Chapter 1082 Zheng Guoqu

"Hong Zhuo, you are so anxious to find a brother, but what problem have you encountered?"

Shang Ji signaled Deng Yan to sit down, and then asked.

Just in the afternoon, Shang Ji was going to inspect the reform of the county soldiers in various counties, but he was stopped by Deng Yan before he went out, and he seemed very anxious.

"My lord, there is an urgent matter that must be reported to you."

"What's the matter? Just say it."

Shang Ji immediately became interested. He gave Deng Yan a very high level of authority. On the civil affairs side, as long as it does not involve the appointment and dismissal of important officials and the transfer of funds of more than 10 million yuan, Deng Yan can basically handle it by himself, even if there are a few Difficult matters are usually discussed and resolved in the political affairs hall composed of Xun Yu, Chen Ang, Yan Xie and others, and it is rare for Shang Ji to make a decision in person.

Once this kind of thing happens, it indicates that something big is going to happen, so big that the Zhengshitang dare not make a decision lightly.

"My lord, Gongsun Zan has sent his confidant General Yan Gang to visit him again."

"Huh? Gongsun Zan sent another envoy? Why? Does he want to surrender?"

Shang Ji was taken aback when he heard the words, and then asked with great interest.

The previous first wave of envoys was rejected, but it didn't take long for the second wave to be sent, and Deng Yan was so motivating, except for surrender, Shang Ji really couldn't think of any other possibility.

"Gongsun Zan has a strong personality, so surrendering is unlikely."

Deng Yan shook his head with a smile, and continued, "However, in the long run, today's matter may be more important than Gongsun Zan's surrender."

"Oh?"

Shang Ji became interested, so he couldn't help sitting up straight, and asked, "What's the matter? I'll tell you in detail later."

"Does my lord know about Li Bing?"

"Li Bing? Which Li Bing?" Shang Ji asked with some doubts.

"Li Bing, Governor of Shu County, Qin State!"

"Of course I know this. The governor of Shu County in Qin State built Dujiangyan, which is blessed forever. How could I not know about such a person?"

Li Bing's name, Shang Ji, is naturally known. He was about 30 years earlier than Shang Ji. Li Bing had been dead for many years when Shang Ji was born, but his name is as famous as Shang Ji.

It was the Dujiangyan built by Li Bing that made Shu, known as "Zheguo" and "Red Pot", a land of abundance that people are familiar with in later generations. important foundation of the world.

"There is a person in Yan Gang's envoys, named Li Min, who is a descendant of Li Luhai (Li Bing's name Lu Hai). Like his ancestors, Li Ming is a great talent who is proficient in water conservancy, which is extremely rare. God-level master of water conservancy."

"Huh? God-level master of water conservancy? Are you sure?"

Shang Ji suddenly got up, and asked involuntarily.

"I can be sure that my subordinates have already met me, and I am indeed a rare talent once in a hundred years."

Upon hearing this, Shang Ji's thoughts changed sharply. After calming down, he sat down slowly and said, "What's the specific situation, you can talk about it later."

"Li Min lived in seclusion in Youzhou before. By coincidence, Gongsun Zan heard the news of Li Min's seclusion and came to invite him personally, hoping that Li Min would come out of the mountain and become an official. However, because Gongsun Zan could not fulfill the conditions proposed by Li Min, he failed to recover him. .

And this time Li Ye was forcibly kidnapped from Youzhou by Gongsun Zan! "

"What do you mean? Why did he tie Li Min to our place?"

Shang Ji was a little puzzled, even if Gongsun Zan couldn't subdue Li Min, there was no reason to tie Li Min to Shang Ji!

"According to Yan Gang's intentions, only the lord has enough virtue to subdue Li Ye, a big man like Li Ye. They hope to use Li Ye to make up for their previous unhappiness.

In the future, the two prefectures of Youping will develop peacefully and will not invade each other. "

Shang Ji couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "Hehe, what is going on in Gongsun Zan's mind? Could it be that he went to the doctor in a hurry?"

