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Jia Fu, who was born in the 9th year of the reign of Emperor Gong, was styled Junwen. Despite his quiet name, he was actually an extremely brave and fierce warrior.

Jia Fu was a native of Nanyang. With his bravery and knowledge of time, he eventually ranked third among the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai.

Jia Fu was a child of other people's families since he was young, and he was familiar with the "Book of Documents" which is regarded as a heavenly book by people today.

He had read very thoroughly at an early age. His teacher, Mr. Li, praised him to everyone he met and said that he would become a general or a prime minister in the future.

It would be fine to say that he was a talented prime minister. In the Han Dynasty, when one could enter the officialdom if one was familiar with the classics, it was not only not difficult for someone who understood the Book of Documents to become an official, but the starting point was also very high.

"At the end of the Xin Dynasty, junior high school student Jia Fu started working early."

"He worked as a minor official in Guanjun County, which was considered to be a civil servant."

"At that time, Guanjun was short of salt, so the county magistrate asked Jia Fu and several colleagues to transport salt to Hedong County."

"Hedong County is located in the Yuncheng area in the south of Shanxi today. It has been a famous salt area in inland China since ancient times, but it is still far from Nanyang."

"But the world was in chaos at that time, the road conditions were extremely bad, and there were too many thieves. It was not easy to go back and forth."

"Many colleagues ran away or died on the way to transport salt. Only Jia Fu fulfilled his mission and transported the life-saving salt back to the county."

"Looking at the young man with his official uniform stained with blood, the elders holding salt in their hands could not help but shed tears."

"Soon, the Green Forest Army went berserk, Wang Mang's regime quickly collapsed, and the world became even more chaotic."

"Jia Fu couldn't be a public official, so he gathered hundreds of villagers and became a mountain king."

"In 23 AD, Emperor Gengshi Liu Xuan entered Chang'an and, after destroying the Xinmang Dynasty, conferred titles on meritorious officials. Liu Jia, a member of the imperial clan, was named King of Hanzhong."

"As a fellow villager from Nanyang, Liu Jia knew that Jia Fu was very skilled in fighting, so he wrote him an enthusiastic letter of recruitment."

"Jia Fu was a young man with ideals. He certainly would not be content to live a life of banditry. So he led his people to join Liu Jia and was immediately appointed as a lieutenant."

"The name of the Gengshi Emperor does not live up to his reality. Not only did he not reform the people, but he made the world increasingly devastated."

"Jia Fu was in Liu Jia's army and keenly felt that Emperor Gengshi was unreliable, so he advised Liu Jia to break away from Liu Xuan as soon as possible and establish his own banner."

"However, Liu Jia is not the son of the plane. He just wants to be a vassal king and refuses to betray Liu Xuan."

"However, Liu Jia saw that Jia Fu would not be content to stay here and eat and wait for death, so he wrote a letter to his cousin Liu Xiu to recommend Jia Fu."

"Jia Fu had heard of Liu Xiu's name for a long time and thought that he could start a business in Hebei, although the situation was difficult for the time being."

"But as long as you can turn crisis into opportunity, it can be a great way to make a name for yourself."

"So, he resolutely bid farewell to Liu Jia and traveled thousands of miles to Hebei to join Liu Xiu."

"At this time, Liu Xiu, with the help of Deng Yu, had gradually come out of the trough."

"Jia Fu first paid a visit to the Organization Minister Deng Yu, and the two had a lively conversation in their local dialect."

"Deng Yu boasted that he was young and knowledgeable, but he didn't expect that this fellow villager who was younger than him was more knowledgeable than him."

"Besides, his martial arts skills are so outstanding and his ideals are so lofty. I immediately recommended him to Liu Xiu."

"Liu Xiu immediately summoned Jia Fu, even though he had already known from his cousin's letter that this boy was an extraordinary person."

"But meeting him in person is better than hearing about him. After just a few words, Liu Xiu fell in love with Jia Fu."

"He immediately appointed him as General Po Lu, responsible for supervising the army and arresting bandits, and also specially awarded him the left horse of his chariot."

"After Liu Xiu arrived in Xindu, he appointed Jia Fu as a lieutenant general."

"In May of the same year, Liu Xiu defeated Wang Lang, who had chased him and made him miserable. Jia Fu was promoted to General of the Protectorate because of his merits."

