Three days later, Yuan Shao's army had rested and regrouped, and continued on its way to Hebei. He received Dong Zhuo's edict to make him the governor of Bohai and confer the title of Marquis of Zongxiang.
In this way, Yuan Shao can justifiably enter Jizhou Bohai.
When Yuan Shao left his tent, Yuan Xi straightened his clothes, straightened his back, and walked in openly.
It is not unreasonable that Yuan Shao can gather a large number of talents in the future. At the very least, Yuan Shao is very good-looking, elegant and elegant. This is the most intuitive evaluation of Yuan Shao by the world.
Even Yuan Xi had to say that if people didn't know his background, it would be easy for ordinary people to be fooled by Yuan Shao.
"Xianyi has met his father!" After Yuan Xi entered the door, he bowed his head.
Yuan Shao paid special attention to etiquette, and even Yuan Xi, who was a little out of touch, had to pay attention.
"My son is here." Yuan Shao put down the book in his hand, looked at him and said with a smile: "Quickly excuse me and come and sit down here for my father."
Yuan Xi walked over and sat down obediently.
Although Yuan Xi is not as good-looking as Yuan Shang, he only has a refined air. Yuan Shao actually feels a little pity for this son. After chatting for a while, Yuan Shao glanced at him and suddenly said: "Xianyi, what do you think of Luoyang?" How will the situation change in the future?”
Okay, this is obviously a test for himself. Yuan Xi smiled slightly, raised his head and said: "Returning to my father, Xianyi doesn't know, but from Xianyi's point of view, Dong Zhuo's misbehavior in Luoyang will definitely not win the hearts of the people, and he may not be able to last long."
Yuan Shao nodded. It would be damned if Dong Zhuo continued like this for a long time. Yuan Xi's answer was too smooth and not the answer he wanted.
After thinking for a while, Yuan Shao finally said: "Xianyi, what do you think my father should do in the future?"
Taking a deep breath, Yuan Xi said: "Father can pretend to be the emperor and gather heroes from all over the world to gather in Luoyang to defeat Dong Zhuo. Every town in the world will definitely raise troops to respond. At that time, father can take advantage of the reputation of the fourth and third prince of the Yuan family, and there will be one of the first rebels. With his voice, the position of leader of the alliance that leads the heroes will definitely be obtained by my father."
In fact, Zhang Hong had analyzed these for himself, and he proposed this strategy, saying that Yuan Xi deliberately stopped talking here.
Yuan Shao was listening intently, but suddenly saw that he was silent and said hurriedly: "Xianyi, continue."
Yuan Xi felt relieved and continued: "At that time, my father can serve the country and accumulate fame. If he can defeat Dong Zhuo, my father's name will be passed down in history."
Spreading history is more effective than anything else. After saying this, Yuan Xi could feel that Yuan Shao was getting excited.
Yuan Xi sighed lightly, if you don't do this, father, you can still have a name in history, but even though it is not a good reputation.
Yuan Shao understood the meaning of Yuan Xi's words, so he followed his intention and asked: "What if Dong Zhuo is not defeated?" This is exactly what Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao a few days ago.
"The world is in chaos. My father can return to Hebei. No matter what, the Yuan family will be prosperous!"
"Okay!" Yuan Shao slammed the wooden table, his handsome cheeks turned red, his palms trembled slightly, and he whispered: "I, Yuan Benchu, must let the Yuan family's reputation reach its peak in my hands!"
Yuan Xi looked at Yuan Shao silently, what is the peak? Now the Yuan family's reputation has long reached its peak. As expected, there is no real loyalty among this large family in troubled times.
It took Yuan Shao a while to calm down. He looked at Yuan Xi and looked at him deeply and said, "You are very good. A little better than your elder brother."
At this moment, Yuan Xi felt as if he had been looking down on his father. Yuan Xi snorted in his heart, he didn't know whether he was better than his eldest brother, but it was true that he was better than Yuan Shang. It seemed that Yuan Shao would pass the throne to his third brother in the future, and it would make sense. He had just thought about it for a long time.
