Yuan Shu is the second son of this generation of the Yuan family, younger than Yuan Ji and Yuan Shao.
However, because of the birth of the second son, his status is still better than that of Yuan Shao. In the future, when the family business is divided, the majority will definitely belong to Yuan Ji, but Yuan Shu will not have nothing.
Therefore, although Yuan Shu still calls Yuan Shao his brother in public, in private, the relationship between the two is more subtle, and Yuan Shu basically despises Yuan Shao.
Because they try not to let outsiders see that the two sides are not in harmony, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu still worry about each other to some extent.
Earlier when Yuan Shao started to work on his own reputation, Yuan Shu was still working as a "Gui Defender on the Road" in Luoyang, fighting cocks and lackeys with a group of wealthy children. He did not practice morality and had a bad reputation.
In the past few years, I don't know if I have gained some enlightenment. I have begun to break up with the corporals and manage my own reputation and power. As a result, some scholars are tempted and join Yuan Shu's sect, hoping to take advantage of him.
Yuan Shu began to sacrifice his business reputation as a corporal, so he would inevitably have some business disputes with Yuan Shao. Although the two tried hard to avoid direct conflicts, seeing Liu Bei's campaign for Yuan Shao getting bigger and bigger, Yuan Shu couldn't care less. too much.
The closest confidant around Yuan Shu is named Yang Hong.
Yang Hong suggested to Yuan Shu that the Luoyang scholars should first recommend Liu Bei. Liu Bei had a great reputation, strong ability, and excellent skills. Behind him were Lu Zhi, an ancient classical scholar and a practical official. He had little political influence but great political ability. powerful.
Therefore, we must find ways to win over Liu Bei and the forces behind him, so that we can overtake Yuan Shao in a corner.
Otherwise, watching Liu Bei build a reputation for Yuan Shao, more and more scholars outside the circle, especially scholars from the ancient literature school, continue to follow Liu Bei into Yuan Shao's sphere of influence, which is very detrimental to Yuan Shu.
Originally, Yuan Shu was not as attractive as Yuan Shao because he started late and had a bad reputation. If he could no longer find reliable talents to manage his reputation, he would completely become Yuan Shao's foil.
When the time comes, the new generation of the Yuan family will first choose the eldest son Yuan Ji, and the second one will be Yuan Shao instead of Yuan Shu. This doesn't sound good.
He is the legitimate son after all.
Yuan Shao was a bastard after all - even if he was adopted and had the title of legitimate son, he was still a bastard.
Yuan Shu thought that this was indeed the case. He really couldn't tolerate Yuan Shao, a bastard, stepping on his head, so he felt that it was indeed right to do so.
But Yuan Shu couldn't think of a good way to win over Liu Bei.
"Since Liu Bei has surrendered to my brother...concubine brother, what should I do to win him over and make him surrender to me? Although my concubine brother is not a legitimate son, it is not an easy thing to give Liu Bei. "
Yang Hong smiled slightly.
"Liu Bei came from a humble background. He came from a run-down clan in the border areas. He went through all kinds of hardships to come to Luoyang. What he wanted was to be famous all over the world, to be a high-ranking official and to be well-paid. If he knows what he wants and gives him what he wants, he will be the best. Take refuge under the command of the highway.”
Yuan Shu thought for a while and frowned slightly.
"Would my concubine not give him this?"
"My brother is living in seclusion and has never held an official position in the imperial court. When you take up an official position in the imperial court, you have quite a few official contacts, which is an advantage. And even if your brother makes a promise, you only need to give more, isn't that enough? "
"Then how do I know what my concubine brother gave him?"
"Isn't that simple? An invitation for him to come to my house for a banquet. Leave it to me during the banquet. I will definitely find out the reason for you."
Yang Hong felt confident.
Yuan Shu was overjoyed and patted Yang Hong on the shoulder: "With you by my side, I don't have to worry about anything."
Yang Hong was overjoyed, and then he personally wrote the invitation and asked someone to send it to Liu Bei, inviting Liu Bei to come to Yuan Shu's house for a banquet.
Yuan Shu and Yang Hong thought they could grasp Liu Bei's needs, but they did not expect that since Liu Bei had set his sights on Yuan Shao, he had no idea of changing his family.
This is not only a practical consideration, but also many plans for the future.
