Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 188 The Difference Between Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan
As a hero who conquered Hebei single-handedly, Yuan Shao has reached the peak of both his personality and his personal ability... This was a good thing for Yuan Shao when he was alive, but after Yuan Shao's death, this became a huge problem. .

After all, there is no second person in Hebei who can stand up and completely replace Yuan Shao's position.

Yuan Tan can't.

Yuan Shang can't do it.

Yuan Xi, also can't do it.

No way, no way, Yuan Shao died of illness, there must be an heir.

Guo Tu, who now holds part of the military power under Yuan Shao's command, immediately expressed his attitude after clearing up his mood——

"You should immediately invite Mr. Yuan Tan to inherit the lord's foundation!"

Xin Ping, who had always worn a pair of trousers with Guo Tu, nodded in agreement with Guo Tu's words, and then turned to look at Feng Ji.

Feng Ji frowned and thought for a while before asking a question: "What do you think the general situation in Hebei should be like in the future?"

The few people present were all good people, and they quickly understood what Feng Ji meant, and fell into deep thought.

Yuan Shao is dead, so should the strategic policy of Yuan Shao Group be revised?

Whether to continue to follow Yuan Shao's wishes and fight with the family to the end, or choose to make peace with the Hebei family, both sides will take a step back.

These two choices are largely the choice of heirs.

After Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan, was appointed by Yuan Shao as the governor of Qingzhou to guard one side, he tidied up the family in Qingzhou. This shows that Yuan Tan is a firm supporter of Yuan Shao's policy of "suppressing the family".

On the other hand, Yuan Shang is completely different.

Yuan Shang was not like Yuan Tan who was released by Yuan Shao at a young age and asked him to go to the battlefield to practice.But this does not mean that Yuan Shang is an idiot.

Yuan Shang is good at dancing with long sleeves, and his reputation is more than enough.Even when Yuan Shao suppressed the Hebei family, he was still able to maintain a good relationship with many Hebei families.

If Yuan Shang is in power, it can be said that Yuan Shao's hard work of suppressing the family for several years will be erased, but on the other hand, this can stabilize Yuan Shao's group in the shortest possible time, preventing outsiders from coveting the opportunity.

These are two choices with their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is also a question that these people must think about at present.

"That's needless to say? Naturally, it is to continue the lord's strategy and suppress all Xiaoxiao!"

Guo Tu managed to climb to this position, how could he allow the "backward drive" to allow the Hebei family to continue to gain power?
The power cake is only so small, if the cake is given back to the Hebei family, then my own must be smaller.Guo Tu still understands this truth!

Everyone was silent for a while, and some people looked at the judge frequently.

As the core strategist of Yuan Shao's shogunate, Jianpei holds a large amount of power that others can see and can't see. If Jianpei doesn't nod, unless Guo Tu raises his troops to rebel, no one can make decisions privately.

"Everyone..."

The judge who had been silent all this time spoke softly, and the noisy hall immediately became extremely quiet.

"I have served the lord for ten years, and I almost watched the lord lay down this foundation in Hebei bit by bit."

"If the future is unknown and the traitors have not been eliminated, this foundation must not be broken! Otherwise, when I meet the lord under the Nine Springs in the future, what face should I have to face him?"

Hearing the trial and fitting mentioned this, everyone suddenly had a guess and understood the final choice of the trial and fitting.

"We should make Mr. Yuan Shang the master and inherit the lord's foundation! This is the way... the position is secure!"

Just as the judge said, letting Yuan Shang inherit Yuan Shao's foundation is the safest way.

Yuan Shang can completely act as a lubricant between Yuan Shao Group and the Hebei family, so as to ease the relationship between the two parties.

If Yuan Tan takes over... who can guarantee that Yuan Tan has the ability of Yuan Shao?The Hebei family who can fight screams?

Even if Yuan Tan really has such abilities, who can guarantee that Yuan Tan can solve the internal conflicts in Hebei in the shortest possible time?
Don't forget, there is another Cao Cao watching over the Central Plains!Once the internal problem drags on for too long, it will undoubtedly damage his own skills and let Cao Cao take advantage of it for nothing.

"Shen Zhengnan! You!!!"

Guo Tu, who had always supported Yuan Tan, suddenly became angry when he heard the words of the judge, and stared at the judge through gritted teeth.

"Shenzhengnan! The lord's body is not cold yet, so are you going to abandon his ambition?"

When the judge heard that Guo Tu was able to suppress him with Yuan Shao, his eagle eyes became particularly penetrating.

"My lord's ambition has always been my ambition! But I said it! Today is no different from the past! The most important thing now is to preserve the lord's foundation and not let others take it away!"

"Besides..."

