Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 46 The Heavy and Bright Ideal
Yuan Xi said without thinking, "Come in."

The door was pushed open, and it was Wu Ji who came in.

She thought that Yuan Xi was the only one in the room, but when she looked up, a woman knelt in front of Yuan Xi, her body bent down, and Yuan Xi had a strange expression on her face.

Wu Zhao was startled, not knowing what the two of them were doing, and then her face turned red.

It is the style of the gentry to drink wine and courteous prostitutes, which is the case for most of the sons and daughters of aristocratic families. Ever since Wu Zhao entered the mansion, he always felt that Yuan Xi had no women around him, and even the dozens of dancers who were selected later were never summoned to sleep with him.

Wu Zhao just confirmed it today, no wonder Yuan Xi usually seems to have no desires, it turns out that he really likes wives!

Fortunately, her face was black and red, and she couldn't see any embarrassment. She turned around in a panic and walked out, saying as she walked, "It's just my bad luck."

Yuan Xi called her to stop and said, "You came just in time."

He was worried that he didn't know how to dismiss Ma Shi, so he said: "I have something to say to Wu Ji, I will think about your matter carefully."

Hearing this, Mrs. Ma had no choice but to stand up and say goodbye to Yuan Xi. Before she left, she sneaked a glance at Wu Zhao, and closed the door behind her when she went out.

Her actions didn't seem to be intentional, and the two people in the room were embarrassed, and both of them felt that the air was congealed.

Yuan Xi also came to his senses at this time, and said in a shy voice, "Things are not what you think."

Wu Zhao became even more flustered, and said softly, "I didn't think about anything."

Yuan Xi was helpless, his expression was obviously wrong!

But he couldn't argue with his mouth. It would be unrealistic to say that he had no impulsive thoughts about Ma Shi.

Because of the influence of later generations, Yuan Xi felt that a woman in her 20s was just the right age.

But in this era, women of this age are married early, and their children can work in the fields.

The age of the unmarried maidservants is getting younger and younger, which always makes him feel weird.

But for Ma Shi, Yuan Xi just thought about it, and he couldn't do anything about orphans and widows.

Yuan Xi coughed dryly: "What's the matter, madam?"

Only then did Wu Zhao wake up, and stammered, "I don't want to stay in Beixincheng."

Yuan Xi was quite surprised when he heard this, "You want to go home?"

A look of regret appeared on his face: "Madam's talent is rare among the women I've seen, what a pity."

"In the future, I also want to set up a free school in Youzhou, so that my wife can teach girls specifically, so that girls can also read."

"To be honest, I really can't bear to let Madam go."

"However, since Madam is kind to me, I can't force her to stay."

Wu Zhao listened, feeling sour and happy at the same time.

She whispered: "I don't want to leave you, but I want to go to Yanzhou with you."

Yuan Xi was taken aback.

Wu Zhao lowered his head and said, "Just now, when Young Master and elder brother were having a secret conversation, I happened to be next door, and there happened to be some gaps, so the voice came through."

"I don't know how true or false what the young master said, but I probably already understand what the young master is going to do. It is indeed quite dangerous."

"But just relying on Mr. Gongren's letter, I'm afraid there are quite a lot of variables."

"My son understands that Zhang Miao and Lu Bu are my father's mortal enemies. If they are exposed, they will be killed."

"Especially Zhang Miao. He is one of the eight friends and has a very good relationship with Cao Cao. Yuan Gong sent Cao Cao to kill Zhang Miao, but Cao Cao refused."

"If you want to persuade him to oppose Cao Cao, you should use the Yanzhou gentry to persuade him with Cao Cao's killing of the side, but this should not be enough."

Yuan Xi heard this, and said in surprise: "You can understand the twists and turns?"

Wu Zhao said in a low voice, "I lied earlier, but I am actually a servant girl in Cai Zhonglang's family, and I have a little understanding of the affairs among the gentry."

She was also willing to go all out. The experience of this period of time made Wu Zhao understand that Yuan Xi has great ambitions and ideals, but he is completely opposite to the gentry.

The world was in chaos, and the gentry said that the Han system was right, the people were wrong, and the world was wrong.

Yuan Xi said, the Han system is wrong, the people are right, the people are the world.

These were extremely rebellious words, but Yuan Xi said them lightly. When talking about his ultimate goal, Wu Zhao saw the light in Yuan Xi's eyes.

End the chaos!

It sounds simple, but it is extremely heavy, and it may be impossible to achieve it in a lifetime.

But compared to those gentry who only know how to talk, Wu Zhao sees an ardent and thriving hope in Yuan Xi.

