.Little town of Linzi, Qi Palace.

Han Xin was looking at the man in front of him with interest. He looked in his thirties, not handsome, and not tall, about seven feet tall. He was still wearing a death row prisoner's clothes. Less than half an hour ago, the man was still one of the death row prisoners waiting to be executed at Caishikou, but now he is already a guest of honor for Han Xin.

Han Xin specially pardoned the dead prisoner and invited him to the palace for a long talk, but there was only one reason.

Because this man who called himself Lou Jing, a death row prisoner, actually offered three strategies to cure Qi to Han Xin. Of course, the two did not have a deep conversation at Caishikou, but Han Xin felt that what the death row prisoner said seemed to be quite reasonable, so he specially pardoned Lou Jing and sent someone to invite him into the Qi Palace in the small town.

"Sir, please come to the seat." Han Xin calmed his hands.

"Thank you, King." Lou Jing bowed to Han Xin, and then sat on the seat at the lower right of Han Xin.

Han Xin smiled slightly and said, "Sir, can you tell me about your three strategies for governance now?"

"Of course." Lou Jing nodded happily, "The most important urgent task of governing Qi is to scatter the troops in the field. The population of Qi is only more than two million, but the king has 300,000 soldiers under his command. In addition, the total number of soldiers in each county and county is no less than 400,000. If there are many soldiers and few people, the national strength will decline. Therefore, the most urgent task is to scatter the troops in the field to accumulate people's strength and national strength."

Han Xin said: "There are still remnants of Xiang Chu in Xue County in the south. If I scattered my troops in the field and the remnants of Xiang Chu lead my troops to attack Qi, what should I do?"

Lou Jing said: "Of course, the king cannot disperse all his armored soldiers. The power of the king's military is unmatched in ancient and modern times. I think that Qi only needs to retain an elite army of about 50,000 people, which is enough to protect himself! When the population of Qi increases in the future and the country is strong, the king only needs a letter of imperial edict, and millions of soldiers are at their fingertips! In this way, we can follow the example of the powerful Qin and sweep the world!"

Han Xin waved his hand. He was not very interested in what Lou Jing said to imitate the powerful Qin and swept the world. However, he also admitted that looking at the world at present, no one can use troops better than Han Xin. It is indeed a waste of Qi's 400,000 troops to maintain an army of 400,000. It is enough to retain 50,000 elite troops, at most 100,000!

"Okay." Han Xin said again, "What about sir's second strategy?"

Lou Jing said: "The second strategy is to move the powerful and powerful families of each county to fill Linzi!"

Han Xin suddenly felt a little moved. Although his political sensitivity was poor, he was not a complete white fool.

In fact, from the Spring and Autumn Period, the powerful aristocratic tribes of various countries became a powerful force. Until the chaotic period of the late Qin Dynasty, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang launched a rebellion in Daze Township, and the energy of the powerful aristocratic tribes was particularly exerted to the extreme. People such as Xiang Liang, Xiang Yu, and Zhang Er and Chen Yu were all outstanding figures among the powerful aristocratic tribes in various places.

For the powerful aristocratic families in various places, the rulers generally adopt the strategy of using both win over and suppression.

The reason is very simple. There are only a few powers and ranks and resources. It is impossible for every powerful aristocratic clan to be able to share the benefits. Therefore, the rulers can only choose some of the powerful aristocratic clans to become allies, and the remaining powerful aristocratic clans cannot be slaughtered for no reason, so they can only be wary of day and night, but this is indeed not a problem.

Therefore, if the powerful aristocratic families from each county and each county can be concentrated in Linzi City, the matter will be simpler.

First, after these powerful aristocratic clans left, their influence on each county and county would be greatly weakened, and the decrees of the county chiefs and county magistrates would be easily implemented; second, after these powerful aristocratic clans moved to Linzi, Han Xin could effectively control them, because Linzi was the capital of Qi, and in Linzi, Han Xin had the most powerful control ability.

In fact, the policy of moving the powerful aristocratic families to fill Linzi by Lou Jing is indeed very poisonous.

In history, after Liu Bang unified the world, it was precisely because he listened to Lou Jing's suggestion that more than 100,000 powerful aristocratic tribes in Guandong moved to Guanzhong that completely changed the world. In the words of later generations, these more than 100,000 powerful aristocratic tribes can be said to be the political elites of the time, and almost all kinds of talents came from these powerful aristocratic tribes.

The direct result of Liu Bang's actions was that when Ying Bu, Peng Yue, Lu Wan, Zangtu and others raised an army to rebel, they suddenly realized that there was no one under their rule. On the other hand, Liu Bang was full of talents and gathered stars. The final result of the rebellion of the kings was self-evident, and they were all easily extinguished by Liu Bang.

However, due to the emergence of Xiangzhuang, a time traveler, history has shown a turning point.

Originally, at this time, Liu Bang had already ascended the throne and became emperor, and Lou Jing would be specially pardoned and sent to Xianyang as a soldier, and then he would be introduced to Liu Bang by his fellow villagers. However, now, Lou Jing was rescued by Han Xin before being beheaded, and Lou Jing also seized the fleeting opportunity to offer three strategies to govern Qi to Han Xin.

"Well, this strategy is feasible." Han Xin nodded and said, "Where is the third strategy?"