The next sentence of the judge hit Yuan Tan's weakness in rationality——

"Young Master Yuan Tan has long been adopted by the lord to his late brother Yuan Ji as his stepson! Although he is still the eldest son of the lord, he has indeed entered the other sect and is not in the lord's direct lineage!"

Guo Tu and Xin Ping's entire faces turned pale in a flash.

If the trial match insisted on talking about Yuan Tan's adoption, then Yuan Tan would indeed have to suffer from being dumb.

Just like the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu back then.

Although Yuan Shao was the eldest son, he was adopted by his father Yuan Feng to his uncle Yuan Cheng. He was not in the list of the Yuan family in Runan, so naturally he could not inherit the big family property of the Yuan family in Runan.

The same is true now when it comes to Yuan Shao's son, Yuan Tan has actually been excluded from the list of heirs and has lost the right to inherit Yuan Shao's foundation.

The judge looked around and said, "That's it! Fengji, you immediately go to find Mr. Yuan Shang and let him inherit the lord's foundation!"

"Until the dust settles... no one can leave this door! Otherwise, don't blame me for disregarding my colleagues!"

In order to prevent Guo Tu from jumping over the wall in a hurry, or secretly reporting to Yuan Tan, the judge directly showed his unkind side and confined everyone in this hall.

Yuan Shang didn't know the news of Yuan Shao's death at this time, so when Feng Ji went to him to let him inherit Yuan Shao's foundation, Yuan Shang was still in a daze.

After Feng Ji saluted Yuan Shang as a courtier, he persuaded Yuan Shang in a nervous tone: "I hope that Mr. Yuan Shang will go back with me immediately! Otherwise, things will change if it is too late!"

With Yuan Shao's family background, they can be regarded as half emperors.

The little incident when the successor of the emperor's family in the Han Dynasty was even more familiar to Feng Ji, so Feng Ji knew that Yuan Shang had no time to delay, and even no time to grieve.

Yuan Shangchang was exceptionally handsome, except for being a little worse than He Yan, he looked more heroic.

After hearing Fengji's advice, Yuan Shang immediately cheered up and asked Fengji for advice: "May I ask what I need to do?"

"Collect the military power in Guo Tu's hands!"

The military power in Hebei, in Yuan Shao's initial plan, should be one for Jushou, one for Chunyuqiong, and one for Guo Tu.

Later, with the defeat of Guandu, Jushou was captured, and Chunyuqiong was killed, Yuan Shao put Shenpei, Fengji, and Guo Tu in charge of military power.

Now that Shen Pei and Feng Ji have decided to support Yuan Shang, the most important thing is of course Guo Tu's share.

"As long as Mr. Yuan Shang has mastered the military power and has a trial assistant in political affairs, his position will naturally be stable."

While running, Yuan Shang listened to Feng Ji's words, and asked a key question——

"Then what about my elder brother Yuan Tan?"

Yuan Tan is brave and good at fighting, and also dominates Qingzhou, his troops are definitely not weak!
If Yuan Tan refuses to accept it and raises troops to counterattack Hebei, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for Hebei!

Feng Ji was silent for a while and could only say, "I can only hope that Mr. Yuan Tan can calm down a bit."

Qingzhou, where Yuan Tan is located, was shot down by him with one knife and one shot, which means that Yuan Tan's autonomy is actually extremely strong!Once Yuan Shao died, Yuan Shang had almost no countermeasures against Yuan Tan.

If Yuan Tan wants to fight... Yuan Shang may really have no good way!

Seeing that Feng Ji was so powerless to Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang couldn't help feeling a sense of fear from the bottom of his heart, and his heart became extremely nervous.

Fortunately, the process of Yuan Shang inheriting Yuan Shao's power went smoothly.

With the review, there is hardly any turmoil in the process.

It's just that when the news of Yuan Shang succeeding Yuan Shao's foundation reached Yuan Tan's ears, Yuan Tan was really out of breath.

"There is no reason for the younger brother to inherit the family business!"

Facing Yuan Tan's anger, Qingzhou Biejia Wang Xiu said kindly: "Please calm down the governor."

"Calm your anger? How can you calm your anger?"

Yuan Tan slammed his fist on the table: "Don't worry, you know, what have I lost?"

Wang Xiu sighed and could only let Yuan Tan get discouraged.

This blow was indeed too great for Yuan Tan, and it was not incomprehensible for Yuan Tan to be angry.

But when Yuan Tan finished venting, Wang Xiu asked softly, "What is the governor planning to do now?"

How to do?
Of course, lead the troops to rush to Yecheng to regain the position of successor!

Although Yuan Tan didn't answer, the fierceness in his eyes already explained everything.

