Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 401 Undercurrent
When Tai Shici received the news from Liu Ji, he felt that the burden on his heart was a little lighter, but the current situation really made him unhappy.

He has done his best for Wu Jun's affairs, but it is hard to applaud. Sun Ce's situation has already been achieved, and Tai Shici alone can resist it.

Tai Shici could not be blamed for the crime of non-war, but Tai Shici felt quite aggrieved when he thought of Yuan Xi putting himself here, but he had achieved nothing.

If only he and Sun Ce had the conditions to be evenly matched!

Zhao Yun, who used to be of similar status to himself, is now more and more prosperous. He not only pacified several counties in Youzhou, but also participated in the military campaign to capture Heishan, leading an army alone. It is said that the progress is quite smooth.

Taishi said kindly that if he continued like this, he would be left far behind. His goal was to take the seven-foot sword and ascend the Temple of the Son of Heaven, but now he was trapped in Jiangdong, and he could not see the slightest opportunity to make great achievements.

Especially the news of Qu Yi's death in battle made Tai Shici feel sad for the death of a rabbit and a fox. Speaking of Yuan Xi's command, the most famous one is Qu Yi. Zhao Yun, Tai Shici and others combined at the beginning were not as famous as Qu Yi alone.

However, such a famous general ended up dying in the end, which made Tai Shici feel sad and anxious at the same time.

Because Tai Shici knew that there was not much time left for him.

The breathing secret method he used was the secret of the Taiping Dao, which was already extremely harmful to the body. Later, after Tai Shici improved it, the power increased, but the damage to the body also became greater.

Tai Shici estimated that it would be good if he could live to be 40 years old. Before he died, he must make contributions and leave his name in history!
Thinking of this, he suddenly stood up, since Liu Yao allowed him to bring the gentry back to Guangling, then he is not welcome, the first goal is to persuade Lu Xun!
In Xiapi, Xuzhou, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang were sitting around and drinking.

Liu Bei has been in a good mood recently. With his benevolent policies and his efforts to buy people's hearts, Xuzhou's gentry began to slowly fall to Liu Bei, and their reputation among the people increased.

Xuzhou has fertile land and developed commerce. As long as it does not suffer from military disasters, it will be a land of prosperity. Since Yuan Tan and Yuan Xi joined forces to beat Sun Ce and Cao Cao away last time, Sun Ce saw that Xuzhou was difficult to obtain, so he turned his focus to Yangzhou. Cao Cao The same is true, in order to please the emperor, most of the troops were transferred to Sili and western Yanzhou.

In this way, Liu Bei's pressure was greatly reduced. At the same time, he occupied the East China Sea, and his county had several outlets. He relied on the Mi family to operate maritime trade, and did business with the Yuan family in Guangling. In a short period of time, he accumulated It looks like a lot of wealth.

He used these wealth to recruit soldiers and horses, and rebuilt a team of more than [-] people. These numbers are not small, so Liu Bei instantly felt that he was doing it again.

The only thing that worried him was that Yuan Shao asked him to attack Dongwuyang. Liu Bei was naturally not stupid, and was trying to delay sending troops so as not to lose too much.

He was slightly drunk now, and said to Guan Zhang: "What did I say, we were just unlucky!"

"Now that we have the opportunity, shouldn't we make a comeback?"

Zhang Fei also laughed loudly and said, "Brother!"

"We are developed, so it's time for me to find a wife!"

"Brother, I don't look too bad. Is there anyone in Xuzhou who has a crush on the third brother? Brother, help me be a matchmaker!"

Liu Bei trembled with the wine glass in his hand, almost spilling the wine, and said: "I remember, I will ask my third brother in a few days."

Zhang Fei was overjoyed when he heard this, raised his wine cup and said, "Brother, be refreshing!"

"Third brother, let me toast to elder brother!"

The two had a drink together, Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu, saw him bowed his head in silence, and asked, "Second Brother, is there something on your mind?"

After hearing this, Guan Yu sighed, "Brother, I am really troubled."

"My wife and I have not been married for a long time, but we have never had a descendant. Seeing that we have settled down, I have some ideas."

After hearing this, Liu Bei smiled and said, "Isn't that just taking a concubine?"

"I think there are a few good girls from good families. Tomorrow, I will help my second brother come to the door to be a lobbyist!"

Just as Guan Yu wanted to thank him, Zhang Fei muttered, "Brother is biased!"

"Big brother talked about my matter a few days ago, why is the second brother taking a concubine, and the big brother is in a hurry to do it tomorrow?"

"Does elder brother think that my appearance is inferior to that of second elder brother?"

After hearing this, Liu Bei raised his glass in embarrassment, "No way, third brother, don't think too much."

"Drink and drink!"

Zhang Fei heard this, and shouted: "Okay, drink!"

Seeing that Zhang Fei had been fooled by Liu Bei, Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Guan Yu say, "The world has changed a lot today. Brother, have you ever thought about what we are going to do next?"

Liu Bei was taken aback, "What does the second brother mean?"

Guan Yu said: "Now we are in the gap between Eryuan and Cao Cao's forces. If several parties fight, we will be the first to be affected."

"Brother, do you think we will be able to protect ourselves by then?"

"We are trapped in Xuzhou, so we will live like this for the rest of our lives?"

Liu Bei was shocked when he heard this, put down the wine bar and said, "What the second brother said is that I really don't want to make progress."

"But the second brother must understand my difficulties. I don't want to, but I can't."

"Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonglu, Sun Bofu, Cao Mengde, which of these forces can we deal with?"

"I've been worrying a lot these days, but it's a pity that no one can give me advice. It really makes me uncomfortable."

Guan Yu was also silent when he heard this. Liu Bei lacked good advisers. In contrast, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's men were full of talents, and they even competed with each other.

He had no choice but to say: "I heard that Sun Ce is in a hurry to attack Jiangdong. If Wu County is breached, there must be many gentry fleeing north to Xuzhou because they are afraid of Sun Ce."

"Maybe there is someone available inside."

After hearing this, Liu Bei was overjoyed and said, "What the second brother said is that I will prepare boats and horses by the river to see if there are any gentry from the east of the river who have defected."

Guan Yu and Liu Bei tacitly said that what they did not say was that if Liu Bei recruited Jiangdong gentry as an official, he would be able to contain and suppress the local gentry in Xuzhou, thereby preventing the local gentry from taking power away.

Liu Bei's idea is the most common method used by princes in the world to control their subordinates today.

Yuan Shao is using it, Cao Cao is using it, Yuan Xi is using it, and even Liu Xie is using it now.

Liu Xie took out a huge silk, and Ming Jinshi filled in the vacant official positions on it one by one, and there were several names on the bottom one by one. These are the candidates for this official position.

Then every time he wrote one, he asked ten ministers including Yang Biao and Kong Rong to express their opinions. If everyone objected, the name of this person would be crossed out.

If there are many people who agree, the name will be listed on the top, and if someone else nominates, the name will be added.

In view of the fact that there are not many vacant official positions, and the number of candidates is several times higher, it is really exhausting for ten ministers to express their opinions on each of them.

But Liu Xie had already spoken in advance, this matter cannot be settled, and no one can leave.

So after the summoning of Cao Cao, Zhao Yun and others, all the ministers discussed until late at night, without a break for several hours, and the candidates for the official positions on the cloth were less than half decided.

This is still not controversial, and any controversies will be put to the back, which may take several times the time to discuss.

Seeing that all the ministers looked exhausted, Liu Xie asked them to rest for a while, and the maid brought honey water to quench their thirst. After everyone drank it, they calmed down a little.

But Liu Xie had a rough idea.

Through this process, he understood the views of his confidant ministers on the forces of all parties, and understood who was on the side with whom.

Kong Rong is the most anti-Cao Cao, but he seems to have a bad impression of Yuan Xi.

Zhong Yao and Ding Chong unabashedly stood by Cao Cao's side.

Dong Zhao seems to be on the side of Cao Cao.

Yang Biao was the most loyal to himself, and seemed to be wary of Cao Cao, but he did not support other forces.

Dong Cheng still didn't dare to express his opinion easily, fearing that he was scared out of his wits, but he faintly stood by Lu Bu's side.

The remaining few have their own biases, and some even speak for Yuan Shao.

Liu Xie thought it was really interesting, the ten ministers were divided into several factions, this is the way to be a minister?

At this time, an urgent letter came, about Li Le, the general of the Baibo Army who led his troops out of the city to stop the Southern Huns from the north.

The letter said that the Southern Huns did not come, he was deceived by others, he was ashamed of the emperor, and now he returned the title and seal, and went back to the territory of the Baibo army by himself.

When Liu Xie saw it, he showed the letter to everyone and said, "General Li is too serious. He even left for this reason. How can I blame him?"

"Is this because he was disappointed in me after he got the news that the Baibo Army was attacked?"

"Or this letter was originally a fake, and General Li Le has already encountered an accident?"

All the ministers looked at each other, speechless for a moment, Liu Xie walked up to Juanbo, wrote General Li Lezhengdong's name on it, and said, "Now, I have to confer another official position."

Everyone discussed until the sky showed a pale belly, and only then did they match the names on the silk silk one by one, and the dust settled.

But including Zhong Yao and Dong Zhao, when they looked at the names on the silk, they couldn't help being secretly startled.

Because the final result on the silk was too different from their previous expectations, and after discussions with all parties, it changed beyond recognition.

They believed that after the results on this piece of silk came out, the various forces waiting outside must not have expected that if it was announced, it would definitely cause an uproar, because the results took advantage of the conflicts between the princes of all parties and even led them to the Contain each other to fight the situation up.

Yang Biao stood in front of the silk, his beard trembling slightly. He couldn't imagine how Liu Xie accepted everyone's ideas on the surface, but secretly led the result to the end in front of him.

Was it planned, or was it unintentional?

If it was the former, at Liu Xie's age, his character would be terrifying!

Liu Xie asked his attendants to copy the results on the silk, and then asked Zhong Yao to draw up the decree.

Zhong Yao's handwriting is the best among all the officials, so he, the Huangmenling, is responsible for drafting and announcing the edict, but now he has a rare look of hesitation, and said: "Your Majesty, if it weren't for the summoning, Let people outside know, if they have other ideas, can they make a defense?"

Liu Xie said lightly: "No need."

"If they don't want to accept the decree, I won't force it either."

After hearing this, Zhong Yao knew that Liu Xie's intention had been decided, so he quickly drew up a decree, and Liu Xie posted it up.

This really caused an uproar, and Yuan Xi in Anyi also received an urgent letter from Ju Shou two days later, learning the content of the decree.

Looking at the contents of the letter, he thought to himself that this was really unexpected, and now the general situation of the world will change accordingly.

(End of this chapter)