Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 486 The Situation Is Abnormal
Mi Fang thought about it for a long time, and finally mustered up the courage to say, "Mr.

At this moment, Yuan Xi happened to have something to say, and said to Mi Fang, "Your Majesty."

Both of them froze for a moment, Mi Fang hurriedly said: "Please tell me first."

After hearing this, Yuan Xi didn't refuse, and said, "I'm here this time, mainly to ask the prefect, what happened to Donghai recently?"

"A change?" Mi Fang didn't realize it for a while, "Everything is fine here, Liu Yuzhou is ruled generously, and the people live in peace."

Ju Shou coughed, "Prefect, the envoy is referring to the area around Liu Yuzhou."

Only then did Mi Fang come to her senses, hesitated for a moment, and Yuan Xi understood, "Although Fu Jun said, I know that Fu Jun and Yuan Qingzhou were not happy some time ago, so I came here to see if there is a way to mediate."

Mi Fang thought to herself that this was Yuan Xilai's purpose. He was slightly disappointed, but he knew that Yuan Xi was indeed the most suitable mediator for him at the moment, so he said honestly: "It's really troublesome."

As the governor of the East China Sea, Mi Fang was naturally very familiar with the situation in Langya County to the north, and said, "Since the Han court abolished the Langya Kingdom, Langya has suffered from the massacre of the city by Cao Cao, and has already suffered severe damage. There are often famines, and people's livelihood is quite difficult."

"Under such circumstances, the Taishan bandits from Yanzhou often come out to harass Langya County, and Liu Yuzhou often suffers from headaches."

"Later, Yuan Qingzhou won Langya County and mobilized heavy troops to encircle and attack the Taishan bandits, so that they would not dare to come out of the mountain easily. In all fairness, this is still very beneficial to the situation in Xuzhou counties."

"So at the very beginning, Donghai and Langya lived in peace, and the wells on both sides did not interfere with the river."

"But after Yuan Qingzhou invaded Mount Tai and recruited a large number of Mount Tai thieves, the situation in the two counties began to change."

"The soldiers recruited by Yuan Qingzhou collected military rations in Langya, and their scope of action gradually invaded the territory of Donghai County, often looting the people."

"Of course, I heard that it not only plundered the people of Donghai, but also the people of Langya."

Yuan Xi's face was a little gloomy when he heard this, he had heard about this matter before, the Yuan family governed the territory with benevolence and righteousness in order to win the hearts of the people, and Yuan Tan was eager for success and profit, it was true that he had gone too far.

Yuan Shang also attacked Yuan Tan with this matter, but Yuan Tan shirked it on the grounds that the soldiers were short of food and would easily cause turmoil, and said that if Jizhou provided enough military food, he would focus on restraining the soldiers.

Of course Yuan Shang did not agree. On the one hand, he was attacking the Black Mountain Army at that time, and of course he had to let the grain depots in Jizhou give priority to protecting their own soldiers.

On the other hand, he is not stupid. If he gives Yuan Tan food, Yuan Tan will not restrain his soldiers honestly, but will take the opportunity to expand his troops again. The lack of food is just an excuse!

From Yuan Shang's point of view, Yuan Tan's military strength expanded too fast, and he was already threatening him, so he simply pretended to be deaf and dumb, turning a blind eye to Yuan Tan's actions.

Both sides have their own ghosts, under Yuan Shang's tacit indulgence, Yuan Tan continued to plunder and expand his army, and the people of Qingzhou became more and more dissatisfied.

From Yuan Xi's point of view, both Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang had problems, but it seemed that Yuan Tan's problem was bigger.

On the one hand, it violated the practice of leniently treating the people and plundered with troops, which has already touched Yuan's bottom line.

On the other hand, Yuan Tan's lack of food is his own fault, because his current expanded military strength is 3 people on the surface, but according to the estimates of Yuan Xi's advisers, the actual number is at least twice this number!
It is impossible for Qingzhou, which has experienced wars and ravages of yellow scarves, and Langya County, which has been slaughtered, to support such a large population. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that it will cause famine.

