Divide the princes
In January 206, Xiang Yu convened a meeting of princes, "Comrades, that King Chu Huai was originally supported by my uncle Xiang Liang. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info he has no military merits, and the destruction of Qin and the world is the credit of me and everyone being stubborn, exposed to the wilderness, and three years of hard fighting, why should he be fingered? We honored him as the emperor, and I came up with a name called Emperor Yi. Although he is the emperor, he does not deserve the land, population, and wealth of the world. It's up to me to preside over the separation. What do you think?" the generals replied "good"
As a result, Mi Xin was moved by Xiang Yu to Chenxian County, Changsha County. Be there the nominal master of this world - Emperor Yi.
In February, Xiang Yu officially began to divide the seals. He first added to himself the title of the overlord of Western Chu, and assigned the 7 counties of Dang, East 2 Counties, which originally belonged to Wei State, Nanyang, Chen, Surabaya, Xue, Donghai, Huiji, and Yan of Chu State, to Pengcheng, Surabaya County, as the capital.
But then the first prince was about to be divided, and Xiang Yu immediately encountered a problem - Liu Bang! How should this person be sealed?
Fan Zeng said, "Let's do it: the land of Bashu was conquered as early as the reign of King Qin Huiwen, and it can also be regarded as part of the land of Guanzhong. And it was the place where the Qin State exiled criminals, and the roads were impassable. We might as well divide the two counties of Ba and Shu to Liu Bang."
So who is Guanzhong for? Fan Zeng suggested that it be given to three Qin Dynasty generals: Yongwang Zhanghan got Longxi, Beidi 2 counties and the western part of Neishi, with Wasted Hill as the capital. Sima Xin, the king of Sai, got the eastern part of the internal history and took Liyang as the capital. Zhai Wang Dong Phong got Shangjun and took Gao Nu as his capital... They also have a task: to block Liu Bang's road from Bashu East here!
But will these three generals be able to block Liu Bang? Actually, there are big doubts. But among the princes who are willing to stay in Guanzhong to block Liu Bang for Xiang Yu, I'm afraid they won't be able to find any of them, and everyone wants to return to the east! Xiang Yu, who was helpless, could only make such an arrangement.
After that, it's easy. For the Wei State, although Wei Wangbao you have entered the customs with me, I have robbed you of 2 counties, and your place can't be too big, so I will give you 2 counties of Hedong and Shangdang, with Pingyang as the capital. Renamed the King of Western Wei. Hand over Hanoi County, give Sima Wei, the Zhao general who once blocked Liu Bang here, and make you the king of Yin, with Chaoge as the capital.
For South Korea, Xiang Yu really doesn't have a good impression of Zhang Liang's master, Han Wangcheng, since Liu Bang gave you Yingchuan County, then I, Xiang Yu, will also give you Yingchuan County, with Yangzhai as the capital. And Sanchuan County, which originally belonged to South Korea, was handed over to Shenyang, who was waiting here to receive me into the customs, and named you the king of Henan, with Luoyang as the capital.
Xiang Yu was also very unkind to Zhao Guo. Zhao Wangxie, you give me a nest, give you Yunzhong, Yanmen, Taiyuan, Dai 4 counties, take Dai as the capital, and change the name to Dai Wang. The original 3 counties of Handan, Julu and Changshan, the core areas of Zhao State, were given to Zhao Xiang, who had the righteousness of comrades-in-arms with him, and named you the king of Changshan and Xiangguo as the capital.
For Yan Guo, Han Guang, you only sent Zang Di, a general, to enter the customs with me? Move it for me right now! Give you Liaodong, Liaoxi, and Youbeiping 3 counties, renamed the king of Liaodong, and take the end as the capital. It turns out that the core areas of Yan Kingdom, Guangyang, Shanggu, and Yuyang, the three counties will be given to Zang Di, and you will be named the king of Yan, with Ji as the capital.
In addition, for his own generals: Xiang Yu sealed Duobu as the king of Jiujiang, gave you Jiujiang County, and took six as the capital. Wu Rui, the father-in-law of Feng Dubu, is the king of Hengshan, and he will give you Hengshan County, with Yi as the capital. Emperor Fengyi's Zhuguo Gongao is the king of Linjiang, and gives you 3 counties of Changsha, central and south, with Jiangling as the capital.
In the end, Xiang Yu also put a lot of thought into Qi Guo. That Tian Rong not only killed Xiang Liang, but also never listened to me. deprived him of the Prime Minister of Qi! As for Tian Shi, the son of Tian Dan, the king of Qi he established, he changed his name to Jiaodong Wang, and gave you Jiaodong County, with Jimo as the capital. And the Qi general Tian Du betrayed Tian Rong and followed me to save Zhao into the customs, he should be the king of Qi, give you Linzi and Langya 2 counties, and take Linjiang as the capital. And Tian An also entered the customs with me, so I named you the king of Jibei and Boyang as the capital.
