Prince Dan was sitting in the palace, reading a book. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. Dan put down his book and then stepped forward to open the door. Outside the door stood many ministers of the Yan State, except Zhang Tang.
Almost everyone is here, and outside the courtyard, everything has been controlled by soldiers. No one can get close to here... Dan looked at this scene in surprise and asked: "What happened?"
"Ju Wu committed regicide and rebelled..."
Just this sentence, Dan felt as if there was thunder in his ears. He was stunned for a long time, and then asked: "What did you say?"
"Ju Wu committed regicide in Wu Zhong, and the counties in Liaodong followed him in rebellion. He defeated the surrounding armies and attacked the royal capital... He had long had the idea of ​​​​rebellion, and he colluded with the barbarians in Liaodong.
, Prince... The king is in danger, the country of Yan is in danger!" The ministers said incoherently. It can be seen that these people are very scared. The brave and strategic ministers of Yan Kingdom have been captured by Yan State.
The king put him to death.
Those left behind were either weak in character or had nothing to lose. Facing the sudden rise of the rebels, they had no countermeasures... Prince Dan was confused for a long time. Ju Wu had previously served as Tai Tu and was his first teacher. He had always been
How could he lead by example and tell himself the principles of benevolence, righteousness and integrity? How could he commit regicide and rebel? Dan suddenly thought of Bu Geng again. Could it be that... they wanted to use this method to make him ascend to the throne?
Dan was also a little panicked. The incident was too sudden and he didn't know how to solve it. Seeing that the prince remained silent, the officials were naturally even more panicked. They came to find the prince, hoping that Dan could come forward and come.
To solve Ju Wu's rebellion, Prince Dan seemed to be similar to them, and there was nothing he could do... Prince Dan was still thinking about this matter. His father died, and he died in Ju Wu's hands.
I don't know why, but Dan didn't feel any pain or sadness in his heart.
Dan's time with his father was very short. Even when he searched for memories in his mind, he could not find a picture of him happily getting along with his father. What came to mind was his father scolding him, his father's ferocious face,
Pointing to his hand...Dan couldn't help but feel sad, but he couldn't help but feel sad that his father was killed by a traitor. Dan suddenly burst into tears, covered his eyes with his hands, and collapsed on the ground.
The ministers finally calmed down. The previous silence made them very uneasy and at a loss. But now they knew what to do. They persuaded the prince not to be sad and encouraged the prince to avenge his father. As long as it was such empty talk.
Ministers are very good at things. They can't do practical things, so they can only talk. Sure enough, when the prince's cry opened the situation, the ministers started their own performance.
I saw that their eyes were all red, telling the story of King Yan's daily virtues, talking about the rebels' daily cruelty, and trying to persuade the prince.
"I heard that the hatred that killed my father cannot live under the same sky as the enemy. Please immediately send troops to attack the traitor, kill him with your own hands, and avenge King Yan!"
"I heard that the country cannot live without a king for a day. Please ascend the throne and then summon the army of Yan to kill this traitor!"
The ministers spoke sanctimoniously, and Prince Dan suddenly had a lot of thoughts in his heart. He burst into tears and accused Ju Wu of his atrocities. At this time, he suddenly remembered something, and he asked curiously: "Zhang
Why didn't the Prime Minister come?" The ministers immediately became quiet and looked at each other. After a long time, they said: "We went to Prime Minister Zhang's mansion, but found that he had left and there was no one in the mansion...
I don’t know where he went?”
"On weekdays, my father entertained him with the same attitude as he would treat a talented person. He didn't dare to show any slightness, and the rewards were higher than those given to other ministers. But when my father was assassinated, he actually left without saying goodbye? Such a villain, I just today
See his true face! Please issue an arrest warrant quickly and arrest this shameless villain!" When Prince Dan heard that Zhang Tang had left, he naturally charged him first.
The ministers deeply agreed.
King Yan and Zhang Tang were really unpopular. Zhang Tang was originally from Qin. It was not that Qin had never sent a minister. Cai Ze came to Yan to serve as minister, but Cai Ze's evaluation was obviously much better.
, although Cai Ze did not do anything, he respected his ministers very much, and usually persuaded the king to love the people and respect the virtuous... As for Zhang Tang, after he came to Yan State, he had always been worried about his personal safety and did not dare to follow him.
