Yuan Xi stood at the head of the city, looking at the harbor outside Haixi City, and said: "If I mobilize all Youzhou troops, march all the way from the west of Huai River to Xiapi, and all the way from the northwest of Haixi to attack Tan City, what are the chances of winning?"
Jushou and Lu Xun on the side were both startled. Why did Xindao Commander suddenly become so impatient?
Didn’t you say before that you would wait for the locust plague?
Jushou was the first to react and said: "Young master, the world is fighting. Those who have good intentions and can put them into action to protect the soldiers and people under their rule are already very rare."
"As for the people in other counties, if they feel pity for them, they will harm their own soldiers."
"You must know that those common people are supporting enemy soldiers."
"I know, and I also understand what Mr. Xi said," Yuan Xi sighed: "But there are too many people dying in this world."
"We still don't know how many people will die before the world can be at peace, and how many people will survive by then."
Jushou said in a deep voice: "That is the problem that the victor in the end will have to face."
"Before this, no one except the emperor has the right to care about the world."
"Master, please see clearly what you can do."
After hearing this, Yuan Xi bowed to Jushu and said, "Thank you sir, I have learned a lesson from you."
He understood that what Jushou said was right. Now, he was simply not qualified or capable to protect everyone.
Lu Xun listened silently. As the time between him and Yuan Xi increased, he gradually began to understand Yuan Xi's temper and character.
If he hadn't learned that he had used the heads of Xianbei and Qingzhou pirates outside the Great Wall to make the Jingguan, it would have been difficult for him to connect Yuan Xi with the nickname Fierce Tiger.
Yuan Xi looked up to the north and said, "Counting the time, Yang Di will be coming from Langya soon."
"I don't know what Xiansi was thinking about appointing people from the Taiyang clan as vassals."
"Don't he know that the Taiyang family's hometown is in Taishan County, Yanzhou?"
When Lu Xun listened to Yuan Xi's words, he couldn't hide his disgust for the Yang family in Taiyang. He had also heard that the Yang family broke off their engagement with Kong Rong's daughter, which was very criticized in the gentry circle. He wondered if Yuan Xi had disliked the Yang family because of this. Any prejudice?
He was worried that Yuan Xi was being emotional, so he reminded him: "The Yang family is a famous family. I heard that they are going to marry the Xin family. The Xin Zhongzhi brothers are both counselors to Mr. Xiansi. There seems to be no problem, right?"
Yuan Xi's face looked a little ugly. Lu Xun couldn't understand that it was normal. His dislike for the Yang family was not only due to the break-up of the engagement.
Because he understood the historical development of later generations, he knew that both Xinpi and Taiyang clan finally took refuge in Cao Cao, which was the reason for his bad mood.
Not to mention the Yangxu family of Taiyang. The earliest Yangxu was the prefect of Nanyang in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He died in the sixth year of Zhongping (189). There was no previous history record about whether he had any interaction with the Cao family, but according to Yuan Xi's guess, it was nine out of ten. some.
This can be seen in the subsequent official positions of his three sons: Yang Yi was appointed as the prefect of Cao Wei Jingzhao, Yang Di was appointed as the prefect of Cao Wei Shangdang, and Yang Dan was appointed as Taichang of Cao Wei.
All the members of this family are important ministers of Cao Wei. It would be abnormal to say that they had no relationship before.
A lot of things can be seen in Yangxu's starting point.
"Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records: Yang Xuzi Xingzu was born in Pingyang, Taishan. In the seventh generation of his predecessor, he served as a schoolmaster of 2,000 Shiqing, his grandfather invaded, and during the reign of Emperor An, he was appointed as a school captain. His father, a Confucian, was Taichang during the reign of Emperor Huan. He continued to worship the doctor as a loyal minister and his descendants. After he resigned from the official position, he established the mansion of General Dou Wu.
That is to say, the leader of Yangxu is the general Dou Wu.
In the same year when he conquered Piyangxu, Dou Wu joined forces with Chen Fan and others to kill Cao Jie and others, one of the eunuchs around Emperor Ling. The news was leaked and he committed suicide after the defeat.
