Author: Magic Prince

The autumn wind is bleak, and everything is sad. It is another year of severe drought. Thousands of miles of fertile land has failed to harvest. People have left their homes and become refugees. From south to north, from west to east, the roads and trails are full of miserable scenes of starvation and death.

Wild dogs roam the roads and feed on dead people, but cannibal dogs that band together in one place start to attack living people for food.

There are many refugees, and there is no food left in the county and city. Officials and gentry all have to feed their servants and ministers, and they would rather rotten wine and meat on the table than give it to outsiders. Isn't the food of the domestic dogs a hundred times as much as that of the common people?

Along the way, many people saw the tragic scenes of Yi Zi cannibalizing each other. Xiang Yu couldn't help but feel a little sad. He thought that at the end of the Qin Dynasty, although the Qin government was cruel, it was not as good as what he was seeing now. The weeds on the roadside were stripped bare.

, the bark of the tree is shoveled away and eaten. If a mouse runs along the road, it will attract people to surround it and fight for its food.

Xiang Yu killed the powerful family who had robbed Zhou Zhuo's property that day, and became a fugitive wanted by the government. The wine shops in the city might still be able to drink wine and eat meat, but once he left the city, it was like entering a human purgatory. Many people in the world

The tragic situation can be seen. Of course, Xiang Yu is not a kind person. Although he feels a little sad for these people, he does not have more energy to help them. Those ferocious and cannibalistic wild dogs may be a real threat to the weak people.

Tigers and wolves are generally terrifying, but to Xiang Yu, they are nothing more than delicacies in his belly.

Xiang Yu has a ring-headed sword in his hand. Even if dozens of wild dogs surround him, he is no match for him. He has been looking for these wild dogs along the way. He can kill as many as he encounters, and he will then kill them.

Cut off the best part of the wild dog's meat, then find an open space and light a fire to roast it.

The meat of wild dogs that have eaten people seems to be more delicious. For Xiang Yu, he does not think that the wild dogs that have eaten people will be different. Thinking that he also cooked living people, in this troubled world, he can

Staying alive is the most important thing.

All the wild dogs killed by Xiang Yu were thrown to the ground, and many people would follow Xiang Yu. Whenever he killed the wild dogs, they would wait for Xiang Yu to pick out the good meat first, and then share the meat with each other. Over time, Xiang Yu

There were many people following behind him. Seeing Xiang Yu acting vigorously and with a murderous look in his eyes, these people did not dare to greet Xiang Yu. They only dared to follow him not far or near.

Xiang Yu knew this, but he didn't seem to care at all, and just kept moving forward every day. Xiang Yu's foot power was extraordinary, and most of the people who followed him couldn't follow him for long, and they were often thrown away by Xiang Yu after a day or two.

He followed the official road and headed north, heading towards Julu County.

Xiang Yu, disheveled and disheveled, entered the city with many refugees. There were few officers and soldiers guarding the city gate. Xiang Yu didn't think much and walked straight towards the city.

Xiang Yu went to a place and saw someone building a porridge shed to store porridge. Countless hungry people lined up to receive porridge. This was not surprising. What was strange was that every time a hungry person received a bowl of porridge, he would shout "Yellow"

God bless you, and the world will be at peace!"

In addition to receiving a bowl of gruel, some hungry people were also able to receive a piece of paper talisman from a few people who had runes dotted with white ash on their heads. Everyone who received the paper talisman showed joy on their faces.

A look of gratitude.

Xiang Yu stood watching from a distance. In the following days, Xiang Yu also walked around the city. He found that these porridge restaurants were run by local officials and those who claimed to be Taiping Taoists.

Zhang Jiao, the founder of Taiping Dao and their leader, would appear near the porridge market from time to time. Zhang Jiao often held a nine-section staff in his hand and led everyone to draw spells and recite incantations. Whenever Zhang Jiao appeared, Porridge

From time to time, there will be a louder and louder sound like a tsunami near the field. Many of the hungry people were already thin and skinny from hunger, but at this moment, they had extra energy to follow them.

Shout together.

Zhang Jiao claimed that everything he said came from the "Taiping Jing" and called himself a great sage and mentor.

Xiang Yu found it interesting after seeing this, because in fact, the local officials not only did not arrest Zhang Jiao for these gatherings to preach, but instead actively cooperated with Zhang Jiao and facilitated Zhang Jiao's Taiping Dao activities in many ways.

It is also for this reason that Taipingdao spreads at an extremely fast speed.

A month later, Xiang Yu could clearly feel that there were many more believers in the city than when he first came. However, although Zhang Jiao had always claimed that the purpose of establishing Taiping Dao was to protect the people with the power of Huang Tian, ​​what he did

Everything was done to save the people of Li instead of Huang Tian, ​​but Xiang Yu knew very well that there is no so-called saint in this world who is completely without any selfishness, let alone the so-called savior. Everything Zhang Jiao did was

It is to strengthen his own power. As for where this growing power will eventually go, Xiang Yu is not too sure.

