Destiny Only Han

Chapter 354 Liu Ying: I should cooperate with you in the performance...

Chen County, south of the Sheriff's Mansion, a row of houses facing the street.

This is the mansion of a local wealthy family. Out of the idea of ​​being loyal to the monarch and the country, they voluntarily donated it and used it as the official residence to receive Han Xin.

Under the guard of iron cavalry, Han Xin drove unimpeded through half of Chen County, meandering here.

The four-wheeled carriage came to a stop, and Han Xin, hugging a large white and flawless fox fur, slowly got out of the carriage.

When the cold wind picked up, he couldn't help coughing, and immediately wiped the corners of his lips with a pure white silk handkerchief with gold thread, and then casually threw it aside, under the escort of a group of big and round doormen, he looked straight at the mansion. go.

Under the exhaustion of the carriages and horses, he decided to settle himself first, take a bath and rest.

As for meeting Liu Bang, there is no rush...

Behind him, the guards who followed him swiftly unfolded the cover on the carriage, and unloaded the toilet, bathtub, canopy bed, screen and other household items.

Those who knew thought he was here to pay pilgrimage to Liu Bang, those who didn't know thought he was moving...

After Han Xin took two steps forward, he couldn't help but turned his head and said, "Handle those sandalwood boxes with care. They are a gift from Gu to the crown prince..."

But before his servant could reply, a series of hurried hoofbeats sounded on the cold street.

"Where is the King of Chu?"

The knight on horseback held up a black wooden waist plate in his hand, showing his identity to the guards of Han Xin who surrounded him.

Han Xin frowned and walked out from the gate. The person who came yelled and yelled that he didn't know the rules. If this person worked under his account, he would be dragged out and punished with fifty army sticks!
Seeing Han Xin walk out, the knight immediately rolled off the saddle and got off the horse, knelt down on both knees and saluted: "I have seen the king!"

As a member who once rushed under Han Xin's command, this kind of respect is a matter of course.

Han Xin looked at the knight kneeling on the ground, but nodded slightly: "Get up."

He didn't call out the other party's name, not just because of arrogance, but because he didn't remember the other party's name at all.

After all, he is Han Xin, the more the better!
How could he remember the name of a military officer who commanded dozens of people.

It's just that the knight knelt, but the civil servants behind the knight didn't kneel.

Lingchang held up the seal letter in his hand: "Your Majesty's order, please follow me immediately to meet you, Your Majesty!"

Han Xin raised his head and looked at Lingchang, but he felt that the other party looked familiar, but he still couldn't call out the other party's name.

However, in today's Chen County, there is no doubt that there will be no one who dares to pass on false edicts, so Han Xin no doubt has his own on board the carriage, and when the door is about to close, he looks at the guards accompanying him:

"Take those sandalwood boxes with you. After seeing the driver, just give it to the prince, so as to save you another trip!"

But Ling Chang immediately stepped forward and raised the seal in his hand again: "Your Majesty has something to say, only the king of Chu is allowed to go to see him!"

Han Xin opened the car window, stared at Lingchang for a long time, then shook his head slightly: "Okay, you will wait here!"

He got off the carriage, grabbed the horse of a knight who came to Lingchang, saddled the horse, and said with a displeased face, "Are you satisfied with this?"

Lingchang looked relieved, and said flatteringly: "Don't blame your majesty, it's all your majesty's opinion... Please go with me, my majesty..."

Han Xin sneered, raised his chin, and proudly said, "Hmph, lead the way!"

Lingchang kept a flattering smile and waved. Dozens of Han Xin's soldiers followed him to summon Han Xin, surrounded him all the way to the north.

Except for the knight whose mount was robbed by Han Xin...

He looked at the Chu soldiers around him with a smirk on his face: "Brother, lend me a horse..."

Amidst the sudden burst of laughter, out of sight of everyone, groups of soldiers in iron armor and armed with crossbows and long knives, the rear team changed to the front team, and began to retreat in an orderly manner. The city gate slowly opened again.

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County Sheriff's Office.

Han Xin got off his horse, threw the reins to a guard who greeted him, and swaggered inward.

It's just that when he didn't take two steps, he suddenly felt a little hairy in his heart.

The soldier at the door looked at him, and there seemed to be something wrong.

Not only that, but the knight who followed him also seemed to be too close to him at the moment.

Just when Han Xin scolded the other party for being rude, an unstoppable force suddenly came from behind him, knocking him to the ground at once, and then seven or eight strong men rushed up and pressed him to the ground.

"What are you doing, I'm the King of Chu!" Han Xin yelled in shock and anger when his hands and feet were charged.

Behind him, Lingchang was full of disdain: "What king of Chu, a traitor!"

As the former Lingyin of Western Chu, he had a hatred for Han Xin to destroy the country, and now he just made a pun.

In the main hall in the distance, Liu Ying was sitting upright, surrounded by Ying Bu and others who were full of hangovers.

When Han Xin's angry roar approached from far away, Liu Ying could clearly see that the drunkenness on their faces disappeared instantly, and each of them became terrified.

Except for Lu Ze who kept looking coldly at him...

Isn't it just throwing Lao Liu's socks in your face?One beat is not enough?How stingy... Liu Ying curled her lips, looked away from Lu Ze, and turned to look at the gate.

