After all, they are all people with families, and Liu Laosan had instructions before his death, although they were not very reluctant, Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Xiahou Ying and others finally chose to escort Liu Laosan's body to the north and took the initiative to ask to surrender to the Han army. It's just that out of years of affection, Cao Shen and others did not really cut off Liu Laosan's head, but handed Liu Laosan's body intact to the Han Army, hoping that a miracle would appear, so that Liu Laosan could be buried with a whole corpse.

At this point, Cao Shen and Zhou Bo and others are of course worrying about the sky, no need to explain any reason, Xiang Kang of course chose to treat Liu Laosan's body and family well, not only under the pretext of rewarding Liu Laosan for his anti-Qin merits, ordered Liu Laosan to be buried back to Fengyi Zuqi with the gift of a marquis, but also named Liu Laosan's two sons Liu Fei and Liu Ying as Langzhong, so that they can receive a good education in order to become officials in the future, and gave the old Liu family 300 households, so that Liu Laosan's family does not have to worry about food and clothing.

In this regard, Cao Shen and Zhou Bo, who were close to Liu Laosan, were of course very surprised and grateful, but what surprised them even more was that Xiang Kang not only gave them official positions, but also let them continue to lead the army, and their magnanimity and trust made the Han army civil and military couldn't help but be amazed, Cao Shen and Zhou Bo and others were surprised, but also hated Xiang Kang, and began to gradually accept their new identity.

Even Zhou Bo and Cao Shen, Liu Laosan's sworn friends, chose to surrender, of course, not to mention Xiang Kang's cousins Xiang Xian and Xiang Dian, Xiang Guan had just brought the news of Xiang Yu's death to Pengcheng, and after crying bitterly, Xiang Xian and Xiang Dian accepted Xiang Guan's persuasion without hesitation, and before Xiang Kang led the army to Pengcheng, he led the Pengcheng defenders to change the red Han army banner, and when Xiang Kang arrived in Pengcheng, he accompanied the two uncles out of the city for thirty miles to meet Xiang Kang, The children of the Xiang family, who are still alive, were finally reunited after a few years, hugging their heads and crying.

After a period of time, relying on the unremitting efforts of the Han army soldiers, the corpses of Xiang Bo and Xiang You's father and son were finally found, and Xiang Kang, who still hated Xiang Bo so much, also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly made Xiang Bo and Xiang You marquis in tears, and generously sent the self-inflicted father and son back to Xiang County's hometown for burial, and let them go to the ancestors of the old Xiang family to accept the reprimand and punishment of the ancestors of the Xiang family.

As for Xiang Yu, Xiang Kang, who has always been generous to the dead, in addition to burying him in Pei County as a duke, also named his son a marquis, gave him 3,000 households, moved to Xianyang to live in the palace of Tongzong, and raised him as a mascot.

During this period, the local officials of the Western Chu Army of course flew to Xiang Kang like snowflakes, and Sima Huan Chu, the great commander of the Western Chu Army, who was still confronting Zhong Liwu in Dingtao and Zhong Liwu, also accepted the persuasion of the Han army's envoy to surrender, and led 30,000 defenders to surrender to Zhong Liwu, who had only 20,000 troops, in exchange for Xiang Kang's generous feudal feud and gifts, and also saved the precious lives of tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Chu and Han armies.

Of course, there is also a disgusting thing about Xiang Kang, Xiang Yu's Jiangdong Huiji County garrison didn't know what medicine he had taken wrong, and he even said that he would not accept the persuasion of the Han army to surrender, fortunately, the degree of development of Jiangdong in this era was not high, and the population, money and food were far from being the opponents of the Central Plains, plus Xiang Yu's old opponent Song Yi had already rebelled against Western Chu at the end of the day, and after receiving the news, he took the initiative to send his son Song Xiang to the north to ask for surrender, and voluntarily asked to change the banner of the Han army to accept the Han army to cross the river to fight, so it was only a matter of time before the Han army pacified Jiangdong, It is also easy to do this by sending a detachment division.

