Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 273 Because I'm Human
Mrs. Wu still had too many worries in her heart, so she had to ask everyone to let her go back and think about it. Everyone only thought that she was because of her family's reputation. In their eyes, Mrs. Wu and Cai Zhaoji belonged to the Cai family, and they were still inferior in seniority. It was really unreasonable .

Seeing that Mrs. Wu's complexion began to turn pale, and she was clutching her chest in distress, Zhen Mi hurriedly asked Cai Zhaoji to help her go back to rest, while arranging staff to serve her.

After the two girls left, Yuan Xi said to Zhen Mi, "Madam, aren't you afraid that Madam Cai has ulterior motives?"

"And you give her such a high position, if it's really a man, the eldest son of a concubine will be a troublesome thing."

Zhen Mi sighed: "Then you can't ignore the child, right?"

What she thought in her heart was that it would be good to let nature take its course, especially in the Yuan family.

To be honest, Yuan Shao is a concubine, Yuan Xi is also a concubine, and the next generation has not yet written a word, who knows what will happen in the future.

She said softly: "Actually, it's because the concubine felt guilty towards her husband. She thought she knew everything about her husband, but unexpectedly she was shaken."

Yuan Xi listened and said with a smile: "Know the root and the bottom?"

Zhen Mi's face turned red in an instant, and she gave Yuan Xi a sideways look, "My husband is not serious!"

A ridiculous family turmoil ended in this way for the time being.

Although it was still calm on the surface, many people who knew the inside story were dumbfounded in private.

Especially when Yuan Xi went to visit Guo Jia in person and apologized, Guo Jia was stunned and looked hopeless.

After working together for a long time, is it really your kid who did it?
It's just that you don't know that you did it all the time?

I'm so blind, I thought you were a hero, but I didn't expect you to be a fool!
I'm a scapegoat, and I'm nothing but crap, my head is covered in ashes!
That night, Guo Jia had an indignant sex with a few beauties before he put all his worries behind him.

However, this incident also more or less affected Yuan Xi's next itinerary. His plan to go to Xu Wushan by sea after going to Yongnu was also cancelled.

Not wanting all the girls to be exhausted is one thing, the main reason is that now there is Taton Shanyu who is stuck in Yongnu and restraining Liaoxi, so Xu Wushan is not that important for the time being.

So Yuan Xi changed his plan again, he didn't even go to Yongnu, he just waited for Yan Rou to come, then set off to Jicheng where Zhao Yun was in charge, and then returned to Beixin City.

However, Yuan Xi remembered afterwards that almost everyone was at a loss in this matter.

From Zhen Mi to Guo Jia, from Zhao Ji to Hua Tuo, in fact, their words and deeds have subtle deviations from their previous ones, and they themselves do not know it.

It's all because Mrs. Wu's suspicion of this matter has touched the most fundamental interests. When facing it, everyone can't, and it's impossible to maintain a normal mind as previously imagined.

This is the fan of the authorities. Even if the people in the game realize it, they cannot completely jump out.

This is the human heart, and it is precisely because it is a human being rather than a piece of wood that its thoughts are constantly changing under the influence of countless unknowable factors.

This made Yuan Xi both thankful and vigilant. Luckily, this time, he got caught up in the family affairs. The misunderstanding was resolved by accident, and no loss was caused. But what if there are more core matters in the future?
We all know that the two parties will avoid many misunderstandings if they are open and honest, but as the protagonist, it is so difficult to completely confide in others, right?

This matter is easy to say, but difficult to do, just like sending Qu Yi, Yuan Xi can't tell anyone for fear of harming Qu Yi, not even Zhen Mi and Guo Jia.

If one day he can abandon these worries, think about gains and losses calmly and ruthlessly, and turn everyone around him into his pawns, then he will become the person who achieves great things in Guo Jia's mouth, right?

But is it really possible?

In a few days, Yan Rou arrived.

He and Xian Yufu brought dozens of horses into the city and came to meet Yuan Xi directly.

Yuan Xi looked carefully, and found that Yan Rou was also tall, with a rough face, three-dimensional eyebrows, and the appearance characteristics of Xianbei Han people, no wonder she was accepted by both parties.

In fact, in the borderlands, the Han and Hu lineages have long been mixed, and no one can tell where the ancestors will trace their origins. Over the long years, the customs and habits of the two sides have gradually merged.

Everyone sat down separately, Yuan Xi bowed his hands to Yan Rou and saluted, "I've heard about the general's name for a long time, but seeing you today, it's really well-deserved."

