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

Chapter 309: The princes gathered together and were shocked by force
On November 23, the fourth year of the Han Dynasty, Linzi City.

Zhang Er made an appointment with Liu Bang to a tavern on the streets of Linzi City.

Zhang Er said to Liu Bang: "Prime Minister Zhang has sent an envoy to say that in this matter of enfeoffing the princes, the Han Dynasty will completely eliminate the distinction between outer vassals and internal vassals. The princes who stayed in the Central Plains will all extend their favor, and the princes who do not want to extend their favor will It is necessary to move the seal to a territory outside the Han Dynasty."

Liu Bang said with a smile: "The emperor should have done this a long time ago. Why can we, the heroes, work so hard to establish some vassal states? People like Wei Jiu can get a vassal state with their blood. The six kingdoms have long been destroyed by the violent Qin. Now this The world was conquered by my strong man.”

Liu Bang was not afraid of pushing favor orders, but no matter how much he pushed the favor, he could not push it on his head.

Zhang Erdao: "Xiang Zhang said that if I want to have merit this time, if I want to stay in the Han Dynasty, I will give a certain land to 3000 households. If I am outside the Han Dynasty, I can enfeoff a vassal state in the desert, considering the desolation of the desert. , the grassland income is low, and the vassal states in the desert can be 10 times larger than those in the Han Dynasty. "

Liu Bang said happily: "Brother, there is nothing to hesitate about. If you stay in the Han Dynasty, you can only be a Han official at most, but when you go outside the Great Wall, you can become the king of the princes. There is nothing to hesitate about."

Zhang Er said: "But it is too desolate outside the Great Wall, especially in the desert where we have to face the Huns. At the same time, the cost of establishing a vassal state will not be very small. Although the court will lend 1 gold, it is only a drop in the bucket."

Zhang Er does not have a big family background. Although he has been the Prime Minister of Dai in recent years, his family property is not very large. He was worried that the enfeoffment would be outside the Great Wall, and he would not have enough financial resources to build vassal states. He was even more worried about being attacked by the Huns.

Liu Bang persuaded: "Brother, although the desert is desolate, it still depends on whose hands it is. Now don't you look at the most profitable industry for the Han Dynasty, which is the textile industry. This year, Shaofu's textile industry has earned hundreds of thousands of gold. .

The Confucian scholar said happily: "If I can be watched by Marquis Pei, I will not regret my late birth."

The Confucian scholar was overjoyed and said: "Someone has something to say, please read it to Marquis Pei."

Liu Bang said with a smile: "Whether a talent is a talent depends on where he is. This Confucian scholar is naturally not worth mentioning in the Han Dynasty, but he is a rare talent in our country of Pei. Think about it, brother, in Liaodong there are other people besides savages. Anyone?

"No!" the Confucian scholar said respectfully.

"Are you Pei Hou?" A Confucian scholar said respectfully to Liu Bang.

"As for facing the Huns directly, that is a great thing. Without the Huns, how can you continue to make achievements? How can you continue to expand the territory of your vassal states? This is not for you, brother, to face the Huns alone, but for everyone in the country. The princes of Monan have to face the Huns. With the emperor supporting you from behind, there is no need to worry about the Huns. If the Huns don't come, they will be here. If they come, they will send troops to you, brother. "

Liu Bang said calmly: "This article of yours can be regarded as a bit of insight. However, our country of Pei is desolate and it has only been less than two years since its founding. If you follow me, you will indeed have to suffer for a while. Don't you regret it?"

While Zhang Er was staying with Liu Bang during this period, he found that no matter who posted comments to Liu Bang, he almost refused to reject them, and he saw dozens of people alone.

Liu Bang took it and looked at it, but it was a clichéd Confucian teaching method, with nothing novel about it.

This made Zhang Er feel strange. It was impossible for everyone who asked to see Liu Bang to be a talent. And Confucian scholars are not the people Liu Bang dislikes the most.

Liu Bang gave him a name card and said: "After the feudal lords are over, you can take this name card to the Palace of Qi and say that you are a retainer of Peihou. Naturally, soldiers will bring you to see me."

After saying that, he handed over a letter.

"Brother, this kind of opportunity should not be missed. If it is lost, it will never come back. If we stay in the Han Dynasty and pass it down to three or five generations, the nobles will become commoners. But the feudal kingdoms outside the Han Dynasty are our own and we can always inherited."

