Chapter 365: Assassination of Liu Bang (I)

Han Xin frowned and asked, "So, is anyone running to Jiangdong?"

Han Xin really had to ask about this matter. Otherwise, he finally seized Liangdi, but the people in Liangdi ran to Jiangdong. What's the use of Liangdi?

Zhao Yan said: "Flying reports from various counties, tens of thousands of people have fled."

"These unruly people!" Cao Qi, the general of Suwei Lang, said furiously, "Your Majesty, why not send troops to capture them!"

Zhao Yan's face changed slightly, but he tried to resist and said nothing. Han Xin raised his hand to stop Cao Qi and said, "No, it's impossible to solve the problem by just arresting. He immediately ordered all counties and counties to set up porridge sheds to help refugees. In addition, more than 60 counties in Liangdi will be exempted from land, tuition and calculation taxes in the next three years!"

When Lou Jing heard this, he couldn't help but nodded slightly, and a smile appeared on his face.

When Zhao Yan heard this, he bowed to the ground and said in an extremely sincere tone: "I am very dedicated to the four counties and sixty counties in Liangzhou, and more than 1.5 million people thanked the king for his kindness."

Han Xin waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "The people should treat well, but those spies who spread rumors and bewitch people's hearts must be severely punished. The imperial edict ordered all counties to capture the spies of Chu State, one will be killed!"

"Here!" Zhao Yan bowed to the ground again and took the order.

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North of Xianyang City, Luliu Villa.

Green Liu Villa is just an ordinary manor. There are not a hundred or eighty manors like this in the north of Xianyang City. The nearby people only know that the owner of Green Liu Villa is a master of medicine, but few people know that the owner of the Liu Villa is also a hero with outstanding swordsmanship, and Lu Zhi knew it unintentionally.

Lu Zhi's carriage went straight into the village, and the servants guarding the gate did not dare to stop him.

Upon hearing the queen's arrival, the owner of the village Liu quickly went out to greet him and led Lu Zhi into the inner courtyard.

After shutting down, Lu Zhi said bluntly: "Master Liu, I know that you have excellent medical skills and great swordsmanship, so I want to ask you to enter the palace to kill two people."

"Go to the palace to kill people?" Master Liu said in surprise, "The queen was joking. Although she had learned sword skills for several years, three or five ordinary people said that it was no problem. If she wanted to go to the palace to kill people, it would never be possible. With this sword skills, I am afraid that even the wall garden of the Forbidden Palace would not be close to the palace, let alone entering the palace to kill people."

"I have my own way to enter the palace." Lu Zhi waved her hand and said in a dark voice, "If I can send you into the palace, can you kill these two people for me?" As he said that, Lu Zhi took out two scrolls from her sleeve. After opening it, there were two portraits, one of which was a charming beauty, and the other of which was a teenager in her teens.

The owner of Manor Liu narrowed his eyes and said, "This should be Mrs. Qi and Mr. Ruyi?"

"No," Lu Zhi did not deny it, and said coldly, "It's this bitch and her evil seed."

Master Liu touched the short beard under his chin and pondered: "Mrs. Qi is the king's favorite concubine, and Mr. Ruyi is the king's heart. There must be a large number of guards guarding them around them. If you want to assassinate them in the palace, it will definitely not work for the next person alone. You have to find a few more swordsmanship to go with you."

Lu Zhi said: "Is there a suitable candidate for the owner of Liu Zhuang?"

Master Liu said: "Queen, there are suitable candidates, but this matter is not a big deal. After all, the identities of Concubine Qi and Mr. Ruyi are there. Not to mention whether we can break out of the palace after success. Even if we are lucky enough to escape, we will definitely not be able to stay in the Han Dynasty, so the price..."

Lu Zhi turned around and waved her hand. A guard had already carried a big box into the hall. Then Lu Zhi came forward and opened the box in person, but it was full of gold, silver and jewelry. The eyes of Master Liu suddenly showed an unconcealed look of greed. Lu Zhi smiled slightly and said, "Master Liu, these are all yours. After the matter is done, I will thank you very much!"

The Lord Liu's eyes could no longer be removed from the glittering gold, silver and jewelry. While rubbing his hands, he said, "Queen, this deal is taken over. When will you be ready, just send someone to inform me. As long as the Queen can bring my people into the palace, Concubine Qi and Ruyi Gong will definitely die!"

"Okay." Lu Zhi nodded happily and said, "Then let's just say that."

After saying that, Lu Zhi didn't say a little nonsense and turned around and left.

As the sound of Lu Zhi's footsteps faded away, the greed in the eyes of the owner Liu Manor suddenly faded away. Then he went forward and moved away a row of bookshelfs, opened a secret door from behind the bookshelf, and entered a dark secret room. A little leaned over, a carrier pigeon flew out from a small window in the backyard of Green Liu Villa and flew into the night sky with his wings.

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Ziling, Chu King Palace Shangshu.

Xiang Zhuang is carefully reviewing some data about industry and commerce in Chu area summarized by Ling Yin’s Mansion, such as how many handicraft workshops are there with more than a thousand workers? For example, how much is the total annual output of fine iron in Chu area? For example, how many kilograms of wine are brewed in a year, etc. Xiang Zhuang is very clear about what these data mean.

Looking at the series of data in his hand, Xiang Zhuang finally smiled on his face.

