Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 275
To say that the later Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao in the Battle of Guandu, there were factors that were either accidental, reasonable, or easily overlooked, but it was definitely a decisive and important turning point to coerce the emperor to command the princes before.

From then on, Cao Cao was able to use his status in the Han Dynasty to do things that were inconvenient for him to do before. He was no longer attached to Yuan Shao and tied his hands in everything, but opposed Yuan Shao in government affairs.

Although a few counselors such as Ju Shou had made similar proposals to Yuan Shao before, there were not many people who supported them, and Yuan Shao's confidants headed by Chunyu Qiong strongly opposed it.

Chunyu Qiong had two reasons.

One is the loss of morality of the Han Dynasty. At this time, the form is the same as that of the end of Qin Dynasty, and all the princes of the world took it.

The second is to welcome the emperor Liu Xie. How to deal with the edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty is a big problem, which will hinder the implementation of Yuan Shao's edict.

Chunyuqiong's reasons are very convincing, both at that time and in later generations.

Because after Cao Cao welcomed Liu Xie, both sides fought wits and courage for a long time. The reason is that Liu Xie was originally a person who refused to admit defeat, and the matter of clothes and belts was one of the silhouettes.

Yuan Shao's counselors are not idiots, they will not ignore the facts because of personal self-interest on such key issues, and most of them support Chunyu Qiong because they also agree with these two points of view.

Because for Yuan Shao at this time, he had already occupied the Central Plains, and the general trend had been achieved, and it seemed that he really didn't need to rely on the power of the Han Dynasty.

And more importantly, some people have done it before taking the emperor to order the princes. On the contrary, from He Jin, from Dong Zhuo to Wang Yun Lu Bu, to Li Jue and Guo Si, all failed, and the price was death.

Even Jushou, when refuting, can only say that it is morality to welcome the emperor, if Yuan Shao doesn't do it, someone else will.

There is a big problem with Jushou's statement here.

If there was no first half sentence, Yuan Shao might have thought more about it, but the morality of the first half sentence made Yuan Shao very unhappy.

It is morality to welcome the emperor, so what is Yuan Shao doing in Jizhou now?
Yuan Shao was very face-saving, and judging from his performance, Yuan Shao might have wanted to emulate Yiyin Huoguang before Liu Yu was alive, but after Liu Yu died, he should have the will to stand on his own.

Because after Cao Cao welcomed the emperor in later generations, Geng Bao, Yuan Shao's subordinate, proposed that the Yuan family was a descendant of the Yellow Emperor and belonged to Tude. Now that the Huode Han Dynasty is declining, the Yuan family can replace it. This is in accordance with the destiny.

After Yuan Shao heard this, he summoned all his subordinates and asked Geng Bao to publicly preach to everyone. Unexpectedly, everyone gritted their teeth, accused Geng Bao of deceiving the public, and demanded that he be executed.

When Yuan Shao saw it, he could only order his soldiers to drag Geng Bao out and behead him.

Judging from this matter, Yuan Shao is more or less interested in the matter of self-reliance, otherwise he would not have let Geng Bao stand up publicly to test everyone's minds, but he did not expect that he would be so fiercely opposed by everyone.

At the same time, after Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, everyone betrayed his relatives and was attacked by the princes of the world. Yuan Shao's subordinates really understood it better than Yuan Shao and Geng Bao.

But Yuan Shao never gave up. When Yuan Shu was at the end of his life, he handed over the emperor title to Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shao accepted it.

It is unknown how this incident affected Yuan Shao's subordinates, but during the Battle of Guandu a year later, several important figures under Yuan Shao's subordinates defected to Cao Cao, indicating that some people may be dissatisfied with Yuan Shao's acceptance of the title of Emperor Yuan Shu of.

Therefore, regarding the matter of welcoming the Han Emperor, Yuan Shao fell into a contradiction. On the one hand, the time for self-reliance was not mature, and on the other hand, he was unwilling to flatter Liu Xie, which interfered with Yuan's pace of seizing the world.

So Yuan Shao's final choice was to put aside the matter of catering to the emperor.

