The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Chapter 182

That night Liu Xianglian went to inspect the city as usual, and found a large number of people, horses and vehicles leaving the city to the southwest, which was very strange.Two days later, another group of vehicles left Beijing in the middle of the night, obviously they were all Fang Xiong's people, but they didn't know what they were escorting.A few days later, Shui Rong spread the news that Zhong Heng's bandits robbed Fang Xiong's convoy by relying on their familiarity with the mountain, and only got three cars, all of which were gold, silver and antiques.

Gong San also glanced at Jia Cong after hearing the news: "What do you think?"

Jia Cong curled his lips and said: "Sir, you are the counselor! Is this not clear? Going to the southwest, Fang Xiong is transporting the proceeds from the house raids back to Jiannan. Needless to say, he didn't plan to stay in the capital for too long. He He didn't come to kidnap the young master, he came to rob. I just don't know whether he will bring a young Situ back to Jiannan like Liu Tong, or leave him to escape by himself."

Gong San also said: "It's up to you to say these things? It's just that the people he ransacked are all old ministers of the former emperor, and Situ is not going to let them go. Beijing and China have already changed two princes to the throne. It's really weird to get involved."

Jia Cong was at a loss: "What do you want to say, sir?"

Jia Huan was beside him biting a walnut cake and said, "Could it be that this Fang Xiong was sent by a sage, following Liu Tong's example to kill a group of people he wanted to kill and grab another group of people he wanted to rob, so the sage doesn't have to Carrying that scapegoat, there is no need for people to criticize the late emperor for slaughtering old officials as soon as he left."

Jia Cong waved his hand and said: "No. I believe in Situ Pan in this matter. Now that the present is in his hands, it will not be so easy to get out. Besides, if Fang Xiong is from the present, there is no need to sneak around at night. Transport the money away. He should leave these things in the treasury openly and aboveboard. But he is not from Situ Pan. If he is from Situ Pan, he should also leave the things in Beijing or send them to the southeast—the mountains in Jiangxi Ninety percent of the thieves belong to Situ Pan."

Gong San also glanced at a few of them, and sighed: "To this day, you still haven't noticed the most important joint."

Jia Cong also reached out to get the walnut cake, and Jia Huan and Jia Huan stared at Gong Sanyi with wide eyes.Only Yao'er bowed to the old man honestly: "Please advise, sir."

Gong San also stroked his beard, and asked slowly: "What is the most important thing in Tianjin?"

Jia Cong said, "Of course he is the Son of Heaven."

Gong San also snorted: "What else?"

The three brothers looked at each other for a while, Jia Huan said: "Nothing~~ There is nothing important except him in Tianjin. Cao Datong is just a reckless man. What is more important is the spy sent by Situ Pan beside Cao Datong."

Gong San also sighed: "After all, you are young and have no experience in the world. I wholeheartedly think that you are very smart, so you should not ignore such important things."

Seeing that he looked serious, Jia Huan couldn't help but put down the snack in his hand, and Jia Cong quickly swallowed the snack in two or three mouthfuls, so as not to choke on himself when what the old man said was too scary later.

Gong San also glanced at them, and said: "I ask you, how many people are there in the Imperial Forest Army guarding the capital?"

Jia Cong replied casually: "The personal army battalion is 5, the guard battalion is [-], the infantry battalion is [-], and the firearms battalion is [-]. The total is only more than [-]."

Gong Sanyi asked again: "How many people went to Tianjin?"

Jia Cong was stunned: "Huh? No one told me this!"

Gong San also gave him a hard look, and said, "Didn't I tell you?"

Jia Cong said: "When did you tell me? You just said earlier that the imperial army was in the hands of the late emperor, and only a few people were left out for today..." He suddenly understood, stood up "teng", Roared, "Tiger Talisman!!"

Jia Huan Jarvis was startled when he heard the words, and stood up too: "Tiger Talisman!"

