After assassinating the prince, Xiang Yu quietly went back.

Continue to go south.

Three days later, the team was walking on the official road and suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves. Someone quickly stepped forward and shouted loudly.

The team stopped.

An envoy stepped forward, took out the token, and said, "Gourmet to His Highness, King Jin! The saint's decree, let His Highness meet the capital quickly!"

Xiang Yu asked, "What happened?"

The envoy said, "Not long ago, the prince died of illness!"

Xiang Yu said: "It's impossible. Before leaving, my brother was in good health. How could he die of illness overnight!"

As he said that, his body was trembling, as if it was hard to believe.

...

Prince Yang Yong died of serious illness.

Chang'an City was shocked, but after shock, it turned into peace.

These days, there are immortals there.

Children are prone to death, adults are prone to death on the battlefield, and various ways of dying are continuous.

When Xiang Yu entered Chang'an City, he felt a white cloth hanging around.

When I arrived at the prince's mansion, there were already white cloth, paper wreaths, etc., and I looked very sad. Ministers entered it one after another to worship the prince.

When she arrived at the depths of the prince's mansion, Xiang Yu saw a red coffin and a brazier.

Kneeling on the ground, Xiang Yu started crying.

Then, a guard came forward to wear mourning clothes for the King of Jin and put on mourning clothes.

Not long after, the King of Han, Shu, Qin and others also arrived one after another, kneeling in the face of the prince and cried loudly, as if they were very sad.

In the distance, Yang Jian looked at this scene and compared each other's crying: "The cry of King Jin is sincere. The cry of King Han, King Shu, and King Qin is somewhat fake!"

The funeral continued, lively and noisy.

Seven days later, the prince was buried.

When the tomb was erected, Xiang Yu looked at the tomb, but sighed in his heart: "Crown Prince, Prince! I don't know if your tomb will be exposed for protection thousands of years."

The prince died of illness, and the dust returned to the dust, and the soil returned to the soil, and everything disappeared.

In the hall, Yang Jian was a little tired, closed his eyes exhausted, as if he was still immersed in the sadness of losing his son.

The four great compassions in life are the loss of fathers at a young age, the loss of wife in middle age, the loss of sons in old age, and the loss of sons in young age, and the loss of sons without a good teacher.

Thinking of the prince's departure, Yang Jian was inexplicably sad.

If a person with white hair is given a person with black hair, the sadness of life is nothing more than that.

The prince was assassinated, and he couldn't say it.

It can only be passed away from illness.

It's like a general, who can only die in battle and cannot be captured.

Yang Jian suddenly asked, "Crown Prince, did you assassinate?"

After the sudden attack, Xiang Yu was slightly stunned and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

Yang Jian was silent, looking at King Jin, as if he wanted to see through King Jin's heart.

Xiang Yu looked at each other without any fear.

A long time later, Yang Jian said, "King of Jin, the prince is dead. You must be the prince. If you become the prince and the emperor, what would you do?"

Asked, I started to take the exam.

As for the prince, was it the King of Jin assassinated?

He was too lazy to think.

In other words, even if it is proved, it was assassinated by the King of Jin.

So what? Should I still abolish King Jin or kill King Jin?

Xiang Yu was silent: "War, continuous wars. When I was in power, I would continue to fight, maybe there would be no big wars, maybe small wars would continue."

"It will not rest and recuperate, but continue to fight. Use war to consume excess population. Use war to consume aristocratic families. Use war to give poor disciples a chance. Use war to alleviate the contradictions caused by cabinet reform!"

"However, you must control the rhythm of war. Losing a few wars is not scary, but the scale of the war cannot be expanded!"

Yang Jian sighed and said, "In a few days, I will confer you as the prince, and you will assist me in handling government affairs!"

"yes!"

Xiang Yu said.

...

In this way, King Jin became the crown prince.

The former crown prince Yang Yong was ignored by the world.

Of course, the crown prince Yang Yong has a son. According to etiquette, Yang Yong's son can be the crown prince and has the right to inherit the throne.

Yang Jian is over fifty years old and may die at any time. Letting a child of a few years old be the crown prince is just a joke about the country.

In this way, Xiang Yu became the crown prince, more than ten years ahead of the history of King Jin.

Yang Jian became older and began to give up part of his power to the prince.

The emperor is a lifelong profession, and there is no saying that retirement is the typical one who lives to die.

As the crown prince, one must wait until the moment the emperor dies and take over the emperor's power. Therefore, as long as the crown prince does not die, it is generally safe.

After becoming the crown prince, Xiang Yu began reforms, first of all, establishing a cabinet, establishing a Hanlin Academy, etc., to restrict the power of the prime minister.

At the same time, the power of the prime minister was divided into several people, and the prime minister was eliminated from dominance. Then, he began to become familiar with everything in the Sui Dynasty, began to have large-scale Confucianism, and promoted the status of Confucianism.

Then start with the official operation of salt and iron, and commercial tax is imposed.

During the Sui Dynasty, customs duties were abolished and market tax was only levied.

There was no salt tax in the Sui Dynasty. That is, the merchants of the Sui Dynasty could buy and sell salt at will. There was no iron tax, which means that the merchants of the Sui Dynasty could build iron tools at will.

The main tax of the Sui Dynasty was agricultural tax, and there were very few commercial taxes.

Looking at these things made Xiang Yu speechless.

The official business of salt and iron was one of the main sources of income for all dynasties, second only to agricultural tax.

Through the salt tax, we can calculate how much salt the people across the country eat in a year, and thus infer the population in the country. This is much more accurate than letting officials go down to conduct household registration statistics.

Through the iron tax, the national steel production can be controlled, thereby controlling the number of weapons stored by the aristocratic families, as well as the number of weapons smuggled on the grassland.

Through the official business of salt and iron, and the additional commercial taxation can be imposed, the number of merchants and wealth can be controlled, thus achieving the goal of suppressing business development.

In fact, behind many big businessmen these days, there are white gloves from aristocratic families.

Cracking down on business and heavy taxes on business can reduce the wealth of aristocratic families.

In addition, cracking down on commerce can promote agricultural development.

After proposing to Yang Jian, he thought for a long time and Yang Jian agreed.

...

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

In the Sui Dynasty, Xiang Yu also left the capital and began to supervise the canal, personally lead the construction of the canal, and also carry out the construction of the canal in sections.

Walking with him, there were more than a dozen wives and concubines including Qian Qinghuan and Xiao Meiniang.

As for the destination, it is Yangzhou.

The canal will lead directly from Yangzhou to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Chang'an.

Mainly the southern section of the canal.

After building the canal, you can transport the money and other things from the south to the north. If the south has no money, you will naturally be less focused.

It’s like a man’s money is handed over to his wife, and he has no money in his pocket, so he won’t be able to raise a mistress.

At the same time, with the help of money and grain from the south, we can better transport the border areas and strengthen border defense.

The years in the south are peaceful because the north is moving forward with heavy burdens, and the south is worth paying money and grain.

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Chapter completed!