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

Chapter 231: The battle to elect the emperor and establish the capital
November 37, the th year of the First Emperor's reign.

Three days after the Han army took over Xianyang, it finally took control of the situation in Xianyang City. The princes and generals among the coalition forces were also anxious. They had now defeated the violent Qin, and Qin II also surrendered to them, but Xu Fan refused to enter. Xianyang City blocked the army from Xianyang City and did not look like a winner at all, which made them very unconvinced.

Fortunately, Xu Fan understood their impatience and finally led the generals from various princes into the Qin Palace today.

And Li Shiqi had already made preparations in the Qin Palace.

In the square of the Qin Palace, Li Shiqi built a high platform and performed the Han army's famous operas "Butterfly Lovers" and "The Match of the Immortals" to the guards of various princes.

But Xu Fan and the senior generals of the Han army and the princes and generals came to Zhangtai Palace. At this time, the palace was filled with a sumptuous banquet, and the golden tableware sparkled. The banquet was filled with all kinds of delicacies, wine and food, and the aroma was so fragrant that it made people salivate.

Xu Fan opened his mouth and said with a smile: "There are many rough people in our Han country, and there are some deficiencies in etiquette. Please forgive me."

Wei Wangjiu said: "You take us into Xianyang City and celebrate in Emperor Qin's palace. This is the greatest gift."

King Zhao said: "What King Wei said is right. Ten years ago, Qin destroyed our country. Ten years later, we destroyed Qin. King Han led us to avenge our country and our family. This is all the result of King Han. We Let’s give a toast to the King of Han.”

All the generals raised their glasses to Xu Fan.

Zhang Er asked: "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"Yes, we all support the King of Han. Only when the King of Han becomes the emperor can the world be at peace." The princes and generals present raised their glasses to express their support for the King of Han. The atmosphere reached a climax at this moment. People toasted each other and prayed for peace and prosperity in the world. The atmosphere was lively and intense.

It's not surprising that Zhao Wangxie and Wei Wangjiu delayed Xu Fan. A decent person has to go through three invitations and three resignations. This is just the first time, and there are two more processes to go through.

Li Shiqi also arranged a song and dance performance at the banquet. The beauties of the Qin Palace saw many generals staring intently. The whole banquet scene was full of joy and peace.

Xu Fan continued: "But it doesn't look like you, the King of Zhao, have only one city left. It's better to exchange Daijun for Handan. Daijun is also the territory of your Zhao country, so it doesn't mean you have lost your ancestors." Foundation, and beyond Daijun is the territory of the Hu people. If King Zhao has the bloody courage of his ancestors, he can continue to fight north. Whatever territory he conquers will be King Zhao’s own. I, the great man, also fully support this matter. "

Xu Fan patted his chest and said, "I cannot exchange the blood of my soldiers for my reputation."

Xu Fan drank it all without hesitation.

Xu Fan stood up and said gratefully, "Thank you for your trust and support, but I, the Han Dynasty, founded my country by serving the people, and the people of Han are the legal authority of my Han Dynasty. If my position as emperor is not recognized by all the people in the world, it will be unfair." If it doesn’t go well, I have asked the sages from all over the country to gather in Xianyang City, and then we will raise the emperor together.”

Zhao Wang Xie showed a smile that was uglier than crying and said: "The King of Han has preserved the country of Zhao, so a mere piece of land is nothing."

Xu Fan said: "Of course."

After the singer withdrew and the atmosphere reached a climax, King Zhao Xie raised his wine glass and said: "The Qin Dynasty is unjust. You, King of Han, are the first to rebel against the Qin Dynasty. Now, for the sake of unity, you will lead us and the princes of Guandong to destroy the Qin Dynasty. With the merits of the King of Han, Enough to be the master of the world, I propose that we and the other princes jointly elect the King of Han as the Emperor of Han, and the King of Han as the Emperor. We and other princes will suppress the four directions. In this way, hundreds of years of war in the world will end, and we will all share peace."

Yingbu and other Han generals even said: "The King of Han should be the emperor, and we will not accept anyone except the King of Han."

Zhao Wangxie whispered: "I don't want to leave Handan. After all, Handan is a prosperous place, while Daijun is a completely barbaric place, and there are also barbarians. If you are not careful, your life will be hard to save."

Zhou Shi smiled and said: "We must support the King of Han!"

The words of Zhao Wang Xie and Wei Wang Jiu resonated with the princes present, and they all nodded in agreement.

"With the merits and benevolence of the King of Han, the people of the world will definitely support you as the emperor." Zhao Wangxie said respectfully. At this time, he was satisfied. The most important thing was that he had obtained the support.

