The queen must start from the head

Chapter 267
Xiancheng Palace.

In the past few days, Liu Bang stayed in the Qin Palace, enjoying an unparalleled luxury life, as happy as a fairy.

His brother-in-law Fan Kuai is straightforward. The latter feels that the world has not yet been completely settled, and Liu Bang started to indulge so early. How is this different from the second emperor who was killed by Zhao Gao?

So Fan Kui kindly persuaded his lord and brother-in-law, wanting him to suspend his enjoyment.

However, Liu Bang has just tasted the sweetness of wealth at this moment, how can he give up easily?
He didn't take Fan Kuai's words to heart at all.

As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

Seeing that Liu Bang was about to indulge in the extravagant and enjoyable life in front of him, Zhang Liang stepped forward at this time.

He first unhurriedly analyzed the reason why Emperor II was killed to Liu Bang, and then told the other party that King Huai had agreed with everyone that "the one who enters Guanzhong first is the king".

Now, although Liu Bang is one step ahead of him, what will Xiang Yu, who is one step behind him, think?What would other princes from all walks of life think of Liu Bang?
Would these people just sit back and watch you occupy the Qin Palace and let you enjoy the wealth of generations here?

Zhang Liang's words finally woke Liu Bang up.

He can still listen to the words of his counselor.

So under the arrangement of Zhang Liang, Xiao He and others, Liu Bang ordered the Qin Palace to be closed and retreated to garrison Bashang.

He also took the initiative to summon the elders and heroes around Xiancheng, discussing the abolition of the original cruel Qin law, and instead made three chapters with them.

Liu Bang, who appeared in front of people at this time, looked stable, honest and very credible.

Facing these heroes and elders of the Qin land, Liu Bang said sincerely, "I know that you have suffered from the Qin law for a long time! The Qin law is harsh and inhumane, and it should be abolished. Today, I, Liu Ji, want to make three chapters with you. In the future, no matter who Follow these three rules."

When everyone heard this, they thought that Liu Bang was going to set rules in front of them, and they all listened with their ears up.

Just listen to Liu Bang continue to say, "First, anyone who kills without reason shall be sentenced to death. Second, those who intentionally injure others must pay for their own actions. Third, those who steal and steal should also be sentenced to corresponding crimes. Only These three rules, as long as I, Liu Ji, stay here for a day, I am willing to abide by these three rules with you. I also hope that all the elders and heroes can abide by Ji!"

Everyone was a little puzzled when they heard it.

An old man asked, "Is it just these three rules?"

Liu Bang nodded and replied, "There are only these three rules."

The elders didn't have time to look at each other, they couldn't help applauding in their hearts.

The other party invited these people to come here, and only set up these three rules, but I didn't expect that these three rules were all for the sake of the people of Qin!It seems that Liu Bang is indeed a benevolent lord.

Moreover, the wealth in the Palace of King Qin was piled up like a mountain, and he didn't see him taking any of it. Instead, he closed the palace to prevent people from moving it.

Now that he is returning to Bashang again, he does not disturb the people or do bad things, which is enough to show his respect for them, the common people of Qin.

Yes, Liu Bang is indeed a good person.

After everyone listened to Liu Bang's words, thoughts surged in their hearts and they praised him one after another.

Everyone unanimously stated that they would resolutely support the three chapters of the contract with Liu Bang.

Liu Bang saw that this method was indeed effective in winning people's hearts, and then sent additional people to the surrounding counties and towns to convey to them the three chapters of the agreement.

Knowing that their family no longer had to follow the strict Qin laws, many people even spontaneously sent food and wine to comfort Liu Bang's army.

You must know that the former Great Qin State chose to rule the country by force, implementing a set of extremely harsh and even cruel laws.

For example, someone is lazy today and does not want to go to the same place to take out the garbage, so he throws the garbage on the roadside.

At this time, the inspectors passed by and discovered the matter, and called the man to question.

After confirming that the garbage was thrown by this person, you can draw out the knife.

What are you doing with your sword?
chop hands.

People who litter on the side of the road must have their hands chopped off once they are found.

And this person has no hands, and the person is equivalent to useless.

Among the Qin laws, criminal laws such as chopping off hands, cutting off ears, cutting off noses, gouging out eyes, and cracking cars are not the most cruel laws.

