22. Burn down the palace of Afang
But it was said that after Zhang Liang came back, Pei Gong asked, "What did Lu Gong say?" Zhang Liang said: "He wanted to kill me because Ming Gong didn't say goodbye, and I said in one of my words that I wanted me to offer a jade seal to him tomorrow, and he couldn't break his promise." Pei Gong said: "The jade seal is a treasure of the country, and it cannot be shared with others." Zhang Liang said: "Otherwise, those who win the world are not in virtue: if Ming Gong is stingy and does not agree, he will provoke swords and soldiers, and he will eventually be obtained by others." If you don't do a favor, tomorrow morning I will take it and offer it to him, he will definitely be happy to see it, this so-called small and big. Pei Gong said, "Okay." ”
The next day, Zhang Liang took the jade seal and treasures to Hongmen to meet, Xiang Yu let people in, Zhang Liang then offered the jade seal and said: "Pei Gong was given wine yesterday, and today the illness has not yet started, and he is afraid of losing his trust, so the minister will offer it and beg for it." Xiang Yu put Wang Xi and all kinds of treasures on display, smooth and flawless, and his heart was very happy. There is a treasure in it that is according to the star jade bucket, so he said to Fan Zeng: "This treasure is very good, play with Mr. Zhen." Fan Zeng had no way to vent his anger, so he put the jade bucket on the ground, pulled out his sword and slashed down. only heard a "clanging" sound, and a pair of jade buckets were broken. He didn't dare to scold Xiang Yu, but scolded Xiang Zhuang and said: "The erector is not enough and conspiracy!" In the future, the one who will win the king of the world will be Pei Gong, and my generation will be captured! Xiang Yu said angrily: "The ancients said: 'When you give food, you must taste it first; If the king gives life, he will live. 'What is the reason why I gave you a jade bucket and you smashed it?' Fan Zeng said: "The head of Pei Gong is the treasure of the world, Ming Gong did not listen to the words of the old minister, lost this opportunity, but now he is suffering from this useless thing, so it is broken, not the gift of the hypocrisy." Xiang Yu said: "Pei Gong is cowardly, and he can't make a big deal in the end." "Fan Zengdao;" The former Deng Hou did not kill King Wen of Chu, but Chu destroyed Deng; Chu Zi did not kill Duke Wen of Jin, but Jin destroyed Chu. If Ming Gong does not kill Liu Bang today, this person will compete with Ming Gong for the world! If you let go of life today, if you let the dragon return to the sea and the tiger into the mountain, is it difficult to be restrained again? Zhang Liang said: "No! The king is mighty and invincible in the world, he can carry the power to pull out the mountain, the nine battles of the chapter Han force to descend the children, the princes of all countries elbow and kneel, and Deng Hou and Chu Zi are very different, how can they compare with you? Xiang Yu smiled and said: "Mr. who knows me!" I have a sword in my box, who dares to stop me? ”
So Xiang Yu convened the generals to discuss and said: "The pass has been broken, the jade seal has been obtained, but the prince has not yet come to see it, how can the princes serve them, they can send someone to write a book with Liu Bang, and ask the child to come to punish him, then the big thing will be decided." So he wrote a letter and sent someone to ask for a child. Pei Gong saw the book and said:
I fought with you to save the people from the tyranny. I have been in the customs for more than ten days, and the third son has not come to see me for a long time. How about my soldiers compete with you?
After reading the book, Pei Gong summoned the generals and said: "Xiang Yu breached the contract and became the king of Guanzhong, and now he will take the son and baby to plug the mouths of the princes." Intent not to fight and fear to use troops; The intention is to lose the original intention with it. The generals said: "Xiang Yu is invincible, and he should be with his son." If he is killed, he will see more and more leniency and morality, and the world will have its own public opinion. Pei Gong summoned his son and said: "The day before yesterday, I surrendered, and I read that a king and a lord surrendered to the sky, and I couldn't bear to be punished and released immediately." I don't mean that Lu Gong breached the contract and wanted Wang Guanzhong, so he came to get the book today. You should never make a mistake! Ziying cried and said: "Now that Pei Gong has been born, it is difficult to save the life of Lu Gong now." Pei Gong said: "Lu Gong is powerful and invincible, and if he delays, he will be poisoned." The princes said, "Don't surrender!" No down! It's better to abandon Xianyang and leave, and you can still prolong your life. Ziying said, "If I flee, the people will be cruel." I have been king for only a few days, and I have no grace to the people, so I can't bear to kill the people! So he still came to the road to ask Xiang Yu to see him.
