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Chapter 587 Hongmen Banquet (Part 2) (Happy New Year to everyone!)(1/2)

The large-scale camp was slowly opened, and waves of guests entered the camp.

After stabilizing the situation in Xianyang City, Wang Xiao began to prepare for the Hongmen Banquet.

The campsite is very large, and the regional planning is done early in the category.

The princes and their entourages were divided into one area, the royal family members of the Qin Dynasty were divided into one area, and the nobles of the six countries who were migrated to Xianyang City were divided into one area.

Even Wang Xiao invited the three elders from nearby county villages to come to the banquet together.

In different areas, Wang Xiao uses spacious passages to partition.

Under normal circumstances, this kind of passage is used to deliver wine, drinks, but sometimes it is very convenient to mobilize troops.

The first one to come was the three elders who traveled all over the county and villages in Xianyang City.

At this time, the people were far from the time when the imperial power was not going to the countryside in later generations. The era when the clan elders could determine life and death with just one word was derived from Confucian indulgence. Now, these old men are very docile.

When Qin State governed the country with legalists, everything must obey the arrangements of the law. This right is collected in the court and in the hands of the emperor.

For example, in the Confucian era, clan elders could make people live and die without any of them.

"I'm very happy that you can come." Wang Xiao rode his horse to greet the three elders at the camp gate. "But I heard that you are very dissatisfied with the matter of redistribution of the fields? Is there such a thing?"

In the Confucian era, these old men who were in grades did not have to polite their lords in front of the king, and even dared not to give face and perfunctory when faced with severe inquiries.

But now, they absolutely do not have the courage.

The three elders quickly saluted and shouted that there was absolutely no wrongdoing.

The thing Wang Xiao said was actually the re-division of land after experiencing wars and population loss.

During statistics, I found that a lot of land was occupied by others in various names.

Of course, Wang Xiao couldn't bear this kind of thing. He just gave out all the orders.

Most of the people who do such things are locals, especially those who do not have to go to the battlefield, do not have to perform labor service, and even have some status and wealth.

They were very resistant to Wang Xiao's orders and did not cooperate with them.

After all, for the farming nation, nothing is more important than land.

During this Hongmen Banquet, we invited these people to come, and we also treated them as intimidated chickens.

Faced with the three elders who had repeatedly denied, Wang Xiao sneered disdainfully, "Go to the table first, your affairs will be resolved later."

The three elders who were most nervous came first, followed by the royal family and officials of the Qin Dynasty.

Although these people have received Wang Xiao’s guarantee, as old people who have lost their country, it is natural to be afraid in their hearts.

When facing Wang Xiao, everyone was very respectful.

No matter what Wang Xiao said, he would nod and say yes.

Wang Xiao is much more amiable to these people than the three elders before.

Because these people are not threatening and cannot cause any damage.

After the arrangement was made to attend the table, the nobles of the six countries who were moved to Xianyang City by the First Emperor.

Wang Xiao had no good expression on these people.

Wang Xiao has different ideas from the First Emperor, so he will not support so many people in vain.

That was more than 200,000 mouths, even if there were business and farming, the core ones were still doing nothing.

For these people, Wang Xiao was preparing to cancel all their treatment and then disperse them to various places in Guanzhong.

So when these representatives of the old nobles of the six countries came over, Wang Xiao just let them go to the table and wait for a drink.

It's just a group of little chickens who are about to be intimidated.

The last ones came were the princes and followers.

Facing these people, Wang Xiao greeted them with a smile. His smile was very kind and sincere.

The words are all about you and I, everyone, and they patted their shoulders and held hands from time to time.

Anyway, it seems like it’s so good to wear a pair of pants.

Wang Xiao personally led the way and led everyone to the best and largest banquet area.

Now that everyone is here, the actors are already in place. The Hongmen Banquet can officially begin.

Outside the banquet area, soldiers brought by the princes and kings were invited to drink and eat. They were quietly introduced into different camps to be surrounded.

The Han army stationed on the Ba Shang kept pulling out, isolating the barracks of the princes and kings one after another.

In the farther Kanto, soldiers and horses from all over the world took action. After receiving Wang Xiao's order, Han Xin began to sweep north of the river.

Zhang Liang and others received orders, and hundreds of thousands of troops took action separately to sweep the south of the river.

