That night, Liu Xianglian went to patrol outside the city as usual, and found a large number of people, horses, and vehicles leaving the city heading to the southwest. She felt strange. Two days after reading at midnight, another group of vehicles left the capital in the middle of the night. It was obvious that they were all Fang Xiong's people, except
I don't know why so many people were escorting them. A few days later, Shui Rong's messengers sent word that Zhong Heng's bandits, relying on their familiarity with the mountains, robbed Fang Xiong's convoy and only managed to steal three cars, all of which were filled with gold, silver and antiques.
Gong Sanyi glanced at Jia Cong after hearing the news: "What do you think?"
Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "Sir, you are the counselor! Isn't this obvious? Going to the southwest, Fang Xiong is transporting the proceeds from the house raid back to Jiannan. Needless to say, he is not prepared to occupy the capital for too long. He
He is not here to kidnap the young master, he is here to rob. I just don’t know whether he will take a young Situ back to Jiannan like Liu Tong, or whether he will leave him and run away on his own."
Gong San also said: "You don't need to tell me this? It's just that the people he confiscated now are the former emperor's old ministers, and Situ Li was not prepared to let them go. Two princes have been replaced in the capital, and the Imperial Guards are being controlled by people like Tianjin.
It’s really weird if you take it seriously.”
Jia Cong was confused: "What do you want to say, sir?"
Jia Huan was biting walnut cake beside him and said: "Could it be that this Fang Xiong was sent by the saint to follow Liu Tong's pattern of killing a group of people he wanted to kill and then grabbing a group of people he wanted to rob, so the saint didn't have to
Carrying that blame, there is no need to criticize him for massacring his old ministers as soon as the late emperor left."
Jia Cong waved his hand and said, "No. I trust Situ Pan on this matter. Now that I'm in his hands, it won't be so easy to get out. Besides, if Fang Xiong is Jin's person, there's no need to sneak around at night."
Transport the money away. He should keep these things in the treasury openly and honestly. But he is not a person of Situ Pan. If he is a person of Situ Pan, he should keep the things in the capital or send them to the southeast-the mountains of Jiangxi
Ninety percent of the thieves are from Situ Pan."
Gong Sanyi glanced at them and sighed: "To this day, you still haven't noticed the most important joint."
Jia Cong also reached for the walnut cake, and Jia Huan and Jia Cong stared at Gong Sanyi with two pairs of big eyes. Only Yao'er bowed to the old man honestly: "Sir, please give me advice."
Gong Sanyi stroked his beard and asked slowly: "What is the most important thing in Tianjin?"
Jia Cong said: "Of course he is the emperor."
Gong Sanyi snorted: "What else?"
The three brothers looked at each other for a while, and then Jia Huan said: "No~~ Apart from him, there is nothing important in Tianjin. Cao Datong is just a reckless man. What is more important is the spy sent by Situ Pan next to Cao Datong."
Gong San also sighed: "After all, you are young and have never experienced the world. I wholeheartedly think that you are extremely smart and you will not ignore such important things."
Seeing that he looked serious, Jia Huan couldn't help but put down the snack in his hand. Jia Cong also quickly swallowed the snack in three or two mouthfuls to avoid choking on what the old man said later.
Gong Sanyi glanced at them and said: "Let me ask you, how many Yulin soldiers are there to defend the capital?"
Jia Cong replied casually: "The guard camp has 1,600, the guard camp has 15,000, the infantry camp has 32,000, and the firearms camp has 6,000. The total is just over 50,000."
Gong Sanyi asked again: "How many people are going to Tianjin?"
Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? No one told me this!"
Gong Sanyi glared at him fiercely and said, "Didn't I tell you?"
Jia Cong said: "When did you tell me? You just said earlier that the imperial guards were all in the hands of the late emperor, and only a few people were left out for me..." He suddenly understood and stood up with excitement.
Roared, "Tiger Talisman!!"
Jia Huan and Jarvis were startled when they heard this and stood up: "Tiger Talisman!"
Gong Sanyi snorted again: "The only ones escorting the emperor's ministers to the imperial mausoleum were the personal barracks and the guard camp, which numbered no more than 20,000 people. Later, news came that Cao Datong's troops were trapped in the imperial mausoleum, and the infantry camp set off.
