Shang County was the first stop for Heifu and his party after entering the customs. Shang County was also called "the land of Shang Yu". It belonged to Jin in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because it was located above the Luoshui River, it was also called Shangluo. Later Jin Dynasty After the country was divided into three parts, the land of Shang returned to the State of Wei. Wei Yang entered Qin to preside over the reform and began to counterattack the State of Wei. He captured this area and was granted the title of "Shang Yang" by Qin Xiaogong to Shang in fifteen cities.
Now more than a hundred years have passed in Shang County, but Shang Yang's tomb and relics cannot be found at all.
"Maybe it will end badly."
Heifu walked around the county and thought to himself.
Although Shang Yang's reforms strengthened the Qin Dynasty, it offended the prince Qian, the prince, and the public family, not to mention that he still occupied Shang Yu's land of 600 miles, which is equivalent to one-third of Qin's territory. Qin Xiaogong indeed fulfilled his promise His promise of "dividing the country", but once Xiaogong dies, all of this will become the thing that kills Shang Yang...
If Shang Yang had calmly been bound and died like in the TV series, he might have become a saint who died for the law. Unfortunately, as far as Heifu knew, Shang Yang's final struggle seemed a bit ugly and stupid.
When King Huiwen of Qin came to the throne and Prince Qian and his group wanted to liquidate him, Shang Yang's first reaction was to run away. As a result, he was turned away from the guest house because he did not bring his inheritance, so there was an idiom about self-restraint.
Shang Yang finally managed to cross the border and returned to the state of Wei with a forged test report. However, the people of Wei resented that he deceived his close friend Gongzi Ang and killed countless Wei people. They refused to take him in, and even deliberately drove him back to the state of Qin. .
Shang Yang was able to endure the hardships. He returned to the fiefdom from outside the river of Wei State, gathered his subordinates, mobilized the soldiers in the city, and attacked Xianyang to the north, seeking the last way out.
But this desperate struggle was quickly extinguished by the Qin State. Shang Yang was killed in the rebellion and was sentenced to quartering his body with five horses. The whole family was executed by the clan, and there was still a saying that "there is no better rebel than Shang Yang!" Warning, add a bloody case to Qin Luli's crime of rebellion.
Fortunately, King Huiwen of Qin was wise, and even though Shang Yang died, Qin's laws were not abolished. Otherwise, there would not have been the King of Qin's campaign to suppress the emperor today.
"From the day Shang Yang established laws and regulations for Qin, his fate was destined."
If Heifu understands, Shang Yang's defeat was due to the fact that he made too many political enemies and had too deep grudges, which caused him to lose the upper echelons, and did not make the Qin people at the bottom feel loved. When Shang Yang died, no one in the Qin people had pity on him. Of.
On the other hand, his authority is completely dependent on the King of Qin, and the laws and regulations of the Qin State are also built around the monarch. Neither the King of Qin nor the laws of Qin will allow a large feudal lord who occupies a large area to exist. Qin Xiaogong When he was in power, he trusted him, but once he was replaced by another monarch, he would be killed quickly.
"Too much reliance on the monarch, too much effort to serve the country, and no hesitation to make enemies on all sides will be as dangerous as the morning dew. In the end, the monarch will collapse and his ministers will die, as happened with Shang Yang and Wu Qi..."
With this realization, Heifu left Shang County the next day and continued traveling northwest.
They were still taking the Wuguan Road, which opened along the north side of the Danshui River Valley. It was not really wide. Many sections of the road were rocky and rugged, and the road was narrow. What was even worse was that there were many cars and horses along the way.
Fortunately, Heifu has a higher title, so most people would make way for him. Fortunately, it is not summer and autumn, otherwise the river would rise and the roads would often be washed away.
This terrible journey experience did not come to an end until they passed the pass and crossed the remaining Qinling Mountains. After crossing the pass, the front suddenly opened up. Farmland and houses became densely packed, and a stream of water rushed down from the remaining Qinling Mountains to the northwest. Flow slowly.
This water is Ba Shui. The upper reaches of Ba Shui are very clear and cold to the touch. Looking from a distance, there are many people on the river bed digging for something with tools by the water. When you get closer, you can see that there are patches of light blue. The colorful jade mine, with the sun shining on it, looks hazy like cooking smoke, which is amazing...
