At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 179: Tong Qin and the people need revolution

In the Nangong County government office, all the powerful gentry gathered in the government office hall. Although he heard that the Han army had a good style, he had not seen this kind of thing with his own eyes. Who knew whether it was true or not, so everyone was a little worried. Everyone is worried that they will become the chicken to be killed.

At this time, Liu Bang laughed loudly and came to the government meeting hall, and said forcefully to these village elders: "Everyone, you have been waiting for a long time."

"General, you're welcome. If it hadn't been for the general's rescue, I don't know how long we would have been oppressed by the Qin Dynasty. We can only repay King Han's great kindness in our next life by working as cows and horses."

Liu Bang said with a smile: "It's easy for fellow villagers to repay you. It just so happens that I have something to ask you for help."

"You're welcome, General. It would be an honor for us to be able to help you, General." But when they said this, the faces of these village elders turned extremely ugly. I don't know how much blood will be shed this time. I heard that the King of Han was benevolent and righteous. I hope his arrogant subordinates can ask for less.

Liu Bang said: "Don't be nervous, everyone. Do you know that Zhang Er, Prime Minister of Zhao, is my elder brother? It was he who took me to become Lord Xinling's disciple. It can be said that eldest brother Zhang Er is closer than a real brother, so everyone is Our own people.”

Nangong County seemed to be relieved after hearing Liu Bang's words. A little relationship is better than no relationship at all. Look at this Han general with a kind face, much better than the general who had a cold face the whole time.

But at this time Xu Zhongzhao came out again and said: "From this account book, your Nangong County is in Tongqin. In the past six months, you have transported 20 shi of grain to Meng Tian's army."

Xu Zhongzhao pulled out his sword and pointed it at the old villagers: "Don't you know that giving food to the Qin army at this time is to let the Qin army attack our Han army? How many brothers do we have in the Han army because you give food to the Qin army?" The army was full and died under the Qin army's sword."

Liu Bang clamped Xu Zhongzhao's sword again and said: "In this way, as much food and grass as you give to the Qin army, you will give double to our Han army. In this way, you will be my friends of the Han Dynasty, and no one can say that you have access to Qin."

Liu Bang said happily: "If we turn over the land according to the land, we can get 52 shi of grain, which is 12 more than we originally expected."

Immediately a powerful man said: "We have no choice. The Qin people are too cruel. If we don't give them food, they will rob and kill people. All 124 members of the Zhao family were killed by the Qin army. Even the manor was burned down. .”

Even though they understood that the Han army was acting for them, they had to bow their heads under the eaves: "We are willing to hand over food to the Han army. We only ask the King of Han to help us destroy the violent Qin."

Cui Yi also looked embarrassed and said: "I accept the order."

Xu Chongzhao was unmoved and said: "Then our Han army soldiers' death was in vain. All of you who are connected with the Qin Dynasty are guilty and deserve to die."

After calling all the heroes by name, Liu Bang said: "We, the Han army, will give you three days. If the food has not arrived at the official warehouse within three days, it means that this person is the lackey of the Qin army. Don't blame us, the Han army, for being rude." "

The powerful officials in Nangong County all looked embarrassed. They were able to give the Qin army 20 shi of grain in the first place because most of the grain belonged to the Nangong County treasury and had nothing to do with them. Later, Meng Tian came to collect grain and grass, and they also plundered the people. Naturally, they wouldn't feel bad if they handed over the grain, but the 40 shi of grain was indeed provided by themselves, so how could they not feel bad.

They were prepared for the massive hemorrhage, but they did not expect that the Han army would be so ruthless. They asked them to hand over twice as much food as the Qin army. Taking out this food would seriously damage their family's vitality.

In the government meeting hall.

Then Liu Bang took out a field record and said: "Gan Li, your family has 1.4 acres of land, so you must donate 2.8 shi of grain. When Qin falls, the King of Han will remember your contribution."

"No!" These village elders left the government office one by one with heartache.

"Yes, yes, how can we, the country folk, be Meng Tian's rivals? We are fighting for food to save our lives." Liu Bang helped them find an excuse, and they immediately beat the snake and followed the stick.

After saying this, Xu Zhongzhao pointed his sword at these powerful men again.

