Prince Dan was sitting in the mansion, reading a book, suddenly, someone knocked on the door. Dan put down the book and then went forward to open the door. Outside the door were many ministers of Yan State, except for Zhang Tang, who were almost all here, and the courtyard was already controlled by soldiers, and no one could get close to this place... Dan looked at the scene in surprise and asked, "What happened?"

"Ju Wu treasons the lord and rebelled..."

With just this sentence, Dan felt a thunder sound in his ear. He was stunned and stunned for a long time before asking, "What did you say?"

"Ju Wu was killed by Wuzhong, and the counties in Liaodong followed him to rebel. He defeated the surrounding troops and attacked the king's capital... He had long had the idea of ​​rebellion. He colluded with the Hu people and the prince in Liaodong... The king is in danger, and the Yan State is in danger!" The minister said incoherently, and it could be seen that these people were very scared. The brave and strategic ministers in Yan's country had been killed by the King of Yan.

The remaining ones were either weak personality or wine. Facing the sudden rise of rebels, they had no solution... Prince Dan was stunned for a long time. Ju Wu had previously served as the Grand Tutor and his enlightenment teacher. He always set an example and told himself the truth of benevolence and righteousness and integrity. How could he treason the monarch and rebellion? Dan suddenly remembered again. Could it be... they wanted to ascend the throne in this way?

Dan was also a little panicked. The matter was too sudden and he didn't know how to solve this matter. Seeing that the prince did not say a word, the ministers were naturally even hurried. They came to find the prince in hope that Dan would come forward to resolve Ju Wu's rebellion. However, Prince Dan seemed to be similar to them, and there was no way... Prince Dan was still thinking about this matter. His father died and died in Ju Wu's hands.

For some reason, Dan didn't have any pain or sadness in his heart.

Dan spent a very short time with his father. Even when he was searching for memories in his mind, he could not find a scene of having fun with his father. What imprinted into his mind was his father scolding him. His father's hideous face pointed at his hand... Dan could not be sad, but he had to be sad. His father was killed by a traitor. Dan suddenly cried, covered his eyes with his hands, and sat on the ground in a collapse.

The ministers then calmed down. The silence of the previous one made them very uneasy and helpless, but in the current situation they knew what to do, and persuaded the prince not to be sad and motivated the prince to avenge his father. As long as it was such a thing that was empty talk, the ministers were very good at. They could not do practical things, so they could only speak. Sure enough, when the prince's cry opened up the situation, the ministers began their own performance.

They all saw their eyes flushed, telling the virtues of the King of Yan on weekdays, talking about the cruelty of the traitors on weekdays, and persuading the prince.

"I heard that the hatred of killing my father cannot live under the sky with my enemies. Please send troops to attack the rebels immediately, kill him with your own hands, and avenge the King of Yan!"

"I heard that the country cannot be without a king for a day. Please ascend the throne and then summon the army of Yan State to kill this rebel!"

As the ministers spoke hypocritically, Prince Dan suddenly had a lot of thoughts in his heart. He burst into tears and accused Ju Wu of his atrocities. At this moment, he suddenly remembered something and asked curiously: "Why didn't Zhang Xiang come?" The ministers immediately calmed down and looked at each other. After a long time, they said: "We went to Zhang Xiang'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 treats him with an attitude towards talent, and dare not be negligent at all. The reward should be greater than the rewards to other ministers. But when his father was assassinated, he actually left without saying goodbye? I only saw such a villain today! Please issue an order to arrest this shameless villain!" Prince Dan heard that Zhang Tang had left, so he naturally banned the charges first.

The ministers agreed deeply.

The King of Yan and Zhang Tang were really unpopular. Zhang Tang was originally a Qin native. Qin State had not sent Prime Ministers at the beginning. Cai Ze once came to Yan State to serve as Prime Ministers, but Cai Ze's evaluation was obviously much better. Although Cai Ze did not act, he respected the ministers very much and often persuaded the king to love the people and respect the virtuous... As for Zhang Tang, after he came to Yan State, he was always worried about his personal safety and did not dare to contact the ministers.

