Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 454 Chaos Relationship
Everyone was arguing endlessly about how to deal with the future entry of foreigners, and Yuan Xi's head grew dizzy.

The entry of nomadic peoples has always been one of the life-and-death tests that China has to face, and climate change is an important factor that drives nomadic peoples to invade south. It is foreseeable that in the next few decades, the weather will change. The cold trend will not ease, but will worsen.

What's more troublesome is that Yuan Xi's current strength is not enough to deal with the two major obstacles in front of him at the same time.

One is that the Han Dynasty adopted a tough policy against foreign nationalities as a unified dynasty, which would still hurt the muscles and bones. However, Yuan Xi is currently in a state, and it is absolutely impossible to expedite expeditions outside the Great Wall and waste manpower and material resources.

You must know that the most troublesome thing for nomads is that the royal court is too far away. If they are defeated, they will flee to the Northland and wait for an opportunity to make a comeback. Unless the royal court is destroyed and the people move to a controllable area, the hidden dangers cannot be eradicated.

The second is that the ethnic situation in Youzhou is extremely complicated today, because strictly speaking, at this time, the Wuhuan Xianbei people in the pass have already registered as householders in Qimin and belong to the people of the Han Dynasty. There is an internal conflict with Yuan Xi, and only the Xianbei outside the pass , is considered a foreign race.

But the problem is that the ethnic policy of the Eastern Han Dynasty has many flaws compared with the Western Han Dynasty. Although the main purpose is to control the Hu, the treatment of these border residents is not good. Many Hu and Han border residents are in a worrying situation. Dissatisfaction is also growing day by day.

The people in Youzhou have been killed and killed over the years. From Liu Yu to Gongsun Zan, the people in charge have changed one after another. In the end, Yuan Xi was left with a mess. There are many foreign races in the border area. We must combine these people to deal with the future. The great trouble of Xianbei outside the pass is how difficult it is.

This is the situation Yuan Xi has to deal with now, but it is already very difficult for him to manage the current territory, let alone the whole territory of Youzhou.

You must know that there is also a Gongsun Du family whose strength is not much weaker than Yuan Xi's!

Yuan Xi cursed inwardly, this Youzhou is really a mess, the situation is so poor that it is also at the bottom of the thirteen states.

Everyone felt that Guo Jia's idea was too radical, and Ju Shou then proposed a strategy of using a small group of elite troops to harass the unruly tribal herdsmen and make their rear exhausted, but everyone still felt that this method would not be able to stop foreigners from going south.

Yuan Xi saw that Lu Xun sat in the back obediently and didn't say a word, so he knew that he was a low-key person, not to mention that now that Guo Jia is in front, Lu Xun is not easy to stand out.

After Lu Xun came to Beixincheng, after meeting and talking with Jushou, he was appreciated by Jushou, so he followed Jushou as a disciple, which made Guo Jia very upset. There are still differences among disciples.

Later, Tian Yu Gaoshun also expressed his opinion from the perspective of using troops, but the two agreed that Youzhou is currently not enough to support the use of troops, not to mention that the weather is getting colder and Liaodong is about to enter bitter cold. At this time, there is a conflict, that is It's life and death.

Yuan Xi couldn't figure it out after listening to the crowd. There are many counselors and generals, there are advantages and disadvantages. In the past, it was enough for Guo Jia to offer advice and make his own decision, but now he has to listen to the opinions of all parties and make a choice. Judgment is required. extremely high.

If he had eight advisors under his command, he probably wouldn't perform better than Yuan Shao, right?

Seeing that Lu Xun seemed hesitant to speak, he said, "I want to hear Bo Yan's opinion."

Lu Xun didn't expect Yuan Xi to call him by name, so he cupped his hands and said: "I thought that wars can only shock the opponent, but it is difficult to conquer people's hearts. What the people need to solve most now is the problem of food and clothing. Rushing to start a war will only make the people suffer from hunger and cold." situation."

"The top priority should be to adopt a policy of recuperation. When the people's lives are improved and people's hearts want it, it is not too late to consider calming down the world."

