A piece of customer feedback was published in the third issue of Yanjing Weekly in March.
The Wu family in Cangzhou published a headline on the social page of the newspaper in the last issue, offering a reward of five thousand silver for clues to their grandson who disappeared near the west gate of the capital 21 years ago. A few days later, a young man came to the door, suspicious of himself.
This was the person the Wu family was looking for. This young man was an abandoned baby who was left at the door of a temple in the west of Beijing. He was in swaddling clothes just as the newspaper said. He also provided his birth date and birth date. The manager of the Wu family related it to the missing method.
The young man's horoscopes were exactly the same. So he hurried inside and asked Mr. Wu Tianyou to come out.
Mr. Wu shed tears when he saw the young man, caressed his head and neck and said, "He must be my grandson, who looks exactly like my daughter!" Someone brought out a pair of portraits of Aunt Wu when she was young, and they really looked like her.
Great! Mr. Wu Rui, the eldest son of Mr. Wu Tianzuo of Donghai Academy who just passed away, said that even though the young man could match all the clues, it was still better to shed blood to identify his relatives. So he shed blood to identify his relatives, and it turned out that he was their family
The child they were looking for. The grandfather and grandson held each other's arms and cried. Because Mr. Fang had not yet given a name when he was lost, and the Fang family was far away in Luo State, Wu Tianyou named his grandson Hepu, which means Hepu Returns the Pearl.
After hearing this, Prince Regent Jia Cong praised him three times and rode a fast horse to Cangzhou to congratulate him. The photographer of Yanjing Weekly who went with him took a group photo at the gate of Wu's house. Among them was Jia Cong.
, on the left is Mr. Wu Tianyou and his newly found grandson Fang Hepu, on the right is Wu Rui and his eldest son Wu Chengze.
As soon as this article was published, a huge wave was made among the scholars in the capital. It should be noted that since Jia Cong occupied the Yan State, no great scholar has worked in the Yan State at all. His uncle Lin Hai and his husband Su Zheng who are far away in Jiangxi have not served as officials.
The Donghai Academy of the Wu family in Cangzhou is extremely famous, and it is ranked among the best in the country. It has taught many scholars, and all the princes in the world have its students serving as officials in the government. To put it into detail, it is more than enough to form a Donghai Party.
Furthermore, Wu Tianyou was an important minister in the imperial court in his early years. He had many capable people under his command. He also took the exams for three or four subjects and had students all over the world. The photo in the "Yanjing Weekly" is like throwing a handful into a boiling oil pan.
The water exploded and splashed - the Wu family took refuge in Jia Cong, and the Donghai Academy took refuge in Jia Cong.
Jia Cong had only occupied the Yan Kingdom for a year and a half. The abolition of land tax exemption in the previous year had just offended the scholars of the Yan Kingdom. He never dreamed that he would conquer the great Confucian scholars so quickly. Next year will be the Spring Festival, and the kings will have to send people to Beijing to rob the country.
Talent. I thought that nothing would happen to the Yan State this time. The King of Qi's favorite concubine, Ma Shi, persuaded the King of Qi a few days ago that people could persuade the kings to change the national examination to the Qi State Examination. The Qi State Court also made some preparations. If
Jia Cong conquered the Confucian scholars of Yan State, and this plan was in vain.
Newspapers were sent to various countries by fast horses, including the Kingdom of Shu. Situ Cen sighed several times while reading the newspapers. His wife Qiu felt awkward and said, "What's there to sigh about? It's obvious that the Wu family published the newspaper to find their grandson.
Now that Jia Cong's idea has come to fruition, it is only natural that he should be thanked."
Situ Cen smiled bitterly and said: "That's what I worry about. He can help others like this every time - ordinary people can't help even if they want to, and they can't repay the favor at all. It would be like last time without his help.
, I won’t know until the wedding day that I have not married the right wife. How can I repay this kind of favor? I heard that Mr. Wu and the old lady were deeply in love. One of his legitimate daughters died in the palace, and the other legitimate daughter was killed by robbers. Then
The grandson must be a problem for the old man." He couldn't help but sigh again, "I have also tried to win over Wu Tianyou and his brother earlier, but the two brothers were unmoved at all. They didn't want him to be taken away."
Qiu said: "Why didn't the prince think of helping their family find their grandson?"
Situ Cen pursed his lips: "He probably never thought of asking about such things."
Qiu thought for a moment and said: "In this case, even if the prince loses, there is nothing to complain about. His skills are not as good as others."
Situ Cen sighed again: "That being said..." he shook his head.
But at this moment, something happened outside and someone came in to say that the prince wanted to invite him, so Situ Cen had no choice but to deal with it.
When I arrived at the Crown Prince's Mansion, I saw a room full of staff, and I felt something was wrong. I heard the Crown Prince cough twice and asked him to sit down, took another sip of tea, and then looked down and said: "After enduring it for so many years,
The son of Pang Daxing finally started to bully the people."
