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

Chapter 293: Times have changed, and kindness has disappeared
Cui Yi's roar made Zhao Hong feel strange, but he soon reacted and sneered: "I forgot, your son is now the captain of the Han army, and your Cui family has risen, so you look down on me."

The other powerful men also looked at Cui Yi with suspicion. For Julu Haoqiang, although the big man saved them, he was also the one who dug up their roots.

The name of the Qin Dynasty greatly damaged their family's vitality. Later, the Han Dynasty established various policies that were extremely unfriendly to them.

First, the equalization of land prevented them from finding tenants. Which of these powerful families does not have tens of thousands of acres of land? It is impossible for them to cultivate the fields if they rely on their own family members, let alone that they have already lived a life of superiority to others. Let them Going to the fields was simply more difficult than killing them. The consequence of not being able to find tenants is that a large amount of their family's land is vacant and their income is reduced.

Later, slavery was abolished and replaced by employment. Who would be willing to be the serfs of these powerful people without personal dependence? The powerful people in Hebei watched their slaves go to the Han government one by one to register and share their land.

And what makes them most angry is that the fields owned by these slaves are still theirs.

Because the Han Dynasty had a law on punishment for land abandonment. If the land was left idle for one year, one year's output of the land would be punished. Few families could afford such a heavy penalty.

But it was still abandoned the next year, and the court directly confiscated it in the name of wasteland, and then changed hands and gave it to their freed slaves. This series of laws made Hebei's aristocratic and powerful families miserable, and their land, property, and servants were severely reduced.

Even though the Han Dynasty brought peace, to these powerful families, the Han Dynasty's world was a more cruel world than the violent Qin Dynasty. If they had a choice, they would prefer the Han Dynasty to perish.

But the Cui family is the lucky one of the powerful Julu family. Now his son has become the captain of 2000 shi. In the entire Julu powerful family, they are the only family with such a high position, so some of these people are suspicious of Cui Yi.

Cui Yi said angrily: "My family is not the only one who has defected to the Han army. Of all of you here, who doesn't have a nephew in the Han army?"

Zhao Hong sneered: "Our nephew did not become a captain worth 2000 shi."

The Cui family is the descendant of the Han Dynasty, so Cui Yan's position was promoted very quickly, but other families did not have this preferential treatment. Most of their nephews were still struggling in the positions of mid-level officers such as Tun Chief and Qu Changqi.

Cui Yi rolled up his sleeves and said, "Since you are suspicious of being old, let's go our separate ways."

At this time, Gan Li pulled Cui Yi away and said, "Let's discuss the matter without getting angry."

Cui Yi sneered and said: "I'm here to discuss the matter. We are already old, and every one of you here is not a hero. Otherwise, in the troubled times at the end of Qin Dynasty, someone among us would have been killed long ago. Out.

When the emperor raised his army, he was just a prisoner and did not even have a family. No matter in terms of financial strength, status, or subordinates, he could not compare with us. However, the emperor could destroy Qin in three years, but we have a huge wealth and thousands of servants. , but we did nothing in the last three years of Qin Dynasty. Compared with the emperor, we are mediocre.

"You say that the troubled times will start again, but who of you will lead the troops in battle, and who dares to give up this wealth? You will not understand the current situation after being said a few nice words by others.

The powerful people in Wuyan County rebelled, but haven't you seen their fate?
The whole family was killed. Did Xiang Yu care about them? Just watch, the mighty powers of Qi and the Central Plains will definitely dissipate after this fight. Is this what you want? "

After saying that, Cui Yi left here.

Gan Li and others were speechless when they saw Cui Yi disappearing, and each of them thought inwardly. Although their family property has been reduced, the consequences of the rebellion seem to be even worse.

But at this time, Zhao Hong said: "You don't dare, I dare. Most of the Zhao family's property has been taken away by the Han Emperor. I would rather die with the Han Emperor than watch the Han Emperor use his own land to buy "My servant, Emperor Han's behavior makes me sick, and I don't want to be treated like this again."

After saying that, Zhao Hong also left here.

Only Gan Li and others were left looking at each other.

"What should I do now?"

Gan Li thought for a while and said, "It's better to wait and see the situation first."

Although these people were angry at the Han's policies, they really didn't dare to fight, so they could only look at the current situation first.

The words were divided into two parts. After Cui Yi left Gan's mansion, he turned around and came to the prefect's mansion in Julu County.

He handed over a piece of white paper and said: "Master Sheriff, this is the list in Gan Mansion and what they said."