Because the Tiger Talisman was in the hands of Situ Yan, and Situ Yan was in the hands of Cao Datong, there was naturally no Tiger Talisman to mobilize troops. Although Wen Dehu, the admiral commander of the Jiumen Infantry Army, reluctantly sent some people to rescue him, a large number of troops could only slowly move on the road.
After a while, I heard that Hu was a lonely minister of the late emperor, with a cautious, stubborn and pedantic temperament. When Prince Yi Zhong was still the prince, he occasionally interacted with him. After the prince was deposed, this person no longer wanted to associate with any of the princes. Now he is enthroned.
Later, when he celebrated his fiftieth birthday, Jinshang gave him a generous gift, and was immediately punished by the old saint. Jinshang no longer dared to associate with him, and he also did not associate with Jinshang. The same was true for the Firearms Camp, and there was no Tiger Talisman who refused.
He went out and only hung out in the suburbs of Beijing - it can be regarded as an intention to rescue him, and it can be regarded as not leaving Beijing without the tiger talisman."
Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "Obviously, both ends don't count! Whoever gave these two battalions bad ideas must have bad intentions."
Gong Sanyi drank a cup of tea, and Yao'er hurriedly added another cup for him. Gong Sanyi coughed, looked at them and said: "Since the emperor went east to hunt, there have been three groups of people in the capital, one group after another.
Duo. You guys are wondering what's going on here."
The three brothers each thought for a long time. Jia Huan poked Jia Cong with his elbow and said, "Speak first."
Jia Cong looked at him: "Why should I say it first?"
"It takes too much effort. You speak first. If there are no mistakes, I won't have to speak."
Jia Cong twitched the corner of his mouth and said: "The first Li Guopei to enter the capital is undoubtedly Situ Pan's man. His current whereabouts are a mystery. He has few people. I thought he is still in the capital. According to the ability of the wise king, in the capital
There are five or six thousand people in Central Tibet, which is not a problem. Those soldiers, bandits, and local leopards who came in from outside have no ability to search out his people." His mind suddenly opened up and he stood up. "Let's think about it."
Jia Huan glanced at him: "What do you mean by thinking?"
Jia Cong paced around the room: "This is what we would do if we were Situ Pan. Situ Pan's original plan was to hold the saint in his arms and take away the jade seal tiger charm that the saint was wearing; and at the same time, he sent several people to the capital.
Use various means to play off the princes, from the oldest to the youngest. Li Guopei was originally the first move, but this first move was destroyed by Uncle Lin, so he changed from the bright one to the dark one. Liu Tong was the second move. This one
It was probably not Situ Pan's people, but Situ Pan managed to control them, probably relying on aides or the like. Liu Tong set the precedent for supporting him. However, Liu Tong did not know about Fang Xiong's entry into Beijing. This matter was something we managed
He reminded him. Therefore, Fang Xiong and Liu Tong were not from the same place, and he was not from the same place as Situ Pan. Furthermore, after Liu Tong returned to Qingzhou, it took more than a month for Liu Tong to send out the letter, and he still supported the eldest prince as his king and denounced the five
The prince is a pseudo-emperor. There must have been disputes within their group as to whether they should continue to support the eldest prince."
Jia Huan said: "What is there to argue about? He is the one who supports it."
Jia Cong said: "Supporting the establishment in the middle of the capital and supporting the establishment outside the capital are two different things. Supporting the establishment in the middle of the capital is easy to say; supporting the establishment out of the capital means that the taxes from Qingzhou will no longer be sent to the middle of the capital."
Jia Huan took a breath, and Gong Sanyi nodded: "Yes, this is the important point."
Jia Cong went on to say: "Since Situ Pan's original intention was not to disturb the country but to steal the country skillfully, his people would definitely oppose Liu Tong's support in Qingzhou. However, people's hearts were so weak that Liu Tong accepted our instigation and supported him wholeheartedly.
Only then did the current situation in Qingzhou come about. This in turn proves that Situ Pan does have important people on Liu Dong's side. As for the current Fang Xiong, since he transported property from Beijing to Jiannan, we know that he
He also came to the capital for robbery. Let's take a look at Situ Pan now. Situ Pan's ambitions have always been well hidden; and the brotherhood between him and Jin Shang, at least in the eyes of others, is very deep; his abilities are well known to everyone.
