Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 275

After Wu She had been sent away, Ying Bu asked Kuai Che, "Minister, Xiang Zhuang is in serious trouble?"

Kuai Che nodded and said: "In a word, King Xiangzhuang of Chu is too impatient. Although Bai Lixian, who presided over the reform, has the ability but not much prestige, Fan Zeng has the ability and more prestige. Unfortunately, he is too old to do anything. It is expected that the Jiangdong gentry dared to rebel against the new law because of the fact that the matter was done in person.”

Ying Bu grunted and asked, "So, shall we help with this favor or not?"

Kuai Che pondered for a moment, then said: "I think we have to help with this job, but can't we all help?"

"We have to help, but we can't help all of them?" Ying Bu was confused when he heard this, and said, "What does this mean?"

Kuai Che explained: "My lord, now that Huainan and Chu are allies, and Chu is in trouble, if we stand by and watch, wouldn't it make our allies feel cold? Besides, if Chu falls into chaos and its national power fades, it will also be difficult for Chu to lose power." It is not in the interests of our Huainan country, and we will have to rely on Chu's support when we resist Qi in the future."

"What's more, dispatching some of the Huainan gentry who fiercely opposed the reform to Jiangdong will also help the implementation of our Huainan country's new law. This will not only help the allies, but also benefit our Huainan country's reform, so why not Why not?" Kuai Che paused, and then said, "However, the gentry are the country's elite after all, if all the gentry who oppose the reform are sent to Jiangdong, it will inevitably cause the brain drain of our Huainan country. The purpose of reforming the law and striving to become stronger is the opposite!"

"Well, I understand." Ying Bu nodded, thinking thoughtfully, "The Prime Minister means that only the small number of gentry who oppose the reform most fiercely will be dispatched to Jiangdong, right?"

"Yes, there can be no more than fifty scholars at most!" Kuai Che nodded, and then said, "As for whether the Chu State can use these fifty scholars to solve domestic problems, it depends on their own ability, anyway, as an ally , our Huainan Kingdom has already done its best, what do you think, Your Majesty?"

"Well, just do as you say, Prime Minister!"

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Wuzhong, Chu Palace.

Qu Bucai finally got news. After Qu Bucai entered the customs, he quickly set up an intelligence line from Xianyang to Dingtao. These pieces of news were first sent to Dingtao through this route, and then from Dingtao Tao Chuan returned to Wuzhong, so it took two more days, but unfortunately, this is not good news.

In the upper study room, Xiang Zhuang, Fan Zeng, Xiang Ta, Xiang Tuo, and Bai Lixian sat facing each other, all with solemn expressions. Xiang Zhuang picked up two secret letters from the table and handed them to Xiang Ta, saying: "My son. Yi, read it to Yafu."

Although Bi Shu is already an official, it is naturally impossible to enter the decision-making level in a short time.

"Here." Xiang Ta took the secret letter and unfolded it, and read aloud, "Great Wang Junjian: Bucai has arrived in Xianyang, and I was shocked to learn that Bai Mo, a scholar in the Kanto region, has become an official of the Han Dynasty, and was appointed by the King of Han to be the left minister, and he is about to imitate the pre-Qin reform plan Strong, and the King of Han is extremely strict with Bai Mo, there are dead soldiers guarding him when he goes in and out, and it is hard to get rid of it, so we should take it slowly."

"Ah? Bai Mo is already an official?!" Xiang Tuo gasped, "This is troublesome. Bi Shu once told his ministers that his senior brother Bai Mo is a hundred times better than him in terms of talent alone!"

Bai Lixian also said: "Xu Negative also said that this white ink is a Wenqu star that comes out once in a hundred years."

"Hey." Fan Zeng waved his hand, and said calmly, "Bi Shu said that Bai Mo's talent is a hundred times better than him, but he is just self-effacing, but the old man doesn't believe that this Bai Mo is really capable of reaching heaven and earth? As for Xu negative's Wenquxing, Let’s listen to and believe in the words of general stars and emperor stars, but we don’t have to take it too seriously.”

Xiang Zhuang also didn't believe that Bai Mo's talent could really surpass Bi Shu's by a hundred times, but the passage written by Bai Mo that Bi Shu copied on the law examination paper left a deep impression on Xiang Zhuang, and Xiang Zhuang wanted to have an in-depth discussion with Bai Mo face to face The content of that article, but now that Bai Mo is an official, I am afraid that he will not have this opportunity in the future.

Xiang Zhuang nodded at the moment, and Xiang He went on to read: "Liu Bang took Lu Tai as the general of hussars, and led [-] cavalry to defeat [-] Huns on the Guzang Plain in Hexi. , with tens of thousands of Hu cavalry, the Yuezhi people survived because of the support of the Han army, and they became closer to the Han country."

"Ah? Defeating [-] Huns?!" Xiang Tuo was shocked when he heard this.

Bai Lixian also had an expression of disbelief on his face, how could this be possible? !
Xiang Zhuang also looked dignified. When he first opened the secret letter, he couldn't believe it. Lu Tai defeated [-] Hun cavalry with only [-] cavalry. How is this possible?You must know that the soldiers of the Huns are not comparable to those of Lou Fanren, Baiyang people or Linhu people. They are the real overlords of the grasslands. When did the Han cavalry become so powerful?

