From the beginning of the game of power, I became the protagonist

In this way, it took only less than a month for Chen Hui to stabilize the overall situation in Xianyang City, and everything was calm.

It was not until the situation on Chen Hui's side was settled that General Zhang Han, who had just received the news, led his army back in a hurry, but was blocked at Hangu Pass.

It turned out that although, just like in history, Zhang Han failed to defeat Xiang Shaoyu's "burn the boats and sink the bridges", but because there was no Zhao Gao stabbing him from behind this time, Zhang Han's main force did not suffer much loss.

After receiving the news of the fall of Xianyang, he no longer cared about the Xiang army opposite him and hurried back in a hurry.

After all, Zhang Han and his generals, as well as their entire families, are all in Xianyang City. How could they not be extremely anxious?

However, no matter how hard Zhang Han tried, he was still more than a step late and was blocked at Hangu Pass, unable to move forward.

Just when Zhang Han and his generals were at their wit's end and almost on the verge of despair, the gate of Hangu Pass suddenly opened, and dozens of carts carrying Zhang Han and his generals' entire families were sent through safely.

That’s right, no one was missing, no one was injured, and without any conditions, the entire family of those generals who were thinking about them so much were sent there without a single one left.

What on earth is going on?

Just when Zhang Han and his generals were surprised and happy, and could hardly believe their eyes.

Meng Tian, ​​who had regained his original appearance, suddenly appeared with his "Beiwei Army" and went straight to Zhang Han's army and told them very clearly.

Chen Hui simply disdains to use the despicable method of taking hostages. Zhang Han can now make his own choice, either surrender now or surrender, and Chen Hui will guarantee their safety.

Otherwise, the two sides will fight a big battle immediately, and life and death will depend entirely on fate.

Which path to choose was decided by Zhang Han and his generals.

Zhang Han couldn't help but smile bitterly at Meng Tian's words, knowing that he actually had no choice.

After all, what Zhang Han was leading now was just a second-rate Qin army hastily assembled by prisoners. The quality of the soldiers was fundamentally different from those of the fierce and powerful armies that conquered the six countries.

After the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Julu, the army's morale was already very low. The only reason they were able to march thousands of miles was because of their longing for their families.

Who knew that Chen Hui would suddenly use a trick to cut off their supply of funds and directly send their entire family over? Who would be willing to fight to the death in this situation? Didn’t you see that those generals were already hugging their families and crying bitterly?

The entire army had lost all its fighting spirit, and coupled with the fatigue and exhaustion from the thousands-mile march, Zhang Han had no confidence of winning, not to mention that he was facing the former imperial general Meng Tian, ​​who was well-rested. Even if he was just an ordinary Qin general, he would have been courting death. Starting a war would have been tantamount to seeking his own death.

Forget it, the empire is gone, and Qin II is dead. There will be no benefit in continuing to be stubborn. Anyway, even Meng Tian can be reused in the new dynasty, and my treatment will not be too bad. Let it go.

I, Zhang Han, surrender.

Chapter 98: Seven Captures of Xiang Yu and the Establishment of a New Dynasty (Please Customize)

Chen Hui was not surprised at Zhang Han's surrender.

After all, in the original history, this guy once surrendered to Xiang Yu, and ended up getting a bad reputation of "changing sides between Qin and Chu".

It can be seen that this person is quite active in thinking and is not a fool who only sticks to his own opinions.

Given this, facing a losing situation with no chance of victory, why didn't Zhang Han seize the slim chance of survival offered by Chen Hui, and instead chose to seek his own demise?

Therefore, it was normal for Zhang Han to surrender, and it would be strange if he did not surrender.

What's more, even if Zhang Han in this world is really stubborn to the end, can it be said that the "Beiwei Army" that Chen Hui has invested countless resources and trained with all his efforts will be vegetarians?

That was one of the five most powerful armies in China, led by the legendary general Meng Tian. Looking back over the past thousands of years, no matter which genius or military god came, he would never dare to claim victory lightly.

What's more, he is just Zhang Han. Among those famous generals as numerous as stars, he is only the last one. What right does he have to resist? Is he worthy?

After taking over Zhang Han's army without bloodshed, Chen Hui carried out a campaign of eliminating the weak and retaining the strong, reorganizing 50,000 elite soldiers into his team, and giving the rest silver, money, and food wages, and letting them disband on the spot.

This is the advantage of occupying Xianyang City. Gold, silver and food are piled up like mountains. It is easy to arrange an army of hundreds of thousands. There is no need to kill people directly because of lack of food like Xiang Yu in history.