What else could Gan Li say, he could only cry with sorrow on his face and gritted his teeth and said: "My family and the violent Qin are inseparable."

At this time, Liu Bang took Xu Zhongzhao's hand and said: "Meng Tian is a famous general in the world. My eldest brother can only retreat to Handan to protect himself. Captain Xu, why should you harshly criticize the elders of Nangong County!"

This matter can only be blamed on Bao Qin. Yes, all of this is Bao Qin's fault.

"Cui Yi, your family has 2.5 acres of land, so we must donate 5 shi of food."

Next, Liu Bang called names along the way, and asked them to donate food in double the amount based on these powerful lands.

Many people looked at Liu Bang pitifully, wanting this easy-to-talk man to speak for them.

Xu Chongzhao pulled out his sword and immediately frightened these powerful villagers. They did not expect that the Han army would come to settle accounts at this time.

Xu Chongzhao was a little dissatisfied and said: "Why go to such trouble and directly lead the army to surround their mansion? I don't believe they dare to hand over food. The Qin army's sword is sharp, and my big man's sword is more than 10 times sharper than the Qin sword."

"It's a reckless move, not to mention how long it will take you to get food. The king sent us here to attack the Qin army, not to deal with these powerful people. This point must be clearly distinguished. Finally, we are here to attack the Qin army, not to deal with these powerful people. It is important that we can afford to wait, but the tens of thousands of people in Nangong County cannot wait for such a long time. Obtaining enough food to feed the people of Nangong County is the most urgent matter now."

Xu Chongzhao was persuaded, but still said: "It's an advantage for them. If the King of Han is here, he will definitely not spare them. Not only will they spit out the grain, but their fields will also be divided, so that these spineless two-dog sons only know how to bully themselves."

Liu Bang smiled bitterly and said: "How can the courage of the King of Han be compared to mine?"

He really didn't dare to divide the land. Taking the food from the powerful gentry was already killing his parents. To divide the land again would be to kill the powerful gentry. He still wanted to live for a few more years.

At the same time, outside Nangong County, Captain Zhang Qiang loudly said to the people around him: "Our Han army recruits civilians to build camps, and they provide three meals a day, and they also get 2 kilograms of grain every day."

The people in Nangong County looked at the Han army hesitantly. Although Xu Fan's reputation was good, these people were still a little worried. After all, the army had only brought killings for hundreds of years, and it was difficult for them to imagine that the army would do good things.

Only some people who were in extremely difficult circumstances and would starve to death if they could not find food came to Zhang Qiang indifferently. They would die anyway, and maybe they could survive if they could win. These are desperate people in Nangong County, who came here with their last glimmer of hope.

Zhang Qiang didn't react until he saw the people of Nangong County watching on the outside. The people refused to come over and understood that they didn't believe the Han army. So he asked a cook to cook 30 cauldrons of porridge outside the city camp, and then said loudly: "You can eat first." When you’re full, work again.”

"I'll do it, I'll do it." The aroma of the porridge has completely dispelled the worries of the people in Nangong County. Even if they are going to die, they will be a dead ghost first. Soon, the first batch of civilians lined up in front of the cauldron to receive the first bowl. Porridge.

"It's really good to eat porridge!" Now the people of Nangong County completely believed in the Han army, and more and more people lined up.

After eating two bowls of porridge, these common people began to help the Han army build camps. Thousands of people came over from the entire Nangong County, and the county was completely deserted for a while.

Chen Ying started his own business and took over the government affairs of the entire Nangong County. He first sent out detective horses to send notices to all townships in Nangong County, telling them that Nangong County had been occupied by the Han, and at the same time issued an order to recruit civilian husbands. , the Han army was provided with three meals a day, and could also get two kilograms of rice per day, and recruited civilians from Nangong County to build the city walls and roads.

When the people of Nangong County received this news, although they did not believe that they could earn two kilograms of grain, they still had no hope of finding a place to eat. Even being a civilian husband was better than starving to death at home.

So a large number of people poured into Nangong County. When they found that thousands of people had received food, they no longer doubted it, but settled down to work with the Han army. Chen Ying asked them to use the countryside as their team. Detachments were built to build city walls, barracks, cut down trees, and manufacture equipment.

