Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 265
Shanyu Tadun is the nephew of Qiu Liju, a tribal leader.

Qiu Liju was Lord Karasuma in western Liaoning before he was alive, and he wooed Zhang Chun, the prefect of Zhongshan, to rebel against the Eastern Han Dynasty. Take pictures of the Three Kings Department.

Congzi refers to close sons and nephews who are often entrusted to take charge of the family when the head of the family dies and the parents and children are still young, just like Lu Xun took charge of the Lu family for his concubine father Lu Ji.

The so-called tribal adult system is widely spread among the northern nomadic peoples, especially the Wuhuan and Xianbei, and the eight-part adult system has a strong patriarchal color.

It determined the range of herdsmen's activities by "dividing herdsmen by division and dividing them into people". It was first popularized by Wuhuan of the Donghu system, and then it was also adopted by the Xianbei of the same line.

The word "adult" is the name given by the Central Plains Dynasty to tribal leaders (elders) such as Wuhuan and Xianbei.

The earliest tribal lords were elected, and with the establishment of private ownership in the Eastern Han Dynasty, tribal lords began to be hereditary.

Tribes under this structure, although there are a small number of slaves, have already left the primitive society and entered a hierarchical society. Of course, it is incomparable with the feudal centralized system of the Qin and Han Dynasties for thousands of years.

Therefore, since the Han Dynasty, after the Huns were completely broken up into the Northern Huns outside the pass and the Southern Huns inside the pass, the Wuhuan Xianbei people in the pass wisely chose to submit, and basically obeyed the requirements of the Han Dynasty honestly. .

Until Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty lost his way, and the Han Dynasty was in jeopardy, the most powerful Southern Huns first began to plot wrongdoings, and Wuhuan Xianbei also began to make their own calculations.

Having said that, for randomly pulling out any of the Central Plains princes who are very capable of fighting, these foreigners, called Hu people, still chose to attach themselves to a certain side.

The Southern Huns secretly colluded with Gongsun Zan, and Wuhuan Xianbei, who had a feud with the Southern Huns, took refuge in Yuan Shao.

After the Battle of Yijing, the southern Xiongnu failed to gamble, and now after Yu Fuluo's death, a new Shanyu Huchuquan has been replaced, and there is no news for the time being.

On the Wuhuan Xianbei side, they wanted to come out to reap the fruits of victory. Of course, they didn't dare to look too ugly, so they sat together secretly, discussing how to get the biggest possible share of benefits.

As the most powerful Wuhuan among several forces, on the one hand, Shan Yu Tadun conspired to marry the Yuan family, and on the other hand, he had the heart of plundering the frontiers of the Han land, but Yan Rou and Xian Yufu had already seen through it.

At this time, while the two were secretly guarding against each other, they were giving Wuhuan envoy eye salve, talking about the disadvantages of marrying the Yuan family.

This Wuhuan envoy is also a shrewd and capable person in Wuhuan, so naturally he will not trust the two of them easily, he said proudly: "You two don't need to worry, although this matter is requested by the adults, the decision still rests with Yuan."

"If the head of the family, Yuan Benchu, agrees, there is no reason for my lord to go back on my word."

Envoy Wuhuan sneered in his heart, Yan Rou and Xian Yufu seemed to be speaking fairly, but who didn't know that both of them used to be engaged by Liu Yu, and now that they are singing together, how can they not understand the tricks?
After hearing this, Xian Yufu said, "Since your lord has already made up his mind, then I won't say more."

"I heard that Youzhou Inspector Yuan Shijun returned to Youzhou from Xuzhou by sea, and it is very likely that he will come to Yuyang."

"Shall we meet together to show our friendship with Yuan?"

The envoy Wuhuan heard this, and said, "Let me think about this matter, and I will give you an answer in a few days."

Yan Rou Xianyu Fu sent Wuhuan's envoys away, and when they returned to the house, Yan Rou said, "Wuhuan wants to leave us to eat alone."

"They want to make friends with Yuan Shang. They feel that although Yuan Xi is the governor of Youzhou, he can't do anything to them, but we are different. Yuyang is already under his control."

Xian Yufu nodded and said: "Wuhuan and Yuan Shang are friends, it's not a good thing for us, the Yuan family's vicious tiger has eyes that can't get into the sand, if we don't express our opinion, maybe he will attack us."

"This is a ruthless man. Since he became famous, he has dared to provoke anyone. Let's not blindly touch him."

Yan Rou nodded in agreement, feeling quite a headache about this, "The fierce tiger was quite dissatisfied with the Southern Huns and even killed Liu Bao. Logically speaking, it shouldn't be too harsh on us."

"But I'm afraid that he won't like all other races. What if we get close to each other and have a hot face but a cold ass?"

Xian Yufu said: "That's why we need to plan ahead. Wuhuan has already gone to Yecheng to propose marriage. We are already behind."

"Fortunately, under the command of the fierce tiger, there are two lines that can be opened."

After hearing this, Yan Rou said, "I understand, one is Liu He, the son of our lord Liu Hou."

"However, you need to be cautious when contacting in private. Although he is the son of Liu Hou, and now he is working under the fierce tiger, but the relationship between the Yuan family and Liu Hou is not without suspicion."

"The fierce tiger is probably just using Liu He to gain fame. If our private friendship with Liu He is revealed, it will make him suspicious and harm him."

Yan Rou's worries were not unreasonable. Before the battle of Yijing, Gongsun Zan actually lost control of Youzhou, because at that time, Liu Yu's old troops all took the opportunity to revolt, and their power was extremely huge.