Gong Sanyi snorted again: "The only ones who escorted the Son of Heaven's ministers to the imperial tomb were the personal barracks and the guard barracks, no more than 2 people. After the news that Cao Datong's troops were trapped in the imperial tomb, the infantry barracks moved over. Since the Tiger Talisman was in the hands of Situ Hou and Situ Hou was in the hands of Cao Datong, naturally there was no Tiger Talisman to dispatch troops. The commander of the Nine Infantry Army, Wen Dehu reluctantly sent some people to rescue him, but the large number of troops were only walking slowly on the road. I was dawdling. I heard that Hu was a lonely minister of the former emperor, with a cautious and stubborn temperament, close to pedantic. When Prince Yizhong was still the prince, he had occasional contacts. After the prince was abolished, this person refused to have any contacts with the princes. Now he is enthroned Later, on his fiftieth birthday, he was bestowed a generous gift by the present emperor, and was immediately rectified by the old sage. The future emperor dared not associate with him again, and he would not associate with him either. The same is true for the firearms camp. They were dispatched and only hang around in the outskirts of Beijing—it can be regarded as a rescue intention, and it can be regarded as never leaving Beijing without a tiger talisman."

Jia Cong rolled his eyes: "It's clear that both sides don't count! Whoever gave these two battalions a bad idea, the designation has no good intentions."

Gong San also drank a cup of tea, and Yao'er hurriedly added another cup for him.Gong San also coughed, looked at them and said, "Since the Emperor Dongshou, Jingzhong has changed three groups of people, and each group is more than the other. You are thinking about the meeting, what is going on."

The three brothers pondered for a long time, and Jia Huan poked Jia Cong with his elbow: "You speak first."

Jia Cong looked at him: "Why did I say it first!"

"It's too much effort. You say it first, and I don't need to say it if there are no mistakes."

Jia Cong twitched his lips and said, "The Li Guopei who came to Beijing the first is undoubtedly Situ Pan's man, and his current whereabouts is a mystery. He has few people, so I thought he was probably still in Beijing. According to the ability of the virtuous king, he is in Beijing. Five to six thousand people in Zhongzang is not a problem. Those soldiers, bandits and local leopards who came in from outside have no ability to search for his people." He stood up as if his mind had suddenly opened. "Let's bring it into consideration."

Jia Huan glanced at him: "Why bring into thinking?"

Jia Cong then paced around the room: "That's what we would do if we were Situ Pan. Situ Pan's original plan was probably to pinch the saint and follow the jade seal and tiger amulet on the saint's body; Use various methods to play with the princes, from the big to the young. Li Guopei was the first move, but this first move was abolished by Uncle Lin, so he changed from a bright son to a dark son. Liu Tong is the second step. This Probably not Situ Pan’s people, but Situ Pan managed to control them, probably relying on staff and so on. Liu Tong set a precedent for supporting him. However, Liu Tong didn’t know about Fang Xiong’s entry into Beijing. He reminded him. Therefore, Fang Xiong and Liu Tong are not in the same way, nor are they in the same way as Situ Pan. Besides, after Liu Tong returned to Qingzhou, it was more than a month before the letter came out, still supporting the eldest prince as the king, denouncing the five The prince is a false emperor. Presumably there was a dispute among their people along the way, whether they still want to support the eldest prince."

Jia Huan said: "What's there to argue about? He was the one who supported him."

Jia Cong said: "Supporting the establishment in the middle of the capital and supporting the establishment in the capital are two different things. Supporting the establishment in the middle of the capital is easy to talk about; supporting the establishment in the middle of the capital means that Qingzhou's taxes will not be sent to the middle of the capital from now on."

Jia Huan gasped, and Gong San also nodded: "That's right, this is what matters."

Jia Cong went on to say: "Since Situ Pan's original intention was not to disturb the country, but to steal the country with his hands, his people will definitely oppose Liu Tong's support in Qingzhou. Only then did the current situation in Qingzhou come into being. In turn, it can be proved that Situ Pan did have important people on Liu Tong's side. As for the current Fang Xiong, since he transported his property from Beijing to Jiannan, it can be seen that he He also came to Beijing to rob. Let's take a look at Situ Pan now. Situ Pan's ambitions have always been hidden; and his brotherhood with the present, at least in the eyes of others, is extremely deep; his ability is well known. Therefore, it is not difficult for him to get the jade seal and tiger amulet around Jinshang from Cao Datong. Since he is determined to stand on his own, it is not difficult to imitate the imperial decree. It is not difficult for him to transfer troops with fake imperial decrees and tiger amulets. Gan Lei Feng Tang, who was encircling Tianjin, coaxed the imperial forest army to stay there in the name of "testing out which of my sons should be used". He used to be in charge of intelligence for the saint, and it is really easy to fool the saint .”