Although the number of Taiping Dao believers is increasing day by day, the vast majority of them are just a ragtag group. Even in Xiang Yu's view, they are not even a ragtag group. The number of people has never been a measure of an organization or a group.

The most important factor in the strength of an army, Xiang Yu, who has always been good at defeating more with less, knows even more clearly that the integration of low-quality numbers sometimes does not necessarily bring all benefits, and there are hidden fatal weaknesses in it.

I remember that Xiang Yu, with less than 50,000 troops, defeated the 400,000 Qin troops commanded by Zhang Han and Wang Li on the Julu battlefield. Later, he defeated the 400,000 Qin troops commanded by Zhang Han and Wang Li in the Battle of Pengcheng.

With nearly 600,000 Han troops led by Liu Bang, even in the final situation where he was besieged on all sides, Xiang Yu was still able to charge through thousands of Han troops with only a few dozen cavalry troops. It can be seen that at least in Xiang Yu's hands, the outcome is determined.

The most critical factor is not the absolute number of soldiers, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers themselves and the battlefield command ability of the generals who command these soldiers.

You must know that even though Xiang Yu had the courage to fight against ten thousand people, he is still a mortal after all. It is possible for one person to fight hundreds of people, but it is naturally impossible for one person to fight thousands or even tens of thousands of people. Therefore, Xiang Yu's

Therefore, the main reason for being able to defeat more with less was not due to Xiang Yu's own bravery and proficiency in fighting. The more important reason was his ability to train soldiers and his genius-like ability to command on the spot.

However, although these ordinary people in front of them may not have much fighting power, their advantage lies in their large number. Xiang Yu also passed through many states and counties on his way to Julu County. The development of Taiping Road is extremely rapid, and many places

Some people in yellow robes can be seen drawing talismans and chanting mantras, which means that the Taiping Road has probably spread to other states and counties. When it has such a huge mass base, it means that the people in front of us

This seemingly arrogant so-called great sage master has very huge power or potential power.

The essence of power lies in control. Whether it is through administrative system, military deterrence or ideological control, the fundamental purpose of each method is to control others for its own use. The government establishes the rule of an autocratic state through military deterrence and administrative system, and will

The land within its jurisdiction may be divided into prefectures, counties, and counties and managed by local officials, or it may be enfeoffed to kings, uncles, and marquises as their jurisdictions, and the territory shall be autonomous.

If everyone in the world agrees with this management method, then this kind of governance system will be more stable. The power of the government lies in the common people. As the saying goes, the country is a boat and the people are water. Water can carry the boat and capsize it. Therefore, control

Those who understand the people will definitely be able to control power and potentially huge power. This is called the will of the people.

Xiang Yu has keenly smelled the smell in the air, the smell that the whole world is about to go into chaos. The Chen Sheng and Wu Guang peasant uprising at the end of Qin was also the first shot to destroy the Qin Dynasty. Xiang Yu knew that these peasants

Although the rebel army they lead has limited combat effectiveness, the greatest power of their uprising lies in shaking the foundation of the entire country's rule, which is the people's hearts and minds. When all the people in the world turn against their will, even the peasant rebel army itself will soon be defeated.

The country's war machine was pacified, but then local forces would quickly support themselves and quickly disintegrate the entire empire to form a new melee pattern.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, this chaotic pattern lasted for hundreds of years before it was finally unified by Qin Shihuang. The chaos among the princes at the end of the Qin Dynasty did not last too long. In fact, Xiang Yu had a chance to unify the world, but he did not

He did not have the ambitions of Qin Shihuang or even Liu Bang, but just wanted to become the overlord of Western Chu. Until later, when Liu Bang's power gradually grew, he had gradually missed the best opportunity to defeat Liu Bang and reunite the world.

General trends are difficult to change.

Later, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and most of the systems were inherited from the Qin Dynasty. The difference was that in the early Han Dynasty, the enfeoffment system was retained in order to win over people's hearts. Liu Bang even granted many kings with different surnames. As the kings with different surnames were gradually destroyed,

These fiefdoms returned to the hands of the Han clan, and for the next four hundred years, the Han Dynasty continued to use the system of prefectures and counties in parallel with the feudal system.

However, as more and more princes were enfeoffed, they posed an increasing threat to the central government. During the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the Tuen-en Order to gradually disintegrate the power in the hands of these princes. The Tui-en Order stipulated that the original princes

After his death, except for the eldest son who has the right of inheritance, the rest of his descendants have certain rights of inheritance, thus gradually dividing the original large fiefdom into many small territories. After inheriting the land, these other descendants are called princes and localities.

The prefectures and counties have administrative power over these princes.

From then on, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of these princes and vassals was already very weak. On the contrary, some local state and county officials and local powerful men had considerable power.

Xiang Yu decided to change his strategy. On the one hand, he continued to secretly observe the development of Taiping Road, and on the other hand, he began to look for people who could provide him with sufficient resources.

And what kind of person can provide Xiang Yu with the resources he wants?
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