Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 66
Yuan Shang rolled his eyes and said with a chuckle: "If the second brother wants to be an official in Jizhou and marry a girl from the Zhen family, it will have an impact."

At that time, the Han court appointed officials, and there was a system of avoidance of native place. From the governor to the governor, to the county lieutenant, none of the locals could be used.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was the Three Interactions.

The terms are extremely cumbersome. Simply put, there are two main points.

One is that the household registration of an official cannot be a local, even if the wife's family is a local.

Just like Cao Cao was from Peiguo, Yuzhou, but Yanzhou was the place where he started his army and his initial activities. Yuan Shao was from Runan, Yuzhou, but he went to Jizhou.

The second is avoidance in different places. People from Jingzhou are governors of Yangzhou, and people from Yangzhou are governors of Yizhou. Then people from Yizhou can neither be governors of Yangzhou nor Jingzhou.

Especially the second article, combined with the first article, makes it difficult for many state officials to find it.

Although this has the advantage of preventing the formation of township parties, it also leads to many disadvantages.

The chiefs of Youzhou and Jizhou, the important horse-producing places in the north, have been in short supply for a long time, and there are so few qualified people that only talents from the two states can be selected.

But now the world is in chaos, the Han Dynasty is in decline, and after the princes occupied the states, they also promoted some local gentry to serve. Anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, so no one has time to take care of these things.

But for Yuan, who is a model of the gentry, he still has to do enough on the surface.

The implied meaning of Yuan Shang's words is extremely vicious. If Yuan Xi wants to marry Zhen Mi, he must give up his official position in Jizhou, and leave Jizhou as soon as possible after getting married.

If Yuan Xi does not marry Zhen Mi, it means that you have other ideas. You just said you agreed, is this going to go back in public?

Here Yuan Shang played a clever trick, marrying Yuan Xi at Yuan Shao's order. This extremely normal matter has turned into a dilemma for Yuan Xi, which is inappropriate no matter how you say it.

After Yuan Xi wanted to understand Yuan Shang's intentions, he thought to himself that as the third younger brother, one strategy can often achieve several goals, no wonder Yuan Tan would have a headache.

However, what Yuan Shang didn't know was that Yuan Xi had no interest in Jizhou at all.

At least for now.

Yuan Xi smiled slightly, and said to Yuan Shang: "What the third brother said is that after I get married according to my father this time, I will leave Jizhou and return to Youzhou."

"After all, in Youzhou, Gongsun Zan's strength is still there."

"I came back this time to borrow five thousand soldiers from my father to attack Gongsun Zan with all my strength."

Yuan Shang's eyes were fixed, and he rarely made a sound.

Yuan Shao heard this, and said to Mrs. Liu, "You go out first."

When there were only father and son left in the room, Yuan Shao opened his mouth slowly.

"It's September now, and the weather is getting colder. If you want to send troops, you have to wait for the next year."

"What's more, after the chaos in Yecheng, my Yuan family has been attacking the Black Mountain Army, and the conditions for sending troops are not ripe now."

He said to Yuan Shang: "Xianyi has been away from Jizhou for three years, and he doesn't understand the situation here, please explain to him."

Yuan Shang hurriedly said: "No."

He turned to Yuan Xi and said solemnly, "Now is not the best time to attack Gongsun Zan."

"One is that Qingzhou is still undecided. If we send troops from Jizhou to the north, the food road will be close to Qingzhou, so it is extremely easy to be harassed by Tian Kai, Kong Rong and others."

"Secondly, the rear is still undecided. Cao Cao in Yanzhou is confronting Yuan Shu in Yuzhou and Tao Qian in Xuzhou. If he can't support us, the situation in Jizhou will also be greatly affected."

"The third is that Gongsun Zan is besieged in Yijing, and Liu Yu's army of [-] is defeated by him. If I, Yuan, want to attack it, I must use all the soldiers in Jizhou. If I can't attack for a long time, it will definitely damage our army's vitality and slow us down. The process of Yuan's struggle for world hegemony."

