"Father, when Lu Bu entered the city yesterday, he sent out invitations to all the big families in the city. Do you think that?"
Fang Zhen stood in front of Fang Yan and listened.
In Hefei City, the Fang family is respected, and many wealthy families come to the Fang family to ask for their opinions and see what the Fang family has to say.
"This Lu Bu's behavior is weird, it's really hard for me to figure out."
Fang Yan frowned slightly and said in a deep voice.
Lu Bu abandoned his army and came to Hefei City alone. This operation made Fang Yan very confused.
Logically speaking, Lu Bu should attack Shouchun City with all his strength. After all, time waits for no one, and missing the opportunity would be fatal.
But Lu Bu didn't play his cards according to common sense, and it seemed as if he was heading towards the Fang family.
"How about writing a letter to inform Yuan Jiujiu and tell Yuan Jiujiu that Lu Bu is not in Shouchun City, but in Hefei."
Fang Zhen thought for a while and said.
"That's not right. Yuan Jiujiu has been scared out of his wits by Lu Bu. Even if he was told that Lu Bu was not outside the city, he would not dare to lead his troops to fight out easily. Instead, he would offend Lu Bu and the gain would outweigh the loss."
Fang Yan shook his head and rejected his son's plan.
For Fang Yan, protecting one's body is the only way to go. No one should be offended and no one should be helped!
Moreover, Yuan Shu is a master who cannot support the wall, and Fang Yan is not interested in helping Yuan Shu survive this crisis.
After all, if you escape this crisis, there will be another crisis!
There will always be a crisis that will completely destroy Yuan Shu.
Since it is destined to be destroyed, even if Fang Yan has the power to reach heaven, he will not be able to save it.
Because of this, it was impossible for Fang Yan to help Yuan Shu.
Unable to understand what Lu Bu was thinking, Fang Yan said calmly: "Let some big households not go through and test Lu Bu's reaction."
"yes."
Fang Zhen nodded, feeling that his father's approach was perfect.
Since those big families have chosen to curry favor with the Fang family, the Fang family must step forward when needed.
Only by knowing Lu Bu's true purpose can the Fang family make the next plan. As the saying goes, know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in danger in a hundred battles!
"Lu Bu, even if you have the power to reach heaven, you can only lie down in Hefei City!"
Looking at his son's leaving figure, Fang Yan said calmly.
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Hefei County Magistrate's Mansion, Lu Bu plans to entertain guests here.
Han Xian stood next to Lu Bu and said with a troubled face: "Marquis Wen, I'm afraid the food prepared is not enough."
Due to the rush, Han Xian was unable to raise enough food for dozens of large households in a short period of time.
After all, wealthy people are also prestigious people. If the food is too poor, it will appear that Lu Bu has not treated them well.
If someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of him, Lu Bu's reputation will get even worse.
Thinking of this, Han Xian was afraid that Lu Bu would blame him, so he spoke a little tremblingly.
"It's okay, they must not be in the mood to eat."
Lu Bu waved his hand and said casually.
"The general will know."
Han Siam was thoughtful, carefully savoring the meaning of Lu Bu's words.
In Han Siam's mind, Lu Bu had long since broken away from the image of a reckless man. He felt that every word of Lu Bu had hidden secrets that could make Han Siam ponder for a long time.
Soon, one after another large households entered the society, forming an official-based society.
Only when there are officials in the family can it gradually evolve into a powerful and aristocratic family. Even the poor family members have rich ancestors.
Only the kind of nouveau riche whose family has not trained any children to serve as officials may fall into decline quickly in less than two generations.
After all, without the protection of high officials, no matter how wealthy the family is, it will be slowly eroded by the moths of the court.
If you dare to resist, you will be directly labeled as a rebel, and the nine tribes will be killed and their assets will be confiscated!
If there is someone in the court, even if they do something wrong, they will be held accountable.
Therefore, the first ones to come were those big businessmen with no family background. They had nothing but money.
However, this also creates their eyesight, and they belong to the kind of wallflowers.
If you follow whoever has an advantage, you won't make a fortune, and you won't starve to death!
