Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 39
Yuan Xi looked at the expressions of the three people in front of him, and secretly laughed in his heart.

In this era, although most of the gentry were somewhat reserved and arrogant, they were relatively simple.

For Yuan Xi, who had seen all kinds of teachings and nine streams on the construction site, there were no lower limits for various purposes, and the gentry in this era should have never been taught.

A young servant woman came up, cleaned up the broken wine glasses on the ground, and silently backed away.

At this moment, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "I frightened you all by mistake, you won't blame me, right?"

Old Yuan Tan blushed and coughed dryly: "How come, everyone will miss, hahaha."

At this time, another maid came up and put pots of soft stewed elbows in front of everyone, splashing oily and mellow sauce on them. Personal nostrils make people move their index fingers.

Yuan Tan, Xunchen and the others picked up the wooden chopsticks, seeing that it was obviously a pork knuckle, they hesitated for a moment.

At that time, the method of castrating pigs was not popular, and pork often had a fishy smell. Even in the Song Dynasty before the appearance of Dongpo pork, cooking pork was quite a headache.

Gao Lan hesitantly picked up a piece of skinned elbow meat, put it in his mouth and chewed a few mouthfuls, his eyes widened suddenly, and he exclaimed, "Good meat!"

When Yuan Tan and Xunchen saw it, they also put the meat in their mouths, savoring the taste carefully, and also became surprised.

Although the pork did not know what method was used, a lot of the smell was removed, and it was seasoned with soy sauce, which tasted extremely delicious.

Compared with the meat they ate before, this pot of elbow was far beyond their expectations!
At that time, soy sauce had already appeared in the Western Han Dynasty, but the food was mostly steamed and boiled. Although a lot of spices were introduced from the Western Regions, they were not widely used in cooking like later generations, and most of the time they were used in sachets and other things .

Fortunately, Yuan Xi killed Liu Bao this time, and found some rare spices among the goods he robbed.

When he made this elbow, he roasted it over fire, blanched it several times, and served it with several spices, which raised the taste of the difficult-to-handle pork to a new level. No wonder the three of Yuan Tan were surprised.

Yuan Xi smiled, pointed at the dozens of girls dancing and playing music below, and said, "These girls are commoner girls who were captured by the Southern Xiongnu when they rebelled in the Luoyang area of ​​Chang'an."

"They were taken to the north and tortured along the way."

"At that time, I was confronting General Zhao Zilong, who was in Gongsun Zan's army. Seeing those Hu Gou treat my Han family's children like this, I felt annoyed, so I joined forces with him temporarily, killed all those Hu Gou, and rescued them. come down."

When the women in the hall heard this, they all knelt down and said: "Thank you for saving my life, my lord, I dare not forget."

Yuan Xi waved his hand, and these women stood up to play music again.

He said to the three of them: "These women's family members were all killed by Hugou, and they are already homeless, but it is not easy to resettle in the city. I have selected dozens of them who are good at musical instruments and cooking, and stay here temporarily."

"But it's not a long-term solution. If you don't have maids and maids in your family, just do me a favor and take them back and place them in the mansion."

At that time, among the gentry, it was extremely common to give concubines and concubines to each other. Yuan Xi's words were not outrageous.

Yuan Tan heard this, and said with a smile: "Second brother is so caring, but elder brother will be disrespectful. They will all do the trick just now?"

Yuan Xi smiled and said: "It's natural, regardless of the culinary skills, each of them can cook more than a dozen dishes that are not inferior to this."

As soon as these words came out, even Xun Chen seemed to be moved. He looked at the maidservant with his eyes, and said with a smile: "It is extremely rare for a maidservant who is proficient in both to play elegant music and to cook in the market. interested in."

At this time, Xun Chen's evaluation of Yuan Xi was higher. During the banquet, the three of them were led by Yuan Xi's nose, and they didn't ask the truth about the conflict with the Xiongnu tribe.

However, as soon as Yuan Xi opened his mouth, he switched to the title of righteousness, and at the same time gave it to Ji concubine, which made it difficult for Xun Chen to speak again.

Yuan Xi was moved when he saw Yuan Tan and Xunchen, which he expected, but what surprised him most was Gao Lan's reaction.

Although Gao Lan's eyes have never left those maidservants, but for some reason, until now, he has not opened his mouth to ask for it.

This is wrong!

You must know that most of the counselors were born in noble families, with noble status and deep family background, and all they sought were civil servants, positions that were settled in the rear.

The military generals are different, most of them come from humble backgrounds, relative to the gentry who can read and write, they don't have much choice at all, they can only take the position of generals who lick blood on the knife's edge to earn their lives.

This is why most generals are looked down upon by counselors and civil officials.

family heritage.

Therefore, many generals can only slowly improve their status by clinging to the gentry.

Because the gentry are not only landlords, but also powerful, not only monopolizing land knowledge, but also monopolizing public opinion. The so-called Yuedan Commentary is one of the representatives.

Without the recognition of the gentry, it will be very difficult to do things, and the result is twice the result with half the effort.

This was the case for Dong Zhuo. He was born in Yingchuan County, but his family background was in decline. Compared with the Xun family in Yingchuan, he was not worthy of attention. Therefore, he chose the road of being a hero and becoming a chivalrous man to build his own reputation.

Even so, he still couldn't squeeze into the circle. Even though he had fought in Liangzhou for many years and made a lot of military achievements, he was only a middle-level official with a few hundred shi.

However, after he attached himself to Situ Yuanwei, he served as governor of Bingzhou and prefect of Hedong County, and his salary rose to two thousand shi.

The same is true for Liu Bei. After taking refuge in Gongsun Zan, he was recommended as the prime minister of the two thousand stones, reaching the sky in one step.

But Liu Bei at least had the status of an emperor's uncle, and Dong Zhuo couldn't do it. Even after he became a grand master, he tried his best to make friends with the nobles and employ a large number of scholars, but many people still looked down on him because of his background.

In the aristocratic society, there is no high family status, those who only rely on military merits to get high, have never successfully entered the court and died well. There are green forests and red eyebrows in the front, and Hou Jing Dong Zhuo in the back, all of them are like this.

Dong Zhuo's death, of course, has his perverse and cruel responsibility, but even if he treats people respectfully, he can't go far.

Because commoners are in charge of the court, it is a disgrace to scholars.

Dong Zhuo is like this, and so is Lu Bu and Sun Ce, so they are all ruthless people, doing things that break the bottom line again and again, just to win the approval of the gentry.

Yuan Xi was very fortunate to be reincarnated in this life, and was extremely lucky to have an identity that did not need to consider differences in family status.

If he was reborn in a commoner's family, he really didn't have the confidence to do anything in this troubled world.

So now that he is a gentry, even if he does something to the gentry and kills the gentry in Beixincheng who are stockpiling grain, Yuan Tan Xunchen can't criticize him too much.

After all, is this a conflict within the gentry?
If Yuan Xi were a commoner, he would be rebelling.

This is indeed a logical closed loop.

Yuan Xi is staring at Gao Lan now, presenting concubines to Ji is a common thing in the circle of gentry, Yuan Tan and Xunchen are used to it, and they don't object.

As a general, Gao Lan should have been arty, but now he doesn't say a word, which shows that he has something on his mind!

(End of this chapter)