Abolish the elders and establish the young. This is the main reason why the Yuan family has brought about its own downfall.
Yuan Xi actually didn't say anything, he just moved forward many things in his memory. What he did could not change the process, but it could change the political capital he could obtain in the future and his position in Yuan Shao's mind.
Even a little bit is enough! For a long time, Yuan Shao suddenly looked at the sky and suddenly remembered what happened when Yuan Xi was four years old, so he sighed: "I have been thinking about what you said just now, and there is indeed some truth in it. If you want to destroy the family, it is up to you; if you want to turn the family into a country, it is also up to you. You. But don’t act recklessly, wait until I see the opportunity before implementing your strategy! Things are accomplished in secret, and failures are revealed in plans. Everything must wait and be discussed." Yuan Shao does have a plan. Maybe if the Battle of Guandu did not fail, history The evaluation of Yuan Shao may be higher, at least not necessarily lower than that of Liu Bei.
The complicated objective situation pushed Yuan Shao and his son onto the historical stage, and the strategies of Yuan Xi and Zhang Hong indeed inspired Yuan Shao, and at the same time strengthened Yuan Shao's determination. As a result, the plan to launch a rebellion began to be planned.
After Yuan Shao and Cao Cao said goodbye a few days ago, a small official came to report that the great scholar Cai Yong and his family had just returned from Wu Commandery and were outside Chenliu City.
At first, Cai Yong was exiled to Shuofang County. After encountering the amnesty, he was able to return to his hometown. Wang Zhi, the prefect of Wuyuan County, was the younger brother of Wang Fu, the official minister of the Central Government. He accused Cai Yong of slandering the imperial court, so Cai Yong went into exile in the south for seven or eight years.
Dong Zhuo heard about Cai Yong's reputation and recruited him as his staff. Cai Yong claimed to be ill and refused to accept the call.
Dong Zhuo was furious and cursed: "I can kill all Cai Yong's clan until no one is left!"
Cai Yong was frightened and had no choice but to accept the order.
Yuan Shao and others respected Cai Yong, a great scholar, and went with everyone to welcome him.
Yuan Xi was also very curious about what Cai Yan, the tragic woman who later became famous all over the world, looked like now, and her gloomy mood in the past few days improved a little. He still remembered that they had met when they were children. At that time, Cai Yan was still a seven-year-old girl, and he was also an eight-year-old lazy young master.
Cai Yong, who had a gray beard and looked like a scholar, was helped out of the carriage by a young girl.
She looks about fourteen or fifteen years old, with her hair combed like a fairy cloud, her eyebrows resembling distant daisies, and her beautiful face still has a hint of youthfulness, but her figure is already exquisite and attractive. The most attractive thing is the bookish temperament that naturally exudes, which seems to have a hypnotic power.
Cai Yong bowed his hands to everyone and said: "Thank you all for welcoming me. At the beginning, you were still a dandy boy who stole other people's wives. Haha, now your sons are all grown up, seven or eight years ago!" Cai Yong said with emotion.
Chunyu Qiong chuckled, and Yuan Shao's face turned red because the scandal was brought up.
Chunyu Qiong pointed to the girl and asked: "Sir, this is Ling Qianjin. You were only seven years old when you left Luoyang."
After everyone sighed again, Cai Yong pulled Cai Yan to let her meet everyone.
Cai Yan also bowed generously, "My young lady, Cai Yan, has met all of you."
Yuan Shao also introduced his son and Cai Yong. When Cai Yong and his daughter heard "Yuan Xi and Yuan Xianyi", their eyes lit up.