"If the general has any request, just ask, Xi will try his best."

Yan Rou sat up straight, and said, "Thank you for your love, Rou just wants a place to stand."

Yan Rou dared to say that Yuan Xi couldn't believe it, the conditions were so low, who would be willing to be loyal to her?
He said, "I heard that the general is from Guangyang?"

Yan Rou replied: "Exactly, the Yan family lived in the border for hundreds of years, during which Han and Hu intermarried, and it has survived to this day."

What he said was that he was still a little flustered in his heart. Although Yuan Xi had a good talk with Xian Yufu earlier, who knows if he would fight one another?
Now Yan Rou and Xian Yufu don't have many choices, even Liu He has joined Yuan Xi, if people like himself want to gain a foothold in Youzhou, they must have someone to rely on.

Yan Rou was ready to sell at a low price, but Yuan Xi didn't expect Yuan Xi to say: "The two of you have not accomplished an inch now, and it is hard to convince the public. I want to wrong you for the time being. I ask brother Xianyu to be the prefect of Guangyang, and brother Yan to be the prefect of the valley." ,how?"

Shanggu County is in the west of Yuyang County, Guangyang is in the east of Yuyang County, and the three counties are connected. Yan Rou and Xian Yufu looked at each other, and they both saw the joy in each other's eyes, and quickly agreed.

The prefect is already a two-thousand stone official, although it is worse than the Karasuma captain that Yan Rou snatched earlier, but after all, Yuan Jiaming has endorsed it.

But even so, Yan Rou was a little bit disappointed, because the position of Colonel Karasuma was more prestigious and could mobilize Wuhuan herdsmen. Secondly, Yan Rou still hoped to fight against Tadun Shanyu. The leader of Wuhuan.

Yuan Xi glanced at Guo Jia, Guo Jia understood, and said to Yan Rou: "General, do you know what is the relationship between Han people and Wuhuan Xianbei in Guangyang Yuyang?"

Yan Rou hesitated for a moment, then said: "According to the truth, in fact, all ethnic groups in the pass live together, and it has long been difficult to distinguish each other. Those who suffer from it are exorbitant taxes and military service. For the separation of the two ethnic groups, even who is the Han court? Being the master of the house, most of the border residents in Youzhou don't really care."

Yuan Xi thought to himself that this is the truth, if there were no generational blood feuds at that time, in fact the border people did not pay much attention to the distinction of ethnicity.

Guo Jia asked again, "What about those people outside the pass?"

Yan Judao: "Outside the pass, nomads make a living. Whenever the weather turns cold and the pastures don't grow, they will enter the pass to plunder. The convenience of the people inside the pass is miserable."

"When they plundered, they didn't distinguish between Han people and Xianbei Wuhuan, so in our opinion, although they belong to the same clan, they don't have the same heart."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi nodded slightly and said, "I have some thoughts about this."

He briefly talked about digging ditches and widely planting rice fields as the second line of defense after the Great Wall, and finally said: "In this way, in the future, Guangyang and Yuyang will be able to effectively prevent the invasion of foreigners in the north, and at the same time half-cultivate and half-pasture , life should be better than it is now.”

After hearing this, Yan Rou said, "The Shijun's idea is really clever. The only trouble is that it consumes manpower and material resources, and it will take at least several years, or even ten years."

Xian Yufu also worried: "Excavating the river will require forced labor. I'm afraid not everyone will support it."

Yuan Xi understood that what the two of them said was the truth, after conquering a land, they needed to appease the local people, reduce the rent and tax for a few years to buy people's hearts, how could there be such a big construction project?
You must know that the collection of labor is the most likely to cause civil uprisings, and you need to be cautious.

Guo Jia said: "Of course the young master knows this, that's why he entrusted the two with a heavy responsibility."

"This is not a simple expropriation of labor, but paid labor. As for whether the people are willing or not, it depends on their choice."

When Guo Jia explained the conditions one by one, Yan Rouxian became more and more surprised on Yufu's face.

Because if these conditions can be fulfilled, there will be many people scrambling to do hard labor!

The border residents of Bingzhou in Youzhou at the end of Han Dynasty did not have a high status.

Since Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu moved the border residents of Youzhou and Bingzhou to the interior, resulting in the scarcity of Youzhou's population, foreigners from outside the pass took the opportunity to enter the pass and occupied a large area of ​​land to live in.

The disadvantage is that the population ratio of Han and Hu on the border is imbalanced. The advantage is that the two sides began to intermarry, Wuhuan Xianbei began to be influenced by Chinese culture, and gradually became different from the same race outside the customs.