That was the brilliance that had never been seen on the father who was known as a model scholar in the world.

She wanted to see with her own eyes whether Yuan Xi could reach the finish line.

After hearing Wu Zhao's words, Yuan Xi thought so, Cai Yong is a well-known Confucian in the world, almost all the famous gentry went to visit Cai Yong, and when he came to Luoyang, he also had a high position, so naturally he knew the world's gentry like the back of his hand.

As the servant of Cai Yong's family, Wu Zhao has listened to his conversation for a long time, and it is reasonable to know the intricate relationship between the gentry.

Found a treasure!

Wu Zhao said again: "The matter in Yanzhou is extremely complicated. If Bian Rang died, Zhang Miao would be able to rebel."

"So I thought, maybe I can help the young master."

When Yuan Xi heard this, he suddenly realized that he was still too confident!
He did know the general history, and also knew that Zhang Miao would rebel against Cao Cao, but he ignored it. How many joints are hidden in it?

This incident was facilitated by Zhang Miao and others. If he didn't know the truth, if his words showed his flaws, would he be considered a spy and be directly killed by Zhang Miao?
He bowed solemnly, "Among the joints, please advise Madam."

Wu Zhao hurriedly bowed his head to return the salute, "I'm ashamed, it's just a little nonsense, my son and aunt listened to it."

She opened her mouth slowly, and talked about the situation of the nobles in Yanzhou.

Of course she is very familiar with this place.

During the 177 years from the sixth year of Xiping (189) to the sixth year of Zhongping (12), Cai Yong took his family and attached himself to the Yang family of Taishan to avoid disasters, and lived in Wudi and Yanzhou for 12 years.

It can be said that Wu Zhao spent his childhood here.

As Wu Zhao talked, Yuan Xi became more and more surprised.

Yanzhou gentry, there are so many Taoists in it?
Wu Zhao's simple words revealed many problems within the Yanzhou gentry, and they were not monolithic, and there were many factions.

Listening to Wu Zhao's words, Yuan Xi's thoughts gradually became clear.

Cao Cao's killing of the side is just an introduction. The root is that Cao Cao touched the fundamental interests of the gentry at the same time.

Tuntian system.

Yuan Xi and Cao Cao both chose to draw wages from the gentry, but Cao Cao used methods such as the garrison system to limit the land of the gentry.

Although this method is similar to slavery, it is very effective in raising military rations in this troubled world, but it also takes into account the difficulty of the labor vacancies left in the local area after the Yellow Turban Rebellion massacred the gentry.

Yuan Xi chose Youzhou as his base, where there were few gentry and he did not want to live there.

In order to establish a centralized power, it is necessary to use the gentry and restrict the gentry. This coincides with the thinking of the emperors of the Han Dynasty.

It was said that it was a rebellion among the eunuchs, but in fact, the eunuchs could only stand on the side of the emperor from beginning to end.

What the eunuchs want to fight against is of course the gentry.

However, the gentry and eunuchs are also inseparable. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's ancestors all had a party of eunuchs.

The emperor, eunuchs, and gentry were entangled with each other, forming a complicated situation for hundreds of years.
It's just that Cao Cao's power is not stable now, so he couldn't wait to kill Bian Rang, which made the Yanzhou gentry start to be vigilant.

The Xuzhou massacre also used the massacre of the people to cover up the purpose of cleaning up the local gentry.

Zhang Miao, Chen Gong, Tao Qian and the others were not fools, and they should have seen the signs.

Using this as a breakthrough point, the possibility of persuading them will greatly increase!
Although Yuan Xi had to admit that in many aspects of his thinking, in fact, many of them were very similar to Cao Cao.

But he still couldn't accept Cao Cao's methods.

The more similar they are, the more they have to distinguish themselves.

Although my own ability is far inferior to the number one traitor of the Three Kingdoms, the greatest respect for him is to fight with all my strength and leave no regrets.

Moreover, Cao Cao fought against the gentry all his life. After his death, the inspection system was replaced by the more excessive nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and the world still entered the era of the restoration of the gentry.

Can I change the direction of history a little and make the world a little better?

In Yuan Xi's heart, there seemed to be a fire burning.

He bent down and said: "If Madam can help me, there will be more hope of success. Xi is very grateful."

"It's dangerous to go here, life and death are unpredictable."

"To go or not to go is entirely up to Madam."

Wu Zhao heard this, raised his head and smiled brightly: "The concubine and the young master advance and retreat together."

Yuan Xi saw that although his face was mottled and mottled, but when he smiled, it was full of beauty and fragrance.

(End of this chapter)