Cai Yong said: "Is this Yuan Xianyi, who was famous in Wu County?" It snows in the Tianshan Mountains in May, and there are no flowers, only cold. I hear the broken willows in the flute, but I have never seen it. I fight with the golden drum at dawn, and sleep with the jade saddle in my arms at night. I hope that the general will The sword under the waist is straight to the folding Loulan. 'It's really good. Although I am not a member of the military, I still feel the heroism. I just don't know what the 'jade saddle' is? With that unique font, it is not an exaggeration to say that it belongs to a great master. Now, I want to have a private discussion with you later."
Yuan Xi dared not say that, regarding the jade saddle, the Han Dynasty was the golden period for the development of Chinese cavalry. Although there was the prototype of a saddle, there was no such thing as a saddle. There was no record of a saddle until the Jin Dynasty.
During the dinner, everyone first recalled some old events in Beijing.
Yuan Xi didn't pay attention. Occasionally he looked up and saw the dignified and beautiful Cai Yan. She was generous and decent in her manners and had an elegant charm. She is indeed a talented woman as famous as her own Gao Yue.
As expected, she is both talented and beautiful. If Gao Yue is the most beautiful peony, then Cai Yan, who exudes a faint bookish air, is the hibiscus emerging from the water.
Over there, Yuan Shao persuaded Cai Yong: "Dong Zhuo has been rebellious and committed numerous atrocities. He is clearly a wolf with no heart. If you go to Beijing, you will be thrown into the wolf's mouth. If you are willing, sir, you can follow me to Hebei to protect Mr. Zhouquan."
Cai Yong shook his head and said: "At first I was a little afraid of Dong Zhuo's threats, but then I thought, if it was really his atrocities, wouldn't it be even more dangerous for His Majesty and the Han Dynasty? Although I can't lead the troops to eliminate the traitors like you two, But it’s time to return to the new emperor to protect His Majesty, and Yong Wan will not hesitate to die for this.”
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao persuaded Yuan Shao again, but seeing that he was determined, he had to give up. In the end, the banquet broke up somewhat unhappy.
Later, at the invitation of Cai Yong, Yuan Xi followed his father and daughter to Cai Yong's old house in Chenliu to discuss literary and calligraphy with him.
Cai Yong's old residence has not been lived in for many years, but some nobles and nobles in Chenliu respected his talent, learning and character, and they have been helping to repair and maintain it, so it can still be accommodated.
After the servants finished cleaning the room, Cai Yong took Yuan Xi to discuss and exchange ideas.
Cai Yong was very interested in his new font. The commonly used font at this time was official script, that is, Han Li. Compared with Qin Zhuan, it was a great innovation and improvement in terms of practicality and artistry.
However, Han Li also had its limitations. For example, printing had not yet become popular at this time, so most books and documents had to be copied by hand. However, the official script was inferior to the regular script of later generations in terms of copying.
Therefore, in history, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, a font specifically used for copying books appeared, which is Xiaokai, the originator of many regular scripts in later generations.
Of course, the development of this writing requires a process. This master-level figure in history is Zhong Yao, who is revered as the "originator of regular script".
But Yuan Xi released it a little early.
You must know that when he learned Chinese in his last life, he not only had to write some arty poems and songs, but he also studied calligraphy seriously.
At that time, his level was not very good, but at this time it was a groundbreaking innovation.
At that time, Yuan Xi explained to Cai Yong some of the brushwork techniques in regular script and demonstrated them.
Cai Yan was grinding his ink aside, looking at this young man of the same age curiously. Not many people could be praised by their father for their learning, and they were so young, and those poems were also very exquisite. I still remember that when I was a child, I quite despised Yuan Xi.
It was the summer of 185, in the peach grove behind the Yuan Family School.
Little Yuan Xi and Gao Yue were deeply in love under the tree. Cai Yan looked at the two people hugging each other under the peach tree, gently bit the chun, frowned, then turned around and left with Qin in his arms. Since this Yuan Xi is not as talented as Zhongdao's brother said, so it's no big deal.
Cai Yan had just walked not far away when the conversation between Xiao Yuan Xi and Gao Yue attracted her attention again. However, she heard Gao Yue say with a hint of shyness: "Little thief, I'm fine, let go." Me."