Yuan Shao is a man who loses when he wins and wins again. Unlike Cao Cao, he never misses any opportunity and can make a decisive decision. In the face of interests, all hatred can be ignored.

Cao Cao could even let go of Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu's killing of Cao Ang and Cao Anmin, accept Zhang Xiu's surrender and marry him, let alone endure Liu Xie's interference in his own affairs.

Of course, this was also related to the situation of the two of them at the time. Yuan Shao had many more choices than Cao Cao, but Cao Cao had no way out.

After Cao Cao supported Liu Xie, the two fought evenly at first, but then Liu Xie acted too hastily and was caught with a faint trick, which led to him being gradually ostracized, and finally lost power completely.

If the king wants to kill his ministers, the ministers will naturally have excuses for disloyalty.

From this point of view, Cao Cao completely copied his experience as a thug under Yuan Shao, forbearing in secret, and at the same time cultivating party members, he is worthy of being a person who does great things.

Yuan Xi reviewed the affairs of later generations. Indeed, if he didn't know the variable of Cao Cao, no one would have thought that he would turn the tables and defeat Yuan Shao.

Ju Shou was just intuition at the time, but his idea was very appetizing to Yuan Xi, that is, although it may be useless to get it by himself, he must not let the enemy get it.

Just like the emperor Liu Xie.

At the beginning, Yuan Xi had two plans.

One is to send an assassin directly to kill Liu Xie.

Yuan Xi struggled for a long time before giving up this idea. Not to mention the great risk of doing so, it would harm others and benefit himself. The Han Dynasty could easily establish another emperor.

But when things were revealed, his reputation would be rotten, and Yuan could not protect himself, so he basically bid farewell to the struggle for hegemony from then on.

The second is to compete with Cao Cao for the ownership of Liu Xie, even if they can't completely win it, they must get a share of it.

Because this ran counter to Yuan's plan, Yuan Xicai wanted to establish his own family, and this was the biggest reason why he wanted to adopt.

In this life, he made many operations and won three more years, but at the same time, history began to accelerate, and the movements of the princes of all parties also changed. At this time, although Yuan Xi had laid down some territory, the gap between him and other princes was still quite large. .

Therefore, Yuan Xi must seize the opportunity of the emperor's return to Luoyang to gain the greatest benefit for himself!

The most important point is the name!

Fame is morality, how can it be more legitimate than the edict of the emperor?
From the very beginning, Yuan Xi thought clearly step by step.

Adoption—establish your own family—control Youzhou—open up the Montenegro channel—enter Hanoi—participate in catering to the emperor.

Introducing Lu Bu to Hanoi was also based on his own failure and the idea that Cao Cao would not be able to take all the benefits. If so, Cao Cao would not be able to do whatever he wanted.

For this idea, he sent Dong Zhao as a dark chess player in advance, and then he had to place key figures under his command, so there was absolutely no room for loss.

Because the matters involved were too secretive, Yuan Xi could not even fully reveal the truth to Guo Jia and Zhen Mi, in order not to threaten the lives of Dong Zhao and others.

Yuan Xi felt a little lonely. Struggle for world hegemony was destined to prevent him from fully trusting anyone.

He bid farewell to Guo Jia, and when he returned to the mansion, he was stopped by Cai Zhaoji who had been waiting for him as soon as he entered the courtyard.

Yuan Xi knew that Cai Zhaoji must have something to ask him, so he went up and took her hand and smiled, "Is it a business matter or a private matter?"

Cai Zhaoji blushed slightly, "There are official and private matters, but private matters are not mine."

The two walked into the study, and Cai Zhaoji took out a bamboo tube, sealed with wax, and said, "This is a secret letter from Jicheng."

Yuan Xi finished the bamboo tube, scraped off the wax with a knife, unscrewed the bamboo tube, and found a roll of silk inside.

He opened it, looked up, and said, "It was sent by Zhao Yun."

Cai Zhaoji leaned over her head, and saw the recent situation of Jicheng written on it.

Now Zhao Yun and Qu Yi have cleared the road from Jicheng to Zhuojun Beixin City, Qu Yi is stationed in Jicheng, Zhao Yun led troops to sweep around, and pacified the border between Shanggu and Guangyang.