Wu Jun, the prefect of Julu, took the list and sneered: "Everyone doesn't know the value of peace in the world. If they don't want to live in peace, then go and endure hardship. I, a big man, have long wanted to cleanse them, but His Majesty has always been soft-hearted and unwilling. There were too many implicates, and we had never found any clues about them, so we let them go. Now they want to join forces with Xiang Yu to rebel, so it’s no wonder that I am a big man. "

Cui Yi asked in a low voice: "How does the governor want to make them suffer?"

Wu Jun said: "The princes from all over the Han Dynasty said that there are too few Han people in their princely states, and they have been asking the emperor for personnel support, even prisoners."

Wu Jun waved the letter in his hand and said: "Let their whole family go to southern Xinjiang and Liaodong and stay in these areas. They will know the value of their lives in Hebei."

Cui Yi was frightened for a while. Those were not good places. People would die if there was no war. He was afraid that many old friends would never be seen again.

On the night when the list was obtained, the Wu army mobilized the entire Julu County army and began to arrest the powerful nobles of Julu. Basically, the entire family was captured. After a simple interrogation, these powerful nobles were sent to the princes of various countries in Liaodong. among the countries.

The surrounding princes of Dafang were in an extremely difficult situation when they were developing. Unacceptance of the soil and acclimatization and disease were the biggest killers. A large number of Han people died every year due to acclimatization and disease. Therefore, the princes from all directions needed a large number of high-quality talents to replenish the population.

It's a pity that the world has just stabilized, and with the equalization of land, the population that can supplement the four princes is too small, and now the nobles and powerful people in the Central Plains have taken the initiative to jump out and give the Han a reason to exile them.

And such a big purge was not just in Julu, Handan County, Dong County, Xue County and other Central Plains tycoons who had escaped the disaster were all purged as long as they were related to Xiang Yu, and even if they were not related, they were not. No one has escaped the purge of the Han officials. The remnants of the previous era should leave with the previous era. The Han officials have begun to impatiently get their rights and wealth.

However, the powerful aristocrats of the Central Plains were not to be outdone. They discovered that the Han Dynasty was purging them and immediately rebelled locally.

Wuqiang County, Anxiang.

Zhao Hong summoned his private soldiers and villagers from all over and said: "The emperor of Han is stupid and unethical, killing us and other people."

Then Zhao Hong roared: "Today Zhao Hong rebelled against me. Are my second and third sons willing to follow me?"

The Zhao family has been cultivating in Wuqiang County for hundreds of years and can be said to be a big tree with deep roots. Only in the past two years due to the suppression of the Han Dynasty, the Zhao family's power has declined.

But the Zhao family is still the local leader and the largest family in Wuqiang County. He originally thought that he would respond to everything, but when the people around him heard that he wanted to rebel, they were all frightened. There was no response at all like he imagined.

Zhao Hong said angrily: "You have been eating my Zhao family's rice for a hundred years, and now you want to abandon my Zhao family. You really think that my Zhao family's sword is not good for you."

"call out!"

"what!"

A long arrow hit Zhao Hong in the thigh.

"How old are you? I still thought that the world in Wuqiang County belongs to your Zhao family." Wei Shu of Wuqiang County sneered while holding a long bow.

And hundreds of soldiers behind him quickly surrounded the place.

Shu yelled: "Zhao Hong is rebelling. If you don't want to be executed, please leave me immediately."

The people around were frightened by the tree's roar, and they quickly fled the place one by one.

There were only dozens of personal guards left around Zhao Hong, holding long swords and guarding him fearfully.

"The King of Qi has rebelled, and the Han Dynasty is about to be in chaos, and you cruel officials will not end well."

Zhao Hong looked at Shu with hatred. His fields were taken away by the county soldiers led by Shu. His servants were also taken away by the county soldiers led by Shu. The wealth and land of the Zhao family were taken away step by step in this way. The county captain The tree is his life-and-death enemy of the Zhao family.

Shu sneered and said: "I am a big man who started his career in rebellion, so I am still afraid of Xiang Yu's rebellion. But you are so childish and ridiculous. You don't even know that the times have changed and the world has changed. You still think that this world is the era of your response." ”

"I'm telling you, we are the only ones who can do this now. You nobles and powerful men have already become dolphins. To be a dolphin, you have to act like a dolphin. If you jump too high, you will be slaughtered in advance."

Then he glared at Zhao Hong's personal guards and said: "You are still protecting him. Rebellion is a crime that will destroy the nine tribes. Get out of here. I will pretend that I have never seen you and only arrest Zhao Hong's family. If you stay here, not only will If we arrest you, your wives, children, children, parents and relatives will not be able to escape. "

Hearing Shu's words, one of the guards dropped his sword and quickly fled the place.

When the other guards saw that this man had really escaped, they also dropped their swords and ran away. They did not want to be buried with Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong was so angry that he couldn't speak for a long time.