Liu Bang and Zhang Er were both knight-errants with bohemian personalities and disrespect for etiquette, which were what Confucian scholars valued most, so both of them looked down on Confucian scholars and thought they were pedantic.

Zhang Er was convinced by Liu Bang's words and decided to establish a vassal state outside the Great Wall.

Of the fifty county governors in the world, which one is not developing the textile industry? Private businessmen are also investing heavily in the textile industry. Your fiefdom is in the desert. Is there still a shortage of pasture in the desert? If you raise a flock of sheep, whether you sell wool or set up a textile factory, it will be extremely profitable. "

A few years ago, Liu Bang would have ridiculed this Confucian scholar for his empty words, but after more than a year in Liaodong, he understood that as long as a human being is put to the right use, he is a talent. He knew that the barbarians in Liaodong were in great need of enlightenment, even if they had one more person to recognize. Anyone who knows how to read is good to him.

After the Confucian scholar left, Zhang Er asked strangely: "You have always looked down on Confucian scholars, so why do you accept them now?"

Compared with the simple Xu Fan, Xiang Yu was extremely luxurious. Although he did not build a new palace due to financial constraints, he rebuilt the Qi Palace. After Xu Fan occupied Linzi, he left one palace to live in, and all other palaces were used for housing. Princes from all sides.

Peihou took a fancy to him, he was on the way to a successful career, there was nothing to regret.

Liu Bang said: "It is me."

The savages near Pei State only know how to hunt, but are not good at herding. The farmers of the Han Dynasty are all first-class talents when they go to our country of Pei. The blacksmiths, carpenters, and stonemasons go to our country of Pei, and I, the Marquis of Pei, must bow to them respectfully. , for fear that if someone is dissatisfied, he will return to Dahan. Otherwise, what do you think this great purge is about me? It’s not that we have too many savages in the vassal states and need the Han people to balance them. "

"This Confucian scholar has come to my country, Pei. He can be used in educating savages and managing the people. He is naturally a talented person."

"Brother, since you want to establish a vassal state, you must now prepare to recruit talents and attract followers. Whether they are chickens, dogs, thieves, scholars from Confucianism, Legalism, Taoism, Mohism, agriculture, etc., or scholars, farmers, industry and merchants, as long as they go to the capital outside the Han Dynasty, It’s what you need, brother.”

After hearing this, Zhang Er nodded slowly and determined that if he went to Monan, there would be only Hu people. Apart from herdsmen, there would be a shortage of all talents. Now he would start to recruit customers.

The words are divided into two parts.

King Jiu of Wei, who was attending the meeting of princes, met with his younger brother Wei Bao in the palace of Qi State.

"Little brother, this time you have made a great contribution to the emperor. Has the emperor said any reward for you?"

Wei Bao hesitated for a long time, and then said slowly: "Zhang Xiang told me that the Han Dynasty will no longer enfeoff the feudal lords. Based on the achievements made, if you want to join the Han Dynasty, you can pretend to be granted territory, but you can become a Han official and actually enfeoff the territory. If so, there can be about 2000 households, but they must help the Han to suppress one side.

If you want to become a prince, you can only extend the original territory of Wei State. As long as my brother agrees, Daliang, Chenliu and other five counties can become my fiefdom and establish Liang State. "

When Wei Wang Jiu heard this, he couldn't suppress the anger in his heart. First, his younger brother was obviously helping the Han to fight, but in the end he was given the territory of Wei. What's the truth?

The second is that this is a blatant attempt to drive a wedge between the two brothers.

If he doesn't give him five county territories, their relationship as brothers will be over. But if it is given, the Wei State will be completely divided, and now it will be divided into two countries: Wei and Liang.

When his descendants and Wei Bao's descendants push the favor again, their descendants will probably only get the fiefdom of one county, which is basically equivalent to the Chehou of the Han Dynasty. If descendants continue to express favors, they are equivalent to the small and medium-sized nobles of the Han Dynasty.

In this way, the Wei State, which had been inherited for hundreds of years, perished. This was something Wei Jiu could not accept.

Wei Wangjiu looked at his younger brother expressionlessly and said, "What do you think?"

Wei Bao hesitated for a long time and said: "Since I asked, I will tell the truth. I want to become the King of Liang."

Wei Jiu looked at his little brother with wide eyes.

