Daqin Engineering Corps

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Shen Bing had discussed this matter with Yang Duanhe throughout the whole process, and Yang Duan and Zuo Ming Yingzheng had to be approved and allowed... The land and house that Shen Bing gave to the people of Chu was the large area of ​​Huaibei occupied by the state of Chu .

Although these lands were laid down by Yang Duanhe and Shen Bing, it does not mean that they can dispose of them at will.

Just kidding, land is something you can give if you want it?

This is the self-respect of the soldiers and the fiefdom for themselves!

Do you still want your head?

Of course, there is no objection to the land win.

Because the land was planted for the Qin people, it was also planted for the Chu people. Ying Zheng didn't care who it was planted for, he only cared about how much tax he collected.

It doesn't matter if the tax was lower at the beginning. After all, Yingzheng has a long-term vision and knows that if he succeeds in attracting Chu people to vote, it will weaken the strength of Chu State and even break the current predicament of attacking Chu.

The so-called "dilemma" refers to what I said before. If the Qin army wants to attack Chu at this time, it will fall into an embarrassing situation:

Huainan is the fiefdom of the nobles. Continuing to attack Chu in the south will not only enter the difficult mountain and water network, but also unite the nobles of the Chu country and gather under Lord Changping... Ying Zheng always called King Qi of Chu as Lord Changping. It is not the king of Chu, because he does not want to recognize this king of Chu.

There may even be a phenomenon of unprecedented unity where "brothers play on the wall and keep outside".

So it is not true that the Qin army will attack, and it will not be true if it does not attack.

However, the method Shen Bing thought of, that is, to attract Chu people by means of fields, homesteads and lower tax rates, is a method of stripping cocoons and slowly weakening the strength of Chu State.

This is also "boiling frogs in warm water". By the time the nobles of Chu State discovered the seriousness of the problem, it was too late.

Thinking of this level, Ying Zheng no longer hesitated, and immediately approved the plan.

At the same time, he also praised Shen Bing:

"This Shen Bing is brave and resourceful, and Fusu will gain something by his side!"

Yang Duanhe didn't see it so clearly. He was holding the attitude of "a dead horse is a living horse doctor". Anyway, there is no other way to break the deadlock at this time, and he is unable to go south due to lack of food. Why not try?

So Yang Duanhe just handed it over to Shen Bing, and turned around and plunged into the defense of the Huaihe River and the field.

Shen Bing is also waiting for the result.

It's just that he wasn't just waiting, but chose a field by the Huaihe River and waited for Chu Min to come to settle.

This field is on the north bank of the Huaihe River, the land is fertile and close to the water source, and the geographical location is very advantageous.

Shen Bing chose this place for a reason...

Chu Min came here for profit, so of course he had to satisfy them.

The first batch of Chu people who came here are satisfied, and the north bank of the Huaihe River is not far from Huainan. They will easily pass the news back to Chu, and then they will bring batch after batch of Chu people to vote...

It was Fusu who received the news first.

The reason was that Fusu wanted to get the result sooner or Fusu was also a little worried, so he sent his personal guards to look around Huainan every day.

Then let him wait.

The guard ran back to report to Fusu who was practicing calligraphy in the tent:

"My lord, Chumin is here to vote!"

What Fusu wrote was "government with virtue".

That is what Confucius said: "Government is based on Taoism, and punishment is used in order, and the people are exonerated without shame; morality is based on Taoism, and propriety is used in order to be shameless and disciplined."

This is what Confucianism uses to deny legalism.

The general idea is that the law and criminal administration rely on coercion, which only punishes crimes, and the people dare not do bad things because they are afraid.

But morality and etiquette rely on education and self-awareness. He makes people feel ashamed, so he will spontaneously restrain himself.

There is some truth to this, which is the scope and function of the "ethical norms" mentioned earlier.

The mistake is that these words put "ethics" above the law...

This is not surprising, since Legalism also placed itself above Confucianism.

But in fact, the two should coexist and jointly manage the society.

At this moment, Fusu expressed his feelings.

He used to firmly believe that this was correct, but after hearing Shen Bing's story...he realized that sometimes morality and etiquette are not needed at all.

So what about teaching deer courtesy?

Wolves won't eat it?

Wouldn't it starve to death if there were fewer flowers?

These are all benevolence, righteousness and morality that can be changed...

Sometimes Fusu really wanted to see Confucius and ask him in person to solve this problem.

When the "virtue" of "Taoism is based on virtue" was being written, the personal guard came to report.

Fusu's brushwork was not messed up at all, and he echoed while writing:

"Oh, but how many?"

Fusu's brushwork was not messed up because he thought that there would not be many Chu Min who came to vote.

I don't want to answer personally:

"The subordinates have never counted them, but... at least there are thousands of people."

Fusu was startled, and the word "de" was broken.

He stopped writing and looked at the guard with disbelief on his face, and asked:

"What did you say?"

"There are thousands of people."

The guard hesitantly replied:

"Thousands indeed. And this...is just the first batch."