In the end, Peng Yue, who walked out of the dense forest, was also a little greedy, and even asked Chen Ying and Lu Qing to go out for an interview to visit Xiang Kang, wanting Xiang Kang to choose a Chu royal family and then be crowned the king of Chu, and rebuild the Chu State again so that his self-styled Chu minister could live up to his name, Xiang Kang of course categorically rejected this, but for the sake of Peng Yue's great merit, Xiang Kang still named Peng Yue as the Marquis of Chen, led the food of the four counties, and moved him to Chen County to be a rich man. Dispersed to various places as officials.

Tian Guang and Tian Heng, who proclaimed themselves the king of Qi and Qi Xiang, wanted to surrender Xiang Kang very much, and were willing to sacrifice Langya and Jiaodong to only lead Linzi County, Xiang Kang of course did not hesitate to refuse their request, under the pretext that Tian Heng's uncle and nephew rebelled against him, and decisively ordered the Han army general Zhu Jishi to launch a battle to destroy Qi, and completely eradicate the two time bombs of Tian Heng's uncle and nephew. After spending several months, he finally completely pacified Qi and killed the ambitious Tian Heng's uncle and nephew.

During this period, there was no need for Xiang Kang to open his mouth to hint at anything, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang and other cronies had already gone around in tandem, instigating the Han army and Zhao Xie, Yingbu, Zang Tu and other princes and kings to persuade and beg Xiang Kang to ascend the throne and claim the emperor, and command the world with the emperor's honor.

Needless to say, Xiang Kang, who was extremely hypocritical, of course repeatedly refused, and in the end, when he really couldn't shirk it, Xiang Kang reluctantly accepted the repeated invitations of his courtiers, and decided to ascend the throne in Dingtao and build an altar to officially become the emperor.

In a short time, when Xiang Kang officially ascended the throne, the time was already March of the second year of the Han army's destruction of Chu, and during this period, relying on Xiang Kang's own hard work, the beautiful concubines who were recruited from all over the country had also given birth to four sons and three daughters to Xiang Kang, so that Xiang Kang had enough heirs to be crowned king, and temporarily adopted a political system of centralization and sub-feudal system in parallel with the local customs. - This is to blame for the deep-rooted feudal system left over from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and Xiang Kang had to temporarily subordinate.

After the official grand and brief enthronement ceremony, the internal division of the Han army also began, there is no doubt that Zhou Zeng, who has been staying in the rear of Guanzhong, was of course named the left prime minister, and the first person in the Han army, Zhou Shuling, also became the only duke of Xiang Kangfeng, with 20,000 households, and the fief was half of Hedong County, including Yanchi, and his daughter was also designated by Xiang Kang as the crown princess of his own prince Xiang Zhi, and Xiang Kang's eldest daughter was also allowed to Uncle Zhou's son, basically able to give Uncle Zhou's glory and wealth, Xiang Kang has been given to the limit. There are meritorious and hard-working Li Shiqi Feng Yu Shi Dafu, Yongqiu Marquis, 3,000 households.

Chen Ping was named the right prime minister, and the fief was the richest Dingtao in the Central Plains, plus 5,000 households, Zhang Liang was named the head of Jiuqing's Fengchang, originally Xiang Kang also wanted to give him 5,000 households, and wanted to give him Linzi, a famous city in the world, but Zhang Liang, who was cautious, resolutely refused, just begged him to give him the next minister when he and Xiang Kang first met.

Of course, the generals of the Han army such as Long Ji, Zhong Liwu, Ding Ji, Zheng Bu and Zhu Jishi also got a large piece of cake, all of which were ranked in Jiuqing, and the fiefdoms were all anointed, and the treasures left by Hu Hai and Xiang Yu were sent to their luxurious mansions in Xianyang in cars and cars, and their children were also stained, either assigned to Xiang Kang's son, or married to the daughter born by Xiang Kang's work, or they were married to other dignitaries, and they were destined to be rich and noble before they grew up. Other Han military heroes also have their own awards, so I won't list them here.