The most cruel crime is undoubtedly the crime of "sitting consecutively".

This crime not only kills the person, but also kills the heart.

For example, a brother of a certain person committed a crime, and the latter fled to this person for safety.

At this time, this person must immediately report and expose his brother who committed the crime.

If he can't bear it himself, the neighbors next door to him will also suffer because of his momentary soft-heartedness.

Those who do not report adultery will be punished by being cut in half.

If one person makes a mistake and does not report it, the other ten families will also be punished.

Once this person's incident becomes serious, not only will the neighbors get into trouble, but even the villagers will be punished.

Someone from the top will come to reprimand and punish the leader of this village, asking him why he reported everything that happened in other villages, but why did the people in your village conceal and report what happened?
Your attitude is very dishonest!

The integrity situation between people is very bad. What about mutual trust?
I think you should stop being Lizheng!
In this regard, Li Zheng could only say nothing.

From this we can see how terrible the method of "continuous sitting" is.

One is that the scope of continuous sitting is wide, and the other is that the scope of reporting is wide.

In fact, the function of reporting is not limited to people who are not related by blood. It is more used to supervise one's relatives and prevent people from "hiding each other", that is, they are afraid that relatives will cover up each other and cover up criminals.

So, if your wife committed a crime, you should report it; if your child committed a crime, you should report it; if your old parents committed a crime, you should also report it...

In this way, even between relatives, daily life will become like walking on thin ice, for fear that if I do something wrong, my close relatives will betray me in a blink of an eye.

Now Liu Bang announced the abolition of all the complicated and strict Qin laws in the past, and only replaced them with three chapters of the contract.

How can such good news not make countless people rejoice?

So everyone brought wine, meat and food to comfort Liu Bang's army.

And how could Liu Bang, who had successfully won over people's hearts, care about these petty profits?

To do great things, you must do it openly and beautifully!

So he chose to reject the condolences from the people, saying that everyone's life is not easy, and every household should take everything back!

And the soldiers in our army have something to eat, even if they don't have food, they can't eat the food of ordinary people!
When the people heard this, they were even more moved.

Many elders and heroes with status in the county and village even discussed in secret, saying that Liu Bang must be the future king of the Qin land!

If he is not the king, then who can guarantee the future life of these people?

Right now, Liu Bang has attracted the hearts of many people in Qin, and the entire luck has completely turned golden yellow, with colorful rays of light shining in it.

It's just that this golden luck is still in the shape of mist, constantly flowing and surging in the column of luck.

Mu Lian, who had always been secretly observing Liu Bang, knew that Liu Bang was now lucky enough to become the king, but he still lacked a righteousness, a legitimate opportunity for him to become the king.

At this time, after Liu Bang stationed his troops in Bashang, the news of Xiang Yu's complete victory in the Battle of Julu also came immediately.

Knowing that Xiang Yu not only killed 20 surrendered soldiers of the Qin army, but was now supported by various princes as the "general of the princes" and personally led an army of 40 towards Hangu Pass, the gateway to Xiancheng of the Qin Dynasty, Liu Bang couldn't help but feel a little bit Panic.

At this time, someone advised him, saying that Hangu Pass was easy to defend and difficult to attack, so he only needed to send people to guard Hangu Pass to prevent Xiang Yu and others from entering.

Moreover, this person claimed that he heard rumors that the reason why Zhang Han surrendered to Xiang Yu was because Xiang Yu agreed to let him be the king of Guanzhong.

In this way, Liu Bang's current position will definitely not be guaranteed, so he must make plans early.

Liu Bang felt that what this man said was reasonable, so he immediately sent someone to station at Hangu Pass.

But Mu Lian, who was standing in the void, looked down at the person who was admonishing Liu Bang, and a bad omen suddenly appeared in her heart.

She raised her hand and pinched her fingers to count, and after counting the person's heels, her eyes turned cold involuntarily.

It seems that some people who are hiding behind, seeing the time is ripe, want to pick peaches!
snort!If the other party wants to take this luck from her, it depends on whether she agrees or not!

In November, the Chu army who had already arrived at Hangu Pass soon found that they were blocked by Liu Bang's men.

