Three Kingdoms: The Guan Family's Rebellious Son, Long Blessing Jing Xiang

The twenty-fourth year of Jian'an...the weather was clear and crisp in autumn.

If we follow the original wheel of history.

This year... will be the darkest year in the entire history of the Three Kingdoms, and it will also be the year when many generals fell.

In this historical year, Xiahou Yuan, Pang De, Yang Xiu, Guan Yu, Guan Ping, Lu Meng, Gan Ning and Sun Jiao passed away one after another.

Even Cao Cao died in this year, followed by Fa Zheng, Huang Zhong, and then five of the Seven Sages of the Jian'an Period... without exception, they all left this chaotic world in this year.

The reason for the death of such a star...

One is war;

Both are a plague!

This year is also a watershed year.

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Today, everything has changed.

More than half a year had passed since Cao Cao hanged himself. During this period… all funeral ceremonies were kept simple. The entire Cao and Xiahou clans wore mourning clothes and observed mourning for three years.

Then the historical plague came as expected, but... because Guan Lin was in charge of medical science in the cabinet, he opened the first official medical office in Jingzhou to almost every part of the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Zhongjing, Diao Chan and others also spared no effort to teach and spread the medical theory of "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", the nemesis of the plague, to all corners of the country.

So... the plague that arrived as expected was miraculously strangled at the source and did not spread on a large scale.

Of course, that doesn’t mean no one died.

Some people are just so unlucky...

For example...the Yingchuan Chen family headed by Chen Qun died in this plague.

Also dying in this plague were Li Yan's family in Shuzhong, Sima family in Henei, and countless... large families.

There is no wind without waves...

From time to time, various "rumors" would circulate among the people, such as that all the large families who died in the plague would become a huge obstacle to the King of Hanzhong's implementation of his new policies.

In response to this... the imperial court issued a notice immediately, stating that there was no conspiracy theory at all.

Those who died of illness died of illness——

It is already quite difficult to control the plague, so it is reasonable that some families died.

Then, the families that felt unfair for these big families soon died in the plague.

On the contrary... by taking advantage of this plague, the biggest obstacles to the Han Dynasty's new policies have been eliminated one by one -

at the same time.

The Jiangzuo Merchant Alliance, led by Guan Lin, widely absorbed the remaining leaderless clans in various states and counties. The condition for joining the Jiangzuo Merchant Alliance was to unconditionally support the implementation of the new policy without any resistance.

Of course, as the saying goes…a lollipop in one hand and a mace in the other.

Corresponding to this harsh condition are the benefits of joining the Jiangzuo Business Alliance.

That is, according to the size of the merit and the intensity of the implementation of the new policy, the corresponding clan will be rewarded with a small piece of land overseas!

The corresponding families will enslave, develop, and conquer——

In fact, this is indirectly equivalent to - fiefdom!
In the past, this was a privilege only available to kings and princes.

Suddenly, some smart clan leaders who realized that the world is a ball discovered a problem. This world seems very big, but what's the point of always focusing on the Han people and exploiting them?

Those natives overseas are obedient and easily satisfied, and they will work hard if given a meal... Isn't this ten times more useful labor than the poor people of the Han Dynasty?
The most important thing is... they all contributed to the expansion of the Han Dynasty's territory and were meritorious officials.

Under this huge temptation.

Also under the threat of "natural genocide caused by plague".

Some big families have chosen not to hinder the new policy anymore... They have joined the Jiangzuo Alliance and are looking overseas...

And the power of role models is always infinite.

When these big clans captured... no, brought back a large amount of wealth from overseas in just one year, the other big clans were stunned and dumbfounded, and their back teeth were about to be broken with envy.

The tax is distributed according to the land area? What are they doing?

How many acres of land do they have in the Han Dynasty?
Compared with the overseas profits, this little bit of benefit is nothing.