Yang Xu was also implicated and dismissed from office. The following year, he encountered the second disaster of party imprisonment and was imprisoned for more than ten years.
In the first year of Zhongping (184), the party's imprisonment was lifted, and Yang Xu was appointed as the governor of Lujiang County in Yangzhou by Taiwei Yang Ci. After that, he was promoted four times to the governor of Lujiang County in Yangzhou.
During this period, Yang Xu put down several rebellions including the Yellow Turban Army, and he was an honest official. The only things he had with him were quilts, short clothes, salt and several hugs of wheat.
In the sixth year of Zhongping (189), Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, appointed Yangxu Taiwei on the recommendation of Liu Yu.
At that time, those who worshiped the Three Dukes had to pay a gift of 10 million to the West Garden, and the eunuch served as the envoy to collect it. However, Yang Xu showed the envoy a tattered cotton coat, indicating that he could not afford the money.
After the envoy reported back to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling was very unhappy, but because of his meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion, he still appointed him as Taichang, and he was exempted from the gift money. However, Yang Xu fell ill and died before he could take up his post in Luoyang.
Throughout Yang Xu's life, he could be regarded as a breath of fresh air in the chaotic world of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Moreover, he was a typical scholar-bureaucrat. The Yuan family and the Cao family, who seemed to be deeply involved in the eunuch relationship, seemed completely unrelated. Not relevant.
However, in the sixth year of Zhongping when Yangxu died, the most intensive series of events in the late Han Dynasty occurred.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died, and the general He Jin came to power and conspired with Yuan Shao. Later He Jin was killed by Zhang Rang and others. Yuan Shao entered the palace to take revenge and killed Zhang Rang and others. Then Dong Zhuo entered the capital and drove away Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others. He became the final winner, and then supported Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie to ascend to power.
In the same year, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty Liu Xie sent envoys to commemorate Chen Fan and Dou Wu and rehabilitate them. This marked that among the scholar-bureaucrats and eunuchs, they turned towards the scholar-bureaucrats.
And what role did Cao Cao play in this?
Since the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he has been constantly making statements, stating that Dou Wu and others were framed for their integrity as officials, which resulted in the treacherous people filling the court, while the loyal and good people were not reused.
Although he was not adopted by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao took the opportunity to successfully break away from the eunuch line. He not only inherited the connections of his grandfather Cao Teng, but also won the praise of the scholar-bureaucrats all over the world!
Especially the third son of the Taiyang family. After Liu Xie vindicated Dou Wu, his father Yangxu was also able to clear his name. They wanted to inherit Cao Cao's affection.
In other words, the fact that Yang Xi now seeks refuge with Yuan Tan may not necessarily be because he is loyal to Yuan Shao, but it may be because Cao Cao is also under Yuan Shao!
If Yuan Shao and Cao Cao break up, and Cao Cao's strength exceeds that of the Yuan family, how will the Taiyang family stand in the future? The result is self-evident in Yuan Xi's opinion!
Of course, Yuan Xi made such an inference based on the detailed historical facts of later generations, and Yuan Tan may not have been able to understand it so clearly.
If Yuan Tan could understand the cause and effect, he would definitely be wary and would never win over Yang in this way.
But Yuan Xi did not rule out his other inference, which was also the most troublesome and the one he least wanted to see.
Yuan Tan may have been in contact with Cao Cao for a long time!
In later generations, Yuan Tan rebelled against the Yuan family and took refuge with Cao Cao. It may have been his impromptu decision, but it does not rule out that the foreshadowing was already in place.
If this is the case, Yuan Xi's letter inciting Yuan Tan to send troops has become a joke. Maybe Cao Cao already knew about it!
Yuan Tan was able to engage in brother-in-law feuding in later generations. In this life, Yuan Xi was surrounded by dead men. His bottom line was so low that Yuan Xi couldn't help but wonder whether Yuan Tan had betrayed the Yuan family's interests in order to compete for the position of head of the family. , in exchange for Cao Cao’s support?