"In the subsequent battle against the Qingniu peasant army, Jia Fu was the first to charge into the enemy line, and he was invincible and defeated the enemy army."

"At this point, the generals had to be convinced that this little brother who came from behind was really incomparably brave."

"War is the best touchstone. Young Jia Fu honed his unparalleled martial arts skills on this touchstone, and also endured pain that ordinary people could hardly endure."

Ouyang Xiu: In April 25 AD, Jia Fu participated in the battle against the peasant army of the Five Schools in Zhending.

This peasant army, which originated in Hebei and usually operated mainly in Puyang, Henan, was well organized and had strong combat effectiveness, and was closely matched with Liu Xiu's army.

Seeing that the battle was prolonged and without victory, Jia Fu became a little anxious, so he simply raised his own signature banner and charged first, hoping to break through the enemy's strong formation as soon as possible.

At that moment, a young general wearing a white robe, silver armor and wielding a silver halberd took the lead and rushed towards the enemy's numerous barriers.

The peasant armies of the five schools hurriedly sent out people to try to stop them, and the two sides soon engaged in a head-on fight.

The young general's silver halberd was flying and his war horse was galloping. The enemy soldiers would die if they came into contact with him, and they would die if they touched him. It seemed that he was about to break through the enemy's formation.

Suddenly, a general in the chaotic army took advantage of the young general's unpreparedness and stabbed him with his spear. The general tried to dodge, but a big knife came at his head from the other side. The general had no choice but to let the knife pass and took the stab.

The spear was sharp and easily pierced through the silver armor, leaving a deep scar on his lower abdomen.

The young general did not even bother to bandage his wound. He turned his silver halberd and stabbed the enemy general off his horse. Then he rode his horse back to break through the enemy's formation, dragging his intestines out of the wound.

The Han army behind the general was greatly encouraged, and they rushed into the Five Schools' army without regard for their lives. Suddenly, the strong formation showed an unstoppable loosening, and some frightened soldiers from the Five Schools began to turn around and flee.

The young general, who had just rushed through the enemy camp and tore off his battle robe and hastily bandaged himself, came back to fight again, swinging his silver halberd frequently, raising a bloody mist each time.

Seeing the young general coming back and still so brave, the soldiers from the five schools lost their will to fight and fled in panic.

It was unknown how much time had passed before the young general opened his eyes, his face filled with fatigue from excessive blood loss.

He saw his lord, King Xiao Liu Xiu, holding his hand and crying.

The young general's eyes welled up with tears and he fainted due to the excitement. Liu Xiu ordered the medical officer to give him emergency treatment.

Liu Xiu defeated the Five Schools Peasant Army with the help of Jia Fu's Intestine-Drag Battle, but this also started a bad custom of arranged marriages that was criticized by later generations.

Liu Xiu's original intention was to provide end-of-life care for Jia Fu, his beloved general who fought for him. A man's intestines were all spilling out and bleeding like pulp, but he was still fighting with his spear in his hand. The chance of recovery was almost zero. It was understandable that Liu Xiu, who had been in the army for a long time, would care about the general's affairs after his death in advance.

Although there may have been child marriages before, most of them were spontaneous actions among the people.

Now that we have an elder brother of Liu Xiu's status taking the lead, it is just what the leader likes, and the subordinates will surely do even better.

Although Jia Fu's wife gave birth to a son successfully, none of Liu Xiu's five princesses became the daughter-in-law of the Jia family.

It was not until the great-grandson Jia Jian that the Jia family was able to marry Princess Linying, who was quite favored by Emperor He of Han.

Instead of pinning your life on the unpredictable future of your children and grandchildren, why not live in the present?

Jia Fu was not yet twenty that year and had a lot of wonderful life experiences to experience. How could he die so easily?
Therefore, with his tenacity like a cockroach, Jia Fu survived the clutches of death and miraculously recovered from his injury and returned to the team.

After that, he caught up with Liu Xiu and followed him to capture Yecheng, an important town in Hebei.

In June of the same year, Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor at Qianqiu Pavilion in Zhao County.

Jia Fu was appointed as the Prefect of the Imperial Guards for his meritorious service and was promoted to the title of Marquis of Guanjun. At this time, Jia Fu was only 16 years old. "Jia Fu became the Marquis of Guanjun two years earlier than Huo Qubing, and the position of Prefect of the Imperial Guards he held was what Liu Xiu had always dreamed of."

