"Are you telling the truth?"
"How can the government be so kind? Can they let you go back?"
"You're not lying to us, are you?"
"Is it all about building the Great Wall, or just you guys?"
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The old man's words caused many soldiers to question.
Not that they questioned it.
This is completely different from what the government did in the past. In the past, the government only wanted to make them work until they died. How could they let them go back? Even if they did go back, they would hurriedly find an excuse to conscript them back.
Can such a good thing still happen now?
Hear the words.
A wrinkle appeared on the face of the old leader.
He smiled and cupped his hands towards the sky, and said: "I have always heard people say that the eldest son is benevolent and righteous. This time I know that this eldest son is indeed benevolent and righteous. We can come back this time, thanks to the eldest son. This is what the eldest son has decreed." Can the order be false?"
"We have a 'To' issued by the government!"
"Just us? That's of course impossible. Anyway, from what I heard, most of the people who built the Great Wall will be repatriated one after another in the next one or two months. Only those who have served for less than five years will continue to be in Northern Xinjiang. Keep going, I think this time, at least 100,000 people can come back, maybe even more, this eldest son is really a good man."
The old leader was full of praise for Fusu.
The other servants couldn't stop praising him.
They thought Fusu was good from the bottom of their hearts. If Fusu hadn't given the order, they didn't know when they would be able to go back.
Someone among the soldiers said coldly: "Don't be too happy too early. The local government is still recruiting corvees and building warehouses in various places. If you go back, you may be recruited again."
The thin black man from before said, "Yes."
"You should go back slowly. If you are drafted, remember to repair slowly. I heard that the government is asking for additional taxes. Please delay as long as possible."
Hear the words.
The servants frowned.
They said in a solemn voice: "Is the local government recruiting troops again?"
"But it should be fine."
"I remember when I left Daijun, the superior said that His Highness wanted the world to recuperate and there was no reason to let us go back, so he started hurriedly starting various projects again."
"and."
"That's not true either."
"The government has long stipulated that general projects have a construction period. If the construction period cannot be completed, the servants will be punished. The punishment is more than the extra oral tax. And after we have completed our service this time, according to the law, we can 'divide three' More."
"That means he is exempted from three shifts."
"And this information has already been sent to the local area and registered in our 'service registration'."
"Besides, eldest son Renyi."
"We will definitely not rashly impose additional oral taxes, and on our way back, we also heard that the government is preparing to ease relations with the Huns. By then, northern Xinjiang will be peaceful. It is precisely because of the need to ease relations that the Great Wall was built Construction will be postponed until we slave laborers can come back. I don’t quite believe what you are saying.”
Seeing the old man questioning himself, the thin and dark young man became a little anxious.
But before the thin and dark young man could speak, Han Xin suddenly spoke.
Han Xin said: "According to my father-in-law, it is precisely because the imperial court and the Xiongnu intend to ease the relationship that there is no need to build the short-term Great Wall. And if the imperial court and the Xiongnu really ease the relationship, the hostility to the Xiongnu in the north will also follow. Reduced, is that why the court asked you to come back?"
The old man wondered: "Isn't it?"
Han Xin chuckled lightly, without explaining much, and continued to ask: "According to what my father-in-law said, the construction of the Great Wall has not been completed yet, which means that there are gaps in many places. Has the government sent people to guard it? "
The old man looked confused, scratched his head, and said uncertainly: "It should be possible."
"And since relations have been eased, there is no need for the Xiongnu to go through such a big detour. Besides, since the government has made such a decision, it must be justified by the government."
Han Xin nodded, with a strange look in his eyes.
He looked north.
He wished he had a map of Northern Xinjiang in front of him, and even wanted these servants to mark the unfinished parts of it so that he could arrange troops for these gaps. However, he did not have a map in his hands now, and these servants I probably couldn’t mark a few positions, so I could only think about it in my mind.
But his mind had already drifted away.
At this time.
This group of servants had a quarrel with several others.
The servants all believed that after the peace between the imperial court and the Xiongnu, the burden on the world would become less and less, and their service times in the future would be less and less, and their service time would be less and less, and the government really wanted them to recuperate. .
Otherwise, how could we send them a few days' worth of food?
This is all food.
The thin black young man and others always believed that this was all taken for granted by the slave laborers. Qin Ting was cruel and would not care about them at all. He would only work them harder and harder, giving them no chance to breathe.