Yes, the nearby ones include Yamatai, the Philippines, Malaysia, and the far ones include Australia, Kushan, and Rome... The Silk Road can also be regarded as a road of conquest! Even the far ones include San Francisco and San Francisco——

Weigh the pros and cons and choose the more important one…

How to choose? Is there any need to explain this?

It is precisely based on this...

The gate of the Mi Family Mansion in Jianye City, Jiangdong, the headquarters of the Jiangzuo Alliance, was about to be broken down by the crowd...

"Wait a minute... wait a minute..."

Mi Fang was struggling to maintain order in the courtyard, but more and more people were crowding in... and the gifts they brought in were getting heavier.

"Oh, I've already told you what gifts you should bring. If you want to join our Jiangzuo Alliance... the first thing you should do is to support the new policies of the King of Hanzhong and be the vanguard of Prime Minister Zhuge's new policies... As for these gifts, ahem... since they have been sent, they will be quite heavy for you to take back. Well... I, Mi Fang, will keep them for you for the time being. Of course, I, Mi Fang, will not embezzle them. I am using your money to do things for you..."

"Ahem...Come on, come on, choose. Choose the ones with bigger boxes and heavier gift lists first. The one that opens today is Yamatai... Uh... Is anyone going to Okinawa? Toyama Prefecture, who wants to go? And Okayama Prefecture? Nagasaki Prefecture? What... You want Tokyo? You said it's cool there? Damn it... I just came back from there, it was very hot!"

"Also, Tokyo...none of you should think about it...I have already agreed with Yunqi that the land belongs to my Mi family, but...let me remind you...Akita Prefecture and Tottori Prefecture are also good. What...you want Kanagawa? Damn...Kanagawa is so big, can you eat it all?"

"Don't waste your time, hurry up and choose, hurry up and choose, I'm busy here, our Jiangzuo League leader Yunqi is getting married in a few days... After I divide the Yamatai among you and arrange the ship to go out to sea, I have to go to Luoyang--"

...

In a blink of an eye, it is the ninth day of September.

The plague that had been spreading throughout the Han Dynasty was completely eradicated. At the same time, new policies were implemented, private schools were widely established, new agricultural tools were promoted, factories sprang up one after another, and the imperial examination system began.

The whole...is a scene of peace and prosperity in the country and the people.

Today, Sili is particularly lively, with a ten-mile long embankment, green willows and red flowers...

The city of Luoyang is bustling with activity. The reason is simple: today is the day when Guan Lin, the fourth son of the Guan family, marries Zhang Xingcai, the eldest daughter of the Zhang family.

One of them is the son of the Marquis of Chu, who was named the Marquis of Huainan at a young age, and the other is the daughter of the Marquis of Heng... In addition, there is the friendship in Peach Garden in the past, and everything Guan Lin has done for the Han Dynasty in the past few years... everything he represents behind the scenes.

Therefore, this wedding was directly organized by the imperial court, and it was extremely grand and grand.

Early in the morning, both sides of the official road were crowded with people.

Everyone couldn't help but discuss. One was the identities of the two and the friendship between their families. The other was... the amount of dowry that the people were most concerned about.

Some people speculate whether it will exceed 100?
Sure enough, when Zhang's daughter got married, the dowry was more than a hundred loads, plus thirty-six huge camphorwood boxes.

In the front is a six-poster bed made of nanmu wood with six pillars resting on the four corners of the bed and a round carved pedestal in front of the bed. On the pedestal there is a Qilin on the left and a phoenix on the right. The Qilin is baring its fangs and claws while the phoenix is ​​spreading its wings as if ready to fly. The eaves in the front are hollowed out with relief carvings of figures, flowers, birds, fish and insects, all of which are lifelike.

Following the dressing table, red cupboard, bedside cabinet, couch, drawing table, piano table, and eight-immortal table, all are made of mahogany, carved with delicate patterns and distinct colors.

The spring stool was covered with bright red bedding and decorated with wedding flowers.