Wang Xiao never thought that like Emperor First Emperor, he would fight the Six Kingdoms again.

"Everyone."

On the main stage of the Hongmen Banquet, Wang Xiao held a wine bowl and said, "To celebrate the peace in the world, drink together."

According to etiquette, Wang Xiao should have used a bottle.

It is the kind of wine glass made of bronze, the kind of four-corner glass that is very thick.

Wang Xiao has never dared to use this kind of thing, because copper and lead are companion ores. The smelting technology of this era is far from being completely separated.

The result is that the bronze bottles contain lead.

It’s okay to contain lead, but the problem is that lead is soluble in wine.

When you don’t know, it’s just ignorance and blessing.

But since I have this knowledge reserve, I still think that I don’t know, that’s just looking for something on my own.

Therefore, when Wang Xiao was drinking, he always preferred to use a pottery bowl.

Thousands of guests who accepted the invitation stood up and drank with wine glasses.

The banquet officially began, and everyone was eating and drinking, talking and laughing so much.

Wang Xiao sat upright on the platform, and the recipients came forward to toast one after another.

"It's so boring to drink just." Wang Xiao's eyes signaled to Zhang Han, who was beside him, "Go and perform a sword dance to cheer everyone up."

The classic scenes at the Hongmen Banquet are simply a flaw without a sword dance.

The beloved woman was sent back by Wang Xiao... she sent back without even touching her. Zhang Han felt that her life was full of regrets, and was grateful and loyal to Wang Xiao.

After hearing Wang Xiao's words, he immediately walked down without hesitation. He drew out his sword and danced in front of the princes and kings.

It is said to be a sword dance, but in fact, there is no performative sword technique in this era. They are all used as the most authentic fighting technique that is tempered on the battlefield.

In addition, Zhang Han is also an old man on the battlefield. Once he used his sword technique, he was so vicious and murderous intent in front of the princes and kings.

The princes and kings were a little unable to sit still, but they didn't dare to run away in front of so many people.

Zhang Han knew what Wang Xiao meant, and his sharp sword passed by the heads of the princes from time to time, as if his wrists would tremble, his head would split.

Wang Xiao on the platform was interesting to watch and laughed and said, "It's too boring to dance a sword by one person, can someone dance together?"

The princes and kings may not have much courage, but they still have talents under their command.

Like Zhang Er, the Prime Minister of Zhao State, who later King Jing of Zhao of the Western Han Dynasty, drew his sword and jumped out.

"I'll do it!"

Zhang Erjue came out and fought with Zhang Han, and the battle was very lively.

Wang Xiao put down the wine bowl and laughed very well, "Interesting, interesting."

The eyes swept to Fan Kuai and others who were eager to try, and they immediately understood.

Many generals shouted to dance swords to cheer up and drew their swords and rushed into the field.

The followers brought by the princes, whether they were active or passive, had to bite the bullet and go out to fight.

For a moment, the spacious banquet venue was filled with swords and swords, and the sound of shouting and killing was everywhere, just like a group of demons dancing around.

This is the center of the venue. The surrounding villagers and fellow villagers, the surrendered people of Qin, and the old nobles of the six countries were stunned.

People who were far away didn't know what was going on, and they thought they would just start killing them. Suddenly, they were all kinds of chaos.

Fortunately, there were a large number of soldiers in the venue, and the chaos did not spread.

This kind of dance that is not a performance-oriented nature will eventually happen.

Xiang Zhuang's killing was rising and he stabbed directly at King Tianshi, Qi with a sword.

The Prime Minister of Qi State, Tian Rong, hurriedly opened his arms. He was furious and did not hold back at all. He directly slashed towards Xiangzhuang, wanting to kill him on the spot.

Tian Rong was a ruthless man. In history, because he was dissatisfied with Xiang Yu's feudal, he immediately chose to rebel after returning to Qi from Guanzhong.

His rebellion restrained Xiang Yu's main force and gave Liu Bang the opportunity to secretly travel to Chen Cang.

This guy is very tenacious and insists on resisting. Even if he is defeated, he tries to escape and finds an opportunity to continue to resist Xiang Yu.

It was not until he was destroyed by the people who did not want to fight anymore that he stopped torture.
To be continued...
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