Wei Bao immediately explained: "Because the King of Qi rebelled, the Emperor no longer believes in our foreign princes. Now the Emperor holds a meeting of princes in Linzi City. Obviously, he wants to use the fate of King Qi to scare us, and the State of Qi is already Even the most powerful among the princes cannot withstand a single blow from the Han army, and we are even more vulnerable."

"Now there are only two ways before the Wei State. One is to accept the emperor's order. In this way, it will be the same whether the younger brother Liang Guojian is established, but if it is established, the younger brother can still be by his elder brother's side, and the younger brother and the elder brother don't have to live in different places.

The second is not to accept it, prepare to rebel, and rely on the entire Wei State to fight against the Han. Brother, you must think about it, our Wei State has the strength to fight against the Han's 60 elites. "The Emperor of Han will not change his mind. If you don't accept the favor order, Wei will have no choice but to fight the Han." I have been in the Han army for three months and I have seen the strength of the Han army. Whether it is the commanding ability of the officers, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, or the equipment of the Han army, it is not comparable to that of our Wei country. I really don’t like this battle. s consequence. "

Wei Jiu was said to be silent. He had already prepared for this when he came to Qi to attend the meeting of princes, but he couldn't accept it in his heart.

On the other side, Xiang Bo and the others were imprisoned in Qi State's prison, and Chen Xiao brought his father to see Xiang Bo.

Xiang Bo saw Chen Biao and said in shock: "Brother Biao!"

Chen Biao said solemnly: "Brother, why don't you think highly of Yu'er? Are you worthy of your elder brother who died in the battle?

The great situation of our Xiang clan has now been ruined. Are you worthy of your uncle? "

Xiang Bo smiled bitterly and said: "I tried to persuade my brother, but Yu'er was bewitched by Fan Zeng. He didn't listen to my brother's advice at all. Yu'er was arrogant and arrogant. My brother could still suppress him at that time, but he died in the battle. No one can persuade Yu'er."

"Hi!" Chen Biao sighed, not knowing what to say for a moment. He didn't know much about his nephew. He only knew that he was very brave, but he didn't expect that he would cause such a huge disaster.

Chen Xiaodao: "Uncle, after the meeting of the princes, my nephew will take you to Chen Kingdom. As for the other Xiang family's children, my nephew will ask Jibu, Yingbu, Lu Chen and others to take care of them."

Xiang Bo said: "I, Mr. Xiang, can only rely on you now."

A few days later, all the princes from the world came together.

The emperor ordered a triumphal ceremony to be held in Linzi City, and all the princes, kings and envoys from Qi State should come to watch the ceremony.

So all the princes stood on the tower of Zizi City and watched groups of elite Han soldiers entering the city.

The soldiers at the core of these armies were holding a tray, and on the tray were the generals of Qi who had died in battle.

Zhang Liang said to Wei Jiu and others: "The head at the front is that of King Xiang Yu of Qi. If it weren't for him, the world would not be in turmoil again."

Wei Wang Jiu, Dai Wang Xie, Nanyue King Zhao Tuo, and Shanggu King representative Li Liang all nodded with a hint of horror. This was to scare the monkeys.

Among them, Wei Wang Jiu looked the ugliest because he knew that most of these were done for him to see.

In addition to the head of King Xiang Yu of Qi, there are more than 20 heads behind it. They are all the heads of officers above the rank of captain of Qi State who died in battle. They were placed on pallets so that everyone around them could see the heads clearly.

Xu Fan doesn't like killing, but the dead must be used to the maximum extent.

Sure enough, seeing these heads, the faces of the other generals who followed the princes and kings to Linzi City became ugly. King Xiang Yu of Qi rebelled by himself, implicating the entire Qi State. Which of the owners of these heads is in Qi State? They were not in high positions, but now their heads became trophies for the Han army to show off.

The people watching the excitement around Linzi City were also silent for a while. Their feelings towards Xiang Yu were complicated. Xiang Yu rescued them from the Qin people, which made many Qi people grateful to Xiang Yu, but Xiang Yu killed the Tian family and Qi people. The nobles are powerful, and these people are all related to them.

At the same time, Xiang Yu also distributed the land belonging to Qi State to the powerful nobles of the Central Plains. This was not to bring outsiders to bully them, so they had a little hatred for Xiang Yu.

But Xiang Yu gave Qi soldiers equal land. This was something that had never happened to hundreds of people in Qi. The soldiers who got the land were extremely grateful to Xiang Yu. However, Xiang Yu rebelled and plunged Qi into war again, so Qi people loved Xiang Yu. Hate is intertwined, it is difficult to explain clearly.

