Chapter 42: Discuss the plan to destroy Qin
Sishui County, Xiaxiang County.
Sishui County is the former place of Huaibei, Chu State in the Warring States Period, and the counties under the jurisdiction of Pei County, Xiang County, etc. The former residence of the Xiang family, the nobles of Chu State, is in Xiaxiang County, Sishui County.
Xiang Liang and his three uncles and nephews rushed back to their hometown Xiaxiang County after failing to assassinate Li Yang in Xianyang.
They originally planned to lie in peace and wait for the people in the world to rise up and resist Qin's tyranny, and then raise their troops to respond and complete the long-awaited cause of destroying Qin.
But, however, reality and imagination have deviated.
The old man Qin Shihuang actually asked Li Yang to carry out a new law reform, abolish the joint position and lighten the labor service. If this reform continues, the people of the world will live and work in peace. All the previous resentment towards the tyrannical Qin will be eliminated, and there will be no chance of destroying Qin.
In order to take advantage of the moment, when the new law was first established and the people were still in trouble, the three uncles and nephews of Xiang Liang gathered together the descendants of the Chu State and the local tyrants and gentry to raise troops to destroy Qin as soon as they returned to their hometown.
Xiang Liang was a noble family of Chu State and the son of Xiang Yan. His father Xiang Yan was a famous general of Chu State. It was precisely because of this that his invitations, the descendants of Chu State's nobles and local tyrants, also gave some face to the appointment.
In the suburbs of Xiaxiang County, more than ten people gathered here in the hall of a house. They were divided into the halls, each with one case, with wine and vegetables on the case, but no one was drinking.
The three uncles and nephews of Xiang Liang sat in the main seat above the hall.
Xiang Liang was very satisfied with the people who came to the hall. These were all his allies to destroy Qin. Now that these people have all been here, Xiang Liang's confidence has increased greatly, and he can feel that something is expected!
Xiang Bo and Xiang Yu were also very happy. Everyone was able to come to the appointment today, which shows that the reputation of the Xiang family is still there. As long as the Xiang family proposes the initiative to destroy Qin today, everyone will respond one after another.
The three of them looked at each other and were very excited.
"Hahaha..." Xiang Liang laughed three times, picked up the wine bowl, and said to everyone: "This is the wine brewed by my Xiang family. It is mellow and sweet. Today, everyone has to gather here. Come, we drink this glass, eat meat, drink wine in big mouthfuls, and stop drinking after getting drunk!"
Xiang Bo and Xiang Yu also picked up the wine bowl and toasted to everyone below.
But……
The people in the hall below did not move at all, and no one picked up the wine bowl to respond.
Well, the atmosphere seemed a bit awkward...
The smiles on Xiang Bo and Xiang Yu's faces froze at this moment.
What is this... what's going on?
Xiang Liang's expression also froze, and he felt very embarrassed, and asked, "Don't you think the Xiang family's fine wine is not good? Come on, change the wine!"
"slow!"
At this time, a local gentry from Xiaxiang County stood up, bowed and bowed to Xiang Liang, and said, "I dare not refuse to accept you when you invite you to do so, but we don't know why Xiang Liang invited you to gather here today. This wine... I have no intention of drinking it!"
"Yes, I wonder what happened to Mr. Xiang Liang invited me to come?" Everyone agreed and asked.
Although everyone came to the appointment today, everyone's hearts were bright. Uncle and nephew Xiang Liang kept yelling to destroy Qin and restore the country. The gathering of everyone here must be related to the destruction of Qin.
If this is the past, you can have a good relationship first, because Qin State is tyrannical and the people are living in poverty, Qin State will sooner or later die. But now is different from the past. Qin State uses Li Zhongcheng's reforms to abolish the joint position and light labor service. The people go around and tell each other. Everyone cheers and celebrates, and hope is ignited for the future.
If you still think about destroying Qin at this time, you are seeking death. It is impossible for the people in the world to follow you.
So, everyone thought very clearly that if Xiang Liang wanted to live a solid life today and came to ask everyone for help, he could drink this wine, but if he wanted to rebel against Qin, then he would be unable to drink this wine.
Everyone looked at Xiang Liang and waited for his answer.
Xiang Liang felt a little unhappy, but he didn't dare to have an attack. He had to put down the wine bowl in his hand and said, "Everyone is a descendant of our Chu State. He suffered from the tyrant Qin and was in great revenge and could not be revenged. Now he has no dignity and lives in silence under the tyrant Qin. I, Xiang Liang, always feels sad about the hatred of our Chu State. Today, chaos has emerged, and the people are living in poverty, and there are no men in ten families. All of them are enslaved by the tyrant Qin, which is extremely miserable. The people have a deep resentment towards the tyrant Qin!"
Speaking of this, Xiang Liang glanced at everyone and continued, "Now, Xiang Liang wants to recruit soldiers and buy horses. For the people of Qin who have suffered for a long time, they raise their troops to rise up and destroy Qin and restore Chu to repay the deep hatred of our Chu martyrs. Therefore, Xiang Liang invited you to come today, which is to discuss with you the great plan to destroy Qin!"
"…………” Everyone heard this and shook each other.
Xiang Liang's urge to rebel against Qin, is he fucking sick? When is it now? The chaos in the world has appeared, and the people are still resentful to Qin... blind? Deaf? Didn't you see the new laws posted at the county government office? Didn't you hear the people on the street cheering for the Qin Dynasty for thousands of years?
You are still thinking about destroying Qin until now. Isn’t you trying to take everyone to die together?
Thinking of this, everyone rolled their eyes.
A descendant of a nobleman in Chu stood up and said, "Your words are wrong with Duke Xiang Liang! Now is different from the past. Don't you know that Li Zhongcheng of my Qin State is reforming?"
Xiang Liang felt nervous, Li Yang's reforms were indeed going to be a bad thing.
Before he could speak, another descendant of the Chu nobleman, a young prince, also stood up and said, "What Mr. Sun said is very true. Now that Li Zhongcheng's new law has been reformed, he has abolished the responsibilities and lighted labor service. The people in the world are all happy and grateful to Qin. He is not even grateful to Qin. Moreover, soon, the people in the world will live and work in peace. In this situation, how can anyone follow us and rebel against Qin? After more than four hundred years of war, the people have long stopped fighting and everyone wants to live and work in peace. When Li Zhongcheng's new law was released, everyone saw the hope of living and working in peace. As long as there is this glimmer of hope, they will not be able to rebel against Qin."
"Yes, yes, Mr. Mi said so much! The world is safe, and there is no hope of destroying Qin!" Everyone ordered and agreed.
"…………………” The three uncles and nephews of the Xiang family turned black.
How could this be the case? It's different from what I imagined!
Aren't they descendants of Chu? Their fathers all died in battle at the hands of the tyrannical Qin Ying Zheng, and were full of deep hatred. How could they say such cartilage words now? Where is the blood of the descendants of Chu?
Chapter completed!