Wang Xiu shook his head and continued to dissuade him: "Now that the general (Yuan Shao)'s body is not cold, how can the governor do something rebellious?"

"Besides, brotherly killing will inevitably hurt both sides. The governor, don't forget Yu Jin and Cheng Yu from Yanzhou, as well as Zang Ba and Sun Guan from Xuzhou, all staring at Qingzhou!"

If Yuan Tan led the army to attack Yuan Shang at this time, the labels of "unfilial", "unkind", and "unkind" would definitely be labeled by Yuan Shang.

At that time, what is reasonable becomes unreasonable, and for Yuan Tan, the gain outweighs the loss.

Moreover, as Wang Xiu said, there are many foreign enemies in Qingzhou. If Yuan Shao plans to send troops from Qingzhou, he must be prepared to be flanked by Cao Cao's Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yuan Shang's Jizhou.

Such a situation, even if Yuan Tan is Han Xin and Bai Qi is still alive, he can't handle it, so Wang Xiu doesn't agree with Yuan Tan's way of sending troops rashly.

It's okay if Wang Xiu doesn't analyze it, but Yuan Tan loses his mind once he analyzes it.

"Then don't I do anything now? Will I be slaughtered in Qingzhou?"

Yuan Tan clenched his fists and looked up at the map he had been hanging in the lobby.

Especially in the center of Hebei, the place marked with "Ye" made Yuan Tan more and more annoyed the more he looked at it!

Sudden.

Yuan Tan's eyes moved down slightly, and his eyes fell on the south of Ye City, the place marked "Li Yang".

This place made Yuan Tan's eyes brighten: "Why don't I lead troops to station in Liyang, and then look for opportunities to achieve great things?"

Don't Jia Wang Xiu narrowed his eyes and immediately understood Yuan Tan's meaning.

The first is the geographical location of Liyang.

This place is very close to Yecheng, as long as there is a slight change in Yecheng, it will take less than half a day to send troops from Liyang, which is far more convenient than Qingzhou.

Secondly, Liyang was an important stronghold when Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao. There was a large amount of food, grass and ordnance in Liyang.
Thirdly, Liyang is also an important stronghold to guard against Cao Cao. As long as Yuan Tan occupies this place, he can stay here with peace of mind in the name of "guarding against Cao Cao" and not give Yuan Shang a chance to put a hat on himself!

Finally, after Yuan Tan was stationed in Liyang, it could also reduce the military pressure on Qingzhou, so that Cao Cao did not dare to attack Qingzhou unscrupulously, so he could only continue to be regarded as the Central Plains.

After summing up the points, Wang Xiu also agreed with Yuan Tan's proposal, and asked Yuan Tan to immediately occupy Li Yang with his troops.

On the way, Yuan Tan also snatched Cao Cao's title of "General of Chariots and Cavalry", and named himself a "General of Chariots and Cavalry", so that he would not be too embarrassing in front of Yuan Shang, the "Great General".

The upheaval in Hebei happened too quickly, and the two brothers Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan were not easy-going lamps, and the secrecy work was done quite well, so that when the news reached Xuchang, it was already late August.

When Cao Cao heard the news, he was playing with his sons in Sikong Mansion.

As Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Jie reached the age where dogs would hate it, Cao Cao obviously prefers to play with younger heirs, such as the very cute-looking Cao Chong.

Cao Cao stretched out a finger, tapped Cao Chong's forehead lightly, and said to Xu Chu beside him with a smile: "Cang Shu's appearance is somewhat similar to Yu Lang! And Cang Shu's thoughts are far superior at a young age. Ordinary people... this is also similar to Yulang! Hahahaha!"

Cao Cao's only regret for He Yan is that He Yan was not his own.

The appearance of Cao Chong now seemed to make up for Cao Cao's regret, and made Cao Cao feel unprecedented satisfaction.

Xu Chu just smiled innocently as usual, and then stopped talking.

Facing Xu Chu's "wooden behavior", Cao Cao didn't care, but continued to tease Cao Chong, laughing happily from time to time.

But the laughter was quickly broken by a rush of footsteps.

Cao Cao was a little displeased: "Didn't you say it? We won't talk about business today! You... huh?"

At first Cao Cao thought it was a trivial matter, but when he turned his head and saw the visitor, he froze in place.

Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Dong Zhao, Jia Xu, Xu You, Ju Shou, Tian Feng...

Except for Cheng Yu who was still in Yanzhou, almost all the counselors Cao Cao relied on the most had arrived!
With such a large-scale scene, no matter how slow Cao Cao's reaction is, he still knows that something big will happen!

really.

I only heard Xun Yu state a fact to Cao Cao in a voice that could not be said to be happy or sad:
"Sikong...Yuan Shao is dead."

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(End of this chapter)