Wei Wangjiu said: "The benevolence of the King of Han is known to all the world, and it is the King of Han who contributed the most to the destruction of the Qin Dynasty. We and other princes are willing to respect the King of Han as the Son of Heaven."

Then Xu Fan walked up to Zhao Wang Xie and said: "King Zhao, I have always been fair. Although Zhao State has a lot of territory under the rule of our Han State, it should be returned to you Zhao State, but I Doing so would be a disgrace to the Han soldiers who sacrificed their lives in conquering these cities.”

King Zhao rested and said, "Can Xiao Wang discuss such a big matter with the Prime Minister?"

The atmosphere of the following banquet was very friendly. The generals at the banquet toasted each other. They talked and laughed happily and compared their achievements with each other.

Then Zhao Wangxie took Zhang Er aside and whispered, explaining the conditions Xu Fan had just mentioned.

After all, Zhao State is one of the few prosperous places in the north. Regardless of taxation, one Handan has a population greater than the entire Dai County, so Zhao Wangxie does not want to engage in land transactions.

Zhang Er said helplessly: "Your Majesty, if you don't exchange, you will be killed by swords, and I will be fished and meat. If you don't exchange, I'm afraid you won't even have Daijun. And just like what the King of Han said, no matter how prosperous Handan is, there will be no room for development, but Daijun has." Thousands of miles across the country, the King of Han supports you in expanding your territory. This is where heroes come into play.”

King Zhao Xie was stabbed to death, and I was awakened by Yurou's words, so he found Xu Fan and expressed his willingness to exchange territory. He even gave up the title of King Zhao and changed his name to King Dai.

Xu Fan was also pleased that King Dai had learned about current affairs, and then said: "There are a large amount of treasures in Guanzhong that Qin had plundered from Zhao. When King Dai returns, he will take them back with him."

Dai Wangxie said in surprise: "Thank you so much, King Han!"

Then Xu Fan went to Tian Jie, Xiang Bo, Zang Cha, and Li Liang and said: "Your territorial dispute is thousands of miles away. It is difficult for me to know what is right and wrong, so it is difficult to make a decision." A fair solution that satisfies both of you. The way I think of is to put aside the dispute and use the territories that each of us occupies as the boundary, regardless of whether it is right or wrong. "

"Since the king raised his army to rebel against Qin, the world has been devastated by war for three years. Now the land in the world is desolate, the cities are broken, and the people of the world are crying under the devastation of the war, and it is difficult to survive. What I mean is that everyone should pause for now. After three years of war, how about giving the people of the world time to recuperate?”

Tian Jie was unconvinced and said: "King Han, this Qi Kingdom belongs to my Tian family."

Xiang Bo immediately retorted: "My Xiang family destroyed 20 Qin troops in Qi, and I have contributed to the reconstruction of Qi State. And if you really want to argue like this, Qi State is a country founded by Tai Gong. In terms of blood, the Jiang family is better than your Tian family." You are qualified. The Jiang family has pioneered and I, the Xiang family, have made great achievements in reinvention. The Tian family is just a country thief. How can you compare with me?"

This was a sore point for Zhong Tian Jie. Tian Jie was annoyed and angry, and immediately wanted to draw his sword, but Xu Fan grabbed his hand and snatched the sword from his hand.

Xu Fan said angrily: "If you really want to disregard the life and death of the people in the world and use weapons in this year of great disaster, don't blame me for being ruthless. I, the Han Dynasty, are supported by the people of the world and established our country. If you harm the people, you will harm our country, Han." Don’t blame me, the Han army, for punishing the people and eradicating you thieves who are harming the people.”

When Xu Fan got angry, Xiang Bo and others were immediately frightened and said: "Forgive me, King Han."

Zang Cha immediately said: "King Yan is willing to abide by King Han's three-year agreement."

Han Guang was the weakest, so the three-year agreement was beneficial to them, and Zang Cha immediately agreed.

Li Liang was dissatisfied and said: "King Yan is my lord. Your lord is my lord's subordinate, so he is not qualified to be called King Yan."

Zang Cha was unconvinced and said: "My king was jointly recommended by the heroes of Yan State, and he is more qualified to be called King of Yan than your lord."

Li Liang said angrily: "My king was also elected by the heroes of Yan State earlier than you."

"Who made you lose the war and lose the country!"

Seeing that they were about to quarrel again, Xu Fan said angrily: "Stop quarreling. One will be called the King of Shanggu and the other the King of Liaodong. It has been decided that I will fight whoever dares to use swords within three years."

Xiang Bo and others were angry when they saw Xu Fan, so they could only nod and say: "No!"

The most leisurely among them were Zhou Shi and Wei Wang Jiu. Zhou Shi was even seen going to his old friends to drink and talk nonsense.