After Yuan Xi heard this, he remained silent. This was not what he expected. Later generations of Lu Xun always valued etiquette and despised punishment, and opposed harsh torture laws, believing that the people should be the first.

In this point, it is different from Yuan Xi. Although Yuan Xi understands that in troubled times, using heavy codes will cause backlash, but if they are not used, in a harsh environment, there will be more people with evil intentions.

Moreover, later generations Lu Xun was an official in Jiangdong, where there had always been less wars, so the people's desire for war was very low, and they only wanted to have their own one-third of an acre of land and live well.

Therefore, Lu Xun's recuperation policy is very suitable for Jiangdong, but it is different in Youzhou.

The border people in the north have always been tough, and there is a shortage of food in the territory. They often need to fight to get it. Even if they want to recuperate, it depends on whether the barbarians outside the customs are willing or not.

He thought for a while, and said: "The autumn planting is basically over, I plan to return to Jicheng in a few days."

"When I get there, I'm going to listen to Liu and Zhao Yun's opinions."

"Wuhuan Shanyu, we can talk if we can, but if the other party pushes forward, I don't want to back down. After all, if I take the initiative to take one step back, I may take ten steps back in the future."

Guo Jia praised: "My lord can see clearly that those people in Wuhuan have not been educated and don't understand the way of humility of the Central Plains people. Only by beating them up, they will be convinced."

Yuan Xi smiled wryly, the reason is so reasonable, but now he can't do it.

He still had to rely on the help of the Jizhou Army to win the hundreds of thousands of Heishan Army, and the infantry in mountainous areas is the main force, which is the strength of the Youzhou Army, so he was able to win it with relatively small losses in the end.

There are hundreds of thousands of Wuhuan cavalry that everyone can mount. Youzhou now has only a few thousand cavalry, and most of them are Wuhuan cavalry from Yan Rou and Xian Yufu. The number is not in the same order as the opponent.

Although the opponent's equipment is not good, but he will not be so stupid as to fight recklessly with Youzhou heavy cavalry. As long as the opponent focuses on harassing and killing the people of Youzhou, Yuan Xi will be devastated.

From Liaoxi to Liaodong, the foreign clans Xianbei, Wuhuan Shanyu, Gongsundu family, and Yuan Xi, none of these four parties has the strength to overwhelm the others, so it is not suitable to take strong measures.

Guo Jia said: "There is one more thing."

"There are many counties and counties in Youbeiping in the west of Liaoxi, and there are still Gongsun Zan's remnants. If you want to accept them, you need an upright status."

Yuan Xi listened, nodded and said: "I have thought about it, if things go well in Jicheng, I will be able to have an heir around the Chinese New Year."

After everyone heard it, their faces were all happy.

Although Yuan Xi's lustful reputation was widely spread among the gentry, as Yuan Xi's subordinate, he would not think it was an excessive thing. On the contrary, if Yuan Xi was not lustful and his heirs were unhappy, then it would be really troublesome.

The subordinates follow the lord, thinking about passing it on from generation to generation, sealing their wives and sons, if the lord has no heirs, wouldn't it be a waste of time to fetch water from a bamboo basket, who worked hard for whom?

Yuan Xiji said again: "If there is a boy and Gongsun Zan leaves a daughter, I would like to marry the two families. If this is the case, occupying the entire territory of Youzhou will be considered famous."

But to Yuan Xi's surprise, everyone looked at each other and hesitated to speak.

Yuan Xiqi asked: "What's wrong?"

"something wrong?"

Guo Jia said with a wry smile: "It is appropriate to say that the marriage of the two families is appropriate, but it is also appropriate."

Ju Shou said: "Mr. Feng Xiao may have concerns, let me tell you."

"My son defeated Gongsun Zan, the archenemy of the Yuan clan, which means that the Gongsun clan's qualification to fight for world hegemony has been eliminated."

"Now you are married to him, is the other party in the name of Gongsun?"

"In this way, won't the young master give the Gongsun family a chance to establish a name again?"

"Of course Jizhou will be unhappy and become suspicious. What if this matter is used by people with ulterior motives in the future and uses Gongsun's name to cause chaos?"

"At that time, I'm afraid it will affect the sons and heirs who are married to him, and then backlash to the mother and daughter."

