The guards at the city gate were checking the goods of the merchants to confirm whether they had paid taxes. Suddenly, a ragged young man came forward and asked to see the King of Han.
Hearing this, the guard at the city gate was startled, then he looked at the young man and said unhappily, "Who are you? Why do you want to see the King of Han? Can you see the King of Han whenever you want?"
"I have a book on military strategy and I want to give it to the King of Han." Han Xin said seriously.
"Military book? Whose military book?" The guard just found it funny and asked subconsciously.
"The military book I wrote..." Han Xin said.
"Haha, the military book you wrote? Hey, you are really interesting, young man. You actually dare to use this method to attract the attention of the King of Han? Are you too naive? How many people want to see the King of Han every day? If the King of Han meets everyone, can he still handle it?" said the guard at the city gate with disdain.
"As long as the King of Han reads my military book, he will definitely be willing to see me." Han Xin said word by word.
At this point, the guard at the city gate looked at Han Xin in surprise. He took the military book and nodded: "Okay, I'll hand it over. It's not certain whether the King of Han can see you. What's your name?"
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This day.
Su Che, who was handling government affairs, heard such news.
There was a man named Han who wanted to see him and said he was an old friend of his.
Korea?
Not long.
Su Che met the guests in the side hall.
It was Han Fei, whom I hadn't seen for a long time.
"Brother, it's you. Long time no see." Su Che looked at Han Fei in front of him and said with a smile.
"Junior brother, it's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect that you are now the King of Han. Things have really changed a lot." Han Fei couldn't help but sigh.
When Qi was destroyed, Su Che was granted the title of Marquis of Pei'an. However, his senior brother Han Fei did not want to serve the First Emperor because of the destruction of Han. So before Qi was destroyed, he and his teacher left Qi, and no one knew where they went.
Maybe he went to practice Taoism with Master Xunzi?
Since then, Su Che had no news of his master and Han Fei.
Eleven years passed in the blink of an eye.
After such a long time of no contact, Brother Han Fei's face is still the same as before, but with a little more vicissitudes, he must have experienced a lot.
When old friends met again, Su Che and Senior Brother Han Fei started chatting.
After following Master Xunzi for ten years, Brother Han Fei’s understanding of the law has been further enhanced.
At that time, his views on the law and the world were as hot as fire.
Han Fei's political ideal was to establish a unified feudal state with a centralized monarchy. Faced with the fierce struggle between the old and new forces and the separatist rule of the princes in the late Warring States Period, he summed up the historical lessons of the emperor being weak and the princes being strong, and advocated the establishment of a unified feudal state with a centralized monarchy.
In his works, words and phrases such as "new sage", "strict emperor", "royal resources", "emperor's resources" and "unifying the world" reflect his desire; and in the chapter "Promoting Power", he pointed out more clearly that this unified monarchical centralization must achieve "matters are in all directions, but the key is in the center; the sage holds the key and all directions follow", replacing division with unity and replacing separatism with centralization.
In order to ensure that the sacred power of the monarch is not violated, Han Fei advocated respecting the monarch and humble ministers.
In "Nei Chu Shuo", he proposed to "strengthen the public office and close the private door."
In "The Lord's Way", he advocated that those powerful families should be dealt with by disbanding their factions, gathering the rest, closing their doors, and depriving them of their support.
"Grief at Loneliness" expresses the poet's loneliness and anger at the current situation of the world, and resolutely strikes against those officials and nobles who "violate the law to benefit themselves and waste the country for the benefit of their families."
In "Five Vermin", he rebuked the five kinds of vermin in the country and advocated that if the times change, the measures to govern the country should also be reformed. Only by implementing a series of policies that are conducive to establishing and consolidating the emerging feudal system and promoting the great unification can we follow the trend of history!
In Han Fei's works, he integrated Shang Yang's "law", Shen Buhai's "technique" and Shen Tao's "power" into one, and he was the epitome of Legalist thought.
If Li Si is the most complete executor of Legalism.
Han Fei is the pinnacle of Legalist theoretical scholarship.
certainly.
Han Fei also had his shortcomings, that is, his theory was too excellent and he did not have much practical training.
However, during the past ten years or so, Han Fei traveled around the world with Xunzi, visited many places, met many people and experienced many things, which also gave him a different understanding of "law" and a sense of purity of returning to nature!
A long time ago, the First Emperor passed away, and Hu Hai inherited the throne. He then brutally killed his brothers and sisters. Li Si, who assisted Hu Hai in his atrocities, also did not have a good end.
Since ancient times, Legalist reformers have basically never had a good ending.
Li Si was no exception.
