God of War through the ages: Han Xin

Chapter 2 Qin lost its deer, and the heroes chased it
In the 26th year of Qin Wangzheng, that is, 221 BC, Chinese history will always remember this year.In this year, General Wang Ben of the Qin State led the Qin army to go south from the State of Yan, broke through Linzi, and captured the last Qi King Jian of the State of Qi from the Tian family.Qi, the most powerful of the six Kanto states, was wiped out, marking the complete victory of Qin's unification war.

The Qin Dynasty was the first empire in Chinese history. The territory of the empire "reached the sea and North Korea in the east, Lintao and Qiangzhong in the west, Xianghu in the south, Xianghu in the north, and the Yinshan Mountains to Liaodong in the north."Yingzheng unified the world, but failed to unify the hearts of the people, because the six countries have been established for hundreds of years, and the ideological foundation of the enfeoffment system is very solid.Most of the old aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms were not convinced in the face of subjugation. Why did Lao Tzu's ancestral property be given to you for nothing?A mean person might curse Ying Zheng: "God knows whether your surname is Ying or Lu?"

Yingzheng knew what the descendants of these princes were thinking. In order to eliminate hidden dangers, Yingzheng issued an order to transport all the weapons of various countries to Xianyang and melt them into twelve golden men named "Weng Zhong". What are you rebelling against?At the same time, Yingzheng also forcibly moved the household registrations of about 12 households of rich people in the princely states to Xianyang, and controlled them nearby.

Ying Zheng is a hero with great achievements. When faced with the great work he has created, he naturally wants to let the world know. Otherwise, who will appreciate this painting?The world is his, he can go to wherever he likes, no one can control it, and he dare not control it.

Ying Zheng is also a famous traveler in Chinese history. He has a grand ambition, which is to travel all over the great rivers and mountains of the motherland.Of course, the most important thing is to let the people of the world see the majesty of the First Emperor.

While marching and demonstrating, Yingzheng frightened the people of the world with harsh punishments and cruel laws. Qin Faxiang was known for his strictness.When Gongsun Yang made the political reform, "there were many people, but the prime minister sat together and did not sue the adulterer for the half-cut."In the era of Yingzheng, the criminal law became more severe and cruel. The more famous death sentences include family (genocide), chariot split (divided body by five horses), five punishments (similar to Ling Chi), slaying (buried alive), and fixed killing (drowning).

Of course, there is a rule in the laws of the Qin Dynasty that modern people are very familiar with: "If you miss the deadline, the law will be executed." That is to say, if the guards did not arrive at the place of service at the time specified in advance, no matter what unforeseen objective difficulties there were, everyone would be punished. It was because of this reason that Chen Sheng, who was killed and started the anti-Qin campaign, was forced to rebel.

After the Qi Dynasty was destroyed, the Qin Dynasty was unified for only ten years, and the rule was full of dangers. Everyone in the world hated the tyranny of the First Emperor.On July 37th in the 210th year of the First Emperor ([-] BC), Yingzheng, the first emperor through the ages, died of illness during a parade.Before his death, Yingzheng sent a letter to his eldest son Yingfusu: "I will be buried in Xianyang at the funeral." However, Zhao Gao detained him.

If Yingzheng's world can be successfully passed on to the eldest son Yingfusu, the Qin Dynasty still has great hope of overcoming the crisis.Ying Fusu's "benevolence" is a good material for success.If Ying Fusu and the later Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng transferred seats, it may not be that Ying Fusu would do much worse than Liu Heng.

But Ying Fusu was not with the first emperor at that time, but was sent to Saibei to defend against the Huns with general Meng Tian.The youngest son Ying Huhai stayed with the first emperor. Zhao Gao and Prime Minister Li Si didn't like Ying Fusu, so they established Ying Huhai instead.

The 21-year-old Ying Huhai came to the throne amidst the chaos and became the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty, the famous Qin II in history.Ying Huhai's ascension to the throne marked that the Qin Dynasty's policy of "ruling the country with violence" not only did not change at all, but intensified, and finally pushed the Great Qin Empire, which could have lasted forever, into the grave of history in an instant.

The first person to ring the death knell of the Qin Dynasty was Chen Sheng, a "mud-legged man" from Yangcheng.

The legend of Chen Sheng does not lie in his rebellion against Tyranny, but in the shocking truth that he said when he rebelled: "The princes and generals have kindness!" Standing on the high slope in Daze Township, facing the pouring rain, he loudly denounced the unjust laws of history in a cruel society that eats all the cake. He wanted to overthrow this upside-down world.

Because of this, he is Chen Sheng, otherwise he is nothing.

In autumn and July of the first year of Qin II (209 BC), Chen Sheng took 900 people and was unable to go to Yuyang to perform military service on schedule due to heavy rain. ", for the survival of nine hundred brothers, Chen Sheng has to play a gamble with fate.

The Great Qin Empire, which King Zhaoxiang of Qin and Emperor Qin Shihuang worked hard for, has completely disintegrated at this time.