Finally, there is Cheng Anjun Chen Yu who has a problem with Zhang Er. But you threw away the general's seal yourself, and you didn't enter the customs with me, so you have no military merits? Never mind! For the sake of being a well-known sage, I will give you a marquis, and give you the 3 counties around Nanpi in Julu County... Satisfied, right?
Wu Rui's subordinate general Mei Kai once sent a large number of soldiers to Liu Bang, so that Liu Bang could enter the customs smoothly and seal you 100,000 households.
In this way, under the auspices of Xiang Yu, the 18 princes plus the overlord of Western Chu himself, divided the entire Qin Empire (except for the 3 counties of Zhao Tuo's Xiang, Nanhai, Guilin, Jiuyuan County, which was reoccupied by the Xiongnu Maodunshan, and Minzhong County, the king of Baiyue). The natural smile of the fat is divided, and the lean meat or simply the one who sees it has no share, they either swallow their anger or go on the road desolately...
But three people immediately expressed strong dissatisfaction with Xiang Yu's list of kings! They are: Liu Bang, laid-off Chen Yu, and Qi bigwig Tian Rong! A new melee of princes is about to begin!
Liu Bang, under the instigation of Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, Fan Hao and others, has decided to fight with Xiang Yu. However, at this moment, Xiao He stood up and admonished, "This battle can't be fought, everyone will definitely be finished if you fight" Liu Bang was angry when he heard it, "You are pessimistic before the fight starts?" Are you afraid of death? If you're afraid of death, you'll make a fart," Xiao He retorted, "The enemy is strong and I am weak, the best way is to recuperate and wait for the opportunity to make a comeback." Otherwise, you will be killed and disabled by Xiang Yu now, how can you turn over in the future?"
Liu Bang gladly accepted Xiao He's suggestion, okay! Then go to Bashu and be my 'King of Guanzhong'!" Then Liu Bang set up a cabinet and appointed Xiao He as prime minister. As for Zhang Liang? He is Han Wangcheng's Situ and has to go back to China. I can only give him a hundred gold and two beads as a reward. As soon as Zhang Liang turned around, he transferred these treasures given to him by Liu Bang to his good friend Xiang Bo. On the one hand, he thanked him for his help at the Hongmen banquet, and on the other hand, he asked Xiang Bo to intercede in front of Xiang Yu, and then give Hanzhong County to Liu Bang...
Xiang Yu happily agreed. All right! Liu Bang, you now have 3 counties of Ba, Shu, and Hanzhong, with Nanzheng as the capital! Give you a title: King Han! The word "Han" has finally appeared in Chinese history! Our ethnic group is called Han Chinese, the script is called Chinese characters, and the language is called Chinese... There are the most dynasties in Chinese history with the name of "Han": the Former and Former Han (or Western and Eastern Han) Xuan Han, Shu Han, Han Zhao, Later Han, Northern Han, Southern Han, Chen Han, almost throughout the entire history of the Chinese Empire, and all this started with the title of Liu Bang, the "King of Han"!
Zhang Liang's intention is very deep. First, it won the frontier position for Liu Bang to go out of the customs in the future; The second is to say to Xiang Yu by fighting for one county: I have no ambition to compete for the world, I only need three counties to be satisfied...
In April, the princes withdrew from Guanzhong and returned to their respective feudal states in the Kanto region. Among them, there is only Han Wangcheng, how Xiang Yu thinks of him, how unpleasant. Just don't do anything like King Han, don't stay in Yingchuan County, come back to Pengcheng with me!
Liu Bang took the 30,000 surveillance troops sent to him by Xiang Yu and the tens of thousands of troops who were willing to follow him into Hanzhong, starting from the south of Du County, walking on the Eclipse Meridian Road, and heading all the way to Nanzheng. Zhang Liang sent Liu Bang to praise, and the two separated. Zhang Liang gave Liu Bang a final move, "If you go all the way, you will burn all the plank roads you have crossed" Liu Bang understood: retreat is to attack! For that day, Liu Bang chose forbearance: burn! Burn it all out! In this way, I can prevent Xiang Yu or those three Qin generals from coming to beat me when they are unhappy one day; Second, paralyze Xiang Yu: "Overlord, don't worry!" I've been rooted in Hanzhong all my life, and I'm not going to move my nest anymore."
In this army of Liu Bang into Hanzhong, there is one person who must be highlighted: Han Xin! A native of Huaiyin County, Donghai County. This family is poor and unaccomplished, but he is ambitious. Because no one was willing to recommend, his first wish, wanting to be an official of the Great Qin Empire, could not be achieved (this also shows that the reason why Liu Bang was able to be the chief of the Surabaya Pavilion back then should have the merit of being recommended by a 'sage' like Zhang Er) so it also prompted his ambition of 'treating men as self-improvement'!