Just as everyone was arguing, Han Xin raised his hand.
immediately.
It was quiet all around.
He cupped his hands towards the old man and others and said: "Thank you for informing me, my father-in-law. From my point of view, the imperial court does intend to relax, and now it is also deliberately slowing down various projects. As for the warehouses built by the local government, it cannot be regarded as bad governance. After all, What the emperor preached back then was 'cultivating people to conquer nature'. With warehouses in various places, if there is a big disaster in the future, help can be obtained faster."
Han Xin's words won unanimous approval from the servants.
Subsequently.
Han Xin turned around.
He looked at the soldiers behind him and said coldly: "Practice more this afternoon."
As soon as this sentence came out.
All the soldiers couldn't help but grimace.
Being a soldier in the hands of Han Xin is already very difficult, but if you practice extra, won't you be exhausted to death?
The servant and others left directly after finishing their meal.
The thin black young man said dissatisfiedly: "Han Xin, what do you mean? It's obviously these servants talking nonsense, why do you want us to practice more?"
Han Xin glanced at it coldly and said in a cold voice: "Do you really think that the imperial court will make peace with the Xiongnu?"
"After the easing of tensions, will the Northland be at peace?"
"Isn't it?" The thin black young man looked dissatisfied.
Han Xin sneered and said: "You are self-righteous. If an order to ease relations can calm both sides, then there will not be so many wars in the world in the past hundreds of years."
"The truce is only temporary."
"The Huns will never be that honest."
"I'm really just going to be friendly with you."
"The gaps left by the Great Wall in various places will become a breakthrough point for the Huns to plunder southward. And those of us who are new recruits will inevitably have to defend these places in the future. What you will face will be even more cruel and ruthless. of the Huns.”
"They will really cut your heads off."
"Practice more today."
"It's to save you from bleeding in the future."
"I don't know what happened on the grassland, but I, Han Xin, can be sure that there will be another war between the imperial court and the Huns. If you don't want to die, train well so that you can survive on the battlefield."
Finished.
Han Xin strode back to the camp.
The other soldiers looked at each other in confusion. They felt that Han Xin was making a fuss out of a molehill, but Han Xin's attitude really calmed them down. What if what Han Xin said was true?
This is the thought.
Everyone is quite serious.
Not long after.
The sound of trampling footsteps sounded again in the camp.
Dangjun, Daliang.
This was the former capital of Wei State.
Now it is a new city, called 'Kaifeng'.
When the Qin Dynasty destroyed Wei, Wang Ben led his army to surround Daliang City and diverted water from the Great Valley to flood the city. This lasted for three months. Daliang City was destroyed. In the end, the king of Wei pretended that he had no choice but to open the city and surrender. Since then, Daliang City has ceased to exist. .
After Qin unified the world, Kaifeng County was established next to the old site.
But people nearby still call it Daliang.
It's winter.
The weather gradually became bitingly cold.
Zhang Liang stood in the city, looking at the lively scene in the city, but his eyes were very fearful.
in this month.
He never stopped.
He kept trying to break the situation and disrupt Ji Heng's arrangement.
Rumors were also spread everywhere.
For example, the Qin Dynasty built warehouses to increase the tax revenue and satisfy the appetite of the Qin people. It also used the name of the war to annex local areas. When these rumors first spread, they indeed aroused people's panic, and many people were worried. He was furious with Da Qin.
Qin Ting's image further deteriorated.
However, the good times did not last long.
As the laborers who built the Great Wall returned, the people who had been yelling at Fusu suddenly changed their direction and praised Fusu. Many families even cried with joy, and many cities became lively.
In particular, these servants also sent back some words.
The court wanted to rest and recuperate.
This made the originally agitated and furious people calm down instantly, and it was like a basin of cold water poured on Zhang Liang's head, making him quite embarrassed and embarrassed.
It was the return of tens of thousands of slave laborers that made the resentment of the lower class towards Qin Ting disappear a lot.
The rumors he spread had no impact.
Zhang Liang withdrew his gaze.
He said calmly: "He really figured it out."
"The arrangements have been made long ago."
"Since he started planning for Qin, the rumors spread throughout the world have become increasingly difficult to have any effect. Even if they cause some local commotion, they will be quickly suppressed. It is no longer as difficult as in the past to shock the world."
