Chapter 971: Period of confusion

"In the end, the war was fought with the economy." Shang Wen said in a summary.

At this time, everyone looked at Shang Wen. King Qin also expressed surprise to Shang Wen's sudden concluding sentence, because he could always say something different from his mouth.

"Qin has no shortage of materials and soldiers at present," Shang Wen said. In fact, it is true. After continuous reforms, the Qin State has increased its strength more than before. Qin’s farms and pastures provided Qin with a huge food base, and these food materials were enough to support Qin’s war for a long time. Coupled with the advancement of canned food technology. As well as the advancement of train and highway technology, Qin is not lacking these things.

As for personnel, there are a large number of reserves in the Qin State’s establishment. These soldiers are all in the state of Qin’s semi-soldier. To be able to become a reserve, certain conditions are required. For example, the employees of the security company are in combat status, but they are not. It belongs to the regular armed forces of the Qin State.

And Qin State has not conducted a general mobilization at the national level. If the State of Qin needs it, it can greatly mobilize. In that case, these reserve forces will rapidly expand Qin's armaments.

It's not just the reserve forces of Qin State. There are also militia organizations in various parts of the Qin State. These are also the last forces Qin State can mobilize. In short, Qin is not lacking in materials and soldiers, what is lacking is funds. There is also the need for strategic value.

"These all require a lot of money from Qin State. Without these, Qin State would have nothing." Shang Wen said.

"Qin's national defense strategy needs to be reformulated. This is because many new situations have emerged around us." Shang Wen analyzed.

"In the north of Qin, there are Huns, Hu people, mountain people, and Koreans. These are the countries that bordered Qin before, and they are now bordered. Once these countries are united, they will form a great influence on my country and the Central Plains. A huge threat. We must eradicate these threats." Shang Wen said.

King Qin nodded. This is what he meant, after the expansion of Qin's territory. Qin State formed two new fronts. One is an outside line. This outer line takes an irregular shape and unfolds along the newly expanded territory of Qin State. The other front is Qin's internal front. The Qin State originally maintained the old borders of the unification war. This national boundary has not changed since Shangwen came to power. This has to be said to be a miracle.

"But these threats, if we rely on the strength of our Qin country, I am afraid it will be difficult to sustain." Shang Wen said.

"In addition, the reunification of the Qin State will inevitably cost a greater price." Shang Wen said.

"So, Chen believes that it is better to merge the two and unify them," Shang Wen said.

"The two merge." Qin Wang said.

"Yes. The two are merged." Shang Wen said.

"The Qin State does not need to engage in a war of unification at present. In other words, it does not rely on the means of conquering by force to unify the six countries." Shang Wen said.

"The prime minister is joking." At this time, a minister asked.

"Hey. This joke can be made." Shang Wen said with a smile.

"We divide these neighboring countries. To attract our allies to participate in the war, we give them a certain colony. In this way, these places are all outside our Qin State, and at the same time, they are required to practice democracy in the colonies. Free parliamentary election state system. In this way, we can influence these colonies along our borders, and finally achieve the purpose of annexing the colonies and unifying them. And the six countries spend money and launch colonial wars. For us, we are what we are. To harvest the fruits of its colonial war." Shang Wen said.

"The Prime Minister has said this kind of method before. However. This method has a big problem." Wei Liao said.

"Oh. What's the problem?" King Qin asked.

"Time, we need to spend a lot of time to unify." Wei Liao said.

"This, I think. Time is better for us than losing a lot of people. It causes huge losses. At the same time, it is much better for our country to lack a centripetal force. That is, if the cohesion is not strong, it is much better." Shang Wen said.

"Even if Qin unified the six countries by force, without a strong cohesion, then Qin would not be able to maintain the good situation after reunification. We can unify the entire six countries, but we should pay more attention to the problems after reunification. "Shang Wen said, waving his arms.

Wei Liao is a state lieutenant, and he must have long-term strategic considerations. For Shang Wen's thoughts. He agreed. Because Shangwen's consideration is tenable in terms of time, and his thoughts are considered long-term. And what I think about is just how to unify. And Shangwen directly considered the issues after reunification.

