Chu and Han contend for the throne

Chapter 137 Three Urgent Tasks
It was night, Xiang Zhuang didn't live in Changle Palace, but occupied Xiao He's Prime Minister's Mansion.

The story of Gou Jian's hard work and courage has been passed down through the ages. As a traveler, Xiang Zhuang knows a famous saying that it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it is difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. Now the Chu army is in danger, and the revival of Chu State is far away. How can it be greedy? When having fun?To be honest, Xiang Zhuang is not even very interested in female sex now.

In the hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xiang Zhuang, Wei Liao, and Wu She sat on the floor.

Xianyang has been captured by the Chu army, and the entire Guanzhong has opened its arms to the Chu army. Let the king take whatever he wants, now it is time to listen to the follow-up plan of the old guy Wei Liao.

Wei Liao shook his sleeves and said, "General, our army has three urgent tasks right now!"

After finishing speaking, Wei Liao stretched out another finger, and said: "First, it is already the first ten days of June, and the summer grain in Guanzhong is about to be cooked. This batch of summer grain must be harvested quickly, and must not be left to Liu Bang. If there is no grain in Guanzhong, Liu Bang will leave it there. We have to transfer grain from Ba and Shu to feed Guanzhong, and if all the millet in Taicang belongs to me, the Han army will have no food and will not be able to carry out large-scale campaigns for at least two years."

Xiang Zhuang nodded solemnly, this is necessary, not a single grain of this year's summer grain can be left to old Liu Bang.

At that moment Wu She said: "This is easy to handle, just send Xiao Kai, Tian Heng and Qiao Zhuang to the Han army to conscript them!"

Wei Liao nodded, and said again: "The second urgent task is to send troops Qiao Zhuang and the Han army to loot the counties in Guanzhong, and then send another army to replace the armor of the Chu army and chase them from behind, so as to restore the Chu army's security in Guanzhong. reputation."

This is mainly for the common people in Guanzhong. As for the wealthy families in Guanzhong, I'm afraid they can't hide it.

However, even if this is the case, this matter still needs to be done. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, as long as it can cause Liu Bang some trouble, as long as it can hold Liu Bang back, the Chu army must go all out!
Wu She said again: "This matter can also be done by Xiao Kai and Tian Hengjun."

Wei Liao paused, his expression suddenly turned serious, and he said: "The third urgent task is also very important, that is to pay homage to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, and win over the powerful families from all walks of life in Guanzhong."

Wei Liao knows the pattern of Guanzhong very well. Before Qin State unified the world, most of the families in Guanzhong were the old families of Qin State. The power structure of the powerful clan in Guanzhong became extremely complicated.

After the fall of Qin Dynasty, part of the noble and wealthy families disappeared.

Some wealthy families, such as the Sima family, joined Liu Bang.

However, there are still some powerful families who are still in the wild and are on the sidelines. The reason they are unwilling to join Liu Bang's command is that Liu Bang completely negates Qin Shihuang and Qin Fa, because these wealthy families have become accustomed to the laws of the Qin Empire. Loyal fans, how can they easily change course?
If Xiang Zhuang can really pay homage to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, it will undoubtedly be a strong signal!

When Wu She heard this, his countenance changed suddenly. If Wei Liao hadn't been the military advisor of the Chu army, he would have glared at each other immediately!
For the ancients, the mausoleum should not be worshiped casually, especially Xiang Zhuang is now a general of the great Chu, and may even become the king of Chu in the future, so how can he go to worship the Mausoleum of the First Emperor?Because in Wu She's view, Qin and Chu are feuds, Chu general Xiang Yan died at the hands of Qin general Wang Jian, Xiang Zhuang, as Xiang Yan's grandson, if he goes to worship the first emperor's mausoleum, wouldn't he be accepting a thief as his father?
If Wei Liao had said this to Xiang Yu, he would have been thrown into the frying pan by Xiang Yu by now.

However, after Xiang Zhuang heard this, his expression was calm. He originally admired the first emperor very much, so for him, there was no psychological burden to pay homage to the first emperor's mausoleum.

And Xiang Zhuang also knows that worshiping the Mausoleum of the First Emperor is of great significance!
The Chinese people in the Central Plains have worshiped their ancestors since ancient times, so the mausoleum of the ancestral temple has special significance. Under normal circumstances, the emperors of later dynasties rarely pay homage to the mausoleum of the previous emperor they replaced. In the feudal history of China for more than 2000 years, this kind of thing It seems to have happened only once, that is, the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum where Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty paid homage to Zhu Yuanzhang.

When Kangxi paid homage to the Xiaoling Mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty, it had not been long before the Manchus seized the Han family, and the world had not returned to their hearts, especially the scholars of the Han family had not recognized the orthodox legitimacy of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so Kangxi had to do this. The posture shows that the Manchus will not cut off the clothes of the Han family, and use this to win over the hearts of the Han family scholars.

Since then, the Manchu Dynasty lasted for more than 200 years, far exceeding the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, which was also ruled by a foreign race in the Central Plains.

Although this is not entirely due to Kangxi's worship of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum, it is definitely an important factor that cannot be ignored!

Therefore, if Xiang Zhuang pays homage to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, it is undoubtedly telling the world that he, Xiang Zhuang, highly respects the First Emperor of Qin, and the Great Chu led by him will also fully accept the clothes and clothes of the Great Qin. For the powerful families in Guanzhong, it is undoubtedly a great excitement. It is completely predictable that after the news spreads, all the powerful families will definitely come to vote one after another!
"No!" Without waiting for Xiang Zhuang to express his opinion, Wu She resolutely objected, "I firmly oppose it. The general must not pay homage to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, absolutely not!"