"And the means of spreading rumors and confusing people are indeed too common."
"It's certain that he took precautions."
"only."
"Before the rumors spread, he had already made arrangements, which shows that he had thought more carefully and planned better, and he had already expected this. From this point of view, if he wanted to break Ji Hengbu's plot, I might just have to take the wrong approach."
Zhang Liang raised his head.
The place where he was standing right now was the residence of the Kaifeng County Magistrate.
He wanted to clarify the pros and cons.
Let local officials who are close to the nobles turn against him and stab him in the back.
He was in South Korea before, but South Korea was too close to Guanzhong and was deeply influenced by Guanzhong. Not many people dared to do so. After running into obstacles one after another, Zhang Liang chose to find another place.
He came to the hometown of Wei.
Daliang, the hometown of the Wei State, was very resentful towards the Qin people because of the floods that flooded the city. Especially with the fall of the Wei State, Daliang's former glory was lost, which made people nearby continue to criticize the Qin court.
Therefore, Daliang was Zhang Liang's first choice for Wei.
Creak.
The door opened.
A clerk poked his head out from the crack in the door.
He glanced around.
Seeing that no one was paying attention around him, he said impatiently: "My parents told me not to see you, and you won't come here again. My parents just want to be a peaceful county magistrate, and have no intention of accompanying you to make mischief."
"Let's go."
"The further you go, the better."
boom!
After the clerk finished speaking, he closed the door directly.
Zhang Liang's eyes darkened.
He was used to this scene.
Local officials had served in the Qin Dynasty for more than ten years and had long forgotten their old masters. In addition, the deterrence of the Qin army was still strong, so few people dared to take risks. This was not the first time Zhang Liang encountered a wall along the way.
It won't be the last time either.
Zhang Liang knew it well.
But he still has to try.
Must try too.
If you want to disrupt Ji Heng's plan, you have to break the rules. If you use the usual methods in the past, you won't be able to do anything about it. Ji Heng will see through it early and prepare a solution in advance, so it won't work at all.
If you want to break the rules, you have to do something extraordinary.
"When the emperor is angry, millions of corpses will be laid down; when an ordinary man is angry, blood will be scattered three feet."
"It is rare for anyone to be angry today, but the world must be angry. Otherwise, if we just follow Ji Heng's will, the situation will only become more and more urgent for those who are anti-Qin like us, and it will become more and more difficult to breathe."
Zhang Liang turned and left.
He already had a complete idea in his mind.
Shipwrecks, killings.
This will stir up rumors all over the world.
Let local officials see the true face of Qin people.
This forced local officials to waver again.
Then break the situation!
A long time followed.
Even though the weather was getting colder and colder, with ice edges as thick as his arms hanging from the eaves, and even though there were fewer and fewer people walking around the city, Zhang Liang still didn't stop.
Even the walking distance is getting farther and farther.
He traveled all over Dang County.
Now we have entered Chen County.
But after hitting the wall again and again, Zhang Liang's heart sank deeper and deeper.
Zhang Liang knew that Ji Heng was very calculating to a certain extent. He realized very early on that most people in the world were short-sighted and short-sighted. As long as the knife did not fall on his neck, he would never get involved easily. risk.
Not to mention taking risks.
And this is also the main reason why Zhang Liang failed again and again.
He couldn't be persuaded.
Many officials did not give him a chance to meet, and only let the gatekeeper drive him away. Even though he had thousands of words in his mind, they all turned into endless sighs at this moment.
What made Zhang Liang even more uneasy was that.
As he walked along, a thought came to his mind.
It was his so-called "sword-taking". Could it be that Ji Heng also got it?
Are you even fully prepared?
This premonition was sudden and unreasonable, but it was so profound that Zhang Liang had to worry. He even had to calculate in his mind what kind of counterattack Ji Heng would do if this was really the case.
I just really didn’t understand it.
But Zhang Liang's heart became heavier and heavier.
He had already made up his mind. If he still planned for Ji Heng this time, he would not continue to challenge him, because under Ji Heng's careful calculation, there was no way he could change it.
If you want to change, you have to jump out.
Ji Heng plotted against Ji Heng, and he plotted his own.
This is the best policy.
This is also the best solution Zhang Liang can think of at the moment.
(End of chapter)