Therefore, it is not difficult for him to take away the jade seals and tiger talismans around Jin Shang from Cao Datong. Since he is determined to be independent, it is not difficult to forge the imperial edict. It is not difficult for him to use fake imperial edicts and tiger talismans to mobilize his troops. He can even get Jin Shang to
The false news was passed to Gan Lei and Feng Tang who were besieging Tianjin, and he coaxed the imperial guards to stay there in the name of "testing which of my sons should be used". He had been specially responsible for the intelligence for the saint, and it was easy to fool the saint's people.
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Gong Sanyi clapped his hands and said, "That's right! I didn't expect this. I was still thinking that with the chaos in the capital, why didn't Feng Tang Ganlei send a general back to the capital to take charge of the situation?"
Jia Cong became more and more energetic. "If I were Situ Pan, I would have said 'I own the world' from the moment I took hold of the saint. The rest is to slowly and steadily hold on to the military power. Therefore, I want to distinguish
It’s very easy for anyone to come to Beijing with Situ Pan’s secret order or to send troops privately.” He winked, “Those who are pretending to make trouble are Situ Pan’s people, and those who really want to rebel are not. Those who really want to rebel must be
Princes, if Situ Pan is allowed to steal the country safely, they will still have a hard time." Jia Cong knocked on the desk and said, "Conclusion: Fang Xiong was brought by the Six Kings."
After hearing this, Gong San also nodded slowly: "It makes sense. Fang Xiong used the name of the new king to eradicate the former emperor's old ministers in the capital, but he did not touch the kings and princes. Because the kings knew that they had no status, and An
If they act steadily, it will not be their turn to benefit in the end. The more brothers and nephews get involved, the better, and the more chaotic the situation, the better."
Jia Cong said: "There is such a chaos in the capital but there is no movement from the Situ family. Fang Xiong was brought here by the Six Kings, so naturally there will be no movement from them; Situ Pan holds the tiger talisman, since Fang Xiong is helping
Naturally, he was not in a hurry to get rid of the former emperor's old ministers. When Fang Xiong was almost done, he would then use the tiger talisman and the false imperial edict to mobilize the army to the capital. Fang Xiong was naturally not a problem. Since Fang Xiong dared to act recklessly, he must have someone named Situ behind him.
If you support me, you may have already rebelled against me - just like Xu Hong, you have done some things that are not allowed in the world. If you don't do the opposite, you will die."
Gong San also smiled and said: "That's pretty much it. But in your opinion, how do the kings plan?"
Jia Cong said: "The kings got our message that day and knew that Situ Pan temporarily controlled the capital, so they brought Fang Xiong to disrupt the situation. As the emperor and his ministers, no matter who comes to power, they must first clear out the former emperor's old tribe. The kings let Fang Xiong go on a killing spree.
They were paving the way for everyone and trying to stabilize Situ Pan. They were taking it one step at a time, and they were not in a hurry. Judging from Fang Xiong's transportation of gold and silver back to Jiannan, they probably intended to rebel one day and were busy making money for the time being.
Therefore, the kings are waiting for the situation to develop further. Now it seems that Fang Xiong has occupied the capital, but in fact the kings are one step behind Situ Pan, because they do not know that Situ Pan already has the tiger talisman; and the soldiers and horses in the world only recognize the tiger talisman.
I don’t recognize anyone.” Jia Cong stretched and kicked his legs again, “It’s just not lively enough. It would be nice to be more lively.”
That night, the third book of arrows was recovered from the Sixth Prince's Mansion. This time there were many words. "This book is in the hands of the wise king, and so is the jade seal and tiger talisman. In addition, the wise king in the capital has many private soldiers. I have a foolish opinion if I am late.
As follows." There is a plan at the end.
The six kings immediately opened the frying pan and gritted their teeth and said, "That little fox is pretending to be more honest than a cow!"
Later, Xiong became even more powerful in eradicating the old officials of the late emperor in the capital.
Half a month later, Fang Xiong said that he would hold a court meeting again. Since all the kings in the previous court meetings had pretended to be ill, the courtiers thought that it would still be the case this time. Unexpectedly, only the wise king Situ Pan was still ill this time, and the other six
The king's illnesses were all cured.
