Three Kingdoms: From Yinlin to Great Wei Xiongzhu

Chapter 509 Is it the world of the clan, or the world of the gentry?

Many people read the Three Kingdoms, and they are often addicted to the novels, the generals in the interpretation, the tricks of war, and the ranking of martial arts!
But in fact, if you look at the essence through the phenomenon, the most inescapable of the Three Kingdoms is precisely the gentry!

What is a gentry?

It is the disputes between the princes, the princes fight for blood, and the fight is bloody.

But if you earn money, they will never lose money!
If you follow the original trajectory of history.

In 199, which is the fourth year of Jian'an, why did Lu Bu of Xuzhou die?
That's because the Xuzhou gentry Chen family wanted him to die.

In the same year, why did Gongsun Zan, the warlord of Youzhou, die?
That's because the gentry of Youzhou was rarely at home and wanted him to die!

In the same year, why did Huaisi warlord Yuan Shu die?
Because all the gentry in Huaisi want him to die!

The following year, why did Yangzhou warlord Sun Ce die?
Because many families headed by the Lu family, a noble family in Yangzhou, want him to die!
Besides Xuzhou Tao Qian, why did he die?
Because the Mi family of the Xuzhou clan had secretly communicated with Liu Bei a long time ago, wanting him to die!

And Li Jue, the warlord of Liangzhou, why did he die?
Because the Liangzhou gentry Duan's family wanted him to die!
From these vivid examples, it is not difficult to see that the battlefield of the Three Kingdoms is not so much the struggle of heroes, the swaying of blood and tears, the use of weapons, swords, spears and halberds, and stabbing people in the back. Secretly control and control!
And Cao Cao proposed that to talk about the gentry...

In fact, what Lu Yu first thought of was the "three mutual laws" and "abolishing history and establishing animal husbandry" implemented in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

The so-called abolition of history and establishment of animal husbandry means that after the Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down, Liu Yan proposed to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty to abolish the governor and establish the state animal husbandry, which also made the strength of the local warlords unprecedentedly expanded.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Eastern Han Dynasty, which was not overthrown by the Yellow Turban Uprising, was miserable by Liu Yan's "abolishing history and establishing animal husbandry".

The abolition of history and establishment of animal husbandry also required that the state animal husbandry must be an important official of the court, or a relative of the emperor.

As for the "Three Mutual Laws", it is a decree of the imperial court that local people cannot be the local chief executive.

County magistrates, prefects, and state shepherds are not allowed!

According to the requirements of the "Three Mutual Laws" and "Abolishing History and Establishing a Shepherd", if you want to be a state shepherd, you must either be an important minister or a relative of the emperor, and at the same time, you must not be a local.

It stands to reason...

The end of the Han Dynasty was in chaos, and no one should abide by such rules.

Can be…

At the end of the Han Dynasty, when people's hearts were floating and people could not spit out their bones, an extremely incredible scene happened.

Every prince and gentry still strictly abided by the rules set by the "three mutual laws" and "abolishing history and establishing animal husbandry", including Li Jue, Dong Zhuo, and Cao Cao when they controlled the capital.

Non-compliance means that you will not be given state pastoral care.

That's why Gongsun Zan was so good in Youzhou, but he just couldn't be the state shepherd.

Sun Ce is so good in Jiangdong, but he can't be a Yangzhou shepherd!
Similarly, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are both rich families in Yuzhou, but why?They did not choose to develop in Yuzhou, but one went to Yanzhou and the other to Jizhou!
These are all because of the "three mutual laws" and "abolishing history and establishing animal husbandry"!
Why?All the warlords, gentry, and even the common people have tacitly abided by the "three mutual laws" and "abolishing history and establishing animal husbandry".

It is precisely because these two decrees restricted all the overlords and gentry of this era!
Similarly, it is also because of these two decrees that the closer cooperation between the overlord and the gentry has been born!

This extends to the gentry.

What is the purpose of the gentry?
Be the boss of this state and county!

No matter how the court changes, as long as I am a pastor in this state, the position of the boss of this county will not change!

However, the "Three Mutual Laws" does not allow locals to be bosses, which is contradictory, so the gentry can only choose to cooperate with foreign state pastors and develop together.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, the state herdsmen were warlords and princes. Their purpose was to expand the territory, which did not conflict with the purpose of the gentry being always the strongest in the state.