"From this we can also see that although Liu Xiu later broke his promise on the marriage issue and became rich, he still took good care of Xiao Jia in other aspects."

"After that, the newly crowned Champion Marquis followed Wu Han across the mighty river and headed to Luoyang to fight against the Grand Marshal Zhu Yu of the Gengshi Emperor."

"At that time, Zhu Yu, White Tiger Lord Chen Qiao and others still had more than 300,000 people under their command. Although there were many who were just there to show up, there were also many elite soldiers who had fought in many battles and were really difficult to deal with."

"Wu Han led an army of more than 200,000 soldiers. The famous generals and elite soldiers of both the Gengshi and Jianwu armies gathered together. More than 500,000 soldiers gathered around Luoyang to fight a great battle that would determine the fate of China."

"Jia Fu's main opponent at the time was Chen Qiao. Although Chen Qiao was unknown, he was able to lead a large army under the Gengshi regime, so he was no weakling."

"Unfortunately, he met Jia Fu, who specialized in tough battles, and could only consider himself unlucky. He was chased and beaten by Jia Fu, and was defeated repeatedly. In the end, he was eliminated from the list of historical celebrities. Even Baidu couldn't find him."

"Because of his great victory over Chen Qiao, Jia Fu was granted the fiefdom of Rang and Chaoyang counties."

"Liu Xiu captured Luoyang and surrendered Liu Xuan's main force, which established his dominant position in the Han Dynasty."

"However, there are still many generals of the Gengshi regime that have not been dealt with. They have their own troops and still pose a threat to the Jianwu regime."

"Liu Xiu failed to persuade Yin Zun to surrender, so he summoned all the generals to ask who was willing to go and destroy Yin Zun."

"So Liu Xiu sent Jia Fu to lead the Cavalry Commander Yin Shi and the Cavalry General Liu Zhi to cross Wushejin and attack Yin Zun."

"Having the mature and prudent Uncle Yin join the expedition will be just the right thing to control Jia Fu's unnecessary impulsiveness."

"The three of them complemented each other and worked well together. It took only a little over a month for them to force Yin Zun to surrender."

"Afterwards, Jia Fu led his army eastward to attack Bao Si, the governor of Huaiyang."

"Although Bao Si's last name is Bao, he met Jia Fu, a man who was even more violent than him, so he had no choice but to surrender."

"That autumn, Jia Fu worked tirelessly to pacify Zhaoling and Xinxi."

"Later, Jia Fu's relative Ma Yuan's fiefdom was in Xinxi. It turned out that it was recovered by Jia Fu. It was a coincidence that the two of them got married."

"In 27 AD, Jia Fu was promoted to General Zuo."

"As the system of the Eastern Han Dynasty became more and more perfect, the Left General became a general with a high title, and his status was far superior to that of a general with a miscellaneous title."

"It is truly admirable that an 18-year-old boy has been promoted to a general with a strong army."

"In the same year, Jia Fu participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Eyebrow Army."

"As the second most famous insurgent army since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Red Eyebrows were very difficult to deal with. Even Deng Yu, with a million men, was unable to deal with them."

"Now, Liu Xiu had no choice but to personally take action and attack from both the east and the west with General Feng Yi, in an attempt to lure him into a trap and completely destroy him."

"As the most powerful general under Liu Xiu, Jia Fu certainly doesn't want to miss this feast of war."

"Jia Fu's troops successively defeated other parts of the Red Eyebrow Army in Xincheng and Mianchi."

"Finally, they joined forces with Liu Xiu's main force in Yiyang and successfully surrounded the Red Eyebrow Army led by Fan Chong in a pre-set ambush circle."

"At this point, the Red Eyebrow Army, which had once stirred up chaos in Shandong and devastated Guanzhong, no longer had the prestige it once had and could only surrender."

"After pacifying the Red Eyebrows, Jia Fu will have fewer opportunities to go to the battlefield."

"Although he was still under 20, he was already covered in wounds."

"Because he participated in many battles to break sieges and rescue people, and led the troops in many battles, Jia Fu's chance of getting injured was much higher than other famous generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He had as many as twelve traceable scars."

"Under the medical conditions of the Han Dynasty, any one of these injuries could have been fatal. It is a miracle that Jia Fu survived with his good physical fitness and tenacious will to survive."

Wang Anshi: Liu Xiu, who was very familiar with Jia Fu's personality, seldom ordered him to go on long expeditions. Most of the time he just asked him to follow him, so Jia Fu naturally lacked any achievements in any aspect.