There are roughly three reasons why the Qin Dynasty completely collapsed only 15 years after the unification was completed:

[-]. Qin Shihuang's abnormal way of governing the country by violence.

[-]. Although the Six Kingdoms were destroyed, the clans of the Six Kingdoms were still powerful. This is also the main reason why the Six Kingdoms were able to recover quickly after the collapse of the Qin Dynasty.If Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty had listened to Wang Meng's suggestion and killed Yao Chang and Murong Chui, who were super capable and harbored evil intentions, the former Qin Empire would not have been wiped out in an instant after the defeat of the Fei Shui army.

[-]. The reason why the old aristocrats of the Six Kingdoms revived quickly in a short period of time also benefited from a historical background, that is, the system of prefectures and counties implemented after the unification of Qin Dynasty was a new thing, while the system of feudal feudal feudal lords had been followed for thousands of years. It is deeply rooted psychologically. At that time, most people did not understand the county system, and they still had strong feelings for the enfeoffment system.

As early as the beginning of Chen Sheng's uprising, Chen Sheng claimed to avenge Xiang Yan, the famous general of Chu State, and Wu Guang, the number one army commander, pretended to be a ghost beside him, and won the support of the soldiers of Daze Township.When Chen Sheng's army captured Chen Jun (now Huaiyang, Henan Province), the elders of Chendi deliberately respected Chen Sheng as the king of Chu, and formally established a country that belonged to Chen Sheng personally, because Chen Sheng was also from Chu.

While Chen Sheng was secretly happy, Zhang Er and Chen Yu, the two heroes of Daliang (now Kaifeng, Henan), strongly opposed Chen Sheng's claiming king.Both of them were supporters of the enfeoffment system. They advised Chen Sheng not to become king, but to use the power of the six kingdoms to fight against Qin after the establishment of the six kingdoms, which would be twice the result with half the effort.Facing the tempting throne, Chen Sheng rejected the advice of Zhang Er and Chen Yu, and proclaimed himself the king of Chu in Chenjun, with the name of Zhang Chu, which meant to revive the Chu state.

Although Chen Sheng is "noble" as the king of Chu, he does not actually control a large territory. Whether it is the old nobles of the six countries or the "mud-legged" newcomers, they do not treat Chen Sheng as a dish, but fish in troubled waters under the banner of Chen Sheng That's all.For example, the trusted military officials sent by Chen Sheng to expand the territory of Zhao State, at the instigation of Zhang Er and Chen Yu, called themselves King Zhao one month after Chen Sheng raised his troops.

Chen Sheng was extremely angry at Wuchen's betrayal, and even wanted to punish Wuchen's nine clans, but even if they wiped out Wuchen's nine clans, so what?In the eyes of the ambitious heroes of the world, how much appeal does Chen Sheng have?Although Chen Sheng appointed Wei Jiu, the son of the old Wei State, as the king of Wei, it was just a matter of going along with the flow. Chen Sheng did not submit the letter of appointment, and Wei Jiu could still establish himself as king.Tian Dan, the old royal family of Qi, established himself as the king of Qi without Chen Sheng's consent, which shows that Chen Sheng has no power to control the situation of the six countries.Tian Dan has two famous cousins: Tian Rong and Tian Heng.The younger brother of Wei King Wei Jiu is far more famous than Wei Jiu in history. He is the ex-husband of the famous Wei Wang Bao, Bo Ji, the biological mother of Emperor Hanwen.

The world is in chaos, and the heroes are vying for the throne!

Heroes have been born in troubled times since ancient times. Unfortunately for the first emperor, the Great Qin Empire he prophesied for thousands of generations did not appear.It is precisely because of this that the vigorous, soul-stirring, and magnificent history of the struggle for hegemony between Chu and Han began.People who have been familiar with all the details of the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony and sighed for it can't imagine how the Qing History and Han Jian would be written without this history.

Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu, Ying Bu, Zhang Han, Liu Bang, Han Xin, behind this string of shining names, set off a great era of heroes.During the Chu and Han Dynasties, rivers, seas, mountains, and heroes roamed across the land of the Central Plains, and staged a historical drama that made the blood of future generations bloody.More than 200 years have passed, and this is still one of the most familiar historical fragments for Chinese people.

Liu Bang's confrontation with Xiang Yu is the main axis of this period of history. On this main axis, there are as many epic and immortal legends as there are heroes who sprinkle their blood.

We are very familiar with Xiang Yu and Liu Bang. Among the duelists in history, they are the most famous pair.Liu Bei and Cao Cao also hoped to become the most famous pair of duelists, but unfortunately, the duel between the two heroes was inserted by Sun Quansheng, and it became a love triangle, which is unclear.

Xiang Yu is the embodiment of the ancient Chinese hero, while Liu Bang, his lifelong confidant and rival, unfortunately, is the typical representative of the rogue.Is Xiang Yu a hero?Is Liu Bang a hooligan?I believe that everyone has their own standards in their hearts, and history has long given a fair answer.

Let's get to know Xiang Yu first.

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