After a while, Han Xin, who was dirty and tied up, was dragged in.

He looked at Liu Bang sitting at the head, and a group of princes and kings around him who looked at him coldly, and he understood in an instant.

"Flying birds are gone, good bows are hidden; cunning rabbits are dead, running dogs are cooked; enemy countries are destroyed, counselors are dead...you are wronged!"

Liu Bang slapped the table hard, furious: "Do you still have the face to say you were wronged?"

Han Xin cocked his neck: "Why do I have no face to say I was wronged!"

Liu Bang asked sullenly: "Let me ask you, in the middle of last month, did any good people under the rule be forced to go up the mountain to become robbers, and then dispatched troops to wipe them out?"

Han Xin nodded and said: "There is such a thing, but it is not me who persecutes it, but they are willing to degenerate..."

"Nonsense!" Liu Bang raised the wine bar in his hand and threw it out forcefully, interrupting Han Xin's defense with a snap.

"... ordered the officials to forcibly confiscate the fishing and hunting equipment of the Li people, so that they finally became refugees because they couldn't pay the taxes, and gathered together as robbers..."

Liu Ying took a look at the memorabilia handed over by Wei Wuzhi, and found that it was a memorandum sent by Chu Prime Minister Chen Bi. Those who meet the standard are immediately dismissed.

Therefore, in order to meet the standards set by Han Xin, the county officials in Chu State not only confiscated the fishing and hunting equipment of farmers, but even cut down the mulberry forests planted by the people.

In this way, if the common people want to survive, they can only reclaim the land desperately and make money by farming. They can no longer rely on mountains to eat mountains and water to hunt and fish, or reel silk and raise silkworms in exchange for property.

But reclaiming land is not such a simple matter. It is okay to say that the abandoned farmland, although the grain output after reclamation is not as good as that of farmland that has been taken care of all year round, at least it can afford the land rent and tax.

But those wastelands that have never been planted are troublesome. Not only is it extremely laborious to clean up, but in the first few years, it can basically be said that one gourd is planted and two gourds are harvested, let alone used to pay the extra land rent and taxes!

Tyranny is as fierce as a tiger!
People who can't pay their taxes can only run to the deep mountains and old forests to escape the government's jurisdiction.

However, for the sake of political achievements, the local officials reported to Han Xin that the people resisted the tax and went up the mountain to steal.

Therefore, it is natural that the army is suppressing the situation, leaving no chickens or dogs behind...

Liu Ying closed the memorial, and her eyes on Han Xin changed.

If everything is true, this is not just as simple as disregarding human life, but also echoing the pocket crimes against the princes and kings during this period, sending troops without authorization!

To put it simply, although the princes and kings have the right to command the army, only the central government of the Han Dynasty has the right to mobilize the army.

Once the army of the princes and kings moved without edict, it violated this law and could be considered treason, that is, the crime of treason.

Liu Ying looked at Ying Bu and the others who were disapproving around her, her eyes gradually became serious.

Forcing the good to become robbers and slaughtering the soldiers, if you look at it from the perspective of later generations, it is natural that Han Xin should be cut into seventeen or eighteen sections, but if you put it in the feudal era, this is not a problem at all!

Although the common people and officials, especially the princes and kings, seem to be human beings, in fact, the common people have never been treated as human beings.

The people are nothing but cattle and horses and supporters.

Liu Ying looked around and sighed in her heart. It seems that the people can only suffer more!

However, he did not make a move immediately, but was waiting for the best time.

"You are the King of Chu, and you eat the blood of the people. After doing such a wrong thing, you don't want to regret it... It's really tolerable, what can't be tolerated!"

"Are you still talking about being wronged? Willing to degenerate? I'm not afraid that the thunder will hurt you!"

The more Liu Bang said, the more angry he was, he pulled out the long sword on the side of the table with a swipe, and strode towards Han Xin.

The opportunity came... Liu Ying just wanted to stand up, but suddenly saw Liu Bang inadvertently winking at him, so she became more confident.

He rushed forward in three steps and two steps, stopped in front of Liu Bang who held his long sword high and Han Xin who closed his eyes and waited for death, knelt down on his knees, and said loudly:
"Your Majesty temporarily extinguish the wrath of the thunder! Also, please read it for the sake of King Chu's meritorious service to the country and killing Xiang Ji, and spare him a life!"

Well, since Liu Bang killed Xiang Yu, he ordered Xiang Yu to use the derogatory name of Xiang Ji, which is a direct name, in written or oral terms.

And in such a formal occasion, it is natural that father and son cannot be commensurate.

Seeing Liu Ying walking out, Ying Bu and others, who were a little disapproving, also walked out one after another, kneeling beside Han Xin.

"Your Majesty, please spare King Chu's life..."

Han Xin slowly opened his eyes, and looked at the furious Liu Bang, the bright sword he held high, and the back of the thin little Liu Ying kneeling in front of Liu Bang.

All of a sudden, tears flowed, both wronged and moved...

Facing Liu Ying's bright, clear eyes, Liu Bang took a few deep breaths to keep himself from laughing out loud, and then said in a low voice, "Drag on, I don't want to see this person..."

(End of this chapter)