Jia Xu was drinking with Guo Aduo. Aduo was Guo Si's nickname. Before being promoted to captain by Dong Zhuo, he was a captain under Guo Si. The two had a good relationship.
"I heard that Li Zhiran wanted to be a general of chariots and cavalry, and he also wanted to open a government office and register as a minister. He wanted to take charge of the government. At this juncture, it was not a good choice." Jia Xu sighed deliberately.
"Hey, if he grabs the emperor, he will naturally issue any edict he wants. As for whether the chancellery can use the seal, it depends on Guo's wishes." Guo Si is not just a reckless person who doesn't understand the imperial court at all.
husband.
At least he knew that the emperor's edict must be sealed by the chancellor, otherwise it would not be recognized and would not be spread throughout the world.
So he imprisoned all the officials of the court.
Jia Xu secretly complained that he was trapped in the city by the enemy and was still fighting for it. What was the use?
"The most urgent task now is to ask the emperor to issue an edict and reprimand the rebels outside the city." He came up with an idea.
Guo Bang asked in surprise: "The emperor issued an edict and Liu Qiaoqi could retreat? Is it impossible?"
"Of course I won't retreat. This move is to tell everyone that the emperor is still alive, to prevent the enemy from putting the enemy on the line, and to prevent the enemy from accusing us of murdering His Majesty. The Han Dynasty has been in the world for four hundred years, and the reputation of orthodoxy is still there.
If my estimate is correct, Liu Qiaoqi will definitely hesitate and won’t attack the city in the short term if we issue an edict."
Jia Xu said that this time he must have done everything possible because someone had already told him the answer.
"I will go find Li Jue right away. Don't blame Wen He. This matter is urgent and cannot be delayed."
Guo Si was extremely worried that the Anping Army outside the city would attack the city now. Liangzhou's troops and horses would be divided, and their stations would be scattered. The equipment and materials used to defend the city were not complete, and there were huge flaws.
As a veteran who has led troops for many years, how could he not see this? The others are not new to the battlefield. They all know this truth, but they know that they will never agree to something that harms their own interests.
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This is often the case. We all understand the truth, but how many people are willing to do things that harm themselves and benefit others?
Seeing Guo Si getting up in a hurry, he didn't even have time to put on his brocade robe, and wanted to go outside. Jia Xu knew that he had successfully disturbed his mind, pretended to frown, shook his head, and said in distress: "Liu Qiaoqi is a member of the clan.
, he will definitely pay attention to the emperor's safety, Li Zhiran is already in an invincible position, he will not be in a hurry."
After hearing this, Guo Si returned to the dining table and asked anxiously: "What do Wen He mean by this? Will Li Jue refuse to let the emperor issue an edict?"
Jia Xu deliberately did not explain clearly, but sighed in distress: "Oh, let's try to ask His Majesty to issue an edict first, other words... it is useless to say more."
"A certain scholar is very intelligent and resourceful, but what did he see? With the friendship between you and me, what can't be said clearly?" Guo Si sat next to Jia Xu's food table, wanting to hear what he had to say.
"It was because I had boosted others' ambitions and destroyed my own prestige. Liu Qiaoqi was good at using troops. Chang'an's city wall was not strong enough, and the palace city was not strong enough to defend. The only way to protect yourself was Your Majesty. But Li Zhiran did not allow us to contact him, and he stayed in Weiyang.
Let us fight for our lives against the enemy without any nostalgia for the past, which is chilling."
Guo Si was not so pessimistic and advised: "The city defense of Chang'an is strong. There are more than one million shi of grain stored in Taicang, and more than 2 million shi are hoarded everywhere. Our army has 80,000 soldiers and horses. If we defend the city defense, we will not lose anything."
"In the battle in Weinan, we were besieged by 80,000 Qiang and Hu people. Liu Qiaoqi only used 3,000 cavalry to break through the siege, causing chaos to the enemy. Later, when he ran across Liangzhou, he was invincible and unstoppable. We have all done this
Look in your eyes, Hodor, how can you despise such a person?"
Jia Xu looked at Guo Bang with a solemn look on his face and continued: "Don't you know about Longmen? It is said that Yu Huanglong destroyed the Xianbei Chanyu and 50,000 cavalry in a battle. I have never seen the dragon, so I don't know the truth.
It’s fake, but it’s true that those 50,000 Xianbei cavalry died without burial. Chang’an is right on the edge of the Wei River, just in case...just in case..."
At this point, he stopped talking, because Guo Si broke out in a cold sweat. Sometimes, you don't need to explain things too clearly. You have to let people imagine for themselves. They can scare themselves to death.
"Then...if we surrender, will Liu Qiaoqi agree?" Guo Bang has no fighting spirit at all. He just wants to survive now.
"I'm afraid not!" Jia Xu answered simply and neatly. He also wanted to use his great power to protect himself and his family for the rest of his life. How could he let Guo Bang retreat?
"What should we do?"
"Liu Qiaoqi belongs to the clan, and only your majesty can protect us."
"Why? Can't he just be the emperor himself? Why do he care about the little boy on the throne?" Guo Si felt a little knotted in his mind.
