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Chapter 554 Productivity

"Because he trampled on the farmers' seedlings and was led to death, the author of this rubbish writes so ironically!" Many readers can't help but sigh that the plot design of the author of rubbish is very deep.

The majestic overlord, the final failure was due to his opponent Liu Bang, or the huge army, but a farmer whose seedlings were trampled by him, destroying agricultural production, and the root cause of Xiang Yu's failure.

And this is also the conclusion Liu Xu came to after familiarizing himself with the history of the Chu and Han Dynasties many times. Many scholars in later generations like to attribute Xiang Yu's failure to not being good at employing people.

Just like Tai Shigong himself explained the reasons for Xiang Yu's failure through Gaozu Benji.

The original text is like this
Gao Qi and Wang Ling said to each other: "Your Majesty is arrogant and insulting, Xiang Yu is benevolent and loving. However, Your Majesty sends people to attack cities and seize territories, and those who come down will benefit from them. , the sages doubt it, they win without giving credit to others, they gain land without giving benefits to others, and this is why they lose the world.”

Gaozu said: "The public knows one thing, and the other is unknown. In the planning and planning of the husband, the decisive victory is farther than thousands of miles away. I am not as good as Zifang. I am not as good as Xiao He. I govern the country, care for the people, give them money, and keep food. Even with an army of millions, the battle must be won, and the attack must be taken. I am not as good as Han Xin. These three are all outstanding people. I can use them. This is why I take over the world. Xiang Yu has a fan Zeng and cannot use it. This is why he is me. Capture too."

Through this dialogue, we can see that Tai Shigong attributed Xiang Yu's failure to Liu Bang's ability to share interests with his subordinates, and was very good at employing people. He used Xiao He, Zhang Liang, and Han Xin very properly, and fully utilized their talents.

On the contrary, Xiang Yu only had one Fan Zeng, but he couldn't fully trust and use it, so Xiang Yu finally failed.

From this description, it can be seen that Tai Shigong is doing his own artistic processing. After all, Liu Bang has become the emperor, and the two ministers dare to say that Liu Bang likes to insult people, but Xiang Yu is very benevolent. Isn't this directly hitting Liu Bang in the face? How could these two make such a stupid mistake?
As for the issue of employing people, this is indeed an important reason for Xiang Yu's failure, but in Liu Xu's view, it is not the root cause.

The real problem lies in Xiang Yu's neglect of production, and he has no benevolence for ordinary people.

Because in the last two years of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony, Xiang Yu was still the ever-victorious Xiang Yu. Liu Bang was beaten by Xiang Yu several times and almost died on the spot. Even Han Xin did not have the courage to face Xiang Yu. Xiang Yu personally directed The battle is not lost.

But Xiang Yu, who was invincible, became more and more difficult to fight, his territory became smaller and smaller, and his army became weaker and weaker.

Because Xiang Yu's supplies of food and grass are insufficient, although he is victorious in all battles, the various resources of the army are getting less and less. Even if he wins, he will not be able to pursue the enemy further. It is impossible for Liu Bang to catch him on his own.

Therefore, Xiang Yu's core problem is that there is no stable rear, and no stable people can provide him with a steady stream of food and grass.Because Xiang Yu can't see these small people at all, he doesn't know how to accumulate people's strength and recuperate, he knows how to fight hard, he is naturally eager for war, and he has hardly issued any order to resume economic production during his ruling career. Almost all his food and grass are Come by searching.

On the contrary, Liu Bang has a stable rear, and Xiao He helps him organize and resume production in the rear, so that he can continuously transport grain and grass to the front line, ensuring that Liu Bang has never been short of food. huge.

Many of Xiang Yu's soldiers didn't have enough to eat, so they turned to Liu Bang for refuge.

In Xiang Yu's eyes, there are no ordinary people at all, and there is no peasant class at all. If he doesn't pay attention to the development of productive forces, he will naturally be unable to unify the world in the end.

So when readers saw this plot where farmers deliberately pointed the wrong way, and Liu Xu described many plots in which Xiang Yu did not pay attention to agricultural production in the novel, many readers were moved, and then thought that they could not even eat. When they were in a difficult situation, they had a better understanding of the connotation of this novel, and they also began to realize the root cause of Xiang Yu's failure.

But after trying to understand these, readers' emotions will naturally become more complicated.

At the same time, some readers who are more scattered in their thinking can't help but think of another Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and think of the same classic plot of Cao Cao cutting his hair and acting as the head.

During the march, Cao Cao issued an order to kill those who trampled on the farmland, but Cao Cao's own horses rushed into the farmland because of fright, trampled many seedlings, and committed the death penalty set by Cao Cao himself.

So a plot that can reflect Cao Cao's hypocritical character happened in history, that is, Cao Cao pretended to cut off his own hair to replace the head, saying that he had killed himself once. This is the famous plot of cutting hair instead of the head. .

At that time, these readers only felt that Cao Cao was hypocritical when they saw this plot, but today they saw this plot of Xiang Yu again, and everyone naturally had a new understanding in their hearts, and understood the important meaning behind this plot.

"It turns out that Cao Cao has learned from Xiang Yu's lesson!" Many people sighed in their hearts.

But these can be put aside temporarily, everyone can't wait to read the following chapters, and then they saw Xiang Yu displaying his last heroic power, even in the encirclement of thousands of armies, he could kill all kinds of enemies. Such a terrifying power to kill hundreds of people.

But although Xiang Yu was fierce, he couldn't stop the most loyal knights around him from falling. Liu Xu used two chapters to describe how Xiang Yu saw his last knights die tragically on the battlefield during the fight all the way.

So when Xiang Yu came to the edge of the Wujiang River where he was destined, and saw the Wujiang Pavilion Chief who came to pick him up across the Wujiang River in a small boat, and went to the east of the river to make a comeback.

Xiang Yu thought of the last dozen or so knights who followed him but could only die because of him one by one. He sighed and said, "If I die in the sky, how can I cross the river!" Xi, no one has returned, Zong Jiangdong's father and brother have pity on me, how can I see him? Even if he doesn't say anything, is he worthy of his heart?"

Xiang Yu, who has no regrets in his heart, no longer has the idea of ​​living, but when he sees the Wuzhui horse who is still thinking about him, Xiang Yu simply turns over and dismounts, and at the same time said to the Wujiang Pavilion leader, "Old Ting You are old, so you must need a horse to travel. This black horse has been with me since I was a child. It has a very docile personality and can travel thousands of miles a day. Come down. I will give this horse to you today, please let him go to Jiangdong with you, so that he can live!"

Seeing this, the hearts of many readers could no longer be stretched, and many readers burst into tears.

"My overlord, is your last tenderness here?"

(End of this chapter)