At the same time, people are arranged to re-cultivate the fields and remove weeds from the fields. It is too late to re-produce food now, but planting some vegetables, which can fill the stomach anyway, is better than eating wild vegetables with bark. In short, most of the people in Nangong County were taken into custody by the Han army. Under the command of Chen Ying, all the people were working hard to restore production.

When the two kilograms of grain on the first day arrived in the hands of the people's families, all the villages in Nangong County were shocked. The grain in their hands was the most real. Not only did the Han army provide them with three meals a day, they also asked the civilian husband to feed their families with the food in their hands. Suddenly, the Han army seemed to them like living Bodhisattvas (although the Bodhisattva had not yet arrived at this time, this was what the civilian husband thought in his heart).

It took the Han army less than three days to win the support of all the people in Nangong County. After months of nightmares, the people of Nangong County finally saw hope.

Of course, the corresponding response is that the local villagers and powerful people are wailing all over the field. Tens of thousands of stones of food are not available to the landlords and powerful families, let alone giving it to the grassroots people. This is not a waste of food. Giving the grain to the Han army had already caused them great pain, but the Han army also gave the grain to the grassroots people to eat, adding salt to their wounds.

They can accept power oppressing them, but they cannot accept people with a lower status than them taking advantage of them, because this is more painful for them than power oppressing them.

They originally wanted to win over the local people to resist the orders of the Han army. This kind of thing they did not dare to do in the Qin State, because Meng Tian was really good at killing people, but they knew that the King of Han had a reputation for benevolence and righteousness, and they did not listen now. It has been said that the king of Han killed people for no reason, let alone massacred the people. Good people can be bullied by others, which was vividly demonstrated by these powerful gentry.

But soon they were surprised to find that all their tenants had gone to work for the Han army. Even if they wanted to make trouble with the common people, they could not find anyone.

Now the Han army has more than 5000 civilians working in its hands, accounting for more than half of the entire Nangong County, and the number is still increasing rapidly. The Han army acts as if it has never seen anyone before, and does not spare any old, weak, women and children. Many people in Nangong County The common people simply served the Han army as corvees with their whole families. I have never seen such strong men.

These powerful men knew that they had no room for resistance, so each of them, with a straight face like their dead parents, pulled their own grain into the county magistrate's treasury.

The people of Nangong County had no sympathy when they saw the food brought by the powerful gentry into the official warehouse. Instead, they were extremely happy. The Han army had more food, so that they could continue their work for a long time and their lives could be saved.

The far-sighted people had begun to frugally save part of the grain paid to them by the Han army, intending to use it as seeds for the coming year. They wished that these powerful men would give the Han army as much food as possible.

The common people were sharp-eyed and were about to starve to death. However, these so-called village elders turned to the Qin people and plundered the last grain of their families, but they had no sense of fellow countrymen at all.

They are about to starve to death. These fellow villagers still have so much food but are unwilling to save them. This is to watch them starve to death. What kind of fellow villagers are they?

With the strong contrast between the Han army and the Han army, the people of Nangong County decisively abandoned the village elders and powerful men.

However, without the support of local fellow villagers, the powerful village elders could not fight tens of thousands of Han troops with just a few long guns at home.

Therefore, it makes sense to say that many people will get help if they are in good ways, and few will help if they are unjust. When you organize all the people, it is not easy to deal with a few miscellaneous fish.

Xu Chongzhao and Liu Bang reported to Xu Fan the situation of Zhao Jun from Nangong County, told Xu Fan what they were doing, and asked for next instructions.

Xu Fan was a little surprised and said: "I didn't expect that Zhao Guo's situation has become so serious."

Zhang Liang: "Is there something wrong in Handan?"

Xu Fan gave Zhang Liang the letters written by Xu Chongzhao and others.

After reading this, Zhang Liang was not as surprised as Xu Fan. After all, Xu Fan came to a world where famine had only been seen in the news. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, he spent most of the uprising, and he didn't know much about the world.

But Zhang Liang has seen too many situations like this in Nangong County. It was not just soldiers and nobles who died in the unification war. It was a disaster that affected the entire world, and the people who died the most were always the common people.

Xu Fan said: "I replied to Xu Zhongzhao and them, saying that they have done a good job, and let them focus on the common people and take deep roots in Julu County, but the short-term relief is only superficial. We must truly allow the common people to live safely." Only by equalizing the land, and only by equalizing the land, can the Han army truly take root in the State of Zhao."