Contact with ministers.
In order to achieve his goal as soon as possible, he bewitched the King of Yan, committed all kinds of evil, and killed many ministers. Naturally, the officials of the Yan Kingdom would not like him... This was especially true for the King of Yan. The King of Yan was selfish, irritable, and could not listen to persuasion.
He only cared about his own enjoyment and completely ignored national affairs... Compared with King Yan, Prince Dan had a better reputation. So, when King Yan was assassinated and Zhang Tang fled, the ministers directly welcomed Prince Dan as Yan's successor.
king.
Prince Dan walked into the palace under the leadership of the ministers, and immediately swore to everyone that he must avenge his father, and then ordered the ministers to summon the army. The territory of the Yan State was very large, very large, and it was only the territory that the Yan State opened up in Liaodong.
The territory of Yan State has exceeded that of Zhao State, but the problem is that the distance between the cities of Yan State is very far, and there are very few people in such a vast land.
What Yan State lacks is not land, but population.
In order to resist the invasion of Zhao State, the King of Yan spent a lot of money to build the royal city, and moved people from various places to increase the household registration of the royal city. In order to facilitate the war, he could recruit troops directly from the royal city. When encountering enemies, the defensive force of the royal city
Naturally, it is enough. When Pang Gong attacked Yan State, he failed to break through the royal city. Therefore, when Prince Dan gave the order, in just a few days, he got more than 40,000 troops, which was enough for them to use one army.
years of food.
Prince Dan was able to accomplish this quickly, thanks to King Yan and Zhang Tang. The food King Yan collected from the people was enough to supply 100,000 soldiers!
In order to express his desire for revenge, Prince Dan personally led the troops to attack the rebels. Speaking of which, Ju Wu, the rebel, was a bit strange. After he got the soldiers, he refused to continue to attack other cities. He only took 20,000 soldiers with him.
The troops summoned at short notice set out towards the royal city... They did not hide their traces along the way, and rushed towards the royal city in a swagger. The result of this was naturally that Prince Dan could know their location at all times.
When Ju Wu led the army close to the royal city, he asked the soldiers to make siege equipment. He did not send scouts to explore the situation ahead, nor did he make any defensive arrangements. The rebels were cutting down trees and preparing to make siege equipment.
When the city was building equipment, Prince Dan's troops suddenly rushed out from both sides. The two sides fought. The unsuspecting rebels naturally collapsed across the board and fled in all directions. They were in chaos.
Ju Wu was very calm. He was dressed in military uniform and looked at the troops rushing out from both sides. He held the spear in his hand tightly and stood still. Things were moving in the direction he expected, and what he had to do was also
There is only one last thing left... Prince Dan has already arranged an ambush here, and the rebels are composed of people who are dissatisfied with King Yan. Whether it is in terms of ordnance or other aspects, they are not the royal city.
Soldier's opponent.
Dan's army drove them from two directions towards the middle position like a flock of sheep. Prince Dan gave the order to allow them to surrender. When the soldiers of Yan State shouted that those who surrendered would not be killed, these rebels were abandoned.
He took off the weapon in his hand and squatted on the ground, not daring to resist. Prince Dan won the battle very easily. Surrounded by the soldiers, he came to the temporary camp of the rebels. The rebels used chariots to attack
They broke through the barrier, and the rebel leader Ju Wu resisted desperately inside.
When Ju Wu saw Prince Dan coming towards him, he pointed the weapon in his hand at him angrily, and cursed: "You shameless villain, do you dare to fight to the death with me?", Dan
She looked at him calmly, hesitated for a long time, and then said: "Surrender... I can..."
"Shut up!" Ju Wu shouted, holding a spear and rushing towards Dan. At that moment, the crossbowmen surrounding the place no longer hesitated, arrows flew out, and Ju Wu was directly enveloped by the rain of arrows.
His whole body was covered with arrows and he slowly fell down. Prince Dan's face couldn't help but twitch. He wanted to say something, but he knew in his heart that he couldn't say anything. He just looked at that person.
The corpse, which people couldn't bear to look at, lay silently in a daze.
"Prince?"
Some generals looked at him doubtfully, and Dan realized that he had shed tears at some point. He wiped his tears and said: "I finally avenged my father..." The generals suddenly realized, and then they dealt with those
Soldiers who accompany the rebels, no matter which country they are in, are committing a serious crime. If they join the rebellion because they do not know the truth, they may be pardoned, but if they knowingly commit the crime, it is impossible to be pardoned.
