"What an open scheme!
Once this plan was put forward, it could save the land of Wei, enrich the treasury and cut off the despots. It was a three-pronged plan.
There are many more ways to defeat Lu Gao and destroy the country!
The Marquis of Xianyang is more talented than Guan Zhong of Qi!
Guan Zhong was only plotting against the Lu Country, while the Marquis of Xianyang was plotting against the powerful clans of the world!”
At this moment, the First Emperor was amazed by his strategy to win the battle. He even slapped the table and praised it!
After Ying Zhan finished explaining his plan, the First Emperor also reacted. The plan Ying Zhan used was similar to the one Guan Zhong used to weaken the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period!
At that time, the Qi Kingdom wanted to annex the Lu Kingdom, but they did not have the strength to destroy the Lu Kingdom in one battle.
Thus, Qi Prime Minister Guan Zhong thought of a plan.
The State of Lu was famous for a type of silk called Lugao.
Lu silk is thin and fine, and is more popular among countries.
Guan Zhong then advised Duke Huan of Qi to praise Lu Gao in the territory of Qi.
Duke Huan of Qi, Guan Zhong, took the lead in wearing clothes made of Lu silk, causing a trend. The nobles and commoners of Qi also scrambled to follow suit.
As a result, the supply of Lu silk was in short supply.
When the commoners and nobles of Lu saw that the supply of Lu silk was in short supply and that it was profitable, they did not grow any more grain.
They changed the grain fields into mulberry fields, planted mulberry trees, raised silkworms, extracted silk to weave Lu silk, and sold it to the Qi people, making a huge profit.
Then, he would use the money he earned from the Qi Kingdom to buy food from the Qi Kingdom.
Because Lu silk was expensive and Qi grain was cheap, the profit from selling a bolt of Lu silk was enough to buy a lot of Qi grain. Therefore, the entire Lu country planted mulberry.
At this time, Duke Huan of Qi and Guan Zhong suddenly issued an order forbidding the people of Qi to wear Lu's silk and not to sell grain to Lu.
Lu could not buy food, and their grain fields were changed to mulberry fields. They did not produce food at all, so they fell into famine.
Qi took the opportunity to attack Lu and occupied a large area of land north of Mount Tai. The money that Lu earned from Qi returned to Qi in the form of compensation.
And the Lu Kingdom, the direct descendant of the Duke of Zhou, never recovered from the setback and was eventually destroyed in the historical trend.
Looking at the strategy of winning the battle, he used the strategy of Lu Gao destroying the country and had some innovation.
Using a hundred times the benefits as a seesaw to incite the greed of the world's wealthy families, and then let them enter the pit dug by Ying Zhan, allowing them to be slaughtered!
Even if the First Emperor boasted of his great talent and strategy, he couldn't help but gasp in amazement. This strategy to win the battle was truly a peerless strategy that turned the rotten into the magical!
The First Emperor didn't think that this plan was just a copy of Guan Zhong's Lu Gao's plan to destroy the country.
This was because almost all educated nobles knew the story of Lu Gao's destruction.
A few days ago, the First Emperor, the internal historian in charge of grain management, and many ministers discussed the matter of the food shortage in Wei for a long time, but no one thought of this method!
He couldn't even think of a better way!
For example, this was like a mathematical formula. When faced with a question that already had an answer, everyone could understand and know the process of solving the question.
However, if the same question was asked in a different format, even if they knew how to memorize the formula, many people would be at a loss and unable to find a way to solve the question.
She only realized it when she saw others solve it…
This also explained a principle. Learning was like mathematics. If you knew it, you knew it. If you didn't, you didn't know it.
Therefore, when the First Emperor saw the victory, he was happy and gratified, but also had mixed feelings and bitterness…
He was the First Emperor who had unified the world. He boasted of his great talent and great strategy.
At least since King Wu of Zhou, there had been countless kings in the eight hundred years of the world, but none of them could compare to the First Emperor.
However, in front of his eldest son winning the battle, the First Emperor had the illusion that he was a little stupid…
The problems that he and the ministers couldn't solve were easily solved by Yingzhan.
Moreover, after solving it, when he looked back, some of the difficult questions actually had reference answers in the history books…
It was as if the First Emperor and the ministers of the Great Qin Dynasty did not know how to flip through a book with an answer…
In fact, this was only the first emperor's momentary emotion.
The First Emperor was naturally confident enough to not doubt his great talent and strategy, nor would he think that he was stupid.
It was just that this kid Ying Zhan was too intelligent and monstrous. Compared to the First Emperor, who was his father, he paled in comparison…
At the same time, the First Emperor was also muttering in his heart. Should he delay the time for father and son to reunite as much as possible…
After all, the First Emperor was now interacting with Yingzhan as Wang Ben, so even if he needed Yingzhan's help, he wouldn't lose face.
However, if the father and son were to reunite, wouldn't the father lose face if he asked his son for help when he encountered any problems?
Of course, this was just a small interlude in the First Emperor's heart.
The First Emperor was more proud of his victory!
My eldest son is so talented!
My son won the battle and was unparalleled in the world!
Just as the First Emperor was feeling smug about his son's excellence, Ying Zhan suddenly looked at him with a meaningful smile. His white teeth sparkled, causing the First Emperor to suddenly have an ominous premonition…
"Marquis Tong Wu, the food shortage in the three counties of Wei is related to you.
Four years ago, you led 100,000 troops to destroy Wei and besiege the capital of Wei, Daliang.
Because Daliang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, you dug the dams of the Yellow River and the chasm, drawing the water from the river and chasm to flood Daliang City, thus destroying the Wei Kingdom.
However, you, Marquis Tong Wu, had the merit of destroying Wei, but the land of Wei was miserable.
The place that was flooded by the flood had not completely disappeared for several years.
The digging of dams had caused the river to change course, washed away some of the fertile fields in the Wei Land, and caused some of the fertile fields near the river to lose irrigation. Some of them were flooded, and some were dry. They could not grow any food at all.
Therefore, in the past few years, the land of Wei had been suffering from famine every year. Especially this year, the land of Wei had not recovered much. First, there was a great drought for three months, and then there was a month of heavy rain. There was almost no harvest, which caused the famine to be so serious.
In the end, this was all caused by Marquis Tong Wu…
Once my plan is implemented, not only will it solve the famine in Wei this year, but there will also be excess food for the conscription of corvee next year, to dredge the water in Wei, to repair the rivers in Wei, and to solve the future trouble of Marquis Tong Wu flooding Daliang…
In this way, it could be considered as cleaning up the aftermath for Marquis Tong Wu. Marquis Tong Wu, don't you think you should repay me properly?”
The First Emperor finally knew where the ominous premonition in his heart came from when he heard Ying Zhan's words.
He had been using Wang Ben's identity for a long time, but now, he was the scapegoat for Wang Ben…
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