Situ Cen slightly raised his brows and said: "The Pang family has led the army for three generations, and Pang Pang Xing also loves soldiers as much as his son. It is useless to use such an excuse to make trouble. How are the prince's preparations?"
The prince said: "So let's discuss it. Since Pang Jiajun has the first flaw, it is inevitable that there will be a second flaw."
"It's so hard to guess..." Situ Cen spread his hands, "It's better to wait for a few more flaws before discussing."
The prince glared at him: "Shut up." Situ Cen obediently shut up.
Behind him, the staff were discussing how to deal with Pang Xing and how to mobilize the Pang family's army. Situ Cen dozed off while listening. After finally everyone finished talking, the prince glanced at Situ Cen and ordered everyone else to leave.
Then he asked Situ Cen: "Third brother, what do you think?"
Situ Cen spread his hands: "I don't know. I don't know how to make clever plans. Why should I be anxious, brother? I have been waiting for so many years."
The prince sighed: "I have to wait for many years to get some clues, but I can't bear it anymore."
Situ Cen held his cheek and was stunned for a while, then said: "Second brother, I want to go to the capital."
The prince had just picked up the tea cup to eat, and put it down after hearing this: "Why are you going to the capital?"
Situ Cen grinned: "If I said I missed Jia Cong, would you believe it?"
"I don't believe it." The prince said, "You want to ask him for advice. This person has the most evil ideas."
"Don't expose it so straightforwardly."
"Humph. I don't know you yet."
Situ Cen was also a quickie. He went back to prepare for two days. On the third day, he took a few guards with him, rode a fast horse and slept in the open air. He arrived in the capital in less than 20 days. Over the years, people had been cleaning and repairing Prince Ning's Mansion in the capital, so he went straight back.
He stayed and sent someone to deliver a message to Rongguo Mansion.
When Jia Cong returned home that night, he was slightly shocked when he received the message. There were so many phoenixes and dragons in the world, and Situ Cen knew him well. He must have known that Jia Cong had rebelled. It would be spring next year, and he would come here now.
What to do? So I made an appointment with him to meet him tomorrow.
The next day, the two of them arrived as promised. The old madam prepared a quiet place for them at the back. He did not dare to serve the wine, so he only took the tea himself and left. Jia Cong raised his eyes and looked at Situ Cen for a long time.
He sighed: "You have really matured a lot. The prodigal aura you had in your early years is gone, and you are full of official power. You must have done well as an official."
Situ Cen said with a sad face: "Tired."
Jia Cong smiled and said, "I'm not as tired as you."
Situ Cen hummed: "You are not tired, you have so many helpers." Suddenly he fell silent. After waiting for a long time, Jia Cong was preparing a lot of excuses for him to ask why he rebelled. Situ Cen finally said, "I think
I want you to give me some advice."
"Ah?" Jia Cong was stunned, "What's your idea?"
"A while ago, we in the Kingdom of Shu encountered something." Situ Cen said, "Someone who has been waiting for many years finally started to make mistakes."
Jia Cong blinked: "Who is that?"
Situ Cen said seriously: "Have you ever heard of Pang Jiajun?"
"No." Jia Cong said casually. Situ Cen glared at him.
There are many Qiang people in the Shu Kingdom, and the Qiang people are very brave. In order to prevent them from disobeying control, Taizu sent a troop of troops to station in the Qiang land when he was still alive. The leader's surname is Pang, and he has lived for three generations. His soldiers include Qiang and Han.
There are Miao people who have strict military discipline and strong martial arts. They rely on various native tribes and are self-sufficient. They do not need royal soldiers to pay for food and grass, and call themselves the Pang Family Army. Although they can protect the peace of the country, to the King of Shu, they are like a thorn in the flesh. If they are not removed, they will be very uncomfortable.
When the late emperor was still alive, he thought about recruiting them for his own use. Unexpectedly, the man surnamed Pang actually took out the gold medal given by Taizu, saying that he had been guarding the Qiang people for generations under Taizu's order, but he would not listen to the imperial court's orders. Now the Shu Kingdom has
If you have firearms, you are not afraid of defeating them. But the King of Shu was born in martial arts and cherished his soldiers the most. Seeing that the Pang family's army was all elite soldiers, if a soldier was released at random, he would be a helper, so he was reluctant to kill him and wanted to get it.
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After waiting for so many years, the son of the leader of the Pang family's army recently bought someone else's land at a low price. Although this idea alone cannot bring trouble to their family, at least there are some clues.
After hearing this, Jia Cong touched his chin: "We've started to buy land by force...that's..." No one will give them money~~It's really fast!
Since ancient times, military expenditures have been the most expensive. This Pang family army is one of the eighteen trump cards left by Taizu. Although they send people to Beijing every year to send incense money to Wanshou Temple, they take away more in exchange. Monk Temple can
How much did it cost? All the money sent in from the gold and silver mines and gambling houses had to be used to raise soldiers. On the surface, the Pang family army did not spend military pay from the court, but in fact it used the Taizu's small treasury.
