Throughout the history of China for thousands of years, heroes have emerged in large numbers in each dynasty, and it can be said that each has led the way for hundreds of years. However, if Pang Gang was asked to name only one person he admired most, it would be Qin Shihuang, who is known as the emperor of the ages.
This figure known as the great statesman, strategist, and reformer in Chinese history is no ordinary figure. He ascended the throne at the age of thirteen, became emperor at the age of thirty-nine, and reigned for thirty-seven years. Qin Shihuang founded the emperor
system, the central government implemented the system of three officials and nine ministers, abolished the feudal system at the local level, implemented the system of prefectures and counties, unified writing, currency, weights and measures, etc., attacked the Xiongnu in the north, conquered Baiyue in the south, and built the Great Wall, laying the foundation for China's territory for thousands of years in later generations.
The basic pattern pushed China into the era of great unification, created a new situation for the establishment of a communist centralized system, had a profound impact on China and world history, and established the basic pattern of China's political system for more than two thousand years. It was cited by thinkers of the Ming Dynasty
Li Zhi is known as "one emperor through the ages".
In Pang Gang's view, those who later generations cursed Qin Shihuang, saying that he burned books and harassed Confucian scholars, were cruel and unethical, are just useless idlers. Qin Shihuang's contribution to the Chinese nation is indelible. Compared with the character in later TV series
After relying on growing sweet potatoes to keep the Chinese people fed on sweet potatoes for a few days, the emperor who shamelessly sang that he would "live for another five hundred years" was many times stronger.
Even later Western scholars marveled at Qin Shihuang's achievements: "Although the Qin Dynasty only lasted fifteen years, the ruling model established by Qin Shihuang has continued. Qin Shihuang was the main designer of China's centralized feudal monarchy for more than two thousand years.
, whose influence is profound and wide-ranging, unmatched by any other subsequent emperors. In the history of the world, there are many emperors who created a huge empire, but their actual influence cannot be compared with Qin Shihuang."
Because of their admiration and admiration for Qin Shihuang, when Wen Renjun, Wang Zhi, Da Zhuang and others came to ask Pang Gang, since Xin has established himself as the king of Zhou, it is natural that the Ming flag symbols and other things can no longer be used. Please
When Pang Gang designated a color as the army's standard color, Pang Gang said the word black without hesitation.
"Black?" Wen Renjun and others glanced at each other. Wen Renjun hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Your Majesty, black belongs to water, and the virtue of water is the color of the pre-Qin Dynasty. I'm afraid it's unknown what we will use it for."
"What an ominous thing!" Pang Gang had always sneered at such a conclusion, and he even swore at him: "What's wrong with Shui De? Don't you just want to say that it's unlucky that Da Qin only existed for a few decades?"
?Did Qin Shihuang leave a legacy of infamy for thousands of years?”
Seeing Pang Gang's displeasure, everyone fell silent. Only Li Yuan muttered in a low voice. "I know you still wear black."
"Nonsense!" Pang Gang got angry, pointed at Li Yuan and cursed: "You know nothing, why is black? Isn't black bad? Then what color do you want to use? Use red like the Ming Dynasty, or like the Ming Dynasty?
Do you want eight colors like the Tatars and make it look like a piece of calico?"
The boss was very angry, and the consequences were very serious. Li Yuan was so frightened that he lowered his head and did not dare to say a word. The rest of the people also stood aside in silence, even breathing carefully.
After getting angry, Pang Gang's anger slowly subsided. He looked at everyone with their heads lowered. He sighed and said: "You guys, the reason why I was angry just now is because you don't know how to adapt. Li
Yuan, let me talk about you first. You said that you are a grown-up man and have not read a few books. How did you know that Qin Shihuang was a bad guy? Who did you listen to?
And you, Wen Renjun, you can be considered a person who has read a lot of poetry and books. Why do you believe what everyone else says? What did Qin Shihuang do to you? He burned down your house or snatched your wife. Why are you so unkind?
How about seeing him? Didn’t he just burn books and humiliate scholars, and then killed more than 460 scholars? As for making you scold him for more than a thousand years? Let’s not talk about anything else. Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty killed Fang Xiaoru’s family and ten clans
There were more than 460 people there at that time, so why don't I see you scolding others like this?"
Pang Gang shouted a series of questions and scolded Wen Renjun until he was speechless. Qin Shihuang only killed more than 400 scholars and has been scolded by the world for more than a thousand years. But which emperor in the past dynasties killed fewer scholars than him?
I have never seen anyone be scolded for so long. The great poet Li Bai even wrote a poem to praise Qin Shihuang. What about "The king of Qin swept the country, how heroic is the tiger's gaze. Swing the sword to cut through the floating clouds, and the princes will come to the west..."
.." Isn't this the best proof?
After scolding everyone, no one was dissatisfied with the newly established Zhou Army using black as the standard color. In the end, Pang Gang decided to use the white tiger flag as the flag of his own army. The white tiger is located in the west and belongs to
Gold. When the Lord of Gold kills enemies, it is best to use it as a military flag.