He was subjected to five punishments.
Tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off the feet, castration, and death penalty.
Ink is like carving words on the face.
Yi means cutting off the nose.
Cutting off the feet means chopping off the feet.
Needless to say, castration was a crime.
The ultimate death penalty is death.
"Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Li Si" records:
"In the seventh month of the second year of the Second Emperor, the five punishments were meted out, and the sentence was beheading at XY market."
As the prime minister who assisted the First Emperor, the final result was that he was beheaded in Xianyang and his three clans were exterminated.
Such an ending is simply too tragic.
Before his death, no one knew whether Li Si had any regrets.
When the news of Li Si's death came, Han Fei had already arrived in his hometown of Han.
In more than ten years, everything has changed and this place has become a county of Qin State.
After staying here for some days, Han Fei suddenly heard the news that the King of Han had conquered Xianyang. Soon he heard that the King of Han had implemented a new policy to exempt land taxes, suspend corvee labor, restore commerce, encourage land reclamation and other measures that would benefit the people.
Immediately after the 400,000 Qin troops returned to Xianyang, they did not attack Xianyang, but pledged allegiance to the King of Han. This allowed the King of Han to gain a firm foothold and the situation in Guanzhong was determined.
At the same time, rebellions broke out almost everywhere in the world.
The veterans of the six kingdoms stood up at this time and began to restore their own countries.
After Xianyang was captured, 400,000 troops surrendered to the King of Han. The Qin regime was already in name only, so there was nothing to worry about when it came to rebelling.
After hearing the news, Han Fei wanted to know who this King of Han was.
Then, he heard a piece of news that surprised him.
The King of Han is a follower of Xunzi!
Han Fei was even more surprised after hearing the name of King Han.
It turned out to be my junior fellow apprentice!!
So Han Fei rushed to Xianyang and met Su Che.
Su Che was naturally very happy about Han Fei's arrival.
At the same time, he was also very curious about the whereabouts of his master.
Han Fei shook his head: "After the death of the First Emperor, my master said that my chance had come and separated from me. I don't know where he is now..."
Just as the two were chatting happily, someone reported and handed over a scroll of military book, saying that it was written by a young man himself, and he insisted on presenting it to the King of Han, and said that if the King of Han read it, he would definitely meet him.
After hearing this, Su Che thought that it was a very arrogant tone, so he took a look.
After just one glance, Su Che raised his eyebrows. This military book was not simple.
Su Che looked at it for a while, but before he finished, he raised his head and asked, "What's that person's name?"
"I think his name is Han... Han something..."
When Su Che heard the surname and looked at the military book, he was sure it was Han Xin. He said directly: "Bring this man to see me quickly!"
"yes!"
After the person who notified him left, Su Che looked at Han Fei and said, "Brother, this person is also from the Han family, so he should be related to you."
"Maybe." Han Fei nodded uncertainly, and then asked curiously: "Is this military book very powerful?"
"Brother, you will understand after reading it." Su Che handed the military book to Han Fei.
Han Fei took the military book and read it carefully with his head down.
Although Han Fei was the culmination of the Legalists, the talents of this era were always proficient in both civil and military affairs, and Han Fei was no exception. He was proficient in the Legalists, but that did not mean he did not understand military strategists.
"I have never seen this military book before." Han Fei said slowly: "This military book is very complicated. No wonder you want to meet this person."
Not long.
Han Xin came to the hall. He looked at the younger Su Che and the slightly older Han Fei and was stunned. For a moment he didn't know who to salute.
Seeing Han Xin looking a little nervous, Su Che asked directly, "Did you write this military book?"
"That's right." Han Xin said quickly.
"What's your name?" Su Che asked.
"My name is Han, and my name is Xin," said Han Xin.
"No words?" Su Che asked.
"I was born in a humble family and my parents died early, so they never had the chance to give me a name, so Han Xin has no name," Han Xin said seriously.
"How can the Han family be said to be of low birth?" Su Che asked with a smile: "Do you know who the person next to me is?"
"I don't know." Teacher Han Xin said.
"He is the son of King Huanhui of Han, a legitimate prince of the Kingdom of Korea. Perhaps you are also a descendant of the royal family of the Kingdom of Korea?" Su Che teased with a smile.
"I am a humble man, I dare not associate with you..." Han Xin suddenly realized something, raised his head, and asked in surprise: "But is it Han Feizi?"
Han Feizi.
At this time, Han Fei was worthy of the title "Zi".
This is a respectful title used by the world to refer to learned people, such as Confucius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, etc.
Today's Han Fei is qualified to be called Han Feizi.
"You know me?" Han Fei smiled.
