Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 210 The situation is clear

Xiang Tuo hadn't recovered from the huge shock until he crossed the river, not to mention the three hundred heavy armored cavalry of General Mengji. It is difficult to become a decisive battle force, but the next [-] cavalry formations, horse shooting, and hacking performances really surprised Xiang Tuo.

It is not that Xiang Tuo has never seen cavalry, Xiang Yu also had a huge cavalry under his command in the past.

However, Xiang Yu's cavalry is completely different from Xiang Zhuang's cavalry. Xiang Yu's cavalry cannot fight in close combat, and they have to stop when shooting arrows. He can draw the bow and shoot the arrow while galloping, this is what really surprised Xiang Tuo!
Because of this, the cavalry has truly become a formidable force.

The dozen or so generals who followed Xiang Tuo across the river were obviously also greatly shocked. This meeting was gathering behind Xiang Tuo to discuss Xiangzhuang's cavalry.

"It's amazing, it's amazing, the general has this cavalry, it's enough to wipe out the world!"

"Tch, idiots are talking about dreams! Xiangzhuang's cavalry is powerful, but Huaisi and Jiangdong rivers are criss-crossed and densely covered with hills. How powerful can his cavalry be? It's not as good as our infantry and water troops who can cross mountains and rivers. It came even faster! Among other things, at least in Jiangdong, we are definitely not afraid of Xiangzhuang's cavalry."

"Jiangdong? Why did the general's cavalry fight in Jiangdong?"

"That's right, we need to know that we are also the Chu army, how can there be any reason for the Chu army to fight the Chu army?"

The general who belittled Xiang Zhuang immediately attracted criticism from everyone. Obviously, after Xiang Tuo expressed his attitude and Xiang Zhuang showed his strength, the mentality of these generals has changed subtly. However, most of the generals have already accepted Xiang Zhuang's position.

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Early in the morning, Uncle Sun Guan, Qu Yi, Wu Qi and other family elders gathered again at Xiang Ta's Ling Yin Mansion.

Xiang he walked back and forth on the table with his hands behind his back, then turned his head to look at Shusun Guan and the others and said, "Until today, Xiang Zhuang's army has not yet crossed the Wujiang River. What do you think of this?"

Qu Yi clapped his hands together and said, "Ling Yin, the old man has already said that General Xiang Zhuang is wise and wise, and he is by no means a simple-minded, bloodthirsty warrior. Assassinated, the general still did not lead the army across the river in a rage, isn't that enough to explain the problem?"

Sitting across from him, Wu Qi frowned, but he rarely refuted. It is true that Wu Qi hated Xiang Zhuang, but he had to admit that Xiang Zhuang was much more mature politically than Xiang Yu. His confidant's favorite general was assassinated, he was afraid that Jiangdong would have been killed by all his troops, he didn't care whether Jiangdong was in Chu land or not.

Xiang Ta's eyes turned to the silent Shusun Guan again.

Uncle Sun Guan stroked his long beard, and was about to speak when a small official came in and reported to Xiang Ta: "Ling Yin, General Xiang Tuo is coming to visit."

"Xiang Tuo?!" Xiang Ta was taken aback when he heard the words, and then said again, "Please come in."

"Here!" The clerk took the order to leave, Qu Yi got up and asked, "Ling Yin, do you want me to avoid you for a while?"

"No need." Xiang He waved his hand and said thoughtfully, "Xiang Tuo came straight to my Lingyin's mansion in a hurry just after he came back from Jiangbei. He must have been entrusted by Xiang Zhuang to send us a message. coming."

Uncle Sun Guan nodded slightly, and Qu Yi, Wu Qi and other clan elders sat back on the table.

Less than a moment later, Xiang Tuo in uniform entered the hall boldly under the guidance of the servants.

"Xiang Tuo, see Ling Yin!" As soon as he entered the hall, Xiang Tuo paid homage to Xiang Ta, who was seated on the throne.

Seeing the ceremony, Xiang Tuo turned around and waved his hand again, saying: "Show them all up!"

Dozens of family members from Lingyin's mansion had carried more than a dozen large wooden boxes into the hall.

Seeing this, Xiang He, Uncle Sun Guan, Qu Yi, Wu Qi and other family elders were taken aback, what is this?Could it be that Xiang Zhuang asked Xiang Tuo to give them a gift?
Under everyone's puzzled eyes, Xiang Tuo stepped forward to open one of the wooden boxes. There was no gold or silver as imagined, and it was not a rare treasure, but square and square things that looked like bricks. Xiang He, Shusun Guan, Qu Yi, Wu Qi and others were puzzled that words were actually written on the blue surface of these bricks.

"Shangshu?!" Qu Yi's eyes were sharp, and he immediately noticed that the words "Shangshu" were written on the "bricks" in the box, but the writing style of these two words was a little strange, it looked square and very stiff Obscure, neither as pictographic in seal script, nor as round as official script, but it can barely be recognized.

Xiang Tuo smiled slightly, and said solemnly, "Mr., why don't you come over and have a look?"