Gong San also clapped his hands and said, "That's right! I didn't expect this. I was thinking that since the capital is in such chaos, why didn't Feng Tang Ganlei send a general back to Beijing to take charge of the situation?"

Jia Cong became more energetic. "If I were Situ Pan, I would have 'I own the world' from the moment I seized the saint, and the rest would be to slowly and steadily grasp the military power. Therefore, I want to distinguish who has obtained Situ Pan's secret order to come to Beijing It’s very easy for anyone to send troops without permission.” He winked, “Those who pretend to fight and make trouble are Situ Pan’s people, but those who really want to rebel are not. Those who really want to rebel must be the princes. If Situ Pan is safe Stealing the country, they still have a hard time." Jia Cong knocked on the desk, "Conclusion: Fang Xiong was brought here by the Six Kings."

Gong San also nodded slowly after hearing this: "It makes sense. Fang Xiong used the name of the new king to eradicate the former emperor and old ministers in Beijing, but he never touched the kings and princes. Because the kings know that they have no status. It will not be their turn to act steadily and ultimately benefit, the more brothers and nephews of their own family join in, the better, and the more chaotic the situation, the better."

Jia Cong said: "There is so much chaos in the capital, but there is no movement from Situ's family. Fang Xiong was brought here by the six kings, so naturally they will not make any movement; Situ Pan holds the tiger talisman in his hand, since Fang Xiong is helping He got rid of the former emperor's old ministers, so he was naturally not in a hurry. When Fang Xiong was almost done, he would use the tiger talisman and false imperial decree to transfer the army to Beijing. Fang Xiong was naturally no problem. Since Fang Xiong dared to act recklessly, there must be someone surnamed Situ behind him. Backing up, or you have turned your back on it long ago—like Xu Hong, you have done some things that are not allowed in the world today, and you will die if you don’t."

Gong San also smiled and said: "That's almost the case. But in your opinion, how do the kings plan?"

Jia Cong said: "At that time, the kings got a letter from us, knowing that Situ Pan temporarily controlled the capital, so they got Fang Xiong to disrupt the situation. Once the emperor and the courtiers, no matter who came to power, they must first clear the former emperor's old troops. The kings asked Fang Xiong to kill It is paving the way for everyone, and it is also stabilizing Situ Pan. They are not in a hurry to take one step at a time. Judging from Fang Xiong's transport of gold and silver back to Jiannan, they probably intend to choose an opportunity to rebel in the future, and they are currently busy collecting money. Therefore, the kings are waiting for the situation to develop further. It seems that Fang Xiong has occupied the capital, but in fact the kings have lost one step compared to Situ Pan, because they don't know that Situ Pan already has a tiger talisman; and the soldiers and horses in the world only recognize tiger talismans I don’t recognize anyone.” Jia Cong stretched his waist and kicked his legs again, “It’s just not lively enough, it would be better if it was more lively.”

It was late, and the third collection in the Six Princes' Mansion received the arrow book.There are a lot of words this time. "Today it is in the hands of the virtuous king, and so is the jade seal and tiger amulet. Moreover, there are many private soldiers of the virtuous king in Beijing. I have my humble opinion in later life as follows." The following is a plan.

The six kings immediately blew up the frying pan, and all of them gritted their teeth and said, "That little fox is acting more honest than a cow!"

Hou Fangxiong became more and more powerful in eradicating the old officials of the first emperor in Beijing.

Half a month later, Fang Xiong said that he would hold a court meeting.Because all the kings pretended to be sick in the previous court meetings, the courtiers thought it was the same this time.Unexpectedly, only the virtuous king Situ Pan was still sick this time, and the other six kings were all cured.