When Han Xian took over Hefei City, this group of people took the lead in expressing their loyalty to Han Xian. Regardless of whether Han Xian believed it or not, these people showed their faces in front of Han Xian and looked familiar.
At least Han Siam won't be worried about it.
Now that Lu Bu came to Hefei City in person, the wealthy people in Hefei who had seen Lu Bu's majesty didn't dare to neglect him, so they rushed over.
Only a few of the big families who were ingratiating with the Fang family, the children of the family, and even those recommended by the Fang family as minor officials came.
These large households have a definite relationship with the Fang family. After all, the Han Dynasty was a recommendation system, and someone needed to be effective, or rely on the name of filial piety and integrity to stir up a stir in the government and the public, alarm the emperor, and then invite him to serve as an official.
In any case, the share of the cake is limited, and the person who distributes the cake is not the emperor, but the big family.
The Yuan family, known as the Fourth Generation and the Three Dukes, has disciples all over the world. This is not just talk. Basically, all officials in the Han Dynasty are inextricably related to the Yuan family.
After all, officials are recommended by big families, so the recommended officials will inevitably have interests with the big families!
In such an unfair competitive environment, power gradually transferred from the hands of the emperor to the hands of the aristocratic families. After all, those officials were all disciples of the aristocratic families. They had nothing to do with the emperor, and they were not promoted by the emperor!
Therefore, officials have a very average perception of the emperor and are not grateful to him.
This resulted in the emperor having to support his relatives and eunuchs in order to fight against the aristocratic family. After all, these were all promoted by the emperor and had close interests with him.
When one is prosperous, both are prosperous; when one is lost, both are harmed!
But there are exceptions. For example, He Jin likes to hang out with the children of aristocratic families, and his subordinate Yuan Shao is a masterpiece among masterpieces.
When a foreign relative colludes with the aristocratic family, the foreign relative will become a knife of the aristocratic family.
He Jin lived up to expectations and became Yuan Shao's tool to realize his own value. If Yuan Shao hadn't misjudged Dong Zhuo's ambitions, Yuan Shao might have been in control of the government!
This matter can be seen from Wang Yun. Wang Yun tried his best to direct Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo, and then relied on his family's strength to control the government.
After all, Wang Yun's family has also been officials for generations and is a prominent family in Taiyuan!
I have accumulated contacts and many supporters.
It is a pity that Wang Yun did not have the ability of a prime minister and was only suitable to be a counselor. Under the leadership of Wang Yun, the Eastern Han Dynasty quickly stepped on the accelerator and headed towards the edge of the cliff!
Wang Yun's actions were unable to calm the relationship between the various forces, and he was directly killed by the angry Li Jue and Guo Si!
Among them, Jia Xu's poisonous plan played a key role!
Of course, if Wang Yun had some ability, he could use the Liangzhou Army for his own use and prevent Li Jue and Guo Si from being afraid. He might be able to rely on the Liangzhou Army and plan for the world.
But it is a pity that the ideal is very full and the reality is very skinny. Wang Yun's ability is limited and not enough to plan the world.
In the troubled times of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of the aristocratic families was more vividly reflected, such as the Sun family of Guangling, the Gongsun family of Liaoxi, the Cao family of Peiguo, the Yuan family of Runan, the Yang family of Hongnong, the Xun family of Yingchuan, the Chen family of Xiapi, the Sima family of Hanoi, and the Lu family of Wujun. Seize the opportunity to rise quickly.
Some became great princes, while others played a huge role and stirred up the situation in the late Han Dynasty.
On the contrary, the strength of the Han clan clan was very average. In the early days, the Han clan clan actually controlled five counties, namely Liu Yan, Liu Yu, Liu Biao, Liu Dai, and Liu Yao!
Liu Yanxiong is in Yizhou, and now he is determined to fight against the powerful and dominate.
Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan and ended up miserable.
Liu Biao was powerful in Jingzhou, but he was restrained by aristocratic families and had very little power.
Liu Dai died at the hands of Yellow Turban thieves, and Liu Yao was defeated by Sun Ce and died of illness.
Looking at the world, out of the thirteen states, only two states are still in the hands of the Han clan.
It can be said that Liu Bei inherited the mantle of Liu Yan and Liu Biao, and based on this foundation, he established the Shu Han!