"So to defeat Gongsun Zan, Qingzhou must be pacified first, and Xuzhou must be stabilized. It's not easy for the second brother to lead a few thousand troops."

Yuan Shao nodded slightly after hearing this, and said, "Xianyi has done very well in Beixincheng for the past three years, but in terms of the overall situation, he is still far behind Xianfu."

Yuan Xi had to admit that Yuan Shang was not an idiot, there were so many counselors behind him to advise him, and what he said could hit the point.

However, his goal was not Youzhou in the first place, and now he was just bargaining, taking retreat as an advance.

He said slowly: "I would also like to ask the third brother to advise, if Youzhou is not good enough to win in one battle, where is the best breakthrough for the next step?"

Yuan Shang smiled and said, "Of course it's Qingzhou."

"This place is uneven, Youzhou and Xuzhou are hard to beat."

"But it's not suitable to send troops now. Xuzhou Tao Qian has a good relationship with Qingzhou Tian Kaikong. Now Xuzhou is not weak. It is not easy to conquer if you rashly raise troops."

Yuan Shao nodded slightly after hearing this.

However, what Yuan Xi said later shocked both Yuan Shao and Yuan Shang.

"This condition will be met soon."

"That's why I came back."

He cleared his throat, "I met a strange person some time ago, and he told me that Xuzhou and Yanzhou should change soon."

Yuan Shang listened and sneered: "How could my second brother believe such charlatan's lies!"

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It's better to believe in something than nothing."

"Anyway, it is easy for Jizhou to mobilize troops and horses in advance, why not try?"

Yuan Shang frowned and said: "Although the second brother fought in Beixin City, the mobilization of hundreds of soldiers and tens of thousands of soldiers is completely different!"

Yuan Shang was puzzled and a little guilty.

Eldest brother Yuan Tan went to Beixin City, and looking at Yuan Xi's appearance, he probably knew that he had tampered with the food and grass in Beixin City.

Why didn't he sue in front of his father?
Although Yuan Shang had already thought of a countermeasure, he was not fully sure. It would be best for Yuan Xi not to speak out.

Yuan Xi smiled and said, "It's true that there are several hundred soldiers in Beixin City, but when the whole city is mobilized to defend the city, there are thousands of people on the top of the city."

He turned to Yuan Shao: "Father, I have something to ask."

"If there is any change in Xuzhou, I would like to borrow a general and five hundred soldiers to go to Xuzhou to stir up the situation."

"If Xuzhou and Yanzhou really can't take care of themselves in the end, how about father giving me two thousand soldiers and horses?"

This is a game of gambling, and Yuan Xi's favorite game is White Wolf.

Yuan Shangxin said that the second brother is really naive, and his words are groundless, how could his father agree to this extremely absurd proposal?
What surprised Yuan Shang was that Yuan Shao nodded and said, "Yes."

Yuan Xi smiled.

Going around with Yuan Shang and wasted so much talk, it was actually all for Yuan Shao.

His reliance was a private bet he made with Yuan Shao when he left Yecheng that day.

Yuan Xi said something at that time, but Yuan Shao didn't believe it at all.

"Within two years, there will be rebellion in Yecheng, and Cao Cao is behind it."

After Yuan Xi finished speaking, he said that if his words were not fulfilled, he would never return to Yecheng.

But if it comes true, Yuan Shao will agree to one condition.

Yuan Shao only thought that what Yuan Xi said was out of anger, but unexpectedly, the chaos in Yecheng really happened!

While Yuan Shao was shocked, his trust in Yuan Xi increased a lot invisibly.

The more Yuan Shao thought about it, the more likely it was. When the two were young, Cao Cao cheated him when he robbed him of a marriage. Although many years had passed, Yuan Shao still had a shadow in his heart.

Cao Mengde is a scam!
But who is the mastermind of the Yecheng Rebellion, Yuan Xi has never seen a conclusion in later generations.

He just wanted to put this shit pot on Cao Cao's head.

(End of this chapter)