"How dare you!" Zhao Hong didn't understand that his personal guards had given up on him. He raised these people according to the standards of a dead soldier.
Shu sneered and said: "If you recruit dead soldiers, you must be treated like dead soldiers. Have you given them land, taken care of their wives, and given them respect? If you can't even do these things, if you want to imitate Lord Mengchang, just You deserve it, and a dead soldier is not a fool. You want to risk your life for your family’s salary of several hundred dollars, and you also want them to pay for your parents, wife and children. What do you think? "

Zhao Hong was also known as Xiao Mengchang in Julu, and he claimed to have raised hundreds of followers and dead soldiers, but this was only said among the upper echelons of the powerful nobles.

He only gave his private soldiers a salary of a few hundred dollars. He may also know that the salary is not enough, but what he wants is not to improve the salary, but to use usury to control his subordinates and exempt them from part of the interest every month. In his opinion, This way the pay is high.

But from Shu's point of view, this is simply a cover-up, and he can't even part with the money. It's a joke that Zhao Hong still wants to be Lord Mengchang. Then Shu said: "Capture Zhao Hong's family, collect their money, and send them to southern Xinjiang."

"promise."

Zhao Hong's situation is just a microcosm of the power in Hebei in the Central Plains.

They also thought that they could respond to hundreds of requests at the local level and cause huge turmoil to the Han people. Unfortunately, times have changed and this is just their fantasy.

As long as a powerful person wants to rebel, he will be immediately captured by county soldiers, Youjiao, and even village pavilion chiefs, and become part of the credit of these grassroots Han officials.

The Han Dynasty used land equalization, abolished the slave system, and disintegrated their control over the local people. The complete tingli system deprived them of their personal dependence on the local people. The Order of the Magi abolished their local rights.

These powerful nobles wanted to rebel, and the only people who could mobilize them were their relatives and a small number of servants, but they were quickly suppressed by soldiers led by local captains and county captains.

Therefore, the situation of the Han Dynasty seemed to be full of flames, but this small flame could not burn at all and was extinguished in an instant.

Throughout Hebei and the Central Plains, hundreds of thousands of nobles and powerful men were arrested for rebellion. The original strength of the Six Nations was quickly melted away during this purge.

Their families could only leave their hometowns in tears one by one, and were escorted by the Han army to the wild lands of southern Xinjiang, Liaodong, Hexi, and Nanzhong to atone for their sins by opening up homes for the people of the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, Xu Fan from Chang'an City learned that Ge Ying had been captured and the Han's armored battalion had lost three thousand people.

He was worried that Song Liu would not be Xiang Yu's opponent. On the one hand, he ordered Peng Yue and Han Xin to launch an attack in advance, while he himself led 1 cavalry to rush towards Xue Jun.

September 8, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty. Jibei County, Qi State Camp.

Xiang Bo helped Ge Ying untie the rope and said, "The people below are ignorant and have offended Brother Ge."

Xiang Bo was a generous man, and coupled with his relationship with Chen Xiao, many high-ranking generals in the Han Dynasty were friends with him. Ge Ying also met through Chen Xiao and Xiang Bo, and the two were not too close. But it can be regarded as an acquaintance.

Ge Ying got his hands and said: "Brother Xiang, I am a big man who treats your Xiang family well. Xiang Yu is the king of Qi and Chen Xiao is the Duke of Chen. There are two major vassal states in one family. There are several families in the world. Why are you not satisfied with being a member of the Xiang clan?"

Xiang Bo smiled bitterly and said: "Yu'er has a big heart and he doesn't want to be inferior to others. Even my uncle can't persuade him."

Uncle Xiang had long been satisfied, and he wanted to pass on the wealth and honor of the Xiang family.

Ge Ying sneered and said: "If you don't want to be inferior, defeating this mediocre person is nothing. Wait until the emperor comes and see if your nephew can resist my 60 elite men. I just pity the wealth of your Xiang family." , Under the attack of my big man, Qi will definitely perish, and Chen Xiao may be implicated by you. "

Xiang Bo said helplessly: "General, how about we make a deal?"

Ge Ying said: "What kind of deal?"

Xiang Bo said: "Tang is trying to save the lives of the general and the Han soldiers. I only hope that the general can intercede with me, Xiang, when he meets the emperor after he returns to the Han Dynasty."

Xiang Bo was extremely pessimistic about the future of Qi and saw no hope of the Qi army defeating the Han army. He wanted to use this method to find a way out for the Xiang family. Although Ge Ying was defeated, he was the Han Emperor's favorite general after all, so he might not be punished much. With Ge Ying's help interceding, the Xiang family would have one more chance of survival.

Ge Ying said: "The emperor may not listen to what I, a defeated general, say."