King Jiu of Wei watched relatively leisurely as King Han adjusted the conflicts between the countries. Compared with other vassal states, Wei Wang Jiu was relatively lucky. He was originally a clan member of the Wei State, and was the earliest force to oppose Qin. No one in the Wei State could challenge his position. A large number of the generals of the Wei State had friendship with the elders of Chen County, and his position was very stable. He did not need to worry like other princes. His position is not guaranteed.

After giving each party a wooden stick, Xu Fan gave them a sweet date. Xu Fan took out all the gold, silk, money, various treasures, and luxurious and luxurious things hidden in the Qin treasury, and then sent out troops according to the instructions. How much, credit is distributed.

Among them, King Jiu of Wei was the first to support Xu Fan's Northern Expedition. He contributed the most and made the greatest contribution. He received 1 boxes of treasures. The original treasures of the Wei royal family were also returned, as well as 100 gold and a thousand catties of rock sugar.

On behalf of the king, 90 boxes of treasures were taken away, and the treasures of the Zhao royal family were returned, including 1.5 gold and a thousand catties of rock sugar.

Xiang Bo and Tian Jie only brought 5000 soldiers to join the coalition. They only had 30 boxes of treasure, 2000 gold, a hundred catties of rock sugar, and Zang tea. Li Liang, who finally came, only did the job of waving flags and shouting, so he only had 15 boxes of treasure. 1000 pounds, 50 pounds of rock sugar.

The generals of the princes of various countries are quite satisfied with this distribution plan.

For the soldiers of the princes, Xu Fan gave each of them a piece of cloth and five hundred dollars. In short, everyone was not disappointed and received a reward.

After these rewards were distributed, the soldiers of the princes could not help but cheer: "Long blessing, King Han."

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

After the princes had divided the spoils, Xu Fan, Deng Zong, Li Shiqi, Yingbu and other senior Han army officials discussed how to reward the soldiers.

Chen Ping came to Guanzhong yesterday because he wanted to participate in Xu Fan's proclaiming emperor ceremony and became one of the top officials in the discussion.

Xu Fan was the first to speak: "Let me tell you first that the capital of our Han Kingdom will be established in Guanzhong, so the rewards for the soldiers must be combined with the establishment of the capital."

Yingbu hesitated and said: "Why isn't the King of Han in Chen County? This Xianyang is not as prosperous as our Chen County."

At this time, Xianyang was somewhat depressed due to the impact of the war. In the eyes of people like Yingbu, it was not as prosperous as Chen County.

Xu Fan said: "Guanzhong has mountains and rivers as barriers. It is a place with dangerous points that can be defended on all sides. The land is fertile. It is possible to build a capital here and defend the enemy with the minimum number of troops. The world has not yet truly stabilized. Guanzhong is more suitable than Chen County to become capital."

Ji Bu, Ji Xin, Chen Ping, Li Shiqi and others recognized the establishment of the capital in Guanzhong.

Li Shiqi said: "Guanzhong is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Looking down at the world, I, the great Han, can only have a solid base if we stand in Guanzhong."

Ji Bu said from a military perspective: "To establish the capital in Guanzhong, only 10 standing troops are enough to frighten the world, but to establish the capital in Chenjun, there is no danger to defend, and several times the army is needed to defend the capital."

Chen Ping said from a geographical point of view: "Moreover, Chen County is far away from the Central Plains, which is not conducive for our Han Dynasty to rule the world. This is not the case with the establishment of the capital in Guanzhong. As long as our Han Dynasty controls Guanzhong and the three Jin lands, we will be able to sweep away the princes of the Central Plains."

Chen Xiao was unconvinced and said: "Mencius also said that the weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people. Our Han army fought from Chen County. Chen County and even the entire Chu region support us. The Han Dynasty established its capital in Chen County. You can get Chu people and people.”

Then he said contemptuously: "The Qin State occupied the dangerous land in Guanzhong, but it was not destroyed by our Han Dynasty. From this, we can know that the weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people and the fruit."

Most of the Han generals including Yingbu, Chen Gang, Chen Sheng, and Ge Ying recognized Chen Xiao's suggestion and believed that Chen County should be established as the capital.

The capital is in Chen County, and it only takes a few days for them to return to their hometown. For many people, the capital is their hometown, and they can return to their hometowns rich and wealthy and accept the worship of their hometown people.

The capital is in Guanzhong, and they are thousands of miles away from their hometown. It is very difficult to go back to their hometown.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Chen Xiao, you are just reading dogmatically. Mencius said that the right time is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people, but specific problems must be analyzed in detail."