After the discussion results came out, the Zhou army under Pang Gang officially changed its color to black and used the white tiger flag as the symbol of the army. Originally, Wen Renjun and others requested that the government officials under the Zhou Dynasty also be included.
Reform, but Pang Gang thought about it but rejected the proposal. After all, his current territory was too small. If he changed his official position again, it would only make people laugh.
After changing the colors and flags of the army, the next thing Pang Gang has to do is to discuss the issue of expanding his territory. Now that Pang Gang has more than 8 million taels of silver that Lin Feng brought back from Opalo, his pockets are very deep.
Yes, then the issue of military expansion again is on the agenda.
Looking at the people sitting neatly at the bottom, Pang Gang said: "Okay, let's discuss it. We now have money, and we now have territory in three provinces. The current 100,000 troops can be defended, but if we want to fight with
I'm afraid it's not enough for the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty to fight for the world. How many more troops should we recruit?"
Wen Renjun thought for a while and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, I think that if we want to fight for the world, it is absolutely impossible without an army of more than 500,000. With our current strength, we will have to recruit more troops."
, but we currently don’t have that many troops.”
"Five hundred thousand!" Pang Gang laughed and said: "My Lord Wen, you really dare to think that an army of five hundred thousand fell from the sky, not to mention whether you can recruit an army of five hundred thousand.
Even if we can really recruit an army of 500,000, we can't afford it now. Judging from our current financial resources, raising 200,000 to 250,000 is already our limit, unless we can quickly occupy the Jiangnan provinces and
The financial resources of several provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have been transformed quickly, so that we can support an army of five to six million people, otherwise you wouldn't even think about it."
Li Yuan couldn't help but speak again, "Two hundred thousand is two hundred thousand. I think that if we have an army of 200,000 or 250,000, it will be enough to regain Jiangnan!"
"No!"
When he heard Li Yuan shouting about regaining Jiangnan, Wen Renjun hurriedly stopped him, "General Li, you can't be confused. Do you know that since we have occupied Henan, Hubei and Shandong provinces, why don't we cut off the water transportation channels?"
The reason is that we are afraid that the imperial court will jump over the wall and mobilize all the soldiers and horses from all nine sides to deal with us, which will inevitably lead to a loss of life and several provinces in Henan will inevitably be reduced to ruins."
"Let's fight. Aren't we afraid of him?" Li Yuan was afraid of Pang Gang, but he was not afraid of Wen Renjun, a white-faced scholar. He stared: "Don't say we can continue to recruit troops, even with our current situation
Even if the imperial court comes with 200,000 troops, we don’t have to be afraid of him at all."
"Aren't you afraid?" Wen Renjun sneered: "If the Tatars take the opportunity to swarm into the pass while we are fighting a bloody battle with the Ming Dynasty, how can we resist it?"
"Tatars entering the customs?" Li Yuan was speechless now, and after thinking for a while he said with some doubts: "No way, is the imperial court just letting the Tatars enter the customs just to fight with us?"
Seeing Li Yuan's appearance, Pang Gang on the side couldn't help but shook his head in disappointment. Even though Li Yuan had become a legion commander commanding an army of 20,000 troops, his strategic vision was still so unimproved. It seemed that he was incapable of improving in this position.
It's the end. If we put a heavier burden on him, it will actually harm him.
Pang Gang sighed and waved his hand: "Okay, don't argue about this matter. Now the Ming Dynasty is a huge target. The Tatars, bandits and everyone are staring at them. Although we have set up a separate mountain, we are still on the mountain.
In their eyes, it is still not as useful as the Ming Dynasty, and the imperial court is standing in the way, so we can sit here and plot others in peace. Otherwise, think about it, if the bandits and Tatars all swarm towards us.
Come here, what is going on in our three provinces?"
Hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but shudder, "Yes, if our territory borders the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, and the bandits continue to make trouble with us, can we still develop with peace of mind? I'm afraid there will be smoke everywhere, even if
If we can drive out the Tatars and bandits, I'm afraid the pots and jars at home will be smashed to pieces, right?"
Li Yuan suddenly realized and said: "That's why you don't want us to cut off the imperial court's water transportation, right?"
Pang Gang looked at Li Yuan with a half-smile, his meaning was obvious, you are finally not beyond hope.
"Your Majesty, if we recruit troops this time, can we afford them?"
Wen Renjun is a civil servant, and he is most concerned about people's livelihood. Now Shandong Province has an army of 100,000 people, plus tens of thousands of naval forces, which is already operating at full capacity. If the army is expanded further, he is very afraid of not being able to provide food support.
Come on.
"It doesn't matter." Pang Gang seemed very confident, "Don't forget, Hubei, this geomantic treasure land, is now in our hands. The two lakes have been major producers of grain since ancient times. Although Hubei has been looted by rogue bandits, many things
They have all been destroyed, but the advantage is also very obvious, that is, the original gentry and wealthy households have also been looted by them. When we do anything in the future, there will be much less resistance. After the spring begins, we will immediately mobilize our manpower to start rebuilding.
After measuring the land and dividing it among households, if you work hard for a year, you will have enough food!"
Pang Gang looked out the window at the snow that had melted a lot, with a confident smile on his face... (To be continued)
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