In fact, it is not Shang Wen's long-term consideration, but he is trying his best to avoid a bleak situation. The Qin State exhausted its national power and waged a war of unification, but the result was nothing but a basket of water. The State of Qin unified the six countries, exhausted its national power, and was unable to maintain this huge empire. As a result, after a brief reunification, he quickly fell into a desperate civil war. Shangwen did his best to avoid such a civil war. He wants this country to form a new cohesion among the people. This cohesion is formed spontaneously. Spontaneous formation requires mutual communication within this country. In this way, this unity consciousness will be formed.

This consciousness comes from a national form formed under external pressure. Shang Wen thought so. Although he doesn't like nationalism. But this can only be done for now.

"This requires us to make a series of adjustments in diplomacy." Feng Quji said at this time.

"Yes." Shang Wen nodded and said.

"We need to unite South Korea, the Kingdom of Zhao, the Kingdom of Yan, and more allies to participate. We can engage in an economic integration economically, and form a military alliance in the military. Politically, we can form a huge Political summit." Shang Wen said.

"Political summit." Qin Wang asked.

"Yes, the political summit. We need to sit down and discuss some things. This is very beneficial for us. We can't blindly suppress it. In that case, Qin's reputation in the Central Plains will not be very good." Shang Wen said .

"Bird. The Six Nations was afraid of Qin." At this time, a general cursed.

Shang Wen could only smile at this.

"Even so, the State of Qin must pay attention to its own prestige. The State of Qin must establish its own military alliance. The State of Qin needs to communicate with the armed forces of these countries. Build Qin's prestige." Shang Wen said.

"Does this work?" King Qin asked.

"It should be possible." Shang Wen said.

"We can give it a try. Moreover, we are now unable to grow such a huge military expenditure. We need allies. To jointly complete the mission of the Qin State. We have to communicate with these countries. Let them understand that our Qin State’s politics, Military, economic, we have to influence each other." Shang Wen said.

"In fact, Qin also needs to establish its own cultural tradition. We use this cultural tradition to inspire and influence our allies, so that they will finally recognize and submit to us. In this way, we can avoid large-scale bloodshed. It also laid a solid foundation for our unification." Shang Wen said.

"In this way, our military alliance will be very big." Wang Jian said.

"Yes. Very big." Shang Wen said.

"This alliance affects each other. It can eliminate the war between us. In this way, we can avoid a bigger war. You must know that among the countries that are allied with us. Zhao is no less **** than the Qin army. If we use force and fight with the current firearms, then our losses will be even greater. Even if we occupy absolute weapon superiority, we will have to pay a certain price. After the occupation of Zhao, there will be Many, many political issues." Shang Wen said.

"So, how to solve the Korean problem?" Feng Quji asked at this time.

"South Korea's problem, we need to deal with it separately. On the Korean issue, I think. We should not suppress our opponents too much. We can follow them." Shang Wen said.

"South Korea has territorial requirements for Chen Land. We can follow them. However, we will never let this area be occupied by them alone. We want that place to become a state, a state with relatively large freedom rights, and the state can Selecting allegiance to the country can also become an independent country. In this way, South Korea will not increase its strength too much, and it will also make a lot of political and economic investment due to state problems. This is not good for South Korea.

"En. These methods are very innovative." Qin Wang said at this time.

"The widow believes that these methods can only be tried, but it takes a certain degree of difficulty to become a national policy." King Qin said in a summary.

Hearing this answer, Shang Wen nodded his understanding.

"The current state of Qin has changed a lot. It is also difficult to continue to expand, and it is difficult to continue to reunify." King Qin said.

"Just try the Prime Minister's method first." Qin Wang said.

The generals and ministers handed over, expressing their obedience. King Qin still relied heavily on Shangwen. And Shang Wen also understands that his strategy is somewhat risky. Because, put it into practice. Shang Wen himself didn't know how much he had chance of winning.

Shang Wen thought for a long time, he wanted to take advantage of the colonial war. To strengthen the ties between various countries and establish a huge military alliance. The armed forces of the six countries are used for foreign affairs, not for internal conflicts. Shangwen understands very well, but do countries understand? This is not known. In short, Shangwen's strategic planning during this period lacked great strategic awareness and was very vague. This brings the future history into a period of confusion.