There were sixty-four large items, followed by sixteen items of bronze, sixteen items of silver, sixteen items of porcelain, sixteen items of tin, sixteen items of gold, and then thirty-two camphorwood boxes.

All of these boxes were open, revealing the Hehuan quilt, mandarin duck pillow, dragon and phoenix towel, and silk fabrics of various colors. The last two camphor wood boxes contained two boxes full of weapons, with Zhang Xingcai's sword in a prominent position at the top.

There were even female soldiers carrying their red guns, these were all dowries.

And the entire dowry... can be described as - ten miles of red makeup!
...

On the other hand, Guan Lin was dressing up as he was going to be the groom today.

As the saying goes, clothes make the man.

With the blessing of this groom's suit, his long eyebrows slanted into his temples, his bright eyes were radiant, and his handsome appearance under the red robe, where was the image of a rebellious son in the past? He was clearly a handsome man who had attracted the hearts of countless girls.

But even when he was changing clothes or combing his hair, Guan Lin was still discussing something with some of his subordinates.

It seems like an urgent matter.

"Sima Yi? Has his whereabouts been discovered?"

Indeed, if it weren't for the matter of this name, Guan Lin would never have been so tedious and busy at his wedding.

"Fourth brother, it was Wang Shuhe who provided the information. Ever since that day... when he told you everything about Han Chan, the young master ordered him to contact the fleeing Sima Yi and find a way to capture him. Finally, there is news -"

Guan Suo said so.

But in fact, this is an extremely complicated story.

Previously, because of the phrase "Wang and Ma share the world", Guan Lin investigated the collusion between the Wang family of Langya and the Sima family of Henei. Following the clues, he also found out that the Wang family of Langya was the important organizer and manipulator of Han Chan.

Afterwards, Wang Shuhe's identity was revealed.

This chief disciple of Zhang Zhongjing...is indeed Han Chan's man.

Next, Guan Lin took advantage of the situation and even deliberately leaked false information to Wang Shuhe, asking him to influence Han Chan's judgment.

But later it was discovered that Zhang Zhongjing's chief disciple had never leaked the news from Guan Lin to Sima Yi, let alone passed it on to the inside of Han Chan.

It is precisely based on this that Guan Lin feels that... perhaps Wang Shuhe has his own difficulties.

After that, last year, the Northern Expedition was successful, the situation was settled, and Guan Lin had a showdown with him. According to what Wang Shuhe said... Han Chan was headed by the Sima family and the four major families of Yingchuan, with the Langya Wang family as its minions, contacting the Yuzhou clans, and secretly forming... an organization to try to manipulate the current situation.

In these turbulent times, this organization accomplished several major things.

The first was that Han Sui, one of the four major families in Yingchuan, left Yingchuan for Jizhou, formed an army, and became a vassal...

But he was soon tricked by Yuan Shao and gave up Jizhou.

The one who helped Yuan Shao obtain Jizhou was Xun Chen from the Xun clan of Yingchuan...

This was a plan within a plan, intended to allow Han Chan's people to gain a firm foothold within the Yuan family's foundation and occupy increasingly important positions.

But later it was discovered that the Yuzhou clan alliance headed by Xun Chen could not occupy a core position under Yuan Shao.

The factions there are too complicated.

There are talented people from Jizhou and powerful families from Runan. Yingchuan has too many rivals.

In addition, the internal factions of the Yuan family were complicated and the various factions were fighting openly and secretly. Han Chan...had already realized that Yuan Shao was not a leader to be supported and that they could not realize their ambitions.

So, next... they turned their attention to the south and transported the younger generation of Yingchuan talents such as Xun Yu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai, Guo Jia, Chen Qun, Zhong Yao, etc. to support Cao Cao.

As expected, with the cooperation of Yingchuan advisers and Qiaopei warriors, Cao Cao won victory after victory, his territory became larger and larger, and he gradually grew into a behemoth, competing with Yuan Shao.

Afterwards, Han Chan recruited Guo Tu, who was also from the Yingchuan Guo family, and Xin Pi and Xin Ping to indirectly help Cao Cao defeat Yuan Shao.

