Chapter 1,223 King Chu dies and Xiang Yu becomes king
September of the second year of Qin II.
It is already late autumn in the Guanzhong area.
Xianyang, inside Ganquan Palace.
Su Mingzhe, who was busy with government affairs, listened to the beating of the dusk drum, stretched out, yawned, and slowly put down the bamboo slips in his hands.
Compared with the large seal script, the small seal script promoted by Da Qin has a more beautiful shape, and the font and strokes are neater and simpler.
However, compared with the regular script of later generations, this small seal script is still like a ghost painting.
Su Mingzhe looked at this kind of ghostly drawings for a day, and his eyes started to get dry.
Pong! Pong!
When the head waiter of Ganquan Palace heard the sound of the time, he took small steps to the table and reminded:
"Your Majesty, it's getting late! It's time to rest!"
"rest?"
Hearing these two words, Su Mingzhe frowned subconsciously.
He was not worried about the government affairs at hand, but started to worry about which palace he was going to rest in next.
It took me four months to read through the classics collected by the emperors of the Qin Dynasty.
However, the First Emperor also collected more than 30,000 concubines, princesses, and beauties from the Six Kingdoms.
After entering the Qin Palace, Su Mingzhe lived a ridiculous life for nearly two months. He slept in a pile of makeup and powder every day. Even the director of the court had no energy.
Until the three sisters of the Lu family and the six daughters Cao, Yu Shu and Yu Rong arrived.
At Lu Pheasant's suggestion, some beauties who were "aging and fading" were sent out of the palace and given to soldiers to marry.
Su Mingzhe's absurd life has finally come to an end.
However, although the number of beauties sent out was a bit large, a full 30,000 beauties were sent out.
However, the quantity and quality of the beauties in Qin Shi Huang's palace were too high.
Even if 30,000 beauties were sent away, there were still 5,000 beauties in the harem waiting to be favored by the king every day.
So much so that every time Su Mingzhe wanted to take a rest, he didn't know which beauties to ask him to sleep with:
"I really have prosopagnosia this time!"
Dang! Dang! Dang!
A rapid and loud sound of bells pierced the sky, waking up the hesitant Su Mingzhe:
"Clutch, go and see what's going on?"
On weekdays, Xianyang City sets its work and rest time according to the morning bell and evening drum.
It is already evening, and the Jingjie drum has been beating dozens of times. How come the sound of bells suddenly appears?
After receiving the order from CRRC, he trotted out quickly.
About a moment later.
The CRRC official held a silk book in both hands and shouted while running:
"Your Majesty, the King of Chu is dead, the King of Chu is dead!"
"The King of Chu is dead?"
Su Mingzhe was stunned for a moment, then realized what he was doing. He quickly took the silk book and looked at it ten lines at a time.
This silk document was sent back from Jiujiang County by General Han Xin, who asked the Jinxiu envoy to expedite it with eight hundred dollars.
In June, Chu State sent Song Yi to "raise troops to attack Han".
Su Mingzhe didn't care about the unknown "Song Yi" at all, and directly sent General Han Xin with 200,000 troops.
In mid-July, Song Yi's head was sent to Xianyang City.
Han Xin not only defeated Song Yi, but also took advantage of the situation to capture Jiujiang County and advance towards Kuaiji County.
The silk book sent by Han Xin stated that after King Chu's defeat at Song Yi, he returned military power to Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew.
Who would have expected that after Xiang Liang's uncle and nephew took over the military power, they would force the King of Chu to move the capital to Changsha County.
The King of Chu lost his military power and could only obey his orders.
When the King of Chu's ship arrived at Lujiang County, it suddenly encountered a tornado.
King Chu and Xiang Liang were both on the boat and died together.
With the support of his generals, Xiang Yu inherited the throne of King Chu and is now confronting Han Xin in Kuaiji County.
After thinking for a moment, Su Mingzhe ordered:
"Announce all the ministers to pay their respects!"
