"Father has a point!" Xiang Yu responded, then clenched his fists and said, "However, I want to destroy both Liu Bang and Zhao Xie!" Isn't Yafu worried that Liu Bang has seized the Zhao State and that controlling the north is not good for us? Then I will take down the entire Zhao State and see if Liu Bang can still flank the Chu State? ”

Fan Zeng advised: "King Xiang, even if you want to take the Zhao State, it is not now. Wait for Han Xin to invade Zhao again, the main force of the Zhao army against Han Xin, and when they are in the thick of the battle, we will raid Zhao again, this is the best time. ”

"I have made up my mind, and my father doesn't need to say much!"

Xiang Yu refused without hesitation.

The phrase "a big husband can bend and stretch" does not apply to Xiang Yu, he can't bend at all, Zhao Xie openly challenged his authority, he finally couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to kill Zhao Xie with his own hands.

In particular, the three words "wretched" mentioned by Xiang Zhuang just now deeply stimulated his nerves. Because Han Xin was willing to suffer the humiliation of his crotch, Xiang Yu looked down on Han Xin, a wreck, if he tolerated Zhao Xie, then he was not a wretch.

"King Xiang... Don't let Liu Bang reap the benefits of the fisherman! Listen to the old minister's words, don't send troops! ”

Fan Zeng bitterly admonished.

Xiang Yu no longer paid attention to him, and said to Long Ji: "Long Ji, you stay in Xingyang!" I personally led 100,000 soldiers to the north to conquer Zhao State, Ji Bu, Yu Ziqi, Xiang Zhuang, Cao Qi, Zhou Lan, Xue Gong, you follow me on the expedition. The army will be ready tomorrow! ”

Long Ji said: "King Xiang, please rest assured, even if you lead the army to the north, the end will be enough to deal with Liu Bang!" ”

The Chu army deployed 170,000 troops to the east of Xingyang, even if Xiang Yu took away 100,000, Liu Bang on the opposite side also only had tens of thousands of troops, and there was no advantage at all.

"King Xiang..."Fan Zeng also wanted to admonish.

"Father!" Xiang Yu interrupted him: "You don't have confidence in me. I will prove it to you, I can destroy Zhao Guo first, and then Liu Bang. ”

With that, Xiang Yu walked away from the king's tent.

Looking at Xiang Yu's tall back, Fan Zeng sighed deeply in his heart: "Xiang Yu, Xiang Yu, you are very brave, but it's a pity that you are too willful!" If you would listen to me, the world would be yours long ago! ”

Even if he thinks that Xiang Yu is not successful, Fan Zeng will still do his best to assist, he will do his best to stop Xiang Yu from acting rashly, and then think about ways to persuade Xiang Yu.

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Xiangguo, the royal palace, the study.

Zhao Xie summoned Cao Wan.

Yesterday morning, after summoning He Yan and Zhuo Tianyan, he went through the legal provisions drafted by Cao Wan in detail in the afternoon, and repeatedly considered some aspects.

In Zhao Xie's view, some provisions are in line with the matter and can be adopted.

For example, the marriage system has strict requirements in many dynasties in our country. Men and women must marry at a certain age, if there is no object, the government will help you solve it, except in special circumstances, those who do not marry must be punished, in ancient times it was necessary to ensure population growth, at that time it was necessary.

From the restoration of Zhao at the end of Qin to the present, because it has not been settled, it has not yet had time to implement this law.

Some of the provisions are obviously unreasonable, or Zhao Xie feels that they can be improved, and these must be revised or rejected.

For example, kitchen knives and iron farming tools must be shared by multiple households;

For example, the punishment of the offender is many physical punishments such as cutting off the nose and cutting off the fingers;

For example, the system of joint sitting, which has always existed in society, has a certain rationality for maintaining the rule. But the Qin Dynasty was too harsh and needed to be adjusted appropriately.

The law drafted by Cao Wan has obvious shadows of the laws of the Qin Dynasty.

The king finally reviewed the law, and Cao Wan, who came to the study, obviously looked happy.

