Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 662
Facing Yuan Shao's confession, Liu Xi was unable to say anything. After consoling him for a long time, he sent Yuan Shao away from the palace. Looking at Yuan Shao, who was slumped and aged, Liu Xi felt really uncomfortable. From the time of Emperor Xiaokang, Yuan Shao The family is probably the most feared and most targeted big family. Because of the records in the heavenly scriptures, the fear of the Yuan family far exceeds that of other people.

Because in the records of the Heavenly Book, the Yuan family is so powerful, and Yuan Shao was the first one who dared to confront Dong Zhuo. In the temple, Dong Zhuo strongly demanded the abolition of the Son of Heaven, and all the officials dared not speak. Only Yuan Shao, angry Standing up and scolding Dong Zhuo angrily, Dong Zhuo was furious and asked, "Do you think my sword is not sharp enough?" At that time, Yuan Shao replied, "Do you think only your sword is sharp?"

In the battle against Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were so powerful that no one could match them. Even Cao Cao was only Yuan Shao's follower at that time, while Sun Jian and others were Yuan Shu's followers. The only one who could contend against them was Gongsun Zan. If the two brothers were in harmony, there would be no one else who would have nothing to do with them.

People like Cao Cao and Liu Bei are powerful because of their personal talents. If they are used well, they will become capable ministers of the great man, just like today. However, Yuan Shao's strength is not only because of his talents, but also because of his talents. In his family, his disciples and old officials are all over the world, and Dong Zhuo is also one of the old officials of the Yuan family. Therefore, the emperors tried their best to target the power of the Yuan family, but the process of targeting was not easy.

After all, the Yuan family has been loyal and diligent for generations, and has made great contributions to the great man. Several generations have been busy with state affairs. If they are directly eradicated for innocent crimes, how will the people of the world view the royal family?
However, Liu Xi's fear of them is not as strong as Emperor Xiaokang and Emperor Xiaoxian, because his master, his master, is one of the biggest traitors in the book of heaven, he dares to set fire to the north and south Gong, he dared to proclaim himself emperor directly, regardless of what the world thinks of him. He is such a strong, rebellious, unconventional, arrogant guy who looks down on anyone. Under He Zi's teaching, he became an eternal soul. The stars twinkle in the big man's night.

He has fought countless battles and made great achievements in battle. In terms of political achievements and contributions to Confucianism, few people can match him.

At this time, Liu Xi had a clear understanding. No one is born a traitor, and no one wants to seek to usurp the throne after birth. The success depends on others. That is to say, under such a premise, Emperor Xiaoxian did not To abolish Yuan Shao's third position, he has always been reused. In terms of talent, he may be slightly inferior to people like Cao Cao and Liu Bei, but in terms of success, he can often accomplish some almost impossible things with the help of the clan.

Liu Xi was also afraid of the Yuan family, but at the same time, he had some concerns about the Yuan family. Yuan Shu was probably the person who had the greatest influence on him in the whole world.

Now, the grain draft that made him extremely angry is gradually taking shape, and he has naturally found a reason to deal with the Yuan family. If he wants to bring down the Yuan family, this is the best time. Yuan Tan steals grain from Dali To put it bluntly, this is to stir up the relationship between the army, the locality and the temple, which is undoubtedly treasonous. This evidence alone can make the entire Yuan family sit together, but Liu Xi is a little hesitant in his heart.

If it was another clan, maybe there would be no hesitation at all.

Thinking about it, Liu Xi decided to rush to Tingwei's prison in person.

When the emperor arrived at Tingwei's prison, Man Chong was taken aback, and hurriedly came to see him. At the same time, Yuan Shang also came after hearing the news. However, they were ignorant of the affairs in the Hall of Houde, and Liu Xi looked solemn. , Looking at the two ministers who came to see him, he didn't say much, and let Man Chong open the door of the prison, walked in, and a group of people followed behind the emperor, making guesses about the purpose of the emperor's sudden arrival .

After entering the prison, the emperor stopped at the door of Yuan Tan's cell.

