Chapter 254 New Chang'an
Liu Bang was helpless in his monarchy and his ministers.
The survival competition in the animal world is cruel and bloody, without any emotion. The battle between the princes is also thrilling and dazzling.
It took Liu Bang three years to go from the head of the pavilion to the king of Han, but it only took him a little more than a month to go from the king of Han to the bandit. Such a huge change was really cruel for an elderly person who was 52 years old. In this competition of the jungle, Liu Bang and his friends had fallen from the top of the food chain to the end.
The territory is lost.
The deserter intensified.
The army was rushed, focusing on quantity but neglecting mass. The centripetal force and gathering force of Han generals and soldiers had always been a problem. Han Wangxin and Liu Jia's more than 10,000 troops retreated from Wancheng, and their troops gradually decreased to more than 7,000. Among them, deserters accounted for more than half. Funiu Mountain thousands of miles of mountains, while providing shelter, the Han army soldiers felt the gap with the prosperous city.
After enjoying the prosperity of big cities like Xianyang, Xicheng and Yingdu, many Han soldiers instinctively felt uncomfortable hiking into the mountains and living a hard life.
"King, when I came back from Pengcheng this time, I met the Chu army general Ding Gong when I was passing by Chen County. After some discussion, Ding Gong complained a lot in his words. We may be able to make friends with him so that we can leave a way out." Seeing that everyone was disappointed and helpless, Zhang Liang said.
The gap is always opened from the inside.
This is true for Xiang Bo, and so is Ding Gong.
He failed to become the new five tiger generals in the Chu army, and his nephew Ji Bu is not doing well at the moment, so Ding Gong's mentality gradually becomes unbalanced. The rough and generous Xiang Yu did not notice this subtle change in the mentality of the generals in the army. Zhang Liang sensitively discovered Ding Gong's strangeness.
Make friends with Mr. Ding.
This is undoubtedly a piece of news that Ding Gong’s defense zone is on the edge of Yingchuan. Once Shangcai is captured by the Qin army, the Han army can retreat to the Chenxian area for temporary escape.
Liu Bang's eyes lit up, but then he continued to talk: "Dong Ding is just a general in the Chu army and he should not be of great use. As for the benefits he gave him, please deal with it with me. After all, it is very difficult for us now. If you have a little bit of attention, you must first focus on more urgent matters."
Liu Bang's answer was very tactful, but Zhang Liang had already heard that it was enough for Mr. Ding to deal with it a little, and there was no need to spend too much energy. Moreover, with the current income of the Han Dynasty, if you don't use it tightly, you will not be able to live your life.
"The military affairs are left to the brothers Liu Jia and Han. No matter what, the soldiers must not be allowed to run away again. Even if they have worked hard, they will have to train a strong army this time." Liu Bang's eyes showed some determination. After losing battles and losing streaks, he still had this perseverance to persevere, and he had to admit that Old Liu is indeed admirable.
"We have recorded the words of the king." Zhang Liang lowered his head with red eyes. Behind him, Liu Jia and Liu Fei also looked like they were blaming themselves.
As for the Han Wangxin, who was at the end, his head was lowered, but his eyes were looking around. This Korean descendant obviously disapproved of Liu Bang's words.
In the eyes of Han Wangxin, a down-and-out Liu Bang, who suffered repeated defeats, had long lost his status and mystery. In Shangcai's Han army, Han Wangxin's soldiers had more than 3,000 soldiers, accounting for almost half of the Han army. In addition, Yingchuan was the territory of Han, and Han Wangxin's appeal was obviously stronger than Liu Bang.
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Guanzhong at the end of September.
The autumn is clear and the wind is bright and the wind is bright. A trace of northwest wind from the grassland begins to hit the south. After a bloody battle with the Huns at the same time last year, the Guanzhong land this year was as calm as a pool of silence.
Chang'an New City.
It has begun to take shape. It is like a child who is growing rapidly in development. While constantly absorbing maternal milk, it is also developing at a dazzling speed.
The most attractive thing about the new city is not the clean and tidy streets or the lively and crowded commercial zones, but the stele forest standing on the high hills of Leyouyuan.
This is a stone carving stele forest that makes all Qin army soldiers feel solemn. Unlike the simple and thick lines carving craftsmanship, all bluestones are collected from the depths of Taibai Mountain, the highest peak of the Qinling Mountains, and then transported to Chang'an City by ship. A stone tablet records a war and commemorates the soldiers who died in the war of revival of the Qin State.
"Let glory be with you, let future generations never forget you, let the people of the Qin Dynasty live forever, and enjoy peace forever!" At the end of the stele forest, a sentence that Li Yuan said was engraved word by word.
Glory belongs to you.
Because you have given your life.
Everyone who comes here will not forget you, because you are the long scroll of the history of the Great Qin Dynasty. As soon as it is unfolded, you can hear your shouts of fighting.
