Chapter 54: Liu Ji's Choice
Lu Juan finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Liu Ji was no longer staring at him.
Liu Ji glanced at everyone and spoke.
"Brothers, most of you are my friends when I was in Zhongyang, and it was you who accompanied me to take this size of land in this troubled world, Liu Ji is grateful. Now that Fusu is becoming more and more popular, the land of the four counties in our district is no longer the opponent of Fusu, and there is only one way to die with Fusu. If you call me 'Brother Ji', I will think about you, if I insist on being an enemy of Na Fusu, you will all die under the sword of the Qin army, what is the point of this? Fan Hao is dead, I don't want you to follow in Fan Xu's footsteps again, come down! So that at least you can all have a way to live. ”
Liu Ji looked at the brothers in front of him and said helplessly.
"Brother Ji, we have a way to live, what about you," Lu Juan said angrily.
"Brother Ji, we will never surrender."
Looking at the group of brothers who were unwilling to abandon him, Liu Ji had already made a decision in his heart.
Two days later, a team of Dangjun soldiers rushed to the South Vietnamese Fusu Office with Liu Ji's letter of surrender.
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Just when Liu Ji's army rushed to South Vietnam, the Fusu army had already entered the territory of Nanhai County. As soon as he entered Nanhai County, Fusu sent people to infiltrate Sihui City to contact the Zhao Shi relatives who had rebelled before.
On this day, Han Chuan, who had infiltrated Sihui County, found Jia Heng.
When Jia Heng saw Han Chuan, he was so frightened that he hurriedly pulled Han Chuan to a secluded place.
"How did you get to this city? Are you crazy? Jia Heng asked eagerly after looking left and right.
"Why can't I be in this Sihui City?" Han Chuan asked with a smile.
"Don't you know that these four cities are full of officers and soldiers? Would you still be alive if you were discovered? ”
The reason why Jia Heng was worried about Han Chuan's safety was that he was afraid that Han Chuan would confess if something happened to him.
"Our army has entered Nanhai County, and will arrive at Sihui City in the near future. My son-in-law sent me to tell you, I hope you can persuade Zhao Shi to surrender my Great Qin, if you can facilitate this matter, and after my Great Qin recovers Nanyue, I will let you withdraw the four counties of Nanyue. Han Chuan looked at Jia Heng in front of him and said seriously.
"This matter is absolutely impossible, the prince has just been defeated by your son-in-law Fusu, and he must hate the Qin army at this moment, if we wait to persuade the prince to surrender at this time, we will not be beheaded by the prince." Jia Heng objected resolutely.
"No, at this time, this Zhao Shi really hates my Daqin, but you must know that hatred is accompanied by fear, but I am afraid that at this moment Zhao Shi's heart is also full of fear of my Daqin, if you open your mouth at this time, maybe it will have a miraculous effect."
After listening to Han Chuan's words, Jia Heng thought about it for a while and felt that what Han Chuan said was not unreasonable.
"It's not impossible for me to persuade the son, but I'm afraid it won't be effective."
Seeing Jia Heng's embarrassed appearance, Han Chuan decided to tell Jia Heng more secrets.
"Mr. Jia, you are not soft-spoken, half of this Zhao Shi's entourage has been bought by my Daqin, they will join you to persuade Zhao Shi at that time, even if this Zhao Shi is suspicious, he will not suspect that half of his relatives are spies, right?"
"What, you actually bought half of Zhao Shi's entourage?"
Jia Heng was directly petrified, and he naively thought that only he or a few people were rebelled by Fusu, but he didn't expect Fusu to buy half of Zhao Shi's relatives.
"It's subdued, it's hard for me to live in Nanyue if I want to die like this!"
From the day after meeting Han Chuan, civil and military officials insinuated that Zhao Shi Nanyue was not Qin's opponent when discussing politics in the court.
On the fifth day, there was a speech official who directly advised Zhao Shi to ask for peace with the Qin State.
In the days that followed, almost half of the officials were suggesting that Zhao Shi sue for peace.
To say that they are seeking peace is nothing more than a rhetoric to whitewash surrender.
Seeing that the relatives around him had opened their mouths to persuade him to sue for peace with Fusu, Zhao Shi mistakenly thought that Nanyue had lost the support of his ministers, and began to be a little depressed.
used money to buy the courtiers of the enemy country, and Fusu also learned it from his son Qin Shi Huang.
The reason why Qin Shi Huang was able to sweep away the Six Kingdoms was not all dependent on conquest, at that time Qin Shi Huang sent Yao Jia to the Six Kingdoms, just to buy the important ministers of the Six Kingdoms, and Yao Jia also completed the task of buying the important ministers of various countries.
Just when Zhao Shi was depressed, the Xun soldiers from Dangjun sent Liu Ji's request for surrender to Fusu.
"The sinner Liu Ji worshiped the prince of Daqin, the sinner was born in recklessness, did not know the words of the sage, and did not know that loyalty to the monarch was the reason for the country, so he coerced a group of poor people in Zhongyang to do things against the country and the king. Now my son of Great Qin is virtuous and benevolent, so that my Great Qin country is growing stronger and stronger, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. It is a sin for us to do things that are rebellious in times of fear. The rebellious things of Dangjun are all because the sinners insist on going their own way, and no one else is provoking, and the sinners have the courage to ask the prince of Great Qin to help Su only kill the sinners and kill the sinners' family for the rebellion against Dangjun, and forgive the poor followers in Zhongyang who are coerced by the sinners......"
After reading Liu Ji's so-called letter of invitation, Fusu sighed. During the Qin Dynasty, there was no such thing as a letter of surrender, only a simple surrender. This time, Liu Ji's letter of surrender to Fusu is more like Liu Ji's plea for mercy by taking the charge of rebellion on his head and excusing his brothers.
Fusu saw Liu Ji's sincere feelings for the survival of his brothers from Liu Ji's letter of surrender, no wonder Liu Ji was finally able to be the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty in history.
Since Liu Ji took the initiative to surrender, Fusu gladly accepted it.
For those who take the initiative to ask for surrender, Fusu naturally has to give preferential treatment, which can not only make those enemy chieftains who still have the heart to surrender tempted, but also demonstrate the benevolence and righteousness of Daqin.
The day after receiving Liu Ji's surrender, Fusu asked the scribe to draft an edict accepting Liu Ji and others' request to surrender:
The edict ordered Han Xin to lead his army into the four counties where Liu Ji was based to receive the soldiers and civilians under Liu Ji's rule.
The edict ordered Liu Ji to be the county guard of Dangjun, and after Han Xin received the military and civilians of Dangjun, he took office immediately, and the entourage under the original Liu Ji was disposed of according to the distinction between civil and military, and the civil officials all went to Hexi to assist Shusun Tong in governing Dangjun except for a few people to assist Shusun Tong in governing Hexi, and all the generals went to the Daqin Military Academy to study the art of war.
The reason why Fusu wanted to separate these civil and military officials under Liu Ji was to completely dismember Liu Ji's forces, and after a few years, when these people were completely integrated into the local area, how much loyalty to Liu Ji would remain?
For Liu Ji and his entourage, Fusu thought of an excellent place to go, but the time was not yet right.
When Zhao Shi in Sihui City learned that Liu Ji was not given death by Fusu after surrendering, but was appointed as the Taishou of Dangjun, a trace of throbbing in his heart began to liven, and he no longer avoided those who had been persuading him to seek peace with Fusu.