We must know that in history, the Han Empire accumulated nearly a hundred years of financial and material resources to finally develop a powerful cavalry, and then relied on this cavalry to drive the Huns far away from Europe. Now Liu Bang only spent two years training the cavalry. Will it be able to defeat the Huns' army in Modun?How can this be? !
Although the current Xiongnu is far less powerful than the Xiongnu a hundred years later (the Xiongnu robbed a large number of craftsmen from the Central Plains a hundred years later, and the level of technology, especially iron-smelting technology, has made great progress, thus greatly improving the weapons and equipment of the Huns), Lutai's cavalry didn't need to go thousands of miles into Mobei like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing did, but no matter what, the Huns were the overlords of the grasslands, and they were by no means easy to defeat.

Fan Zeng waved his hand, but said: "This is mostly just a rumor among the people in the market. In order to stimulate the hearts of the people in Guanzhong and the morale of the Han army, Liu Bang deliberately exaggerated the results of the battle. If the old man guessed correctly, the Battle of Hexi may be different. The twists and turns, if the cavalry of the Han army hadn't happened by chance, they wouldn't be able to win, let alone the number of Huns who were defeated by them could be as many as [-]!"

The old man is amazing. Although he didn't visit Hexi in person, he was able to deduce the situation of the battle in Hexi with a little bit of clues. In fact, Lu Tai won the battle of Hexi by luck. If it wasn't for the Han army hiding well Whereabouts, if it weren't for the appearance of the Han army, the Huns and the Yuezhi had already fallen into a fight, and it would be difficult for the Han army to retreat, let alone win.

An obvious fact is that once Maodun discovered the Han cavalry, he would definitely deal with the [-] Han cavalry first, and then try to deal with the Yuezhi people, besieging the [-] Han cavalry with [-] Huns. There are many bad luck and bad luck, and the Yuezhi people are busy migrating to the Western Regions at this time, and they will definitely not send troops to help.

Xiang Zhuang nodded, and said again: "However, it should be true that the two Hu tribes, Xiutu and Hunxie, surrendered to the Han. In this way, old Liu Bang will no longer have to consume a lot of iron, grain, silk, etc. After buying horses from Xiqiang and Yuezhi, Xiutu and Hunxie can directly send a large number of cheap war horses to the Han army."

"There are also Li Bi and Luo Jia." Bai Lixian also said, "In the pre-Qin period, these two were famous cavalry generals in Guanzhong. It is really not good news for us Da Chu."

Xiang Zhuang deeply believed that Li Bi and Luo Jia were just unknown people in history, but now they are like generals of the Han army!

As the saying goes, times make heroes, because of Xiang Zhuang's crossing, the general trend of the world was reversed, and at the same time, it also led to a change in the fate of a large number of Chu and Han characters. , as well as Li Bi and Luo Jia, who became the left and right arms of the Hussar General from unknown people. trained by people.

Now, Xiang Zhuang's only hope is that Ge Sheng can become a navy teacher as soon as possible.

As long as the sailors are well-trained and then sell Arabian horses from the Middle East, the cavalry of the Chu army can outperform the cavalry of the Han army. The genetic improvement of Mongolian pony horses is far less effective than that of Arabian horses, and this has been proven historically.

Of course, given the current conditions, firstly, there is no large ship like the nine-masted treasure ship, and secondly, there is no compass, so it is naturally difficult and dangerous to engage in any great voyage. It is not hopeless to go to Arabia to buy hundreds of Arabian horses across Malacca and the Indian Ocean.

After all, there are already many indigenous people living in Southeast Asia. As for India, it is one of the four ancient civilizations as famous as China. Therefore, as long as the fleet walks along the coastline, it will definitely be able to get fresh water, vegetables and Fruit supplements will eventually reach the Middle East.

Sometimes miracles are really possible.

Xiang Zhuang watched a TV program in his previous life. According to the program, the aborigines living on an island in the South Pacific have the same genes as the aborigines in a country in South America. It is speculated that the aborigines on this island lived thousands of years ago. In the past, this island was reached by crossing the Pacific Ocean on a raft!

Thousands of years ago, the natives of South America could cross the Pacific Ocean on rafts. Could it be that the navy of Chu State could not reach the Middle East?You must know that the Chu ship designed and supervised by the master craftsman is not the kind of building ship with an unstable center of gravity popular during the Qin, Han and Three Kingdoms periods, but a true sea ship with a center of gravity hidden below the center of buoyancy. As long as the hull does not crack, There is no fear of overturning!

However, these matters cannot be rushed, and now I have to write a letter to Qu Bucai, telling him what to do next?
As soon as Xiang Zhuang waved his hand, an ebony dead man came out of the shadows, cupped his hands and said, "What orders does your lord have?"

Xiang Zhuang said: "Tell Qu Bucai that the assassination of Bai Mo should be done at an opportunistic time, kill if you can, and never force your hand if you can't. Also, the assassination target does not have to be limited to Bai Mo alone, the rest of Xiao He, Zhang Liang , Chen Ping and important ministers are also included in the assassination list, and Liu Bang, it would be great if Liu Bang can be killed."

"Here!" The ebony dead man responded loudly, and when he was about to retreat into the darkness, he was called out by Xiang Zhuang again.

Xiang Zhuang thought for a while, and then warned: "If Bai Mo implements the new law in Guanzhong, he must get the provisions of the new law at all costs!" Bai Mo really interested Xiang Zhuang in the article he wrote. Among them, the factors restricting population growth are vaguely mentioned. If this article can be obtained, the reform of Chu State will be more thorough.

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PS: This is a supplementary chapter at noon, and there is another chapter in the evening.

(End of this chapter)