Chapter 248 The Han army marched eastward!
Facing the Xianyang elders who were welcoming the king's teacher with food and drink, Luo Yi gently pulled Liu Bang's sleeve and said softly, "Your Majesty, just do as you said before."
After receiving Han Xin's letter, Liu Bang and Luo Yi led the Han ministers to Xianyang. On the way, Xiao He, Luo Yi and Liu Bang had a discussion on how to rule the Three Qin land in the future.
"The quickest way to win the hearts of the Qin people is to abolish the harsh laws that King Xiang imposed on them out of revenge. This is the first thing you should do."
The laws that Xiang Yu imposed on the Qin people were naturally fundamentally different from those of the previous Qin Dynasty. They were more like a political revenge rather than a specific law.
After all, Luo Ling had just practiced in Zhaocheng, so he naturally would not ignore it.
He did not implement laws in Qin like Shang Yang had set up for the sake of stability, but simply increased taxes and oppressed the Qin people.
When Luo Ling practiced the law, he was actually trampling on two kinds of things.
One of them is the ruling technique that Luo Ling is most concerned about, the system that subtly turns people into slaves.
This is what the Luo family hates the most, and it is the bottom line. Anyone who dares to use this system, no matter how wise or holy you are, or how many achievements you have made, will be killed if you don't change.
The other one is different. It is trampling on the tyrant who levied heavy taxes and levied heavy taxes. Xiang Yu now has some of this intention, but his revenge based on personal feelings is still a little different. After all, he did not do this to Chu.
When it comes to tyrants who impose heavy taxes, Luo basically does not take action personally, but instead does two things.
The first thing is to gradually shape the spiritual world of the people of China through theories such as Mencius's people-oriented doctrine, so that they dare to resist and have the courage to resist.
As Luo has always said, only sacrifice and glory can reach the Su Wang!
Luo's unyielding spirit is the greatest wealth. If everyone in the world can possess it, would there still be so many dictators who dare to use harsh punishments?
The second thing is to morally elevate the righteousness of people like Chen Sheng.
Luo Ling was keenly aware that the emperor's power was becoming increasingly concentrated. With his wisdom, he could certainly see that the emperor would certainly demand a sacredness that matched his power.
If the emperor really becomes an entity that cannot be disobeyed, then the righteous men who resist the tyrant will become bandits. Going further, the emperor will only have rights but no obligations, which would be too terrible.
The core of Confucianism is that the ruler is the ruler, the minister is the minister, the father is the father, and the son is the son. However, this is a two-way obligation. When the ruler and father are no longer rulers and fathers, the ministers have the right to resist and are even encouraged to retaliate.
The monarch treats his subjects as brothers, dogs, horses, and grass, while the subjects' attitude towards the monarch is completely different.
Mencius inherited the mantle of the two sages Luo and Confucius, and was deeply influenced by Luo, so he vigorously promoted this spirit. The amount of words he spent on kings and common people was almost as much as that on the great way of righteousness.
This is the reason why Meng's Confucianism is an outlier among Confucianism.
Xiang Yu's reputation in Qin was similar to that of the First Emperor. If Liu Bang could make good use of this, he would have an extremely stable base, just like Xiang Yu's Jiangdong.
Liu Bang looked up at the sky, tears welled up in his eyes, and he said with great emotion: "How could I have deserved such courtesy from the people of Xianyang?
The Overlord had a deep hatred for the Qin royal family, but he vented his anger on the Qin people. Is this what a sage emperor should do?
I do not want to oppress the elders of Qin according to his wishes, so I hereby announce the abolition of all the laws of the Overlord in Qin. "
The Qin people burst into tears when they heard this. Since Emperor Fusu, the Qin people had finally waited for a benevolent ruler again. Moreover, there had been rumors in Guanzhong that the King of Han was the king chosen by Emperor Fusu for the Qin people.
The long-arranged agent suddenly came out, knelt on one knee and said: "Your Majesty, you attacked the two kings of Qin and Yong, which was just a war between princes, but you abolished the decree of King Xiang in Qin, isn't this a blatant rebellion against King Xiang?
If King Xiang wants to attack you because of this, I am really worried about you."
Click!
The Qin people were immediately worried again. Liu Bang said loudly: "Your concerns are justified. I have indeed angered King Xiang.
But when living in this world, we must always do the right thing. Now exempting the Qin people from the harsh laws is the right thing to do.
The sage said that it is not the duty of a subject not to admonish the emperor when he has made a mistake. I am the King of Han. Can I just watch the Qin people live in dire straits and have the ability to change things but not do it?
That is not the way to become a Holy King!
The path I want to take has been decided, so please do not try to persuade me."
Liu Bang's decisive voice echoed in the ears of the Qin people. After a brief silence, thunderous cheers resounded through the sky. Luo Yi and Liu Bang smiled at each other.
