Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 226, the distraught Chen Shu
Zhan Taiqi stroked his long gray beard, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Confucianism is full of talents today. Fu Nian, Ziyou, Yan Lu, and Shen Shiyu will all be the mainstays of Confucianism in the future.

"I'll go to the three families of Qu Jingzhao and the young master Xiangchu, but I'll take care of Li Yuan." Zhan Taiqi said.

The current style of writing in Chu is directly related to Zhan Tai Mie Ming’s entry into Chu to promote Confucian culture. Most of the families of officials in the court of Chu State are directly or indirectly related to Zhan Tai Mie Ming, including Qu Jingzhao today. There are also many disciples of the three families studying in Zhan Tai's family, and Zhan Tai's family is the largest Confucian surname in Chu, and their influence is extraordinary, so Zhan Taiqi's words will definitely reflect on Qu Jingzhao's three families.

And Master Shen is a native of Yan State, who is a Confucian scholar outsider in Chu State, and Li Yuan is also a native of Zhao State, who entered Chu as an outsider, so it is most appropriate for Master Shen to lobby Li Yuan. As for Yan Lu, Yan Lu The representative is Xiaoshengxianzhuang who is in charge of Chu. After all, apart from Confucianism, Chu Mo should not be underestimated.

The patriarch of the state of Chu is Deng Lingzi. Deng Lingzi has inherited Mozi’s meritorious service. He has devoted his whole life to serving as a mercenary. To be a mercenary, you need to maintain extremely high force and powerful armaments, so the disciples of Chu Mozi have always been They are all masters in the arena.The relationship between the Xiang family and Chu Mo is very close. Most of the military equipment of the Chu army is produced by Chu Mo. If it is not complete, Xiang Yan and Lord Changping will think of using Chu Mo to deal with Confucianism.

In order to prevent Chu Mo from attacking the Confucian disciples, Yan Lu led the Confucian chivalry to the state of Chu as a deterrent.

"With the information provided by senior brother, I'm afraid they will take the initiative without our lobbying, but we can't let them kill Changping Lord directly. Our goal is three points of Chu." Yan Lu pointed to the last sentence of Ziyou's letter The words said.

The two of them saw that what Yan Lu was pointing at was a saying that was spread around Yunmengze. Although Chu has three families, it must be Chu when Qin died, and Ziyou meant that since Chu has three families, Chu should also have three kings.

"This sentence should have something to do with Chu Nangong." Zhan Taiqi smiled, Yunmengze is the place where Chu Nangong lived in seclusion, and this sentence can be spread around Yunmengze definitely has something to do with Chu Nangong relation.

"This sentence has nothing to do with us, it's just a sentence." Yan Lu said.

After the three of them discussed some specific matters, they began to split up and prepare to carry out the plan of splitting Chu.

In Shu County, Chen Mansion.

Chen Shu knelt in front of the third elder, with a very respectful expression, while the third elder looked impatient. Since Ziyou asked the merchants in the city to donate money and goods, he went out of the city to suppress the bandits, but Ziyou has not used money and food. All the reasons for not going out of the city to suppress the bandits, so angry Chen Shu scolded his mother, Chen Shu made sure that everyone had paid all the money and food, after all, who would dare to be short of money and food in Shu County.

Chen Shu knew that Ziyou was trying to make money, but he had no way out. He didn't want to be taken advantage of, but now the day when Xiang Yan sent troops was getting closer, and the [-] defenders in Chengdu were getting money and food After that, the morale was high one by one, and these bandits who lacked equipment fought with these soldiers. It would be good if the whole army was not wiped out.

The third elder couldn't wait on the mountain. The daily consumption of more than 5000 people is not a small number. Moreover, some tribes were a bit waver and wanted to retreat when they saw that the war was delayed, so he came to Chen's mansion to look for Chen. pivot.

"Didn't you say that you should go out of the city to suppress the bandits three days ago? Why hasn't there been any movement yet?" the third elder asked angrily.

"Your Highness, forgive me, the special envoy Ziyou used the lack of money and food as an excuse to refuse to send troops, and his subordinates have nothing to do." Chen Shu gritted his teeth and said, if he could control 3 people, why would he hesitate, and directly establish himself as king Would you still suffer all the humiliation here?

"I don't care what method you use, the day after tomorrow we must let them go out of the city to suppress the bandits. There are still four days before the Chu State sends troops. If Chengdu receives the news, we will fall short." The third elder said coldly.

"No! The subordinates must find a way." Chen Shu said, there is only one way now, that is to join forces with the merchants under his command to exert pressure, and then mobilize the public opinion of the people to exert pressure, but he is not sure if this method will work.