It also made the Yingchuan clan an irreplaceable force in the Cao Wei regime.

The story after that…

It is the game between Xun Yu and Xun You and Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and Cao Ren——

It was a game between Zhong Yao and Sima Yi, Chen Qun and Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu.

However, Xun Yu and Xun You did not accept Han Chan's guidance. Their loyalty to the Han Dynasty was deeply rooted, and they did not support Han Chan's vision of establishing a so-called "clan dynasty."

It was precisely because of the existence of Xun Yu and Xun You that Han Chan was suppressed at that time and was unable to realize his ambitions.

But...the shocking change came from the King of Wei's palace.

When Xun Yu and Xun You died for the Han Dynasty one after another——

Throughout Higurashi, Zhonghan's voice was completely silenced, and the voice for establishing a "clan dynasty" was rekindled.

So...what happened next.

They not only wanted to help Cao Wei defend against foreign invaders, but also to keep the invaders to themselves, and to allow those who were afraid of them to gradually get involved in military power and establish supreme prestige.

Only in this way can their vision of a clan dynasty become a reality.

It was for this reason that Cao Wei was defeated repeatedly in battles with Jingzhou, and even Cao Cao lost Hanzhong, which they could accept.

In their view, only when Cao's generals were completely gone, defeated, and fell, could the military power of the Wei Dynasty fall into their hands.

Can…

How could Han Chan have imagined that although Wei was defeated, the defeat was so utterly disastrous that it was crushed in just four years, leaving them no room for maneuver or even for them to get involved in Wei's military power.

This was something that Han Chan could never have imagined, and even more so, something that Han Chan's young master Sima Yi could not accept.

Assisting Cao Pi and assassinating Guan Lin was the last move Sima Yi could make. However, all this... was completely stranded because Cao Pi was beheaded and the Han army's divine soldiers descended from the sky.

Oh my god——

When Guan Lin heard about Han Chan's "aristocratic dynasty" plan from Uncle Wang, he was stunned.

According to Wang Shuhe, the reason why he did not leak the news here to Sima Yi was because he... did not approve of them, the Wang family of Langya, being insignificant and becoming the pawns of this aristocratic dynasty plan.

Especially after following Zhang Zhongjing to study medicine for so many years, he felt that the mission of their clan should be to save people and the world, rather than leading the world into a new round of chaos.

Afterwards... Wang Shu witnessed the Mianshui Villa founded by Guan Lin, where he saw... more people had work to do, food to eat, money to earn, and clothes to wear...

This is his ideal city-state.

certainly…

Guan Lin did not punish Wang Shuhe in the end. From the complicated look in his eyes, Guan Lin could feel that what he said was true.

And that’s because these are the truth.

Guan Lin must make up his mind...

Get rid of Sima Yi and completely eliminate Han Chan... this scourge.

Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching, this is the real eagle-eyed and wolf-watching——

Unfortunately…

During the Yecheng operation, Sima Yi escaped faster than a rabbit.

For several months thereafter, there was no news from him.

Even... the plague spread to the Sima family in Henei. That is, the Sima family... his father, his elder brother, and his six younger brothers were all infected with the disease. Even his sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were dying of the plague, but there was no sign of him, and no news of him was seen.

"OK…"

This time, after finding his whereabouts, Guan Lin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Then he bit his teeth slightly.

"When the Sima family was destroyed, he didn't even show up. Now... he comes out——"

By this time, Guan Lin's hair had been combed, the groom's hat had been put on, and the tall horse was waiting outside.

At this time...

He stood up slowly, and after a moment of silence, he spoke solemnly.

"Fifth brother, what should we do? I don't need to say more, right?"

"Let his uncle Wang He lure Sima Yi out. As for you, don't hold back, and don't take him alive. You don't even need to take his body intact—"

"That's it. I'm going to get married and wait for your good news!"

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…(End of chapter)