"The next most beautiful thing to jade is blue."
Heifu pointed to the looming bustling county town on the other side of Ba River, and said to his cousin and charioteer Sang Mu: "Lantian is here!"
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"You don't believe it, but a hundred years ago, Chu State attacked this place."
While resting by the water, Heifu told the charioteer Sangmu about the allusion he heard from Zhang Han, a man from Guanzhong, when he was in the army.
Even though Sang Mu is an honest person, he was shocked and a little unbelievable.
"Lord, this is already the hinterland of Guanzhong. We came from Nanjun and passed through several dangerous passes. It took us more than a month. How could the Chu army reach here!?"
"Absolutely true."
"At that time, Qin Prime Minister Zhang Yi deceived King Chu Huai and promised to cede six hundred miles of land to the Chu State. King Chu Huai believed it and broke off diplomatic relations with Qi. However, Zhang Yi said that he only promised six miles of land to Chu..."
"Then King Huai of Chu is really stupid."
Sang Mu couldn't stop laughing. Although he was from Western Chu in Nan County, he no longer had any sense of belonging to Chu. When authentic Chu people mentioned King Huai of Chu, they all pitied him as if he were a relative. In history, Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew took advantage of the Chu people. With this kind of mentality, another "King Huai of Chu" came out.
But in the eyes of Heifu, Sangmu and others, King Huai of Chu could not be described with any other words except stupidity.
In short, after being deceived by Zhang Yi, King Huai of Chu was furious and launched a large army to attack Qin. As a result, he was defeated by Chu Liji in Danyang. Eighty thousand Chu troops were beheaded. Chu General Qu and more than seventy generals were either dead or captured. Hanzhong was also taken away by King Qin.
King Huai of Chu was unwilling to accept the defeat. After the defeat of Danyang, he mobilized all the princes from all over the country and continued to attack Qin. As a result, the Qin army lured the enemy deep and allowed them to cross Wuguan and fight all the way to Lantian. Seeing that Xianyang was in sight, it was a very dangerous situation. To destroy Qin, unexpectedly, the Qin army set up an ambush and the entire Chu army was annihilated...
It once used the power of a single country to compete with the King of Zhou and the Xia of the Central Plains. During the Warring States Period, Chu was one of the three most powerful states in the world. It began to decline from the battles of Danyang and Lantian.
It's no wonder that Qu Yuan was so sad. He happened to be born at a point when the Chu State was in decline.
It was still mid-January, and it was still early before the deadline to enter Xianyang. Heifu made the convoy take a small turn. He wanted to take a look at the old battlefield of Lantian, but unexpectedly, before he could get close, he was stopped by a group of patrolling Qin soldiers. Stopped.
After some inquiries, Heifu found out that the old battlefield ahead was now the headquarters of the "Lieutenant's Army".
He had done his homework before entering the Pass, so he knew that Qin's territory in Guanzhong was garrisoned by three armies.
Among them, the Langzhong Lingjun, who Heifu is most likely going to take office, is the personal guard officer corps of the King of Qin. There are 700 Langguan and 3,000 Langwei stationed in the palace.
There is also a Weiwei Army, responsible for the defense and public security of Xianyang City and its suburbs, with a strength of 10,000.
In addition, there is the Lieutenant Army. As a garrison in the Neishi area, the Lieutenant Army is divided into several captains. Not only are Wuguan Commandant and Hangu Commandant guarding the passes, but there are also Lantian Commandant, Linjin Commandant, and Yong Commandant. The number of county captains, etc. shall not be less than 50,000.
This area is Captain Lantian's camp, and Heifu and the others almost broke into the military restricted area.
Fortunately, he was just unintentional and had the identity of Zuo Shuzhang, so he only received a few words of warning from the lieutenant and then let them leave.
Heifu looked back in the car and saw from a distance that the camp of Lieutenant Lantian's army was in order, with flags fluttering, and the sound of soldiers training could be heard constantly. They must be one of the more elite troops of the Qin State.
They were stationed in Lantian, presumably to prevent the Chu army from attacking this place from happening again a hundred years ago.
It's a pity that in history, the Qin State's defenses were breached all the way from Wuguan to Lantian.