I've seen a down-and-out, but I've never seen a person as down-and-out as Han Xin, but he still has to pretend to be a nobleman. As long as everyone in Huaiyin knows: When Han Xin goes out, he always has a long sword hanging around his waist. Don't underestimate this sword. The ancients were extremely particular about who wore what kind of sword. Nobles with swords, grass people with swords. In ancient China, if your ancestors were poor for eight generations, and your generation suddenly became rich, so you wore a sword and went out, not only will people not compliment you, but will also ridicule you for your ignorance and showmanship. What's more, Han Xin is neither an aristocrat nor a nouveau riche, and his only advantage is that he is thick-skinned enough to eat everywhere...
However, it is such a man, his mother died and had no money to bury him, but he whimsically found a high and wide cemetery for his mother, which could accommodate tens of thousands of families around him. Everyone can see that Han Xin wants to use his mother's burial place to ask for the title of Wanhuhou! After eating the last meal, you still want to seal the marquis? It's insane!
In Han Xin's rice rubbing career, the first person to be rubbed was the Nanchang Pavilion Chief of Huaiyin County. Like Liu Bang, although the pavilion chief can eat by himself, it is a little difficult to entertain Han Xin, right? What's more, Han Xin treated his house as a public restaurant, and it was a few months! The pavilion chief's wife has seen rice rubbing, but she has never seen someone like Han Xin who has been rubbing rice for a long time and does not move the nest. My family is not a rich family, and you Han Xin are not relatives of my family, why have you been eating and drinking for so long in my house? As a result, she came up with a creative solution.
On this day, she cooked the meal early, and then closed the door, and the couple hid under the cover and secretly ate the meal - look what Han Xin forced them to become! After a while, Han Xin came on time according to the meal. What does it mean that the couple hasn't cooked yet? Just sit there and wait. After waiting for a long time, people still don't cook, and Han Xin is not easy to ask, so he is more hungry than whom, right? After waiting for a long time, Han Xin was really hungry and couldn't bear it, and the other party was just 'hungry' and didn't do it. Han Xin suddenly understood: these two must have eaten the meal first! Han Xin lost his temper and scolded the pavilion chief, saying that he had broken off his friendship with him and would never come back again.
But the problem is that I am still hungry, what should I do? Han Xin immediately thought of a long-term meal ticket - the river outside Huaiyin County! I'm self-sufficient, fishing and eating! Poor Han Xin, I don't know if it's because the fishing skills are too poor or there aren't many fish in the river at all, anyway, he often doesn't have a meal...
At that time, there was a group of women who made a living by rinsing silk wool and used to gather in this river to rinse. One of them, the drifting mother, took pity on Han Xin, so she kindly gave him a lump of rice. The appearance of the drifting mother made Han Xin seem to have grasped a life-saving straw. For dozens of days, he came to the short-term meal ticket of the drifting mother. Later, Han Xin said to Drifting Mother unashamedly, "Old man, when I develop in the future, I will definitely repay you well" However, Drifting Mother was not only not moved, but unceremoniously sarcastically mocked Han Xin, "I let you eat because I saw that you were pitiful, is it a reward for you?"
Drifting Mother's words really hit Han Xin's self-esteem too much! However, the drifting mother is just a well-intentioned criticism, and the following incident is a great shame in Han Xin's life!
One day, a scoundrel in the Huaiyin Bazaar saw Han Xin and beckoned to him and shouted, "The one with the sword, come here" Han Xin stepped forward and looked at the scoundrel inexplicably. I saw the other party pointing at him contemptuously and said, "You are the king of rice, Han Xin, right?" The sword swung around all day. I've heard that swords are heroes. You have the audacity to kill me today. If you don't have the guts, get under my hakama."
As soon as these words came out, there was silence all around. Everyone wants to see the performance of this rice king. Han Xin is a man with great ambitions, and people with great ambitions are afraid that they will die if they don't do anything big. Because he was afraid of death like this, he had to live, so he was very thick-skinned (rubbing rice everywhere in front of him was a performance) so Han Xin crawled under the crotch of the rogue boy like a dog in full view of everyone.
This is the famous hakama humiliation. The matter spread quickly, and since then it has been used as a negative teaching material for adults to admonish their children.
Han Xin couldn't stay in Huaiyin County anymore. It happened that Xiang Liang rebelled in Huiji County at this time, and Han Xin took the long sword to Xiang Liang. Later, Xiang Liang died in battle, and Han Xin followed Xiang Yu and became a halberd Langzhong, whose job was to stand guard for Xiang Yu.
Standing guard is Han Xin's pursuit? Han Xin wanted to use tactics to exchange Xiang Yu for a higher future, but Xiang Yu didn't bother to deal with him at all. So the disappointed Han Xin had to choose to change jobs.