Little Yuan Xi still said in his very warm voice: "It would be really difficult for me, a good-looking person, to let go of the soft and warm fragrance in my arms."
Gao Yue said helplessly: "Well, you have to write a poem about peach flowers now, and I will be held by you like this."
Cai Yan and Gao Yue are still curious about Yuan Xi's rumored poetic talent. After all, the two poems written by Yuan Xi when he was very young have not been circulated. Yuan Wei does not want his grandson to become that eye-catching figure. , hiding behind the scenes is what a master should do.
At this time, Cai Yan was hiding behind a peach tree, his ears perked up, but he still didn't think that this eight-year-old boy could compose a poem in a short while.
Little Yuan Xi had a doting smile on her face. Under Gao Yue's curious gaze, little Yuan Xi crossed her hands eight times and got a song of five uniques in her mind. She looked at the brilliant peach blossoms with butterflies flying among them. Occasionally, the ethereal calls of birds came from the depths of the woods, and he said softly: "In the fairyland where the wind is warm, in the spring and the north. The wandering orioles should be seen falling, and the dancing butterflies are unknown in the sky."
Gao Yue's originally curious expression gradually became more exciting, while Cai Yan, who was hiding behind the peach tree, was shaking his hands tightly, his little mouth pouting with dissatisfaction, and his porcelain baby face like pearls. With a look of reluctance on her face, she now understood that Yuan Xi was hiding his clumsiness in front of her and didn't even bother to show his hidden talents in front of her. And Gao Yue acted coquettishly in his arms, He immediately wanted to please the girl. This guy was really a big wolf and a bad guy!
When Cai Yan was secretly depressed, she heard Wei Zhongdao's voice calling her. Cai Yan's younger brother was Wei Zhongdao from Hedong. He was also the son of an aristocratic family. He was the same age as little Yuan Xi. Wei Zhongdao saw Cai Yan leaning against the peach tree. With a depressed look on his face, he couldn't help but asked curiously: "Zhao Ji, what are you doing here?"
Cai Yan picked up Qin angrily, ignored Wei Zhongdao's concern, and left very unhappy. Wei Zhongdao shook his head helplessly and left with Cai Yan. Although he was considered smart, he couldn't figure out this person. The thoughts of Cai Yan, the little devil.
Suddenly realizing that he was thinking about a man so much, Cai Yan couldn't help but blush slightly, but Yuan Xi and Cai Yong were studying writing and didn't see it. For three days, Yuan Xi was stayed in the old house by Cai Yong, where they discussed and perfected the new regular script and exchanged some ideas on poetry creation.
Yuan Xi had no choice but to squeeze out some book theories from his previous life, and after studying them with Cai Yong and Cai Yan, they were perfected and completed.
Cai Yong felt that he had a long-lasting friendship with him. At Yuan Shao's request for his son, Cai Yong accepted Yuan Xi as a registered disciple.
During the three days of getting along with Cai Yong and Cai Yan, Yuan Xi appreciated the demeanor of a talented scholar, especially Cai Yan's elegant charm. He couldn't help but secretly sigh that such a beautiful woman had such a tragic fate.
Thinking that although there were only a few in his hands, they were his first armed troops, and he felt a little heroic. Since he came to this troubled time in the late Han Dynasty, he was not like the Tang Taizong whom he admired, competing with the heroes and giving guidance. He is still a passionate man who has made great achievements in the world.
Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Dong Zhuo all come and see who's methods are more sinister and who's methods are more ruthless.
He wanted to look up to the sky and shout: Who would I take over the country or the beauty? Looking at the gentle Cai Yan, he secretly swore: I will definitely change your destiny.
Because his future was uncertain, Yuan Shao entrusted his family's servants to his close friend Liu Dai of Yanzhou. This was a great trust in his wife and son, but Yuan Xi insisted on accompanying the army to Hebei.
