Chapter 16 I am unwilling to be the King of Han

After turning Xianyang City upside down, Xiang Yu sent someone back to report to King Huai on the situation of breaking through the customs and entering Qin Dynasty, and asked for instructions on the next step.In fact, it is not so much a request for instructions as a hint: you should get paid after you have finished your work.According to the situation at the time, it was time to discuss meritorious deeds and rewards. King Huai understood quite well, and said, "Let's do it as originally agreed." Yes, wasn't everything agreed in advance?Whoever advances in Xianyang is the king.

It stands to reason that this is nothing to make up, but Xiang Yu thought that King Huai refused to let him enter the pass with Liu Bang, but sent him to the north to rescue Zhao. As a result, the speed of entering the pass was affected. This is obviously meant to be worn by the little shoes (even if King Huai didn't mean it at the beginning, he couldn't explain it to the violent Xiang Yu), so when he heard that King Huai said this, he immediately changed face.Afterwards, everyone said: "My uncle Xiang Liang also promoted King Huai. What merits does he have to preside over the contract!"

If it was another reckless man, he would let out his anger, and he would pass if there was another persuasion next to him; Xiang Yu is not so simple, he simply does one thing and keeps on saying: I will seal it myself, and I will also invite you, King Huai, by the way. go.Therefore, King Huai was given the honorable title of "Emperor Yi", which was in vain. In fact, he did not obey his orders and planned to become king himself. On this day, a group of generals and ministers were summoned, and they heard that they were crowned kings based on their achievements. Everyone wondered, how did King Huai become Emperor Yi?Xiang Yu was also unambiguous, and said to the generals: "At the beginning of the uprising in the world, the descendants of the princes were temporarily established as kings in order to crusade against the Qin Dynasty. Nian is away, destroying the Qin Dynasty, and pacifying the world, all rely on the strength of everyone and me Xiang. Although Emperor Yi has no military achievements, it is right to give him land and let him be king."

When the generals heard this, they knew that there were ghosts in it, but everyone was rewarded, and with the influence of the Xiang family, they were happy to push the boat along.So they all said "yes".Liu Bang had hoped that King Huai would uphold justice, but at this point, even though he was angry, he could only endure it. Therefore, in the first month of 206 BC, Xiang Yu divided the world, appointed generals as princes, and established himself as the overlord of Western Chu, ruling the nine counties of Liang and Chu, and established Pengcheng as his capital. In fact, Xiang Yu is not unscrupulous, think about it, who in the world does not know that Liu Bang entered the Guanzhong first, even though he and Liu Bang had reconciled at the Hongmen Banquet, if they violated the original agreement, the princes would not rebel!So secretly discussed with Fan Zeng.Fan Zeng suggested: "The roads in the two counties of Ba and Shu are dangerous, and the people exiled by the Qin Dynasty are all sent there. Besides, Ba and Shu are also considered the territory of Guanzhong. It is not a violation of the agreement to seal him there." So Liu Bang was granted the title. As the king of Han, he ruled the Bashu area.He also divided Guanzhong into three parts, and named the three descendants of the Qin Dynasty as kings to block Liu Bang's way out to the east.

After the Hongmen Banquet, Liu Bang's feelings for Zhang Liang improved a lot. He became the King of Han himself, so he couldn't treat him badly, and rewarded him with a hundred yi of brass and two buckets of pearls.Zhang Liang gave them all to Xiang Bo.The last time he was out of danger, thanks to this kind and righteous elder brother who came to report the letter, Liu Bang also had more thoughts: why not take this opportunity to ask him to ask for more territory?So he asked Zhang Liang to send generous gifts, and asked the in-laws to help him to request the Hanzhong area on his behalf.With the appearance of Xiang Yu's uncle, things went smoothly.In this way, the lands of Ba, Shu, and Hanzhong belonged to Liu Bang, and the capital was built in Nanzheng, Hanzhong.

In order to facilitate the description later, let me first talk about the situation of the enshrined kings: Xiang Yu divided Guanzhong into three parts and granted them to three generals of the Qin Dynasty: Zhang Han was King Yong and his capital was Abolished Qiu; Sima Xin was King Sai and his capital was Liyang; Dong Yi was King Zhai and his capital was Gaonu. .He also named Xiaqiu Shenyang, the general of Chu, the king of Henan, and established Luoyang as his capital.Sima Ang, the general of Zhao, was made King of Yin, and Chaoge was established as his capital.Change Zhao Wangxie to Daidi as Daiwang.Zhang Er, Prime Minister of Zhao, was granted the title of King of Changshan, and his capital was Xiangguo.Feng Dangyangjun Yingbu was named King of Jiujiang, and the capital was six counties.Gong Ao, the pillar state of King Huai, was made King of Linjiang, and Jiangling was established as his capital.Fanjun Wu Rui was granted the title of King of Hengshan, and Zhu County was established as the capital.Zang Tu, the general of Yan, was granted the title of king of Yan, and Jixian was established as his capital.Han Guang, the former King of Yan, was changed to Liaodong as King of Liaodong.Han Guang refused to listen, so Zang Tu led his army to attack and killed him in Wushang.Xiang Yu also enfeoffed the three counties around Chen Yuhejian, Lord Cheng'an, and let him live in Nanpi County.One hundred thousand households were granted to Meiyan.

According to Xiang Yu's principle, everyone is a meritorious person, and the rewards are similar, so the rewards are the most fair.In this way, although the enfeoffment pattern of "the emperor is in the middle and the princes guard" was formed from the strategic situation before the Spring and Autumn Period, it was beneficial for Xiang Yu to control the whole country, but he obviously ignored the theory that human beings are the most complicated animals in the world, and paid for his final defeat. hidden dangers.