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty. Biography of the Southern Xiongnu" - "Gradually migrated to You, merged with the border people in Changshan Pass, Juyong Guandong, and the Huns returned to live in Sai Nei."

In the era of Emperor Han'an, the Imperial Guard of the Western Regions was even abandoned. "Han Shu. Xiao'an Emperor Ji" - "In June of the first year of Yongchu, the imperial guard was dismissed", and the Changshi Mansion was re-established. The military power was weakened, and it was even worse in the later period. General Changshi's Mansion was also abandoned, and he withdrew from the Western Regions in an all-round way.

Unlike the Western Han Dynasty who took the initiative to attack, strive to expand the territory, and create a buffer zone at the border, the Eastern Han Dynasty adopted a strategy of defensive contraction, ceding the border to foreigners.

Since Liu Xiu set a precedent, the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty also turned against the tough style of the Western Han Dynasty and ignored the expansion of the power of the Xiongnu and Xianbei. After that, the Wei and Jin Dynasties also continued this practice of migrating inwards, thus accumulating hidden dangers, and finally formed the five chaos Chinese pattern.

Yuan Xi's idea was very simple. Since he knew these hidden worries in advance, he would not just sit idly by and deal with them passively, but he had to take the initiative to deal with these persistent illnesses.

Use the resources of Youzhou to garrison fields on the spot, and build a protective belt of half military and half civilian garrison. Among them, regardless of Han or Hu, as long as they join the army and perform hard labor, they can obtain regular household registration and a piece of land.

More importantly, children and grandchildren can get the opportunity to enter the free school. As long as they have achieved any subject in the free school, they can become officials and obtain official positions.

When Yan Rouxian heard about this idea, her heart was shaken. This idea is really too bold!
This means that the solidified class of scholars, peasants, and businessmen has the possibility of class leapfrogging, military merits, hard labor, and the selection of volunteers, so that the people at the bottom can see the hope of turning around!
Yuan Xi was not surprised when he saw the shock of the two people, because few people would refuse to integrate into the more superior Chinese culture and living environment. The reason for all the previous resistance was that the court did not regard these border people as human beings.

As long as they are given hope, these so-called foreigners who may become enemies will actively participate in the Chinese national system.

The so-called military campaign can make Youzhou stable, and it will develop into a powerful state in the world in the future, and it must use extraordinary measures.

In the long run, this method is better than the so-called method of using Huns to control Huns, because the Han Dynasty adopted the method of the Southern Huns to contain the Northern Huns. Big, it’s just treating the symptoms but not the root cause.

Yuan Xi's method is to let the Han and Hu people live together by unifying the household registration, gradually eliminate the differences between Han, Xianbei, and Wuhuan, and integrate them all into the Chinese cultural system!

In this way, when foreigners enter the pass, they will face the integrated Youzhou border residents. If they want to settle in the pass, they can only honestly integrate into this cultural circle.

Of course, for foreigners who don't want to merge and just want to plunder, they can only use swords and blood to make them go far away, or they will die.

The core of this method is the selection of righteous schools, the embryonic form of the imperial examination system, which is different from only examining a subset of classics and history, what Yuan Xi wants is that all skills can be used!
This was the rudiment of his idea after discussing with Guo Jia for many nights. At that time, Guo Jia sighed to Yuan Xi: "I know that your master's plan is profound, but I don't know that your master's plan is so big."

"If it succeeds, the son will be famous in history."

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "So how can such things be neglected, sir?"

Guo Jia laughed out loud, because he understood that if this set of things planned by Yuan Xi is to be realized, he must seize the world!

Sure enough, I did not misunderstand the person, the one I followed had no less ambition than anyone else. When other princes focused on the territory and the army, Yuan Xi had already thought about changing the Zhou Li Han system!
However, this kind of thing is also extremely risky. Of course, if it succeeds, it will last forever, but if it fails, it will be lost forever.

But for Guo Jia, a wild and unrestrained person who doesn't even care about his life, it suits his appetite.

　These chapters should be the most serious chapters I have written, and they are also the most labor-intensive. For this reason, I used narrative tricks. Everyone’s dialogues actually have very unnatural things against their will.

　　I'd rather write a more light-hearted, no-brainer plot if possible.

　　But these are a few chapters that clarify the main purpose, and discuss the bottom line and choices of doing things as a living person, so I still bite the bullet and write it.

　　If you feel that you don't understand or are not satisfied, it means that I did not tell the story well, and I would like to apologize to the book friends.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)