Thus, there was cooperation between princes and gentry.

From the perspective of the gentry, they require the princes to continue to expand their power outwards with their own states and counties as the core.

The gentry will also demand that the state and county where they are located is the capital of the vassal forces, and the gentry they are in will always be the strongest family among the vassal forces!

Take Yingchuan for example, the Xun family headed by Xun Yu, the Chen family headed by Chen Qun, the Zhong family headed by Zhong Yao, and even the second-level Guo family represented by Guo Jia.

You, Cao Cao, want to expand your territory... We Yingchuan talents support you!

But the main premise is that our Xun, Zhong, Chen, and Guo families must be the leading families in Yuzhou, and must be the core advisers under your Cao Cao's command, and... your capital city set by Cao Cao must also be near Yingchuan in Yuzhou.

Look at it this way...

It is no longer a coincidence that Xu County became the imperial capital, but a major premise for the cooperation between Yingchuan talents and Cao Cao!
Similarly, among the four major families in Yingchuan, why didn't the Han family join Cao Cao?
This is because Han Fu, the boss of the Han family, did not follow the rules and took his family to Jizhou.

And the result, in the end, was disheartened.

This is easy to understand, your Han family is the boss in Yingchuan, but now you want to be the boss of Jizhou, how can the clan of Jizhou obey you?

Therefore, a group of gentry united, cooperated with Yuan Shao, and made Han Fu sacrifice Jizhou with a little trick.

Starting from this point, Yuan Shao jumped from a mere prefect of Bohai County to a Jizhou shepherd, and the help of the Jizhou gentry was also indispensable.

These…

You have to talk about it carefully, even if you talk about it for a day and a night, you may not be able to explain why.

Therefore, what Lu Yu led these sons to explore was the simplest question.

Now this chaotic world is falling apart...

If there is a main line in this era?what would that be
"Prime Minister, haven't you found out? Not only our Cao Ying, but also Yuan Ying has many Yingchuan people."

Lu Yu cleared his throat and said loudly.

This…

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, as if he realized what Lu Yu was going to say.

Lu Yu's voice came out one after another. "Yuan Shao's subordinate Xun Chen is from Yingchuan, Guo Tu is from Yingchuan, Chunyuqiong is from Yingchuan, Xin Ping is from Yingchuan, and Xinpi is also from Yingchuan."

Speaking of this, Lu Yu turned around and stood with his hands behind his back, and began to explain in detail.

"Actually, we can understand the so-called Battle of Guandu that determines the ownership of the world!"

"The Yuan family in Yuzhou was originally the head of the gentry in the world. Yuan Shao wanted to start a family. The Yuzhou gentry headed by the Yingchuan people supported Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao even set up a branch... Ah no, it's a branch!"

"Since it is a branch, it is natural to look for people from Yuzhou, so Yuan Shao found Prime Minister Cao of Peiguo in Yuzhou. After that, people from Yingchuan were scattered between the headquarters and the branch. Xun Chen was at the headquarters with Yuan Shao, Xun Chen's brother. Xun Yu, that is, Xun Lingjun was with Prime Minister Cao at the branch, Guo Tu was with Yuan Shao at the headquarters, Guo Jia of Guo Tu’s family was with Prime Minister Cao at the branch, the Han family, Xin family, and Chunyu family were at the headquarters with Yuan Shao, the Zhong family, and the Chen family. The family was in the branch with Prime Minister Cao! Later, the headquarters and the branch broke up, so there was the battle of Guandu!"

Speaking of this, Lu Yu paused.

He suddenly turned around, and said with a smile, "Now are you going to taste again? From the breakup between Cao and Yuan to the decisive battle, and then to the battle of Guandu, is there an invisible hand pushing and leading the development of the situation, and The Xun family in Yingchuan is just one of hundreds of thousands of gentry clans in the Han Empire, every state and county will have gentry clans, and every battle will be secretly promoted by the invisible hand of gentry clans!"

Speaking of this, the corner of Lu Yu's mouth opened, "Now, you taste it, you go and taste it carefully, how about the energy of the gentry?"

Huo…

Hearing this, not only the young masters were stunned, but even Cao Cao was stunned.

He also knew that the relationship between these gentry clans was deeply intertwined, but he didn't expect that...they were actually an invisible hand, invisibly promoting the changes in the entire situation, and even leading the changes in the entire situation.

