Controlling mountains and rivers since the Warring States Period

Chapter 156 "Declaration"

As Darius tells the story,

The rulers and ministers of Xinxia were also amazed by the chaos in the Mesopotamia and the rise of Persia, and at the same time lamented the frequent civil unrest in the country.

Prime Minister Zhao Gui said:
"If civil unrest can never be stopped, how can the country not decline?"

The Ascension of Darius III

This was due to the civil unrest.
After ascending the throne, he has been trying to quell the civil unrest, but to little effect.

Now someone has taken advantage of the situation.

How can it be said to be unexpected?

Xia Jun also said, "I now understand why those nobles are willing to accept the rule of the Horse Kingdom."

The country of Macedonia,
According to Darius,

Basically, it was a vassal of Persia.

Their culture and character are a fusion of the peninsula from which their country arose and Persia from across the sea.

According to the Persian way of ruling,
Can Macedonia be considered Persia?
It can be calculated!

No problem!

Coupled with frequent internal strife, the Persian nobles had long been accustomed to changing their rulers every day and every night.

Now that a feudal lord on the frontier has risen and wants to replace the royal mandate, and he has the king's mother, wife, and son on his side to support him, everyone will just go with the flow.

Substituting into Zhuxia's situation,
It was Zhongshan, a country founded by Baidi but married into the Zhou royal family and completely assimilated into the Xia Dynasty, that gradually rose and competed for supremacy among the princes in the Central Plains!

Thinking of this,
Can also...

snort!
It’s also unacceptable!
How could the barbarians possibly occupy the Chinese nation?
Xia Jun gave up his bold idea and asked Zhao Gui and the others.

"Now that the Mandate of Persia has changed, we must be alert to possible unrest on the border."

"Should we expand the scale of the Yangguanshan Road construction?"

Zhao Gui said, "You need to ask the Daliangzao about this."

Because most of the seeds of the Xia Dynasty came from the Qin State, the official system of Xinxia now imitates that of the Qin State, but has undergone certain modifications.

Xinxia’s Great Liangzao was in charge of the construction of major national projects.

The design of Yangguan Mountain Road was done by him.

So Xia Jun looked at the man.

Daliangzao said, "We can build some more forts for defense."

"The Xingshan Corridor is like a broken gourd, narrow in the middle and wide at both ends."

"If you want to defend completely, you have to guard both front and back of Yangguan to block this hole."

So Lord Xia said, "I will discuss this with the Minister of Agriculture later."

Repair the wall,

It costs money!
This is not a problem that can be solved overnight.

Then Lord Xia asked the ministers, "When do you think the horse army will arrive?"

“Definitely not this year!”

Zhao Gui said, "It took him three years to conquer the western part of Persia."

"Not to mention the Eastern Kingdom, which is far away from the capital and out of their control."

The more prosperous it is,

The sooner you surrender.

After all, there are too many nobles there, and they have many weaknesses.

But the eastern part of Persia has never been as prosperous as the western part, and it is mixed with many different ethnic groups. Some people cannot even speak Persian and do not even consider themselves Persians.

The Persian monarch couldn’t even call on the eastern nobles to serve him, let alone a military leader who rose up on the frontier?

According to Darius' own experience,
He also admitted,

The speed at which the east fell was actually much slower than that of the west, which is the core of the country.

"Then let's just do our own thing and wait for the opportunity!"

Xia Jun made the final decision.

Darius was listening to the translator relaying Xinxia's decision and suddenly became anxious. "If you are afraid to fight the Macedonians, please fund me with enough troops!"

"I'm going to take back my country!"

Xia Jun comforted him, "How could the blood of the Xia people be afraid of fighting against the barbarians?"

“It is only the teachings of the ancients:
"War is a matter of great importance to a country, a matter of life and death, a matter of survival and destruction, and it must be carefully considered!"

"How can we go to war with the enemy without any preparation?"

Xinxia has never encountered the Malaysian army before. She has only heard about it from others and does not know the specific details.

more importantly,
The seeds of the new summer are precious and cannot be damaged at will.

Otherwise, Xinxia wants war.
We could have walked out of Yangguan long ago and defeated the barbarians around us.