Whenever the generals discussed their achievements, Jia Fu, who was well-versed in classics, always kept silent.

When Jia Fu saw how the emperor treated him, he was deeply moved and no longer cared about competing for credit.

In 37 AD, when Jia Fu was years old, Liu Xiu once again conferred titles on his meritorious officials.

Jia Fuding, who had not been fighting on the front line for a long time, was granted the title of Marquis of Jiaodong and was given six counties including Yuzhi.

He was the only marquis with six counties as his fief among the twenty-eight heroes, which shows how much Liu Xiu valued this young hero.

Jia Fu was a man who knew how to repay kindness. He had been by Liu Xiu's side for a long time and knew very well that Liu Xiu was determined to stop fighting and focus on culture, and was worried that his meritorious officials would become powerful and become powerful themselves.

He asked Deng Yu, Marquis of Gaomi, to take the initiative to present a petition to Liu Xiu requesting the return of his military power so that he could restore his Confucian identity and focus on his studies.

Liu Xiu was very impressed by Jia Fu and Deng Yu's understanding.

On the one hand, he issued an imperial decree to remove the two from their posts as left and right generals, but on the other hand, he soon promoted them to the rank of special advancer, allowing them to participate in state affairs.

Jia Fu's knowledge of Confucian classics quickly earned him the respect of the court officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In that era when Confucian classics were prevalent, even if you were a powerful general, if you were not familiar with the classics, you would be seen as a bumpkin in people's eyes.

Jia Fu had been familiar with the Book of Documents since he was a child, and later made outstanding military achievements. He was both civil and military, and was truly a man destined to be king.

Liu Xiu's childhood friend Zhu You once strongly recommended Jia Fu to be the prime minister, hoping to help him achieve his life goal of becoming a general or a prime minister.

However, Liu Xiu had his own strategy for treating meritorious officials, and he rejected Zhu You's suggestion with one sentence: "Meritorious officials are not needed."

However, Liu Xiu still allowed Jia Fu, Deng Yu and his brother-in-law Li Tong to participate in state affairs.

Therefore, although Jia Fu did not have the title of prime minister, he was the prime minister in reality and did not disappoint his teacher Li Sheng's high hopes.

Although Jia Fu was well versed in the relationship between the ruler and his subjects, he was still somewhat youthful and impetuous when dealing with his colleagues.

Kou Xun was born in Hebei. He was a capable official with both military and political skills. Liu Xiu once compared him to Xiao He, the most meritorious official of the Western Han Dynasty.

When Kou Xun was the governor of Yingchuan, next to Nanyang, one of Jia Fu's subordinates disturbed the people in Yingchuan and was severely punished by Kou Xun.

This made Jia Fu, who was the Prefect of the Guards at the time, very angry. He thought that Kou Xun was deliberately making things difficult for him, so he threatened to teach Kou Xun a lesson.

When Kou Xun heard about it, he was worried that this incident would trigger internal strife between the meritorious officials of Nanyang and Hebei, so he avoided meeting Jia Fu. Whenever he saw Jia Fu's subordinates passing through Yingchuan, he always gave them special treatment.

In short, Kou Xun lowered his posture everywhere and sought reconciliation, which was very painstaking.

When Liu Xiu heard about this later, he praised Kou Xun's noble character and at the same time hosted a banquet for Jia Fuxiao to explain the righteousness of the matter.

Seeing that the emperor came forward to mediate, although Jia Fu was young and hot-tempered, he was not unreasonable.

Seeing Kou Xun being so tolerant, his resentment instantly melted away, and he took the initiative to shake hands with Kou Xun and make peace, staging an Eastern Han version of the reconciliation between generals and ministers.

Although Jia Fu and Liu Xiu did not become in-laws, Jia Fu's granddaughter became a noble lady of Emperor Ming of Han, Liu Zhuang, and gave birth to Emperor Zhang of Han, Liu Zhuang.

However, Liu Zhuang was raised by Empress Ma of Emperor Ming of Han since he was a child. He was deeply grateful to her and only recognized the Ma family in his eyes. It was only after Empress Ma passed away that he remembered his biological mother, Jia.

In 55 AD, Jia Fu, who was resolute, upright and of great integrity, died of illness at the age of 46. He was posthumously named Gang. (End of this chapter)