As for whether the disbanded soldiers would make a comeback, Chen Hui said that they no longer had any weapons or armor. If these hundreds of thousands of farmers could threaten him with their physical bodies alone, then Chen Hui might as well just kill himself.

Why is Chen Hui still alive when he is in such a shameful state? Is he wasting food?

But then again, Zhang Han's army is easy to deal with, and the next Xiang family army will be Chen Hui's real test.

After winning the Battle of Julu, Xiang Shaoyu's prestige reached its peak. All forces surrendered to him, and his army quickly expanded to a huge number of 200,000.

Especially after Zhang Han led his troops to retreat, Xiang Shaoyu's army no longer faced any obstacles. They broke through the barriers and captured cities one after another. In less than two months, they followed Zhang Han all the way to Hangu Pass.

Then, Chen Hui did not let the young genius wait any longer. He directly set up a banquet in Hongmen and invited Xiang Shaoyu to attend the banquet.

That’s right, it was another Hongmen Banquet, but this time, it was not Xiang Yu who invited Liu Bang, but Chen Hui who invited Xiang Yu.

Intimidated by Chen Hui's great reputation, Xiang Shaoyu did not dare to go alone, but brought a large group of people under his command to attend the banquet in a grand manner.

Chen Hui did not say much about Xiang Shaoyu's caution, nor did he perform any "Xiang Zhuang's Sword Dance". He just openly proposed a gentleman's agreement with Xiang Shaoyu during the banquet. He, Chen Hui, would not rely on the strong pass to defend it, and both sides would directly lead their armies to engage in field battle.

The winner is king and the loser submits.

Heaven and earth are my witnesses, I will never regret it.

Although he admired Chen Hui's strategy very much, Xiang Shaoyu, who had won every battle since he started his army, did not think that Chen Hui could surpass him in leading troops, so he immediately nodded and agreed.

Three days later, Chen Hui personally led an army of 100,000, including the Beiwei Army, to confront Xiang Shaoyu's army of 200,000 in Bashang.

The difference in military strength between the two sides is twice that of Xiang Shaoyu in recent days. The morale of the army is high at this time. He believes that he can definitely win the final victory in one fell swoop.

As a result, after a fierce battle, Xiang Shaoyu's 200,000 troops were defeated, and he himself was captured alive by Chen Hui. He was defeated miserably.

Chen Hui responded, "Dear Overlord of Western Chu, I may not be better at leading troops than you, but do you know how many cheats I have? Forget about anything else, just the 'Green Vision' alone is enough to let me see every move of your troops. It would be a miracle if you could win."

That’s right, when Xiang Shaoyu was tied up and brought in front of Chen Hui, he really felt like he had seen a ghost.

How did he lose? He had no idea.

You know, at that time, the army under Xiang Shaoyu had not yet had time to fully deploy, and Chen Hui led the "Beiwei Army" and rushed to the front like a divine army descending from the sky, and immediately dispersed his army.

How could Chen Hui know the weak points of his own formation? This was an ancient formation from the Yellowstone Heavenly Book, used by Emperor Xuanyuan to defeat Chiyou. Most people had never even heard of it, so how could it be broken so easily? This was completely unscientific.

In response to this, Chen Hui said, "Yellowstone Heavenly Book, I'm sorry, when you, Xiang Shaoyu, were studying and researching, I also read it dozens of times using "Green Vision", and I have already memorized it by heart."

It was precisely because of his inexplicable defeat that Xiang Shaoyu would never admit defeat even if he was captured. He said that his head could be cut off and his blood could be shed, but surrender was absolutely impossible to him.

Faced with Xiang Shaoyu's cheating behavior, Chen Hui was not angry at all. He immediately asked someone to untie him and let Xiang Shaoyu return to his army and prepare to fight again.

As for Chen Hui's mercy, the young and energetic Xiang Shaoyu said that at most he would let him go the next time he captured Chen Hui alive. It was no big deal.

In response to this, Chen Hui said with a smile, "Little boy, you are too naive. You won't have this opportunity."

Then, a month passed.

Xiang Shaoyu fought with Chen Hui seven times in total, and was defeated seven times. He was even captured alive seven times.

When Xiang Shaoyu and his four generals, Fenglinhuoshan, were tied up and brought before Chen Hui for the seventh time, Chen Hui said with a pleasant face that if Xiang Shaoyu still refused to accept, he could go back and lead the troops to fight again, and he was willing to accompany him no matter how many times.