After arriving at Fuyang, the seat of Bohai County, Yuan Shao took Guo Tu to Yecheng to visit Han Fu, and by the way met a number of local celebrities. With the help of Xun Chen, a fellow countryman of Guo Tu and an old acquaintance of Xun Chen, Han Fu promised to provide food and wages for Yuan Shao's army and horses.
After arriving at Bohai, Yuan Shao ordered the generals to train their troops and horses, purchase and build weapons, armor and other ordnance. Han Fu was afraid that Yuan Shao would become powerful, so he sent several subordinates to monitor Yuan Shao's army. Although Yuan Shao was dissatisfied, he had no choice but to pretend he didn't see it.
During this period, Yuan Xi followed Yuan Shao to visit some celebrities and heroes in Jizhou. At this time, the reputation of the Yuan family and Yuan Shao was very great, and many heroes also joined them one after another. Among them, the one that Yuan Xi cared about was Fengji Hotan Toyota Yuanhao. Comparable to Emperor Taizong Li Shimin's Wei Zheng.
Tian Feng, a native of Julu in Jizhou, was well read and had a lot of power. He once served as a censor in the court. Because of his dissatisfaction with the eunuch's exclusive power, he abandoned his official position and returned home. At Yuan Shaobei's generous invitation, he took up the post of farewell officer.
Yuan Xi knew that he was a rare top counselor and was extremely humble and respectful to him, but Tian Feng was always indifferent and polite.
September of 189 AD was destined to be an eventful month. In the same month, Dong Zhuo summoned hundreds of officials in the front hall of Chongde and threatened Queen Mother He to issue an edict to depose the young emperor Liu Bian.
The edict said: "During the mourning period for the late emperor, the emperor failed to fulfill his filial piety as a son, and his appearance lacked the majesty that a king should have. Now, he is deposed as King Hongnong and King Chenliu is made emperor."
With deep thoughts and complicated thoughts, Yuan Wei took off the seal ribbon worn by the young emperor Liu Bian and presented it to Chenliu King Liu Xie.
Then he helped Hongnong King Liu Bian to go down to the palace and proclaimed his vassal to Liu Xie who was sitting in the north. Empress Dowager He choked with tears and all the ministers were sad, but no one dared to speak.
Dong Zhuo went even further and said: "The Empress Dowager He once forced her mother-in-law, the Empress Dowager Dong, to the point where she died of worry, which violated the etiquette of a daughter-in-law's filial piety to her mother-in-law."
Therefore, Queen Mother He was moved to Yong'an Palace. He granted amnesty to the world and changed the reign name from Zhaoning to Yonghan. Soon, Dong Zhuo killed Queen Mother He with poison.
Officials at the ministerial level and below do not wear mourning clothes. When attending funerals, they only wear white clothes. Dong Zhuo dug up He Miao's coffin, took out the body, dismembered it, chopped it into segments, and threw it on the roadside.
He also killed He Miao's mother, Wuyang Jun, and threw her body in Zhiyuan near the hedge wall.
Then he appointed Taiwei Liu Yu as Grand Sima and granted him the title of Marquis of Xiangben.
Dong Zhuo himself served as a Taiwei and a former general, and was given the talisman representing the emperor's power, as well as an ax and a tiger guard as a guard of honor, and was promoted to a marquis.
Soon he was appointed as the prime minister himself. He was praised and worshiped without a name, entered the court without being followed, and went to the palace with swords and shoes.
Dong Zhuo has a cruel temperament. Once he controls the power of the government, he controls the Sili queen and the treasures in the treasury. He is powerful in the world and has no end to his corruption. He often said to his guests: "My appearance is noble and noble!"
Shi Yushi disturbed Long Zongjin when he met Dong Zhuo to report the matter. He did not take off his sword and was immediately beaten to death.
At that time, there were many royal relatives in Luoyang City. Their mansions faced each other, and every house was filled with gold and silver treasures.
Dong Zhuo allowed his soldiers to break into their inner houses and seize their property and women, not shying away from the royal family's authority. It makes people panic and makes people live in danger.