Qu Yi couldn't hold back his curiosity, and confessed to Xiang Ta, his uncle and grandson, and the others, then strode to the opened wooden box, and took out a "brick" from it, and under the expectant eyes of everyone, , Qu Yi touched the brick, and then he was taken aback suddenly, as if he found something strange.

Then, Qu Yi lifted a thin layer from the brick.

Under the thin blue layer that was lifted, there was a white brick surface, on which were written small square characters. Qu Yi took a look and instinctively read out: "Book of Yu, Yao Canon No. [-]? In the past, Emperor Yao was clever in writing and thinking, and he lived in the world. He will be inferior to Yu Shun and write "Yao Canon". It is called Ruoji Ancient Emperor Yao, and Fang Xun... This, this, this?!"

Qu Yi is also very knowledgeable. He had read the authentic version of the Shangshu in the State of Lu during his study tour in his early years, so after reading it, he found that it was actually the content of the "Shangshu". What shocked Qu Yi even more was that it was not It's not a brick, but a scroll of letters made of an unknown material!

"Shangshu? This is Shangshu?!" Uncle Sun Guan was not at all under Qu Yi's shock. The old man rushed to Qu Yi's side with agility and agility that was not commensurate with his age, and immediately picked up a blue book. When I opened the leaf and saw only a few lines of small characters in italics, I was already in tears.

Hearing this, Xiang He and more than a dozen other clan elders were also horrified and moved.

Xiang Tuo smiled, remembering that when he saw these books borrowed and collected just now, although his performance was not as bad as these old guys, he was not too bad. When he turned around and waved, someone had already opened all the dozen large wooden boxes , Shusun, Qu Yi, Xiang Ta and others looked around and saw the same letter in more than a dozen boxes.

"The Analects?!"

"grandson?!"

"Wu Zi?!"

"Mozi?!"

"42 articles by Wei Liaozi!"

Seeing more than a dozen boxes filled with letters, Shusun, Qu Yi and other family elders shouted out of control.

They couldn't help but be excited. Many of these books were lonely copies. Although they had read them from friends when they were young and traveled around the world, they were all copied by Qin Shihuang later. A part of it was written, but people's memory is limited, and what was recorded and written was only a fragment after all, not as complete as the original.

Now, these truths are in front of them, how can they not be excited?
Xiang Tuo pointed to more than a dozen boxes of books, and said loudly: "Ling Yin, elders, this batch of thread-bound books is a gift from the general, and these books are all from the imperial palace collection of the Great Qin Empire. The slips of letters confiscated by Qin Shihuang from other countries in the Kanto region, such as "Shangshu", have been lost in the world, and this is a rare copy."

"Thread-bound book?!" Uncle Sun Guan opened a thread-bound book and asked, "General Xiang Tuo, what material are these books made of? It's as soft and light as silk, but it doesn't seem to be silk." ? And the handwriting on it is too neat, right? Even if it is copied by one person, it is impossible to do it like this?"

Xiang Tuo waved his hand and said, "Mr. Uncle Sun, this is not made of silk, but paper. As for the words on the pages, they were not copied by anyone, but printed with printing plates."

"Paper? Printing plate?" Uncle Sun Guan was confused.

"You will understand in the future." Xiang Tuo knew that he couldn't explain it clearly. In fact, he still didn't understand what paper and printing were all about until now, so he changed the subject and said, "In short, these rare books It is a gift from the general to the major families, and the general hopes that all clan elders can supervise the children of the clan and study hard."

"It's natural, it's natural." Qu Yi, Shusun and the others nodded repeatedly. Even if Xiang Tuo didn't say anything, they would definitely urge the children of the clan to study hard after they got this batch of books.

Xiang Tuo paused for a moment, and then said in shock: "General Tuo Mo told Ling Yin and the clan elders a sentence. The general said that if Da Chu wants to revive, it is absolutely not enough to rely on martial arts, and it must be done. Wenzhi! If it is possible, the general will conduct an assessment of the scholars in the entire Jiangdong, and those with excellent grades will be awarded titles and have the opportunity to serve in other places."

Before the words fell, the entire hall fell into a deathly silence. Except for Xiang He, who was still slowly flipping through the Sun Tzu's Art of War in his hand, the rest of the uncles, Sun Guan, Qu Yi, Wu Qi and more than a dozen clan elders had all stopped. Compared with the movements of these books, the words Xiang Zhuang asked Xiang Tuo to bring to them are obviously more shocking.

The scholars in Jiangdong will be assessed, and those with excellent grades will be awarded titles and have the opportunity to become an official!

What is the situation?This is Xiang Zhuang showing his favor to the old Chu family, and even promising them that as long as they support Xiang Zhuang, Xiang Zhuang will spare no effort to push the children of the family to the positions of chief officials of various counties and counties!Obviously, these elders of the aristocratic clan instinctively equate the scholars with the children of the aristocratic clan.

"Ling Yin!" Shu Sun Guan put down the Shangshu in his hand, looked back at Xiang Ta, and said in a deep voice, "It's time."

Xiang He nodded silently, pondered for a moment and then said: "I will cross the river overnight tonight, and remember, don't say anything to the outside world, especially don't let Xiang Guan's people know the news."

(End of this chapter)