On the most critical issue of the throne, Xiang Kang's hard-working son of course became the protagonist, and was named the four kings of Qi, Chu, Liang, and Wu respectively, and after replacing the Six Kingdoms, he also split the Chu State with too much territory by the way, but this is of course not enough, Xiang Kang still has to work hard in this regard, so as to replace Yingbu, Zang Di and Zhao Xie and other kings with different surnames in the future - even the indigenous Liu Laosan can't tolerate kings with different surnames, let alone the traverser Xiang Kang.

Because Han Cheng betrayed the Han army in the war, the land of Korea was of course directly confiscated by the Han court, and Han Wangxin was named the Marquis and Liang Xiang, and replaced Xiang Kang's son who had just completed the moon in the hinterland of the Central Plains. And because of the change of history, Han Wangxin's role in the war of the Han army to unify the world is almost negligible, and Han Wangxin, who is still a little self-aware, does not dare to say anything, so he can only salute honestly and thank him.

It's easy to divide the spoils, but Xiang Kang, who officially called the emperor to order the world, took over a devastated mess, all over the Central Plains that was completely destroyed, there were white bones exposed everywhere, and there was no rooster crying for thousands of miles, even if Xiang Kang ended the Chu-Han War in a shorter time than Liu Laosan, the population of the world was still sharply reduced by half, all industries withered, and the national strength was exhausted. Let Xiang Kang stay up all night.

No, after Dingtao ascended the throne, on the way back to Xianyang, the capital of the country, led the civil and military officials and the army, Yanmen County sent an urgent report, saying that the second emperor of the Xiongnu, Shan Maodun, led the army to invade Yanmen, forcibly annexed the two tribes of Loufu and Baiyang, and then crossed the Great Wall by taking advantage of the situation, invading Pingcheng, Shanwu and Banshi and other places, robbing a large number of people and property, and the intention of attacking the important town of Mayi. The Han army's Yanmen defenders were weak and could not resist the enemy, so they could only ask Xiang Kang for help.

Hearing this news, Xiang Kang was silent, and he didn't say a word for a long time, Chen Ping and Zhang Liang next to him saw Xiang Kang's thoughts, so they asked: "Your Majesty, are you worried that our national strength is exhausted and we will not be able to resist the Hun barbarians?" ”

Xiang Kang nodded calmly and said: "It is easy to increase the number of troops in Yanmen, but it is definitely useless to send fewer troops, if the main force goes north, it may not be able to find the opportunity to fight a decisive battle with the main force of the Xiongnu. ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty thinks that you should consult Guangwujun Li Zuoche about this matter." Zhang Liang proposed: "Guangwujun's grandfather Li Mu was a famous general of Zhao who fought against the Xiongnu, and he was most familiar with the situation of the Xiongnu, but if you ask him for advice, you will definitely gain a lot." ”

Xiang Kang slapped his forehead, and then remembered that he had forgotten Li Zuoche, who was familiar with the situation of the Huns, and hurriedly ordered the guards to invite Li Zuoche to discuss, and then it didn't take long for Li Zuoche, who was named Yushi Cheng and Dongyuan Marquis when he divided the spoils, to be invited to Xiang Kang's face, Xiang Kang was not polite, and immediately told Li Zuoche about the situation in Yanmen, and made it clear that he asked him for advice.

Li Zuoche did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Your Majesty, you can only tolerate it temporarily, the problem of the Xiongnu has plagued the Central Plains for hundreds of years, and it is definitely not something that can be solved overnight. ”

"But the Huns are aggressive, if you don't pay attention to it, I'm afraid that these barbarians will be even more aggressive." Xiang Kang said with a wry smile.