Xiang Bo said: "It is enough for the general to plead for mercy. As for whether it can succeed, it can only depend on personnel and fate."

Ge Ying thought for a moment and said, "Okay."

Han army camp.

Song Liu and other captains of the Han army discussed how to annihilate the Qi army and rescue Ge Ying.

At this time, Captain Ding He said: "General, we are all from Qi. King Xiang Yu of Qi killed Qin General Feng Jie and destroyed 150,000 Qin troops in Qi. He has done us a great favor. We will go to the battlefield tomorrow. After I want to repay my kindness, I will fight to the death with King Xiang Yu of Qi."

Song Liu thought for a moment and agreed to Ding He's request.

On September 9, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, the battlefield in Jibei County.

More than 100,000 Qi and Han armies faced each other in a tense confrontation.

Suddenly hundreds of people walked out of the Han army camp.

At that time, a person said: "Ding He, the commander of the Han army, asked the King of Qi to come out and answer the question."

Xiang Yu slowly walked out of the military formation, and then asked: "What do you want to say?"

Ding He said: "King Qi, why do you want to rebel?"

Xiang Yu said contemptuously: "The one with strong soldiers and horses in the world will win. I consider myself to be the one with strong soldiers and horses, so naturally I want to compete for the common master of the world."

Ding He was a little disappointed when he heard this answer. He thought that someone had deceived Xiang Yu, or that there were treacherous officials instigating Xiang Yu, but he did not expect that Xiang Yu himself wanted to be emperor, so he started the war.

Ding He calmed down and said: "The villain was originally from Qi. Back then, the Qin people encircled the land of Qi and killed the villain's family. Only the villain fled to Xue County and took refuge with King Peng Yue, and then the emperor. But the King of Qi destroyed all the Qin troops in Qi and killed Zhang Han and Feng Jie. The King of Qi was very kind to the villain."

Then he pointed to the hundreds of people around him and said: "Hundreds of my brothers are all from Qi. They all have a big hatred against the Qin army. The King of Qi is very kind to our brothers."

"But the King of Qi rebelled, causing the country of Qi to enter the flames of war again. He has a great hatred against my great Han. Today, I will repay my kindness first, and then my revenge. From now on, everyone will rely on their own abilities on the battlefield. Don't blame me, King Qi, for avenging my kindness."

"kneel."

Hundreds of people in Dinghe knelt down to Xiang Yu at the same time.

Then Ding He shouted: "Kowtow!"

Hundreds of people in Dinghe kowtowed to Xiang Yu at the same time. They kowtowed three times in a row before getting up.

"Kneel again"

Hundreds of people knelt before Xiang Yu again.

"Kowtow"

Hundreds of people from Dinghe knelt three times and kowtowed nine times to Xiang Yu.

Xiang Yu sat silently on his horse, with complicated emotions.

He suddenly pulled out a long arrow and broke it, saying: "Your kindness has been repaid, and I have received it. From now on, our relationship will be like this long arrow. All grudges are severed. In the coming war, you don't have to stay when facing me." Hands, I won’t show mercy to you.”

After saying this, Xiang Yu rode back to the formation on his war horse.

After being manipulated like this by Ding He and the others, Xiang Yu was no longer in the mood to start a war.

So he ordered the money to be withdrawn.

　Many readers like to talk about reducing wisdom from the perspective of God, but in history, it is normal to make mistakes in marches and battles. Liu Bang sent hundreds of thousands of troops in one wave, is this a reduction of wisdom? Through this point, it is said that Liu Bang does not know how to fight at all. Liu Bang's How do people of this kind conquer the world?

　　Xiang Yu clearly told Cao Jiu that he would only hold on for half a month, but he still went out and lost Ao Cang. Shun Dai made Xiang Yu lose the world.

　　Long Qie led an army of 20 to support the Qi State, and there were Qi people as guides. However, Han Xin flooded the army, and a foreigner flooded the locals. Is this a sign of wisdom?

　　Han Xin was victorious in every battle. As a result, Liu Bang surrendered his military power in his camp. This happened more than once. Was this Han Xin's wisdom?

　　These people are generals who have experienced hundreds of battles in troubled times. Their IQs cannot be worse than ordinary people.

　　But mistakes will still be made. How many generals have been victorious in history? You can read the history books and count them. It is normal for Xu Fan's subordinates to have several generals who made mistakes. On the contrary, each of his subordinates is victorious in every battle. That's abnormal.

　　I didn't let Ge Ying be defeated by Xiang Yu head-on. He used a strategy. I was not satisfied with this. It would not mean that not only the protagonist could win every battle, but also his men could win every battle. Even we have been defeated many times,

　　
　
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