Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 161
Since Xun Chen accidentally contracted the disease in Beixincheng, he has been recuperating for half a year, and finally his body is back to normal.

Seeing Yuan Shao holding the silk book and nodding to him, he took it and read it.

The opening paragraph is an analysis of the current general situation of the world, but it is meticulous and clear. After hearing this, Yuan Tan's advisers all praised: "Mr. Xian Yi is sitting in Youzhou, and he can control the affairs of the world. It is really rare. "

Some of Yuan Shang's counselors thought to themselves, it's not that you tipped off the news to build up momentum for him, what are you pretending to be?
When Xun Chen saw the next passage, his face showed a strange expression, but he read it anyway.

What follows is Yuan Xi's personal opinion, which is quite different from many advisers.

Yuan Xi believes that it is now the autumn of the Yuan family's life and death. If Yijing cannot be captured in a short period of time, Jizhou will be in danger of overthrowing!

When all the counselors heard this sentence, they shook their heads. Isn't this too exaggerated?

Then Yuan Xi described the worst possible situation to everyone.

Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Yuan Shu hooked up in private.

Lu Bu went west to Hanoi, Sili, and he had a good relationship with Zhang Yang, the prefect of Hanoi. If he occupied Hanoi, planned to merge the state, and joined forces with the Baibo bandit Heishan army, the western part of Jizhou would become an undefended sieve.

In the west of Youzhou, it will be threatened by the southern Huns and the Montenegrin Army's eastward passage.

If Cao Cao advances eastward and defeats Liu Bei in Xuzhou, he will be stuck on the road from Qingzhou to the south and will not be able to touch Xuzhou at all.

If Yuan Shu's instigation and support are added, the Yuan's forces in Jizhou and Qingzhou will be completely blocked to the north of the Yellow River.

The only chance now is to capture Yi Jing as soon as possible, wipe out all Gongsun Zan's forces, and open up the passage to Youzhou in the north.

If Gongsun Zan is destroyed, the Yuan family can enter Youzhou in a large scale, integrate the forces against Gongsun Zan, and use the power of the Wuhuan tribe in Xianbei.

In this way, even if Jizhou is attacked in the future, these forces can be used to counterattack.

However, when Yijing was attacked, it was also the most dangerous time for Yecheng. Cao Cao was likely to cross the Yellow River to make a sneak attack, so he had to guard against it.

After Xun Chen finished reading, Pang Ji couldn't help shaking his head, "Mr. Xian Yi's speculation is too outrageous. This is entirely based on rumors, and he regards Cao Mengde as an enemy."

The judge was also puzzled: "Indeed, in recent years, apart from being obsessed with Xuzhou, why has Cao Mengde ever done anything that I'm sorry to the Yuan family?"

"Young Master Xian Yi's idea has no evidence to support it."

Xu You said coldly: "Mr. Xianyi is afraid that he has prejudice against Meng Degong for a long time. The day before yesterday, he brought Meng Degong's concubine into the mansion, which seems to be quite extreme."

"Fart!" Tian Feng slapped the table violently, "What concubine Cao Cao is, that is the widow of Wen Li (Bian Rang), and the second son is clearly trying to save her from the fire pit!"

"Ziyuan, don't think I don't know that you and Cao Cao grew up wearing the same pair of trousers. What is your intention when you say this to drive a wedge between father and son?"

Xu You blushed, "Yuan Hao, you are spitting blood!"

"I did make friends with Meng De when I was young, but at the same time I also made friends with the master. The three often talked and drank at night. Do you want to say that the master is also partial to Meng Degong?"

Tian Feng wanted to scold again, so Yuan Shao shouted: "Stop talking!"

When everyone saw it, they kept silent.

Yuan Shao sighed: "Since I started the army, the former close friends either left or died. Now there are not many left, only Meng Dezi is far away."

After hearing this, Xu You was moved and said, "You will never forget the Lord's letter!"

After Tian Feng heard this, he sighed in his heart. In fact, he had the same thoughts as Yuan Xi. Cao Cao would never be inferior to others.

Tian Feng understood very clearly that this is a common problem of people at the bottom of the gentry who turned their backs. When they are young, they are looked down upon. Once they gain power, they will double their psychological compensation.