Fang Xiongnai said in the court hall: "Looking at the history books, it was 800 years since the Tang Dynasty, and 400 years in the Han Dynasty. In the later dynasties, the Li and Tang Dynasties were more than 300 years old, and the Song Dynasty cracked the earth for [-] years. The rest are innumerable. .Because our dynasty is vast, and the emperor alone is really difficult to sustain. If there is an unknown king, he will immediately harm the country. Looking at the Zhou and Han dynasties, they were all ruled by enfeoffment, but if the emperor has a short-term problem, it will not harm the foundation of the country. Afterwards, Mingjun was revived. From this, it can be seen that enfeoffment is a good strategy for governing the country. Today, the emperor intends to imitate the ancient Mingjun and entrust all the kings in the wild."

The ministers were in an uproar!looked at each other.

It's just that Fang Xiong has killed many people these days, some of the upright and pedantic ones have died, and some of them are pretending to be sick.

Fang Xiong asked with a smile: "What do you princes think?"

All the kings laughed and said: "What the emperor said is very true. When I am in the fiefdom, I will try my best to treat the people kindly, defend the territory, and be loyal to the emperor."

Fang Xiong cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, my lords!"

They then divided the fiefdoms of the kings above the court, and also divided the back covers of the new princes granted by the new king; taking advantage of the situation, they made the first prince the king of Lu, and gave him Qingzhou. That was originally Liu Tong's territory.Other sons of the late emperor's brothers, such as Prince Zhongshun, were also confiscated, but the territory was smaller.Situ Pan was extremely generously named the King of Yan.Immediately, I gave the following documents, gold seals, robes and other things to the princes, and all the princes were happy to accept them.The little emperor sat on the dragon chair like a wooden doll.

It wasn't until King Yan's seal was delivered to King Xian's mansion that Situ Pan knew about it, and he was shocked: "This is unreasonable!" He kicked over the small yellow gate that delivered the seal.His illness recovered immediately, and he galloped to King Ning's mansion on horseback.

King Ning is ordering someone to pack up his things. He has already been granted the title of King of Shu, and he just had a good talk with Fang Xiong in court.Hearing that the virtuous king was coming, he hurriedly ordered someone to lead him to the outer study, and stood up with a smile to greet him: "Lao Jiu, my place is a little messy now, so please take care of it."

Situ Pan said with a cold face: "Sixth brother, you guys are too foolish."

King Ning smiled and said: "The meat is in the pot, and everyone has soup to drink. Brothers have not forgotten you, King Yan Qiansui, your fief is the closest to the capital."

Situ Pan earnestly said: "Sixth brother, it's not easy for our ancestors to lay down a foundation, how can you just ruin it like this?"

King Ning was surprised: "Why did you ruin it? Don't worry, brothers are not mediocre people. They will work hard and devote themselves to governing the people, so as to live up to the prestige of their ancestors."

Situ Pan watched him quietly for a long time, but King Ning just smirked and said nothing.Finally, Situ Pan let out a long sigh: "Forget it. Brother, don't blame me in the future." Then he withdrew and left.

He just left the house, King Ning sneered and said: "Lao Liu, you are too reckless."

Situ Pan stopped walking and asked, "What does Sixth Brother mean?"

King Ning said inside: "It's nothing. We haven't seen each other for a long time. Seeing that we have to go out of the capital to the fiefdoms, it will be difficult to meet again. How about staying with Sixth Brother for a longer time?"

Situ Pan was startled, and turned his head to see that many soldiers had poured into the small courtyard outside the study, and he was already unable to fly.Nai said loudly, "What does Sixth Brother mean by this?!"

Ning Wangdao: "Old Nine, don't worry. The brothers are all entrusted, what do you want you, the King of Yan, to do? Be safe and don't be impatient. You have worked hard these years, how about just staying in my mansion for a few more days?" ?”

Situ Pan chuckled and said, "Do you really think you can trap me?"

King Ning smiled in his study and said, "You can rest at ease. The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind. Fangxiong has [-] horses. Anyway, people in your mansion can't leave the mansion, and people in Beijing can't get out. What's the use of the Tiger Talisman?"