"Oh... I see." Cao Chong was the first to speak. "As Chief Lu said, the fundamental reason why Yuan Shao lost the battle of Guandu was the discord between his Yingchuan gentry and Jizhou gentry!"

Cao Chong opened his head, and Cao Ang suddenly understood.

Immediately said... "That's right, Jushou and Jupei under Yuan Shao's command are all from Jizhou Weijun, Tian Feng is from Jizhou Julu, Zhang Yun is from Jizhou Hejian..."

Speaking of this, for a moment, Cao Cao seemed to understand the deep meaning of the Battle of Guandu.

He nodded his forehead lightly, and said: "No wonder that during the Battle of Guandu, Guo Tu of the Yingchuan faction wanted to divide the military power granted by the Juzhou faction of the Jizhou faction. Originally, the military power was divided into three. The share is still in the hands of Chunyu Qiong of the Yingchuan School."

"At the time of Wuchao, Yuan Shao refused to let Zhang Yun from the Jizhou faction go to rescue Chunyu Qiong from the Yingchuan faction. Presumably, Brother Benchu ​​also realized that the two factions were different and had conflicts with each other, so he took the all-or-nothing attack on our camp. Fanglue!"

call…

Speaking of this, Cao Cao exhaled.

He actually thought of more. During the Battle of Guandu, Tian Feng of the Jizhou faction was imprisoned, and Zhang Yun of the Jizhou faction surrendered.

Ha ha…

Cao Cao sneered. It turned out that the battle of Guandu was not a fight between Yuan Shao's Yingchuan gentry and Cao Cao's Yingchuan gentry, but Yuan Shao's Yingchuan gentry and Jizhou gentry fighting again!
Now, Guo Tu led the Yingchuan gentry to support Yuan's eldest son Yuan Tan, and Shenpei led the Jizhou gentry to support Yuan Shao's youngest son Yuan Shang. They are bound to fight again!
This has nothing to do with fighting between brothers, but a life-and-death battle between the gentry, either one or the other!
This civil war of the Yuan clan in the northern border will also be endless and endless!

"Then... the Yingchuan faction under my father? It seems that you are not fighting with any faction?" Cao Chong asked at the right time.

"Brother Chong..." Cao Pi reminded...

It seems to want to remind him that he shouldn't say such sobering words.

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed all of a sudden.

This time, Yu'er has highlighted the energy of the Yingchuan faction.

But Cao Cao's subordinates, the reason why the Yingchuan faction didn't fight with any faction, Cao Cao knew it well, and... this was a problem in his heart!
From the beginning to the end, most of Cao Cao's reuses were Qiaopei Wuren, who belonged to the Cao family's faction, just to check and balance the Yingchuan faction.

In fact, Cao Cao didn't dare to recruit the gentry, because the children of the gentry recruited would become members of the Yingchuan faction.

It can be said that the descendants of the gentry in the Han Dynasty already recognized the famous scholars in Yingchuan. They could not agree with the Cao family, not to mention... Cao Cao also bears the title of "eunuch raising grandson".

Lu Yu knew this period of history too well.

You can see the essence through the phenomenon!
This is also the real reason why Cao Cao proposed "Only talents".

To put it bluntly, it’s shit, I, Cao Cao, have a showdown, I recruit people, not nobles, and people with background, I just recruit pure dicks!

For example, five good generals...

Le Jin and Yu Jin are undisputed dicks!
Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Zhang He, generals with little status, are not dicks, but better than dicks!
Cao Cao didn't dare to reuse the real big families, like Li Dian's family!
It was only later that Li Dian sent more than 1 clansmen to Yecheng as hostages, and Cao Cao was relieved of him, and he was sure that he did not belong to the Yingchuan faction, so he entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.

The same is true of Cheng Yu in history. He is from Yanzhou, not from Yingchuan.

Cheng Yu is so wise!

He could see at a glance that Cao Ying's Yingchuan faction was unshakable, and simply giving up the official title of "Yanzhou Mu" was tantamount to giving up military power.

To put it bluntly, I was the one who expressed my opinion, I, Cheng Yu, lay flat, and begged the bosses of the Yingchuan faction to let me go.