At this time, a team of shining cavalry appeared first.

"The great Han is victorious, long live your majesty!" 2000 cavalrymen shouted in unison.

Wei Wang Jiu waited for him to look at this army in astonishment. They had long known that the reason why the Qi army was defeated so quickly was because a cavalry covered with iron armor directly broke through the Qi army's center.

When they really saw this cavalry, every prince was frightened in their hearts. They were covered in iron armor and their horses were tall, like gods and demons. These people held their heads high and their chests were full of flowers. They were full of energy. Even the elite men could not imagine the scene of such a charge of cavalry. No wonder the hundreds of thousands of Qi troops would be defeated by them.

"This is the heavy armored cavalry of the Han Dynasty. They are both men and horses, and they are indeed worthy of their reputation." Dai Wang Xie said slowly.

Zhang Liang smiled calmly and said: "Although the armored heavy cavalry is powerful, the cost is too high. One ride costs 50 yuan, and the annual maintenance cost is 5 yuan. Even with my financial resources, I can only afford it." Two thousand riders.”

These princes were even more speechless when they heard this. They couldn't even afford a hundred horses.

Jia Bu on the side said to Ji Bu: "Brother, we have such an armored heavy cavalry in the land of Hexi. The Dayuezhi people will be our fish and meat."

Ji Bu shook his head and said: "The armored heavy cavalry can play a decisive role in the Central Plains, but the Hexi grassland is too vast, and the armored heavy cavalry's mobility and endurance are insufficient. It is too impractical for us. The Da Yuezhi people cannot If we want to increase our armament, we have to find a way to add more armored cavalry. "

In order to form this armored heavy cavalry, Ji Bu sold all his BMWs to the court. He understood that such cavalry was simply not something that a prince like him could afford.

On the other hand, Yingbu on the side was moved and said to his father-in-law Wu Rui: "Sir, our two families should join forces to create a ten-horse armored heavy cavalry."

No wonder Yingbu was so envious. The tall horses, the soldiers with armored stomachs, and the units with full defense and attack power. No general could bear such temptation. This was the most perfect soldier in their eyes.

But Wu Rui said angrily: "How can we use these cavalry when we go to Jiangnan? I'm afraid that as soon as they step on the road, their horse hooves will get stuck in the mud. Not to mention that it takes 50 yuan to equip a cavalry. How many 50 yuan do you have?" "

Yingbu was speechless.

This year, the UK has developed a large number of 1000 acres of tea gardens and expanded sugarcane planting to 1 acres. The silk and textile industry has also started. Thousands of pieces of silk have been produced this year. The entire UK's annual fiscal revenue has exceeded 2 million for the first time. However, because of his efforts to rebuild the capital, Yingbo still owed the development bank hundreds of millions of dollars. He was a real debtor.

After the armored heavy cavalry, hundreds of horse-drawn carriage troops began to enter Linzi.

Everyone looked puzzled.

Zhang Liang explained to them: "This is my big man's stone cannon camp. The wooden poles on the carriage are all parts of the stone cannon. The Mohists tried their best to improve the craftsmanship of the stone cannons. From now on, when I am a big man, I will use standard craftsmanship to make them." Yes, it can be disassembled into such parts, and after being placed on a carriage, it can quickly march with the army to the city to be attacked. It can be assembled in half an hour, and then a 300-pound stone bomb can be produced. "

All the princes are afraid, the stone cannon can move quickly, and assembly is not a good thing for them. They were no match for the Han army in field battles, and now they couldn't defend themselves even if they wanted to.

After the stone cannon was fired, the watching princes heard the sound of "papa papa". They looked in the direction of the sound.

But he saw a neat armored battalion walking slowly and neatly.

This "papapapa" sound was actually the sound of soldiers stepping on the ground. This was also done intentionally by Xu Fan, fearing that the soldiers would not be able to step loudly, so he would wear leather boots for them, and then let them enter the city with the goose step of later generations.

And this effect is also extremely significant. Five thousand people line up in a neat square formation, wearing cold armor. His neat steps are horizontal and vertical, without a trace of curve. The five thousand soldiers move in unison, as if they are Same as a person.

Such a uniform military formation made all the princes frightened. When such an army went to the battlefield, who could be their opponent?

(End of this chapter)