"The more Liu Qiaoqi wants to be the emperor, the less he can let Jinshang make mistakes. He is a member of the clan. He only needs to take Jinshang to his side and adopt him within the clan, and then he can get the imperial edict of passing the throne reasonably and legally. No need to
How great is it to abdicate without usurping the throne?
Therefore, before the adoption, the person who least wants anything to happen to Your Majesty is Liu Qiaoqi. We can only survive if we get the Emperor's pardon. After all, overturning the late Emperor's edict is against the ancestral system.
If you forgive us now, Liu Qiaoqi will not settle the debts after he ascends the throne."
Guo Si understood. He slapped his thigh and said happily: "I will ask the emperor to issue an edict now."
"What's the use of being confused, hijacking the emperor, and forcing him to issue an edict?"
"According to Wen He's wishes, when can it be safe to issue an edict?"
"Welcome Liu Qiao to the city, and the emperor, in front of all the civil and military officials and military generals, issues an edict to pardon us, and then informs the world, and this is how it will be done."
Guo Bang thought Jia Xu's suggestion made sense, so he stood up and took him to find Li Jue.
But Jia Wenhe's words stopped him.
"Eight people rebelled, but one of them was pardoned anyway, and the emperor's favor was great. If the emperor were in your hands, how would you choose?"
The eight people in the city have different strengths, each have their own interests, and each has their own thoughts. Only by causing chaos can they profit from it. How could Jia Xu make them unite?
Guo Si laughed, how to choose? This is a good question.
The rules of Liangzhou are that the strong live and the weak die!
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When Liu Xiang was worshiping the ancestors of the Liu family in the ancestral temple, Guo Si and Li Jue had a falling out. Their soldiers and horses fought in the streets. The news of the fight not only panicked the people of Liangzhou in the city, but was also heard outside the city.
Sun Jianxing hurriedly came to ask for orders, but was blocked from the main hall by Su Wei, who was so anxious that he circled around the door.
He also knew that he was a little irritated. People were offering sacrifices to their ancestors, so what would happen if they barged in by themselves? Beheading them on the spot would be a minor offense, but there was civil unrest in the city. What a great opportunity. A fighter plane appeared. Don't miss it!
"Sun Tie Ni, my lord has ordered us not to move our troops," Su Wei announced.
"Why?" Sun Jian didn't understand. He got angry and shouted loudly.
The guard at the palace gate held the handle of the sword and glared angrily. When the lord was worshiping his ancestors, he dared to make a loud noise! This person was too presumptuous. Did he want to humiliate the lord?
The guard who sent the message stared at Sun Jian's eyes and said word by word: "My lord has ordered us to stand still!"
In fact, Sun Jian regretted it after shouting. If anyone disturbed him when he was worshiping his ancestors, he would definitely be splashed with blood for five steps. Looking at Su Wei's reaction, he broke into a cold sweat. He quickly took two steps back and clasped his fists towards the main hall.
Bowed: "The general will finally realize his mistake!"
Half-bowed, waiting for punishment.
Not long after, an attendant came out of the palace.
"My lord ordered that there is a reason for the incident and that there is no guilt. Go back to the camp."
Sun Jian breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Liu Yicheng remembered the friendship in the past and did not pursue it. Otherwise, his death would have been in vain and he would have been scolded for being rude. He gratefully bowed his hands again: "Thank you, General."
, I will finally retire."
Why didn't Liu Xiang go out? He was offering millet to the emperors of the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties, and he couldn't leave.
Since he has reached this era, he must abide by the etiquette of this era, at least on the surface, otherwise no one will obey you.
The ancestral temple in the southern suburbs of Chang'an is an ancestral temple shared by both Han Dynasties. His coming to offer sacrifices is not considered treason, but if it were not for troubled times and he brought a large army, he would definitely not be able to enter.
There is no meat or wine or big gifts in this sacrifice, because it is not a year or a festival, so it is a memorial ceremony.
The memorial sacrifice is also called the cause sacrifice, which is a temporary sacrifice other than the main sacrifice.
"Book of Rites: Hunyi" records: "There is no animal prison for the sacrifice, and it is to tell the truth. It is not a formal sacrifice. The whole ceremony is made of millet."
It means that the main ceremony is equivalent to New Year greetings, and you have to give good gifts, wine, raw meat, cooked meat, and good things. The memorial ceremony is equivalent to making a temporary phone call to tell something, and you don’t have to spend so much money.
Just order some rice.
There are more emperors to worship, so you can't neglect it. This one is invited, but that one is not. Be careful if he comes to see you at night. Don't worry about the shortage but the inequality.
After working for a long time, the sacrifice was finally completed.
He knew that there was civil unrest in the city, but he didn't believe that Jia Xu would be so low-level that a civil unrest would make it easier for him to attack the city?
Jia Wenhe is not that weak.
Besides, his gunpowder is not dry yet and he doesn't have many siege equipment. Why should he use human lives to fill the city wall?
He won't do such stupid things!
The Chang'an City Wall is twelve meters high and difficult to climb.