"Of course, I have read your books. I haven't heard from you for a long time. I thought you..." Han Xin said in surprise.
"Who did you learn this military strategy from?" Han Fei asked casually.
"I taught myself. My family passed down a lot of books. I read whatever books were available and figured it out on my own." Han Xin answered honestly.
"Oh?" Han Fei's eyes lit up, then he turned his head to look at Su Che and said with a smile: "You got a good seedling!"
Military strategists are divided into four categories: military strategists, military strategists, military situation strategists and military skills strategists.
A military strategist is one who defends the country with righteousness and deploys strange tactics in war. He makes plans before fighting and takes the situation into consideration, and understands both yin and yang, using techniques.
In other words, military strategists are the most comprehensive type, focusing on the strategies of war and taking action only after careful planning.
The representative of military strategists is Sun Tzu, who said that the highest level of war is: "Subdue the enemy without fighting."
Han Xin was a military strategist.
He will also be the pinnacle of military strategy in the future! No one else!
Over the years, Han Fei has seen too many people and things , and can be said to have a keen eye. Just by reading military books, meeting people, and having simple conversations, he knew that this boy was definitely not an ordinary person.
Su Che naturally understood this.
Just kidding, this guy is a military genius.
He was able to organize a group of scattered soldiers and use them in the most reasonable place.
This is Han Xin's ability.
"Records of the Grand Historian: Twelve Annals: Annals of Emperor Gaozu" records:
In the fifth year, Emperor Gaozu and the troops of the princes attacked the Chu army and fought against Xiang Yu at Gaixia. The Marquis of Huaiyin led 300,000 troops to fight the enemy himself, with General Kong on the left, General Fei on the right, the emperor behind, and the Marquis of Jiang and General Chai behind the emperor. Xiang Yu had about 100,000 soldiers. Huaiyin was the first to join the battle, but it was not going well, so Xiang Yu retreated. General Kong and General Fei were in a hurry, and the Chu army was not going well. The Marquis of Huaiyin took advantage of the situation and defeated the Chu army at Gaixia.
In a large-scale military operation, after the failure of the first attack, the army did not collapse completely, but simply retreated, creating space for a pincer attack from the flank, and then counterattacked when the Chu army was injured - what kind of organizational and battlefield dispatch capabilities are these?
Xiang Yu couldn't do it, and neither could Liu Bang. In this era, only Han Xin could do it.
This was also the reason why Han Xin later said, "The more the better."
Liu Bang asked: "How much can I bring?"
Han Xin: "Your Majesty can only command 100,000 men."
Liu Bang: "How do you think of me?"
Han Xin: "The more ministers I have, the better."
Han Xin recruits soldiers, the more the better!
Since recruiting Han Xin, the last piece of the Han group was finally in place, and Su Che directly appointed him as general.
A young man who had just started out and had never made any achievements became a general right away, which caused dissatisfaction among many people.
But soon, as Han Xin's light began to shine, no one could say anything anymore.
After Su Che stabilized the Guanzhong Qin area, he began to take the initiative to attack.
The world has been in chaos for hundreds and thousands of years, and it was finally settled. Now it is about to become chaotic again. This cannot be acceptable!
We must pacify this world as soon as possible!
And just like that, the army set out.
The Qin army went out of the pass again.
But this time, they should be called the Han Army.
The Qin territory has completely become the Han territory. Under Su Che's benevolent rule, the old Qin people are very happy with this change. As for those who are not happy, they have long been sent by Su Che to see the First Emperor.
In Guanzhong, there is only one voice, Su Che's voice!
The old Qin people had suffered for a long time, and Hu Hai's rise to power was the last straw that broke the camel's back. The old Qin people were extremely sad about the Qin Dynasty.
If Su Che had not lost the support of the people, he would not have been able to transform the Guanzhong area so smoothly.
The old Qin people have waited for too long, and finally waited for a benevolent and holy king like Su Che. Who cares whether you are a descendant of the King of Qin?
This is actually not an exaggeration.
Historically, Xiang Yu divided the Guanzhong area of ​​Qin into three parts and granted them to Qin's surrendered generals Zhang Han, Dong Yi, and Sima Xin, known as the "Three Qins", in order to prevent Liu Bang from going east.
But not long after Xiang Yu led his troops away, Liu Bang directly "recovered the Three Qins" and used Guanzhong as his base to march eastward and started the "Chu-Han Contention" with Xiang Yu to compete for the world.
The people of Guanzhong all supported Liu Bang, the kind-hearted old man.
This time is no exception.
As the Han army left the pass.
The second time "Qin went east to destroy the six states" -
here we go!