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

Chapter 253: The meeting of princes and conflicts between all parties
Finally, Ji Bu and others looked at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "The last general established the Lu State in the north of Liaodong, near the Liao River. However, there are many swamps, forests, wild beasts, and savage tribes in the Lu State. There are Donghu people, Goguryeo people, Fuyu people, and Qu people. The Wo people, and I even contacted the countries established by the descendants of Jizi in the ancient Yin Shang Dynasty. These tribal countries ranged from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of people. The only advantage was that these savage tribes and countries were in charge of their own affairs, and there were still connections between them. Hatred cannot form a synergy.

Yingbu was surprised and said: "Your land in Liaodong is much better than my country in England. I can only find some people from Baishan who don't even know how to farm. If you just count around Lu, there are millions of people." ”

Lu Chen said: "But the poor people in Liaodong have no special products, or the only special products are these savages. They only need a piece of linen to hire these savages for a month. Many savages are even willing to work for the generals as long as they provide food and accommodation. This is the only one in Liaodong." Good thing."

Then Lu Chen smiled bitterly and said: "But it is so difficult to cultivate fields in Liaodong. Although Your Majesty has already said it, it is still beyond my imagination. Without steel farm tools, the land cannot be cultivated at all. Even if there are steel farm tools, It was still very difficult. The last general led the people to cut down trees, burn out thorns, dig canals, and drain swamps. With the help of tens of thousands of savages, they managed to cultivate 5 acres of land. Due to various unexpected diseases, Lu Guo's Hundreds of people died.

However, this small amount of land cannot feed the people at all. They still need to fish and hunt to supplement their food. They need to sell the cattle and horses of the Hu tribe on the grassland to the Central Plains. At the same time, Yuyang County has built a shipyard. The Han Dynasty needs a lot of giant trees, and eventually a lot of them will be cut down. The trees were sold to shipyards, which barely covered the construction expenses of Lu State. "

Obviously, it was very difficult to develop Liaodong in this era. In real history, this land has always belonged to the fishing and hunting people for the next thousands of years. The real development was during the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "We will always encounter difficulties when overcoming obstacles. Our ancestors have opened up the world so widely. The entire Han civilization will remember your pioneering achievements. You will be my great grandfather from now on." "

Xu Fan's comforting words made Lu Chen feel warm in his heart.

Xu Fan continued: "This is already a good start. You first rely on trade to maintain money and food. After enough fields are cultivated, food can be self-sufficient, and your country of Lu will enter rapid development."

Lu Chen thought for a while and said: "The general still has a hidden worry. The King of Liaodong is behind the general. Chen Ying has always looked down on us, and I also look down on him. The most important thing is that he is not one of our Han people. I am in Liaodong." We are surrounded by enemies on all sides, and if our retreat is cut off by him, we will be left alone and helpless.

Your Majesty is not stingy, but your Majesty wants to develop Liaodong. This Liaodong County must be in the hands of our Han Dynasty. "

Lu Chen's words made Xu Fan fall into deep thought. If he wanted to develop the Liaodong area, Liaodong County was the best logistics base. Today, this logistics base is not in the hands of the Han Dynasty, which is a big problem.

Originally, Xu Fan thought that Liaodong County had not been developed for a long time in this era, and the land occupied by Chen Yu would not be very large, but the reality was something Xu Fan never expected. Because of his reasons, the First Emperor encircled the Qi State, and Chen Yu After the alliance with Tian Heng, a large number of Qi people fled to Liaodong County. This group of Qi people probably numbered hundreds of thousands. This directly reduced the population and caused the population of Liaodong County to increase several times.

The current Liaodong County is comparable to a province in later generations, and the most important thing is Chen Yu's Liaodong Kingdom, which directly takes up the thousands of miles of coastline, which makes it difficult to realize many of Xu Fan's ideas.

Originally, Xu Fan wanted Lu Chen to build a wharf as a distribution center for materials in Liaodong, but now because Liaodong is Chen Yu's territory, this idea was stillborn.

Ying sermon said: "What's there to think about? Your Majesty, you ordered Chen Yu to vacate Liaodong County. If he dares not to obey, just kill him. He is just a Confucian scholar, so why should he be so arrogant?"

Ji Bu immediately said: "Don't talk nonsense. Chen Yu is also a prince. Attacking him rashly will definitely cause turmoil in the world."

Ji Bu secretly scolded Yingbu for being brainless. Chen Yu was a prince like them, and today he provoked his majesty to attack Chen Yu. But the initiator has no descendants. In the future, future emperors may use this as an excuse if they want to reduce the vassal status.