Dong Zhuo's atrocities have brought resentment to a dangerous edge.
Yuan Shao secretly had spies enter Luoyang and have contact with Wang Yun and other ministers.
When he learned about Dong Zhuo's actions, he was ashamed, angry and angry. Because he was under Han Fu's surveillance and could not act rashly, it really made him angry.
During the meeting that day, Yuan Xi took the opportunity to suggest that his father Yuan Shao falsely claimed that he was the Third Duke of the capital and sent a letter to all states and counties stating Dong Zhuo's evil deeds, hoping that each place would raise troops to attack Dong Zhuo.
When Tian Feng heard Yuan Xi's plan, he couldn't help but secretly praise it, and immediately seconded it, so Yuan Shao acted according to the plan.
Yuan Xi added: "I, the fourth and third son of the Yuan family, and my father has a high reputation, should be the first to advocate for the volunteers and spread the message. In this way, the world's heroes will come to join us, so there is no need to worry about the failure of great things."
Yuan Shao hesitated and asked Tian Feng, Xu You, Guo Tu and others: "What do you think?"
Tian Feng answered slowly and confidently, with an air of mastery of wisdom. "Now that my lord has a county, he has a certain foundation. But if you want to gain a foothold in troubled times and achieve great things, these are far from enough.
The first lord should take advantage of his reputation for resisting Dong Zhuo, launch a voluntary army, attack Dong Zhuo, and return the Han Dynasty to its orthodoxy. In this way, the lord can become famous all over the world. With the help of the Yuan family's power, he can clear out the traitors and achieve great things. "
Xu You said: "Dong Zhuo's atrocities were outraged by everyone in the world. Being the first to attack can gain both fame and fortune."
Yuan Shao worriedly said: "I just don't know how Han Jizhou will react."
Guo Tu said nonchalantly: "By then the response from all the heroes in the world has become a trend, and Han Jizhou can only do its best to support us."
Yuan Shao slapped the case and said: "That's it, rise up the soldiers and attack the Dong traitors!" Yuan Shao looked at the desk in silence for a while, then raised his head to look at him again: "Xianyi, you are the one to write this edict!"
Yuan Xi was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't know what Yuan Shao meant, he still nodded. Yuan Xi would not let go of this opportunity to become famous. After thinking hard for two days, he finally wrote a message and handed it over to Yuan Shao to be copied all over the world.
Its text states:
"Shao Jin declares to the world with great righteousness: Dong Zhuo despised the heaven and earth, destroyed the country and killed the king; he defiled the palace and destroyed the living beings;
The wolf is ruthless and full of sin! Today, according to the emperor's secret edict, a large number of righteous soldiers are gathered, vowing to wipe out the Central Plains and kill all the evil forces. Hope Xingyishi, a total of
Vent public anger; support the royal family and save the people. When the message arrives, it can be implemented quickly! "
Yecheng, in the Prefectural Mufu.
Han Fu looked at the memorandum with some confusion, and invited his subordinates to discuss it, saying, "Should we help Yuan Shao or Dong Zhuo now?"
Liu Zihui, who was in charge of the government, said angrily: "Now that we are raising troops for the sake of the country, how can we talk about Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo!"
Han Mian looked ashamed.
Liu Zihui further advised: "Soldiers are the most deadly weapons and cannot be launched first. Now we should send people to other states. If someone launches, we will respond later. Jizhou's power is not weaker than other states, and other people's achievements will not be greater than Jizhou's." "
Han thought it was reasonable, so he wrote to Yuan Shao to express his agreement with him in raising troops. Zhang Yang, Cao Cao, Wei Zi and others all recruited local troops in an attempt to resist Dong Zhuo's rule. Qiao Mao, the governor of Dongjun, even forged three official documents and distributed them to various state and county governments, describing Dong Zhuo's crimes, calling on various regions to raise troops to rebel against Dong and restore Liu Bian's throne. .