Looking at the enemy generals in the big tent, all of whom had expressionless faces but sarcasm in their eyes, Xiang Shaoyu, who had lost to the point of doubting his life, finally became completely disheartened and surrendered to Chen Hui.

Haha, Zhuge Liang captured Meng Huo seven times. I wonder how his victory compares to Chen Hui’s seven captures of Xiang Yu.

At this point, after seven captures and seven releases, the Xiang clan finally surrendered completely and became another powerful army under Chen Hui.

Meng Tian, ​​Han Xin, Xiang Shaoyu, Zhang Liang, Fan Zeng, Xiao He, and Zhang Han looked at the dream camp surrounding him. Chen Hui immediately waved his hand and announced that he would make the whole world submit completely.

Whether it's the Xiongnu who are disrupting the border in the north, Zhao Tuo who is expanding the Baiyue in the south, or the remnants of the six kingdoms in the Central Plains who are planning to rebuild them, listen carefully.

In this world, there can only be one master, and that is Chen Hui!

After making a solemn declaration, hundreds of thousands of troops under Chen Hui's command were divided into three groups. Meng Tian led the "Beiwei Army" to resist the Huns in the north, Han Xin led part of the former Chu army to the south to attack Yue, and Chen Hui himself, holding the "Chixiao" sword, led Xiang Shaoyu, Jing Tianming, various schools of thought, Liusha Zongheng, "Fenglinhuoshan", the Lu brothers, and the heroes of the Han Dynasty to conquer the Central Plains and completely wipe out all forces that were unwilling to obey.

This battle lasted for three years.

Hundreds of thousands of Huns in the north were slaughtered, and they did not dare to go south to graze their horses for decades; in the south, Zhao Tuo surrendered, and the entire Baiyue fell into his hands; as for the Central Plains, it was completely surrendered, and all the remnants of the previous dynasty were wiped out.

At this point, the world was unified and the new dynasty was established.

The name of the country—Han.

Chen Hui was the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty—Emperor Gaozu!

Chapter 99: Posthumous Title: "Wen" I Am the Greatest Emperor Through the Ages (Please Customize)

After becoming emperor, Chen Hui, in accordance with his promise, appointed Lu Zhi as empress, Yan Fei as noble concubine, Gao Yue as eldest princess, and arranged marriages for them to Jing Tianming, who had been granted a title of nobility for his merits, thus completing this official match.

Of course, whether he was an official or not was secondary. The key point was that Jing Tianming was really hardworking later. With his own efforts, he occupied the top five positions on the merit list of the new dynasty. Only then did he get the approval of Chen Hui and Concubine Yan to marry the eldest princess Gao Yuexia to him.

If Jing Tianming had been even a little bit lax, even if all the screenwriters had written until their pens were worn out, Chen Hui would not have been able to make the so-called official pairing a reality.

How can a phoenix be paired with a pheasant! If you, Jing Tianming, can't prove that you are truly a dragon among men, don't even think about marrying Gao Yue, this golden branch and jade leaf.

In the second year after the founding of the empire, Empress Lü finally gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor. Then, with the exception of Concubine Yan, all the other women began to give birth to children one after another. Together with the concubines he later took in, a total of more than twenty princes and princesses were born to Emperor Chen Hui.

Then, in order to stabilize the newly established dynasty as quickly as possible, Chen Hui adopted the old method of "enfeoffment + unification". While continuing to use the county system, he enfeoffed all the princes as kings in various places to help Chen Hui suppress the entire world.

Of course, in order to prevent any "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion" from happening in the future, Chen Hui, as the founding emperor, issued a decree that the descendants of the kings with the surname Yi, regardless of whether they were legitimate or illegitimate, had the right of inheritance and could take a piece of their father's fiefdom.

To put it simply, the "Enfeoffment Order", a conspiracy that has been passed down through the ages, was brought out in advance.

After all, by the time all the second generation of the emperor had died out, the dynasty would have certainly lasted for several decades, and the situation would have been very stable, and there would no longer be a need for the stopgap measure of enfeoffment to disrupt things.

Otherwise, if they continue like this, sooner or later they will become too powerful to be controlled and the family will start killing each other.

Not only that, Chen Hui also stipulated that only the second generation of emperors born by him would have the power to lead troops within the fiefdom. Once the third generation of emperors came, all the armies would be nationalized, and the princes would only have the power of governance but not the power of the military.

Only scattered fragments remain of their fiefdoms, and they have lost their military power. Let's see what they can use to resist the central government.

