In short, relying on the two hundred or so scholars of Taixue alone can never solve all the problems, which the Jiangdong scholars have long seen in their eyes, however, it is categorically impossible to let the forty-six counties under the rule of the three counties continue to be disorderly and chaotic, and now they can only think of other ways, when Xiang Zhuang asked: "Everyone, is there a good plan?" ”

Xiang He, Xiang Tuo, Wu Shi and others were relatively speechless, and Fan Zeng was also at a loss.

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan, and suddenly said to Xiang Zhuang and Fan Zeng: "The king, the old military division, so far, there are only two ways to go, one is to compromise with them......

"No, absolutely not!" Before Bai Lixian could finish speaking, he was directly interrupted by Xiang Zhuang.

Fan Zeng bowed his head lightly, and said: "That's right, I'd rather hand over those forty-six counties to those county lieutenants to govern, and those big-headed soldiers would rather govern the places in a mess, and never compromise with these bastards!" After a pause, Fan Zeng said again, "The old man has long said that resisting the law is to be the enemy of the Xiang family, and it must be suppressed!" ”

Bai Lixian sighed and said, "Then you can only borrow someone." ”

"Borrow?" Xiang Zhuang's expression moved slightly when he heard this, and he said, "Ziliang, what do you mean by this?" ”

Fan Zeng's eyes lit up, and he said happily: "Ji'er, Ziliang means to borrow an official from Huainan Kingdom!" ”

Borrowing an official from Huainan? ! Xiang Zhuang and Xiang He were thrilled when they heard this, but Xiang Tuo and Wu Shi were confused, since ancient times, they had only heard of borrowing soldiers and food, and had never heard of borrowing officials? Moreover, although Huainan has formed an alliance with Chu, Yingbu may not be willing to lend the officials of Huainan to Great Chu, you know, Chu wants to borrow not a few, but hundreds of officials.

Xiang Zhuang mō took the thick beard of the corner and said, "Ziliang, how likely is it that you say this thing will succeed?" ”

Bai Lixian smiled slightly and said: "The minister thinks that he is at least ninety percent sure, and there are three reasons: first of all, the Huainan Kingdom is also changing now, although the general direction of its change is not consistent with our Great Chu, but the purpose of helping the King of Huainan to control the counties and counties is the same as ours, so there are also contradictions between the King of Huainan and the Huainan Shi clan. ”

"Well, that makes sense." Fan Zeng said happily, "Maybe Yingbu still wishes we could borrow someone." ”

Baili Xian paused, raised a second finger, and then said: "Secondly, Huainan originally belongs to the Chu land, and most of the Huainan Shi clan are the old Chu tribe, and the new law of the Huainan State has caused the interests of many Huainan Shi clans to be damaged. ”

Zhuang nodded, and said, "What else?" ”

Bai Lixian finally raised a third finger, and then said: "Last and most importantly, these Huainan Shi clans are all outsiders and have no roots in Jiangdong, if they want to gain a firm foothold in Jiangdong, they must rely on the full support of the king, and because of this, these Huainan Shi clans will fully support the new law!" ”

Xiang He was still a little worried when he heard this, and got up and said to Xiang Zhuang: "However, there are only a few Huainan Shi clans who are really willing to move to Jiangdong, and there are only a hundred or so clans that can survive the death, and there are only fewer people who can govern the county and county. ”

"Not really." Bai Lixian retorted with a smile, "What Ling Yin said is true, but the Jiangdong Shi clan is not monolithic, once the Huainan Shi clan intervenes in Jiangdong and takes away some of the official rights and interests that originally belonged to them, the Jiangdong Shi clan will inevitably split, and some of the Shi clan who are not firm enough will immediately change their ways." ”

Baili Xian's words are true, there are as many official positions as there are scholars in Jiangdong, which is basically a radish and a pit.

The reason why the Jiangdong Shi clan dared to resist the royal power was to rely on the confidence that there was a way out behind them, but once the Huainan Shi clan intervened, the situation would be different immediately. …,

"Good!" Xiang Zhuang praised the festival, "This is called a foreign monk who can chant the scriptures!" ”

"A monk from outside? Chanting? Bai Li Xian, Fan Zeng, Xiang He, Wu Shi and others immediately looked at each other when they heard this, you need to know that Buddhism in this era is far from being introduced to China, so the word monk has never appeared at all, so even if it is a peerless wise man like Fan Zeng and Bai Li Xian, he is also confused at the moment.

"Uh......" Xiang Zhuang hurriedly changed the subject, "Well, let's discuss the envoy to Huainan first." ”

Bai Lixian shook his feather fan, and said a little stunned: "King, I'm afraid there is no need to discuss this anymore, right?" Of course, Dr. Shang was the best choice to send an envoy to Huainan Kingdom. ”

Wu Shi also stood up and said, "King, the minister is willing to go." ”

Xiang Zhuang said with some embarrassment: "That's okay, you go home and pack up, and leave today!" After saying this, Xiang Zhuang said again: "Oh yes, don't go empty-handed, go to the military horse farm to select five hundred bantam horses and take them to Pengcheng, even if it is a gift from the widow to the king of Huainan, by the way, ask the king of Huainan for the widow." ”

He took the order and went.