At the moment Fusu no longer had any interest in writing, so he got into the carriage and drove out of the city himself.

Since the Daliang army barracks was south of Shouchun City, and Shouchun City was in Huainan, a large number of Chu people came to vote as soon as they left the city.

Only then did Fusu discover that the guards had told Shaoli that there were more than a thousand Chu people, and there were at least three to five thousand people in the dark area.

Not giving up, Fusu got out of the carriage and bowed his hands to the passing Chumin... Confucian children always pay attention to etiquette, and they are no exception to the common people.

"Dare to ask, old man, are you from Chudi? Why did you come here?"

Those common people looked at Fusu with strange and worried eyes, and replied:

"Didn't you wait until you put up a notice saying that you will give the land to the house?"

"Now it doesn't count anymore?"

"Then I'll wait until I get back!"

Fusu hurriedly persuaded him to stay.

Although he is unwilling to lose to Shen Bing, but he is the son of Qin after all, how can he tear himself down just to win...

But in fact, such people do exist, and there are not many.

But Fusu is not such a person.

After comforting the people and pointing them in the direction, Fusu couldn't help but sigh secretly:

"This time it's a complete loss again."

"If there are three to five thousand people in Shouchun, then there will be tens of thousands of Chu people descending along the Huaihe River."

"And just for this moment."

"Who would have thought that Shen Bing's 'notice' would have such an effect..."

Chapter 279 Catfish Effect

Yang Duanhe was surprised when he heard the news, but when he thought that Shen Bing was responsible, he took it for granted.

Then he relaxed all over...

If Shen Bing's strategy works, the people of Chu will move from Chu to Huaibei one after another.

So does he still need to worry so anxiously and nervously that the Chu army will attack?

The last one to know the news was Shen Bing.

A personal guard flew to Shen Bing's tent to report:

"Deputy General, Chu Min...Chu Min has come to surrender, there are thousands of people!"

In fact, even Shen Bing didn't expect so many Chu people to come in the first batch.

Because he knew that people are naturally afraid of strange things.

The people of Chu didn't know Qin, they couldn't be sure whether the conditions offered by Qin were deceiving them, and it would be too late to regret it after they arrived in Huaibei.

Therefore, Shen Bing thought that there would only be small batches at the beginning, dozens or hundreds of sparse ones, and no more than a thousand at most.

These are all those who dare to try, or have no way out.

After they become the first group of people who dare to eat crabs, they will bring more and more people to Huaibei.

Another difficulty is the blockade of Chu State...Chu State will not allow the people to move to Huaibei like this, so some measures will definitely be taken.

So it needs a process.

However, thousands of people came in the first batch. In Shouchun alone, there were 1 people one after another. If the whole line is counted, there are more than [-] people...but Shen Bing was unexpected.

When Shen Bing asked later, he realized that it was actually the Chu nobles who messed up their positions.

Needless to say, the three major clans, their vast lands occupy almost half of Huainan, so everyone is worried that the Qin army will attack them first.

Their countermeasure is to "accumulate grain widely and build walls high".

There is nothing wrong with this strategy, and it is how it should be done.

The problem is that their food has already been reinforced in large numbers to fight Xiang Yan, and there is not much left at this time, and the food outside the city has not yet been harvested... How can they "accumulate food widely"?

The method is very simple, but people grab it in their hands.

Of course, they will not rob it openly, but temporarily set up a name to collect taxes.

Zhao's is the "anti-Qin tax", Qu's is the "preparation tax", and there is also the "strong army tax" and so on.

In short, as long as you get a name and send troops down to collect taxes on a head-to-head basis.

How can we "build a city high"?

It is to recruit labor and recruit strong men everywhere... This is unreasonable in the territory of Chu State.

If the Qin State conscripted and served in the military, then there are Qin laws, how old should be served in the military, when should be served in the remote, how many years should be punished for what happened, and so on.

Although the burden on the common people is also heavy, at least everyone is mentally prepared for the legal provisions and everyone is the same, so they can accept it.

But the people of Chu State are the private property of the nobles, and they are usually fine. They also know that they need people to farm and will not randomly arrest strong men.

But when it came time to prepare for the war... the whole clan was about to be wiped out, so they didn't care about farming in the coming year, so they arrested young and strong people, either as coolies or as soldiers.

What's more serious is... what to do with the large tracts of food that need to be cooked outside the city?

Waiting for the food to be cooked?

Was it Qin Jun who came to collect grain at that time instead of them?

It is even possible that Qin Jun has been waiting for that moment!

At that time, the Chu army will go out of the city to protect food?

Just kidding, who doesn't know that Qin's army is the best in the world in field battles.

The Zhao family and the Qu family decided to wait a little longer because they were still capable of fighting.

As soon as the weaker Jing family gritted his teeth, he snatched up the uncooked grain outside the city.

This would be a great loss for the common people... They have waited for half a year and counted on these grains to survive, so how can they survive with this harvest?

What's more, the grain in the fields was robbed while the tax was increased. This is to drive the people to a dead end.