Gan Houbo, Zhou Xing, Han Si—and the Qin army soldiers who had not left their names were all moved here. When flowers bloomed every spring, many Qin people would come here to pay homage to these heroes who fought for the country.
The Stele Forest is speechless, but it reminds every Qin person that today's peace is hard to come by. When the Qin army returning from the east passes by Chang'an, they will proudly line up in front of the Stele Forest and leave the last commemoration of their comrades here. Every time in the future, no matter where they are, they will regard the Stele Forest as a home in their hearts.
Here, there are brothers who once shared life and death, comrades who handed their backs to you, and there is an indelible friendship that belongs to men.
East City.
Hu merchants have already occupied most of the shops. These merchants from the Kingdom of Silence brought the popular wines and seeds in the Mediterranean area to Qin, as well as other rare objects carried from far away West. The prices of these things are more than ten times higher than those of the origin, but they are still in short supply.
Of course, the transaction is relative. When the Hujas go back, the mysterious silk from the East they take away will also cause looting in the west of Rest.
The interests are in danger. Judging from the information that Bai Guangji came back from the northern grasslands, the Huns' Great Khan Maodun had changed the direction of the attack after hitting a big nail in the south. Now the Huns' cavalry placed the target of the looting on the Dayuezhi tribe, which was constantly moving westward.
At the northern end of the desert, the Huns and Yuezhi troops continued to chase each other. The border situation in the western border became increasingly tense, but the number of Hu merchants in Guanzhong increased instead of decreasing.
West City.
It is planned as a residential area. The layout here is designed according to the drawings of Xin Zhui and Li Yuan. It is divided into four major blocks: Changlefang, Anlefang, Greetingfang and Xueyefang. The civilians living in each block are different. They are classified according to their respective occupations. Through this semi-forced and semi-voluntary arrangement, the energy consumption of the city can be saved to the maximum extent and also provide the fastest reaction time for responding to emergencies.
Eight main water diversion canals run through the entire city. The first place to pass is the residential area of Xicheng City. When the clean and clear Wei River water flows through the street alleys, you can imagine how important their role will be.
To give Chang'an City its own blood, this innovative idea proposed by Li Yuan in urban design will undoubtedly leave a strong point in the development history of Chinese cities.
Chinese cities have always paid no attention to drinking water sanitation, especially when choosing drinking water sources, they are generally mainly well water, eating well water and washing well water. Even the cleaning of excrement is also well water. This ancient method of multi-purpose one well has been used in modern times.
Old habits can be changed, especially after having the supreme status, Li Yuan's orders were almost equivalent to imperial edicts. For the Qin people, the words of Shenwu Hou had exceeded most of the Qin emperors and reached a level comparable to that of the first emperor of the ages.
Li Yuan could tolerate the tires of vehicles without rubber in this era, and could tolerate fast transportation such as high-speed rail without airplanes, but could not tolerate the sanitary conditions that could only be simply selected in the bath plate.
The bath and toilet rooms were completed one by one, allowing the people living in Chang'an to enjoy extraordinary preferential treatment. For the civilians of Qin, they had a deeper experience, because they would get the chance to take a free bath twice every year, which was like letting them go to heaven once for the lower class who often did not wash for a year.
No matter whether your status is high or low, or whether your career is expensive or low, everyone has the same identity as a bather when they are naked.
You can talk about romance and erotic things, let go of your obsession and talk to strangers, and you can hardly rub the rigid muscles and bones on your body.
As soon as the new thing in the bath room appeared, it was immediately accepted by Hu Trade. For those who often had body odor and were not liked by Guanzhong women, after being busy with bargaining, they could wash their whole body clean, and then go to the admiring woman to listen to a small song and sing a few poems from their hometown. This is the best moment of the day.
Compared to ordinary people of Qin who had to queue up and pay money to wash it once, Li Yuan's Shenwu Hou Mansion, Chen Ping's Changshi Mansion and important officials in Chang'an all built special rooms for washing. This was Li Yuan's special request. During the construction, including Xin Sheng, the supervisor, all expressed their discomfort that Li Yuan insisted on building a bath room in twenty mansions, but now, they were completely impressed by this advanced plan.
Being able to own a mansion with a special bath room has become a new goal and pursuit for officials at all levels of the Qin State. In an urgent sense, it is even more important than promotion. After all, no man can tolerate the day-to-day complaints of the female family members in his family. This is not a complaint, it is a saying that you are incompetent.
Privileges and equality.
This is all about life struggles.
Without privilege, people will have no goals to strive for, without equality, people will have the most basic principles. Li Yuan hopes to use this silent change to moisten and guide the Qin people in Guanzhong to care more about the land under their feet, and also to give people who have just joined Qin a sense of identity and belonging.
PS: This chapter gives some changes, and I fight and kill every time, and I am tired.
Chapter completed!