Yan Rou, Xian Yufu, Xian Yu Yin, Qi Zhou and others were all generals in charge of their own affairs. They blocked Gongsun Zan's general Zou Dan who was going to rescue Yi Jing, and beheaded more than [-] people. As a result, during the battle of Yi Jing, Gongsun Zan On one side, only the Montenegrin Army can help.

This group of people who are closely related to Liu He is already a force that cannot be underestimated. If they want to join the Yuan family, they must be careful, so as not to be suspected of ganging up and having other plans.

After hearing this, Xian Yufu said, "That's true, so I plan to find someone who is highly valued by fierce tigers first."

"Tian Yu Tian Guorang."

"I heard that he has made a lot of contributions in Guangling, Xuzhou, and he should have become the powerful help of the fierce tiger."

After hearing this, Yan Rou worried, "I know you have a good relationship with Tian Yu, but at the beginning he was Gongsun Zan's subordinate, now that he has joined the Yuan family, is there some risk in it?"

Xian Yufu thought for a while and said, "Tian Yu has always been loyal, and we always have to throw stones to ask for directions."

"Just in case, I'll send the book to him alone first."

After hearing this, Yan Rou could only nod her head helplessly.

In the past few days, Yuan Xi and the others left Piaoyu Town and went north to Quanzhou City.

This Quanzhou is a famous big city in Yuyang County, Youzhou, rich in salt and iron, and it is located in Tongzhou, Hebei Province in later generations.

The more famous Quanzhou City in Fujian in later generations was located in Yangzhou at this time, and its name was Dong'an City. It was not renamed Quanzhou until Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty.

Yuan Xi led the crowd to inspect the city of Quanzhou on horseback, and found that there were rivers and streams everywhere.

In this era, the water system around the city is extremely rich, especially in Quanzhou City, which has many tributaries. No wonder it will become the starting point of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Abundant water resources not only allow the local grain harvest, but also promote commerce such as iron smelting, so that the scale of the city is growing day by day.

Yuan Xi arranged for nearly a hundred blacksmith apprentices to stay in Quanzhou, and asked Liu He to arrange the appointment and removal of officials in the city, and only came to him when he was uncertain.

It's not that Yuan Xi completely trusted Liu He, but by doing so, Liu He didn't dare to show favoritism, and would only try to balance the forces of all parties.

As the saying goes, there is no doubt about employing people, and there is no need for doubting people. In fact, it is just an act of blatantly expressing your attitude.

No one can be trusted unconditionally, Liu He is no exception, even Zhen Mi and Cai Zhaoji, Yuan Xi will not trust 100%, even himself.

It's not that Yuan Xi doesn't believe in Zhen Mi and the others' intentions, but it's that they don't believe in their ability to bear malice, such as being caught and coerced.

Just like Yuan Xi does not doubt that Liu He should be loyal to him at present, but the political assets left by Liu Yu are so huge that Liu Yu's subordinates are a force that cannot be ignored in Youzhou. To support Liu He, and even use tough measures to coerce his superiors, the situation in Youzhou is bound to be chaotic.

Yuan Xi has always been unafraid to take the worst case as the premise, consider the future situation, and make decisions in advance.

He has a psychological expectation in advance. If he can consider the worst possible situation before making a decision, and this situation is within his tolerance limit, then the decision made will most likely not let him down. He regretted it himself.

Otherwise, if he cannot bear the consequences of failure, he will not choose this decision.

Yuan Xi knows that he is not omnipotent and cannot control everything in the world, so he will force himself to face the worst possible situations.

What if one of his most trusted subordinates rebelled?
What if my wife and children are captured by the enemy?
What if I was attacked by the enemy and had to escape alone?
What if I have to go against my conscience in order to win?
It's not that he can't get along with himself, it's because in this era where everything is gambled and there is only one winner in the end, no matter how absurd things are, they may become reality.

This kind of boring question, which is similar to who to save when the wife and children fall into the water in later generations, may be asking for trouble for ordinary people, because they may never encounter such a dilemma in their entire lives.

But for the superiors, they must force themselves to face it, because they have to make choices all the time, and their every move affects the life and death of all people.

Just like Liu Bei's defeat at Changbanpo in later generations, he insisted on taking away hundreds of thousands of people, so he was overtaken by Cao Jun. Liu Bei was almost wiped out, and his wife and children were also captured.

Just like the Yanzhou Rebellion in the later generations, Lu Bu and Cao Cao attacked each other, and both sides were out of food. Cao Cao used Cheng Yu's jerky to support him, but Lu Bu couldn't make corresponding moves, and in the end, he had no choice but to retreat.

Just like after Guan Yu was defeated in Maicheng in later generations, Liu Beiming knew that it would be beneficial for Cao Wei to turn against Wu Guo, but he still chose to avenge Guan Yu.

Although it is said that winners and losers, everyone has different bottom lines and different choices, and the final result will not necessarily win because of which side is more moral.

In troubled times, some people strictly abide by the bottom line, some people have a very low bottom line, and some people have no bottom line. Everything is possible.

What makes Yuan Xi sigh is that the later generations are the ones who have the least bottom line and become the final winners.

If there was only one way to become a winner, would he choose to go on?

Yuan Xi kept his answer deep in his heart. He didn't want to use the answer he chose when faced with a difficult decision one day.

The key to the dilemma is not which choice people make, after all, any choice will leave people with regrets, but that people can make a choice that they can accept in the shortest time when they stand on a wrong road.

It was precisely because of this that Yuan Xi thought about all kinds of possibilities with great care, in order to prevent himself from facing an unacceptable cruel situation.

He said to Tian Yu who was beside him, "You said that Xian Yufu is in the city, and you still sent a letter asking you to meet?"

(End of this chapter)