Ji Bu believed in Xu Fan, but he didn't trust Xu Fan's crown prince. This kind of rash attack on the princes should not happen if possible.

Xu Fan also said angrily: "You want to plunge the world into war."

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there were still eight princes and kings with different surnames. However, because Liu Bang and his wife failed to handle the relationship with the princes and kings well, they went too far and put all these princes and kings with different surnames in danger, directly destroying the fragile people in the early Han Dynasty. The economic situation of the country collapsed, so much so that after Liu Bang became emperor, he couldn't even find four horses of the same color.

The war at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the beginning of the Han Dynasty should be divided into three wars. The first was when the remnants of the Six Kingdoms destroyed Qin. This melee lasted for three years. The second was when Chu and Han fought for hegemony and lasted for four years. The third was when Liu Bang cut off the princes with different surnames. Wang, fought for another six or seven years. Such a civil war would consume a huge amount of the strength of the new Han Dynasty.

Now Xu Fan has high prestige, and all the princes in the world are convinced by Xu Fan. If he really listens to Yingbu and rashly kills Chen Yu, I am afraid that all the remaining princes will be in danger, and the current peaceful situation in the world will be destroyed. .

You must know that the strength of the princes at this time is still not bad, Xiang Yu Tianheng of Qi State, Chen Yu of Liaodong State, Wei Jiu of Wei State, Zhao Xie of Dai State, and Zhao Tuo of Nanyue State, including Minyue and others The small vassal states of Sanyue, Yelang Kingdom, etc., these vassals add up to one third of the world, and they may not be incapable of fighting together. Even if Xu Fan really defeated these vassal kings, it would still be a disaster for the entire Han Dynasty. A huge consumption.

The most different thing about Xu Fan's later feudal emperors is that he does not regard the entire world as belonging to his own family, so he has a very high tolerance for these princes, and he also knows that there is a vast world outside that can make great achievements.

Why should the heroes and common people of our own nation fall into internal fighting and waste their strength when they can fully develop the vast world?

Xu Fan thought for a moment and said, "I will find a way to get Chen Yu to move to the feudal vassal, and exchange the territory of Shanggu County and Yuyang County outside the Great Wall for the territory of Liaodong County."

After the family banquet, Xu Fan ordered his guards to give a fur coat to each of Zhou Zhang, Zhang Liang, Chen Ping and other ministers, and also gave them a pound of tea.

Then he made a cup of tea himself. Although it was a bit bitter, it had a taste of the future.

"It seems that the Dahongpao from Wuyi Mountain is available now. I'll ask Yingbu to get some some and have a taste."

On October 13th, the third year of the Han Dynasty, Beigong.

The palace door slowly opened, and a guard came to the palace door and said: "The princes have entered the court."

King Jiu of Wei led a group of princes and their envoys, and Zhou Zhang led the vassal kings from all over the Han Dynasty.

After entering the North Palace, those sitting in the east are headed by the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, Ji Bu, Yingbu and other princes, as well as the three princes and nine ministers of the Han Dynasty. In the west are the seats of the princes. When the princes and kings enter the court, they sit at the first place, and the envoys stand. Beside the throne. The princes of the Han Dynasty and the princes of foreign vassals were listed on both sides of the hall.

"The emperor has come to court, and the princes welcome him!" a guard shouted.

Xu Fan has a crown on his head and is wearing the emperor's uniform. Slowly ascend to the first seat of the North Palace.

Prime Minister Zhou Zhang led all the princes to salute and said: "I respectfully welcome your Majesty, may my emperor live long!"

Xu Fan said calmly: "No courtesy!"

The princes from all sides then knelt down on their seats and sat upright.

At this time, Feng Chang Kong Yu took out a memorial and said: "The King of Qi pays 5000 gold as tribute, 50 BMWs, swords, and beauties~~~~."

"The King of Wei paid tribute of 3000 pieces of gold, 5000 bolts of silk, and hundreds of boxes of jewelry~~~~"

"I will pay tribute to the king on behalf of the king, including a thousand pieces of gold, 200 BMWs, and 50 boxes of jewelry~~~~~~."

The tribute system in this era is not like the two-hundred-and-fifty behavior of later generations, but the actual boss collects protection fees from the younger brothers, which is roughly one-tenth of the fiscal revenue. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the struggle for hegemony among princes was not completely without benefits. The younger brother who became the overlord had to submit sacrifices and fulfill feudal obligations.