Once the unimagined road fails, Liu Bei must accept the reality, seamlessly switch his life goals to the route of hegemony among heroes, and start the hero mode in troubled times.
In the future, Yuan Shao would establish himself in Hebei, while Yuan Shu would establish himself in Runan and Huainan.
Therefore, Yuan Shao's interests are more in line with Liu Bei's.
Liu Bei is from Youzhou.
The real end of the Eastern Han Dynasty is not about playing games, it is about a golden horn and a silver-edged grass belly. Although Youzhou does belong to the corner of the Han Dynasty, the north of Youzhou is not an insurmountable fog of war. It is not backed by the fog and only needs to fight against the enemy from Hebei. state.
It is true that there are a large number of foreign ethnic groups.
Some of the Xianbei, Wuwan, and Southern Xiongnu lived outside the territory of the Han Dynasty, and some lived among the Han people in the border areas. None of them were easy to get along with.
Fierce, martial, and disobedient, everyone has been fighting together for many years. Every year, people die due to these frictions and fights. The situation may be big or small, and more or less people die. They can do it but never speak.
Because of these conditions, Youzhou's economic development and population growth are far inferior to those of the Central Plains prefectures and counties, and its war potential is also far inferior to that of Hebei and Central Plains.
Therefore, the theory of gold horn, silver edge, grass belly cannot be applied to the actual historical situation.
But despite this, because Liu Bei is from Youzhou, if troubled times are really unavoidable, starting a business in Youzhou is still his best choice.
In this era when the county is the country, people almost always treat people from other counties the same way they treat foreigners, let alone people from other states, who are almost completely untrustworthy.
Every outsider who wants to gain a foothold in the local area needs to compromise with the locals, marry, strengthen ties, and become a family, so that they can be accepted by the locals.
Just like Cao Cao, he started his career in Yuzhou in the Central Plains, which can be called the place of the Four Wars, but he still chose here because Qiao County, Yuzhou is his hometown and has the deepest family roots and personal network here. Good choice.
Yuan Shu also chose to raise his army in his hometown in Runan. There was the deepest family foundation of the Yuan family in Runan for him to use, allowing him to easily raise a powerful military force and become the overlord of the party.
The reason why Uncle Liu Huang in another time and space raised an army in Jingzhou was mainly because he was from a humble background and failed to gain a foothold in Youzhou. He wandered around for most of his life, unable to stand anywhere. Only after he was over fifty years old did he finally rely on Zhuge Liang's help in Jingzhou. Stand firm.
To put it bluntly, it wasn't that Uncle Liu Huang was unwilling to establish himself in Youzhou. Uncle Liu originally went to defect to Gongsun Zan and wanted to establish himself in Youzhou, but he and Gongsun Zan were both unlucky.
And this Liu Bei obviously will not follow the old path of Uncle Liu Huang.
If he couldn't take the path he wanted to take in these nine years, then Liu Bei had no choice but to choose the route of fighting for hegemony. After Liu Hong's death and the Luoyang chaos, he returned to Youzhou to organize troops and strengthened the Han clan clan. As a Youzhou native, he did not believe that he could not occupy a place in Youzhou.
And as a border area, there are few high-ranking noble families in Youzhou. Lu Zhi is considered the top player in Youzhou. There are not even many powerful people like the Gongsun family. Instead, there are small and medium-sized powerful people running around. He, Liu Bei, is also a member of Zhuo County. Powerful.
In this case, Liu Bei could integrate local resources in Youzhou at the minimum cost and establish a separatist regime with overall combat capabilities that operates with himself as the core.
And he followed Yuan Shao, just because he wanted to use Yuan Shao's power to develop in Youzhou in the early stage, and build a powerful army of his own by conquering the Xiongnu, Wuwan, and Xianbei.
Further on...
That depends on the course and development of history. Liu Bei himself doesn't know what will happen in the future.
Individual efforts are important, but the process of history is also very important.
Where to raise troops sometimes cannot be decided by an individual at a glance. Origin actually limits the choice of most people, or in other words, they have no choice at all.
With Liu Bei's background, no matter how you look at it, Yuan Shao is the most appropriate choice.
So he would never pay attention to Yuan Shu. He had nothing to say to the withered bones in the grave. Saying more to him would risk lowering his IQ.
He actually wanted to usurp the Han Dynasty and proclaim himself emperor before the world was peaceful!
Are you so anxious that you can't bear it?
What else is there to say?