In order to achieve his goal as soon as possible, he bewitched the King of Yan and committed all kinds of evil and killed many ministers. The ministers of Yan would naturally not like him... This is even more so by the King of Yan. Yan is selfish and irritable, unable to listen to persuasion, and only cares about his own happiness and completely ignores national affairs... Compared to King of Yan, Prince Dan has a better reputation, so when King of Yan was assassinated and Zhang Tang fled, the ministers directly welcome Prince Dan as King of Yan.

Under the leadership of his ministers, Prince Dan walked into the palace and immediately swore to everyone that he would avenge his father, so he ordered the ministers to summon the army. The territory of Yan State is very large and very large. The territory opened by Yan State in Liaodong alone exceeded that of Zhao State. But the problem is that the distance between the cities of Yan State is very far away, and there are very few people on such a vast land.

What Yan State lacks is not land, but population.

In order to resist the invasion of Zhao, the King of Yan spent a lot of money to build a royal city, and migrated people from all over the country to increase the household registration of the royal city, so that the army could be directly recruited from the royal city during the war. When encountering the enemy, the royal city's defense power was naturally enough. When Pang Gong attacked Yan State, he failed to break through the royal city. Therefore, when Prince Dan gave the order, he obtained an army of more than 40,000 people in just a few days, which was enough for them to use a year of food.

The Prince Dan can accomplish this quickly, thanks to the King of Yan and Zhang Tang. The grain King of Yan plundered from the people was enough to supply 100,000 soldiers!

In order to show his revenge, Prince Dan personally led his troops to fight against the rebels. Speaking of which, Ju Wu was a bit strange. After he got the soldiers, he refused to continue to attack other cities. He just took more than 20,000 temporary troops to set off towards the royal city... He did not hide his own trace along the way, and rushed towards the royal city with a swagger. The result of this naturally allowed Prince Dan to know their location at all times.

When Ju Wu led his army to the royal city, he asked the soldiers to make siege equipment. He did not send scouts to investigate the situation ahead, nor did he make any defense arrangements. When the rebels were cutting down trees and preparing to make siege equipment, Prince Dan's army suddenly broke out from both sides. The two sides fought, and the unprepared rebels naturally collapsed on the entire line, fled everywhere, and were in chaos.

Ju Wu was very calm. He was wearing military uniform, looking at the army rushing out from both sides, holding the spear in his hand tightly, and still moving. Everything was moving in the direction he expected, and all he had to do was the last thing left... Prince Dan had already arranged an ambush here, and the rebels were composed of some people who were dissatisfied with the King of Yan. Whether in terms of military weapons or other aspects, they were not opponents of the soldiers in Wangcheng.

Dan's army drove them from two directions to the middle position, just like driving away the flock of sheep. Prince Dan ordered them to surrender. When the soldiers of Yan State shouted that the surrenderers would not be killed, the rebels dropped their weapons and squatted on the ground, not daring to resist. Prince Dan easily won the battle. Surrounded by the soldiers, he came to the temporary camp of the rebels. The rebels used chariots to build barriers, and the rebel leader Ju Wu resisted desperately inside.

When Ju Wu saw the oncoming Prince Dan, he angrily pointed the weapon in his hand at him, and he scolded: "You don't know how to be shameless, do you dare to fight me to the death?" Dan looked at him calmly, hesitated for a long time before saying: "Surrender...I can..."

"Stop!" Ju Wu shouted, holding a spear in his hand and rushed towards Dan. At that moment, the crossbowmen surrounding him stopped hesitating. The arrow flew out. Ju Wu was directly covered by the rain of arrows, and his whole body was covered with arrows. 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 could not say anything. He was just staring at the corpse that was unbearable to look at and staring quietly in a daze.

"Prince?"

A general looked at him in confusion, 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 immediately, they dealt with the soldiers who were in trouble. No matter which country they were in, rebellion was a serious crime. If they were in trouble because they did not know the truth, they might be forgiven. But if they committed it knowingly, they would be impossible to be forgiven.