The news that Liu Bang first entered Guanzhong and sent people to guard Hangu Pass reached Xiang Yu's ears, which made him very angry.

In Xiang Yu's view, who is Liu Bang?

When his family rose to fame when he was young, Liu Bang was just a rascal in a remote village!

At the beginning, Liu Bang couldn't even fight a Fengxian County, so he asked his uncle Xiang Liang to borrow [-] soldiers to successfully take Fengxian County.

Afterwards, although the two sides said to join forces to attack Qin, in Xiang Yu's eyes, Liu Bang was just a silly boy who followed his own butt to grab a bite to eat.

But now, this seemingly simple and honest silly boy unknowingly stepped into the pass before him?
It's worth it!

He immediately sent out one of his generals, Yingbu, and ordered him to be the vanguard, telling him to capture Hangu Pass!
Yingbu was sentenced to tattooing for violating the laws of Qin.

When Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled before, he also took advantage of this shareholder wind to launch an uprising in a county town, gathering a team of several thousand people.

Later, he joined Xiang Liang's sect. Because of his bravery and skill in fighting, he made a lot of military exploits, so he was named Dangyang Lord by Chu Huai Wang.

In the previous battle of Julu, Xiang Yu also used this person as the vanguard, and after a few small victories on the other side, he led his army across the river and broke the boat.

At this time, Yingbu was ordered to take down Hangu Pass.

Since this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, he led a team from a hidden path around to the rear of Hangu Pass defenders, caught the opponent by surprise, and successfully won this pass.

After the gate of Hangu Pass was opened, Xiang Yu's army, together with various princes, began to enter the pass and march towards Xiancheng.

In December, Xiang Yu's army had approached Liu Bang's army, and Xiang Yu planned to attack Liu Bang.

Right now Liu Bang's army is only 40, while Xiang Yu has [-] troops.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that if there is a war between the two sides.

Then Liu Bang's army is like hitting a rock with an egg. It only needs a "click" to break the egg.

It is a form that everyone can see, and Liu Bang himself knows it.

At this time, he was also very anxious, discussing countermeasures with his subordinates.

However, he did not expect that someone in his own camp who knew the situation was not right, and secretly sent someone to the Chu army's camp to report him to Xiang Yu.

The visitor claimed that Liu Bang was eager to enter the pass because he wanted to become king in the pass and take all the gold and silver treasures in the Qin Palace for himself.And he deliberately didn't kill Ziying who surrendered to him, the purpose is to use him as a prime minister.

So if General Xiang Shang wants to take action, please don't hesitate!
After the visitor left, Xiang Yu also fell into deep thought.

He has always looked down on such snitches.

A man should not change his name or surname in his career, be brave in his actions, and be open and aboveboard. If that Zuo Sima named Cao Wushang really wanted to surrender to him, why didn't he come in person, instead he sent someone to come secretly?
Could there be fraud in this matter?

After Xiang Yu thought about it, he decided to ask his younger brother, Fan Zeng, for advice.

The two sat on the ground again.

After hearing Xiang Yu's reason for coming, Fan Zeng also looked solemn.

He slowly opened his mouth and said, "I remember that when Peigong established a territory in his hometown, he would also covet the beautiful women and gold and silver treasures. But now, after he entered Guanzhong, he closed the palace and took nothing. The first reason for this move is that he has expert advice behind him, and the second is that this person's ambition is not small. I am afraid that a mere Xiancheng city will not be able to satisfy his appetite."

Xiang Yu asked aloud, "Yafu means that Liu Bang really wants to be king in Guanzhong?"

Fan Zeng nodded.

"That's right. Moreover, I have watched this person's luck recently, and found that his luck is in the shape of a dragon and a tiger, and it is even more colorful, with golden luck that symbolizes the master. Yu'er, I suggest you kill this person as soon as possible , so as not to leave any trouble in the future.”

Xiang Yu also nodded in agreement when he heard the words.

"Then I will reward the soldiers tomorrow, and then lead the troops to break through Liu Bang's camp!"

At this time, Xiang Bo, who was guarding outside the tent, was shocked when he heard the conversation between the two.

If Xiang Yu wanted to kill that Pei Gong Liu Bang, wouldn't those people under the other party also suffer?

not good!

He also has a close friend who is working under Pei Gong.