The reason why Yuan Xi controlled the number of soldiers under his command to less than [-] was because of this consideration. The soldiers were short of food, either mutiny or robbery. They were supposed to protect the people, but they turned into a chaotic army that poisoned the people. What is the purpose of the expansion?

So Yuan Xi was very suspicious of Yuan Tan Bao's intention to have so many troops. What did the other party want to do?
Does he still want to beat Liu Bei?

After discussing with the counselors, Yuan Xi initially rejected this idea. After all, Yuan Tan's Xiaolian was recommended by Liu Bei. Soon after the two sides joined forces, Yuan Tan would really turn against Liu Bei at the risk of ruining his reputation for several counties in Xuzhou. ?

Except Yuan Shao agrees!

But according to Yuan Xi's judgment, Yuan Shao's focus on Liu Bei was to win over Liu Bei. After all, there are not many people in the world who can fight better than Liu Bei.

Mi Fang continued: "When Taishan bandits were rampant, not only on the ground, but also on the sea. The ships of our Mi family's caravan going north were repeatedly attacked, causing heavy casualties and being forced to stop sailing for a long time."

"My little sister was in charge of the foreign affairs of the Mi family caravan. She was hit hard, and she was depressed for a long time."

"Fortunately, the envoy wiped out the Qingzhou pirates and restored the sea area to peace, please thank the envoy, younger sister Fangdai!"

After speaking, Mi Fang raised the wine in the jug and drank it down in one gulp.

Seeing that Mi Fang brought the topic to Mi Zhen, Yuan Xi smiled and said: "Pirates are unscrupulous, they kill and commit crimes, everyone gets to punish them."

"Now that the three families in Xuzhou are joining forces, all parties have the responsibility to maintain the stability there. I am not dealing with people. No matter who is behind the pirates, I will try my best to uphold justice."

Mi Fang saw Yuan Xi's soft words and distracted the topic, so she could only smile and said: "What the envoy said is true, but after this incident, no one dares to take the route north to Youzhou and Liaodong."

"Yangzhou is once again occupied by Sun Ce, the fierce tiger from the east of the Yangtze River. That's not easy to talk about. It's also difficult to do business now."

Yuan Xi's heart moved, "I heard that there are islands to the east of the East China Sea, and there are hundreds of tribes on the island. Why don't the eunuchs look east?"

Mi Fang thought for a moment, "The envoy is talking about those Japanese people whom Emperor Wu met when he was alive?"

"It's short in stature, and occasionally crosses the sea and lands in the East China Sea, but according to its affiliation, the island is extremely barren and there are no good goods."

"During the Guangwu period, although it became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, I heard that there were far less tributes than the Han Dynasty."

"The tribute of his tribute turned out to be their female slaves. It is really hard to describe."

"Book of the Later Han Dynasty" records: "In the second year of Jianwu Zhongyuan (AD 57), the Japanese slave country paid tribute to congratulations, and made people call themselves doctors. The extreme southern border of the Japanese country was also given by Guangwu. In the first year of Emperor Yongchu (A.D. 107), King Shuaisheng of the Wa and others donated 60 [-] people, please see me."

The so-called shengkou is the title of slaves and servants. The Han Dynasty allowed the trading of shengkou. A place is powerful and powerful, and there are often thousands of shengkou. This is also an important source of private soldiers in Buqu, and the same is true for the domestic slaves of the Mi family.

At that time, the Wa Kingdom was a loose alliance of hundreds of tribes, and there was no ruler. Yuan Xi judged that the people who came here were only sent by one of the big tribes, and they were still in a slave society, so they offered female slaves. It is similar to the Kunlun slaves, Silla maidservants, and Bodhisattvas of the Tang Dynasty in later generations, all of which are similar to slaves.

Although Huaxia had entered a feudal society at this time, many foreign tribes around still retained their tribal characteristics. Among them, the private property of the nobles was the slaves of the tribe, which could be bought and sold at will.

In the Han Dynasty, this situation was normal, and with the great chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the slave trade intensified from Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, and the Wei State in later generations was even more powerful. Even the son of Chen Qun, who was in charge of law and discipline, bought and sold slaves from the Southern Huns.