Even if Prince Dan once said that those who surrendered were not killed, it would not be possible to truly forgive their crimes.

Prince Dan returned victoriously. The soldiers used spears to lift Ju Wu's head, walked into the royal city with great might, and the ministers came out to greet him. However, Prince Dan's face did not have the joy of revenge, but there was only endless sadness. The ministers praised: Prince is really a filial person. After eliminating the rebels, Prince Dan naturally wanted to officially become the King of Yan, but he still had to be filial and could not rule directly in the palace.

On the first day of his rule, the ministers discussed the solution to the traitors. Although Ju Wu was dead, his family was still alive and now he was arrested and deserved to be killed. Ju Wu committed too much crime, and his family, even his clan members, could not be spared... Prince Dan listened to the ministers' disposal method in a daze, but in the end he could only agree with their suggestions and kill the Ju Wu clan.

Ju Wu's family could not believe that he would kill the monarch and rebellion. They cried and called for wrongfulness. Even his sons were struggling hard. His father had always been a moral gentleman. How could he do such a thing? They were not afraid of death, they were just afraid that his father would be wronged and bear stigmatized. On the day when the Ju Wu people were executed, Prince Dan said that he was unwell and did not pay any visits to any ministers for the whole day, nor did he leave the courtyard.

On this day, the censor wrote: In the 20th year of the king, Ju Wu killed the king and rebelled, and the clan was killed.

Prince Dan still cheered up, and he could finally govern Yan State according to his own ideas... First, he abolished the miscellaneous taxes left by the King of Yan. Prince Dan waived all the miscellaneous taxes, and even the original tax rate was reduced by him a lot. Then, all the corvee service today was exempted, whether it was a palace or a tomb, there was no need to build it anymore. The people went home and did their own things well.

After he gained military power, he exempted many ministers in the court who only knew how to flatter and had no talent at all. He immediately rectified the local area, forbidden officials from contact with merchants, and severely punished corruption and bribery. He followed Qin and established governors in various counties of Yan State. These governors were all Dan's confidants, and he could trust them. He asked these people to help him supervise the local area and avoid the situation where officials harmed the people again.

In just a few months, earth-shaking changes occurred in Yan State. When they learned that all miscellaneous taxes were abolished and no longer had to participate in corvee labor, the people of Yan State could not believe it for a while. Then, they began to shout the name of Prince Dan and hug each other to celebrate. Corvee labor in various places was abolished. Then, even a series of rectifications for officials, Prince Dan formulated a law against officials and sent a governor, officials from all over the country became much more honest.

They dare not be as arrogant as they usually do.

Prince Dan has been in Zhao State for a long time and served as a proton in Qin State. He has seen many systems and knows what kind of systems are suitable for Yan State. The Liaodong issue of Yan State has always been a headache. Prince Dan followed Qin State and prepared to set up Yidao in Liaodong region. He treated the Hu people in these areas equally and no longer charged additional taxes. He also stipulated that local officials were not allowed to bully them, encourage intermarriage, and prepared to set up school rooms here to recruit officials from Hu people.

Prince Dan planned for a long time in his mind, just to wait for this day, and to govern Yan State according to his own ideas and revitalize Yan State. Because Yan State had not carried out any reforms for a long time, the internal systems were particularly backward. There were too many things to improve, and Dan had to do a lot of things. In the few months after his rule, Dan was supported by the people of Yan State and his soldiers.

The ministers did not dare to violate his orders. The people of Yan State were finally relieved and could continue to live. However, Yan State's national strength was still bad, and the grassroots system was not as good as Zhao State when there was no reform. The officials were seriously insufficient, the local aristocrats were powerful, there were not enough oxen plowing, the farming skills were backward, the soldiers were negligent in training, there was no general who could command troops, and there was not even a person who could give advice to King Dan of Yan.

At this moment, Zhang Tang also successfully returned to Qin and told Lu Buwei about the collusion between Prince Dan and Si Kou and the father.
Chapter completed!