"Cao Aiqing, the laws you wrote, the widow has carefully read each one, some are very suitable, but some still need to be revised."

"My lord, the minister has carefully considered every law, and the minister thinks that this is the most perfect law!"

Cao Wan was quite confident in himself, he believed that the Qin law formulated by Shang Ying was the best law, but after the Qin Dynasty ruled the world, too much forced labor made it difficult for the people to afford it, and the remnants of the original Six Kingdoms tried to restore the country, which led to the overthrow of the Qin State, which was not a problem with the law.

Zhao Xie retorted solemnly: "Zhao Guo is not a tyrannical Qin, and he can't copy the unreasonable laws of tyrannical Qin!" ”

was poured cold water by King Zhao, and Cao Wan's original joy disappeared without a trace.

Zhao Xie said: "For example, the punishment of the offender, physical punishment cannot be used. If the standard for a capital offense is not met, imprisonment and hard labor are combined. ”

Cao Wan said worriedly: "Great King, human nature is evil, and physical punishment is an effective punishment for those who violate the law, and it can deter others. If there is only imprisonment and hard labor, and the monarch has a general amnesty, these criminals can go unpunished! ”

In ancient times, the prison sentence for offenders was generally not too long, many were one or two years, and at most three or five years. Many emperors sometimes "give amnesty to the world", even if they are sentenced to 20 years, it is useless, and it will not take long to be released because of the amnesty.

Zhao Xie said: "In the future Zhao Kingdom, there will be no more amnesty in the world, and the widow will be written into the ancestral precepts, so that the monarchs of all dynasties will abide by it." In addition to capital offenses, offenders are sentenced to a maximum sentence of 20 years. ”

As long as he can seize the world, Zhao Xie will formulate some systems that future generations must abide by, such as the ancestral training of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, which has great binding force on the emperors after the Ming Dynasty. Of course, Zhao Xie will not formulate too many ancestral precepts, and will ensure that they are reasonable to avoid the appearance of the Ming Dynasty, because the ancestral precepts gradually formed some ills, which led to the accumulation of difficulties later.

Zhao Xie explained in detail that a system similar to that of modern prison sentences was adopted to formulate prison standards. During their sentences, prisoners participate in labor inside the prison, such as some handicrafts, which can be placed inside the prison.

In ancient times, the population was not large, and labor was not wasted in prisons.

In ancient times, in addition to the death penalty and physical punishment, criminals either stayed in a cell all the time, or were assigned to a certain place to work hard, and the system that Zhao Xie said was tantamount to innovation in ancient times.

Listening to the king's explanation, Cao Wan's eyes lit up, this is indeed a good way.

Zhao Xie corrected many unreasonable provisions, and Cao Wan was satisfied with some of the revisions, while others were not satisfied, and he had no choice but to follow them, whether he was satisfied or not.

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In Xingyang City, in the evening.

In King Han's study, Liu Bang, Chen Ping, and Zhang Liang talked and laughed.

In the morning, Xiang Yu raised his tent and decided to go north to Zhao on the spot, and Chu Yingzhong immediately made preparations for departure, Chu Ying and Xingyang were only dozens of miles apart, and the news had already reached Liu Bang's side.

At noon today, the news about the last Zhao Dynasty meeting reached here.

Zhao Xie publicly claimed that Haotian God had help, and then implemented many measures, which made Liu Bang, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, the two think tanks, feel a kind of pressure.

With or without the help of immortals, Zhao Xie was able to make all kinds of decisions, implement major reforms, and make many measures that only a promising monarch could do.

When they received the news that Xiang Yu was about to go on the expedition just now, the three of them relaxed again.

Liu Bang said with a smile: "Now, Fan Zeng, an old immortal, can't stop Xiang Yu." Chen Ping, you have made a great contribution. Even if Zhao Xie had the help of the immortals, he couldn't save the fate of perdition. ”

Zhang Liang is still a little cautious, Chen Ping's strategy is generally a good thing, but if something happens, it is not necessarily a good thing.