Of course, there was also an outlier in the Han Dynasty.

Wang Mang.

Because his son killed a slave, he forced him to commit suicide. Although he was suspected of gaining fame, after he usurped the Han Dynasty and established a new dynasty, he banned the slave trade.

This ultimately violated the interests of the big landlords and noble families. Of course, Wang Mang's most deadly thing was to prevent the big landlords from annexing their land, and took all the land in the world back to the court, which is called Wangtian.

Under all sorts of acts tantamount to suicide, the new dynasty was finally strangled by the gentry.

Yuan Xi didn't know whether Wang Mang was time-traveling, but his actions were obviously incompatible with this era. This was also a wake-up call for Yuan Xi. If he wanted to achieve his goal, he must not be too impatient, otherwise he would become the enemy of everyone in the world .

In this era, the gentry can only be properly bribed and compromised, otherwise the end will be like Wang Mang, who has no ideals, but dies and dies, and ultimately fails to achieve his goal.

Yuan Xi knew that the reason why Mi Fang looked down on the Wa Kingdom was because the number of slaves it offered was too small. When the population of the Han Dynasty reached 5000 million, there were nearly ten million slaves.

He smiled and said: "It is true that the Wa country is not good at this time, but it is just behind, but it is not always true to say that there are no good things."

"As far as I know, there are a lot of silver mines in the area, and they are all close to the ground, so they are easy to obtain. It's just that the local area can't even smelt iron, so naturally it can't be mined."

Mi Fang's eyes lit up, "If that's the case, you can try it!"

"I will discuss with my little sister when I go back, and first send a sea ship to visit the Wa country."

At that time, there were very few silver mines in Huaxia, and the silver wares were extremely valuable, so it's no wonder that Mi Fang was moved.

Yuan Xi opened his mouth and said: "The ocean currents to Japan are changeable, please be careful, Lord Fu."

"And iron smelting technology is extremely critical, so remember not to leak it out."

Seeing Mi Fang nodding, Yuan Xicai felt relieved, but he always felt uneasy, as if he had missed something, and asked, "Apart from Qingzhou, is there any news from Yanzhou?"

"Where is Cao Cao?" Mi Fang thought for a while, "There seems to be no movement."

"Although Cao Cao has always coveted Xuzhou, but after the three joined forces, Cao Jun has never approached the border of Xuzhou."

"After all, half of Xuzhou today is in Yuan's hands, so there's nothing he can do about it?"

Speaking of this, Mi Fang couldn't help showing color.

Yuan Xi turned his head and looked at Jushou Lu Xun, but seeing that Lu Xun seemed to have something to say, he said, "What questions does Boyan have?"

Lu Xun hesitated for a moment and said, "I heard that General Guan trained a navy. Who is this used to deal with?"

Mi Fang didn't know Lu Xun well, so she was a little displeased, and said, "General Guan is the general of Liu Yuzhou, and I have no right to comment on his actions."

"At the beginning, it was to deal with the Qingzhou pirates. Although the pirates were destroyed, the navy can't be disbanded, right?"

"But I can guarantee that it is not used to deal with the envoy."

Lu Xun shook his head and said, "That's not what I meant."

He pondered for a while, "Does the prefect think that General Guan knows something that the prefect doesn't?"

Mi Fang was even more displeased, "General Guan is Liu Shijun's brother, so I'm naturally inferior."

Yuan Xi and Ju Shou were thoughtful, but Lu Xun didn't understand what he said, but he couldn't explain it clearly. He asked a question at this time for a purpose, but Mi Fang didn't understand.

Guan Yu didn't come over today, and continued to train the navy, which is abnormal enough in itself.

You must know that although Guan Yu belittled the gentry, Yuan Xi also saved his life. It stands to reason that Guan Yu would not be so rude.

Does Guan Yu know something?
Mi Zhen was sitting in front of the window of the small building. In the hall far away, there was the faint sound of cups and cups. She picked up the bamboo tube, put it in front of her eyes unconsciously, and then put it down slowly.

(End of this chapter)