Liu Bang led the army and rode in the front on horseback. Luo Yi glanced at the densely packed Qin people on the ground, but he was thinking about the ideological unification in his heart. There would definitely be conflicts between these millions of Qin people who did not believe in King Su and the more than 10 million people in Guandong.
After Liu Bang entered the city, he saw a dilapidated scene, completely lacking the glory of the Qin capital in the past. Luo Yi came to Liu Bang and sighed slightly, saying, "Your Majesty, Xianyang City is ruined. It cannot be the capital of the Han State, and it is difficult to rebuild. It is better to build a new city than to have the manpower and material resources to rebuild it.
More than a thousand years ago, the Zhou Dynasty originated from Haojing. Later, the Qin State built many capitals in Guanzhong. If you want to rule Guanzhong, you can also build one."
Liu Bang laughed and said, "Zi Yu, the history books say that before King Wu died, he ordered King Su to build a capital in the land of Yi and Luo, so Luoyang was established.
I also want to do the same thing now. When the war is over, you, Zi Yu, will choose a site for me to build the capital of the Han State.
King Su built Luoyang. Later, the Shen Rong invaded and Guanzhong was devastated. With the support of Duke Xuan, King Yi was able to move the capital to Luoyang. The Zhou royal family continued for another 800 years.
Now that Ziyu is building a city for me, it will surely bring good fortune to the Han State."
Luo Yi was shocked and looked at Liu Bang in disbelief. He didn't expect that Liu Bang would entrust such an important task to him. This is the capital!
Liu Bang smiled at Luo Yi, with a carefree look on his face, as if he didn't take the matter seriously. Luo Yi said in a deep voice: "I will definitely fulfill my mission."
The first thing Xiao He did after entering Xianyang was to take out the household registration album he had taken away before, to verify the changes that had taken place in Xianyang and under the rule of King Qin and King Yong over the past year, and to find out the current situation in the Three Qins.
After all, this will be the base of the Han Kingdom from now on. If they want to go east and fight against King Xiang, they will have to rely on the people here and the food of Bashu.
Liu Bang did not stay in Xianyang for long. After all, he believed that Qi could not hold out for too long. The top priority now was to contact the princes in the world who were dissatisfied with Xiang Yu, interfere in the war between Qi and Chu, and then force Xiang Yu to abdicate.
If you are unwilling to abdicate, then don't blame us for killing the tyrant on behalf of all the people of the world. At least the Qin people are eager to eat Xiang Yu alive. I, Liu Bang, am the king of the entire Guanzhong region. It is only too reasonable for me to raise an army and act on behalf of my people in a fair and open manner.
Liu Bang originally had an army of 100,000. After defeating the two kings of Qin and Yong, he gathered the defeated Qin soldiers under their command. With the help of the Qin people in Xianyang, he actually gathered an army of 250,000.
You must know that after the repeated consumption of Zhang Han and Meng Tian, Xiang Yu annihilated nearly 300,000 Qin troops in the Battle of Handan. In addition, Han Xin had annihilated part of Meng Tian's troops before, so the Qin troops suffered heavy losses.
The fact that they can still mobilize so many troops until now shows how profound the Qin Dynasty is. It is not an easy thing for the Qin State to gain the world by relying on Guanzhong and Bashu.
However, after so many years of war, the young and strong men in Qin were completely exhausted. If Liu Bang could not defeat Xiang Yu, he could only send the elderly, children, women and children to the battlefield.
Liu Bang looked at his unprecedentedly powerful army, his heart filled with a bright future, and could not help but say to Luo Yi: "Zi Yu, more than a thousand years ago, King Wu started his army in Guanzhong and eventually established the Zhou Dynasty. The Qin Dynasty also started in Guanzhong and eventually gained control of the world. This place has always been the foundation of kingship.
Now we have occupied the entire Guanzhong area. Wherever the Han army goes, the Qin people welcome them wholeheartedly. This kind of vitality is something Xiang Yu has never seen before. Now we set out from here to fight Xiang Yu and contact the princes of the world. Is there any possibility of failure? "
Looking at the high-spirited Liu Bang and listening to his words, Luo Yi suddenly had an indescribable feeling in his heart.
The Han army was ready and headed eastwards out of the pass. This time, the Qin army held high the Han flag and headed towards Shandong again!
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The Chu-Han Contention can be completely regarded as the third Qin-Chu War. The Qin people in the 800-li Qinchuan Plain and the Chu people in the Jiangdong area once again engaged in a fierce fight on the vast territory of the Xia Dynasty.
Qin won the first war, but the Qin people lost everything. Chu won the second war, but the Qin people still had no place to stand.
This time they supported Liu Bang and wanted to take back what the Qin people should have had in the name of Han. The Qin people, who had already lost everything, had nothing left to lose.
The Qin people’s unwavering support was the reason why Liu Bang was able to recover quickly after his defeat, and was one of the roots of his gaining the world. ——History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty
(End of this chapter)
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