Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 288
Seeing Yuan Xi galloping towards him on a small white horse excitedly, Zhao Yun swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

To tell the truth, he would have liked to complain.

As the governor of Youzhou who just took office, it took half a year to leave, and you left all the affairs of Youzhou to yourself, wouldn't your conscience hurt?
But seeing Yuan Xi's happy look, Zhao Yun thought of the scene when the other party fooled him on the top of the city, and couldn't help but soften his heart again.

He jumped off the horse, clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: "The final general will see the envoy."

Yuan Xi chuckled and said, "Why don't you entrust the emperor? Brother Zilong has been bothering you for a while, and you may be even busier next time."

Tian Yu and others came to meet Zhao Yun one by one. When Zhao Yun saw the ceremony, he saw Yan Rou following behind. He bowed his hands to this side and said, "General, you are safe."

Yan Rou felt a little embarrassed, and then bowed her hands in return.

The two had met a few times back then. At that time, Yan Rou was under Liu Yu, and Zhao Yun was under Gongsun Zan. The two masters did not agree with each other, so the people below did not have a deep friendship.

Unexpectedly, the world is impermanent, the two went around, Zhao Yun switched to Yuan Xi's command, but Yan Rou got up early and rushed to the evening show.

First, Liu Yu, whom he had defected to, was killed by Gongsun Zan, and the whereabouts of Liu He, who he defected to, was unknown when he attacked Yi Jing.

Now that the Yuan family had defeated Gongsun Zan, Yan Rou discovered that Yuan Xi was not an easy person. In less than two years, he quickly made a fortune in Beixincheng and became the governor of Youzhou.

He saw that it would be too late if he didn't stand in line, so he decided to defect here. At this time, Zhao Yun had already made great contributions under Yuan Xi's command two years ago, and he had already become a captain, faintly becoming the second person under Yuan Xi.

In contrast, because of Yan Rou's previous convictions for wantonly killing Karasuma Sima Zou Dan in the Han Dynasty, the self-reliant Karasuma Sima's name was not right and sound, so she had to start as the prefect of Shanggu, a head lower than Zhao Yun.

When Yan Rou was Karasuma Sima and commanded tens of thousands of people in the Northland, Zhao Yun was just a small cavalier under Liu Bei's command, so it is impossible for Yan Rou to have no thoughts in her heart.

Yuan Xi could also see Yan Rou's expression, and he thought that these troublesome things in the future would be left to Zhao Yun to solve by himself.

Yan Rou was suppressed on purpose by him. The killing of a senior member of the Han court was not a small matter, but it was very troublesome to investigate. Now Yuan Xi is doing this, on the one hand, to let her integrate as soon as possible, On the other hand, it is also a kind of protection.

In order to select talents that day, Cao Cao could put forward the idea of ​​emphasizing talent over virtue, to show respect to corporals. This move indeed recruited many capable people, including those who have committed crimes like Yan Rou.

Yuan Xi accepted Yan Rou, on the one hand, because Yan Rou is an important link between the Yuan family and Wuhuan Xianbei, and Shan Yu Tadun has already had a different heart. If Yan Rou is forced to turn against him, Youzhou will be completely chaotic. up.

On the other hand, Yan Rou, the later generation, guarded the Northland and dedicated his life to fighting against the barbarians, which was why Yuan Xi accepted him.

But not everyone is as dedicated to their duties as Yan Rou. Cao Cao's talent selection mechanism slowly revealed its evil results after his death.

Because of neglecting to examine morality, many of the gentry officials appointed by Cao Cao had a very low moral bottom line. They only knew how to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

Yuan Xi naturally remembered this lesson from the past. If possible, he still wanted to give priority to selecting people with both ability and political integrity.

Yuan Xi sighed. If one were to say that the group of officials with a high level of morality was undoubtedly the Shu Han, it was a pity that those people were too far away from Youzhou.

Especially Zhuge Liang, is he farming in Nanyang at this time?
Thinking of the name Zhuge Liang, Yuan Xi's saliva couldn't stop drooling. This is a top talent who is full of morality and internal affairs. It's a pity that there is a little trouble, and he is too loyal to the Han Dynasty.

The current banner of the Yuan family is unknown, but everyone knows that in the future it will definitely establish itself, and most of the people who come to seek refuge have this in mind, so when Yuan Xi is fighting for people like Zhuge Liang, he is inherently at a disadvantage.

Although Zhao Yun also had the ambition to help the Han Dynasty, Yuan Xi was the one who started it early, because the Han court has lost its morals in the world today, and no princes openly played this banner, not even Liu Bei at this time.

But a year later it was different.

The emperor Liu Xie returned to Luoyang in the east, and Cao Cao took the opportunity to defeat the other princes, snatched Liu Xie to Xu County, and started the road of coercing the emperor to make the princes.

From then on, for a long period of time, Cao Cao played the banner of Kuangfu Han Dynasty, which caused the gentry all over the world to scramble to belong to him.

And what Yuan Xi has to do is to do his best to destroy this matter.

Now the two he trusted the most were Qu Yi and Zhao Yun. Qu Yi had already been sent to Lu Bu by him to wait for the opportunity, which was a hidden game.

In addition to Dong Zhao who was sent there first, Yuan Xi arranged two tactics in Hanoi County. When the Taihang Mountain passage was opened, it would be Zhao Yun's turn to come out, and the final decision was made.

Everyone came all the way to the front of Jicheng, and found that the city is not small, but the city wall is not high, about a little more than ten feet.

Yuan Xi stopped, looked around and asked: "If you want to build a strong city with 10 people here, is it possible within five years?"

Guo Jia had already got out of the carriage at this time, and he thought to himself that the young master really had such thoughts.

