The time has come!
The moment these words were spoken.
The people who were eating and drinking could not help but stare in amazement; some even felt a chill down their spines.
Everyone was discussing those who were rebelling, but they had no intention of rebelling at all.
After all, being able to live with Marquis Pei'an in Pei County, life is so happy and free.
When the fire does not burn one's own body, no one will feel too much pain, and it is inevitable that there will be a lack of empathy.
In Pei County, with Pei An Hou looking after them, they would not be restricted by the harsh Qin laws and would not have to worry about the oppression of heavy corvee and taxes.
But there is no such Marquis Pei'an among the people outside.
Sometimes, when they saw the scenery outside, they couldn't help but sigh, fortunately there was Pei An Hou in Pei County.
Otherwise, they might have died from corvee labor again and again!
Of course.
Of course, Su Che's care was limited, and he did not turn these talented people into useless people.
On the contrary, Su Che had quite high requirements for them.
He got a lot of books, including books on military strategy, books on agriculture, books on Legalism, books on Mohism, as well as books on Taoism and Confucianism. He led these people to learn the essence of the books as much as possible.
Su Che’s attitude towards their studies was very clear, and those complicated sentences and words didn’t matter.
These are all superficial. What we really need to learn are the principles in the books.
As long as you understand the principles, that's all.
There is no need to be superficial, such as endorsement, which is what he disdains the most.
Su Che often organized them to discuss those principles and the current world together.
In addition, Su Che also got a lot of horses and bows and arrows, and often took these people into the mountains to hunt.
In addition to hunting, Su Che also took them to learn various martial arts.
In this era, a true talent must be both civil and military.
A civil official can be a prime minister and govern the world, while a military official can lead troops to fight and capture cities and strongholds.
This is the basic operation!
In short, under Su Che's training, these people have improved a lot in both cultural quality and martial arts.
Being able to read, practice martial arts, and hunt to one's heart's content, such days were so pleasant that no one thought of rebelling!
Available today.
Su Che finally broke through this layer of paper and opened up a whole new world for them.
When everyone was discussing the Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Uprising in Daze Township, Su Che's understated words "the time has come" instantly made the entire hall silent. Everyone stared at each other, no one spoke, and they all looked at Su Che quietly.
The first one to react was Xiao He. He raised his glass and said with a smile: "Brother, you are drunk."
Su Che turned his head and glanced at Xiao He. There was no trace of drunkenness on his calm face.
Then he looked at the crowd again.
Everyone subconsciously held their breath.
In the quiet hall, Su Che slowly said, "The First Emperor has passed away, and the Great Qin Empire is about to collapse. Although it is just a group of people who are revolting now, the whole world will fall apart in a blink of an eye!"
"A real man is born between heaven and earth, and he must accomplish great things. We study literature and martial arts, so is there no one who wants to realize his ambitions?"
"If the First Emperor had not died and the Great Qin's carriage had not fallen apart, I might have been able to use the title of Marquis of Pei'an to protect the peace of this area."
"But if the world falls into chaos, staying in a corner will be tantamount to seeking death!"
"In that case, then I will take up my three-foot sword and conquer the world!"
"Of course..."
"This is my decision alone. Those who are willing to follow me can stay here. If you don't want to follow me, you can leave now. I won't blame anyone who leaves."
"There is nothing to be ashamed of. Rebellion will cost you your life, and it will also implicate your family. Even if it is for your family, you can leave at will. It will be too late to regret it later."
When these words were spoken, many people were slightly moved and subconsciously stood up slowly, but the vast majority of people still sat quietly on the ground, with no intention of leaving at all. Those who stood up quickly sat down again.
Soon someone spoke up.
Fan Kuai stood up and shouted, "Brother, since you have already decided to rebel, why do you ask for our opinions? Is it wrong for us to follow you?"
"Even if the rebellion fails and my whole family dies, so what? I, Fan Kuai, don't care!"
"From now on, I will beat anyone you ask me to beat! I, Fan Kuai, will never say no!!"
Although Fan Kuai was born a butcher and seemed rough and brainless, he was actually smarter than many people. At this moment, he stood up and made his attitude clear. He wanted to follow Su Che and had no ulterior motives!
After Fan Kuai made this statement, many people immediately woke up as if from a dream and began to express their opinions.
Su Che listened to what everyone said, smiled and nodded.
He saw those who sat there from beginning to end.
These people are relatively trustworthy.
He also saw those who stood up and wanted to leave.
Although these people are also Su Che's people, trust in them has to be slightly discounted for the time being.