"Let's do it. When the Kingdom of Shu is reestablished, you can inherit the glory of your ancestors and become the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Shu, and continue the Chen family's relationship with Shu." The third elder said.

"No! Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness." Chen Shu bowed his head and said, although Chen Shu said grateful words, but his eyes were full of coldness when he looked at the ground. His goal was never the prime minister, but the Shu Kingdom. king.

Soon Chen Shu invited Qu Yi to the Chen residence.

"Brother Chen, I don't know why you called me to the house?" Qu Yi looked at Chen Shu and asked.

Chen Shu looked at Qu Yi with a troubled look on his face, sighed and said

"To be honest, I came to see Brother Qu for the purpose of suppressing the bandits. The special envoy has been saying that he wants to suppress the bandits, but he has not sent troops for so long. I am impatient. The goods from the Chen family caravan last time were still in the bandits' possession." In my hands, this is related to the income of the Chen family for the past six months, can I not be in a hurry?

It's not just me, many businessmen can't wait any longer. They donate money and food to suppress the bandits. Now that the army has not taken any action, everyone is worried that their money and food will be used for corruption. "

Qu Yi looked at Chen Shu's worried face, smiled and said
"I also know that Brother Chen is anxious about the safety of the goods, but we can't mobilize the army without the king's edict to suppress the bandits. Now we can only wait for the king's edict."

Although the county lieutenant has the power to mobilize troops and horses, the manpower to be mobilized this time is [-] defenders in Chengdu. There are too many people. They must be mobilized with the permission of the court, or they will be rebellious.

Looking at Qu Yi's appearance, Chen Shu knew that he would have to pay the money, so he turned into a smiling face and said to Qu Yi
"Please ask Brother Qu to help me find Master Wang for accommodation. The cargo that was robbed before is very important to the Chen family. These are some books we have collected on weekdays. Please, Brother Qu, help me pass them to Master Wang." .”

Talking about it, the steward brought up a box of bamboo slips with two guards. Seeing the box with at least 20 bamboo slips, Qu Yi was stunned. More than 20 volumes of books should be half of the Chen family's heritage.

"This is really generous, Brother Chen." Qu Yi said with a click of his tongue.

"These bamboo slips are useless to me. It's better to give them to Master Wang. Master Wang is a Confucian sage, and he will surely let the knowledge recorded in these bamboo slips spread to the world." Chen Shu said with a smile on his face. , but in fact Chen Shu's heart was bleeding. These books were collected by an unknown number of people in the Chen family. They were the heritage of the Chen family. Now that they are going to be sent away immediately, he must feel distressed.

"Forget it, I'll go and ask Brother Chen." Qu Yi said with a smile.

"Of course, Brother Qu, please bring the special products of Beidi County brought back by these caravans." Chen Shu asked the steward to bring another box and said.

When Qu Yi opened the box, his eyes were dazzled by the gold inside, and he closed the box immediately.

"Brother Chen, this is you." Qu Yi looked at Chen Shu and said helplessly.

"This is when the caravan passed by Qu's house. The old lady was worried that you would not live well here, so she asked me to bring it here." Chen Shu lied without margin.

"It doesn't matter, then I won't stay any longer, just as Mr. Wang called me over." Qu Yi said with a smile.

"Then we won't keep Brother Qu." Chen Shu said.

Looking at the back of Qu Yi leaving, Chen Shu's heart was dripping with blood, and the coldness in his eyes became more and more intense. In order to calm down, he could only tell himself in his heart that when the Kingdom of Shu was restored, these things would be destroyed by him. Get it back multiple times.

Qu Yi, who came to the post house, asked someone to put the books and gold in front of Ziyou. Ziyou picked up a roll of books and looked at it, and then looked at the box full of gold.

"It seems that they can't wait any longer. Xiang Yan is about to send troops. Where are Hanzhong and Wang Ben?" Ziyou asked.

"Sir, according to the news from Xianyang, the Hanzhong army should have arrived at the ambush two days ago, and General Wang Ben should be mobilizing the army in Lantian." Mo Ya said.

"Well, since that's the case, we don't have to procrastinate any longer. Tell the people in Chengdu that the king's edict has arrived, and we will go out of the city tomorrow to suppress the bandits." Ziyou said with a smile. Originally, they had been delaying the days of suppressing the bandits just to speculate. When Xiang Yan sent troops, Shu County's rebellion must be on the same day as Xiang Yan sent troops. Only in this way can the internal and external cooperation be completed quickly without alarming Qin.

