Chapter 598: The Birth of a Behemoth (Part II)

A big man - described as tall and burly.

A good man - described as brave and brave to challenge.

There are too many words related to the word "Han", each word is basically related to martial arts or bravery, that is the historical heaviness of the word "Han" given by the struggle of an era, and because of the struggle of that era the birth of a whole nation, since that era, there is no distinction between the Qin people, the Zhao people, and the Chu people, all of whom call themselves "Han people".

Why would the "Han" give so much affection to an ethnic group? It is because of a rare group and other races broke out in an endless war, this battlefield fought from the Han Wu Emperor Liu Che to the Han Xuan Emperor Liu Xun (Liu Ai has been) a full three generations, during which there was a "Feng Wolf Juxu" and "Le Shi Yanran" and other military victories that are enough to make people crazy, and then there was a historical event of "Ming Guilty of a strong man, although he is far away, he will be punished".

One can imagine several Han warriors running to someone else's palace, and then standing on the palace hall and roaring, "You are guilty!" Then he directly cut off the head of the king of the country in front of the ministers of another country, and the king was killed, and the ministers and soldiers of the country did not dare to make any rash moves, but could only tremble...... Something like that?

The reason why the Han warriors killed the king of another country may have been because someone in the country offended a Han (Empire) person, or it could be that some kind of rumor that did not exist zài reached the ears of some Han warriors who abused the Han state.

The Han Empire was unique in its strong national strength, external expansion, and long-lasting strong unity. It is not surprising that an empire lasted for four centuries, but it is truly unique that it has always maintained its strength and hegemony over the surrounding aliens.

In the dictionary of American history: the Han Empire is known to the Western world for its strong national strength, foreign expansion, and lasting strong unity! In Aristaff's General History of the World, the Han Empire is a world empire alongside the British Empire! And in our East, former Japanese Prime Minister Masahiro Ohira directly believes: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is the greatest emperor in the ancient history of the world!

Of course, Lu Zhe did not want to dedicate his fortune to Liu Ji, who changed his name to Liu Bang, he grew up in an environment where the country was weak and externally weak, and he was also an "angry youth" who had read history and studied the history of the war. In his bones, he will always be extremely nostalgic for the strength of his own race, and the country name will choose "Han", so he does not hesitate to even do the things of Hanzhong County.

In addition, in fact, it is also a kind of inherent thinking "stiffness", Lu Zhe thinks that what else can it be if he does not choose "Han" as the country name? Do you want to make the "big man" who describes tall and burly disappear, and let the "good man" who describes courage and courage to challenge disappear?

What Wu State, what Nan State, what Lu State, these are some messy country names, Lu Zhe thought that he would be called King Wu, King Nan, King Lu is a big head, he didn't think that the regime he established would be much worse than the historical Han Empire, of course he wanted to choose Han as the country name...... All right! In fact, I just think it's more pleasing to the ear.

In fact. A country led by a time-traveler who knows that the world is very big, this time-traveler is only twenty-two years old now, and if nothing happens to him, at least forty years to live, the ruler of this country will know what he needs to do, and where will his achievements be?

Lu Zhe was misunderstood by many people in order to sound the country name that sounded pleasant to the ear.

Many followers of Lü Zhe took it for granted that Lü Zhe had successfully deceived the Qin State and reached a battle for the ownership of Hanzhong County, which was in preparation for the invasion of Qin.

In the name. What Lu Zhe discussed with Fusu was to take Hanzhong County without sending administrators or soldiers, but no matter what, Hanzhong County belonged to Lu Zhe's fief. In this way, it is just that Lu Zhe does not send troops to occupy it, once he sends troops to Hanzhong County, he will only enter his own fiefdom, should the indigenous residents of Hanzhong County resist? The era when sovereignty was still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. They are the lords of Lu Zhe's fiefdom, and they are inherently loyal to Lu Zhe, so what reason do they have to resist their lord's sending troops in?

Therefore, it was originally to be able to justifiably call Lu Zhe, who has no other meaning than the name of "King of Han (Chinese)". He was told by many courtiers later, and he was surprised to find that he was so wise.

The will of the lord, the will of the people, many people may not understand what it means. But this is a thought that has been running through China for nearly 2,000 years. The lord has a natural responsibility to protect and help the lord, and the lord has the obligation to obey and serve the lord, which is called "feudal will" in academic terms.

Not to mention the far away, there is the Chengjiao rebellion in the near, the hopeless rebellion, but as a result, hundreds of thousands of lords followed the lord of Chengjiao to the dark, they chose to follow because the lord rebelled and he had no way to live, that is, a kind of popular leadership brought by the lord's ownership of the fief.

Since the disappearance of feudal will, the rebellion in any place is no longer a situation in which the whole people are opposed, because there are no lords and no people, and they have no responsibilities to each other.