"of course not!"

Deng Yan shook his head, denying Shang Ji's statement, seeing that Shang Ji was a little puzzled, Deng Yan continued to explain: "The key is the conditions proposed by Li Min himself.

The highest ambition of Li Min is to imitate his ancestors and build a water conservancy project that can benefit tens of millions of people and benefit thousands of years. However, such a large project requires an astronomical amount of manpower and material resources. can't bear it all the time.

Whoever can help Li Min fulfill this ambition, Li Min will be loyal to whom. It was because Gongsun Zan failed to meet this condition that he allowed Li Min, a great talent, to live in seclusion in Youzhou. "

Shang Ji's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and when Deng Yan finished his introduction, Shang Ji said, "What does Hong Zhu mean is that Gongsun Zan is following Zheng Guoqu's plan?"

"but!"

Deng Yan nodded heavily.

Immediately afterwards, both Shang Ji and Deng Yan fell into silence, both thinking about the pros and cons of this matter.

Anyone who knows a little about history knows Zheng Guoqu. At the end of the Warring States period, Qin State became more and more powerful, and South Korea was worried about its own safety, so it sent Zheng Guo, a hydraulic engineer, to Qin State to persuade Qin State to build the Zheng Guo Canal.

The original intention of the Koreans was to consume Qin's manpower and material resources by inducing King Qin to build a large number of water conservancy facilities, so that Qin would be unable to invade South Korea.

After thinking for a while, Shang Ji chuckled, and said coldly, "Hmph, Zheng Guoqu, Gongsun Zan is so courageous, isn't he afraid of self-defeating and repeating the Korean tragedy?"

Deng Yan shook his head, and said slowly, "Does Gongsun Zan still have a choice? Quenching thirst with poison is better than dying of thirst. Besides, Gongsun Zan is not completely without chance. If we really do what we want and start major water conservancy repairs, we will be able to do it in two or three Within a year, he would certainly not be able to defeat Gongsun Zan.

Take advantage of this gap period to settle Liu Yu, truly realize the unification of Youzhou, and then unite with Jizhou, Qingzhou and other places to fight together. It may be that there is no chance to resist us. "

"Hahaha, good, good, good, since Gongsun Zan intends to become the Six Kingdoms of Shandong, he will get what he wants. I accept Li Min, and I want to repair the 'Zheng Guo Canal', but I don't know how good Gongsun Zan is. How good is the game against Ben?"

Shang Ji suddenly stood up, laughed loudly, and said quite boldly.

"Since the lord has made up his mind, this subordinate will deal with it now."

Deng Yan was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Shang Ji to make up his mind so quickly, but seeing that Shang Ji had made up his mind, he didn't hesitate at all, and immediately said loudly.

Looking at the back of Deng Yan leaving, Shang Ji was full of thoughts.

If Li Bing and Shang Ji are still a year behind, then Zheng Guoqu has grown up with Shang Ji.

Zheng Guoqu was first built in the first year of Qin Wangzheng and completed in the tenth year of Qin Wangzheng. It took a full ten years and consumed countless manpower and material resources, which added a huge burden to Qin.

From this perspective, South Korea has successfully achieved their strategic goals.

However, the completed Zhengguo Canal brought unprecedented and powerful assistance to the Qin State.

"Cultures are formed, filled with silted water, irrigated more than 40,000 hectares of brine land (1.1 million mu today), and harvested every mu for one bell (100 kilograms today), so Guanzhong is a fertile field, and there is no evil year. rich and strong."

This is the historical record of Zheng Guoqu.

In other words, the following set of data can more intuitively reflect the role of Zheng Guoqu:

In 246 BC, Zhengguo Canal started construction;

In 236 BC, the Zhengguo Canal was completed;

In 230 BC, Qin conquered Han and opened the curtain of unifying the six kingdoms;

In 221 BC, Qin destroyed Qi and unified the six kingdoms.

Since Gongsun Zan intends to become South Korea, Shang Ji doesn't mind repeating Qin's history!