This action was concluded after Yuan Shao declared it, but the situation was far from that simple.
Many things are like this, it is easy to start but difficult to end.
Conflicts arose between the Jizhou locals represented by Tian Feng and Shenpei and the outsiders represented by Feng Ji and Xin Wei. There was a considerable degree of friction and discord between the two sides.
In daily meetings to explore this and other matters, the atmosphere between the two parties was quite tense and the attitudes were quite bad. Tian Feng even pointed at Feng Ji's nose and called him a "traitor" and asked Yuan Shao to punish him, which made Feng Ji furious. , Yuan Shao’s face didn’t look good either.
In many subsequent matters, the two sides were tit for tat.
Feng Ji suggested recruiting troops in Qinghe State, and Tian Feng suggested recruiting troops in Zhao County.
Feng Ji suggested imprisoning the clan kings of various countries, and Tian Feng suggested treating the clan kings of various countries well.
Feng Ji suggested sending people to various places to stir up conflicts between local forces and eunuchs. Tian Feng suggested refining internal affairs, restoring Jizhou's decline, and focusing his main efforts on rectifying Jizhou.
Highlight the right person and wrong thing.
The antagonism between the two sides became increasingly serious, which gave Yuan Shao, who had experienced the peak of the ancient and modern literary disputes led by Liu Bei, an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.
Not only that, this wave of actual vendettas and mutual annexations almost turned Jizhou into a dark forest, so small and medium-sized families or rural areas in many places carried out armed operations to guard against possible dangers.
And because this situation actually did not stop immediately after Yuan Shao's order was issued, the attacks and killings continued where Yuan Shao could not see, so some people who had no ability to protect themselves were forced to flee out of extreme fear. Hometown, fleeing to safe places in all directions.
However, some powerful people were forced to arm themselves and were full of distrust of the government's orders. The government's administrative costs suddenly increased indefinitely, which caused a great obstacle to Yuan Shao's subsequent work of recruiting troops and paying grain.
This point did not improve much even after Yuan Shao's army entered the scene and punished some families who disobeyed orders.
It can only be said that the gift of fate has already been marked with a price, but Yuan Benchu, who was born into a noble family, never paid attention to this price. In other words, he felt that his ancestors had already paid for all the needs for him when he followed Emperor Guangwu into the customs. For the price paid.
How arrogant.
The relatively stable atmosphere formed in Jizhou after it was governed by two chief officials, Lu Zhi and Han Fu, was broken under Yuan Shao's rule. On this basis, Yuan Shao's prestige and power in Jizhou were still achieved through this series of actions. established.
The families who had benefited and the families who hoped to gain more benefits united around Yuan Shao because of this incident, and had no choice but to unite around Yuan Shao.
They provided Yuan Shao with the soldiers, horses, food and grass he needed, helped Yuan Shao build an army, and Yuan Shao's character as an anti-eunuch vanguard was also successfully established.
Therefore, in late June of the sixth year of Zhongping, at the suggestion of his subordinates, Yuan Shao claimed to be the General of Chariots and Cavalry from Fengtian and took charge of Jizhou as herdsman.
He publicly refused to recognize the Luoyang court and acted as a rival to the Luoyang court. He also issued a proclamation to all states in the world for the second time, calling on everyone to work together to liquidate all the eunuchs' power.
Eunuchs have been causing trouble to the world for a long time. Let us all liquidate the power of eunuchs and let eunuchs go to hell!
Right here, right here, we shall bring the history of eunuchs to an end!
Then, launch a general attack on Luoyang and completely wipe out the evil forces of Liu Bei and the eunuchs!
Yuan Shao kicked off the special operation of "Anti-Eunuchs, Anti-Liu Bei" with great vigor. He sent envoys to various states and counties in the Central Plains, calling on them to learn from Jizhou's advanced experience, purge eunuchs, attack eunuchs, and even personally spread rumors about eunuchs. Add fuel to the flames.
I am afraid that all the states and counties in the world will not keep up with him and will not become his "accomplices".
Compared with Yuan Shao's vigorous performance, Yuan Shu's performance was not even a bit impressive.
A few days after he fled and returned to his hometown in Runan, he learned about the deaths of Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji, and learned that the Yuan family's arrangements in Luoyang were taken over by Liu Bei, and all the physical arrangements were overturned. He was confused at the time, and then Just ecstasy.