Not long after, Jingyang bell rang.
When the civil and military ministers in Xianyang City who were qualified to go to court heard the ringing of the Jingyang bell, they all hurried to the main hall of Ganquan Palace.
After the ministers went to the palace and saw Su Mingzhe, they immediately knelt down and saluted:
"I will bow down to express my greetings to Your Majesty."
Su Mingzhe bowed in front of the ministers, crossed his hands, returned a half salute, and then responded:
"I am in peace! All your lords are safe!"
The ministers thanked them, and then, under the guidance of the censor, they found a seat and sat down.
Su Mingzhe waited for the palace to quiet down, then asked CRRC Fu Ling Lihe to read the silk book sent by Han Xin, and then said:
"My lords, the King of Chu has unfortunately died, and Xiang Yu has rebelled and established himself. I wish to take charge of my own army and conquer the Chu State. All matters in the court will be left to the Prime Minister for the time being!"
Yan Feng, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, was a Mohist. When he heard Su Mingzhe's decree, he would step out to receive it.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a minister stood up and objected:
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes: If you have a rich family, you can't sit down in the palace! As the leader of a country, how can your Majesty take risks so easily? Please take back your life!"
Su Mingzhe also didn't expect that there would be people who would oppose him stubbornly.
However, when he took a closer look, he felt relieved:
"It turns out to be Dr. Feng Jie, the censor!"
Feng Jie is indeed a tough guy.
When he was the second emperor of Qin Dynasty, he dared to speak out and remonstrate directly, and he was not afraid at all even when facing the powerful Zhao Gao.
When the officials saw that Feng Jie had taken the initiative, other officials also petitioned Su Mingzhe to withdraw his order.
Seeing everyone agreeing with Feng Jie, Su Mingzhe's eyes flashed with a hint of displeasure, but he still patiently explained:
"That Xiang Yu is a dragon and a phoenix among men. He is brave enough to fight against the Qin Dynasty. After the cavalry rebelled against the Qin Dynasty, he repeatedly defeated the many with less. If you want to defeat him, you must find a general who is more brave than him to fight and defeat him. Otherwise, we can only rely on several times the force to suppress it step by step and encircle it."
"It is true that General Han Xin used his troops like a god, but he only had 200,000 troops under his command, and he lacked brave men..."
After hearing Su Mingzhe's reasons, Feng Jie responded directly:
"Your Majesty, since Xiang Yu has the courage of ten thousand men, your Majesty cannot take any risks!"
Su Mingzhe: "..."
Well, this Feng Jie is worthy of being a censor. He is indeed sharp-tongued and sharp-tongued, and he actually used his own words to attack himself!
With Feng Jie stopping him, Su Mingzhe thought for a moment and could only do the next best thing:
"Since I can't lead the expedition myself, Zhou Bo and Wang Li have accepted the order. With an army of 400,000, you will quickly support Han Xin. After arriving at Kuaiji County, everything will be subject to Han Xin's command and no specialization will be allowed!"
"I accept the decree!"
Zhou Bo and Wang Li hurriedly attended to receive the decree.
They are not like Feng Jie, who dares to confront Su Mingzhe, the King of Han.
Later, the prime minister and the three ministers and nine ministers began to discuss where to dispatch the 400,000 troops and what to do with the food, grass and weapons.
The matter was discussed until Haishi, when all the ministers resigned.
Turn around.
After sending Zhou Bo and Wang Li away, Su Mingzhe no longer paid attention to the conquest of Xiang Yu.
Nowadays, the Han Dynasty occupies all the counties and counties north of the Huaihe River. It can be said that the territory is vast, but the population is only more than 17 million people.
Because the population is too small, it is difficult to do anything.
For this reason, Su Mingzhe had to issue more than a dozen policies to encourage fertility.
For example, cancel Dingkou Fu.
For another example, Da Qin originally had to collect 60% of the land tax, but if you have one child, it will be reduced by 10%. If you have six children, you will be exempted from the land tax.