Linzi small city, Qi Palace.

Han Xin was looking at the man in front of him with great interest, the man was in his thirties, he was not good-looking, and his stature was not high, about seven feet, he was still wearing a death row suit, less than half an hour ago, this man was still one of the death row prisoners to be beheaded at the entrance of the vegetable market, but now, it seems that he is already Han Xin's guest.

Han Xin pardoned this death row prisoner and invited him to the palace for a long talk, for only one reason.

Because this man who called himself Lou Jing, a death row prisoner, actually offered Han Xin three strategies for governing Qi, of course, the two did not have a deep discussion at the entrance of the vegetable market, but Han Xin felt that what this death row prisoner said seemed to be quite reasonable, so he immediately pardoned Lou Jing, and sent someone to invite him into the palace of Qi in the small city.

"Sir, please take your seat." Han Xin shook his hand.

"King Xie." Lou Jing waved at Han Xin, and then sat down on the seat at the bottom right of Han Xin.

Han Xin smiled quietly and said, "Sir, can you talk to the widow about your three strategies for governing Qi now?" ”

"Of course." Lou Jing nodded happily and said, "The so-called three strategies for governing Qi, the most important task is to scatter troops in the wilderness, the population of Qi is only more than two million, but there are 300,000 soldiers under the command of the king, plus the soldiers of each county and county, the total number is not less than 400,000, and the national strength will decline if there are many soldiers and few people, so the top priority is to scatter troops in the field to raise and store people's strength and national strength." ”

Han Xin said: "There are still Xiang Chu remnants in Xue County in the south who have not yet been decided, if the widows scatter their troops in the wilderness, and Xiang Chu remnants lead troops to attack the Qi country, what should the widows do?" ”

Lou Jing said: "Of course, the king can't disperse all the armor soldiers, the king's ability to use soldiers, ancient and modern, no one can match, I think that the Qi country only needs to retain a group of about 50,000 elite soldiers, which is enough to protect itself!" In the future, when the population of Qi increases and the country becomes strong, the king only needs to write an edict, and millions of male soldiers are at his fingertips! In this way, you can follow Qiang Qin and sweep the world! ”

Han Xin waved his hand, he didn't have much interest in what Lou Jing said about emulating Qiang Qin and sweeping the world, but there was one thing he also admitted, looking at the current world, there is really no one who can use troops better than him Han Xin, it is indeed a bit of a waste for the Qi State to raise an army of 400,000, and it is almost enough to keep 50,000 elites, at most 100,000!

"Okay." Han Xin said again, "What about Mr.'s second strategy?" ”

Lou Jing said: "The second strategy is to move the powerful clans of each county to fill Linzi!" ”

Han Xindeng's heart moved slightly, although his political sensitivity was poor, he was not an outright idiot.

In reality, from the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, the powerful clans of various countries have become a powerful force, until the end of the Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang launched a rebellion in Daze Township, and the energy of the Haoqiang clan has been especially exerted to the extreme, such as Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu's uncle and nephew, such as Zhang Er, Chen Yu's generation, all of them are outstanding figures in the powerful clans around the country.

For the powerful clans in various places, those in power generally adopt the strategy of co-opting and suppressing at the same time.

The reason is very simple, there are only a few positions of power, and there are so few resources, and it is impossible for every powerful clan to share the profits, so the rulers can only choose some of the powerful clans to form allies, and the rest of the powerful clans cannot be slaughtered for no reason, so they can only be guarded against day and night, but this is really not a thing.

Therefore, if the powerful clans of all counties and counties can be concentrated in Linzi City, things will be simpler.

First, after the departure of these powerful clans, their influence on the counties and counties will be greatly weakened, and the decrees of the county magistrates and county orders will be easily implemented; Second, after these powerful clans moved to Linzi, Han Xin could effectively control them, because Linzi was the capital of Qi State, and in Linzi, Han Xin's control ability was the strongest.

In reality, Lou Jing's strategy of moving the Hao and Qiang clans to fill Linzi is indeed very poisonous.

Historically, after Liu Bang unified the heavens, it was precisely because he listened to Lou Jing's suggestion and forced the hundreds of thousands of powerful clans in Kanto to move to Guanzhong, which completely changed the pattern of the world.

The indirect result of Liu Bang's doing this is that when Yingbu, Peng Yue, Lu Xuan, and Zang Tu rebelled, they suddenly found that there was no one available under their own rule, on the other hand, Liu Bang's command was full of talents, and the stars were gathered, and the final result of the rebellion of the kings was self-evident, and all of them were easily extinguished by Liu Bang.

It's just that due to the emergence of Xiang Zhuang, a traverser, there has been a turning point in history.

Originally, at this time, Liu Bang had already ascended the throne and claimed the emperor, and Lou Jing would be pardoned by a special pardon and assigned to Xianyang as a pawn, and then he would be introduced to Liu Bang by his fellow villagers, but now, Lou Jing let Han Xin save him before he was beheaded, and Lou Jing also seized the fleeting opportunity to offer Han Xin three strategies for governing Qi.