As for the future, we need to continue to observe.
This was a simple test, done unintentionally and ended unintentionally.
Su Che will not directly label these people based on this test .
This is the stupidest thing to do.
People's hearts are fickle and will change slowly over time.
Those who are loyal to him now may not be so loyal in the future.
And those who stand up now may become extra loyal in the future.
These are all uncertain things.
At this moment, many people who stood up and sat down again were regretting it. Why did they subconsciously stand up and leave? This thigh is not obedient!
These people quickly confessed their crimes and hoped to be forgiven. Su Che did not treat them differently because of this. He continued to express his understanding of them as always.
…
The development of the unrest in the world was exactly as Su Che had expected.
When the news of the Dazexiang Uprising spread throughout the world, people followed suit in large numbers.
The world seemed peaceful and stable, but in fact, there were undercurrents.
The previous Qin Empire was like a powder keg. When sparks appeared, the explosion would happen in a flash.
Ever since Su Che handed the world map to Ying Zheng.
Just as he expected, Ying Zheng did not rest and recuperate or make plans for the next step. Instead, he intensified his efforts and started his endless journey without stopping.
The Qin Empire was an empire built on military merit.
The military merit system made this country extremely powerful, and it swept across the six kingdoms like autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, with almost no effort.
After conquering all known civilizations, Ying Zheng turned his eyes overseas, to those unknown civilizations.
Ying Zheng wants to become the king of the world!
In fact, the constant conquest brings a lot of benefits.
Gold, silver, gems, wood, and all kinds of exotic specialties, countless.
The Qin soldiers have expanded their territory overseas and have conquered vast tracts of land, which can be used to grow crops. With continuous reclamation, the land will surely benefit the Qin in the future.
Some remote lands, although full of miasma, are very fertile and have a very good environment, and can even produce three harvests a year.
Slash-and-burn farming is a traditional skill of the Chinese people. As long as there is enough income, there will never be a lack of pioneering spirit.
In fact.
The history of Chinese immigration to Southeast Asia can be traced back to the Qin Dynasty.
From the Qin Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, whenever the old regime replaced the new one, the people who could not bear the war and the fallen dignitaries would move overseas. Southeast Asia became the first choice for immigrants because it was easy to reach.
When Ying Zheng was expanding overseas, Southeast Asia inevitably became one of his targets.
As a result, it was here that we found the Qin people who had fled here because of the harsh rule of the Qin State!
When these people saw the Qin army, they were completely stunned.
What?
Has this place become the land of the Qin Empire ?
Originally, opening up overseas territories could divert domestic conflicts to a large extent. After all, as long as there are enough benefits, no matter how great the hatred was in the past, they can put it aside and drink and chat together.
But unfortunately, those contradictions were not resolved. As the overseas war continued, countless food was consumed like melting ice and snow, which undoubtedly directly increased the burden on the people.
However, the profits from overseas wars did not directly flow back to the people.
Those benefits were largely divided up by the upper class of the Qin State.
The remaining leftovers were also left for the soldiers.
All the people feel is an extremely heavy burden.
It was the common people who paid for this war of development.
And there is no profit at all.
Naturally, the people are unwilling to do so.
When Ying Zheng was still alive, these contradictions did not erupt temporarily due to his intimidation.
When he died.
The building collapsed in a flash.
Rebellious people all over the world were like a swarm of fish crossing the river. The old nobles of the six kingdoms rose up one after another and called on the people oppressed by the tyrannical Qin to stand up and resist.
Kuaiji County.
Yin Tong, the governor of Kuaiji County, took the initiative to find Xiang Liang and wanted to discuss the anti-Qin plan with him: "Now, everyone west of the Yangtze River has rebelled. This is God's will to destroy Qin! As the saying goes, if you take the lead, you can control others, and if you lag behind, you will be controlled by others. Now, I plan to raise an army to rebel against Qin! I have already thought about it. Let you and Huan Chu lead the army. What do you think?"
But how could Xiang Liang be willing to build achievements for others? So the unfortunate Yin Tong became the first victim of the Xiang family's rebellion.
There are endless people rebelling in the world.
Su Che of Pei County naturally did not want to be outdone, and directly killed the county magistrate of Pei County as a sacrifice to the heaven.
Since they have raised the banner of rebellion, they have to find someone to take the blame. This county magistrate is a county magistrate of the Qin Dynasty. He has done a lot of evil things and dirty work for the court. In this case, he is the best scapegoat! It is definitely right to sacrifice him to the gods!
