Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 240, the split of Chu

Mi Fan and Xiang Ming were already dumbfounded at this moment. They didn't expect Xiang Yan to mobilize Pingxing to deal with Chu's army and attack Qin from Yingdu.

"This is impossible. A 10,000+ army will need a huge amount of food and grass. Without the support of the court, how will the general provide for the army? Someone must have deliberately framed it." Xiang Ming grabbed the soldier on the ground and said viciously.

"Did someone ask you to frame the general!?"

When the soldier was caught by Xiang Ming, he was so frightened that he suddenly became frightened, and said tremblingly:
"I'm telling the truth. The 10,000+ army was ambushed by the Qin army in Wu County. This is the news from the Qin State. I don't know about the food and grass."

"Why should Gong Yin embarrass a soldier? I received news that the price of grain in Yingdu and other places has skyrocketed. What if Xiang Yan is buying grain in the local area?" Li Yuan said with a sinister smile, and then looked at Mi Fan beside him.
"The Xiang family doesn't have such a large amount of money to buy food and grass, and Mr. Changping happened to be in Yingdu a few days ago, so I don't need to say something."

Mi Fan and Xiang Ming looked at Li Yuan, with cold sweat dripping from their foreheads. As the representatives of Lord Changping and Xiang Yan in the court, they now understood a truth, that is, Lord Changping and Xiang Yan really mobilized the army to secretly Attack Qin, and the whole army was wiped out.

In addition to Mi Fan and Xiang Ming, there are some officials who are also ashamed. They are surrounded by Lord Changping and Xiang Yan. Now that their leader has betrayed the country, they are both angry and remorseful.They knew Li Yuan's character very well. It was impossible for Li Yuan to let people like them go. If they were eliminated, there would be a lot of vacant positions in the entire court of Chu State for Li Yuan to install his cronies.

It would be okay if they lost their official positions. Without exception, all of them are rich and powerful. Even if they are eliminated now, they can find a way to re-enter the court of Chu State in the future. , Find out the "evidence" of their secret collusion with Changping Lord Xiang Yan, then it will be Jiuzu Xiaoxiaole.

"It seems that everything has come to a conclusion. I would like to ask Mr. Yin to order the immediate arrest of Lord Changping and Xiang Yan's cronies in Shouchun, to prevent rumors of walking, and then send people to Yingdu to arrest Lord Changping." Patriarch of the Qu Family Stand up and say.

"The ministers and others seconded the proposal!" Nearly half of the ministers of the court of Chu Kingdom seconded the proposal one after another.

"That's why I'm going to trouble Mi Sibai to send people to arrest Lord Changping and Xiang Yan's henchmen." Li Yuan stroked his beard and looked at Mi Yan and said.

Mi Yan nodded without speaking, and left the hall directly. Si Bai was in charge of the laws of Chu State, and he was in charge of the follow-up investigation of the rebellion between Lord Changping and Xiang Yan. Mi Yan glanced at Mi Fan as she left.

At the beginning Mi Fan said that when he joined Lord Changping, Mi Yan did not agree. The reason was that Lord Changping was too ambitious, and Xiang Yan was not an ordinary general. The Xiang family was a branch of the Chu royal family. It's not a day or two to be arrogant. It's hard not to make a big mistake for a person with great ambition and outstanding ability, who ignores the court and regards them as moths.

It's a pity that Mi Fan couldn't see this point, he only saw the advantages of Changping Jun and Xiang Yan, and wanted to take advantage of it to become a follower of the dragon, but he forgot the truth that if he was careless, he would lose everything.

Mi Fan cast a look at Mi Yan asking for help, but Mi Yan didn't look at Mi Fan, but left straight away.

"Come on!" Li Yuan shouted.

A group of imperial guards rushed out of the hall, waiting for Li Yuan's order.

"The people who come here will take down Xiang Yan and Lord Changping's henchmen and put them in prison. They will deal with them after they are found out," Li Yuan said.

"promise!"

After the imperial guards captured Mi Fan and Xiang Ming, they took away all the ministers who were close to Lord Changping Xiang Yan. After seeing this scene, the three Patriarchs of Qu Jingzhao looked sideways at Li Yuan. According to the agreement, these people should be executed directly, but Li Yuan said that after investigation, they will be dealt with. This is obviously an attempt to buy people's hearts.

Lord Changping and Xiang Yan are doomed, and their power in Chu will also be uprooted. At that time, the three-legged confrontation of Chu will become a struggle between Li Yuan and them.Now that Mr. Changping and Xiang Yan have not come to a conclusion, Li Yuan has started to plan ahead and fight for hegemony with them.

"The evidence of the rebellion between Lord Changping and Xiang Yan is convincing. Master Laozuotu took people to Yingdu to arrest Lord Changping and returned." Li Yuan looked at the Patriarch of the Qu family and said.

The Patriarch of the Qu family cast a cold glance at Li Yuan, this matter is not an easy one.Who is Lord Changping? The Patriarch of the Qu family knows very well that the other party is not a unparalleled loyal minister, let alone capture him without a fight. If he is asked to arrest Lord Changping and come back, if the other party is allowed to escape, then he will greet him. A blow from Li Yuan, and even an inadvertent rebellion against Mr. Changping, then he would have to peel off his skin if he didn't die.