Yuan Tan sat on his knees in the prison room, sitting upright, without any panic or anxiety. He opened his eyes and saw the emperor outside the door. He slowly bowed to see him. The emperor and Yuan Tan knew each other. Yuan Tan used to come here often Visiting Yuan Shu, at that time, Liu Xi had a good relationship with him, Liu Xi looked at him, looked him up and down, finally, he asked, "Why did you do this?"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Could it be that Yuan Tan was responsible for the theft of grain and grass?
Man Chong didn't know where the emperor got the information. When he looked at Yuan Shang, he found that Yuan Shang was equally shocked. He looked at his brother in the cell in disbelief, his eyes dull.

Yuan Tan laughed when he heard this, and asked, "Your Majesty knows?"

"Sikong came here today and reported on you."

Yuan Tan nodded calmly. He seemed to have been prepared for a long time. Seeing that he was silent, Liu Xi asked again: "Why did you do this? You didn't take the food for yourself, but let it go. In the treasury?"

"Your Majesty. From Yuan Liang, the ancestor of my Yuan family, my Yuan family has been dedicated to the public. My ancestor Yuan Liang was born as a commoner, but he held the Ming scriptures as an official, and eventually served as the prefect of Guangling to rule Guangling. Integrity, able to know people, respected and loved by officials and people, strict government title, fair prison sentence, awe-inspiring capital, and high reputation in the court. When Dou's relatives were domineering, only my ancestor Yuan An, who was not afraid of the powerful, kept upright, and did it many times. The letter. The world admires"

"Patriarch Yuan Jing, who was intelligent in his early years, studied Meng's Book of Changes and wrote "Difficult Calculation", with 16 characters, which was greatly admired by Confucian scholars."

"Zu Yuanwei, who acted resolutely, with high integrity, thought of Sikong."

"Zu Yuantang, rescued the victims of disasters, cherished Li Shu, and thought of Situ."

"As for my grandfather, Yuan Feng, my uncle Yuan Shu, and my father Yuan Shao."

"My Yuan family has been loyal for generations!! Why should I be bullied like this??"

"I didn't steal the food and grass. My father used my Yuan family's property in exchange for it. I took my own things. How could it be stealing? The officials in the temple are offering their own advice. My Yuan family is almost bankrupt. Only then did you succeed in your plans, but no one has ever paid attention to it. From your point of view, my Yuan family is powerful and has a lot of money. Why not use some of it to do things? But those are also my family’s hard work from generation to generation. Got it!!"

"I, the fifth generation and the third father of my Yuan family, have been loyal and good from generation to generation. What is my fault? I want to destroy the family to become the king's business?!" Yuan Tan roared angrily. Liu Xi looked at the irritable him, without words, but said Man Chong on the side had already grasped the saber at his waist. Yuan Shang was stunned for a long time, looked at him, and said, "Brother?? Just for this?? What is money? We can too, why bother?"

"Shut up!!" Yuan Tan looked at him, and said angrily, "How are you better than me?? You just look like my father, so you took a good job and followed His Majesty, and now because of your family status , as the so-called embroidered clothes messenger, what qualifications do you have to teach me!!"

Yuan Shang looked at him, but said nothing.

Liu Xi turned and left, left here, and walked to the outer courtyard, Liu Xi sighed, but Man Chong asked: "Your Majesty, can I execute the sentence?" Yuan Shang, who was at the side, was a little panicked, and quickly said: "Your Majesty He just..." Liu Xi stretched out his hand, so that neither of them had a chance to continue speaking. Liu Xi thought for a long time before he said: "No problem, no problem, remove Yuan Tan from the official position, demote him to a commoner, and depose him Tell the world what you did. As for other people, forget it.”

"For Sikong's face. For Xianfu's face, let it go."

When Man Chong heard this, he immediately frowned. He said, "Your Majesty, you can't let it go so easily. Otherwise, in the future, people in the world will follow suit. How should you do it? Your Majesty, you should be severely punished!!", Hearing Man Chong Liu Xi turned around at Chong's words, looked at him, and said, "Just do as I said." Man Chong was dissatisfied, but looking at the emperor in front of him, he couldn't refute it, so he could only Turning his head away, expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Xianfu, you too, don't think about it anymore, just go and see Sikong."

When Yuan Shang returned home and approached the study, he heard laughter coming from the study. Is this Father's laughter? ? ?