He didn't feel the slightest bit sad, he didn't feel that emotion. After learning about the death of Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji, he was ecstatic.
Because he knew that what he could only dream of had come true.
He is the eldest son!
To be honest, if Liu Bei hadn't killed his whole family, his wife and children, Yuan Shu would have even wanted to hold Liu Bei's head, kiss him hard on the forehead, and thank him profusely, giving Liu Bei ten and a half days. I couldn't eat for a month.
Really, he loves Liu Bei to death.
Great, so wonderful, how could such a wonderful thing happen?
It doesn't matter if his wife and children are gone. As long as Yuan Jiujiu is still there and the Yuan family's foundation is still there, he can have countless wives and children, as many as he wants.
But the death of Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji is really great!
Yuan Shu hid in the room alone and laughed wildly, laughing so hard that he almost couldn't breathe. Then he pretended to be crying and attended the family gathering. At the party, he acted like a serious person as the second son of the chief lord. He became the head talker of the Yuan family.
Mainly at that time, the Yuan family was also in a state of fear without a leader due to Liu Bei's attack. Yuan Shunuo brought back more than 500 trained former tiger soldiers, which was considered a sizable military force. Apart from him, the clan members also There is no better choice.
Then with the support of his tribe, Yuan Shu decided to raise his troops to resist the imperial court. The reason was that the imperial court would definitely kill them all. If they didn't resist now, they would be waiting for death.
The Yuan clan had no choice but to cooperate with Yuan Shu, use their family power to recruit troops for Yuan Shu, and then each use their own personal connections to lobby the major families to cooperate, starting within Runan County and gradually moving outward.
Everyone with money contributed money and people to help Yuan Shu build an army.
The profound family heritage of the Yuan family was basically obtained by Yuan Shu, and he used it to recruit troops. In a short period of time, he expanded the army to more than 5,000 based on more than 500 remnants of the original Tiger and Ben army, and the number of troops is still increasing. Increase.
In May and June, the Yuan family was lobbying the powerful local families on a large scale in the hinterland of Yuzhou and even in some areas of Nanyang to recruit troops. It received the support of many Yuan family disciples, former officials and families, and also received some Support from family members close to them.
Everyone was the same. Under Yuan Shu's propaganda, they were very worried that Liu Bei would kill them all and unite the three clans. Therefore, even though they were afraid of Liu Bei's prestige and military power, they had no choice but to resist and stand with the Yuan family to seek military protection.
So by mid-to-late June, the army under Yuan Shu's control had exceeded 20,000 people, and the scale began to gradually increase. Yuan Shu also sent his general Sun Jian to Jiangdong and Jingzhou to recruit soldiers, recruiting brave and capable soldiers into the army to enrich the combat effectiveness. .
It was at this time that the news that Yuan Shao claimed to be "Fengtian's General of Chariots and Cavalry, Jizhou Shepherd" reached the Runan family. Only then did the people of the Runan family know that Yuan Shao, an abandoned son, had actually made such a big splash in Jizhou.
Relying only on his own manpower and family reputation, he actually made a fortune in Jizhou with nothing, raised a team of men, and became the king and hegemon in Hebei, confronting Liu Bei.
Not only that, he also launched a massive public opinion offensive, which made the world bustle and made many people feel itchy.
It was also at this time that the Yuan family realized that the best opportunity to fight against Liu Bei was not to avenge the Yuan family.
But anti-eunuch.
In comparison, the movement on Yuan Shu's side is simply several orders of magnitude worse, and it's great that Yuan Shao, the anti-eunuch, has a strategic plan to avenge the Yuan family!
So many tribesmen immediately suggested that Yuan Shu should also promote it in this way, widely calling on the powerful nobles in the hinterland of the Central Plains to resist the eunuchs and resist Liu Bei, bind Liu Bei and the eunuchs together, and stigmatize Liu Bei. In this way, he might be able to gain political advantages. .
However, unlike the rest of the Yuan family, Yuan Shu hated Yuan Shaona with all his heart.
"How dare you, a mere bastard, show off your power in front of me? How dare you call yourself a chariot general, Jizhou Mu? Who is he? What qualifications does he have? People in the world don't follow me, but they want to follow him? Isn't it possible that everyone in the world is blind? ?!”
(End of chapter)