Even if Prince Dan had said that those who surrendered would not be killed, it would not be possible to truly forgive their crimes.
When Prince Dan returned from victory, the soldiers picked up Ju Wu's head with their spears and walked into the royal city with great power. The ministers came out to greet him. However, there was no joy of revenge on Prince Dan's face, but only endless sadness.
, all the ministers praised: The prince is really a filial man. After getting rid of the traitors, Prince Dan naturally wanted to officially become the King of Yan. However, he still had to observe filial piety and could not govern directly in the palace.
On the first day of taking office, the ministers discussed how to deal with the traitors. Although Ju Wu was dead, his family members were still alive. Now they were all arrested and deserved to be killed. Ju Wu had committed too many crimes.
Big, his family, and even his clan members were not spared... Prince Dan listened blankly to the officials talking about how to deal with it, and in the end he could only agree to their suggestions and execute the Juwu clan.
Ju Wu's family couldn't believe that he would commit regicide. They cried and shouted that he was wronged. Even his sons were struggling hard. His father had always been a moral gentleman, how could he do such a thing?
?They are not afraid of death, they are just afraid that their father will be wronged and be stigmatized. On the day when the Juwu people were executed, Prince Dan said that he was unwell and did not meet any ministers or leave the courtyard for the entire day.
On this day, the censor wrote: In the 20th year of the reign of the king, Ju Wu committed regicide and started a rebellion, and his family was punished.
Prince Dan cheered up. He could finally govern the Yan Kingdom according to his own ideas... The first step was to abolish the miscellaneous taxes left by King Yan. Prince Dan exempted all the miscellaneous taxes.
, even the original tax rate was lowered a lot by him. Immediately, all the current corvee services were eliminated. No matter whether it was a palace or a royal tomb, there was no need to build any more. The common people went home and did their own thing.
good.
After he took control of the military, he got rid of many ministers in the court who could only flatter others and had no talent at all. He immediately reorganized the place, banned officials from contacting merchants, and severely punished corruption and bribery. He followed the example of Qin and established governors in various counties of Yan.
, these governors were all Dan's confidants, whom he could completely trust. He asked these people to help him supervise the place and prevent officials from harming the people again.
In just a few months, earth-shaking changes have taken place in Yan State. When they learned that all miscellaneous taxes had been abolished and they no longer had to participate in corvee labor, the people of Yan State could not believe it for a while. Then they began to
They shouted the name of Prince Dan and hugged each other to celebrate. Corvettes in various places were abolished. Immediately, there was a series of rectifications for officials. After Prince Dan formulated laws for officials and dispatched governors, officials everywhere
They are also much more honest.
They didn't dare to be as arrogant as usual.
Prince Dan has been serving as a hostage in Zhao and Qin for a long time. He has seen many systems and knows what kind of system is suitable for Yan. The Liaodong issue of Yan has always been a headache. Prince Dan followed Qin's example.
The country plans to establish barbarian roads in the Liaodong region, treat the Hu people in these areas equally, and no longer levy additional taxes. It also stipulates that local officials are not allowed to bully them, encourages intermarriage, and plans to set up schools here to recruit officials with Hu people origins.
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Prince Dan has been planning in his mind for a long time, just to wait until this day, he can govern the Yan State according to his own ideas and revitalize the Yan State. Because the Yan State has not carried out any reforms for a long time, its internal systems are extremely backward, and it is necessary to
There are really too many areas for improvement, and Dan has a lot to do. In the few months after Dan came to power, he won the support of the people and soldiers of Yan State.
The ministers did not dare to disobey his orders. The people of Yan State could finally breathe a sigh of relief and can continue to live. However, the national power of Yan State was still very poor, the grassroots system was not as good as that of Zhao State before the reform, and there was a serious shortage of officials.
, the local nobles were powerful, but they did not have enough cattle, the farming technology was backward, the soldiers were neglected in training, there was no general who could lead the army, and there was not even anyone who could make suggestions for King Dan of Yan.
At this time, Zhang Tang also successfully returned to Qin and told Lu Buwei about Prince Dan's collusion with Sikou to kill the king and his father.
Chapter completed!