Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 28 The So-called Loyal Officials of the Han Dynasty

Dong Zhao once asked Yuan Xi a question.

When Emperor Han came to the throne, who was the loyal minister of the Han Dynasty above the court?

In Dong Zhao's heart, Yuan Xi must put Yuan Shao first.

Although Yuan Shao showed a lot of selfishness in Dong Zhuo's entry to Beijing, in the final analysis, he still considered the issue from the standpoint of the Han Dynasty, and the goal of what he did was to quell the chaos of the Han Dynasty.

Yuan Shao's goal at that time was probably just to be a powerful minister, not the current prince.

It's just that in the end, the tricks were exhausted, and the peaches were picked by someone.

When he arrived in Jizhou, Yuan Shao also supported Liu Yu, the authentic Liu family, and only after he was killed by Gongsun Zan did he start to have other ideas.

However, what Yuan Xi said did not take Dong Zhaolei lightly.

What Yuan Xi believed to be the loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty at that time, turned out to be the top three.

Dong Zhuo.

Lu Bu.

Cao Cao.

Yuan Shao had to step back a little bit.

Dong Zhao was dumbfounded on the spot.

He was puzzled and said: "Dong Zhuo's misfortune is chaotic, the government and the people are ruined, Lu Bu's slaves devour the master, and the wolf is ambitious. After Cao Cao eunuchs, he killed the nobles arbitrarily. How can he say that he is a loyal minister?"

Yuan Xi heard this, and said leisurely: "But what the three of them are doing is helping Emperor Han."

Dong Zhao was suddenly stunned. He recalled what had happened in the past few years, and found that what Yuan Xi said was really reasonable!
At the beginning, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered the current emperor Liu Xie to succeed to the throne, but Empress Dowager He conspired with He Jin to kill Empress Dowager Dong who raised Liu Xie, and supported Liu Bian to succeed to the throne.

At this time, Yuan Shao played tricks on He Jin. He Jin summoned Dong Zhuo to lead the troops to the capital, but was killed by the eunuch before Dong Zhuo entered the capital.

Now no one can control Dong Zhuo, he abolished Liu Bian within a few days after entering Beijing, and helped Liu Xie to succeed him. Isn't this coincident with Emperor Ling's last order?

As for Dong Zhuo's rise to power later, Lu Bu killed him again, isn't it also the order of the Han Emperor?

Cao Cao's assassination of Dong Zhuo was the same reason. Cao Cao was not a fool. Without the above hints, how could he do such a near-death thing for no reason?
The more Dong Zhao thought about it, the more he felt that Yuan Xi's idea was very likely to be the truth, and he broke out in cold sweat.

Yuan Xi finally said to Dong Zhao: "Emperor Han seems to be involuntary, but it is really not easy to choose these three people."

"I also hope to have the opportunity to meet him in the future, and I hope that Mr. will help me."

Dong Zhaohun agreed without hesitation.

Yuan Xi smiled in his heart. Although this guess is very close to the facts, it is only a guess after all, but it will plant the seeds of being with the king like a tiger in Dong Zhao's heart. If Dong Zhao wants to have a way out, he will definitely marry Yuan Xi. Report to the group to keep warm.

This was Yuan Xi's plan, to keep Dong Zhao by Emperor Han's side as much as possible, to give him advice.

On that day, Dong Zhao took refuge in Cao Cao and proposed to welcome Emperor Xian because he had no other choice.

What if Dong Zhao chooses another path?
Moreover, as Yuan Xi expected, the Han Emperor allowed Dong Zhuo to risk being spurned by the world to kill Yuan Kai who promoted him as a mentor, and he was by no means at the mercy of others on the surface.

The moment the emperor sat on the dragon chair, he had power. Especially in the Han Dynasty, many ministers were in Cao Ying and their hearts were in Han, which led to the backlash of the princes who wanted to stand on their own.

Since ancient times, there are only a handful of Yi Yin Huo Guang who have succeeded in powerful officials.

Of course, Dong Zhao didn't know Yuan Xi's thoughts. He looked at the former teacher's daughter in front of him and was filled with emotion.

Cai Zhaoji, the daughter of Cai Yong, a great contemporary scholar, is now called Wu Zhao.

Ten years have passed, things are different, but Dong Zhao, as Cai Yong's disciple, is a teacher for a day and a father for the rest of his life, so naturally he wants to protect his daughter.

Dong Zhao sighed to Cai Zhaoji: "The girl is suffering, if the husband is alive..."

Wu Zhao sighed lightly: "I am satisfied now that I can save my life. Please don't worry, sir."

Dong Zhao hesitated again and again, and finally said: "If it is someone else, I am still worried about three points, but Mr. Yuan Xi is very human, and under his protection, the girl will be fine."