Speaking of bantams, Xiang Zhuang suddenly remembered something and asked Xiang him, "Ziyi, Ge Sheng's fleet has been away from Dantu for almost three months, right?" ”

After that, the bus was ordered by Xiang Zhuang to mobilize a large number of manpower and material resources to build ten Chu ships, and then Xiang Zhuang appointed Ge Sheng as the captain of the Chu ship, and led 2,000 sharp soldiers to take ten Chu ships downwind to the South China Sea.

On this offshore voyage, the task that Xiang Zhuang gave to Ge Sheng was actually very simple, mainly to train a group of skilled sailors, train a good sailor, and if possible, bring back some local products from Nanyang by the way, especially cotton, which is a good thing, and then explore the details of Nanyue.

Historically, Zhao Tuo should have established the Nanyue Kingdom by now, but the foundation should not be very stable.

If it is possible, Xiang Zhuang does not mind stirring up and stirring up peace in Nanyue, even if he can't subvert Nanyue, he must at least get a dozen or two hundred thousand people back from Nanyue, you must know that there are 500,000 Qin troops trapped in Nanyue by Zhao Tuo, and at least 200,000 of them are strong men of Chu State, God, this is 200,000 strong men!

More importantly, the Huaxia people have a very heavy homeland complex since ancient times, and the 500,000 Qin troops trapped in South Vietnam by Zhao Tuo do not want to go home all the time, but they are afraid of Zhao Tuo's prestige and high-pressure policies, so they do not dare to show it, but once there are external forces to intervene in South Vietnam, it is difficult to say how these Qin soldiers will choose.

In short, the Qin army of South Vietnam is a piece of fat, and Xiang Zhuang will never give up the opportunity to eat meat.

In the future, after the Jiangdong Navy Division is strong, Xiang Zhuang's next goal is the Middle East Two River Basins, of course, Xiang Zhuang did not think of occupying and ruling the two river basins from the sea, that is simply unrealistic, Xiang Zhuang set his sights on the two river basins, the only purpose is to get the Arabian horses in the two river basins, and then improve the Méng ancient bantam horse.

As for the future, if the Chu State really has a chance to dominate the world, Xiang Zhuang does not mind building a larger sailor, and then crossing the Great Plain Ocean to Latin America to find sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other crops that can adapt to the harsh environment and have high yields, laying a solid foundation for the population explosion of the Chinese people in the future.

However, this is a very distant thing, and it is impossible to accumulate it without thirty or fifty years, and even if enough excellent sailors have been accumulated in thirty or fifty years, it may not be possible to cross the Pacific Ocean, which is the most extensive ocean on the earth, and in ancient times without a compass, it was a pipe dream to cross it.

Xiang He replied without hesitation: "Great King, it has been three months and ten days since Ge Sheng left Jiangdong. "...", Zhuang nodded, and whispered to himself, "Three months and ten days, counting the time, it's almost time to come back from South Vietnam, but I don't know if this kid Ge Sheng can bring back cotton seeds." ”

Xianyang, the official residence of the left prime minister.

When Xiang Zhuang was facing the threat of a "strike" by the Jiangdong scholars, Bai Mo, the left minister who had just been appointed by Liu Bang, was also in full swing preparing to change the law.

Compared with the state of Chu, which allowed the Shiqing, the scholars and the common people to be endowed together, Baimo's change was even more intense.

According to Baimo's new tax law, the Shiqing and scholars of the Han State will not only have to pay grain as one with the common people, but also convert the calculation (poll tax) and Yao service into the field according to a certain amount, according to Baimo's new tax law, the Shiqing and scholars of the Han State will not only have to pay taxes, but also pay more taxes because of the large amount of land!

There is no doubt that this will be an unprecedented Ji Lie reform, and its degree of Ji Lie will even exceed the Wei Ying Reform during the Qin Xiangong period, which only weakens the interests of the old Qin family, and Bai Mo's change is to greatly weaken the influence of the major families and scholars in Guanzhong, so as to strengthen the royal power to the greatest extent.

Such a fierce change would never have succeeded without the backing of strong force.

In order to support Bai Mo's reform, Liu Bang even planned to appoint Zhou Guanfu as the protector general, fully cooperate with Bai Mo's reform, since Fan Xu's death, Zhou Guanfu can be said to be the first general in the Han army, Liu Bang appointed Zhou Guanfu as the protector general, which shows how firm his determination to change the law is, of course, Zhou Guanfu has to return to Xianyang before he can take office.

As for now, Zhou Guanfu is fighting against the Huns under the tent of the hussar general.

Two days ago, the Northland Express reported that the 20,000 cavalry of the Lu Tai Institute had left the Great Wall built by the First Emperor in the west, and was about to go deep into the hinterland of the Hexi Corridor.

The big battle between the Han cavalry and the Hun cavalry was already on the verge of breaking out. (To be continued)!.