Fang Xiongnai said in the court: "Looking at the history books, it was 800 years since Tang Dynasty was established, and 400 years for the Han Dynasty. Later dynasties, the Li and Tang Dynasties lasted for more than 200 years, the Song Dynasty split the earth and barely gained the mountains and rivers for 300 years, and the remaining ones were the Qin and Sui Dynasties.
They are innumerable. This is because our dynasty is so vast that it is really difficult for the emperor to sustain it. If there is an unknown king for a while, it will immediately harm the country. Looking at the two dynasties of Zhou and Han, they were all governed by enfeoffment, but any shortcomings of the emperor were not harmed.
The foundation of a country is that when a wise king is found, the country will rise again. From this we can see that enfeoffment is a good strategy for governing the country. Today, I intend to imitate the ancient wise king and enfeoff the kings to the wild."
The officials were in an uproar and looked at each other in shock.
It's just that Fang Xiong has killed a lot of people these days, and many of the upright and pedantic ones have died, while others have pretended to be sick. The rest have either received a lot of benefits from him, or dare not contradict him, so no one dared to object for a while.
Fang Xiong smiled and asked, "What do you princes think?"
All the kings laughed and said, "What the Emperor said is absolutely true. When I get to the fiefdom, I will do my best to treat the people well, defend the territory, and be loyal to the Emperor."
Fang Xiong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you so much, princes!"
They then divided the fiefdoms of the kings in the court hall, and also divided the titles of the new princes granted by the new monarch. Taking advantage of the situation, they named the first eldest prince King of Lu, and granted Qingzhou to him.
That was originally Liu Tong's territory. Other sons of the late emperor's brothers, such as Prince Zhongshun, were also granted the title, but the territory was smaller. Situ Pan was extremely generously granted the title of King of Yan. Documents and gold seals were immediately given to the princes.
, robes, belts and other items, all the kings happily received them. The little emperor sat on the dragon chair like a wooden doll.
It wasn't until King Yan's seal was delivered to Prince Xian's Mansion that Situ Pan knew about it. He was shocked: "How unreasonable!" He kicked down the small yellow door where the seal was delivered. His illness was cured immediately, and he galloped to Prince Ning's Mansion.
superior.
King Ning was ordering people to pack things. He had been granted the title of King of Shu and had just had a pleasant chat with Fang Xiong at court. Hearing that the wise king was coming, he ordered people to lead him to the outer study and stood there laughing again.
Stand up and greet each other: "Lao Jiu, there is some chaos here now, please be patient."
Situ Pan said coldly: "Sixth brother, you are acting too recklessly."
King Ning smiled and said: "The meat is in the pot, and everyone has soup to drink. My brothers have not forgotten you. King Yan is a thousand years old, and your fiefdom is closest to the capital."
Situ Pan said sincerely: "Sixth brother, it's not easy for our ancestors to build the foundation. How can you just waste it like this?"
King Ning was surprised: "How could it have been wasted? Don't worry, brothers are not mediocre people. They will work hard and work hard to govern the people and live up to the reputation of their ancestors."
Situ Pan looked at him quietly for a long time, and Prince Ning just faked a smile and said nothing. Finally, Situ Pan sighed: "That's all. Don't blame me in the future, brother." Then he withdrew and left.
As soon as he left the room, Prince Ning sneered and said, "Old Liu, you are too reckless."
Situ Pan stopped and asked, "What do you mean, Sixth Brother?"
Prince Ning said inside: "It's nothing. We brothers haven't seen each other for a long time. Seeing that we have to leave the capital and go to our fiefdoms, it will be difficult to see each other again. Why don't you stay with Sixth Brother for a while?"
Situ Pan was startled. He turned around and saw that many soldiers had poured into the small courtyard outside the study. He was already unable to fly. He shouted loudly: "Brother Six, what do you mean by this?!"
Prince Ning said: "Old Jiu, don't worry. My brothers have all been entrusted to other places. What do you, the King of Yan, want to do? Don't be impatient. You have worked hard these years, so how about you stay in my house for a few more days?
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Situ Pan chuckled and said, "Do you really think you can trap me?"
Prince Ning smiled in the study and said: "You can rest in peace. The mantis stalks the cicada, and the oriole is behind. Fang Xiong has eighty thousand men and horses. Anyway, your people in the mansion can't get out, and your people in the capital can't get out.
What's the use of having a tiger talisman in the city?"