Now that Zhao Yun returned to Jicheng, he said that Yuan Xi needed to come to Jixian in person, because the appointment of officials in the city was extremely chaotic, and some people's actions had exceeded the bottom line. If this continues, Yuan Xi's reputation may be affected.

Cai Zhaoji looked at the official name mentioned by Zhao Yun, and said softly, "This is all related to Xu You and Xu Zijiang."

Yuan Xi sneered: "Xu You is really easy to bully me!"

Cai Zhaoji worried: "Master, do you want to kill him?"

"I'm afraid that if you do this rashly, the relationship with Jizhou will become stalemate?"

Yuan Xi shook his head and said, "If you kill him, you will kill him, but Xu You is still useful, and it's not time to die."

"But it's too disgusting for him to jump like this. I have to beat him this time."

"Talk to the female family members in the mansion, pack up your luggage in the next few days, and we will leave for Jicheng."

Cai Zhaoji agreed, and said in a low voice: "It's my private matter these few days, Mrs. Cai's mood is not stable, I'm afraid she won't think about it for a while, and secretly go to find medicine."

"I think the young master still needs to have a good talk with her, the heart disease needs to be healed by the heart."

Yuan Xi heard it and found it strange.

The matter between him and Mrs. Cai was really an accident. The two who had no feelings for each other actually had a child before Zhen Mi, the regular wife, which made him very embarrassed.

Logically speaking, after the child is born, Zhen Mi can be recognized as his mother, but Madam Cai's attitude aside, Zhen Mi must feel a little awkward.

Yuan Xi murmured in his heart that when he drank, he was prone to accidents. Last time it was Cai Zhaoji, this time it was Mrs. Cai, what kind of thing is this!
And the key is that I was so dizzy that I could hardly remember what happened at that time, which is really a pity.

Thinking of this, Mrs. Cai's exquisite figure appeared in Yuan Xi's mind, and she cursed herself for being out of tune.

Seeing Yuan Xi's tangled face, Cai Zhaoji covered her mouth with a smile and said, "Mi's girl's affairs have not been settled yet, but the young master has found a new way, I really admire it."

Yuan Xi sighed: "You are the first, but I haven't given you a title yet."

Cai Zhaoji laughed and said, "Why mention this? It's worse than being taken captive outside the Great Wall?"

"This backyard is about to catch fire, so let's take care of Mrs. Cai first. It's also because the young master lost his morals after drinking."

"Based on what happened to my concubine, Mrs. Cai may have suffered a lot that night."

Yuan Xi looked at the teasing expression on Cai Zhaoji's face, and remembering what he did to Cai Zhaoji back then, he couldn't help sweating profusely and said, "Stop talking, I will definitely pay attention next time."

Cai Zhaoji laughed out loud: "Who is next time?"

Yuan Xi became furious, grabbed Cai Zhaoji, put his hand into the lapel of his clothes and ravaged her, waiting for her to beg for mercy before giving up.

Mrs. Wu sat at the table teaching her daughter how to read. She wrote stroke by stroke, and the tip of the pen left ink marks on the bamboo slips.

When Mrs. Wu wrote a word, she said the syllables of the word, and her daughter followed suit with a childish voice.

In the past few days, she was extremely irritable and restless, so she had to find something to distract her, otherwise she felt like she was going crazy.

There was a knock on the door, and Yuan Xi said from outside: "Madam, can I come in?"

Mrs. Wu's body shook, she bit her lower lip, then got up and slowly opened the door.

She bowed her head to Yuan Xi and said, "I have seen the envoy."

Seeing his indifferent tone, Yuan Xi smiled wryly in his heart, the other party might have hated him.

He said aloud: "I have a few words I want to say to my wife, can I go in and talk?"

When he was speaking, his gaze was involuntarily attracted by the large-scale gully. Seeing this, Mrs. Wu quickly pulled up the front of her clothes, but she didn't step aside, and said in a low voice, "What's the matter, Mr. Shi?"

(End of this chapter)