"You said that if the First Emperor also gets the peace in Guanzhong, we the Han occupy the Chu land, and the First Emperor occupies the Guanzhong, and the two sides fight, who will win and who will lose?"

"Ah?" Chen Xiao didn't expect Xu Fan to give such an example, but he quickly said: "The First Emperor is cruel and unkind, and it is impossible to win peace!"

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Why can't it be possible? If the First Emperor couldn't win the peace in Guanzhong, how could he destroy the six countries in 10 years?"

"The First Emperor was wise and powerful in his early years, otherwise he would not have been able to create the great cause of unification. But in his later years, he was obsessed with power, was ignorant and incompetent, and sought immortality, and this was how he ruined the world."

"You can see that there will still be changes in peace and harmony. Just because we have peace and harmony, we cannot think that our enemies will not be harmonious with anyone. This is trying to find a way to make peace.

Moreover, if we gain people and good geographical location, wouldn’t this be more powerful than if we gain people and people alone? "

"Ah!" Chen Xiao was stunned and couldn't find anything to retort for a long time.

Mencius did not say that if you win people and people, you cannot win geographical advantages. There is no contradiction between the two.

One has only harmony with others, while the other has harmony with people and good location. It is self-evident who is more powerful.

Xu Fan continued: "Actually, the location is also about people and people. We will need 30 standing troops in Chen County to defend the enemy, but in Guanzhong, we only need 10 standing troops to defend the enemy. Having 20 less troops will save a lot of military expenses, and it will be fine." If more money is spent on people's livelihood, isn't this the best thing about people and people?

The reason why Qin was able to become the final winner of the Warring States Period was because it could stop the most enemies with the least amount of troops. However, countries such as Zhao, Wei, Qi, and Chu had to defend against two or even three enemies and recruited more soldiers than Qin. Several times, the people were unbearable and the national power was rapidly depleted. The Qin State consumed the least national power and naturally became the final winner of the Warring States Period. Therefore, the geographical advantage was also harmonious. "

At this time, Chen Xiao and the others remembered that the King of Han was the Master, and he used Mencius' words to refute the King of Han. This was not just a trick.

Xu Fan continued: "The most important thing is that when we establish the capital city, we should not just look at the immediate future, but also look at the long-term, and see what will happen a hundred years later. Now that my Han Dynasty is strong, there is no problem in establishing Chen County as the capital, but Kang Long has regrets. The gains cannot last long, and the big man cannot always be strong. Only by establishing the capital in Guanzhong can I, the big man, have a chance to breathe when he is weak. "

When people like Yingbu heard what Xu Fan said, they felt it made sense. In addition, Chen Xiao, the most knowledgeable person, could not defeat Xu Fan. In the end, they also recognized the decision to establish Xianyang as the capital.

Xu Fan continued: "Now we have to find a way to keep the soldiers in Guanzhong to better consolidate the foundation of the Han Dynasty."

Although Xu Fan tried to save the prisoners of the Qin army, the Qin army committed more crimes this time. The Qin army was captured by the anti-Qin forces of the Six Kingdoms and basically had no way out. Therefore, the casualties in Guanzhong at this time were no worse than those in history. About half of the households registered in Guanzhong have widows, and the population problem is also extremely tense.

Chen Ping thought for a moment and said, "King of Han, do you want the soldiers to stay in Guanzhong?"

Xu Fan nodded and said: "Since Guanzhong is the foundation, the more people there are in Guanzhong, the more powerful I will be."

Chen Ping said: "The King of Han can find unmarried soldiers in our army to marry the widows of Guanzhong. If we cooperate with Tianjun, our soldiers of the Han army will naturally stay in Guanzhong."

Xu Fan said with great joy: "Chen Ping, this is a good suggestion."

Then Xu Fan looked at Li Shiqi and said, "How many maids are there in the Qin Palace?"

Li Shiqi said: "There are more than 5000 people. There are other palaces in Guanzhong. Counting the maids in these palaces, there should be tens of thousands of people."

Xu Fan said happily: "Okay, gather all these palace ladies to Xianyang City, and use the Qin Palace as a place for their blind dates.

As long as the maids like our soldiers, I will preside over weddings for them, give them equal land, help them build brick and stone houses, and give them farm tools and cattle as betrothal gifts for the soldiers to get married. Just a complete home, so that the soldiers can stay in Guanzhong with peace of mind. "

The reason why Xu Fan asked the palace maids to choose their husbands instead of the other way around was because there were hundreds of thousands of Han troops, but there were only tens of thousands of palace maids. If Han soldiers were allowed to choose, there would be a fight. This problem does not exist for palace maids. There is no way, the male-female ratio is imbalanced, and the only choice is to let the palace maids choose their husbands.

(End of this chapter)