Even if they took the initiative to attack, they would have to pass through the eastern province of Persia before they could collide with the Malaysian army. However, this would inevitably lead to losses.

It’s better to stay at home and wait for the enemy!

"You should stay here for a while and wait for the future!"

After all,

Xia Jun ordered Darius to be sent away.

Zhao Gui looked at the other party's lonely back and couldn't help but say, "This monarch is now fifty years old. Can he still do the same thing as Gou Jian?"

Xia Jun replied, "He doesn't even have a country anymore, so I'm afraid he can't even become Duke Wen of Jin!"

of course,

This only refers to the fact that Duke Wen of Jin returned to his country and succeeded to the throne at the age of sixty.

And Chong'er's body,

But it’s much better than Darius who escaped death!

After all, when Duke Wen died,
However, historical records say that there was a "cow-like sound" in this person's coffin, which frightened Duke Wen's descendants so much that they rushed forward to close the coffin tightly for their father so that he could be quickly buried.

So Zhao Gui blinked, and suddenly patted his jade sceptre with his hands, and suggested, "Why don't we hire a beautiful lady for him to continue the Persian bloodline?"

With blood,
There will be many things in the future.

There is a reason for Xinxia to do it!
Xia Jun's expression changed immediately and he looked at Zhao Gui.

Zhao Gui said confidently, "The population of Xinxia has increased a lot this year."

"Maybe in a dozen years, when the new generation grows up, we can get rid of the embarrassing situation of insufficient seeds!"

"By that time, the country's behavior will also have to change, right?"

Insufficient population,

We cannot expand even if we want to.

The New Xia was established by the gentlemen of the Xia Dynasty.
If too many gentlemen were to suffer casualties on the battlefield, and the situation of "barbarians replacing the Chinese" occurred in the country, the ancestors in the ancestral temple would be so angry that they would crawl out!

This is the main reason that restricts Xinxia from playing out.

Ten years before Xia Jun ascended the throne,
We are indeed working hard to increase the population.

Now that Lord Xia has been in power for thirteen years, it is indeed time for a change in national policy.

He thought about it and nodded to Zhao Gui, "You are right!"

"That Persian monarch is not of my kind after all."

"If Xinxia helps him restore his country, it's inevitable that something dirty will happen later."

"It's better to find a way to improve the relationship!"

fifty years old,
It's no use on the battlefield.
But doing something else can still cheer you up!

……

"Regarding going to Zhuxia to pay homage to the emperor and request the title, how are the preparations going?"

After the discussion on the Persian issue,

The ruler and his ministers of Xinxia discussed their own affairs again.

Zhao Gui said, "It's almost ready."

But he sighed again, "These past few days, Si and the others have been pestering me to recommend themselves to Zhu Xia."

Probably because they felt that they had completed their mission to Persia very well, these three young men became inflated again and thought that they could not only go to the west, but also to the east!

They also said righteously, "If you don't go out more while you are young, are you going to die on the road when you are old?"

Xia Jun pondered for a while, then said to Zhao Gui, "Promise them!"

"They are already the third generation of descendants of Zhu Xia. When they were born, many of the first generation's ancestors had already passed away. They were not like us who received complete teachings from our parents."

“Now that we can visit our ancestral land, we can also prevent some problems!”

"But since we are going to bring them along, why not just pick some more young people to go in!"

Now the sun can still flow freely.
When war comes in a year or two, the channels of communication with the other states might be blocked!
something,
Can be made in advance,
It still makes people feel more at ease!
then,

Not long after,

Zhao Ning and his team set out again.

The Persian king they picked up, with the help of the prime minister, married Zhao Ning's elder sister, who had been widowed for several years and was living with her children.

Zhao Ning had never thought that
Go to Persia yourself,
It turned out that I found a brother-in-law for myself!
Darius also didn't mind marrying a widow and enjoying being a father.

Because the woman Xia he had just married was fertile and had a healthy body.

For Darius, who had lost all his relatives, ensuring the success of reproduction was the most important thing.

Moreover, with the marriage relationship,

After that, he will be able to ask Xinxia for help to send troops, and it will be much easier!

(End of this chapter)