Su Che's influence today is great enough. He is the new saint of Mohism and also the leader of Mohism. In recent years, Mohism has been committed to the idea of ​​developing the country through science and technology. It has not been suppressed by the Qin Empire. On the contrary, it has received certain support.
Even though Su Che did not intervene later, the Mohists still created a lot of useful tools.
They improved the water wheel, improved the abacus, developed papermaking, and various other inventions, and their influence on the people was not small at all.
Part of these achievements should be attributed to Su Che.
After all, it was he who proposed the idea of ​​developing the country through science and technology and founded the New Mohist School.
So when Su Che raised the banner of rebellion, there were so many people responding that their numbers were simply too numerous to count.
The fame he had accumulated before turned into a boost for him at this moment!
Although he served as the Marquis of Pei'an in Qin State and was considered a part of the vested interests of Qin State, and was on the same front as the oppressed people, in a sense, he was considered a "follower of the enemy."
However, this does not actually affect the fact that among those who rebelled throughout the world, there were quite a few who served as officials of the Qin State - not all those who rebelled were ordinary people from the lower class.
After Su Che rebelled, his goal was clear.
The turf in other places doesn't matter.
The first place to be conquered is Guanzhong, and soldiers from the former Qin State must be recruited as the foundation!
The fighting power of the old Qin people is no joke.
As long as we take over Guanzhong first and get the Qin people with the highest quality troops, the following plot will be just another scene of Qin's conquest of the six kingdoms!
Su Che's first step was to capture the surrounding counties and replenish the troops, and then lead these troops directly to Guanzhong!
He knew very well that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang would inevitably fail.
This is the best opportunity!
In the original history.
The nobles of the six states respected King Huai of Chu as the common ruler of the world. This King Huai of Chu was actually the grandson of the original King Huai of Chu, Xiong Xin. He was just a puppet prince supported by Xiang Liang.
But when Xiang Liang died, King Huai of Chu, Xiong Xin, who had been brought in as a puppet, began to think about taking the throne and gaining real power.
"Records of the Grand Historian Volume 8. Annals of Emperor Gaozu 8" records: In the third year of the reign of Qin II , King Huai of Chu saw that Xiang Liang's army was defeated and was afraid, so he moved the capital to Pengcheng and took charge of the armies of Lü Chen and Xiang Yu. He appointed Pei Gong as the governor of Dang County, named him Marquis of Wu'an, and commanded the troops of Dang County.
Probably means...
King Huai of Chu took back all military power from the Xiang clan and wanted to rule on his own.
Liu Bang was then appointed as the leader of Dang County, given the title of Marquis of Wu'an, and was put in charge of the Dang County troops.
The reason for enthroning Liu Bang was to use Liu Bang as an external force to counter the Xiang clan group.
After that, Xiong Xin also made an agreement with Xiang Yu and Liu Bang: whoever enters Guanzhong first will be the king of Guanzhong.
Compared with Xiang Yu's troops, Liu Bang's troops were not large, only about a thousand people.
But the final result was that these more than a thousand people successfully captured Xianyang.
Of course, a more important reason why Liu Bang was able to enter Guanzhong smoothly was that the main forces of the Qin army were all concentrated in the Hebei area.
At that time, Zhang Han concentrated all his forces to besiege Zhao State in an attempt to consolidate the area north of the Yellow River. In this way, he would be able to free up his hands to attack the Chu army in the south.
As a result, Xiang Yu dealt a heavy blow to the main force of the Qin army, and then captured 200,000 Qin troops.
To the end.
In the face of absolute strength, what use is there of the rule that whoever enters Guanzhong first becomes king?
In the end, Xiang Yu enfeoffed eighteen kings and exiled Liu Bang to the remote place of Bashu.
Fate is wonderful. Thousands of years later, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the last relative of the Han royal family also occupied this place as a base.
Unfortunately, their Northern Expedition failed.
As for the reason why Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang failed, one of the reasons was the problem of food transportation.
During the reign of Liu Bang, the ancient Han River could be used to transport grain.
As a result, later, during the reign of Empress Dowager Gao, the plates moved, a major earthquake occurred in Wudu, and the ancient Han River changed its course, so that Zhuge Liang could no longer transport grain by river and had to take the Shu Road.
The failure of the Northern Expedition was closely related to the shortage of food and fodder, as the expedition ran out of food many times.
This time.
Su Che didn't give Xiang Yu and his people any chance at all. He decided to take the initiative, secretly capture Xianyang, and then enter Guanzhong!