After Kong Yu finished reading the list of gifts from various princes.

Xu Fan said: "This year we have set a good example. At least there has been no major turmoil in the entire world, allowing the people of the world to take a breath. I hope we can continue our efforts in the coming year, there will be no war in the world, and we can all share peace." ”

"No!" everyone said in unison.

Xu Fan continued: "Today's meeting of the princes is mainly to resolve the conflicts within the princes. If you have any conflicts, you can complain here."

Zhao Xie, the king of Dai, immediately stood up and said: "I would like to ask the emperor to make the decision for me. The Huns have invaded the country of Dai many times. They burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil. They are still entrenched in the territory of our country of Dai. I also ask the emperor to drive away the Huns for the country of Dai."

The biggest feeling in the year that Zhao Xie became the acting king is that this generation of king is really not a human being. It was fine at first, but since the emperor destroyed Zang Tu, the entire grassland has been in chaos.

After King Donghu received Zang Tu's message, he thought he could take advantage of the Central Plains, so he led 3 Donghu cavalry to support Zang Tu. As a result, his army had just marched halfway when news came that Ningcheng County had been conquered. . King Donghu originally wanted to plunder some grain and grass and retreat, but was ambushed by the Huns cavalry led by Mao Dun on the way.

In this battle, Donghu's 30,000-strong army was defeated by the Huns. King Donghu himself was beheaded by Mao Dun himself. Then Mao Dun led the main force of the Huns into the Donghu royal court. Most of the Donghu tribes were annexed, and a small number of tribes fled to other places. everywhere.

After the Huns occupied the pastures of the Donghu people, their strength greatly increased, and many tribes began to go south to invade Dai's territory.

It's not like Zhao Xie didn't send a large army to drive away the Huns, but there were too few soldiers and they couldn't defeat the Huns. If there were too many soldiers, the Huns fled.

This kind of guerrilla warfare made Zao Zai very distressed. Before coming to Chang'an City, Zhao Xie and Zhang Er used Li Mu's old trick to lure the enemy deep and severely damage the main force of the Huns. However, they failed to defeat the tiger and were eaten by the tiger instead. In this battle, tens of thousands of Dai's troops were defeated by the Huns, and 5000 elite soldiers were killed. This battle severely damaged Dai's vitality, and Dai's territory outside the Great Wall had become the territory of the Huns.

Xu Fan ordered people to find information about the Huns and found that Mao Dun was indeed a genius. He had only ignored him for half a year, but the entire Donghu tribe was annexed by the Huns. The Huns were annexing the grassland forces faster than he imagined. quick.

Xu Fan's face became solemn. If he hadn't integrated the Han Dynasty, but let the Huns integrate the desert, then the Han's biggest enemy would appear. This is not what Xu Fan wanted to see. Compared with the endless war, He still prefers farming.

"I will send General Zhenbei to support Dai Kingdom until all the Huns are driven out of Dai Kingdom's territory."

Zhao Xie said happily: "Thank you very much, Emperor."

Then Xiang Bo bowed his hands and saluted: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister wants to sue Tian Heng of Jiaodong Kingdom. You have announced a three-year armistice agreement for the world, but Tian Heng behaves like a villain and often sends troops to plunder our people in Qi. We The king asked the emperor to allow me to punish the king of Jiaodong."

Tian Heng's envoy Tian Jie arrived immediately: "The Xiang clan is slanderous. This is obviously because they have no support in the hearts of Qi. The people of Qi fled from their rule and surrendered to our Jiaodong Kingdom. The King of Qi did not think about his own mistakes, but maliciously hurt others." , This is simply ignorant.”

Xiang Bo said angrily: "You, the Tian family, are shameless. Our Xiang family has the kindness to save the country. How can we not be popular among the people? You, the Tian family, can't defeat our Xiang family in the front, so you use such despicable means to slander our Xiang family." His reputation is so thick and his heart is so vicious.”

The two parties exchanged words and curses for half an hour. Xu Fan was the first person to know about this world and such a wealth of curse words.

Other princes from all walks of life were also eye-opening.

Wu Rui carefully approached Ying and said: "The Xiang family and the Tian family are determined to win the country. There will be a battle between the two families, and even the emperor cannot stop it."

To be honest, Wu Rui was a little surprised today. He thought that the emperor would classify him as a foreign vassal, but what he never expected was that the emperor actually asked him to sit with Hanchen. Although this was just a vassal, The small change in position meant that the emperor regarded him as one of his own, and his worries were finally relieved.

