet merchant king who has been emptied. Cutting off these veterans will inevitably lead to civil strife, large and small. To quell the civil strife, newcomers must be promoted, and the promotion of newcomers requires the old man to give up his position Come on - as a result, these hunks will be dealt with one by one.

But after these hunks were dealt with, when the newcomers didn't get up, Shang was at its weakest. Therefore, the succeeding king of Shang had to subdue the princes and brothers, but the question was, could this descendant have a son? It's hard to say how powerful it is.

Ji Chang believed that after the death of King Shang, there must have been great turmoil and changes in Shang, just like the time when Zishou succeeded to the throne after the death of Emperor Yi. However, Zishou was really capable of fighting. The politics are cleared, and the main reason is that this guy is too good at fighting.

Whether it is before or after crossing, Zishou is too capable of fighting. Before crossing, he was still in the category of mortal warriors. At most, he was single-handedly beaten to death with ordinary strange beasts. After crossing... Ji Chang is real I don't understand why this child hasn't been sucked dry by the artifact yet?He also brought a lot of beauties from other people into the palace. Is his waist made of bronze?

Why do alien beauties look beautiful and exotic, but not many nobles accept them, and even if there are, they are descended from gods or are not much different from human beings - apart from the aesthetic problem, there is another important reason: it is not good for the body, Cuff!

However, the problem now is that Ji Chang feels that he can't make it through the other side, and the issue of Zhou's succession is in front of him, unless he finds a way to deal with Bo Yikao, but this is not easy, after all, Bo Yikao, as the eldest son, Already fledgling.

Originally, Shang’s internal and external troubles were very serious, and it didn’t matter if Bo Yikao succeeded to the throne, let alone Di Xin killed Bo Yikao and helped Ji Chang remove a wrong option for free, which made the clans that supported Boyi Kao feel uneasy. Hesitantly broke with Shang completely.

However, now that Zishou has extinguished the external aggression, only internal worries remain. The king of Shang is young and vigorous, and his thinking is quick and leaping. If you are too conservative, I'm afraid you won't be able to play with it.