In the same way, because of the disappearance of feudal will, in the face of aggression, there is no longer a matter of the lord leading the people to resist layer by layer, and some local officials pack up and throw the people to the invaders, because the officials only have the right to lead the people, but the officials have no responsibility to the people, and the responsibility is the matter of the emperor's allegiance to the official, they are "herdsmen", that is, the people are just "animals" equal to cows, sheep, pigs, and dogs in the eyes of the officials, which means that the white point is property. Compared with their lives, it is the last word for officials to abandon their property and flee for their lives.

Hanzhong County has become a fief of their allegiance, and the joy of the people under Lu Zhe's command is very simple and clear according to feudal ideas, that is, the Qianshou of Hanzhong County is already his own people, and their allegiance wants to gain actual control of Hanzhong County, and as soon as they open their mouths, there will be a matter of Hanzhong Qianshou expelling the Qin army, and Lu Zhejun will help them as soon as he arrives at the Qianshou of Hanzhong County, not the Qin army.

Fusu is the eldest son of Qin, and the education he received since he was a child must have a part of the sovereignty, and he will not fail to understand what it means for Hanzhong County to become Lu Zhe's fief even if it is nominally, but he still agreed to Lu Zhe's request. Is such an act stupid? Then it is necessary to look at this matter from what angle.

There are too many enemies that Qin needs to deal with, and in this situation, Lu Zhe raised an army to attack Qin, and Qin had no extra strength to resist, and all he could face was that Lu Zhe really wanted to take Hanzhong County, which was just a conquest, and Hanzhong County would definitely be occupied by Lu Zhe.

The Qin State has always been a country that pays attention to practical results, and the countries always say that they will not compromise the means to achieve their ends, and this view is extremely correct. Lü Zhe's attack on Qin was something that the Qin court thought could not happen, so as long as Lü Zhe could be prevented from joining the attack on Qin, it was worth anything, including sealing the king and giving Hanzhong County to Lü Zhe as a fief.

From a short term point of view, Lu Zhe is a very trustworthy person, the official edict of the king has been issued, Lu Zhe has not entered Hanzhong County with a single soldier, and he is also providing materials to the Qin army going south in accordance with the agreement, which is already a very good result for the Qin State.

In fact, Lu Zhe did not enter Hanzhong County without a single soldier, and the intelligence department led by Yan Bi sent spies to the counties of Hanzhong County in more than one wave, and the intelligence that came back was that the Qin State did not post a list in any part of Hanzhong County. What does that mean? That is, the behavior of the Qin State to give Hanzhong County to Lü Zhe as a fief did not exist in Hanzhong County, and did not notify the Qianshou of Hanzhong County of this matter.

This time, Lu Zhe has a reason to embarrass the Qin State, and the embarrassment here is of course not to join the sequence of attacking Qin, nor to cut off the transaction with the Central Plains Army of the Qin State, but to send the edict sent by the Qin Center to cover the jade seal and expand countless sheets, and post them in the counties of Hanzhong County.

Lu Zhe's behavior is indeed very embarrassing to the Qin State, the Qin State is very famous for not compromising means to achieve the goal, their original intention is to recognize the ownership of Hanzhong County on Lu Zhe's side, but they do not recognize it internally, and if they do not admit it, of course, they will not sue the head of Hanzhong County, and now Lu Zheman Hanzhong County has posted an edict, which will naturally cause internal turmoil in Hanzhong County.

Countless documents drifted to Xianyang, each of which was asking whether Hanzhong County had really become Lu Zhe's fiefdom, and it was impossible to deny the edict with the jade seal, even if it could be denied, Qin Zhongshu would not deny it when the Central Plains Army relied on Lu Zhe's supplies, and the grassland Hu people were already in Koubian, so they could only pinch their noses and admit this matter, and officially announced that Hanzhong County had become Lu Zhe's fiefdom.

From the moment when Qin Zhongshu confirmed that Hanzhong County was Lu Zhe's fief, the taxes collected by the counties of Hanzhong were no longer transported to Xianyang, but should be transported to Nanling to be handed over to Lu Zhe. At the same time, the county guard of Hanzhong County should also be covered and left, after all, Hanzhong County is now a fief and is no longer a county directly under the jurisdiction of the state, and the management power is not owned by the state, but should be owned by Lu Zhe. What's more, there is no reason for the Qin State to garrison troops in Hanzhong County, because from this moment on, without Lu Zhe's permission, any non-lord armed forces in Hanzhong County will be regarded as an act of aggression.

The northern border of the Qin State was dealing with the invasion of the Hu people in the grassland, and the southern border was the crown prince Fusu leading the army to fight with the foreign countries, and this situation occurred in Hanzhong County......

Whether Hanzhong County is stationed or not has become a big problem, if you don't garrison Lu Zhe, can you really drive straight in, and if you don't garrison Lu Zhe, you have a reason to tear up the agreement and send troops to attack, how to choose?

At present, it is still in the negotiation process as to whether Qin will retain a garrison in Hanzhong County, or even confirm the sovereignty of the territory, after all, if Lü Zhe admits that he is the "feudal king" (who is a courtier) of Qin, then Lü Zhe is obliged to help Qin fight.

So, it's really a thing that won't be clear for a while. (To be continued......)