Chapter 25 Sweeping out dissidents
Gongsun Xiu sat in the military camp, Jia Fan walked in quickly and bowed respectfully: "Old minister pays homage to His Highness the Crown Prince."
"No gift."
He smiled with a friendly face, "Is there anything important about you coming so nervous?"
Jia Fan frowned and thought that if nothing is important, who would come to come? He shook his head gently: "Your Highness, Xiangping City is in danger. The King of Yan ordered the old minister to come over and let the prince send troops to rescue the siege."
Gongsun Xiu sneered in his heart, looked up at Jia Fan, seeing that he was in his fifties, he couldn't help but think: "In history, Jia Fan and Lunzhi were both good ministers loyal to Gongsun Yuan. They killed these two hard-earned good ministers because they were arrogant and arrogant. If my appearance had changed the direction of history, I'm afraid your old boy would have been cold."
He pretended not to know and said, "I want to send troops to break the siege of Xiangping, but unfortunately there is not enough troops."
Jia Fan said: "There are more than 25,000 soldiers in Shouyang Mountain. How can we say that the troops are insufficient?"
"They are exhausted and exhausted when they fight in the east and west. If they don't rest in time, they will be worried about their lives."
Gongsun Xiu pretended to be mysterious and sighed: "According to my calculations, if there are no ten or eight days, I'm afraid I can't send troops. I'm really worried about the safety of my father."
When Jia Fan heard him say this, he was secretly surprised. If he delayed for another ten days, he would have to be delayed until August. Xiangping had already been defeated by Goguryeo and frowned and said, "Your Highness, if you delayed for another ten days, Xiangping would have shown signs of a city breaking. Please ask the prince to send troops to rescue Xiangping. If the King of Yan fails, the whole Liaodong will be shaken."
Gongsun Xiu sighed: "I know what Mr. Jia said below, but I don't accept the orders of the king outside. You understand this principle."
Jia Fan did not expect him to say such things and thought to himself: "Can your prince really watch the King of Yan be killed by the enemy? If the King of Yan is unfortunately killed in battle, he will be the first person qualified to inherit the throne."
Gongsun Xiudao: "Old Jia thinks, how do I compare to King Yan?"
This question was extremely explicit and without any intention of concealing ambition. Jia Fan was shocked and his mouth twitched: "That - the prince's wise and powerful can be no longer under the King of Yan. A hundred years later, the throne will be passed to His Highness."
He smiled softly: "Does Yan State still have a hundred years of opportunity? Except for Shu State and no border, the King of Yan was offended by Wei State and Wu State, which caused the world to attack."
Jia Fan couldn't help but fall silent, opened his mouth, and shut up. After a while, he said: "Your Highness, no matter what you say, the etiquette of Confucian ministers must be respected. Even if the King of Yan is in every way, he cannot watch Goguryeo break through Xiangping City, right?"
"What is Mr. Jia saying?"
Gongsun Xiu was displeased when he heard this and frowned and said, "It's not that I don't want to save the King of Yan, but that I'm not strong enough. When the soldiers of the three armies are resting, I will immediately set off the army and run to Xiangping. Go back and tell the King of Yan that I will send troops in ten days."
Jia Fan didn't know if Xiangping could last ten days, and said with a wry smile: "Captain cannot really be compatible? Since the Han Dynasty, filial piety is the basis for governing the country, and the foundation of the principles of heaven and human relations. If the prince does not send troops, he may be laughed at by the world and bear the infamous for generations."
Gongsun Xiuying was stunned and said, "I can't understand this. Our army has not finished resting and can't help but send troops to resolve the siege of Xiangping. It's not that I don't want to, but that I can't."
Jia Fan raised his sleeves and shook his head and said, "I have nothing to say, so say goodbye."
“Where to go?”
"Return to Xiangping."
"You are surrounded by the Goguryeo army. You have difficulty getting in and out. You have escaped from death and now you run in again. Wouldn't you die?"
Gongsun Xiu was loyal to him and did not want to see him die for nothing. He could use it for himself in the future. When he turned a wink, the two personal soldiers turned Jia Fan's arm from behind and lowered his head.
"Prepare it and put it in prison, don't beat and scold it, or insult Mr. Jia, and provide delicious food and drinks for you, do you know?"
The personal soldier shouted: "Yes, Your Highness."
Jia Fan struggled desperately, and it was useless. He said angrily: "I want to go back and report to the King of Yan that no one can stand without trust. Even if I die, I will die on the road to Xiangping."
Gongsun Xiu waved his hand: "I will send someone to tell you about it for you. Mr. Jia feels wronged, you will linger in prison for a few days first. When the time is ripe, you will naturally get you out."
