After assassinating the crown prince, Xiang Yu quietly went back.

Continue south.

Three days later, as the team was walking on the official road, they suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and some of them stepped forward and shouted loudly.

The line stopped.

A messenger stepped forward, took out the token, and said, "Meet His Royal Highness King Jin!" The saint issued an edict to let His Highness meet the capital quickly! ”

Xiang Yu asked, "What happened?" ”

The messenger said, "Not long ago, the prince died of illness! ”

Xiang Yu said: "Impossible, just before leaving, my brother was still in good health, how could he die overnight!" ”

As he spoke, his body trembled, as if he couldn't believe it.

……

The crown prince Yang Yong died, and he died of a serious illness.

Chang'an City was shocked, but after being shocked, it turned calm.

In these years there are the undead.

Children are prone to early death, adults are prone to die on the battlefield, and various ways to die one after another.

When Xiang Yu entered Chang'an City, he felt that the white cloth was hanging in all directions.

In front of the prince's mansion, there were already white cloths, paper wreaths, etc., and they looked very sad. One after another, ministers entered it and worshiped the crown prince.

When he arrived at the depths of the prince's mansion, Xiang Yu saw the red coffin and the brazier.

Kneeling on the ground, Xiang Yu cried.

Then, a guard stepped forward to put on linen and filial piety for the king of Jin, and put on filial piety clothes.

Soon after, the kings of Han, Shu, and Qin also came one after another, kneeling in the face of the prince, crying loudly, and seemed to be very sad.

In the distance, Yang Jian looked at this scene and compared each other's cries: "King Jin's cry is sincere. The cries of the King of Han, the King of Shu, and the King of Qin are a little fake! ”

The funeral continued, lively and noisy.

Seven days later, the crown prince was buried.

The grave was erected, Xiang Yu looked at the grave, but sighed in his heart: "Prince, prince!" I wonder if your grave will be protectively excavated thousands of years from now. ”

The prince died of illness, dust to dust, dust to dust, and everything dissipated.

On the top of the main hall, Yang Jian was a little tired, closed his eyes tiredly, and seemed to be intoxicated with the grief of losing his son.

The four great sorrows of life are the loss of his father at an early age, the loss of his wife in middle age, the loss of a son in his later years, and the lack of a good teacher for a young son.

Thinking of the prince's departure, Yang Jian was inexplicably sad.

White-haired people, send black-haired people, the sorrow of life is nothing more than this.

The crown prince was assassinated, he could not say.

can only die of illness.

It's like a general, who can only die in battle, not be captured.

Yang Jian suddenly asked, "Prince, but you assassinated?" ”

Suddenly attacked, Xiang Yu was slightly stunned, and said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" ”

Yang Jian was silent, his eyes looked at King Jin, as if he wanted to see through King Jin's heart.

Xiang Yu looked at each other, not afraid at all.

After a long time, Yang Jian said: "King Jin, the crown prince is dead. You're going to be the crown prince, if you become the prince and the emperor, what will you do? ”

Asking, start the test.

As for the crown prince, it was not assassinated by King Jin.

He didn't bother to think.

In other words, even if it is proven, it was assassinated by King Jin.

So what, do you still abolish the King of Jin, or kill the King of Jin.

Xiang Yu was silent: "War, continuous war. During my reign, there will be constant wars, maybe there will be no big wars, and there may be small wars. ”

"There will be no rest, but a constant war. Use war to consume the surplus population. Use war to consume the family. Use war to give the poor disciples a chance. Use war to alleviate the contradictions caused by cabinet reform! ”

"However, the pace of war must be controlled. It's not terrible to lose a few wars, but the scale of the war can't be expanded! ”

Yang Jian sighed and said, "A few days later, I canonized you as the crown prince, and you assisted me in handling government affairs!" ”

"Yes!"

Xiang Yu said.

……

In this way, King Jin became the crown prince.

The former crown prince Yang Yong was ignored by the world.

Of course, the crown prince Yang Yong also has a son, and according to the etiquette law, Yang Yong's son can be the emperor's grandson and has the right to inherit the throne.

Yang Jian is over fifty years old, he is old, and he may die at any time, so letting a child of a few years old be the emperor's grandson, this is a joke about Jiangshan Sheji.

In this way, Xiang Yu became the crown prince, more than ten years earlier than the historical King of Jin became the prince.

Yang Jian grew up and began to cede part of his power to the crown prince.

The emperor is a lifelong profession, there is no such thing as retirement, and it is typical to live to death and work until death.

As the crown prince, it is necessary to wait until the moment when the emperor dies to take over the power of the emperor. Therefore, the crown prince, as long as he does not die, is generally stable.

After becoming the crown prince, Xiang Yu began reforms, first of all, the establishment of the cabinet, the establishment of the Hanlin Academy, etc., to limit the power of the prime minister.

At the same time, the power of the prime minister is divided into several people, and the monopoly of the prime minister's power is eliminated. Then, he began to get acquainted with everything in the Sui Dynasty, began large-scale Confucianism, and elevated the status of Confucianism.

Then it began, the salt and iron government camp, and the commercial tax was added.

In the Sui Dynasty, customs duties were abolished, and only city taxes were levied.

The Sui Dynasty also had no salt tax. In other words, the merchants of the Sui Dynasty could buy and sell salt at will. There is also no iron tax, which means that the merchants of the Sui Dynasty can make iron tools at will.

The main tax of the Sui Dynasty was the agricultural tax, and the commercial tax was very small.

Looking at these, Xiang Yu was also speechless.

The salt and iron government camp was one of the main sources of income for successive dynasties, second only to agricultural taxes.

Through the salt tax, it is estimated how much salt the people of the country eat in a year, so as to estimate the number of people in the country. This is much more accurate than asking officials to go down and conduct household statistics.

Through the iron tax, it is possible to control the national steel production, and thus the number of weapons stored by the Maison, as well as the number of weapons smuggled on the grassland.

Through the salt and iron official camps, as well as the imposition of commercial taxes, the number of merchants and wealth can be controlled, so as to achieve the purpose of suppressing commercial development.

In fact, behind many big businessmen in these years, there are white gloves of the family.

Cracking down on commerce and imposing heavy taxes on commerce can shrink the wealth of the Maison.

In addition, cracking down on commerce can promote agricultural development.

After proposing to Yang Jian, he just thought about it for a long time, and Yang Jian agreed.

……

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed.

The Sui Dynasty was thriving, and Xiang Yu also left the capital and began to supervise the canal, personally leading the construction of the canal, as well as sectional construction.

peers, there are more than a dozen wives and concubines such as Qian Qinghuan and Xiao Meiniang.

As for the destination, it is Yangzhou.

The canal will lead directly from Yangzhou to Luoyang, and then from Luoyang to Chang'an.

It is mainly the southern section of the canal.

After the canal is built, the money from the south can be transported to the north, and the south has no money, so naturally it is small-minded.

It's like a man's money is in the hands of his wife, and if there is no money in his pocket, he won't be able to raise a mistress.

At the same time, with the help of money and grain in the south, it is possible to better transport the border areas and strengthen the defense of the border passes.

The south is quiet because the north is moving forward with a heavy load, and the south should pay for food.

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