Great unification is great unification. Don’t expect to go back to the old way of feudalization.

Since Chen Hui was both the emperor and the father, with his supreme prestige as the founding emperor, no descendants could disobey and could only carry out the order obediently.

After solving the inheritance issue within the royal family, Chen Hui turned his attention to the country's political system.

Although Confucianism had already completed the simplification of characters and enlightenment reading materials at this time, the number of scholars in the world was still too small, and it was obviously unrealistic to immediately implement the imperial examination system.

Therefore, Chen Hui, on the premise of determining Confucian culture as the core, launched the "filial and honest recommendation system" for 20 years as a method of official promotion in the transition period.

Chen Hui expressed his attitude to Xunzi, Zhang Liang and other high-ranking Confucian scholars, saying that the new dynasty would fully cooperate with any support policy they wanted.

They were told to use any method to increase the number of scholars in the world to a level that could accommodate the imperial examinations within 20 years.

In this way, the transitional policy of "selecting filial and honest people", which is likely to give rise to aristocratic families, can be eliminated from the stage of history.

After receiving instructions from Chen Hui, a group of Confucian leaders led their disciples and rushed to various parts of the country like crazy, holding new books made with "movable type printing" and "papermaking", teaching and spreading knowledge for free, doing everything possible to increase the number of people who could read and write.

No Confucian disciple complained about the hard work or tiredness. This was related to the millennium plan of the entire Confucianism. If you didn't work hard at this time, you would be expelled from the sect by Xunzi and the Three Heroes of Qi and Lu.

While fully supporting Confucianism, Chen Hui did not forget the Mohist, Medical, Agricultural and other schools of thought. He came up with various support policies, built various large colleges, and as promised, let the imperial concubine Duanmu Rong serve as the first dean of the medical school to impart medical knowledge to the whole world.

Of course, compared to these historical knowledge, what Chen Hui values ​​most is the world's most unique black technology - mechanical technology.

Chen Hui's ultimate goal is to bring about a machinery revolution like the Industrial Revolution, to popularize machinery technology to thousands of households and improve the productivity of the entire country.

Instead of being like now, where only a few people can master this magical technology and it has nothing to do with the general public.

Of course, it's difficult, very difficult.

The mechanical technology in this world has appeared since the Yanhuang era. After more than three thousand years of evolution and development, it has only reached its current level.

If we want to evolve the art of machinery to the level of the Industrial Revolution, I'm afraid it may not be possible even if we have another three thousand years.

Even if Chen Hui mobilized all the resources in the country to conduct large-scale research, it would not work.

Because human power is sometimes limited, and national strength is sometimes limited.

If we ignore the objective laws of the development of things and blindly abuse national strength, we may end up like the Qin Dynasty.

Chen Hui is not a newcomer who just debuted, so of course he can't do such a reckless thing.

Fortunately, he didn't need to do anything rash, because in his hand, there was an external device that could replace the manpower of hundreds of millions of people—the Iron Blood Computer.

With the powerful computing power of this quantum computer, after inputting all the mechanical knowledge including 'Non-offensive Mechanical Techniques' and 'Hegemonic Mechanical Techniques'.

Chen Hui spent several years, directly leaping over thousands of years of evolution. The mechanical technology of this world was simplified to the point where it could be popularized in thousands of households, officially starting the mechanical revolution.

At this point, the productivity of the entire world has achieved rapid development. Although it is far from comparable to the industrial revolution in the electrical age, it is already better than the steam age.

When the heavy rails of the railway train were finally laid to the northern grasslands.

The nomadic people, who were originally the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Central Plains for the next two thousand years, have completely changed from being good at fighting to being good at singing and dancing.

I have to say, these rough guys from the north are really funny when they shake their buttocks.

And the best part is that since mechanical technology uses natural energy, it does not cause any pollution. Therefore, even if productivity increases by leaps and bounds, there will still be green mountains and clear waters, and there is no danger of damaging the environment.

Mechanical engineering may really be a miracle that can only be practiced in this world.

Faced with the prosperity of the entire country, Chen Hui reduced taxes and levies and lived in harmony with the people. At the same time, he used Confucianism to unify people's hearts and minds and used government technology to improve production capacity, so that all people in the world could have enough food and clothing and live without worries.

At this point, the world was in great order and the Han Dynasty prospered.

Chen Hui reigned for more than 40 years. He carried forward the past and made great efforts to govern the country. He made the whole world prosperous and peaceful, with all nations submitting to him and no one dared to disobey. He was given the posthumous title of "Wen"!