Guo Jia talked with Yuan Xi these few days, and found that the other party was very attached to Jicheng. Guo Jia didn't quite understand that Jicheng is a place where Han and Hu live together. Even if a city is built, it may be difficult to develop within ten years. get up

It was the first time that Zhao Yuntian and Yu heard about this kind of thing, and they couldn't help but look at each other in blank dismay. Building a city is not an easy task!

Not to mention that just a city wall is quite time-consuming and labor-intensive. Even if the outer city is built, the inner city planning, water diversion and drainage, digging ditches and paving roads will take many years!
Today's big cities all have a history of hundreds of years. They all start from villages, attract people to gather, become towns, then county towns, and finally become big cities with more and more people.

During this period, population is the decisive factor, and the corresponding grain fields, water conservancy facilities, transportation and trade routes, various buildings, and the ratio of soldiers, farmers, and businesses are also indispensable.

Now that Yuan Xi suddenly said that he wanted to build a strong city with hundreds of thousands of people here, everyone was a little confused. Jicheng now has less than 5 people, and there is indeed a large area of ​​wasteland around, but where does the extra population come from?

Seeing that everyone was silent, Yuan Xi knew that he was in a hurry, and said with a smile, "I'm tired today, go back and rest for a day, think about it tonight, and talk about it tomorrow."

The people listened and took orders according to their words.

Yuan Xi and Zhao Yun walked into the city and found that the appearance of its residents was very different from that of Jiangdong. Most of them had high noses and deep eyes, but they wore Han clothes, while some looked like people from the Central Plains, but they wore Hu. Clothes.

On both sides of the street, there are many small stalls selling exotic food such as Hubing and mutton soup.

Yuan Xi thought that this is good, the Chinese culture is all inclusive, and the cultural integration is carried out in the constant exchanges, and the Chinese nation has been made into a sea that embraces all rivers.

If you blindly reject and close the country, you will only stand still.

However, he found that the roads are all dirt roads, with potholes and unevenness. Compared with the bluestone roads in Yecheng, one is in the sky and the other is underground, and the road of heart really needs to be taken step by step.

But speaking of it, Yecheng can still be ranked in the top three in today's world. It is a bit too bullying to compare Jicheng and Yecheng.

Yuan Xi saw the people on the road and saw that they were leading troops into the city, they all dodged to both sides, and said to Zhao Yun casually, "Before this was occupied by Gongsun Zan's remnant party?"

"How did the city react to our entry?"

When Yuan Xi said these words, he was quite complacent.

Because at this time they were in Jicheng, the place where Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan.

Liu Yu was defeated by Gongsun Zan that day, and after fleeing to Juyongguan with his wife and children, he was chased by Gongsun Zan, and the whole family was taken back to Jicheng and imprisoned.

At this time, the Han court sent an envoy Duan Xun to bring Liu Xie's edict, naming Liu Yu in charge of the affairs of the six states, and making Gongsun Zan the Marquis of Yi.

This was originally an act of appeasement, but Gongsun Zan took the opportunity to commit Liu Yu's crime of establishing himself as emperor. For some reason, Duan Xun actually beheaded Liu Yu's family in the downtown area.

Sun Jin, the former Chancellor of Changshan, together with Zhang Yi, Zhang Zan and others, automatically gathered around the execution ground, cursed at Gongsun Zan, and was killed together with Liu Yu.

Gongsun Zan sent Liu Yu's head to Chang'an, the capital city, but was intercepted by Liu Yu's former subordinate Wei Dun on the way, and sent back for burial.

At that time, Liu Yu practiced benevolence and justice in Youzhou and won the hearts of the people. When he was killed, the people of Youzhou cried for him. From then on, there was chaos in Youzhou, and Gongsun Zan lost the hearts of the people.

Yuan Xi thought earlier that the news of him avenging Liu Yu and defeating Gongsun Zan had spread all over Youzhou. Whether it was Youzhou or the people of Jicheng, they would thank him to some extent, right?
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun hesitated to speak, and finally said in a low voice: "There are some problems."

Yuan Xi felt bad when he heard this, and asked, "What's going on?"

After Zhao Yun finished talking about the cause and effect, Yuan Xi's expression suddenly darkened.

It turned out that Xu You was messing around again!
Speaking of which, this was Yuan Xi's own mistake. Before he left Youzhou for Guangling, he handed over general affairs to Zhao Yun and internal affairs to Liu He.

The two fought from Yuyang to Guangyang. Every time they conquered a city, they appeased the people and recruited officials. Zhao Yun was good at military affairs, and Liu He was a court servant. The two cooperated well, but there were no major problems.

But the bad thing is that on top of the two of them, there are two other people who are killed in Jizhou, who are in charge of internal affairs and military affairs.

Xu You and Ju Shou.

Ju Shou has been training soldiers in Beixin City. He was squeezed out by Yuan Shao. He was a little disheartened, but he didn't cause any trouble, but Xu You was different.

Behind him is Yuan Shang, who already had the mind to make trouble. Now that Zhao Yun and Liu He have conquered several big cities, and there are many vacancies for officials, how can he not use his brain?

So Xu You immediately recruited many officials in the name of Biejia's work, and rushed to various cities to take office.

Especially since Jicheng was the closest to Beixincheng, Xu You even installed several Xu's children to take up important positions. After taking office, these people had the same virtues as Xu You, and they were greedy and cruel in doing things, which caused dissatisfaction among the people in the city.

The reason why this matter fell into vain was that at that time, Ju and Xu You complained to each other in a letter to Yuan Xi. Yuan Xi adopted Guo Jia's strategy and left Xu You alone for the time being, and asked Zhao Yun and Liu He to hold back for the time being.

Yuan Xi didn't expect that such a mess would happen in such a short few months!

(End of this chapter)