Therefore, Yang Xi's arrival played into Yuan Xi's plan. From Yang Xi's reaction, he could see what Yuan Tan wanted to do.
By the way, it is worth mentioning that after the death of Dou Wu and Chen Fan, Cai Yong thought that Ni's transformation into a chicken was caused by Fusi's interference in politics, and his words were quite straightforward.
This means that the interference of eunuchs in the harem in politics is a great disaster for the country. Cao Jie, who killed Dou Wu, was furious and persecuted Cai Yong. However, because his reputation was too great, he could not kill Cai Yong, so he was dismissed from office. thing.
From then on, Cai Yong took Cai Zhaoji and his sisters to live with the Taiyang family, who was also friends with Dou Wu. It was not until Dong Zhuo came to Beijing to support Liu Xie that Cai Yong took Cai Zhaoji back to Luoyang and entrusted Cai Zhenji to the Yang family for adoption. .
Cao Cao was a student of Cai Yong, so the Taiyang family, Cai Yong, and Cao Cao formed an extremely close triangle relationship through Dou Wu. If Yuan Xi had not had a relationship with Cai Zhaoji, it would have been very difficult to intervene and destroy this triangle. of.
Even with Cai Zhaoji's relationship, Yuan Xi has little hope of destroying the alliance between the Yang family and Cao Cao, but this is not the most important thing to him.
What Yuan Xi really wants to do is to destroy the relationship between Xinpi and Taiyangshi.
Compared to the Taiyang clan, Yuan Xi was truly afraid of Xin Pi.
In his opinion, Xin Ping was extremely dangerous. When his brother Xin Ping was guarding the city of Ye for the Yuan family, he changed his family and took refuge with Cao Cao. As a result, Xin Ping's family was killed under the pretext of Xin Ping. This shows that he acted coldly and harmoniously. Yuan Shao abandoned Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji revealed that Luoyang and rebelled against Dong Zhuo had the same purpose but the same purpose.
Whenever Yuan Xi thinks about this period of history, he can't help but lament that the upper beam is really out of alignment and the lower beam is crooked.
However, Xin Pi was well hidden, and his true ability was definitely not under Jushou's control. In later generations, he served as a Weiwei Wei of Cao, sent orders to supervise the army, and forced Sima Yi not to fight when he faced Zhuge Liang, so that Zhuge Liang's troops left Qishan without success. Return and end in depression.
Yuan Xi had a rare murderous intention in his heart. Xu Youxinpi and Cao Cao were too close. Once he found an opportunity, he would give priority to getting rid of these two people!
Lu Xun saw Yuan Xi staring blankly at the sea without saying a word, and thought that his adopted brother seemed to have a lot on his mind, and even he couldn't tell the clues.
Thinking of the rumors about Yuan Xi, Lu Xun had countless questions in his mind. Seeing that Yuan Xi finally came to his senses, he said, "I heard that my sworn brother knows a stranger named Yin Hu who is good at stargazing? "
"Xun is very interested. Can you find an opportunity for Xun to meet him?"
Yuan Xi glanced at Lu Xun helplessly, thinking that you are really inferior. You are so smart, why do you still believe in the art of stargazing?
Right now, apart from Lu Bu, the only people who know my identity as a painter are the few female relatives around me. What do you want me to say?
Once this truth is revealed, will people laugh to death if it spreads?
Thinking of this, he patted Lu Xun's shoulder earnestly and said, "Bo Yan, that stargazing technique is not a good thing."
"Listen to what the hidden tiger said, peeking into the secret will not only shorten your life span, but the secret will change all the time, and what you observe is not necessarily the final result."
"It is the mission of a counselor to grasp information as much as possible, guess people's hearts, and make correct judgments when encountering problems."
Jushou listened and said with a smile: "Your Majesty said it well, Boy's words should be remembered."
Lu Xun could only nod after hearing this.
In Nanyang, Jingzhou, Zhuge Liang stood in front of a star map and meditated hard. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly opened his eyes.
"I see!"
"I understand!"
(End of chapter)