And he’s still from the Chu country…
After this little episode, they continued to go north along the Ba River. When they got here, they entered the suburbs of Xianyang. However, they saw that this place was covered with flat plains, thousands of miles of yellow soil, and vast fertile fields. It was the busy season for spring plowing, and all the old Qin people in Guanzhong were in the fields.
Busy work.
This year has been a good year. There has been plenty of rain in the spring. The winter wheat in the fields is already lush and green. When the wind blows, the tender green wheat seedlings are undulating. In those bare fields, millet and beetroot have also been planted. The ditches beside the fields are also scattered.
The water conservancy project repaired by the government can divert Ba water here to irrigate crops.
As far as Heifu saw, almost every family used oxen for plowing. I didn't know whether it was their own oxen or borrowed from the village.
He heard that Guanzhong has abundant water conservancy and cattle farming. With intensive farming, the yield per mu is twice that of Nanjun! Half of the rations eaten by the Qin army in conquering Wei and Chu were transported out of Guanzhong. He didn't know that Ye Teng came to serve as internal historian.
, can the implementation of compost retting method bring Guanzhong's grain output to a higher level?
When they passed by, the farmers in the fields sang simple Qin opera folk songs while sowing seeds...
"The king's government is unremitting day and night. He is concerned about the head of Guizhou and is diligent and capable. He eliminates doubts and establishes the law. Xian Zhi has developed it. He goes to the countryside and eliminates the poor, and the head of Guizhou becomes rich."
Although they were all words of praise, everyone still had the energy to sing, which showed that they had enough to eat on weekdays. Moreover, although everyone's face was tanned by the sun and was as bronze as a black husband, they were all filled with smiles.
They were both happy that the war could come to an end, and the people in the suburbs of the capital were also proud to be at the feet of the emperor. They all shouted hello to foreigners passing by.
"Why are these farmers so angry? In Nan County, spring plowing is over and they just want to lie down in the grass and sleep. How can they still have the strength to shout?" Sang Mu couldn't figure it out and asked Heifu.
"Don't underestimate these farmers, maybe just call one of them and his title will be higher than yours!"
After following Heifu for more than two years, Sangmu's title gradually increased. Now that it was not changing, he didn't believe it. When he stopped to drink his horse, he asked the old farmer chatting in the pavilion.
As a result, the old farmer looked at this unsophisticated outsider with contempt, and said with a strong Qin accent with a smile: "Official official."
This time Sang Mu was convinced.
Heifu said to him: "The children of Guanzhong have been fighting for more than a hundred years. After several generations of fighting, it will be a big deal even if each generation is upgraded to a level."
"I think his family is also very wealthy."
Yan couldn't help but start talking about Xiao Jiujiu, and suddenly felt that the two thousand kilograms of brown sugar pulled in the car would definitely be sold at a good price in Xianyang and Guanzhong!
After walking through dozens of wealthy villages where chickens and dogs were heard, a wooden bridge with stone piers across the Ba River appeared in front of the group of people...
The bridge is a hundred steps long. There is a towering ornate watch at the bridge head. Each stone pier on the bridge is carved with various auspicious animals. Looking at the other side, you can see that there are five miles of embankments and thousands of willow trees planted. It is so spectacular.
Several officials from Guanzhong who had been with them since they came from Lantian enthusiastically introduced to Heifu: "This is Baqiao. After crossing Baqiao, then crossing the Wei River from Bashang, Xianyang will be right in front of you!"
However, just when a group of people were about to board the bridge, a heavily armed group of men and horses came from the west bank of Bashui. They all had serious expressions, wore armor and swords, and had strong bows and crossbows mounted on the bridge. Judging from their flags, it turned out to be
The "Weiwei Army" guarding Xianyang!
More than a thousand guardsmen occupied Baqiao and declared that Baqiao was under martial law today and would not be accessible until the afternoon!
"The guards are all out. Could it be that King Qin is out?"
Heifu's eyelids twitched, and he saw that the leading Qin general looked familiar again. When he got closer, he saw that it was his old boss from the battle to destroy Wei, Yang Xiong!
However, Yang Xiong, who used to be so high and mighty in the past, looked at his appearance and his title was only Zuo Shu Zhang, and he had been overtaken by Hei Fu!