He had to remind this person to run away quickly.

Thinking back, he committed a crime in a country and was almost sentenced to death. If that man hadn't saved his life, Uncle Xiang wouldn't be alive today.

After Xiang Yu came out of the camp tent, Xiang Bo returned to his tent to rest as if nothing had happened.

But after nightfall, he hurried to Liu Bang's army overnight.

The people in Liu Bang's army didn't know his origin and stopped him.

When he heard that he wanted to see Mr. Zhang Liang, one of Pei Gong's subordinates, he was asked to wait outside first.

Soon, Zhang Liang hurried over after hearing the news.

After the two old friends met, they chose a quiet place to talk for a long time.

Outsiders couldn't hear what the two of them said.

But when that Xiang Bo came out of the dark, someone saw that the expression on the other party's face seemed to be very complicated.

At this time, Zhang Liang led Xiang Bo to Liu Bang's tent and asked him to wait outside for a while.

When Zhang Liang entered the camp, he looked up and saw Liu Bang walking around restlessly.

The latter already knew that someone came to Zhang Liang overnight, and for some reason had an ominous premonition in his heart.

At this time, when he heard the footsteps of someone entering, he looked up and saw Zhang Liang.

I saw Zhang Liang stepped forward and whispered to him, "Pei Gong, the situation is very bad now. The person outside the door is named Xiang Bo. He is my best friend in the past, and he is also a person close to Xiang Yu. Just now He hurried to find me because he overheard General Xiang and Fan Zeng talking tonight about killing you, Peigong!"

What?Liu Bang was shocked when he heard this.

Xiang Yu wants to kill him?
Now, he only has an army of [-] in his hands, if that Xiang Yu really comes to kill him, how can he stop it!

In desperation, Liu Bang couldn't help but ask Zhang Liang, "Now that the matter has come to this, what should we do?"

Zhang Liang thought for a while and said, "Who advised Pei Gong that day and asked you to send troops to guard Hangu Pass?"

As soon as Liu Bang heard Zhang Liang mention this issue, he suddenly realized that the person who advised him that day probably had no good intentions!Thinking of coming to that guy to be a thief, he must have run away, no wonder he couldn't find him these days.

So he replied angrily, "I was deceived by a despicable person that day, and I listened to his nonsense that as long as I guard the Hangu Pass and prevent Xiang Yu and the army of the princes from entering, I can become king! Otherwise, why would I do it?" Do this?"

Zhang Liang thought for a moment and asked, "Can Pei Gong's current army be as good as General Xiang's?"

Liu Bang shook his head quite self-aware.

How can one hundred thousand be compared to 40?

If it wasn't for this matter, he wouldn't be so worried.

"I can't beat it, I can't beat it, and I don't know what to do now. But what can I do?"

Zhang Liang replied, "Then I'll tell Uncle Xiang that Peigong, you will not betray General Xiang."

Liu Bang asked, "Will this be useful? Who is Xiang Bo, and is he reliable?"

Zhang Liang nodded and said, "Reliable. Uncle Xiang was my friend in the past, and we traveled together in Daqin. He killed a man at that time, and I saved him. The reason why he came to me tonight is because of his kindness from the past. .”

"Then who is older and younger between you and him?"

"Uncle Xiang is older than me."

After thinking for a while, Liu Bang said, "You invite him in for me, and I will treat him like an elder brother."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang turned around and went out, asking Bo Xiang to come in.

As soon as the latter entered the room, he saw Liu Bang welcoming him with a smile on his face.

As the saying goes, reach out and don't hit the smiling person.

Faced with Liu Bang's gracious invitation, Xiang Bo took advantage of the opportunity and sat down with the two of them in the tent.

Just as the three of them started talking, a layer of thick fog suddenly rose from nowhere above Liu Bang's army camp, which immediately covered the moon and plunged the earth into darkness.

At the same time, a huge black shadow rose above the camp where Xiang Yu's Chu army was located.

Two sharp rays of light projected from the black shadow, directly shooting at Liu Bang's barracks, as if they wanted to spy on something.

However, at this moment, a big hand suddenly fell from the sky, slapping away the peeping light from the opposite side.

In the dark night, a wordless sense of depressive tension quietly spread in the air.

(End of this chapter)