Xiang Yu took the lead, when he looked at the baby, he tied his neck and dragged his body, and tied the back of the two ropes to the table, Xiang Yu took the watch and watched, and said:
Qin Shi Huang's grandson Fusu's son Ziying said: The ministers do not dare to look at the temple to inherit the sect, but ask to guard the tomb and prolong the sun, the blessing of the rebirth of the lotus in a hundred days, a door stained with the light of re-seeing, give birth early, willing to vote for the liver and gallbladder, Zhou Feng continues, Ji Xi has roots. King Tang saved the sect of the Xia Hou, and then became a system of six hundred; After the martial king tree Yinxuan, it is the foundation of eight hundred. The king succeeded Yin Zhou and Wang Guanzhong, Cun Ying and Hong Chuyin, and the ministers and babies were under the affection, and they were afraid of everything.
Xiang Yu looked at the text and said: "The descendants of the six countries of Erzu have harmed the people of the world, and they have left you in trouble, what do you say?" Yu Ying said: "Those who abolished the six countries of Kanto were the work of the ancestors and the first emperor, and they were not the sins of the ministers." Jade will want to kill the minister, and the minister will not dare to complain. But Xianyang was brutalized by the second, the people did not get a day of peace, today the king entered the customs, the people have seen the day again, willing to kill the ministers to snow the hatred of the world, but hope to save the people to obey the heart of the world, although the minister is still alive. Before Ziying's words were finished, Xiang Yu hurriedly drank Yingbu's hand, and Yingbu cut Ziying into two pieces with a sword.
Xiang Yu killed the child, Qin's father and the old clan complained in unison, Xiang Yu wanted to kill him, Fan Dacheng shouted: "No!" Cannot! In the past, Liu Bang entered Guanqiu without committing any crimes, and the three chapters of the law won the hearts of the people. Now the king Enxin killed the child before he did, and now he wants to kill the people of Xianyang, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be lost, and the world cannot do it! Xiang Yu said: "I am leading the princes of the world to fight against the tyrannical Qin today, and the child is the king of Qin, how can I not kill it?" The people insult me, it is rebellion, and if it remains, it will be a trouble. Fan Zeng said: "The Duke of Xilu killed an innocent palace maid, resulting in nine years of drought and flood; Jing Gong killed the palace concubine in anger, and the platform was tilted for three miles. Just because he killed people without guilt, he turned into flying locusts and ate grains. Therefore, the ancients said, 'A husband is a man who flies frost in June; The woman was wronged and did not rain for three years. 'Today and tomorrow the prince is not guilty of killing the child, so that the heavens will hang down. Pity the innocent people, and if they slaughter, they will be hurt and angry. Between Fan Zeng's bitter admonitions, the people of Xianyang shouted more than once, and Xiang Yu became more and more angry! With the order, Yingbu urged the men and horses to slaughter on a large scale. At one time, more than 800 people from the Qin Gongzi clan were killed, and more than 4,600 civilians and soldiers were killed, and the corpses were all over the city and bloodshed. The people of Xianyang closed their doors, and there was no one on the road. Xiang Yushang was furious, and he wanted to kill all the people in Xianyang City. Fan Zeng saw it and cried loudly, stopped him again, put his head against the horse's head and admonished: "In the past, when the king of Tang was in a great drought in the world, Tang prayed for himself as a sacrifice in the field of mulberry forest, blamed himself for six things, and it rained heavily for three days. Tang sacrificed himself for the people. Besides, the people of Qin are not guilty, and today's slaughter is in harmony with the heavens, and the king is not afraid? Xiang Yu silently did not answer.