Yingbu sneered: "Tian is looking for death. I didn't see that even Chen Yu didn't help them."

Last year Tian Heng went to Liaodong to find Chen Yu, hoping that the two families would form an alliance to deal with Xiang Yu together.

But Chen Yu was the king of Liaodong. He had nothing to eat and crossed the sea to attack Xiang Yu. The most important thing is that because he helped Tian Heng, the people of Yan State did not recognize him as the king, so they crossed the sea to attack Xiang Yu again. It is easy to say that they won, but they lost. I'm afraid that no one in Liaodong will recognize him as the King of Liaodong.

And he believed that even if the two of them united, they would not be Xiang Yu's opponent.

Chen Yu persuaded Tian Heng to accept the reality and focus on preserving Jiaodong Kingdom.

But Tian Heng was furious when he heard this, thinking that Chen Yu was ungrateful. The two fell out, and Tian Heng only settled down for a year.

Tian is now a clown in Yingbu's eyes.

Tian's performance in the battle to destroy Qin made Yingbu despise him. With a population of 800 million, Qi should have been one of the most powerful countries in the world, but their record was beyond praise. They suffered defeat after defeat, and finally the Xiang family took advantage. There is no self-awareness in the struggle now. If Tian continues to be entangled in this way, his demise is doomed.

Wu Rui thought for a while and said: "If you want to untie this knot, you must move the feudal lords."

Yingbu frowned and said: "Qi is intact, I'm afraid Xiang Yu will become a serious problem for my man again."

Wu Rui said silently that if Xiang Yu completely occupied Qi, the emperor would definitely cut down the vassals, but this kind of thing would harm the interests of these princes.

In fact, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the interests of these princes were the same. Logically speaking, they should be united, but the eldest and second among the princes had an incompatible relationship.

Seeing that they had been arguing for a long time and still didn't want to stop.

Xu Fan said: "Okay, this meeting of princes is not for your two families to quarrel here."

The two fell silent instantly.

Xu Fan said: "Prime Minister, Duke Chen!"

Zhou Zhang and Chen Xiao came out and said, "I'm here."

"You two are trying to find a way to mediate the conflict between the two countries. If it is really difficult to mediate, then report it to me."

"promise!"

Xu Fan continued: "I, the Han Dynasty, have established four major vassal states in the border areas and have a certain foundation in the border areas. Those who want to establish a feudal state can go to the Prime Minister to sign up. The imperial court will fully support you."

Yingbu and others are the first batch of vassal states to be enfeoffed, and the second batch will start this year, and this is the main reason why Xu Fan held a vassal meeting. To enfeoff the vassals is not to throw out the heroes, but to give them troops and people. , give them supplies, this determines that the Han Dynasty cannot entrust all the princes in one go, and must go out in batches.

"No!" The princes, who had been preparing for more than a year, were all overjoyed.

After the meeting of princes.

Xu Fan summoned the three ministers and nine ministers of the Han Dynasty and said: "I, the Han Dynasty, want to develop Liaodong. It is true that Liaodong County is the rear area and must be in the hands of my Han Dynasty. I want to transfer the Liaodong Kingdom to the Liaodong Kingdom. Who can convince Chen Yu?" "

Everyone was silent when they heard Xu Fan's words. Transferring a title was not an easy matter. It had not happened many times since ancient times. The reason why King Zhao Xie moved to Dai County so happily was because Handan was almost occupied by the Han army. But now Liaodong County does not have much strength of the Han army.

Zhou Zhang said seriously: "Where does Your Majesty want to move Chen Yu?"

"Exchange territory outside the Great Wall of Shanggu County and Yuyang County for Liaodong County"

Zhou Zhang shook his head in embarrassment and said: "This is difficult."

Chen Ping thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty may be able to take advantage of the affairs of Qi and Jiaodong. The Xiang family and Tian family are already incompatible. If we want to calm down the conflict between the two parties, we can only move the family out of Qi. Your Majesty may be able to use the move to Zhentian." Taking advantage of the opportunity, Chen Yu also moved out of Liaodong."

But Zhang Liang shook his head and said: "Absolutely not. Qi is a powerful vassal. If there is only one country left in Qi, it will be a great threat to our Han Dynasty. Qi is too big and has too many people. For the long-term peace and stability of our Han Dynasty, the imperial court We should find ways to turn Qi into counties and counties of the Han order."

Xu Fan said: "The imperial court does not have a suitable name to cut down the feudal vassals. Now we cannot cause panic among the princes and destroy the peace of the world."

(End of this chapter)