"Well, it works." Han Xin nodded, and said, "What about the third strategy?" ”

Lou Jing quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The third strategy of governing Qi is to reward farming!" ”

Speaking of this, Lou Jing said: "The king should follow the example of the old Qin, set up twenty levels of titles to reward farming, and if the farmers under the rule pay more corn to the treasury, they can get the title, so that in a few years, the treasury of Qi will be full, and the grain will become a mountain, and if the king wants to fight, there will be no shortage of food." ”

"Okay, this is a great good!" This strategy scratched Han Xin's itch, not long ago in response to the Han King's edict to conquer Huaisi in the south, Han Xin was fed up with the embarrassment of lack of grain, although the Han King said that he provided sufficient grain to the Qi army according to the agreement, but every time he gave food was unbearable, Han Xin wanted to collect grain from Qi several times, but Qi had no grain to collect at all.

At that moment, Han Xin said again: "Sir, the widow intends to appoint you as the prime minister to assist Wang Ling in governing the Qi country, I don't know what Mr. wants?" ”

Lou Jing hurriedly got up, bowed his hand, and said solemnly: "Respect...... I am willing to serve the dogs and horses. ”

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When Lou Jing offered Han Xin three strategies for governing Qi, Kuaiche wore white clothes and entered Luyi alone.

Luyi is Xiang Yu's early years of the feudal country, but also the Confucian master Confucius's hometown, Xiang Yu's army was defeated, since the Wujiang River, as the Western Chu State Xue County Governor Xiang Tuo did not give up resistance, but gathered thousands of remnants of the army to defend Luyi, because Xue County has not really been assigned to Qi at this time, so Han Xin is not good to clean up Xiang Tuo.

As for Liu Bang, until now he was still busy dealing with Xiang Zhuang, and he couldn't spare his hands to clean up Xiang Tuo.

Therefore, Xiang Tuo's life in Lu County was quite comfortable, except for the fact that when the Qi army went south, he had suffered a big defeat under Guan Ying, and then basically did not fight any battles.

However, two days ago, Luyi finally ushered in the army of Huainan Wang Yingbu.

According to Kuaicher's plan, the realistic borderless land of Xue County will be Yingbu's first target, and Luyi will be the starting point for Kuaicher's vertical and horizontal strategizing.

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Luyi, the county guard.

Xiang Tuo looked at Kui Che coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Kui Che? What did this traitor Yingbu send you into the city for? Want to be a lobbyist to lobby the general to turn his back on Chu and surrender to Han? Tell you, that's wishful thinking! ”

Kuaiche flicked his sleeves and said indifferently: "The general's words are wrong, my king is not a vassal of the Han king, so the general dedicates Xue Jun to my king, not the Han Dynasty." ”

"One thing." Xiang Tuo said coldly, "General Ben will not surrender to Han, let alone Yingbu, a traitor!" ”

Xiang Tuo's reaction was already expected by Kui Che, and at that moment, Kui Che smiled faintly and said calmly: "Since the general insists on not surrendering, then he will no longer force it." ”

"In that case, sir, please go back, right?" At that moment, Xiang Tuo got up and chased away the guest.

"Is the general in too much of a hurry? I'm not done yet. Kui Che shook his head and smiled, and said, "Although the general is unwilling to serve the king of my family, it is always possible for you and me to try to have some cooperation, right?" ”

"Cooperation? What do you mean? "Xiang Tuo, as one of the few generals in the Xiang clan who can stand alone, has a bit of strategy, and he already knows that now Xiang Zhuang is leading a small number of elite soldiers, and is fighting in Liangdi, Qi and Zhaodi, and it is precisely because of the existence of Xiang Zhuang's elite soldiers that Xue County and Huiji County have not completely fallen.

Kui Che said: "The general is also an understanding person, open the skylight and say something bright in the future, Lu Yi and Xue Jun, my king is bound to win, the general and your thousands of songs are now only two ways to go, or serve my king, or my king to get out of the way, you go back to Jiangdong." ”

Xiang Tuo said awe-inspiringly: "What if General Ben doesn't agree? ”

"Then we have to go to war." Kui Che sighed and said, "But general, with all due respect, your 3,000 remnants and General Xiang Zhuang's 5,000 elites are categorically incomparable, if the king of my family is determined to attack the city, then within three days, Luyi will be broken, and the general and the three thousand parts can only be burned with Luyi jade." ”

"Xiang Zhuang?" Xiang Tuo quietly changed his complexion and said awe-inspiringly, "Have you seen him?" Where is he now? ”

Kui Che shook his head and said: "I haven't seen the general in Xia, but I know that the general's five thousand elites have entered Sanchuan County and captured Luoyang, and this was a few days ago. ”

"What did you say?" Xiang Tuo changed his color and said, "The general has entered the Guanzhong?!" ”

"It's just speculation, but nine times out of ten." Kui Che said this, and said, "Therefore, the general does not think about himself, but should also think more about the state of Chu, although the general has entered the Guanzhong, but after all, there are few soldiers, once Liu Bang returns to the division of Guanzhong to save himself, the general can only continue to move in, and may fight back to Jiangdong in the future, why doesn't the general take advantage of the fact that there is still room for maneuver to return to Jiangdong as soon as possible to guard the last foundation of the Chu State?" ”

Xiang Tuo was silent, but he was thinking about it quickly.