Now Chen Shu took out half of the Chen family's background in exchange for taking out the city to suppress the bandits, which shows that they are already in a hurry. Now that the Hanzhong army has arrived at the ambush place, they don't need to drag it, they can start.

"Yes, this subordinate will go and tell Captain Sima." Qu Yi said, Qu Yi's eyes gleamed brightly, this time it was not about suppressing bandits, but suppressing rebellion. He has been promoted to the court, and he can also go home to visit his family in the same way.

"Go."

Qu Yi left, Ziyou looked at the books and gold on the table and couldn't help but smile, looking in the direction of Shushan, Ziyou's eyes flickered with coldness.

With Qu Yi's departure, the defenders in Chengdu began to mobilize. The actions of the troops in the barracks attracted the attention of the whole city. For a while, the whole of Chengdu knew that the army was going to suppress the bandits. Chen Shu listened to the report from his servants. , smashing the teacup next to him to the ground.

"Damn it, I only know what a great Confucianist is, what is famous in the world, they all look the same, but one wants money and the other wants books." Chen Shu said fiercely with the blue veins on his forehead.

"Patriarch, be careful." The steward reminded.

Hearing the manager's words, Chen Shu calmed down, now is the critical moment, there can be no surprises.

"How is the situation on the mountain?" Chen Shu asked.

"Young Master has gathered about 5000 people. They are going to be divided into two groups. One group is going to ambush the Qin army, and the other group will take the opportunity to attack Chengdu. At that time, we need to incite the big clans and businessmen to take the city with guards." Steward Said.

"Let's prepare according to what he said. Let him be the king once. This is worthy of the Shu royal family's trust in my Chen family." Chen Shu said while stroking his beard.

"Yes." The steward then went down to prepare various matters.

Zhang Liang and the three elders on Mount Shu also received the news, and the originally unstable hearts also stabilized. Looking at the more than 5000 stragglers, Zhang Liang still felt a little uneasy. There was a sense of uneasiness that made it difficult to explain.

"Mr. Zhang Liang, why don't we just send everyone in ambush to annihilate the Qin army before attacking the city?" The third elder looked at Zhang Liang and asked.

"The Qin army is not a fool. The bandits will definitely not send all the troops to suppress them. They will definitely stay behind. If the news comes that the entire army in front has been wiped out, the remaining defenders rely on Chengdu and us to deal with them enough to drag them to the surrounding cities. If we don’t need military support, it’s better to take advantage of the opportunity to capture Chengdu while the army is out, and having Chengdu as a stronghold is enough to last until the Chu army arrives.” Zhang Liang said helplessly.

Sometimes Zhang Liang really wanted to run away, and these people praised them for their bravery.

"So that's how it is. The ambush is left to the master, and I will lead people to attack Chengdu." The third elder said.

"No problem, you have to be careful in everything, if there is anything wrong, you must stay calm." Zhang Liang persuaded.

"I see. This matter is flawless. How could there be an accident? Sir, just wait for me to take Chengdu." The third elder said nonchalantly. In his opinion, his victory was within reach.

the next day.

Chen Shu looked at Sima Xin leading the army out of the city, and nodded to the steward beside him, 5000 defenders, Sima Xin led [-] people out, and there were [-] defenders left in the city. There are many merchants and big family guards.

Sima Xin was riding a horse with a mighty army behind him. The lieutenant at the side escorted the captured Yu Yuan guards. Both of them had many wounds on their bodies and their faces turned pale. It seemed that they had received a lot of punishment.

The two pointed the way in the prison car, and Sima Xin rode on the horse and looked at the canyon in front of him, signaling the army to stop.

"Is it right here?" Sima Xin asked.

"Yes, General, we only need to cross the canyon and walk ten miles to our old nest." A Yu Yuan guard said.

After Yu Yuan's guard finished speaking, he lowered his head and pretended to be very regretful. Sima Xin looked at the other party with disdain in his eyes. Even if Ziyou hadn't reminded him, it was impossible for the army to pass through this canyon. , This is an excellent ambush location.

Sima Xin looked at the lieutenant general, who nodded at Sima Xin, and then the entire army began to change. The 5000-man army was suddenly divided into two parts. Under the puzzled eyes of Yu Yuan's guard in the prison car, the lieutenant led A group of elite soldiers headed towards the hillsides on both sides.

At this time, Zhang Liang, who was lying in ambush on the mountain, was waiting for Sima Xin to lead the army into a trap. Their ambush was not in the valley, but in the ring-shaped mountain depression behind the valley. Seeing the figure of the Qin army who had not appeared for a long time, Zhang Liang The uneasiness of conscience was at its height.

(End of this chapter)