"Although he does things a little unscrupulously, he has the ambition to embrace the world."

"Only a person like him can protect his subordinates well in this troubled world."

Seeing Dong Zhao's serious words, Wu Zhao wondered why Dong Zhao had such a high opinion of him?

In the end, Wu Zhao and Dong Zhao separated tacitly, and neither of them mentioned Cai Yong's matter.

Although Cai Yong was a great Confucianist in the world, because he was an official under Dong Zhuo and was later killed by Wang Yun, the court has not given an explanation so far, so Wu Zhao's identity is really not suitable to be exposed.

Dong Zhao even suspected that Cai Yong's death was probably due to his high reputation, and Wang Yun was not necessarily the mastermind.

When Dong Zhao went to Chang'an, he needed to pass through Sili in Hanoi, Bingzhou. There were bandits along the way, and he was not sure that Wu Zhao would be safe. It would be better to let him follow Yuan Xi.

As for whether Wu Zhao will be asked to sleep in or not, when Dong Zhao thought about it, he really felt that he was thinking too much.

Not to mention Wu Zhao's self-destructive appearance now, among the hundreds of women who came with him, there were also some beautiful ones, and Yuan Xi didn't see them brought into the mansion.

Maybe Mr. Yuan Xi is not very interested in female sex?

But Dong Zhao was wrong, of course Yuan Xi was interested in female sex.

In fact, he is a very good person, eating with soldiers, living a simple life, not close to women, most of it is for the need of fame.

And now his mind is full of food.

Full of warmth and lust, can't get enough to eat, how can I have the mood to sleep with a woman?

The biggest temptation for him now is the thousands of acres of wheat fields outside the city that are waiting to be harvested!

Wu Zhao didn't sleep well at night. She tossed and turned on the bed and was in a daze until the middle of the night when she heard rumbling footsteps outside, as if many people had woken up.

She hurriedly got out of bed, put on her skirt, opened the door and went out, and saw Yuan Xi was talking to Sun Li and the others in the courtyard.

Yuan Xi looked up and saw Wu Zhao coming, and said with a smile, "The girl is awake too?"

Seeing that Yuan Xi was also wearing short-breasted cloth trousers, Wu Zhao said, "My lord, you want to cut the wheat yourself? Should I change my clothes?"

Yuan Xi asked Sun Li to lead the carriage, greeted Wu Zhao to get into the carriage, and said, "No need, I have other things to do then."

Wu Zhao got into the carriage and said in a low voice, "Going out of the city so early?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Of course, otherwise the sun will be too high and too hot, and you will lose your energy in the sun."

Wu Zhao heard this, and said embarrassingly, "I haven't heard of these, I'm ashamed."

Yuan Xi laughed and said, "Everyone has their strengths, it's very rare for you to admit your shortcomings, this reminds me of a joke."

While talking, Sun Li drove out of the mansion in a carriage. At this time, there were already many people on the road, carrying farm tools, queuing out of the city.

Wu Zhao was curious, and said, "What joke?"

Yuan Xi laughed and said: "Once upon a time, there was a gentleman who took a group of disciples to the countryside and saw an old farmer lying in the shade of a tree and taking a nap."

"He then told his disciples that the reason why this old farmer is an old farmer and cannot become a scholar is because he is not diligent enough."

"Nowadays he doesn't do farm work in broad daylight and is still lying under a tree to be lazy, because he can't spend all his time doing farm work, otherwise he can harvest several times, dozens of times the food and become a rich man."

"But that gentleman didn't know that when he was sleeping, the old farmer had already gotten up in the dark and started doing farm work."

"Because people can't eat for a long time under the scorching sun, so farmers have to avoid the most poisonous time of the sun when they do their work."

After Wu Zhao heard this, he suddenly said, "This is indeed the truth."

"This gentleman doesn't know the suffering of farmers because he has not personally experienced the hardships of farming."

"Don't laugh at other people's idiots without others suffering."

Yuan Xi was a little surprised, and said, "Excellent, you can think of this level."

"In my hometown, there is a similar saying."

"From the people, to the people."

"This is to remind us not to forget our roots. Only by knowing the suffering of all people in the world and empathizing with them can we benefit all people."

Wu Zhao chewed these few words, his heart was shaken.

Even her father had never told such a brilliant truth to all the people in the world.

The carriage left the city gate and headed south all the way for more than ten miles. It was gradually getting brighter.

What unfolded in front of Wu Zhao was a big river meandering east, with endless golden wheat fields stretching as far as the eye can see.

The people who came to harvest in front of the car and behind the car laughed and cheered.

Seeing Yuan Xi, he was extremely excited and couldn't help standing up in the car, humming a song.

"A big river has wide waves, and the wind blows the fragrance of rice and flowers on both sides..."

(End of this chapter)