Zhang Liang said in astonishment: "King of Han, the war is coming. This is not the time to equalize the land, and Xu Chongzhao and the others do not have enough officials."

Xu Fan smiled and said: "The more intense the conflict, the more opportunity for reform. Without this food shortage, how could the people of Nangong County side with us? They would most likely side with the wealthy landlords who know the truth.

But now the people need revolution. The people understand that in order to survive, they can only side with the Han army and force the landlords to give up land and food to save their lives. This is the best time for reform. "

"As for recruiting enough officials, it is even simpler. Order the prime minister to summon 500 outstanding village chiefs and township chiefs and let them support Zhao State. What Zhao State needs now is not just an army, but a complete and orderly local government. The old order It has been destroyed, and the new order must keep up, otherwise this opportunity will be wasted.”

Zhang Liang immediately said: "The Han King's main target for our army to deal with at this time should not be Meng Tian's Northern Xinjiang Army. Why did we spend so many people and energy on Julu?"

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Meng Tian's Northern Xinjiang Army is already a turtle in the urn. He won't be able to struggle for long. Instead, it is the matter of Julu County. I think it is more important. When our rebels rebelled against Qin, we wanted to destroy this brutal old army." Outside the world, build a new world where people can live like human beings.

But now the people of Zhao State are living in dire straits and need a new order even more. What Xu Zhongzhao and Liu Bang are doing is even more important. They are building a new world that suits our Han State. As long as we can take root there. , no one can drive me away. "

Only then did Zhang Liang suddenly realize that the King of Han was preparing for the future.

Speaking of this alliance of princes, Zhang Liang was quite disappointed. This was something he strongly recommended. He wanted Xu Fan to become the commander of the alliance and re-establish an order completely different from that of the violent Qin Dynasty. I just didn't expect that the princes from all walks of life were secretly fighting each other and could not form a joint force at all. Xu Fan, the leader of the alliance, had gained nothing except the nominal title of alliance leader. As for establishing a new order, it was even more delusional.

The various rebel armies still went their own way. Fortunately, everyone's fear of violent Qin still existed, and the consensus to eliminate the Qin army had not changed. Otherwise, this alliance would have become a mess, which would be a joke.

December 37, the 6th year of the First Emperor's reign.

Zhou Zhang, who was raising food and grass for the army in Chen County, couldn't help but smile bitterly after receiving Xu Fan's order. The king of Han really liked to cause trouble. But he still ordered: "Xiao Changshi, go find the pavilion chiefs, li chiefs, and township chiefs with the best data in each county, and summon them to meet in Chen County and prepare them to go to the front line."

Xiao He asked strangely: "Why do we need Han officials on the front line?"

Xiao He lived like a fish in water in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Zhou Zhang found that he could arrange everything properly, especially when hundreds of thousands of troops needed food and grass, and the affairs were numerous and messy. Every day, hundreds of officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion had to work late at night, and it was often easy. If there is a mistake, either the sword is mistaken for a stone cannon, or the food and grass do not arrive in time. In short, all kinds of unexpected mistakes and things will happen.

Among them, Xiao He can be said to stand out among the Han officials. The affairs he handed over to him were always the fastest and most complete, and they were also completed best with the fewest mistakes. Later, Zhou Zhang promoted Xiao He to become the Chief of the Prime Minister's Office, and officially became Zhou Zhang's right-hand man, handling a large number of government affairs for Zhou Zhang.

Zhou Zhang smiled bitterly and said: "The land of Zhao was starved to death by the Qin army. The King of Han wanted to restore local order, so he needed Han officials to take over the local government. Fortunately, he did not ask for food and grass, otherwise he would have to support millions of Zhao people. Man, I'm afraid this old man will explode."

Xiao He said: "I will make arrangements now."

"It is best for the Han officials on the list to have military experience. After all, Zhao State is a war zone, and mere scholars cannot manage local affairs well."

Xiao He said: "No!"

Xiao He and his subordinates worked hard all night and handed Zhou Zhang a list of 700 people on the next day.

Zhou Zhang finally cut some, and finally settled on 515 people.

(End of this chapter)