After saying that, the two personal soldiers grabbed Jia Fan and put him in prison without saying a word.
Yang Zuo just looked at his cheeks and kept twitching, thinking that the prince's affairs were too resolute, right? He smiled bitterly: "Criminal, Mr. Jia is a famous scholar in Liaodong and has a lot of prestige. Isn't it good to treat him like this?"
Gongsun Xiu sighed: "I like this old minister too. It's a pity that it's an extraordinary time and I have to do extraordinary things. Not killing the chicken to warn the monkey is not enough to intimidate others. When this matter is over, I personally went to the prison to take Jia out of prison and apologize in person."
Yang Zuo sighed relieved and said, "The prince's understanding of right and wrong. I believe that Mr. Jia will understand the prince's good intentions in the future."
Gongsun Xiu beat him up and said, "I don't understand the good intentions. Now I'm going to ask someone to write a letter in the name of Mr. Jia. Oh, just write that Mr. Jia has surrendered to me and advised the King of Yan to abdicate as soon as possible. Anyway, if you want to apologize to him in the future, it's better to offend more now."
Yang Zuo was speechless and almost couldn't come up in one breath.
Jia Fan was famous for his generation. He came to persuade the King of Yan to persuade him, but he had to be slandered. If he knew about this, he would not commit suicide by going on a hunger strike in prison without eating or drinking.
Yang Zuo quickly selected the people in the army who were good at calligraphy, and finally chose a sword and pen official who imitated the handwriting closest to Jia Fan. Gongsun Xiu read a sentence and a sword and pen official wrote a sentence, and soon he wrote a few hundred words.
The scout brought a letter and led five hundred swordsmans to send the letter to Xiangping quickly.
On the second day, Gongsun Yan in the army asked for a meeting, rushed into the barracks, frowned and said, "Anu, Jia Fan came here to ask for troops to send support. How can you put him in jail?"
Gongsun Yan was one of his cousins, the military supervisor in the Yan army.
He said lazily, "Uncle, Jia Fan is suspected of colluding with the enemy, I have taken him down and tried."
Gongsun Yan was surprised: "You... Mr. Jia is very famous, how could he collude with the enemy? Why don't you let him go?"
Gongsun Xiu shook his head and said, "This is not possible. The national law is punished, and all famous scholars and common people are the same crimes. My nephew also knows that his uncle and Mr. Jia have always had friendship, but he acted fairly and could not have selfish intentions."
Gongsun Yan has a hot temper. When he heard that Jia Fan was imprisoned, he was furious: "Bastard, do you still think I am your uncle?"
"I really can't listen to you in this matter." Gongsun Xiudao.
He said coldly: "You are becoming more and more arrogant recently. I know that you have made great contributions to the fight against the Wei army, but your merits and demerits cannot be offset. If you act recklessly, there will be future troubles."
Gongsun Xiu raised his head and said, "What does uncle mean?"
"You ordered the troops to garrison Shoushan, and you won't save Xiangping. Did you order it?"
Gongsun Yan glared at his eyes and said coldly: "You are surrounded and in trouble in Xiangping City, but your biological father is also the King of Yan in Liaodong. You are in trouble and threatening to send troops to rescue you. Are you waiting for your father to be killed by Goguryeo and then you will become king?"
He frowned, his words were filled with anger: "Uncle, you said this, but it was a witch that made people confused and attempted to disrupt our morale. You should be killed according to the law."
The four words "to be killed according to the law" were executing, and the two old actors' personal soldiers used the same trick again, slamming Gongsun Yan's arms and pressing his head heavily on the table.
Gongsun Yan was shocked: "Anu? You... Gongsun Xiu, do you really want to kill me?"
"I haven't finished speaking yet," he said, "It's right to be killed according to the rules, but you are my relative after all, so you naturally have to open your mouth."
He paused and said to his personal soldiers: "I will be imprisoned first and wait for the opportunity to fall."
"Yes, Your Highness."
One of his personal soldiers tied ropes for Gongsun Yan, and the other stuffed Gongsun Yan's mouth. The Yan army supervisor was sent to prison on the spot.
Yang Zuo thought that the prince's move was too cruel, and even the military supervisor was directly arrested and imprisoned in prison. He smiled bitterly: "How do you explain this... to the outside world?"
"It is said that the military supervisor is drinking and is not allowed to visit the prison in confinement."
He shrugged and said, "If there are any generals who will discuss this matter and go to the military camp to discuss it, they will be arrested. The soldiers below cannot know about their arrest, and they will say that they are drunk and missed the military rules and are being detained."
Yang Zuo smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid there will be so many people in prison."
Chapter completed!