Lou Jing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The third way to govern all the things is to reward farming!"

After saying this, Lou Jing said again: "The king should follow the example of the Qin Dynasty and set up a 20th-level title to reward farming. If the farmers under the jurisdiction of the country pay more corn to the treasury, they can obtain the title. In this way, within a few years, the State of Qi will be filled with the national treasury and the grain will become a mountain. If the king wants to fight, he will no longer have any concerns about lack of food and supplies."

"Okay, this strategy is great!" This strategy touched Han Xin's itch. Not long ago, responding to the imperial edict of King Han, Han Xin was fed up with the embarrassment of food and fodder. Although the King of Han provided sufficient food and fodder to the Qi army as agreed, he was unhappy to give food every time. Han Xin wanted to collect food from Qi several times, but there was no food to collect food in Qi.

Han Xin said immediately: "Sir, I want to appoint you as the Prime Minister of the United States to assist Wang Ling in governing Qi State. I wonder what Mr. thinks?"

Lou Jing hurriedly stood up, bowed and said in awe: "Jing... I hope to serve the work of a dog or a horse."

When Lou Jing offered Han Xin three strategies to govern Qi, Kuai Che wore white clothes and entered Luyi alone.

Luyi was a fief of Xiang Yu in his early years and also the hometown of Confucius, the Confucian master. After Xiang Yu was defeated at Gaixia and committed suicide by slashing his throat in Wujiang, Xiang Tuo, the commander of Xue County in the Western Chu State, did not give up on resistance, but gathered thousands of remaining troops to defend Luyi. Since Xue County had not been truly assigned to Qi at this time, Han Xin was not able to deal with Xiang Tuo.

As for Liu Bang, he was still busy dealing with Xiang Zhuang until now, and he couldn't even spare any action to deal with Xiang Tuo.

Therefore, Xiang Tuo lived a comfortable life in Lu County. Except for the Qi army who went south and suffered a major defeat under Guan Ying, he basically never fought any wars later.

However, two days ago, Luyi finally welcomed the army of King Yingbu of Huainan.

According to Kuai Che's plan, the actual homeless land of Xue County would be Ying Bu's first goal, while the Luyi was Kuai Che's alliance with each other and strategizing.

Luyi, the county magistrate's office.

Xiang Tuo looked at Kuai Che coldly and said in a deep voice: "Kuai Che? Why did Yingbu, a traitor, send you into the city? I want to be a lobbyist and lobby for the general to surrender to the Han Dynasty. Tell you, that's a delusion!"

Kuai Che shook his sleeves and said calmly: "The general is wrong. My king is not a subordinate of the King of Han. Therefore, the general raised Xue County to present it to my king, which is not a surrender to the Han Dynasty."

"The same thing." Xiang Tuo said coldly, "I will not surrender to the Han Dynasty, nor will I surrender to the traitor Ying Bu!"

Xiang Tuo's reaction was long as Kuai Che's expectation. Kuai Che smiled faintly and said calmly: "Since the general insists on not surrendering, then I will no longer force it."

"Since that's the case, sir, please come back?" Xiang Tuo stood up and expelled the guests.

"Are the general too anxious? I haven't finished speaking yet?" Kuai Che shook his head and smiled, and said, "Although the general is unwilling to serve my king, it is okay for you and me to try to cooperate with them, right?"

"Cooperation? What do you mean?" Xiang Tuo, as one of the few generals in the Xiang clan who can stand alone, was quite strategic. He also knew that Xiang Zhuang was now carrying a small number of elite soldiers to fight in Liang, Qi and Zhao. It was precisely because of the existence of Xiang Zhuang, the elite soldiers, that Xue County and Kuaiji County did not completely fall.

Kuai Che said: "The general is also a sensible person. Let's open the skylight below and say something bright. Luyi and Xue County, my king is bound to win. The general and your thousands of troops are only two ways now. You can either follow my king or my king to make a way out. You can go back to Jiangdong."

Xiang Tuo said sternly: "What if I don't agree?"

"Then we can only start a war." Kuai Che sighed and said, "But General, I'll say bluntly that your three thousand remaining soldiers are absolutely incomparable to the five thousand elite soldiers of General Xiangzhuang. If my king decides to attack the city, in less than three days, Luyi will be destroyed, and the general and the three thousand troops will only burn together with Luyi jade."

"Xiang Zhuang?" Xiang Tuo's expression changed slightly and said sternly, "Have you seen him? Where is he now?"

Kuai Che shook his head and said, "I have never seen the General, but I know that the General's five thousand elite troops have entered Sanchuan County and captured Luoyang. And this has happened several days ago. As for now, maybe the General has broken Hangu Pass and entered Guanzhong."

"What did you say?" Xiang Tuo changed his mind with a ruthless look, "The General has entered Guanzhong?"

"This is just a guess, but nine out of ten are like this." Kuai Che said this and said, "So, the general should not consider himself, but should also consider more for the State of Chu. Although the general entered Guanzhong, there were few soldiers after all. Once Liu Bang returned to Guanzhong to save himself, the general could only continue to move forward. The general might even fight back to Jiangdong. Why didn't the general go back to Jiangdong as soon as possible to defend the last foundation of Chu?"
Chapter completed!