After more than ten years of hard training, the industry and commerce of Chu finally took shape.

In the past decade, the changes in Chu were not obvious, or even slightly inferior. The most direct manifestation was that the Han Dynasty obviously accumulated more food than Chu, but there was a reason, because Chu had to spend more money to cultivate industry and commerce, and the Han Dynasty implemented a national policy of focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce, and there was no need to rob agriculture and help commerce at all.

But now, the industry and commerce of Chu have begun to take shape. From then on, there is no need to rob farmers and help merchants. Xiang Zhuang has reason to believe that the national strength of Chu will usher in an explosive growth. To use a term in later generations, the "chicken fart" of Chu will soon leave the Han Kingdom far behind, let alone Qi Kingdom, Zhao Kingdom, and Huainan Kingdom.

With the increase of "chicken farts", the war potential of Chu will also grow. Just wait for Jingxiang and Bashu's government troops to train to form troops, Chu will continue to use troops abroad, and there will never be any situation where it cannot be sustained due to food shortages. At most, it will be that the national strength is consumed too much, which leads to soaring prices, that is, inflation.

In short, the Chu State exchanged ten years of sting for the development of industry and commerce.

Now, industry and commerce have to in turn promote the foreign expansion of Chu. This is because the industry and commerce of Chu are closely related to war. Only when Chu continues to use troops to the outside world can the Chu soldiers continue to receive bonuses. Only when the Chu soldiers receive bonuses can they consume, and the Chu industry and commerce of Chu will develop. This has become a cycle.

When Xiang Zhuang was secretly happy, Qu Bucai suddenly walked out of the corner and reported: "King, you have just received a letter from Feige from Xianyang. The Xianyang branch of the Eumu Cycle just received an extraordinary business. The Queen of the Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi, paid a lot of money to ask our people to enter the palace to assassinate Concubine Qi and Liu Ruyi for her."

"Hmm?!" Xiang Zhuang's heart moved when he heard this, "Is there such a thing?"

"This is a secret letter." Qu Bucai said that, and handed a small roll of letter paper to Xiang Zhuang.

Xiang Zhuang took the secret letter and read it in a hurry. A thought suddenly arose in his mind. He asked Qu Buju and said, "Old Qu, if I remember correctly, Concubine Qi and Liu Ruyi should be living in Weiyang Palace, right?"

Qu Bucai nodded and replied, "Yes, since the completion of Weiyang Palace, Liu Bang has moved into Weiyang Palace, but Changle Palace has been given to the Crown Prince Liu Ying and Queen Lu Zhi. Concubine Qi is Liu Bang's most favored concubine, and Liu Ruyi is Liu Bang's favorite son, and the mother and son also moved into Weiyang Palace."

A cold flashed through Xiang Zhuang's eyes and said in a deep voice: "Lu Zhi can bring our people to the front of Concubine Qi and Liu Ruyi, and we can also bring our people to Liu Bang. If our people can assassinate Concubine Qi and Liu Ruyi, we will have the opportunity to assassinate Liu Bang. Lao Qu, is that true?"

Once this thought appeared, Xiang Zhuang could no longer calm down. In the Han Dynasty, the conflict between Liu and Lu was about to break out. If Liu Bang died suddenly at this time...

Qu Bucai said: "Master, it seems like this."

Xiang Zhuang beat the clan hard and said, "Old Qu, we have to make a good decision on this matter..."

Qu Bucai nodded and approached Xiangzhuang. The king and his ministers plotted together with each other.

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At Hangu Pass, Liu Bang's convoy had just passed the level and was slowly heading towards Xianyang.

Walking in the luxurious carriage in the middle, Liu Bang, who was dozing off with his eyes closed, suddenly shivered with a chill, and suddenly woke up from his daze. Liu Bian, who was guarding the carriage, rushed forward and asked with concern: "King, what's wrong?"

"No, it's okay." Liu Bang waved his hand and said inexplicably, "I just felt a little cold, but now it's better."

"Cold?" Liu Bi was stunned when he heard this. It was very hot. It was like being locked in a steamer in armor. It was so hot that it made people go crazy. The king actually felt cold. The king couldn't have the wind and cold, right? Liu Bi said again, "Master, do you want to pass on the imperial physician to come to see you?"

"What is the imperial physician doing? I am not sick." Liu Bang frowned and said, "Where is the governor of County Governor Lu?"

Liu Bi hurriedly said, "Mr. Lu just moved to Xianyang by horse." After saying this, Liu Bi said again, "By the way, before leaving, he asked the general to tell the king that he would not let you down when he went to Xianyang."

Liu Bang breathed a sigh of relief. Lu Ze's words were stupid. Liu Bi couldn't understand, but Liu Bang knew what it meant. Lu Ze was clearly telling Liu Bang that when he went to Xianyang, he would definitely try to convince Lu Zhi, Lu Tai and all the children of the Lu family, so that the entire Lu family group would always be loyal to Liu Han and never have any unfair intentions.

It has to be said that Chen Ping's abdication strategy was still very clever. Chen Ping's grasp of Lv Ze's human nature was particularly good. He knew that Lv Ze was generous by nature. Once Liu Bang showed his intention to give way, Lv Ze would definitely feel guilty and instead asked the entire Lu Group to make major concessions to ensure Liu Han's dominance.

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