However, it is said that when Pei Gongbing first entered the Qin Mansion, they fought for money and goods, but now they are empty. Xiang Yu's military expenses were insufficient, and he wanted to reward the meritorious soldiers and soldiers, and there was nowhere to spend, so he asked Fan Zengdao: "The soldiers have always worked hard with my expedition, and now they want to send money and grain to the treasury to reward their merits, but how can the treasury be paid if it is empty?" Fan Zeng said: "Qin's treasure goods and money and grain are incomparable in the world, just because half of the treasures and goods were spent when repairing Li Mountain, and the rest were included in the tomb of the first emperor. The overlord pondered for a while and then asked Fan Zeng: "Since the treasure is in the tomb of the first emperor, why don't you send someone to take it out to the sergeant?" Fan Zeng said: "Although the first emperor has no way, it is the tomb of the emperor, and it cannot be moved lightly for no reason. Xiang Yu said angrily: "The military adviser does not know, I heard that the tomb of the first emperor is eight or nine miles away, fifty feet high, with pearl and jade as the star, mercury as the river, gold and silver around its coffin, with a hundred treasures set in front of the coffin for the treasure, with hundreds of palace maids for the funeral, the six strange treasures, such as coral agate, jade glass, all in the tomb of the first emperor, every night and half often have brilliance found, and the first emperor has no way to annex the six countries, spend the world's wealth, exhaust the power of the world, cruel to the people more than the rude, burning books and pits Confucianism and evil throughout the world. Now that I have killed my children and babies to destroy my clan, this hatred is unresolved, and I am about to dig up the grave and whip the corpse, and then I am faster than my heart, how can I love the treasures of Qin alone? The next day, he led 100,000 horses to Lishan.
Xiang Yu dismounted and went to the tomb, and the soldiers dug the grave. The three armies shouted, everyone struggled to be the first, the axe shook the ground and covered the sky, and the birds and beasts lurked and the foxes were frightened. For three days in a row, the mound has been opened, only to see that there are stone gates inside, there is no land, the two stone doors are closed, Xiang Yu ordered the sergeant to break it with a hammer, and the stone gate was opened. Enter the stone city, there is a big road, all white stone masonry, there are railings on both sides, there are two miles away is the tomb door, push open the inside, there is a big hall, enjoy the hall, the dormitory, three palaces and six courtyards, the cover is very neat, the coffin of the first emperor is in the dormitory, the treasures are furnished in front, there are 600,000 gold and silver piled up around, one hundred and twenty pieces of various treasures, all of them are out, and they have been moved for a month. Only a pile of dry bones of the palace maid was left to listen to her.
Xiang Yu wanted to smash the stone coffin of the first emperor again, Yingbu admonished: "No, this stone coffin is also a stone coffin, which contains iron arrows and iron cannon stones. Xiang Yu followed his words and filled in the tomb of the first emperor.
Xiang Yu saw that the pavilions of Afang Palace were gorgeous, shining in the sky, and the contact was endless, and he couldn't help sighing: "The reason why this Qin died was that it took all the world's financial resources to become Lishan and Afang Second Palace." I am king, and it is useless to leave this trace. Then he ordered the sergeant to burn the Afang Palace.
After 12 years of brutal means, the black cold-blooded empire established by Qin Shi Huang, who was "long live the name of a thousand autumns, and the lonely afterlife" was ruthlessly destroyed by Xiang Yu, the more brutal overlord of Chu from the south. "Shushan Wu, Afang out, covering more than 300 miles, leaving the sun the next day" Afang Palace, this "Getai is warm, spring is melting; The dance hall is cold, the wind and rain are miserable" The unparalleled huge palace complex burned for 90 days, at night, the sky-high fire illuminated the dark night sky of Qinchuan for hundreds of miles, and the fire burned throughout the winter, until the early spring of the second year was gradually extinguished. Poor Qin Dynasty has been operating for decades, and now it has become an empty dream in front of you!
Xiang Yu burned down Afang Palace, and everyone in Xianyang City was frightened and resentful.