Gongsun Zan was despised because of his mother's humbleness. Later, after occupying the Northern Territory, he despised the nobles, sent troops to plunder the people, and vented the anger he had suffered on others indiscriminately.

Born as a concubine of Yuan Shao, he acted like a chivalrous man and did things absurdly. He restrained himself after he was adopted. However, he ignored Yuan's family leader and didn't consider his situation in Luoyang when raising troops, which led Dong Zhuo to kill him.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao had similar encounters, and were short in stature, so after gaining power, they accepted concubines and concubines. He didn't like others to criticize him, and often found an excuse to kill scholars easily.

Therefore, in Tian Feng's view, a person like Cao Cao who has turned himself over is far more dangerous than a pampered person like Yuan Shu and Kong Rong!
This is also the reason why he opposes Yuan Shang's faction to suppress Yuan Xi. The worse a person is suppressed, the more vicious the ensuing revenge will be when he turns around!
However, what made Tian Feng helpless was that Yuan Shang had completely gained power at the moment, not to mention Yuan Xi, even the eldest son Yuan Tan was excluded and could not return to Ye City.

What can he change in the internal affairs of the Yuan family?
Thinking of this, Tian Feng was a little bit depressed.

Although everyone has their own plans in their minds regarding the debate about Cao Cao, everyone has to admit that if what Yuan Xi said in the letter happens, Yecheng will be extremely passive!
Although Jizhou is rich, it has been fighting for years, fighting with Gongsun Zan, the Black Mountain Army, and even the Southern Huns. If it continues to be consumed, it will be dragged down sooner or later.

After Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan and was about to start a war with Cao Cao, Tian Feng Jushou objected because Jizhou had been conquered for years, which wasted too much and the soldiers were exhausted. He should first garrison troops to calm the people and gradually plan, but Yuan Shao didn't listen.

In the end, the facts did prove that although Yuan Shao had many soldiers, his combat power was not as good as Cao Cao's elite soldiers. He spent several times the money and food in vain, but he just couldn't establish a victory.

Yuan Xi's letter is indeed correct. Cao Cao seems to be in a difficult situation now, but he occupies most of Yanzhou and Yuzhou. If Xuzhou is captured again and linked to Sili, it will become a force against Yuan Shao!

However, Lu Bu, who had been driven away by Yuan Shao, once again gained power, coveted Sili Hanoi, and planned to go north to Bingzhou, which made everyone unexpected.

Years ago when Lv Bu and Cao Cao started fighting, Yuan Shao's counselors were still gloating about their misfortune.
Now, it's Jizhou's turn to face the pressure from the three parties.

As for Liu Bei in Xuzhou, everyone automatically ignored him. Liu Bei had been defeated several times in a row before, so could he be expected to help?

Seeing everyone's thoughts, Yuan Shang thought that the second brother Xindao was still too immature, and wanted to change everyone's opinion with a letter?

Just when he thought the overall situation was settled, Xun Chen flipped through the pages and found that there were still a few more sentences behind.

When Xun Chen swept his eyes, his complexion changed.

Yuan Xi went on to say that he had obtained a statement from a spies in the Black Mountain Army.

These people are remnants of the original Yellow Turban Army. They confessed that the Black Mountain Army, the Taishan Bandits, and the Taiping Taoists within the Qingzhou Army all identified Cao Cao as a real person related to the God of Zhonghuang Taiyi!

Although this location is a bit far from Zhang Jiao, it is not far away.

Cao Cao controlled these remnants of the Yellow Turbans through Taoism, and infiltrated them into the big cities of various counties and counties, including Yecheng!

Yuan Xi's words are not without evidence.

During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the "Orthodox Daozang Taixuan Department Zhengao" believed that Cao Cao played the role of the teacher of Zhou Wuwang Jifa.

"True Spirit Position and Industry Map" ranks it in the middle of the seventh class, which doesn't seem too high, but the first class is Yuanshi Tianzun, Taihang Laojun is ranked fourth, and the seventh-class main god is Fengdubei Emperor Yin, Cao Cao is in this category, and he is already regarded as a god who receives incense.