But before the king of Chu, Xiong Han, said that Li Yuan was in charge of this matter, the head of the Qu family could only endure this matter and said to Li Yuan
"No, I'm going to lead someone to arrest Mr. Changping."

After speaking, the Patriarch of the Qu Family glanced at the Patriarchs of the Zhao Family and the Patriarchs of the Jing Family, and they nodded slightly at the Patriarch of the Qu Family, indicating that they understood, and the Patriarch of the Qu Family left the court.

Mi Yan led the defeated soldiers to surround the Xiang clan's clan and Changping Jun's mansion, attracting much attention. The people in Shouchun didn't know what happened, but the tense atmosphere in the air still made them feel the danger. , All returned home and dared not go out.

Some daring ones were looking around not far away, they wanted to see what was going on, the prosperous Lord Changping and the Xiang clan were unexpectedly surrounded by Si Bai's troops.

"Mr. Changping and Xiang Yan privately mobilized troops and horses with the intention of rebellion. What's more, 17 soldiers of our Chu State died in the battle of Qin. The king issued an order to arrest the family and servants of Lord Changping's mansion and the Xiang family. After Changping Jun and Xiang Yan, we will make it to order. Don't make unnecessary resistance!" Mi Fan said, looking at the closed Changping Jun's mansion.

At this time, the servants in the mansion were all panicked and at a loss, and the whole Changping Jun's mansion was in a mess for a while. The steward of the mansion pushed open the door of Changping Jun's new wife in panic, but the room was already empty. The steward slowly slid down against the door frame and sat down on the ground.

Seeing that there was no movement in the mansion for a long time, Mi Yan waved his big hand, and the soldiers rushed into the mansion of Lord Changping. The panicked servants saw the soldiers, and they fled even more panicked. These soldiers also flocked And up.

Soon Changping Jun's mansion was controlled by soldiers, and the limp steward was brought up.

"Let me ask you, where is Mr. Changping's family?" Mi Yan asked.

"I don't know where Madam and Young Master are going. I saw them this morning." The steward said with dull eyes.

Mi Yan cursed secretly, their main targets were Lord Changping’s family members and members of the Xiang clan. It would be useless to capture these servants. The family members of Lord Changping ran away early at the scene, and now Mi Yan just hoped that the members of the Xiang clan would not run away. .

"Take care of this place, and the rest of you will follow me to the Xiang clan land."

When Mi Yan led the army halfway, the officials sent to arrest the Xiang clan came up to meet them.

"How?" Mi Yan asked.

"Most of the members of the Xiang clan have been arrested, but the family members of Xiang Yan, Xiang Liang and Xiang Bo are missing, and they may have fled long ago." The official said in a deep voice.

"It's your mother." Mi Yan couldn't help but cursed out, and now Mi Yan has nothing to say, Xiang Yan and Lord Changping did the rebellion, and they secretly took their family members away from the birthday party in advance. Spring is also reasonable.

"Put all the servants in Lord Changping's mansion and the captured members of the Xiang clan into prison, and wait for the king's order to deal with it." Mi Yan said.

"promise!"

Soon the story of Lord Changping and Xiang Yan's rebellion spread throughout the streets and alleys of Shouchun. For a while, most people still didn't believe it, but with all kinds of evidence, these people could only admit it. The death of 17 soldiers turned Changping Jun and Xiang Yan into street rats in an instant, and everyone shouted and beat them.

17 people is not a small number, and no one is sure if there are any family members among them.

However, under the control of a person with a heart, the story of Jun Changping and Xiang Yan's rebellion did not spread, and this person with a heart is naturally a Confucian.

"Some things need to be placed at the right time to have the greatest effect." Shen Shiyu dropped a sunspot and said.

"This is really quite similar to Senior Brother Ziyou." Yan Lu said with a smile.

The purpose of Confucianism is to force Lord Changping to conquer the territory and rule, thereby splitting the state of Chu. If the words of Lord Changping and Xiang Yan’s rebellion are spread, whether the people in Yingdu and other places are willing to be loyal to Lord Changping is another matter.

"It's just a simple trick, and it won't be on the stage. Now the three families of Qu Jingzhao haven't made up their minds to support the young master to ascend the throne, so Lord Changping still needs to keep it." Shen Shiyu said.

"Li Yuan occupies the great power of the King of Chu, and uses the King of Chu to oppress Qu Jingzhao's family everywhere. If they want to get rid of this situation, they can only find a way to abolish the King of Chu and establish a new king. Time can't wait so long, and add another one to them." Put the fire on, without the threat of death, they won't make up their mind." Yan Luluozi said.

The shame and the threat of death made Qu Jingzhao's family realize how important it is to have a puppet king of Chu in their hands.

"Since this is the case, let the disciples do it. The matter in Chu should be over. The disciples still need to go to Qin to practice and prepare for the next Wei."

At this time, the Patriarch of the Qu family led the army to the road to Yingdu, and in Yingdu at this time, Lord Changping already knew the shattered plan between himself and Xiang Yan. Looking at Xiang Yan who was lying unconscious on the bed, Lord Changping I have made up my mind.

"Come on, order me down. The King of Chu is young, and Li Yuan colluded with the State of Qin to overthrow the State of Chu. From today onwards, I and General Xiang Yan are going to clear the King's side and punish the courtiers!" Changping Lord said.

"promise!"

(End of this chapter)