Now Wanshou Temple is really a temple. At the beginning of March, people from the Pang family rushed to donate money, and the new monk who collected the money was replaced by an unfamiliar monk. Although the accounts were posted on the fine silk, they only accepted the money but did not spit it out.
The master and the account keeper, the old monk En En, all went out for a wander. The other monks didn't know where they were, and they didn't get the money they were told to give to the young general from Shu. Therefore, the young general of the Pang family was running around in vain.
Returned empty-handed.
After returning home, I found out that their gardener had died. It was obvious that something big had happened in the capital. The Pang family had been guessing for many days and couldn't figure it out. It's just that military pay really can't be conjured up out of thin air, right? So it's inevitable to start doing things to oppress good people.
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Situ Cen waited for a long time, but Jia Cong didn't finish his sentence, so he urged: "What is that?"
"That means he is poor." Jia Cong said, "The King of Shu always knows how to do military things. To raise an elite army, the court does not need to provide food, fodder, and soldiers' salaries. Where do they get the money? Either they have other ways of making money, or
They often pretend to be bandits and go out to rob. No matter what the reason is, since they start to get money from outside, it means that they are poor inside and have no money to buy meat for the soldiers and no money to pay the soldiers."
"According to your wishes, we should pay them troops?"
"Of course not." Jia Cong said, "Even the late emperor didn't pry. Such an army must be united and united. Even if the King of Shu paid them soldiers, it was just free money. They don't have every soldier.
At your command." He thought for a while, "Hey, with the late emperor's cunning temperament, why didn't he assassinate the leader of the Pang family army?"
Situ Cen faked a smile: "Why not? It didn't work even once, but several assassins died."
Jia Cong touched his chin: "You must have assassins in your hands. How about trying again?" He stretched out a finger and said, "Just once. Those sent out by the late emperor must be masters in the field. I think it can be done.
The only people who can survive and fight back from the masters inside are masters of the same level or even higher. Raising these people is more expensive than raising elite soldiers. Since the Pang family has no money - they probably will not suddenly become poor.
, there must be a process. For some reason, I slowly became poor. Then, raising soldiers is much more important than masters. They have begun to bully the common people, which shows that Pang Jiajun has reached a point where he cannot even maintain his aloof appearance. Hmm...
It is most likely that the master has been dismissed long ago. You try to assassinate that General Pang again, maybe you can succeed."
Situ Cen said: "Even if General Pang dies, he is so popular that it will be difficult for me to subdue his subordinates. It's not like he has no sons."
Jia Cong sneered: "You are stupid! Since you want his soldiers, you can't keep his son! The Pang family's children are all dead or dispersed, and the rest of the soldiers will be leaderless. When the time comes, will you give the soldiers pay and food?
Just collected it?"
Situ Cen thought for a long time: "Do you really think there are no masters in their family?"
"I didn't say for sure!" Jia Cong said hurriedly, "I'll just let you guys try it. Based on reasoning, it should be gone."
After a long time, Situ Cen said: "Let's try it and see again. If it still doesn't work?"
"Then don't bother with them for the time being." Jia Cong said, "If it's not yours, don't force yourself to fish it out."
Situ Cen rolled his eyes at him. After a while, he suddenly asked: "Did you really collect that much land tax?"
Jia Cong nodded: "Seriously."
"How did you collect it?"
"That's it!" Jia Cong spread his hands, "How do the petty officials collect taxes in the past? How do they still collect taxes now? How do they collect taxes from ordinary farmers in the past, but how do they collect taxes from wealthy families now? If you refuse to die,
Yes, don’t we have an army?”
Situ Cen sighed: "You have caused great harm to our Shu country...many people have come to Shu to buy land."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Shu can also collect their land tax, which is heavier, and then drive them to other countries."
Situ Cen shook his head and said, "It's too difficult." Nai ate tea silently. Jia Cong waited for another half day and finally heard him say, "You really rebelled against me."
"Yes." Jia Cong said leisurely, "It's really the opposite. Hey, can we still be friends?"
Situ Cen looked at him for a long time: "I have to think about it."
"Think about it slowly." Jia Cong took a sip of tea, "By the way, the disciples of the National Government who stayed in the capital went to see the middlemen and wanted to sell the National Government." Situ Cen frowned slightly. Jia Cong continued, "I
I plan to buy it and turn it into a museum for ordinary people to visit."
Situ Cen hummed: "Your one-day tour business to the Forbidden City has gone to Shu."
Jia Cong immediately beamed: "The business is really booming. Do you want to go swimming?"
"Is there a discount?"
"No fighting."
"Then I won't go." Situ Cen said, "It's not like I didn't go there before when I was a kid."