"The big husband can bend and stretch, and he must endure when he should endure." Li Zuoche said: "Your Majesty suggests that the best way for us to deal with the Xiongnu barbarians should be both soft and hard, while temporarily tolerating, sending envoys to sue for peace, opening border markets, communicating with the Xiongnu, gaining time to restore national strength, and also taking the opportunity to spy on and grasp the internal situation of the Xiongnu, so as to know oneself and the other." On the one hand, appoint an important minister to guard the frontier, command the official armies of Daijun, Yanmen, Jiuyuan and other places, prepare for war, and wait until our national strength is restored and the time is ripe before we can consider launching a decisive battle with the Xiongnu. ”

Xiang Kang nodded, and also thought that under the current situation, he could only temporarily bow his head to the Xiongnu in exchange for time, and wait until the national strength recovered to a certain extent before he could consider cleaning up the Xiongnu, and then after thinking for a while, Xiang Kang asked Li Zuoche: "Guangwujun, if I send you to guard the frontier and guard against the Xiongnu, can you be sure to hold the defense line of the Great Wall and buy time for us to restore our national strength?" ”

"Nope." Li Zuoche's answer surprised Xiang Kang, and then he said: "Your Majesty, don't say it's a micro-minister, even if you let Taiwei Zhou go to the frontier, it will be impossible to hold the defense line of the Great Wall and prevent Hu Manan from crossing Yin Mountain." The reason is also very simple, the people in the north are short of food, no matter who goes there to sit in the town, it is absolutely impossible to quickly train and organize enough troops to guard the Great Wall, and the Xiongnu are nomadic light cavalry, mobile and flexible, and it is possible to surprise and succeed from the weak part of our defense line at any time, so we not only have no possibility to hold the defense line of the Great Wall, but also must be prepared to continue to suffer losses in the north for a long time. ”

Knowing that Xiang Kang's history was not good, Zhang Liang next to him hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Wu Anjun, the grandfather of Guang Wujun, was originally in charge of Northern Xinjiang, and he suffered defeat for seven or eight years, and only then did he fight the peace of Zhao State's northern Xinjiang for more than ten years, and now in terms of our national strength and domestic situation, I am afraid it will take so much time to do this." ”

Xiang Kang laughed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "It's only been seven or eight years? What's in it? I'm only in my twenties now, let alone seven or eight years, even ten or twenty years, and I can afford to wait. ”

"That's it." Xiang Kang made up his mind and said: "Guangwujun, I now appoint you as the county guard of Yanmen, and I am also in charge of the soldiers and people of Daijun and Yunzhong counties, and give you ten years to prepare for war. But ten years from now, you'll have at least as good a record as your grandfather! ”

Li Zuoche, who had taken the initiative to invite Ying to lead the army to a decisive battle with Han Xin in history, was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly thanked Xiang Kang, Xiang Kang picked him up with his own hands, patted him on the shoulder and said in a deep voice: "Guangwujun, I will ask you in the northern Xinjiang, I believe that you will not let me down." ”

After Li Zuoche once again prostrated himself and said that he would never disappoint Xiang Kang's expectations, Xiang Kang quickly made another important decision, that is, he accepted Lou Jing's volunteer, and let Lou Jing, who was named the general of the right middle lang when he divided the spoils, serve as an envoy, go north to the grassland to make peace with the Xiongnu, and also take the opportunity to understand the current internal situation of the Xiongnu.

It was still a coincidence that after Xiang Kang made this decision, not long after Chen Ping, Zhang Liang and Li Zuoche and others said goodbye and left, Xu Ji, who was named Lang Zhongling, suddenly presented a secret report to Xiang Kang, and said sneakily: "Your Majesty, the secret report from Linjiang just received, Linjiang Wang Yingbu is very rebellious, and he dares to take a six-horse chariot when traveling, it seems that he has the intention of arrogance and rebellion, please be careful." (Zhou Li stipulated that the Son of Heaven could only ride in a chariot drawn by six horses, and Yingbu was a prince and could only use five horses.) ）

Xiang Kang was not angry, and he didn't go to pick up the secret report sent by Xu Ji, he smiled and said: "Give the whistleblower a heavy reward, collect the secret report, and when I have saved up enough ten similar secret reports, I will read it together." ”