He didn't understand why Father could still laugh at such a time! !

Walking into the study, Yuan Shao was hugging a child, chatting with him, the child saw him, the child was very cute, with a pair of thick eyebrows and bright eyes, he called out: "Cousin!!!" , Yuan Shang nodded towards him, Yuan Shao just glanced at him, continued to look at the child in his arms, and asked, "Yaoer, what do you want to do in the future?"

"I want to be a general!!"

"Oh?"

"Why?"

"Because my father is a general. He is very good at fighting. It is said that everyone is afraid when they see him!!"

"Who told you this?"

"It's Uncle Hua!"

Yuan Shao teased the child in his arms, raised his head, looked at Yuan Shang, and said, "You sit too." Yuan Shang sat beside him, Yuan Shao pointed at him, and said, "Yaoer, look, I'm old too. Yes, your Uncle Hua is old too, but your cousin is still young, in the future, if you are bullied, go to your cousin, he will arrest the bad guys!!" Hearing Yuan Shao's words, the child was amazed He raised his head and looked at Yuan Shang.

"Really?"

Yuan Shang nodded, looked at Yuan Shao again, and said, "Father, elder brother."

"Needless to say"

"Your Majesty did not convict, but dismissed the official position and demoted him to a common man"

"Yaoer, you play in the front yard for a while, I'll come back to you later." Yuan Shao asked little Yuan Yao to leave, then looked at Yuan Shang, and said, "You don't need to worry about these things, I will deal with them myself." To deal with it. Also, Shang'er, my Yuan family is a big family, generations of loyalty, generations of loyalty must not be broken by you and me. You must always remember your elder brother's lesson, the juniors in the clan, you You must also teach well.”

Just as Yuan Shang was about to speak, Yuan Shao stood up slowly, "I'm going to see your brother... I'll contact you in the evening and study hard."

Yuan Shao lifted a jug of wine from under the desk, and left the study tremblingly.

When he arrived at Tingwei's prison, Man Chong was annoyed by Liu Xi's order, so he simply avoided seeing him. Yuan Shao waited in front of the door for a long time before Man Chong let him go, but he left in a huff, even They didn't even speak to Yuan Shao.

After entering the prison cell, Gao Gan and Yuan Mai have been sent away, only Yuan Tan is alone.

Seeing Father, Yuan Tan's complexion was very complicated. He wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it.

Yuan Shao asked everyone to leave, walked into the prison cell, put the drinks on the ground, father and son sat facing each other.

"Father, me."

Yuan Shao didn't say much, took a sip of wine, shook his head, and said, "No need to say more, let's have a drink with Father."

Yuan Tan also took a sip, the taste of the wine was very bitter, bitterer than any other wine he had ever had.

Both father and son couldn't help showing disgust, they were very similar.

"Tan'er, this time, you made a huge mistake. I heard that today, in front of His Majesty, you told the merits of the ancestors of the Yuan family. Then let me ask you, have you done anything to benefit the country and the people? What about the big event? Have you ever been worthy of being their descendant?"

"Father, I have no chance."

"My ancestors were able to establish such a prominent clan as commoners. How can you say there is no chance?"

"I"

"Tan'er, what is the use of money? You can't take it away even after you die. Why not keep him and put him on state affairs so that my Yuan family can continue to prosper?"

Yuan Tan was already speechless.

The two ate and chatted for a long time.

"Father, my boy knew it was wrong. My boy had some wine at the time, and when he saw that father sold his property, he was so angry that he lost his head. It's really unreasonable..." Yuan Tan was talking, and suddenly choked up. Abdomen, the severe pain from the abdomen made him feel extremely uncomfortable. He was trembling all over, and bleeding came from the corner of his mouth. He said in horror: "Father!! I feel uncomfortable, I can't breathe, I'm afraid!!"

Yuan Shao slowly walked to his side and hugged him tightly.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I am here, I am here"

Yuan Tan was crying softly, and soon, he stopped moving, the corners of his mouth continuously overflowed with blood, and beside him, Yuan Shao hugged him tightly, and similarly, the corners of his mouth also kept bleeding , For a while, the whole cell was silent, except for the jug of wine on the ground, which was still emitting a bitter and unpleasant smell.

(End of this chapter)