Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 100
Yuan Xi heard this, and immediately said: "Thank you, my lord."

At this time, Yuan Shao was giving orders as a state shepherd, and Yuan Xi was taking orders as a subordinate.

Although this is considered ultra vires, because it conflicts with the official positions sent by the Han court.

But at this time, the Han court was weak, and the princes were actually rebelling, and the official positions they conferred were actually not justified.

But no one cares, whoever has the final say, whoever takes office and controls a place, and whoever can get actual benefits is the winner.

At this point, the officials appointed by the Han court were almost completely defeated, because they had no soldiers and could not take office to subdue the local tyrants.

Except for Liu Biao, a fierce man who rode into Jingzhou alone, the others could only stare blankly.

Yuan Xi secretly sighed in his heart, having a good father really surpassed the efforts of others for decades or even a lifetime.

From the county magistrate of Beixincheng at [-] shi to the sheriff of [-] shi, it was a big step forward.

The official system of the Han Dynasty, according to the salary from top to bottom, is Sangong of Wanshi (Moon Valley 350 Dendrobium, 1 Dendrobium = 1 Shi = 10 Dou, 4200 Shi in a year), Zhong Erqian Shi (Moon Valley 180 Dendrobium, 2160 in a year) Shi) of Jiuqing, princes of Zhen Erqianshi (moon valley 150 hu, a year 1800 shi).

Further down, there is the sheriff of 120 shi, 1440 hu in the Moon Valley, and [-] shi a year.

Below that, there are Zhonglang General Xiaowei who is more than two thousand stones, and prime minister Changshi who is thousands of stones.

At this time, the Han court was in turmoil, and various places were chaotic. It was common for Han court officials to fail to pay their salaries.

It is ironic that the various places are occupied by the princes, and the fake officials who are attached to the princes are paid salaries instead.

Therefore, the Han court at this time has almost existed in name only.

Although Yuan Shao did not give Yuan Xi a righteous position, his salary was real. Jizhou was rich in money and food, which was why Yuan Shao was so confident.

However, according to a soldier's salary of about two shi per month, Yuan Xi still had to find a way to raise most of it, and two thousand shi was the limit to support a thousand soldiers.

If you have no money, no food, no food, no soldiers, who will listen to you?
This is why Yuan Xi stared at Cao Song's property and never let go.

Yuan Shao nodded in satisfaction, and said, "In the next few days, you can select soldiers and raise money and food."

"Since you have become the county guard, you have many civil and military positions. I will ask Yuan Hao to help you clarify. You can decide on your own position."

Yuan Xi and Tian Feng bowed and said, "Here."

Yuan Shang gritted his teeth. If the eldest brother and the second brother take down Qingzhou, they will build up their power first and leave him behind!

No, the alliance between the two must be dismantled!
Yuan Xi and Tian Feng came out of Yuan Shao's house, and they went to the study room, Yuan Xi saw no one around, and said to Tian Feng: "I don't know anything about official positions, Mr. Lai Yuanhao sent some close people to help me. "

Tian Feng knew that this was Yuan Xi's friendship with him. When the water is clear, there will be no fish. He is not a stubborn person, so he nodded immediately and said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely do my best."

"However, in the next few days, the young master will have a headache, and the threshold of the young master is afraid that someone will break through."

Sure enough, what Tian Feng said was right, that night, people came to visit Yuan Xi in an endless stream.

Because there are hundreds of official positions under the county guard, although Yuan Xi only actually occupied three counties in Zhuo County, there are at least a hundred or ten positions, which are coveted by the gentry.

Yuan Xi's head was growing big, and he didn't know most of the people inside, so he had to write down their names temporarily and ask Tian Feng in the future.

There was even Xu You among them, which made Yuan Xi even more headache.

Xu You's personal morality is mediocre, he is very greedy for money, and his family members are also corrupt officials. Relying on his friendship with Yuan Shao, he has done some bad things.

Yuan Shu: "Xu Ziyuan is a vicious and adulterous person, and his sexual behavior is impure."

Xun Yu: "Xu You is greedy but not governed."

With such an evaluation, Yuan Xi would definitely keep Xu You at a respectful distance.

Thinking that he made great contributions to Cao Cao in later generations, Cao Cao still found an excuse to kill him after he took down Yecheng, which shows that this person is really unpopular.

If Xu You's family went to Youzhou to work, the officialdom would become a mess within a few years.

After seeing off the last group of guests, he leaned on the couch to take a breath, and sighed to Wu Zhao who was helping him by holding his shoulders: "This official business is more tiring than fighting."

Wu Zhao deeply felt the same way: "The gentry think highly of themselves, and if the young master rejects them directly, it is not good, and it will only arouse private criticism."

"Then what should we do?" Yuan Xi asked.

Wu Zhao smiled: "Isn't there going to be a war soon?"

"Let those shams get a military post." First they make it clear, and then everything will be dealt with according to military law. "

"Nine times out of ten, they will shrink back. If they really dare to go, let them do it. At worst, let them hang up their jobs, as long as there is no delay."

Yuan Xi nodded and said: "Good idea, tomorrow I will open a government office and assign official positions."

He thought about it, since Qu Yi couldn't enter Jizhou, he could only be appointed as a school lieutenant and concurrently be the county magistrate of Beixincheng.

Qu Yi's health has always been poor, and his strength lies in military training, and Beixin City is Yuan Xi's hometown, so he can only feel relieved if he is handed over to Qu Yi.

As for Zhao Yun, he was finally free to fight for Yuan Xi.

But the generals are still missing.