Of course, this cannot be taken as ironclad proof, after all, as long as Taoism is an emperor, it will be included, but what Yuan Xi wants is to arouse the fear of everyone in Yecheng.

After all, in the past ten years, the Yellow Turban Army has done the most damage to the gentry!

The ten years of the Yellow Turban not only caused great harm to the world, but also to the gentry, and many great clans were extinct. Therefore, when everyone in Yecheng heard about the remnants of the Yellow Turban, they immediately became vigilant.

And everyone knows that the Cao family has believed in Huang Laojiao for generations. Now that Cao Cao has controlled the Taiping Dao, which has a very wide audience, who knows if the people around him are spies?
Thinking of the rumors that have repeatedly erupted in Yecheng recently, the shadow of the chaos in Yecheng has once again risen in the hearts of everyone.

Yuan Xizhen was right. The rumors in Yecheng had something to do with Cao Cao. The purpose was to delay Yuan's attack on Yi Jing. However, he didn't know the inside story, so he intended to blame Cao Cao.

Yuan Xi's last words completely made everyone uneasy.

According to rumors inside the Taipingdao, Cao Cao is the person who should be the prophecy of Tu Gao who was the generation of the Han Dynasty!
According to the rumors that Yuan Xi got, Cao Cao fulfilled the prophecy and would definitely get Yecheng.

Because Yecheng is the seat of Wei County.

"Zuo Zhuan" says: "Wei Zhe is a great name."

"Huainanzi·Chu Zhenxun" said: "That's why I live above the river and sea, and my mind travels under Wei Que".

The rumor created by Yuan Xi is a typical example of turning the result into the cause, and the result of the future generations will push the motive of this world.

Ordinary reasons could not convince the gentry counselors in Yecheng at all, so to make them feel threatened, they had to use strong medicine.

In the end, it turned around and returned to the most superstitious prophecy of this era.

But what Yuan Xi didn't expect was that Yuan Shang and his counselors really studied the deduction of the word Wei in Yecheng in private, and they firmly believed in it!

So Yuan Shao hadn't made a statement yet, so Yuan Shang was in a hurry.

The reason why he firmly occupied Jizhou and expelled the two brothers was because he believed in the rumor of Wei Que in Yecheng!

Thinking of this, he blurted out: "Second brother's words are not completely unreasonable."

"If someone covets Yecheng when the Yuan family attacks Yijing, and they are still willing to stay and fight to the death, they will never let anyone take advantage of it!"

All the counselors looked at each other in blank dismay, but since Yuan Shang had already stated his position, the judges who supported him, such as Pang Ji, could only echo him.

Yuan Tan's counselors also realized that since Yuan Shang is willing to stay in Yecheng, it is a great opportunity for Yuan Tan to attack Yi Jing. If he makes great achievements, it may not be impossible to win the game!

When Yuan Xi wrote this true and false letter, he and Guo Jia spent a lot of thought, taking advantage of everyone's hearts and lack of information, and created some rumors.

For example, Lu Bu's true thoughts, such as Cao Cao's position in Taoism, such as rumors in Yecheng, such as Cao Cao's fulfilled prophecy.

But he did not expect that Yuan Shang was the first to express his opinion, and it was Yuan Xi who concocted the most hopeless prophecy rumors to convince Yuan Shang.

This can be said to be quite ironic.

Therefore, no matter how outrageous a rumor is, it doesn't matter, what matters is that there are people who are willing to believe it.

When Yuan Xi got the news that Jizhou had started to mobilize troops, horses, food and grass to attack Yijing, it was already half a month after the letter was delivered.

He calculated the time it took to go back and forth from the post station, and wondered if his letter really worked?
He smiled and said to Guo Jia in front of him, "Mr. Feng Xiao really has a clever plan."

"Come on," Guo Jia rolled his eyes, "Most of this letter is your thoughts, don't put these sneaky things on my head."

Yuan Xi smiled: "Anyway, it's the master's touch that turns stone into gold. Speaking of which, we should have made preparations long ago."

"But recently, some Black Mountain bandits have come here one after another. How to arrange them, what's your opinion?"

(End of this chapter)