Only then did Yuan Xi come to understand, and said depressedly: "I didn't expect this level. At the beginning, I thought about the pity of orphans and widowed mothers, but I didn't expect so many things behind."

"According to this, the marriage is not enough?"

Guo Jia smiled and said: "It's not impossible, but you can't use the name of Gongsun."

"It should be said that Gongsun Zan's forces needed to be appeased before, but now that the young master has become a general trend, there is no need for these people at both ends of the head. If you don't give them any thought, they will be obedient and take refuge with you."

"In other words, it is not appropriate for Mrs. Hou to use the name of Gongsun Zan's widow anymore. Only in this way can I completely dispel the disobedience of Gongsun Zan's remnants."

"In this way, we can get rid of the previous entanglements. After the mother and daughter marry into the Yuan family, they will no longer suffer the evil consequences of Gongsun Zan."

Yuan Xi didn't realize it for a moment, "What do you mean you can't use Mrs. Gongsun Zan's name?"

Guo Jia showed an expression of hating iron but not steel, "Of course the son accepts her and it's over."

Yuan Xi was dumbfounded.

Guo Jia showed a playful smile on his face, "If you are not interested, you can marry him to someone else."

Yuan Xi was dumbfounded.

He sighed: "This is not my original intention."

Jushou laughed and said, "The young master's reputation has already been spread, so why worry about it?"

"Those who achieve great things don't care about small details. In the past, the great ancestors succeeded in abandoning their wives and sons. What the young master did today is not unrighteous. He just took in a concubine. What are you afraid of?"

"And dare to accept Mrs. Hou, besides the young master, is there anyone else?"

Everyone including Lu Xun laughed, and the room was filled with joy for a while.

Yuan Xi smiled bitterly and said, "Let me go back and think about it."

"Do you have anything else to do?"

Everyone shook their heads, and Yuan Xi said: "Okay, everyone will go back to take care of their responsibilities today. Within half a month, the existing internal affairs functions of Beixin City will be moved to Jicheng as much as possible, and redundant staff will be eliminated. This place will serve as a link between Bingzhou and Montenegro in the future." the citadel."

Tian Yu said: "Then the people who are reeducated through labor here?"

Yuan Xi thought for a while and said, "General Yan, you are acting as an agent for Zhuo County's military defense, and the internal affairs are handed over to Mr. Han Yu."

Chen Gui and Yan Rou hurriedly got up to take orders, Yuan Xi said to Yan Ju: "The general is originally a Han, and he is also a captain of Karasuma. No matter Hu or Han here, they are all citizens of Youzhou. If we divide each other, we won't let Hu Han become hostile to each other."

Yan Rou said in a deep voice: "The final general will live up to his mission!"

Yuan Xi nodded. He was at ease with Yan Rou's style of handling things. As a Han Chinese, he was supported by the Hu people, so he could mediate between the Hu and the Han. He should be a good candidate to manage Beixin City.

Yuan Xi sent everyone away and walked all the way back to the backyard, thinking how could he tell Mrs. Hou about this matter?

He doesn't have any moral obsession with the widow, and he doesn't accept it. If the Hou family is coveted and used by people with ulterior motives in the future, I'm afraid life will be even more difficult.

But doing this now, Yuan Xi always felt that Wanglou saved people at that time, as if he had bad intentions!
After thinking for a while, he went straight to Mrs. Hou's room, and when he reached the door, he saw that the door was ajar, and there was still light inside.

Some time ago, under Mrs. Hou's care, her daughter recovered from her illness. It is estimated that it is for the ventilation of the house. Yuan Xi thought about it, then stepped forward and knocked on the door lightly.

After a while, Hou pulled the door open, but she didn't expect that it was Yuan Xi who came, and subconsciously took half a step back before standing still.

The two looked at each other, and couldn't help but think of the embarrassing incident in Xiaolou last time, and the air was full of ambiguity.

Yuan Xi cleared his throat, and said: "In half a month, I will move the mansion to Jicheng. Before that, there are still things I want to inform Madam."

After hesitating for a while, Hou stepped aside and said in a low voice, "Please let me come in."

(End of this chapter)