Although Gao Lan took refuge in private, he was still Yuan Shang's people on the surface, and there was no reason for him to be honest, so he couldn't directly ask him to come over.

Moreover, Yuan Xi hadn't figured out how to use Zhang He's high-level view of the two. After all, these two men surrendered to Cao Cao in the battle of Guandu, which established Yuan Shao's defeat.

There are very few truly loyal generals.

What Yuan Xi really coveted was some of Lu Bu's generals, who had been trying to poach corners.

At the beginning, while keeping Gao Lan, he also had thoughts about one of Lu Bu's generals, just like contacting Dong Fang through Dong Zhao and prying Zhang Miao and Lu Bu's relationship.

As Wu Zhao expected the next day, most of the scholars, upon hearing that he had taken office, were about to follow him to fight in Qingzhou, so they hurriedly escaped, running faster than rabbits.

They are going to be comfortable civil servants and enjoy the blessings in the rear. Who wants to go to the battle to die!

What they are doing is exactly what Yuan Xi wants. The Youzhou officialdom he wants to see in the future should be dominated by poor Shiliang's family, not for these gentry to collude with each other, seek personal gain, and exploit the common people.

Yuan Xi woke up next to Wu Zhao in the morning, and saw that he was sleeping soundly, with long hair spread out on the pillow, the scars on his face had faded a lot, and there were still some tears in the corners of his eyes.
Yuan Xi will go to Qingzhou to fight in a few days, and he doesn't know when he will be back.

Yuan Xi recalled that in the previous life, Yuan Xi married Zhen Mi and went to Youzhou to take office, leaving Zhen Mi alone in Yecheng for several years. It's not in line with human ethics.

Yuan Xi was punishing plump sins, while remembering what Wu Zhao said last night, if she regained Cai Zhaoji's identity, with Cai Yong's reputation, there must be many students of Cai Yong and scholars who admired her name to join her.

Yuan Xi thought over and over again, but gave up. The time is not yet ripe.

Cai Zhaoji is still a widow of the Wei family, her identity is exposed, and the Wei family's involvement cannot be resolved in a short time.

His primary goal now is to conquer Qingzhou Youzhou, and he has no time to deal with these things.

Therefore, for the time being, Cai Zhaoji's identity can only be hidden, and it may be of greater use in the future.

Wu Zhao opened her eyes. She was used to Yuan Xi's behavior. With her eyes closed, her face became hotter and hotter.

Yuan Xi exerted a little force, and Wu Zhao said angrily, "You are a dignified person, and I don't know where you learned your bad skills."

"Let me remind you, for the hundred carts of wealth that Cao Song got from there, we must find a way to settle them as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble."

"The only ones who can handle these things in a short period of time are the Zhen family."

Yuan Xi withdrew his hand, nodded and said: "You are right, I sent someone to inform the Zhen family last night, Mrs. Zhang replied that arrangements can be made today, and I will go to the Zhen family in a while."

After a while, a maid came in and brought breakfast out of the wooden tray.

Yuan Xi saw that there were fish and meat on several dishes, and even the porridge was made of white rice, which was much better than Beixincheng.

He picked up the bowl, took a sip, and sighed: "This kind of comfortable life really makes people's enthusiasm fade away. I'm afraid that if you stay for a long time, you won't want to return."

Wu Zhao covered his mouth with a smile and said, "Everyone wants to enjoy happiness, but you only want to suffer."

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "It's better to be happy alone than to be happy together."

Wu Zhao listened, pondered for a long time, and said softly, "Master, sooner or later you will surpass Father."

Yuan Xi went out after eating, and when he arrived at the government office, a hundred soldiers and coachmen were already waiting for him beside the cart. Following his order, they pulled the cart and headed towards Zhen's house.

At this time, the genius is dim, and there are very few pedestrians on the street. He got up so early to deceive others, so as not to be coveted by others.

When they arrived at the back door of Zhen's house, the door opened, and someone greeted them and brought everyone in.

The backyard of Zhen's family was huge, and a hundred or so carts had been pulled in, and there was still a small half of the space left.

Mrs. Zhang had been waiting with dozens of shopkeepers and assistants, specially evaluating the value of the goods on the car.

Yuan Xi didn't know the value of Cao Song's jewels, and it was extremely difficult to keep them in his hands. Now he can only sell them quickly with the help of the Zhen family, one of the four rich merchants.

Yuan Xi saw that the carts were coming in, so he ordered the soldiers to go out and guard the front and rear doors.

Mrs. Zhang saw it, and said with a smile: "Young master, don't worry, my Zhen family has many servants, so I guarantee that there will be no problems."

Yuan Xi thought of the Mi family who were also rich merchants. Legend has it that there are tens of thousands of servants, and he thought that being a merchant is really rich.

So sinful!

A shopkeeper's buddy had already gone up, unwrapped the ropes on a large cart, uncovered several layers of linen, and revealed more than a dozen large boxes.

The clerk lifted the boxes one by one, opened the lid, and the goods inside dazzled everyone's eyes.

After the shopkeeper appraised the belongings one by one, he roughly calculated that the contents of these dozens of boxes were worth millions of dollars!

If this is roughly the case on every car, these things are worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars!

No wonder Cao Song dared to buy an official with [-] million yuan!

So sinful!

Mrs. Zhang looked at Yuan Xi with a complicated expression: "Young master is really powerful, he was able to snatch such a large sum of money from the Cao family."

Yuan Xi felt proud.

Mrs. Zhang sighed: "It's almost as good as the dowry I prepared for Mi'er. I'm ashamed."

Yuan Xi: ...
(End of this chapter)