Xiang Zhuang was stunned, Wu She's fierce attitude was somewhat beyond his expectation.

Wei Liao was silent, of course he knew that this move would lead to fierce opposition from the former Chu State under the general's command, but Wei Liao knew that this was the key to reversing the general trend of Chu and Han. Therefore, the power of the survivors of the Qin Dynasty, based on the remnants of the old Chu, may still not be able to compete with Liu Bang.

Seeing that Xiang Zhuang was silent, Wu She became anxious and said, "General, Qin and Chu are world enemies!"

After saying this, Wu She burst into tears and said, "As the general of the Great Chu Kingdom, how can you worship the tyrant Qin Wangzheng? This is to cut off your own family temple, and you are admitting a thief as your father!"

Xiang Zhuang sighed immediately, and looked at Wei Liao helplessly.

To be honest, worshiping the Mausoleum of the First Emperor is a matter of all wishes, but it is difficult to persuade Wu She and other old Chu troops, especially the old Chu generals such as Huan Chu and Ji Bu. If there is a mutiny, it will cause a serious blow to the morale and morale of the Chu army, and it will make old Liu Bang laugh.

So this matter can't be forced, whether it can be achieved depends on Wei Liao's eloquence.

Wei Liao fully understood Xiang Zhuang's embarrassment, so he cheered up and said to Wu She: "Mr. Wu She, I have a few questions that I would like to ask you for advice, I wonder if I can?"

Wu She said in a bad tone: "I would like to hear the advice of the military commander."

Wu She still respected Wei Liao, but what Wei Liao said today about worshiping the First Emperor's Mausoleum made Wu She feel very upset. In his opinion, isn't Wei Liao fooling around?Who is Qin Wangzheng?That was the peerless tyrant who destroyed the Great Chu Kingdom with one hand. How could they, the survivors of the Chu Kingdom, feel so bad for the General to worship this tyrant?
Wei Liao didn't care about Wu She's impoliteness, and said with a smile, "There is enmity between Qin and Chu, but it's a national enmity, right?"

Wu She was silent, and he did not deny this point. Qin and Chu were indeed a national enmity, not a personal enmity.

Wei Liao continued: "Since it is a national enmity, now that the Qin Empire has perished, there is no basis for the hatred between the Qin and Chu families to exist. I really don't understand why sir would do this to an empire that has already perished. Worrying about it? Could it be that the general's worship of the imperial mausoleum will bring back the first emperor and restore the Qin Empire?"

"Of course not." Wu She frowned, and said again, "But if you were a military adviser, would you go to worship the tomb of the enemy who killed your father?" After saying this, Wu She said again, " If the military master really paid homage to the tomb of his father and enemy, how would your late father feel about it?"

Wei Liao said: "Mr. is confusing concepts again. Didn't you just say that Qin Chu is a national enmity, not a personal hatred, so this analogy sir is inappropriate."

Wu Shedao: "Country, country, there is a family when there is a country, a father is a father, a father is a father, a father is a father, so the country is the family, and the king is the father. When the Qin State destroys the Chu State, it destroys all Chu. The homeland of the people of the country is the father who killed all the Chu people, this is a sworn enmity, how can it be taken lightly with a word?"

Wei Liao was dumbfounded, in terms of strategy and Wu She are far inferior to him, but in terms of eloquence, he is far behind Wu She.

Seeing that Wei Liao's two words were contradicted by Wu She, Xiang Zhuang couldn't help but frown. He must pay homage to the Mausoleum of the First Emperor, not only to win over the old Qin survivors, but also to vigorously promote farming and warfare in the future. The system lays the groundwork, Wu She can't figure it out, it's not a big problem, but if Huan Chu and Ji Bu make trouble, it will be a big problem.

At that moment Xiang Zhuang turned around and shouted: "Jin Xiang."

Jin Xiang stepped inside, cupped his hands and said, "What orders does the General have?"

Xiang Zhuang said: "Immediately order Feiqi to go to Hangu Pass, and order Huan Chu and Ji Bu to come to Xianyang immediately. The army under his command will be temporarily led by Zuo Sima Pang Yu of the trapped camp." The more than 6000 remnants of the army and the more than 200 veterans of Pang Yu had already retreated to Hangu Pass, and the news of Jing Qian's death had also been sent back, which made Xiang Zhuang very sad.

"Promise!" Jin Xiang promised with a bang, and when he was about to turn around and leave, Xiang Zhuang said again, "Wait a minute."

Jin Xiang turned back in astonishment, Xiang Zhuang said again: "Send someone to inform the two generals Xiao Kai and Tian Heng and order them to enter the city immediately."

Jin Xiang promised again and took the order to go.

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The Hulaoguan fire burned for two days and nights, and finally went out after a heavy rain.

Liu Bang's army immediately marched into Sanchuan County, but what appeared in front of Liu Bang was already a dilapidated Sanchuan County. A large number of cities and towns were destroyed, countless houses were destroyed by dreams, and the people were displaced. Liu Bang was puzzled by the starving people who fled. After seeing the Han army, these hungry people turned out to be full of hatred.

Luoyang City has also been turned into ruins. The corn and weapons in the arsenal that Lu Ze hoarded in the warehouse were either snatched by the Chu army or burned down in the fire. Now, even the supplies of the 10,000+ army have become a problem. , No way, we can only forcibly collect grain from the surrounding counties of Sanchuan County.

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PS: Today's update is a bit late, but as long as there are [-] monthly tickets today, it will be updated.

(End of this chapter)