Later, after Xun Yu's death, Sima Yi and Chen Qun replaced the older generation of Yingchuan talents and became the head of the new Yuzhou gentry, continuing to fight against the Cao family.

Why Sima Yi!
That's because the Sima family also served as the prefect of Yingchuan, and they have a bonded relationship with the Yingchuan gentry...

Until, the change of Gaoping Mausoleum!

In the middle, Sima Yi fought against Xiahou Dun and Xiahouyuan successively;
Fighting through the generation of Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu;
In the end, he defeated Cao Shuang's generation again!
The Cao family clan was completely finished, and the Yuzhou gentry headed by Yingchuan Caijun took power in a true sense, including Zhong Hui and Chen Tai in the later period, all of whom were from Yingchuan.

After that, it was a joy to hear and see, and the Sima family created a clan dynasty.

Now Pinpin again, the three returned to Jin, who returned?
It is the continuation of Temiao's Yuzhou gentry headed by the Yingchuan faction!
and so…

What is the real main line of the Three Kingdoms?
It was never a battle between Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan, but an old prefect of Yingchuan, four county magistrates, and five families formed the Yingchuan gentry with their interests bound together!
Then, they invested in Yuan Shao, the head of the gentry clan. Yuan Shao established a branch company, and they dispersed their investments. In the end, the branch company won, and the clans of the branch company fought against the clan boss of the branch company. Succeeded, took power, and created a clan dynasty.

This is the main line in the true sense of the Three Kingdoms.

Huh, thinking of this, Lu Yu breathed out lightly.

Of course, he won't talk about these things all at once, at least the timing is too sensitive now, the north is not in peace, the south is still undecided, and it's not his turn to limit the rights of the gentry.

But...Since Lao Cao mentioned it like this, Lu Yu simply reminded him...

How much you can realize depends on the understanding of Lao Cao and the young masters.

but…

As if, Lu Yu saw something in Cao Cao's eyes, it was a cold light, as if, after Lu Yu reminded him, he had realized something.

silence!

There was a long silence, and the atmosphere here was a bit weird, even weird.

Everyone is tasting Lu Yu's words, carefully!

At this moment, even Cao Zhang, who was the most innocent, realized the gentry... especially the Yuzhou gentry headed by Yingchuan Caijun, how powerful their energy was.

"Let's go away..."

Cao Cao didn't discuss this matter too much. As Lu Yu thought, it's too early to discuss this matter.

This will cause tension in Cao Ying's internal relations.

And...his goal has actually been achieved, let his eldest son sound the alarm for these younger brothers.

But don't really rule the world, the Cao family's foundation was plucked by a certain gentry to win the fruits of victory.

In this regard, the Cao clan should stand on the same front.

"Yes, Father!"

After a group of young masters bid farewell to Cao Cao, they did not forget to bow to Lu Yu.

This time, even Cao Zhang bid farewell, not for anything else but because Lu Yu's words touched him.

Lu Yu also bid farewell to Cao Cao...

Cao Cao patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "Go back, go to bed early, I'm going to marry two of you tomorrow, I'm sure you'll be exhausted!"

Speaking of here…

Cao Cao seemed to suddenly think of something again.

"By the way, tonight, I have sent the Huben army to shut down all the brothels and red halls in Xudu City. Ziyu, go home and sleep honestly. Don't wander around anymore. It's not easy to get caught at this time." Mess."

Uh…

Lu Yu was taken aback.

Come on, his idea of ​​the bachelor night party is completely "cool", he feels... Lao Cao's eyes and ears are really good, or... there are bad guys in the Baimahou's mansion!

He is being watched by Lao Cao all the time!
Of course, what Lu Yu didn't know was that Cao Cao would naturally send people from the Huben Army to watch Lu Yu, but the purpose was not to spy on his whereabouts, but to protect this prince!

Today's Lu Yu, he is not only responsible for the mission of Cao Ying's "eldest son", but also the heavy responsibility of governing the world after Cao Cao dominates the world!

This burden is not light, and no one can replace this burden!
call…

Instead, Lu Yu exhaled again.

Come on, I won't play with you anymore, I'm going home to sleep and marry a wife... Bye bye!

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Ps:

(This chapter is mostly about the gentry. Some readers may think that it is water, but the gentry is the most important line in the later part of this book. Even if it is water, the master reader must figure it out. I have been quarantined for a while, I try to code more every day!)

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